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Federal Bureau of Investigation. Office of Public Affairs. Investigative Publicity and Public Affairs Public Affairs Guidance. pOC: UC b6 b7C Issued 05/02/2013 b7E Topic: "Most Wanted Terrorists" Program. Press Guidance: Talking points and Q&As below are for internal use only. Field office media coordinators should handle all local media inquiries and may respond to questions related to local matters only. This document should not be disseminated in this particular format and should be considered a guide for preparing SACs or others for media inquiries/interviews/other public events. As a reminder, comments should not be made regarding ongoing investigations or on cases outside of your. respective field office.. Calls referring to cases of a national significance should be referred to Unit. Chief Investigative Publicity and Public Affairs Unit,. b6 b7C The following information is provided to assist in responding to inquiries. b7E regarding the "Most Wanted Terrorists" (MwT) list in your offices, as well as today's. addition of Joanne Deborah Chesimard to the "Most Wanted Terrorists" list.. Background: Joanne Deborah Chesimard is wanted for escaping from prison in Clinton,. New Jersey, while serving a life sentence for murder. On May 2, 1973, Chesimard, who was part of a revolutionary extremist organization known as the Black Liberation Army, and two accomplices were stopped for a motor vehicle violation on. the New Jersey Turnpike by two troopers with the New Jersey State Police. At the time, Chesimard was wanted for her involvement in several felonies, including bank robbery. Chesimard and her accomplices opened fire on the troopers. One trooper was wounded and the other was shot and killed execution-style at point-blank. range. Chesimard fled the scene, but was subsequently apprehended. One of her accomplices was killed in the shoot-out and the other was also apprehended and remains in jail. In 1977, Chesimard was found guilty of first degree murder, assault and battery of a police officer, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with intent to kill, illegal possession of a weapon, and armed robbery. She was sentenced to life in prison. On November 2, 1979, Chesimard escaped from prison and lived underground before being located in Cuba in 1984. She is thought to currently still be living in Cuba..