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“Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” Program
Frequently Asked Questions

The following contains current and historical information for internal and external distribution. This information is based on FBI records and is updated by the Investigative Publicity and Public Affairs Unit, Office of Public Affairs.

The FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list has been in existence since March 14, 1950. A reporter for the International News Service (the predecessor to United Press International) asked the Bureau for the names and descriptions of the “toughest guys” the Bureau would like to capture. The resulting story generated so much publicity and had so much appeal that late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover implemented the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” program. The first person to be placed on the list was Thomas James Holden, wanted for the murder of his wife, her brother, and her stepbrother.

Since its inception, 498 fugitives have been on the “Top Ten” list, and 469 have been apprehended or located. Some interesting facts about the program are:

  • 155 fugitives have been captured/located as a result of citizen cooperation.
  • Two fugitives were apprehended as a result of visitors on an FBI tour.
  • The shortest amount of time spent on the “Top Ten” list was two hours, by Billy Austin Bryant in 1969.
  • The person who has spent the longest amount of time on the list is Victor Manuel Gerena.
  • Nine fugitives were arrested prior to publication and release, but are still considered as officially on the list.
  • The oldest person to be placed on the list was 69-year-old James J. Bulger, who was added in August of 1999.

This program relies heavily on the assistance of citizens and the media. Publicity from coast to coast and around the world is important.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the purpose of the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” Program?

The “Top Ten” is a publicity program founded by the FBI in March of 1950 in conjunction with the nation’s news media. It is designed to publicize particularly dangerous fugitives who might not otherwise merit nationwide attention. The FBI recognizes the need for public assistance in tracking fugitives. One hundred and fifty-five of the “Top Ten” apprehensions have been the result of citizen recognition of “Top Ten” fugitive publicity.

How many fugitives have been captured due to public assistance?

One hundred and fifty-five of the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” have been apprehended due to public assistance.

When was the Program started?

It was founded on March 14, 1950, by the FBI in association with the nation’s news media.

Who actually decides which fugitives go on the list?

The Criminal Investigative Division (CID) at FBI Headquarters calls upon all 56 Field Offices to submit candidates for the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list. The nominees received are reviewed by Special Agents in the CID and the Office of Public Affairs. The selection of the “proposed” candidate(s) is then forwarded to FBI Executive Management for final approval.

On what criteria is that decision made?

First, the individual must have a lengthy record of committing serious crimes and/or be considered a particularly dangerous menace to society due to current criminal charges.

Second, it must be believed that the nationwide publicity afforded by the program can be of assistance in apprehending the fugitive, who, in turn, should not already be notorious due to other publicity.

Are members of the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list ranked?

No.

When are fugitives removed from the list?

“Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” are only removed from the list when they meet one of the following conditions:

First, they are captured.

Second, the federal process pending against the individual is dismissed—this is not an FBI decision.

Third, they no longer fit “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” criteria.

In the six cases where fugitives were removed for the third reason, it was determined that each fugitive was no longer considered to be a “particularly dangerous menace to society.” When a fugitive is removed from the list, another is added to take his or her place.

How many women have been on the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list?

Eight. The first, Ruth Eisemann-Schier, was added in 1968 for kidnapping, extortion, and other crimes.

Has the makeup of the fugitives on the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list changed over the years?

Most definitely, just as the priorities of the FBI have changed. Through the 1950s, the list was primarily comprised of bank robbers, burglars, and car thieves. Once into the radical 1960s, the list reflected the revolutionaries of the times with destruction of Government property, sabotage, and kidnapping dominating the list. During the 1970s, with the FBI’s concentration on organized crime and terrorism, the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” included many fugitives with organized crime ties or links to terrorist groups. In the 1980s and 1990s, the list included sexual predators, international terrorists, and drug traffickers. This emphasis, along with crimes against children, white collar crime, and gang violence, continues today.

How many fugitives have been on the list?

As of April 20, 2013, there have been 498 fugitives on the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list. Four hundred and sixty-nine individuals appearing on the list have been located, 155 of them as a direct result of citizen cooperation.

Has the publicity generated by the program changed over the years?

Just as the composition of the list of “Top Ten” fugitives has changed over the years, the media outlets available for publicizing these fugitives have also changed. Traditionally, newspapers and magazines captured the attention of the domestic reader with profiles and photographs of America’s fugitives. Nine of the first 20 “Top Tenners” were arrested due to citizen cooperation, including the very first “Top Tenner,” Thomas Holden, who was arrested after a citizen recognized his photograph in an Oregon newspaper. Today, editors and news directors want the local angle, which is not always present in a “Top Ten” story. Therefore, the program relies heavily on publicity from coast to coast. “Top Ten” fugitives have been apprehended in every state except Alaska, Maine, and Delaware.

Currently, the FBI is also using television and radio to attract public attention to the “Top Ten” list. Networks are airing television programs on FBI fugitives, and ABC Radio Network broadcasts the weekly series “FBI, This Week.” As a result of the first episode of “America’s Most Wanted,” David James Roberts was captured. To date, seventeen “Top Ten” fugitives have been located as a direct result of tips provided by viewers of this program.

In addition to television and radio, the FBI has begun to use cyberspace to inform the public. Postings on the FBI’s Internet website, www.fbi.gov, have led to the apprehension of two of the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.”

How many “special additions” have been made to the “Top Ten”?

Ramzi Ahmed Yousef made the thirteenth fugitive to become a “special addition.” The first “special addition” was Richard Laurence Marquette who was wanted for murder. The second was James Earl Ray, wanted for the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Are there rewards offered for “Top Ten” fugitives?

At a minimum, a reward of up to $100,000 is offered by the FBI for information which leads directly to the arrest of a “Top Ten” fugitive. In some instances, the reward amount offered is more than $100,000.

Did the FBI ever have a “Ten Most Wanted Public Enemies” Program before the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” Program began?

No. The FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice made use of the term, “Public Enemy,” in the 1930s, an era in which the term was synonymous with “fugitive” or “notorious gangster.” It was used in speeches, books, press releases, and internal memoranda. However, neither the FBI nor the Department had any type of publicity program which concentrated on a “Public Enemy” number 1, number 2, etc.

The origin of the name, “Public Enemy,” has been traced to the Chicago Crime Commission, which invented the term around 1930. “Public Enemy” caught national attention, and the Commission maintained lists of its “Public Enemies” which were released through the news media. In addition, the term was popularized by a 1931 movie, “The Public Enemy,” in which James Cagney portrayed a gangster.

Common usage of the name, “Public Enemy,” died out during the World War II period.

What commercial uses of the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” are allowed?

None. Commercial use is strictly prohibited. Descriptions and pictures of the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” are provided for the sole purpose of eliciting public assistance in tracking fugitives.

How is the FBI using television and radio to help capture fugitives?

Currently, the FBI is using television and radio to attract public attention to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives,” as well as other fugitives. A network is airing a television program on FBI fugitives, and the ABC Radio Network hosts “FBI, This Week.” 

“TOP TEN” STATISTICS

Year Total Located Breakdown of the Apprehensions:
1950 8
1951 11
1952 12
1953 26
1954 15
1955 12
1956 7
1957 2
1958 7a
1959 14
1960 21b
1961 15c
1962 14
1963 6d
1964 19e
1965 20f,g,h
1966 16
1967 17i,j
1968 33
1969 11
1970 5
1971 3
1972 2k,l
1973 4m
1974 7
1975 7
1976 9
1977 11
1978 6
1979 6
1980 2
1981 6
1982 2
1983 2
1984 6
1985 7
1986 11n,o
1987 6
1988 9
1989 5
1990 2
1991 2
1992 1
1993 0
1994 6
1995 3
1996 4
1997 3
1998 3
1999 4
2000 2
2001 9
2002 6
2003 1
2004 3
2005 0
2006 5
2007 3
2008 2
2009 3
2010 0
2011 2
2012 2
2013 2

FBI................................237
Local..............................97
Joint...............................69
Killed During Capture....12
Surrendered..................21
Foreign Authorities…....32*

Apprehension by Publicity:
Internet...........................2
Television.......................28
Radio...............................2
Newspapers...................33
Magazines.....................13
Wanted Notices.............49
Total.............................127

NCIC Hits.......................2

Process Dismissed:

a. Mitchell 7/18/1958
b. Pero 12/2/1960
c. Diggs 12/14/1961
d. Keegan 12/13/1963
e. Tenuto 3/9/1964
f. O’Brien 1/14/1965
g. Newman 6/11/1965
h. Payne 11/26/1965
i. Collins 3/30/1967
j. Maps 12/1/1967
k. Teaford 5/24/1972
l. Clouser 8/1/1972
m. Dohrn 12/7/1973
n. C. Hammond 8/4/1986
o. M. Hammond 8/4/1986


Other:

Found Deceased...........14

*46 fugitives were captured in foreign countries, but several were captured as the result of a joint effort.



“TOP TEN” STATISTICS

Removed from List:

D. A. Armstrong 4/1/1976
L. F. Burt 4/7/1976
B. H. Paddock 5/5/1977
K. A. Power 6/15/1984
A. L. Washington 12/27/2000
D. E. Webb 3/31/2007

First Person Placed on List:

Thomas J. Holden
Wanted For: UFAP for murder
Dates: 3/14/50 - 6/23/51

Women on the List:

  1. Ruth Eismann-Schier
    Dates: 12/28/68 - 03/05/69
  2. Marie Dean Arrington
    Dates: 05/29/69 - 12/22/71
  3. Angela Yvonne Davis
    Dates: 08/18/70 - 10/13/70
  4. Bernardine Rae Dohrn
    Dates: 10/14/70 - 12/07/73
  5. Katherine Ann Power
    Dates: 10/17/70 - 06/15/84
  6. Susan Edith Saxe
    Dates: 10/17/70 - 03/27/75
  7. Donna Jean Willmott
    Dates: 05/22/87 - 12/6/94
  8. Shauntay L. Henderson
    Dates: 03/31/07 - 03/31/07

Family Acts:

  1. Samuel J. Veney
    Dates: 2/25/65 - 3/11/65
    Earl Veney
    Dates: 3/5/65 - 3/11/65
  2. Charles E. Ervin
    Dates: 4/13/67 - 7/25/67
    Gordon Dale Ervin
    Dates: 4/13/67 - 6/7/69
  3. Dwight Alan Armstrong
    Dates: 9/4/70 - 4/1/76
    Karleton Lewis Armstrong
    Dates: 9/4/70 - 2/17/72
  4. Charles Earl Hammond
    Dates: 3/14/85 - 8/4/86
    Michael F. A. Hammond
    Dates: 3/14/85 - 8/4/86

Persons Appearing on the List More Than Once:

  1. Nick George Montos
    Dates: 09/08/52 - 08/23/54
    03/02/56 - 03/28/56
  2. Edward Sanford Garrison
    Dates: 10/26/53 - 11/03/53
    03/04/59 - 09/09/60
  3. Ernest Tait
    Dates: 07/11/51 - 07/12/51
    08/16/60 - 09/10/60
  4. Quay C. Kilburn
    Dates: 04/16/58 - 06/02/58
    03/23/64 - 06/25/64
  5. Joseph Lloyd Thomas
    Dates: 10/21/59 - 12/10/59
    09/12/69 - 03/08/70
  6. James Earl Ray
    Dates: 04/20/68 - 06/08/68
    06/11/77 - 06/13/77

Year in Which Highest Number Located:

1968………………..33

Longest Time on List:

Victor Manuel Gerena
Dates:  5/14/84 - Present

Shortest Time on List:

Billie Austin Bryant
Dates: 1/8/69 {5 pm} -
1/8/69 {7 pm}
(Special Addition)

Woman on List the Longest:

Katherine Ann Power
Dates: 10/17/70 - 6/15/84


Oldest Person on List:

James J. Bulger
Born: 9/3/29
Dates: 8/19/99 - 6/22/11

“TOP TEN” CRIME LOCATIONS BY STATE/REGION

Alabama 11
Alaska 0
Arizona 10
Arkansas 5
California 55
Colorado 7
Connecticut 4
Delaware 1
Florida 22
Georgia 18
Hawaii 0
Idaho 3
Illinois 37
Indiana 13
Iowa 4
Kansas 13
Kentucky 9
Louisiana 6
Maine 5
Maryland 17
Massachusetts 15
Michigan 20
Minnesota 5
Mississippi 5
Missouri 11
Montana 2
Nebraska 2
Nevada 5
New Hampshire 1
New Jersey 9
New Mexico 4
New York 32
North Carolina 8
North Dakota 0
Ohio 21
Oklahoma 7
Oregon 7
Pennsylvania 19
Rhode Island 0
South Carolina 3
South Dakota 2
Tennessee 19
Texas 13
Utah 5
Vermont 1
Virginia 8
Washington 9
West Virginia 3
Wisconsin 6
Wyoming 2
Washington, DC 14
TOTAL 498

“TOP TEN” STATISTICS TIPS BY VIEWERS

Cases solved as a result of “America’s Most Wanted” Television Program:

