The poster stares back at you, with ten sinister-looking faces.
The worst of the worst - so notorious that the FBI is offering a massive reward for anyone
who provides information leading to their capture.
Who are the FBI’s ten most wanted in the year 2021?
#10.
Yaser Abdel Said
Said began his life in a humble way, as an immigrant from Egypt in 1983.
He soon married an American woman fifteen years his junior, and they had a son and two
daughters.
He became a citizen, but there was a dark side to this American success story.
His daughters Amina and Sarah soon started telling their friends and family that their
father was abusive.
The girls would occasionally show up with bruises and injuries at school.
They reported that their father spied on them, with Sarah even finding out that he was spying
on her at her part-time job.
But his obsession was about to take an even darker turn.
Amina covertly started dating a boy, and when Said planned to move the family, she planned
to run away with her boyfriend.
Eventually, Patricia had enough of her husband, and left with the girls - only for Yaser to
follow them.
He convinced his wife to return home with the girls, and when the teenagers refused,
Said shot them both and killed them.
Said went on the run, assumed to have fled back to Egypt - but he was later seen as a
cab driver around NYC.
He spent twelve years on the FBI’s most wanted list with a reward of $100,000 offered
for his capture.
In 2020, he was found in Texas and he and his son were arrested.
He currently awaits trial on capital murder charges - but remains on the list because
his case is ongoing.
But this next fugitive is still in the wild.
#9.
Robert William Fisher
A Navy veteran and firefighter, Fisher seemed like the picture of an all-American guy in
2001, but his public face hid a dark side.
His wife and two kids lived in fear of his explosive temper.
He was reportedly deeply bitter over his own parents’ divorce, and he was controlling
towards his wife and children.
He displayed other bizarre behavior, like shooting stray dogs and smearing animal blood
on his face.
But no one expected what was to come on April 9th 2001, when people in the neighborhood
heard a terrible argument at the Fisher home.
Then the explosion happened.
The house blew up the next morning, and firefighters battled the fast-moving blaze before finding
the bodies of Fisher’s wife and kids in the house - but they hadn’t died in the
fire.
They had been murdered.
Fisher was on the run, having been seen at an ATM hours before the explosion.
He was indicted for three counts of first-degree murder, but has managed to stay ahead of the
police for twenty years now.
His military background and his experience as a hunter makes him a particularly dangerous
fugitive, and the FBI has offered $100,000 for information leading to his capture.
This next fugitive was basically a ghost…
#8.
Alexis Flores
It was summer 2000 when Philadelphia resident Jorge Contreras took pity on a homeless drifter
calling himself Carlos.
He gave the unfortunate man shelter, gave him clothing to wear, and paid him for his
work as a handyman.
But this would lead to a horrifying discovery - Carlos had used his shelter to store the
body of Iriana DeJesus, a little girl who had been missing for several days.
Contreras recognized the shirt she was wrapped in as being one he had given to Carlos, and
a manhunt began for the drifter.
But who actually was Carlos?
All they had of him was a vague sketch, including a distinctive scar he had on his neck.
Two years later, an undocumented immigrant named Alexis Flores would be arrested for
shoplifting in Arizona, and the charges would later be upgraded due to false documents.
He was deported to Honduras after his prison term - and that would be a terrible mistake.
In 2007, his DNA would be matched to the DeJesus murder.
“Carlos” finally had a name, but he was out of the FBI’s reach now - and the US
and Honduras do not have an extradition treaty.
The FBI is offering $100,000 for information leading to his capture, and Interpol is involved
as well.
But he remains at large.
This next fugitive began his crime spree at the most humble of locations.
#7.
Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel
One of the youngest fugitives on the list, Patel seemed like a normal young man in India.
He had married his wife, Palak, by 2015 and the young couple had traveled to the United
States to visit relatives.
Their visit became an extended one, and they took a job at a local Dunkin’ Donuts owned
by his relative, where they worked a night shift together on April 12th.
