Post by HeadMarshal on Jun 11, 2021 12:43:08 GMT -5
Let me add a couple of points to this discussion.
- The FBI rotates the fugitives they show on their website all the time. Sometimes they may remove a fugitive if the Unlawful Flight To Avoid Prosecution warrant has been dismissed without prejudice (either due to a lack of leads, age of the case, or the suspect can not be extradited). Sometimes, they just remove fugitives off their website, probably due to a lack or leads or the case just not being a publicity priority, even though the UFAP warrant is still active.
- Additionally, not all the fugitives that have UFAP warrants are on the websites for the FBI and the US Marshals. I've determined this through my research of PACER records. The FBI probably doesn't have the time to cover every single fugitive with an UFAP warrant.
- Also, we need to keep in mind that Andrew Dabbs is in his late 70s and may have had AIDS in the 1980s. The FBI may have added him to their website in 2018 at the request of either the victim's family, or local authorities in Massachusetts. I also feel that it's unlikely he's still alive and may have died in the 1980s. There's really no reason to be sure unfortunately, and that's what's frustrating with these situations.
- Finally, the case records would be handled by local investigators in Norton, Massachusetts. The only file the FBI would have, is the original UFAP warrant from 1982 which may have content from the original police report. However, PACER records don't go back that far in my experience so getting the original files for this case is extremely unlikely in my view.
- The FBI rotates the fugitives they show on their website all the time. Sometimes they may remove a fugitive if the Unlawful Flight To Avoid Prosecution warrant has been dismissed without prejudice (either due to a lack of leads, age of the case, or the suspect can not be extradited). Sometimes, they just remove fugitives off their website, probably due to a lack or leads or the case just not being a publicity priority, even though the UFAP warrant is still active.
- Additionally, not all the fugitives that have UFAP warrants are on the websites for the FBI and the US Marshals. I've determined this through my research of PACER records. The FBI probably doesn't have the time to cover every single fugitive with an UFAP warrant.
- Also, we need to keep in mind that Andrew Dabbs is in his late 70s and may have had AIDS in the 1980s. The FBI may have added him to their website in 2018 at the request of either the victim's family, or local authorities in Massachusetts. I also feel that it's unlikely he's still alive and may have died in the 1980s. There's really no reason to be sure unfortunately, and that's what's frustrating with these situations.
- Finally, the case records would be handled by local investigators in Norton, Massachusetts. The only file the FBI would have, is the original UFAP warrant from 1982 which may have content from the original police report. However, PACER records don't go back that far in my experience so getting the original files for this case is extremely unlikely in my view.
