Complete AMW Episode Guide - 2005

I actually haven't seen In Pursuit yet, but that's awesome! I'll start looking for it!

15 Seconds of Shame did typically take place after the first commercial break, but not always. If I had to estimate, though, probably 85-90% of the time it was after the first commercial break.

Your memory of Jacer Medina is correct - the actor who played Ricky McDaniel was wearing that sweatshirt in the reenactment.

Unknown Lake Pontchartrain Jane Doe Killer (Full segment, part three) – Detective Marco Demma turns to a woman known as The Bone Lady to help him solve the Lake Pontchartrain Jane Doe case. Her real name is Mary Manhein, and she’s the director of the forensic anthropology lab at Louisiana State University. In examining Jane Doe, Mary found several clues; Jane Doe had perfect teeth, had broke her hip at some point in her life, may have had some reconstructive surgery, and also found out that Jane Doe was actually shorter than investigators originally believed she was. She also believes that Jane Doe was in her mid-20s, not early-20s as investigators originally thought. Mary also used the bones to create a brand-new bust and composite sketch of what Jane Doe may have looked like. Still unsolved

Daniel Farinholt Capture (Full segment) – Accused child predator Daniel Farinholt has been captured thanks to an AMW tipster. After allegedly molesting a little girl for 10 years, Farinholt faked his own death and disappeared. Farinholt, using an alias, started dating a woman in Idaho. He treated her very well, but she soon discovered that he had lied about his past. With the help of a police officer friend, the girlfriend discovered that her boyfriend had likely stolen someone’s identity. And then she was called by her mother, who recognized Farinholt from AMW’s website. His girlfriend called the police and turned him in. Unbelievably, days later, Farinholt called the woman and asked her to be a character witness for him at his trial. She obviously declined. Farinholt was Capture #820.

- After five years on the run and multiple profiles on AMW, the notorious Jesse James Hollywood has finally been captured. AMW has details on how this accused kidnapper and killer finally went down, and even gets an exclusive interview with his girlfriend.

- Much like Hollywood, accused serial rapist Christian Rodriguez has also been on the run for some time. AMW gives viewers the clues in the hopes that he, too, will finally be captured.

- It's been a year since a 14-year-old girl disappeared in Cleveland under eerily similar circumstances to another missing child on the exact same block. Tom Morris looks into the cases to see if they're connected, and who the suspect might be.

- The mystery of Randolph Dial and Bobbi Parker was solved this week thanks to an AMW tipster. Dial is back in prison where he belongs, while Bobbi has been reunited with her family. But is there more to this story than they're both letting on?

- In 1997, AMW profiled a fugitive named Michael Soutar, described as the "Casanova Conman." Though he was captured, he's now on the run again, so it's time for the viewers to do what they do best and get this fugitive back behind bars.

- A new feature has debuted on AMW, Cold Case, where the show goes back through its archives and airs some fugitives it hasn't broadcast in awhile. The first fugitive on that list is a teenage hitchhiker who broke out of prison after committing a senseless murder.

- It's the 10-year anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, and while that city remembers the tragedy, one detective is asking for help in solving his own crime. Kenneth Cofer is wanted out of Oklahoma for shooting and killing a man after the two of them had an argument. But nearly three years later, the suspect remains elusive.

- In 2002, AMW investigator Joe Matthews helped crack a case in a small college town that local authorities could not get to the bottom of. Now, the case of Fabian Smart has come to its conclusion, and Detective Matthews has returned to update viewers on what happened.

- AMW joins the hunt for two so-called "Lowlife Lowriders;" a pair of brothers wanted for arranging the murder of a man who competed with them at lowrider shows. But what was supposed to be a carefully-crafted plan ended up falling completely apart.

- It was a massive undertaking; across the country, federal and local law enforcement officers teamed up to track down old cases and get thousands of accused criminals off the streets. AMW goes behind the scenes of Operation FALCON and shares how viewers can help the police finish the job they started.

- Tracey Tetso was a huge Motley Crue fan who went missing while on her way to one of their concerts. Now, the band is teaming up with law enforcement and AMW to help bring one of their most loyal fans home to her family.

- One of John Walsh's Dirty Dozen has been apprehended. Hear the story of how Russell Winstead, accused of violently killing his own aunt, went down, and find out who his replacement on the Dirty Dozen list is.

- Fed up with the amount of registered sex offenders slipping through the cracks, John Walsh travels to Washington, D.C. to lobby the men and women of Congress for tougher laws that will stop these creeps from harming another child.

- AMW joins the frantic search for two missing children out of Idaho. Police say two siblings were abducted from the same home where their mom, stepfather and older brother were brutally murdered. It's a race against time to find the children before they also become murder victims.

- When a New Mexico woman began dating a man named Phillip Williams, she thought she'd met the man of her dreams. But, police say, what she didn't know was that her boyfriend had a long criminal record that included more than 40 arrests for various crimes. And sadly, according to the U.S. Marshals, she became another statistic in Williams' criminal record.

- It's time to celebrate as AMW announces the winner of the first AMW All-Star Award. This award, voted on by AMW viewers, honors a first responder who has gone above and beyond the line of duty and is a positive influence in their line of work.

- While AMW celebrates law enforcement, there's one family in North Carolina who is still looking for justice. In 1996, Sgt. Greg Martin was killed in the line of duty. To date, no suspect has been charged in the crime, but now, thanks to AMW, that might change.

- The search for two missing children in Idaho continues, and AMW delves deep into the investigation, including looking at several theories to explain why a family of three was murdered and why two members of that family have now disappeared.

I'm back! I was sick last weekend, otherwise I would have gotten the guide updated. But now I'm better and ready to analyze more episodes!

Episode #801 – April 2, 2005
Jesse James Hollywood Capture (Full segment) – After five years and about a dozen profiles, Jesse James Hollywood has finally been captured. Hollywood was wanted for masterminding the kidnapping and murder of 15-year-old Nicholas Markowitz in Santa Barbara, California. Nick’s brother, Ben Markowitz, was an associate of Hollywood’s who owed a debt, so Hollywood had his other associates kidnap Nick and then later murder him in the woods. Hollywood was the only one who got away. It turned out that Hollywood had fled to Brazil. He’d lived there for two and a half years, and was allegedly being financially supported by his parents. He’d even gotten a girlfriend and got her pregnant. Police believe that this was actually part of a plan to stay in Brazil – if the baby had been born, Hollywood would be considered a Brazilian citizen and the country would not extradite him. Fortunately, before that happened, Jack Hollywood, Jesse James Hollywood’s father, gave up his son’s location, and thanks to the help of Brazilian authorities, he was captured and sent back to the states.

Christian Rodriguez (Full segment) – Police in Florida are on the hunt for an accused serial rapist. In March 1999, a woman in Tampa and her roommate became victims of a home invasion. Rodriguez and an unidentified accomplice broke into the home and bound the two women with tape. While the roommate escaped without serious injury, the other woman was raped by both men. Just two weeks later, investigators say a student at the University of South Florida became Rodriguez’s second victim. This time, he posed as a survey taker to force his way into the apartment and rape the young woman. DNA linked both crimes, but Rodriguez slipped away. This ended up being the fugitive’s last profile; thanks to this profile, AMW tips led to Rodriguez’s arrest in Puerto Rico, making him AMW Capture #840.

