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LAVONA ROWE-RICHMOND:
This program
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is about unsolved mysteries.
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Whenever possible, the
actual family members
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and police officials
have participated
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in recreating the events.
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What you are about to see
is not a news broadcast.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
In New Hampshire,
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freak accidents take the
lives of a mother and her son
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25 years apart.
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Some believe that Rena
and Danny Paquette
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were in reality murdered
because they had seen
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the face of the same killer.
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In Aurora, Illinois, LaVelda
Richmond was injured in a car
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crash on a lonely country road.
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Simultaneously, her identical
twin sister, LaVona,
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claims that she saw the
accident from her living
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room 20 miles away.
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Could this be a case of ESP
between identical twins?
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And FBI Director
William sessions
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will announce the latest
edition of the FBI'S
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10 Most Wanted List.
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Perhaps you can help track
down a serial child molester.
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Also, we have a heartwarming
update from our story
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of a Tennessee
adoption home which
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abducted children and sold
them to wealthy clients.
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After our broadcast,
one of those orphans
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was reunited with
her two brothers
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after a 30-year separation.
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You can share their
joyous reunion tonight
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on "Unsolved Mysteries."
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[theme music]
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
30 years ago,
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Hooksett, New Hampshire was home
to 2,500 people, many of them
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farmers.
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The surrounding woods concealed
an abundant population
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of deer that attracted hunters
from all over New England.
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But by the winter of 1964,
a hunter of a different kind
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had arrived in the area.
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Two teenage girls had been
found murdered after having
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first been tortured.
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The second victim was a
15-year-old high school
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sophomore named Pamela Mason.
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It was thought that her
killer lived in the area,
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and neighbor regarded
neighbor with suspicion.
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One area resident had good
reason to be frightened.
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47-year-old Rena Paquette
told her friends and family
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that she believed
she knew who had
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killed the two teenage girls.
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At the time, nobody
took her seriously.
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February 3, 1964.
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Rena's son, 13-year-old
Danny Paquette,
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had the day off from school.
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Ma?
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Danny and Rena were alone
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at the family farm, but when
the boy came down for breakfast
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his mother was gone.
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Uncle Charlie, this
is Danny speaking.
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Yeah, I can't find my mom.
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Well, she said she was going to
take me to the dentist today.
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NADINE LARRABEE: When
Danny got up that morning,
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he couldn't find my mother.
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All right.
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Bye.
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Dan couldn't understand
where she was because her purse
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and her winter coat were there.
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And it was extremely
bitterly cold
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and it was highly unlikely
that she went anywhere
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without her coat or her purse.
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She's not in
there, Uncle Charlie.
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Let's try the big barn.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Danny's uncle immediately came
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over to help look for Rena.
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Though the two searched
for over an hour,
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Rena was nowhere to be found.
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Mom?
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Rena!
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Mom?
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Rena?
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Rena?
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Rena?
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Look, smoke!
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Mom?
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No.
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Mom.
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No, Mom.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Rena Paquette was dead.
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Her charred body was
found in the Paquette barn
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one mile from the family home.
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Police conclude that she had
somehow set herself on fire
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and then crawled
into the barn to die.
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However, no flammable
substances or containers
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were found near the area.
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Though her death
was ruled a suicide,
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her other son, Victor,
believes that she was murdered.
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I don't really believe
my mother committed suicide
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because of the tremendous
amount of fear and panic
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in the community
because of the two
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earlier brutal murders
that I think it was just
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kind of like kept
very low profile
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not to create more
public hysteria.
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I feel at the time of my
mother's death, the person that
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was found to be the person
responsible for killing
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the young Pamela Mason girl
was the same person that
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was responsible for
my mother's death.
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In February of 1964, a local
delivery man who was arrested,
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convicted, and sentenced
to life in prison
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for the murder of Pamela Mason.
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At long last, the
nightmare seemed over.
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But 20 years later,
Rena's son, Danny,
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was also found dead, gunned
down in front of his house.
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There are those who believe
that Danny and his mother both
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died for the same reason,
they know too much.
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Though Rena Paquette left
behind five children,
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her son, Danny, seemed the
most affected by her death.
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His brother, Victor,
became his closest friend.
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Mom being killed was
very traumatic for Danny.
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I think everybody's mom is
a little security blanket
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and from there you
lose that, emotionally
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it leads to a lot of problems.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Danny
grew from a troubled adolescent
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into a troubled adult. He
married, became a father,
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but then divorced in 1981.
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In a bitter legal battle, Danny
lost custody of his children.
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I believe that Danny loved
his children more than anything.
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I'm sure that
Danny was extremely
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upset, angered at the thought
of losing his children.
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It would, of course,
mean to him another loss.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): In
the summer of 1983, frustrated
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by not being allowed
to see his children,
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Danny went to his
former wife's home.
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Dee?
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What are you doing?
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- Dee, open the door.
- What are you doing here?
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Dee, I want to see the kids.
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I haven't seen them in a month.
Now open the door.
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You're not going
to see the kids.
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You're not even supposed
to be around here.
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Dee, I'm telling
you if I have to come
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through this plate glass
door, I want to see my kids!
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I'm gonna call the cops.
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Now get out of here.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): After
this frightening outburst,
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Danny's former
wife called police.
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They took him into custody.
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I'm going to take you
back to February 3, 1964.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Danny was ordered
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to undergo psychiatric
examination at Concord
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State Mental Hospital.
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It was during this time that
the tragedy from his past
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began to catch up
with his present.
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Under hypnosis, Danny began to
recall details of the morning
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that his mother was killed.
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I remember I--
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I woke up because I heard--
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I heard voices.
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It's my mom's voice and--
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[voices echoing]
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--there's a man's voice.
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[voices echoing]
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He was a delivery man and
he was yelling at my mom.
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And I remember I
went back to my room.
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I was scared.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Danny became convinced that he
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had seen his mother's murderer.
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He told friends
that he was certain
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that the killer was the
same delivery man in prison
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for the murder of Pamela Mason.
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However, there has
never been any evidence
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to support this belief.
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How's things going
in here, anyway?
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
During this troubled time,
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Danny's brother would
visit every day,
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and when Danny was
released after five months
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he found that Victor had
paid all of his bills.
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--mailed out.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
After Danny went home,
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he tried to pick up
the pieces of his life.
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He and Victor would spend many
afternoons to motorcycling
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through the countryside.
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We spent time together and
we started to enjoy life.
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It was a real turning
point for him.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Saturday morning,
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November 9, 1985.
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Danny was repairing a bulldozer
while two of his friends
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worked on a car in the garage.
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At 11:00 AM, Danny's
friends heard a loud pop.
