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Narrator:
CHARLIE ALLEN JR. DISAPPEARED
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ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2007.
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WHEN A PERSON DISAPPEARS
WITHOUT A TRACE,
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OFTEN,
THE MOST CRITICAL INFORMATION
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IS HIDDEN
IN THEIR ACTIONS AND WORDS
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FROM THE DAYS
BEFORE THEY VANISHED.
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CHARLIE ALLEN'S
LAST-KNOWN WHEREABOUTS
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MAY HOLD THE CLUES
TO WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
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22-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE STUDENT
AND TENNIS BUFF CHARLIE ALLEN
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GOES AFTER LIFE WITH GUSTO.
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HE WOULD EAT, SLEEP,
AND BREATHE TENNIS.
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IF HE WANTED TO BE GOOD
AT SOMETHING,
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HE WANTED TO BE THE BEST.
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Narrator: ONE AFTERNOON,
IN TYPICAL CHARLIE FASHION,
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HE MAKES PLANS WITH A BUDDY
TO GO TO A PARTY.
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Viau: CHARLIE WAS REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THE CHANCE
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TO GO TALK TO GIRLS
AND JUST TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.
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Narrator:
BUT HE NEVER SHOWS UP.
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ON A CHILLY OCTOBER NIGHT
IN 2007,
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CHARLIE ALLEN JR. DISAPPEARS.
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I WAS TRYING HIM ON HIS PHONE --
NO RESPONSE.
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Narrator:
THE MYSTERY DEEPENS
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WHEN HIS FACEBOOK ACCOUNT
IS ABRUPTLY DELETED
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AND HE WARNS HIS FAMILY
THAT PEOPLE MAY BE AFTER HIM.
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HE SAID THERE ARE PEOPLE
AFTER HIM AND HE'S NOT SAFE.
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Narrator: POLICE ARE BAFFLED
BY THE BIZARRE CASE.
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IN MY TIME HERE
AS A POLICE OFFICER,
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WE'VE NEVER ENCOUNTERED
A STORY SUCH AS THIS.
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Narrator: AND HIS LOVED ONES
FIND THEMSELVES RICOCHETING
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BETWEEN HOPE AND DESPAIR.
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Ann: I JUST FELT LIKE
HE'LL CALL TOMORROW.
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IT WOULD JUST BE TOO UNBEARABLE
TO THINK OTHERWISE.
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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Narrator: IT'S A CHILLY EVENING
IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
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IN OCTOBER 2007,
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22-YEAR-OLD UMASS DARTMOUTH
STUDENT CHARLIE ALLEN
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IS RUNNING
BAREFOOT AND SHIRTLESS
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ALONG A WOODED ROAD
A FEW MILES FROM CAMPUS.
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THE TENNIS JUNKIE,
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WHO WAS ONCE ONE OF THE WORLD'S
TOP-RANKED ONLINE GAMERS,
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IS SURE THAT SOMEONE
IS AFTER HIM
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AND THAT NEITHER HE
NOR HIS FAMILY IS SAFE.
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THIS DASH INTO THE NIGHT
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WILL RESONATE
WITH CHARLIE'S LOVED ONES
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AS THE MOMENT
EVERYTHING WENT WRONG.
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JUST A FEW DAYS EARLIER,
CHARLIE HEADS OVER
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TO NEARBY PROVIDENCE,
RHODE ISLAND,
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TO MEET HIS YOUNGER SISTER,
BRITTANY.
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15 MONTHS APART,
THE TWO SIBLINGS ARE VERY CLOSE
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AND SEE EACH OTHER OFTEN.
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CHARLIE AND I GREW UP TOGETHER,
DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
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WE ALWAYS HAD, LIKE,
THAT CONNECTION.
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WE WOULD ALWAYS BE THERE
FOR EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW?
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WE SAW EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME.
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THEY CATCH UP OVER LUNCH
WITH THEIR MOTHER, ANN,
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WHO COMES DOWN TO SEE HER KIDS
A COUPLE OF TIMES A MONTH
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FROM HER HOME A LITTLE MORE THAN
AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF-DRIVE NORTH
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IN HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.
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Ann:
IT WAS A GREAT DAY.
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I JUST REMEMBER LEAVING
AND FEELING HAPPY.
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HE WAS DOING GOOD IN SCHOOL,
PLAYED TENNIS,
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AND HE SEEMED HAPPY.
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AND I'M DRIVING HOME
FEELING REALLY GOOD.
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Narrator: CHARLIE IS THE OLDEST
OF THREE KIDS
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IN A TIGHT-KNIT FAMILY.
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Ann: VERY CLOSE.
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CHARLIE AND I COULD TALK
ABOUT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.
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HE TOLD ME MORE --
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SOMETIMES THINGS
I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO KNOW.
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Charles Sr.:
HE WAS A GREAT KID GROWING UP.
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YOU KNOW,
ENJOYED PLAYING BASEBALL
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AND WAS VERY GOOD AT SCHOOL.
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HE ENJOYED LIFE,
AND HE DID WELL.
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HE WAS IN THE HONOR SOCIETY.
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HE COULD GET GOOD GRADES
WITHOUT EVEN TRYING HARD.
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Narrator:
CHARLIE GROWS UP HANGING OUT
WITH FRIENDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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AND ENJOYING VACATIONS
AT THE FAMILY SUMMER HOUSE
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IN GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.
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Charles Sr.: CHARLIE HAD A LOT
OF NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDS,
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AND OUR HOUSE WAS
ONE OF THE GATHERING PLACES.
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HE WAS JUST ALWAYS, LIKE,
THE LIGHT OF THE PARTY.
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HE WAS JUST VERY OUTGOING
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AND JUST LIKED TO HAVE
A GOOD TIME.
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Costanzo:
HE WAS A GOOD GUY.
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HE SEEMED LIKE, YOU KNOW,
HE HAD EVERYTHING IN ORDER.
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Narrator:
IN HIGH SCHOOL,
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CHARLIE BECOMES INTERESTED
IN ONLINE GAMING,
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COMPETITIONS
IN WHICH MULTIPLE PLAYERS
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COMPETE OVER THE INTERNET.
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HE BECOMES ESPECIALLY GOOD
AT THE GAME "HALF-LIFE."
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Costanzo:
HE WAS VERY DETERMINED.
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HE WOULD PUT A LOT
OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO ANYTHING
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TO MAKE HIMSELF THE BEST,
AND HE WAS THE BEST.
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Brittany: WHEN CHARLIE
FIRST GOT INTO ONLINE GAMING,
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HE FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.
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HE WANTED TO BE NUMBER ONE.
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Narrator:
CHARLIE'S GAMER NAME IS NEO,
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AND HE SOON BECOMES
ONE OF THE TOP-RANKED
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"HALF-LIFE" PLAYERS
IN THE WORLD,
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EVEN TRAVELING TO TEXAS
FOR A TOURNAMENT.
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HE WAS CONSIDERED THE NUMBER-ONE
PLAYER IN THE WORLD.
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STANDINGS, HIS STATS --
IF YOU LOOKED THEM UP ONLINE,
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THAT WOULD EASILY TELL THAT.
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Charles Sr.:
HE WAS VERY WELL REGARDED,
ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD,
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AND A LOT OF PEOPLE KNEW HIM
FOR THAT.
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THEY WROTE ARTICLES ABOUT HIM
AND THAT KIND OF THING,
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SO IT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
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I REMEMBER, IN HIGH SCHOOL,
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AND SOME STRANGER
WALKED UP TO ME AND WAS LIKE,
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"ARE YOU NEO'S SISTER?"
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I WAS LIKE,
"UM, YEAH, I GUESS SO."
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HE'S LIKE, "I LOVE HIM."
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Narrator:
AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL,
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CHARLIE ENROLLS
AT UMASS DARTMOUTH.
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HE MAJORS IN PSYCHOLOGY
AND GETS GOOD GRADES.
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HE EVEN THINKS ABOUT GOING ON TO
MEDICAL SCHOOL AFTER GRADUATION.
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HAVING CONQUERED
THE ONLINE GAMING WORLD,
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CHARLIE
SHIFTS HIS FOCUS TO TENNIS
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WHEN HE GETS TO COLLEGE.
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HE APPROACHES IT WITH
THE SAME DETERMINATION TO LEARN
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AND BE THE BEST.
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HE ENDED UP
MAKING THE COLLEGE TEAM.
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HE WOULD DEDICATE HIMSELF
TO SOMETHING, A PASSION,
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AND HE WOULD SPEND PRETTY MUCH
ALL OF HIS TIME
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WORKING AT THAT PARTICULAR THING
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UNTIL HE FELT
HE WAS MASTERING IT.
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Brittany:
THAT WAS ALL HE TALKED ABOUT.
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HE WOULD STUDY IT,
THE STRATEGIES OF THE GAME,
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AND HE'D PLAY ALL THE TIME.
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HE WOULD EAT, SLEEP,
AND BREATHE TENNIS.
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HE WAS ALWAYS
A HAPPY-GO-LUCKY GUY,
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ALWAYS HAD A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
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Narrator: ON THE COURTS
AT UMASS DARTMOUTH,
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CHARLIE MEETS FELLOW STUDENT
MASON VIAU.
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I HAD GONE DOWN THERE
TO PRACTICE.
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I HAD SEEN HIM.
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HE HAD ASKED ME TO HIT,
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SO WE STARTED HITTING,
AND WE GOT IT OFF FROM THERE.
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Narrator:
THE TWO QUICKLY BOND
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OVER THEIR MUTUAL LOVE
OF TENNIS.
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Viau:
CHARLIE WAS A QUICK LEARNER.
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HE HAD DEVELOPED HIS SKILLS
PRETTY QUICKLY,
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AND HE HAD A GOOD FOREHAND,
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HE LIKED COMING TO THE NET,
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AND HE WAS ABLE
TO STAY OUT THERE WITH ANYONE.
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Narrator:
CHARLIE IS FASCINATED
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WHEN MASON TELLS HIM HE TRAINED
AT TENNIS ACADEMIES IN FLORIDA,
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SOMETHING CHARLIE
ASPIRES TO DO HIMSELF.
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Viau: CHARLIE WANTED TO GET
A LOT BETTER.
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HE HAD ALWAYS SAID
HE WANTED TO GO DOWN SOUTH
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AND JUST TRAIN
TO SEE HOW GOOD HE COULD GET.
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Narrator: AT 2:00
ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2007,
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CHARLIE AND MASON MEET
ON THE COURTS TO PRACTICE.
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WE HAD PRACTICED
FOR 2, 2 1/2 HOURS,
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JUST PLAYING A LITTLE BIT
AND JUST DOING SOME DRILLS.
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NOTHING REALLY SEEMED
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
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WE HAD A GREAT PRACTICE.
