But it was too late. Despite being under police surveillance, Mehdizadeh had managed to board a flight out of Toronto 11 days earlier, disappearing into thin air. Police had been investigating Mehdizadeh for over three years, but the case fizzled out after he left Canada. Mehdizadeh has never returned to face trial, and reporters could find little trace of him in his home country of Iran, which police believe was his final destination.