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Dennis Melvin Howe

**Dennis Melvin Howe** is wanted for the alleged sexual assault and murder of a nine-year-old Toronto girl in January 1983.

## Background

On January 23, 1983, 9 year old Sharin Morningstar Keenan went to play with some friends at a park in Toronto. When she didn’t return home, her father went to the park looking for his daughter.

A missing person report was filed for her, shortly afterward, police investigated a house near the location after the landlord and one of the occupants said they hadn’t seen one of the tenants since January 24. Police gained access to the rooming house and found Keenan's body in a refrigerator. She was raped and strangled to death.

Police identified Dennis Melvin Howe as a key suspect, but have been unable to find him. He would be 83 years old in 2023.
Ket Somsana

**Ket Somsana** is wanted in connection with the homicide of 17-year old Vilay Inthisane.

## Background

On April 7, 1995, Vilay Inthisane was celebrating Laotian New Year when a group of people came up to the group that Vilay was in. After gang signs and words were exchanged, shots were fired at Vilay's group. Vilay would fled in a pickup truck not knowing that the people from the other group followed them. Ket Vichitvongsa fired additional gunshots into the truck, killing Vilay.

Vichitvongsa, along with Keung Vanh and Songsatith Thongthipvoravong were arrested in connection with Vilay's homicide. All three of them were convicted in August of 1996, Somsana is the last suspect at large.

## References

* Ket Somsana on AMWFans Discussion Board
Paul Everhart

**Paul Allen Everhart** was wanted for molesting his own family member, then failing to register as a sex offender. He was busted in Dahlonega, Georgia, where his smile gave him away.

## Background

For two years, Everhart sexually assaulted his own family member in Baltimore, Maryland. He fled an arrest warrant in November 2005. After his airing, tips led cops to Dahlonega, Georgia, they told him to smile for the camera, and it gave him away. Everhart was arrested and is now required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

## References

* Everhart on AMW.com (archived)
* Everhart's 15SOS Segment
* His smile gave him away
* AMW Captures Directory (1988-2013)
David Lopez

**David Ramirez Lopez** is wanted for conspiracy to commit murder. Due to a business dispute, David and his brother Ruben hired three men to gun down hydraulics store owner Steve Miller, but the plan failed and Steve's father, Leonard, was killed instead.

Ruben was captured in Mexico on October 2015 while David remains at large.

## Background

Ruben and David were both heavily involved with lowdriders, the brothers owned a hydraulics store called Red's Hydraulics, they were fierce competitors with Steve and Leonard Miller, who also ran a hydraulics store.

During a business dispute on 1996, Steve Miller won the case, and due to the victory Ruben and David were no longer allowed to compete in lowrider competitions. An angry Ruben attacked Steve Miller, sending death threats. Ruben and David decided that the conflict had to end with murder.

The brothers hired three hitmen to kill Steve Miller. On March 3, 1997, one of the hitmen walked up to Miller's store and asked an associate to see him, instead, Steve's father Leonard Miller walked up instead and was gunned down, Steve was out of town during the shooting. After telling the mistake they made to Ruben Lopez, the crew then fled and threw away the murder weapon.

After the gun was found near a construction site, all three of the hitmen were shortly arrested, they then said that Ruben and David were the ones that hired them to kill Miller, but before police could put them into custody, they disappeared from Long Beach.

Ruben was captured on October 2015 while David remains on the run, he is 5'4, weights 176 pounds, and has a stocky build, Ruben refuses to give any details on where is brother is.

## References

* The FBI Announces the Capture and Arrest of an 18-Year Fugitive Wanted for a San Jose Murder
* 2005 Episode profiling Lopez brothers
* 2006 Episode profiling Lopez brothers (Pt. 1)
* 2006 Episode profiling Lopez brothers (Pt. 2)
Fethi Jelass

**Fethi Jelassi** is wanted for the double murder of David Settle and his mother Patsy back in 2000.

## Background

Jelassi was a married man, however, he would constantly cheat and dated other women. On 2000, the woman he was dating at the time was also dating David Settle, which enraged Jelassi, as he wanted to be the only one despite being a cheater himself.

In June 2000, a friend of Settle entered his home and found Settle's body in the basement along with his mother. Cops would concluded that Jelassi was responsible, but he had already fled.

## References

* Jelassi on AMW.com (archived) - August 6, 2007
* Fugitive of the Week: Fethi Jelassi - June 29, 2020
* 65-year-old man wanted by Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office for murder and burglary - June 29, 2020
William Kittrell

**William Kittrell** is wanted for the murder his estranged wife, Glenda, on June 1, 1999.

## Background

According to Mississippi police, Kittrell ambushed his wife Glenda, as she was coming home for work. She was shot and killed with a high-powered rifle. Kittrell disappeared the day his wife was murdered.

Months before the murder on March 1999, Kittrell allegedly abducted Glenda and took her into the woods, and showed her a grave and told her should would soon be in it. On that day, Glenda was able to convince her husband to release her, by promising to work things out with him.

## References

* Kittrell on AMW.com (archived) - June 8, 2007
* Kittrell on AMW.com (archived) - 2003
* Kittrell on Mississippi Department of Public Safety Website (archived)
* Kittrell on MS Thread
Carl Dunstrom

**Carl "Fabulous" Dunstrom** was wanted for the 1988 murders of 5 drug members, along with an earlier murder of a 17 year old boy. He would be arrested in New York City.

