Fascinating Facts About The Groundbreaking TV Show America’s Most Wanted

The Show Nearly Helped Capture Designer Gianni Versace’s Killer

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In 1997, the FBI put serial killer Andrew Cunanan on its Most Wanted Fugitives list. They turned to America’s Most Wanted for help in apprehending the criminal. The show featured a segment about Cunanan, and police in Miami followed a tip from a man named Kenny Benjamin who worked at a sub shop and claimed Cunanan was there.

Police went to the sub shop, but the suspect had left. It’s unclear whether Cunanan was actually in the shop because the man in question was hidden on the shop’s video camera, but the tip was made four days before Cunanan murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace.

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