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Post by theczar on Jun 11, 2013 12:12:15 GMT -5
  Dewey Daniels is wanted for a crime spree that occurred from the late 60's to the early 70's. Daniels was a former police officer from Tennessee. But by 1969, he had switched sides with the law. In December 1969, Daniels entered a supermarket as it was getting ready to close and demanded all the money be put in a brown paper bag, as well as all the employee's valuables. During the robbery, someone outside noticed something was wrong and informed the police. When the officers looked into a window to see what was happening, Daniels noticed them and shot one of them in the face. He then fled through the back door. A few weeks later, he robbed a Jiffy Market in the same way. A few months later, Daniels convinced the police chief of Weaverville, North Carolina to drive him around town, when he turned on him. He handcuffed him to a tree, and took his cruiser to rob the town's bank of around $20,000. Daniels was arrested in February 1971 after an automobile accident. He was convicted of robbery and assault in regards to the supermarket incident, and was awaiting trial in North Carolina for kidnapping and robbery. After the first trial ended in a hung jury, he was sent back to Tennessee to serve his 10-year sentence. In December 1973, he escaped from the jail he was being held at, during which he stabbed a deputy in the abdomen. He hasn't been seen since. Given the fact that Daniels would be 84 today, there is a high possibility he's not alive. That being said, age does not necessarily mean anything, Whitey Bulger is a perfect example. If he's still alive, where do you guys think he is? I doubt he strayed too far from his family. After his mother died, investigators claim they found cigarette butts around her tombstone. While they never confirmed they belonged to Daniels, they probably should've conducted surveillance to see if it was him. Thoughts? UPDATE from site admin: I haven't found any recent updates, but feel it is safe to assume that Daniels, dead or alive, is still technically at large as of this update. (7/27/2018). If anyone has any updates/proof-of-updates in the future, they are always more than welcome to let us know. Admin Note #1: If you have any information on the whereabouts of Dewey Daniels, our advice would be to contact your local police or Crime Stoppers lineAdmin Note #2: 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 Scumhunter on Jun 11, 2013 15:23:34 GMT -5
Not much to add except it's a shame they didn't conduct surveillance. Could have caught them if they did. Thankfully at his advanced age he probably isn't as much a danger as he used to be if still alive. Not saying he doesn't deserve to serve out his remaining days in jail, just that he used to be a huge danger, and I take it an 84-year old man won't be actively robbing people.
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Post by HeadMarshal on Jun 11, 2013 17:05:16 GMT -5
I also don't believe he fled far from the area (or Tennessee for that matter). I also wouldn't be surprised if he managed to stay under law enforcement's radar for the past several decades, after all he was a former police officer (ex-cops are normally a pain to find). It's likely that if he's not dead, he's residing in a senior citizen community under an alias.
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Post by pakman on Jul 22, 2014 17:58:33 GMT -5
I apologize for bumping this topic, but I was just Googling Dewey Daniels and I discovered this, which was reported on a talk show in 2010: www.supertalkwfhg.com/cgi-bin/news/search.cgi?category=1&keyword=dewey+danielsIf the link doesn't work, the article said that Daniels' federal warrant was dismissed back in 2010. He's still wanted locally apparently, but the FBI isn't looking for him anymore. Now I can't find any other website that says this, but I also don't think it's a phony article either. Obviously at 83 there's long odds that he's even still alive anymore. |
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Post by HeadMarshal on Jul 22, 2014 18:03:57 GMT -5
First off, considering that this a forum for discussing unsolved true crime cases, as long as you have something to say that's not counted as spam, then feel free to bump a case thread.  Anyway, I'm not shocked that this happened. I know that the Marshals have said that they will hunt for the 1962 Alcatraz escapees until they would be 99-years old, but if there has been no sighting (which does somewhat surprise me) of a fugitive on the run for nearly 41 years, and that would be in his 80s by now, then the FBI probably gave up any hope of locating Daniels alive. |
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Post by pakman on Jul 22, 2014 20:02:48 GMT -5
Glad to know I'm good I'm not surprised by this, either, or the fact that it apparently wasn't well-publicized. I'd love to know whatever happened to him, but that's going to be really difficult. |
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Post by profiler24 on Dec 31, 2016 11:54:18 GMT -5
He must have been hiding and living in a rural area under a false alias. Were there even dna tests conducted on the cigarettes butts found near the tombstone of his mother?
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Post by danwind on Dec 24, 2017 0:57:57 GMT -5
He must have been hiding and living in a rural area under a false alias. Were there even dna tests conducted on the cigarettes butts found near the tombstone of his mother? When He may be the run for the long time, He may be no longer alive, He may be discovered by the DNA Testing if he was Idenifted. |
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Post by tundra629 on Jun 29, 2024 9:47:01 GMT -5
Saw this online, not sure if anyone will look at thread, any new theroys? Also as a former officer, i have heard a lot of stories.
This would make a great movie with all the local interest.
ANY THOUGHTS?
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Post by Scumhunter on Jun 29, 2024 10:22:24 GMT -5
Not much to think other than a lot of dead fugitives getting identified by DNA and forensic genealogy lately so we can just hope that is the case for Daniels as well if he is dead.
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Post by tundra629 on Jun 29, 2024 10:26:59 GMT -5
Found a couple possibilities, case is pretty much closed, no dna testing would be done.
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Post by Scumhunter on Jun 29, 2024 12:04:19 GMT -5
Found a couple possibilities, case is pretty much closed, no dna testing would be done. Any proof of finding anything? Would be nice to officially close it. Although I don’t know what jurisdiction this would be in to send any evidence to. |
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