256: Tommy MacDonald – Top Ten Fugitive, Cop Killer Donald Webb

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

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

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Retired Agent Tommy MacDonald reviews the thirty-seven-year manhunt for Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitive cop killer Donald Eugene Webb, wanted for the December 1980 murder of Saxonburg, Pennsylvania Chief of Police Gregory Adams. His multiple interview sessions with Webb's wife, Lillian, were a major component of the many tools and techniques used to resolve the mystery case. Tommy MacDonald served as a Special Agent with the FBI for twenty-five years, 21 as a special agent and four as an investigative specialist.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 256 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:13.5	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through
0:20.3	my award-winning books blog and podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:26.8	Today, we get to speak to retired agent Tommy McDonnell, who served the FBI for 25 years,
0:35.0	21 as a special agent and 4 as an investigative specialist.
0:41.0	In this episode, Tommy reviews the 37-year-long manhunt for top 10 most wanted fugitive and cop
0:50.3	killer Donald Eugene Webb.
0:53.5	That was wanted for the December 1980 murder of Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, Chief of Police,
1:01.3	Gregory Adams.
1:02.8	The story of where and how they found Donald Eugene Webb is an amazing tale.
1:11.0	Tommy McDonnell's first office assignment was to the New York City Field Office, where
1:16.2	for 8 years he was assigned to the FBI NYPD Violent Crime Squad, also known as the Joint
1:23.8	Bank robbery Task Force.
1:25.9	In October 2010, Tommy was one of two agents selected to work what was then the 14-year
1:34.2	unresolved fugitive investigation for James Whitey Bulger.
1:40.0	At the conclusion of that assignment, Tommy was transferred to the White Plains RA, our
1:46.0	resident agency, where he worked on a 65-defendant Rico Gaines case in the Onkers.
1:53.5	In September 2012, Tommy accepted a Office of Preference Assignment to the Portland Main
2:00.8	Resident Agency out of the Boston Division, where for 8 years besides working on the Donald
2:08.1	Eugene Webb fugitive case, he was a member of the FBI's child abduction and rapid deployment
2:15.1	team, investigating child predator cases.
2:19.0	Tommy also worked on one of the largest art heist in New England's history and a multi-defendant
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