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Jason Brown (Full segment) – Investigators in Phoenix, Arizona are looking for accused killer Jason Brown. He’s wanted for shooting and killing an armored car guard outside a movie theater as the guard was carrying receipts from the busy Thanksgiving weekend box office haul. Brown fled the scene on a bike, which gave police a fingerprint that they were able to use to identify him as the suspect. It turned out that Brown was a bit of a playboy and party animal who couldn’t afford his lifestyle anymore, which police believe is why he targeted the armored car guard. By the time police figured out where Brown was staying, he was already gone. Still at large

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Peter Hommerson (All-Points Bulletin) – Police in a wealthy Chicago suburb were on the manhunt for Peter Hommerson, a handyman who allegedly murdered an older couple and then set their house on fire. Investigators believe that Hommerson, who had done work for the couple over the years, was in debt and killed the couple as a way of stealing their valuables so he could sell them. By the time Hommerson was charged, he was long gone. This ended up being Hommerson’s last profile. A couple and a truck driver who watched this episode recognized Hommerson as a restaurant owner they had seen in Mexico and called AMW with what they knew. Hommerson was arrested, making him Capture #854.

Greisy Valencia (All-Points Bulletin) – California police are looking for Greisy Valencia for a truly unspeakable crime. She’s accused of torturing her own daughter for most of the 9-year-old girl’s life. Old scars were found all over the child’s body, including marks indicating the child’s hand had been held over an open flame on an oven. Valencia fled after police found her daughter wandering the streets in Manteca, California. Still at large

Mikhail Drachev (All-Points Bulletin) – When a detective got a mysterious phone call from one of his informants, it set off a chain reaction that led to the discovery of a violent crime. The informant had been attacked and violently murdered by three people. The victim’s body was found brutally tortured in the desert, where he had been stabbed and set on fire. Two of the suspects were caught, but a third suspect, Mikhail Drachev, got away. Two years after this profile, an AMW tip from Drachev’s girlfriend led to his arrest in Canada, making him Capture #933.

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Mustapha Atat (Full segment) – Ed Miller travels to Detroit, Michigan to help track down a street racer. Mustapha “Mo” Atat is wanted by authorities in the Motor City for taking part in a street race where a woman was struck and killed by one of the drivers. Atat was the one who instigated the race. The driver who actually hit and killed the woman was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide, but Atat fled after he was charged with murder. Atat was confirmed to be hiding out in the United Arab Emirates, which can’t extradite him, and it’s believed he may still be hiding in countries without American extradition treaties to evade capture. Still at large

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Rashawn Capers (Break-Four Tease) – Wanted for stabbing a man to death outside of a nightclub the previous weekend. A few months later, thanks to a longer profile, AMW tips led to Capers’ arrest, making him Capture #867.

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Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry (Full segment) – Tom Morris travels to Cleveland to look into the disappearance of two young girls. Exactly a year before this profile, 14-year-old Gina DeJesus went missing as she was walking home from school. She would normally take the bus but she didn’t have enough money with her, so she walked home. When she didn’t return, she was reported missing. Police believe her disappearance may have been connected to that of 14-year-old Amanda Berry, who went missing on the same street in 2003 after getting off her shift at a fast food restaurant. Sure enough, the two crimes were connected. In 2013, 10 years after Amanda disappeared, she, Gina and a third missing girl were found alive. The trio had been kept as sex slaves by a man named Ariel Castro, who committed suicide in prison not long after pleading guilty.

In the Line of Duty – Sgt. Carl Graham (Missouri Highway Patrol)

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Stopping Sex Offenders (Brief, approx. 10 seconds) – John Walsh says yet another child has been murdered by an unregistered sex offender as photos of John Couey and Jessica Lunsford are shown. He tells viewers to go to amw.com to find out more about what the show is doing to help combat this epidemic.

Fugitive recap – Christian Rodriguez, Mustapha Atat, Jason Brown, Peter Hommerson, Mikhail Drachev

Episode notes:
- This episode was filmed in the AMW Studio.

- AMW’s interview with Ben Markowitz appears to be taking place inside prison. It’s against a plain background and he appears to be wearing a yellow jumpsuit. If I had to guess, this was probably an old interview from back in 2000 when Hollywood was first profiled (I’ve never seen any pre-2002 Hollywood profiles, so I can’t confirm).

- It’s pretty much common knowledge that, when Nick Markowitz was kidnapped, Hollywood and his associates weren’t exactly treating him like a hostage. They let him play video games, I believe at one point they took him to a hotel where they let him go swimming in the pool, and based on many accounts, Nick actually believed he was going to be released. AMW glosses over this and simply says that Nick was held for a few days before he was killed.

- He doesn’t mention it by name, but after Hollywood’s capture report, John Walsh says that the movie “Alpha Dog,” based on Hollywood’s life, is coming out soon. He states that he hopes the movie doesn’t glamorize Hollywood and paint him as a misunderstood loner. This is a completely different tone than when he mentioned the movie in June 2004, where he simply stated that it’s not a surprise that Hollywood has a movie being made about him.

- For some reason, Christian Rodriguez’s profile features his mugshot randomly popping up in the corner of the screen alongside his name.

- Christian Rodriguez’s story is unique in that both of the rape victims not only show their faces, but they also reveal their real names. The only person to use a pseudonym, interestingly, is the first victim’s roommate, who was not raped and suffered no permanent physical injury.

- Something a bit unusual happens in the Jason Brown case. After the clip of John Walsh interviewing the witness is played, the screen fades into an “In Memoriam” card for Keith Palomares, the victim of the shooting. It shows his photo, his birthday and the day he was killed, all while “angelic” music plays. It’s only on screen for a few seconds before cutting back to John Walsh who then talks about Brown’s escape. To my knowledge, AMW never did this for any other victim. I’m guessing they did this as a way of transitioning from John talking to the witness to discussing the escape, but it’s such a bizarre transition.

- Jason Brown’s unidentified accomplice is mentioned in his profile.

- The preview to Jason Brown’s profile seems to imply that more information will be released, but AMW doesn’t mention anything that wasn’t already known at the time.

- When Peter Hommerson was profiled in March 2003 and January 2004, Don LaFontaine’s preview narration said, “Now, one burning question remains; where’s the creep who did it?” But in this profile, Don’s narration says, “Now, one burning question remains; can you find the man who did it?” I have no idea why they changed the verbiage.

- John Walsh says “I’ve just added Greisy Valencia to my personal Dirty Dozen list” after her profile. However, Valencia was already on the list, so John’s statement is a bit inaccurate.

- To my knowledge, this is the first time AMW mentioned that Konstantin Simberg was an informant for the Phoenix Police Department. Previous profiles had simply referred to him as the detective’s “friend.”

- Don LaFontaine makes a reference to “The Fast and the Furious” movie franchise in his preview of the Mustapha Atat case. He says, “In the fast and furious world of street racing…” as the show goes to commercial break.

- The profile of Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry is pretty much the exact same missing child alert that aired a year earlier. The only difference is that Tom Morris dubs in a new intro to remove the one where he appears on camera saying something to the effect of, “I’m Tom Morris here in Cleveland, where Gina DeJesus went missing two weeks ago.”

- In the Line of Duty is told slightly differently this week. It starts off by showing clips of Sgt. Carl Graham’s funeral, which include “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes. Don LaFontaine narrates the funeral then explains what happened to Sgt. Graham (he had been gunned down in his own front yard by a suspect he was investigating). At this point, it switches to the typical In the Line of Duty feature with the background, music and Don’s biography of the fallen officer.

- The murder of Sgt. Carl Graham was featured on amw.com, but the suspect, Lance Shockley, was nabbed before the show could profile him.

