Elizabeth Ann Duke (born November 25, 1940) is an American

fugitive A fugitive or runaway is a person who is fleeing from custody, whether it be from jail, a government arrest, government or non-government questioning, vigilante violence, or outraged private individuals. A fugitive from justice, also known ...

best known for her involvement with radical left-wing political organizations and subsequent flight from

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. She remains wanted by the

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on charges related to bombings, including the 1983 U.S. Senate bombing, carried out by the

May 19th Communist Organization The May 19th Communist Organization (also variously referred to as the May 19 Coalition, May 19 Communist Coalition or M19CO) was a US-based far-left group formed by members of the Weather Underground Organization. The group was originally kno ...

Early life

Duke was born in

Beeville, Texas Beeville is a city in Bee County, Texas, Bee County, Texas, United States. Its population of 13,543 at the 2020 census makes it the 207th-largest city in Texas. It is the county seat of Bee County and home to the main campus of Coastal Bend Co ...

, on November 25, 1940, but has given her date of birth as April 20, 1941. Duke was allegedly a member of a Weathermen splinter group, the

. The group claimed responsibility for a series of bombings of U.S. government buildings between 1983 and 1985, including the bombing of the United States Capitol building in November 1983.

Arrest and flight

Duke and

Alan Berkman Alan Berkman (September 4, 1945 – June 5, 2009) was an American physician and activist in the Students for a Democratic Society and Weather Underground who went to prison for his involvement in a number of robberies staged by the organizati ...

were arrested in May 1985 and indicted on

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, falsification and weapons charges by a federal

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, in what became known as the Resistance Conspiracy case. Also charged as co-conspirators were Marilyn Jean Buck (wanted for her role in the 1981 Brinks armored car robbery), Laura Whitehorn,

Linda Sue Evans Linda Sue Evans (born May 11, 1947) is an American Political radicalism, radical leftist, who was convicted in connection with violent and deadly militant activities committed as part of her goal to free African-Americans from white oppression. ...

Susan Rosenberg Susan Lisa Rosenberg (born October 5, 1955) is an American activist, writer, advocate for social justice and prisoners' rights. From the late 1970s into the mid-1980s, Rosenberg was active in the far-left terrorist May 19th Communist Organizat ...

, and Timothy Blunk. Duke was released on

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in July 1985 and went missing the following October. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading directly to the arrest and conviction of Duke.

References

External links

Duke's FBI wanted poster
*Court docket for "USA v. DUKE"#1:88−cr−00145 available with PACER subscription. {{DEFAULTSORT:Duke, Elizabeth Anna 1940 births American communists Members of the Weather Underground Fugitives wanted by the United States Fugitives wanted on counterfeiting charges People from Beeville, Texas Possibly living people

Early life

Arrest and flight

See also

References

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