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Fugitive wanted for murdering family of three is arrested bloody and bruised 700 miles away from crime scene after a month on the runHarry Mapps, 59, is described as 6 feet tall, weighing 135lbs, with red hair, blue eyes and graying beardSuspect in shooting deaths of Kim and Reginald Tuttle, and their 33-year-old married daughter, Dawn RoderickMurders took place November 27 in town of Rye, ColoradoMapps worked for Mr Tuttle and was staying in his home after separating from his wife By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 21:19 BST, 29 December 2013 | Updated: 21:30 BST, 29 December 2013





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Marshals have arrested a fugitive wanted for the brutal murders of a family of three in Colorado last month. Harry Carl Mapps was apprehended Saturday in a late-night raid at the motel room where he was staying in Roland, Oklahoma - 700 miles from the home in Rye, Colorado, where he allegedly killed three friends.

The bodies of 51-year-old Reginald Tuttle, his wife, 55-year-old Kim Tuttle, and their daughter, 33-year-old Dawn Roderick, were found on November 27 in the ruins of their home outside the small town of Rye. Bloody and bruised: Harry Mapps was busted by U.S.

Marshals after a late-night raid at the Oklahoma motel where he was staying Far and wide: Harry Mapps was found in Roland, Oklahoma, 700 miles from the home where he allegedly killed a family of three Police said he shot Mr and Mrs Tuttle in the head and then strangled their daughter, a mother of four, before burning the house down to conceal the evidence.

Mapps, a 59-year-old former long-haul trucker, was a friend of Mr Tuttle and had been staying with him, authorities said.  RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Teenage 'Bonnie and Clyde' who outran police in high speed... An 1,800-mile reign of terror ends as bank robber who gunned...



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U.S. Marshals tracked him to a motel after launching a nationwide manhunt. He has been charged with arson and three counts of first-degree murder.Roderick lived in nearby Pueblo with her husband and four children and was visiting her parents at the time of the shootings. Victims: Kim Tuttle (far right), her husband Reginald (second right), and their 33-year-old daughter, Dawn (far left), were shot dead November 27 Inferno: The Tuttles' Rye home was set ablaze to cover up the murders No good deed: Police say Mapps, a trucker, was staying with Reginald Tuttle and his wife ‘He took the mother of my children,' an inconsolable Mark Roderick, Dawn's husband, told CBS Denver.

‘Kind of disbelief. I had never seen him [Mapps] violent, I've never even seen him lose his temper, so I'm kind of in disbelief, but just real surprised.'Taylor said investigators have received hundreds of tips and followed all of them.
He said Mapps' last known location was the town of La Junta in southeastern Colorado, where authorities said he cashed a check made out to one of the victims.An earlier warrant for Mapps' arrest listed charges of theft, identity theft and forgery, all related to the alleged check theft. Happier times: Kim and Reginald, seen here on their wedding day more than three decades ago, are survived by their son Mapps was a friend of Mrs Tuttle and worked for his trucking business; his wife was a baker Slain daughter: Dawn Roderick, a married mother of four, was visiting her parents at the time of the shooting Authorities identified Mapps as a suspect in the deaths three days after the fire, but the murder and arson charges were not announced until Thursday.

Taylor said the warrants took time to process.‘The new charges will make him one of the most sought-after fugitives in the country,' the sheriff said. ‘Law-enforcement agencies nationwide will not want a triple-homicide suspect on the streets.'The warrant is sealed and no details have been released. Troubled marriage: Sandy Mapps (left), Harry Mapps' estranged wife, said she had kicked him out of their home in Texas last spring A federal fugitive arrest warrant has also been issued for Mapps, U.S.

Marshal John Kammerzell said.Mapps was initially described as a handyman. His estranged wife, Sandy Mapps, told The Denver Post she ordered him to leave their home in Dimmitt, Texas, last spring. He quit a farm labor job in Texas and moved to Colorado, she said.Mrs Mapps has been using her Facebook page to spread the message about her husband's manhunt, posting regular updates on the progress of the investigation. Fugitive: Mapps is considered armed and dangerous.

He was last seen driving a blue 2004 Chevrolet mini-van with the Texas license plate A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to Mapps' arrest. The fugitive was last seen driving a blue 2004 Chevrolet mini-van with the Texas license plate 7FSNK.
He is described as 6 feet tall, weighing 135lbs, with red hair and blue eyes. He may have a graying beard.



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