David James Roberts
Dates: 4/27/87 - 2/11/88
Pedro Luis Estrada
Dates: 4/15/88 - 10/1/89
Jack Darrell Farmer
Dates: 5/29/88 - 6/1/88
Roger Lee Jones
Dates: 5/29/88 - 3/4/89
Steven Ray Stout
Dates: 11/27/88 - 12/6/88
Stanley Faison
Dates: 11/27/88 - 12/24/88
Armando Garcia
Dates: 1/8/89 - 1/18/94
Lee Nell Carter
Dates: 11/19/89 - 11/20/89
Wardell David Ford
Dates: 12/20/89 - 9/17/90
Leslie Isben Rogge
Dates: 1/24/90 - 5/18/96
Rickey Allen Bright
Dates: 12/15/95 - 1/7/96
Tony Ray Amati
Dates: 2/21/98 - 2/27/98
Harry Joseph Bowman
Dates: 3/14/98 - 6/7/99
Eric Franklin Rosser
Dates: 12/27/00 - 8/21/01
Michael Scott Bliss
Dates: 1/31/02 - 4/23/02
Chaunson Lavel McKibbins
Dates: arrested 10/29/04 (before release date of 11/9/04)
Michael Jason Registe
Dates: 7/26/08 – 8/27/08

 

Cases solved as a result of “Unsolved Mysteries” Television Program:

Bobby Gene Dennie

Dates: 2/24/89 - 10/28/89

Kenneth Robert Stanton

Dates: 10/24/90 - 10/31/90

 

Cases solved as a result of FBI Internet Site:

Leslie Isben Rogge

Dates: 1/24/90 - 5/18/96

Richard Steve Goldberg

Dates: 6/14/02 - 5/12/07

“TOP TEN” APPREHENSIONS/LOCATIONS BY STATE/REGION

Alabama 3
Alaska 0
Arizona 12
Arkansas 5
California 60
Colorado 10
Connecticut 3
Delaware 0
Florida 32
Georgia 8
Hawaii 2
Idaho 2
Illinois 32
Indiana 6
Iowa 3
Kansas 5
Kentucky 5
Louisiana 11
Maine 0
Maryland 11
Massachusetts 9
Michigan 11
Minnesota 6
Mississippi 5
Missouri 14
Montana 2
Nebraska 2
Nevada 10
New Hampshire 3
New Jersey 5
New Mexico 2
New York 40
North Carolina 4
North Dakota 1
Ohio 16
Oklahoma 5
Oregon 4
Pennsylvania 15
Rhode Island 2
South Carolina 4
South Dakota 1
Tennessee 9
Texas 14
Utah 1
Vermont 1
Virginia 6
Washington 8
West Virginia 1
Wisconsin 5
Wyoming 4
Washington, DC 3
   
SUBTOTAL 423

“TOP TEN” APPREHENSIONS/LOCATIONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

Canada 11
Mexico 16
Bahamas 1
England 1
Japan 1
Vietnam 1
Other 14
   
SUBTOTAL 46
   
TOTAL 469

SPECIAL ADDITIONS TO THE “TEN MOST WANTED FUGITIVES” LIST

Name Number
on list
Added Apprehended/Removed
Richard Laurence Marquette 154 6/29/1961 6/30/1961
James Earl Ray 277 4/20/1968 6/8/1968
Gary Steven Krist 292 12/20/1968 12/22/1968
Billie Austin Bryant 295 1/8/1969 1/8/1969
Hubert Geroid Brown 308 5/6/1970 10/16/1971
Dwight Alan Armstrong 310 9/4/1970 4/1/1976
Karleton Lewis Armstrong 311 9/4/1970 2/17/1972
David Sylvan Fine 312 9/4/1970 1/8/1976
Leo Frederick Burt 313 9/4/1970 4/7/1976
Katherine Ann Power 315 10/17/1970 6/15/1984
Susan Edith Saxe 316 10/17/1970 3/27/1975
Alton Coleman 388 7/11/1984 7/20/1984
Ramzi Ahmed Yousef 436 4/21/1993 2/7/1995

CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF THE FBI’S “TEN MOST WANTED FUGITIVES”

