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Post by HeadMarshal on Jan 29, 2014 20:00:05 GMT -5
I'm voting for Roberts and McDuff for the same reasons as Scumhunter. I would normally vote for Goins/Littlejohn, but thanks to Roberts's capture, that really proved that fugitive profiling on TV could work.
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Post by 912thamwuser on Feb 2, 2014 15:28:41 GMT -5
David James Roberts defeats Goins and Littlejohn 1 to 2, and the Broomstick Serial Killer shuts out White-Graham!
And now it's finally time for the Quarterfinals!
Quarterfinals, first half
Michael Blane Brashar, #763, Spt 30, 2003
John Walsh's #1 most wanted fugitive of 2002. In 1982, he sexually murdered a 20 year old woman named Mary Ann Castille. Less than a month later, he sexually murdered a 14 year old girl named Lisa Dawn Hoag who'd witnessed the previous murder. DNA matches came back throughout the winter of 2001. On October's Eve 2003, he fled from cops after AMW tipsters flushed him out, then he surrendered in Decatur, Alabama. He's since been sentenced to life in prison.
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Dennis James Skillicorn, #321, Oct 6, 1994
His murder spree started in 1979 when he broke into a home in Missouri and shot a man to death. Sentenced to 35 years in prison for 2nd degree murder, he was released after just over a decade. In the early to mid 1990s, he murdered 4 good samaritans in America, and traveled to Mexico where he killed a woman in a diner. On October 6, 1994, he was busted in San Diego, California 1 1/2 months after the murder of Richard Drummond, his 4th victim. Condemned to death in Missouri, he was executed in May of 2009.
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Vergilio Pablo Paz-Romero, #148, Apl 23, 1991
A self-proclaimed Cuban anti-Communist. In September 1976, the Chilean government hired him to assassinate a foreign ambassador with a remote-controlled bomb in Washington, DC. 2 people, including the former ambassador he targeted were killed, and 3 were wounded. 14.6 years later, AMW tips led to Boynton Beach, Florida, where he was running a landscaping business. Before he was busted, he picked a shootout with the police, which was caught on tape.
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Pedro Luis Estrada, #73, Oct 1, 1989
A former professional boxer on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. In 1985, he was involved in drug trafficking and robberies. From May to August 1986, he shot 7 people dead in drug contract hits. He was busted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, unarmed where his parents were staying.
These are tough. Michael Blane Brashar had seemingly gotten away with 2 sexual murders, one of a child, for 2 decades, and people who do that kind of thing don't typically stop, and 2 decades is plenty of time to do it again. Besides, he was among a few John Walsh year-end #1 fugitives to actually earn that title, and the only such fugitive to earn it AND get busted as a Direct Result capture. (Robert William Fisher deserved Luis A Ortiz' title of #1 in 2001, and Mark Everett deserved Alfonso Fowle's title of #1 in 2004). Dennis James Skillicorn killed 6 confirmed victims over 1 1/2 decade, and was executed 1 1/2 decade after that, but his crimes weren't sexually-based. But he REALLY wouldn't have stopped until he was caught. I'll give the slight edge to Skillicorn for his massive confirmed death toll.
Second, Vergilio Pablo Paz-Romero detonated a bomb with a casualty toll of 2 dead, 3 wounded, which the Chilean government hired him to do, and he was targeting an ambassador. He had been wanted for more than 14 years before he was finally busted, and before he went down, he picked a shootout and got caught on tape. That proved how dangerous he was, and how great it was to have him off the streets. However, Pedro Luis Estrada killed 7 people and was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, and was a somewhat well-known boxer. Cops also beat the odds by busting him without incident. However, he was only on the run for 3 years. I'll give the slight edge to Vergilio Pablo Paz-Romero for the government work, the double-digit years on the run, and the shootout caught on tape.
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Post by Scumhunter on Feb 2, 2014 15:59:39 GMT -5
Omg I know I say this often but this is the new hardest round ever!
I had to flip a coin for both. That resulted in Skillicorn and Paz-Romero. If this winds up in a tie later, I'll debate changing my vote.
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Post by HeadMarshal on Feb 2, 2014 19:34:01 GMT -5
I'm voting for Skillicorn and Paz-Romero for the same reasons as 912th.
