John Walsh - Captured

In a coup for the Fox Broadcasting Network John Walsh, fugitive host of America's Most Wanted, was captured during the filming of an episode of Cops. Police were responding to an AMW viewer's tip. Mr. Walsh is the 900th capture credited to the show. He has been on the run since April 1st.

Walsh was holed up in a motel in Baltimore, MD. when he was spotted by an alert viewer. "At first I wasn't sure it was him." stated Bernard Higthombottom. "I mean, he looked like an old man. His hair was grey, and messed up and he was shuffling around the halls in a dirty bathrobe and slippers. I guess I really knew it was him when he said, I'm John Walsh."

When the police arrived Mr. Walsh climbed onto a window cleaner's platform on the fourth floor. "Looking up at him, with his robe flapping in the wind. It's not I sight I want to see again." said policewoman Elaine Drat. "At first I wanted to look higher to see what he was pointing at."

In a tense stand off that lasted several hours, Mr Walsh hurled cleaning supplies at the emergency personel below. At one point he threatened to kill himself by drinking a mixture of amonia and vinegar. He claimed he was being set up by the police for taking credit for all of their hard work. A police spokesman, under conditions of anonimity, has this to say, "No comment."

In what appeared to be a total break with reality, Walsh demanded three Krusty burgers and wanted to speak with Malcolm (a character on Fox's Malcolm in the Middle). When asked why, Mr. Walsh explained, "He's been in worse scrapes that this and it always seems to work out for him."

He was eventually talked down when authorities threatened to send for Jack Bauer. Once he was in custody he became docile and kept telling the police, "You guys are doing a heck of a job!" After being booked Mr. Walsh was moved to a local hospital for psychiatric observation.

A spokesman for Fox said, despite his recent problems, that John Walsh would probably be back on AMW by mid summer. When asked how a man as out of touch with reality as John Walsh is could handle the demands of his job or even have any credibility with the viewing public, he responded, "Hey, Look at Dan Rather and Maury Povich. They're all wack jobs. Besides, it's no secret, John's been nuts for years. I mean, have you even seen the show?"