Cops: Tatro Shoots Business Partner

When Stephen Tatro and Daniel Duran teamed up to sell Indian arts and crafts to customers in Waller County, Texas, no one thought the partnership would end in murder.

But when business got tough Tatro got a shotgun and shot his business partner, then took off.

Tatro told everyone he shot Daniel in self defense, but when cops showed up and searched the area all they could find was Tatro's shotgun and stunned witnesses.

Rethinking life on the run, Tatro turned himself into police where he was charged with murder and a trial date was set.

A judge released Tatro on a $10,000 bond, and his day in court was set. Cops thought the case was over, but when Tatro failed to show up for court, his bond was surrendered and a warrant was immediately issued for his arrest.

AMW Capture #639

Cops Bust Tatro During Mule Deal Gone Bad

Just six hours before he was supposed to be featured on America's Most Wanted, cops in Arizona arrested Stephen Tatro as he was pulling up to a house in Pinal County. 

Alert tipsters saw a promo of the Tatro story that was slated to air that Saturday night, and cops say they learned that Tatro had moved to Apache Junction near Phoenix after the tipsters called AMW.

Cops tell AMW that tipsters also informed them that later that day Tatro, was planning to sell a mule to a man inside Pinal County.

When cops showed up to the deal, Tatro took off and was later apprehended in the neighboring Pima County.

One of the only fugitives to be arrested twice as a direct result of AMW, Tatro became captures #604 and #639.