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Post by 912thamwuser on Feb 5, 2014 11:26:11 GMT -5
Dennis James Skillicorn and Vergilio Pablo Paz-Romero defeat Michael Blane Brashar and Dennis James Skillicorn, and advance to the Semifinals!
Quarterfinals, second half
Angel Maturino Resendiz, #989, Jly 13, 1999
The Texas Railway Serial Killer, and one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted. He's pretty much confirmed to have killed 8 people in San Antonio and other cities in Texas near railroad tracks from the summer of 1997 to July 1999, including at least 1 sexual murder. He made at least 1 additional failed attempt at another sexual murder. Most of the victims were bludgeoned to death. AMW tipsters led cops to El Paso, Texas. As he crossed the bridge from Chihuahua, Mexico to El Paso, he gave up running, shook the officer's hand, and went into custody. He was executed in June 2006. He should've been capture #574, but AMW didn't take credit for his capture until April's Eve 2008, making him Capture #989.
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Cesar Barone, #249, April 20, 1993
From April 1991 to January 1993, he sexually murdered 4 women in Oregon. He may have sexually murdered a 5th victim, an elderly former neighbor, in Florida. He was busted in Oregon, the same state where he committed most of his crimes. He was condemned to death, but in December 2009 he died of natural causes.
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David James Roberts, #1, Fbr 11, 1988
A master criminal out of Indiana and one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. He has been in trouble with the law nearly his entire adulthood. In 1974, he murdered a couple and blew up their home, leaving their baby to die of smoke inhalation. A few months later, he raped a woman and set down her infant son just outside of her car, leaving the little boy to die of cold air exposure. He was caught and condemned to death, then he got commuted to 6 life terms. In October 1986, he escaped from prison. He was busted working as a coordinator for a homeless shelter in Staten Island, New York. He's currently serving 6 life terms as before he escaped.
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Kenneth Allen McDuff, #202, May 4, 1992
His series of 14 murders started in August 1966, in Fort Worth, Texas. He shot 2 people dead and sexually murdered a teenage girl in Fort Worth, Texas. Sent to the electric chair, they commuted his sentence literally seconds before he would've been fried. He was released in 1989, and over less than 3 years, he murdered the other 11+ victims. An AMW tipster busted him in Kansas City, Missouri, making a delivery for a refuse collection company just a few weeks after the last murder. He was executed in November 1998, becoming the first AMW capture to die by such.
Lots of serial killers this time! My votes go to Angel Maturino Resendiz and Kenneth Allen McDuff for their astronomical death tolls of 8 and 14.
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Post by Scumhunter on Feb 5, 2014 11:31:42 GMT -5
Oh wow. I'm probably going to be repeating "hardest round ever" for the next couple of match-ups.
First vote is for Resendiz for the higher death toll, and of course being on the FBI's top 10 list.
Second is so tough. Roberts capture was so important. But as said before, McDuff may be statistically speaking the worst captured fugitive in AMW history. I'm going to vote for Roberts still for the combination of being a serial/child killer and setting off AMW's impressive 26-year history.
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Post by HeadMarshal on Feb 5, 2014 19:14:33 GMT -5
I'm also voting for serial killers Resendiz and McDuff.
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Post by 912thamwuser on Feb 7, 2014 22:35:53 GMT -5
The Quarterfinals are completed. Angel Maturino Resendiz defeats Cesar Barone 0 to 3, and Kenneth Allen McDuff defeats David James Roberts 1 to 2.
Now for the Semifinals!
Dennis James Skillicorn, #321, Oct 6, 1994
His murder spree started in 1979 when he broke into a home in Missouri and shot a man to death. Sentenced to 35 years in prison for 2nd degree murder, he was released after just over a decade. In the early to mid 1990s, he murdered 4 good samaritans in America, and traveled to Mexico where he killed a woman in a diner. On October 6, 1994, he was busted in San Diego, California 1 1/2 months after the murder of Richard Drummond, his 4th victim. Condemned to death in Missouri, he was executed in May of 2009.
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Vergilio Pablo Paz-Romero, #148, Apl 23, 1991
A self-proclaimed Cuban anti-Communist. In September 1976, the Chilean government hired him to assassinate a foreign ambassador with a remote-controlled bomb in Washington, DC. 2 people, including the former ambassador he targeted were killed, and 3 were wounded. 14.6 years later, AMW tips led to Boynton Beach, Florida, where he was running a landscaping business. Before he was busted, he picked a shootout with the police, which was caught on tape.
