FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
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{{Federal Bureau of Investigation |subname=Ten Most Wanted Fugitives}}
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 Federal Bureau of Investigation|Director]] of the [[United States]] [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], and [[William Kinsey Hutchinson]],<ref name="faq">{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/tenfaq.htm|title=Facts on the Program|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|accessdate=2006-07-10}}</ref> [[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.<ref name="History">{{cite web|url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=938|title=This Day in History 1950: The FBI debuts 10 Most Wanted|publisher=History.com|accessdate=2008-06-20}}</ref>
Individuals are removed from this list when the fugitive is captured, killed, or if the charges against them are dropped; they are then replaced by a new entry selected by the FBI. In five cases, the FBI removed individuals from the list after deciding that they were no longer a "particularly dangerous menace to society".<ref name="faq"/> [[Donald Eugene Webb]], added to the list in 1981, was on the list longer than anyone, at 25 years, 10 months, and 27 days.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/30/acd.02.html |title=The Hunt for the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" Fugitives |work=Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees |publisher=CNN |accessdate=2006-06-06}}</ref> Billie Austin Bryant spent the shortest amount of time on the list, being listed for two hours in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usatoday.com/community/chat/2001-03-21-fbi.htm |title=Ask the FBI.: The Ten Most Wanted list |publisher=USA Today |author=McCabe, Paul |date=2001, March 21}}</ref> On 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.<ref>{{cite book |last= Douglas |first= John |coauthors= Mark Olshaker |title= The Anatomy of Motive: The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals |publisher= Mindhunters, Inc. |year= 1999 |month= July |isbn= 0-6710-2393-4 }}</ref>
The list is commonly posted in public places such as [[post office]]s. In some cases, fugitives on the Top 10 List have turned themselves in on becoming aware of their listing. As of [[June 6]], [[2008]], 489 fugitives have been listed (eight of them women), and 459 captured or located,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boston.fbi.gov/pressrel/2008/fugitivearrest060608.htm|title=Press Release: FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Arrested In Mexico|publisher=Boston FBI Field Office|accessdate=2008-06-06}}</ref> 150 ({{roundup|{{#expr:(150/489)*100}}}}%) of them due to public assistance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/tenfaq.htm#11|title=FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives FAQ|publisher=FBI.com|accessdate=2008-06-25}}</ref> The FBI maintains other lists of individuals, including the [[FBI Most Wanted Terrorists|Most Wanted Terrorists]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/fugitives.htm|title=FBI Most Wanted Terrorists|publisher=FBI.com|accessdate=2008-06-20}}</ref> along with [http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/alert/alert.htm FBI Crime Alerts], [http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/kidmiss.htm Missing Persons], and other fugitive lists. The most recent Ten Most Wanted Fugitive captured is [[Jon Schillaci]].<ref name="Schillaci"/>
== Current most wanted list ==
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! Photo
! Name
! Date Added
! Number on List
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| rowSpan="2" | [[Image:Victor Manuel Gerena.jpg|100px]]
| height="10" | [[Victor Manuel Gerena]]
| [[May 14]], [[1984]]
| #386
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| colspan="4" valign="top" | '''Victor Manuel Gerena''' is wanted in connection with the armed robbery of approximately $7 million from a security company in [[West Hartford, Connecticut|West Hartford]], [[Connecticut]] in 1983. He allegedly took two security employees hostage at gunpoint and handcuffed, bound and injected them with an unknown, non-lethal, substance to further disable them. The FBI believes he may be living in [[Cuba]]. The reward for information leading to Gerena's capture is [[United States Dollar|$]]1,000,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/gerena.htm|title=Gerena's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|accessdate=2006-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://a.abcnews.com/Blotter/story?id=4323676&page=1|title=Fugitive Watch: Wanted by the FBI: Wanted for Bank Robbery Theft
|publisher=ABC News|accessdate=2008-06-20}}</ref><includeonly>
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| colSpan="4" style="background-color:lightgrey;"|
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| rowSpan="2" | [[Image:Glen Stewart Godwin.jpg|100px]]
| height="10" | [[Glen Stewart Godwin]]
| [[December 7]], [[1996]]
| #447
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| colspan="4" valign="top" | '''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/godwin.htm |title=Godwin's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|accessdate=2006-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,326034,00.html |title=Glen Stewart Godwin Wanted for Murder, Escape From Prison|publisher=FOXNews.com|author=Underwood, Melissa|accessdate=2006-06-20}}</ref>
