[ siren wails ]
>> narrator: "america's most
wanted" is the most successful
show in television history at
catching america's most
dangerous fugitives.
>> tonight, his luck runs out.
>> narrator: More than
1,100 suspects captured because
of your tips.
Now we are back, and we need
your help again to bust the
most ruthless fugitives on the
run today.
♪♪♪
we're using incredible new
crime-fighting technology and
social media to connect us at
lightning speeds.
All night, we'll be sharing new
information about fugitives on
the loose right now, maybe
living right next door to you.
First, tamera williams, accused
of murdering her loving
boyfriend.
>> we hope to find her, wherever
she is, to face what she's done.
>> narrator: Next, larry chism,
a drug dealer who made two
violent prison escapes,
reportedly robbed a bank and
hasn't been heard from since.
>> I thought they were gonna
kill me.
And chris burns, a greedy,
desperate financial adviser who
police say stole millions,
then vanished.
>> he took everything.
He's ruined their future.
>> narrator: Have you seen this
man?
Tonight, you're our best shot at
catching these dangerous
fugitives.
[ siren wailing ]
this is "america's most wanted."
>> good evening.
I'm elizabeth vargas, and this
is "america's most wanted."
we are excited to be with you
tonight with a whole new lineup
of dangerous fugitives that we
need your tips to find.
We've captured 1,186 fugitives
since "america's most wanted"
premiered in 1988, all because
of you.
And tonight, we want that number
to grow.
After last week's premiere and
the tips we received from you,
we're confident it will.
Keep them coming, because
there's no time to waste.
Even the smallest tips
could help.
We also saw your reactions on
social media, like this tweet --
happy to hear a new generation
is watching.
We have new high-tech
crime-fighting tools to help us
identify and retrace our
suspects' steps, like our
life-size "amw" criminal
avatars, featuring
age-progression technology.
We also have our team of expert
profilers and investigators, the
fbi, u.S. Marshals all
monitoring your tips.
But most importantly, we'll hear
from the people affected by
these crimes -- the victims,
some of whom are with us in the
studio tonight.
It's the victims that motivate
me to do what I do and to
continue the mission set by our
original host, john walsh.
We're gonna get them justice,
and we're gonna do it with
your help.
Remember, you are the most
important tool we have.
You are our eyes and ears on the
ground.
Alright. Let's get started.
Our first case, tamera williams.
In 2018, her boyfriend of six
months went missing, and days
later, his remains were found
scattered on the side of an ohio
interstate.
But by the time police had
enough evidence to arrest her,
tamera williams was long gone.
Maybe you can help us find her
tonight.
>> cuz dave just got here.
>> you alright, baby?
>> that's cuz right there, man.
You know what I'm saying?
>> my brother david was loving.
>> [ laughs ]
>> he was my best friend.
>> why do you play so much?
>> david was a jokester.
He always had us laughing.
>> get him.
[ laughter ]
>> that was real cute.
>> david was a great father.
His son dj was david's life.
>> ooh. Yeah, good hit!
>> david worked overtime to make
sure dj had everything to
succeed, both on and off the
field.
>> his everyday life was
amazing.
But everything changed in March
of 2018.
David and tamera knew each other
since high school and
reacquainted through a mutual
friend.
She would be laughing in your
face, smiling, but it was always
something about her that did not
sit right with me.
I knew she wasn't gonna be good
for my brother.
Tammy was obsessive.
It wasn't obvious to everyone,
but it was obvious to me, she
wanted david all to herself.
♪♪♪
>> tamera and david weren't
together long -- just a few
months before they were moving
in together.
And then it wasn't too long
after that that the relationship
seemed to unravel.
We learned that tamera williams
was quite territorial when it
came to david.
She was very into this
relationship -- maybe more into
this relationship than david
was.
If she couldn't have david,
nobody could.
>> tammy had david's phone
cloned and would send text
messages to other females,
pretending to be david, to see
what he was doing.
>> david and dj's mom were not
together.
When he wasn't at his mom's, he
was at his father's apartment.
Dj receives this very strange
text from his father that he's
not feeling well and dj should
not come over.
If david and his father went a
day without talking, that would
be unusual.
A text message saying, "don't
come -- very strange."
