On Jan. 2, 2010, just hours after being profiled on the television show "America's Most Wanted," Paul Michael Merhige was found and arrested for allegedly gunning down four family members at a Thanksgiving Day gathering. Merhige is just one of 1,100 suspected criminals apprehended as a result of the show. TIME takes a look at other notable captures
On the lam after allegedly committing numerous sexual assaults over a 10-year period, Odis James Williams of Sacramento, Calif., ran out of luck just hours after his mug appeared on an episode of America's Most Wanted on Dec. 12, 2009. Williams was apprehended in Amarillo, Texas, after a tipster told police he had been spotted there.
