On March 14, 1950,
In 1950, the FBI started posting the Most Wanted list, and the first person named on it was Thomas Holden, who was wanted for the murder of his wife, her brother, and her stepbrother. Holden was arrested in 1961 in Oregon after the FBI received a tip.
Victor Manuel Gerena was the fugitive who had spent the longest time ever on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list as of March 2022, having been on the list between May 1984 and December 2016.
1988: America's Most Wanted debuted as a half-hour program on Fox, with David James Roberts as the show's first fugitive.
#1: Osama bin Laden
As the founder of Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden was responsible for masterminding several terrorist attacks. Although most infamous for the events of September 11th 2001, bin Laden originally appeared on the FBI's list two years earlier.
John Edward Walsh, Jr.
(born December 26, 1945) is an American television presenter, criminologist, victims' rights activist, and the host/creator of America's Most Wanted.
John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Calvin Coolidge appointed Hoover as director of the Bureau of Investigation, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924.
11 William Francis Sutton 3/20/1950 2/18/1952
A bank robber, Sutton was arrested in Brooklyn, New York, without incident. Sutton was spotted by a citizen who had seen his Wanted Flyer and notified the local police after seeing Sutton on the subway in New York City.
The glamorous Dr Ruja Ignatova pledged a financial revolution with One Coin, a new cryptocurrency. But after fleecing billions from investors across 175 countries, she went into hiding in 2017 and has not been seen since.
The FBI has increased the rewards offered to capture individuals on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list to up to $250,000. Alejandro “Alex” Castillo was added to the list in October 2017. Castillo is accused of killing 23-year-old Truc Quan “Sandy” Ly Le.
The infamous domestic terrorist has died in prison and was the subject of the FBI's most expensive manhunt in history. The Unabomber, also known as Ted Kaczynski, has died.
Douglas. John Edward Douglas (born 1944/1945) is an American retired special agent and unit chief in the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was one of the first criminal profilers and has written and co-written books on criminal psychology, true crime novels, and his biography.
The FBI stands for Federal Bureau of Investigation. “Federal” refers to the national government of the United States.
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (December 1, 1949 – December 2, 1993) was a Colombian drug overlord. Often referred to as the "World's Greatest Outlaw", Escobar was perhaps the most elusive cocaine trafficker to have ever existed.
The United States Intelligence Community generally considers the Sinaloa Cartel to be the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world, making it perhaps even more influential and capable than Pablo Escobar's infamous Medellín Cartel of Colombia was during its prime.
Despite occasional references in the media, the FBI does not rank their list; no suspect is considered "#1 on the FBI's Most Wanted List" or "The Most Wanted".
On January 12, 1976, Robert Philip Hanssen swore an oath to enforce the law and protect the nation as a newly minted FBI special agent. Instead, he ultimately became the most damaging spy in Bureau history.
On July 17, 1972, Joanne Pierce (Misko) and Susan Roley (Malone) were sworn in as FBI special agents and began their arduous training at Quantico, graduating in October. By the end of 1972, 11 women would be sworn in.
Main. Missy Peregrym as Maggie Bell, FBI Special Agent. She is the de facto agent in charge of the team while out in the field. Jeremy Sisto as Jubal Valentine, FBI Assistant Special Agent-In-Charge (ASAC), who runs the office's fusion center.
Murder suspect featured on 'America's Most Wanted' arrested after nearly 4 decades on the run. Donald Santini, 65, was booked into a Florida jail Wednesday morning on a charge of first-degree murder, officials said.