BC RCMP Arrest American Sex Offender on the Run for 20 Years, Return Him to US

American fugitive Louis Flood in a mugshot taken in 2000 and a picture taken by RCMP at his arrest in Creston, BC, in July 2022. Handout via Creston RCMP

RCMP in Creston, B.C., has arrested a convicted American sex offender who was missing for over 20 years, and returned him to the United States, police say.

Louis Edward Flood, a 77-year-old man from Boise, Idaho, was convicted in October 1997 of lewd conduct with a minor under age 16 and sex abuse of a minor under 16. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison.