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See also: Former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and FBI Most Wanted Terrorists

The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list arose from a conversation held in late 1949, during a game of Hearts between J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, and William Kinsey Hutchinson,[1] International News Service (the predecessor of the United Press International) Editor-in-Chief, who were discussing ways to promote capture of the FBI's "toughest guys." This discussion turned into a published article, which received so much positive publicity that on March 14, 1950, the FBI officially announced the list to increase law enforcement's ability to capture dangerous fugitives.

The list itself has no particular ranking. This may be because the FBI does not want to promote competition between criminals to gain the Number 1 spot. However, the FBI has in the past identified individuals by the sequence number in which each individual has appeared on the list. Some individuals have even appeared twice, and often a sequence number was permanently assigned to an individual suspect who was soon caught, captured, or simply removed before his or her appearance could be published on the publicly released list. In those cases, the public would see only gaps in the number sequence reported by the FBI.

Individuals are removed from this list upon capture or death, and replaced by a new entry selected by the FBI. Individuals can also be taken off the list should the charges against them be dropped. In five cases, the FBI removed individuals from the list after deciding that they were no longer a "particularly dangerous menace to society".[1] Donald Eugene Webb, added to the list in 1981, was on the list longer than anyone, at 25 years, 10 months, and 27 days.[2] Billie Austin Bryant spent the shortest amount of time on the list, being listed for two hours in 1969.[3] On very rare occasions, the FBI will add a "Number Eleven" if that individual is extremely dangerous but the Bureau does not feel any of the current ten should be removed.[4]

The list is commonly posted in public places such as post offices. Listed fugitives[who?] have been known to turn themselves in upon becoming aware of their listing. As of December 8, 2007, 489 fugitives have been listed (eight of them women), and 456 captured or located[5], 148 (31%) of them due to public assistance. That produces a success rate of 94%.

The FBI also maintains a list of Most Wanted Terrorists, along with FBI Crime Alerts, Missing Persons, and other fugitives.

The most recent Ten Most Wanted Fugitive captured is Diego Leon Montoya Sanchez[5].

Current most wanted list

FBI ten most wanted fugitives
Name Date Added Number on List
1 Victor Manuel Gerena May 14, 1984 #386
Victor Manuel Gerena is wanted in connection with the armed robbery of approximately $7 million from a security company in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1983. He allegedly took two security employees hostage at gunpoint and then handcuffed, bound and injected them with an unknown, non-lethal, substance to further disable them. The reward for information leading to Gerena's capture is $1,000,000.[6]
2 Glen Stewart Godwin December 7, 1996 #447
Glen Stewart Godwin is being sought for his 1987 escape from Folsom State Prison in California, where he was serving a lengthy sentence for murder. He was subsequently imprisoned in Mexico on drug trafficking charges, but escaped from prison there as well. The reward for information leading to Godwin's capture is $100,000.[7]
3 Osama bin Laden[8] June 7, 1999 #456
Osama Bin Laden[8] is the leader of al-Qaeda, and is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States embassies, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. These attacks killed over 200 people. bin Laden and al-Qaeda are also responsible for the October 12, 2000, attack on the USS Cole off the coast of Yemen, which killed 17. Although bin Laden also later appeared on the first publicly released FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list on October 10, 2001, he was listed there for the 1998 embassy attack, and not for his alleged role in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000, because the most wanted lists name fugitives charged with a crime by a prosecutor or under indictment by a grand jury. Bin Laden was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in, for instance, the federal indictment against convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, but has not been formally indicted for his role in the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Osama Bin Laden is the subject of a $25 million reward through the State Department's Rewards for Justice program targeting international fugitives, especially terrorists, plus $2 million through a program developed and funded by the Air Line Pilots Association and the Air Transport Association.[9][10][8]

