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Post by Scumhunter on Dec 16, 2014 13:53:57 GMT -5
   (left: Kenny Xayakesone middle: Keimpty Xayakesone (UPDATE: Both Kenny and Keimpty captured in 2020) Right: Kevin Ta (Seemingly still at large as of 9/3/2020) Photo Credits: FBI.Gov) Admin Note #1: According to the fbi.gov website, if you have any information on the whereabouts of any of the above suspects, please contact your local FBI field office or embassy. Tips can also be submitted electronically to the FBI at tips.fbi.govKenny Xayakesone, Keimpty Xayakesone, and Kevin Ta (whose real name is Thinh Ngoc Ta which is his FBI profile name as well but was profiled on AMW as Kevin Ta) were all profiled on AMW in the 2000's and wanted out of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The Xayakesone brothers and Ta's crimes are unrelated, but I am lumping them all together into one thread because they were all just added to the FBI's violent crimes and murders sections this week. (In other words, kill three birds with one stone  Below is a summary of the Xayakesone brothers' case: Two brothers suspected of gunning a man down in a drive-by shooting in 2004 are on the Fort Smith Police Department's top five most wanted list. Keimpty Xayakesone, 24, and Kenny Xayakesone, 26, are both wanted on a warrant for suspicion of capital murder in connection with the fatal 2004 drive-by shooting of 19-year-old Adelio Romero. Romero was shot to death in the 3600 block of Wilma Avenue on July 4, 2004. Witnesses told authorities that the suspects were traveling in a maroon Toyota Camry. Two men were arrested and convicted in connection with the homicide. Two other suspects, the Xayakesone brothers, became fugitives and remain on the loose, according to detective Ron Scamardo. "Their family claims they have not seen or heard from them since that time," Scamardo said. "We have not been able to locate them at either their mother's house or through any other family or friends." The shooting is believed to have been the culmination of a history of gang violence between Hispanic and Asian gang members, according to Scamardo. Fort Smith detectives interviewed many witnesses, family members and known associates of the Xayakesone brothers and Romero. "Not all were cooperative," Scamardo said. "Some had to be arrested before they gave information." Detectives learned that acts of gang-related violence precipitated the shooting. A friend of Romero's told detectives that Romero had told him that he had been shot at in a previous drive-by shooting. The friend said Romero told him that two suspects, an Asian male and a white male, had fired shots at him in retaliation. Romero said the two suspects shot at him because they believed he had fired shots at Asian gang members as retaliation for an Asian gang member stabbing a Hispanic gang member, according to Scamardo. Ultimately, four suspects were developed in connection with the fatal drive-by. Along with the Xayakesone brothers, Christopher Sisouphanh and Peter Phomphiphak were developed as suspects. Warrants were issued for the arrest of all four men, each wanted on suspicion of capital murder. Sisouphanh and Phomphiphak were both convicted in 2005 on reduced charges of conspiracy to commit capital murder, and each received a 30-year sentence, according to an official with the Circuit Court. Sisouphanh was paroled March 1, and Phomphiphak was paroled Feb. 27, according to the Arkansas Department of Correction. The Xayakesone brothers fled the area after the warrants were issued for their arrest, Scamardo said. Authorities have no clues as to their current whereabouts, he said. "We assume they have changed their identity because we have not been able to find anything new connected to the names they were known to have," Scamardo said. Both brothers have no known aliases. They do, however, have family in the California area. Keimpty Xayakesone has a history of working in the food industry and Kenny Xayakesone once worked at OK Foods, according to Scamardo." As for Kevin Ta, he allegedly shot two people after an argument, and one was killed. He was charged with first degree murder and fled and is believed to possibly be in Houston, Texas. Thoughts? All three fugitives are believed to still possibly be in the states so that's good. swtimes.com/sections/news/fort-smith-police-still-seek-brothers.html#sthash.OXcCIHj3.dpufswtimes.com/sections/news/2000-fort-smith-shooting-unresolved.htmlwww.fbi.gov/wanted/murders/kenny-xayakesone/viewwww.fbi.gov/wanted/murders/keimpty-xayakesone/viewwww.fbi.gov/wanted/murders/thinh-ngoc-ta/viewAdmin Note #2: If you have any news-related updates on this case, please contact us here: amwfans.com/thread/1662/website-contact-formUPDATE: The Xayakesone brothers were arrested in California in September 2020. As far as we can tell, Kevin Ta is still at large as of 9/3/2020 |
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Post by Scumhunter on Dec 16, 2014 13:55:09 GMT -5
P.S. Random thought but it's pretty rare to get fugitives whose last name starts with X! Did an AMW ever get a direct capture with a last name starting with X? Or first name even? Too lazy to look at the capture directory right now.  |
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Post by HeadMarshal on Dec 16, 2014 23:07:30 GMT -5
Xayakesone Brothers - I imagine they're still getting help from fellow Asian gang members and have adopted aliases. They were also the 50/50 fugitives for Arkansas in 2008 and February 2011 I believe.