Episode #802 – April 9, 2005
Randolph Dial Capture and Bobbi Parker Recovery (Full segment) – More than a decade after a prison warden’s wife vanished with an inmate, answers are finally starting to come forward thanks to an AMW tipster. Convicted killer Randolph Dial escaped from an Oklahoma prison in 1994 and disappeared with Bobbi Parker, the wife of deputy warden Randy Parker. An AMW tipster led to Bobbi’s recovery in Texas, and Dial’s arrest in the same town. Bobbi maintained that she was kidnapped by Dial, and Dial himself claimed that he had held her against her will. It’s another chapter in such a bizarre case, where Dial, a celebrated artist whose work was even featured on the TV show “Dallas,” shot and killed a karate instructor in what he claimed was a mafia-ordered hit, something investigators couldn’t prove. In a new interview, Dial claimed he decided to manipulate Bobbi as a way of helping him escape. He tells AMW “I worked on her for about a year” to help brainwash her. Dial also said he held Bobbi at knifepoint, forcing her to drive her away from Oklahoma. Dial said he kept her locked up for the first seven months of the ordeal. She never tried to escape because Dial consistently threatened to harm her children – he admitted he had no intention of ever doing so, but she didn’t realize this. They posed as a married couple, but according to a friend, they never showed any signs of affection, never held hands and walked several feet apart. Earlier in the week, investigators received a tip identifying the couple as Dial and Bobbi. Police arrested him as he was sitting in front of the TV watching a golf game, making him Capture #835. Bobbi was found working at the chicken farm she was employed at. People have various opinions on the matter. Those who knew Bobbi in Texas believe she was a victim, but Charles Sasser, a retired investigator who wrote a book on Dial, believes that she was seduced by Dial and not brainwashed by him. But as John Walsh explains, only Bobbi can say for sure what happened to her.

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Dino Smith Capture and Troy Smith (Full segment) – Rick Segall provides an update on two brothers wanted out of California for committing a $7 million jewelry heist. Dino and Troy Smith were known for their elaborate robbery schemes. In their latest heist, police say they broke into a restaurant next door to the jewelry store, then used tools to break down a between the two stores and steal the jewels. AMW got a number of tips after profiling the brothers in 2003, including several saying they believe they saw the jewelry on the “Antiques Roadshow.” It turned out that, while looking similar, it wasn’t the actual jewelry. Shortly after the brothers' last update in February 2004, Dino Smith was indirectly arrested in New York, but Troy Smith remained a fugitive. In 2006, Troy Smith surrendered to investigators, though it had nothing to do with his AMW profiles.

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Rashawn Capers (Breaking news, approx. 1 minute, 30 seconds) – Tom Morris has breaking news on a murder out of New Jersey. Rashawn Capers is wanted out of Paterson for stabbing a man outside of a nightclub. Officer Wayne Smith responded to the scene and made a horrifying discovery; the victim was his son. Despite the efforts, Officer Smith’s son didn’t make it. Capers was soon charged with the murder. Thanks to AMW tips, Capers was arrested a few months after this profile, making him Capture #867.

Michael Soutar (Full segment) – A scam artist who has a past with AMW is being sought once again. In 1997, AMW profiled Michael Soutar, a con artist who scammed at least four women he had been dating. He forged one woman’s signature on her checks, draining all $8,000 from her bank account, and using some of that money to take another woman on a date. He convinced her to loan him money, but he never paid her back and took off. When he learned two of his girlfriends were talking to police, he threatened them before fleeing. He then scammed $20,000 from a third woman who he went on a three-week vacation with. While out on bond, he ended up marrying another woman who he scammed $100,000 out of. After his 1997 profile, Soutar was arrested and sent to prison. But in 2002, Soutar, now on parole, showed up in New Mexico and launched an art scam, where he ended up stealing more than $1 million from multiple investors. He was re-arrested, but in December 2004, he escaped while on a prison work detail. Shortly after this profile, Soutar was arrested for the final time, though AMW had nothing to do with his arrest.

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John Walsh introduces the next segment by saying, while AMW can’t catch every fugitive they go after, they never stop trying. With that in mind, AMW has decided to go back through its archives and profile some cases that they haven’t aired in some time with the hope of bringing in more tips on these cold cases. The first one is a case that AMW first profiled during its third season in August 1990.

Teddy Ellis (Full segment) – Oklahoma police are seeking Teddy Ellis for a murder he committed when he was just a teenager. In 1982, the 17-year-old Ellis and two friends picked up a hitchhiker. While stopped to get gas, Ellis noticed the man had a wallet filled with money, and decided he wanted it. On the guise of going target practice shooting, Ellis had the man pull over on a bridge. But investigators said Ellis instead shot and killed the hitchhiker, took the man’s wallet and then dumped his body in the river. Ellis only found $20 in the man’s pocket. While serving time for killing the hitchhiker, Ellis escaped from prison. Still at large

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Sajjad “JJ” Rasheed (Break-Four Tease) – Wanted for killing three people in Indiana. Rasheed was indirectly captured within a week of this profile.

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Joel Urena (Full segment) – California fugitive wanted for committing a violent home invasion. During the home invasion, a young man was shot. Though he survived, the victim’s parents were forced to see their son bleeding out on the floor. Urena is believed to be involved in more home invasions and is wanted for questioning in a murder in California. Still at large

In the Line of Duty – Officer Jackson Lone (Seattle Police Department Harbor Patrol, Washington)

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Fugitive recap – Troy Smith, Michael Soutar, Rashawn Capers, Teddy Ellis, Joel Urena, Sajjad “JJ” Rasheed

Next week on AMW – John Walsh mentions that April 19 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. To mark that anniversary, next week AMW will feature a man wanted out of Oklahoma for killing a Vietnam veteran who was standing up for his country.

Episode notes:
- This episode was filmed in the AMW Studio.

- About four years after this profile, Bobbi Parker was convicted of helping Randolph Dial escape from prison. A local prosecutor was convinced that she helped him escape and had her charged. I believe she did serve a short prison sentence, but I know that she is out by now.

- He’s not shown on camera, but it’s definitely Ed Miller interviewing Bobbi Parker’s in-laws about her recovery. You can clearly hear him ask, “And everybody’s doing OK?” at one point.

- AMW mentions that Troy Smith may be using the alias Devin Smith. Interestingly, this was the name that appeared on Smith’s FBI wanted poster, suggesting that his real name might actually be Devin Smith.

- Teddy Ellis marks the first Cold Case story that AMW featured in 2005. For a few months, AMW aired several old cases that they hadn’t profiled in several years. Ellis actually ended up getting two profiles this year thanks to this episode being reran a couple months later. To my knowledge, prior to 2005, Ellis was last profiled sometime in the early 90s.

- Michael Soutar, Joel Urena and Sajjad “JJ” Rasheed all have a different narration from John Walsh during the fugitive recap, suggesting to me that they may not have originally been intended to be profiled on this episode. Rasheed makes sense as he was a breaking news case, and Urena may have replaced another fugitive, but Soutar was a new full segment that somebody had to have been working on. It’s interesting to see this.

- For some reason, the font on the closing credits changes to what appears to be Arial or Arial Narrow. This is only a temporary change, though it does last for several weeks. Eventually it goes back to the normal font, though I can’t tell you what that font is off the top of my head.

- This episode would later be rerun on August 13, 2005.

Episode #803 – April 16, 2005
Kenneth Cofer (Full segment) – Tom Morris travels to Oklahoma City to help out a cop who helped out on April 19, 1995, the day of the Alfred P. Murray Federal Building bombing. Investigator Randy Kirby, who was about five blocks away from the bombing, helped to look for survivors and investigate the case. Detective Kirby is also investigating a new case he needs help on. On Sept. 11, 2002, during a barbecue remembering the one-year anniversary of 9/11, a man named Kenneth Cofer got into an argument with Larry “Buffalo” Buchanan, a Vietnam War veteran. While the argument seemed to stop, it ended up continuing. The following night, the two of them continued their argument in a bar, which resulted in Cofer getting kicked out. As Larry was walking back to his car, police believe Cofer ran out of the shadows and knocked the veteran over. The very next day, at the home of a mutual friend, both Cofer and Larry happened to show up. Cofer shoved Larry over again, and then Cofer allegedly pulled out a pistol, shooting Larry in the chest before jumping into his pickup and fleeing. Larry “Buffalo” Buchanan ended up dying from the shooting. Cofer is still at large

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Fabian Smart Final Justice (Full segment) – Retired Investigator Joe Matthews returns to AMW to deliver the final chapter in a case he spent three years investigating for the show. In 1999, 21-year-old Jason McMann was found dead in the woods in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Investigators called it an “unexplained death,” but his mother suspected he’d been murdered. She got ahold of AMW for help, and Joe went down to investigate the murder himself. Using his resources, he discovered that Jason had gone to a place known as the Football House, where all the college football players lived, to collect on a drug debt. He learned Jason had been chased from the party, through an alley and disappeared. A confidential witness soon came forward and told Joe that Jason had been murdered by Fabian Smart, the football team’s quarterback. She also identified Jermaine Ballard, another football player, as being involved, as well as Smart’s out-of-town friend Willie “Diggy” Williams. Joe spoke to Ballard, who eventually confessed to police that he was present during the fight. Williams also told police that he was present when Smart beat Jason to death with a gun. With AMW’s help, Smart was arrested in Atlanta, making him Capture #712. In October 2004, Smart was convicted of Jason’s murder, and he was sentenced to life in prison. Williams, Ballard and a third accomplice were convicted as accessories and have all since been released.

