LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The masked man who locked a fake bomb to the neck of an Australian millionaire's teenage daughter did not look like your ordinary violent criminal. The gray-haired attacker wielded a baseball bat but wore beige trousers and a light-colored dress shirt, rolled up at the elbows.
Along with demands for money, he left behind an email address that appears to refer to a 45-year-old novel about a ruthless businessman in 19th-century Asia.
That address helped lead police all the way from the wealthy Sydney suburb where the attack occurred to a well-heeled Louisville suburb where they arrested an investment banker, Paul Douglas Peters, at his ex-wife's home on Monday.
Peters once worked for a company with ties to the victim's family, according to federal court documents released Tuesday that also reveal more details about the ordeal 18-year-old Madeleine Pulver endured earlier this month.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Dave Whalin on Tuesday ordered Peters jailed pending an extradition hearing Oct. 14 in Louisville. Peters faces charges in Australia that include kidnapping and breaking and entering.
An arrest complaint filed in court does not elaborate on the 50-year-old's business ties.
The FBI arrested Peters without incident Monday in the normally tranquil subdivision of Heather Green near La Grange, about 30 miles northeast of Louisville. Neighbors were taken aback at the sight of armed SWAT members descending on their neighborhood.
"We had guys with machine guns in our backyard," a neighbor who refused to give his name told The Associated Press.
He and his wife estimated that Peters had probably spent about six months out of the last two years at the house. They didn't know him or his ex-wife very well but said that they were both congenial.
Pulver and her family were relieved to hear of the arrest. Her father, William Pulver, described her as "a bright, happy young woman who for reasons we still don't understand had her life turned upside down going through this dreadful experience."