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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2018
- Nationality
- American
- Checked
Joel Emiliano Carranza
The FBI lists Joel Emiliano Carranza, an American national, on its Wanted list (notice published in 2018). The notice says Carranza is wanted for: Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution - Murder. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of Joel Emiliano Carranza.
He is described as 1.68 m tall, weighing about 91 kg, with brown eyes and brown hair. Distinguishing marks noted by the agency: Carranza has several tattoos on his upper right bicep of the words "Miguel Angel", with praying hands under the words, a small cross with a glowing halo around it under the hands, and the words "Daddy's Boy" under the cross. Carranza also has a noticeable widow's peak on his hairline. Born on September 21, 1981 (True) in California.
Charges, as published
- Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution - Murder
Reward
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of Joel Emiliano Carranza.
Case details, as published by FBI
Joel Emiliano Carranza is wanted for his alleged involvement in the attack of two men. On January 1, 1999, Carranza and three accomplices allegedly jumped out of a van and attacked the two men as they were walking along a street in Campbell, California. The attack allegedly stemmed from an altercation between one of the men who were walking and one of Carranza's relatives which occurred nearly a year earlier. During the attack, one of the men suffered multiple stab wounds to the chest, one of which penetrated his heart and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The other victim survived the attack. A local arrest warrant was issued for Carranza on January 6, 1999, by the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara, Juvenile Court, wherein he was charged with murder. A federal arrest warrant was issued for Carranza on April 14, 1999, in the United States District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose, California, wherein he was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
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