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The mystery of the missing UW Sterling Hall bomber

It’s been called one of Madison’s greatest unfinished stories of the last half of the 20th century.

What happened to Leo Burt? Three of the four bombers of UW-Madison’s Sterling Hall in 1970, were caught and sent to federal prison. But Leo Burt, the fourth bomber, 22 years-old at the time, is still wanted by the FBI.

His whereabouts remain a mystery.