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Narrator:
CHARLIE TELLS MASON
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THAT HE'S BEEN INVITED
TO A PARTY LATER THAT EVENING
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BY A MEMBER
OF THE GIRLS' TENNIS TEAM.
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HE ASKS MASON TO JOIN HIM.
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Viau: HE WAS REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THE PARTY,
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THE CHANCE TO GO TALK TO GIRLS
ON THE TENNIS TEAM
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AND JUST TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.
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CHARLIE WAS REALLY EXCITED
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AND WAS HAPPY
THAT WE WERE BOTH GONNA GO.
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Narrator:
THE TWO FRIENDS GRAB DINNER
AT THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA
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AND THEN GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS
TO SHOWER AND CLEAN UP.
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THEY AGREE TO MEET BACK
ON CAMPUS AT 8:30
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AND GO TO THE PARTY TOGETHER.
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AROUND 6:00 P.M.,
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MASON HEADS TO HIS HOUSE
NEARLY A HALF-HOUR AWAY.
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MASON ASSUMES CHARLIE
IS HEADED
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TO HIS OFF-CAMPUS APARTMENT
IN NEARBY NEW BEDFORD.
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I TOLD CHARLIE THAT
I WOULD SEE HIM LATER TONIGHT
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AND THE PARTY SHOULD BE GOOD,
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"AND I WILL GIVE YOU A CALL
WHEN I GET BACK."
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Narrator:
AT 8:00 THAT NIGHT,
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AT HER APARTMENT IN PROVIDENCE,
CHARLIE'S SISTER, BRITTANY,
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IS CHECKING
HER FACEBOOK ACCOUNT.
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WE TALKED TO EACH OTHER
ON FACEBOOK EVERY DAY.
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HE LOVED FACEBOOK.
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Narrator: CHARLIE HAD MESSAGED
HER EARLIER THAT EVENING,
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AND SHE WANTED TO GET
BACK TO HIM,
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BUT WHEN SHE LOGS ON,
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SHE IS SHOCKED
AT WHAT SHE FINDS.
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COMING UP,
IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS,
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CHARLIE'S WORLD
APPEARS TO UNRAVEL.
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I COULD HEAR, OVER THE PHONE,
HIS HEART DROPPING.
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HE GOT REALLY SCARED.
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Narrator: FAMOUS
AMONG HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY
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FOR HIS PASSION FOR TENNIS,
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22-YEAR-OLD CHARLIE ALLEN JR.
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IS FINISHING UP HIS SENIOR YEAR
OF COLLEGE.
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OCTOBER 11, 2007.
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HIS SISTER, BRITTANY,
LOGS ON TO FACEBOOK
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TO RESPOND TO A MESSAGE
CHARLIE SENT HER EARLIER.
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SHE IS THROWN
BY WHAT SHE DISCOVERS.
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HIS ACCOUNT WAS DELETED.
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HE DIDN'T EXIST ON THERE
ANYMORE.
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AND SO I THOUGHT IT WAS CRAZY
THAT, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
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HE WOULD DELETE IT
AND HE WOULDN'T EVEN TELL ME.
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Narrator: BRITTANY CALLS CHARLIE
TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
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AT FIRST, I WAS JUST LIKE,
"HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
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AND HE WAS LIKE,
"UM, I'M WALKING.
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I WAS THINKING ABOUT GOING
TO THIS GIRL'S PARTY."
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I WAS LIKE,
"OKAY, WELL, I CALLED
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"'CAUSE I WAS WONDERING,
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WHY DID YOU DELETE
YOUR FACEBOOK?"
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AND I COULD JUST, LIKE,
HEAR OVER THE PHONE
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HIM -- LIKE, HIS HEART DROPPING.
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IT WAS LIKE, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
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HE GOT REALLY SCARED.
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Narrator: BRITTANY IS CONFUSED
WHEN CHARLIE TELLS HER
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HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED
TO HIS FACEBOOK PAGE
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AND THAT HE DIDN'T DELETE IT.
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Brittany: AND THEN
HE JUST STARTED PANICKING.
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HE WAS TALKING REALLY FAST,
JUST IN A PANIC.
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Narrator: WHAT CHARLIE
TELLS HER NEXT IS STUNNING.
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Brittany:
THERE ARE PEOPLE AFTER HIM,
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AND HE'S NOT SAFE
AND I'M NOT SAFE.
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HE'S LIKE, "YOU HAVE TO
LEAVE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW.
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"YOU HAVE TO GO HOME,
STAY WITH DAD.
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"DAD'S THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN PROTECT YOU.
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"THERE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT
PEOPLE AFTER ME.
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I'VE SENT SOME E-MAILS,
AND I'M NOT SAFE."
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RIGHT BEFORE HE HUNG UP,
HE SAID,
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"ALL THE ANSWERS ARE IN
THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS."
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DISTRAUGHT AND BEWILDERED,
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BRITTANY CALLS HER FATHER.
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Brittany:
I WAS REALLY FREAKED OUT,
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AND I CALL MY DAD, CRYING,
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AND I WAS LIKE,
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON,
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BUT CHARLIE IS --
HE JUST SCARED ME."
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Charles Sr.: BRITTANY HAD BEEN
VERY CLOSE TO CHARLIE,
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BUT WITH THE WAY
THAT HE WAS TALKING TO HER,
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SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT HIS WELL-BEING.
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AND AT THE SAME TIME,
MY WIFE AND I
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BOTH HAD RECEIVED
CELLPHONE MESSAGES FROM CHARLIE,
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WHERE HE SOUNDED LIKE
HE WAS RUNNING
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AND TALKING ABOUT
MAYBE HEADING SOUTH.
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YOU KNOW,
IT WAS DEFINITELY CONCERNING.
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Narrator: IN THE MESSAGE
CHARLIE LEAVES FOR HIS FATHER,
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HE MENTIONS MEXICO AND FLORIDA.
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IN THE VOICEMAIL HE LEAVES
FOR HIS MOTHER,
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HE TALKS OF TEXAS.
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Ann: I HAD HAD A MESSAGE
FROM CHARLIE,
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WHICH IS REALLY
OUT OF CHARACTER.
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HE HAD TOLD ME
THAT HE NEEDS TO BE LOVED MORE
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AND THAT HE FELT ISOLATED.
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HE WAS RUNNING AT THE TIME
THAT HE WAS TALKING TO ME.
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HE WAS OUT OF BREATH.
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AND THEN HE KIND OF HUNG UP
ABRUPTLY.
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AND I TRIED CALLING HIM BACK,
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AND HE HAD TURNED OFF
HIS CELLPHONE.
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CHARLIE'S PARENTS AND SISTER
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ALL TRY TO REACH HIM
ON HIS CELLPHONE,
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BUT EVERY CALL
GOES TO VOICEMAIL.
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THAT SAME EVENING,
ON THE UMASS DARTMOUTH CAMPUS,
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MASON HEADS
TO THE CAMPUS PARKING LOT
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WHERE HE AND CHARLIE ARE MEETING
TO GO TO THE PARTY TOGETHER,
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BUT CHARLIE NEVER SHOWS.
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Viau: I'D WAITED ABOUT
A HALF AN HOUR TO 45 MINUTES
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BEFORE I HAD LEFT.
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I FIGURED CHARLIE
PROBABLY WENT TO THE PARTY
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AND JUST FORGOT ABOUT ME.
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Narrator: MASON TRIES
ONE MORE TIME TO REACH CHARLIE.
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HE GETS VOICEMAIL
AND HEADS HOME.
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MEANWHILE, CHARLIE'S MOTHER,
FATHER, AND SISTER
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KEEP TRYING
BUT FAIL TO REACH HIM.
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CHARLIE HAD TAKEN OFF
A COUPLE OF TIMES,
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USUALLY JUST TO GO SEE
A TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
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HE'D ALWAYS GET IN TOUCH WITH US
THE SAME DAY OR THE NEXT DAY,
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AND SO WE --
YOU KNOW, WE FIGURED
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HE'D TURN UP THE NEXT DAY.
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Narrator:
BUT CHARLIE DOESN'T TURN UP,
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AND HE DOESN'T CALL.
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HIS PARENTS
NOTIFY THE UNIVERSITY
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THAT CHARLIE HAS VANISHED.
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OCTOBER 14, 2007.
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THREE DAYS
AFTER CHARLIE IS LAST SEEN,
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POLICE ARE CALLED TO INVESTIGATE
SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS
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A HOMEOWNER FOUND
IN HIS BACKYARD.
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DETECTIVE ROBERT LEVINSON OF
THE DARTMOUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT
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IS THE PATROLMAN ON DUTY.
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ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14th,
AT AROUND 11:00 IN THE MORNING,
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I WAS DISPATCHED
TO A RESIDENCE IN TOWN
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FOR SOME FOUND PROPERTY.
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SPECIFICALLY,
IT WAS A BACKPACK --
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A SCHOOL-TYPE BACKPACK.
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Narrator: LEVINSON
LOOKS THROUGH THE BACKPACK
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AND FINDS A NOTEBOOK.
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THE NAME IN THE NOTEBOOK
WAS "CHARLES ALLEN."
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I CONTACTED
THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS,
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AND FROM THERE, I FOUND OUT
THAT CHARLES ALLEN JR.
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HAD BEEN REPORTED MISSING.
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Narrator:
BLOODHOUND UNITS ARE SENT OUT
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TO SEE WHAT,
IF ANY, TRACE THEY CAN FIND
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OF THE COLLEGE STUDENT.
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THE K-9 SEARCH COMES UP EMPTY,
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BUT OVER AT UMASS DARTMOUTH,
CAMPUS POLICE MAKE A DISCOVERY.
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THEY FIND
CHARLIE'S FORD EXPEDITION
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IN A SCHOOL PARKING LOT.
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INSIDE THE CAR
IS A PILLOW AND BLANKET.
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IT APPEARED AS IF
THAT MAYBE CHARLIE
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HAD BEEN SLEEPING IN HIS VEHICLE
RATHER THAN IN HIS HOME.
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Narrator: UP TO THIS POINT,
CHARLIE'S FAMILY HAS ASSUMED
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THEY WOULD HEAR FROM HIM
AT ANY MOMENT,
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BUT THEIR CONCERN TURNS TO FEAR
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WITH THE DISCOVERY
OF CHARLIE'S CAR.
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Ann: WHEN THEY FOUND HIS CAR,
THAT'S WHEN I JUST...
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I COULDN'T DEAL WITH IT.
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BECAUSE WHY WOULD HE LEAVE
HIS CAR?
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Narrator:
MONDAY, OCTOBER 15th,
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THE DAY AFTER THE CAR
AND BACKPACK ARE DISCOVERED,
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OFFICER LEVINSON
IS TALKING ABOUT THE CASE
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WITH A FELLOW COP.
