US rapist who fled to Scotland after appearing to fake own death dies in hospital
Nicholas Rossi died due to complications from a medical condition while serving jail sentence in Utah
TL;DR
- Nicholas Rossi, an American rapist, died in a US hospital from complications of a medical condition.
- He was serving a jail sentence in Utah for raping two women in 2008.
- Rossi had fled to Scotland after allegedly faking his death to evade justice.
- He was identified in Scotland by distinctive tattoos and extradited to the US in 2024.
- The Utah prosecutor stated that Rossi was a sexual predator who tried to escape accountability.