WITH THE ARREST OF AN INTERNATIONAL FUGITIVE WHO TRIED FAKING HIS OWN DEATH ON A CENTRAL COAST BEACH.. KIM AVIS....ALSO KNOWN AS KIM GORDON .... WANTED IN SCOTLAND ON TWO DOZEN RAPE CHARGES.. TONIGHT HE'S BEHIND BARS.. WITH MORE ON HOW THIS STORY UNFOLDED AND ENDED.. HERE'S ACTION NEWS REPORTER FELIX CORTEZ.. ## WE FIRST HEARD ABOUT KIM AVIS BACK IN FEBRUARY WHEN HE TRIED FAKING HIS DEATH AT A CARMEL BEACH.. HIS FREEDOM ENDED TODAY WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED AT HIS COLORADO SPRINGS APARTMENT.. FROM MISSING SWIMMER TO WANTED MAN.. KIM AVIS HAS BEEN ON THE LAMB FOR 5-MONTHS.. EVER SINCE HIS 17 YEAR OLD SON REPORTED HIM MISSING FROM MONASTERY BEACH BACK IN FEBRUARY .. BUT WHEN QUESTIONED FURTHER HIS STORY DIDN'T ADD UP.. AVIS WHO USED A NUMBER OF ALIASES WAS CHARGED WITH 24 COUNTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN HIS HOMELAND.. SOME OF THE VICTIMS, MINORS.. AND WHEN HE FAILED TO SHOW UP FOR A HEARING IN A SCOTLAND COURTROOM.. A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST WAS ISSUED.. THERE WERE POSSIBLE SIGHTINGS OF THE ACCUSED RAPIST FROM CARMEL TO SANTA BARBARA COUNTY.. WHERE ONE WOMAN SAID HE POSED AS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER.. NOT LONG AFTER HIS DISAPPEARANCE.. ICE AGENTS GOT INVOLVED BECAUSE THE SCOTTISH STREET VENDOR'S VISA HAD EXPIRED.. AFTER THAT A U.S FEDERAL JUDGE ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT.. FRIDAY MORNING.. U.S MARSHALS ARRESTED KIM AVIS.. WORKING ON SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS OF AVIS USING AN ATM WHICH ALSO CAPTURED HIS CAR, FEDERAL AGENTS TRACKED HIM TO AN APARTMENT IN COLORADO SPRINGS WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.. ONE U.S MARSHAL SAID THE INTERNATIONAL FUGITIVE "DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING BUT HE DEFINITELY APPEARED SURPRISED".. THE 55-YEAR OLD FUGITIVE IS FACING 40 YEARS TO LIFE IF CONVICTED ON THOSE RAPE CHARGES IN SCOTLAND.. HE COULD HAVE HIS FIRST EXTRADITION HEARING NEXT WEEK.. ERIN..### IF KIM AVIS WAIVES EXTRADITION HE'LL BE RETURNED TO SCOTLAND IMMEDIATELY ... BUT IF HE FIGHTS EXTRADITION.. FEDERAL AGENTS SAY IT COULD TAKE UP TO A YEAR BEFORE HE'S RETURNED TO SCOTLAND TO FACE THOSE RAPE CHARGES.###