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Friday, October 07, 2005
Ind. Law - 'Oprah' helps capture Indiana fugitive
Couldn't resist this story. Maureen Hayden of the Evansville Courier& Press reports:
Never underestimate the power of "Oprah." On Tuesday, the talk show host flashed the picture of a Posey County, Ind., fugitive on screen, offered a $100,000 reward for his capture, and 48 hours later, Oprah Winfrey got her man.An "Oprah" viewer in Fargo, N.D., recognized William Carl Davis, 33, and told a friend, who then tipped off FBI agents in Fargo.
Davis, a convicted child molester wanted in both Vanderburgh and Posey counties, was arrested without incident Thursday afternoon by the Fargo police and lodged in the Cass County, N.D., jail. * * *
FBI spokeswoman Wendy Osborne said Davis had been living in an apartment under the name Mark Davis and had a driver's license in that name.
Osborne, an Indianapolis agent, had worked with Evansville FBI agent Marty Williams to get Davis profiled on "Oprah," along with seven other fugitives. She was impressed with the power of "Oprah." Osborne said she had been working with "America's Most Wanted" for the last two weeks to try to catch another Indiana fugitive, but all the leads generated by that show had turned up empty.
"But we put this guy on 'Oprah' and in less than 48 hours, we got him. It did the trick."
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 7, 2005 06:14 AM
Posted to Indiana Law