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is the second and most specific alert the FBI has issued for him since

he disappeared in October 2003 in San Francisco while being tailed by

FBI agents. In 2011 the FBI said it had "substantive and credible"

information that San Diego might have been in western Massachusetts

after it received a tip prompted by an airing of the case on the

television show America's Most Wanted.San

Diego's image appeared on electronic billboards from California to New

York, including above Times Square, for about a week earlier this month.Late

last year, the FBI called on the public's help in locating San Diego,

who was raised in an upper-middle class suburb of Marin County north of

San Francisco.His

father, Edmund San Diego, was the city manager of Belvedere, a wealthy

Marin County enclave. Edmund San Diego didn't return a phone call

Wednesday. He has declined to talk about his son in the past.San

Diego, who was under 24-hour surveillance, gave the FBI the slip on the

afternoon of Oct. 6, 2003, in downtown San Francisco.He

is charged with setting off three bombs at the two companies in the wee

hours. No one was injured, and minor damage was done to the buildings,

including shattered windows.Two

pipe bomb explosions struck an hour apart at biotechnology company

Chiron Corp. on Aug. 28, 2003, and investigators said the second bomb

was set to injure first responders. A bomb strapped with nails exploded

at cosmetic maker Shaklee Corp. on Sept. 26, 2003.The

search for San Diego has spanned the globe. FBI officials have said

they've talked with authorities in Germany, the United Kingdom, Costa

Rica, France, Spain, Denmark, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic,

Mexico, Argentina, the Philippines and Chile.San

Diego has ties to animal rights extremist groups and is a vegan who

doesn't eat food containing animal products, according to the FBI.He

also has unusual tattoos, the FBI says, including a round image of

burning hillsides on his chest with the words "It only takes a spark"

written below. The sides of his abdomen and back have images of burning

and collapsing buildings.San Diego has worked as a computer network specialist and with the Linux operating system and is skilled at sailing.<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">==<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">
America's Most Wanted is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_program" title="Television program">television program</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-2">[2]</a> that was produced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Television" title="20th Television">20th Television</a>. At the time of its cancellation by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox television network</a>,

it was the longest-running program in the network's history (24 years),

a mark since surpassed by the long-running animated sitcom, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a>. The final episode on the network aired on June 18, 2011.

The following September, the show's host, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walsh%28television_host%29" title="John Walsh (television host)">John Walsh</a>, announced that it would resume later that year on the cable network <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifetime%28TV_network%29" title="Lifetime (TV network)">Lifetime</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-3">[3]</a> After a brief run on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifetime_%28TV_network%29" title="Lifetime (TV network)">Lifetime</a>, however, on March 28, 2013 the show was canceled again.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-4">[4]</a>

This was reportedly due to low ratings and the level of royalty

payments to Fox which holds the trademark and copyright. It was

succeeded by John Walsh Investigates, a one-off special on Lifetime.

The show profiled cases involving the search for and apprehension of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive" title="Fugitive">fugitives</a> wanted for serious <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime" title="Crime">crimes</a>, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder" title="Murder">murder</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape" title="Rape">rape</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping" title="Kidnapping">kidnapping</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse" title="Child sexual abuse">child molestation</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-collar_crime" title="White-collar crime">white-collar crime</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_crime" title="Organized crime">organized crime</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_robbery" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed robbery">armed robbery</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang" title="Gang">gang violence</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</a>, and also many of whom are currently on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitives" title="FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives">FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives</a>

list. On May 2, 2008, the program's website announced its 1,000th

capture; as of March 30, 2013, 1,202 people have been captured because

of AMW. Many of the series' cases have some connection outside

the United States or have not taken place in the United States at all.

The series' first international capture was in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> in 1989.

The first two-hour quarterly special aired on Saturday, October 29, 2011 on FOX.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-5">[5]</a>

The second two-hour special aired on Saturday, December 17, 2011, the

third two-hour special aired on Saturday, February 11, 2012, and the

fourth and final two-hour special aired on Saturday, April 21, 2012.

