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IT WAS AN AUDACIOUS CRIME. ON JAN. 25, SOMEONE shot and killed two Central Intelligence Agency employees literally at the gate of the agency's headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Who was the shooter? What was the motive? A breakthrough occurred when the roommate of 28-year-old Mir Aimal Kansi reported him missing. Kansi's Reston, Virginia, apartment was searched, a Chinese-made AK-47 was found, and FBI firearms experts concluded that it was the gun that fired cartridge casings recovered at the crime scene. Kansi was charged with capital murder and placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. Police had the weapon but needed the man. Where was Kansi?

Perhaps in Pakistan. Kansi, a member of a wealthy Pakistani family, has reportedly been seen in his hometown of Quetta. "We're trying to confirm that he's there," says Fairfax County police department spokesperson Robert Wall. "Pakistani officials are cooperating in the fullest." Still, the question remains: If Kansi did commit the alleged crime, why? No explanation so far is satisfactory. Says Wall: "There are a million theories. They have to be % checked one at a time." Law-enforcement officials may have to catch the man to find the motive.