FBI Most Wanted: Suspect captured in 2000s killing of Philadelphia 5-year-old girl

The Brief

  • Alexis Flores, formerly on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list has been captured.
  • Flores is accused of the strangulation death of a 5-year-old girl in Philadelphia in 2000.
  • He was charged in 2007 with murder and other crimes and remained on the run until his recent capture.

PHILADELPHIA A fugitive formerly on the FBI’s Most Wanted list for the kidnapping and murder of a 5-year-old girl in Philadelphia over two decades ago has been captured.

What we know:

The FBI announced the arrest of Alexis Flores on Friday, calling it “the culmination of 25 years of tireless investigative effort.”

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