>> dj decided to go to his
apartment to check on his dad.
He saw tamera coming out of the
apartment with garbage bags.
>> dad?
>> the first thing dj notices
when he enters the apartment is
his dad's clothes strewn all
over the bed.
Which was unusual, 'cause he
knew his dad was neat and tidy.
>> he also noticed there were
cleaning supplies left out in
his bathroom.
When tamera gets back, dj asked
her where his dad was.
Tammy said he wasn't feeling
well, he was out taking a walk.
>> dj goes back to his mom's,
texts his dad to check on him,
and he gets a text back that
says, "I'm sick.
My throat hurts.
I can't talk."
>> dj told me the next day.
That made me concerned.
I decided to check david's
apartment, so I called my
husband, and he said, "I'll meet
you there."
when we got to the apartment,
the door was not locked.
I started to freak out.
I called my dad to let him know
what was going on.
>> when I walked into david's
bedroom, I noticed that the bed
was unmade and the bed had been
moved.
Tasia looked under the bed.
She found empty peroxide and a
big, red stain.
Across the bed, I saw bullet
holes in the bottom corner of
the door.
I told everybody, "don't touch
anything.
Everybody out of the apartment."
I realized from my training as a
military policeman this was a
crime scene.
>> no one has seen the
39-year-old since Saturday --
the same day his son,
david carter jr., stopped by his
dad's place.
>> his girlfriend was there, but
I didn't see him there.
>> my brother was missing, and
tammy did not come to help us
look for david, which was
strange.
She was always with my brother.
>> everyone was wondering what
happened to david carter.
>> if you were in melvindale,
michigan, or metro detroit and
may have seen tamera williams or
anything suspicious relating to
david carter's disappearance in
the fall of 2018, please contact
us right now.
Even the smallest tips could
help.
Former prosecutor and legal
analyst yodit tewolde is here.
And, yodit, we actually have
some new photographic evidence
about tamera williams that we
can break tonight.
>> yes. So, with the help of
u.S. Marshals, our investigators
were able to grab this image
here, the last suspected
sighting of tamera williams, in
a fish market in the bronx just
six months ago.
>> six months ago?
Quite recent.
>> yeah, so, I mean, it's a huge
break in the case, because this
is the first time we've gotten a
photo of tamera since david's
murder.
>> alright. Based on that
photograph, as well as the many
other photographs of tamera,
we've managed to put together
our "amw" 3-d criminal avatar of
tamera.
Tell us what we're looking at
here.
>> so, we're looking at a woman
who's 42 years old, about 5'5",
and weighs 190 pounds.
But the most distinct feature,
elizabeth, is this huge tattoo
of roses on her left arm that
goes all the way up to her
shoulders.
>> that's quite large and
quite colorful.
Hard to miss.
>> yep. Large tattoo.
But she has several smaller
ones, one on her right foot,
back, and one on her thighs.
>> we also know from our
profilers that tamera williams
changed up her appearance quite
a bit and did it quite easily.
>> yeah. She did the switch-up.
She likes to wear her hair in
different styles, colors.
As you can see here, she's got
the short, dark-brown pixie cut,
then the, you know, long,
blondish locks.
Then she's wearing it curly,
straight.
So she's able to do the
switch-up, and, you know, that
makes it harder for her to be
recognized, as well.
>> we have these four pictures.
There are many, many more.
Tamera williams liked to take
photos of herself.
>> she did.
What we know about tamera is
that she liked to be out there.
She liked to be seen.
She was social.
She loves to post selfies --
almost one every single day.
This photo here was actually the
last one she posted,
September 27, 2018, just a few
days, elizabeth, before
authorities believe that david
died.
>> you're a prosecutor --
former prosecutor.
You spent many hours in the
courtroom.
How rare is this, for a woman to
commit a murder like this?
>> you know, it's really rare.
I mean, data shows us that most
homicides, up to 90%, are
committed by males, right,
against other males.
So it's really rare that a woman
would want to commit murder.
>> alright. Yodit, thanks.
If you've been in the bronx or
in new york city in the last few
months and tamera williams looks
familiar, contact us right away
at 1-833-3-amw-tips
or amwtips.Com.
