Local police help capture fugitive wanted for murders in Belgium and Albania

An Albanian national who is the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice was arrested in the Miami Valley last week.

Sokol Hoxha was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) in the 3000 block of Regent Street in Kettering last week, a spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed.

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Hoxha was tried and convicted without being physically present in court for both the killings of his 19-year-old wife in Brussels, Belgium, and two brothers in Albania, both of which happened in 1997.

He’d been a fugitive from justice since the murders were committed, according to U.S. Marshals…

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