In the spring of 2001, a horrific tragedy shattered the quiet community of Scottsdale, Arizona. On the morning of April 10th, an explosion and subsequent fire engulfed the home of the Fisher family. When emergency services arrived and managed to control the blaze, they made a grim discovery inside the charred remains of the house. The bodies of 38-year-old Mary Fisher and her two children, Brittney, 12, and Bobby, 10, were found in their beds.
Investigators soon determined that the fire
was no accident. The gas line had been deliberately severed and an accelerant was used to ensure the home was destroyed in an attempt to cover up a brutal crime. Autopsies revealed that Mary had been shot in the back of the head, and her children's throats had been slashed. The evidence pointed not to a tragic fire, but to a calculated and vicious act of violence perpetrated against a mother and her young children.
Suspicion quickly fell upon Mary's husband and the children's father, Robert William Fisher, who was nowhere to be found in the aftermath of the fire. The night before the explosion, neighbors reported hearing a loud argument coming from the Fisher home. Security footage from a nearby ATM captured Robert Fisher withdrawing money at 10:43 p.m., with Mary's Toyota 4Runner visible in the background. This was the last confirmed sighting of him. Investigators believe the murders took place shortly before he fled.
Ten days after the murders, Mary's abandoned SUV was discovered in a remote wooded area near Young, Arizona, approximately 100 miles north of Scottsdale. The family's dog was found nearby, but there was no sign of Robert Fisher. An extensive manhunt was launched, and Fisher was named the sole suspect in the triple homicide and arson. He was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson. Despite being placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for nearly two decades, Robert Fisher has never been apprehended and his current whereabouts remain unknown. No arrests have been made in the case, and the question of what ultimately happened to him continues to be a subject of speculation.
