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Search the FBI's wanted posters: fugitives, the Ten Most Wanted, terrorists, missing and kidnapped people, and requests for information, with each poster's details, photos and rewards.

Get a wanted poster

Get one FBI wanted poster in full: the charges, description, aliases, reward, photos and a link to the printable poster.

Inputs

Poster IDposter_idtextRequired: The poster's ID, such as 185dbfaa3f434bab98c3ca6e5fd1af65, from Search wanted posters.

Outputs

posterobject

Example output

{
  "poster": {
    "additional_information": null,
    "age_range": null,
    "aliases": [
      "Mary Carole Carroll",
      "Mary Carol McDonnell",
      "Mary C. Carroll"
    ],
    "build": null,
    "caution": "Mary Carole McDonnell is wanted for her alleged involvement in a fraud scheme in Los Angeles and Orange Counties in California.",
    "complexion": null,
    "dates_of_birth_used": [
      "December 28, 1951"
    ],
    "description": "Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft",
    "details": null,
    "eyes": "Blue",
    "field_offices": [
      "Los Angeles"
    ],
    "hair": "Blonde",
    "height": "5'7\"",
    "image_url": "https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/most-wanted-fraudsters/mary-carole-mcdonnell/@@images/image/large",
    "images": [
      {
        "caption": "Photograph taken in 2018",
        "original_url": "https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/most-wanted-fraudsters/mary-carole-mcdonnell/@@images/image",
        "thumbnail_url": "https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/most-wanted-fraudsters/mary-carole-mcdonnell/@@images/image/thumb",
        "url": "https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/most-wanted-fraudsters/mary-carole-mcdonnell/@@images/image/large"
      }
    ],
    "is_still_sought": true,
    "languages": [],
    "locations": [],
    "nationality": "American",
    "ncic_number": null,
    "occupations": [
      "Former CEO of Bellum Entertainment"
    ],
    "person_type": "The person sought",
    "place_of_birth": "Missouri",
    "possible_countries": [],
    "possible_states": [],
    "poster_id": "185dbfaa3f434bab98c3ca6e5fd1af65",
    "poster_pdf_url": "https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/most-wanted-fraudsters/mary-carole-mcdonnell/download.pdf",
    "poster_type": "Most Wanted Fraudsters",
    "poster_type_code": "fraudster",
    "poster_url": "https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/most-wanted-fraudsters/mary-carole-mcdonnell",
    "published_on": "2025-12-02",
    "race": "White",
    "remarks": "McDonnell has ties to Los Angeles, California; Montgomery, Alabama; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.",
    "reward": "The FBI is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Mary Carole McDonnell.",
    "scars_and_marks": "McDonnell has a scar on her right knee.",
    "sex": "Female",
    "status": "Still sought",
    "subjects": [
      "Most Wanted Fraudster"
    ],
    "thumbnail_url": "https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/most-wanted-fraudsters/mary-carole-mcdonnell/@@images/image/thumb",
    "title": "MARY CAROLE MCDONNELL",
    "updated_at": "2026-10-14T15:49:42+00:00",
    "warning": null,
    "weight": "145 pounds"
  }
}

Search wanted posters

Search the posters on fbi.gov/wanted: fugitives, the Ten Most Wanted, terrorists, missing and kidnapped people, and requests for information. Filter by name, kind of poster, field office or status.

