A Florida creep, who faked his own death to escape arrest and evade police for nearly 16 years, was found living in Indiana, telling law enforcement he hoped to have died before he was captured.

Gary Wayne Howard, 74, was arrested at his Indianapolis-area home Thursday by US Marshals after being on the lam since his staged death in 2010.

Howard made the haunting statement as he was hauled away.

“I had hoped to be dead before you caught up with me,” he reportedly told agents, according to WXIN.

Gary Howard was arrested in Indianapolis on Nov. 13, 2025, after hiding from Florida police since 2010. Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office

The elderly pervert was branded a sex offender for life in Florida after he was found guilty of 22 counts of child pornography possession in Pinellas Coun

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