A fugitive who was featured in 2008 on "America's Most Wanted" for a 2001 murder in Iowa has turned himself in to law enforcement authorities in Sacramento.
Mark Anthony Wilson, 50, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Joni Lee Anne Manning, 43, according to Webster County sheriff officials in Iowa.
Manning was found dead on July 8, 2001, in her home in Clare, Iowa, by one of her sons. An autopsy showed that she died of head injuries caused by blunt force by an unknown object.
Webster County authorities said Wilson approached a California Highway Patrol officer in Sacramento last Tuesday and told him he was wanted in Iowa. He also told the officer that he had been living near Loaves and Fishes and had been supporting himself by doing landscaping and yard work.
Wilson also said he had spent time in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and this area, authorities said.
Wilson had lived with Manning, who was a registered nurse in Des Moines. Before her death, she had been out of contact with her family for several days. Within days of her body being found, law enforcement offices in Iowa and Missouri began seeking Wilson, who was last seen on July 8, 2001, in Kansas City, Mo., with Manning's missing 2000 Ford Mustang.
"It's good that at some point we'll have closure in this case, especially for the family," Webster County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Luke Fleener said.
Deputies from Iowa are scheduled to be in Sacramento this week to extradite Wilson, FBI Special Agent Steve Dupre said.
Authorities are asking that anyone who has had contact with Wilson or knows about his whereabouts in the past eight years to contact the local FBI office, Los Angeles Police Department Detective Pat Barron at 818-834-3110 or the Webster County Sheriff's Office at 515-573-1410.
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