Idaho resident Louis Flood was convicted in the mid-1990s of lewd conduct with a minor child under 16 and sexual abuse of a child under 16, according to the RCMP. He was out on parole after serving three years of his 18-year sentence behind bars when he suddenly disappeared. Flood’s whereabouts remained unknown for years. He was last seen in 2001 and appeared 10 years later on the popular TV show America’s Most Wanted. A decade later, he’s still missing, but earlier this month, police in British Columbia got a tip that he might be hiding in Creston. They did not say where the tip came from, nor did they say when or how Flood arrived in Creston or what he has been doing for the past two decades. According to the local RCMP detachment, a constable contacted the US Marshals Service, Idaho Correctional Services and the Idaho State Police. Const. Dave Bickle said in a news release Monday that the agency gave him Flood’s records, as well as a warrant for his arrest and a photo of him taken in 2000. With that information, Bickle said, he was able to identify the man in Creston as Flood. Flood was taken into custody last week and extradited to the U.S. on Monday, RCMP said. Officials in Idaho told the RCMP that Flood is expected to serve the remaining 13 years of his sentence behind bars.
