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NATION, Page 23American NotesCRIMEAfter 18 Years, a Bust
The murders were carefully and diabolically plotted. By the
time the bullet-riddled bodies of John List's mother, wife and
three children were discovered in Westfield, N.J., in December
1971, the quiet accountant had been missing for nearly a month. It
took authorities 18 years to catch up with him, and then only
through a TV crime show.
Last month Fox Television's America's Most Wanted program
reported on the case, featuring a sculptor's bust portraying List,
now 63, as he would appear today. A tip to the program's hot line
led FBI agents to Robert Clark in Brandermill, Va., an accountant
who bore a striking resemblance to the sculptor's guesswork.
Fingerprints indicated that authorities had found their man. New
Jersey prosecutors expect to charge List/Clark with five overdue
counts of first-degree murder.