The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list arose from a conversation held in late 1949 between J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, and William Kinsey Hutchinson who were discussing ways to promote capture of the FBI's "toughest guys". For sixty years, the FBI has sought the public's assistance in a special way through one of our most effective and longest running publicity programs, which, since 1950, has led to the location of more than 460 of our nation's most dangerous criminals. Content:FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” Program:The BeginningsTodayThe ProgramCriteria for Placement on the ListThe ListRemoval from the ListHow the FBI Gets Its Men and Women: A 20-Year Study of the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” Program 1989-2009Today's "Top Ten” List More Likely to Include Terrorist, Organized Crime Figures and Child Predators "Top Tenners” Cannot Hide for LongMany Fugitives Found far from Home "Top Ten” Fugitives Increasingly Caught Through Publicity ConclusionProject Pin PointProject Welcome HomeAmerica's Most WantedFamous Cases:Thomas James HoldenWilliam Raymond NesbitIsaie Beausoleil Clyde Edward LawsJames Earl RayRichard Lee Tingler, Jr.Ruth Eisemann-SchierTheodore Robert BundyEric Robert RudolphWarren JeffsService Martyrs