Kevin Ta - Even though he could have traveled to Houston, he was born in Thailand so may have fled back there.
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Post by Scumhunter on Dec 18, 2017 5:44:42 GMT -5
The Xayakesone brothers and Kevin Ta were removed from the FBI website sometime in the past few years, but as far as I know they are still at large as of this update. (12/18/2017).
If anyone has any updates please feel free to let us know.
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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Dec 18, 2017 17:58:43 GMT -5
The Xayakesone brothers and Kevin Ta were removed from the FBI website sometime in the past few years, but as far as I know they are still at large. If anyone has any updates please feel free to let us know. They were on the FBI site until at least September 2015 before being Removed sometime between Sept 2015 and Jan 2016. Plus they weren’t on the FBI site for that long either. |
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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Dec 23, 2017 17:32:15 GMT -5
The Brothers, Kenny and Keimpty have a Laotian sounding last name, which could be a possibility that they are hiding in Laos which explains why they’ve been on the run nearly 14 years. They also have Laotian-American communities in the states of Arkansas, California, Minnesota, Illinois, Washington state, Rhode Island, Texas, and Colorado.
Sadly there is no extradition treaty with Laos, so it explains why they may have been removed.
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Post by 912thamwuser on Dec 23, 2017 19:26:12 GMT -5
The Brothers, Kenny and Keimpty have a Laotian sounding last name, which could be a possibility that they are hiding in Laos which explains why they’ve been on the run nearly 14 years. They also have Laotian-American communities in the states of Arkansas, California, Minnesota, Illinois, Washington state, Rhode Island, Texas, and Colorado. Sadly there is no extradition treaty with Laos, so it explains why they may have been removed. My intuition says they could just as easily be Tibetian. I don't know what countries the Tibetian mountains cover besides China, but if the Xayakesone brothers fled there, they could easily hide because there are so many isolated spots up in those mountains. Between those far-off mountains where it's easy to flee to seclusion, and the logistics of extraditing fugitives wanted for gang-related single-count murders, I'd call the odds long-shot squared. |
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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Dec 24, 2017 12:15:13 GMT -5
The Brothers, Kenny and Keimpty have a Laotian sounding last name, which could be a possibility that they are hiding in Laos which explains why they’ve been on the run nearly 14 years. They also have Laotian-American communities in the states of Arkansas, California, Minnesota, Illinois, Washington state, Rhode Island, Texas, and Colorado. Sadly there is no extradition treaty with Laos, so it explains why they may have been removed. My intuition says they could just as easily be Tibetian. I don't know what countries the Tibetian mountains cover besides China, but if the Xayakesone brothers fled there, they could easily hide because there are so many isolated spots up in those mountains. Between those far-off mountains where it's easy to flee to seclusion, and the logistics of extraditing fugitives wanted for gang-related single-count murders, I'd call the odds long-shot squared. Reason I said they have a Laotian sounding last name is because many Laotian last names have a tendency of starting with Xay or Xai, and many ending with sone or ong, it’s a interesting pattern, but I didn’t know they are likely Tibetan also. |
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Post by zekcat on Sept 3, 2020 15:15:44 GMT -5
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 3, 2020 16:17:04 GMT -5
Good to know they didn't flee the country and were arrested still in the U.S.
In retrospect, I should have made separate threads for these cases, and to be honest I'm actually confused as to why I didn't. I notice I posted this in December of 2014 and I'm usually busiest during holiday season, so I probably did that out of laziness. In any case, hopefully Kevin Ta, who is seemingly still at large right now, can round out the 2014 FBI Little Rock addition captures one day.
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 3, 2020 16:23:50 GMT -5
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Post by 912thamwuser on Sept 3, 2020 20:07:36 GMT -5
For being on the run 16 years, the Xayakesone brothers seemed relatively lean, with little or no grey hair and a clean complexion for the camera resolution. Usually running for that long would wear people down a lot worse.
Meanwhile, that leaves only EIGHT fugitives left from the 4-19-008 50 States, 50 Fugitives show. Shane Matthew Lennon (#OR), Jesus Gomez (#NV), Vernon Ray Henry (#ID), Yudit Nava Lopez (#UT), Luis E Morquecho (#NE), Javier "Pelon" Mendoza (#KS), Giovanni "Chilli" Gayosso Ruanova (#MI), and Faraah Aamir Iiman (#ME).
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Post by HeadMarshal on Aug 18, 2021 7:39:19 GMT -5
According to a Newslibrary search, the name of the murder victim in the Kevin Ta case is 21-year old Hieu Tran. The person who was wounded was Hieu's brother. I wanted to mention this out of respect to Hieu's family and because Scumhunter pretty much confirmed last year that Kevin was still at large.
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Post by steven108 on Oct 1, 2022 21:43:02 GMT -5
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Below is a summary of the Xayakesone brothers' case:
