Okay, this is actually a cool thing from Reddit.

[theweaselking]

From AskHistorians, where questions are moderated and direct answers to questions are only allowed from verified experts in a historical field:
"I am a fugitive who has, in your era of expertise, killed a man with witnesses seeing the event, but have successfully fled to a city 100 miles away. Am I captured?"

Comments

[kytheraen.livejournal.com]

That was an interesting read :)

[torrain.livejournal.com]

That is *really* neat, as is the linked It's year XXXX of your specialty. A dead body is discovered in the middle of a well populated area and the overwhelming evidence suggests he was murdered. one.

[ipslore.livejournal.com]

Unhelpful Pedant Reply: The answer to that is always 'no', because if you get captured, you didn't 'successfully flee'.