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[popping sound]
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I ran up towards
where Danny was working.
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It appeared to me that
he'd been electrocuted.
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We noticed air escaping from a
hole in the middle of his chest
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and I thought that it was
a welding probe that he
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fell on when he hit the ground.
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At the time, we didn't
know it was a bullet wound.
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[inaudible] let's look around.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Danny Paquette
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had been shot through the
heart with a single bullet.
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He died instantly.
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After police arrived,
they discovered
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footprints behind
Danny's house where
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the bullet may have come from.
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The distance between the
individual footprints
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raised the possibility
that someone had
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been running from the scene.
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A search of the
area revealed about
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50 to 80 yards away footprints
heading toward the woods.
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Whether it was coincidental
or in fact someone's
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footprint that was
fleeing the scene
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is speculative at this time.
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Telephone service had
been interrupted at about
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the time Danny was shot.
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The lineman had
discovered a projectile
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in the telephone cable.
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We did recover a
bullet from it that was
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in line with Danny's position.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Investigators determined
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that the bullet in
the telephone line
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was the same one that
had killed Danny.
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The day of Danny's death was
also the beginning of hunting
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season, and police began
to theorize that he
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had been shot accidentally.
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In order to test this theory,
they tried to pinpoint
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the location of the gunman.
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We were able to ascertain
that there were hunters
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in a gravel pit approximately
a mile away that were sighting
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their weapons in at the time.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): If
Danny was shot accidentally,
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the fatal bullet may have
come from this gravel pit.
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For this to happen, the bullet
had to travel nearly a mile,
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climb 1,000 feet,
pass through Danny,
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and lodge in the telephone wire.
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[gunshot]
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In the summer of 1990,
ballistics expert R.J. Breglio
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was brought in from
New York City in order
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to determine if such a
shot could have occurred.
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After examining the
locations, Breglio
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concluded that such a shot
would have been impossible.
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I would rule out the
possibility that there
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was an accident, that the gun
was fired from a mile or more
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away.
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Rather, it was a shot fired
in the vicinity deliberately.
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It would have to
traverse through woods,
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would have to travel
around vehicles,
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get through a 24-inch
opening on a bulldozer,
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and hit somebody
directly through
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the heart before being
projected upwards
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into the telephone cable.
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I think that's very hard to
believe that that could happen.
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I'm not any expert, but
I just don't buy that.
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If anybody thinks that I'm
going to lay down or go away
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on this one, they're wrong.
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We as a family are, I think,
pretty well determined
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that the system is
going to have to work,
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the system is going to have to
get out there and do its job.
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[gunshot]
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Was Danny Paquette
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the victim of a freak
hunting accident,
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or was he deliberately murdered?
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If you knew
anything about me--
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ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Did someone
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want him silence
about what he claimed
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to have witnessed the morning
of his mother's death?
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You've been telling
everybody in town
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that I did something
that I did not do.
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I've got Danny upstairs.
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I don't care about Danny.
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Let's go outside.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Or did
someone just want Danny dead?
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No one knows.
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In 1949, the
Tennessee Children's
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Home Society in Memphis was
considered a model orphanage.
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Director Georgia Tanh was
credited with placing 5,000
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orphans with new families
and won national praise
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for her efforts.
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But Georgia Tan's orphanage
had a darker side.
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CINDY LU PRESTO: When
I was growing up,
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I was told that I was adopted
from Memphis, Tennessee.
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After my adopted
mother passed away,
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I found correspondence on
the Tennessee Children's Home
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and that's when I
started my search.
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Two and a half years
later, I found my name;
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two hours later,
I found my mother.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Cindy Lu Presto
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discovered that her mother had
never placed her for adoption.
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CINDY LU PRESTO: I was
playing on the playground
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and Georgia Tanh drove up in
her proverbial black limousine.
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OK, George.
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Let's go home now.
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ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Georgia Tanh
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had simply abducted Cindy.
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Good morning, children.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): A
few days later, Judge Camille
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Kelley ordered that
custody of Cindy
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be given to the Tennessee
Children's Home Society.
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Ms. Tanh.
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Thank you, Judge Kelley.
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I'm confident
that Camille Kelley
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was involved with Georgia
Tanh in this operation.
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Georgia Tanh could not have
carried it on without her
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and Camille Kelley
could not have
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lived in the style she lived
unless she had outside income.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
In 1950, Robert Taylor
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investigated Georgia
Tanh and the Tennessee
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Children's Home Society.
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He discovered that Tanh was
using the orphanage as a cover
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for a black market baby
ring and that she was making
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a fortune in the process.
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On September 12, 1950, Robert
Taylor presented his report
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to the governor of Tennessee.
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Three days later, Georgia
Tanh died of cancer.
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Two months later, Judge
Camille Kelley resigned.
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The Tennessee Children's
Home Society was shut down.
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I get very angry when I think
of Georgia Tan and Camille
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Kelley because of what
they've done to me
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and thousands of other people.
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It makes me very angry because
my mother missed my growing up
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and those years can
never be replaced.
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We've been robbed.
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Tonight we are pleased
to announce that because
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of our broadcast, another
orphan from the Tennessee
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Children's Home Society has
been reunited with her family.
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ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Lynne Heinz
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was five years old
when she was adopted
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by a wealthy California couple.
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I was adopted into a
very, very fine family,
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but there wasn't a lot
of love in the family.
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And even though you try
to make the adopted child
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part of the family,
you're always still
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just a little bit different.
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And so it meant a great
deal to me to find that I
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really had a true family.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Lynn
was born Martha Jean Gookin
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and was placed in Georgia
Tanh's orphanage in 1949.
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She never saw or heard from
her natural family again.
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Then just three weeks
after our broadcast,
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Lynn learned that her father and
two brothers, Paul and Randall,
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were still living in Tennessee.
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One of the things that
I had been fearful of
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is that the family did
not want me to find them.
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When I did finally
get hold of Randall,
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Randall said, if
you don't come here,
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we're coming there
like tomorrow.
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It wasn't soon enough.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
The next day,
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Lynn flew from her home
in Denver, Colorado
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and saw her brothers
for the first time
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in more than 40 years.
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It took me that
long to find you guys.
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She walked off
the plane and I knew
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who she was just like that.
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She's the spitting
image of her mother,
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the very spitting image.
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We had this void that had
never been filled, but it was.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
That afternoon,
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Randall and Paul took Lynn to
meet their 86-year-old father,
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Rufus Gookin.
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I had pictures of
myself when I was adopted
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that the adopted
parents had taken
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and they had pictures of
Randall and I and Mother
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before I had been adopted.
