A “serial rapist” who has been on the run for 24 years was captured in Missouri, federal law enforcement officials said.
Herman Carroll, 72, was arrested May 11 in Branson, according to a May 13 news release from the U.S. Marshals Service.
McClatchy News was unable to find attorney information for Carroll.
Carroll was arrested in 2000 after being accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl, the agency said. He posted bail, failed to appear in Moultrie County court and has been on the run ever since, according to police.
An arrest warrant was issued for Carroll in 2001, charging him with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse, federal agents said.
The investigation into Carroll’s whereabouts involved numerous agencies in six states, including Missouri, Illinois, Texas, Alaska, Arkansas and Maryland, according to the agency.
On May 8, the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Midwest Violent Fugitive Task Force received a tip that Carroll was likely in Branson, the agency said.
He was taken into custody three days later and booked into the Taney County Jail, U.S. Marshals said.
According to the agency, Carroll was convicted of child abuse in 1983 and 1993.
Branson, near the Arkansas border, is about 210 miles southeast of Kansas City.
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