# Name Date Placed on List Date Located
1 Thomas James Holden 3/14/1950 6/23/1951
Holden was arrested in Beaverton, Oregon, following a tip from a citizen who read a wire service story in the Portland, Oregon, newspaper The Oregonian and contacted the FBI.
2 Morley Vernon King 3/15/1950 10/31/1951
Due to an FBI investigation, King was apprehended in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, restaurant.
3 William Raymond Nesbit 3/16/1950 3/18/1950
Nesbit was arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota, by local police following a wire service story in the St. Paul Dispatch.
4 Henry Randolph Mitchell 3/17/1950 7/18/1958
Mitchell was placed on the list three days after its inception and was the only one of the original members still at large when the process against him was dismissed in Tallahassee, Florida.
5 Omar August Pinson 3/18/1950 8/28/1950
Due to an FBI investigation, Pinson was arrested in Pierre, South Dakota, by local police while applying for his driver’s license.
6 Lee Emory Downs 3/20/1950 4/7/1950
Due to an FBI investigation, Downs was arrested by the FBI in Daytona Beach, Florida, outside his trailer home. At the time of the arrest, Downs was working on his 1949 Lincoln automobile.
7 Orba Elmer Jackson 3/21/1950 3/23/1950
A citizen saw Jackson’s Identification Order in an Oregon post office and recognized Jackson as a farm hand. Jackson was apprehended without incident in Aloha, Oregon.
8 Glen Roy Wright 3/22/1950 12/13/1950
Due to an FBI investigation, Wright was arrested in Salina, Kansas, by the FBI.
9 Henry Harland Shelton 3/23/1950 6/23/1950
Shelton was arrested in Indianapolis, Indiana, by FBI Agents. Shelton was armed with a .45 caliber automatic weapon and drew it during the arrest. Agents shot and wounded Shelton.
10 Morris Guralnick 3/24/1950 12/15/1950
Guralnick was arrested by an FBI Agent and a local police officer at a clothing store where he was working as a night clerk in Madison, Wisconsin. Guralnick was located as a result of a citizen seeing his picture in the Coronet magazine and then contacting authorities.
11 William Francis Sutton 3/20/1950 2/18/1952
A bank robber, Sutton was arrested in Brooklyn, New York, without incident. Sutton was spotted by a citizen who had seen his Wanted Flyer and notified the local police after seeing Sutton on the subway in New York City. *Date added not chronological because Sutton was placed on the list after the original ten fugitives were already chosen and Nesbit (3) was quickly arrested.
12 Stephen William Davenport 4/4/1950 5/5/1950
Due to an FBI investigation, Davenport was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, by local police.
13 Henry Clay Tollett 4/11/1950 6/4/1951
Tollett was fatally wounded by a California Highway Patrol officer during the attempt to apprehend him. He was in a stolen car in Redding, California.
14 Frederick J. Tenuto 5/24/1950 3/9/1964
Federal process against Tenuto was dismissed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by a U.S. District Judge.
15 Thomas Kling 7/17/1950 2/20/1952
Kling was arrested in New York, New York, by local police.
16 Meyer Dembin 9/5/1950 11/26/1951
Dembin surrendered to the U.S. Attorney in New York, New York.
17 Courtney Townsend Taylor 1/8/1951 2/16/1951
Taylor was apprehended in Mobile, Alabama, after a jeweler recognized him from a Wanted Flyer. Sending his clerk to follow Taylor, the jeweler called the FBI and police. Within 25 minutes, Taylor was in custody.
18 Joseph Franklin Bent, Jr. 1/9/1951 8/29/1952
Bent was arrested in Texas City, Texas, after a citizen recognized his photo in Pageant magazine. He was shot and wounded during the arrest when he attempted to draw his weapon.
19 Harry H. Burton 3/9/1951 2/7/1952
Burton was arrested in Cody, Wyoming, by the local Sheriff and FBI. His arrest is attributed to the True Detective Mysteries radio broadcast.
20 Joseph Paul Cato 6/27/1951 6/22/1951
Cato surrendered to the FBI in Cleveland, Ohio, after seeing his own Identification Order. Although approved to be placed on the “Top Ten” list, he surrendered prior to the press release date.
21 Anthony Brancato 6/27/1951 6/29/1951
Brancato surrendered to the FBI in San Francisco, California, after seeing an International News Service story in the San Francisco Call-Bulletin.
22 Frederick Emerson Peters 7/2/1951 1/15/1952
Peters was arrested in a Washington, D.C., hotel lobby after two FBI Agents recognized him from an Identification Order.
23 Ernest Tait 7/11/1951 7/12/1951
Tait was arrested in Miami, Florida, by the FBI as a direct result of an Associated Press (AP) story published in the Miami Herald and the Miami Daily News. After being apprehended, Tait said he had intended to shoot it out with the police, but he had read the AP story about himself stating he had been added to the “Top Ten” list and decided not to try to shoot it out with the FBI. Tait is one of six people added to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list twice. He was also #133 on the list.
24 Ollie Gene Embry 7/25/1951 8/5/1951
A citizen saw Embry’s Identification Order in the post office and recognized him as a local filling station attendant. Embry was arrested by FBI Agents while he was in the process of fixing the radiator of the arresting Agents’ car in Kansas City, Missouri.
25 Giachino Anthony Baccolla 8/20/1951 12/10/1951
Due to an FBI investigation, Baccolla was arrested in New York, New York.
26 Raymond Edward Young 11/12/1951 11/16/1951
Due to an FBI investigation, Young was arrested in Denver, Colorado. Young worked nights at a bakery and was apprehended while loading bread trucks.
27 John Thomas Hill 12/10/1951 8/16/1952
Due to an FBI investigation, Hill was arrested in Hamtramck, Michigan, after a citizen recognized him from a Wanted Flyer. FBI Agents raided his home finding Hill in bed, fast asleep. He offered no resistance.
28 George Arthur Heroux 12/19/1951 7/25/1952
Heroux was arrested in El Portal, Florida, by local police following a police department investigation.
29 Sydney Gordon Martin 1/7/1952 11/27/1953
Martin was arrested without incident in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the FBI following publicity in the Saturday Evening Post.
30 Gerhard Arthur Puff 1/28/1952 7/26/1952
Puff was arrested in a hotel lobby in New York, New York, after he shot and killed FBI Special Agent Joseph J. Brock. Puff himself was shot and wounded before he was arrested.
31 Thomas Edward Young 2/21/1952 9/23/1952
Young was arrested in the Boise National Forest, Idaho, without incident following an investigation of citizen reports recognizing his photograph on Identification Orders and in newspaper articles.
32 Kenneth Lee Maurer 2/27/1952 1/8/1953
Maurer, working at a local cabinet shop, was arrested in Miami, Florida, after several customers saw his published photograph and contacted the FBI. Because of Maurer’s fear of flying, he was allowed to return to Detroit by train to face murder charges.
33 Isaie Aldy Beausoleil 3/3/1952 6/25/1953
At the time of his arrest, Beausoleil was dressed as a woman. The arrest occurred in Chicago, Illinois, when Beausoleil was spotted acting suspiciously in a women’s restroom. A park policewoman responded and made the arrest.
34 Leonard Joseph Zalutsky 8/5/1952 9/8/1952
Zalutsky was arrested by local police in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, after being recognized by two citizens who saw his FBI Wanted Poster in a post office.
35 William Merle Martin 8/11/1952 8/30/1952
Martin was arrested in St. Louis, Missouri, by local police due to a police investigation.
36 James Eddie Diggs 8/27/1952 12/14/1961
Federal process against Diggs was dismissed in Norfolk, Virginia.
37 Nick George Montos 9/8/1952 8/23/1954
Montos was arrested in Chicago, Illinois, while he and a companion waited for a freight train to cross the path of their car. His automobile was identified by two FBI Agents. Montos is one of six people added to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list twice. He was also #94 on the list.
38 Theodore Richard Byrd, Jr. 9/10/1952 2/21/1953
Byrd was arrested in El Reno, Oklahoma, after an off-duty FBI clerk recognized him from a Wanted Flyer and notified the local police.
39 Harden Collins Kemper 9/17/1952 1/1/1953
Kemper was arrested in Glendale, Arizona, after an Arizona Highway Patrolman recognized him from an Identification Order.
40 John Joseph Brennan 10/6/1952 1/23/1953
Brennan was arrested in Chicago, Illinois, as a result of a tip from an FBI informant.
41 Charles Patrick Shue 1/15/1953 2/13/1953
Shue was arrested in Los Angeles, California, as a result of the FBI being notified after an individual recognized his picture in a newspaper.
42 Lawson David Shirk Butler 1/22/1953 4/21/1953
Due to an FBI investigation, Butler was arrested in Los Angeles, California.
43 Joseph James Brletic 2/9/1953 2/10/1953
Brletic was arrested in Lancaster, California, by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office after being recognized from a photograph in the Los Angeles Herald-Express newspaper.
44 David Dallas Taylor 3/3/1953 5/26/1953
Due to an FBI investigation, Taylor was arrested in Chicago, Illinois.
45 Perlie Miller 3/4/1953 3/5/1953
Miller was arrested in Somersworth, New Hampshire. Working at a local diner, a customer recognized him from a published “Top Ten” photograph.
46 Fred William Bowerman 3/5/1953 4/24/1953
Bowerman was mortally wounded by police officers while attempting to flee the scene of a bank robbery in St. Louis, Missouri.
47 Robert Benton Mathus 3/16/1953 3/19/1953
Mathus was arrested in Duson, Louisiana, by FBI Agents and local police after being recognized by a citizen who saw his Wanted Flyer.
48 Floyd Allen Hill 3/30/1953 4/18/1953
Due to an FBI investigation, Hill was arrested in Dallas, Texas.
49 Joseph Levy 5/1/1953 4/30/1953
Levy was apprehended at the Churchill Downs Race Track in Louisville, Kentucky, one day prior to the public announcement of being placed on the “Top Ten” list. FBI Agents recognized him from the “Top Ten” material sent to the field office for the announcement. He is still considered to have been officially on the list.
50 Arnold Hinson 5/4/1953 11/7/1953
Hinson was apprehended by FBI Special Agents in the downtown area of Memphis, Tennessee.
51 Gordon Lee Cooper 5/11/1953 6/11/1953
Cooper was arrested in St. Louis, Missouri, following an investigation based on a citizen’s tip. Cooper was recognized from newspaper publicity.
52 Fleet Robert Current 5/18/1953 7/12/1953
Due to an FBI investigation, Current was arrested on an Omaha, Nebraska, street corner.
53 Donald Charles Fitterer 6/8/1953 6/21/1953
Fitterer was arrested in Oakland, California, by the FBI and California State Patrol. A citizen had reported him to FBI Headquarters after identifying him from a True Detective Mysteries radio broadcast.
54 John Raleigh Cooke 6/22/1953 10/20/1953
Cooke was arrested in Detroit, Michigan, as he descended for lunch from a roof on a construction project where he was working as a welder. Upon arrest, Cooke stated it was a relief to be caught as he knew from newspaper articles he was on the FBI’s list of “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” and distance would not aid him in his flight.
55 Jack Gordon White 7/6/1953 8/27/1953
White was recognized by a police officer who remembered him from an Identification Order. FBI and police were called to the area of downtown Seattle, Washington. After determining the make of the vehicle he was driving, FBI Agents were able to locate him. A traffic stop was made and White was apprehended without incident.
56 Alex Richard Bryant 7/14/1953 1/26/1954
Due to an FBI investigation, Bryant was arrested in Los Angeles, California.
57 George William Krendich 7/27/1953 10/11/1953
Krendich was found dead in an abandoned Jeep in a wooded area of Dunn County, North Dakota. The cause of death was suicide from asphyxiation of carbon monoxide fumes, which were piped in from the exhaust into his closed car.
58 Lloyd Reed Russell 9/8/1953 8/3/1954
Russell was killed during a gun battle with local police officers in Spokane, Washington.
59 Edwin Sanford Garrison 10/26/1953 11/3/1953
Garrison was arrested in Detroit, Michigan, without incident after a citizen recognized his photograph in a newspaper article. Garrison is one of six people added to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list twice. He was also #112 on the list.
60 Franklin James Wilson 11/2/1953 1/18/1954
During an interview following Wilson’s arrest in Chicago, Illinois, Wilson blamed the extensive publicity surrounding his addition to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list for his quick capture.
61 Charles E. Johnson 11/12/1953 12/28/1953
Johnson was apprehended in Central Islip, Long Island, New York, after a citizen recognized him from a magazine article in the November 14, 1953, issue of the Saturday Evening Post.
62 Thomas Jackson Massingale 11/18/1953 11/26/1953
Massingale was apprehended in Las Vegas, New Mexico, after a citizen recognized him from a photograph in the November 24, 1953, issue of the Saturday Evening Post.
63 Peter Edward Kenzik 12/7/1953 1/26/1955
Kenzik was arrested in San Diego, California, for drunkenness. A gun was found in his possession and a routine fingerprint check identified Kenzik.
64 Thomas Everett Dickerson 12/10/1953 12/21/1953
Due to an FBI investigation, Dickerson was arrested in Verdunville, West Virginia, by the FBI and the West Virginia State Patrol.
65 Chester Lee Davenport 1/6/1954 1/7/1954
Davenport was arrested near Dixon, California. The local veterinarian recognized Davenport’s photograph in a newspaper as being a dairy farm worker. Davenport was arrested while milking a cow.
66 Alex Whitmore 1/11/1954 5/10/1954
Whitmore was arrested in Seattle, Washington, after a citizen recognized him from a television broadcast.
67 Everett Lowell Krueger 1/25/1954 2/15/1954
After being arrested in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Krueger told FBI Agents, “I’m glad it’s over. I’m tired of running.”
68 Apee Hamp Chapman 2/3/1954 2/10/1954
Chapman was arrested in Silver Spring, Maryland, after a citizen saw his photo in the February 9, 1954, issue of the Washington-Afro-American magazine.
69 Nelson Robert Duncan 2/8/1954 2/21/1954
Duncan was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta patrolmen were investigating an open skylight in a local grocery store and discovered Duncan and an accomplice attempting to burglarize the store safe.
70 Charles Falzone 2/24/1954 8/17/1955
Falzone was arrested in New Bedford, Pennsylvania, by the FBI after a citizen recognized his photograph from an Identification Order in a post office.
71 Basil Kingsley Beck 3/1/1954 3/3/1954
Due to an FBI investigation, Beck was arrested in San Pablo, California, by FBI Agents.
72 Clarence Dye 3/8/1954 8/3/1955
Dye was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by local police. During a routine check, Dye’s former girlfriend told police Dye was wanted.
73 James William Lofton 3/16/1954 3/17/1954
Due to an FBI investigation, Lofton was arrested in Morgan City, Louisiana, by local police and the FBI.
74 Sterling Groom 4/2/1954 4/21/1954
