FBI 10 Most Wanted - Did You Know?
Did you know… that the “FBI Ten Most Wanted” list was implemented in 1950 after a reporter for the International News Service (the predecessor to United Press International) asked the FBI for the names and descriptions of the “toughest guys” the FBI would like to capture.
Did you know… that since its inception, 482 fugitives have been on the “FBI Ten Most Wanted” list, and 452 have been apprehended or located?
Did you know… that 147 of the cases on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list have been solved as a result of citizen cooperation?
Did you know… that the shortest amount of time spent on the “Top Ten” list was 2 hours by Billy Austin Bryant in 1969?
Did you know… that the longest amount of time spent on the “FBI Ten Most Wanted” list is over 20 years by Donald Eugene Webb, who is still on the list?
Did you know… that the oldest person to be placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list was 69-year-old James J. Bulger, who was added in August of 1999?
