How Eric Frein Landed on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List - September 18 2024

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🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
0:02.6	When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:06.0	We have a weird homicide.
0:08.8	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:12.0	A cup of murder...
0:15.0	No one should suffer at the hands of someone else's personal beliefs.
0:19.6	On September 18, 2014, a murderer on the run was added to the
0:25.0	FBI's 10 most wanted list for a crime he committed based on his set of beliefs. So if you like your
0:33.2	coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.
0:39.6	Eric Matthew Frayne was born on May 3, 1983 in New Jersey, and attended the Pocono Mountain School
0:46.1	in Pennsylvania, a place where he impressed many as the top scorer on the school's rifle team.
0:53.5	Later described by police as a quote, self-taught survivalist, one who held a grudge against
0:59.3	law enforcement personnel.
1:01.2	As a young boy, Eric was an Eagle Scout, worked the trails, and made money at the local
1:06.8	supermarket.
1:08.5	After attending just one semester of East Stroudsburg University, Eric moved on
1:13.9	to Northampton Community College as a chemistry major. Though there weren't any real red flags in
1:20.5	his younger years, at least according to the sources, in 2004, Eric was charged with burglary
1:26.7	and grand larceny after allegedly stealing items from vendors at a World War II reenactment in Odessa, New York.
1:34.7	And, failing to attend his own trial, he was arrested in Pennsylvania as a fugitive from justice.
1:41.3	He was held for 109 days in county jail before pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of possession of stolen property and being sentenced to time served plus a payment of $3,120 in restitution.
1:56.0	This became just the beginning of a downward spiral.
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