Robert Fisher - Scottsdale, Arizona
N 33° 28.308 W 111° 55.257
12S E 414428 N 3703972
On the FBI's 10 most wanted list.
Waymark Code: WM94Z1
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2010
Views: 28
April 10, 2001, the neighborhood around his home is rocked by an explosion and fire. The explosion ripped through the ranch-style house at 8:42 a.m. The blast appeared to be centered in the living room, and the subsequent fire burned the house into rubble. The initial explosion was strong enough to collapse the front brick wall and rattle the frames of neighboring houses for a half-mile in all directions.
The bodies of 3 victims were found. Fisher's wife had been shot in the back of the head and the two children had their throats slashed. The home was rigged to explode. The victims were identified as Mary Fisher (aged 38), and her two children, Brittney Fisher (aged 12) and Robert "Bobby" William Fisher, Jr. (aged 10).
The Fishers had marital problems, severe enough that Mary Fisher was considering a divorce. Fisher told a friend that he could not live without his family, possibly hinting that he would consider suicide over divorce. In the weeks before her death, Mary Fisher told several friends she was going to divorce her husband. According to a neighbor of Fisher family, the couple had a loud argument on April 9, at 10:30, approximately ten hours before the house blew up in an explosion. Investigators believe Robert Fisher murdered his family because he felt threatened with his wife's intent to divorce.
Four days later, Fisher was listed as the only suspect on this case and a statewide bulletin went out to arrest him. On April 20, the last physical evidence of Fisher's whereabouts surfaced, when police found his Toyota 4Runner and dog "Blue" in Tonto National Forest, a hundred miles north of his home. July 19, 2001, an Arizona Superior Court state arrest warrant was issued at Phoenix, charging Fisher with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson. Subsequently, Fisher was declared a fugitive, and a federal arrest warrant was issued by the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, charging him with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. June 29, 2002, he was named by the FBI as the 475th fugitive to be placed on the Ten Most Wanted list. He is also on the America's Most Wanted "Dirty Dozen" list of that show's most notorious fugitives. Fisher is considered armed and extremely dangerous. Did he commit suicide, or is he hiding out under a new identity? Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of leads have so far yielded no clue to his whereabouts.
The media only gave a block address of 2200 block N 74th Place. On that street, all the homes are old, except for one new stucco home. That is the new house built onto the lot of Fisher's destroyed home.
Date of crime: 04/10/2001
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Fee required: no
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