Profile

Name: John Patrick Addis (John H. Edwards, John Elliot, John Stone)
Aliases: John H. Edwards, John Elliot, John Stone
Sex: Male
Race: White
Date of Death: Oct 2006
Age at Time of Death: 56
Height: 6'0\"
Weight: Approx. 200 lbs.
Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Brown\rNatural hair color is light brown. There may be some gray mixed in.
Eyes (Color and Correction): Blue
Other Physical Characteristics: Avid body-builder\rWorks in gyms as a personal trainer\rExtremely health conscious and fit
Wanted for: Murder, Arizona; Jul 31, 1998
Kidnapping, Las Vegas, NV; Aug 19, 1995

Locations

Last seen: Unkown
Possible location: Arizona Florida Michigan New Mexico Washington Mexico California Alaska Addis could be anywhere in the world. He's very mobile and adept at being a fugitive because he has law enforcement experience.
Last known: Unkown

Traits

Police say Addis has a history of domestic violence and an extremely dominant, controlling personality
Extremely knowledgeable about forensics and crime scene investigation
Believes in UFOs
Believes in the deity RAH
Reputedly adept at manufacturing false identification and social security cards
Small plane pilot, outdoorsman, marksman
Claims to be a science fiction writer
Writes screenplays on UFOs

Case Story

Ex-Cop Gone Bad Wanted For Murder

John Patrick Addis was an intriguing individual. In the 1980s, Addis was a state trooper in Alaska. He rose quickly from patrolling the highways of the Alaskan interior to homicide detective. His former colleagues remember him as highly intelligent, but somewhat eccentric. During his stint as a trooper, Addis lived on the outskirts of Fairbanks with his wife and two young children. He played the French horn, flew his own small airplane, hunted, fished, studied UFOs and worshipped the deity RAH. Police say he abused his wife, both physically and emotionally. According to investigators, she became a prisoner in the log cabin they shared. The marriage finally ended in a bitter divorce. After the divorce, his wife received custody of the children, but Addis kidnapped them and flew his plane to Montana. When police caught up with Addis, he was convicted of custodial interference. He did a few months in jail, effectively ending his career in law enforcement.

A New Life -- And A Crime Scene That's Just Too Clean

By 1995, Addis had relocated to Las Vegas, and reinvented himself as a body-builder and personal trainer. While working at a local gym, Addis met an attractive divorcee named Joann Albanese.  At first, Addis seemed like the perfect boyfriend. He was attentive, wrote love letters, and moved into her lovely home. However, as time passed, the abusive, controlling John Addis reemerged. Before long, Joann realized she couldn't tolerate being treated like a slave and tried to break the relationship off.  On August 19, 1995, Joann Albanese disappeared. So did John Addis. Initially, the case was classified as missing persons because there was no crime scene, no witnesses, and most importantly, no dead body. But when Detective Larry Hanna of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Unit learned of Addis's background as a former cop and homicide investigator, Joann's vanishing without a trace and the absence of a crime scene made him very suspicious.  Addis became the prime suspect in Joann's disappearance. The night before she vanished, police say Joann told a girlfriend she was breaking up with John, and was going to tell him. The only clue police had was Joann's car. It had been found in Little Hell's Canyon near Prescott, Ariz. An extensive search of the desert area near the car turned up nothing. But in mid-1998, a hunter stumbled across human skeletal remains in the Arizona desert. DNA tests proved it was Joann Albanese. On July 31, 1998, a grand jury in Clark County, Nev., charged John Addis with the murder and kidnapping of Joann -- but there was still no sign of him. 

Accused Killer Moves South of Border

Investigators have since learned that in 1997, Addis was living in Guadalajara, Mexico under the aliases John Charles Elwars and John Charles Stone. There, he began dating a Mexican woman named Laura Liliana Padilla Squares, who was 26 at the time.  But Addis and Laura vanished from Guadalajara and have not been seen since. Her family believes Addis kidnapped Laura. Detective Hanna and Laura's family fear the worst, but are holding out hope that she could still be alive and traveling with Addis.