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So we naturally had to
compare all our pictures
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and all that type of thing.
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And I guess we
decided that we really
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were brothers and sisters.
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it was very exciting,
very thrilling.
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As we grew older, why we just
always had the thought there,
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the love there, but
she wasn't there.
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Do you me to take it
with me when I leave?
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PAUL MCKELL: It's just like
yesterday, you know somebody
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to love and be loved by.
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I would have to say that this
is like Christmas, New Year's,
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everything rolled up into one.
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When I found my family,
I felt like I was queen
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for a day and [inaudible].
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ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): There are
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over 15 million sets
of identical twins
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living in the world today.
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Throughout history,
they have fascinated
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and delighted us all.
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Their mirror images
are a perfect example
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of nature's whimsy.
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The physical similarities
of identical twins
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can easily be
explained by genetics,
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but in the three stories
you're about to see
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these eerie likenesses go
beyond the realm of science
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and defy explanation.
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Mark Newman and Jerry Levy
are identical twin brothers
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who were separated at birth.
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For 32 years, neither one
knew the other existed.
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When they met for the
first time three years ago,
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they were amazed to discover
their uncanny resemblance
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was more than skin deep.
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Too much.
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The first time we met,
we went into the bathroom
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and looked in the mirror.
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To me, it was a little spooky.
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Now I was seeing
four of my faces
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instead of just the one when
I normally look in the mirror.
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I graduated in '72.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Incredibly, Mark
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and Jerry's separate
lives and personal habits
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were nearly identical.
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Both are volunteer
firemen and have
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worked in the lawn
care industry,
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both are confirmed bachelors.
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They always drink the
same brand of beer
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and they even carry their keys
in the same distinctive manner.
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MARK S. NEWMAN:
We were instantly
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comfortable with each other.
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The only way I
can explain it was
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it was almost like a brother
who moved away for 32 years
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and then came back
and what have you
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been doing for
the last 32 years?
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And as it turned out, we were
doing the same exact things.
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And still after 32
years of separation,
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it was like there
wasn't any separation.
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Our lives were
basically parallel.
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That's too much coincidence.
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Too much.
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00:22:01,354 --> 00:22:03,456
These identical
twins were apart
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are remarkably alike on
almost everything we look at.
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00:22:07,394 --> 00:22:08,260
OK.
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00:22:08,361 --> 00:22:09,529
Mark and Jerry,
let's have you stand
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up against the wall over here.
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THOMAS J. BOUCHARD:
Mark and Jerry are
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alike in a wide array of ways.
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They have a lot of gestures
and postures that are the same.
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00:22:20,407 --> 00:22:23,275
They tend to hold their
beer can in the same way,
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they tend to laugh
in the same way.
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There's kind of a cycle and
a pattern to their laughter.
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And I've watched
them sit in chairs
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and just watched the way
they cross their legs,
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00:22:34,621 --> 00:22:35,555
things of that sort.
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00:22:35,655 --> 00:22:38,190
There's a whole pattern
to their behavior
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that's very much alike.
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You Now, that
raises the question,
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00:22:41,694 --> 00:22:45,698
how is that two individuals
reared apart in entirely
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different environments come
40 years later when they're
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reunited to be so similar?
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00:22:52,038 --> 00:22:54,907
We really as scientists
simply do not know.
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In some cases, the unique
bond between identical twins
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is even more mystifying.
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Some identical twins claim to
have paranormal experiences,
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such as telepathic
communication or ESP
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and even a bizarre phenomenon
known as shared pain.
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Scientists can neither
dismiss nor explain
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00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:17,730
these strange occurrences.
447
00:23:17,830 --> 00:23:20,500
There's a saying among twins
that's very, very common--
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it's us against the world.
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So when we go back to back,
we can see 360 degrees,
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we're not blindsided, we see
things that other people don't,
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and we protect each other.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Identical twins Lewis
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and Donald Keith have lived
in separate cities for most
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of their lives but believe they
are connected by a sixth sense.
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They even claim to have
experienced shared pain.
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00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:49,596
The first incident
occurred three years ago
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while Lewis was working out
at a health club in Chicago.
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00:23:54,734 --> 00:23:59,005
I took a swim, I did
a few bicycle exercises.
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00:23:59,105 --> 00:24:04,110
And I tried this exercise
which had been told to me
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was good for getting
rid of those--
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00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:10,583
I guess they're colloquially
called Love handles--
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00:24:10,683 --> 00:24:13,352
that everybody would
like to get rid of.
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00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:15,087
Anyway, I tried the exercises.
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It was going along very well.
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It's not difficult,
it's not painful,
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00:24:19,559 --> 00:24:22,261
it doesn't take a great
intellectual talent.
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00:24:22,361 --> 00:24:23,863
But I hurt myself.
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00:24:26,766 --> 00:24:29,401
It was probably the
most intense pain
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that I ever felt in my life.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
At that exact moment,
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Donald was over 500 miles
away at his office just
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outside of Washington, D.C.
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DONALD KEITH: I had some
papers to Xerox at the office,
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and as I was walking
down the corridor
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there was this pain in
my right groin area.
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This pain was unlike any that I
had ever experienced in my life
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and then it was gone.
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00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:06,372
And I wondered, what was
the pain and what caused it?
480
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Later that day, I called
Lewis and his secretary
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said that he had injured
himself and he was home.
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00:25:13,245 --> 00:25:18,017
And then my curiosity
got the best of me and--
483
00:25:18,117 --> 00:25:19,986
Curiosity or sixth sense?
484
00:25:20,086 --> 00:25:21,387
I don't know.
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00:25:21,487 --> 00:25:23,923
I really don't know whether it
was curiosity or sixth sense.
486
00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:27,627
But I wanted to know
where you hurt yourself.
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And then I found out
that he had injured
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himself in the same place
that I felt this pain.
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And then I asked
him about the time.
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And when the time
clicked, I remember
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distinctly the hair on the
back of my neck standing up.
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00:25:45,812 --> 00:25:47,046
It was electric.
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00:25:47,146 --> 00:25:53,753
I could just feel every
hair sticking straight out.
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The experience of
sharing pain proved again
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that we were
identical twins, again
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00:26:01,193 --> 00:26:05,698
that we were very close,
again that psychologically
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00:26:05,798 --> 00:26:09,568
and psychically we were
able to communicate with us.
498
00:26:09,669 --> 00:26:13,139
It didn't surprise us, it just
confirmed what we already knew.
499
00:26:15,842 --> 00:26:18,277
We feel pain for each other.