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WHEN HE DESCRIBES CHARLIE,
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HIS COLLEAGUE TELLS HIM
THAT THE COLLEGE STUDENT
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SOUNDS JUST LIKE A SUSPECT
IN ANOTHER CASE.
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THERE'D ACTUALLY BEEN
A HOUSE-BREAK
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NOT TOO FAR AWAY
FROM THE CAMPUS.
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Narrator:
IN THE EARLY-MORNING HOURS
OF FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12th,
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A LITTLE MORE THAN SIX HOURS
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AFTER BRITTANY LAST SPOKE
TO HER BROTHER,
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JEAN BOUDREAU WAKES
TO FIND SOMEONE WITH NO SHIRT ON
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CLIMBING THROUGH
HER SECOND-FLOOR BEDROOM WINDOW.
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Narrator: WHEN SHE AWOKE,
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SHE HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION
WITH THIS GENTLEMAN
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WHO HAD ENTERED HER WINDOW.
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AND HE SAYS,
"OH, EXCUSE ME, MA'AM.
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EXCUSE ME, MA'AM.
I'M JUST LEAVING."
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HE WAS LOOKING
FOR HIS FRIEND MASON,
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AND THEN HE JUST PROCEEDED
TO GO OUT THE WINDOW.
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HE WAS ACTUALLY VERY POLITE.
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Narrator:
LEVINSON IS SURE IT'S CHARLIE.
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THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
IS A MATCH,
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AND HE HAS ALREADY LEARNED
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THAT CHARLIE
HAS A FRIEND NAMED MASON.
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JUST BASED ON
THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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AND THE CLOTHING DESCRIPTION
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OF THE PERSON WHO ENTERED
THIS RESIDENT'S HOME,
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THAT PERSON WAS MORE THAN LIKELY
CHARLIE ALLEN.
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Narrator: THIS DISCOVERY
ONLY INTENSIFIES THE MYSTERY.
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CHARLIE'S TENNIS BUDDY
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LIVES NOWHERE NEAR THE HOME
THAT WAS BROKEN INTO.
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Viau:
IT WAS A GOOD 30 MINUTES AWAY,
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AND HE HAD KNOWN WHERE I LIVED,
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SO I THOUGHT
THAT WAS A LITTLE STRANGE.
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JUST DIDN'T MAKE
ANY SENSE TO ME.
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Narrator: COMING UP, THE SEARCH
FOR CHARLIE BECOMES MORE URGENT.
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Levinson: TIME WAS
OF THE ESSENCE TO FIND HIM
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BEFORE HE HAD HURT HIMSELF
OR SOMETHING EVEN WORSE.
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Narrator: COLLEGE STUDENT
CHARLIE ALLEN JR.
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LEAVES A SERIES
OF WORRISOME MESSAGES
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ON HIS PARENTS' CELLPHONE,
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AND AFTER A DISTURBING
CONVERSATION WITH HIS SISTER,
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HE DISAPPEARS.
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WHEN INVESTIGATORS
SEEMINGLY TIE THE 22-YEAR-OLD
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TO A BREAK-IN
AT A HOME SEVERAL MILES
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FROM CHARLIE'S UMASS CAMPUS,
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THE CASE BECOMES
EVEN MORE PUZZLING.
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CHARLIE
WAS NOT A KNOWN CRIMINAL.
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THIS WASN'T HIS NORMAL BEHAVIOR,
TO BREAK INTO SOMEONE'S HOUSE.
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Narrator: BUT POLICE
LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT CHARLIE
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THAT THEY THINK MAY EXPLAIN
THIS BEHAVIOR.
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THE FATHER TOLD ME
THAT HIS SON WAS BIPOLAR
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AND MANIC-DEPRESSIVE,
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AND HE HAD ACTED IRRATIONAL
AT TIMES,
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AND HE MIGHT NOT
HAVE BEEN TAKING HIS MEDICATION
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AS HE WAS SUPPOSED TO.
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SO, IT WOULD ALL MAKE SENSE
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THAT HE WAS IN SOME TYPE
OF A MANIC STATE
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AND HE WAS ACTING IRRATIONAL.
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Narrator:
YEARS EARLIER, IN HIGH SCHOOL,
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CHARLIE WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER,
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A CONDITION THAT INVOLVES
ALTERNATING PERIODS
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OF MANIA AND DEPRESSION.
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Charles Sr.:
HE BECAME A BIT MANIC,
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AND IT WAS A PRETTY BIG CHANGE
FOR HIM.
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HE HAD BEEN SOMEWHAT SHY
IN SCHOOL UP TO THAT POINT,
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AND SUDDENLY
HE WAS VERY OUTGOING,
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AND IT WAS NOTICEABLE.
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WHEN HE WAS MANIC,
HE TALKED A LOT AND FAST,
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AND, YOU KNOW, HE HAD
SOMEWHAT GRANDIOSE THOUGHTS.
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WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED
IN HIGH SCHOOL,
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HE TOOK MEDICATION
FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME
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AND STARTED SEEING A THERAPIST
AND SEEMED TO DO BETTER.
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00:18:17,233 --> 00:18:20,100
YOU KNOW, HE FINISHED
HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATED,
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AND IT WENT WELL
WHEN HE WENT TO COLLEGE.
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Narrator:
BUT IN RECENT YEARS,
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CHARLIE HAD AN ON-AGAIN,
OFF-AGAIN RELATIONSHIP
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WITH HIS PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATION.
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00:18:32,267 --> 00:18:35,567
WHEN THEY DIAGNOSED HIM
WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER
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AND THEY PUT HIM ON, LIKE,
MOOD STABILIZERS,
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HE SAID HE WASN'T THE SAME.
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HE FELT, LIKE, DEAD INSIDE.
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HE DIDN'T GET HAPPY OR SAD.
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00:18:45,700 --> 00:18:50,900
I REMEMBER ONE TIME
I WAS SO UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING,
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00:18:50,933 --> 00:18:53,667
LIKE, HYSTERICALLY
CRYING TO HIM ABOUT IT,
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00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:56,400
AND HE LOOKED AT ME,
AND HE WAS LIKE,
403
00:18:56,433 --> 00:18:59,533
"I'M JUST JEALOUS
THAT YOU CAN FEEL LIKE THAT,
404
00:18:59,567 --> 00:19:02,133
"FEEL PASSIONATELY
ABOUT SOMETHING,
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00:19:02,167 --> 00:19:03,467
EVEN IF IT'S BAD,"
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00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:04,767
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T.
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00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:10,267
Narrator: THE SUMMER
BEFORE HE DISAPPEARED,
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CHARLIE STOPS TAKING THE DRUGS
ALTOGETHER.
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00:19:13,533 --> 00:19:17,633
EVENTUALLY, HE STOPPED TAKING
THE MEDICATION ON HIS OWN.
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00:19:17,667 --> 00:19:20,267
THINGS HAD LEVELED OUT.
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HE TRIED TO MAINTAIN
HIS PHYSICAL WELL-BEING
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IN RELATIONSHIP
TO MENTAL WELL-BEING,
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AND HE SEEMED LIKE
HE WAS SOMEWHAT UNDER CONTROL
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DOING IT THAT WAY.
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Brittany: HE WAS LIKE,
"I WASN'T ALIVE BEFORE.
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I FEEL LIKE I'M LIVING
FOR THE FIRST TIME."
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Narrator: POLICE SUSPECT
CHARLIE'S DISAPPEARANCE
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IS CONNECTED
TO HIS BIPOLAR DISORDER
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AND THAT, OFF HIS MEDICATION,
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HE MAY HAVE SLIPPED
INTO A MANIC STATE.
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00:19:48,133 --> 00:19:51,733
WE BELIEVED THAT WE WERE DEALING
WITH A MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUAL,
422
00:19:51,767 --> 00:19:54,067
AND TIME WAS OF THE ESSENCE
TO FIND HIM
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BEFORE HE HAD HURT HIMSELF
OR SOMETHING EVEN WORSE.
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Narrator: BUT THE PEOPLE
WHO KNOW CHARLIE BEST,
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HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
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FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE
THAT CHARLIE'S CONDITION
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00:20:05,233 --> 00:20:07,900
IS SERIOUS ENOUGH
TO MAKE HIM WANT TO DISAPPEAR.
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00:20:07,933 --> 00:20:11,200
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND,
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00:20:11,233 --> 00:20:14,600
YOU KNOW, MENTAL ILLNESS,
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00:20:14,633 --> 00:20:16,667
OR WHAT PEOPLE CALL
MENTAL ILLNESS.
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00:20:16,700 --> 00:20:18,300
AND ONCE THEY HEAR THAT LABEL,
432
00:20:18,333 --> 00:20:21,367
IT'S LIKE,
"OH, HE PROBABLY JUST RAN AWAY,
433
00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,600
"OR HE'S PROBABLY SCHIZOPHRENIC.
434
00:20:23,633 --> 00:20:26,067
HE HAS NO IDEA.
HE'S JUST CRAZY."
435
00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:30,633
I THINK HE IS MORE SANE
THAN ANYONE I'VE EVER MET.
436
00:20:30,667 --> 00:20:34,000
EVEN WHEN CHARLIE WAS MANIC,
HE ALWAYS MADE SENSE.
437
00:20:34,033 --> 00:20:36,533
HE NEVER LOST HIS TOUCH
WITH REALITY.
438
00:20:40,833 --> 00:20:42,467
Narrator:
CHARLIE'S MOTHER,
439
00:20:42,500 --> 00:20:44,900
WHO SAW HIM JUST DAYS
BEFORE HE DISAPPEARED,
440
00:20:44,933 --> 00:20:47,933
SAYS THERE WOULD USUALLY BE
A BUILDUP TO A MANIC EPISODE,
441
00:20:47,967 --> 00:20:50,567
AND, DURING HER RECENT VISIT
WITH HER SON,
442
00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,733
THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF THAT
AT ALL.
443
00:20:52,767 --> 00:20:54,300
Ann:
IT STARTS OFF SLOW,
444
00:20:54,333 --> 00:20:56,000
AND IT BUILDS
AND IT BUILDS AND IT BUILDS.
445
00:20:56,033 --> 00:20:57,467
THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS
WITH CHARLIE.
446
00:20:57,500 --> 00:21:01,833
YOU JUST DON'T LOSE YOUR MIND
IN ONE MINUTE AND RUN AWAY.
447
00:21:01,867 --> 00:21:05,100
Viau:
THERE WERE NO SIGNS INDICATING
448
00:21:05,133 --> 00:21:08,667
THAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE
A BREAKDOWN OF ANY KIND,
449
00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:11,600
SO IT ALL SEEMED
A LITTLE STRANGE TO ME.
