FBI Consults Plastic Surgeons In Hunt For Gangster With Ties To Tulsa Murder

From Staff and Wire reports

BOSTON, MASS -- The FBI is hoping vanity could help in its search for fugitive New England gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, a man with suspected criminal ties to Tulsa.

Bulger is wanted for ordering the 1981 hit on Tulsa businessman Roger Wheeler at Southern Hills Country Club. John Martorano, an admitted hit man, pleaded guilty to killing Wheeler under orders from Bulger and Flemmi, and the related slaying of Boston financier John Callahan in Florida.

He became a government witness after serving about 12 years for Wheeler's murder.

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The bureau took out a full-page ad featuring photos of Bulger's girlfriend in the April edition of Plastic Surgery News. It says 59-year-old Catherine Greig had cosmetic procedures including breast implants, a nose job and a face lift before going on the lam with Bulger in 1995.

The ad asks plastic surgeons, "Have you treated this woman?"

The newsletter is circulated to more than 6,000 plastic surgeons around the world.

Bulger is wanted for 19 murders and is on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list. There's a $2 million reward for information leading to his capture. His last confirmed sighting was in London in 2002.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.