(Radio Iowa) – A former University of Iowa student has voluntarily returned to the U-S where he’ll face prosecution for allegedly attacking a woman in Iowa City. U-I police say Ali Younes arrived in Chicago on Tuesday and now awaits extradition to Iowa. Younes is charged with attempted murder, robbery, theft and escape. In April of 2022, police say he tackled and choked a woman until she was unconscious on the U-I campus and stole her 20-thousand dollar earrings.

Before his trial was to start in May of last year, a U-I release says the then-19-year-old cut off his ankle monitor and used Jordanian travel documents to flee the country, with the help of his parents. They were later convicted of helping him escape.

Ali Younes (Photo provided by UI Police Dep’t.)

Once Younes is returned to Iowa, a trial date will be set.