Admitted pedophile on trial for kidnapping dies in custody in Arizona

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A self-proclaimed pedophilia advocate and accused kidnapper who was on trial for allegedly grooming a 12-year-old California woman has died in custody in Arizona, in accordance with public data.

Nathan Larson was arrested in 2020 by authorities who mentioned they caught him flying throughout the nation with the woman who he had persuaded to run away from house in Fresno, California.

Larson died Sept. 18 and an order of dismissal in his case was filed Oct. 11, the Sacramento Bee reported Monday. The U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace had no additional particulars on the dying.

The Bee reported that Larson had been transferred from a federal facility within the Fresno space to a lockup in Arizona, the place he died. The first reason behind dying is pending, in accordance with the health worker in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Larson, 41, final appeared in courtroom in March, arguing to signify himself in a federal felony case that would have seen him serve life in jail if convicted, in accordance with the Bee.

He was arrested in December 2020 on the Denver Worldwide Airport whereas making an attempt to take the woman to his house in Catlett, Virginia, the place his plan was to sexually assault her and impregnate her when she turned 13, in accordance with courtroom data.

Larson made the woman put on a long-haired wig to make her look older and advised her to faux to be mute throughout their journey, Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims mentioned on the time of his arrest.

Mims described Larson as a “white supremacist and a widely known advocate for pedophilia.”

Detectives mentioned Larson met the woman by social media, flew to California and persuaded her to sneak out of her home. A Denver police officer stopped the pair throughout a layover in Colorado. The woman was not injured and later was reunited together with her household.

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