FBI seeks leads in 1980 slaying of Pennsylvania police chief

FILE - This photo May 4, 1981, file booking photo combo provided by the FBI shows Donald Eugene Webb, wanted in connection with the Dec. 4, 1980 murder of police Chief Gregory Adams in Saxonburg, Pa. Webb’s rented car was found abandoned a week later in Warwick, R.I. The FBI recently began publicizing a $100,000 reward for information either leading to the whereabouts of Webb or the location of his remains. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP, File) FILE - This photo May 4, 1981, file booking photo combo provided by the FBI shows Donald Eugene Webb, wanted in connection with the Dec. 4, 1980 murder of police Chief Gregory Adams in Saxonburg, Pa. Webb’s rented car was found abandoned a week later in Warwick, R.I. The FBI recently began publicizing a $100,000 reward for information either leading to the whereabouts of Webb or the location of his remains. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP, File)

By Associated Press March 16, 2016 3 min read

BOSTON (AP) – For more than two decades, Donald Eugene Webb was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, suspected of fatally shooting the police chief in a small Pennsylvania town in 1980 before vanishing.

Webb has the dubious distinction of having one of the longest tenures on the list. The FBI, still dogged by the killing, recently stepped up publicity around its $100,000 reward to try to focus attention on the long-cold search for Webb.

So many years have passed now that the reward is payable not only to anyone who provides information leading to Webb’s arrest but also to anyone who can lead investigators to Webb’s remains.

If he is still alive, Webb would be 84.

When Webb and Police Chief Gregory Adams crossed paths, Webb was a 49-year-old career criminal with mob ties who specialized in jewelry store robberies along the East Coast. He lived in New Bedford, but investigators believe he was in Saxonburg to case a jewelry store.