Non-TV Show Fugitives That Would Have Been Good For AMW
Sept 5, 2018 8:44:17 GMT -5
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Post by HeadMarshal on Sept 5, 2018 8:44:17 GMT -5
As some of our readers know, we have over 800 fugitive threads in our non-tv show cases subforum, during the decades before or when AMW was on the air. AMW turned down up to a hundred cases per week, but for those who have read the non-tv show case subforum, who do you feel would have made a good case for AMW. What I mean by "good" is a case that would have portrayed a story that would have gotten viewers to be motivated to be on the lookout for the fugitive, and provide much needed media attention to a case.
Now there are so many cases that I can't mention them all. I just scrolled through the subforums and came up with these cases.
Gene Isaac Stees: In the 1960s, Gene was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and dumping her body in an Ohio lake. This happened while Gene was having an affair with another woman and was planning on divorcing his wife. After being convicted, in 1970, he simply walked out of prison since he had been a "model inmate".
AMW had a tendency to focus especially on prison escapees, and Gene would have only been in his 60s during the 1990s.
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Calvin Fulmer: Career criminal as a teenager, he stabbed his mother to death at the age of 18. In 1974, Calvin escaped from a Colorado prison by threatening an ambulance driver and a corrections officer.
Not only was Calvin a prison escapee, but he was convicted of killing his mother, and AMW in their early seasons profiled a lot of fugitives charged with killing their parents. Calvin would have only been in his 40s during the 1990s.
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Melvin Jones: At the age of 19, Melvin and an accomplice went into a mill in North Carolina to rob it, when they pushed down the 91-year old owner with such force that it caused internal injuries, resulting in his death. He was convicted in the early 1960s and later escaped from custody in 1976.
Melvin would have only been in his late 40s/early 50s during the 1990s, and I feel this would have been a viable case to profile based on how brutal the murder was that he got convicted of.
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Robert McWilliams: At the age of 22, Robert brutally beat an 82-year old man, tied him up and left him to die on a North Carolina road, for $60 dollars. Robert was convicted but escaped from a North Carolina prison in 1977.
Same as with Melvin Jones. Robert would have also only been in his 40s during the 1990s which as with the other fugitives so far would have been the most likely time that AMW would have aired this case if it had made the show.
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Vallory Lynn Wade: In the late 1970s, Vallory was sentenced to 21-years for manslaughter in Louisiana. This came after she HUNG her four-year old daughter with a rope attached to a clothes hanger. In 1983, Vallory escaped from a correctional institution.
Kind of obvious as to why I'm suggesting Vallory, any parent convicted/accused of killing their own child(ren) as far as I'm concerned had better have been sent to AMW for possibly being profiled. She would have only been in her late 30s/early 40s during the 1990s and quite frankly should be a relatively easy fugitive to catch in my opinion. This is also considering AMW did several episodes based out of Louisiana in their run, including the years of 1990, 1995 and 1998 based on my research.
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Carlos Gomez: In 1985, Carlos went to see a Miami, Florida man about returning him a boat. The man was paraplegic and was holding a two-year old child on his lap. Carlos then allegedly pulled out a gun and shot both the man and the toddler. Carlos then fled the scene and allegedly shot and killed another person in the parking lot. The only survivor of the incident was the toddler whom was blinded in the incident and one year later had only regained partial vision.
Last case I'm suggesting and this one is because of how horrific the circumstances were. Only thing was that during the 1980s/1990s, the city of Miami must have had so many fugitives wanted for murder, that they may have not had time to suggest this case.
Now there are so many cases that I can't mention them all. I just scrolled through the subforums and came up with these cases.
Gene Isaac Stees: In the 1960s, Gene was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and dumping her body in an Ohio lake. This happened while Gene was having an affair with another woman and was planning on divorcing his wife. After being convicted, in 1970, he simply walked out of prison since he had been a "model inmate".
AMW had a tendency to focus especially on prison escapees, and Gene would have only been in his 60s during the 1990s.
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Calvin Fulmer: Career criminal as a teenager, he stabbed his mother to death at the age of 18. In 1974, Calvin escaped from a Colorado prison by threatening an ambulance driver and a corrections officer.
Not only was Calvin a prison escapee, but he was convicted of killing his mother, and AMW in their early seasons profiled a lot of fugitives charged with killing their parents. Calvin would have only been in his 40s during the 1990s.
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Melvin Jones: At the age of 19, Melvin and an accomplice went into a mill in North Carolina to rob it, when they pushed down the 91-year old owner with such force that it caused internal injuries, resulting in his death. He was convicted in the early 1960s and later escaped from custody in 1976.
Melvin would have only been in his late 40s/early 50s during the 1990s, and I feel this would have been a viable case to profile based on how brutal the murder was that he got convicted of.
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Robert McWilliams: At the age of 22, Robert brutally beat an 82-year old man, tied him up and left him to die on a North Carolina road, for $60 dollars. Robert was convicted but escaped from a North Carolina prison in 1977.
Same as with Melvin Jones. Robert would have also only been in his 40s during the 1990s which as with the other fugitives so far would have been the most likely time that AMW would have aired this case if it had made the show.
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Vallory Lynn Wade: In the late 1970s, Vallory was sentenced to 21-years for manslaughter in Louisiana. This came after she HUNG her four-year old daughter with a rope attached to a clothes hanger. In 1983, Vallory escaped from a correctional institution.
Kind of obvious as to why I'm suggesting Vallory, any parent convicted/accused of killing their own child(ren) as far as I'm concerned had better have been sent to AMW for possibly being profiled. She would have only been in her late 30s/early 40s during the 1990s and quite frankly should be a relatively easy fugitive to catch in my opinion. This is also considering AMW did several episodes based out of Louisiana in their run, including the years of 1990, 1995 and 1998 based on my research.
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Carlos Gomez: In 1985, Carlos went to see a Miami, Florida man about returning him a boat. The man was paraplegic and was holding a two-year old child on his lap. Carlos then allegedly pulled out a gun and shot both the man and the toddler. Carlos then fled the scene and allegedly shot and killed another person in the parking lot. The only survivor of the incident was the toddler whom was blinded in the incident and one year later had only regained partial vision.
Last case I'm suggesting and this one is because of how horrific the circumstances were. Only thing was that during the 1980s/1990s, the city of Miami must have had so many fugitives wanted for murder, that they may have not had time to suggest this case.