Inputs

Name or titlenametext: Words in the poster's title, usually the person's name. A poster matches if its title has any of the words.
Kind of posterposter_typetext: Only posters of this kind.One of: ten (Ten Most Wanted Fugitives), terrorist (Most Wanted Terrorists), fraudster (Most Wanted Fraudsters), crimes-against-children (Crimes Against Children), kidnapping (Kidnappings), missing (Kidnappings and Missing Persons), ecap (Endangered Child Alert Program (ECAP)), information (Seeking Information), law-enforcement-assistance (Law Enforcement Assistance), default (Other wanted posters (cyber, violent crime, ViCAP and more)).
Field officefield_officetext: Only posters from this FBI field office.One of: albany, albuquerque, anchorage, atlanta, baltimore, billings, birmingham, boston, buffalo, charlotte, and 47 more.
Statusstatustext: Only posters whose case stands here. Still sought is every open case.One of: na (Still sought), captured, surrendered, located, recovered, deceased, resolved.
Poster is aboutperson_typetext: Only posters about the person sought, a victim or an accomplice.One of: main (The person sought), victim (A victim), accomplice (An accomplice).
Sexsextext: Only posters about a person of this sex.One of: male, female.
Sort bysorttext: The order to return posters in.One of: modified_desc (Recently updated first), modified_asc (Least recently updated first), publication_desc (Newest posters first), publication_asc (Oldest posters first). Default: modified_desc.
Pagepagenumber: Which page of results to return, starting at 1.At least 1. Default: 1.
Results per pagepage_sizenumber: How many posters to return, up to 50.From 1 to 50. Default: 20.

Outputs

countnumber
has_moretrue/false
next_pagenumber
pagenumber
page_sizenumber
posterslist
totalnumber

Example output

{
  "count": 1,
  "has_more": true,
  "next_page": 2,
  "page": 1,
  "page_size": 1,
  "posters": [
    {
      "additional_information": null,
      "age_range": null,
      "aliases": [
        "Mary Carole Carroll",
        "Mary Carol McDonnell",
        "Mary C. Carroll"
      ],
      "build": null,
      "caution": "Mary Carole McDonnell is wanted for her alleged involvement in a fraud scheme in Los Angeles and Orange Counties in California.",
      "complexion": null,
      "dates_of_birth_used": [
        "December 28, 1951"
      ],
      "description": "Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft",
      "details": null,
      "eyes": "Blue",
      "field_offices": [
        "Los Angeles"
      ],
      "hair": "Blonde",
      "height": "5'7\"",
      "image_url": "https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/most-wanted-fraudsters/mary-carole-mcdonnell/@@images/image/large",
      "images": [
        {
          "caption": "Photograph taken in 2018",
          "original_url": "https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/most-wanted-fraudsters/mary-carole-mcdonnell/@@images/image",
          "thumbnail_url": "https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/most-wanted-fraudsters/mary-carole-mcdonnell/@@images/image/thumb",
          "url": "https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/most-wanted-fraudsters/mary-carole-mcdonnell/@@images/image/large"
        }
      ],
      "is_still_sought": true,
      "languages": [],
      "locations": [],
      "nationality": "American",
      "ncic_number": null,
      "occupations": [
        "Former CEO of Bellum Entertainment"
      ],
      "person_type": "The person sought",
      "place_of_birth": "Missouri",
      "possible_countries": [],
      "possible_states": [],
      "poster_id": "185dbfaa3f434bab98c3ca6e5fd1af65",
      "poster_pdf_url": "https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/most-wanted-fraudsters/mary-carole-mcdonnell/download.pdf",
      "poster_type": "Most Wanted Fraudsters",
      "poster_type_code": "fraudster",
      "poster_url": "https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/most-wanted-fraudsters/mary-carole-mcdonnell",
      "published_on": "2025-12-02",
      "race": "White",
      "remarks": "McDonnell has ties to Los Angeles, California; Montgomery, Alabama; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.",
      "reward": "The FBI is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Mary Carole McDonnell.",
      "scars_and_marks": "McDonnell has a scar on her right knee.",
      "sex": "Female",
      "status": "Still sought",
      "subjects": [
        "Most Wanted Fraudster"
      ],
      "thumbnail_url": "https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/most-wanted-fraudsters/mary-carole-mcdonnell/@@images/image/thumb",
      "title": "MARY CAROLE MCDONNELL",
      "updated_at": "2026-10-14T15:49:42+00:00",
      "warning": null,
      "weight": "145 pounds"
    }
  ],
  "total": 18
}

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