## Background

Being part of a drug war dispute, on January 22, 1988, him, along with Steven McMillian and Kirk Bruce, entered an apartment in Landover, Maryland and began firing with their guns, which ended with 5 drug members being killed. Dunstrom had also killed a 17 year old boy earlier on November 26, 1987. Dunstrom was arrested in Brooklyn, New York City, after 30 policemen raided an apartment he was claimed to be in by a tip. Police fired one shot at Dunstrom after he leaped out from the apartment, but he was not injured. The two other suspects, McMillian and Bruce, were arrested at McMillian’s mother’s home.

## References

* Man Wanted as the Killer of 6 Is Caught Because of TV Show
* Thirty police officers arrested a fugitive wanted in connection...
* AMW Captures Directory (1988-2013)
Darryl Bailey

**Darryl "Trigger" Bailey** was wanted for 5 counts of attempted murder. He was captured in St. Louis, Missouri.

## Background

Bailey was born sometime in 1972 or 1973, he joined the Six Deuce Brims set of the bloods when he was only a teenager.

On August 31, 1988, in order for Bailey to get more recognition from his gang, Bailey shot randomly through enemy gang territories, wounding 3 people, one of those were Jerry Huff Johnson. Huff was cleaning his brother's car when Bailey shot him, he was critically injured but ended up surviving.

After the shooting Bailey faced 6 counts of attempted murder, however during his trial, he walked out of the courtroom, making himself a wanted man.

## Capture

A gang task force located Bailey to a suburban house owned by his aunt, however, he had fled before the police could catch him.

Finally on January 8, 1990, police got a tip claiming that Bailey was in a house in St. Louis, Missouri. When police pulled over a suspect that was leaving the house, he told police that Bailey was hiding in the residence, sure enough, police found Bailey hiding in the attic. He was extradited back to California where he faced his charges.

## References

* Darryl Bailey Episode Promo (at 8:18)
* Darryl Bailey Capture Report (at 5:02)
* Fugitive Profiled On Show Captured
* TV Program Helps Find Gang Member (page 2)
America's Most Wanted Wiki

**Welcome to the America's Most Wanted Wiki!**

## What is America's Most Wanted?

**America's Most Wanted** is a TV show that ran from 1988 to 2012, and again from 2021. Similar to Unsolved Mysteries, the series would ask the public to help catch fugitives. It was hosted by John Walsh for 1988 to 2012, and Elizabeth Vargas for the reboot. Throughout it's three decade run the show was able to catch over 1,000 fugitives.

## Notice board

**Octaviano Juarez-Corro** died on January 22, 2023

## Wanted of the Week

**Adolfo Tobar** is wanted for the murder of his girlfriend back in 1993.

Archive
Luis Morquecho

**Luis E. Morquecho** is wanted for escape after he broke out with the help of another inmate.

## Background

In August 2004, Luis Morquecho allegedly abducted a woman. Morquecho would be charged with kidnapping and pled not guilty, he was sent to a corrections facility in Grand Island, Nebraska to wait for his trial date. On April 15, 2005, three days before his trial, Morquecho, with the help of another inmate, overpowered an officer, climbed to the jail's roof, jumped to the ground and fled. He has been on the run ever since, he is an illegal immigrant from Ecuador and has a history with the military.
Christopher Cornelius Goins

**Christopher Cornelius Goins** was wanted after he committed 5 murders in Richmond Virginia of a family. His main target was his 14 year old pregnant ex girlfriend, she and one of her siblings survived, however, her parents and 3 siblings were gunned down in a brutal mass murder alongside his accomplice. They then fled Virginia and were busted a month later in New York.

## Background

Christopher Cornelius Goins was a violent criminal from Richmond, Virginia. He was known to deal drugs and carry a 45 caliber gloc handgun, the same used in the murders the trouble seemed to be over his relationship with a 14 year old girl, he was 22 at the time she was pregnant with his child. Goins tried to cover it up and decided to kill the family, he proceeded to kill 5 of the family members with his firearm and tried to kill his ex girlfriend. His supposed accomplice was his current girlfriend, a drug dealer, as soon as the shootings were over they fled the scene and disappeared.

### Capture

Less than a month later, Goins, and Michelle Monique Littlejohn were soon spotted in the New York City area where Goins had been living in the past. They were soon arrested by a SWAT team at an apartment in Brooklyn, New York, and both were taken into custody and extradited to Virginia to stand trial for the murders. Goins would go on to be convicted and sentenced to death and was executed in the year 2000 at age 27. Littlejohn at first was convicted as an accomplice but was later exonerated due to her conviction being overturned.
Michael Berry

**Michael Berry** was wanted for the robbery and murder of an amateur boxer, while also wounding his sister. He and his accomplice Jesse Morrison surrendered in Maryland not too long after their airing.

## Background

Morrison was Born in 1971 while his role model and criminal mentor Berry was born 10 years earlier and were known gang members.

They had both been in trouble with the law before as a prosecutor would call Morrison a street terrorist and had a propensity for violence. They started to look for victims to rob for money and narcotics. They settled on Berry's neighbor, 22 year old Cesar Cardenas, a boxer and Olympic hopeful at Barcelona. They and two other juvenile accomplices broke into Cardenas's home and assaulted him before shooting him through a pillow execution style and shot his sister in law in the head and chest. They stole a measly 2,000 dollars and some jewelry, they fled the state and were seen in they had ties to the Washington DC area, and Virginia and Maryland.

