Leo Burt

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**Leo Frederick Burt**
Removed from Top Ten Fugitive list
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Leo Frederick Burt
Born:	April 18, 1948 (1948-04-18) (age 60) or April 15, 1950
Charged with:	Sabotage, destruction of government property, and conspiracy.
Date Added:	September 4, 1970
Date Removed:	April 7, 1976
Number on List:	#313

Leo Frederick Burt (born April 18, 1948) was indicted in connection with the 1970 Sterling Hall bombing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, which killed Robert Fassnacht, a physics researcher, and injured several others. Burt reportedly was involved in making and planting the bomb.

Burt and his confederates fled to Canada where they were tracked by the FBI. He was indicted by the federal government on September 2, 1970 for sabotage, destruction of government property, and conspiracy. Despite having been on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for six years ( September 4, 1970 to April 7, 1976), Burt has not been captured and is still at large.^[1] One of the last times he was heard from was when he and David Fine escaped from their apartment building in Canada as the police closed in on them. The FBI has offered a reward of $150,000 for information leading to his arrest.^[1] In addition to the Federal charges, there are state charges still pending against Burt.

The Sterling Hall bombing caused $6 million in damages, and restitution for the bombing or the other crimes Burt has been indicted for has never been made. At the time, it was the largest bombing in the United States.

Burt was born in Darby, Pennsylvania. He grew up rather privileged in a Catholic family and attended Monsignor Bonner High School, an all-boys parochial school. He was also an athlete and enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He apparently became more radicalized after being cut from the varsity crew team.^[2]

On September 29, 2007, Burt was featured on The Fox Television series America's Most Wanted as the "Ghost of Wisconsin".^[3]