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Ruben and David Lopez (Full segment) – Out in California, two brothers involved in a lowrider business are accused of ordering the murder of another man involved in lowriders. Steve Miller and his family owned a lowrider business and were in competition with the Lopez brothers. The Millers believed the Lopez brothers had an unfair advantage because they had big money behind them, whereas the Millers were more amateurs. The Millers backed a rule change that would put well-funded and amateur lowriders in different categories. The Lopez brothers felt slighted and allegedly hired three hitmen to kill Steve Miller. But due to a mix-up, they ended up killing Leonard Miller, Steve’s father. The Millers eventually closed their business because of the murder. Eventually the murder weapon was found, linking the brothers to the murder. The hitmen were captured, but the brothers got away. Ruben Lopez was arrested indirectly a few years ago, but David Lopez remains a fugitive.

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William Fischer (Full segment) – Wanted out of New York for the murder of his terminally ill son and his son’s friend. Police believe Fischer, who had never been a part of his children’s lives, didn’t want to pay for his son’s ever-mounting medical bills, as his son, Billy Fischer, suffered from cystic fibrosis. Police believe Billy’s friend Nancy was killed so Fischer could tell police that the two of them disappeared together. Investigators said Billy Fischer was shot 18 times. By the time a grand jury indicted Fischer, he had fled with $160,000 in cash. Still at large

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Sarah Lunde (Break-Four Tease) – Missing 13-year-old who disappeared in Florida. Unfortunately, like many other missing child cases from this year, she was found dead just after this profile. A convicted sex offender was later charged with her murder.

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Unknown Angelo Ravella Killer (Full segment) – Ed Miller reports on the murder of San Leandro, California wrestler Angelo Ravella. After graduating from high school, Angelo was working hard as a garbage man to help raise money for college. After acing his final exams, Angelo was out with friends celebrating in March 2003. But after he broke up a fight between a man and a woman, the man randomly shouted “East Seventh” to Angelo. He didn’t realize this was a gang challenge. While driving home with a friend, a car pulled up next to Angelo and opened fire, killing him. Police have developed a sketch of the suspect and a description of the getaway vehicle, a 1980s Cadillac. Still unsolved

In the Line of Duty – Sgt. Kevin Kight (Panama City Beach Police Department, Florida)

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The AMW All-Star Award (Brief, approx. 40 seconds) – John Walsh and Don LaFontaine introduce a new initiative from America’s Most Wanted; the All-Star Award, presented by Nextel. Nominations are now being accepted for the contest, and any first responder – whether police, fire or paramedic – is eligible. A winner will eventually be named AMW’s inaugural All-Star Award recipient. Those who think someone should get the award are encouraged to visit amw.com to nominate their favorite All-Star

Fugitive recap – Kenneth Cofer, Ruben and David Lopez, Unknown Angelo Ravella Killer

John Walsh says AMW will be off the air for the next several weeks, but until they return, viewers can log on to amw.com to get the latest news on crime, captures and missing persons.

Episode notes:
- This episode was filmed in the AMW Studio.

- There’s a strange error in Kenneth Cofer’s story. When the photo of Cofer taken in 1988 is shown, Tom Morris explains that it’s the last known photo of Cofer taken in 1996. He then says, “And here’s an age-enhanced photo showing what Cofer might look like today,” but that photo is actually the one taken in 1996! And after the story, under Cofer’s 1996 picture, a graphic pops up saying “Artist’s composite.” As a result, this broadcast does not show any age-enhanced photos of Cofer. I highly suspect this is why Cofer was given a shorter profile in June that actually did include age-enhanced photos.

- John Walsh adds an interesting disclaimer following Cofer’s story. He says something to the effect of “Now, the great thing about this country is that anybody can believe whatever they want. But you can’t take a life, and that’s why we’re going after Kenneth Cofer tonight.” I have no proof that the show was ever accused of profiling a fugitive for simply saying something, so it’s kind of odd that John says this.

- Quincy Teel is never mentioned by name during the Fabian Smart Final Justice feature, although Smart, Willie “Diggy” Williams and Jermaine Ballard are all mentioned. Teel is simply referred to as “another football player.” It’s also not mentioned that the three others were charged as accessories.

- As part of the Lopez brothers’ reenactment, a real-life interview with Ruben Lopez is played. The interview was conducted before he became a fugitive.

- Despite the fact AMW switched to green profile cards in January, the Lopez brothers still utilize a black one.

- A pre-recorded clip of John Walsh saying “The police are really stumped on this next case, and they need your tips to help them solve it tonight” is used to introduce the William Fischer story. This tells me that his profile was not originally going to be broadcast on this episode.

- Much like William Fischer’s 2004 profile, a scene showing Billy Fischer smoking a cigarette is cut out of the reenactment.

- The preview for William Fischer’s story shows a scene with Fischer shoving his son Jayson’s face into a plate of food while Billy tries to stop him. This scene is not shown in the story.

- Tom Morris narrates the Break-Four Tease.

- This episode marks the last time the graphics that were introduced on the November 6, 2004 episode are shown. Specifically, it’s the shot that shows a computer-generated image of an officer searching before a box pops up with a “case number” and a graphic saying “The Case of Angelo Ravella.” As a result, I consider this the end of the “John Walsh Investigates” era where he traveled around in a Hummer and investigated the cases himself. Eventually, he’ll go back to being an investigator around the time he took over as executive producer, but that won’t be until the fall of 2008, so we have plenty of time to go before that happens.

- Scott Dudek, the investigator on the Angelo Ravella case, has brought several cases to AMW over the years. He was the lead investigator on the murder of Robert Ratto, which AMW solved in 2003 by identifying the suspect as Henry Inocencio. And in 2007, AMW will prominently feature him as the investigator in the Castro Valley Jane Doe case. She was eventually identified as Yesenia Nungaray and the suspect identified as Miguel Nunez-Castaneda.

- The way the All-Star Award is introduced is a far cry from what it eventually became. In future years, AMW will start the nominations in late March and throughout April and May, the show will feature all eight finalists, including who they are and why they were nominated. Here, they didn’t even feature any of the nominees on the air, and simply had everything done via amw.com. The only other time the show did something like this was in 2012 when the nominees were taken from other law enforcement agencies and not the general public.

- John Walsh doesn’t say it, but the reason the show is being preempted is because of NASCAR. Part of me thinks this may have been a concession for the All-Star Award, as the award was presented at the NASCAR race in Charlotte in May.

- This episode would later be rerun on September 3, 2005.