Throughout the show, we have
crime alerts from all over the
country, and we need you at home
to help identify and capture
these suspected criminals who
have all been caught on camera.
This crime alert is so unusual,
investigators say they've never
seen anything like it before.
Detectives say this pregnant
woman walked into this fife,
washington, subway shop.
She was there for a sandwich.
She was there to rob the
restaurant.
She told the employees that she
was from the corporate office
and needed the store's cash
because another location had
been robbed.
She then pretended to call
headquarters to approve it.
Do you recognize her voice?
When the employees began to get
suspicious, she told them she
had a gun and rushed out the
front door to a getaway car.
Here's another look at her.
Investigators say she was
wearing a gray jacket, black
yoga pants, sneakers, and was
pregnant.
This happened in January, so she
will still be pregnant or may
even have a baby by now.
If you recognize her out in
public and have information
about this woman, send us your
tips at 1-833-3-amw-tips or at
our website, amwtips.Com.
>> narrator: Next, police are
about to discover the gruesome
details of david carter's
murder.
Tamera williams is nowhere to be
found, but now an "amw"
exclusive -- a new sighting.
Could this photo lead us right
to her?
And later, this acclaimed law
student running a secret drug
ring, escaping custody twice,
and getting violent.
Now he's on the run, and we have
new clues to help you catch him.
>> welcome back to
"america's most wanted."
after david carter went missing,
everyone had questions for
tamera williams, but she wasn't
answering them.
>> days go by with no sign of
david, and then we get this news
report out of ohio.
>> routine grass-cutting along
interstate 75 led to the
discovery of human remains.
>> 90 miles south of detroit, a
crew cutting the grass make this
gruesome discovery of bags and
body parts strewn along the
highway.
[ siren wailing ]
melvindale police contact
ohio state patrol after they see
this law-enforcement bulletin
with information about what they
found.
>> they send the human remains
out for dna testing.
>> the dna comes back.
It's determined that these are
the remains of david carter.
>> when they told me it was
david, it shattered me.
>> at this point, tamera is
definitely a person of interest.
Police start searching for
tamera williams.
They receive a tip that she's at
a friend's house, so they set up
surveillance and actually are
able to get her when she's
walking to her car.
[ tires screeching ]
[ handcuffs click ]
♪♪♪
tamera williams denies any
involvement in the disappearance
of david carter.
Police have confirmed the
remains of david's body, but
they're missing one piece of
very crucial evidence.
They still don't have his head.
They need his head to determine
the cause of death.
They also don't have a murder
weapon.
At this point, they only have
circumstantial evidence.
>> during a break in the
interrogation, tamera is placed
in a temporary holding cell
while police check on her alibi.
♪♪♪
>> it's believed she fakes this
seizure to somehow try and get
out of being charged.
>> she was immediately
transported to a local hospital.
>> the prosecutor doesn't
believe there's enough evidence
to charge tamera williams, so
she checks herself out and
disappears.
Eventually, david's head is
recovered, and they're able to
determine the cause of death,
that he's been shot in the head.
Then they know for sure it's a
homicide.
It's believed tamera planned all
this, she did this in cold
blood.
The next day, she dismembers the
body and dumps the remains along
I-75.
♪♪♪
in October of 2018,
tamera williams boarded a train
bound for new york.
She stayed in a hotel called the
neptune hotel.
The next morning, she walked out
and was never seen again.
>> my family has been devastated
by this.
♪♪♪
>> my brother didn't deserve
this.
I want to see her turned in and
justice for my family.
♪♪♪
>> so, even though she was
caught on security cameras six
months ago, tamera has not left
any kind of digital trail in the
last 2 1/2 years.
Joining us now in the studio is
david carter's sister tasia, her
husband derrick, and
u.S. Marshal andrew battersby,
who's been on this case.
Tasia, what made you suspect her
from the start?
>> for someone that had been
with my brother every day,
didn't go anywhere without my
brother for six months, for her
not to come around when he's
missing, I knew something was
wrong.
>> derrick, did you share the
suspicions?
>> definitely.
It was the same feelings that
she had.
For a person to be around david
at family meetings and
gatherings all the time, and
then, when he comes up missing,
she's nowhere around, so --
>> we keep hearing how
possessive she was.
You both saw that a lot?
