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For Immediate Release

DATE: November 17, 2006

FUGITIVES WANTED FOR MURDER ARRESTED IN APPLE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, BY FBI FUGITIVE TASK FORCE   Two of three men wanted for a July 2006 murder in El Dorado, Arkansas, were arrested in Apple Valley, California, this morning by the FBI’s Fugitive Task Force, announced J. Stephen Tidwell, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles. In July 2006, three men are alleged to have forcibly entered the residence of victim Courtney Morris in El Dorado, Arkansas, disguised and carrying handguns. Upon entering the residence, Morris was shot and a second victim was assaulted before the perpetrators fled the residence in a vehicle. Morris later died as a result of his wounds. Kirk D. Traylor, Derrick Lee White and Marchallo D. White were identified by police as the alleged murderers and charged by the state of Arkansas with homicide and aggravated assault on July 20 th, 2006. Detectives with the El Dorado Police Department determined that the subjects had fled the state of Arkansas shortly after the murder. Agents in the FBI’s Little Rock Field Office filed a federal warrant on July 28 th, 2006, in U.S. District Court in Arkansas charging both Whites and Traylor with Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution (UFAP). Investigators determined that Marchallo White and Kirk Traylor had been residing at family member’s residence in Apple Valley, California, near Victorville. Both fugitives were taken into custody this morning by the Los Angeles Fugitive Task Force, which includes Agents with the FBI and Officers with the LAPD. Deputies with the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department provided support during today’s arrest. It is anticipated that the government will dismiss the federal UFAP charge and that White and Traylor will be extradited to Arkansas to face prosecution. Derrick White, who is the cousin of Marchallo White, is still at large.