450
00:21:11,633 --> 00:21:13,167
Narrator:
IN FACT, MASON,
451
00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,300
WHO SAW CHARLIE
SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK,
452
00:21:15,333 --> 00:21:17,767
HAD NO IDEA
HIS FRIEND WAS BIPOLAR.
453
00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,667
Viau:
THAT WAS NEWS TO ME
454
00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:21,967
BECAUSE HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN
455
00:21:22,067 --> 00:21:24,633
REALLY LEVEL-HEADED,
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY.
456
00:21:24,667 --> 00:21:27,367
I'D HUNG OUT WITH HIM A LOT.
457
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,100
THERE WAS NOTHING TO SUGGEST
458
00:21:30,133 --> 00:21:34,500
THAT HE WAS DEPRESSED
OR BIPOLAR AT ALL.
459
00:21:34,533 --> 00:21:37,233
Narrator:
BUT IN HINDSIGHT,
460
00:21:37,267 --> 00:21:39,967
MASON DOES REMEMBER
SOMETHING A LITTLE ODD
461
00:21:40,067 --> 00:21:41,967
FROM THE LAST DAY
HE SAW CHARLIE.
462
00:21:42,067 --> 00:21:44,833
Viau:
AT DINNERTIME, CHARLIE AND I
463
00:21:44,867 --> 00:21:49,233
WENT TO THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA,
464
00:21:49,267 --> 00:21:52,300
AND, WHEN WE HAD SAT DOWN,
465
00:21:52,333 --> 00:21:55,367
HE REACHED ACROSS TO GRAB PIZZA
FROM MY PLATE.
466
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,500
I THOUGHT
THAT WAS A LITTLE STRANGE.
467
00:21:57,533 --> 00:21:59,600
I MENTIONED IT,
468
00:21:59,633 --> 00:22:02,533
AND HE SAID HE THOUGHT
THAT IT WAS HIS SLICE OF PIZZA.
469
00:22:02,567 --> 00:22:05,333
WE BOTH KIND OF LAUGHED IT OFF.
470
00:22:05,367 --> 00:22:07,067
Narrator:
IN ANOTHER STRANGE TWIST,
471
00:22:07,067 --> 00:22:09,500
POLICE ALSO LEARNED THAT,
SHORTLY BEFORE HE DISAPPEARED,
472
00:22:09,533 --> 00:22:13,633
CHARLIE LEGALLY CHANGED HIS NAME
FROM CHARLES ALLEN JR.
473
00:22:13,667 --> 00:22:15,367
TO NEO BABSON MAXIMUS.
474
00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,167
ONE DAY I GOT HOME FROM WORK,
475
00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,167
AND HE'S LIKE, "CHECK THIS OUT.
I CHANGED MY NAME."
476
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,633
AND HE TOOK OUT HIS LICENSE
AND HE SHOWED IT TO ME,
477
00:22:23,667 --> 00:22:26,067
AND IT SAID
"NEO BABSON MAXIMUS."
478
00:22:26,100 --> 00:22:28,633
AND I JUST LAUGHED.
I WAS LIKE, "ARE YOU SERIOUS?
479
00:22:28,667 --> 00:22:30,967
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?"
I JUST KIND OF, LIKE,
BRUSHED IT ASIDE.
480
00:22:31,067 --> 00:22:32,600
LIKE,
"I'M STILL CALLING YOU CHARLIE.
481
00:22:32,633 --> 00:22:34,467
I'M NOT CALLING YOU 'NEO'
IN THE PUBLIC."
482
00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:36,767
Narrator: NEO,
CHARLIE'S ONLINE GAMING NAME,
483
00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:38,933
IS TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE
"THE MATRIX,"
484
00:22:38,967 --> 00:22:41,600
WHILE "MAXIMUS"
COME FROM THE FILM "GLADIATOR."
485
00:22:41,633 --> 00:22:43,433
"BABSON" IS A FAMILY NAME.
486
00:22:43,467 --> 00:22:46,467
Brittany: I ASKED HIM WHY, AND
HE WANTED IT TO BE DIFFERENT,
487
00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:49,067
AND HE WANTED TO BE THE BEST
TENNIS PLAYER IN THE WORLD.
488
00:22:49,067 --> 00:22:50,167
THAT WAS HIS GOAL.
489
00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,367
AND HE THOUGHT
THAT IT SOUNDED A LOT BETTER
490
00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:53,767
IF HE HAD A DIFFERENT NAME.
491
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,300
Narrator: CHARLIE DIDN'T TALK
WIDELY OF THE NAME CHANGE.
492
00:22:58,333 --> 00:23:01,767
IN FACT, MANY ARE LATER
SURPRISED TO FIND OUT ABOUT IT.
493
00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,600
CHARLIE HAD NEVER MENTIONED
ANYTHING
494
00:23:03,633 --> 00:23:05,100
ABOUT CHANGING HIS NAME.
495
00:23:05,133 --> 00:23:07,633
I DID NOT KNOW CHARLIE
HAD CHANGED HIS NAME
496
00:23:07,667 --> 00:23:09,433
UNTIL AFTER HE HAD GONE MISSING.
497
00:23:09,467 --> 00:23:12,567
Narrator: POLICE SEE THE
NAME CHANGE AS FURTHER EVIDENCE
498
00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,767
OF CHARLIE'S
TROUBLED STATE OF MIND.
499
00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,133
I DON'T KNOW WHAT MAKES A PERSON
DECIDE TO CHANGE THEIR NAME.
500
00:23:17,167 --> 00:23:19,267
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A PERSON
THAT'S MISSING,
501
00:23:19,300 --> 00:23:21,700
WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL
THAT LEGALLY CHANGED HIS NAME,
502
00:23:21,733 --> 00:23:24,200
AND, PERHAPS,
YOU KNOW, DID HE DO THAT
503
00:23:24,233 --> 00:23:27,667
TO ESCAPE HIS PAST,
TO START A NEW LIFE?
504
00:23:27,700 --> 00:23:29,300
MAYBE. I DON'T KNOW.
505
00:23:29,333 --> 00:23:32,700
I GUESS THERE ARE SO MANY
POSSIBLE ANSWERS OUT THERE.
506
00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:38,733
Narrator:
CHARLIE'S FAMILY LAST HEARD
FROM HIM ON A THURSDAY.
507
00:23:38,767 --> 00:23:41,400
A WEEK LATER,
THERE IS STILL NO WORD.
508
00:23:41,433 --> 00:23:44,867
Ann: I JUST FELT LIKE
HE'LL CALL TOMORROW.
509
00:23:44,900 --> 00:23:48,933
IT WOULD JUST BE TOO UNBEARABLE
TO THINK OTHERWISE.
510
00:23:48,967 --> 00:23:50,500
Narrator:
HIS PARENTS THINK BACK
511
00:23:50,533 --> 00:23:52,633
TO THE BAFFLING VOICEMAILS
HE LEFT EACH OF THEM
512
00:23:52,667 --> 00:23:56,567
JUST BEFORE HIS DISAPPEARANCE,
TALKING ABOUT HEADING SOUTH.
513
00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,333
HIS LAST CONVERSATION
WITH HIS SISTER, BRITTANY,
514
00:23:59,367 --> 00:24:01,500
IS EQUALLY CONFUSING.
515
00:24:01,533 --> 00:24:04,267
CHARLIE TOLD BRITTANY
THAT PEOPLE WERE AFTER HIM
516
00:24:04,300 --> 00:24:05,533
AND HE WASN'T SAFE,
517
00:24:05,567 --> 00:24:08,400
BUT NONE OF HIS FRIENDS
ARE AWARE OF ANY DANGER
518
00:24:08,433 --> 00:24:11,933
HE MAY HAVE BEEN FACING
OR ANY ENEMIES HE MAY HAVE HAD.
519
00:24:11,967 --> 00:24:14,367
CHARLIE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ENEMIES.
520
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:18,467
I MEAN, HE WAS JUST A HAPPY GUY,
AND HE WAS EVERYONE'S FRIEND.
521
00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:19,800
SO, FOR HIM TO HAVE ENEMIES
522
00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:21,767
WAS A LITTLE FAR-FETCHED,
IT SEEMED.
523
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,800
THE KID WASN'T REALLY
A TROUBLESOME KID.
524
00:24:23,833 --> 00:24:25,567
I MEAN, HE NEVER PICKED FIGHTS.
525
00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,333
HE WASN'T, LIKE, A MEAN PERSON.
526
00:24:27,367 --> 00:24:28,500
I DON'T KNOW WHY HE SAID THAT.
527
00:24:28,533 --> 00:24:31,667
Narrator:
POLICE DON'T FIND ANY EVIDENCE
528
00:24:31,700 --> 00:24:34,300
TO INDICATE
THAT ANYONE IS AFTER CHARLIE
529
00:24:34,333 --> 00:24:36,200
OR THAT HE HAD BEEN IN DANGER.
530
00:24:36,233 --> 00:24:37,767
BUT CHARLIE'S MOTHER AND SISTER
531
00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,067
DON'T BELIEVE CHARLIE'S FEARS
ARE IMAGINARY.
532
00:24:40,100 --> 00:24:43,067
I DIDN'T THINK THAT THERE WAS
ANY CHANCE IN HELL
533
00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:45,067
THAT HE WAS JUST HAVING
AN ILLUSION
534
00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:47,100
THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE AFTER HIM.
535
00:24:47,133 --> 00:24:50,600
I COULD TELL
THAT HE WAS BEING HONEST.
536
00:24:50,633 --> 00:24:53,367
HE WAS REALLY SCARED,
AND I BELIEVE IT.
537
00:24:56,067 --> 00:24:57,633
Narrator: COMING UP,
538
00:24:57,667 --> 00:25:00,367
COULD CHARLIE HAVE HITCHED
A RIDE OUT OF TOWN?
539
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,567
I FEEL CONFIDENT
THAT IT WAS THAT STUDENT.
540
00:25:07,833 --> 00:25:10,533
Narrator: GET MORE "DISAPPEARED"
ONLINE AT...
541
00:25:22,167 --> 00:25:23,800
Narrator:
CHARLIE ALLEN JR.
542
00:25:23,833 --> 00:25:26,167
IS LAST SEEN
IN EARLY OCTOBER, 2007.
543
00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,267
THE COLLEGE STUDENT
SUFFERS FROM BIPOLAR DISORDER,
544
00:25:29,300 --> 00:25:32,300
AND POLICE SEEMINGLY LINK HIM
TO A HOME BREAK-IN.
545
00:25:32,333 --> 00:25:35,600
LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVOTES
EVERY RESOURCE AVAILABLE
546
00:25:35,633 --> 00:25:37,967
TO SEARCH AROUND
THE UMASS DARTMOUTH CAMPUS
547
00:25:38,067 --> 00:25:40,300
AND IN NEIGHBORING NEW BEDFORD.
