Hunt For Hoboken Man Wanted In 1987 Murder Heats Up With $25K Reward

HOBOKEN, NJ — A $25,000 reward is turning up the heat on a former Hoboken resident accused of stabbing a wheelchair-bound Manhattan man to death three decades ago.

The fugitive — Danny Liggett — has eluded capture since the 1987 murder and is now on the FBI's Most Wanted list.

FBI officials, along with their NYPD counterparts, recently rekindled the search by calling for the public's help and offering a $25,000 reward.

Liggett was living with a girlfriend in Hoboken, Diane Downey, at the time of the crime, news outlets said. She is no longer alive.

Liggett, if still alive, would be 73.

He was 37 on May 7, 1987, when authorities said he went to an apartment 10th Street, in the East Village, hoping to sell a piece of jewelry to raise money to buy drugs.

But the wheelchair-bound man who wanted to buy the jewelry from him, Kissoon Adams, didn't have enough.

Liggett stabbed Adams to death and threatened to kill Helen Torres, the friend who took him to the meeting, if she called the cops, according to the FBI.

"Investigators say he traveled to Gainsville, Georgia, immediately after the murder, and was involved in a shooting there but was never arrested," an FBI release states.

Liggett then fled the U.S. after he obtained a fake passport, authorities said. With financial help from family and friends, Liggett traveled to Southeast Asia, officials said.

FBI officials said Liggett has traveled to the Philippines and Red Lakes in Northern Canada.

Originally raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Liggett holds a Doctor of Education and had worked conducting management training seminars for large companies.

He can be identified by a Snoopy tattoo on his left arm, although authorities said they're unsure if it is the comic character drawn or the word "Snoopy" spelled out.

People with information about Liggett are asked to call the FBI New York at 1-800-CALL-FBI, or the NYPD at 800-577-TIPS. Again, they can receive a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to his arrest.