>> a lot.
He would make comments, saying,
like, "let me go back to the
party before my tether go off."
you know, 'cause he knew that
she wouldn't be too far behind,
coming to check to see what he
was doing.
>> how has the family been?
How have you guys managed to get
through this?
>> we have always been a strong
family, and we have got through
this together.
Before my mom passed last year,
she prayed and prayed for
justice for --
>> well, even though she didn't
live to see justice, you're
still working every day.
>> [ sighs ] every day.
I always said that the whole
world would know my brother's
name and we would get justice
for him.
>> marshal battersby, you
consider tamera williams to be a
dangerous fugitive.
>> extremely dangerous.
>> why?
>> I believe she'll do it again
in the right opportunity.
>> really?
>> yes.
>> it's unusual for women to
commit crimes like this.
>> really unusual.
But I think she's the type that
would do it.
She's very possessive, and I
believe there's probably a male
helping her right now that has
no idea what she's done.
>> we know that she hasn't left
a digital trail under the name
tamera williams.
Is there an alias she might be
using?
>> while in the bronx, she did
use a credit card...
>> at that fish market.
>> ...At the fish market as a
latoya williams.
>> latoya williams.
So she might be going under that
name.
>> yes.
>> and what is your gut
instinct, your detective
instinct, telling you about
where she might be right now?
>> my gut feel has always been
the same, that I believe she's
in the new york area, in the
bronx, and somebody is helping
her.
>> absolutely, 100%.
I believe she will make a
mistake and we'll be there to
get her.
>> tasia, what would you say to
tamera if she were watching this
show right now?
>> tammy, you know me, and you
know my family, and you know
that we're not gonna rest until
david's murderer is brought to
justice.
>> tasia, derrick, I'm so sorry
to meet you both under these
circumstances.
Thank you so much.
>> thank you so much.
>> again, if you have seen
tamera williams in the last few
years in michigan, chicago,
atlanta, or new york city, you
can help us bring justice to
david carter and his family.
There's no time to waste.
Contact us now.
You can go to our website at
amwtips.Com or call us at
1-833-3-amw-tips.
And you can always choose to
remain anonymous.
>> narrator: Just ahead, one of
the most infamous criminals ever
profiled on
"america's most wanted,"
shooting his way out of a
bowling alley to escape the law.
40 years later, we have new
information.
And later, a banker gets greedy,
targeting innocent families,
accused of stealing millions
from their life savings before
abandoning his own family for a
life on the run.
You can help us find him.
♪♪♪
>> welcome back.
On the last
"america's most wanted," we
profiled murderer glen godwin,
who hasn't been seen since he
last broke out of prison in
1991.
Viewer jake sundall tweeted...
30 years is a long time, and
that's why right now is a better
time than ever to catch these
criminals.
But we can't do it without you,
so keep sending us your tips.
>> in our next case, this won't
be the first time he's been
featured on
"america's most wanted," but we
certainly hope it will be the
last.
>> it was like my life was in
slow-motion.
I was very afraid I was going to
die.
>> my name is
larry porter chism.
I've already killed two people.
One more won't make any
difference, will it?
>> so how did this studious,
unassuming young man studying
law turn into a devious,
audacious criminal?
>> larry chism was the last guy
that you would expect to be a
hardened criminal.
He was a nerdy, intelligent
26-year-old, weeks away from
getting his law degree.
>> larry chism was a really
smart guy, but he had an
alter ego.
>> between classes, he was
organizing a drug ring using
teenagers to smuggle heroin from
mexico.
In 1974, he was arrested for
armed robbery and smuggling
heroin and sentenced to 40 years
in prison.
[ cell door slams ]
while chism was in
turney prison, he was a model
inmate.
He mediated disagreements
between guards and inmates and
was the editor of the prison
newspaper.
Chism maintained this quiet,
unassuming identity, but kept in
contact with the outside world.
He started thinking of ways to
get out.
To reward his and some of the
other inmates' good behavior,
the prison planned an outing at
the local bowling alley.
>> chism was a criminal
mastermind.
He always was figuring ahead.
[ camera shutter clicks ]
>> he had a friend go there
ahead of time and stash guns and
ammo in the bathroom.
