FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1960s

In the 1960s, for a second decade, the United States FBI continued to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Following is a brief review of FBI people and events that place the 1960s decade in context, and then an historical list of individual suspects whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 1960s, under FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.

FBI headlines in the 1960s

As a decade, the 1960s were the final and most controversial of the Hoover era in the Bureau. The famous Director had formed and defined the Bureau for nearly a half century. During the turbulent 1960s, the FBI continued controversial domestic surveillance in an operation called Cointelpro. It aimed at investigating and disrupting dissident political organizations within the United States, including civil rights leaders, such as Martin Luther King Jr. who was a frequent target of investigation.

As a more friendly face presented to the public, in 1965 Warner Bros. Television presented the series The F.B.I., showing dramatizations taken from actual historical FBI cases, starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. as fictional agent Louis Erskine. Epilogues included Zimbalist stepping out of character to alert viewers to Ten Most Wanted Fugitives from the FBI's contemporary list.

FBI 10 Most Wanted Fugitives to begin the 1960s

The FBI in the past has 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. For convenient reference, the wanted suspect's sequence number and date of entry on the FBI list appear below, whenever possible.

As the new decade opened, six of the ten places on the list remained filled by these elusive long-time fugitives, then still at large:

Name	Sequence Number	Date of Entry	Notes
Frederick J. Tenuto	#14	1950	• On March 9, 1964, federal process against Tenuto was dismissed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by a U.S. District Judge and subsequently removed from the list.
James Eddie Diggs	#36	1952	• On December 14,1961, his charges were dismissed in Norfolk, Virginia and subsequently removed from the list.
David Daniel Keegan	#78	1954	• On December 13, 1963, his charges were dismissed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and subsequently removed from the list.
Eugene Francis Newman	#97	1956	• On June 11, 1965, his charges dismissed in Buffalo, New York and subsequently removed from the list.
Angelo Luigi Pero	#107	1958	• On December 2, 1960, his charges were dismissed by the U.S. Attorney in New York, New York and subsequently removed from the list.
Edwin Sanford Garrison	#112	1959	• Arrested in St. Louis, Missouri on September 9, 1960. He was also #59 on the list.

FBI Most Wanted Fugitives added during the 1960s

The most wanted fugitives listed in the decade of the 1960s include (in FBI list appearance sequence order):

