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Deputy US Marshalss had been searching for William Greer for 5 years. He was accused of shooting and killing his
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girlfriend Tammy Meyers with a shotgun in their home in 2006. It was now Deputy Marshall Leslie Raymond's responsibility
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to track down the elusive killer. He named the hunt operation catch. >> And why'd you name it that?
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>> William Ger was missing a toe. >> And how'd he lose that? >> I think it was a bicycle accident when
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he was younger. >> This is the famous missing toe. The marshals believe that unique feature
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would eventually lead to Greer's capture. >> I pretty much was sure that he was using
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the railways to move around, hopping trains, and the last good solid source put him on a train going southbound, and
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I said, "This guy's in Mexico." >> Raymond asked to have the outlaw placed on the US Marshall's 15 most wanted
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list. A $25,000 reward was also offered for his arrest. We obtained information from a reliable source that William
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Greer had set up a new life south of the border in Mexico. But US marshals don't
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have jurisdiction in Mexico. So, Operation Catchau was now in the hands of Mexican authorities. Keeping the US
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marshals informed at every turn, Mexican police were now surveilling the man they
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all hoped was William Greer. Mexican authorities learned that Greer was living practically off the grid down
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this dirt road in the tiny southern town of Taxco. He had a wife and two young children. By 2017, locals say Greer had
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been living in Taxco for about three years. >> We called him Elingo. >> You didn't know his name?
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>> No. >> Tilo Perez lived next door to the fugitive and says he was a good neighbor.
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>> He was calm. >> He didn't mess with anyone. >> We had learned that he had a carpentry
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company. He was building furniture and he employed a couple employees. Greer had been a master at avoiding arrest
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until the morning of November 28th, 2017 when his days on the run finally came to
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an end. Greer was taken by surprise by a swarm of undercover police. >> US Marshall Service would like to
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announce the arrest of William Joseph. >> He completely denied that it was him. I
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just wish I could have been there to see his face when they removed his shoe. >> They did remove shoe.
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>> Absolutely. >> And what did they see? >> Missing toe. >> Operation catch a toe. Correct.
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>> had finally succeeded. >> That's right. >> It was a good feeling. And And I wasn't
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crying. He was crying. We might have teared up. >> I might have teared up.