Nicholas Rossi, who appeared to have faked his own death and fled to Scotland while facing two rape allegations, will serve at least five years in a Utah state prison. That could become a life sentence for the 38-year-old from New Hampshire who still faces sentencing on a second rape charge following convictions in August and September.

He was charged with attacking two women in northern Utah in 2008 after being identified in 2018 based on evidence from an old DNA rape kit.

Shortly after he was named a suspect, an online obituary claimed Rossi, who’s legal name is Nicholas Alahverdian, died from late-stage non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. It said “his battle for life ended on February 29, 2020” in Rhode Island and that his ashes were spread at sea. He was survived by a loving wife and two “

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