How Leonard Rayne Moses Was Caught After 50 Years On The Run

It was notably dangerous timing for the younger Rayne: on the time of his escape, in keeping with ABC Information, his legal professionals have been arguing earlier than the Pennsylvania Supreme Court docket to overturn his life sentence. Rayne had waived his Miranda rights at 16, which his legal professionals argued was too younger to correctly consent. The courtroom had simply agreed to a brand new trial when he ran.

Rayne fled to Flint, Michigan, the place he created a brand new identification, calling himself Paul Dickson. Dickson/Rayne discovered work as a pharmacist, particularly a touring pharmacist (to maintain individuals from getting too accustomed to him, maybe?), and ultimately settled within the city of Grand Blanc. For 50 years the FBI supplied reward cash for anybody with info as to his whereabouts, however in useless.

Properly, largely in useless. Dickson/Rayne lastly slipped in 2020, getting arrested in Michigan. When police took Dickson’s fingerprints and entered them into the nationwide database, the match turned up: They have been precisely the identical as these of Leonard Rayne Moses. The sport was up. Moses has been despatched again to Pennsylvania — this time, it appears, for good.