A Santa Clarita swim coach accused of multiple counts of lewd acts with a child died in a Costa Rican hospital, officials said.

Jeremy Anderson, 47, was taken into custody in Costa Rica by local authorities and started undergoing the extradition process to be taken back to the United States last week, according to Sgt. Brian Hudson with the Los Angeles County Department Special Victims Bureau.

Before Anderson could be extradited to the United States, he was hospitalized in Costa Rica, and later died, according to Deputy Grace Medrano.

In December 2017, detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Victims Bureau (SVB) began investigating the circumstances regarding the sexual assault of a child that occurred between the years of 2006 and 2011 by his swim instructor in Santa Clarita.

The victim told detectives that he had been assaulted by Anderson, who was his swim instructor at an Aquatics Club in Santa Clarita, according to Medrano.

The allegations were brought to the attention of the Sheriff’s Department by a representative from SafeSport. Safesport is an organization entrusted with the authority to respond to reports of sexual misconduct with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movements, according to Sheriff’s officials.

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As the investigation evolved, detectives identified additional victims who were victimized by Suspect Anderson. The incidents with these multiple victims occurred at various locations between 2006 and 2017.

“Anderson’s conduct included having sexually explicit conversations with the victims and soliciting child pornography,” Medrano said.

SVB detectives presented the results of the investigation to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office on December 18, 2018. The district attorney’s office filed 19 counts of lewd acts with a child and possession of child pornography against Anderson, according to officials.

Detectives then learned that Anderson had fled from the United States before they were able to take him into custody. An arrest warrant was issued for his arrest at the time.

On Thursday, June 13, the United States Marshal’s Service and Pacific South West Fugitive Task Force assisted the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in locating Anderson to Costa Rica.

On Friday, June 21, SVB detectives received confirmation from the US Marshal’s Office that Suspect Anderson had died while hospitalized.

Anyone with information regarding this case is urged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department – Special Victims Bureau is tasked with investigating the sexual and physical abuse of children and felonious sexual assaults involving adult victims.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Special Victims Bureau toll-free tip line at (877) 710-5273 or by email here.

If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP or “P3 Mobile” for the hearing impaired on Google play or the App Store, or by using the website.

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