John Walsh - Fugitive

I was saddened to hear about the strange events in John Walsh's life recently. He has been the virtual icon of American justice and is now, himself, a fugitive on the run.

It started yesterday with a routine traffic stop in his home state of Florida. Matt Davis, the officer who initiated the stop with his partner Denzel Mu-Achmed, says he did so because the blue Humvee was moving erractically, weaving in and out of traffic. Initially Mr. Walsh pulled over and when approached appeared cooperative.

Officer Davis reported that Mr. Walsh was friendly and tried to trade upon his status with America's Most Wanted and his close ties with law enforcement across the nation. "But his eyes didn't look right. They were glassy and appeared unfocused. If it wasn't John Walsh I would have had him in cuffs immediately." Upon further questioning, when Mr. Walsh saw the police officer's concern, he allegedly shoved Officer Mu-Achmed, pulled a gun from his waistband and yelled, "You can't do this to me! I'm John Walsh!"

All of this was captured on the police car's dashcam. Unfortunately, Officer Mu-Achmed, an eight year veteran of the Broward County Sheriff's Office, stepped back from the gun and into the path of a U.S. Postal tractor trailer truck. He leaves behind a wife, Audroleesha, and twin daughters, Mandileesha and Linda.

Mr. Walsh then, reportedly, leaped a guardrail, ran down the grassy slope and disappeared into the smoke of a nearby wild fire, one of many plaguing this part of Florida in recent days. Officer Davis called in for back-up, joked about how Mu-Achmed would have gotten there faster if he had been hit by a FedEx truck but that at least his funeral would be First Class, and began a search of Mr. Walsh's vehicle.

A large amount of cocaine was allegedly "smeared on the dash of the Humvee and there were rolled up hundred dollar bills everywhere" according to Officer Davis. "We also recovered a large cache of automatic weapons and nearly a million dollars in cash. When the CSI team got here, they used their UV light wand to look for signs of sexual activity and the inside of the car lit up like the freakin' milky way." Officer Davis looked directly into his dashcam and intoned, "It's a damn shame, John Walsh was my hero."

But heros fall. And America must move on.

This is Saturday, April 1st. Let the manhunt begin.