The Cowboy Killer: The Deadly Game Of Claude Dallas

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Summary by Krater

This episode of The FBI Files details the 1981 manhunt for Claude Lafayette Dallas, Jr. after he murdered two game wardens in Idaho, tracking his evasion, capture, trial, and subsequent escape and recapture.

From the video

Answers: How did the FBI track down and capture fugitive Claude Lafayette Dallas Jr. after he murdered two game wardens?

manhunt for Claude Lafayette Dallas Jr.
murder of game wardens Bill Pogue and Conley Elms
FBI and local sheriff investigation
escape from Idaho State Penitentiary
trial and conviction of Claude Dallas

What it concludes

Claude Lafayette Dallas Jr. murdered two game wardens in Idaho in 1981 and evaded capture by living off the grid in the wilderness.
Dallas escaped from the Idaho State Penitentiary in 1986 after three years of confinement by cutting through prison fencing with wire cutters provided by an acquaintance.
Dallas was recaptured in 1982 after a nationwide manhunt led by the FBI and local authorities when informants tipped off law enforcement to his location in Nevada.
Despite admitting to killing the two law enforcement officers, a jury convicted Dallas of voluntary manslaughter rather than first-degree murder, sentencing him to 30 years in prison.

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