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A federal affidavit details how Ronald L.
Fischer, 69, methodically prepared to flee in the days before he vanished from a Rhode Island sexual assault trial in April 2005, more than 20 years before his capture Thursday aboard a sailboat off the New Jersey coast.
District Court for the District of Rhode Island, trace a canceled London flight, a predawn car return in Boston and literature on changing identities found inside his home.
Steps investigators traced before the disappearance On April 23, 2005, Fischer emailed his attorney saying he was leaving the country. That evening he called each of his daughters and told them the same.
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