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An Edmonton man staged a suicide to avoid extradition to the United States on child-luring allegations in a case that an Alberta judge has likened to a “B movie” plot.

Robert Ermis Andronyk, 70, disappeared last November while trying to appeal a federal government decision to extradite him to Arizona to face seven counts of luring a minor for sexual exploitation.

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Police discovered Andronyk’s vehicle abandoned on a bridge northeast of Edmonton. His daughter discovered his wallet, medications and a list of funeral songs inside his house.

A skeptical federal Crown prosecutor brought the matter to court to have a warrant issued for the missing Andronyk, and Court of Appeal of Alberta Justice Jack Watson agreed.

“There is also almost a ‘B movie’ quality to the way in which this alleged suicide is said to have occurred. The ‘jump off a bridge’ scenario has no extrinsic support in physical evidence,” the judge wrote in a recently filed decision.