He was arrested ten years later in Florida, Buenos Aires, by Interpol agents but died of a heart attack in jail before he could be extradited to Germany, on 30 August 1986.
他于十年后在布宜诺斯艾利斯的佛罗里达被国际刑警组织特工逮捕，但在引渡到德国之前，他于1986年8月30日在监狱中死于心脏病发作。