243. “Dead Man Talking” - The Case of Nicholas (Alahverdian) Rossi - [Part 1]

Arthur Knight, distinctive tattoos and a burial at sea.

In 2021 a patient named Arthur Knight was admitted to Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland. 

Healthcare workers noticed that his tattoos were strikingly similar to an American born man wanted for rape charges out of Utah. That man was Nicholas (Alahverdian) Rossi. 

When the man in the hospital was awake and conscious, he claimed he was an Irish born orphan who had never set foot on American soil. He was being framed. 

Authorities were convinced they had located fugitive Nicholas Rossi. What was the truth?

SOURCES:

Statement on the Death of Nicholas Rossi - District Attorney | Salt Lake County

Nicholas Rossi: Rapist who faked death and fled to Scotland dies in US prison

Inmate Nicholas Rossi Passes Away | UDC – Corrections

US rapist who fled to Scotland after appearing to fake own death dies in hospital | US crime | The Guardian

Nicholas Rossi News Updates pg 1 of 1 | Court TV

https://youtu.be/lDW-O29Bazw?is=04DSV2Z7L_1_sn3G

https://youtu.be/wNlrQj4ZXLE?is=tJNEbNW63X7JG1zl

US man who faked death found alive in Glasgow

Nicholas Rossi: How reality caught up with the man in the oxygen mask

Figure 1: DNA Casework: Supply, Demand, Backlogs | National Institute of Justice

Archived | OJP Fact Sheet: The DNA Backlog

https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/dna-evidence-backlogs-convicted-offender-and-arrestee-samples

https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/documents/reports/2018-03/a1039.pdf

Settlement ends suit by former ward alleging abuse while ...The Providence Journalhttps://www.providencejournal.com › news › 2013/08/22

State of Utah | Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)

https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/2/2009/2009-ohio-1963.pdf 

State v. RossiOhio Supreme Court (.gov)https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov › docs › pdf

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/2022/01/14/nicholas-alahverdian-ri-things-know-nicholas-rossi-utah-sex-assualt/6512073001/

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