An Oklahoma man is behind bars after police say he faked his own death in a bogus kayaking accident as part of a failed attempt to avoid child rape charges in North Carolina. Melvin Emde was arrested ...

A man who allegedly attempted to fake his own death to evade child rape charges was arrested on Sunday after trying to flee a Georgia state trooper, according to a news release from the St. Charles ...

Melvin Phillip Emde's son told authorities his father drowned in Louisiana St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office A missing kayaker whose son told authorities was dead has been found alive in Georgia, ...

A North Carolina man is in custody after police say he tried but failed to fake his own death in a poorly staged kayaking accident in order to evade rape charges. Melvin Emde, 41, was taken into ...