Accused killer on FBI’s Most Wanted Fugitive list surrenders at Texas border

A man suspected of raping and killing a working young mother on the University of Texas campus in 1983 is in custody after years on the run.

(FOX)- Robert Van Wisse, 51, surrendered to authorities at the Texas border Thursday. He was apprehended six weeks after his name was added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitive list.

He was wanted by Austin police in connection with the murder of 22-year-old Laurie Stout in September, 1983, Fox 7 Austin reports.

She was a University of Texas janitor and her body was found in a campus building restroom. She had a 19-month-old daughter.

The FBI says Van Wisse was the last person seen in the building before the murder but was initially ruled out as a suspect. He was a University of Texas student at the time.

He fled to Mexico in 1996 when DNA linked him to the crime, according to the FBI. His family had property in Mexico and he had been born there in Guadalajara.

After surrendering, Van Wisse was jailed on two charges– first degree murder and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.

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