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| colSpan="4" style="background-color:lightgrey;"|
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| rowSpan="2" | [[Image:Usama Bin Ladin (DoS Publication 10321).png|100px]]
| height="10" | [[Osama bin Laden]]{{ref label|Note1|a|a}}
| [[June 7]], [[1999]]
| #456
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| colspan="4" valign="top" | '''Osama bin Laden'''{{ref label|Note1|a|a}} is the leader of [[al-Qaeda]], and is wanted in connection with the [[August 7]], [[1998]], [[1998 U.S. embassy bombings|bombings of the United States embassies]], [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]], and [[Nairobi|Nairobi, Kenya]]. These attacks killed over 200 people. Bin Laden and al-Qaeda are responsible for the [[October 12]], [[2000]], [[USS Cole bombing|attack]] on the [[USS Cole (DDG-67)|USS ''Cole'']] off the coast of [[Yemen]], which killed 17. Although bin Laden 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 attacks|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 [[Bounty (reward)|reward]] through the [[United States Department of State|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, International|Air Line Pilots Association]] and the [[Air Transport Association]].{{ref label|Note1|a|a}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/laden.htm|title=Osama bin Laden's FBI Most Wanted Fugitive Alert|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|accessdate=2006-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/wanted_captured/index.cfm?page=Bin_Laden|title=Rewards for Justice Wanted Terrorist Osama bin Laden|publisher=Rewards for Justice|accessdate=2006-07-10}}</ref>
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| colSpan="4" style="background-color:lightgrey;"|
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| rowSpan="2" | [[Image:Bulger-fbi.jpg|100px]]
| height="10" | [[James J. Bulger|James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger, Jr.]]
| [[August 19]], [[1999]]
| #458
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| colspan="4" valign="top" | '''James J. Bulger''' is wanted for his role in 18 counts of murders 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/bulger.htm|title=Bulger' s FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|accessdate=2006-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7059329.stm|title=FBI seeks UK help over 'mobster' |publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2008-06-20}}</ref>
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| colSpan="4" style="background-color:lightgrey;"|
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| rowSpan="2" | [[Image:Robertfisher.jpg|100px]]
| height="10" | [[Robert William Fisher]]
| [[June 29]], [[2002]]
| #475
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| colspan="4" valign="top" | '''Robert William Fisher''' is wanted for allegedly killing his wife Mary and their two young children Robert Jr. and Brittany and then blowing up the house in which they all lived in [[Scottsdale, Arizona|Scottsdale]], [[Arizona]] in April of 2001. Possible motive for the murders is that Mary was about to file a divorce he didn't want to go through.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azcentral.com/specials/special22/articles/0206fisher06.html|title=Mounties got their man, but he isn't Fisher|publisher=AZCentral|accessdate=2008-06-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317116,00.html|title=Robert William Fisher Wanted for Fatally Shooting Wife, Slitting Kids' Throats |publisher=FOXNews.com|author=Underwood, Melissa|accessdate=2008-06-20}}</ref> The reward for information leading to Fisher's capture is $100,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/fisher.htm|title=Fisher's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|accessdate=2006-07-10}}</ref>
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| colSpan="3" style="background-color:lightgrey;"|
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| rowSpan="2" | [[Image:Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco.jpg|100px]]
| height="10" | [[Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco]]
| [[March 17]], [[2005]]
| #480
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| colspan="4" valign="top" | '''Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco''' is wanted in connection with the murders of a woman and her two young children, ages 2 and 4, in [[Mountain Home, Idaho|Mountain Home]] area, [[Idaho]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=30629|title=AMW FUGITIVE DATA FILE FOR Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco|publisher=''America's Most Wanted''|accessdate=2006-07-10}}</ref> 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. The reward for information leading to Lopez-Orozco's capture is $100,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/lopez-orozco.htm|title=Lopez-Orozco's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|accessdate=2006-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331027,00.html|title=Wanted for Murder: Jorge Lopez-Orozco|publisher=FOXNews.com|author=Underwood, Melissa|accessdate=2008-06-20}}</ref>
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| colSpan="4" style="background-color:lightgrey;"|
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| rowSpan="2" | [[Image:Emigdio Preciado Jr.jpg|100px]]
| height="10" | [[Emigdio Preciado, Jr.]]
