Redeem now - US Marshals say Dan William Hiers, who has been on the run for 13 years, was arrested in Shanghai, China.
- His arrest comes after an allegation emerged on the Chinese social media Weibo, in which a woman claimed she recognized Hiers as her English teacher while perusing the US Marshals' most wanted list.
- Officials say that Dan William Hiers killed his wife and sexually molested a 10-year-old girl before going on the run.
A former South Carolina police officer has been arrested in China after spending 13 years on the run, a US Marshal spokesperson told WCSC.
US Marshals said that Dan William Hiers killed his wife and sexually molested a 10-year-old girl before going on the run.
He was taken into custody in Shanghai, China, where he had assumed the name of David Williams, officials said.
His arrest comes after an allegation emerged on Chinese social media Weibo, in which a woman surnamed Wang claimed that while perusing the US Marshals’ most wanted list, she recognized Hiers as her former English teacher at a Chinese university, according to Shanghaist.
The former student claimed Hiers sexually harassed her friend after she turned down his advances.
Hiers is accused of shooting and killing his wife in their Goose Creek, South Carolina, home in 2005.
The previous year, he had been suspended from the Charleston police department after the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office arrested him on suspicion of molesting a 10-year-old girl.
At the time, the US Marshals office said Hiers "betrayed his badge in the worst way" by using it to get close to the girl and her single mother over a period of months.
On the day Hiers was supposed to turn himself in, he instead fled and police found his wife dead in a bedroom with a gunshot wound to the head.
A US Marshals spokesperson told The State that Hiers' arrest is important.
"He's one of the top 15," a spokesperson for the US Marshals said. "Those are always big."
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