On July 13, 2014, a successor premiered on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunt_with_John_Walsh" title="The Hunt with John Walsh">The Hunt with John Walsh</a>, which adds more international stories to its predecessor.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-6">[6]</a>

<h2>Contents</h2>

</div></div><div id="toc" class="toc"><ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#History">1 History</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#Conception_and_early_airing">1.1 Conception and early airing</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#1996_cancellation_and_revival">1.2 1996 cancellation and revival</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#Covering_criminals_in_the_War_on_Terrorism">1.3 Covering criminals in the War on Terrorism</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#2011_Fox_cancellation.2C_network_change.2C_and_eventual_Lifetime_cancellation">1.4 2011 Fox cancellation, network change, and eventual Lifetime cancellation</a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#Hotline_number_facts">2 Hotline number facts</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#AMW_Dirty_Dozen">3 AMW Dirty Dozen</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#Presumption_of_innocence">4 Presumption of innocence</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#See_also">5 See also</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#References">6 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#External_links">7 External links</a></li></ul>

</div>

<h2>History</h2><h3>Conception and early airing</h3>The concept for America's Most Wanted originally came from a German show, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktenzeichen_XY...ungel%C3%B6st" class="mw-redirect" title="Aktenzeichen XY ... ungelöst">Aktenzeichen XY ... ungelöst</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a> for File Reference XY ... Unsolved), that first aired in 1967, and the British show <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimewatch" title="Crimewatch">Crimewatch</a>, first aired in 1984, with the US version conceived by Fox executive <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Chao" title="Stephen Chao">Stephen Chao</a> and Executive Producer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Linder" title="Michael Linder">Michael Linder</a> in the summer of 1987. Even earlier, however, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> aired a three-month half-hour similar series hosted by Walter McGraw in the 1955-1956 season entitled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted%281955_TV_series%29" title="Wanted (1955 TV series)">Wanted</a>.After the program’s pilot aired, a lengthy search was conducted for a host,[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walsh%28television_host%29" title="John Walsh (television host)">John Walsh</a> was selected. Other potential candidates included former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a> Commandant General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.X.Kelly" class="mw-redirect" title="P. X. Kelly">P. X. Kelly</a> and victims' advocate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Saldana" title="Theresa Saldana">Theresa Saldana</a>. Walsh had gained publicity after his six-year-old son, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Adam_Walsh" title="Murder of Adam Walsh">Adam Walsh</a>, was kidnapped and murdered in 1981. Walsh and others had successfully advocated Congress for the creation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Center_for_Missing_and_Exploited_Children" class="mw-redirect" title="National Center for Missing and Exploited Children">National Center for Missing and Exploited Children</a>.

America's Most Wanted premiered on February 7, 1988 on seven Fox-owned stations. Within four days of the first broadcast, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitives" title="FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives">FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_James_Roberts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David James Roberts (page does not exist)">David James Roberts</a> was captured as a direct result.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-7">[7]</a>

He was a convicted killer who had recently escaped from prison by

digging his way out with a small axe. This demonstrated the

effectiveness of the show's "Watch Television, Catch Criminals" premise

to skeptical law enforcement agencies. Ten weeks later, the program

premiered nationwide on the Fox network and became the fledgling

network's first hit series.

The announcer heard on the show for its first two decades was voice-over artist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_LaFontaine" title="Don LaFontaine">Don LaFontaine</a>,

who died on September 1, 2008. The first new episode aired after his

death was dedicated to him. He was replaced by voice actor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Johnson" title="Wes Johnson">Wes Johnson</a>.

<h3>1996 cancellation and revival</h3>The program was canceled<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-8">[8]</a>

for a month and a half in the fall of 1996, per a decision made the

previous spring in the wake of high production costs. In its place, Fox

moved <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Married...with_Children" title="Married... with Children">Married... with Children</a> (then entering what soon became its final season) to 9/8c, with the new sitcom <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Marriage%281996_TV_series%29" title="Love and Marriage (1996 TV series)">Love and Marriage</a> following it at 9:30. Cops

remained in its hour-long 8/7c block. However, protests from the

public, law enforcement, and government officials, including the

governors of 37 states, as well as low ratings for the shows replacing AMW encouraged Fox to bring the show back. Love and Marriage was canceled, and Married… with Children was moved back to Sundays. Producers rechristened AMW with an expanded title, America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back. For the next 15 years afterward, the America's Most Wanted/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cops_%28TV_series%29" title="Cops (TV series)">COPS</a>

combination made Saturday evening Fox’s most stable night, along with

the longest unchanged primetime schedule on American television as of

2011.

