One of America's top 15 most wanted men will appear in the High Court today in a bid to fight extradition to the United States.
Frederick David Russell (27) was on the run for four years after being charged with killing three students in a high-speed car crash in Washington State in June 2001.
He fled to Canada following a series of death threats, later boarded a plane to England, and went on the run across Europe for several months before he settled in Ireland in late 2001.
Working casual jobs in the construction and security business, he remained anonymous for years by steering clear of gardaí, the Revenue, Immigration and social services.
Mr Russell, who had been using the alias David Carroll for the past six months, has been in custody since gardaí arrested him at a shop in Dublin city centre at the start of the year. He had been working as a security guard when detectives were alerted.
He is now facing extradition to the United States to face trial over the crash on the Moscow-Pullman Highway, in which three students were killed.
Three other passengers in the same car were seriously injured.