Ex-Hua Hin fugitive convicted of Atlanta murder

[Limey711]

Atlanta: A jury Friday convicted a millionaire of murder for hiring a hit man to kill his socialite wife 19 years ago, and then hiding in Thailand - even marrying a Thai woman and buying a Hua Hin condo.

Prosecutors and the jury said James Sullivan did it because he feared losing money and a Florida mansion in the couple’s divorce.

MSNBC reported that the jury of three men and nine women took a little more than four-and-a-half hours to find Sullivan guilty of arranging the fatal shooting of Lita Sullivan, his 35-year-old second wife, who was black, on Jan. 16, 1987.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. A sentencing hearing will occur later.

Sullivan, 64, a Boston native who was once one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives, was captured in Thailand in 2002, four years after taking off on an intercontinental run around the time he was indicted on state murder charges in 1998.

Sullivan lived in luxury as he eluded authorities. In Thailand, he married a local woman, his fourth wife, and bought a condominium in the posh beachside neighbourhood of Hua Hin.

After two years of fighting extradition from Thailand, James Sullivan was returned to the U.S. in March 2004 to face murder charges for arranging his ex-wife's murder, in one of Atlanta's most highly anticipated trials in the past 20 years.


Thought this may be of interest to some of you guys. Taken from the Bangkok Post.

[lomuamart]

I've seen reports about this before over the past few months, citing his place of abode as Cha-Am, Pranburi and Prachuap.
Now HH. Wonder where he really was staying?