NJ - New Push to Capture Woman in ’73 Killing of State Trooper

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/n...ing-is-put-on-fbis-most-wanted-list.html?_r=0

The end came suddenly for Werner Foerster, a 34-year-old state trooper executed with his own gun on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973. For many others — his widow, the State Police and the woman convicted of his murder — the end remains elusive, postponed these 40 years by a fight over what justice really means.

Law enforcement officials advanced their side of that debate on Thursday by placing Joanne D. Chesimard, who was convicted of the murder in 1977, on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s list of Most Wanted Terrorists. She became the first woman named to the list, and only the second domestic terrorist, the agency said.

The reward for Ms. Chesimard’s capture and repatriation from Cuba, where she moved after escaping from prison in 1979, was doubled to $2 million.

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[SurfieTX]

Interestingly, she was related to Tupac Shakur (a step aunt or something like that).

 

[OkieGranny]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/court-reverses-parole-denial-73-trooper-murder-25836521

A man convicted in the shooting death of a New Jersey state trooper in a crime that still provokes strong emotion among law enforcement more than 40 years later was ordered released on parole by a state appeals court Monday.

Sundiata Acoli was known as Clark Edward Squire when he was convicted of the 1973 slaying of Trooper Werner Foerster during a stop on the New Jersey Turnpike. Now in his mid-70s, Acoli was denied parole most recently in 2011, but the appellate judges reversed that ruling Monday...

One of the three people in the car when it was stopped was Joanne Chesimard, who also was convicted of Foerster's slaying but eventually escaped to Cuba and is now known as Assata Shakur. Last year, state and federal authorities announced a $2 million reward for information leading to her capture, and the FBI made her the first woman on its list of most wanted terrorists. She and Acoli were members of black militant organizations.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Asbury Park Press

 

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May 2024

The Untold Story: Joanne Chesimard's Prison Break And Cuba Asylum

Uncover the chilling tale of a New Jersey State Trooper's murder by the Black Liberation Army in the 1970s and the fugitive's escape to Cuba.

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In 2013, Chesimard became the first woman to make the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list.
Joanne Chesimard is wanted for murder.
Chesimard is a black woman who is believed to be between 72 and 77 years of age.
She has brown eyes and is approximately 5'7" tall.
She also goes by many aliases including Assata Shakur, Joanne Byron, Barbara Odoms, Joanne Chesterman, Joan Davis, Justine Henderson, Mary Davis, Pat Chesimard, Jo-Ann Chesimard, Joanne Debra Chesimard, Joanne D. Byron, Joanne D. Chesimard, Joanne Davis, Chesimard Joanne, Ches Chesimard, Sister-Love Chesimard, Joann Debra Byron Chesimard, Joanne Deborah Byron Chesimard, Joan Chesimard, Josephine Henderson, Carolyn Johnson, Carol Brown, "Ches"
Chesimard is said to keep her hair in many different styles and is known to wear African tribal clothing.
The FBI is offering a $1,000,000 reward for information directly leading to the apprehension of Joanne Chesimard.

Joanne Chesimard is considered to be armed and extremely dangerous.''​