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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2014
- Nationality
- American
- Checked
Thayne Alan Smika
Thayne Alan Smika, an American national, is wanted by the FBI, which published this notice in 2014. He is wanted for: Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution - First Degree Murder. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Thayne Alan Smika.
He is described as 1.8 m tall, with hazel eyes and brown hair. Born on 27 February 1959 in North Dakota, he would now be 67.
Charges, as published
- Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution - First Degree Murder
Reward
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Thayne Alan Smika.
Case details, as published by FBI
Thayne Alan Smika is wanted for a murder which occurred on August 1, 1983. On that day, police officers responded to an incident at an apartment complex in Boulder, Colorado. A male victim was found in his apartment, lying on the living room floor, with a gunshot wound to his head. The victim was identified as Smika's roommate. In October 1986, in Beverly Hills, California, Smika's car was found empty and abandoned with a stolen license plate. On December 2, 2010, a state arrest warrant was issued for Smika by the County District Court, Boulder County, Colorado, for first degree murder. Additionally, on December 13, 2010, a federal arrest warrant was issued by the United States District Court, District of Colorado, after Smika was charged federally with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
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