Groom was arrested in Baltimore, Maryland, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from an Identification Order in a post office.
75 Raymond Louis Owen Menard 5/3/1954 5/5/1954
Menard was arrested in New Orleans, Louisiana, by local police after a citizen recognized his photograph from a local newspaper.
76 John Alfred Hopkins 5/18/1954 6/7/1954
Hopkins was arrested near Beowawe, Nevada, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from a photo in a California newspaper.
77 Otto Austin Loel 5/21/1954 1/17/1955
Loel was arrested in Sanford, Florida, by local police. Loel had been hiding in a Sanford city dump and living in a crude shack made of palmetto leaves.
78 David Daniel Keegan 6/21/1954 12/13/1963
Federal process against Keegan was dismissed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
79 Walter James Wilkinson 8/17/1954 1/13/1955
Wilkinson was arrested in Los Angeles, California, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from an Identification Order in a post office. He was working at a country club as a busboy. During the arrest, Wilkinson commented: “It didn’t take too long. I know how you guys work.”
80 John Harry Allen 9/7/1954 12/21/1954
Allen was arrested in Fort Smith, Arkansas, after being recognized by two police officers from a Wanted Flyer.
81 George Lester Belew 1/4/1955 1/24/1955
Belew was arrested at a motel near Champaign, Illinois, after the motel owner recognized his photograph on a Wanted Flyer.
82 Kenneth Darrell Carpenter 1/31/1955 2/4/1955
Carpenter was arrested near Arlington, Tennessee, after an FBI Agent recognized him sitting in the vehicle next to his. Carpenter reached for the radio dial in his car and the Agent recognized a tattoo of the word “love” on the fingers of his right hand. The Agent radioed for assistance and Carpenter was arrested an hour later.
83 Flenoy Payne 2/2/1955 3/11/1958
Due to an FBI investigation, Payne was arrested in Crittenden County, Arkansas. Payne was working as an itinerant cotton picker and gambler.
84 Palmer Julius Morset 2/7/1955 3/2/1956
Due to an FBI investigation, Morset was arrested in Indianapolis, Indiana.
85 Patrick Eugene McDermott 2/9/1955 7/19/1955
McDermott was recognized by a police officer from an Identification Order. McDermott was working as a local ambulance driver in New York, New York.
86 Garland William Daniels 2/18/1955 3/29/1955
Daniels was arrested in Los Angeles, California, after a citizen recognized his photograph in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper.
87 Daniel William O’Connor 4/11/1955 12/26/1958
To avoid arrest, O’Connor dyed his hair red, grew a mustache, added a tattoo and gained 58 pounds. O’Connor was apprehended in El Cajon, California, during an investigation of a neighborhood theft of a two wheeled trailer valued at $15. O’Connor was a neighbor of the victim and a routine check of his fingerprints identified him as O’Connor.
88 Jack Harvey Raymond 8/8/1955 10/14/1955
Due to an FBI investigation, Raymond was apprehended in Denver, Colorado.
89 Daniel Abram Everhart 8/17/1955 10/9/1955
Due to an FBI investigation, Everhart was arrested in Denver, Colorado.
90 Charles Edward Ranels 9/2/1955 12/16/1956
Ranels was arrested in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, after neighbors recognized his photo on a Wanted Flyer.
91 Thurman Arthur Green 10/24/1955 2/16/1956
Due to an FBI investigation, Green was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee. Green had sent his wife to stay with relatives and was home alone in bed recuperating from a toothache. He told the offi cers, “I was expecting you yesterday.”
92 John Allen Kendrick 11/2/1955 12/2/1955
Due to an FBI investigation, Kendrick was arrested in Chicago, Illinois.
93 Joseph James Bagnola 12/19/1955 12/30/1956
Due to an FBI investigation, Bagnola was arrested in Chicago, Illinois.
94 Nick George Montos 3/2/1956 3/28/1956
Montos was arrested in his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, after being recognized by a citizen. Montos is one of six people added to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list twice. He was also #37 on the list.
95 James Ignatius Faherty 3/19/1956 5/16/1956
Due to an FBI investigation, Faherty was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
96 Thomas Francis Richardson 4/12/1956 5/16/1956
Due to an FBI investigation, Richardson was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts, together with Faherty (95).
97 Eugene Francis Newman 5/28/1956 6/11/1965
Federal process against Newman was dismissed in Buffalo, New York.
98 Carmine DiBiase 5/28/1956 8/28/1958
DiBiase surrendered to the FBI through an attorney in New York, New York. Following his surrender, DiBiase reportedly made the following statement: “I am getting older and accomplishing nothing having to stay away from my wife and children, mother and father. I am glad it is over. I had to come in.”
99 Ben Golden McCollum 1/4/1957 3/7/1958
McCollum was arrested in a rooming house in Indianapolis, Indiana.
100 Alfred James White 1/14/1957 1/24/1957
White was arrested in Memphis, Tennessee, by the FBI after being recognized by a citizen from a Wanted Flyer.
101 Robert L. Green 2/11/1957 2/13/1957
Green was arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota, by the FBI after a citizen recognized his photograph in the Minneapolis Star newspaper. Green was about to board a bus en route to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
102 George Edward Cole 2/25/1957 7/6/1959
Cole was arrested in Des Moines, Iowa, by the FBI after a citizen recognized Cole’s female companion from a photograph on a Wanted Flyer.
103 Eugene Russell McCracken 3/26/1958 3/27/1958
McCracken was arrested in Baltimore, Maryland, by the FBI after McCracken’s photo was published in the Baltimore News-Post newspaper. Four separate individuals called the FBI on the same day the newspaper article appeared.
104 Frank Aubrey Leftwich 4/4/1958 4/18/1958
Due to an FBI investigation, Leftwich was arrested in Chicago, Illinois.
105 Quay Cleon Kilburn 4/16/1958 6/2/1958
Kilburn was arrested in Los Angeles, California, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from an Identification Order in a local post office. Kilburn is one of six people added to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list twice. He was also #188 on the list.
106 Dominick Scialo 5/9/1958 7/27/1959
Scialo surrendered to the FBI in Brooklyn, New York.
107 Angelo Luigi Pero 6/16/1958 12/2/1960
Federal process against Pero was dismissed by the U.S. Attorney in New York, New York.
108 Frederick Grant Dunn 7/29/1958 9/8/1959
A farmer located skeletal remains along a stream near Ellsworth, Kansas, and contacted the sheriff. The remains were sent to the FBI’s Laboratory and identified as Dunn.
109 Frank Lawrence Sprenz 9/10/1958 4/15/1959
Due to an FBI investigation, Sprenz was arrested in Laredo, Texas.
110 David Lynn Thurston 1/8/1959 2/6/1959
Thurston was arrested in New York, New York, after attempting to rob a Broadway restaurant. He was apprehended by police after a chase through theater crowds on the streets.
111 John Thomas Freeman 2/17/1959 2/18/1959
Freeman was arrested by the FBI in Hillside, Maryland, after a citizen recognized his photograph in a newspaper article.
112 Edwin Sanford Garrison 3/4/1959 9/9/1960
When Garrison was arrested in St. Louis, Missouri, he told the FBI Agents: “I’m glad it’s over. I know the FBI. You can’t fool the FBI for very long.” Garrison is one of six people added to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list twice. He was also #59 on the list.
113 Emmett Bernard Kervan 4/29/1959 5/13/1959
Due to an FBI investigation, Kervan was arrested in El Paso, Texas.
114 Richard Allen Hunt 5/27/1959 6/2/1959
Hunt was arrested by the local sheriff in Thermopolis, Wyoming, after a citizen recognized Hunt from a Wanted Flyer.
115 Walter Bernard O’Donnell 6/17/1959 6/19/1959
O’Donnell was arrested in Norfolk, Virginia, by the FBI after a citizen recognized his photograph in a newspaper article. At the time of his apprehension, O’Donnell was posing as a retired U. S. Postal Inspector and was scheduled to speak before a Norfolk citizens’ group that night.
116 Billy Owens Williams 7/10/1959 3/4/1960
Due to an FBI investigation, Williams was arrested in New York, New York.
117 James Francis Jenkins 7/21/1959 8/12/1959
Jenkins was arrested in a Buffalo, New York, motel after an informant tipped off the FBI.
118 Harry Raymond Pope 8/11/1959 8/25/1959
Due to an FBI investigation, Pope was arrested in Lubbock, Texas, by the FBI and Texas Rangers.
119 James Francis Duffy 8/26/1959 9/2/1959
Due to an FBI investigation, Duffy was arrested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
120 Robert Garfield Brown, Jr. 9/9/1959 1/11/1960
Brown was arrested in Cincinnati, Ohio, by the FBI after a citizen recognized his photograph on an Identification Order.
121 Frederick Anthony Seno 9/24/1959 9/24/1959
Due to an FBI investigation, Seno was arrested in Miami, Florida, in a rooming house where he had been living under an assumed name. When approached by FBI Agents he shouted, “Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot!”
122 Smith Gerald Hudson 10/7/1959 7/31/1960
Hudson was arrested in Cozad, Nebraska, after a citizen recognized him from a Wanted Flyer. Hudson refused to admit his identity and was identified through fingerprints.
123 Joseph Lloyd Thomas 10/21/1959 12/10/1959
Thomas was arrested in Pelzer, South Carolina, by the FBI after a citizen recognized Thomas’ photograph on an Identification Order in a post offi ce. Thomas had grown a mustache for a disguise. He also had established himself in the used car business and had enrolled his children in a local school. Thomas is one of six people added to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list twice. He was also #304 on the list.
124 Kenneth Ray Lawson 1/4/1960 3/20/1960
Due to an FBI investigation, Lawson was arrested in Laredo, Texas.
125 Ted Jacob Rinehart 1/25/1960 3/6/1960
Rinehart was arrested in Granada Hills, California, after a citizen recognized him from a Wanted Flyer. Rinehart told Agents he learned of his addition to the “Top Ten” list while watching a local television show.
126 Charles Clyatt Rogers 3/18/1960 5/11/1960
Rogers was arrested in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while standing in a soup line at a Salvation Army center. He was recognized by a police officer who collected FBI Wanted Posters.
127 Joseph Corbett, Jr. 3/30/1960 10/29/1960
Corbett was apprehended in Vancouver, British Columbia, by Canadian police after two Canadian citizens recognized Corbett from a November 1960 Reader’s Digest article.
128 William Mason 4/6/1960 4/27/1960
Due to an FBI investigation, Mason was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
129 Edward Reiley 5/10/1960 5/24/1960
Reiley was arrested in Rockford, Illinois, by the local sheriff after an auto salesman recognized Reiley from a Wanted Flyer. Upon arrest he pleaded, “Don’t shoot! I’m the guy you want.”
130 Harold Eugene Fields 5/25/1960 9/5/1960
Fields was arrested in Schererville, Indiana. Fields told arresting FBI Agents his place on the “Top Ten” list convinced him his days of freedom were numbered and his apprehension came as no surprise.
131 Richard Peter Wagner 6/23/1960 6/25/1960
Wagner was arrested in Minnesota, after a citizen recognized him from a newspaper article. An expert woodsman, Wagner had been a hunting and fi shing guide at the lodge where he was captured.
132 James John Warjac 7/19/1960 7/22/1960
Due to an FBI investigation, Warjac was arrested in Los Angeles, California.
133 Ernest Tait 8/16/1960 9/10/1960
Due to an FBI investigation, Tait was arrested in Denver, Colorado. Tait is one of six people added to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list twice. He was also #23 on the list.
134 Clarence Leon Raby 8/19/1960 8/28/1960
Raby surrendered to local authorities at his parents’ home in Heiskell, Tennessee.
135 Nathaniel Beans 9/12/1960 9/30/1960
Beans was arrested in Buffalo, New York, by a police officer who recognized him from a magazine photograph.
136 Stanley William Fitzgerald 9/20/1960 9/22/1960
Fitzgerald was arrested in Portland, Oregon, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from a photograph in a newspaper.
137 Donald Leroy Payne 10/6/1960 11/26/1965
Federal process against Payne was dismissed in Houston, Texas.
138 Charles Francis Higgins 10/10/1960 10/17/1960
Higgins was arrested in Kirkwood, Missouri, by local police after an officer recognized him from a newspaper photograph.
139 Robert William Schultz, Jr. 10/12/1960 11/4/1960
Due to an FBI investigation, Schultz was arrested in Orlando, Florida.
140 Merle Lyle Gall 10/17/1960 1/18/1961
Due to an FBI investigation, Gall was arrested in Scottsdale, Arizona.
141 James George Economou 10/31/1960 3/22/1961
Economou was arrested in Los Angeles, California, after a tip from an informant.
142 Ray Delano Tate 11/18/1960 11/25/1960
Feeling cornered by the vast publicity afforded his fugitive status, Tate surrendered to an editor of the New York Daily Mirror newspaper in New York, New York. He was taken into custody immediately by FBI Agents.
143 John B. Everhart 11/22/1960 11/6/1963
Everhart was arrested in San Francisco, California. He was taken into custody while painting a house.
144 Herbert Hoover Huffman 12/19/1960 12/29/1960
Huffman was apprehended in Cleveland, Ohio, after a fellow worker recognized him from a Wanted Poster.
145 Kenneth Eugene Cindle 12/23/1960 4/1/1961
Cindle was apprehended in Cochran County, Texas, after a local farmer saw Cindle’s photograph on television. The farmer had picked up a hitchhiker earlier that day and recognized him as Cindle. He had been hitchhiking across the county and working odd jobs to avoid apprehension.
146 Thomas Viola 1/17/1961 3/27/1961
Viola was arrested in Detroit, Michigan, after a citizen recognized his photo in an article in American Weekly.
147 William Chester Cole 2/2/1961 2/6/1961
Cole surrendered to FBI Agents in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Cole said, “The ‘heat’ of the investigation was too much.”
148 Willie Hughes 3/15/1961 8/8/1961
Hughes was arrested in Pocatello, Idaho, where he had been working as a farm laborer.
149 William Terry Nichols 4/6/1961 4/30/1962
Nichols was arrested near Homestead, Florida, where he had started a commercial fishing business.
150 George Martin Bradley, Jr. 4/10/1961 5/1/1961
Bradley was arrested in Davenport, Iowa, by local police officers after an attempted bank robbery. He was identified after routine fingerprinting.
151 Philip Alfred LaNormandin 4/17/1961 4/17/1961
A few hours following the announcement to the “Top Ten” list, a citizen recognized LaNormandin’s photograph in the evening newspaper. LaNormandin was arrested in Jersey City, New Jersey, that same day.
152 Kenneth Holleck Sharp 5/1/1961 7/3/1961
Sharp was arrested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a citizen recognized his photograph in the Master Detective magazine.
153 Anthony Vincent Fede 5/22/1961 10/28/1961
Fede was arrested in Los Angeles, California. Captured by FBI Agents, Fede was carrying a toy pistol and a fake police badge. He said, “I should have given myself up.”