### Capture

The two juvenile were ID'ed and taken into custody in Los Angeles, while it took till March of 1990 to get Berry and Morrison in custody, they were busted in Rockville, Maryland, and surrendered to authorities there. They had been ID'ed by witness identification and fingerprints, they were swiftly extradited to California and Morrison was sentenced to death and Berry was sentenced to life without parole

## References

Morrison Jesse on Murderpedia
[https://amwfans.com/thread/193/amw-captures-directory-1988-2013?q=gandhi+guzman AMW Captures Directory (1988-2013)
Killer of Boxer is Given Death Sentence - October 31, 1991
Steven Randall Dye

**Steven Randall Dye** was wanted for the 1981 murder of a motorcyclist in Cleveland, Ohio. He also wounded another man in October 1986 in a trailer in New Jersey. After seeing himself on AMW, he surrendered to authorities by flagging down a San Diego cop and revealing his identity. It was the first time a fugitive has surrendered after being profiled on AMW.
James Marvin Johnson

**James Marvin Johnson** is wanted for raping two girls, aged 10 and 12.

## Background

Johnson had raped the 12 year old girl repeatedly which resulted in the victim becoming pregnant, cops deducted a DNA test which confirmed the child as Johnson's.

On January 22, 1999, Johnson was apprehended but then posted $25,000 bond. Cops arrested him for a second time on February 12, 1999 and Johnson again posted bond. Since then, he has not been seen.

## References

* Johnson on AMW.com (archived)
* NC Wanted: Moore County man accused of raping young girls remains missing - November 18, 2017
List of direct captures/1992

## Notes

* (†) indicates the fugitive has died.
* (R) indicates the fugitive has been released.
* (E) indicates the fugitive was exonerated.
* (A) indicates the fugitive was acquitted.

## Captures

 **Charles Webster Ferguson** was wanted after he pulled a gun on a bailiff and escaped merely minutes after his conviction. He had been apprehended for attempting to murder his girlfriend. He was busted in Bell City, California, and later died in July 1996.
Ramon Gaspar

**Ramon Eduardo Rodas Gaspar** was wanted for sexually assaulting multiple patients at a Los Angeles hospital. He was captured in Guatemala.

## Case

Gaspar was a certified nursing assistant in Taraza Hospital, located in Los Angeles, California. He would take advantage of his patients under heavy medication, all of these patients ranged from 29 to 67. One of the patients, Courtney Rosenberg, decided to report to police in where all the victims came forward.

## Capture

On February 2017, Gaspar was captured in Guatemala, where he was extradited back to the United States. Gaspar was sentenced to 7 years in prison and will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

## References

* Episode profiling Gaspar
* Gaspar on LAPD Most Wanted (archived)
* Ex-fugitive gets 7 years in prison for sexually abusing patients at a Tarzana hospital
Alexis Flores

**Alexis Flores** is wanted as the suspected Iriana DeJesus killer. On July 2000, the victim was raped and murdered, the case would go cold until 2007, when a DNA sample would match with Flores.

He is currently on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted fugitives list.

## Background

On July 29, 2000, 5-year-old Iriana DeJesus was playing with her sister in their neighborhood, while they played their mother left to get food from nearby, but when she returned, Iriana was nowhere to be found, multiple neighbors would attempt to help and find Iriana. On August 3, a badly decomposed body of a child was found in an empty apartment building near where Iriana went missing, it would later be confirmed that they were the remains of Iriana. Neighborhood protesters would later identify a man named "Carlos" for being responsible for the crime, police had found DNA near Iriana's body which they believed belong to him, however, the case would go cold for several years and Carlos would remain unknown.

Incredibly, on 2007, the FBI got a massive break on the case when the DNA came back as a match to Alexis Flores. According to the FBI, Flores had been arrested before, on 2002 in Arizona, he was arrested for shoplifting, then arrested again in 2004.

Investigators say Flores is originally from Honduras and may still have ties there. They believe Flores and Carlos are definitely the same man. Flores is believed to be armed and very dangerous.

## References

* Flores on AMW (archived)
* Alexis Flores on Wikipedia
* Alexis Flores on the FBI's website
Julio Guevara-Mejia

**Julio Cesar Guevara-Mejia** is wanted for the attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend back in 2007.

## Background

17-year old at the time Monica Bentley had a private relationship with Julio Guevara-Mejia, she would later break up with him after learning that he was 17 years old than her. This caused Julio to constantly stalk and harass her, which resulted in her moving.

Julio got a 15-year old boy named Saga who lived with him to befriend Monica. On November 10, 2007, Saga asked Monica to pick him up at a Motel 6 in Davis, California. However, when Monica got to the hotel, Julio showed up and grabbed her. After shooting at a local bystander who was unharmed, he shot Monica several times in her chest and ankles, miraculously she survived but is now paralyzed as a result of her injuries.

Saga would be arrested, but Julio fled to Houston, Texas after getting $400 from relatives. He has two brothers and friends living in the Houston area but may have also fled to his native Honduras or even Mexico.

