Former Miss Iceland tipped FBI to fugitive 'Whitey' Bulger

A former Miss Iceland collected $2 million in reward money for leading the FBI to Boston gangster 'Whitey' Bulger and his longtime girlfriend who were arrested in June after 16 years on the run, The Boston Globe reports.

Bulger, 82, and his girlfriend Catherine Greig, 60, had been living a quiet life in recent years in an apartment building in Santa Monica, Calif.

SEE: Photos of Bjornsdottir now and in 1974

Bulger is charged with killing 19 people as one of South Boston's most notorious gangsters.

The Globe, in a fascinating, detailed article by reporters Shelley Murphy and Maria Cramer, says Anna Bjornsdottir, a former model, actress and Miss Iceland 1974, lived in the Santa Monica area part time and had befriended the normally guarded couple because of Greig's habit of feeding an abandoned cat in front of her apartment every day.

The Globe says Bjornsdottir learned the couple's true identity when she was visiting her home in Iceland and saw a CNN report about the gangster Bulger and his girlfriend.

She realized immediately that the couple she had known as Charlie and Carol Gasko were actually fugitives.

Although Bjornsdottir declined to speak to The Globe, the newspaper says the 57-year-old yoga instructor and graphic designer eventually collected $2 million in reward money for tipping the FBI.