1960–1969

Name	Sequence Number	Date of Entry	Time Listed
Kenneth Ray Lawson	#124	January 1, 1960	Two months
Kenneth Ray Lawson was serving time at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary for robbing a grocery store, when he incited a riot and escaped with four other inmates. He was caught due to an FBI investigation and was arrested in Laredo, Texas on March 20, 1960.
Ted Jacob Rinehart	#125	January 25, 1960	Two months
Ted Jacob Rinehart was a longtime career criminal as an armed robber and jewel thief. He was arrested in Granada Hills, California, after a citizen recognized him from a Wanted Flyer in March, 1960. Rinehart told Agents he learned of his addition to the “Top Ten” list while watching a local television show.
Charles Clyatt Rogers	#126	March 18, 1960	Two months
Charles Clyatt Rogers was a convicted murderer, kidnapper, and rapist who escaped a mental hospital in Chattahoochee, Florida. He was arrested in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while standing in a soup line at a Salvation Army center in May, 1960. He was recognized by a police officer who collected FBI Wanted Posters.
Joseph Corbett, Jr.	#127	March 30, 1960	Seven months
Joseph Corbett, Jr. was wanted for the kidnapping and later murder of Adolph Coors III, heir to the Coors Brewing Company. A was apprehended in Vancouver, British Columbia, by Canadian police after two Canadian citizens recognized Corbett from a November 1960 Reader’s Digest article. Because Coors’ remains were found within the state, he wasn’t tried on federal kidnapping charges.
William Mason	#128	April 6, 1960	Three months
William Mason was wanted for murder. He was arrested due to an FBI investigation, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 27, 1960.
Edward Reiley	#129	May 10, 1960	Three weeks
Edward Reiley was wanted for robbing a bank of over $19,000, equivalent to $195,685 in 2023, and continued to rob others while on the run. He was arrested in Rockford, Illinois, by the local sheriff after an auto salesman recognized Reiley from a Wanted Flyer on May 24, 1960. Upon arrest he pleaded, “Don’t shoot! I’m the guy you want.”
Harold Eugene Fields	#130	May 25, 1960	Four months
Harold Eugene Fields was wanted for fleeing after he attempting to appeal a burglary charge. He was arrested in Schererville, Indiana on September 5, 1960. 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.
Richard Peter Wagner	#131	June 23, 1960	Two days
Richard Peter Wagner was arrested in Minnesota on June 25, 1960, after a citizen recognized him from a newspaper article. An expert woodsman, Wagner had been a hunting and fishing guide at the lodge where he was captured.
James John Warjac	#132	July 19, 1960	Three days
James John Warjac was arrested in Los Angeles, California on July 22, 1960 due to an FBI investigation.
Ernest Tait	#133	August 16, 1960	One month
Ernest Tait was arrested in Denver, Colorado on September 10, 1960 due to an FBI investigation. He was also #23 on the list.
Clarence Leon Raby	#134	August 19, 1960	One week
Clarence Leon Raby surrendered to local authorities at his parents’ home in Heiskell, Tennessee on August 28, 1960.
Nathaniel Beans	#135	September 12, 1960	Three weeks
Nathaniel Beans was arrested in Buffalo, New York on September 30, 1960 by a police officer who recognized him from a magazine photograph.
Stanley William Fitzgerald	#136	September 20, 1960	Two days
Stanley William Fitzgerald was arrested in Portland, Oregon on September 22, 1960, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from a photograph in a newspaper.
Donald Leroy Payne	#137	October 6, 1960	Five years
Donald Leroy Payne, a convicted rapist and child molester, was wanted for posing as the manager of a dance troupe and raping an 18-year-old professional dancer. Federal process against Payne was dismissed in Houston, Texas on November 26, 1965.
Charles Francis Higgins	#138	October 10, 1960	One week
Charles Francis Higgins was arrested in Kirkwood, Missouri on October 17, 1960, by local police after an officer recognized him from a newspaper photograph.
Robert William Schultz, Jr.	#139	October 12, 1960	One month
Robert William Schultz, Jr. was arrested in Orlando, Florida on November 4, 1960, due to an FBI investigation.
Merle Lyle Gall	#140	October 17, 1960	Three months
Merle Lyle Gall was arrested in Scottsdale, Arizona on January 18, 1961 due to an FBI investigation.
James George Economou	#141	October 31, 1960	Five months
James George Economou was arrested in Los Angeles, California, on March 22, 1961, after a tip from an informant.
Ray Delano Tate	#142	November 18, 1960	One week
Ray Delano Tate surrendered to an editor of the New York Daily Mirror newspaper in New York, New York in November 1960 because he felt cornered by the vast publicity afforded his fugitive status. He was taken into custody immediately by FBI agents.
John B. Everhart	#143	November 22, 1960	Three years
John B. Everhart was arrested in San Francisco, California on November 6, 1963. He was taken into custody while painting a house.
Herbert Hoover Huffman	#144	December 19, 1960	One week
Herbert Hoover Huffman was apprehended in Cleveland, Ohio on December 29, 1960, after a fellow worker recognized him from a Wanted Poster.
