The Federal Bureau of Investigation Boston Division is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Andrew P. Dabbs, who is accused of killing his girlfriend in 1981.
On Oct. 10, 1981, police said the couple was driving through Norton, Massachusetts when Dabbs shot his girlfriend, Robin Shea, in the chest with a .45 caliber revolver. He then pushed her body out of the vehicle onto the side of Route 123, where she was later found by a passing motorist, official said in a press release.
About a month later, Dabbs, who is now 78-years-old, was indicted on a murder charge by the Bristol County Superior Court in New Bedford and a state warrant was issued for his arrest. On Sept. 20, 1982, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Dabbs by a United States Magistrate in the District of Massachusetts, after he was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, the press release states.
“Someone out there knows where Andrew Dabbs is, and we’re asking you to contact us,” said Joseph R. Bonavolonta, special agent in charge of the FBI Boston Division. “We are in the final stages of this investigation and we’re doing everything we can bring him to justice and provide some much-needed closure to Robin’s family who has already endured enough heartache.”
The FBI Boston Division, the Norton Police Department, and the Massachusetts State Police are working together on the case.
The family is also asking someone to come forward with information.
“The reality is that this is really unfinished, it’s unfinished in the sense that I’m talking about it and he’s out there somewhere,” said Robin Shea’s sister, Joyce Carter. “Maybe he’s dead, and if he is, I would love to know that, I would love to know more of that detail, and if he isn’t dead, if he’s alive, he needs to pay for what he did.”
Dabbs weighed approximately 180 pounds and was 5 feet 10 inches tall at the time of the killing, police said. He had a mole on the right side of his nose, a scar on his arm, and skin grafts on his leg from a burn.
Photos released by the FBI include age-progressed photos, which depict what he may look like at 78-years-old.
His last known address was in Derry, New Hampshire, but he also has ties to Massachusetts, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, New York, and Pennsylvania, police said.
Dabbs should be considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information should call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324). Tips can also be electronically submitted at tips.fbi.gov.
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