The FBI published its first “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list in 1950. For 70 years, it has served “to publicize particularly dangerous fugitives who might not otherwise merit nationwide attention.” The FBI also has a current list of the 70 “most wanted” murderers. Here it is by race:
Race |
Number on Most Wanted Murderers List |
Share of the List |
Share of America’s Population |
Times More Likely Than a White to be on This List. |
Hispanics |
49 |
70.0% |
18.5% |
22.7 |
Blacks |
9 |
12.9% |
13.4% |
5.8 |
Whites |
7 |
10.0% |
60.1% |
N/A |
Asians |
5 |
7.1% |
5.9% |
7.2 |
We’re not sure why Hispanics dominate this list — why the odds of a Hispanic getting on it are 23 times greater than for a white. Maybe it’s because murder is usually prosecuted as a state crime, and this is a federal list, but that’s not a convincing explanation. If any readers have ideas, please share them with us in the comments.
Here are the mugshots, sorted by race.
Whites:
Joe Matthew Constance
Hazel Leota Head
William Bradford Bishop, Jr.
William Junior Jordan
Lawrence William Fishman
Thayne Alan Smika
Warren Stern
Asians:
Daniel Min Suh (Korean)
Mahboob M. Pasha (Pakistani)
Alvin Scott (Turkish)
Bob Tang (Cambodian)
Yegizar Karapetyan (Armenian)
Blacks:
Stanley Obas
Rosemary Lorraine Godbolt-Molder
Daniel Scaife
Muhammed Bilal El-Amin
Andre J. Fleurentin
Kevin Lamont Carter
Dennis M. Cunningham
Andrew P. Dabbs
Charles Lee Hill
Hispanics:
Alejandro Sanchez
Richard Charles Sanchez
Gerardo Mendoza
Derek Bryan Dominguez
Marco Antonio Garay
Cesar Villarreal
Edgardo Welchez-Marroquin
Jose Juan Chacon-Morales
Leonel Isais Garcia
Saul Aguilar, Jr.
Hugo Daniel Santos
Santino Mario Garcia
Edgardo Luis Perez
Ryan D. Rivera-Meister
Placido Molina
Jorge Ernesto Rico-Ruvira
Jorge Rueda Landeros
Efran Cornejo Yanez
Juan A. Gomez
Robert Morales
Evelin Martinez
Joel Emiliano Carranza
Hector Manuel Murcia-Brizuela
Juan Carlos Mayorga
Carlos Flores Garcia
Victor Alfonso Argueta
Steven Giovanni Aguilar-Medina
Manuel Virgen-Galvan
Cesar Soltero Herrera
Dennis Saint John Rodriguez, Jr.
Carlos Felino Hernandez
Andres Zambrano
Baldomero Barrientos Banuelos
Wilfredo Rodriguez
Andres Hernandez
Caris E. Ayala
Juan Dios Garza
Gustavo Ubaldo Soria
Juan Laureano-Arvizu
Jose Eduardo Rojo-Rivera
Francisco Martinez
Miguel Angel Hermosillio-Alcaraz
Diego Trejo
Arnulfo Beltran-Barboza
Cesar Carlos Castaneda
Jose Rosendo Carrillo-Padilla
Juan Carlos Martinez
Guillermo Peralta Castaneda
Octaviano Juarez-Corro