500
00:26:18,377 --> 00:26:20,747
Whenever anything
happens to one,
501
00:26:20,847 --> 00:26:23,015
the other one can experience
it like if they're going
502
00:26:23,115 --> 00:26:25,017
through the same thing herself.
503
00:26:25,117 --> 00:26:27,954
For example, I fell
down stairs at school.
504
00:26:28,054 --> 00:26:29,421
They came in to
tell my sister they
505
00:26:29,521 --> 00:26:33,993
were taking me to the hospital
and she was unconscious.
506
00:26:34,093 --> 00:26:35,762
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
LaVona and LaVelda Richmond
507
00:26:35,862 --> 00:26:40,232
were born in 1933 and have
lived together ever since,
508
00:26:40,332 --> 00:26:42,368
even after they married
they're identical twins
509
00:26:42,468 --> 00:26:44,136
husbands, Alwin and Arthur.
510
00:26:47,573 --> 00:26:50,609
We are what they call
identical mirror image twins.
511
00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:52,578
Our medical history
has been pretty much
512
00:26:52,679 --> 00:26:54,446
the same throughout our life.
513
00:26:54,546 --> 00:26:56,182
In fact, when one
gets ill anymore,
514
00:26:56,282 --> 00:26:59,551
they check the other one to
make sure she's going to be OK.
515
00:26:59,652 --> 00:27:02,088
We've had tonsils
taken out together.
516
00:27:02,188 --> 00:27:04,456
We've had breast
biopsies at the same time.
517
00:27:04,556 --> 00:27:06,492
And we had major
surgery together.
518
00:27:06,592 --> 00:27:09,829
Our eye correction is the
same except for opposite eyes.
519
00:27:09,929 --> 00:27:11,831
My left eye is
my week eye and--
520
00:27:11,931 --> 00:27:13,833
My right eye is my weak eye.
521
00:27:13,933 --> 00:27:18,337
And our cavities have
appeared on opposite sides.
522
00:27:18,437 --> 00:27:19,806
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
LaVona and LaVelda
523
00:27:19,906 --> 00:27:22,041
have taken part in
many scientific studies
524
00:27:22,141 --> 00:27:23,375
of twin behavior.
525
00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:25,244
In one study, they
were rated highest
526
00:27:25,344 --> 00:27:27,513
among the 300 sets
of twins tested
527
00:27:27,613 --> 00:27:31,417
for extrasensory perception.
528
00:27:31,517 --> 00:27:34,320
We feel among every set
of twins one is the sender
529
00:27:34,420 --> 00:27:35,688
and one is the receiver.
530
00:27:35,788 --> 00:27:37,223
I happen to be the receiver.
531
00:27:37,323 --> 00:27:39,025
And I am the sender.
532
00:27:39,125 --> 00:27:41,728
And whenever LaVelda
has been in an occasion
533
00:27:41,828 --> 00:27:44,630
where she has felt pain
or has been in trouble,
534
00:27:44,731 --> 00:27:45,732
I have sensed it.
535
00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:49,001
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): The most
536
00:27:49,101 --> 00:27:53,472
startling example of this unique
psychic bond occurred in 1952.
537
00:27:53,572 --> 00:27:56,008
LaVelda was riding in
a car with a young man
538
00:27:56,108 --> 00:27:59,545
who had asked her to join him
in town for a cup of coffee.
539
00:27:59,645 --> 00:28:00,546
Where are you going?
540
00:28:00,646 --> 00:28:02,248
The coffee shop isn't this way.
- Relax.
541
00:28:02,348 --> 00:28:03,315
Don't worry about it.
542
00:28:03,415 --> 00:28:04,583
We're going to go
somewhere nice and quiet
543
00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:05,852
where you and I can talk.
544
00:28:05,952 --> 00:28:08,520
When this gentlemen turned
the opposite direction
545
00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:12,859
of what he was supposed to turn,
I knew something was wrong.
546
00:28:12,959 --> 00:28:15,728
I got very, very
uneasy and I moved
547
00:28:15,828 --> 00:28:20,867
over as close to the passenger
side of the door as I could.
548
00:28:20,967 --> 00:28:23,235
And the more he drove,
the more agitated he got
549
00:28:23,335 --> 00:28:26,172
and the more frightened I got.
550
00:28:26,272 --> 00:28:27,573
And I thought I was in trouble.
551
00:28:30,843 --> 00:28:33,813
Then when the car skidded, the
only thing I could think of
552
00:28:33,913 --> 00:28:36,048
was oh my god, what are they
going to tell my sister?
553
00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:42,288
And evidently, that's when I
got the strong message was when
554
00:28:42,388 --> 00:28:44,223
she started thinking
of me and how
555
00:28:44,323 --> 00:28:48,627
I was going to react if
something had happened to her.
556
00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:52,164
I was sitting in the living room
studying and all of a sudden,
557
00:28:52,264 --> 00:28:53,699
it's just like if I
went into a trance.
558
00:28:57,904 --> 00:29:01,507
I could see what was
happening, but I could not
559
00:29:01,607 --> 00:29:03,776
stop the vision from happening.
560
00:29:09,248 --> 00:29:11,317
LaVona, what's wrong?
561
00:29:11,417 --> 00:29:13,185
Dad, call the police.
562
00:29:13,285 --> 00:29:14,220
The police, what for?
563
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:15,721
Sis has been in an accident.
564
00:29:15,822 --> 00:29:18,190
LAVONA ROWE-RICHMOND: And I
told Father to call the police
565
00:29:18,290 --> 00:29:21,427
and I could not convince
him that Sis was in trouble.
566
00:29:21,527 --> 00:29:23,662
She's hurt, Dad.
She's been in an accident.
567
00:29:23,762 --> 00:29:24,563
How do you know?
568
00:29:24,663 --> 00:29:25,464
I can see it.
569
00:29:25,564 --> 00:29:26,698
She's on a country road.
570
00:29:26,799 --> 00:29:28,534
He told me I was a jealous
because I couldn't be
571
00:29:28,634 --> 00:29:30,669
worth her, that this was
the first time we had been
572
00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:33,172
separated for any
event and I better
573
00:29:33,272 --> 00:29:34,606
get used to it
because there would
574
00:29:34,706 --> 00:29:38,344
be other times that I would
be separated from her also.
575
00:29:38,444 --> 00:29:39,445
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): The car
576
00:29:39,545 --> 00:29:41,513
stopped just inches
before plummeting
577
00:29:41,613 --> 00:29:44,716
into a water-filled ravine.
578
00:29:44,817 --> 00:29:46,252
Are you OK?
579
00:29:46,352 --> 00:29:47,619
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): LaVelda
580
00:29:47,719 --> 00:29:50,356
hit her head on the dashboard
but was not seriously hurt.
