A 73-year-old man wanted in connection with the attempted murders of two residents at a Langley, B.C. RV park this week has been arrested.

Thomas Charles Brydges was taken into custody without incident Tuesday in Oliver, located hundreds of kilometres away from the scene where investigators allege he brutally attacked a man and a woman in their 60s the day before.

The woman remains in critical condition, investigators said in a statement. The male victim was released from hospital Tuesday.

Brydges was also wanted on a Canada-wide warrant issued by Correctional Service Canada because he was on parole after serving an aggregate life sentence stemming from crimes committed back in 1965.

According to documents from the Parole Board of Canada, he had stolen a car and was fleeing from police that year when he and four other occupants were involved in a crash. Brydges was the sole survivor.

While in federal custody, he escaped from the Collins Bay Institution near Kingston, Ont. and committed new crimes, including kidnapping, which resulted in a life sentence.

Brydges was released on day parole in 1999, but has "struggled in complying with varying conditions," the documents read.

Despite his lengthy criminal history, the board dropped several of the conditions of his parole last year, including that he no longer had to provide financial information to his supervisor, citing "a pension which provides you with a stable and ongoing source of income."

The board also ruled that Brydges no longer had to undergo psychological counselling.

"In your final report, the psychologist notes that he does not believe that ongoing psychological counselling is needed at present time," the documents read.

Several conditions remained on Brydges's parole, barring him from consuming, buying or possessing alcohol and gambling. He was aslo ordered to report all intimate relationships and avoid contact with his victims and their families.

Mounties say the attempted murder investigation is ongoing and that investigators are providing the details to the BC Prosecution Service.

With files from CTV Vancouver's Michele Brunoro