America's Most Wanted Needs The Public's Help
In March of 2005, Former South Carolina Police Officer gunned down his wife. And he's been on the run ever since. The show will air Saturday November 12, 2005. If you have any information, please contact the authorities immediately. Please read the story below.
Ludimila Hiers
Officer Daniel Hiers
Image: Dan and Ludimila Hiers
Hiers case to be featured on "America's Most Wanted"
The State, SC
Associated Press
The State, SC
Associated Press
Mon, Nov. 07, 2005
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The case of a former Charleston Police officer wanted for murder in the death of his wife will be featured Saturday on the television program "America's Most Wanted."
Goose Creek police have issued a warrant for Daniel William Hiers Jr. The body of his wife, Ludimila Hiers, was found in the couple's home last March 15. She had been shot in the back of the head while she slept.
Authorities have been looking for Hiers, 32, since he failed to surrender in Dorchester County on unrelated charges the morning of the shooting.
The sheriff's office has warrants on charges of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree with a minor and committing a lewd act on a minor.
Since Hiers disappeared, authorities have received tips he was seen in a Starbucks in New York, at a Blockbuster video store in Massachusetts and jogging in North Carolina.
The car Hiers was driving when he left the area was found this summer in Laredo, Texas. The odometer indicated the 2005 Chevrolet Aveo likely was driven straight to Texas from the Lowcountry.
"My gut tells me he's somewhere near here," Dorchester County sheriff's Lt. Tom Marshall said.
Neither Marshall nor Goose Creek police Lt. Dave Soderberg think Hiers is in Texas or crossed into Mexico.
"You put a vehicle someplace where you want people to think you went and then you go the opposite direction," Soderberg said.
Susan Murphy Milano is the daughter of former chicago police detective Philip Murphy, who murdered her mother before taking his own life. Susan is also the author of "Moving Out Moving On" when a relationship goes wrong and "Defending Our Lives" (Double day Books) Website www.movingoutmovingon.com
