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Exclusive: A new photo shows former fugitive and murder suspect Raymond “RJ” MacLeod at the head of a classroom in El Salvador. It was days after U.S. Marshals and local police arrested him for his six years near the Pacific.
MacLeod, 37, is accused of fleeing the country after he brutally murdered then-girlfriend Crystal Mitchell in San Diego in 2016. After being spotted several times in Central America, the marshal says he settled in El Salvador and started the life of an English teacher.
The Marshal and El Salvadoran authorities, as first reported by Fox News Digital, said Monday at 4:30 pm after receiving information that he was teaching at a school in Sonsonate, about 40 miles west of San Salvador, near the Pacific Ocean. They arrested MacLeod in the next minute.
Mitchell’s mother, former police detective Josephine Wenzel, retired to help track down her daughter’s killer. rice field.
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According to Marshall, the former Marine was “an avid bodybuilder and heavy drinker” with a history of domestic violence even before his murder.
Wenzel said McLeod cut back on drinking, returned to the gym and was often seen at local soccer stadiums after the coronavirus pandemic. was seen
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According to authorities, McLeod was 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighed about 230 pounds when he became a fugitive. In photos taken after his arrest, he appeared healthier but leaner, hiding tattoos behind his long-sleeved shirt despite the heat and growing out his hair and beard. rice field.
McLeod was the first suspect to be placed on the top 15 most wanted list of US Marshals with a bounty of up to $50,000.
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San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephen, who is prosecuting the case, said in a statement: “This defendant’s brazen attempt to evade justice is over and work is under way to hold him accountable for the murder of Crystal Mitchell in court. We can start,” he said. “The victim’s mother never gave up on finding out who killed her daughter and worked closely with our office and other law enforcement agencies to make the arrest possible.”
Fox Nation host Nancy Grace highlighted McLeod’s hunt earlier this year “Wanted: The Nancy Grace Investigation”
“RJ MacLeod doesn’t deserve to be called a U.S. Marine,” Grace told Fox News Digital on Monday. “He brutally murdered Crystal and then ran off like a coward.”
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Deputy Marshal Francisco Barajas And Luis Ramirez was escorting him to the United States, flying to El Salvador to assist local and national police who were caught around 4:30 p.m. Monday.
“He enjoys hurting women for its own sake,” psychologist Dr. Michael Burke told Grace while filming the special. Not the one doing it, he just enjoys it.”
Fox News’ Jenna Miller and Kelly Skehen contributed to this report.