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Nov 4, 2014 · A rerun of "America's Most Wanted" resulted in Hawkins' arrest in Italy. He was returned to Los Angeles to face charges, but few people remember the case because it was going on while all eyes ...
Feb 6, 1996 · If Looks Could Kill: Directed by Sheldon Larry. With Antonio Sabato Jr., Maury Chaykin, Brad Dourif, John Walsh. The true story of John Hawkins, a notoriously elusive criminal profiled on John Walsh's television show 'Americas's Most Wanted'.
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Jul 13, 2017 · America’s Most Wanted did a great segment about the case on its regular TV show back in 1990, when John Hawkins was still on the loose. Unfortunately, the vignette isn’t on YouTube. Unfortunately, the vignette isn’t on YouTube.
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Real Name: John Barrett Hawkins
Aliases: None Known
Wanted For: Fraud and Murder
Details: Authorities are searching for John Hawkins, who was involved in a life insurance scam that resulted in the murder of Ellis Henry Greene.
At 7:10 AM on April 16, 1988, paramedics responded to an emergency call from the Glendale County medical office of Dr. Richard Boggs. Inside, they found the body of a young man lying on the floor of the examining room. Boggs identified the man as "Melvin Eugene Hanson" who had come into the office complaining of chest pains. Boggs claimed that Hanson had been his patient for seven years, and that he had recently been experiencing heart trouble. Boggs claimed that Hanson had asked to meet with him at his office at 5 AM for an EKG and other medical tests. According to Boggs, after the tests were completed, he let Hanson lay down in the examining room. A few minutes later, he heard a loud thud and found Hanson lying unconscious. He claimed that he called 911 but the line was busy. He tried unsuccessfully to resuscitate him until paramedics arrived.
At first, the death appeared to be natural. However, when paramedics examined the man's body, there appeared to be inconsistencies with Boggs's story. Rigor mortis appeared to set in, which meant that the man had died before the time Boggs claimed. Also, the EKG was determined to have been last used before midnight, not at 5AM. Suspicious, paramedics called the police. Boggs was questioned; police were suspicious of his story. It seemed unlikely, at the time of the morning, that Boggs would have gotten a busy signal from calling 911. Three credit cards and a birth certificate in Hanson's name were found on the man's body. However, no photo ID was found. Boggs gave police the name of Hanson's emergency contact: his business partner, John Hawkins.
Police were reluctant to question Boggs further, as he was a respected doctor in Southern California. He had built up an extremely lucrative medical practice. However, in the late 1980s, he suffered personal and business problems. There were rumors that he was overextended. His practice and medical license were in jeopardy by the time of the incident.
When the body was examined at autopsy, the coroner noted that the man appeared to be younger than the stated age of forty-six. However, the body could not be examined further when Hanson's business partner, John Hawkins, arrived. The two had co-owned a successful clothing store chain. Hawkins made it clear that he had to settle Hansons' affairs quickly since he had to return to his business to Ohio. He made arrangements with the local mortuary to have the body cremated. A few days later, the body was cremated and the ashes scattered.
Two months later, on June 9, 1988, a detective received a call from an insurance company that stated that Hawkins was about to be paid $1 million in life insurance for Hanson's death. The company asked if any photographs of the body had been compared to photographs of Hanson; a comparison had not yet been done. Several weeks later, investigators received a photocopy of Hanson's driver's license. It was obvious that Hanson was not the man that died in Boggs's office.
Feb 6, 1996 · According to John Walsh, host of “America’s Most Wanted,” “Hawkins is the only fugitive that we ever profiled on the show who really didn’t try to hide. He almost got away with the ...
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Also Known As. America's Most Wanted: If Looks Could Kill, America's Most Wanted: The John Hawkins Story. Genre. Adaptation. Crime. Release Date. 1996. Production Company.
The John Hawkins Story: Directed by Steve Klayman. With Gary Ballard, Tom Fitzpatrick, Todd Hissong, Daniel David Sim.
