Fugitive killer was turned in by brother

Turned in by his own terrified brother, Nikolay Soltys was captured hiding under a desk in his mother’s California garden after a 10-day manhunt for the Ukrainian immigrant accused of butchering six relatives.

Turned in by his own terrified brother, Nikolay Soltys was captured hiding under a desk in his mother’s California garden after a 10-day manhunt for the Ukrainian immigrant accused of butchering six relatives.

Soltys, 27, had apparently slipped into the garden during the night despite round-the-clock surveillance of the home by detectives. He was carrying a backpack containing a knife authorities suspect was the weapon used to kill his pregnant wife, three-year-old son and four others.

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