The Johnson County Attorney’s office said prosecutors worked with University of Iowa police and federal authorities to track down Younes’ parents and arrest them Tuesday. Younes’ attorney declined to comment Wednesday morning. passport when he was released on bail last June. He had been ordered to surrender his U.S. Then he used Jordanian travel documents to board a flight in Chicago on Saturday. Prosecutors have said he tackled the woman and strangled her until she passed out before taking the earrings.īut authorities say that last weekend Younes cut off his GPS ankle monitor he was wearing while out on house arrest awaiting trial. IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The parents of an Iowa man who fled to Jordan before his attempted murder trial have been arrested after prosecutors accused them of helping their son escape the country.Īli Younes, 19, had been set to go on trial next week for allegedly attacking a woman on the University of Iowa campus last April and stealing a pair of earrings from her that were valued at $20,000.

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