Twenty years ago this weekend, an explosion rocked a quiet southern Scottsdale neighborhood in the morning hours, sparking a house fire that sent flames over 20 feet into the air.
As the home burned, no one â neighbors, police or firefighters â knew that the inferno concealed a grizzly crime scene that has remained unsolved for two decades and made Scottsdale resident Robert Fisher a fixture on the FBIâs most wanted list of fugitives to this day.
The Fisher home, which was located east of the intersection of Oak Street and Scottsdale Road, caught on fire around 8:30 a.m. on April 10, 2001 following an explosion caused by a cut natural gas line. Investigators later found that an accelerant had also been spread around the home.
The Hunt for Robert Fisher: 20 years later
Robert Fisher, the Scottsdale man accused of killing his family and rigging his house to explode, remains on FBI’s Most Wanted List 20 years after the heinous crime. Author: Erica Stapleton Updated: 10:21 PM MST April 8, 2021
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. It s a heinous part of Arizona s history. A family found dead after their Scottsdale home blew up in 2001. The only suspect in their murders? The family s father and husband, Robert Fisher, who hasn t been definitively seen since the night before the home explosion.
Scottsdale police and the FBI still receive tips every week, but nothing s ever panned out. Here s a breakdown of the case and what investigators are doing to keep searching for answers.