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Angel Maturino Resendiz, #989, Jly 13, 1999
The Texas Railway Serial Killer, and one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted. He's pretty much confirmed to have killed 8 people in San Antonio and other cities in Texas near railroad tracks from the summer of 1997 to July 1999, including at least 1 sexual murder. He made at least 1 additional failed attempt at another sexual murder. Most of the victims were bludgeoned to death. AMW tipsters led cops to El Paso, Texas. As he crossed the bridge from Chihuahua, Mexico to El Paso, he gave up running, shook the officer's hand, and went into custody. He was executed in June 2006. He should've been capture #574, but AMW didn't take credit for his capture until April's Eve 2008, making him Capture #989.
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Kenneth Allen McDuff, #202, May 4, 1992
His series of 14 murders started in August 1966, in Fort Worth, Texas. He shot 2 people dead and sexually murdered a teenage girl in Fort Worth, Texas. Sent to the electric chair, they commuted his sentence literally seconds before he would've been fried. He was released in 1989, and over less than 3 years, he murdered the other 11+ victims. An AMW tipster busted him in Kansas City, Missouri, making a delivery for a refuse collection company just a few weeks after the last murder. He was executed in November 1998, becoming the first AMW capture to die by such.
My votes go to Vergilio Pablo Paz-Romero and Kenneth Allen McDuff.
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Post by Scumhunter on Feb 7, 2014 22:56:50 GMT -5
Close calls but my first vote goes to Skillicorn for the higher number of fatalities and fact he likely wouldn't have stopped killing. Second vote goes to McDuff for the higher number as well. I'm also predicting McDuff will likely win the whole contest now. I know it's really that not that bold a prediction since the contest is nearly over but still  |
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Post by HeadMarshal on Feb 8, 2014 12:29:42 GMT -5
I'm voting for Skillicorn and McDuff.
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Post by 912thamwuser on Feb 11, 2014 14:37:05 GMT -5
Here it is! The final match-up for Best Capture in AMW history!
Dennis James Skillicorn, #321, Oct 6, 1994
His murder spree started in 1979 when he broke into a home in Missouri and shot a man to death. Sentenced to 35 years in prison for 2nd degree murder, he was released after just over a decade. In the early to mid 1990s, he murdered 4 good samaritans in America, and traveled to Mexico where he killed a woman in a diner. On October 6, 1994, he was busted in San Diego, California 1 1/2 months after the murder of Richard Drummond, his 4th victim. Condemned to death in Missouri, he was executed in May of 2009.
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Kenneth Allen McDuff, #202, May 4, 1992
His series of 14 murders started in August 1966, in Fort Worth, Texas. He shot 2 people dead and sexually murdered a teenage girl in Fort Worth, Texas. Sent to the electric chair, they commuted his sentence literally seconds before he would've been fried. He was released in 1989, and over less than 3 years, he murdered the other 11+ victims. An AMW tipster busted him in Kansas City, Missouri, making a delivery for a refuse collection company just a few weeks after the last murder. He was executed in November 1998, becoming the first AMW capture to die by such.
My vote goes to my favorite capture in the roster, the Broomstick Serial Killer, Kenneth Allen McDuff!
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Post by Scumhunter on Feb 11, 2014 14:44:48 GMT -5
I vote for McDuff as well.
This is now sadly what looks like a "best capture ever" and not just a milestone contest.
McDuff is not only severely underrrated but very deserving of being named the best capture in AMW history!
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Post by HeadMarshal on Feb 11, 2014 14:56:25 GMT -5
I vote for Kenneth Allen McDuff as my favourite overall capture.
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Post by theczar on Feb 12, 2014 22:03:41 GMT -5
Just to make it a clean sweep, I'm also voting for McDuff, one of the most underrated serial killers in this time. I also find it very fitting that the two finalists have been put to death. Shows just how violent and dangerous these fugitives were.
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Post by 912thamwuser on Feb 13, 2014 0:10:26 GMT -5
AND THE WINNER HAS BEEN DECIDED! By shut-out, the final winner of the Best Capture in AMW's roster is the statistical worst case they've ever solved, the Broomstick Serial Killer, Kenneth Allen McDuff! Thanks to everyone who voted in this contest! And if there's any interest, I might just decide to hold a century-by-century series of mini capture face-offs starting in March, if only to welcome John Walsh to his new show two months later!
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