1955 fugitives
The "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" listed by the FBI in 1955 include (in FBI list appearance sequence order):
George Lester Belew
January 4, 1955 #81
Three weeks on the list
George Lester Belew - U.S. prisoner arrested January 24, 1955, at a motel near Champaign, Illinois after the motel owner recognized his photograph on a wanted flyer
Kenneth Darrell Carpenter
January 31, 1955 #82
One week on the list
Kenneth Darrell Carpenter - U.S. prisoner arrested February 4, 1955, near Arlington, Tennessee after an FBI Agent recognized him sitting in the vehicle next to his, as Carpenter reached for the radiodial in his car and the Agent recognized a tattoo of the word "love" on the fingers of his right hand. The Agent radioed for assistance and Carpenter was arrested an hour later.
Flenoy Payne
February 2, 1955 #83
Three years on the list
Flenoy Payne - U.S. prisoner arrested March 11, 1958, in Crittenden County, Arkansas, while working as an itinerant cotton picker and gambler.
Patrick Eugene McDermott
February 9, 1955 #85
Five months on the list
Patrick Eugene McDermott - U.S. prisoner arrested July 19, 1955 when he was recognized by a police officer from an Identification Order while he was working as a local ambulance driver in New York City
Garland William Daniels
February 18, 1955 #86
One month on the list
Garland William Daniels - U.S. prisoner arrested March 29, 1955, in Los Angeles, California after a citizen recognized his photograph in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper. The arrest was made as Daniels left his home accompanied by his 5-year-old daughter. A suspected narcotics addict, Daniels was in poor physical condition and was given medical treatment before being jailed.
Daniel William O'Connor
April 11, 1955 #87
Three years on the list
Daniel William O'Connor - U.S. prisoner apprehended December 26, 1958, in El Cajon, California during an investigation of a neighborhood theft of a two-wheeled trailer valued at $15. O'Connor was a neighbor of the victim and was identified by a routine check of his fingerprints. To avoid arrest, O'Connor had dyed his hair red, grew a mustache, added a tattoo and gained 58 pounds.
Charles Edward Ranels
September 2, 1955 #90
One year on the list
Charles Edward Ranels - U.S. prisoner arrested December 16, 1956, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas after neighbors recognized his photo on a wanted flyer.
Thurman Arthur Green
October 24, 1955 #91
Four months on the list
Thurman Arthur Green - U.S. prisoner arrested February 16, 1956, in Nashville, Tennessee while home alone in bed recuperating from a toothache, after he had sent his wife to stay with relatives. He told the officers, "I was expecting you yesterday."
In the 1960s, for a second 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 1960s decade in context, and then an historical list of individual suspects whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 1960s, under FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
In 1951, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a second year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1952, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a third year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1953, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a fourth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1954, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a fifth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1956, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a seventh year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1957, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for an eighth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1958, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a ninth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1959, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a tenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1960, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for an eleventh year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1961, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a twelfth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1962, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a thirteenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1963, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a fourteenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1964, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a fifteenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1965, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a sixteenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1966, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a seventeenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1967, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for an eighteenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1968, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a nineteenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1969, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a twentieth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
Michael Alfonso is an American former fugitive who was convicted of multiple felonies, including two counts of murder, in the state of Illinois. In January 2003, a year and half after the second 2001 murder, he was placed on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list, with a $50,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. After a year and half of being on the run, he was captured during a manhunt in Mexico and extradited back to the U.S.
