A former Texas policeman arrested for alleged involvement in the murder of his pregnant girlfriend has been flown back to the United States from Indonesia.
VonTrey Clark was taken from his cell in Bali and escorted by police to the airport on Wednesday.
Clark had been behind bars on the resort island for a month following his arrest in July. He was detained after Interpol, acting on a request from the FBI, issued a red notice for his arrest.
The secretary of Interpol’s national central bureau for Indonesia, Brigadier-General Amhar Azeth, said a team of FBI agents arrived on a chartered flight in Bali on Tuesday before Clark’s transfer.
Clark’s choice of Indonesia may have relied on the fact that no extradition agreement exists with the United States. However, special arrangements can be made if a request is formally submitted and accepted.
US media reported that Clark was under investigation for alleged ties to the death of girlfriend Samantha Dean, a police counsellor, in February. Ms Dean’s body was found with three gunshot wounds to the head behind a vacant shopping centre on February 4, local Texas newspaper The Austin Chronicle reported.
Clark arrived in Indonesia on July 18, Indonesia police records show. He was arrested about a fortnight later.
