Fugitive Yoga Teacher Extradited in American University Professor’s Murder
A yoga teacher who spent more than a decade on the lam after fleeing to Mexico has been extradited to the United States this week to face charges for allegedly killing an American University professor, police said Wednesday.
The Montgomery County Police Department announced that Jorge Rueda Landeros was extradited from Mexico and arrested in Maryland in connection with the October 2010 murder of Sue Marcum in her Bethesda home. Authorities say Marcum, who became friends with Rueda Landeros after the two met in a Spanish language class he taught, died after suffering blunt-force trauma and asphyxiation.
Court records indicate that Rueda Landeros was taken into U.S. custody on Tuesday and was expected to make his initial appearance in Montgomery District Court on Wednesday afternoon on a first-degree murder charge. It was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer. Police were expected to hold a press conference following his court appearance.