Missing kayaker faked his own death ahead of court date: Sheriff
A missing kayaker from Louisiana has been arrested for faking his own death by drowning in an apparent bid to dodge rape charges, according to the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office.
Melvin Phillip Emde, 41, was arrested by authorities in Georgia over a month after his son, Seth, allegedly reported him missing.
Emde's son allegedly told police his father fell out of a kayak and drowned while on the Mississippi River in Hahnville, Louisiana, according to the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office.
After he was reported missing, detectives learned that Emde had pending charges of indecent liberties with a child and statutory rape of a child by an adult in North Carolina. He was due in court just one day after being reported missing, authorities said.
They caught him only because he was riding a motorcycle without a license plate.
Hence the rule, "only break one law at a time."
Didn't a similar thing happen to the OKC Bomber?
Yeah he had no plate on his car.
Well, if he had his license on him, his warrant would have showed up anyway, so...
If the motorbike had a license plate he probably wouldn't have been pulled over in the first place
You know, there's an easier way to avoid rape charges...
Be born to a rich family, like rapist Brock Turner?
Are we talking about the rapist Brock Turner- who coincidentally is a convicted rapist?
Hey, do you mean the raping rapist Brock Turner of Dayton Ohio who is reportedly using his middle name Allan to avoid being identified as rapist Brock Allan Turner?
*Allen Turner
"indecent liberties" is certainly one way to word that in your code of laws.
Doesn't quite communicate "child rapist" as it should...
Nor "fucking up a child's life just to get some jollies".