Christian Longo

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Christian Longo (born January 23, 1974) is a convicted murderer from the U.S. state of Oregon.[1][2] In January 2002 Longo was put on the list of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.

Murder

Longo became wanted in the murder of his wife and children in Oregon after the body of his four-year-old son was found on December 19, 2001 floating several feet from shore in the Lint Slough, a waterway off the Pacific Ocean, in Waldport, Oregon. Divers searching the same area where his son's body had been earlier found also located the body of his three-year-old sister on December 22, 2001. The bodies of the children's mother and two-year-old sister were found five days later. After leaving the United States, Longo had been recognized in Cancún on December 27, 2001 at a hostel. The next day he was charged in Lincoln County, Oregon with multiple counts of aggravated murder in the death of his family; and with unlawful flight by a federal arrest warrant issued in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. After leaving the hostel on January 7, 2002 he was captured six days later without incident in the small town of Tulum, Quintana Roo, about 60 miles south of Cancún. He was taken into U.S. custody at the Houston, Texas airport January 14, 2002.[3]

Film

Longo is portrayed by James Franco in the upcoming film True Story based on the memoir by journalist Michael Finkel.

References

  1. ↑ Entry in murderpedia
  2. ↑ "Oregon Man Guilty Of Killing His Family Gets Death Sentence". The New York Times. 2003-04-17. 
  3. ↑ "Charles Mathews, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Oregon, announces that FBI agents have transported Christian Michael Longo back to the United States". FBI.gov. January 14, 2002. Retrieved December 22, 2011. 
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