Donald Eugene Fields II
Donald Eugene Fields II is an American former fugitive who was added to the FBI [Ten Most Wanted Fugitives] list on May 25, 2023. Fields had been wanted for the sex trafficking of at least one child between 2013 and 2017 in Missouri. Fields was the FBI [Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 2020s|531st fugitive to be placed] on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. On January 25, 2025, Fields was captured in Lady Lake, Florida, following a traffic stop.
Background
Fields was born in Kentucky, on July 9, 1964. At the time of his disappearance, he lived in Union, Missouri in the Greater St. Louis area, where he worked as a tree trimmer and an independent used car dealer.Crimes
Between 2013 and 2017, Fields allegedly participated in a child sex trafficking ring. He is accused of "knowingly attempting to recruit, entice, provide, patronize and solicit a minor into engaging in a commercial sex act." According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Diana Collins, Fields allegedly received money, motorcycles, vacations, and Christmas presents from Theodore John Sartori Sr. in exchange for access with the minor. Fields is suspected to have committed the same crimes to two other people during the same time period.Fields has also been charged with 15 counts related to child sexual abuse and witness tampering in the Missouri Circuit Court system.
Disappearance
Fields and Sartori were indicted on December 7, 2022, with one count of child sex trafficking each. Sartori was arrested later that same month, and pleaded not guilty. Until his capture, Fields' location had not been known after he failed to appear for a court hearing on March 3, 2022. Fields had family in Missouri and Kentucky, and had traveled to Florida in the past. He was known to visit casinos. Jennifer Isgriggs, a Phelps County fugitive and Fields' suspected romantic partner, was suspected by the Phelps County Prosecuting Attorney of evading law enforcement alongside Fields.On May 25, 2023, Fields was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, replacing Michael James Pratt, a pornographer accused of sex trafficking and child pornography offenses who was captured in 2022.