- Leo Burt
Infobox FBI Ten Most Wanted
name =Leo Frederick Burt
crime = Sabotage, destruction of government property, and conspiracy.
birth_date = Birth date and age|1948|4|18|mf=y orApril 15 ,1950
death_date =
death_place =
added_date =September 4 1970
caught_date =
remove_date =April 7 1976
number = 313
status = RemovedLeo Frederick Burt (born
April 18 ,1948 ) was indicted in connection with the 1970Sterling Hall bombing at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison campus, which killedRobert Fassnacht , a physics researcher, and injured several others. Burt reportedly was involved in making and planting the bomb.Born in
Darby, Pennsylvania , Burt grew up rather privileged in a Catholic family. He attendedMonsignor Bonner High School , an all-boysparochial school , where he was an athlete. He enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he apparently became more radicalized after being cut from the varsity crew team. [UW Alumni magazine, "On Wisconsin". Doug Moe. [http://www.uwalumni.com/media/documents/pdf/onwisconsin/2005summer/Fugitive.pdf The Last Fugitive] . Summer 2005.]The Sterling Hall bombing caused $6 million in damages, and restitution has never been made for the bombing or the other crimes for which Burt has been indicted. At the time, it was the largest bombing in the United States.
Burt and his confederates fled to
Canada where they were tracked by the FBI. He was indicted by the federal government onSeptember 2 ,1970 for sabotage, destruction of government property, and conspiracy. Despite having been on theFBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for six years (September 4 ,1970 toApril 7 1976 ), Burt has not been captured and is still at large.FBI [http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/fugitives/dt/burt_lf.htm Wanted Domestic Terrorist - Leo Frederick Burt] .] One of the last times he was heard from was when he and David Fine escaped from their apartment building in Canada as the police closed in on them. The FBI has offered a reward of $150,000 for information leading to his arrest. In addition to the federal charges, there are state charges still pending against Burt.On
September 29 ,2007 , Burt was featured on The Fox Television series "America's Most Wanted" as the "Ghost of Wisconsin". [America's Most Wanted. [http://www.amw.com/fugitives/brief.cfm?id=47481 Leo Frederick Burt profile] .]ee also
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Robert Fassnacht
*Sterling Hall bombing
*University of Wisconsin-Madison
*The War at Home (1979 film) References
External links
* [http://www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=26247&ntpid=0 Writer offers new take on Leo Burt] . The Capital Times. Doug Moe.
January 27 2005 .
* [http://www.amw.com/fugitives/brief.cfm?id=47481 The Full Story from America's Most Wanted]
* [http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/fugitives/dt/burt_lf.htm FBI Wanted Posters with digitally aged images]
* [http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/fugitives/dt/fug_dt.htm FBI - Domestic terrorism featured fugitives]
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