581
00:29:50,456 --> 00:29:54,226
I did not see her hit her
head on the dash at the time.
582
00:29:54,326 --> 00:30:00,099
What I did see was a farmer
coming with a tractor,
583
00:30:00,199 --> 00:30:02,134
pulling the out of a ditch.
584
00:30:02,234 --> 00:30:04,937
And I turned to Dad ans
said, it's all right, Dad.
585
00:30:05,037 --> 00:30:06,572
The danger is passed.
586
00:30:06,672 --> 00:30:09,909
She's going to be OK.
587
00:30:10,009 --> 00:30:10,809
See, Dad?
588
00:30:10,910 --> 00:30:11,710
I told you.
589
00:30:14,746 --> 00:30:15,747
Are you OK?
590
00:30:15,848 --> 00:30:17,116
LAVONA ROWE-RICHMOND:
I was not surprised
591
00:30:17,216 --> 00:30:21,387
when LaVelda came in the house
showing a little bit of wear
592
00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:26,225
for her adventure because I
could sense what was happening
593
00:30:26,325 --> 00:30:28,460
and I knew what was happening.
594
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:30,596
I was surprised
at Dad's reaction.
595
00:30:30,696 --> 00:30:31,497
Listen.
596
00:30:31,597 --> 00:30:33,599
Now, don't say a word.
597
00:30:33,699 --> 00:30:37,036
LaVona, you said you saw
this thing happen, right?
598
00:30:37,136 --> 00:30:38,404
We're going to get
in the car right now
599
00:30:38,504 --> 00:30:40,639
and you're going to take us
to where this thing happened.
600
00:30:40,739 --> 00:30:42,741
LAVONA ROWE-RICHMOND: And I said
to Pa, I'm not going to do it,
601
00:30:42,841 --> 00:30:43,876
Dad.
I've never been there.
602
00:30:43,976 --> 00:30:49,348
He said, you saw it you,
can show me where it is.
603
00:30:49,448 --> 00:30:51,350
Just keep going this way.
604
00:30:51,450 --> 00:30:53,852
All right.
605
00:30:53,953 --> 00:30:57,223
LAVELDA ROWE-RICHMOND: Dad
asked LaVona which way to go
606
00:30:57,323 --> 00:30:59,025
and she directed him.
607
00:30:59,125 --> 00:31:04,263
I sat in the back seat and I
kept very quiet all the way.
608
00:31:04,363 --> 00:31:05,797
LAVONA ROWE-RICHMOND:
And as we were driving,
609
00:31:05,898 --> 00:31:07,599
I'd tell Dad, turn here, Dad.
610
00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:09,401
He said, have you
ever been here before?
611
00:31:09,501 --> 00:31:11,370
I said, no.
How do you know?
612
00:31:11,470 --> 00:31:12,338
I said, I feel it.
613
00:31:12,438 --> 00:31:13,472
Turn here.
614
00:31:13,572 --> 00:31:14,974
LAVELDA ROWE-RICHMOND:
And she directed Dad
615
00:31:15,074 --> 00:31:16,575
to the actual road.
616
00:31:16,675 --> 00:31:18,244
And when she got
there, you could
617
00:31:18,344 --> 00:31:19,979
see the tire tracks
where we went off
618
00:31:20,079 --> 00:31:21,747
and where we were pulled
back onto the road.
619
00:31:24,383 --> 00:31:25,384
Is this Is this
the place, Honey?
620
00:31:25,484 --> 00:31:26,285
Yeah.
621
00:31:26,385 --> 00:31:28,687
It happened right here.
622
00:31:28,787 --> 00:31:31,057
LAVONA ROWE-RICHMOND: After
we reached the crash site,
623
00:31:31,157 --> 00:31:32,824
he said, you were right.
624
00:31:32,925 --> 00:31:36,228
I never actually believed
it could happen before.
625
00:31:36,328 --> 00:31:38,965
He said, I know you told me
it has happened in the past,
626
00:31:39,065 --> 00:31:41,667
but he said, this is it
first time I actually saw it.
627
00:31:41,767 --> 00:31:43,169
I will never doubt you again.
628
00:31:43,269 --> 00:31:44,971
If you tell me one
of you is in danger,
629
00:31:45,071 --> 00:31:46,005
he said, I will believe you.
630
00:31:50,609 --> 00:31:52,311
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Three intriguing stories,
631
00:31:52,411 --> 00:31:54,046
three sets of identical twins.
632
00:31:54,146 --> 00:31:56,515
Are they born with
a paranormal ability
633
00:31:56,615 --> 00:31:58,617
to silently communicate?
634
00:31:58,717 --> 00:32:02,688
If you are an identical twin,
perhaps you already know.
635
00:32:02,788 --> 00:32:04,490
The rest of us can only wonder.
636
00:32:11,097 --> 00:32:14,200
When we return, a poignant
story of a Tennessee family's
637
00:32:14,300 --> 00:32:15,767
search for their missing sister.
638
00:32:25,211 --> 00:32:27,379
Our next story is about
a family in the best sense
639
00:32:27,479 --> 00:32:31,017
of the word, a family that
has survived hard times
640
00:32:31,117 --> 00:32:33,252
and endured to see better times.
641
00:32:33,352 --> 00:32:35,287
But for the Hinkle
family of Tennessee,
642
00:32:35,387 --> 00:32:37,823
there is a sadness that
the passing of 65 years
643
00:32:37,923 --> 00:32:40,359
has not managed to erode.
644
00:32:40,459 --> 00:32:43,595
It began when two infant girls
were torn from their home.
645
00:32:43,695 --> 00:32:45,731
Tonight with your help,
those painful memories
646
00:32:45,831 --> 00:32:48,634
may finally be put to
rest and you may be
647
00:32:48,734 --> 00:32:50,169
able to help reunite a family.
648
00:32:53,139 --> 00:32:54,306
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Greeneville,
649
00:32:54,406 --> 00:32:57,309
Tennessee, a small
rural community 60
650
00:32:57,409 --> 00:32:59,345
miles northeast of Knoxville.
651
00:32:59,445 --> 00:33:02,914
It was the summer of 1924 and
though the Great Depression was
652
00:33:03,015 --> 00:33:04,983
five years away, it
had arrived earlier
653
00:33:05,084 --> 00:33:08,120
for tobacco farmers who had
carved out a marginal living
654
00:33:08,220 --> 00:33:09,255
in the countryside.
655
00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:15,094
Times were tough that
summer, and tenant
656
00:33:15,194 --> 00:33:20,599
farmer Rufus Hinkle was forced
to make an agonizing decision.