Kenneth Eugene Cindle	#145	December 23, 1960	Four months
Kenneth Eugene Cindle was apprehended in Cochran County, Texas, in April 1961, 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.
Thomas Viola	#146	January 17, 1961	Two months
Thomas Viola was arrested in Detroit, Michigan on March 27, 1961, after a citizen recognized his photo in an article in American Weekly.
William Chester Cole	#147	February 2, 1961	Four days
William Chester Cole surrendered to FBI agents in Gulf Breeze, Florida on February 6, 1961. Cole said, “The ‘heat’ of the investigation was too much.”
Willie Hughes	#148	March 15, 1961	Five months
Willie Hughes was arrested in Pocatello, Idaho on August 8, 1961, where he had been working as a farm laborer.
William Terry Nichols	#149	April 6, 1961	One year
William Terry Nichols was arrested near Homestead, Florida on April 30, 1962, where he had started a commercial fishing business.
George Martin Bradley	#150	April 10, 1961	Three weeks
George Martin Bradley was arrested in Davenport, Iowa on May 1, 1961 by local police officers after an attempted bank robbery. He was identified after routine fingerprinting.
Philip Alfred LaNormandin	#151	April 17, 1961	A few hours
Philip Alfred LaNormandin was arrested on April 17, 1961 in Jersey City, New Jersey, a few hours after being placed on the list the very same day, thanks to a tip from a citizen who saw his photograph in the newspaper.
Kenneth Holleck Sharp	#152	May 1, 1961	Two months
Kenneth Holleck Sharp was arrested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 3, 1961, after a citizen recognized his photograph in the Master Detective magazine.
Anthony Vincent Fede	#153	May 22, 1961	Five months
Anthony Vincent Fede was arrested in Los Angeles, California on October 28, 1961. Captured by FBI agents, Fede was carrying a toy pistol and a fake police badge. He said, “I should have given myself up.”
Richard Laurence Marquette	#154	June 29, 1961	One day
Richard Laurence Marquette was wanted for the gruesome murder of Joan Claude in which parts of her body were wrapped in newspaper and scattered about southeast Portland, Oregon. He was the first "special addition" to the list making the total at eleven. He was arrested in Santa Maria, California on June 30, 1961, by the FBI after a citizen recognized his photograph on a Wanted Flyer posted in a credit bureau. He would be released after twelve years on parole and go on to kill two more woman in a similar manner.
Robert William Schuette	#155	July 19, 1961	Two weeks
Robert William Schuette was arrested in Chicago, Illinois on August 2, 1961. 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.
Chester Anderson McGonigal	#156	August 14, 1961	Three days
Chester Anderson McGonigal was arrested in Denver, Colorado on August 17, 1961, by the FBI after a citizen recognized his photograph in a newspaper.
Hugh Bion Morse	#157	August 29, 1961	Two months
Hugh Bion Morse was wanted for the murder of 27-year-old Bobbi Ann Landini, where he raped her and beat her to death with a pipe. Afterwards he sexually assaulted her dead body. He was on the run for a series of burglaries and sex crimes from several other states. He was arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota on October 13, 1961, the evening after a visitor to the FBI Tour in Washington, D.C., recognized his photo displayed on the “Top Ten” Exhibit.
John Gibson Dillon	#158	September 1, 1961	Three years
John Gibson Dillon was found murdered in Chelsea, Oklahoma in 1964. 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.
John Robert Sawyer	#159	October 30, 1961	Four days
John Robert Sawyer was arrested in Wickendale, Arizona on November 3, 1961, by a local police officer after he recognized Sawyer’s vehicle in an All Points Bulletin issued by the FBI.
Edward Wayne Edwards	#160	November 10, 1961	Three months
Edward Wayne Edwards was wanted for fleeing after being convicted for a series of gas station robberies. He was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia on January 20, 1962, by local police. He would go on to murder at least five people between 1977 and 1996. He is also suspected of several other killings, but died of natural causes before he could be executed.
Franklin Eugene Alltop	#161	November 22, 1961	Three months
Franklin Eugene Alltop was arrested in Kansas City, Kansas on February 2, 1962 due to an FBI investigation. Alltop greeted the arresting FBI agents by saying, “I’ve been expecting you. I know you’re the FBI.”
Francis Laverne Brannan	#162	December 27, 1961	One month
Francis Laverne Brannan surrendered to the FBI in Miami, Florida on January 17, 1962. Calling from a phone at a downtown gas station, Brannan told them, “Come and get me, I’m tired of running from the FBI.”
Delbert Henry Linaweaver	#163	January 30, 1962	One week
Delbert Henry Linaweaver was arrested in Floydada, Texas on February 5, 1962, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from a Wanted Flyer in a post office.
Watson Young, Jr.	#164	February 5, 1962	One week
Watson Young, Jr. was arrested in Salina, Kansas on February 12, 1962, driving a stolen ambulance. It had been stolen from an area funeral home. In his pocket, Young had his Identification Order.
