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Profile |
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Name: Elizabeth
"Danielle"
Anna Duke
(Linda Gail Gourgea, Louis Marcella Cox, Betty Duke, Elizabeth Duke, Elizabeth Weir Duke, Mary Alice Hamilton, Lorraine Jackson, Mary Ann Joanson, Bess J. Lunderman, Elizabeth Anna Weir, Judith Chomsky)
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Sex: Female |
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Race: White |
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Age Now: 68 |
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Height: 5'6" |
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Weight: 140 |
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Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Has brown hair that is gray by now, but she may be dying it any color |
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Eyes (Color and Correction): Blue
Glasses |
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Other Physical Characteristics: Is known to wear glasses and wigs as disguises |
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Wanted for :
Storage and concealment of stolen explosives , Philadelphia, PA;
May 23, 1985
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Location(s) |
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Last Seen : Philadelphia, PA
Released from custody by FBI agents.
She fled soon after |
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Possible Location : Peru
Spain
Mexico
Grand Rapids, MI |
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Last Known : Austin, TX
Duke has family in Texas |
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Traits |
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Is very intelligent |
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May be in the company of Donna Joan Borup |
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Is fluent in Spanish and has attended college in Mexico |
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Has worked as a teacher and may be working as a real estate agent |
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Authorities believe she may be a lesbian and could be living with other women |
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May be hard of hearing or even deaf |
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Case Story |
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The May 19th Communist Organization |
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Historians may point to the Weathermen as the first truly radical organization of the 60's. Their anti-government sentiments were well known. Their radical agenda and violent tactics have been well documents. But they were not the only protest group. The Weathermen spawned splinter groups throughout the 60s and into the 70's. One of these was the "May 19th Communist Organization," named for the day on which both Ho Chi Minh and Malcom X were born. The group's used anti-war rhetoric to justify their actions, but police say it was not protest - it was terrorism.
Elizabeth Anna Duke, authroities say, was one of their members. |
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An Extensive And Dangerous Find |
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In 1980, an Austin, Texas construction site became a crime scene. Someone had stolen an extensive cache of explosives and detonating cords. Agents knew whoever stole the materials was planning on putting them to dangerous use.
For the next five years, there were small bombings all over the United States. Bombers targeted New York City and various strategic locations in Washington DC. Agents say the dynamite used in those bombs was the same as the explosives stolen in Austin.
An investigation pointed to remaining members of the May 19th Communist Organization as the possible bombers. Cops had been trailing one such member, fugitive Dr. Alan Berkman. When they finally caught up to him in a Philadelphia suburb, he was not alone. He was with Elizabeth Duke in a car and both were heavily armed.
"They didn't know who Elizabeth Anne Duke was at the time," says Deputy Brian DeRosa. "This woman in the passenger seat had her hands in her purse and in that purse was a loaded Browning .9mm pistol with her hand on the trigger." Luckily the two were taken down without a fire fight. That incident led to a search of the house Berkman and Duke shared. And that's where police found what they'd been searching for since 1980. Explosives, blasting caps, detonating cords, all materials believed to be stolen from the Austin construction site five years earlier.
Berkman and Duke were arrested but because Duke was relatively unknown at the time, she was allowed to post bond and walk out of jail. Soon after she hit the road. Though she was convicted in absentia for her part in the terrorist organization, Duke has been able to stay on the run since bonding out in 1985. |
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Federal Authorities Turn To Bender For Help |
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Time has passed but authorities have not forgotten about Elizabeth Duke. That's why they recently enlisted renowned forensic artist Frank Bender to develop a bust of what Duke may look like today. Click on our "Video and Photos" section for various different looks that may help you identify Elizabeth Duke.
"When you're wanted by the federal government, it doesn't go away. There's no expiration date on that and that's what we do. We ensure that you're brought to justice and answer for your crimes."- Brian DeRosa. |
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