Publicity from the Oprah Winfrey Show helped capture a Tallapoosa County fugitive who has been in the run for nearly 10 years.

Wednesday, Sheriff Jimmy Abbett, U.S. Attorney Leura Canary and District Attorney E. Paul Jones announced in a press conference in Montgomery that Walter Edward Myer, 66, had been apprehended in Costa Rica, where he has been teaching English at a local university.