By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
The FBI has a new face on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitive list.
The FBI in Chicago announced Tuesday that Fidel Urbina, the subject of a nationwide manhunt since 1999, was put on the infamous list.
He’s wanted in connection with two sexual assaults and murder.
The former Chicago resident is accused of beating and raping a woman in March 1998, and seven months later—while free on bond—for beating, raping, and strangling a second Chicago woman to death, the FBI said in a press release. Her body was found in the trunk of a burned-out car.
“Fidel Urbina is wanted for his role in two brutal attacks directed against innocent victims,” Robert Grant, head of the Chicago office, said in a statement.
“These crimes have demonstrated his violent nature and the need to locate and apprehend him before he can strike again. We are hoping that the publicity associated with this case, along with the significant reward being offered, will lead to his arrest.”