♪♪♪
>> I was noticing there was
something going on in the
bathroom area.
So I peeked around the door.
When I did, chism was standing
there with a shotgun, and he was
in the process of loading it.
Just as I turned to fire at him,
he fired at me first.
When it hit me, felt like just a
gush of hot air.
[ heart beating ]
when I come back to myself, I
looked down, I had my weapon.
And I started shooting.
>> aah!
>> I shot him in the hand, but
it didn't take him down.
♪♪♪
>> meanwhile, an 18-year-old
woman was crouched down, hiding
at the snack bar.
>> I was on the floor, behind
the counter, when larry chism
pointed his gun at me.
He and three other inmates stole
some car keys.
>> let me get the car!
>> larry chism told me to come
with him.
>> get up!
Hey, stay back!
>> he dragged me out, led me out
the door, and put me in the car.
♪♪♪
the escapee started shooting.
♪♪♪
the guards realized that they
had a hostage, so they did not
return fire.
[ tires screeching ]
[ police radio chatter ]
it was chaos.
The whole time, my thoughts were
that they were gonna kill me.
And I can remember at one point
thinking, "I wish they would
just go ahead and do it."
♪♪♪
[ siren wailing ]
but eventually, they decided to
let me go.
[ engine revs ]
and they left town.
♪♪♪
>> if you were in the nashville
or dickson, tennessee, areas in
the fall of 1978 and may have
seen something or seen
larry chism at any point since
then, please contact us.
We want to hear from you.
No clue is too small.
Yodit tewolde is back, and we're
gonna bring in our "amw"
criminal avatar with age
progression to show us what
larry chism would look like
today.
>> okay.
>> so, what are we looking at?
>> so, we're looking at a guy
who's now 72 years old, and he
was last reported weighing in
around 160 pounds, right, at
5'10".
Now, we know that his right hand
was shot during that escape at
that bowling alley, so he still
may have a scar, a mark of some
kind, on that hand, and he may
have actually lost a part of his
thumb, as well.
>> you can see that on the
avatar.
The tip of his thumb is missing.
>> right, right.
It looks like a nub, right?
>> right.
Alright, well, the cool feature
about these avatars is that we
can actually show our viewers
what larry chism would look like
without the glasses, without the
mustache, 'cause he could
completely change.
>> wow.
>> exactly.
>> the mustache especially
really changes his face.
We know he always wore glasses,
but he could have gotten
contacts or lasik surgery and no
longer be wearing them.
We also know that he's got the
ability to really ingratiate
himself.
>> yeah.
>> like, he was able to convinc
to give him @@ the bp
where the escape happened.
What does this tell us about his
m.O. On the run?
>> this guy is clever.
He's smart, right?
I mean, he was in his third year
of law school and was still able
to run a drug ring at the same
time.
He's quiet.
He's unassuming.
He, you know, keeps a low
profile on the inside.
And so anybody that can do that
in a high-stressful place like
prison that's heavily surveilled
most certainly knows how to fly
under the radar on the outside,
as well.
This guys is really, really clever.
All right
thanks so much, yodit.
And send us your tips by calling
us at 1-833-3-amw-tips.
Or go to our website.
Now you are watching a
gas-station robbery in progress
in the bronx, new york.
Pay close attention to the
suspect's hands.
You can see black gloves and
what looks like a weapon.
The nypd says the robber might
be pretending he has a gun,
pointing his fingers at the
cashier.
After making demands, he tries
to climb over the counter, but
stumbles over a wine rack.
Then he struggles with the
female employee.
The suspect got away with about
$1,000 cash.
Were you at this gas station
when it happened?
Did you see anything?
This is the citgo station at the
corner of
broadway and 260th street in the
bronx.
Look out for someone who's about
30 years old, 5'11", wearing a
black jacket with fur, blue
jeans, and black-and-yellow
sneakers.
You can help take this suspect
off the streets.
If you recognize him or saw
anything in the area, send us
your tips, 1-833-3-amw-tips or
amwtips.Com.
>> narrator: After the break,
larry chism has pulled off a
daring escape from prison, and
now he's about to outsmart
everyone again.
But "amw" has new information
that could land him back where
he belongs -- behind bars.
And later, police say this
financial adviser stole
millions.