Episode #804 – May 14, 2005
Operation FALCON (Full segment) – Rick Segall is on hand for an unprecedented law enforcement initiative; Operation FALCON, which stands for Federal And Local Cops Organized Nationally. The initiative teamed up the United States Marshals Service with local law enforcement as they went through and rounded up thousands of fugitives on outstanding warrants over the course of a week (more than 10,000 suspects were arrested). AMW cameras were on hand in Chicago, Dallas, Washington D.C. and San Francisco capturing all the excitement. In Chicago, U.S. Marshals are hunting Yohanse Brown, wanted on a litany of charges including firing a gun from his apartment into another apartment. After turning up empty, which include a look-a-like driving past the Marshals, investigators get a solid lead after Marshal John Ambrose spent an hour talking to the fugitive’s father. Officers went to the location and sure enough, they found Brown. However, they also discovered that Brown’s girlfriend had a warrant for her arrest. Marshal Ambrose, not wanting to see their child get taken by authorities, is able to get ahold of Brown’s father and get him to come take custody of his granddaughter. Other cases featured are one in Dallas where investigators were forced to use a battering ram to break down a door when the homeowner refused to let them in, a Washington D.C. case where Marshals pretended they had a dog with them to get a suspect to surrender, and a San Francisco man who refused to open a gate for investigators to arrest his brother, causing Marshals to break open the gate.

John Walsh said there are two fugitives who were able to slip through the cracks of Operation FALCON and asks viewers for help in finding them.

William Looney (Tacked-on profile) – Wanted out of Texas for possession of child pornography. Police say Looney likes to go online and chat with young teenagers. AMW tips led to Looney’s arrest in West Virginia, where they found him alongside his teenage wife. He was Capture #843.

Francisco Diaz-Marroquin (Tacked-on profile) – Wanted for raping a 10-year-old girl for several years. Diaz-Marroquin fled to El Salvador, but investigators believe he’s back in the states. As a long-haul truck driver, he could be anywhere. Still at large

John Walsh says “enough is enough” when it comes to pedophiles, and he vows to take action. Next week, he’ll be in Washington, D.C. knocking on the doors of the politicians who can change laws and make a difference for children. He invites viewers to tune in to see how they can help in his fight to protect kids.

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Mark Grossi (15 Seconds of Shame) – Accused of killing a man during a road rage fight. Police say Grossi ran over the other driver with his vehicle. Grossi was indirectly captured not long after this profile.

Sebastian Barba (15 Seconds of Shame) – Wanted for striking an elderly woman with his vehicle as she was walking in a crosswalk. Investigators said when she tried to get up, Barba ran her over again. He was indirectly captured a few years ago.

Gerren James (15 Seconds of Shame) – Charged with committing a home invasion robbery in Florida. During the incident, a man was shot and paralyzed. James was nabbed not terribly long after this profile, though it was indirect.

Marcelo Montalvo (15 Seconds of Shame) – Being sought by New Jersey police for slashing his wife with a box cutter while she slept. She survived, but the incident happened in front of their children. Still at large.

Ronald Fischer (Full segment) – A woman met a man on an online dating profile calling himself Ronald Stevenson and claiming to be a doctor. When the woman met the man, she found him incredibly obnoxious and obsessed with material possessions. But then he took her to his boat and violently raped her. She got away after distracting him and immediately went to the police. But she learned that the man was actually named Ronald Fischer, and was not a doctor. He had been an anesthesiologist at one point, but lost his medical license after being convicted of raping another woman in the 90s. After his arrest for the latest rape, Fischer jumped bail before his trial could finish, and he was convicted in absentia. Police believe, despite the fact it appeared Fischer fled the country, that he’s still in the United States. Still at large

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Russell Winstead Capture (Full segment) – Thanks to AMW tips, a man accused of violently murdering his own aunt has been captured. Russell Winstead gambled away nearly all of his money and would frequently borrow tens of thousands of dollars from his aunt. When it became clear that he wasn’t going to be able to pay off his $100,000 debt, police believe he murdered her by stabbing her with a mining hammer. After his profile in February, three separate tips came in placing Winstead in Costa Rica. The tips said that Winstead was still gambling, and sure enough, investigators found him on casino surveillance videos. The next time he came to the casino, INTERPOL was waiting for him, and he was arrested. He was Capture #842.

John Walsh talks about how happy he is that Winstead has been captured, since he was a member of his personal Dirty Dozen. But that vacancy is being filled tonight.

Daniel Hiers (Tacked-on profile) – Former cop wanted out of South Carolina for the sexual molestation of a little girl he was entrusted with. He’s also the prime suspect in the murder of his young wife. Hiers spent years on the run before being arrested in China in 2018. He’s now awaiting extradition back to the United States.

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Tracey Gardner-Tetso (Full segment) – AMW teams up with Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee from Motley Crue to help them find one of their fans. Just before their concert in Washington, D.C., they received word that Tracey Gardner-Tetso vanished while on her way to their concert. Her family tells AMW that she is a lifelong fan of the band, and would never miss a concert. She was last heard from shortly before the concert after leaving a message for a friend. When that friend called back, Tracey’s phone was off. Her car was found abandoned at a hotel in Maryland, hours away and in the opposite direction from the concert. Searches have come up empty. Motley Crue is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to Tracey. Although Tracey’s body has never been found, in 2010, her husband, Dennis Tetso, was convicted of her murder. He’s now serving an 18-year prison sentence.

In the Line of Duty – Detective Donald Young (Denver Police Department, Colorado)

John Walsh says that while Detective Young is mourned, there’s still unfinished business in the case.

Raul Garcia-Gomez (Tacked-on profile) – Garcia-Gomez has been charged with Detective Donald Young’s murder. The 19-year-old was arrested indirectly just after this profile aired.

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Justin Black and Ivan Villa (Break-Four Tease) – After his mother was found murdered, young child Justin Black vanished without a trace. He may be traveling with Ivan Villa, who is suspected in his mother’s murder. Justin was recovered safely shortly after this profile, and Villa was arrested a few years ago, though his arrest had nothing to do with this profile.

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The AMW All-Star Award (Brief, approx. 40 seconds) – Final voting is underway in AMW’s inaugural All-Star Award contest. There are eight nominees to pick from. Viewers are encouraged to visit amw.com, read up on their stories and vote for who they believe should become the first All-Star Award winner.

Fugitive recap – Raul Garcia-Gomez, William Looney, Ronald Fischer, Gerren James, Sebastian Barba

Next week on AMW – John Walsh says he’ll be on Capitol Hill next week to fight for the rights of children against sexual predators. But he can’t do it alone, and asks viewers to tune in next week to find out how they can help.

Episode notes:
- This episode is filmed in Washington, D.C. It’s never directly stated, but I recognize the tunnel John Walsh is speaking from. It’s the same one that was used in the intro starting in the spring of 2009.

- While Rick Segall is the one who narrates the Operation FALCON story, it clearly was a team effort. Both Tom Morris and Ed Miller can be seen at various points during the feature.

- U.S. Marshals John Ambrose and Ed Farrell, who are both prominently featured in the Operation FALCON story, have made multiple appearances on AMW over the years. Ed Farrell was one of the U.S. Marshals who arrested Jose Quinones, and both were featured in the May 2004 Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force story.

- The profile card for William Looney and Francisco Diaz-Marroquin is against a black background, despite the fact the show now typically uses green backgrounds for fugitives.

- 15 Seconds of Shame undergoes some minor alterations. The “AMW” logo now more slowly unravels than it did before. And once all four fugitives are profiled, they’re now shown in the “quadrant” they were originally profiled in, with their last name appearing next to their photos.

- This is the first time it’s mentioned on-air that Earl Winstead, Russell Winstead’s father and the brother of victim Anne Branson, had been funneling money to his fugitive son. That money was inheritance money that he received from his sister after she was killed. Really shows you how twisted some people are, isn’t it?

- Daniel Hiers still apparently hadn’t been charged with Mila’s murder by this point, as John Walsh calls him the “prime suspect” in her death. By the time of Hiers’ next profile in November, that will all change.