## References

* WANTED BY THE FBI: JULIO CESAR GUEVARA-MEJIA
* Davis Motel 6 shooting to appear on “America’s Most Wanted” - April 18, 2008
* America's Most Wanted - Fugitive Julio Guevara Mejia on Youtube
* - FBI Seeks Information to Locate Wanted Fugitive Julio Cesar Guevara-Mejia
David Block

**David M. Block** is wanted for the child molestation of a 14-year old girl after making her taking a drug effect.

## Background

In 2002, a 14-year old girl known as "Sara" went on a Florida vacation with her friend's family. After arriving, they went to David Block's home, who was an old family friend from New Jersey. After having a massive party, it eventually died down with Block approaching Sara, he would tell her to sip blue drink which was actually a date rape drug, after the effect took place, Block raped her.

Sara didn't tell anyone about the rape until the family was visiting another group of friends, the police were able to gain DNA which would later be connected to Block. Police believe he is hiding in Chicago, New Jersey, or Colombia.
Arthur Torres

**Arthur Torres** was a street gang member and kidnapper out of Los Angeles who was wanted in the connection of a double homicide in May of 99 and additional murder a few months later. He was busted in Arcadia, California.

## Background

Torres was a gang member based in Los Angeles alongside several accomplices. During a meth high, he was wanted for kidnapping and double homicide of two teens, one had his eyes removed and thrown to his death over a cliff, he then committed another murder of another person. He was then sought by police and would be the only one to escape capture police knew one thing they needed to catch him asap before he could strike again.

### Capture

An AMW Tipster led authorities to the location of Torres at an Arcadia hotel and an intense situation developed, in which the Los Angeles SWAT Team was called and Torres was eventually arrested at the hotel and taken into custody. He was found guilty several years later and sentenced to three life terms with no parole while the ringleader Nicholas Santino Rodriguez was sentenced to death.

## References

* Torres on AMW.com (archived)
* Arthur Torres - Recent Captures (archived)
* AMW Captures Directory (1988-2013)
* TV Show Leads to Arrest of Suspect in Slaying - January 29, 2000
* Jury Urges Execution in Gruesome Slaying - May 23, 2001
James Richard Johnson

**James "Rick" Richard Johnson** was wanted for the robbery of Richard Cook's jewelry store. He was captured in Seattle, Washington after a nonsensical attempt to steal $40 from a tip jar.

## Background

James Richard Johnson planned to rob pool hustler named Richard Cook. He had been working at his jewelry store for 2 years, casing multiple jewels.

On April 11, 1997, Johnson and 5 other accomplices robbed the jewelry store, when the attempt failed, they proceeded to beat the Cooks, which left them severly injured. The crew had only stole $3,000, their original plan was to get to the vault and steal the jewels worth millions inside there. Shortly, after the robbery all of Johnson's accomplices were arrested and sentenced, Johnson was the last remaining suspect at large, his car was recovered but no trance of him was been found.

### Capture

On December 6, 2004, a coffee stand in Seattle, Washington reported that someone had stole from their tip jar and took off running. The stealer was immediately followed by several store employees through nearby alleys and an apartment complex. Eventually, police joined the chase, and after 40 mins, the person was caught. However, police discovered that he had $2,000 in his pockets and after police put the person in handcuffs, he revealed himself as James Richard Johnson.

It is unclear why he tried to steal a tip jar containing $40.

## References

* Johnson on AMW.com (archived)
* Suspect in violent Island heist nabbed
William Bradford Bishop

**William Bradford Bishop** is wanted for bludgeoning his family to death in his home back in March of 1976. He was added to the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list but was removed and has been wanted for decades.

## Background

Bishop had graduated from Yale University and worked in the State Department's Foreign Service. However, he had been addicted to prescription medication and regularly saw a therapist, possibly for depression. Bishop would apply for a promotion at work, but he was denied, angerly, he left work early and stopped at a store to purchase a small sledgehammer, a shovel, and a gas can.

When he arrived home that evening, Bishop first attacked his wife, then his mother, who had been out walking the dog during the initial attack. He then bludgeoned his three boys, who were asleep in their beds upstairs. After the murders, Bishop stored the bodies inside of a station wagon and traveled nearly 300 miles south, to North Carolina. He then dug a shallow grave in a remote, wooded area, then piled the five bodies inside and set them on fire.

The bodies would be found by a forest ranger who saw the fire, two weeks later, fingerprints taken from the grave site matched those of Bradford Bishop, leading the Montgomery County police to issue a warrant for Bishop's arrest.

## References

* Bishop on AMW.com
* Bradford Bishop on Wikipedia
* Bishop on FBI's Most Wanted
Richard Toshishige Yoshino

**Richard Toshishige Yoshino** was wanted after escaping twice. He first escaped a Hawaii prison serving time for the murder of two people, and escaped again in a prison at Torrance, California. He was busted in California and later died in prison on 1995.

## Background and capture

During 1974, he was serving time in a Hawaii prison after murdering two people and escaped. In 1984, he was arrested in Torrance, California, but fled again. After his airing, he was busted in California and sent back to Hawaii. He died in 1995.
Noe Chavez Garcia

**Noe Chavez Garcia** is wanted for the murder of a local businessman, Robert Gordon, over a dogfight.

## Background

On November 25, 1996 a shew was attacked by a pitbull, the owner of the shew, Gordon, pulled a shotgun to protect it. The owner of the pitbull, Noe Chavez Garcia, went outside and attacked Robert, fighting for Gordon's gun, as a result, Robert was shot dead. Noe was arrested and given a $100,000 bond, which would later be reduced to $60,000. Noe posted the bond and has been wanted ever since.

