Morley Vernon King

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Morley Vernon King was the second person to be listed (March 15, 1950) on the original FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

He remained for two years on the list, until he was apprehended October 31, 1951 in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania restaurant, while shucking oysters; was charged with unlawful flight July 18, 1947; was charged July 12, 1947 with the murder of his wife Helen, found strangled in a steamer trunk July 9, 1947 under the back porch of a San Luis Obispo, California hotel. He had fled July 8, 1947.


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