154 Richard Laurence Marquette 6/29/1961 6/30/1961
Marquette was arrested in Santa Maria, California, by the FBI after a citizen recognized his photograph on a Wanted Flyer posted in a credit bureau.
155 Robert William Schuette 7/19/1961 8/2/1961
Schuette was arrested in Chicago, Illinois. He had shaved his sideburns and mustache and changed his address 40 times to avoid being recognized. He congratulated the FBI saying, “You fellows sure did a good job.” In his pocket was a news clipping with a picture telling of his addition to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list two weeks prior.
156 Chester Anderson McGonigal 8/14/1961 8/17/1961
McGonigal was arrested in Denver, Colorado, by the FBI after a citizen recognized his photograph in a newspaper.
157 Hugh Bion Morse 8/29/1961 10/13/1961
Morse was arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota, the evening after a visitor to the FBI Tour in Washington, D.C., recognized his photo displayed on the “Top Ten” Exhibit.
158 John Gibson Dillon 9/1/1961 3/2/1964
Dillon was found dead in Chelsea, Oklahoma. His badly decomposed body was located at the bottom of a 15-foot, water-filled well on a remote farm. Wired to his body were 400 pounds of oil well drilling equipment.
159 John Robert Sawyer 10/30/1961 11/3/1961
Sawyer was arrested in Wickendale, Arizona, by a local police officer after he recognized Sawyer’s vehicle in an All Points Bulletin issued by the FBI.
160 Edward Wayne Edwards 11/10/1961 1/20/1962
Edwards was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, by local police.
161 Franklin Eugene Alltop 11/22/1961 2/2/1962
Due to an FBI investigation, Alltop was arrested in Kansas City, Kansas. Alltop greeted the arresting FBI Agents by saying, “I’ve been expecting you. I know you’re the FBI.”
162 Francis Laverne Brannan 12/27/1961 1/17/1962
Brannan surrendered to the FBI in Miami, Florida. Calling from a phone at a downtown gas station, Brannan told them, “Come and get me, I’m tired of running from the FBI.”
163 Delbert Henry Linaweaver 1/30/1962 2/5/1962
Linaweaver was arrested in Floydada, Texas, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from a Wanted Flyer in a post office.
164 Watson Young, Jr. 2/5/1962 2/12/1962
Young was arrested in Salina, Kansas, driving a stolen ambulance. It had been stolen from an area funeral home. In his pocket, Young had his Identification Order.
165 Lyndal Ray Smith 2/14/1962 3/22/1962
Smith surrendered in Baltimore, Maryland, as a result of television and newspaper publicity.
166 Harry Robert Grove, Jr. 2/19/1962 1/26/1963
Grove was arrested in Uhrichsville, Ohio, by the Ohio State Highway Patrol after being observed loitering in a supermarket.
167 Bobby Randell Wilcoxson 2/23/1962 11/10/1962
Due to an FBI investigation, Wilcoxson was arrested in Baltimore, Maryland.
168 Albert Frederick Nussbaum 4/2/1962 11/4/1962
Nussbaum was arrested in Buffalo, New York, by the FBI after a 20-minute chase through downtown streets.
169 Thomas Welton Holland 5/11/1962 6/2/1962
Holland was arrested in La Harpe, Kansas, by a police officer who recognized him from a Wanted Flyer.
170 Edward Howard Maps 6/15/1962 12/1/1967
Federal process against Maps was dismissed in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
171 David Stanley Jacubanis 11/21/1962 11/29/1962
Due to an FBI investigation, Jacubanis was arrested in Arlington, Vermont.
172 John Kinchloe DeJarnette 11/30/1962 12/3/1962
Due to an FBI investigation, DeJarnette was arrested in Hollywood, California.
173 Michael Joseph O’Connor 12/13/1962 12/28/1962
O’Connor was arrested by FBI Agents in a restaurant in New York, New York. He had been hiding out in a New York hotel.
174 John Lee Taylor 12/14/1962 12/20/1962
Due to an FBI investigation, Taylor was arrested in Chicago, Illinois.
175 Harold Thomas O’Brien 1/4/1963 1/14/1963
Federal process against O’Brien was dismissed by federal and local authorities in Lake City, Illinois.
176 Jerry Clarence Rush 1/14/1963 3/25/1965
Due to an FBI investigation, Rush was arrested in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida.
177 Marshall Frank Chrisman 2/7/1963 5/21/1963
Chrisman was arrested in Los Angeles, California, by local authorities. Apprehended after robbing a grocery store, Chrisman was identified after a routine fingerprint check.
178 Howard Jay Barnard 4/12/1963 4/6/1964
Barnard was arrested in North Sacramento, California, by local police after robbing a motel of $1,000. At the time of his apprehension, Barnard was wearing two sets of clothes, actor’s makeup and gold hair. He had cotton stuffed in his nose and mouth to disguise his face. Officers had to remove glue from his hands so he could be fingerprinted.
179 Leroy Ambrosia Frazier 6/4/1963 9/12/1963
Frazier was arrested in Cleveland, Ohio, by FBI and local police after a citizen recognized Frazier from media coverage.
180 Carl Close 9/25/1963 9/26/1963
Close was apprehended in Anderson, South Carolina, by local authorities after robbing a bank.
181 Thomas Asbury Hadder 10/9/1963 1/13/1964
Hadder was arrested in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, by FBI Agents shortly after he registered at the Salvation Army Center under a fictitious name.
182 Alfred Oponowicz 11/27/1963 12/23/1964
Oponowicz was arrested in Painesville, Ohio, by FBI Agents and local authorities. Captured in a railroad switching yard, he attempted to evade detection by lying completely submerged in a pool of water while breathing through a reed.
183 Arthur William Couts 12/27/1963 1/30/1964
Due to an FBI investigation, Couts was arrested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by FBI Agents. Attempting to disguise his appearance, Couts had grown a heavy mustache and dyed his hair.
184 Jesse James Gilbert 1/27/1964 2/26/1964
Gilbert was arrested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by FBI Agents. In order to hide his identity, he was wearing a wig, had on dark glasses, and had placed bandages over a tattoo on his left arm. After being apprehended by the Agents, Gilbert remarked, “You men are real gentlemen, and if I had to be picked up, I’m glad it was by the FBI.”
185 Sammie Earl Ammons 2/10/1964 5/15/1964
Ammons was arrested in Cherokee, Alabama, by local police after attempting to pass a bad check in a Rome, Georgia, store. A high-speed chase followed as local authorities pursued Ammons across the state line.
186 Frank B. Dumont 3/10/1964 4/27/1964
Dumont was arrested in Tucson, Arizona, by local police after committing a burglary in an apartment building.
187 William Beverly Hughes 3/18/1964 4/11/1964
Hughes was arrested in Bylas, Arizona, by the Arizona Highway Patrol after a citizen recognized him from a description reported in a newspaper article.
188 Quay Cleon Kilburn 3/23/1964 6/25/1964
Due to an FBI investigation, Kilburn was arrested in Ogden, Utah. Kilburn is one of six people added to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list twice. He was also #105 on the list.
189 Joseph Francis Bryan, Jr. 4/14/1964 4/28/1964
Bryan was arrested in New Orleans, Louisiana. While Bryan was driving a stolen 1963 Cadillac, he was spotted by a lone FBI Agent. The Agent flagged down a second Agent and the two Agents followed Bryan into a nearby shopping center where they arrested him.
190 John Robert Bailey 4/22/1964 5/4/1964
Bailey was arrested in Hayward, California, where he had posed as a plumber for two years.
191 George Zavada 5/6/1964 6/12/1964
Zavada was arrested in San Jose, California, after a gun battle in which he was shot in the chest and rushed to a hospital in Santa Clara, California, to undergo surgery.
192 George Patrick McLaughlin 5/8/1964 2/24/1965
Due to an FBI investigation, McLaughlin was arrested in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in his third-floor apartment.
193 Chester Collins 5/14/1964 3/30/1967
Federal process against Collins was dismissed in West Palm Beach, Florida, at the request of local authorities.
194 Edward Newton Nivens 5/28/1964 6/2/1964
Nivens was arrested in Tampa, Florida, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from a Wanted Flyer.
195 Louis Frederick Vasselli 6/15/1964 9/1/1964
Vasselli was arrested in Calumet City, Illinois, by the FBI after an old schoolmate recognized him from a Wanted Flyer.
196 Thomas Edward Galloway 6/24/1964 7/17/1964
Galloway was arrested at a golf course in Danville, Virginia, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from a newspaper article.
197 Alson Thomas Wahrlich 7/9/1964 10/28/1967
Wahrlich was arrested in Treasure Island, Florida, after a citizen recognized him from his description in Argosy magazine.
198 Kenneth Malcolm Christiansen 7/27/1964 9/8/1964
Christiansen was arrested in Silver Spring, Maryland, by local authorities after attempting to rob a seafood restaurant.
199 William Hutton Coble 9/11/1964 3/1/1965
Coble was arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina, by Charlotte police after an unsuccessful attempt to rob a bank.
200 Lloyd Donald Greeson, Jr. 9/18/1964 9/23/1964
Greeson was arrested in Elsinore, California, by the Chief of Police after a citizen recognized him from a photograph on his Wanted Flyer.
201 Raymond Lawrence Wyngaard 10/5/1964 11/28/1964
Due to an FBI investigation, Wyngaard was arrested in a taxi cab in downtown Madison, Wisconsin.
202 Norman Belyea Gorham 12/10/1964 5/28/1965
Gorham was arrested in Los Angeles, California, after a citizen recognized him from a television announcement.
203 John William Clouser 1/7/1965 8/1/1972
Federal process against Clouser was dismissed in Montgomery, Alabama.
204 Walter Lee Parman 1/15/1965 1/31/1965
Parman was arrested in Los Angeles, California, after a citizen recognized him from a newspaper article.
205 Gene Thomas Webb 2/11/1965 2/12/1965
Webb was arrested in Chicago, Illinois, after he was recognized by FBI Agents as he walked along a road in Colonial Village.
206 Samuel Jefferson Veney 2/25/1965 3/11/1965
Veney was arrested in Garden City, New York, with his brother, Earl Veney (207), by the FBI and Federal Narcotics Agents. Both men were working as machine operators in a manufacturing plant. A citizen cooperating with Federal Narcotics recognized Veney.
207 Earl Veney 3/5/1965 3/11/1965
Veney was arrested in Garden City, New York, with his brother, Samuel Veney (206), by the FBI and Federal Narcotics Agents. Both men were working as machine operators in a manufacturing plant. A citizen cooperating with Federal Narcotics recognized Veney.
208 Donald Stewart Heien 3/11/1965 2/3/1966
Heien was arrested in Newton, Massachusetts, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from media coverage.
209 Arthur Pierce, Jr. 3/24/1965 3/25/1965
Pierce was arrested in Spring Valley, New York, after a citizen recognized him from a newspaper article. He had been working as a painting contractor.
210 Donald Dean Rainey 3/26/1965 6/22/1965
Due to an FBI investigation, Rainey was arrested in Nogales, Arizona.
211 Leslie Douglas Ashley 4/6/1965 4/23/1965
Ashley was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, while he was working in a carnival side show.
212 Charles Bryan Harris 5/6/1965 6/17/1965
Harris was apprehended near Fairchild, Illinois, living in an old farm house.
213 William Albert Autur Tahl 6/10/1965 11/5/1965
Tahl was arrested in St. Louis, Missouri, by local authorities.
214 Duane Earl Pope 6/11/1965 6/11/1965
Pope surrendered to local police in Kansas City, Missouri, shortly after he was added to the “Top Ten”list.
215 Allen Wade Haugsted 6/24/1965 12/23/1965
Haugsted was arrested in Houston, Texas, after a citizen recognized him from a photo in the Houston Chronicle newspaper. He was working as a baker in a suburban shopping center.
216 Theodore Matthew Brechtel 6/30/1965 8/16/1965
Brechtel was arrested in Chicago, Illinois, at his place of employment where he was working as a painter. Although he had been using an alias, he admitted his true identity to arresting Agents stating, “I know what you want; I’m it.”
217 Robert Allen Woodford 7/2/1965 8/5/1965
Woodford was arrested in Seattle, Washington, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from a Wanted Flyer.
218 Warren Cleveland Osborne 8/12/1965 9/9/1965
Osborne was killed in an automobile wreck near Mount Washington, Kentucky, after a high speed chase by local police. He was positively Identified through fingerprints.
219 Holice Paul Black 8/25/1965 12/15/1965
Due to an FBI investigation, Black was arrested in Miami, Florida.
220 Edward Owen Watkins 9/21/1965 12/2/1966
Watkins was arrested in Florence, Montana. FBI Agents displayed photos of Watkins to stores selling western clothing and a salesman recognized him.
221 Joel Singer 11/19/1965 12/1/1965
Singer was apprehended in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by Montreal police. He had been the object of an intensive joint investigation by the FBI and Canadian authorities.
222 James Edward Kennedy 12/8/1965 12/23/1965
Kennedy was arrested in Worcester, Massachusetts, after a citizen recognized him from a newspaper article.
223 Lawrence John Higgins 12/14/1965 1/3/1966
Higgins was arrested in Emigrant Gap, California, by California Highway Patrol Officers.
224 Hoyt Bud Cobb 1/6/1966 6/6/1966
Cobb was arrested in Hialeah, Florida, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from a Front Page Detective magazine article.
225 James Robert Bishop 1/10/1966 1/21/1966
Bishop was arrested in Aspen, Colorado, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from an Identification Order. He had been working as a kitchen helper.
226 Robert Van Lewing 1/12/1966 2/6/1967
Lewing was arrested in Kansas City, Missouri, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him in a feature story in This Week magazine.
227 Earl Ellery Wright 1/14/1966 6/20/1966
Due to an FBI investigation, Wright was arrested in Cleveland, Ohio.
228 Jessie James Roberts, Jr. 2/3/1966 2/8/1966
Due to an FBI investigation, Roberts was arrested in Laredo, Texas.
229 Charles Lorin Gove 2/16/1966 2/16/1966
Gove was arrested on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
230 Ralph Dwayne Owen 2/16/1966 3/11/1966
Due to an FBI investigation, Owen was arrested in Kansas City, Missouri.
231 Jimmy Lewis Parker 2/25/1966 3/4/1966
Due to an FBI investigation, Parker was arrested in Detroit, Michigan.
232 Jack Daniel Sayadoff 3/17/1966 3/24/1966
Due to an FBI investigation, Sayadoff was arrested in Indianapolis, Indiana.
233 Robert Clayton Buick 3/24/1966 3/29/1966
Buick was arrested in Pecos, Texas, by a police officer who recognized him from a Wanted Poster.
234 James Vernon Taylor 4/4/1966 4/4/1966
Taylor was found dead in Baltimore, Maryland, by Baltimore Harbor Police.
235 Lynwood Irwin Mears 4/11/1966 5/2/1967
Mears was arrested in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from an article in the Twin City Sentinel newspaper.
236 James Robert Ringrose 4/15/1966 3/29/1967
Ringrose was apprehended in Osaka, Japan, by Japanese police while attempting to pass bad checks. He was arrested in Hawaii after his return to the United States from Japan. He told the FBI Agents he had been saving an item for several years and now he needed it. He then presented them with the Monopoly game card, “Get out of jail free.”
