Criminals who shouldn’t be that hard to find: We’d like to think the FBI is an all-seeing agency with tentacles spread far and wide. Heck, with all the black ops attributed to them, they always get the job done, right? Not so much. Take the FBI’s Most Wanted list which was first set up in 1950 to increase law enforcement’s chances of capturing dangerous fugitives. Since its inception, 504 individuals have been listed.
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But only 94% of them – 473 individuals – have been captured, meaning there are 31 individuals that the FBI considers dangerous who could be on the streets with you tonight. These fugitives are usually those fleeing from doing jail time, arrest or questioning; if the FBI considers them to be dangerous, they get a spot on the list.
The current list is devoid of names most would recognize. The guys on this list are what you’d probably call ‘regular joes’ – from businessmen who suddenly turned to crime to family men who just seemed to snap. Most of them are actually first time offenders, but the gravity of their crimes has landed them on the Most Wanted List.
You’d think by virtue of not being hardened criminals, they should be easy to catch, right? But no, they have evaded the FBI for years, even decades. With El Chapo on the lam again, here’s a look at 10 other criminals who have proven pretty elusive.
10. Leo F. Burt
Burt was a a regular student, journalist and athlete at the University of Wisconsin, but in the spring of 1970, all that changed. Along with three others, Burt detonated a van-bomb outside the the Army Math Research Center in Sterling Hall.
The blast killed a physics researcher who was working late and damaged buildings within its radius. At the time, it was classified as the largest act of domestic terror, until the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.
The bombers made a run for it, but three of them were arrested during the following decade, all except Burt. He hasn’t been found since then; his accomplices have served time and been released.
He was placed on the Most Wanted list in 1970 and removed in 1976. He is still classified as wanted by the FBI and has a $150,000 bounty.
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