Lyndal Ray Smith	#165	February 14, 1962	One month
Lyndal Ray Smith surrendered in Baltimore, Maryland on March 22, 1962, as a result of television and newspaper publicity.
Harry Robert Grove, Jr.	#166	February 19, 1962	One year
Harry Robert Grove, Jr. was arrested in Uhrichsville, Ohio on January 26, 1963, by the Ohio State Highway Patrol after being observed loitering in a supermarket.
Bobby Randell Wilcoxson	#167	February 23, 1962	Nine months
Bobby Randell Wilcoxson was wanted for robbing eight banks, the murder of a bank guard, and for setting off several bombs in the Washington D.C. with his partner Albert Frederick Nussbaum (#168). He was considered the "brawns" to Nussbaum's "brains" of the duo. He was arrested on November 10, 1962, due to an FBI investigation in Baltimore, Maryland.
Albert Frederick Nussbaum	#168	April 2, 1962	Seven months
Albert Frederick Nussbaum was wanted for the robbing eight banks, the murder of a bank guard, and for setting off several bomb in Washington D.C. along with his partner Bobby Randell Wilcoxson (#167). He was considered the "brains" to Wilcoxson's "brawns" of the duo. He was arrested in Buffalo, New York on November 4, 1962, by the FBI after a 20-minute chase through downtown streets.
Thomas Welton Holland	#169	May 11, 1962	Three weeks
Thomas Welton Holland was arrested in La Harpe, Kansas on June 2, 1962, by a police officer who recognized him from a Wanted Flyer.
Edward Howard Maps	#170	June 15, 1962	Five years
Edward Howard Maps was wanted for the murder of his wife and setting his house on fire leaving his 4-month year old daughter to die inside. Federal process against Maps was dismissed in Scranton, Pennsylvania In 1967.
David Stanley Jacubanis	#171	November 21, 1962	One week
David Stanley Jacubanis was wanted for robbing a bank while on parole for robbing several other banks. He was arrested in Arlington, Virginia on November 29, 1962 due to an FBI investigation.
John Kinchloe DeJarnette	#172	November 30, 1962	Four days
John Kinchloe DeJarnette was arrested in Hollywood, California on December 3, 1962 due to an FBI investigation.
Michael Joseph O'Connor	#173	December 13, 1962	Two weeks
Michael Joseph O'Connor was arrested by FBI agents in a restaurant in New York, New York on December 28, 1962. He had been hiding out in a New York hotel.
John Lee Taylor	#174	December 14, 1962	One week
John Lee Taylor was arrested in Chicago, Illinois on December 20, 1962 due to an FBI investigation.
Harold Thomas O'Brien	#175	January 4, 1963	Two years
Harold Thomas O'Brien was wanted for murder. In 1963, federal process against O’Brien was dismissed by federal and local authorities in Lake City, Illinois.
Jerry Clarence Rush	#176	January 14, 1963	Two months
Jerry Clarence Rush was sought for unlawful flight to avoid confinement, assault with the intent to murder, and bank robbery. He was arrested in 1963 by Miami agents.
Marshall Frank Chrisman	#177	February 7, 1963	Three months
Marshall Frank Chrisman was arrested local police in Los Angeles, California, in May 1963. He was apprehended after robbing a grocery store and was identified after a routine fingerprint check.
Howard Jay Barnard	#178	April 12, 1963	One year
Howard Jay Barnard was arrested by local police in North Sacramento, California in April 1964, 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.
Leroy Ambrosia Frazier	#179	June 4, 1963	Three months
Leroy Ambrosia Frazier was arrested by FBI and local police in Cleveland, Ohio on September 12, 1963, after a citizen recognized Frazier from media coverage.
Carl Close	#180	September 25, 1963	One day
Carl Close was apprehended in Anderson, South Carolina, by local authorities after robbing a bank on September 26, 1963.
Thomas Asbury Hadder	#181	October 9, 1963	Three months
Thomas Asbury Hadder was arrested in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, by FBI agents on January 13, 1964, shortly after he registered at the Salvation Army Center under a fictitious name.
Alfred Oponowicz	#182	November 27, 1963	One year
Alfred Oponowicz was arrested in Painesville, Ohio in December 1964, 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.
Arthur William Couts	#183	December 27, 1963	One month
Arthur William Couts was arrested on January 30, 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by FBI agents due to an FBI investigation. Attempting to disguise his appearance, Couts had grown a heavy mustache and dyed his hair.
Jesse James Gilbert	#184	January 27, 1964	One month
Jesse James Gilbert was arrested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by FBI agents on February 26, 1964. 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.”
Sammie Earl Ammons	#185	February 10, 1964	Three months
Sammie Earl Ammons was arrested in Cherokee, Alabama by local police on May 15, 1964, 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.
Frank B. Dumont	#186	March 10, 1964	One month
Frank B. Dumont was arrested in Tucson, Arizona by local police on April 27, 1964, after committing a burglary in an apartment building.
William Beverly Hughes	#187	March 18, 1964	One month
William Beverly Hughes was arrested in Bylas, Arizona on April 11, 1964, by the Arizona Highway Patrol after a citizen recognized him from a description reported in a newspaper article.
