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Former FBI Most Wanted Fugitive Captured for 2000 Murder of 5-Year-Old Girl in Philadelphia
Flores was captured in Honduras after a 2007 DNA match linked him to the killing, officials said.
- After more than 25 years as a fugitive, Alexis Flores returned to Philadelphia on Monday, August 31, 2026, to face charges in the 2000 kidnapping, rape, and murder of 5-year-old Iriana DeJesus.
- Iriana DeJesus disappeared from her North Fairhill Street home on July 29, 2000, and was found dead days later; detectives initially identified a suspect known as "Carlos."
- DNA evidence matched Flores to the crime in 2007 after he was arrested in Arizona on unrelated forgery charges, prompting the FBI to add him to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
- Officials apprehended Flores in Lepaera, Honduras, on February 11, 2026, through a joint operation between the FBI's Transnational Anti-Gang Task Force and Honduran authorities before his extradition to Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel cited "extraordinary persistence" by investigators, while Iriana's mother, Lizasuain DeJesus, was overwhelmed by emotion during a community gathering where members said justice had been served.
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FBI extradites former Ten Most Wanted fugitive arrested for 2000 murder of 5-year-old girl in Philadelphia
FBI most wanted fugitive Alexis Flores was extradited from Honduras after allegedly raping and murdering 5-year-old Iriana DeJesus in Philadelphia over 25 years ago.
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International Murder Fugitive Finally Brought Back To Philly
by Alex Lloyd Gross Alexis Flores has finally been returned to Philadelphia to face charges in connection with the kidnapping, rape and murder of 5-year-old Iriana DeJesus. Flores was arrested on February 11, 2026, in Lepaera, Honduras. He faces murder charges as well as rape and kidnapping. It was back on July 29, 2000 that...
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