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Post by HeadMarshal on Sept 6, 2015 18:40:34 GMT -5
  All that is known about Stephen Harrington is that he would be approxmiately 68 years old by the time of this thread posting. If you have updated physical description or any other (non-tip related) information or news updates, you can forward it to us at. amwfans.com/thread/1662/website-contact-form As far as tips on whereabouts are related, according to the Denver Post, you can contact Aurora police Detective R.J. Wilson at 303-739-6106 or rwilson@auroragov.org or Denver Post reporter Kirk Mitchell at 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com--- In 1977, Stephen Harrington was in a relationship with Gabriele Heister until she broke it off. Gabriele then became the victim of Stephen's jealousy and stalking for a decade. She moved to New Jersey and married Harry Kavalos. Stephen caught up with her and threatened to kill himself. Gabriele and Harry then moved to Colorado where Stephen was temporarily admitted into a mental institution. In there, Stephen wrote to Gabriele's family, threatening to murder them. On Feb 24, 1987, Stephen ran from the hospital gym and fled into the civilian population of Aurora, Colorado. On Apr 9, 1987, Stephen shot and killed Harry. Stephen then fled to Toronto, Canada where he was living with a Mexican woman, he was last tracked to Mexico but has not been heard from in years. --- Thoughts? Stephen Harrington was first aired on the Nov 27, 1988 episode of America's Most Wanted and was included in the master list of AMW fugitives that was sent to Scumhunter. Annoyingly, the murder of Harry Kavalos is actually on the Colorado Cold Cases website, but does not mention anything about Stephen Harrington. If he's still alive then he needs to be held accountable for Harry's murder, but after 28 years, that's only a possibility. blogs.denverpost.com/coldcases/2008/01/27/new-profile-mental-hospital-patient-escapee/17/UPDATE from site admin: I have found no new articles online about this case in the three years since HeadMarshal's original posting. As far as I can tell, Harrington is still at large as of this update (7/26/2018), since I haven't found anything online suggesting otherwise. However, if anyone has any updates/proof-of-updates one way or the other, they are always more than welcome to let us know. |
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 6, 2015 19:16:58 GMT -5
Hard to say, Mexico seems a possibility, but the guy wasn't all there to begin with. Could he possibly be alive considering his mental state nearly 30 years later?
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Post by pakman on Sept 7, 2015 16:42:50 GMT -5
I remember CatchumAll, from the old AMW forums, briefly mentioned Harrington when he talked about old unsolved cases. Specifically, he talked about how he remembered a part of the reenactment that showed Harrington "goose-stepping" around mental facility. I later found a clip of this reenactment from an AMW promo on YouTube, though I've since been unable to locate it.
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Post by HeadMarshal on Mar 16, 2017 14:47:21 GMT -5
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Post by catchumall on Jan 15, 2019 14:59:23 GMT -5
Steven Harrington's goose stepping reenactment scene in this AMW clip at 12:27. Harrington clean-shaven mugshot at 12:18 (center). Very brief preview.
FBI Top Tenner bank robber Leslie Rogge and murderer Richard Church in custody and convicted. The 1989 San Francisco Bank of America robbery/ murder/bike getaway fugitives still at large.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZBWG4NDDsk |
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Post by HeadMarshal on Jan 15, 2019 15:24:58 GMT -5
Steven Harrington's goose stepping scene in this AMW clip at 12:27. Very brief preview.
FBI Top tenner bank robber Leslie Rogge and murderer Richard Church arrested. The 1989 San Francisco Bank of America robbery murder bike getaway fugitives still at large.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZBWG4NDDsk Thanks for finding this Catchumall! Compared to other AMW cold case fugitives, I feel Stephen Harrington might have been caught if aired in the late 90s or early 2000s. He's part of the very short list of 1988 aired fugitives still at large (others being Glen Godwin, Toru Sakai and Samuel Burchard). |
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Post by Maddog on Jan 19, 2019 20:19:26 GMT -5
Not that I am criticizing law enforcement, but I think cops underestimated how dangerous Stephen Harrington really was in pursuing him as a fugitive. Keep in mind, he escaped from a mental health facility, and some persons as sick as Harrington was can pose a danger to the boundaries of others. I think his case could have benefited from MUCH more publicity.
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Post by Maddog on Jul 27, 2023 12:31:42 GMT -5
Numerous photographs of Harrington are attached. These were screenshots from his profile in 1990. |
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Post by Maddog on Jul 27, 2023 12:40:07 GMT -5
Timeline of AMW profiles of Harrington:
November 1988: Confirmed sighting of Harrington in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was running a business called "Autolisters" where he would place advertisements for people looking to sell their cars. He fled before he could be captured.
October 1989: Confirmed sighting of Harrington in Rockledge, FL. Again, he fled before capture.
December 14, 1990: Profiled a third time.
Traits and Habits of Harrington:
1) Lives cheap by eating at fast food restaurants and staying at cheap motels; 2) Obsessed with the Nazi regime; collects books on the third Reich; 3) Habitually managed to get his rent reduced by helping landlords take care of their property; 4) Trilingual: speaks English, German, and Spanish fluently; 5) Has used the aliases: George Whiteside, Marv Warner, and Brian Vallis; 6) Was suspected of living in the South as of his December 14, 1990 profile on AMW, potentially in GA or FL.
Here is the link to his profile from 1990:
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Post by Scumhunter on Jul 27, 2023 18:11:17 GMT -5
Thanks so much for all your updates today!
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Post by Maddog on Jul 27, 2023 18:17:37 GMT -5
Thanks so much for all your updates today! I’m glad we were able to use these screenshots to add new photos we didn’t have previously. |
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Post by Maddog on Jul 27, 2023 18:19:26 GMT -5
I did want to ask: with Harrington, was it discovered that he fled to Mexico at some point after the 1990 episode? The initial post indicates he was tracked to Mexico at one point.
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