007: Jeff Covington - Tracking Top Ten Fugitives

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2016

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Retired Special Agent Jeff Covington reviews his assignment on a Violent Crimes Squad and two shoot outs he was involved in while in the Kansas City Division. Jeff also reviews how, later in his career, when assigned to the Fugitive Task Force in the Philadelphia Division, he participated in tracking two of the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted fugitives. Andrew Cunanan murdered five men, including one in Pennsville, New Jersey and fashion designer Gianni Versace in Miami. Joseph Martin Luther Gardner raped and murdered a woman in Savannah, Georgia before being located and captured in Philadelphia.

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0:00.0	Hi guys and welcome to episode 7 of FBI retired case file review with Jerry Williams.
0:08.0	I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by actual FBI cases. In today's episode I interview Jeff
0:17.0	Covington who served in the FBI for 22 years. Jeff has interviewed about his assignment on a violent crime squad and two
0:26.0	shootouts he was involved in while in the Kansas City Division. Jeff also talks about
0:31.7	how later in his career when he was assigned to a fugitive task force in the Philadelphia division,
0:38.0	he participated in tracking not one but two of the FBI's top ten most one at fugitives.
0:45.0	Andrew Kananin, who murdered five men, including one in the Philadelphia Division
0:51.2	Territory, Pennsville, New Jersey, and of course the famous
0:56.9	fashion designer Gianni Versace in Miami.
1:00.8	The second fugitive was Joseph Martin Luther Gardner who raped and murdered a woman in Savannah, Georgia before being captured in Philadelphia.
1:11.0	Before we start the interview, I want to remind you that photos and links to articles related to these cases
1:17.6	can always be found at Jerry Williams.com.
1:21.8	Links to the articles are also in the show notes.
1:25.4	I hope you stick around after the interview.
1:27.6	I want to talk to you about some interesting things that have come up this week
1:31.8	concerning the FBI. of course crime fiction.
1:37.0	All right, I hope you enjoy the show.
1:39.9	I am excited to introduce my guest for this episode and it is Jeff Covington.
1:47.0	Hi Jeff, welcome to the show.
1:49.0	Great Jerry, thanks for having me.
1:51.0	So Jeff, we have a kind of format set here. What I like to do is just
1:57.7	give people a little tease about your expertise. Then I want to go back and find out how you join the FBI, why you
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