Ted Jeffrey Otsuki
| Ted Otsuki | |
|---|---|
| FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive | |
| Charges | murder of a Boston police officer |
| Description | |
| Born | Ted Jeffrey Otsuki 1951 (age 72–73) Harlingen, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Race | Japanese |
| Status | |
| Penalty | life in prison with no parole |
| Added | January 20, 1988 |
| Caught | September 4, 1988 (aged 36) |
| Number | 415 |
| Captured | |
Ted Jeffrey Otsuki is an American criminal of Japanese descent from Harlingen, Texas and a former member of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list who was added as number 415.[1] Otsuki, who had served seven years in prison in Texas for bank robbery, killed a Boston police officer, Roy Joseph Sergei (who died of his injuries 17 days later), and critically wounded another, Jorge Torres, after they came across him by mistake in an alley on October 9, 1987. At the time of the shooting Otsuki was on parole.[2]
Disappearance and capture
[edit]Otsuki was wanted for the 1987 murder of a Boston, Massachusetts police officer and the shooting of another. He mistakenly thought they were chasing him from his home.[3] A murder warrant was then issued for Otsuki's arrest and capture and he was then traced by the police to the city of San Francisco, California. Otsuki was captured in Jalisco, Guadalajara on September 4, 1988 by a combined squad of both Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Mexican Federal agents.[4]
Aftermath
[edit]Otsuki was found guilty of first degree homicide and sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years without the possibility of parole.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "COMMONWEALTH vs. TED JEFFERY OTSUKI". Justia Law. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ "Jury convicts bank robber in slaying of police officer". UPI. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ Basken, Paul (1989-05-17). "FBI Arrests Fugitive Wanted For Killing Boston Police Officer". UPI.com. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "415. Ted Jeffery Otsuki". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
- ^ "Chat with a cop killer". Boston Herald. 2011-03-21. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ "Ted Jeffrey Otsuki FBI Most Wanted". My Crime Library. 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
- 1951 births
- Fugitives
- Living people
- American people of Japanese descent
- American people convicted of murdering police officers
- American prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
- People from Harlingen, Texas
- People convicted of murder by Massachusetts
- Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Massachusetts