On March 6, 2010, Fox aired the 1000th episode of America's Most Wanted, and Walsh interviewed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>. In the interview, they discussed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Obama Administration">Obama Administration</a>'s crime-fighting initiatives, as well as the impact the show has had on law enforcement and crime prevention.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-9">[9]</a>

<h3>Covering criminals in the War on Terrorism</h3>The show expanded its focus to also cover criminals in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Terrorism" class="mw-redirect" title="War on Terrorism">War on Terrorism</a> when, on October 12, 2001 an episode aired featuring 22 most-wanted <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> operatives. The show was put together due to a request by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, who had presented the same list of men to the nation two days earlier.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] However, the first show that focused mainly on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</a> aired after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a> and was two hours long.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-10">[10]</a>

<h3>2011 Fox cancellation, network change, and eventual Lifetime cancellation</h3>On May 16, 2011, Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly announced that after 23 years, America's Most Wanted, in its weekly format, would be canceled.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-u-tsandiego-11">[11]</a>

The final weekly episode aired on June 18, 2011, though Reilly said

four two-hour specials would air on Fox in the fall 2011 television

season. However, Walsh said he was looking to other networks to keep the

show going, saying he had "many, many offers" from other networks.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-u-tsandiego-11">[11]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox News Channel">Fox News Channel</a> confirmed that its chairman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ailes" title="Roger Ailes">Roger Ailes</a> had been in preliminary discussions with Walsh about bringing the show to Fox News, but said "nothing has been decided."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-u-tsandiego-11">[11]</a> On the final Fox episode, Walsh promised to continue the show elsewhere and told the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>: "I want to catch bad guys and find missing children—and we’re not done."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-u-tsandiego-11">[11]</a>

During the 2010–2011 season, the show averaged an audience of five million.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-u-tsandiego-11">[11]</a> Within hours of Fox's announcement of the show's cancellation, campaigns to save the show were started by fans through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>, among other social networking sites.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-12">[12]</a>

In September 2011, it was announced that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifetime%28TV_network%29" title="Lifetime (TV network)">Lifetime</a> had picked up America's Most Wanted from Fox and it began airing on the former on December 2, 2011.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-13">[13]</a> On March 13, 2012, Lifetime ordered an additional 20 episodes.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-14">[14]</a> However, on March 28, 2013, it was announced that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifetime%28TV_network%29" title="Lifetime (TV network)">Lifetime</a> had cancelled America's Most Wanted.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-15">[15]</a>

<h2>Hotline number facts</h2>When America's Most Wanted debuted, the show's original <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toll-free" class="mw-redirect" title="Toll-free">toll-free</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline" title="Hotline">hotline</a>

number was 1-800-CRIME-88 (1-800-274-6388). The last 2 digits of the

hotline number changed each year (1-800-CRIME-89, 1-800-CRIME-90, and so

on) until 1995, when it was permanently changed to its current number,

which is 1-800-CRIME-TV (1-800-274-6388), which, coincidentally, was

what the number had originally been in 1988. As of June 2014, the

hotline has shut down and the show's website has also apparently been

deactivated. About half of the phone operators seen during the show are

actors.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-16">[16]</a>

<h2>AMW Dirty Dozen</h2>

</td><td class="mbox-text">This section's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute">factual accuracy</a> may be compromised due to out-of-date information. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (December 2016)</td></tr></tbody></table>

The AMW Dirty Dozen was John Walsh's list of notorious

fugitives who had been profiled on the show who were at that time at

large. It was similar in function, though not identical with, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitives" title="FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives">FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives</a> list; four of the Dirty Dozen were on the FBI's list.

