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The 11 women who have made the FBI's most wanted list across the agency's ... trends now
The 11 women who have made the FBI's most wanted list across the agency's ... trends now

The 11 women who have made the FBI's most wanted list across the agency's ... trends now

The FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list has long served as a fixture of the United States justice system, instilling fear in Americans for decades.

However, since its inception in 1950, the list - reserved for the nation's worst criminals - has only contained a handful of women, with just 11 of its 529 fugitives being female.

This past summer, 42-year-old Ruja Ignatova became the latest women to grace the list, after feds said the self-professed 'crypto queen' scammed investors out of more than $4billion, with a Ponzi scheme though her now-defunct company, OneCoin.

Vanishing into thin air in 2017, the Bulgarian-born fraudster is still-at large, with officials now offering $100,000 for information on her whereabouts. She joined 10 others whose crimes have earned them the dubious distinction.

Ruja Ignatova - self-professed 'crypto-queen' 

Ruja Ignatova allegedly scammed investors around the world to collect $4 billion for her OneCoin cryptocurrency, which was a pyramid scheme

Ruja Ignatova allegedly scammed investors around the world to collect $4 billion for her OneCoin cryptocurrency, which was a pyramid scheme

Still at-large, the Bulgarian-born fugitive is just the 11th women to make the list in its history, wanted for fraud with a reward set at $100,000. It is believed she may have had surgery or altered her appearance in some way since disappearing in 2017

Still at-large, the Bulgarian-born fugitive is just the 11th women to make the list in its history, wanted for fraud with a reward set at $100,000. It is believed she may have had surgery or altered her appearance in some way since disappearing in 2017

The FBI added Dr. Ruja Ignatova, the 'Cryptoqueen' to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in June after she allegedly defrauded investors with her $4 billion cryptocurrency pyramid scheme. 

Ignatova, 42, who the Department of Justice said used her OneCoin cryptocurrency as a multi-level marketing scam to target investors worldwide between 2014 and 2018, is now wanted for $100,000. 

Investigators believe Ignatova was tipped off in 2017 after a U.S. District Court in New York issued a warrant for her arrest, leading the alleged scammer to travel to Greece and disappear. 

Special Agent Ronald Shimko, who is investigating the case out of the FBI's New York Field Office, said he hopes the publicity of being on the most wanted list will help track down Ignatova. 

'There are so many victims all over the world who were financially devastated by this,' Shimko said. 'We want to bring her to justice.'

The other 10 are as follows: 

Shanika S. Minor - arrested in 2016

A disturbing crime landed Shanika Minor as the tenth and final woman thus far to be added on the Most Wanted List, when she shot dead her pregnant neighbor in front of the woman's two children

She was at her mother's home on the evening of March 6, 2016, when she got in an argument with a neighbor and former high school classmate Tamecca Perry over playing loud music

Prior to Ignatova - who is believed to have altered her appearance in some way since her disappearance - the most recent woman to make the Most Wanted list was Shanika Mino, a Wisconsin woman who in 2016 stood accused of killing a neighbor and her unborn baby 

Prior to Ignatova - who is believed to have altered her appearance in some way since her disappearance - the most recent woman to make the Most Wanted list was Shanika Mino, a Wisconsin woman who in 2016 stood accused of killing a former high school classmate and her unborn baby.

According to police, she was at her mother's home on the evening of March 6, 2016, when she got in an argument with a nine-months pregnant Tamecca Perry, a neighbor and former classmate.

Federal officials said the altercation stemmed over Perry's playing of music, which 24-year-old Minor felt had been too loud, and 'disrespected' her family.

Minor shot 23-year-old Tamecca Perry (pictured) in March 2016 following an argument over loud music

Minor shot 23-year-old Tamecca Perry (pictured) in March 2016 following an argument over loud music

Minor would go on to instigate two confrontations with the neighbor, at first threatening Perry, 23, with a gun and challenging her to a fight.

Early the next morning, Minor would again return to Perry's home, this time coming to the back entrance. Both altercations saw Minor's mom try to intervene.

During the second scuffle, the mother proved unsuccessful in her efforts - with Minor reaching over her shoulder and shooting Perry, who was five days away from her due date. The murder transpired in front of the mom's two other children. 

