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Post by theczar on Mar 11, 2013 10:48:24 GMT -5
  Fugitive Profile as of August 28th, 2014 (Based on 2007 amw archive, please contact site with more current information): Real Name: William Peter Fischer Aliases: William Alan Fischer Sex: Male Race: White Age Now: 68-70 Height: 5'11'' Weight: 185 - 200 lbs. Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Gray / White. Receding hairline Eyes (Color and Correction): Blue Other Physical Characteristics: Has receding hairline, Fair complexion, May have stomach problems, May speak with a New York accent Scars and Tattoos: Has scar on throat from tracheotomy Traits and Habits:-Likes to dress in expensive, trendy clothes -Smokes Salem menthol cigarettes -Cops say he may be using cocaine and smoking crack -Cops say he is a heavy drinker who favors Red Label & Johnny Walker Scotch -Has worked as an auto dealer -Claims to play sax and be a figure skater -Cops say very flirtatious, likes kinky sex with multiple female partners -Plays racquetball Who to call if you've seen him: Based on wanted location, our advice would be to call Suffolk County Crime Stoppers (New York) at 1-800-220-TIPSWilliam Fischer is wanted for the double murder of his son Billy and his son's friend Nancy Hyer. Billy was suffering from cystic fibrosis and was deep in debt. It's believed he went to his father, who'd abandoned the family years prior, for help with his medical bills. He apparently called Nancy to pick him up. When Nancy failed to return home, Fischer claimed the two had left his house and believed they went somewhere else. Over a week later, Nancy's car was found not far from Fischer's house. In the trunk were the bodies of Billy and Nancy; Billy had been shot 18 times at close range, Nancy, who was nude, had been stabbed. While searching Fischer's house, they found bullets in the wall, with a strand of hair on one of them. They also discovered blood splatters. Before he was arrested, Fischer was able to flee. It's always been my belief that Fischer is probably dead, if not in very poor health. He was an overweight, alcoholic, chain-smoking, crack addict who enjoyed multiple sex partners. The list is huge with all the health problems he could face, considering he'd be pushing 70 at this point. Also, while it's believed he may have fled the country, I feel he probably stayed close by, probably in Jersey or Connecticut. One question though. Why do you guys think he committed those murders? Was it solely because he didn't want to give Billy the money and Nancy was just there? Why not just say no to Billy and tell him to get lost? Sure it's cruel, but is it any worse than killing him? And the overkill of the whole thing. 18 times? Thoughts? UPDATE from site admin: As of July 26th, 2018, Unsolved Mysteries Wiki still has Fischer mentioned as "Results: Wanted": unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/William_FischerAdmin Note: If you have any news-related updates on this case, please contact us here: amwfans.com/thread/1662/website-contact-form |
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Post by HeadMarshal on Mar 11, 2013 11:42:14 GMT -5
I think Nancy was killed along with Billy in an attempt to take the suspicion off of William. Even though Nancy was found nude, I doubt Fischer planned on raping her but to make it look like a non-domestic homicide. I also still feel that Fischer fled the United States considering he disappeared with over $100,000 dollars, maybe to Canada or Europe perhaps. But for the reasons you mentioned, it's unlikely that he lived much longer after the double homicide.
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Post by Scumhunter on Mar 11, 2013 17:55:11 GMT -5
AMW does not have good luck with notorious Fisher or Fischers do they? Besides the first Robert Fisher they profiled back in the day. I agree with Derek on the reason for killing Nancy, but as far as whereabouts, I don't think he stayed that close nearby, I really can't say if he fled the country or not and if we ever get an answer, neither would surprise me.
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Post by theczar on Mar 11, 2013 23:26:29 GMT -5
I understand about Nancy, but I still don't get why he felt he had to kill Billy at all. What would be different if he just refused to give him money? He had already stated he wanted nothing to do with his family, so alienating Billy probably wouldn't mean anything to him. Why go overkill with him?