237 Walter Leonard Lesczynski 6/16/1966 9/9/1966
Due to an FBI investigation, Lesczynski was arrested in Chicago, Illinois.
238 Donald Rogers Smelley 6/30/1966 11/7/1966
Due to an FBI investigation, Smelley was arrested in Hollywood, California.
239 George Ben Edmondson 9/21/1966 6/28/1967
Edmondson was arrested in Campbells Bay, Quebec, Canada, by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police after a Canadian citizen recognized him from an American magazine article.
240 Everett Leroy Biggs 11/21/1966 12/1/1966
Due to an FBI investigation, Biggs was arrested in Broomfield, Colorado.
241 Gene Robert Jennings 12/15/1966 2/14/1967
Jennings was arrested in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from an article in The Week magazine.
242 Clarence Wilbert McFarland 12/22/1966 4/4/1967
McFarland was arrested in Baltimore, Maryland, by Baltimore Police as a burglary suspect. He was identified from his fingerprints.
243 Monroe Hickson 2/17/1967 1/30/1968
In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a couple recognized Hickson’s photograph in a “Top Ten” display and identified him as a migrant worker who had died of natural causes. Positive identification was made by fingerprints.
244 Clyde Edward Laws 2/28/1967 5/18/1967
Laws was arrested in Raytown, Missouri, through cooperation of a relative.
245 Charles Edward Ervin 4/13/1967 7/25/1967
Ervin was arrested in Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada, by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police nearly two years before his brother, Gordon Dale Ervin (246). Charles Ervin sported facial scars indicative of plastic surgery.
246 Gordon Dale Ervin 4/13/1967 6/7/1969
Ervin was arrested in Winnipeg, Canada, by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police nearly two years after his brother, Charles Edward Ervin (245).
247 Thomas Franklin Dorman 4/20/1967 5/20/1967
Dorman was arrested in Grantsburg, Indiana, by the FBI aided by local and state police.
248 Jerry Lynn Young 5/12/1967 6/15/1967
Young was arrested in Akron, Ohio, by FBI Agents and local authorities.
249 Joseph Leroy Newman 6/2/1967 6/29/1967
Due to an FBI investigation, Newman was arrested in Jersey City, New Jersey.
250 Carmen Raymond Gagliardi 6/9/1967 12/23/1968
Gagliardi was arrested in Medford, Massachusetts, in his mother’s home.
251 Donald Richard Bussmeyer 6/28/1967 8/24/1967
Bussmeyer was arrested in Upland, California, clad only in shorts. A tattoo on his chest “Don Bussmeyer Loves Joyce,” gave away his identity.
252 Florencio Lopez Mationg 7/1/1967 7/16/1967
Due to an FBI investigation, Mationg was arrested in Los Angeles, California, with his partner Victor Jerald Bono (253).
253 Victor Jerald Bono 7/1/1967 7/16/1967
Due to an FBI investigation, Bono was arrested in Los Angeles, California, with his partner Florencio Lopez Mationg (252).
254 Alfred Johnson Cooper, Jr. 7/27/1967 9/8/1967
Cooper was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts. A visitor on the FBI Tour in Washington, D.C., recognized Cooper’s photograph on the “Top Ten” display.
255 John D. Slaton 8/2/1967 12/1/1967
Due to an FBI investigation, Slaton was arrested in Harquahala Valley, Arizona.
256 Jerry Ray James 8/16/1967 1/24/1968
James was arrested in Tucson, Arizona, by FBI Agents and local police. His partner, Donald Eugene Sparks (259), was arrested with him.
257 Richard Paul Anderson 9/7/1967 1/19/1968
Anderson was arrested in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by Canadian Police.
258 Henry Theodore Young 9/21/1967 1/9/1968
Young was arrested in Kansas City, Missouri, after a citizen recognized him from an article in Inside Detective magazine.
259 Donald Eugene Sparks 11/13/1967 1/24/1968
Sparks was arrested in Tucson, Arizona, by FBI Agents and local police. His partner, Jerry Ray James (256), was arrested with him.
260 Zelma Lavone King 12/14/1967 1/30/1968
Due to an FBI investigation, King was arrested in Phoenix, Arizona.
261 Jerry Reece Peacock 12/14/1967 3/5/1968
Due to an FBI investigation, Peacock was arrested in Mesquite, Nevada.
262 Ronald Eugene Storck 1/19/1968 2/29/1968
Due to an FBI investigation, Storck was arrested in Honolulu, Hawaii.
263 Robert Leon McCain 1/31/1968 2/23/1968
McCain was arrested in Gulfport, Florida, by local police. A police sergeant who had recently finished a training course at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, recognized McCain from the “Top Ten” Flyers displayed there.
264 William Garrin Allen, II 2/9/1968 3/23/1968
Due to an FBI investigation, Allen was arrested in Brooklyn, New York.
265 Charles Lee Herron 2/9/1968 6/18/1986
Due to an FBI investigation, Herron was arrested in Jacksonville, Florida.
266 Leonard Daniel Spears 2/13/1968 3/2/1968
Due to an FBI investigation, Spears was arrested in Tampa, Florida.
267 William Howard Bornman 2/13/1968 2/13/1968
Due to an FBI investigation, Bornman was arrested in Covington, Kentucky.
268 John Conway Patterson 2/26/1968 3/17/1968
Patterson was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by local police and his identity was confirmed by fingerprints.
269 Troy Denver Martin 3/9/1968 3/19/1968
Martin was arrested in Seattle, Washington, after an employment agency manager recognized him from his Identification Order.
270 George Benjamin Williams 3/18/1968 5/26/1968
Williams’ skeletal remains were found by prospectors near a mine in Nevada. Three bullet holes were in his skull. Williams had been dead for six months.
271 Michael John Sanders 3/21/1968 4/8/1968
Due to an FBI investigation, Sanders was arrested in New York, New York.
272 Howard Callens Johnson 3/21/1968 4/24/1968
Johnson was arrested in Louisville, Kentucky, after a citizen recognized him from a Wanted Poster.
273 George Edward Wells 3/28/1968 5/27/1969
Wells was arrested outside a motel in South Point, Ohio, by FBI Agents.
274 David Evans 4/3/1968 4/26/1968
Evans was arrested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after being shot twice by local police as they responded to a burglar alarm at a doctor’s home.
275 Franklin Allen Paris 4/9/1968 5/21/1968
Due to an FBI investigation, Paris was arrested in Lakehead, California.
276 David Stuart Neff 4/18/1968 4/25/1968
Due to an FBI investigation, Neff was arrested in Brooklyn, New York.
277 James Earl Ray 4/20/1968 6/8/1968
Ray was apprehended in London, England, by British authorities. Ray is one of six people added to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list twice. He was also #351 on the list.
278 John Wesley Shannon, Jr. 5/7/1968 6/5/1968
Shannon was arrested in Camden, New Jersey, by FBI Agents and local police.
279 Taylor Morris Teaford 5/10/1968 5/24/1972
Federal process against Teaford was dismissed in Fresno, California.
280 Phillip Morris Jones 6/5/1968 6/26/1968
Jones walked into the FBI Office in San Mateo, California, and surrendered to authorities after seeing his Wanted Poster in a local post office. At the time of his arrest, he had a fully loaded automatic pistol in his possession.
281 George Michael Gentile 6/18/1968 12/17/1968
Gentile was arrested in New York, New York, by local police.
282 Johnny Ray Smith 6/20/1968 6/24/1968
Smith was arrested in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, after a citizen recognized him from a newspaper article.
283 Byron James Rice 7/5/1968 10/2/1972
Rice surrendered to the Chicago, Illinois, FBI Field Office following intensive FBI investigative pressure on his acquaintances.
284 Robert Leroy Lindblad 7/11/1968 10/7/1968
Lindblad surrendered to the District Attorney of Lyon County, Nevada, in Yerington, Nevada.
285 James Joseph Scully 7/15/1968 7/23/1968
Scully was arrested in Arcadia, California, by FBI Agents and local police.
286 Billy Ray White 8/13/1968 8/17/1968
White was arrested in Wood River, Illinois, after a citizen recognized him from an article in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat newspaper.
287 Frederick Rudolph Yokom 8/29/1968 9/6/1968
Yokom was arrested in Wood River, Illinois, after a citizen recognized him.
288 Harold James Evans 9/19/1968 1/2/1969
Due to an FBI investigation, Evans was arrested in Chicago, Illinois.
289 Robert Lee Carr 10/18/1968 11/4/1968
Carr was arrested in South Gate, California, after a citizen recognized him from a Wanted Flyer.
290 Levi Washington 11/15/1968 12/5/1968
Washington was arrested in Jackson, Michigan, for a local bank robbery. A fingerprint comparison revealed his true identity.
291 Richard Lee Tingler, Jr. 12/20/1968 5/19/1969
Tingler was arrested near Dill City, Oklahoma, by FBI Agents and local officers.
292 Gary Steven Krist 12/20/1968 12/22/1968
Krist was arrested in Punta Gorda, Florida, by FBI and local police. Krist and his partner, Ruth Eisemann-Schier (293), were later indicted on Georgia state charges of kidnapping with ransom.
293 Ruth Eisemann-Schier 12/28/1968 3/5/1969
Eisemann-Schier was arrested in Norman, Oklahoma, by FBI Agents. Eisemann-Schier and her partner, Gary Steven Krist (292), were later indicted on Georgia state charges of kidnapping with ransom.
294 Baltazar Garcia Estolas 1/3/1969 9/3/1969
Estolas was arrested in Langtry, Texas, after a citizen recognized him from television publicity.
295 Billie Austin Bryant 1/8/1969 1/8/1969
In an all-out manhunt by area police and the FBI, Bryant was arrested in Washington, D.C., by the Metropolitan Police Department. A local resident heard noises in his attic and contacted the police. Found hiding in the attic, Bryant was just four blocks from his home where he fatally shot two FBI Agents, Anthony Palmisano and Edwin R. Woodriffe, who were investigating a Maryland bank robbery.
296 Billy Len Schales 1/27/1969 1/30/1969
Schales was arrested in Bossier City, Louisiana, after a citizen recognized him from a newspaper article in the Shreveport Times.
297 Thomas James Lucas 2/13/1969 2/26/1969
Lucas was arrested in Washington, D.C., after a citizen recognized him from a Wanted Flyer.
298 Warren David Reddock 3/11/1969 4/14/1971
Reddock was arrested in Pacifi ca, California, after a citizen recognized him from a magazine article.
299 George Edward Blue 3/20/1969 3/28/1969
Due to an FBI investigation, Blue was arrested in Chicago, Illinois.
300 Cameron David Bishop 4/15/1969 3/12/1975
The local police in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, received an anonymous phone call advising them to be on the lookout for four armed men in a car near a bank. Two days later, police located the car and arrested the men; Bishop was one of them.
301 Marie Dean Arrington 5/29/1969 12/22/1971
Arrington was arrested in New Orleans, Louisiana, by FBI Agents.
302 Benjamin Hoskin Paddock 6/10/1969 5/5/1977
Paddock was removed from the list when it was felt he no longer fit the “Top Ten” criteria.
303 Francis Leroy Hohimer 6/20/1969 12/20/1969
Hohimer was arrested in Greenwich, Connecticut, through citizen cooperation.
304 Joseph Lloyd Thomas 9/12/1969 3/8/1970
Due to an FBI investigation, Thomas was arrested in Peoria, Illinois. Thomas is one of six peopleadded to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list twice. He was also #123 on the list.
305 James John Byrnes 1/6/1970 4/17/1970
Due to an FBI investigation, Byrnes was arrested in Huntington Beach, California.
306 Edmund James Devlin 3/20/1970 8/15/1970
Due to an FBI investigation, Devlin was arrested in Manchester, New Hampshire.
307 Lawrence Robert Plamondon 5/5/1970 7/23/1970
Plamondon was arrested in Mackinac County, Michigan, after being stopped by state police when an occupant of his van threw a can out of the van window. A routine license plate check identified Plamondon.
308 Hubert Geroid Brown 5/6/1970 10/16/1971
During an armed robbery, Brown was captured in New York, New York, after being seriously wounded in a gunfight with local police.
309 Angela Yvonne Davis 8/18/70 1 0/13/70
Due to an FBI investigation, Davis was arrested in a motel room in New York, New York.
310 Dwight Alan Armstrong 9/4/1970 4/1/1976
Armstrong was removed from the list when it was felt he no longer fit the “Top Ten” criteria.
311 Karleton Lewis Armstrong 9/4/1970 2/17/1972
Armstrong was apprehended in Toronto, Canada, by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
312 David Sylvan Fine 9/4/1970 1/8/1976
Due to an FBI investigation, Fine was arrested in San Rafael, California.
313 Leo Frederick Burt 9/4/1970 4/7/1976
Burt was removed from the list when it was felt he no longer fit the “Top Ten” criteria. He is still an FBI fugitive.
314 Bernardine Rae Dohrn 10/14/1970 12/7/1973
Federal process against Dohrn was dismissed in Chicago, Illinois.
315 Katherine Ann Power 10/17/1970 6/15/1984
Power was removed from the list when it was felt she no longer fi t the “Top Ten” criteria. However, she remained at large until she surrendered to local authorities in Oregon in 1993.
316 Susan Edith Saxe 10/17/1970 3/27/1975
Saxe was arrested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a Philadelphia police officer recognized her from a photo distributed by the FBI the same day.
317 Mace Brown 10/20/1972 4/18/1973
Brown was killed in New York, New York, by police officers during an alleged bank robbery attempt in which the bank robbers took hostages.
318 Herman Bell 5/9/1973 9/2/1973
Bell was arrested in New Orleans, Louisiana, by FBI and local officers.
319 Twymon Ford Myers 9/28/1973 11/14/1973
Myers was killed in the Bronx section of New York City, during a shootout with the FBI and the New York Police Department.
320 Ronald Harvey 12/7/1973 3/27/1974
Due to an FBI investigation, Harvey was arrested in Chicago, Illinois.
321 Samuel Richard Christian 12/7/1973 12/11/1973
Due to an FBI investigation, Christian was arrested in Detroit, Michigan.
322 Rudolph Alonza Turner 1/10/1974 10/1/1974
Turner was arrested in Jacksonville, Florida, by FBI Agents. He told arresting agents, “I knew you’d get me sooner or later.”
323 Larry Gene Cole 4/2/1974 4/3/1974
Cole was apprehended near Buffalo, New York. When Cole was first approached, he claimed to be a special investigator from the Department of Justice.
324 James Ellsworth Jones 4/16/1974 6/15/1974
Jones was arrested in Coral Gables, Florida, after an off-duty police officer recognized Jones from an FBI Wanted Notice in the police department.
325 Lendell Hunter 6/27/1974 7/31/1974
Due to an FBI investigation, Hunter was arrested in Des Moines, Iowa.
326 John Edward Copeland, Jr. 8/15/1974 7/23/1975
Due to citizen cooperation, Copeland was apprehended in Dorchester, Massachusetts, after riding his bicycle home.
327 Melvin Dale Walker 10/16/1974 11/9/1974
Walker was apprehended in Virginia Beach, Virginia, after entering a house staked out by FBI Agents. He attempted to escape by car but was arrested.
328 Thomas Otis Knight 12/12/1974 12/31/1974
Knight was arrested in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Though heavily armed and barricaded behind a door in a rooming house, he was overwhelmed by the FBI SWAT Team.
329 Billy Dean Anderson 1/21/1975 7/7/1979
Anderson was arrested in Pall Mall, Tennessee, during a shootout. The lead was based on information from an informant known as “Mountain Man.”
330 Robert Gerald Davis 4/4/1975 8/5/1977