These are the Dirty Dozen, as of January 8, 2013. Currently, there

are 9 fugitives still wanted despite the idea of the list being John

Walsh's 12 personal most wanted. The tenth, Paul Jackson, was arrested

in 2015. Resort killer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacher_Ferrel_Hackney" title="Beacher Ferrel Hackney">Beacher Ferrel Hackney</a> was removed after his body was discovered in September 2012.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-17">[17]</a>

Alleged murderer William Joseph Greer has also been removed from

Walsh's Dirty Dozen before despite him seemingly still on the run.

<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Derek_Brown" title="Jason Derek Brown">Jason Derek Brown</a> is wanted for the murder of an armored car driver and robbery of $56,000 in front of a movie theater in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix, Arizona</a>,

on November 29, 2004. He is charged in Phoenix with first-degree murder

and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. He is believed to be in

either <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>. On December 8, 2007, Brown was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-18">[18]</a></li><li>Jose Fernando Corona is wanted out of Hereford, TX for

brutally murdering his wife with a chainsaw on April 26, 2010. The

murder has shaken the quiet community to the core, particularly his

daughter with whom he was close. Despite no criminal record, the

otherwise mild-mannered father of six had a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervous_breakdown" class="mw-redirect" title="Nervous breakdown">nervous breakdown</a>

and carried out this grisly act that was considered atypical of his

character. Corona has since been on the run from the law, possibly

hiding out with his friends in Friona.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-19">[19]</a></li><li>Berny Figueroa is wanted for the murder of 2-year-old Alexia Lopez in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenham,_Texas" title="Brenham, Texas">Brenham, Texas</a>.

On March 11, 2008, Figueroa punched Lopez in the stomach, separating

her large and small intestines at the daycare facility where he worked.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-20">[20]</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_William_Fisher" title="Robert William Fisher">Robert Fisher</a> is wanted for the murder of his wife, Mary, and his children, Brittany and Bobby Jr. in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottsdale,_Arizona" title="Scottsdale, Arizona">Scottsdale, Arizona</a>,

on April 10, 2001, and then burning down their house to try to cover up

the crime. He is also on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List and is

considered to be AMW's Public Enemy Number 1.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-21">[21]</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Flores" title="Alexis Flores">Alexis Flores</a> is wanted for the kidnapping and murder of 5-year-old Ariana DeJesus in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia,Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>, in July 2000. The DNA Match returned in March 2007. Flores was also placed on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitives" title="FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives">FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives</a> list on June 2, 2007.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-22">[22]</a></li><li>Elby Hars is wanted for sexually abusing young girls in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia, South Carolina</a>.

He had previously served time for sexually abusing his own daughter,

Terri Hars. When he was released, he found young girls to abuse, leading

to him going to prison.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-23">[23]</a></li><li>Daniel Hiers is wanted for the murder of his wife, Ludimila Hiers, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_Creek,South_Carolina" title="Goose Creek, South Carolina">Goose Creek, South Carolina</a>, in March 2005. He is also wanted for sexually abusing a child in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a>,

shortly before. Hiers, a former police officer, is on the U.S. Marshals

15 Most Wanted List, and they are offering a $10,000 reward for

information leading to his capture.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-24">[24]</a></li><li>Andre Neverson is wanted for the murders of his sister, Patricia Neverson, and his ex-girlfriend, Donna Davis, both in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn, New York">Brooklyn, New York</a>, in July 2002. He is also on the U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted list.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-25">[25]</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaser_Abdel_Said" title="Yaser Abdel Said">Yaser Abdel Said</a> is wanted for shooting his two teenage daughters to death in an "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_killing" title="Honor killing">honor killing</a>"

on January 1, 2008, in Irving, Texas. He is also wanted for questioning

in the girls' sexual abuse nearly a decade prior. He was added to the

FBI's Ten Most Wanted List on December 4, 2014.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-26">[26]</a></li><li>Paul Erven Jackson and sibling Vance Roberts were

believed by police to have lured teenage girls to a homemade sex-torture

chamber they built in the residence they once shared in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsboro,_Oregon" title="Hillsboro, Oregon">Hillsboro, Oregon</a>.