But only one of them would leave that night.
They walked into the camera, disappeared off-view of the camera, and then Patel left alone and
closed the store.
The next people in the store would find something horrible.
When no one seemed to be on-staff, customers approached a police officer and he found Palak’s
body in the back - beaten and stabbed.
They quickly fingered her husband for the killing, but Patel had already escaped.
He was last seen taking a hotel shuttle to the airport, and authorities believe he may
have fled back to India or be hiding with relatives.
What turned this young man into a murderer?
Relatives report his wife wanted to return home to India.
Wherever he is now, he’s been on the run since 2015, and the FBI thinks he’s worth
a $100,000 reward.
But youth was no deterrent for this next criminal.
#6.
Alejandro Castillo
It was 2016, and a 17-year-old Castillo worked at a Greek-themed restaurant in Charlotte,
North Carolina.
But he was more interested in girls than his job, and he had eyes in particular for his
co-worker Truc Quan “Sandy” Ly Le, who was six years older than him.
They briefly dated, and she even lent him some money - which he never paid back.
But even as he went on to dating another coworker, he never stopped thinking about Sandy.
And that fixation soon turned into a dangerous obsession.
And then, Sandy disappeared.
Investigations showed that Castillo had contacted her saying he would pay her back.
Instead, he took her at gunpoint to an ATM and made her empty her bank account.
He then drove her to the woods, shot her, and dumped her body in a ravine.
The teenage murderer then fled in her car, along with his new girlfriend Ahmia Feaster.
They headed to the border and crossed into Mexico, but only a few months later Feaster
turned herself in to authorities.
She cooperated for a lesser sentence and reported that Castillo had gone missing while they
were in Mexico - disappearing off the radar.
He’s still at large, with a $100,000 award offered for his capture.
He wasn’t the only Romeo turned murderer on the list.
#5.
Arnoldo Jimenez
Everything seemed to be going right for Arnoldo Jimenez and Estella Carrera.
They were happily engaged, had a two-year-old daughter along with Jimenez’s nine-year-old
daughter from a previous relationship, and on May 11th, 2012, they were married at Chicago
City Hall.
They celebrated at a nightclub with their friends and family, and then drove home in
Jimenez’s car.
That’s where things took a dark turn.
The newlyweds started arguing, and Carrera quickly discovered that her husband had a
dark side.
It would be a one-night marriage.
Jimenez stabbed his wife fatally and dragged her body into their apartment, leaving it
in the bathtub - in her wedding dress.
When she never picked up her children, she was reported missing and her body was found
by police.
And Jimenez had disappeared.
Police tracked him from Illinois, to Tennessee, to Arkansas, to Texas - and eventually to
Mexico.
They were able to arrest his brother for drugs and find more evidence linking him to the
murder, but he remains a fugitive with a $100,000 bounty south of the border.
Age was no barrier for this next criminal - in the other direction.
#4.
Eugene Palmer
It was 2012 when Eugene Palmer lived next to his son and daughter-in-law in Stony Point,
New York.
The 73-year-old man watched as his son’s marriage fell apart, and eventually his daughter-in-law
Tammy filed for a restraining order and threatened divorce.
This could cause Eugene to have to leave his home - and he wouldn’t stand for that.
A nasty feud began between Eugene and his daughter in law, and on September 24th, he
took action.
Tammy walked her children to the bus, returned home - and suddenly came under fire.
Eugene was targeting her with a shotgun.
And after three shots, he finished the job.
The senior sharpshooter then fled the scene in a pickup truck, which he abandoned later
and fled into the woods.
Police led a hunt in the woods with dogs, which tracked his scent to a campground.
But no trace of him was ever found.
His family believes he’s likely dead - after all, how far could a diabetic man with a heart
condition now pushing eighty get?
But the FBI disagrees.
They pointed out that Palmer was an avid outdoorsman and could easily have survived in the woods
and fled to another state, and they’ve offered a $100,000 award for his capture.
