Serial Rapist, Cosmetic Heir, Captured in Vallarta
posted:Thursday, June 19, 2003
by Vallarta Online Staff
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Luster, 39, is the great-grandson of makeup legend Max Factor. Andrew Luster has been on the lam for five months after jumping bail and leaving his home while under house arrest in the midst of trial. Luster disappeared in January during a recess in his trial and jumped the one million dollars bail that was set during a break in his trial. He was convicted and sentenced in absentia to 124 years in prison for multiple counts of rape, sodomy and drug possession involving three women, all of which were video taped while they were unconscious by Luster in various sexual acts.
Last week, a couple returning to the United States from vacation in Puerto Vallarta contacted the FBI stating they had seen Luster in Vallarta and had associated with him. They also passed this information on to Duane "Dog" Chapman, a bounty hunter who had been pursuing Luster.
Early Wednesday morning, about 4:55 AM, neighbors on the block of Honduras in Colonia Cinco de Dicembre of Vallarta called local police about yelling and fighting on the street near the "Dollars" bar. The general manager of "Dollars" witnessed the scuffle and wrote down license plate numbers of the two trucks, a Suburban and a Voyager and called police with the information.
Local authorities tracked Duane "Dog" Chapman, 50, and his brother, Tim Chapman, 38, and Leland Chapman, his son, 25, as well as two cameramen from America's Most Wanted and a handcuffed and bound Andrew Luster outside the Gustavo Diaz Ordaz airport. Police took all attendees in custody to assimilate the situation. Andrew Luster had been using the name David Carrera while in Mexico and gave that name to the police upon arrest, later retracting, giving his true identity. Luster had been living in the Motel Los Angeles in the Hermosa Provincia near the Libramiento.
By early Wednesday afternoon, Luster was extradited to the United States as he had no legal standing in Mexico. Duane "Dog" Chapman and his two sons were still in custody as under Mexican law, arrests by bounty hunters are considered illegal kidnappings. Within 72 hours of arrest, a Mexican judge will rule on charges for the bounty hunter, his two sons, and the two cameramen involved.
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