657
00:33:20,699 --> 00:33:22,868
Shortly after giving
birth to twin girls,
658
00:33:22,968 --> 00:33:25,904
Rufus' wife of 22
years had died.
659
00:33:26,004 --> 00:33:28,407
With nine other mouths
to feed, Rufus felt
660
00:33:28,507 --> 00:33:31,677
incapable of making ends meet.
661
00:33:31,777 --> 00:33:33,312
Where are you
going with the twins?
662
00:33:33,412 --> 00:33:34,713
Well, they're a
little bit sick, son,
663
00:33:34,813 --> 00:33:36,815
so I'm going to take them to the
hospital for a couple of weeks.
664
00:33:36,915 --> 00:33:38,917
Here, hold your sister
while I get in the truck.
665
00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:40,018
Now, be careful.
666
00:33:40,119 --> 00:33:41,653
Be careful with her now.
667
00:33:41,753 --> 00:33:44,790
Now, while I'm gone,
son, Lloyd is in charge.
668
00:33:44,890 --> 00:33:46,792
You pay attention to what
Lloyd says, you hear me?
669
00:33:46,892 --> 00:33:48,394
You be a good boy.
670
00:33:48,494 --> 00:33:51,197
He was a man who
loved his family
671
00:33:51,297 --> 00:33:54,866
and he hated to part with any
of us, especially the twins.
672
00:33:54,966 --> 00:33:59,738
But sometimes you've got
to sacrifice and just do
673
00:33:59,838 --> 00:34:01,873
the best you can do.
674
00:34:01,973 --> 00:34:03,309
Bye, Mary.
675
00:34:03,409 --> 00:34:04,776
Bye, Martha.
676
00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:05,744
Bye, Papa.
677
00:34:05,844 --> 00:34:06,645
Bye, son.
678
00:34:11,483 --> 00:34:13,119
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
On that hot July afternoon
679
00:34:13,219 --> 00:34:16,822
in 1924, Rufus Hinkle
took his two baby girls
680
00:34:16,922 --> 00:34:19,191
on a one-way trip
to the orphanage.
681
00:34:19,291 --> 00:34:21,093
He hoped to reclaim
Mary and Martha
682
00:34:21,193 --> 00:34:22,628
once his fortunes improved.
683
00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:28,934
I'm sure that after he left
the twins at the orphanage
684
00:34:29,034 --> 00:34:32,538
that he worried about them
and thought about them a lot.
685
00:34:32,638 --> 00:34:37,309
And one of his sons,
Lloyd, remembers
686
00:34:37,409 --> 00:34:40,512
going to the orphanage with
Rufus to see about the twins
687
00:34:40,612 --> 00:34:44,015
and see if they
could take them back.
688
00:34:44,116 --> 00:34:45,817
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Sadly, it was too late.
689
00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:48,554
The twins had already
been given away.
690
00:34:48,654 --> 00:34:50,222
We did try to
place them together,
691
00:34:50,322 --> 00:34:52,057
but that was just not possible.
692
00:34:52,158 --> 00:34:53,492
They'll be well
taken care of, you say?
693
00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:54,793
You don't have to
worry about that.
694
00:34:54,893 --> 00:34:56,895
They're with fine families.
695
00:34:56,995 --> 00:34:59,030
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Well,
it must be the Lord's will.
696
00:34:59,131 --> 00:35:00,732
I'm very sorry, Mr. Hinkle.
697
00:35:00,832 --> 00:35:01,633
Thank you, ma'am.
698
00:35:07,773 --> 00:35:08,874
Come on, son.
699
00:35:08,974 --> 00:35:11,210
We're going home.
700
00:35:11,310 --> 00:35:12,678
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Rufus Hinkle never
701
00:35:12,778 --> 00:35:15,614
saw his two daughters again.
702
00:35:15,714 --> 00:35:20,018
He passed away in 1950.
703
00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:23,955
Later on, I heard that they
would not tell us where they
704
00:35:24,055 --> 00:35:27,226
were at until my father died.
705
00:35:27,326 --> 00:35:32,298
So shortly after he died, we
started looking for the twins
706
00:35:32,398 --> 00:35:34,700
and we found Mary.
707
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:35,867
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
708
00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:38,204
NADINE LARRABEE: In
1955, Rufus' son, Shorty,
709
00:35:38,304 --> 00:35:39,971
contacted the orphanage.
710
00:35:40,071 --> 00:35:45,177
Though unable to locate Martha,
they were able to trace Mary.
711
00:35:45,277 --> 00:35:47,579
In September of that
year, Shorty and his wife
712
00:35:47,679 --> 00:35:49,848
drove into Bluefield,
West Virginia to meet
713
00:35:49,948 --> 00:35:53,219
the sister he never knew.
714
00:35:53,319 --> 00:35:55,421
ALBERT "SHORTY" HINKLE: As we
drove by, my wife said to me,
715
00:35:55,521 --> 00:35:57,289
she said, right there she sits.
716
00:35:57,389 --> 00:35:59,758
And I know that's her, she
looks just like your brother.
717
00:35:59,858 --> 00:36:01,593
And sure it was Mary.
718
00:36:01,693 --> 00:36:05,163
We knew at first
look that it was.
719
00:36:05,264 --> 00:36:08,434
And it was a very
happy time, very.
720
00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:15,374
Mary, it's great to see you.
721
00:36:15,474 --> 00:36:17,376
It was like
finding a part of you
722
00:36:17,476 --> 00:36:19,645
that had always been missing.
723
00:36:19,745 --> 00:36:21,747
And it was just like
putting something together,
724
00:36:21,847 --> 00:36:25,016
and when you put two and two
together, you've got a whole.
725
00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:26,952
And it was just great.
726
00:36:27,052 --> 00:36:30,756
Oh, it feels great to know
that we can all be together
727
00:36:30,856 --> 00:36:33,392
at times and be a family,
that they are part of me
728
00:36:33,492 --> 00:36:37,062
and that I'm part of their
blood, they're part of mine.
729
00:36:37,162 --> 00:36:39,365
Why don't you come on
over here and have a seat
730
00:36:39,465 --> 00:36:40,566
and let me take your picture.
731
00:36:40,666 --> 00:36:41,567
OK.
732
00:36:41,667 --> 00:36:44,069
Sit down.
733
00:36:44,169 --> 00:36:46,505
Smile.
734
00:36:46,605 --> 00:36:48,240
Great.
735
00:36:48,340 --> 00:36:51,610
Shorty, it's amazing how
much she looks like Dalton.
736
00:36:51,710 --> 00:36:53,545
I can't believe it.
- She does.
