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This weeks episode: Roger McCray: http://www.amw.com/fugitives/ brief.cfm?id=38744 Less than 48 hours after we told you about accused killer-arsonist Roger McCray, your tips led cops right to him in Seattle, Wash. McCray was wanted for setting his roommate on fire and leaving him to burn to death. Unknown Kenneth Harris, Sr. Killer: http://www.amw.com/fugitives/ brief.cfm?id=61388 After nearly two months, Baltimore City police caught up with 19-year-old Charles McGaney and 20-year-old Gary Collins -- two men they say murdered beloved former Baltimore city councilman Kenneth Harris, Sr. But no one in the police department is celebrating yet, because a third suspect is still out there, and the manhunt is far from finished. Cops need help identifying the third man responsible for Ken's senseless murder. Eddie Hicks: http://www.amw.com/fugitives/ brief.cfm?id=52270 Former Chicago cop Sgt. Eddie C. Hicks swore to uphold the law throughout his 30 years on the force. But for n...

AMW News Alert: Fugitive Lesbian Couple Commits Suicide After Appearing On AMW Investigators say fugitive couple Tina Loesch and Skye Hanson were found dead after an apparent murder/suicide in Pima County, Ariz., near Tucson. The announcement follows AMW’s profile of the two accused killers this past Saturday night. Stay with AMW.com for the latest on this breaking story.

Once again, your Saturday night should be an interesting one, as America's Most Wanted goes after some of their most wanted wicked women. Tina Loesch and Skye Hanson: In 1998, Barbara Loesch was electrocuted and drowned in her hot tub. Two years earlier, her husband was gunned down while working his morning paper route. Cops believe their daughter and her gay lover may have been behind both deaths -- both for revenge, and for $525,000 in life insurance. http://www.amw.com/fugitives/ brief.cfm?id=59857 Jacqueline LeBaron: The search for Jacqueline Tarsa LeBaron has continued for years, but agents have not given up the search. In fact, a new picture of the fugitive has surfaced, heating up the hunt for the woman Feds are calling a vicious killer. http://www.amw.com/fugitives/ brief.cfm?id=26226 Joey Offutt: When Pennsylvania State Police arrived at the scene of a house fire in Sykesville in the early morning hours of July 12, 2007, they weren't prepared for everything the...

**warning this story's crime is only the fact that it's filled with bullshit, but I'm too annoyed to not mention it, so get over it*** First, I'm supportive of different lifestyles, as long as their of age- I don't care who you drag into your bed. But... when a WOMAN pretends to be a man (while still keeping most of her girly parts) and then claims to be a pregnant man- it just annoys the hell out of me. There is NOTHING special to this story, nothing making it any more important than the other thousands of cases of two WOMEN using artificial means to have a baby. I'm really wishing everyone would stop trying to blow smoke up our asses by pretending that this is an actual news worthy case of a actual MAN having a baby. Thomas Beatie, who was born a woman but lives as a man in Oregon after surgery and hormone treatment, is expecting a second child, Beatie has told Barbara Walters in an interview set to air on television on Friday. Beatie, 34, who is legal...

The man described as 'every woman's worst nightmere' by Washoe District Judge Jerome Polaha, Curtis Lange has been sentenced to two life terms after being convicted of sexually assaulting two women. Lange had been paroled in 2002 after serving time for the sexual assault of 17 year old classmate in 1982. He should have never been released, as evident by the testimony of one of his recent victims: “He tasered, handcuffed and blindfolded me as I entered the most terrifying episode anyone could imagine,” his May victim, a 54-year-old Reno woman, said during the sentencing hearing. “I was told on multiple times to lie face down on my bed and thought that he was getting ready to kill me in that position.” Full story.

A DOCTOR'S WIFE IS MURDERED, SPELLING TRAGEDY FOR TWO FAMILIES AS A YOUNG MAN’S LIFE HANGS IN THE BALANCE “48 HOURS MYSTERY” REVEALS NEW DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENTS IN A RIVETING LEGAL BATTLE THAT HAS PUT JUSTICE ON TRIAL In March 1999, Karen Tipton, a mother of two and the wife of psychiatrist Dr. David Tipton, was found stabbed 28 times in her Decatur, Ala. home. And for the last nine years Daniel Wade Moore, who was convicted of the crime, has been at the center of an unprecedented legal battle, one that has his life hanging in the balance. Moore, a former drug user, was only 24 when he was arrested for Tipton’s murder after he confessed to his uncle that he had been present at the scene of the crime. While being questioned by police, Moore stabbed himself with a penknife, a move that authorities believe stemmed from his feelings of guilt. Moore, however, says that he is not guilty, explaining that he was getting high on drugs at the time he confessed to his uncle and that he had a...

Patrick Lee Kenney might want to consider finding a new hobby to fill his time for the next six years, for at least two good reasons. First- his latest hobby isn't really one that he can continue from prison. Second, his hobby- text messaging a 12 year old girl- is sort of what got him sentenced to jail in the first place. Prosecutors said 29-year-old Patrick Lee Kenney also pleaded no contest to attempted sexual abuse and furnishing obscene material to a minor. Kenney met the girl on the MySpace site. The girl's mother accidentally saw the text messages and gave the phone to Klamath County sheriff's deputies, who continued the text chat with Kenney. Full story. Side note- what is a 12 year old doing on MySpace to begin with? Are there parents out there that are STILL that stupid?