4 James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger August 19, 1999 #458
James J. Bulger is wanted for his role in numerous murders (19 counts) committed from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s in connection with his leadership of an organized crime group that allegedly controlled extortion, drug deals, and other illegal activities in the Boston, Massachusetts, area. He has a violent temper and is known to carry a knife at all times. He was once the boss of Boston's Winter Hill Gang before he went into hiding. The reward for information leading to Bulger's capture is $1,000,000.[11]
5 Jon Schillaci September 7, 2007 #488
Jon Schillaci was released from prison in Sugarland, Texas in the summer of 1999. He had served his full sentence of ten years for molesting a young boy. After his release, Schillaci managed to convince a New Hampshire family that he had become a changed man. Schillaci allegedly molested the family's 5 year-old son. [12]
6 Robert William Fisher June 29, 2002 #475
Robert William Fisher is wanted for allegedly killing his wife and two young children and then blowing up the house in which they all lived in Scottsdale, Arizona in April of 2001. The reward for information leading to Fisher's capture is $100,000.[13]
7 Jason Brown December 8, 2007 #489
Jason Derek Brown is wanted for murder and armed robbery. In November 2004, authorities say Brown shot and killed an armored car guard outside a movie theater and fled on a bicycle with $56,000 in a duffel bag.
8 Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco March 17, 2005 #480
Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco is wanted in connection with the murders of a woman and her two young children, ages 2 and 4, in Elmore County, Idaho. [14] The victims' charred remains were found on August 11, 2002, inside a burned-out vehicle. He may be travelling with his brother, Simon Lopez-Orozco, and Simon's wife, both of whom have been charged as accessories in the crime. Reward of up to $100,000.[15]
9 Emigdio Preciado, Jr. March 14, 2007 #485
Emigdio Preciado, Jr. is wanted for opening fire on two sheriff's deputies in Los Angeles, California on September 5, 2000, seriously injuring one of them. He was believed to be heading to a gang-related drive-by shooting at the time. The FBI believes he may be in Mexico.[16] The reward for information leading to Preciado's capture is $100,000.[17]
10 Alexis Flores June 2, 2007 #487
Alexis Flores (born July 18, 1975), is wanted for the kidnapping and murder of five-year-old Iriana DeJesus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in July 2000.[18] He is a native of Honduras. He often claims to be much younger than he actually is, reporting birthdates as recent as 1982. He was last seen in Arizona, where he served a prison term for forgery. Since forgery is a felony in Arizona, his DNA sample was put in the CODIS database in 2006, leading to the DNA link to the DeJesus murder in March 2007. By the time they linked him, he had been released and was long gone. He may have returned to Honduras, where he is believed to still have ties.[19] The reward for information leading to Flores' capture is $100,000.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Facts on the Program" (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
  2. ^ "The Hunt for the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" Fugitives". Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees. CNN. 2006, June 6. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ McCabe, Paul (2001, March 21). "Ask the FBI.: The Ten Most Wanted list". USA Today. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ John Douglas & Mark Olshaker, The Anatomy of Motive: The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals, 1999, by Mindhunters, Inc.
  5. ^ a b Diego Leon Montoya Sanchez Captured
  6. ^ "Gerena's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert" (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
  7. ^ "Godwin's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert" (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
  8. ^ a b c All official U.S. posting has the name starting with a U and not an O.
  9. ^ "Osama Bin Laden's FBI Most Wanted Fugitive Alert" (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
  10. ^ "Rewards for Justice Wanted Terrorist Osama bin Laden" (HTML). Rewards for Justice. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
  11. ^ "Bulger' s FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert" (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
  12. ^ "Schillaci's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert" (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
  13. ^ "Fisher's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert" (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
  14. ^ IDAHO FUGITIVE PLACED ON THE FBI’S “TEN MOST WANTED” LIST, FBI - Salt Lake City press release, March 17, 2005
  15. ^ "Lopez-Orozco's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert" (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
  16. ^ "AMW FUGITIVE DATA FILE FOR Emigdio "Junior, Trigger, Spooky, Snyper" Preciado Jr" (HTML). AMW. Retrieved 2007-03-16.
  17. ^ "Emigdio Preciado, Jr's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert" (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2007-03-16.
  18. ^ Federal Bureau of Investigation - Ten Most Wanted Fugitive - Alexis Flores
  19. ^ America's Most Wanted profile

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