America's Most Wanted

America's Most Wanted (AMW) is a long-running television program, American, that tries to track down criminals using tips from viewers. The program is since 7 February1988 screened on television. It is presented by John Walsh, who decided to create a detection program after his son Adam in 1981 was raped and murdered. ==The wanted criminals[ Edit] == The first criminal who was arrested was David James Roberts, an escaped, triple murderer. He was picked up in Staten Island, New York. Until november 2010 there are 1136 criminals arrested, for example, not only in the us but also in Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Guatemala and even in European countries such as France. The program partners with the FBI. ==Origin[ Edit] == Most of the program is based on the German Aktenzeichen XY ... ungelöst and the English Crimewatch. Also the Dutch missing person is similar.