Deputy U.S. Marshals Arrest Two Dangerous Fugitives Wanted for Separate Murders in Less Than Eight Hours

St. Louis, MO - On Aug. 27, members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force made up of Task Force Officers and Deputy U.S. Marshals from the Eastern District of Missouri were alerted to a suspect wanted for his part in a murder which occurred in Independence on Aug. 24. Information was received that the suspect was possibly in the St. Louis area and the deputies immediately began their search. The subject was found to be in the city of Moline Acres and was taken into custody without injuries to the suspect or deputies. 

Almost immediately following this arrest, the U.S. Marshals Service was made aware that an unrelated dangerous murder suspect, wanted in an Aug. 23 murder of a woman was believed to be at his residence in Moberly. Without hesitation the team responded to Moberly. With the assistance of local law enforcement, the Deputy U.S. Marshals effectuated another arrest after a short standoff. 

Both dangerous murder suspects were preparing to flee the areas they were in to avoid arrest and prosecution. Two murderers brought to justice - all in a day’s work for the men and women of the U.S. Marshals Service in the Eastern District of Missouri. 

“Our Deputy Marshals with the assistance of state and local partners, are ever vigilant in their pursuit of the most dangerous fugitives in society and make a difference every day,” said U.S. Marshal Steven Lewis, of the Eastern District of Missouri. 

The task forces organized by the U.S. Marshals Service are composed of Deputy United States Marshals and officers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, St. Louis Metropolitan, St. Louis County and St. Charles County Police departments and multiple municipal officers with the sole purpose of finding and stopping violent offenders with active warrants before they offend again.