Article: LONE STAR FUGITIVE TASK FORCE ARRESTS WILLIAM HARRISON BLACKWELL

The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following press release:

William Harrison Blackwell had changed his name, changed his look, changed his friends, and relocated after the 1988 murder in Ector County, Texas. All his efforts to avoid justice were ended yesterday at approximately 4:30 PM when the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested Blackwell outside the Universal City apartment complex in which he was staying.

Blackwell had assumed the identity of "John Downey," acquiring credit cards and a Colorado driver's license under his new name. A friend of over ten years who was present at the time of Blackwell's arrest said that they had only known the fugitive as ...

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