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'America's Most Wanted' Rerun Leads to Arrest in 1997 Hit-and-Run that Killed Man Mowing Lawn
A rerun of “America’s Most Wanted” led to a tip that helped authorities locate Gerardo Garcia-Michel, who faces extradition to Iowa.
- U.S. Marshals arrested Gerardo Garcia-Michel in New Jersey on Aug. 26 for the 1997 hit-and-run death of Des Moines resident Leslie Ruby; Garcia-Michel is now awaiting extradition to Iowa.
- On September 29, 1997, 64-year-old Leslie Ruby was struck on Easton Boulevard; investigators identified Garcia-Michel as the driver, but he fled the state before arrest could be made.
- A recent rerun of a 1998 "America's Most Wanted" episode prompted a Crime Stoppers tip; the tipster recognized Garcia-Michel as someone living in their building, said police spokesperson Paul Parizek.
- Paul Parizek noted that investigators in 1997 lacked modern technology like Ring cameras; Ruby's granddaughter said it was "nice to know that justice was going to be served."
- The warrant remained active for nearly 30 years as the case stayed on law enforcement's radar; neighbor Dan Anderson praised officials for keeping track of the case for three decades.
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Nearly three decades after a fatal hit-and-run in Des Moines, Iowa, the police managed to arrest the man who had been identified as a suspect in the original investigation. Gerardo Garcia-Michel, now 57 years old, was arrested on August 26th in Ocean County, New Jersey, after a man who was watching the resumption of an episode of the American-Most Wanted program recognized the suspect as his neighbor. Couple disappears from home in the U.S. and …
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