Due to an FBI investigation, Davis was arrested in Venice, California.
331 Richard Dean Holtan 4/18/1975 7/12/1975
Holtan surrendered to local authorities in Kauai, Hawaii.
332 Richard Bernard Lindhorst, Jr. 8/4/1975 8/7/1975
Lindhorst was arrested in Pensacola, Florida, by FBI Agents and local police.
333 William Lewis Herron, Jr. 8/15/1975 10/30/1975
Due to an FBI investigation, Herron was arrested in Peoria, Illinois.
334 James Winston Smallwood 8/29/1975 12/5/1975
Smallwood was arrested in Landover, Maryland, after being located in the trunk of a vehicle used in a bank robbery in Maryland.
335 Leonard Peltier 12/22/1975 2/6/1976
Peltier was arrested in Hinton, Alberta, Canada, by Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He was indicted for the murders of two FBI Special Agents, Jack R. Coler and Ronald A. Williams.
336 Patrick James Huston 3/3/1976 12/7/1977
Due to an FBI investigation, Huston was arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
337 Thomas Edward Bethea 3/5/1976 5/4/1976
Bethea was arrested in the Islands of the Bahamas by Bahamian authorities, returned to the United States and arrested by the FBI upon his arrival in Miami, Florida.
338 Anthony Michael Juliano 3/15/1976 3/22/1976
Juliano was arrested in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, after a meter maid recognized him in a parked car.
339 Joseph Maurice McDonald 4/1/1976 9/15/1982
McDonald was arrested in Penn Station in New York, New York, by local police.
340 James Ray Renton 4/7/1976 5/9/1977
Due to an FBI investigation, Renton was arrested in Aurora, Colorado.
341 Nathaniel Doyle, Jr. 4/29/1976 7/15/1976
Doyle was killed in a gun battle with local police in Seattle, Washington.
342 Morris Lynn Johnson 5/25/1976 6/26/1976
Johnson was taken into custody in New Orleans, Louisiana, after trying to run away along a canal bank.
343 Richard Joseph Picariello 7/29/1976 10/21/1976
Due to an FBI investigation, Picariello was arrested in Fall River, Massachusetts.
344 Edward Patrick Gullion, Jr. 8/13/1976 10/22/1976
Due to an FBI investigation, Gullion was arrested in Providence, Rhode Island, where he was employed at a jewelry store.
345 Gerhardt Julius Schwartz 11/18/1976 11/22/1976
Schwartz was arrested in the Bronx section of New York City, after the police received a tip from a telephone call from New Rochelle, New York.
346 Francis John Martin 12/17/1976 2/17/1977
Martin was arrested in Newport Beach, California, after a tip from a telephone call.
347 Benjamin George Pavan 1/12/1977 2/17/1977
Pavan was arrested in Seattle, Washington, after a tip from a telephone call.
348 Larry Gene Campbell 3/18/1977 9/6/1977
Campbell was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, after a neighbor recognized him from a Wanted Flyer in the local post office.
349 Roy Ellsworth Smith 3/18/1977 6/2/1977
Smith was found dead in Perry Township, Ohio, by the Lake County Sheriff’s Department of Painesville, Ohio. He had committed suicide by hanging.
350 Raymond Luc Levasseur 5/5/1977 11/4/1984
Levasseur was arrested in Deerfield, Ohio, by FBI Agents. He was driving in his car with his common-law wife and their three children.
351 James Earl Ray 6/11/1977 6/13/1977
Ray was apprehended in Brushy Mountain, Tennessee. Using bloodhounds, the prison authorities found Ray hiding beneath some leaves in a wooded area. Ray is one of six people added to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list twice. He was also #277 on the list.
352 Willie Foster Sellers 6/14/1977 6/20/1979
Sellers was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, upon his arrival at the Delta Airlines freight dock.
353 Larry Smith 7/15/1977 8/20/1977
Smith was arrested in Toronto, Canada, by the Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario, Canada Police Force. He was pulled over for illegally driving past a street car’s open door. Smith was identified by his fingerprints and delivered to American authorities.
354 Ralph Robert Cozzolino 10/19/1977 1/6/1978
Due to an FBI investigation, Cozzolino was arrested in Jonesboro, Georgia.
355 Millard Oscar Hubbard 10/19/1977 10/21/1977
Hubbard was arrested in Lexington, Kentucky, after a tip was received from area residents.
356 Carlos Alberto Torres 10/19/1977 4/4/1980
A car rental agency reported a stolen van to the police. Torres was arrested in Evanston, Illinois, after area residents noticed a suspicious van parked in the neighborhood and contacted the police.
357 Enrique Estrada 12/5/1977 12/8/1977
Estrada was arrested in Bakersfield, California, by the Narcotics Task Force of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office. Narcotics officers had been following a suspect known as “Hank” and, after seeing Wanted Flyers, realized he was Estrada.
358 William David Smith 2/10/1978 10/27/1978
Smith was arrested in Chicago, Illinois, due to a telephone tip.
359 Gary Ronald Warren 2/10/1978 5/12/1978
Due to an FBI investigation, Warren was arrested in Cumberland, Maryland, by FBI Agents and local police.
360 Theodore Robert Bundy 2/10/1978 2/15/1978
Bundy was arrested in Pensacola, Florida, by local police after he was stopped for speeding while driving a stolen vehicle.
361 Andrew Evan Gipson 3/27/1978 5/24/1978
Due to an FBI investigation, Gipson was arrested in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
362 Anthony Dominic Liberatore 5/26/1978 4/1/1979
Liberatore was arrested in Eastlake, Ohio, by FBI Agents and local police. He was in bed alone in a house considered “safe” by organized crime in the area.
363 Michael George Thevis 7/10/1978 11/9/1978
Thevis, called “The King of Pornography,” was arrested in Bloomfield, Connecticut, by FBI Agents and local police.
364 Charles Everett Hughes 11/19/1978 4/29/1981
Hughes was arrested in Myrtle, Mississippi, by FBI Agents and local police while working in a car repair shop.
365 Ronald Lee Lyons 12/17/1978 9/10/1979
Lyons was arrested in Hungry Valley, Nevada, by FBI Agents and the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department.
366 Leo Joseph Koury 4/20/1979 6/16/1991
Koury was found dead in San Diego, California.
367 John William Sherman 8/3/1979 12/17/1981
Sherman was arrested in Golden, Colorado, while he was getting into his car outside his residence.
368 Melvin Bay Guyon 8/10/1979 8/16/1979
After a short gun battle with the FBI in Youngstown, Ohio, in which FBI Special Agent Johnnie L. Oliver was killed, Guyon surrendered at Southside General Hospital where he was seeking medical attention.
369 George Alvin Bruton 9/28/1979 12/14/1979
Due to an FBI investigation, Bruton was arrested at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.
370 Earl Edwin Austin 10/12/1979 3/1/1980
While robbing a bank while armed, Austin bragged of being a “Top Tenner.” He was later arrested in his apartment in Tucson, Arizona.
371 Vincent James Russo 12/24/1979 1/4/1985
Due to an FBI investigation, Russo was arrested at his home in Beaver Falls, Idaho.
372 Albert Victory 3/14/1980 2/24/1981
New York State Police traced Victory to Lafayette, California. With the assistance of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Victory was arrested at his home.
373 Ronald Turney Williams 4/16/1980 6/8/1981
Williams was arrested at a stakeout at the George Washington Hotel in New York, New York. He was shot and wounded by an FBI Agent.
374 Daniel Jay Barney 3/10/1981 4/19/1981
Barney took four hostages in a condominium in Denver, Colorado. After two escaped and the police negotiated the release of the other two hostages, Barney killed himself.
375 Donald Eugene Webb 5/4/1981 3/31/2007
Webb is wanted in connection with the murder of a Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, police chief. Webb was removed from the “Top Ten” list because he no longer fit the stated criteria. He remains a fugitive.
376 Gilbert James Everett 5/13/1981 8/12/1985
Due to an FBI investigation, Everett was arrested in Bismarck, Arkansas, by local police.
377 Leslie Nichols 7/2/1981 12/17/1981
Nichols was arrested in his apartment in Los Angeles, California, by FBI Agents and local police.
378 Thomas William Manning 1/29/1982 4/24/1985
Due to an FBI investigation, Manning was arrested in Norfolk, Virginia.
379 David Fountain Kimberly, Jr. 1/29/1982 7/8/1982
Kimberly was arrested in Matecumbe Key, Florida, by FBI Agents. At the time of arrest, he was armed with a loaded .38 caliber weapon tucked in his waistband. The arrest occurred without incident.
380 Mutulu Shakur 7/23/1982 2/12/1986
Due to an FBI investigation, Shakur was arrested in Los Angeles, California.
381 Charles Edward Watson 10/22/1982 10/25/1983
Watson was arrested in Slatington, Pennsylvania, while leaving his residence.
382 Laney Gibson, Jr. 11/16/1983 12/18/1983
Gibson was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, at a suburban motel.
383 George Clarence Bridgette 1/10/1984 1/30/1984
Bridgette was arrested in Miami, Florida, after a citizen recognized his photo from an Identification Order in a post office.
384 Samuel Marks Humphrey 2/29/1984 3/22/1984
Due to an FBI investigation, Humphrey was arrested in Portland, Oregon.
385 Christopher Bernard Wilder 4/5/1984 4/13/1984
In Colebrook, New Hampshire, State Police attempted to arrest Wilder and a gun battle ensued. Wilder died of gunshot wounds.
386 Victor Manuel Gerena 5/14/1984 still on list
Gerena is wanted in connection with the 1983 armed robbery of approximately $7 million from a security company in West Hartford, Connecticut.
387 Wai-Chiu Ng 6/15/1984 10/4/1984
Ng was arrested in Calgary, Alberta, Canada by Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
388 Alton Coleman 7/11/1984 7/20/1984
Coleman was arrested in Evanston, Illinois, by local police due to citizen cooperation.
389 Cleveland McKinley Davis 10/24/1984 1/25/1985
Due to an FBI investigation, Davis was arrested in New York, New York, by FBI Agents and local police.
390 Carmine John Persico 1/31/1985 2/15/1985
Due to an FBI investigation, Persico was arrested in Wantagh, New York, by FBI Agents.
391 Lohman Ray Mays, Jr. 2/15/1985 9/23/1985
Mays was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming, by local police.
392 Charles Earl Hammond 3/14/1985 8/4/1986
Federal process against Hammond was dismissed in Kansas City, Missouri.
393 Michael Frederic Allen Hammond 3/14/1985 8/4/1986
Federal process against Hammond was dismissed in Kansas City, Missouri.
394 Robert Henry Nicolaus 6/28/1985 7/20/1985
Nicolaus was arrested in York, Pennsylvania, after a citizen recognized his photo on an Identification Order at a post office.
395 David Jay Sterling 9/30/1985 2/13/1986
Sterling was arrested after being pulled over in a routine traffic stop near Covington, Louisiana, by local police.
396 Richard Joseph Scutari 9/30/1985 3/19/1986
Scutari was arrested in San Antonio, Texas, by FBI Agents.
397 Joseph William Dougherty 11/6/1985 12/19/1986
Dougherty was arrested by FBI Agents in Antioch, California, outside a local laundromat.
398 Brian Patrick Malverty 3/28/1986 4/7/1986
Malverty was arrested in San Diego, California, after a citizen recognized his photo on an Identification Order at a post office.
399 Billy Ray Waldon 5/16/1986 6/16/1986
Waldon was arrested in San Diego, California, after local police attempted to pull him over for a routine traffic citation.
400 Claude Lafayette Dallas, Jr. 5/16/1986 3/8/1987
Dallas was arrested in Riverside, California, by FBI Agents while leaving a convenience store.
401 Donald Keith Williams 7/18/1986 8/20/1986
Williams was arrested in Los Angeles, California, by FBI Agents through assistance by a concerned citizen.
402 Terry Lee Conner 8/8/1986 12/9/1986
Conner was arrested in Arlington Heights, Illinois, by the U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI.
403 Fillmore Raymond Cross, Jr. 8/8/1986 12/23/1986
Cross surrendered voluntarily to the FBI in San Francisco, California.
404 James Wesley Dyess 9/29/1986 3/16/1988
Dyess was arrested in Los Angeles, California, when he was stopped on a routine traffic violation and recognized by a Los Angeles Police Officer.
405 Danny Michael Weeks 9/29/1986 3/20/1988
Weeks was arrested at his son’s home in Seattle, Washington, by an FBI Task Force.
406 Mike Wayne Jackson 10/1/1986 10/2/1986
Jackson died in Wright City, Missouri, from a self-inflicted shotgun wound.
407 Thomas George Harrelson 11/28/1986 2/19/1987
Harrelson was arrested in Drayton, North Dakota, while trying to flee the scene of a bank robbery.
408 Robert Alan Litchfield 1/20/1987 5/20/1987
Litchfield was arrested at Lake Tahoe in Zephyr Cove, Nevada, by FBI Agents in close cooperation with the U.S. Marshals Service and the sheriff’s office.
409 David James Roberts 4/27/1987 2/11/1988
Roberts was arrested in Staten Island, New York, in an apartment after hiding for four days. His arrest was due to an FBI investigation and citizen information. He had also seen himself on the America’s Most Wanted program.
410 Ronald Glyn Triplett 4/27/1987 5/16/1987
Due to an FBI investigation, Triplett was arrested in Tempe, Arizona.
411 Claude Daniel Marks 5/22/1987 12/6/1994
Marks, along with his partner, Willmott (412), surrendered in Chicago, Illinois.
412 Donna Jean Willmott 5/22/1987 12/6/1994
Willmott, along with her partner, Marks (411), surrendered in Chicago, Illinois.
413 Darren Dee O’Neall 6/25/1987 10/25/1987
O’Neall was arrested in Lakeland, Florida, by the Lakeland Police Department on auto theft charges. When his fingerprints were compared to those on record, he was identified.
414 Louis Ray Beam, Jr. 7/14/1987 11/6/1987
Beam was found at home with his wife in Guadalajara, Mexico. During the arrest, Beam’s wife opened fire and critically injured a Mexican police officer.
415 Ted Jeffery Otsuki 1/20/1988 9/4/1988
Otsuki was arrested in Guadalajara, Mexico, by Mexican Federal Judicial Police and the FBI who set up a surveillance team and waited for him at his apartment.
416 Pedro Luis Estrada 4/15/1988 10/1/1989
Estrada was arrested by FBI Agents at his home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He had been featured on America’s Most Wanted which received information leading to his arrest.
417 John Edward Stevens 5/29/1988 11/30/1988
Stevens was arrested by FBI Agents in Warren County, Ohio. He was found in a motel with his girlfriend.
418 Jack Darrell Farmer 5/29/1988 6/1/1988
Farmer was arrested in Lantana, Florida, after being featured on America’s Most Wanted. He was recognized by a co-worker who called into the show’s tip line.
419 Roger Lee Jones 5/29/1988 3/4/1989
Jones was arrested in Butte, Montana, by the Butte Silver Bow Sheriff’s Department. A tip from the America’s Most Wanted television program led the FBI to Jones.
420 Terry Lee Johnson 6/12/1988 8/17/1988
Johnson was arrested in San Diego, California, by San Diego Police after being injured in a car chase. Johnson was held in custody in a hospital for the FBI.
421 Stanley Faison 11/27/1988 12/24/1988
Faison was arrested in Detroit, Michigan, by FBI and local police. He had been featured on America’s Most Wanted which received information leading to his arrest.
422 Steven Ray Stout 11/27/1988 12/6/1988
Stout was arrested by FBI Agents in Gulfport, Mississippi. A tip from the America’s Most Wanted television program led the FBI to Stout.
