Louisiana authorities and others located an Oklahoma man who allegedly faked his drowning death to get out of child rape charges he faced in Brunswick, North Carolina.
St Charles Parish Sheriff’s OfficeA North Carolina man is in custody after police say he tried but failed to fake his own death in a poorly staged kayaking accident in order to evade rape charges.Melvin Emde, 41, was taken into custody in Georgia on Sunday after a traffic stop and subsequent motorcycle crash revealed to authorities there that he had supposedly died in a tragic accident weeks earlier, according to the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office.The alleged ruse began on Aug. 7, when Loui