737
00:36:53,645 --> 00:36:55,347
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
That afternoon, Mary learned
738
00:36:55,447 --> 00:36:57,015
that she had a twin sister.
739
00:36:57,115 --> 00:36:59,985
Mary, I've got
some news for you.
740
00:37:00,085 --> 00:37:02,921
You have a twin
sister named Martha.
741
00:37:03,021 --> 00:37:03,822
Really?
742
00:37:03,922 --> 00:37:05,190
Really.
743
00:37:05,291 --> 00:37:08,126
I just can't explain how I
did feel not knowing that I had
744
00:37:08,226 --> 00:37:12,664
a twin sister, a part of me.
745
00:37:12,764 --> 00:37:13,565
Where is she?
746
00:37:13,665 --> 00:37:15,534
Well, we don't
know that exactly.
747
00:37:15,634 --> 00:37:17,569
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Shorty
told Mary that the orphanage
748
00:37:17,669 --> 00:37:19,237
had lost track of Martha.
749
00:37:19,338 --> 00:37:21,106
She had never been
officially adopted,
750
00:37:21,206 --> 00:37:24,175
but had instead been
sent to a temporary home.
751
00:37:24,276 --> 00:37:26,978
We can't seem to find her.
752
00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:30,716
I've often wondered
it's been good
753
00:37:30,816 --> 00:37:34,152
or Martha's life has been bad.
754
00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:36,788
You wonder about them things.
755
00:37:36,888 --> 00:37:38,156
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): 30 years
756
00:37:38,256 --> 00:37:43,261
later, Rufus' granddaughter,
Jackie, took on a family quest.
757
00:37:43,362 --> 00:37:45,230
Well, I started
my search for Martha
758
00:37:45,331 --> 00:37:47,933
at Holston Home for
Children in Greeneville,
759
00:37:48,033 --> 00:37:51,803
where she was placed
along with Mary in 1924.
760
00:37:51,903 --> 00:37:57,108
And they showed me what records
they could that were available.
761
00:37:57,208 --> 00:37:59,545
Record here.
762
00:37:59,645 --> 00:38:01,713
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
In 1986, Jackie uncovered
763
00:38:01,813 --> 00:38:03,649
the original orphanage records.
764
00:38:03,749 --> 00:38:05,116
Greeneville, Tennessee.
765
00:38:05,216 --> 00:38:06,452
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): She learned
766
00:38:06,552 --> 00:38:10,155
that in November of 1924, Martha
had been given temporarily
767
00:38:10,255 --> 00:38:13,492
to a Charles and Lyda Meek
i Johnson City, a small town
768
00:38:13,592 --> 00:38:15,394
30 miles away from Greeneville.
769
00:38:15,494 --> 00:38:17,295
Isn't she adorable?
770
00:38:17,396 --> 00:38:20,766
Oh, she is.
771
00:38:20,866 --> 00:38:22,534
JACKIE REYNOLDS:
So then I centered
772
00:38:22,634 --> 00:38:24,736
my search in Johnson City.
773
00:38:24,836 --> 00:38:29,174
And I went through old record
books and census records
774
00:38:29,274 --> 00:38:31,377
and city directories
and things of that sort,
775
00:38:31,477 --> 00:38:34,646
went down Sydney Street, where
she was supposed to live.
776
00:38:34,746 --> 00:38:39,418
And I've never found any
trace of the Meeks whatsoever,
777
00:38:39,518 --> 00:38:45,023
so I really don't know what
happened to them from there.
778
00:38:45,123 --> 00:38:46,458
Congratulations.
779
00:38:46,558 --> 00:38:48,460
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Not
much is known about the Meeks,
780
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:49,828
other than the fact
that Charles was
781
00:38:49,928 --> 00:38:53,298
a 34-year-old farmer and a
member of the Holiness Church.
782
00:38:56,768 --> 00:39:00,406
In April of 1990, three
generations of Hinkles
783
00:39:00,506 --> 00:39:02,874
got together for
a family reunion.
784
00:39:02,974 --> 00:39:07,045
There was only one
person missing.
785
00:39:07,145 --> 00:39:10,315
Today the family refuses to
give up the search for Martha.
786
00:39:10,416 --> 00:39:13,351
They are certain that
she is alive somewhere.
787
00:39:13,452 --> 00:39:16,522
They want her to become part of
a family that has never stopped
788
00:39:16,622 --> 00:39:20,325
caring about one another.
789
00:39:20,426 --> 00:39:22,327
Our family has
been very close--
790
00:39:22,428 --> 00:39:26,297
very close-- but we're not a
complete family without finding
791
00:39:26,398 --> 00:39:28,834
the other sister.
792
00:39:28,934 --> 00:39:31,503
We found Mary, this
was a part of it,
793
00:39:31,603 --> 00:39:35,106
but there's still a
part of us missing yet.
794
00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:38,477
Oh, it would just
be the happiest day
795
00:39:38,577 --> 00:39:45,751
of my life to get to be reunited
with my twin sister, Martha.
796
00:39:45,851 --> 00:39:47,519
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
There are no known pictures
797
00:39:47,619 --> 00:39:49,721
of Martha, but there
is a chance that Mary
798
00:39:49,821 --> 00:39:52,090
and Martha are identical twins.
799
00:39:52,190 --> 00:39:57,195
These photographs of Mary may
help identify her lost sister.
800
00:39:57,295 --> 00:40:00,666
The first was taken when
she was eight years old,
801
00:40:00,766 --> 00:40:02,067
the second when she was 17.
802
00:40:04,936 --> 00:40:07,272
This is how Mary appears today.
803
00:40:07,372 --> 00:40:11,777
She and Martha were born
in the spring of 1924.
804
00:40:11,877 --> 00:40:13,545
They were taken to
the Holston orphanage
805
00:40:13,645 --> 00:40:16,247
in Greeneville, Tennessee when
they were four months old.
806
00:40:19,951 --> 00:40:22,454
Shortly after our
broadcast, one of our viewers,
807
00:40:22,554 --> 00:40:24,856
Sandy Detain of San
Bernardino, California,
808
00:40:24,956 --> 00:40:28,494
contacted the Hinkle family
with surprising news.
809
00:40:28,594 --> 00:40:31,029
During a search for her
mother's biological family,
810
00:40:31,129 --> 00:40:33,932
Sandy accidentally discovered
the location of Martha
811
00:40:34,032 --> 00:40:37,536
Hinkle's adoptive family.
812
00:40:37,636 --> 00:40:39,638
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Martha
lived with John and Lyda Meeks
813
00:40:39,738 --> 00:40:41,172
for three years.
