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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. 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. For convenient reference, the FBI wanted suspect sequence numbers and dates of entry to appear below, whenever possible.

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, has been on the list longer than anyone.[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 have been known to turn themselves in upon becoming aware of their listing. As of March 14, 2007, 485 fugitives have been listed (seven of them women), and 454 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 capture of a Ten Most Wanted Fugitive is John W. Parsons.

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FBI ten most wanted fugitives
Wanted Image Name Date Added Number on List
1 Donald Eugene Webb Donald Eugene Webb May 4, 1981 #375
Donald Eugene Webb is wanted in connection with the murder on December 4, 1980, of a police officer in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania who was shot twice at close range after being brutally beaten about the head and face with a blunt instrument. On the list since 1981, no person has been on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list longer in its history.[6]
2 Victor Manuel Gerena 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 substance to further disable them.[7]
3 Glen Stewart Godwin 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.[8]
4 Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden[9] June 7, 1999 #456
Osama bin Laden[9] is the leader of al-Qaeda, and is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States embassies in 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.

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.[10][11][9]
5 James J. Bulger James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger August 19, 1999 #458
James J. Bulger is wanted for his role in numerous murders (18 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 Irish mob before he went into hiding.[12]
6 Richard Steve Goldberg Richard Steve Goldberg June 14, 2002 #474
Richard Steve Goldberg is wanted for allegedly engaging in sexual activities with several female children under the age of ten in Long Beach, California, from January through May of 2001.[13]
7 Robert William Fisher 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.[14]
8 Diego Leon Montoya Sanchez Diego Leon Montoya Sanchez May 6, 2004 #478
Diego Leon Montoya Sanchez is being sought in connection with the manufacture and distribution of multiple tons of cocaine, knowing or intending that it will be imported into the United States. [15] Montoya is reputedly one of the principal leaders of the Colombian North Valley Drug Cartel. The North Valley Cartel is believed to be the most powerful and violent drug trafficking organization in Colombia. The cartel reportedly relies heavily for protection on illegal armed groups, taking help from right-wing paramilitaries as well as leftist rebels.[16]
9 Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco 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. [17] 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.[18]
10 Emigdio Preciado, Jr. 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[19]. Reward of up to $100,000.[20]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Facts on the Program (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
  2. ^ The Hunt for the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" Fugitives. Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees. CNN (2006, June 6).
  3. ^ McCabe, Paul (2001, March 21). Ask the FBI.: The Ten Most Wanted list. USA Today.
  4. ^ John Douglas&Mark Olshaker, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's elite serial crime unit, 1995, by Midhunters, Inc.
  5. ^ FBI TEN MOST WANTED FUGITIVE JOHN W. PARSONS APPREHENDED AT CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, FBI National Press Release, October 19, 2006
  6. ^ Webb's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
  7. ^ Gerena's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
  8. ^ Godwin's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
  9. ^ a b c All official U.S. posting has the name starting with a U and not an O.
  10. ^ Osama Bin Laden's FBI Most Wanted Fugitive Alert (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
  11. ^ Rewards for Justice Wanted Terrorist Osama bin Laden (HTML). Rewards for Justice. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
  12. ^ Bulger' s FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
  13. ^ Goldberg's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
  14. ^ Fisher's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
  15. ^ FBI ADDS COLOMBIAN DRUG CARTEL LEADER TO MOST WANTED FUGITIVE LIST, FBI Headline Archives,05/06/04
  16. ^ Montoya's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
  17. ^ IDAHO FUGITIVE PLACED ON THE FBI’S “TEN MOST WANTED” LIST, FBI - Salt Lake City press release, March 17, 2005
  18. ^ Lopez-Orozco's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
  19. ^ AMW FUGITIVE DATA FILE FOR Emigdio "Junior, Trigger, Spooky, Snyper" Preciado Jr. (HTML). AMW. Retrieved on 2007-03-16.
  20. ^ Emigdio Preciado, Jr's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert (HTML). Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved on 2007-03-16.

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