While Roberts turned himself in and was sentenced to 108 years in

prison, Jackson escaped in June 1990 and was on the run until September

2015.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-27">[27]</a> On September 28, 2015, he was arrested by immigration officials in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalajara" title="Guadalajara">Guadalajara</a>, Mexico, where Jackson appeared to have been living for years using an alias.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-28">[28]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-29">[29]</a> He was transported back to the U.S. and is currently awaiting trial on kidnapping charges in Hillsboro.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-30">[30]</a></li></ul>

<h2>Presumption of innocence</h2>Given that a significant number of the fugitives on America's Most Wanted had yet to face trial in a criminal court, the show adhered to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presumption_of_innocence" title="Presumption of innocence">presumption of innocence</a>

as afforded under the law. For this reason, in the cases where

fugitives had not yet been convicted, John Walsh would always proceed

his narrative of the crime with the term "Police say ..." and then state

the crime to which the person had allegedly committed. In a special

broadcast after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>,

Walsh technically broke the show's own rules regarding innocence

presumption when he said "Let's catch the bastards that did this!" in

reference to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trials_related_to_the_September_11_attacks" title="Trials related to the September 11 attacks">9/11 masterminds</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-31">[31]</a>

In a handful of rare cases, America's Most Wanted profiled

persons who were involved in controversial cases or who had fled to

avoid prosecution on what they believed to be unfair or even framed

charges. One female fugitive, who had fled to Canada, later had charges

against her dismissed even after being profiled on the show. In another

case, a judge ordered a change of venue for a suspected child murderer

after learning that nearly the entire county had seen the suspect

profiled on America's Most Wanted and believed him guilty. During

its entire run, Walsh refused to ever issue a retraction or updated

viewers on any fugitives who were later found innocent.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-32">[32]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted#cite_note-33">[33]</a>

<h2>See also</h2><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktenzeichen_XY_%E2%80%A6_ungel%C3%B6st" title="Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst">Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst</a>, similar program in Germany, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimewatch" title="Crimewatch">Crimewatch</a>, similar program in the United Kingdom.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efterlyst" title="Efterlyst">Efterlyst</a>, similar program in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%27s_Most_Wanted" title="India's Most Wanted">India's Most Wanted</a> inspired program in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linha_Direta" title="Linha Direta">Linha Direta</a>, similar program in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_Ten_7" title="Police Ten 7">Police Ten 7</a>, similar program in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_Report" title="Police Report">Police Report</a>, similar program in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunt_with_John_Walsh" title="The Hunt with John Walsh">The Hunt with John Walsh</a>, a similar program Walsh also hosts.</li></ul>
<div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">former prosecutor?</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www.ijreview.com/2015/06/335319-rep-trey-gowdy-used-to-be-on-a-show-called-forensic-files-heres-his-highlight-reel/</div>=jesse ventura truTV show is faux 60 min

survivor etc darwinian

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<span style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 26px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); display: inline ! important; float: none;">Survivor is not as exceptional as Burnett repeatedly suggests. The show follows a persistent trend in popular culture that thrives on producing ways and knowledges for consumers to use, understand, and derive pleasure from products. A glance at popular culture reveals TV, movie, music, and sports media overbrimming with celebrities explaining what it's like and what it means to do what they do. Also common in these discussions are statements about a specific product's cultural relevance, or "lessons" to be learned from consuming it. Toward a similar end, Burnett cites Survivor's unique ability to illuminate the "core essence of humanity" (Field Guide 144) and to teach culturally relevant lessons about living and succeeding in a corporate capitalist society. I contend that there are serious implications when Mark Burnett, a producer granted a slice of cultural authority, recommends in interviews and in his profitable Official Companion books that his corporately-sponsored show aired on a corporately-owned network be viewed through an ideologically-interested lens. Besides purveying an uncritical perspective he calls "social Darwinism," Burnett boasts that the show reveals real selves and reproduces the real world; this too begs interrogation, as the show is broadcast over a cultural medium that commercializes and commodifies virtually any world it images....

<h1 class="profile-title" style="font-size: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 1.2em;">Surviving Survivor: Reading Mark Burnett's Field Guide and De-Naturalizing Social Darwinism as Entertainment</h1>

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ACADEMIC JOURNAL ARTICLEBy Murray, Keat

Journal of American & Comparative Cultures , Vol. 24, No. 3/4

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