But some fugitives command a higher price.
#3.
Jason Derek Brown
Jason Derek Brown had a very unlikely beginning for a wanted fugitive.
He was a devout Mormon who served a missionary and owned a toy business.
But he had a taste for expensive vehicles, and was deeply in debt.
He escalated from fraud, to theft and home invasions, to a robbery that went horribly
wrong.
In 2004, he bought a Glock pistol and went to the local AMC theater in Phoenix.
There, armored car guard Robert Keith Palomares was collecting the weekend box office.
A hooded gunman came out of nowhere and shot him six times, killing him.
The gunman then fled with $56,000.
It wasn’t long before the killing would be linked to Brown.
They found his bicycle and found the amateur robber’s DNA on it.
He was quickly charged with first degree murder and unlawful flight, but by then he had fled
to Las Vegas.
Authorities found his car abandoned, and his brother was later charged with obstruction
of justice for helping him dispose of evidence.
Brown’s case became notorious, and sightings of him came from across the United States,
Mexico, and Canada.
But the genuine article has eluded capture for over fifteen years, and the FBI has offered
a $200,000 reward for his capture.
But the FBI also has their eye on some much larger-scale criminals.
#2.
Jose Rodolfo Villarrreal-Hernandez
Villarreal-Hernandez was born into a life of violence.
His father was a member of the Beltran-Leyva Cartel in Mexico, and was murdered by the
rival Gulf Cartel.
It was no surprise that Villarreal-Hernandez’s involvement in the family business only got
more intense, and he had a target in mind for revenge - Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa.
A powerful lawyer for the Gulf Cartel, now lived in Southlake, Texas and was an informant
for US law enforcement.
But that wouldn’t stop Villarreal-Hernandez, who hired a crew to sneak into the US.
And on May 22nd, 2013, they would strike.
As Guerrero entered his car, two assassins pulled up and fired multiple shots at him.
He was killed immediately.
While the assassins escaped, three men connected to their hiring were arrested and named Villarreal-Hernandez
as the mastermind.
While he remains at large in Mexico, the FBI is on the hunt and has offered a million-dollar
reward for his arrest.
But they’re not the only ones looking.
Guerrero’s sister targeted one of Villarreal-Hernandez’s relatives in revenge, even sending her brother’s
hitman a picture of the severed head.
With enemies like this, Villarreal-Hernandez may want to think about turning himself in.
But there’s one fugitive more wanted than a cartel hitman - a cartel ringleader.
#1.
Rafael Caro Quintero
Rafael Caro Quintero had humble beginnings as a farmer, but his crop of choice would
lead to a lot of trouble.
He grew Marijuana, and that turned him from a simple worker into a local land baron.
He worked for many of Mexico’s most notorious gang leaders and became a successful drug
trafficker in the 1970s.
But he would soon branch out on his own, and he formed the Guadalajara Cartel.
He shipped mass quantities of Marijuana to the United States, but would be most notorious
for his kidnapping, torture, and murder of US DEA agent Enrique Camarena and four others.
He would eventually be sentenced to forty years in prison for murder in Mexico.
But there was a twist to his story coming.
A state court ruled that he had been tried improperly, and ordered him set free in 2013.
This caused outrage across the border, and diplomatic pressure forced Mexico to reopen
an investigation.
They eventually issued a new arrest warrant, and US and Mexican forces continue to pursue
him to this day.
He remains at large, with his attorneys trying to get the charges dismissed but failing.
With Interpol and the FBI looking for him, the notorious kingpin commands the highest
reward for any criminal on the FBI’s most wanted list - a stunning twenty million dollars.
See any of them in your neighborhood?
Keep your eyes open - and approach carefully.
For more on America’s most wanted, check out “Scariest Criminals on US Marshals’
Most Wanted List”, or watch “World’s Most Dumb Criminals That Didn’t Get Away
With It” for the ones you don’t need to worry about.