International arrest warrant issued for David Caruso’s alleged stalker

David Caruso’s famed alleged stalker is in big trouble. The Austrian woman reportedly sent more than 100 letters to the “CSI: Miami” star, pursuing him for an autograph. When Caruso failed to reciprocate with an autograph, she then sent death threats, according to prosecutors in the Austrian province of Tyrol. The 41-year-old woman  whose identity is protected under the country’s privacy laws – was charged with stalking and threatening to kill Caruso, but failed to show for her trial in July 2007 and again in April, Innsbruck Provincial Court spokesman Thomas Lechner said.
Judge Guenther Boehler has issued an international warrant for her arrest, Lechner said. The woman is believed to be abroad, possibly in Mexico, the spokesman said without elaborating.

Caruso plays Miami police Lt. Horatio Caine on the crime drama series on U.S. network CBS. Austrian authorities said a 2007 letter allegedly written by the suspect and bearing a Miami postmark was discovered in the actor’s fan mail and threatened the life of Caruso and perhaps his then-girlfriend Lisa Marquez. It read, in part: “I will locate you and your ugly Latina tramp and kill you.”

It is unclear if the Latina reference alluded to Marquez (probably) or actress Alana De La Garza, who played Caruso’s wife on the TV show until her character was killed. A court-appointed psychiatrist testified that the suspect has a “profound personality disorder.” If convicted, she faces up to three years in prison.