Quay Cleon Kilburn	#188	March 23, 1964	Three months
Quay Cleon Kilburn was arrested in Ogden, Utah on June 25, 1964, due to an FBI investigation. He was also #105 on the list.
Joseph Francis Bryan, Jr.	#189	April 14, 1964	Two weeks
Joseph Francis Bryan, Jr. was arrested in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 28, 1964. 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.
John Robert Bailey	#190	April 22, 1964	Two weeks
John Robert Bailey was arrested in Hayward, California on May 4, 1964, where he had posed as a plumber for two years.
George Zavada	#191	May 6, 1964	One month
George Zavada was arrested in San Jose, California on June 12, 1964, after a gun battle in which he was shot in the chest and rushed to a hospital in Santa Clara, California, to undergo surgery.
George Patrick McLaughlin	#192	May 8, 1964	Nine months
George Patrick McLaughlin was arrested in Dorchester, Massachusetts due to an FBI investigation, in his third-floor apartment on February 24, 1965.
Chester Collins	#193	May 14, 1964	Three years
Chester Collins was wanted for escaping prison is Fort Pierce, Florida where he was serving time for assaulting a woman with a hatchet. In 1967, federal process against Collins was dismissed in West Palm Beach, Florida, at the request of local authorities.
Edward Newton Nivens	#194	May 28, 1964	Five days
Edward Newton Nivens was arrested when a citizen saw a wanted flyer for Nivens and tipped authorities to his whereabouts in June 1964. Nivens was being sought for robbing a bartender and shooting a bar patron. Agents quickly captured him at his truck driving job.
Louis Frederick Vasselli	#195	June 15, 1964	Three months
Louis Frederick Vasselli was arrested in Calumet City, Illinois on September 1, 1964, by the FBI after an old schoolmate recognized him from a Wanted Flyer.
Thomas Edward Galloway	#196	June 24, 1964	One month
Thomas Edward Galloway was arrested at a golf course in Danville, Virginia on July 17, 1964, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from a newspaper article.
Alson Thomas Wahrlich	#197	July 9, 1964	Three years
Alson Thomas Wahrlich was arrested in Treasure Island, Florida on October 28, 1967, after a citizen recognized him from his description in Argosy magazine.
Kenneth Malcolm Christiansen	#198	July 27, 1964	Two months
Kenneth Malcolm Christiansen was arrested in Silver Spring, Maryland on September 8, 1964, by local authorities after attempting to rob a seafood restaurant.
William Hutton Coble	#199	September 11, 1964	Six months
William Hutton Coble was arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 1, 1965, by Charlotte police after an unsuccessful attempt to rob a bank.
Lloyd Donald Greeson, Jr.	#200	September 18, 1964	One week
Lloyd Donald Greeson, Jr. was arrested in Elsinore, California on September 23, 1964, by the Chief of Police after a citizen recognized him from a photograph on his Wanted Flyer.
Raymond Lawrence Wyngaard	#201	October 5, 1964	one month
Raymond Lawrence Wyngaard was arrested in a taxi cab in downtown Madison, Wisconsin on November 28, 1964, due to an FBI investigation.
Norman Belyea Gorham	#202	December 10, 1964	Five months
Norman Belyea Gorham was arrested in Los Angeles California, on May 28, 1965, after a citizen recognized him from a television announcement.
John William Clouser	#203	January 7, 1965	Seven years
John William Clouser, a.k.a. The Florida Fox, was a corrupt Orlando, Florida police detective who was on the run for nine years, the longest fugitive on the list at the time, after escaping a Florida prison where he was serving 30 years for robbery. In 1972, federal process against Clouser was dismissed in Montgomery, Alabama. However, he turned himself in on August 21, 1974.
Walter Lee Parman	#204	January 15, 1965	Two weeks
Walter Lee Parman was arrested in Los Angeles, California on January 31, 1965, after a citizen recognized him from a newspaper article.
Gene Thomas Webb	#205	February 11, 1965	One day
Gene Thomas Webb was arrested in Chicago, Illinois on February 12, 1965, after he was recognized by FBI agents as he walked along a road in Colonial Village.
Samuel Jefferson Veney	#206	February 25, 1965	Three weeks
Samuel Jefferson Veney was arrested in Garden City, New York on March 11, 1965, 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.
Earl Veney	#207	March 5, 1965	One week
Earl Veney was arrested in Garden City, New York on March 11, 1965, with his brother, Samuel Jefferson 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.
Donald Stewart Heien	#208	March 11, 1965	One year
Donald Stewart Heien was arrested in Newton, Massachusetts on February 3, 1966, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from media coverage.
Arthur Pierce, Jr.	#209	March 24, 1965	One day
Arthur Pierce, Jr. was arrested in Spring Valley, New York on March 25, 1965, after a citizen recognized him from a newspaper article. He had been working as a painting contractor.
Donald Dean Rainey	#210	March 26, 1965	Three month
Donald Dean Rainey was arrested in Nogales, Arizona on June 22, 1965, due to an FBI investigation.
Leslie Douglas Ashley	#211	April 6, 1965	Two weeks
