This Is Your FBI: The Island Fugitive

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Tonight, the subject of our FBI file, Man Hunt, its title, The Island Fugitive. Tonight's case from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation tells one chapter from the story of Joe Burnett.

Today a killer. But twenty years ago, just a badly disciplined boy who craved excitement. Young Joe learned crime in the streets. His first defenses were minor, grabbing candy bars or trinkets from store counters. Then came the more daring first snatching.

Graduation to breaking and pantry. Finally, Joe became the proud possessor of a gun, a series of hold-ups, then murder. It was first along the route where many court appearances, leading to sentences at various institutions, reform schools, local jails, and state prison.

In these places inmates all too often find eager teachers well-schooled in crime. From first undetected misdemeanors they go farther and farther along the criminal highway. Soon like all criminals, overconfidence leads to their inevitable slip.

And then comes the manhunt by the police or the FBI. Tonight's file opens in the cabin of a chartered plane flying at low altitude over a large northern lake. The only land inside is a series of small islands scattered through the water.