548
00:25:40,333 --> 00:25:42,367
I THINK THE FACT
THAT CHARLIE DID SUFFER
549
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,267
FROM SOME TYPE OF MENTAL ILLNESS
MADE IT ALL THE MORE URGENT
550
00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:48,700
TO SEARCH THE WOODS
AND TO REACH OUT
551
00:25:48,733 --> 00:25:51,100
TO AS MANY PEOPLE
WHO KNEW CHARLIE
552
00:25:51,133 --> 00:25:53,900
AND THAT MAYBE HAD SEEN HIM
WITHIN THE LAST FEW DAYS
553
00:25:53,933 --> 00:25:55,267
BEFORE HE DISAPPEARED.
554
00:25:55,300 --> 00:25:58,200
Narrator: POLICE FIND CHARLIE'S
SNEAKERS ALONG A ROAD
555
00:25:58,233 --> 00:26:01,400
NOT FAR FROM THE HOUSE
HE ALLEGEDLY BROKE INTO,
556
00:26:01,433 --> 00:26:04,067
WHICH SEEMS TO CONFIRM
THEIR SUSPICION
557
00:26:04,067 --> 00:26:06,367
THAT HE WAS
THE SHIRTLESS INTRUDER.
558
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,067
Levinson:
THE SEARCH ESCALATED,
559
00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:11,233
FROM THE USE OF MASSACHUSETTS
STATE POLICE HELICOPTER
560
00:26:11,267 --> 00:26:13,933
TO A WIDESPREAD SEARCH
WITH MULTIPLE PEOPLE
561
00:26:13,967 --> 00:26:16,267
SEARCHING FOR CHARLIE
IN THE WOODED AREA.
562
00:26:16,300 --> 00:26:19,667
IT'S A VERY DENSE WOODED AREA
IN THAT PART OF DARTMOUTH.
563
00:26:19,700 --> 00:26:22,500
Narrator:
NOW, WITH NO SHIRT, NO SHOES,
564
00:26:22,533 --> 00:26:25,133
AND WEARING JUST A PAIR
OF WARM-UP PANTS,
565
00:26:25,167 --> 00:26:27,667
HOW FAR COULD THE COLLEGE
STUDENT HAVE MADE IT
566
00:26:27,700 --> 00:26:29,667
IN THE COOL, RAINY
OCTOBER WEATHER?
567
00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:31,633
Charles Sr.: IF ANYBODY COULD
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SURVIVE,
568
00:26:31,667 --> 00:26:32,900
IT WOULD BE CHARLIE.
569
00:26:32,933 --> 00:26:35,833
HE KNEW
HOW TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF,
570
00:26:35,867 --> 00:26:38,467
AND SO HE WAS DEFINITELY
THE TYPE OF PERSON
571
00:26:38,500 --> 00:26:40,900
THAT WOULD FIND A WAY
IF HE WANTED TO.
572
00:26:43,467 --> 00:26:45,567
Narrator:
WHEN CHARLIE'S FAMILY REPORTS
573
00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:47,533
THAT HAD A VERY ACTIVE
ONLINE LIFE,
574
00:26:47,567 --> 00:26:49,867
POLICE CHECK CHARLIE'S COMPUTER
575
00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:51,967
FOR POSSIBLE CLUES
TO HIS WHEREABOUTS.
576
00:26:52,067 --> 00:26:55,367
THERE WAS NOTHING REALLY
ALL THAT HELPFUL ON HIS COMPUTER
577
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,833
THAT WOULD LEAD US
IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
578
00:26:57,867 --> 00:27:01,500
THE DETECTIVE
WHO CHECKED THE COMPUTER
579
00:27:01,533 --> 00:27:03,667
DID NOT REPORT ANYTHING
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
580
00:27:03,700 --> 00:27:05,933
Narrator:
THE ONLY FINDING OF INTEREST
581
00:27:05,967 --> 00:27:08,967
IS THAT ONE OF THE LAST PAGES
CHARLIE LOOKED AT ONLINE
582
00:27:09,067 --> 00:27:11,433
WAS A WEBSITE
FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
583
00:27:11,467 --> 00:27:13,733
IN THE VOICEMAIL
HE LEFT FOR HIS MOTHER,
584
00:27:13,767 --> 00:27:16,300
HE MENTIONED GOING TO TEXAS.
585
00:27:16,333 --> 00:27:19,933
HAD CHARLIE BEEN RESEARCHING
A SECRET MOVE SOUTH?
586
00:27:19,967 --> 00:27:22,067
WE CONTACTED
THE UNIVERSITY DOWN THERE
587
00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:24,500
JUST TO INQUIRE
WHETHER CHARLIE HAD, IN FACT,
588
00:27:24,533 --> 00:27:28,333
APPLIED AT THAT UNIVERSITY,
AND WE WERE TOLD THAT, NO,
589
00:27:28,367 --> 00:27:31,767
THERE WAS NO FILE
WITH HIS NAME ATTACHED TO IT.
590
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,333
Ann: IF CHARLIE HAD AN INTEREST
IN GOING TO TEXAS,
591
00:27:34,367 --> 00:27:37,067
HE WOULD TELL ME,
'CAUSE HE KNOWS I WOULD SAY,
592
00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:39,367
"IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT,
HON, DO IT."
593
00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,233
Narrator: CHARLIE'S MOTHER
IS MORE CONCERNED
594
00:27:42,267 --> 00:27:45,200
WITH WHAT POLICE
DIDN'T FIND ON HIS COMPUTER.
595
00:27:45,233 --> 00:27:47,567
CHARLIE HAD TOLD HIS SISTER
HE WAS IN TROUBLE
596
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,300
BECAUSE HE HAD SENT SOME E-MAILS
TO IMPORTANT PEOPLE,
597
00:27:50,333 --> 00:27:53,067
BUT THOSE E-MAILS
ARE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
598
00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:56,433
IN FACT, ALL OF CHARLIE'S
RECENT E-MAILS ARE MISSING.
599
00:27:56,467 --> 00:27:59,700
Ann: THERE WERE NO E-MAILS
BEFORE HE WENT MISSING.
600
00:27:59,733 --> 00:28:02,167
THERE WERE NO E-MAILS
601
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:08,233
FROM OCTOBER 11th, 10th, 9th,
8th, 7th, 6th, 5, 4.
602
00:28:08,267 --> 00:28:11,300
BUT I JUST THOUGHT
IT WAS REALLY STRANGE.
603
00:28:11,333 --> 00:28:14,733
IT BLOWS MY MIND THAT
WE COULD GIVE CHARLIE'S COMPUTER
604
00:28:14,767 --> 00:28:19,200
TO THE POLICE
TO DO THE FORENSICS,
605
00:28:19,233 --> 00:28:22,800
AND SOMEONE WHO LIVED HIS ENTIRE
LIFE ON THE COMPUTER --
606
00:28:22,833 --> 00:28:24,133
THEY FOUND NOTHING.
607
00:28:24,167 --> 00:28:28,267
HE, LIKE,
LIVED A VIRTUAL LIFE, YOU KNOW?
608
00:28:28,300 --> 00:28:29,667
AND THEY FOUND NOTHING.
609
00:28:29,700 --> 00:28:31,867
Narrator: IF THERE IS ANY TRUTH
TO THE NOTION
610
00:28:31,900 --> 00:28:33,333
THAT SOMEONE WAS AFTER CHARLIE,
611
00:28:33,367 --> 00:28:35,433
COULD THEY HAVE TAMPERED
WITH HIS COMPUTER
612
00:28:35,467 --> 00:28:37,500
AND PURPOSELY WIPED IT CLEAN?
613
00:28:37,533 --> 00:28:40,633
OR COULD IT HAVE BEEN
CHARLIE HIMSELF WHO DID IT?
614
00:28:40,667 --> 00:28:42,167
COULD THE ONLINE PHENOM
615
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,967
HAVE INTENDED
TO TAKE HIMSELF OFF THE GRID?
616
00:28:45,067 --> 00:28:46,533
IF HE WANTED TO CHANGE
HIS IDENTITY,
617
00:28:46,567 --> 00:28:48,167
I'M PRETTY SURE
HE COULD HAVE DONE IT.
618
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,133
I MEAN, HE'S PRETTY CREATIVE
619
00:28:50,167 --> 00:28:53,333
IN THE TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO,
YOU KNOW, ACT,
620
00:28:53,367 --> 00:28:55,633
YOU KNOW,
AND BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
621
00:28:55,667 --> 00:28:59,367
HE DID CHANGE HIS NAME,
SO, I GUESS, IN A SENSE,
622
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,700
HIS IDENTITY
WAS KIND OF ALTERED ALREADY.
623
00:29:01,733 --> 00:29:04,133
Narrator: ACCORDING
TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY,
624
00:29:04,167 --> 00:29:06,667
CHARLIE HAD A KNACK
FOR MASTERING THINGS QUICKLY.
625
00:29:06,700 --> 00:29:08,433
COULD HE HAVE BEEN EQUALLY ADEPT
626
00:29:08,467 --> 00:29:10,600
AT SETTING UP
HIS OWN DISAPPEARANCE?
627
00:29:10,633 --> 00:29:14,633
WAS CHANGING HIS NAME A FIRST
STEP IN CREATING A NEW IDENTITY?
628
00:29:17,367 --> 00:29:20,333
CHARLIE'S FAMILY HAS A HARD TIME
BELIEVING THIS COULD BE TRUE.
629
00:29:20,367 --> 00:29:22,100
Brittany:
PEOPLE WOULD SAY TO ME,
630
00:29:22,133 --> 00:29:25,233
"YOU KNOW, MAYBE HE JUST
DOESN'T WANT TO BE FOUND.
631
00:29:25,267 --> 00:29:27,467
MAYBE HE WANTED TO GO OFF
LIKE THAT."
632
00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:30,133
AND I'M LIKE...
[ CHUCKLES ]
633
00:29:30,167 --> 00:29:32,633
"WELL, YOU DON'T KNOW HIM.
634
00:29:32,667 --> 00:29:35,200
HE WOULD NEVER WANT TO DO THAT."
635
00:29:35,233 --> 00:29:38,733
HE WAS GONNA GO TO MED SCHOOL.
636
00:29:38,767 --> 00:29:41,767
HE WANTED TO BE A DOCTOR.
637
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:45,167
HE WAS SO HAPPY
WHERE HE WAS AT THE TIME,
638
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:49,600
WITH WHAT HE WAS DOING,
AND HE HAD GOALS FOR THE FUTURE.
639
00:29:49,633 --> 00:29:53,200
HE LOVED HIS APARTMENT,
LOVED HIS CLASSES,
640
00:29:53,233 --> 00:29:55,067
LOVED PLAYING TENNIS,
641
00:29:55,067 --> 00:29:59,067
AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
IT'S ALL, LIKE, GONE.