Leslie Douglas Ashley was originally arrested for the murder of a Houston real estate agent when she and several others, shot and burned his body in 1963. She was sentenced to death by electric chair, but was declared insane and sent to a mental insinuation San Antonio, Texas. She then escaped the hospital. She was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia on April 23, 1965, while she was working in a carnival side show as Bobo the Clown.
Charles Bryan Harris	#212	May 6, 1965	One month
Charles Bryan Harris was apprehended near Fairchild, Illinois living in an old farm house.
William Albert Autur Tahl	#213	June 10, 1965	Five months
William Albert Autur Tahl was arrested in St. Louis, Missouri on November 5, 1965, by local authorities.
Duane Earl Pope	#214	June 11, 1965	One day
Duane Earl Pope was wanted for robbing a Farmers State bank in Big Springs, Nebraska where he shot four people execution style in the neck murdering three and paralyzing one. He surrendered to local police in Kansas City, Missouri shortly after he was added to the “Top Ten” list on June 11, 1965.
Allen Wade Haugsted	#215	June 24, 1965	Six months
Allen Wade Haugsted was arrested in Houston, Texas on December 23, 1965, after a citizen recognized him from a photo in the Houston Chronicle newspaper. He was working as a baker in a suburban shopping center.
Theodore Matthew Brechtel	#216	June 30, 1965	Two months
Theodore Matthew Brechtel was arrested in Chicago, Illinois on August 16, 1965, 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.”
Robert Allen Woodford	#217	July 2, 1965	One month
Robert Allen Woodford was arrested in Seattle, Washington on August 5, 1965, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from a Wanted Flyer.
Warren Cleveland Osborne	#218	August 12, 1965	One month
Warren Cleveland Osborne was killed in an automobile wreck near Mount Washington, Kentucky in September 1965, after a high speed chase by local police. He was positively identified through fingerprints.
Holice Paul Black	#219	August 25, 1965	Four months
Holice Paul Black was arrested in Miami, Florida on December 15, 1965 due to an FBI investigation.
Edward Owen Watkins	#220	September 21, 1965	One year
Edward Owen Watkins was arrested in Florence, Montana on December 2, 1966. FBI agents displayed photos of Watkins to stores selling western clothing and a salesman recognized him.
Joel Singer	#221	November 19, 1965	Two weeks
Joel Singer was apprehended in Montreal, Quebec, Canada by Montreal police on December 1, 1965. He had been the object of an intensive joint investigation by the FBI and Canadian authorities.
James Edward Kennedy	#222	December 8, 1965	Two weeks
James Edward Kennedy was arrested in Worcester, Massachusetts on December 23, 1965, after a citizen recognized him from a newspaper article.
Lawrence John Higgins	#223	December 14, 1965	Two weeks
Lawrence John Higgins was arrested in Emigrant Gap, California on January 3, 1966, by California Highway Patrol Officers.
Hoyt Bud Cobb	#224	January 6, 1966	Five months
Hoyt Bud Cobb was arrested in Hialeah, Florida in June 1966, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from a Front Page Detective magazine article.
James Robert Bishop	#225	January 10, 1966	Two weeks
James Robert Bishop was arrested in Aspen, Colorado on January 21, 1966, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from an Identification Order. He had been working as a kitchen helper.
Robert Van Lewing	#226	January 12, 1966	Three weeks
Robert Van Lewing was wanted for multiple bank robberies. He was arrested in Kansas City, Missouri on February 6, 1967, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him in a feature story in This Week magazine.
Earl Ellery Wright	#227	January 14, 1966	Five months
Earl Ellery Wright was arrested in Cleveland, Ohio on June 20, 1966 due to an FBI investigation.
Jessie James Roberts	#228	February 3, 1966	Five days
Jessie James Roberts was arrested in Laredo, Texas on February 8, 1966 due to an FBI investigation.
Charles Lorin Gove	#229	February 16, 1966	One day
Charles Lorin Gove was arrested on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana on February 16, 1966. The first dual listing alongside Ralph Dwayn Owen (#230).
Ralph Dwayne Owen	#230	February 16, 1966	One month
Ralph Dwayne Owen was arrested in Kansas City, Missouri on March 11, 1966 due to an FBI investigation. The first dual listing alongside Charles Lorin Gove (#229).
Jimmy Lewis Parker	#231	February 25, 1966	Two weeks
Jimmy Lewis Parker was arrested in Detroit, Michigan on March 4, 1966 due to an FBI investigation.
Jack Daniel Sayadoff	#232	March 17, 1966	One week
Jack Daniel Sayadoff was arrested in Indianapolis, Indiana on March 24, 1966 due to an FBI investigation.
Robert Clayton Buick	#233	March 24, 1966	Five days
Robert Clayton Buick was arrested in Pecos, Texas on March 29, 1966, by a police officer who recognized him from a Wanted Poster.
James Vernon Taylor	#234	April 4, 1966	One day
James Vernon Taylor was found dead in Baltimore, Maryland by Baltimore Harbor Police In April 1966.
Lynwood Irwin Mears	#235	April 11, 1966	One year
Lynwood Irwin Mears was arrested in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on May 2, 1967, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from an article in the Twin City Sentinel newspaper.
