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Various investigative press reports have stated that the FBI identified several members of the Jewish Defense League as suspects. In 1988, the Los Angeles Times reported that JDL member Robert Steven Manning was a prime suspect in two bombing incidents, including the one that resulted in the death of Alex Odeh (Ramos 1988). Three other JDL members, Rochelle Manning, Alex Green, and Keith Israel Fuchs, were also identified as suspects in the bombing that killed Odeh (CAIR-CA 2024). They relocated to Israel shortly after Odeh’s death, interfering with the FBI’s ability to investigate without cooperation from the Israeli government. None of these individuals have been charged with Alex Odeh’s murder. However, all have faced investigation and charges for several other violent and extremist hate crimes since 1985. 

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For more information on the case follow Who Killed Alex Odeh?, a documentary feature by filmmakers Will Youmans and Jason Osder premieres this January, 2026 at the Sundance Film Festival.