642
00:30:01,333 --> 00:30:04,133
Narrator: CHARLIE HAS BEEN
MISSING FOR MORE THAN A WEEK.
643
00:30:04,167 --> 00:30:06,267
WITH NO NEWS
CONCERNING HIS WHEREABOUTS,
644
00:30:06,300 --> 00:30:09,033
HIS FAMILY IS GETTING
INCREASINGLY DESPERATE.
645
00:30:09,067 --> 00:30:11,100
Charles Sr.:
WE COULDN'T SLEEP.
646
00:30:11,133 --> 00:30:14,000
YOU KNOW, TROUBLE EATING.
CRYING ALL DAY.
647
00:30:14,033 --> 00:30:16,633
IT WAS JUST UNIMAGINABLE.
648
00:30:16,667 --> 00:30:21,900
IT ACTUALLY WAS JUST,
YOU KNOW, DIFFICULT TO FUNCTION.
649
00:30:21,933 --> 00:30:26,433
EVERY SECOND OF EVERY DAY,
YOU'D BE THINKING ABOUT IT,
650
00:30:26,467 --> 00:30:28,700
AND IT'S JUST
TOTALLY UNIMAGINABLE.
651
00:30:28,733 --> 00:30:31,467
Narrator: DID CHARLIE FLEE
IN A MANIC STATE
652
00:30:31,500 --> 00:30:33,633
BROUGHT ON BY BIPOLAR DISORDER?
653
00:30:33,667 --> 00:30:37,333
DID HE DECIDE TO CREATE
A NEW IDENTITY SOMEPLACE ELSE?
654
00:30:37,367 --> 00:30:41,167
OR, AS HE TOLD HIS SISTER,
WERE PEOPLE REALLY AFTER HIM?
655
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:42,667
THERE ARE NUMEROUS SCENARIOS
656
00:30:42,700 --> 00:30:44,367
AS TO WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED
TO CHARLIE ALLEN.
657
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,567
HE WAS IN OUR TOWN.
SOMEONE HAD SEEN HIM.
658
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,000
SOMEONE HAD INTERACTED WITH HIM.
659
00:30:48,033 --> 00:30:51,167
AFTER THAT, IT'S ANYONE'S GUESS
WHAT HAPPENED.
660
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,467
Narrator: FINALLY, A FEW WEEKS
AFTER CHARLIE IS LAST SEEN,
661
00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:56,400
A WITNESS COMES FORWARD.
662
00:30:59,700 --> 00:31:02,867
JIM COSTA IS AN ELECTRIC-COMPANY
TROUBLESHOOTER.
663
00:31:02,900 --> 00:31:05,467
ON A SATURDAY MORNING
IN OCTOBER 2007,
664
00:31:05,500 --> 00:31:07,267
HE LEAVES EARLY FOR WORK.
665
00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:09,333
Costa:
I'M DRIVING DOWN CROSS ROAD.
666
00:31:09,367 --> 00:31:12,867
I DID NOTICE A YOUNG MAN,
NO SHIRT ON,
667
00:31:12,900 --> 00:31:15,500
AND HE LOOKED RATHER DISHEVELED.
668
00:31:15,533 --> 00:31:17,067
HE LOOKED SHAKEN.
669
00:31:17,067 --> 00:31:19,100
HE DIDN'T LOOK THAT GOOD.
670
00:31:19,133 --> 00:31:23,200
AND I SAW THAT YOUNG MAN
WALKING TOWARDS A TRUCK,
671
00:31:23,233 --> 00:31:27,067
MAYBE TO ASK FOR HELP,
OR MAYBE HE SLEPT IN THAT TRUCK.
672
00:31:27,100 --> 00:31:28,500
I DIDN'T KNOW.
673
00:31:28,533 --> 00:31:31,467
Narrator: WHILE THE YOUNG MAN
SOUNDS LIKE HE COULD BE CHARLIE,
674
00:31:31,500 --> 00:31:34,500
COSTA IS NOT ABLE TO REMEMBER
EXACTLY WHEN HE SAW HIM --
675
00:31:34,533 --> 00:31:37,267
THE SATURDAY JUST DAYS
AFTER CHARLIE DISAPPEARED
676
00:31:37,300 --> 00:31:39,833
OR THE SATURDAY A WEEK LATER.
677
00:31:39,867 --> 00:31:40,867
IF IT WAS THE RIGHT DAY,
678
00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:42,667
I FEEL CONFIDENT
THAT IT WAS THAT STUDENT.
679
00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:46,800
Narrator:
THE INTERSECTION IS NEAR
THE UMASS DARTMOUTH CAMPUS.
680
00:31:46,833 --> 00:31:49,067
IT IS ALSO ALONG ROUTE 6,
681
00:31:49,100 --> 00:31:53,333
A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THAT FEEDS
RIGHT ON TO INTERSTATE 195.
682
00:31:53,367 --> 00:31:55,733
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM
THAT THAT WAS, IN FACT, CHARLIE.
683
00:31:55,767 --> 00:31:57,967
Narrator:
BUT IF IT WAS, WHAT HAPPENED?
684
00:31:58,067 --> 00:32:00,867
DID HE APPROACH THE TRUCK DRIVER
FOR HELP OR A RIDE?
685
00:32:00,900 --> 00:32:03,467
IT'S POSSIBLE HE
COULD HAVE GOTTEN ON THE TRUCK
686
00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:04,900
AND LEFT THE AREA.
687
00:32:04,933 --> 00:32:07,200
THAT OPENS UP
A WHOLE NEW DOOR FOR US,
688
00:32:07,233 --> 00:32:08,333
OR FOR THE FAMILY.
689
00:32:08,367 --> 00:32:12,933
IT GIVES US HOPE
THAT MAYBE CHARLIE IS ALIVE.
690
00:32:21,067 --> 00:32:22,633
Narrator: DECEMBER 2007.
691
00:32:22,667 --> 00:32:25,867
CHARLIE HAS BEEN MISSING
FOR MORE THAN TWO MONTHS,
692
00:32:25,900 --> 00:32:27,533
AND THE TRAIL IS GROWING COLD.
693
00:32:27,567 --> 00:32:30,700
Levinson: AFTER A CERTAIN
TIMEFRAME IN ANY INVESTIGATION,
694
00:32:30,733 --> 00:32:34,300
AFTER A COUPLE OF SEARCHES
HAD BEEN CONDUCTED,
695
00:32:34,333 --> 00:32:36,400
THE PHONES STOPPED RINGING.
696
00:32:36,433 --> 00:32:39,600
THE LEADS
JUST WEREN'T COMING IN.
697
00:32:39,633 --> 00:32:42,167
WE SORT OF HIT A WALL
IN THE INVESTIGATION.
698
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,733
IT JUST BECAME
MORE EXCRUCIATING, YOU KNOW?
699
00:32:45,767 --> 00:32:49,400
ANXIETY INCREASED TENFOLD
EVERY DAY
700
00:32:49,433 --> 00:32:51,100
WITH NOTHING BEING FOUND.
701
00:32:51,133 --> 00:32:55,067
Narrator:
WHILE CHARLIE'S SHOES AND
BACKPACK WERE QUICKLY LOCATED,
702
00:32:55,067 --> 00:32:58,300
THERE IS NO SIGN
OF HIS CELLPHONE OR HIS WALLET.
703
00:32:58,333 --> 00:33:02,300
HIS FATHER KEEPS CHARLIE'S BANK
AND CELLPHONE ACCOUNTS ACTIVE
704
00:33:02,333 --> 00:33:03,433
JUST IN CASE.
705
00:33:03,467 --> 00:33:06,367
Charles Sr.:
THE BANK CARD WAS NEVER USED
706
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,100
AFTER HE HAD DISAPPEARED,
707
00:33:08,133 --> 00:33:11,067
AND, ACTUALLY,
THE CELLPHONE ITSELF --
708
00:33:11,067 --> 00:33:14,400
I STILL HAVE THE ACCOUNT ACTIVE,
JUST IN CASE.
709
00:33:14,433 --> 00:33:17,100
EVERY TIME THE PHONE RANG
HERE AT HOME,
710
00:33:17,133 --> 00:33:18,600
YOUR HEART WOULD JUMP.
711
00:33:18,633 --> 00:33:21,767
YOU THINK IT'S HIM
OR SOMEBODY CALLING ABOUT HIM.
712
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:24,867
EVERY TIME, YOU KNOW,
YOU HEAR A CAR PULL UP
713
00:33:24,900 --> 00:33:28,567
OR SOMEBODY COME TO THE DOOR,
YOU THINK IT COULD BE HIM.
714
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:32,067
FOR ABOUT FIVE OR SIX MONTHS,
I CALLED HIM EVERY SINGLE DAY,
715
00:33:32,067 --> 00:33:33,500
MULTIPLE TIMES.
716
00:33:33,533 --> 00:33:35,100
I'D LEAVE HIM, LIKE,
VOICEMAILS AND STUFF,
717
00:33:35,133 --> 00:33:37,300
TO THE POINT WHERE YOU COULDN'T
LEAVE HIM VOICEMAILS ANYMORE.
718
00:33:37,333 --> 00:33:39,433
THE PHONE WOULD JUST
KEEP RINGING, OR IT WOULD
JUST HANG UP ON YOU.
719
00:33:39,467 --> 00:33:42,400
Narrator: CHARLIE'S FAMILY
PRAYS FOR ANSWERS,
720
00:33:42,433 --> 00:33:43,967
BUT AS THE DAYS WEAR ON,
721
00:33:44,067 --> 00:33:46,267
THEY'RE LEFT
WITH ONLY QUESTIONS.
722
00:33:46,300 --> 00:33:47,467
WHERE IS HE?
723
00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:49,733
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM,
AND WHY HASN'T HE CALLED?
724
00:33:49,767 --> 00:33:51,167
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM
725
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:54,200
TO BELIEVE THAT CHARLIE
HAS INTENTIONALLY CUT THEM OFF.
726
00:33:54,233 --> 00:33:56,133
BUT IT IS EVEN MORE HORRIFYING
727
00:33:56,167 --> 00:33:59,600
TO IMAGINE THAT HE MAY HAVE
DONE SO AGAINST HIS WILL.
728
00:33:59,633 --> 00:34:02,867
IT'S JUST LIKE YOU'RE SUSPENDED.
729
00:34:02,900 --> 00:34:07,067
SOMETIMES I PRAY FOR ANSWERS,
AND I THINK, "OH, WAIT.
730
00:34:07,100 --> 00:34:09,733
IS THAT REALLY WHAT I WANT?"
731
00:34:09,767 --> 00:34:12,467
WHAT IF, YOU KNOW, HE'S DEAD?
732
00:34:12,500 --> 00:34:16,800
IT STILL EATS AWAY AT YOU,
YOU KNOW?
