Background Check Results In Arrest For 1976 Murder

[meQal]

Police in Atlanta, GA arrested a man wanted for the 1976 murder of a University of Missouri student when he went to have a background check for a job.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_re_us/us1976_slaying

I have to wonder, if you know the cops are looking for you, why would you walk into a police station and request a background check?

[BoyScoutKevin]

Maybe he forgot that there is no statute of limitations on murder.

[akiratubo]

Could be he had no money, no prospects, and wanted to be housed, fed, and get medical attention on the state's dime.

[ghouck]

In 1985, Wright's former roommate told Columbia police he had seen Doisy's body in Wright's car. Boone County prosecutors initially charged the roommate, Harry Moore, with second-degree murder before he came forward with the additional information. Wright was then charged in the crime on Nov. 26, 1985.

It's possible he didn't even know there was a warrant. The kind of stuff like I quoted scares me at times. They consider him a suspect because ANOTHER suspect implicated him, BEFORE they dropped the charges against him.