Welcome to episode 229 of FBI Retired Case File Review of Jerry Williams.

I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through

my books, my blog and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.

Today we get to speak to retired agents Walter Lamar and Stephen Chenoweth.

In this episode, they review the nationwide manhunt of FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives

Terri Lee Conner and Joseph William Dockardy.

Conner and Dockardy met in prison and in the 1980s began working together in one of the

most professional bank robbery operations in US history.

They would identify the bank manager and where he lived, hold him hostage the night before,

and then forcibly escort him to the bank where they would empty out the bank's vault.

Conner and Dockardy's well planned and methodical robberies netted them more than $1 million.

After their arrest and then shocking escape from custody, they were placed on the FBI

and the US Marshal's Top Wanted Fugitives list.

Case agent Steve Chenoweth led the investigation and the arrest of Conner in Chicago and Walter

Lamar led the arrest of Dockardy in the San Francisco Division.

Walter Lamar served in the FBI for 18 years.

He was assigned to the San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Oklahoma City divisions where

he used traditional and sophisticated techniques to conduct, participate, and direct investigations

involving violent crimes, fugitives, illegal narcotics, criminal conspiracies, organized crime,

public corruption, and domestic terrorism.

Twice during his bureau career, Walter was presented the FBI shield a bravery for actions

taken in the immediate aftermath of the Oklahoma City federal building bombing and during a running

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