Posted on 09/29/2007 3:41:52 AM PDT by Shermy
American authorities hunting fugitive Nai Xin Xue fear he will continue his crime spree in the US.
The FBI and US Marshals have committed teams of officers to track down Xue, a self-described kung fu master who has been on the run in the US for more than a week.
The callous nature of Xue's alleged crimes, the murder of his wife in Auckland and dumping of his infant daughter in Melbourne, shocked hardened FBI, US Marshal and Los Angeles police veterans.
And now they are desperate to take him off the streets.
"We have to assume he may be a danger to our citizens," Tom Hession, chief of the regional US Marshals Service fugitive task force in Los Angeles, told AAP.
"If we can locate him and arrest him and send him back to New Zealand, that's exactly what we're going to do."
The FBI, US Marshals and the LAPD continued chasing leads throughout the LA region today, but declined to give details.
"There's nothing new to report," an LAPD spokesperson said.
There have been numerous sightings of 54-year-old Xue, who landed in LA a week ago on a flight from Australia and took a shuttle bus to LA's Chinatown.
Chief Hession said the trail left by Xue remains warm.
"I would say it's not cold," he said.
"We have some leads and we're conducting interviews and investigating the things that develop from there.
"We have a couple of dozen people working on this particular case right now and we have access to several dozen more if we need to."
Some media reports have said Xue may be running out of cash after withdrawing $8,500 in Auckland, before flying to Melbourne and purchasing the flight to LA worth more than $3,200.
If so, Xue may be looking for work in LA.
"Were not sure how much he had on him," Chief Hession said.
"I know there's been some speculation as to him having 'x' number of thousands of dollars, but we're not sure how much he had on him.
"That's all part of the investigation."
A warrant in New Zealand was issued for Xue's arrest after the discovery of his 27-year-old wife's body. An An Liu was found stuffed in the boot of Xue's car parked outside the couple's Auckland home.
Xue is accused of flying to Melbourne and abandoning his three-year-old daughter, Qian Xun Xue, at the Southern Cross Railway station
He also needs to face charges here as well. One I can think of is “Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution”.
New Zealand - beautiful country and 99.99% nice people but too bad they don’t have the death penalty.
FR thread here.
Cheers!
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