Now he's on the loose, living
large.
You can help take him down.
>> welcome back to
"america's most wanted."
after our last episode aired, we
got many tips from you at home.
Keep them coming, because
there's no time to waste.
Even the smallest tips
could help.
As it stands right now,
"america's most wanted"
catch counter is at 1,186
fugitives.
And with your help, it just
might go up tonight.
Not only do we thank you, but
investigators across the country
thank you.
And the victims of these crimes
thank you, because it's your
tips that make the difference.
Go to amwtips.Com or
1-833-3-amw-tips.
You can always choose to remain
anonymous.
Alright, back to larry chism,
who pulled off a daring plan to
escape during a prison outing at
a local bowling alley, shooting
one officer and taking a hostage
as he fled the scene.
But his story isn't over.
>> larry chism escaped.
In a shootout with correctional
officers
chism, along with three other
inmates, grabbed one of the
employees as a hostage.
[ tires screech ]
and they made their escape.
A few days later, chism turned
up in arkansas.
>> I was on patrol that day and
heard over the radio there was a
stolen truck.
I flipped on the siren...
[ siren wailing ]
...Then started chasing him.
[ tires screeching ]
♪♪♪
[ crashes ]
♪♪♪
chism wrecked the truck.
>> step out of the vehicle,
hands up.
>> there wasn't a whole lot
given to us over the radio, so
so didn't know how dangerous he
was.
♪♪♪
>> chism was taken back into
custody.
>> after only a few months in
the lonoke county jail in
arkansas, chism came up with yet
another escape plan.
>> he had another inmate crawl
through the air vent...
[ alarm blaring ]
...Steal the guard's keys, and
let him out.
They overpowered the guard,
stole his car keys, and drove
off.
♪♪♪
a month after he escaped, he
surfaced in cincinnati, ohio,
and his crime spree continued.
He walked into the
first national bank, posed as a
u.S. Treasury official, showed
the president what he claimed
was a bomb...
And demanded $250,000.
♪♪♪
he walked out and just
disappeared.
From there, we know that chism
spent years moving around parts
of the gulf coast.
He lived in mobile, alabama, with a girlfriend.
New orleans.
And in 1990, a tip led the fbi
to a house in charlotte,
north carolina.
>> by the time agents arrived at
the house, it was abandoned.
>> it was clear chism took off
in a hurry.
He left behind all kinds of
clues on how he was managing to
hide from authorities.
He had laminating machines,
books and magazines on things
like how to change identity and
appearance.
>> he also left a pay stub in
the name of kenneth brookins --
[ camera shutter clicking ]
-- one of dozens of aliases that
he was known to go by.
We know that in December of
1990, he sold his van in
atlanta.
And there has been no sign of
him since.
Larry chism is still out there.
♪♪♪
>> he should not be allowed to
be free.
He had no regard for anybody
else's life.
>> I feel confident there's some
people that knows him.
They know where he's at.
I wish they would turn him in.
>> I can make a thousand
mistakes.
I just need larry chism to make
that one.
♪♪♪
>> since his second escape from
jail, larry chism has gone
undetected by authorities for
more than 40 years.
That is a lot of time, and there
are a lot of you out there who
could have come into contact
with him.
If larry chism looks familiar to
you, please get in touch with
us.
Let's check in now with
paul holes, who helped catch the
golden state killer.
And there are a lot of places
that chism has been, a lot of
anchor points.
>> that's right.
And his strongest anchor point
is in arkansas.
That is where he is born and
raised.
He likely still has family and
friends there today.
From arkansas, he moves down to
new orleans.
He actually gets into a
relationship with a woman there.
He's taking odd jobs in
construction as he follows a
friend from new orleans up to
mobile, alabama.
From there, he relocates to
charlotte, north carolina, gets
into another relationship with a
woman and her kids.
He establishes a life.
After a couple of years, the
whole family, including chism,
flees.
He is next spotted down in
atlanta in 1990, and that's when
he sells that van.
He clearly has a preference for
the southeastern part of the
united states.
>> I'm struck, though, paul, as
you talk about all these anchor
points.
All the significant
relationships that larry chism
has established in all these
various cities -- some of those
relationships are no longer
existing, correct?
