Fugitive in 1997 slaying captured thanks to reader’s tip

Published December 1, 2011 5:00am ET



A man wanted for a 1997 slaying was arrested Thursday morning in the District, thanks to a tip from a reader of The Washington Examiner that came in hours after Lonnie Bowers was the subject of the paper’s “Most Wanted” feature.

Bowers, 42, became the 36th fugitive taken into custody as a result of being written about in the newspaper’s Crime & Punishment page, according to federal authorities.

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