Liz Navratil
liz.navratil@gmail.com
Missing Fugitives
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Missing Fugitives is a series examining probation and parole agencies in the United States, the ways they track people who break their rules and the people impacted when they do it inefficiently. In some of the country's largest counties, it takes officials two or three months on average to track down someone wanted on a probation or parole violation warrant, the investigation found. The delay provides people with opportunities to commit new crimes. Liz reported this project through the O'Brien Fellowship at Marquette University, with additional support from the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
Part One:
​Missing Fugitives
Agencies across the country often lose track of probation and parole violators. The consequences can be deadly.
Victim's son: 'There were some serious mistakes'
Don Potter describes his frustration with officials after his mother and de facto stepfather were bludgeoned to death, detectives suspect, by a relative wanted on a parole violation warrant.
A day in the life of a team of fugitive hunters
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette spends a day shadowing officers tasked with finding probation violators in Tucson, Arizona, and its surrounding suburbs.
On the lam
Brook Goode was wanted for nearly three years. Most of the time, he didn't even realize it.
In pursuit of fugitives in Allegheny County
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette spends a few days shadowing the Allegheny County officials who would have been tasked with finding Goode.
Follow-up Stories:
Allegheny County sheriff plans to ask for more manpower to track fugitives
Second Allegheny County councilman wants meeting on probation, parole issues
​Minnesota officials ask for more resources to find probation, parole violators
Third Allegheny County council member calls for more resources to find probation, parole violators