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Criminal Records - Most Wanted |
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Profile |
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Name: Heather Catherine Tallchief
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Race: Other |
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Age Now: 36 |
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Height: 5'8'' |
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Weight: 140 lbs. |
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Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Brown
Very long hair, usually pulled back in a ponytail |
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Eyes (Color and Correction): Brown |
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Wanted for :
Bank Larceny, Las Vegas, NV;
Oct 01, 1993
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Location(s) |
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Last Seen : Las Vegas, NV |
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Possible Location : Jamaica
Mexico
Las Vegas, NV
Denver, CO |
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Last Known : Las Vegas, NV |
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Traits |
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Member of the Seneca Tribe |
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Multiple pierced left ear - 13 holes |
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Wears nose ring |
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Has clear glasses |
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Police say she may be armed, dangerous and carrying a hand gun |
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Case Story |
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Major Plans |
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Heather Tallchief, the armored car driver who disappeared on Oct. 1, 1993, along with a Loomis Armored, Inc. van filled with more than $3 million turned herself in to federal and local law enforcement in Las Vegas on Sept. 15, 2005. But her accomplice, Roberto Solis, is still on the run. The two concocted an elaborate plan and made off in what seemed like a flawless getaway.
In 1992, FBI agents say Tallchief and her roommate Roberto Solis--who was going by the alias, Julius G. Suave--moved to Mexico, where they began preparations for a major heist. Police say Solis was already familiar with the criminal world, as he had previously served 23 years in prison for murder.
By the summer of 1993, agents say Tallchief and Solis were ready to put their plan into action. They moved to Las Vegas where the FBI says they rented a warehouse and opened a fake business--Steel Reinforcement, Inc. Officials say the two then chartered a private jet that would serve as their getaway plane. And even though she had no prior experience, by the end of August, Tallchief had secured a job at Loomis as a driver. |
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A Successful Heist & Getaway |
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On Oct. 1, 1993, Tallchief drove an armored van to the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino, where she dropped off two co-workers--a guard and courier--to make a delivery. Authorities say Tallchief knew she'd have a moment alone in the truck with more than $3 million. So when her co-workers went inside to arrange the drop-off, she took off. When the guard and courier came back out of the casino, the van, Tallchief and the money were nowhere in sight.
Now, according to agents, all she had to do was drive a few blocks to the warehouse she and Suave had rented. They say she arrived there undetected along with the stolen cash. The FBI says by 10:15 a.m. Solis and Tallchief boarded a private jet and took off with only two small bags. Agents say those bags could not have held all of the stolen loot, so it's unclear how the money was transported.
The pair's apartment had been vacated the day before the robbery, and the Loomis armored van was found abandoned in Las Vegas on Oct. 13, 1993. Agents traced Tallchief and Solis to Denver the day of the heist and to Miami a week later. |
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