FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1970s: Difference between revisions

In the 1970's, for the third decade, the United States FBI continued to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Following is a brief review of FBI people and events that place the 1970's decade in context, and then an historical list of indivdual suspects whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 1970's.

FBI Directors in decade of 1970's

• J. Edgar Hoover ( –1972)
• Acting director: Clyde Tolson (May 2–3, 1972)
• Acting director: L. Patrick Gray (1972–3)
• Acting director: William D. Ruckelshaus (1973)
• Clarence M. Kelley (1973–78)
• Acting director: James B. Adams (1978)
• William H. Webster (1978- )

FBI Headlines in decade of 1970's

As a decade, the 1970's are marked by the passing of the Hoover era. The famous Director had formed and defined the Bureau for nearly a half century. And markedly, he was succeeded by a long list of short-term Directors throughout the Nixon-Ford-Carter era who could not match Hoover's larger persona. But eventually, Director William Webster brought stabilty to Bureau, through the later President Reagan era.

On the 1970's top 10 list, perhaps the most notable is the 2nd appearance of James Earl Ray, in 1977.

FBI Most Wanted Fugitives in decade of 1970's

The FBI in the past has identified individuals by the sequence number in which each individual has appeared on the list. Some individuals have even appeared twice, and often a sequence number was permanently assigned to an individual suspect who was soon caught, captured, or simply removed, before his or her appearance could be published on the publicly released list. In those cases, the public would see only gaps in the number sequence reported by the FBI. For convenient reference, the wanted suspect's sequence number and date of entry on the FBI list appear below, whenever possible.

The most wanted fugitives listed in the decade of the 1970's includes (in FBI list appearance sequence order):

Year 1970

305 - 309 Five People placed on list January 6 - August 18, 1970 US PRISONERS arrested April 17, 1970 - October 16, 1971 On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, January 6 - August 18, 1970 #305-309

310 Dwight Allen Armstrong ---------------- REMOVED from list April 1, 1976 because he no longer met the criteria On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, September 4, 1970 #310

311 -312 Two People placed on list September 4, 1970 ----------------US PRISONER arrested February 16, 1972 - January 8, 1976 On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, September 4, 1970 #311-312

313 Leo Frederick Burt ---------------- REMOVED from list April 7, 1976 because he no longer met the criteria On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, September 4, 1970 #313

314 Bernardine Rae Dohrn -------------- PROCESS DISMISSED December 7, 1973 On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, October 14, 1970 #314

315 Katherine Ann Power ---------------- REMOVED from list June 15, 1984 because she no longer met the criteria On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, October 17, 1970 #315

316 Susan Edith Saxe --------------------- US PRISONER arrested March 27, 1975 On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, October 17, 1970 #316

Year 1972

317 Mace Brown --------------------- KILLED in bank shootout April 18, 1973 On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, October 20, 1972 #317

Year 1973

318 Herman Bell --------------- US PRISONER arrested September 2, 1973 On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, May 9, 1973 #318

319 Twymon Ford Myers --------------------- KILLED in shootout November 14, 1973 On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, September 28, 1973 #319

320 -340 21 People placed on list December 7, 1973 - April 4, 1976 ---- US PRISONERS arrested December 12, 1973 - September 15, 1982 On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, December 7, 1973 - April 4, 1976 #320-340

Year 1976

341 Nathaniel Doyle, Jr. --------------------- KILLED in shootout July 15, 1976 On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, April 29, 1976 #341

342 - 348 7 People placed on list May 25, 1976 - March 18, 1977 ---- US PRISONERS arrested June 26, 1976 - September 6, 1977 On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, May 25, 1976 - March 18, 1977 #342-348

Year 1977

349 Roy Ellsworth Smith ---------------- SUICIDE by hanging found June 2, 1977 On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, March 18, 1977 #349

350 Raymond Luc Levasseur ---------- US PRISONER arrested November 4, 1984 On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, May 5, 1977 #350

351 James Earl Ray ----- DUPLICATE appearance on the list, was also #277 On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, June 11, 1977 #351

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Ted Bundy

between December, 1977 and February 13, 1978 #35-
Ted Bundy ------------- DECEASED US PRISONER arrested February 14, 1978; was wanted for twice escaping from jail, June 9, 1977 and December 1977, while being held on murder charge; sociopath serial rapist and killer throughout the 1970's

352 -365 14 People placed on list June 14, 1977 - December 17, 1978 -- US PRISONERS arrested August 20, 1977 - April 29, 1981 On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, June 14, 1977 - December 17, 1978 #352-365

Year 1979

366 Leo Joseph Koury ----------------- FOUND DEAD June 16, 1991 On FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, April 20, 1979 #366

Later entries

• FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by decade, 2000's
• FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by decade, 1990's
• FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by decade, 1980's

Prior entries

• FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by decade, 1960's
• FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by decade, 1950's

External links

• Current FBI top ten most wanted fugitives at FBI site
• FBI pdf source document listing all Ten Most Wanted year by year (removed by FBI)