## References

* Texoma's Most Wanted (Aug. 21) (archived)
* Garcia on AMWFans.com
Carmen Cabrera

**Carmen Cabrera** is wanted for the murder of her boyfriend in California.

## Background

In 1998, Carmen Cabrera started to work at a Los Angeles clothing factory run by Guadalupe Alvarez. Carmen and Guadalupe started an affair which resulted in Carmen not having to perform any job responsibilities. Eventually, Guadalupe broke off the relationship which upsetted Carmen. Carmen then called Guadalupe to her apartment where she shot him to death. She then stayed with Alvarez's body for five hours before leaving the scene. She was last seen in the Mexico City area by relatives and friends.

## References

* Cabrera on AMW.com (archived)
* Cabrera on LAPD Most Wanted
Pauvelle Quinones

**Pauvelle Quinones** is wanted for the robbery of a convenience store and murder of a store owner and cashier who worked there in 1995.

## Background

On April 1995, multiple men robbed a convenience store ran by Sung Kim and his wife, Sook Kim. One of the men, Pauvelle Quinones, shot Sung Kim to death, he fled the scene and hasn't been seen since. There is little available information about the case and his current whereabouts.
Saul Pena

**Saul Junior Pena** is wanted for vehicular homicide.

## Background

On August 29, 2003, Pena was under the influence and decided to drive his car, Florida cops tried to pull him over, but when Pena saw their flashing lights, he stepped on the gas. After a short chase, Pena ran a red light and slammed into another car, killing the driver, 28-year old Dave Anthony Smith. Pena was transported to a hospital for his injuries. He was released, took off, and hasn't been seen since.

Pena has been arrested multiple times before for aggravated assault, grand theft auto, possession of marijuana and felony fleeing. Cops say Pena may still be hiding out in Florida or flying under the radar in Texas.

## References

* Pena on AMW.com (archived)
* PENA, SAUL JUNIOR - Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
Hilario Sierra

**Hilario Sierra** was wanted for the 1998 murder robbery of Guadalupe Arreola and his son. He was captured in Mexico after being on the run for 21 years.

## Background

Sierra and 6 other associates robbed a house on February 2, 1998. During the robbery, they held the owner of the house, Guadalupe Arreola, and his 14-year old son at gun point. After robbing the house and finding no drugs, Sierra shot both victims to death and set their car on fire. Police also say that Sierra used the victim's ATM card.

All 6 suspects then escaped from various vans, one by one, 6 of the 7 fugitives were captured, Sierra was the last suspect at large, people thought he had fled to Mexico.

### Capture

Finally, after being on the run for 20 years, Sierra was arrested in Ensenada, Mexico on September 30, 2019. During his time in Mexico, he was using the aliases "Ricardo Castro Patricio". He is expected to be extradited back to the U.S. to face charges of murder and robbery. Although captured, the LAPD site still lists him as a wanted fugitive.

## References

* LAPD's Most Wanted: Hilario Sierra
* Hilario Sierra: Murderer Wanted in the US since 1998 Arrested in Ensenada, BC
* Hilario Sierra at AMWFans Discussion Forum
Donald Adams

**Donald B. Adams** was wanted for escape. He was the second ever capture.

## Background

In March of 1987, he raped and robbed a woman. He was sent to jail, and sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison but was freed mistakenly on November. He used this opportunity to go on the run.

## Capture

He was busted in Boston, Massachusetts, he was relieved his run was over because he could now see his family.
Philip Michael Dent

**Philip Michael Dent** was wanted for assaulting and car-jacking a woman in Littleton, Colorado. He was the first capture after AMW had rebooted for FOX in 2021.

## Background

Near February 2021, Dent walked up to a minivan in the middle of a car wash enclosure and attempted to yank out the driver of the car. She fought back, and shortly after Dent bit her, he got the upper hand and took off, but her injuries were not considered serious.

### Capture

Just three days after AMW was reintroduced, he was busted at a hotel in either Littleton or Denver. He had become of the first capture since Marcus S. Tillman back in 2013.

## Notes

1. ↑ AMW lists Dent as capture #1187, however, Vargas' capture counter left out 18 previous captures, bringing the total down to 1186 when it re-premiered and making Dent the replacement Capture #1187.

## References

* Phillip Michael Dent On Trial, Accused Of Biting And Carjacking Woman At Littleton Car Wash - February 15, 2022
* Jury convicts man in violent car wash carjacking - February 22, 2022
Paul Steven Mack

**Paul Steven Mack** was wanted for the murders of two women. Police busted him on March 22, 1988 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

## Background

In 1981, he raped and murdered a 19-year old secretary named Annette Huddle, who worked for her in Ohio. Before the murder, Mack was a convicted burglar who paroled in 1985.

In February 1987, Karen Grace Winslett, who'd just won Las Vegas' Miss English Leather contest, died after Mack led her to his North Highlands home, in which he drugged her with Percodan, raped her and left her to die of a drug overdose. Her body was discovered March 3, 1987, almost two weeks after she had disappeared, in the parking lot of a Madison Avenue motel. In the late 1980s, he married a woman who worked with him as a chef, their relationship then became violent and abusive. One day, his wife woke up with suspicion that she had been raped by him, as he had left the house without telling her, this is where she learned about Mack's past.

