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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2013
- Nationality
- American
- Checked
Catherine Marie Kerkow
Catherine Marie Kerkow, an American national, is wanted by the FBI, which published this notice in 2013. She is wanted for: Air Piracy.
She is described as 1.65 m tall, weighing about 52 kg, with brown eyes and brown hair. Born on 6 October 1951 in Coos Bay, Oregon, she would now be 75.
Charges, as published
- Air Piracy
Case details, as published by FBI
Catherine Marie Kerkow is wanted for her alleged involvement in the hijacking of Western Airlines Flight 701 which was to fly from Los Angeles, California, to Seattle, Washington, on June 3, 1972. A member of the Black Panthers, Kerkow and an accomplice claimed they had a bomb in an attache case and demanded $500,000. After allowing the 97 passengers to get off the plane in San Francisco, California, Kerkow and her accomplice flew to Algeria where they were granted political asylum. On January 25, 1975, the two hijackers, using fake passports, were arrested on illegal entry charges in France. Kerkow's accomplice was eventually extradited to the United States, but Kerkow's whereabouts remain unknown. A federal arrest warrant was issued for Kerkow in the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, on June 5, 1972, after she was charged with air piracy.
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