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GRAND BLANC, Mich. – A wanted fugitive was arrested in Grand Blanc on Thursday after escaping custody nearly 50 years ago. On June 1, 1971, Leonard Rayne Moses escaped the custody of law enforcement officials while attending his grandmother’s funeral in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Moses will now have to face justice for her murder.”The FBI said Moses assumed the identity of Paul Dickson. He was arrested earlier this year on Michigan state charges and his fingerprints were entered into a nationwide database in October. “The arrest of Leonard Moses brings a measure of closure to the family of the victim, Mary Amplo,” said Allegheny County Sheriff William Mullen.