Fugitive Cases

Cases centred on a named suspect who fled. ColdCaseIndex documents 1 case of this type, of which 0 are recorded as unsolved.

Status of the 1 case
  • Solved or convicted 1 (100%)

By state or country

1 Brazil

All 1 case

Solved 1979

Josef Mengele (fugitive)

Josef Mengele, an SS physician at Auschwitz from 1943 to 1945, fled Germany in 1949 and lived in Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil without ever being arrested.

Brazil Fugitive Age 67

Other case types

352 Homicides203 Missing Persons65 Multiple Homicides65 Serial Killer Cases35 Unidentified Persons33 Suspicious Deaths19 Abductions3 Mass Shootings3 Sexual Violence Cases2 Child Abuse2 Sex Trafficking Cases1 Historic Injustice Cases1 Arson Cases1 Fugitive Cases