- John Walsh refers to missing woman Tracey Gardner-Tetso as “Tracey Tetso” throughout the story, except when her profile card comes up.

- Shawn Vinson, the investigator on the Tracey Gardner-Tetso case, would appear later on in the summer as the investigator on the Carl Evans case.

- Dennis Tetso is interviewed as part of his wife’s disappearance. He’d later be charged with her murder, although her body has yet to be found.

- After his arrest, law enforcement began referring to Raul Garcia-Gomez as “Raul Gomez-Garcia.”

- The family of Detective Donald Young would later become victims of accused white collar criminal Darin DeVoe, who would receive a full profile on one of AMW’s final shows in 2012.

Episode #805 – May 21, 2005 (Protecting Our Children Special Edition)
David Saracino Capture (Full segment) – For the past three years, a man calling himself David Iburg had been living in the small town of Orange, Texas, after telling people he had family problems in Utah. Iburg became heavily involved in the local church, and made a few extra dollars from a roadside stand where he fixed windshield cracks. But on the night of March 12, 2005, several church members called the AMW Hotline because they saw their friend on the show; his name was actually David Saracino, and he was a fugitive wanted out of Utah for being a pedophile. Police moved quickly in and arrested Saracino, making him Capture #833. A few days after his arrest, Saracino sat down with an AMW producer to tell his side of the story. In the interview, Saracino admits that the situation in Utah involved “improprieties” with a child, but it wasn’t anything he believed was jailable. He also could not believe that he ended up on America’s Most Wanted, as he didn’t think he did anything wrong, and it “baffled” him that he was on the show. At one point, he breaks down crying and apologizes to the people he knew in Texas for being “deceitful” towards them. Shortly after Saracino spoke to AMW, a grand jury in Louisiana charged him with raping a child in that state, and children in Texas and California had also come forward to accuse him of molesting them.

John Walsh said that when you watch the news anymore, it seems like every day there’s a new story about a child being victimized by an unregistered sex offender. While there are laws on the books, such as the Jacob Wetterling Act and Megan’s Law, more needs to be done to put teeth into these laws and make them more effective. That’s why John is on Capitol Hill this week – to lobby for changes to these laws. AMW cameras follow John and Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, as he speaks to legislators. He speaks with Sen. (and future Vice President) Joe Biden (D-DE) about the laws, and Biden says he’s on board with it.

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Phillip Williams (Full segment) – Tom Morris heads to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to profile a love story that went horribly wrong. Josephine Chacon, a single mother, had met a man named Phillip Williams, who she fell madly in love with. She would write him love letters telling him about her feelings towards him. But what Josephine didn’t know was that Williams was a violent ex-con. He had been arrested an astounding 41 times, including on murder and rape charges. But he barely served any time because he targeted women who were usually homeless or drug addicted, and couldn’t be found or didn’t want to talk to police. While Josephine didn’t know this, she was getting tired of Williams’ secrets and lies, and decided to break up with him. In August 2003, three days after she broke up with him, police say Williams ambushed her in the casino’s parking lot as she got off work, stabbing her 18 times; she was eventually pronounced dead at the hospital. Williams was charged with murder, but disappeared. In an effort to help find him, AMW put up a billboard in Detroit with Williams’ face on it as a way to turn up the heat on him. Turns out, this profile was more than enough to find him; the day after this airing, Williams was arrested in Pennsylvania after two police officers who had seen his profile on AMW recognized him on the street. He became Capture #844.

Unknown Idaho Triple Murderer / Dylan & Shasta Groene (Breaking news, approx. 2 minutes) – Ed Miller has breaking news out of Couer d’Alene, Idaho; three people were found dead in a home; 13-year-old Slade Groene, his mother Brenda Groene, and her fiancée Mark McKenzie. But even more horrifying is that two other children, 8-year-old Shasta Groene and 9-year-old Dylan Groene, are missing. Police are desperate for information, but haven’t come up with any solid leads. About a month later, Shasta Groene was recovered alive after a concerned citizen recognized her in a store. She had been abducted by Joseph Duncan, who was charged with the triple homicide, as well as the murder of her brother Dylan, whom Duncan had murdered at some point after the abduction.

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Emanuel Veiga (Full segment) – John Turchin reports from Florida on a suspect that parents should be on the lookout for as they prepare for their summer vacations. A serial child sexual assault suspect is on the loose, targeting children in hotels that are on vacation with their families. The youngest victim was just nine years old, and another victim, who was only 10-years-old, was on vacation from England. Police finally got a big break when the suspect targeted a teenager. She was able to escape and gave police a composite sketch of the suspect. She also told police the vehicle he was driving. Police eventually located the suspected SUV and pulled him over for a traffic infraction. They ran his driver's license and found the suspect was Emanuel Veiga. They showed his picture to the victims, and they identified him as the suspected molester from the photo lineup. Veiga was arrested on charges of kidnapping, sexual battery, molestation and rape, but he didn’t stay in custody for long. A judge placed him on house arrest with a monitoring bracelet, and shocking absolutely nobody, he cut off his ankle monitor and fled just six weeks after he started house arrest. Still at large

John Walsh excoriates the judge who released Veiga, and saying that the laws need to be tightened to keep accused pedophiles behind bars. He promises to keep fighting for children, and tells viewers that one of the biggest allies in the fight against pedophiles is Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL). Foley tells John Walsh that overdue library books are tracked better than pedophiles. John tells him he believes that DNA collection should be mandated as a way to help solve unsolved crimes. Foley says, in his opinion, if you violate a child, you should lose your civil liberties. Foley then tells John Walsh “if I were one of these sickos I’d be nervous with America’s Most Wanted on my trail.”

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The Pedophile Epidemic (Brief, approx. 1 minute) – A quick segment is shown highlighting the cases of two children who were recently abducted and murdered by unregistered sex offenders. Nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford was allegedly abducted and murdered by John Couey, while 13-year-old Sarah Lunde was allegedly killed by David Onstott after he allegedly abducted her. Both cases were from Florida, John Walsh’s home state.

John Walsh on Capitol Hill (Full segment) – John Walsh says it’s now time to update the sex offender laws that are already on the books, as while they are well-meaning and worked for the time they were passed, they are now outdated. State sex offender registries are supposed to be readily available online, but the sex offenders are either giving false addresses or moving to other states without notifying anyone. In Florida, the state legislature is working hard at fixing the law, but the issue isn’t a state one; it’s a national one. That’s why John is on Capitol Hill to fight for tougher sex offender laws. With the help of Robbie Callaway, president of the Boys and Girls Club of America, and Ernie Allen, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children president, he heads to work. They meet with Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL), Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD). Foley introduced a bill into the U.S. House earlier in the week, while Sensenbrenner is working on merging two separate bills. John says he’s doing this for all missing and murdered children, including Jacob Wetterling, Megan Kanka, Jessica Lunsford and his own son, Adam Walsh.

While it’s been a successful day, John Walsh says he needs more help from the public. He encourages viewers to long on to amw.com to find out who their representatives are and to contact them about the Child Protection and Safety Act.

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Pamela Waldher (Break-Four Tease) – Missing 16-year-old was being sought by authorities in North Carolina after she vanished. Two years after she disappeared, police found her remains. No arrests have been made in the case

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The AMW All-Star Award (Brief, approx. 10 seconds) – The votes are in, and AMW is just about ready to announce the winner of the inaugural All-Star Award. The winner will be announced next week.

National Police Week 2005: One Family’s Journey (Full segment) – Last year, 153 police officers were killed in the line of duty. Those officers’ names were added to the National Law Enforcement Officers’ Memorial in Washington, D.C. this week. One of those names was Officer Mark Sawyers, of the Sterling Heights, Michigan, Police Department. Officer Sawyers was shot and killed in an ambush by Timothy Berner while in his patrol car. Thanks to AMW tips, Berner was located in Florida, where he committed suicide with Officer Sawyers’ own gun as police were closing in on him. The Sawyers family was in D.C. for the service, and stopped by the AMW Hotline to thank everyone for all they did to bring Berner to justice.