>> that's right.
Larry's moved on, but those
people will still remember him
today.
>> and those people could
recognize him and call in.
Alright, it's very important for
you at home to know that chism
is wanted for armed robbery,
narcotics violations, and
kidnapping, along with shooting
and wounding a corrections
officer.
Contact us at
"america's most wanted" at
amwtips.Com or 1-833-3-amw-tips
immediately.
And contact us if you have any
information on this next
dangerous suspect.
In this crime alert, watch these
three landscapers hard at work
in uptown new orleans on the
400 block of eleonore street.
But here comes trouble.
Look at the white s.U.V. On the
right of your screen.
Two men armed with guns jump out
and rob the landscapers.
Watch.
The suspect in the blue hoodie
points the gun at the victim's
chest, literally reaches into
the victim's pockets to get his
cash, then heads to the truck to
take another victim's wallet.
The whole crime takes about 30
seconds.
We do have some clues to catch
them.
Keep an eye out for these two
suspects, one in a dark-blue
hoodie, the other in a yellow
hoodie.
The new orleans police
department says they drove off
in this white honda cr-v with
temporary tags.
Take a close look at this car.
Were you in the area?
Did you see it racing away?
They need your help before the
suspects strike again.
Send us your tips by calling us
at 1-833-3-amw-tips or
awmtips.Com.
>> up next, a financial adviser
goes rogue.
He was supposed to be making
money for his clients, but
instead, police say
he stole it all,
millions, draining their
life savings, even abandoning
his own family to live large on
the run.
He's still out there, and we
need your help to find him.
Stay with us.
♪♪♪
>> welcome back.
We've got another fugitive to
add to our growing list --
christopher burns, an investment
adviser who was well-known in
the financial community, even
making appearances on television
to discuss his investment
strategy.
But allegedly, he had been
stealing from his clients who
trusted him, and now he's gone.
But you can help us find him
tonight.
>> chris is really smart.
He seemed to be incredibly
caring.
I always thought, "this is a
really humble guy."
>> you know, he walked into a
room, and you noticed him.
He was very friendly.
He was very open.
He appeared to be very
knowledgeable and very
trustworthy.
>> he operated as a financial
adviser here in the atlanta
metro area.
He also had a local radio show.
He appeared on national
broadcasts.
>> this economy and this market
have proven resilient time and
time again.
>> we gave our trust to chris
for some of our investments.
It was the money that I said was
the can't-lose money, because we
have an autistic son.
We wanted to invest it for his
future.
>> he used this money from
investors to pay personal
expenses.
He lived in a million-dollar
house on a lake.
He had a boat, cars.
>> during that time, he came to
me and said, "I'm $100,000 in
debt.
Also, I haven't done my taxes in
two years."
and I had no idea.
>> burns defrauded dozens of
victims, totaling over
$10 million.
Some of the victims lost an
inheritance, their savings, all
that they had.
>> I lost about $134,000.
I thought it was well-secured.
>> chris defrauded so many
people.
I found out he had taken
$150,000 from his parents.
He has ruined their future.
♪♪♪
the last time I saw chris,
I was done.
He said he was gonna be back to
see the kids.
I had called his phone twice,
and it just went straight to
voicemail.
I called his parents, and they
said, "we haven't talked to
chris in weeks."
and it was just in that moment,
you know, that I just knew
something was really wrong, so I
called the police.
>> mr. Burns had plenty of time
to figure out what he was gonna
do when he disappeared.
Burns is approximately 6'2",
240 pounds, with brown hair.
He also has tattoos
on his forearm,
three triangles that are
interlaced.
>> if he can pull one over on
me, he can pull one over on
anyone.
And that's a scary thought.
>> if I could send a message to
chris right now, I would say,
"save a lot of people the pain,
especially your children."
these are good people.
They're not millionaires.
I just don't understand how you
can do that to people.
♪♪♪
>> christopher burns is very
charismatic and confident, which
helped him deceive a lot of
people.
You could be next.
Contact us immediately if you
have a tip about chris burns.
And paul is back.
And, paul, this guy is accused
of stealing millions and
millions of dollars.
How does he live on and use that
money while on the run?
>> well, he likely has been
skimming money for years, and
not necessarily planning his
escape, but to hide assets.
