Attempted murder fugitive busted as 40-year scheme posing as dead college mate unravels
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A fugitive wanted for the attempted murder of his estranged wife more than 40 years ago has been captured after his con of assuming a dead man’s identity for decades finally unraveled, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
The alleged swindler was on the run for planting a booby-trapped toolbox rigged with explosives outside the Wyoming home of his estranged wife’s boyfriend in 1982, the DOJ said. Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
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