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When your mother is on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, even a trip to the playground is dangerous.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Shortly after his arrest it was revealed that San Diego was one of America's most wanted fugitives and had featured five times on the Fox programme America's Most Wanted.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

Mexico's top security official, Omar García Harfuch, said in a post on X that Patel had visited Mexico City on Thursday, and departed with two fugitives on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

In the 1970s McDonald made the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted list; yet the FBI never uncovered the information Mr. Toledo reveals, in unvarnished detail, in “Don’t Talk About Joe Mac.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

“Mmhmm. And she told the doctor she didn’t want treatment. Wanted to ‘let it run its course.’”

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone