Post by Scumhunter on Jul 14, 2014 16:22:28 GMT -5
As we know, not all fugitives were captured right away on AMW. Sometimes a fugitive can be captured off an AMW tip years after it is received. Often times it may be because they're in a foreign location and it takes cooperation between various authorities and local and international governments. Sometimes if it's an unknown case it's because it takes a thorough investigation to confirm the unknown suspect. AMW even after getting cancelled by Lifetime seems to have been credited with some captures after the fact. They stopped updating after direct capture #1204, child molester Marcus Tillman. So although this is unofficial and I take it this list might not extend much longer, I'd like to make a directory of what I feel would be direct captures had AMW at the very least still updated their website even if they never made it back on air. If anyone has any corrections or other cases you think may have been direct captures feel free to add them. Remember when AMW was initially cancelled by Fox they updated their direct capture list months later when they were picked up by Lifetime. So you never know as much as The Hunt is a success so far, if AMW ever makes it back too, perhaps they will see this site and be inspired to reflect these in a new capture counter!
Direct Captures # 1205, 1206, and 1207: Scott Vincent Sica/Marc Peterson Oldroyd/Brian Eugene Whitaker (Unknown Sgt. Greg Martin Killers)
AMW aired the case of the murder of Sgt. Greg Martin multiple times on AMW on Fox between 2000 and 2010. Martin pulled over a man during a North Carolina highway traffic stop on October 6th, 1996. The then unknown assailant got out and shot Martin at point blank range.
According to a news article, on Sept. 17th, 2012 contacted the FBI after she saw on America’s Most Wanted (I'm assuming the website) that a reward for information leading to the killers was being offered. The tip — and previous detective work done by Perry, the Jonesville Police Department, SBI, FBI and Elkin Police Department — helped lead to Scott Sica's arrest in Florida along with two other alleged co-conspirators in the case. Although AMW was not cancelled yet in 2012, the information that the tip led to these arrests was not revealed until this year which is why I think it would be the first counted direct capture (s).
www.journalnow.com/news/crime/updated-jonesville-cop-killer-gets-life-in-plea-deal/article_7776dea8-b437-11e3-aafb-001a4bcf6878.html
Direct Capture #1208: George "Simm Ryder" Allen IV (Unknown Kurt Levias Killer) (March 2014)
Kurt Levias Jr. was gunned down at a rap concert at the Bluebird Theater in Denver Colorado on August 4th, 2004. The 21-year old was acting as a bodyguard for his sister who was also a rapper when a melee broke out, and he tragically was gunned down trying to take her to his car while fleeing the hail of bullets, with the trigger man still unknown eight years later.
The case went cold despite multiple witnessing seeming to know who the shooter was but the airing on AMW on Lifetime on October 5th, 2012 broke the case wide open.
Multiple articles in Denver credited an AMW tip as what led to the capture of George Allen in Las Vegas, who reportedly broke down and confessed to shooting and killing Levias.
kdvr.com/2014/03/27/10-years-later-an-arrest-in-a-denver-murder-case/
Direct Capture #1209: Kenneth Dustin Grant July 11th, 2014
Kenneth "Dustin" Grant was living in Forsyth County, Georgia with his two young sons. He had a 15-year old girl babysit his sons, however, Grant drugged and sexually assaulted her. The girl had to identify sexual pornographic images of herself that she took. She also identified her older sister that Grant had also sexually assaulted. There were also pictures of other young girls whom authorities have not identified. On Sept 18, 2010, Grant cut his electronic monitoring bracelet and fled. Authorities believe he went to Florida and fled on a sailboat, possibly travelling to Mexico.
After his airing on AMW on Lifetime in 2012, sickening the entire nation, a tip helped towards the capture of Grant in Guadalajara Mexico two years later.
Any others anyone can think of? John Caro was captured in Colombia and all articles credit AMW however this was before they took credit for Marcus Tillman so I'm not sure if I should count him.
I hope The Hunt does well but I also hope we add to this unofficial list too!
Direct Captures # 1205, 1206, and 1207: Scott Vincent Sica/Marc Peterson Oldroyd/Brian Eugene Whitaker (Unknown Sgt. Greg Martin Killers)
AMW aired the case of the murder of Sgt. Greg Martin multiple times on AMW on Fox between 2000 and 2010. Martin pulled over a man during a North Carolina highway traffic stop on October 6th, 1996. The then unknown assailant got out and shot Martin at point blank range.
According to a news article, on Sept. 17th, 2012 contacted the FBI after she saw on America’s Most Wanted (I'm assuming the website) that a reward for information leading to the killers was being offered. The tip — and previous detective work done by Perry, the Jonesville Police Department, SBI, FBI and Elkin Police Department — helped lead to Scott Sica's arrest in Florida along with two other alleged co-conspirators in the case. Although AMW was not cancelled yet in 2012, the information that the tip led to these arrests was not revealed until this year which is why I think it would be the first counted direct capture (s).
www.journalnow.com/news/crime/updated-jonesville-cop-killer-gets-life-in-plea-deal/article_7776dea8-b437-11e3-aafb-001a4bcf6878.html
Direct Capture #1208: George "Simm Ryder" Allen IV (Unknown Kurt Levias Killer) (March 2014)
Kurt Levias Jr. was gunned down at a rap concert at the Bluebird Theater in Denver Colorado on August 4th, 2004. The 21-year old was acting as a bodyguard for his sister who was also a rapper when a melee broke out, and he tragically was gunned down trying to take her to his car while fleeing the hail of bullets, with the trigger man still unknown eight years later.
The case went cold despite multiple witnessing seeming to know who the shooter was but the airing on AMW on Lifetime on October 5th, 2012 broke the case wide open.
Multiple articles in Denver credited an AMW tip as what led to the capture of George Allen in Las Vegas, who reportedly broke down and confessed to shooting and killing Levias.
kdvr.com/2014/03/27/10-years-later-an-arrest-in-a-denver-murder-case/
Direct Capture #1209: Kenneth Dustin Grant July 11th, 2014
Kenneth "Dustin" Grant was living in Forsyth County, Georgia with his two young sons. He had a 15-year old girl babysit his sons, however, Grant drugged and sexually assaulted her. The girl had to identify sexual pornographic images of herself that she took. She also identified her older sister that Grant had also sexually assaulted. There were also pictures of other young girls whom authorities have not identified. On Sept 18, 2010, Grant cut his electronic monitoring bracelet and fled. Authorities believe he went to Florida and fled on a sailboat, possibly travelling to Mexico.
After his airing on AMW on Lifetime in 2012, sickening the entire nation, a tip helped towards the capture of Grant in Guadalajara Mexico two years later.
Any others anyone can think of? John Caro was captured in Colombia and all articles credit AMW however this was before they took credit for Marcus Tillman so I'm not sure if I should count him.
I hope The Hunt does well but I also hope we add to this unofficial list too!