733
00:34:16,833 --> 00:34:19,400
YOU CAN'T FIND PEACE
UNLESS YOU KNOW.
734
00:34:23,500 --> 00:34:25,167
Narrator: COMING UP,
735
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:28,100
A GROUP OF PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS
AND A FRESH SEARCH
736
00:34:28,133 --> 00:34:30,667
OFFER NEW AND DISTURBING LEADS
IN THE CASE.
737
00:34:30,700 --> 00:34:33,833
WHEN WE GET THE CALL,
OUR HEARTS JUST DROPPED.
738
00:34:46,867 --> 00:34:49,233
Narrator:
THE DISAPPEARANCE
739
00:34:49,267 --> 00:34:52,467
OF 22-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE STUDENT
CHARLIE ALLEN JR.
740
00:34:52,500 --> 00:34:55,400
DEVASTATES HIS FAMILY
AND CONFOUNDS POLICE.
741
00:34:55,433 --> 00:34:57,133
Levinson:
IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.
742
00:34:57,167 --> 00:34:58,600
IS IT POSSIBLE HE'S OUT THERE
743
00:34:58,633 --> 00:35:00,133
AND DOESN'T REALLY REMEMBER
WHO HE IS?
744
00:35:00,167 --> 00:35:01,467
I DON'T KNOW.
745
00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:03,767
I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE
TO BELIEVE THAT HE'S ALIVE
746
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,067
AND HE'S OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.
747
00:35:07,233 --> 00:35:10,100
Narrator: SEVERAL MONTHS
AFTER CHARLIE'S DISAPPEARANCE,
748
00:35:10,133 --> 00:35:11,333
HIS FAMILY IS DISMAYED
749
00:35:11,367 --> 00:35:13,767
BY THE LACK OF MOVEMENT
IN THE INVESTIGATION.
750
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,267
THEY REACH OUT
TO A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR,
751
00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:17,367
JOHN LECCESE.
752
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,400
Leccese:
CHARLIE ALLEN SR. CONTACTED ME
753
00:35:20,433 --> 00:35:22,633
AND WAS JUST DEVASTATED
754
00:35:22,667 --> 00:35:24,767
THAT THEY HADN'T BEEN ABLE
TO LOCATE HIM.
755
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,833
DESCRIBED HIM AS VERY
INTELLIGENT, LOVED HIS FAMILY,
756
00:35:27,867 --> 00:35:30,533
AND THEY KNEW
THAT HE WAS OFF HIS MEDICATION.
757
00:35:30,567 --> 00:35:35,633
HE WAS MANIC, AND HE BELIEVED
THAT HE WAS BEING STALKED,
758
00:35:35,667 --> 00:35:38,300
PEOPLE WERE AFTER HIM
AND HIS FAMILY.
759
00:35:38,333 --> 00:35:41,067
Narrator: LECCESE
TAKES ON THE CASE PRO BONO
760
00:35:41,067 --> 00:35:44,333
AND FORMS A COLD-CASE TEAM WITH
SEVERAL OTHER P.I.s TO HELP.
761
00:35:44,367 --> 00:35:48,267
THEY START BY CONSIDERING THE
AREA WHERE CHARLIE WAS LAST SEEN
762
00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:49,567
AND WEIGHING WHETHER OR NOT
763
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,700
HE COULD STILL BE SOMEWHERE
IN THE VICINITY.
764
00:35:51,733 --> 00:35:53,933
Leccese:
COULD HE BE IN THE WOODS?
765
00:35:53,967 --> 00:35:56,633
ABSOLUTELY.
HE MAY HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
766
00:35:56,667 --> 00:36:00,067
HE MAY HAVE FALLEN
INTO FOUL PLAY.
767
00:36:00,067 --> 00:36:01,767
THAT'S ALL A POSSIBILITY.
768
00:36:04,333 --> 00:36:06,367
Narrator:
THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS
769
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,800
IS TO ORGANIZE A NEW
AND COMPREHENSIVE SEARCH
770
00:36:08,833 --> 00:36:13,533
OF THE 4-SQUARE-MILE WOODED AREA
BORDERING UMASS DARTMOUTH.
771
00:36:13,567 --> 00:36:15,933
THE TERRAIN IS DENSE
AND DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE.
772
00:36:15,967 --> 00:36:19,533
ALIVE OR DEAD,
IF CHARLIE IS IN THE WOODS,
773
00:36:19,567 --> 00:36:22,267
LECCESE IS CONFIDENT
THAT THEY'LL FIND HIM.
774
00:36:22,300 --> 00:36:25,067
POLICE HAVE ALREADY EXPLORED
THE AREA,
775
00:36:25,067 --> 00:36:26,633
BUT LECCESE AND HIS PARTNERS
776
00:36:26,667 --> 00:36:28,933
PLAN A MUCH LARGER
AND DEEPER SEARCH,
777
00:36:28,967 --> 00:36:31,667
EMPLOYING GROUND SEARCHERS,
ATVs, HELICOPTERS,
778
00:36:31,700 --> 00:36:34,167
K-9 UNITS, AND CADAVER DOGS.
779
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:36,567
MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE TAKE PART,
780
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,300
AND THE MASSIVE EFFORT KICKS OFF
781
00:36:38,333 --> 00:36:41,133
ON THE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
OF CHARLIE'S DISAPPEARANCE.
782
00:36:41,167 --> 00:36:45,900
THIS SEARCH IS THE LARGEST
CIVILIAN-RUN SEARCH
783
00:36:45,933 --> 00:36:49,100
THAT WE'RE AWARE OF
IN NEW ENGLAND.
784
00:36:49,133 --> 00:36:52,533
Narrator:
PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR ALAN TATE
COORDINATES THE SEARCH.
785
00:36:52,567 --> 00:36:56,100
AS GUIDES, HE USES CHARLIE'S
LAST KNOWN LOCATION
786
00:36:56,133 --> 00:36:58,867
AS WELL AS WHERE HIS SHOES
AND BACKPACK WERE FOUND.
787
00:36:58,900 --> 00:37:00,767
Tate:
TO SEARCH THIS AREA HERE,
788
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:05,133
ALTHOUGH, ON THE MAP,
IT LOOKS NICE, WIDE, AND OPEN,
789
00:37:05,167 --> 00:37:08,400
ON THE GROUND, IT'S VERY THICK
AND VERY DIFFICULT
790
00:37:08,433 --> 00:37:11,200
FOR GROUND SEARCHERS
TO NAVIGATE THROUGH.
791
00:37:11,233 --> 00:37:13,067
Narrator:
CHARLIE'S FRIEND ANTHONY
792
00:37:13,067 --> 00:37:15,067
IS ONE OF THE MANY
VOLUNTEER SEARCHERS.
793
00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:17,300
I WAS KIND OF HOPING
WE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING,
794
00:37:17,333 --> 00:37:19,100
'CAUSE, OBVIOUSLY,
WHO WANTS TO --
795
00:37:19,133 --> 00:37:20,933
I MEAN,
YOU WANT CLOSURE SOMETIMES,
796
00:37:20,967 --> 00:37:23,067
BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
I MEAN, I'M THE TYPE
797
00:37:23,067 --> 00:37:24,467
WHERE I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP,
798
00:37:24,500 --> 00:37:27,433
SO IT'S LIKE I DON'T WANT, LIKE,
AN ENDING THAT'S NOT POSITIVE.
799
00:37:27,467 --> 00:37:29,100
Narrator: BUT ON THE THIRD DAY
OF THE SEARCH,
800
00:37:29,133 --> 00:37:31,800
A TEAM
INCLUDING CHARLIE'S OWN COUSIN
801
00:37:31,833 --> 00:37:33,867
COMES ACROSS SOME BONES.
802
00:37:33,900 --> 00:37:37,367
Charles Sr.:
WHEN WE GET THE CALL,
803
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:39,367
OUR HEARTS JUST DROPPED.
804
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,933
OBVIOUSLY,
AFTER THAT PERIOD OF TIME,
805
00:37:41,967 --> 00:37:44,833
YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE
YOU MIGHT EXPECT
806
00:37:44,867 --> 00:37:47,367
IT'S GONNA HAPPEN,
THAT THEY WOULD FIND HIM.
807
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:49,900
YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS --
YOUR HEART'S DROPPED,
808
00:37:49,933 --> 00:37:53,800
BUT YOU FEEL LIKE
THIS IS FINALLY IT.
809
00:37:53,833 --> 00:37:56,267
Brittany:
FOR LIKE 24 HOURS,
810
00:37:56,300 --> 00:37:59,400
WE DIDN'T KNOW
IF THEY WERE HIS BONES.
811
00:37:59,433 --> 00:38:02,100
IT'S NOT A FUN SITUATION
TO BE IN.
812
00:38:02,133 --> 00:38:05,700
WHEN THEY FOUND THE BONES...
813
00:38:05,733 --> 00:38:08,200
JUST --
I COULDN'T EVEN DESCRIBE TO YOU
814
00:38:08,233 --> 00:38:09,433
WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE.
815
00:38:09,467 --> 00:38:11,100
I MEAN, JUST...
816
00:38:11,133 --> 00:38:12,967
PRETTY MUCH DIED.
817
00:38:13,067 --> 00:38:17,400
BUT THE BONES TURN OUT TO BE
ANIMAL, NOT HUMAN, REMAINS.
818
00:38:17,433 --> 00:38:19,333
IT WAS DIFFICULT
TO DO THE SEARCH,
819
00:38:19,367 --> 00:38:21,367
BUT IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS NECESSARY TO DO.
820
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,467
WE KNEW IT NEEDED TO BE DONE,
821
00:38:23,500 --> 00:38:26,700
AND, IN MY OPINION,
THE OUTCOME WAS GOOD --
822
00:38:26,733 --> 00:38:29,067
YOU KNOW, THAT HE WASN'T FOUND.
823
00:38:29,067 --> 00:38:32,767
I WAS JUST EXHILARATED
THAT THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING.
824
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:37,500
Leccese: I DON'T BELIEVE
THAT CHARLIE IS IN THE WOODS.
825
00:38:37,533 --> 00:38:41,400
I BELIEVE, AT THIS POINT,
THAT CHARLIE MADE IT OUT.
826
00:38:44,667 --> 00:38:46,533
Narrator:
BUT WHERE DID HE GO?
827
00:38:46,567 --> 00:38:49,200
WHILE THE SEARCH INDICATES
THAT IT IS UNLIKELY
828
00:38:49,233 --> 00:38:51,400
CHARLIE OR HIS BODY
IS IN THE WOODS,
829
00:38:51,433 --> 00:38:55,600
IT STILL OFFERS NO CLUES TO WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE COLLEGE STUDENT.
830
00:38:55,633 --> 00:38:57,867
THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS
YOU CAN LOOK AT IT.
