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

US rapist who fled to Scotland after appearing to fake own death dies in hospital

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.