order): Year 1960 Joseph Corbett, Jr. Joseph Corbett, Jr. was wanted for kidnap and murder of wealthy heir Adolph Coors III status: paroled in 1980 Year 1961 Year 1962 Year 1963 Year 1964 Year 1965 Year 1966 Year 1967 Year 1968 James Earl Ray April 20, 1968 #277, & also June 11, 1977 #351 Two months on the list James Earl Ray was apprehended June 8, 1968 in London, England by British authorities for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. He died of hepatitis C at age 70 in prison. Year 1969 Billie Austin Bryant January 8, 1969 #295 shortest time (excluding never published) on the list, 2 hours Fourth "Special Addition" Billie Austin Bryant was wanted for first degree murder of two FBI Agents status: US PRISONER at the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia November 4, 1969 By the end of the decade, the following Fugitives were the FBI's Ten Most Wanted: 1965 #203 (five years), John William Clouser 1968 #265 (two years), Charles Lee Herron 1968 #279 (two years), Taylor Morris Teaford 1968 #282 (two years), Byron James Rice 1969 #298 (one year), Warren David Reddock 1969 #300 (one year), Cameron David Bishop 1969 #301 (one year), Marie Dean Arrington 1969 #302 (six months), Benjamin Hoskin Paddock (also father of shooter in 2017 Las Vegas shooting) 1969 #304 (three months), Joseph Lloyd Thomas The tenth space had just opened up at the end of the year 1969. References External links Current FBI top ten most wanted fugitives at FBI site 1960s in the United States