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The episode discusses the case of Nicholas Rossi, who was believed to have faked his death and was found in a hospital in Scotland.

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…

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