### Capture

Mack's segment on AMW aired on March 20, 1988, a few days later, a woman in Ohio recognized him as a country club employee, and he was busted after stepping out of a home in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was convicted of first degree murder, murder in the course of rape, and murder in the course of poisoning. He was sentenced to life in prison in California, 1/4 century for the murder of Winslett, it had not been proven if Mack had murdered Huddle.

### Death and closure of Huddle's case

Mack was transported to the California Health Care Facility in 2017 after his health had worsen. A year later in 2018, he was pronounced dead, but Huddle's case was still opened. Ohio had minimal evidence to convict Mack for Huddle's murder, and while he'd confessed to his lawyer, he never confessed to police, which left her murder investigation open, but his lawyer testified afterward that Mack told him things only the killer could've known, so Huddle's case was closed.

## References

* Wife Turns Detective When Her Husband Is Featured As A Murder Suspect On ‘America’s Most Wanted’
* Woman Discovers Husband is Murderer Weeks After Marrying | Handsome Devils
* What happened to man convicted of restaurant hostess’s drug overdose death in 1980s? (article from the Sacramento Bee, September 2017)
* Fugitive Sought In California Beauty Queen Homicide Extradited to California
* TV Crime Program Credited In Arrest Of Homicide Fugitive
* Winslett on FindAGrave
* Huddle on FindAGrave
* AMW Captures Directory (1988-2013)
Armando Orta

**Armando Orta** is wanted for child molestation.

## Background

Starting in 2000, Orta molested his 12-year old stepdaughter once a week over a five-year period. Orta ran a successful business in which he knew to work with computers, he also went to strip clubs often. His vehicle was later recovered at the El Paso, Texas international airport, along with a rental vehicle which was later located in a rural area. Police believe he may be in Las Cruces, Albuquerque or Mexico.

## References

* Orta on AMW.com (archived)
* NEW MEXICO'S MOST WANTED - ARMANDO ORTA
Melvin Mays

**Melvin Edward Mays** was wanted in Chicago, Illinois for 40 counts of conspiracy to commit acts of terror on behalf of the Libyan Government. He tried to buy a high powered rocket launcher called a "law rocket" but would be arrested and be released on bond prior to his trial. He was busted 7 years later in Illinois due to an FBI investigation.

## Background

Melvin Edward Mays was an associate of Jeff Fort, the leader of the El Rukin Street gang. He would go on to be a general later on, prior to this he was born in 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. He would go onto to be a high ranking leader in the street gang and was caught in 1986 for trying to buy weapons from the Libyan Government who was under the control of Muhammar Al Gadhafi, a violent and despotic tyrant who hated everything that America and her western allies stood for. The El Rukins went into business with him and his band of thugs, Jeff Fort was collared around this time and was charged with several murders and conspiracy charges on working with Libya. The rest of his generals were quickly busted, and Mays would later be caught trying to purchase high powered rockets and launchers from Gadhafi Government. but has caught He and several fellow gangsters were arrested, but he managed to flee. He was reported to have fled to Libya but authorities suspected he might have fled to the US at some point and maybe even in the Chicago Area.

### Capture

Surprisingly, it was not a AMW tip that did him but good old fashioned detective work. He was caught at an apartment building in South Side of Chicago where he had been living with his girlfriend. The apartment was soon swarmed by Chicago Police along with The FBI and its Chicago Antiterrorism taskforce, he eventually sentenced to 40 years and 3 life terms for different sets of charges.

## References

* EL RUKN MEMBER GETS 3 LIFE TERMS IN RACKETEERING CASE - Apr 8, 1998
* El Rukn general at center of bizarre Libyan terror plot to be released from prison - January 21, 2022
* Mays on Unsolved Mysteries Wiki
* FBI POSTER MELVIN EDWARD MAYS
Carlton Edwards

**Carlton Lee Edwards** was wanted for the intended murder of his wife Melanie and accidental murder of his young daughter Carli out of Seattle, Washington. He committed suicide after his broadcast.

## Background

On the evening of December 9, 1998, police say Edwards shot his 33-year old wife Melanie, and his two-year-old daughter Carli to death, outside of an agency. Edwards attempted to talk with Melanie when she sprayed pepper spray in his face, this made Edwards fire 4 shots from his gun, 3 which hit Melanie and 1 which hit Carli, he did not intend to kill Carli. Prior to the murder, Melanie had filed for divorce from Edwards after she was not repeatedly abused and life-threatened by Edwards. Melanie was a prostitute that mentally and physically abused Edwards daughter. She also left her own daughter to be abused by one of her tricks to marry Edwards because he did not want any more kids. She tricked him by telling him she was on birth control when she wasn't. Edwards wanted to bring her daughter, Natasha, to the states to live with them but Melanie did not.

### Death

After the broadcast, Edwards traveled Portland, Oregon then to Coos Bay, Oregon. He then went to San Francisco, California and committed suicide at an overlook near the Golden Gate bridge. He left a suicide note inside his car. In the note, he explained that he had no regret killing his wife, but felt pain and guilt from Carli's death, he had considered killing himself at Coos Bay but could not do it.

## References

* Edwards on AMW.comAMW.com (archived)
* In Suicide Letter, Regrets for Killing Daughter (archived)
Robert William Fisher

**Robert William Fisher** is wanted for the murder of his family. He was on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list until he was removed on November 2021.

## Background

On April 10, 2001, neighbors reported a fire from the Fisher residence, it would take hours before the fire was finally extinguished. After the fire calmed down, police found the bodies of 38-year-old Mary Fisher, 12-year-old Britteny and ten-year-old Bobby Jr., they had been murdered the day before, and their necks had been slashed.

