Most-Wanted Cop, Accused of Murdering His Wife, Caught In China After 13 Years on the Lam
A '15 Most Wanted Fugitive' ex-cop from South Carolina, accused of molesting a child and murdering his wife, has reportedly been nabbed posing as an English teacher in China.
Kate Briquelet
09.21.18 3:45 PM ET
An ex-cop accused of molesting a 10-year-old girl, then murdering his wife was arrested in China after 13 years on the lam, according to news reports.
Daniel William Hiers, Jr., a former police officer in Charleston, South Carolina, was reportedly living abroad as an English teacher.
“The U.S. Marshals Service is and has been aware of information being reported and re-reported in the news and on social media regarding 15 Most Wanted fugitive Dan Hiers,” the agency said in a statement to The Daily Beast.
“We are fully engaged with our international partners on this matter. This is the only information we will be providing at this time.”
A spokesperson told The State in Columbia, South Carolina, “We are aware of the reports that he’s been arrested. We are working with our international partners.”
Police say Hiers shot and killed his wife the morning he was slated to surrender to police on the sexual abuse charges—then he skipped town. A reward of up to $25,000 was announced for tips leading to Hiers’ capture.
According to Shanghaiist, a city blog, a former university student in China now living in California happened to look at the U.S. Marshals Service’s most wanted list and recognized Hiers. (The allegations that surfaced on Chinese social media—that Hiers was an English teacher overseas—haven’t been verified.)
The woman claimed Hiers was a popular teacher because he was tall and handsome, and that he tried to court one of her friends. When the pal refused him, Hiers allegedly harassed her by sending her pornographic images, Shanghaiist reported.
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