Caught at Sea: Online Sleuth’s Tip Ends 20-Year Run for One of Rhode Island’s Most Wanted Fugitives
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Jersey City NJ, A dramatic multi-agency maritime operation has officially ended one of the longest-running fugitive hunts in Rhode Island history. Ronald L. Fischer, a former Rhode Island anesthesiologist who vanished more than two decades ago during his criminal trial, was captured aboard a 56-foot sailboat off the coast of New Jersey. The breakthrough in the cold case came not from standard surveillance, but from the digital world—thanks to a crucial tip provided by an online sleuth.