Immediately, police suspected as the father, Robert William Fisher, as the suspect, they say that Mary confronted him about ending their marriage which was the motive for the murder. Fisher fled soon after the murders, taking his wife's SUV and the family dog.

Ten days later, the SUV was located 100 miles north of Scottsdale, but the only thing that was recovered was the family dog, there has no sign of Robert Fisher ever since. The FBI believes he might be hiding anywhere in the US.

## References

* Fisher on AMW.com (archived)
* Robert William Fisher on Wikipedia
* Fisher on FBI's website
Dennis Ray Butler

**Dennis Ray Butler** was wanted for the murder of someone he met in a nightclub. He was busted in New Orleans, Louisiana.

## Background

In December 1988, he and his girlfriend, a topless dancer named Kimberly Phillips, met Tommy Head at a night club whom Phillips wanted to seduce, and Butler planned to rob. On March 6, 1989, the three went to Head's house to play the crime, while Head was taking a shower, Butler would brutally stab him multiple times, resulting in his death. Butler had also taken his wallet and cards.

### Capture

Tips from viewers would place him in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he was busted at the Deju Vu Grill working as a delivery man. The locals joked about him as a dead ringer to a murderer portrayed on America's Most Wanted until the detective was faxed a tip which proved they were the same person. He was extracted back to Alabama to face murder charges.

## References

* AMW Captures Directory (1988-2013)
* Dennis Ray Butler capture report (14:00 mark)
Adam Dove

**Adam Dove** was wanted for the murder of Cliff White on Valentine's Day 1996. He was busted in Baltimore, Maryland.

## Background

On February 14, 1996 at midnight, Dove and White were arguing over a missing cell phone. This would led to Dove shooting the man to death in a Brooklyn, New York apartment. He was busted in Baltimore, Maryland, where he'd been smuggling cocaine from Jamaica.

## References

* Dove on AMW.com (archived)
* Adam Dove - CAPTURE REPORT AMW # 670
Zahudil Islam

**Zahudil Islam** is wanted for the rape of a patient.

## Background

Dr. Zahudil Islam, a native of Bangladesh, had practiced medicine in Canada and New York before relocating with his wife, Selma Ruby, also a physician, and daughter to Philadelphia. In 1996, he was a neurology resident at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

On October 3, 1996, a patient known as "Vernell", a teacher from Benjamin Franklin High School checked herself in for a back ailment, where she would be sodomized by Dr. Islam. After the assault, Dr. Islam tossed Vernell a towel telling her to clean it up, this is where Vernell was able to get DNA from Dr. Islam and cause an arrest warrant for him. Dr. Islam was contacted by phone, where he agreed to show up for investigators, but he never appeared.

Dr. Islam has been on the run ever since, the FBI still believes he is involved with medical care.

## References

* Dr. Islam on AMW.com (archived)
* Dr. Islam on the FBI website
Jesse Morrison

**Jesse Morrison** was wanted for the robbery and murder of an amateur boxer, while also wounding his sister. He and his accomplice Michael Berry surrendered in Maryland not too long after their airing.

## Background

Morrison was Born in 1971 while his role model and criminal mentor Berry was born 10 years earlier and were known gang members.

They had both been in trouble with the law before as a prosecutor would call Morrison a street terrorist and had a propensity for violence. They started to look for victims to rob for money and narcotics. They settled on Berry's neighbor, 22 year old Cesar Cardenas, a boxer and Olympic hopeful at Barcelona. They and two other juvenile accomplices broke into Cardenas's home and assaulted him before shooting him through a pillow execution style and shot his sister in law in the head and chest. They stole a measly 2,000 dollars and some jewelry, they fled the state and were seen in they had ties to the Washington DC area, and Virginia and Maryland.

### Capture

The two juvenile were ID'ed and taken into custody in Los Angeles, while it took till March of 1990 to get Berry and Morrison in custody, they were busted in Rockville, Maryland, and surrendered to authorities there. They had been ID'ed by witness identification and fingerprints, they were swiftly extradited to California and Morrison was sentenced to death and Berry was sentenced to life without parole

## References

Morrison Jesse on Murderpedia
[https://amwfans.com/thread/193/amw-captures-directory-1988-2013?q=gandhi+guzman AMW Captures Directory (1988-2013)
Killer of Boxer is Given Death Sentence - October 31, 1991
Javier Vasquez

**Javier Zurita Vasquez** is wanted for the murder of his girlfriend Mona Kredo.

## Background

Vasquez and Kredo had dated and had a child together but by January of 1999 they were estranged as a result of domestic violence. On January 19, 1999, Vasquez murdered Kredo in front of their child and immediately fled. The child was found wandering and asking for milk but was able to lead authorities to his mother's body along with identifying his dad as the murderer. Authorities say it is quite possible that Vasquez has been travelling back and forth between California and Mexico staying with family members in the towns of Visalia, Farmersville and Exeter.