James Robert Ringrose	#236	April 15, 1966	One year
James Robert Ringrose was apprehended in Osaka, Japan on March 29, 1967, 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.”
Walter Leonard Lesczynski	#237	June 16, 1966	Three months
Walter Leonard Lesczynski was arrested in Chicago, Illinois on September 9, 1966 due to an FBI investigation.
Donald Rogers Smelley	#238	June 30, 1966	Five months
Donald Rogers Smelley was arrested in Hollywood, California on November 7, 1966 due to an FBI investigation.
George Ben Edmonson	#239	September 21, 1966	Nine months
George Ben Edmonson was arrested in Campbells Bay, Quebec, Canada On June 28, 1967, by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police after a Canadian citizen recognized him from an American magazine article.
Everett Leroy Biggs	#240	November 21, 1966	Two weeks
Everett Leroy Biggs was arrested in Broomfield, Colorado on December 1, 1966 due to an FBI investigation.
Gene Robert Jennings	#241	December 15, 1966	Two months
Gene Robert Jennings was arrested in Atlantic City, New Jersey on February 14, 1967, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from an article in The Week magazine.
Clarence Wilbert McFarland	#242	December 22, 1966	Four months
Clarence Wilbert McFarland was arrested in Baltimore, Maryland on April 4, 1967, by Baltimore Police as a burglary suspect. He was identified from his fingerprints.
Monroe Hickson	#243	February 17, 1967	One year
Monroe Hickson was wanted for escaping the Manning Correctional Facility where he was serving time for several violent assaults and four murders. He was found dead 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 in 1968.
Clyde Edward Laws	#244	February 28, 1967	Three months
Clyde Edward Laws was arrested in Raytown, Missouri on May 18, 1967, through cooperation of a relative.
Charles Edward Ervin	#245	April 13, 1967	Three months
Gordon Dale Ervin was arrested in Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada on July 25, 1967, 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.
Thomas Franklin Dorman	#246	April 13, 1967	Two years
Thomas Franklin Dorman was arrested in Winnipeg, Canada on June 7, 1969, by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police nearly two years after his brother, Charles Edward Ervin (#245).
Thomas Franklin Dorman	#247	April 20, 1967	One month
Thomas Franklin Dorman was arrested in Grantsburg, Indiana on May 20, 1967, by the FBI aided by local and state police.
Jerry Lynn Young	#248	May 12, 1967	One month
Jerry Lynn Young was wanted for bank robbery. He was arrested in Akron, Ohio, on June 15, 1967, by FBI agents and local authorities.
Joseph Leroy Newman	#249	June 2, 1967	One month
Joseph Leroy Newman was arrested in Jersey City, New Jersey on June 29, 1967 due to an FBI investigation.
Carmen Raymond Gagliardi	#250	June 9, 1967	One year
Carmen Raymond Gagliardi was arrested in Medford, Massachusetts on December 23, 1968, in his mother’s home.
Donald Richard Bussmeyer	#251	June 28, 1967	Two months
Donald Richard Bussmeyer was wanted for robbing a bank in Los Angeles, California. He was arrested in Upland, California, clad only in shorts, on August 24, 1967. A tattoo on his chest “Don Bussmeyer Loves Joyce,” gave away his identity.
Florencio Lopez Mationg	#252	July 1, 1967	Two weeks
Florencio Lopez Mationg was arrested in July 1967 in Los Angeles, California, with his partner Victor Jerald Bono (#253) due to an FBI investigation.
Victor Jerald Bono	#253	July 1, 1967	Two weeks
Victor Jerald Bono was arrested in July 1967 in Los Angeles, California, with his partner Florencio Lopez Mationg (#252) due to an FBI investigation.
Alfred Johnson Cooper, Jr.	#254	July 27, 1967	Two months
Alfred Johnson Cooper, Jr. was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts on September 8, 1967. A visitor on the FBI Tour in Washington, D.C., recognized Cooper’s photograph on the “Top Ten” display.
John D. Slaton	#255	August 2, 1967	Four months
John D. Slaton was arrested in Harquahala Valley, Arizona on December 1, 1967 due to an FBI investigation.
Jerry Ray James	#256	August 16, 1967	Five months
Jerry Ray James was arrested in Tucson, Arizona on January 24, 1968, by FBI agents and local police. His partner, Donald Eugene Sparks (#259), was arrested with him.
Richard Paul Anderson	#257	September 7, 1967	Four months
Richard Paul Anderson was arrested in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by Canadian Police on January 19, 1968.
Henry Theodore Young	#258	September 21, 1967	Four Months
Henry Theodore Young was arrested in Kansas City, Missouri on January 9, 1968, after a citizen recognized him from an article in Inside Detective magazine.
Donald Eugene Sparks	#259	August 3, 1967	Five months
Donald Eugene Sparks was arrested in Tucson, Arizona on January 24, 1968, by FBI agents and local police. His partner, Jerry Ray James (#256), was arrested with him.
Zelma Lavone King	#260	December 14, 1967	One month
Zelma Lavone King was arrested in Phoenix, Arizona on January 30, 1968 due to an FBI investigation.
Jerry Reece Peacock	#261	December 14, 1967	Three months
Jerry Reece Peacock was arrested in Mesquite, Nevada on March 5, 1968 due to an FBI investigation.

