| June 11,
2003 |
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| Murillo
Dies in Mexico |
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Burke County
"Most Wanted" suspect Fernando Murillo, also known as Jay Dee Flores, has died
in Mexico of gunshot wounds
sustained during a shoot-out with police.
Murillo (left) was shot six times on June 1st during a
confrontation with police in the city of Aguascalientes, according to Burke
County Sheriff John T. McDevitt. Mexican authorities were attempting to arrest
Murillo for a homicide occurring there in 2001. |
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| As authorities tried to arrest the man, Murillo
allegedly killed one police officer and wounded another before being shot
himself. His condition had been listed as critical until his death on June
9th in an Aguascalientes hospital. |
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| Murillo became Burke County's most wanted
individual after the
February 1, 2003 killings of two men during a poker game at a local trailer
park. He allegedly kidnaped a Burke County man and forced the man to drive him
to Indiana. The man was later released unharmed. |
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| Ligonier, Indiana authorities also were looking
for Murillo after charging him with manslaughter-related charges. |
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| The Burke County murder case Murillo was being
sought for has now officially come to a close because of his death, authorities
said. |
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