## References

* Vasquez on AMW.com (archived)
* Mona Raylene Kredo on FindAGrave
List of indirect captures/1994

## Captures

 A jewelry robbery suspect on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. Also known
 Ricardo Silvio Caputo (t)
 Literal "Lady Killer", escaped from Manhattan Psychiatric Center. Flew from
 Michael Dean Clarke
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 Claude Daniel Marks
 FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive.
 Donna Jean Wilmott
 One of the only couples ever placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. They
surrendered together.
Diego Trejo

**Diego Trejo** is wanted for the murder of his wife after an argument on January 10, 1998.

## Background

On January 10, 1998, Diego stabbed his wife to death in Alma, Georgia after an altercation. He then took his infant child to the home of a relative and fled the area. He was last believed to have been driving a tan 1998 Ford F150 pickup truck. He's originally from Hidalgo, Mexico and may have ties to Florida, North Carolina and California.

## References

* Trejo on AMW.com (archived)
* Trejo's FBI Most Wanted poster
Sederick Scott

**Sederick Earl Scott** was wanted for the torture and abuse of a 14-year old boy. He was busted in Long Beach, California.

## Background

Scott was known to gang members as "Koolaid", he traveled to Wichita, Kansas for a drug business, his job was to distribute crack cocaine.

14-year old Charlie Green met Scott, in which he convicted to agree to start selling cocaine. After a few sales, Green did not want to sell anymore and ran away, he avoided Scott for 4 days until Scott found him again at a club on September 11, 1989. In the following 4 hours, Scott's gang would brutally torture Green using clothing iron, salt, razor blades, and an extension cord. After the assault, Scott was arrested and convicted of the crime, but switched IDs with another inmate in order to escape custody.

## Capture

Scott was captured in Long Beach, California.

## References

* AMW Segment on Scott
* AMW Captures Directory (1988-2013)
* Supreme Court report on Scott
John ''Jack'' Darrell Farmer

**John "Jack" Darrell Farmer** was wanted for murder, escape, racketeering charges. He was arrested in Florida.

## Background

Farmer ran the "Little Mafia' 'in Chicago a violent criminal organization who gained a very violent reputation the Modus operandi included Home Invasions Drug Dealing and Specialized in Cocaine as the main drug produced and the were allegedly responsible for two murders Al Norris and Robert Hertogs Farmer was eventually arrested for the crimes and Bound an gagged his lawyer and escaped from Federal custody and went on the run.

### Capture and death

He was captured working a grocery store warehouse in Lantana, Florida and soon returned to Chicago, Illinois. He was sentenced to 40 years and the 5 years into his sentence he hung himself in his jail cell at Leavenworth Federal Prison in Kansas.

## References

* DRUG LORD JACK FARMER FOUND HANGED IN PRISON - June 11, 1993
Benny McCoy

**Benny McCoy** is wanted for failing to appear for a court hearing on drug related charges.

## Background

On November 26, 2002, Hughes County Deputies uncovered manufacturing equipment, methamphetamines, marijuana, and stolen property at the home of Benny McCoy while executing a search warrant, he would immediately be arrested and bond was set at $150,000. He appeared in court on December 4, 2002, and entered a plea of not guilty, the next court date would be on February 23, 2003. When McCoy failed to show, the bond was revoked, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. His son was the one who served his time, however, he has not seen his father in over 20 years.

## References

* McCoy on AMW.com (archived)
* McCoy on AMWFans.com
Cong Chi Le

**Cong Chi Le** is wanted for attempted murder.

## Background

Le was the leader of a gang called the "Little Saigon Hoodlums". On November 2, 2007, Le and his crew tracked down an enemy gang member to a fast food joint. After arriving at the restaurant, the gang shot at the crowded restaurant with more than 40 bullets, amazingly, there were no fatalities.

After the shooting, a brief police chase occurred but Le got away. Police believe he may be hiding in California or Texas.

## References

* Chi Le on AMW.com (archived)
* Chi Le on America's Most Wanted Fans
Svetlana Vitman

**Svetlana Vitman** is wanted for the 1993 murder of her boyfriend Preston Brooks.

## Background

Vitman met Brooks while the later was on vacation in Russia. Brooks immediately fell in love with her and didn't want to wait for her to get the necessary paperwork to become a citizen. He smuggled her in America illegally on his boat to Florida. They began club hopping, exploring Miami's exotic club scene. After a while, Vitman decided to heat things up by introducing another woman to the mix. While it started off as fun, things became serious when Vitman fell in love with the woman. Brooks eventually felt rejected, and soon stopped paying for Vitman's extravagant lifestyle. Vitman was furious.

Even though they were on the verge of breaking up, Vitman convinced Brooks to come over to a hotel for one last night together. While Brooks slept, Vitman pulled a gun out of her purse and shot him in the head, killing him. Vitman was questioned, but fled before the police could arrest her, abandoning her female lover.

In 1995, after AMW first profiled Vitman, she turned up in Amsterdam, and surrendered to authorities. They arranged to have her extradicted back to the U.S., but Vitman changed her mind and left the hotel authorities set her up in. She hasn't been seen since.
Adolfo Tobar

**Adolfo Tobar Jr.** is wanted for the murder of his girlfriend back in 1993.

## Background

On July 9, 1993 evening time, a 10 year old boy ran to his neighbor's house and began banging on the door for help. He explained that his mother's boyfriend, Adolfo Tobar, had a knife and prevented her from leaving the house. When the boy ran outside to get help, he chased him but the boy managed to make it to the neighbor's house safely. When deputies arrived, they discovered Yolanda Martinez's body on the ground in her back yard, she had been stabbed numerous times and was pronounced dead at the scene. Tobar fled before deputies arrived.

Tobar has ties to Mexico but might be back in the Houston area.