Year 1968

Main article: FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1968

James Earl Ray

April 20, 1968 #277, & also June 11, 1977 #351
Two months on the list
James Earl Ray was apprehended June 8, 1968 in London, England by British authorities for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
He died of hepatitis C at age 70 in prison.

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Year 1969

Main article: FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1969

Billie Austin Bryant

January 8, 1969 #295
shortest time (excluding never published) on the list, 2 hours
Fourth "Special Addition"
Billie Austin Bryant was wanted for first degree murder of two FBI Agents
status: US PRISONER at the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia November 4, 1969

End of the decade

By the end of the decade, the following fugitives were remaining at large on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list:

Name	Sequence number	Date of entry
John William Clousre	#203	1965
Charles Lee Herron	#265	1968
Taylor Morris Teaford	#279	1968
Byron James Rice	#282	1968
Warren David Reddock	#298	1969
Cameron David Bishop	#300	1969
Marie Dean Arrington	#301	1969
Benjamin Hoskin Paddock	#302	1969
Joseph Lloyd Thomas	#304	1969

Benjamin Hoskin Paddock was also the father of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting shooter. The tenth space had just opened up at the end of the year 1969.

FBI directors in the 1960s

• J. Edgar Hoover (1935–1972)

External links

• Current FBI top ten most wanted fugitives at FBI site