States Attorney Mike Wepsiec said Moro waived extradition back to Illinois in Kittitas County Superior Court last Thursday. Wepsiec said this means Moro will not contest returning to Illinois to face charges.

If Washington prosecutors do not find sufficient evidence to charge Moro with child molestation or child rape, Wepsiec said Moro will be back in Jackson County within days.

At a Jackson County hearing last week Wepsiec said although Moro has never been convicted of any crimes, two allegations of child abuse were filed against Moro with the Department of Children and Family Services, prior to the alleged kidnapping..

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Wepsiec said the complaints never went to trial, but credible evidence was found.

Kittitas County Deputy Prosecutor Candace Hooper said prosecuting attorney Greg Zempel has until Moro’s court appearance today at 1:30 p.m. to file possible rape and molestation charges.

In Jackson County, Moro is accused of abducting his daughter Demetria at gun point from Giant City Elementary School. After a nation-wide two-week-long manhunt, Moro was apprehended by FBI agents in Ellensburg, WA last Tuesday.

Moro was arrested on Jackson County warrant for aggravated kidnapping and a federal warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.

Demetria’s mother, Kelly Kurtz, of Carbondale, flew to Washington last week and has brought her daughter back to Illinois.

Since his arrest, Moro has been in the Ellensburg jail.