Minor proceeded to go on the run for nearly four months, but was only added to the Most Wanted list on June 28, 2016.

In a testament to the proficiency of the FBI program, the fugitive was apprehended at a motel in Fayetteville, North Carolina, just three days later.

She would later plead guilty to one count of first degree reckless homicide, and one count of first degree reckless homicide of a child - earning her 30 years in prison. 

Brenda Delgado - also apprehended in 2016

Brenda Delgado fled to Mexico when she learned she was wanted in connection with the murder of her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend 

Brenda Delgado fled to Mexico when she learned she was wanted in connection with the murder of her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend 

Just two months before Minor made the list, another woman, Mexican citizen Brenda Delgado, managed to garner a spot - following a sordid love triangle that saw her plot to murder her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend and then flee to Mexico.

According to the FBI, Delgado, a 34-year-old dental hygiene student, was reportedly enraged to the point of murder when she found that her ex-boyfriend began the relationship with the woman, a prominent local pediatric surgeon.

Delgado's boyfriend had been dating 35-year-old pediatric dentist Kendra Hatcher (pictured). She was shot and killed in the parking lot of her upscale Dallas apartment

Delgado's boyfriend had been dating 35-year-old pediatric dentist Kendra Hatcher (pictured). She was shot and killed in the parking lot of her upscale Dallas apartment

Delgado had been dating Ricardo Paniagua, a dermatologist, for two years before he started started seeing the pediatric dentist, 35-year-old Kendra Hatcher.

Investigators said that after learning that the new couple had flown to San Francisco to meet Paniagua's parents in September 2015, a jealous Delgado allegedly hired a hit man to shoot Hatcher in the parking deck of her upscale Dallas apartment complex.

The jilted woman promised the hit man drugs and money in exchange for the deed, feds said at the time.

She also offered two co-conspirators similar bribes, including 21-year-old dental assistant Crystal Cortes, who told police that she was paid $500 to drive the getaway car after Love attacked Hatcher.

Kendra Hatcher (left) started dating Ricardo Paniagua (right) after he broke up with Brenda Delgado

Kendra Hatcher (left) started dating Ricardo Paniagua (right) after he broke up with Brenda Delgado 

After the murder, police immediately questioned Delgado, after her Jeep Cherokee was caught on camera fleeing the scene.

According to the FBI, immediately after the interview, Delgado fled to Mexico, where she successfully hid for six months before being placed on the Most Wanted List in April 2016. 

 Again, the distinction saw officials almost immediately hone in on her location, with Delgado arrested in Northern Mexico just two days later, where she spent five months in a Mexican prison.

In the case Kristopher Love  was found guilty of capital murder in October 2018 for shooting Kendra Hatcher and sentenced to death.

Crystal Cortes was also convicted for driving the getaway car and was sentenced to 35 years in prison

In the case Kristopher Love (left) was found guilty of capital murder in October 2018 for shooting Kendra Hatcher and sentenced to death.  Crystal Cortes (right) was also convicted for driving the getaway car and was sentenced to 35 years in prison

She was then extradited to the United States that October, on the condition that she would not receive the death penalty.

Prosecutors filed a motion to argue for the death penalty anyway, though the effort proved unsuccessful. In October 2021, Delgado was found guilty of capital murder for orchestrating the plot, and is currently in the midst of a life sentence.

Shauntay L. Henderson - arrested in one day

Shauntay L Henderson was listed for a record-breaking singular day on March 31, 2007. The 29-year-old was once a leading member in Kansas City, Missouri's 12th Street Gang

Shauntay L Henderson was listed for a record-breaking singular day on March 31, 2007. The 29-year-old was once a leading member in Kansas City, Missouri's 12th Street Gang

Before Delgado's arrest, it had been nearly a decade since a woman earned a spot on the FBI list - with a then-29-year-old Shauntay L Henderson earning the distinction in March 31, 2007. 

In perhaps the most pronounced proof of the list's effectiveness, she was nabbed by feds later that day.

Henderson was listed for a record-breaking singular day on March 31, 2007. The 29-year-old was once a leading member in Kansas City, Missouri's 12th Street Gang.

In September of 2006, she shot 21-year-old Deandre Parker while he was in his truck at a gas station with his girlfriend. When she learned police suspected her of the crime, she went underground.

