Arizona cops find fugitive in Canada through his relatives, friends' social media posts
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A trail of social media posts led Arizona police to Canada and the apprehension of a fugitive who had been on the lam for 17 years in a negligent homicide case.
Chandler police said the long manhunt for Adan Perez Huerta, 37, ended last week with his arrest in Toronto.
Huerta became a fugitive before he could be sentenced for his role in the death of a 19-year-old woman. She was a passenger in a vehicle he was driving when it crashed and caught fire in Chandler, a Phoenix suburb.
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Police said Huerta was drunk at the time. The prosecution ended with him pleading guilty.
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Last spring, a Chandler detective was able to track down Huerta by checking social media posts of Huerta’s relatives and associates.
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Sgt. Jason McClimans said those posts eventually led to other posts written by Huerta.
“Social media always leaves a digital footprint,” McClimans told The Associated Press in an email.
McClimans said Huerta had been living in Canada under his real name for about a year.
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Toronto police turned Huerta over to U.S. Marshals, who returned him to Arizona.
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Huerta’s defense attorney declined to comment.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.