831
00:38:57,900 --> 00:39:00,067
I PERSONALLY
AM TRYING TO REMAIN POSITIVE.
832
00:39:00,067 --> 00:39:03,067
I'D LIKE TO THINK
THAT HE'S OUT THERE SOMEWHERE
833
00:39:03,067 --> 00:39:04,467
AND HE'S STILL ALIVE.
834
00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:07,167
I THINK THAT,
IF CHARLIE HAD PASSED AWAY,
835
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,633
I THINK WE WOULD HAVE COME
ACROSS HIM BY NOW.
836
00:39:09,667 --> 00:39:13,233
Leccese:
THE ONLY PLACE TO GO WITH
THIS INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW
837
00:39:13,267 --> 00:39:16,267
IS TO ASSUME THAT HE IS ALIVE
AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND HIM.
838
00:39:16,300 --> 00:39:18,167
Narrator:
AS THE MONTHS PASS,
839
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,533
THERE IS NO WORD FROM CHARLIE
AND NO SIGN OF HIM ANYWHERE.
840
00:39:21,567 --> 00:39:24,433
THE INVESTIGATION APPEARS
TO HAVE HIT A DEAD END.
841
00:39:24,467 --> 00:39:27,633
BUT HIS FRIENDS REMAIN HOPEFUL.
842
00:39:27,667 --> 00:39:29,467
I FEEL LIKE,
WHEREVER HE WANTED TO GO,
843
00:39:29,500 --> 00:39:31,067
HE HAD A PLAN.
844
00:39:31,067 --> 00:39:32,733
AND IF THE PLAN DIDN'T WORK OUT,
845
00:39:32,767 --> 00:39:34,933
YOU KNOW,
100% THE WAY HE WANTED IT TO,
846
00:39:34,967 --> 00:39:37,867
THE WAY HE THINKS,
HE WOULD HAVE A BACKUP PLAN.
847
00:39:37,900 --> 00:39:39,800
HE WOULD HAVE WAYS OF GETTING BY
848
00:39:39,833 --> 00:39:43,067
IF STUFF DIDN'T GO THE WAY
HE WANTED IT TO GO.
849
00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:45,067
I THINK CHARLIE WANDERED OFF.
850
00:39:45,100 --> 00:39:48,433
I THINK HE PROBABLY
IS SOMEWHERE DOWN SOUTH,
851
00:39:48,467 --> 00:39:51,733
PLAYING TENNIS
LIKE HE WANTED TO.
852
00:39:58,367 --> 00:40:00,233
Narrator:
DECEMBER 2009.
853
00:40:00,267 --> 00:40:02,833
MORE THAN TWO YEARS
SINCE CHARLIE DISAPPEARED,
854
00:40:02,867 --> 00:40:05,900
THERE IS A POSSIBLE SIGHTING
OF HIM MUCH CLOSER TO HOME.
855
00:40:05,933 --> 00:40:08,100
Kelly: IT WAS ABOUT
4:00 IN THE MORNING,
856
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AND I WAS SLEEPING.
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Narrator: STEVEN KELLY
AND HIS WIFE ARE ASLEEP IN BED
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00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,267
IN THEIR NEW BEDFORD,
MASSACHUSETTS, HOME,
859
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11 MILES
FROM THE UMASS DARTMOUTH CAMPUS.
860
00:40:17,667 --> 00:40:20,567
I HEARD THE DOOR KNOCKER KNOCK,
861
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SO, YOU KNOW, I RAN TO THE DOOR,
AND I OPENED THE DOOR,
862
00:40:23,333 --> 00:40:25,200
AND THERE WAS, YOU KNOW,
A YOUNG MAN
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STANDING AT THE DOOR.
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HE WASN'T DRESSED
FOR THE WEATHER.
865
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HE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE
AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING.
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HE SAID HE NEEDED HELP
GETTING BACK TO S.M.U.
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Narrator:
S.M.U. STANDS FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS UNIVERSITY,
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WHAT UMASS DARTMOUTH WAS CALLED
UNTIL 1991.
869
00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:44,600
MY WIFE WAS PANICKING.
870
00:40:44,633 --> 00:40:46,433
SHE THOUGHT THAT
IT WAS MAYBE GOING TO BE,
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LIKE, HOME INVASION
IF I WENT OUTSIDE,
872
00:40:48,867 --> 00:40:51,367
SO WE SHUT THE DOOR
AND CALLED THE POLICE.
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00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,567
Narrator: BUT BY THE TIME
POLICE GET THERE,
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THE YOUNG MAN
IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
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00:40:59,433 --> 00:41:00,700
THE NEXT DAY,
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00:41:00,733 --> 00:41:03,067
KELLY'S WIFE MENTIONS
THE INCIDENT TO A FRIEND,
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00:41:03,067 --> 00:41:05,300
WHO TELLS HER
ABOUT CHARLIE'S DISAPPEARANCE.
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00:41:05,333 --> 00:41:06,633
WHEN KELLY HEARS ABOUT IT,
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HE LOOKS UP PICTURES
OF THE UMASS STUDENT ONLINE.
880
00:41:09,433 --> 00:41:11,167
Kelly: WHEN I LOOKED
AT THE PICTURES, I'M LIKE,
881
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:12,833
"THAT'S THE KID THAT WAS
STANDING AT OUR FRONT DOOR."
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00:41:12,867 --> 00:41:15,267
COULD IT HAVE BEEN
CHARLIE ALLEN?
883
00:41:15,300 --> 00:41:17,867
KELLY TELLS POLICE
HE THINKS IT WAS.
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00:41:17,900 --> 00:41:19,667
Levinson:
HE SAID CLOSE TO 100%,
885
00:41:19,700 --> 00:41:21,433
WHICH IS VERY HIGH FOR SOMEONE
886
00:41:21,467 --> 00:41:23,533
TO MAKE THAT TYPE
OF A STATEMENT,
887
00:41:23,567 --> 00:41:26,233
BUT, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE,
IN HIS MIND,
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00:41:26,267 --> 00:41:29,700
THAT, YOU KNOW, HE REALLY FELT
THAT HE SAW CHARLIE.
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00:41:29,733 --> 00:41:32,867
IT BRINGS SORT OF A NEW ELEMENT
TO THIS WHOLE INVESTIGATION.
890
00:41:32,900 --> 00:41:35,467
WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT SOMETIMES,
I THINK THIS IS JUST --
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00:41:35,500 --> 00:41:37,867
IT'S SUCH AN ODD STORY THAT
SOMETIMES YOU ALMOST WONDER,
892
00:41:37,900 --> 00:41:40,067
YOU KNOW, IF IT'S REAL OR NOT.
893
00:41:40,100 --> 00:41:42,933
Leccese: IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL
"MOVIE OF THE WEEK"
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00:41:42,967 --> 00:41:46,300
IF CHARLIE SHOWS UP SOME MORNING
ON THE DOORSTEP OF HIS PARENTS
895
00:41:46,333 --> 00:41:48,233
AND ASKS IF HE CAN COME HOME.
896
00:41:48,267 --> 00:41:49,700
SO, THAT'S MY HOPE.
897
00:41:49,733 --> 00:41:53,067
Narrator: CHARLIE'S INFORMATION
AND FINGERPRINTS ARE ENTERED
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00:41:53,067 --> 00:41:56,067
INTO THE NATIONAL CRIME
INFORMATION CENTER DATABASE.
899
00:41:56,067 --> 00:41:59,467
AND I FEEL SURE IF CHARLIE
IS PLACED UNDER ARREST
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OR PROTECTIVE CUSTODY
901
00:42:01,133 --> 00:42:03,800
AND IF HIS FINGERPRINTS
ARE CHECKED,
902
00:42:03,833 --> 00:42:06,800
IT WILL SHOW
THAT HE IS A MISSING PERSON.
903
00:42:06,833 --> 00:42:09,267
Narrator: TO DATE,
THERE HAVE BEEN NO HITS.
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00:42:09,300 --> 00:42:12,067
Levinson: IN MY TIME HERE
AS A POLICE OFFICER,
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WE'VE NEVER ENCOUNTERED
A STORY SUCH AS THIS.
906
00:42:14,833 --> 00:42:15,967
SO, YOU JUST WANT ANSWERS.
907
00:42:16,067 --> 00:42:17,200
I KNOW THE FAMILY WANTS IT,
908
00:42:17,233 --> 00:42:18,900
AND I KNOW
ALL THE INVESTIGATORS --
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00:42:18,933 --> 00:42:20,200
WE JUST WANT TO KNOW.
910
00:42:20,233 --> 00:42:23,067
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
TO CHARLIE ALLEN JR.
911
00:42:23,067 --> 00:42:24,900
ALL WE ASK FOR IS SOME CLOSURE.
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00:42:24,933 --> 00:42:26,200
I THINK THAT'S --
913
00:42:26,233 --> 00:42:27,967
THAT'S WHAT THE FAMILY DESERVES,
AT LEAST.
914
00:42:28,067 --> 00:42:32,200
HE'S STILL OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.
915
00:42:33,767 --> 00:42:37,067
Narrator:
CHARLIE'S FAMILY CONTINUES
TO HOPE THAT CHARLIE IS SAFE
916
00:42:37,067 --> 00:42:40,067
AND THAT THEY WILL ONE DAY
HEAR FROM HIM.
917
00:42:40,100 --> 00:42:42,800
CHARLIE WOULD NEVER
JUST DISAPPEAR.
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00:42:44,833 --> 00:42:47,300
HE KNOWS ME WELL ENOUGH,
919
00:42:47,333 --> 00:42:52,067
AND HIS FAMILY,
TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD HURT.
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00:42:52,067 --> 00:42:55,867
I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE HE IS
OR IF HE'S ALIVE.
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IT'S LIKE THE ULTIMATE
INTERNAL STRUGGLE
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[ CHUCKLES ]
923
00:43:00,933 --> 00:43:04,933
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T REALLY GRIEVE
OVER SOMETHING
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00:43:04,967 --> 00:43:06,833
THAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
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00:43:06,867 --> 00:43:09,733
Ann:
I DON'T BELIEVE FOR ONE MINUTE
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00:43:09,767 --> 00:43:12,900
THAT CHARLIE LEFT
BECAUSE HE WANTED TO.
927
00:43:12,933 --> 00:43:14,333
HE JUST WOULDN'T.
928
00:43:14,367 --> 00:43:16,767
Charles Sr.:
I HAVE TO HOLD OUT HOPE
929
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THAT CHARLIE'S STILL OUT THERE.
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00:43:18,733 --> 00:43:21,533
I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE.
931
00:43:21,567 --> 00:43:24,733
YOU KNOW,
I CAN'T GIVE IN TO THE THOUGHT
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THAT I'LL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN.
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