Episodes: The New America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back
(96-97 Season)

Last Updated: 28 January 2000

# R? DOFB DATE Episode Notes
See also America's Most Wanted

Season 1

9 November 1996 to Present: Saturdays at 9:00pm

1 9 Nov 96 9 Nov 96 Host John Walsh profiles fugitives and examines victims' rights laws.
2 16 Nov 96 16 Nov 96 Police accuse a convicted child molester of murdering two young girls; Florida laws regarding sexual predators.
3 23 Nov 96 23 Nov 96 A trial glitch frees an accused killer; Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio; Philip Taylor Kramer (Iron Butterfly) disappears.
4 30 Nov 96 30 Nov 96 Unknown
5 7 Dec 96 7 Dec 96 The FBI adds a new name to the bureau's 10 Most Wanted list; the murder mystery of an unidentified woman found in an Oklahoma lake.
6 14 Dec 96 14 Dec 96 A young mobster and his crew of gangsters terrorize their neighborhood in Queens, New York.
7 21 Dec 96 21 Dec 96 Family members search for Jackie Levitz, a rich widow who disappeared.
28 Dec 96 Pre-empted by 1996 The NCLR Bravo Awards
8 4 Jan 97 4 Jan 97
9 11 Jan 97 11 Jan 97
18 Jan 97 Pre-empted by NHL All-Star Game
10 25 Jan 97 25 Jan 97
11 1 Feb 97 1 Feb 97 Officials seek clues in the murder of an Oklahoma woman, an aspiring dancer.
12 8 Feb 97 8 Feb 97 The shooting death of Tupac Shakur.
13 15 Feb 97 15 Feb 97
14 22 Feb 97 22 Feb 97 Documents may link gang members to the shooting death of Tupac Shakur.
1 Mar 97 Pre-empted by Skate International Final
15 8 Mar 97 8 Mar 97 Suge Knight interview; three gunmen rob a casino on an American Indian reservation; fugitive brothers may be linked to white supremacists.
16 15 Mar 97 15 Mar 97 The shooting death of gangsta rapper Biggie Smalls; artist's sketch leads to suspects in a theater owner's death; the robber-proof bank.
17 22 Mar 97 22 Mar 97 A Missouri woman sees a man putting a dead girl in his trunk and speeding away. (8:30pm, 30 minutes)
18 29 Mar 97 29 Mar 97 A driver escapes after shooting a border patrol agent.
5 Apr 97 Pre-empted by Bull Riders Only Championship
19 12 Apr 97 12 Apr 97 A man shoots his daughter's young groom for trying to leave.
20 19 Apr 97 19 Apr 97 Three bombings in Atlanta; Fred Goldman interview; two brothers become Maryland state troopers.
21 26 Apr 97 26 Apr 97 Las Vegas police seek a witness to the shooting of NASCAR driver Chris Trickle; a former master thief offers theories about a 1990 art heist at a Boston museum.
22 3 May 97 3 May 97 In Kentucky: Police impersonator scams seniors; college football star's shooting death; child abduction; system alerts victim of assailant's release from prison.
23 10 May 97 10 May 97 Restaurant massacre; Florida woman beaten to death in Chicago hotel; prison escapee captured; update on rap star's deadly shooting.
24 17 May 97 17 May 97 SWAT teams; a stray dog saves a woman brutally beaten and left for dead.
25 24 May 97 24 May 97 The show honors viewers who helped located missing children.
31 May 97 31 May 97 Pre-empted by The Stanley Cup Finals, Game 1
26 7 Jun 97 7 Jun 97 Two NASA detectives help police by analyzing crime-scene videos to identify suspects.
? R ? 14 Jun 97 A deadly triangle develops after a Russian is smuggled into the United States by her boyfriend.
1 R 9 Nov 96 21 Jun 97 Host John Walsh profiles fugitives and examines victims' rights laws.
27 28 Jun 97 28 Jun 97 Two brothers involved in an Ohio shootout may be linked to the killing of an Arkansas family found in the bayou.
5 Jul 97 Pre-empted by When Disaster Strikes II
28 12 Jul 97 12 Jul 97 A cross-dressing killer serving a life sentence escapes from an Arkansas prison.
29 19 Jul 97 19 Jul 97 A group of hobos who terrorize other railroad transients may be involved in other crimes.
MW-1032 26 Jul 97 26 Jul 97 The manhunt for Andrew Cunanan.
MW-1033 2 Aug 97 2 Aug 97 Ira Samuel Einhorn, a counterculture guru who started Earthday in Philadelphia, has been living life on the run for the past 18 years since murdering his former girlfriend and stuffing her body in a trunk. The trunk was later discovered by police inside his apartment. Einhorn, who has managed to elude authorities since the late 1970's, was convicted and sentenced in absentia for his crime. AMERICA'S MOST WANTED correspondent Lena Nozizwe will follow the international manhunt for this murderer.
MW-1034 9 Aug 97 9 Aug 97 Restaurateur forms group to combat crime in Jacksonville, Fla. CC, Stereo
MW-1035 16 Aug 97 16 Aug 97 Killer escapes from both Californian and Mexican prisons.
23 Aug 97 Pre-empted by Pre-season Football
MW-1036 30 Aug 97 30 Aug 97 Florida detective investigates the death of a 5-year-old girl for over 12 years.
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