Profile
Name: William Dathan Holbert (Luke Gregory Kuhn, Donald Lee Brukart)
Aliases: Luke Gregory Kuhn, Donald Lee Brukart
Sex: Male
Race: White
Age Now: 29
Height: 6'0
Weight: 280
Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Bald\rIn the past, Holbert has grown a mustache and a goatee.
Eyes (Color and Correction): Unknown
Other Physical Characteristics: In the past, Holbert has lifted weights and is known to be a bodybuilder.
Wanted for: Car Theft, Wyoming; Feb 06, 2006
Deceptive Practices , Montana; Aug 12, 2005
Knowingly Cheat and Defraud, Oak Island, NC; Oct 04, 2005
Locations
Last seen: Bismarck, ND Cops say he was last seen in Bismarck with his girlfriend, when they were renting a 14 foot U-Haul van under a phony name. This van was later recovered in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Possible location: Florida Kentucky North Carolina North Dakota Washington Wyoming Seattle, WA
Last known: Big Sandy, KY
Traits
Holbert is a white supremacist.
Case Story
Cops: Trail of Fraud Starts In Asheville
When an Oak Island, North Carolina couple returned to their vacation house on the coast, they made a shocking discovery.There was a man inside, making renovations to their home. And he adamantly claimed that he owned the house. Even more startling was that the man had a deed. The three came to realize that they had been duped and William Holbert, the man cops say is responsible, was nowhere to be found. Holbert came onto the scene from Asheville, in the west part of the state. Back in his hometown, Holbert had a store that sold white supremacy goods. But the entrepreneur and alleged con man set his sights on a new venture. Officials say he first assumed a new identity and began telling people he was a doctor. Soon, he met a property investor who was interested in buying a house and fixing it up. Authorities say Holbert tricked him into buying a home and told him that he was selling the property for his elderly godmother who needed the money. The house was valued at around a half million dollars, but cops say Holbert wanted to sell fast. So, he let it go for less than half the market price. After the deal had closed officially on Oct. 4, 2005, cops say Holbert left North Carolina and bought a home in Louisa, Kentucky with the cash from his last scam. When cops went to investigate, Holbert was gone. Because he is known to travel throughout the United States, he could have been anywhere.
Disappearing Act In The Snow
While Holbert was on the run, cops say he went as far as Ireland, but came back to America by the beginning of the year. On Feb 6, 2006, on a rural highway in the middle of snow barren Wyoming, a patrolman pulled over a man for a traffic violation. But when he ran the man's license and the car's tags, he realized that he had much more on his hands than just a routine charge. Cops say that the car was stolen and that the man driving, who called himself Luke Kuhn, was really the fugitive Holbert. Cops say Holbert took off, recklessly trying to escape the law in a chase with speeds in excess of 100 mph in a thick storm. In the pursuit of his life, the patrolman called for back up and followed him over the snow-covered farmland. But his patrol car couldn't hold up in the conditions. When the back-up cops arrived, they found that Holbert had violently crashed his car and ran off into the whiteness of the terrain.
Love On The Run
Laura Michelle Reese is Holbert's girlfriend and cops say she has been by his side during all his alleged frauds. The pair was last seen renting a 14-foot UHaul van in Bismarck, North Dakota, under the name Michelle Brukart. Cops say that this is her alias, but she might be using the same fake last name as Holbert. The van was found in West Palm Beach, Florida, but neither Holbert nor Reese has been spotted since.