Episode notes:
- This episode was filmed in Washington, D.C. on Capitol Hill.

- There is no fugitive recap in this episode.

- For the first time since November 2004, there is no In the Line of Duty feature. However, the National Police Week segment mentions that 153 police officers were killed in the line of duty, so I wonder if they considered that statistic an "unofficial" In the Line of Duty.

- David Saracino is the first 15 Seconds of Shame exclusive fugitive to get a capture report on AMW.

- U.S. Marshal Mark Shealey, who was assigned to the AMW Hotline, makes several uncredited appearances during David Saracino’s capture report. Hotline Supervisor David Braxton can also be seen a few times during the same story.

- He’s not credited, but the producer interviewing David Saracino is none other than future correspondent Jon Leiberman. This is his first on-air appearance on AMW after he was hired in late-2004/early-2005.

- I’m nearly 100% certain the woman reading Josephine Chacon’s love letters to Phillip Williams is Angeline Hartmann. It sounds exactly like her.

- For some reason, AMW never mentions that Phillip Williams was a member of the U.S. Marshals’ 15 Most Wanted List.

- There’s really no way to describe the sad irony of how on the very show John Walsh went to Capitol Hill to fight for laws against childhood sex offenders that one of the unsolved cases was committed by an unregistered sex offender.

- Joseph Duncan, the Idaho Triple Murderer, was later linked by DNA to several other unsolved child abductions and murders, including the 1996 kidnapping and murder of Anthony Martinez in California. AMW had profiled that case several times from 1996 to 2001. Knowing this, it’s super eerie looking at the composite sketch of Anthony’s abductor, as Duncan is a dead-ringer for the sketch.

- The Emanuel Veiga case is one of the more graphic accused pedophile stories I’ve seen profiled on AMW. The show airs a portion of an interview with the 10-year-old British girl that was victimized, and she goes into pretty graphic detail about what he tried to do to her. And the teenager who Veiga allegedly molested also goes into pretty graphic detail about what he did to her.

- When John Turchin mentions that the victims in the Emanuel Veiga case were shown a photo lineup, photos of Veiga and five other AMW fugitives appear on screen as part of a mock photo lineup. The five other fugitives were Genero Dorantes, Miguel Gonzalez, Javier Borbon, Reymundo Alaniz and Saul Aguilar. At the time, all but Alaniz were still fugitives (and if I’m not mistaken, I don’t think he had been reported as captured to amw.com yet). Dorantes and Gonzalez have since been caught.

- AMW broadcasts a photo of Emanuel Veiga’s girlfriend, who was not charged with any crime, but it was believed she may be traveling with him. To my recollection, this is the only time AMW broadcast her photo and mentioned that Veiga also had a one-year-old son.

- Oh, God. That interview with Rep. Mark Foley is so hard to watch. A little more than a year after he told John Walsh that if he were “one of these sickos” he’d be nervous with AMW going after him, it was revealed that he’d sent sexually explicit messages to a teenage page that once worked in his office. Soon more former pages came forward with allegations that Foley had sent sexually explicit messages to them. The scandal led to Foley resigning in disgrace from the United States House of Representatives, though he was never charged with any criminal offense. I distinctly remember that clip of Foley I mentioned getting circulated all around the internet after he got in trouble (you might still be able to find it on YouTube if you look hard enough).

- The episode ends with “Amazing Grace” being played by bagpipes over the closing credits instead of the AMW Theme.

Episode #806 – May 28, 2005 (The 2005 AMW All-Star Special Edition)
Unknown Sgt. Greg Martin Killer (Full segment) – With AMW celebrating law enforcement in North Carolina, the show decides to tackle the only unsolved murder of a police officer in the state. On October 5, 1996, Sgt. Greg Martin, with the Jonesville Police Department, pulled over a vehicle on the highway. He called for assistance, but when help arrived in the form of a North Carolina State Trooper, Sgt. Martin couldn’t be found. When the trooper got out for a closer look, he found Sgt. Martin laying in a pool of blood. The trooper tried to help, but it was too late; Sgt. Martin had been shot seven times in the head. Nearly 10 years later, the crime is still unsolved. Police learned the pickup that Sgt. Martin had pulled over was stolen just days earlier from West Virginia. It was found abandoned days after Sgt. Martin’s murder. It’s believed the suspects stole the vehicle a couple days after checking it out at a dealership. AMW brings in composite artist Lee Hammond to create sketches of the two men who spoke with the dealership employee about the truck, and those sketches are revealed for the first time tonight. In 2012, a Florida man named Scott Sica was arrested and charged with Sgt. Martin’s murder. It was widely reported that AMW tips had led to Sica’s arrest, but AMW never took credit for the capture. Sica pleaded guilty, but in 2016, he committed suicide in prison. Two other suspects were charged as accessories in the case.

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Walentina Knapek (Brief, approx. 2 minutes) – A fugitive AMW has been after for years has struck again. Walentina Knapek, who is wanted for pulling scams across the country, has been spotted in Florida, pulling off her latest scam at an ice cream shop. Knapek is an expert in the “till tap” method, where she reaches into a cash register, grabs a handful of bills, and separates the bottom half before pocketing it. She’s believed to have netted nearly $1 million from her nationwide scams. Still at large

Phillip Williams Capture (Full segment) – Tom Morris reports that less than 24 hours after AMW profiled an accused killer who had been arrested 41 times, tipsters came through and gave the suspect his 42nd arrest. Phillip Williams is accused of killing his girlfriend in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Police say Williams killed her after she broke up with him. He’s accused of ambushing her after she got off work and stabbing her to death in the parking lot of the casino where she was employed. After Williams was profiled, the hotline several tips from Lancaster, Pennsylvania saying that he was living out of a homeless shelter. AMW speaks with a tipster who ended up living with Williams after he charmed her, but she kicked him out after she realized what a liar he was. While AMW was following up on that tip, two police officers in Philadelphia who had seen the broadcast the night before, spotted somebody who looked eerily familiar while they were on routine patrol. Believing it was Williams, the officers questioned him and soon determined that they had, in fact, spotted one of America’s Most Wanted. Williams became Capture #844 thanks to those officers. Following the arrest, AMW sent a camera crew to Albuquerque to record when U.S. Marshals told Josephine Chacon’s family that Williams had been captured.

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John Walsh takes a walk around Loews Motor Speedway and talks to some of the NASCAR drivers about who their heroes are. Michael Waltrip says his heroes are police officers and firefighters. Kasey Kahne’s hero is his family, especially his father. Joe Nemechek says his heroes are the men and women of the United States armed forces, and Kurt Busch’s heroes include his father.

Michael Waltrip introduces the first fugitive in tonight’s All-Points Bulletin, a man who doesn’t care about anybody’s safety.

Martin Altamirano (All-Points Bulletin) – Wanted out of Suffolk County, New York for driving drunk and crashing his car, killing a woman. A little girl was also in the car, but she miraculously survived. Altamirano bonded out after his arrest and disappeared. Still at large

Kasey Kahne introduces the next fugitive in tonight’s All-Points Bulletin, who is wanted out of his home state of Washington.

James Moran (All-Points Bulletin) – Accused of killing his in-laws in Kennewick, Washington shortly after the Fourth of July weekend 2004. Investigators say Moran killed them to get back at his wife because he believed she was cheating on him. Just a few months after this profile, Moran killed himself as police were closing in on him, but before he died, he was linked to another tragic double-murder.

Kurt Busch introduces the final fugitive in tonight’s All-Points Bulletin, wanted out of his home state of Nevada.

