{"id":25351,"date":"2012-09-05T22:03:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T02:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=25351"},"modified":"2012-09-05T22:03:15","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T02:03:15","slug":"bahamian-man-on-americas-most-wanted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/09\/bahamian-man-on-americas-most-wanted","title":{"rendered":"Bahamian Man On America’s Most Wanted"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Almanto Coakley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Bahamian man is wanted in the U.S. for questioning in the 2002 murder of 17-year-old Marissa Karp in South Florida.<\/p>\n

Thirty-eight-year-old Almanto Coakley, who also goes by the alias Shawn Smith, was profiled on the popular crime show America’s Most Wanted on Friday, which airs on the Lifetime network.<\/p>\n

According to the show, Coakley is also wanted for the murder of two other people by Sunrise Police.<\/p>\n

It is reported that Coakley shot three people, two of whom he killed.<\/p>\n

Coakley and Karp, who was his girlfriend, lived together at the time of her death.<\/p>\n

The 17-year old, who was shot to death, is believed to have been killed in the apartment before her body was dumped and discovered several days later.<\/p>\n

According to the Sun Sentinel, Karp’s body was discovered in a garbage bag under an Alligator Alley bridge in Collier County on August 19, 2002.<\/p>\n

Ten years have passed and her murder has still not been solved.<\/p>\n

America’s Most Wanted said Coakley was not wanted for Karp’s murder, but police believed he could provide them with answers about her death.<\/p>\n

The Sun Sentinel said Karp’s family thought the 17-year old, whose mother had recently died, was struggling with the loss and she began to spend time with people who were thought to have been involved in drugs.<\/p>\n

While police are unaware of Coakley’s whereabouts, it is believed he is in hiding in The Bahamas where he is said to have frequented Freeport and Nassau.<\/p>\n

Coakley is described as 5′ 9” tall, weighing in at 140 to 150 pounds.<\/p>\n

He has black hair, brown eyes and wears a mustache.<\/p>\n

Coakley also has the name Latoya tattooed on his left forearm and a lion on his right arm.<\/p>\n

In 2011, Broward County Crimestoppers offered a $10,000 reward for any information that would lead to an arrest in Karp’s unsolved murder.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information on Coakley’s whereabouts is urged to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477 or America’s Most Wanted at 800-274-6388.<\/p>\n

By Cleopatra Murphy
\nThe Nassau Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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