423 Armando Garcia 1/8/1989 1/18/1994
Garcia was arrested by Colombian authorities in Cali, Colombia. A tip from the America’s Most Wanted television program led international law enforcement authorities to Garcia.
424 Melvin Edward Mays 2/7/1989 3/9/1995
Mays was arrested by the FBI’s Chicago Joint Terrorism Task Force in Chicago, Illinois.
425 Bobby Gene Dennie 2/24/1989 10/28/1989
Dennie was arrested in Lake Wales, Florida, by FBI Agents and Polk County detectives due to information received after being featured on Unsolved Mysteries.
426 Costabile “Gus” Farace 3/17/1989 11/17/1989
Farace was shot and killed by an unknown assailant in Brooklyn, New York.
427 Arthur Lee Washington, Jr. 10/18/1989 12/27/2000
Washington is wanted in connection with the attempted murder of a New Jersey State Trooper. Washington was removed from the “Top Ten” list because he no longer fit the stated criteria. He remains a fugitive.
428 Lee Nell Carter 11/19/1989 11/20/1989
Carter was arrested in Detroit, Michigan, by FBI Agents and Detroit police. Citizens recognized him during a broadcast of America’s Most Wanted.
429 Wardell David Ford 12/20/1989 9/17/1990
Ford was arrested by FBI Agents in Groton, Connecticut. A tip from the America’s Most Wanted television program led the FBI to Ford.
430 Leslie Isben Rogge 1/24/1990 5/19/1996
Rogge surrendered to the FBI at the United States Embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala, after an individual saw his photo on the FBI’s website and notified authorities. Tips from America’s Most Wanted also contributed to his arrest.
431 Kenneth Robert Stanton 10/24/1990 10/31/1990
Stanton was arrested in South Carolina by FBI Agents and York County Sheriff’s Department Officers. A tip from the Unsolved Mysteries television program led authorities to Stanton.
432 Patrick Michael Mitchell 11/23/1990 2/22/1994
Mitchell was arrested in Southaven, Mississippi, just after he robbed a bank.
433 Jon Preston Settle 8/9/1991 8/6/1991
Settle was arrested in Los Angeles, California, after receiving tips from citizens. His arrest occurred prior to the “Top Ten” press release date.
434 Robert Michael Allen 9/13/1991 12/23/1992
Allen was found dead. His remains were discovered in the California desert by three hikers.
435 Mir Aimal Kansi 2/9/1993 6/17/1997
Kansi was taken into custody in Pakistan, and then turned over to United States authorities to stand trial in America.
436 Ramzi Ahmed Yousef 4/21/1993 2/7/1995
Yousef was apprehended in Pakistan. He was convicted of the 1993 bombing of New York’s World Trade Center building.
437 Joseph Martin Luther Gardner 5/25/1994 10/19/1994
Gardner was arrested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by FBI Agents, Philadelphia Police Officers and the Pennsylvania State Police.
438 Gary Ray Bowles 11/19/1994 11/22/1994
Bowles was arrested in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Picked up for questioning in a local murder investigation, Bowles confessed to his identity which was confirmed by fingerprint identification.
439 Gerald Keith Watkins 3/4/1995 5/5/1995
Watkins was apprehended in an apartment in Harlem by FBI Agents, the New York City Police and representatives from the New York State Parole Office.
440 Juan Garcia-Abrego 3/9/1995 1/15/1996
Garcia-Abrego was arrested in Monterrey, Mexico, by Mexican authorities. He was expelled under Mexican law by the government of Mexico to Texas, where he was taken into federal custody.
441 Abdel Bassett Ali Al-Megrahi 3/23/1995 4/5/1999
Al-Megrahi, along with Lamen Fhimah (442), was taken into custody in Holland after surrendering to Libyan authorities.
442 Lamen Khalifa Fhimah 3/23/1995 4/5/1999
Fhimah, along with Abdel Al-Megrahi (441), was taken into custody in Holland after surrendering to Libyan authorities.
443 O’Neil Vassell 7/15/1995 10/16/1996
Vassell was apprehended inside an apartment in Brooklyn, New York, by FBI Agents and local police working closely with the Connecticut Fugitive Task Force.
444 Rickey Allen Bright 12/15/1995 1/7/1996
Bright was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, by FBI Agents after receiving tips from a viewer of America’s Most Wanted.
445 Agustin Vasquez-Mendoza 8/3/1996 7/9/2000
Vasquez-Mendoza was arrested without incident in Mexico as a result of international law enforcement cooperation.
446 Thang Thanh Nguyen 8/3/1996 1/6/1998
Nguyen was taken into custody in Bac Lieu province by the People’s Police of Vietnam. He was transported to Bangkok, Thailand, and turned over to FBI Agents.
447 Glen Stewart Godwin 12/7/1996 still on list
In March, 1981, Godwin was convicted of murder and robbery, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He escaped from Folsom State Prison in California and fled to Mexico where he was arrested and convicted of trafficking in cocaine. On September 26, 1991, Godwin escaped from Jalisco State Penitentiary shortly before his scheduled release to U.S. authorities.
448 David Alex Alvarez 12/14/1996 5/20/1997
Alvarez was arrested in Tijuana, Mexico, by Mexican law enforcement authorities.
449 Andrew Phillip Cunanan 6/12/1997 7/24/1997
Cunanan was found dead in a boathouse in North Miami Beach, Florida.
450 Paul Ragusa 9/6/1997 1/30/1998
Ragusa surrendered to authorities in New York, New York.
451 Ramon Eduardo Arellano-Felix 9/24/1997 3/25/2002
Arellano-Felix was killed during a gunfight with Mexican police in Mazatlan, Mexico. DNA later confirmed his identity.
452 Tony Ray Amati
Amati was arrested by FBI Agents in Marietta, Georgia. A tip from the America’s Most Wanted television program led the FBI to Amati.
453 Harry Joseph Bowman 3/14/1998 6/7/1999
Bowman was arrested at a residence in Sterling Heights, Michigan, by FBI Agents and local police. A tip from the America’s Most Wanted television program led to the arrest of Bowman.
454 Eric Robert Rudolph 5/5/1998 5/31/2003
Rudolph was arrested in Murphy, North Carolina, when a local Sheriff’s Deputy saw him going through a dumpster.
455 James Charles Kopp 6/7/1999 3/29/2001
Kopp was arrested without incident outside of a post office while awaiting the arrival of a package in Danon, France.
456 Usama Bin Laden 6/7/1999 5/1/2011
Bin Laden was wanted in connection with the 1998 bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. These attacks killed over 200 people. Bin Laden was shot and killed during a US Government/Military operation.
457 Rafael Resendez-Ramirez 6/21/1999 7/13/1999
Resendez-Ramirez was arrested in Houston, Texas, due to the national response of the news media, as newspapers, television and radio gave massive coverage to track down Ramirez.
458 James J. Bulger 8/19/1999 6/22/2011
Bulger, and his girlfriend Catherine Greig, were arrested in their residence in Santa Monica, California, as a result of citizen cooperation after a major media campaign.
459 Jesse James Caston 8/19/2000 12/20/2000
Caston was arrested in Lake Providence, Louisiana, by FBI and local authorities after barricading himself inside a residence.
460 Eric Franklin Rosser 12/27/2000 8/21/2001
Rosser was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand, after arriving at his English Teacher’s certification class. A tip from the America’s Most Wanted television program led the FBI to Rosser.
461 Aurlieas Dame McClarty 2/24/2001 2/14/2001
McClarty was arrested in Irmo, South Carolina, as he left a residence there. He was actually arrested before his addition to the “Top Ten” list was announced to the public.
462 Hopeton Eric Brown 3/17/2001 3/23/2004
Brown died during a gunfi re exchange with the Jamaica Constabulary Force during a routine homicide investigation in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
463 Maghfoor Mansoor 5/23/2001 5/11/2001
Mansoor was shot and killed in the lobby of the hotel in which he was hiding in New York, New York. A taxi driver alerted law enforcement authorities to the hotel in which Mansoor was staying. He was actually located before his addition to the “Top Ten” list was announced to the public.
464 Francis William Murphy 6/6/2001 5/20/2001
Murphy was arrested without incident in the attic of the house in which he was hiding in Buffalo, New York. An informant gave information to law enforcement authorities regarding Murphy’s whereabouts. He was actually arrested before his addition to the “Top Ten” list was announced to the public.
465 Dwight Bowen 8/30/2001 8/22/2001
Bowen was arrested without incident as he left his job with a roofing company in Richmond, Virginia. He was actually arrested before his addition to the “Top Ten” list was announced to the public.
466 Nikolay Soltys 8/23/2001 8/30/2001
Soltys was arrested in Sacramento, California, after he was found hiding in the backyard of his mother’s residence. A relative called in a tip to authorities telling them where Soltys was hiding.
467 Clayton Lee Waagner 9/21/2001 12/5/2001
Waagner was arrested in Springdale, Ohio. A clerk at a Kinko’s Copy Center recognized him from a photo on a wanted poster and called police. Waagner was arrested after a short struggle in the parking lot outside the Kinko’s Copy Center.
468 Felix Summers 10/30/2001 12/13/2001
Summers was arrested without incident in an apartment building in Camden, New Jersey.
469 Christian Michael Longo 1/11/2002 1/13/2002
Longo was arrested without incident by FBI and local Mexican authorities at a campground outside of Tulum, Mexico. Upon their return from a vacation in Mexico, two Canadian citizens saw the Top Ten publicity on Longo and recognized him from their trip.rch
470 Michael Scott Bliss 1/31/2002 4/23/2002
Bliss was arrested at a hotel in Los Angeles, California. A tip from the America’s Most Wanted television program led the FBI to Bliss.
471 James Spencer Springette 4/25/2002 11/5/2002
Springette was arrested during a traffic stop in Caracas, Venezuela, by Venezuelan law enforcement authorities.
472 Ruben Hernandez Martinez 5/1/2002 5/2/2002
Martinez was arrested without incident in Rio Bravo, Mexico, by Mexican law enforcement authorities.
473 Timmy John Weber 5/7/2002 4/28/2002
Weber was arrested without incident at his residence in Las Vegas, Nevada, after a neighbor called law enforcement authorities when she saw him return to his home. He was actually arrested before his addition to the “Top Ten” list was announced to the public.
474 Richard Steve Goldberg 6/14/2002 5/12/2007
Goldberg was arrested in Montreal, Canada, at his residence by the Montreal Police and the RCMP. A citizen identified Goldberg from the FBI web site after a friend gave her a description of an individual who told him he was wanted by the FBI.
475 Robert William Fisher 6/29/2002 still on list
Robert William Fisher is wanted for killing his wife and two young children and then blowing up the house in which they all lived in Scottsdale, Arizona.
476 Michael Alfonso 1/23/2003 7/16/2004
Alfonso was arrested in Vera Cruz, Mexico, after a tip from a television program, which aired on the Azteca America Network in Mexico, led the FBI to Alfonso.
477 Genero Espinosa Dorantes 8/14/2003 2/25/2006
Dorantes was arrested without incident in Tijuana, Mexico, by FBI and local Mexican authorities.
478 Diego Leon Montoya Sanchez 5/6/2004 9/10/2007
Montoya Sanchez was arrested without incident by Colombian authorities in LaPaila, Colombia.
479 Chaunson Lavel McKibbins 11/9/2004 10/29/2004
McKibbins was arrested without incident at a gas station in Atlanta, Georgia. A tip from the America’s Most Wanted television program led the FBI to McKibbins. He was actually arrested before his addition to the “Top Ten” list was announced to the public.
480 Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco 3/17/2005 10/7/2009
Lopez-Orozco was arrested without incident in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, while he was hauling a load of metal into a scrap yard.
481 Michael Paul Astorga 4/1/2006 4/3/2006
Astorga was arrested without incident in a hotel room in Juarez, Mexico, by FBI and Mexican law enforcement officials.
482 Warren Steed Jeffs 5/6/2006 8/28/2006
Jeffs was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, after being pulled over for driving a vehicle without valid license plates. Jeffs did not resist arrest by the Nevada Highway Patrol.
483 Ralph B. Phillips 9/7/2006 9/8/2006
Phillips surrendered to authorities after being cornered in the woods in Akeley, Pennsylvania.
484 John W. Parsons 9/30/2006 10/19/2006
Parsons was arrested without incident at a small shack where he was sleeping in Chillicothe, Ohio. A citizen recognized Parsons and called the police.
485 Emigdio Preciado Jr. 3/14/2007 7/17/2009
Preciado was arrested without incident in Nayarit, Mexico, by the FBI and Mexican Ministerial Police.
486 Shauntay L. Henderson 3/31/2007 3/31/2007
Henderson was arrested without incident at the residence of an associate in Kansas City, Missouri.
487 Alexis Flores 6/2/2007 still on list
Alexis Flores is wanted for the kidnapping and murder of a five-year-old girl in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
488 Jon Savarino Schillaci 9/7/2007 6/5/2008
Schillaci was arrested without incident at his residence in San Jose de Gracia, Mexico.
489 Jason Derek Brown 12/8/2007 still on list
Jason Derek Brown is wanted for the murder and armed robbery of an armored car guard in Phoenix, Arizona, in November of 2004.
490 Michael Jason Registe 7/26/2008 8/27/2008
Registe was arrested without incident at a guest house on the Caribbean Island of St. Maarten. A tip from the America’s Most Wanted television program led the FBI to Registe.
491 Edward Eugene Harper 11/29/2008 7/23/2009
Harper was arrested without incident by the FBI and Wyoming Game and Fish Department in the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming, where he had been herding sheep.
492 Joe Luis Saenz 10/19/2009 11/22/2012
Saenz was arrested without incident by the FBI and Mexican authorities in Guadalajara, Mexico.
493 Eduardo Ravelo 10/20/2009 still on list
Ravelo is wanted in El Paso, Texas, for racketeering activities, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, and conspiracy to possess heroin, cocaine and marijuana with the intent to distribute.
494 Semion Mogilevich 10/21/2009 still on list
Mogilevich is wanted for his alleged participation in a multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud thousands of investors in the stock of a public company incorporated in Canada, but headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania.
495 Eric Justin Toth 04/10/2012 04/20/2013
Toth was wanted for allegedly possessing and producing child pornography in Washington, D.C. and Maryland. He was arrested in Nicaragua.
496 Adam Christopher Mayes
05/09/2012 05/10/2012
Mayes was wanted for the kidnapping of four people and the murder of two of them in Tennessee. He was located in the woods of Mississippi, and shot himself. He later died. The two children were safely recovered.
497 Fidel Urbina
06/05/2012 still on list
Urbina is wanted for the alleged sexual assault of one woman and the assault and murder of a second woman in Chicago, Illinois.
498 Edwin Ernesto Rivera Gracias
03/14/2013 03/27/2013
Rivera Gracias surrendered to authorities in El Salvador.

 

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