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Ex-South Carolina Police Officer Wanted for Wife's Murder Extradited From China After 21 Years on the Run
U.S. Marshals said Hiers was held in Shanghai and returned after a 17-year manhunt tied to murder and child sexual-assault charges.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Marshals Service announced that former Charleston police officer Daniel William Hiers Jr. returned to the United States from China after over 20 years on the run.
- Ludimila Hiers, 24, was found shot dead in Goose Creek on March 15, 2005, the same day her husband failed to surrender on separate sexual assault charges and disappeared.
- Living under the assumed name "David Williams," Hiers was discovered in Shanghai in 2018 after his case gained national notoriety on "America's Most Wanted" and "The Hunt with John Walsh."
- Diplomatic Security Service director Nicholas Collura stated the agency worked with international partners to ensure Hiers "finally answers for his crimes," while U.S. Marshals Service Director Gadyaces S. Serralta praised their persistence.
- Prosecutors now have opportunity to pursue allegations unresolved for 21 years as Hiers remains in South Carolina custody, with the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office coordinating with the First Circuit Solicitor's Office.
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'We've been waiting a long time': Former Charleston officer returns after 20 years as fugitive
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCBD) -- A former Charleston police officer who spent more than two decades on the run after being accused of sexually abusing a child and killing his wife has been returned to the United States and is expected to face prosecution in South Carolina. Daniel Hiers Jr., now 53, was taken into [...]
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