And so he has the criminal
sophistication to set up fake
accounts in which he's got money
moved into and probably has a
sizable reservoir of cash that
he can access.
>> since money may be no object,
we know that he could be just
about anywhere.
Let's go to the fugitive tracker
and look at his anchor points,
first off.
>> right.
Well, two anchor points, of
course, berkeley lake, georgia,
where he was living, as well as
his parents up in
north carolina.
Now, after he disappears, his
car is found abandoned in an
apartment parking lot in
dunwoody, georgia.
He didn't just randomly choose
that location.
He is a planner.
He could have staged a car that
he purchased with a fake I.D.
And with cash.
>> it's a strange place to just
abandon a car, but we also have
another new anchor point out
west.
>> that's right.
His now ex-wife found out after
he disappeared that he had been
going to las vegas once a month
for years.
She now suspects that he was
having an affair out there.
Now, that relationship could be
a lure for him.
But where better for somebody
with his financial criminal
background to go?
>> right. You could launder the
money by buying casino chips.
It's not unusual to have
hundreds of thousands of dollars
in cash in a safe deposit box in
las vegas.
That happens.
>> that's right.
And all those people he could
con out there.
>> alright, paul, thank you so
much.
And if you live near las vegas
or have visited the vegas area
since October, let us know if
you've seen chris burns.
Remember, he has a distinctive
tattoo of three triangles on his
left forearm.
So send us your tips.
Specific identifying features
like these are so important to
finding these guys.
One of our viewers tweeted about
that very thing on last week's
show.
Keep your eyes peeled.
>> narrator: Coming up, these
thieves are hitting it big,
stealing lottery scratch-offs
from several gas stations in
memphis.
Can you identify these lucky
suspects?
>> welcome back to
"america's most wanted."
in tennessee, police are
searching for brazen
lottery-ticket thieves who are
targeting gas stations in the
hedge hills neighborhood of
memphis.
Watch these two men boldly
snatch the scratcher boxes from
the counter at the hop-in
convenience store at
summer and graham on the evening
of January 10th.
They casually head for their
getaway car -- a burgundy
nissan.
Can you believe these guys?
And in the next video, these
robbers must be feeling lucky,
because you can see two men
entering another hop-in, at
union and cleveland, around
5:00 p.M. On January 21, where
they steal boxes of lottery
tickets and run off.
Here's a look at the suspects in
that case.
They're both wearing blue
shirts.
They got away in a white
minivan.
Help the memphis police hit the
big one and get these guys.
Here's another look at the
suspects.
Do you know who they are?
Send us your tips at
1-833-3-amw-tips or amwtips.Com.
Alright, let's take one last
look at the fugitives who are
still at large from the cases we
featured tonight.
Tamera williams -- police
suspect she murdered her
boyfriend, dismembered his body,
and then scattered it along an
ohio interstate.
She's now 42 years old.
She has a large rose tattoo on
her left arm that goes up to her
shoulder.
She was last suspected to be in
the bronx, new york.
Crimestoppers is offering $5,000
for information that leads to
her arrest.
Larry chism on his second "amw"
appearance is still on the run
as one of the u.S. Marshals'
most wanted.
Quiet and unassuming, chism is
now 72 and is known to have
several aliases.
He was last seen in atlanta in
1990.
U.S. Marshals are offering a
reward of up to $25,000 for
information that leads to his
arrest.
And christopher burns, 38 years
old.
He's allegedly stolen millions
of dollars in life savings from
his victims.
He may or may not currently have
a beard and has a distinguishing
tattoo on his left forearm of
three black, interlaced
triangles.
Send us your tips at
1-833-3-amw-tips or at our
website, amwtips.Com.
Coming up next week on
"america's most wanted," this
couple ran a successful boating
business until one of their
passengers on a family
vacation...
>> amy!
>> ...Died on a boat that
officials say was too dangerous
to be at sea.
>> once the boat began to go
down, it was on the bottom in
under a minute.
>> the two were charged with
manslaughter.
[ tires screeching ]
but they fled, sailing into the
sunset, and have been on the run
ever since.
I'm elizabeth vargas.
Thank you so much for watching
tonight.
Let's catch these fugitives.