( CNN ) -- A child sex abuse suspect from Oregon has been captured after being on the run for 15 years , police said . Daniel Clement Chafe was arrested Wednesday in Bozeman , Montana , according to a statement by the Oregon State Police . Chafe faces six counts of rape , five counts of sexual abuse and seven counts of sodomy , according to the police statement . Initially , the investigation centered on crimes against two teenage girls , but later , additional victims were identified , police said . Chafe disappeared in September 1998 after failing to appear in a Douglas County courtroom to face trial , police said . Ten days before his scheduled court appearance , Chafe reportedly went on a fishing trip with a friend in Washington state , according to the police statement . That friend told authorities Chafe fell from the fishing boat on the Snake River . After a search failed to find him , investigators considered him a fugitive . Police believe he faked his own death . Chafe was featured on several television shows , including `` America 's Most Wanted , '' and was in consideration for the FBI 's Top Ten fugitive list . Chafe was allegedly recruiting minor females between ages 14 and 16 to form what he called the `` Cobalt Clan , '' according to the FBI 's most wanted poster . His reported goal was to produce a number of children over which he could rule , according to the FBI . The break came when an Oregon detective 's research indicated Chafe was living in Montana under an alias . Further investigation confirmed where Chafe was living and working , ultimately leading to his arrest . Massachusetts rapist was on the lam for 34 years .
Daniel Clement Chafe has been wanted since 1998 . Chafe faces charges including murder , child sexual abuse . Chafe arrested Wednesday in Montana .