| [[March 14]], [[2007]]
| #485
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| colspan="4" valign="top" | '''Emigdio Preciado, Jr.''' is wanted for opening fire on two sheriff's deputies in [[Los Angeles, California|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/preciado_e.htm|title=Preciado, Jr's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|accessdate=2007-03-16}}</ref> The reward for information leading to Preciado's capture was $100,000, but it has been increased to $200,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://losangeles.fbi.gov/pressrel/2008/la031708.htm|title=FBI Los Angeles Division Press Release|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|accessdate=2008-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amw.com/fugitives/brief.cfm?id=25012|title=AMW FUGITIVE DATA FILE FOR Emigdio "Junior, Trigger, Spooky, Snyper" Preciado Jr.|publisher=AMW.com|accessdate=2008-06-20}}</ref>
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| colSpan="4" style="background-color:lightgrey;"|
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| rowSpan="2" | [[Image:Alexis Flores.jpg|100px]]
| height="10" | [[Alexis Flores]]
| [[June 2]], [[2007]]
| #487
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| colspan="4" valign="top" | '''Alexis Flores''' is wanted for the kidnapping and murder of five-year-old Iriana DeJesus in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], in July 2000. According to a profile on ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'', there is evidence the child was raped before the murder, although rape is not listed on his official FBI poster. He was last seen in Arizona, where he served a prison term for forgery. He may have returned to Honduras, where he is believed to still have ties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/flores_a.htm|title=Flores' FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|accessdate=2007-07-02}}</ref> The reward for information leading to Flores' capture is $100,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amw.com/fugitives/brief.cfm?id=44983|title=AMW FUGITIVE DATA FILE FOR Alexis Flores |publisher=AMW.com|accessdate=2008-06-20}}</ref>
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| colSpan="4" style="background-color:lightgrey;"|
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| rowSpan="2" | [[Image:Jon Savarino Schillaci.jpg|100px]]
| height="10" | [[Jon Schillaci|Jon Savarino Schillaci]] CAPTURED{{Ref label|Note2|b|b}}
| [[September 7]], [[2007]]
| #488
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| colspan="4" valign="top" | '''Jon Savarino Schillaci''' was wanted for the alleged molestation of a young boy in [[Deerfield, New Hampshire|Deerfield]], [[New Hampshire]] in October 1999. Schillaci had been communicating with the victim's family while he was serving time for prior sexual assault convictions. After his release from prison, the family provided Schillaci a home from which to start his new life, during which time the molestation occurred.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/schillaci_js.htm|title=Schillaci's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|accessdate=2007-09-07}}</ref> The reward for information leading to Schillaci's capture was $100,000. Schillaci was captured in [[Mexico]] on [[June 5]], [[2008]], and flown back to [[New Hampshire]] one day later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june08/topten_060608.html|title=TOP TEN CAPTURE - Most Wanted Fugitive Found in Mexico|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|accessdate=2008-06-06}}</ref><ref name="Schillaci">{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view/2008_06_06_FBI_arrests_N_H__child-sex_fugitive_Jon_Savarino_Schillaci/|title=FBI arrests N.H. child-sex fugitive Jon Savarino Schillaci|publisher=Associated Press|accessdate=2008-06-20}}</ref>
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| colSpan="4" style="background-color:lightgrey;"|
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| rowSpan="2" | [[Image:Brown jd. 2004.jpg|100px]]
| height="10" | [[Jason Derek Brown]]
| [[December 8]], [[2007]]
| #489
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| colspan="4" valign="top" | '''Jason Derek Brown''' is wanted for murder and armed robbery in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], [[Arizona]]. 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.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/brown_jd.htm|title=Brown's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|accessdate=2007-12-08}}</ref> News of his addition to the FBI's Top 10 list was first broken on the website of the TV show ''[[America's Most Wanted]]''. The reward for information leading to Brown's capture is $100,000.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.amw.com/fugitives/profile.cfm?id=29538|title=AMW FUGITIVE DATA FILE FOR Jason Derek Brown |publisher=AMW.com|accessdate=2008-06-20}}</ref>
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== See also ==
* [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 2000s]]
* [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1990s]]
* [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1980s]]
* [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1970s]]
* [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1960s]]
* [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1950s]]
== Footnotes ==
*{{Note label|Note1|a|a}} All official U.S. posting has the name starting with a U and not an O.
*{{Note label|Note2|b|b}} Schillaci has been captured by the FBI, but is still on the Top Ten list.<ref name="Schillaci"/> The FBI will replace Schillaci when a new fugitive is added to the list.
== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.fbi.gov/ Official FBI Website]
*[http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/fugitives.htm FBI Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives]
*[http://www.amw.com/fugitives/most_wanted_lists.cfm Additional information from ''America's Most Wanted'']
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