Martin Hernandez is currently being charged with molesting a young boy he met and befriended. Police say that Hernandez met the boy in a store, and proceeded to buy him a few things before offering the child a ride home. Once the boy was in his vehical, Hernandez sexually molested him. The child informed his parents after getting out of the car at his bus stop. Hernandez has decided to take the 'point the finger' method of dealing with his deviant actions, by telling police that he molested the child because of problems in his past. Really? Why it is that no one is ever responsible for the actions they take? It's always someone, or something else's fault. Hernandez's problem isn't something that happened in his past. It's his clear lack of decency, and self control mixed in with a case of demented impulses in his present that caused him to molest this child. Full story

Police are searching for Christopher David Ogdahl, a sexual offender convicted of inappropriately touching a 14-year-old girl in 2006. After he failed to comply with his probation, a warrant was issued for his arrest. There is a $5000 reward for information leading to his arrest. More information

I'd like to issue a small warning to sex offenders registered in Mountain View: You may want to move. Or at least get a nice bolt for your doors. Sex offenders living in Mountain View are being warned by police to be vigilant after two men convicted of sex crimes were targeted in recent attacks, authorities said. On Thursday, in the northern part of the city, a man armed with a wooden stick forced his way into the front door of a registered sex offender's home. The intruder hit the resident numerous times in the head, causing moderate injuries, telling the victim that he was being attacked because he was a sex offender, police said. The assailant fled. A second sex offender escaped being attacked when a man carrying a baseball bat was spotted placing a "incendiary device" at the home of the sex offender. A witness said the man claimed he was doing it because the resident was "a sex offender", then took the device and left. Source.

TWO VEGAS HARD BODIES’ HARD PARTYING WAYS END IN AN UNTHINKABLE MURDER AND THE DOWNFALL OF A FITNESS POWERHOUSE A “48 HOURS MYSTERY” EXCLUSIVE, SATURDAY, NOV. 8 Craig Titus and his wife Kelly Ryan were two of the biggest stars of the body building world. The duo – he, a Mr. Olympia competitor and she, a fitness champion – won numerous competitions and graced magazine covers. Titus even trained Motley Crue lead singer, Vince Neil, who admits to 48 HOURS MYSTERY that Titus used steroids and injected him with them. And steroids were not Titus’ only drug of choice. These Las Vegas hard bodies were also hard partiers, known for using illegal drugs and pain killers. But all that changed on Dec. 14, 2005, when the charred corpse of a young woman was discovered in Ryan’s burned-out car on a Las Vegas desert road. The unrecognizable body was initially thought to be Ryan, but authorities were stunned when they arrived to the couple’s house only to be greeted by her at the door. The body was tha...

Toledo Ohio police are looking for information on the whereabouts of Johnathon Ray Thebeau a sexual offender wanted for failing to register. For more information, video and photo, click here .

This week on America's Most Wanted. Roy “Bubba” Massey Cops say notorious bad boy Roy "Bubba" Massey led Arkansas State Police on a high speed chase that ended in a fiery crash before he was taken into custody. http://www.amw.com/fugitives/ brief.cfm?id=25457 Russell McCollum Police say Russell Victor McCollum appears to be a responsible, straight-laced guy; cops in Tennessee say he's anything but. http://www.amw.com/fugitives/ brief.cfm?id=59561 Joseph Roman New York City Det. Kenny Kearns had mixed feelings about pursuing his latest fugitive, Joseph Roman, because Roman once worked in his family's restaurant in the Bronx. "The streets got him," Kearns says, and in turn, cops say Roman got involved in a murder. http://www.amw.com/fugitives/ brief.cfm?id=59600 Candido Peraza Cops in Ontario, Calif. are determined to bring Candido Renteria Peraza to justice for the fatal hit-and-run of 7-year-old Nathan Sitompul. Cops say a drunken Peraza s...

INVITATION TO A MURDER THE FOURTH BOOK FROM “48 HOURS MYSTERY” IS AVAILABLE IN STORES TUESDAY, OCT. 28  “48 HOURS MYSTERY” PRODUCER GAIL ABBOTT ZIMMERMAN GOES BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE BROADCAST TO EXAMINE A CHILLING DOUBLE HOM I CIDE A violent home invasion took a young mother’s life. But was that what really happened? Invitation to a Murder , available in stores on Tuesday, Oct. 28 is the fourth book from 48 HOURS MYSTERY. In this riveting account of a crime first documented on the broadcast, producer Gail Abbott Zimmerman unravels the lethal secrets inside a seemingly perfect marriage to find out who was behind a chilling double homicide. “My wife is dying on the floor!  Please, please come help!”  The frantic 911 call sent emergency units racing to a tidy brick home in suburban Springfield, Illinois.  Beautiful, vivacious Donnah Winger had been bludgeoned to death by a male intruder. Her attacker was fatally shot by Donnah’s husband, Mark.  In the afterm...