John Addis (All-Points Bulletin) – Former Alaska state trooper who is wanted out of Las Vegas for the murder of his girlfriend. Police believe that Addis killed her after she broke up with him. Addis was last spotted in Mexico with another woman who had since disappeared. About a year after this profile, Addis was found dead in Guatemala of an apparent suicide. Days earlier, police found the body of the missing woman and the bodies of his own children. Police believe Addis had killed them.

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Unknown Idaho Triple Murderer / Dylan and Shasta Groene (Breaking news, approx. 3 and a half minutes) – Ed Miller has an update on a major case out of northern Idaho. A week earlier, Brenda Groene, her fiancée Mark McKenzie and her 13-year-old son Slade Groene, were all found murdered in their home in Couer d’Alene, Idaho. Even more frightening were that Brenda’s two other children, 8-year-old Shasta and 9-year-old Dylan, were missing. This week, police revealed that the family had been bound and bludgeoned to death. No clear motive had been determined, but Steve Groene, Brenda’s estranged husband, believed that it was drug-related and that the person who committed the crimes must have known the victims, because he can’t think of any other reason why the crime was so violent. The ongoing search has been hampered by bad weather, but searchers are looking in rivers, streams, the woods and even landfills for the children. Later in the summer, Shasta Groene was recovered alive thanks to a concerned citizen. But it was too late for her brother; Dylan Groene was killed by Joseph Duncan, the same man who murdered the Groene family and kidnapped the children.

In the Line of Duty – Officer Larry Cox (Chillicothe Police Department, Ohio)

John Walsh says AMW never forgets officers who were killed in the line of duty, and will never stop hunting those who harm police, no matter how long it takes. With that in mind, there’s one notorious fugitive wanted for killing a police officer who has been in the news recently.

JoAnne Chesimard (Tacked-on profile) – New Jersey woman convicted of killing a police officer in the 1970s. She escaped from prison a few years later and fled to Cuba. This year, on the anniversary of the crime, investigators announced a $1 million reward for information leading to Chesimard’s arrest. Still at large

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Lindsay Harris (Break-Four Tease) – Young woman from upstate New York who went missing in Las Vegas. About three years after this profile, Lindsay’s body was found in Illinois. Her murder is still unsolved

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The 2005 AMW All-Star Award (Full segment) – America’s Most Wanted and Nextel team up to announce the inaugural winner of the AMW All-Star Award. The first winner of this contest is Detective Deanna Tofte, with the Wichita Falls, Texas, Police Department. Nominated by her husband, Detective Tofte is a member of the Crimes Against Children Unit, and has an unbelievable track record; nearly 100% of her cases investigated have resulted in convictions. Detective Tofte tells AMW that she takes every one of her cases personally. She also has a knack for speaking with children. The child victims trust her and are incredibly open with her. Among the cases she’s solved include a four-week-old baby who was beaten by his father. John Walsh presents Detective Tofte with the All-Star Award at the race in Charlotte. She received a check for $10,000.

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Fugitive recap – Unknown Sgt. Greg Martin Killer, Martin Altamirano, James Moran, John Addis

Episode notes:
- This episode was filmed in Charlotte, North Carolina at Loews Motor Speedway.

- The story on the unsolved murder of Sgt. Greg Martin starts off with a short biography of the town of Mt. Airy, North Carolina, the inspiration for the town of Mayberry on The Andy Griffith Show (it’s the real Andy Griffith’s hometown). This was where Sgt. Martin got his start in law enforcement, and it’s where he met the trooper that eventually found his body. Future airings edit the entire piece on Mt. Airy out and simply start on the night of Sgt. Martin’s murder.

- The composite sketches in the Sgt. Greg Martin murder case appear against a black background instead of a green one.

- John Walsh introduces the Phillip Williams capture report with a generic, “Now, we’ve got a great capture to tell you about tonight.”

- Unlike last week, Tom Morris does mention during the capture report that Phillip Williams was on the U.S. Marshals’ 15 Most Wanted List.

- Get used to the NASCAR drivers introducing the APB fugitives during the All-Star episodes. This is something that’ll continue for the next several years. I cringe every time I see Kasey Kahne speak, because he’s so obviously reading off a cue card. I can see why he’s a race car driver and not a TV announcer.

- Officer Larry Cox’s killer was John Parsons, who AMW would profile in 2006 after he escaped from jail. I remember reading somewhere that, although Officer Cox was off-duty when he was killed, they considered it a line of duty death since he had spotted Parsons fleeing the robbery scene and pursued him.

- John Walsh tells viewers that more than 1,000 first responders were nominated for the All-Star Award.

- It appears that Detective Deanna Tofte is still with the Wichita Falls Police Department, although she apparently got promoted; a 2018 article refers to her as Sgt. Deanna Tofte.

- During John Walsh’s presentation to Detective Deanna Tofte, you can clearly see he’s wearing a brace on his right hand. I’m unsure of what happened to him, but he was apparently injured somehow.

- After a few weeks with a different typeface, the font for the closing credits goes back to normal.

- AMW takes a look at the murder of Casey Jo Pipestem, a Native American woman who may have been a victim of a serial killer. Casey is one of several prostitutes that has been murdered across America's highways over the past several years. AMW joins the hunt to see if viewers can put a stop to a serial killer before he strikes again.

- With the recent capture of one of the U.S. Marshals' 15 Most Wanted, AMW sees if its viewers can do it again. This time, it's a fugitive accused of one of the most disgusting crimes in recent memory; the rape of an infant. John Walsh gives the clues to see if viewers can nab John Lockhart.

- When a young couple bought a home in Denver to do some renovation work, they had no idea that their new neighbor would change their life forever...but not in a good way. Now, that neighbor, Malaika Griffin, is charged with killing one of her new neighbors, and police hope to find her before she strikes again.

- Earlier this year, AMW aired the case of Lake Pontchartrain Jane Doe, a woman who was found dead in Lake Pontchartrain in the mid-80s. After years of digging, a tip came in from a woman concerned that Jane Doe may have been a young woman that she knew in the mid-80s but seemed to mysteriously disappear. Did AMW viewers identify Jane Doe?

- Child actor Mark Everett was well on his way to becoming a child star. But instead, he chose a life of crime, and now he's on the run, accused of beating his wife to death with a dumbbell. Police fear that Everett may have also harmed his son, who is believed to be on the run with his father.

- Andre Neverson is one of the most frequently-profiled fugitives in AMW history, and now they're giving him another profile. Learn the latest clues in the manhunt for this elusive fugitive wanted for killing two people he claimed to love.

- Children in New York are being attacked, and it could be the work of a serial killer. Teenager Gretchen Perham was found murdered, and days later, a teen in Albany was attacked by a man on the street. Luckily, that teen lived and gave police a composite sketch of her attacker. Now, police are in a race against time to see if this man is a serial killer and if he'll strike again.

- In the weeks since Natalee Holloway disappeared while on a high school trip to Aruba, the mystery is only getting deeper and deeper. AMW goes into the investigation to see what exactly is going on in paradise, and if they can help bring this teenager home safely to her parents.

- Last summer, AMW went to Oregon to look into the mysterious disappearance of Brooke Wilberger. Now, Ed Miller has an update on the case. Will it help bring Brooke home to her family?

- There's a monster on the run in Texas, and police are asking America's Most Wanted for help. According to investigators, Marlon Winters seemed like a nice man, but it was all just an act. Now, he's accused of molesting children that were entrusted in his care, and police want to find him before he strikes again.

- Tom Morris has a new update in the search for Tamika Huston, who is the subject of a mysterious disappearance in South Carolina. AMW got a tip on this case that has shifted suspicion onto Tamika's boyfriend. What did this tipster say about the boyfriend that has made investigators take a new look at him?

- William Plemons is wanted out of Arizona for killing his wife. But the leads have dried up, so investigators are going to New York to try and find Plemons' ex-wife to see if she can shed light on him. But will they miss their chance to talk to her?