Cops said Henderson was the leader of a violent street gang in Kansas City. Henderson, who denied the allegation, was later convicted of manslaughter in the shooting and killing of a man

Cops said Henderson was the leader of a violent street gang in Kansas City. Henderson, who denied the allegation, was later convicted of manslaughter in the shooting and killing of a man

During a brief reemergence, she allegedly ordered the revenge killings of other gang members who testified against her mentor, kingpin Steve Wright.

Eventually Henderson was arrested and plead guilty to manslaughter. She was given probation for the manslaughter charge, but served three years in prison for gun possession in the case.

Judge Robert Schieber was the official who ordered probation for her manslaughter charge, stating that he gave her 'every benefit of the doubt.'

This proved to be a decision he would regret.

She was released from prison in 2010, and five months later, found herself in Schieber's courtroom again. After being arrested at a traffic stop with a .40-caliber semi-automatic handgun, she pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm and was ordered to serve ten years in prison.

Judge Schieber requested that the ten-year sentence be served consecutively with the federal punishment of an additional seven years and three months - which was tacked on for being a felon possessing a firearm.

She remains in custody, finishing out her 17-year federal sentence in 2019, before beginning a concurrent 10 year sentence at Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Vandalia, Missouri.

Donna Jean Willmott - turned self in in 1994

Donne Jean Willmott, the seventh woman on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list, was also associated with the Weather Underground

Donne Jean Willmott, the seventh woman on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list, was also associated with the Weather Underground

The Weather Underground group reared its head again in 1985 in the form of Donna Jean Willmott and her partner in crime Claude Daniel Marks, who went into hiding after their plan to blow up a maximum security prison was revealed.

The two planned a large explosion at a prison in Kansas in an effort to free Oscar Lopez, the imprisoned leader of the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional, a group dedicated to political independence in Puerto Rico.

Their plot was uncovered when Willmott's partner Marks bought 37 pounds of explosives from an undercover agent. After the two fled to Los Angeles, they found monitoring devices the FBI had placed in the car.

They decided they had to disappear - and they did. Both were added to the Most Wanted list in May of 1987.

With their respective spouses and children, the two families relocated to Pittsburgh where they settled in the small neighborhood of Squirrel Hill under different names.

Willmott became Jo Elliott, and her husband Robert McBride assumed the name Tim Anderson. Among friends, they were known as loving parents to their daughter Zoe. Willmott was a staple of the community and frequently volunteered with AIDS-infected children.

Claude Daniel Marks became Greg Peters, husband and father of two, who drew crowds to the little league baseball games he coached. He also volunteered for a literacy project for inner-city children, and grew tomatoes in his home garden which he donated to a nearby home for the mentally disabled.

Like many of the other fugitives on the Most Wanted List, the pressure of living a second life became too great. Both decided to turn themselves in to FBI agents in Chicago in 1994, after a year of negotiation and nearly a decade on the run.

Following their arrest, the two said: 'First challenged to activism by the movements of the Sixties, both of us have spent all our adult lives working to change the injustices that are a part of the very fabric of society,' according to the LA Times.

Willmott was given a five year sentence, and Marks was sentenced to ten due to his greater role in the bombing and escape plot.

Katherine Ann Power & Susan Edith Saxe - roommates who evaded the law for years

College roommates Katherine Ann Power and Susan Edith Saxe became the first female pair to find themselves wanted by the FBI, after plotting an armed bank robbery that left a cop dead

College roommates Katherine Ann Power and Susan Edith Saxe became the first female pair to find themselves wanted by the FBI, after plotting an armed bank robbery that left a cop dead

College roommates Katherine Ann Power and Susan Edith Saxe became the first female pair to find themselves wanted by the FBI, after plotting an armed bank robbery that left a police officer dead 15 years prior to Willmott's arrest.

The two women collaborated with three assailants to rob the State Street Bank and Trust in Boston in September 1970, which went awry and ended with the fatal shooting of a police officer.

While heavily armed, the group stormed the bank and made off with $26,000. They planned to use the money to purchase weapons for the Black Panthers, and to buy explosives to melt down wheels of trains carrying military weapons.

The first officer to respond to the heist, father-of-nine and former WWII vet Walter A Schroeder, was shot in the back by one of Power and Saxe's male

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