Fugitive wanted in 1980 murder of Pa. police chief

The FBI has released new photos in an effort to find a fugitive wanted for the 1980 murder of a Pennsylvania police chief – or the suspect's remains.

Donald Eugene Webb, now 85, is being sought in the murder of Saxonburg Police chief Gregory Adams. Decades after the killing, the bureau is still trying to track down Webb, or confirm that he is dead.

Adams was shot twice at close range and then beaten in a confrontation during a traffic stop. Webb, then 49, lived in New Bedford, Mass. He was a career criminal who specialized in jewelry-store burglaries and was thought to have been in the Butler County area to case a target. At the time of the killing, he was a federal fugitive wanted for a theft in Albany, N.Y., the bureau said.

Webb may have been wounded in the confrontation with Adams. Blood evidence was found in the white Mercury Cougar car he used that was found 17 days later, in the parking lot of a Howard Johnson's in Warwick, R.I.

The FBI described Webb as "a lover of dogs, a flashy dresser, and a big tipper."

He worked as a butcher, car salesman, jewelry salesman, real estate salesman, restaurant manager and vending machine repairman. He may have a small scar on his right cheek and his right forearm and "DON" tattooed on the web of his right hand and "ANN" on his chest. He is reportedly allergic to penicillin.

Webb has gone by aliases that include A.D. Baker, Donald Eugene Perkins, Donald Eugene Pierce, John S. Portas, Standley John Portas, Bev Webb, Eugene Bevlin Webb, Eugene Donald Webb and Stanley Webb.

The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information that leads to Webb's arrest or his remains.

The newly released images were taken while Webb was on a cruise with his wife about a year before the slaying.

"The FBI cannot make the assumption Webb is deceased without verification, Harold H. Shaw, special agent in charge of the FBI's Boston Division, said in a statement.

Anyone with information can contact the FBI at 1-888-225-5324.