Anglin, John

John Anglin was an American bank robber who, along with his brother Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris, attempted an escape from the maximum-security federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island on the night of June 11, 1962. The inmates meticulously prepared for months, creating papier-mâché dummy heads with real hair to place in their beds, and fashioning a raft from over 50 stolen raincoats. They enlarged the ventilation grilles in their cells, navigated utility corridors, and climbed to the roof, eventually reaching the ground via an exterior pipe.123

While it is confirmed they escaped from the island, their ultimate fate remains unknown. Fragments of their raft were found near Angel Island, their intended intermediate destination. The FBI closed its case in 1979, concluding they likely drowned in the treacherous waters of San Francisco Bay, but the U.S. Marshals Service continues to investigate.321