I don't know much about their background, but I had a theory that maybe he had previously loaned Billy some money and he had trouble paying him back. The Unsolved Mysteries reenactment showed him getting very angry when Billy asked for help, so maybe he thought he was getting rid of this "burden." I don't know, it just seems absolutely senseless.
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Post by Scumhunter on Mar 12, 2013 6:25:16 GMT -5
Perhaps Fischer was just so angry at Billy for even bothering him he decided to kill him? As cruel as it sounds, maybe it wasn't so much feeling a burden as much as it was just him being angry. Like a "how do you are even ask, I hate your family..." and then he just exploded.
But another theory I have is fugitives don't think rationally, like a lot of us do. There's so many murders I see which seem so unnecessary in this sense. Perhaps he didn't realize that's all he had to say to Billy was to get lost, as cruel as it is, and in his mind he was a burden, which is the tragedy of the whole case.
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Post by pakman on Jul 16, 2013 23:59:11 GMT -5
In the AMW reenactment, it was stated that Billy and Jayson were put into foster care after William Fischer abandoned them and his ex-wife had a mental breakdown. But when Fischer remarried and his new wife found out he had two sons, he took them back because he didn't want to make himself look like a bad person. Jayson told AMW that all his memories of his father are bad; he said the man was incapable of loving and only cared about himself.
The lead investigator on the case seemed to believe that Fischer killed Nancy because he wanted to make it look like the two had run off together, or at least that's the story he was preparing to tell people.
Here's an odd note about the reenactment. When I first saw this story profiled in July 2003, there's one scene with Fischer and Billy on a boat talking about the money. You see the two of them from the distance, and then a closeup of them in the boat. Billy, in the reenactment, is smoking a cigarette. Now I don't know if Billy was a smoker in real-life or not (I certainly hope he wasn't) but in all subsequent airings that part was cut out. AMW probably realized it maybe made Billy slightly less sympathetic if they showed him smoking a cigarette while fighting a terminal lung disease.
If Fischer is still alive, I feel like he's probably in similar shape to James Bennett; older, probably on oxygen and in terrible health. I assume that his second wife probably left him after the murder (since nobody ever brings her up) so she'd probably not be much help in finding him.
This is just yet another one of AMW's frustrating cold cases.
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Post by catchumall on Sept 16, 2016 18:10:32 GMT -5
Fischer's twisted reasoning probably had him thinking it was a mercy killing...
putting the kid out of his misery while having one less debt to pay and bumping off his girlfriend as one less witness to mess up his plans. |
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Post by HeadMarshal on Nov 29, 2016 16:32:19 GMT -5
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Post by pakman on Dec 21, 2016 15:17:29 GMT -5
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Post by Maddog on Apr 30, 2018 20:57:34 GMT -5
I’m honestly wondering if he’s even still alive. With the amount of crack he was burning through, I’m wondering if he either overdosed or eventually owed money to dealers and was dealt with in that way. From what I have seen on the show and read, he was probably desperate for cocaine and didn’t kick the habit on the run.
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Post by Scumhunter on Apr 30, 2018 22:41:55 GMT -5
I think he was alive initially, but must have passed away by now. unfortunately, locating him will be a challenge.
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Post by HeadMarshal on May 14, 2019 11:32:46 GMT -5
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Post by Scumhunter on May 14, 2019 11:35:38 GMT -5
Interesting, although Fischer would be relatively young by today's standards, I still feel he's likely deceased by now due to his poor health habits even back in 1986 that theczar mentioned. Of course, you still want closure one way or the other.
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Post by HeadMarshal on Jun 17, 2019 10:50:09 GMT -5
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Post by billsfans568 on Jun 11, 2022 16:39:41 GMT -5
Just watched this on UM for the first time and what a total POS Fischer was wouldn’t help his own son who was seriously drowning in medical debt from cystic fibrosis which was no fault of his own and then kills him along with Nancy. I personally don’t believe Fischer is alive anymore but if he is i would love to see him captured and the judge and both victims families tear into him for what he did.
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