America's Most Wanted gave police a tip on a suspect now in custody for a sensational crime that stunned the nation's capital in 1997.

Broadcasting & Cable, March, 1999

America's Most Wanted gave police a tip on a suspect now in custody for a sensational crime that stunned the nation's capital in 1997. But the show is not adding the name of Carl Cooper to its capture list-now at 555. District of Columbia police say they already had Cooper's name among suspects in the July 1997 triple murder at a Georgetown Starbucks coffee shop, although they have credited the show with helping them "refocus" on Cooper.

America's Most Wanted had already aired a segment on the shootings at a Georgetown Starbucks coffee shop twice before. But after the third airing, the show's hotline received a tip that Cooper could be the man. Investigators said the tipster later wore a hidden microphone and recorded conversations with her boyfriend regarding...

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