814
00:40:41,272 --> 00:40:43,475
When the couple
divorced, Martha was
815
00:40:43,575 --> 00:40:45,511
taken in by the
Dan Jackson family
816
00:40:45,611 --> 00:40:48,213
of Johnson County, Georgia.
817
00:40:48,313 --> 00:40:50,682
In 1940, she
married James Thomas
818
00:40:50,782 --> 00:40:54,385
and together they had four sons.
819
00:40:54,486 --> 00:40:57,689
Sadly, Martha passed away
just weeks before the Hinkle
820
00:40:57,789 --> 00:41:01,059
family could contact her.
821
00:41:01,159 --> 00:41:02,761
I'm glad that I found her.
822
00:41:02,861 --> 00:41:07,032
We won't have to do
no more searching.
823
00:41:07,132 --> 00:41:09,801
But it's so sad that
I couldn't meet her,
824
00:41:09,901 --> 00:41:13,572
that I couldn't be with her
just to talk to her just
825
00:41:13,672 --> 00:41:16,975
for an hour or two and
tell her that I loved her.
826
00:41:19,177 --> 00:41:20,846
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Although she never realized
827
00:41:20,946 --> 00:41:22,981
her dream of meeting
her twin sister,
828
00:41:23,081 --> 00:41:26,885
Mary's 35-year search
was not in vain.
829
00:41:26,985 --> 00:41:31,022
On July 27, 1991,
Martha's four sons
830
00:41:31,122 --> 00:41:35,594
met Mary and a side of the
family they had never known.
831
00:41:35,694 --> 00:41:38,229
That day, in a
bittersweet reunion,
832
00:41:38,329 --> 00:41:39,798
two families came
together as one.
833
00:41:39,898 --> 00:41:40,699
Shorty.
834
00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:46,538
We were part of the family
before we ever walked
835
00:41:46,638 --> 00:41:47,873
up and touched a one of them.
836
00:41:47,973 --> 00:41:49,975
It was written all
over their faces.
837
00:41:50,075 --> 00:41:52,077
When we saw those
smiles and tender
838
00:41:52,177 --> 00:41:56,314
hearts, all the
little big fears,
839
00:41:56,414 --> 00:41:57,716
the apprehensions just left.
840
00:41:57,816 --> 00:42:00,986
It was all over with and glad
to be home with our family.
841
00:42:06,024 --> 00:42:09,795
I'm proud that she left
four sons, left part of her
842
00:42:09,895 --> 00:42:16,067
here for me to get together
and know her and her sons.
843
00:42:16,167 --> 00:42:20,338
But part of me is
that I've never found
844
00:42:20,438 --> 00:42:22,107
and I never will find.
845
00:42:22,207 --> 00:42:23,575
But she'll always
be in my heart.
846
00:42:35,253 --> 00:42:36,521
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Next, a cunning
847
00:42:36,622 --> 00:42:39,357
and disturbed child molester
is added to the FBI'S
848
00:42:39,457 --> 00:42:40,859
10 Most Wanted list.
849
00:42:50,501 --> 00:42:53,138
40 Years ago, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation
850
00:42:53,238 --> 00:42:54,940
initiated its 10
Most Wanted list
851
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:58,610
to alert the public of the most
dangerous criminals in America.
852
00:42:58,710 --> 00:43:01,647
Now from Washington, D.C.,
a special appeal by FBI
853
00:43:01,747 --> 00:43:05,350
Director William Sessions.
854
00:43:05,450 --> 00:43:09,988
Since 1950, 125 fugitives
on the FBI'S 10 Most Wanted
855
00:43:10,088 --> 00:43:13,324
list have been captured,
thanks to your help.
856
00:43:13,424 --> 00:43:15,994
Tonight with this broadcast
of "Unsolved Mysteries,"
857
00:43:16,094 --> 00:43:17,729
we are announcing the
most recent addition
858
00:43:17,829 --> 00:43:19,464
to the Most Wanted list.
859
00:43:19,564 --> 00:43:21,099
He is Kenneth
Robert Stanton, who
860
00:43:21,199 --> 00:43:24,535
is wanted on charges of
child molestation, burglary,
861
00:43:24,636 --> 00:43:26,738
unlawful flight to
avoid prosecution,
862
00:43:26,838 --> 00:43:28,974
and impersonating
a police officer.
863
00:43:29,074 --> 00:43:32,878
Please watch carefully.
864
00:43:32,978 --> 00:43:34,279
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): In 1964,
865
00:43:34,379 --> 00:43:37,115
Kenneth Robert Stanton was
convicted of child molestation.
866
00:43:37,215 --> 00:43:39,818
He was committed to a
state-level hospital
867
00:43:39,918 --> 00:43:41,486
in Ionia, Michigan.
868
00:43:41,586 --> 00:43:46,758
Stanton was diagnosed as a
criminal sexual psychopath.
869
00:43:46,858 --> 00:43:50,662
A few years later, Stanton was
declared fit to reenter society
870
00:43:50,762 --> 00:43:51,562
and set free.
871
00:43:55,801 --> 00:43:59,237
In 1989, Kenneth Stanton was
identified by a young girl
872
00:43:59,337 --> 00:44:01,072
in Jackson, Mississippi.
873
00:44:01,172 --> 00:44:03,875
The events she described
matched the modus operandi
874
00:44:03,975 --> 00:44:06,344
of numerous molestations
attributed to Stanton.
875
00:44:09,647 --> 00:44:11,817
LAVONA ROWE-RICHMOND: Kenneth
Robert Stanton quite frequently
876
00:44:11,917 --> 00:44:15,053
scouts an upper middle
class white neighborhoods
877
00:44:15,153 --> 00:44:18,790
and carefully selects a house
where the victim is quite often
878
00:44:18,890 --> 00:44:22,828
home alone, usually a young
white female between the ages
879
00:44:22,928 --> 00:44:25,163
of seven and 12.
880
00:44:25,263 --> 00:44:27,966
And his job as a
traveling salesman
881
00:44:28,066 --> 00:44:30,101
permits him time to do this.
882
00:44:30,201 --> 00:44:32,237
He is careful to
approach the house
883
00:44:32,337 --> 00:44:34,505
as not to disturb anybody.
884
00:44:34,605 --> 00:44:36,641
He usually wears a
conservative suit.
885
00:44:36,742 --> 00:44:40,245
He's nice looking,
he's well-dressed.
886
00:44:40,345 --> 00:44:41,579
[knocking at door]
887
00:44:41,679 --> 00:44:45,283
Quite often, Stanton comes to
the front door of the house,
888
00:44:45,383 --> 00:44:47,418
presents himself as a
person of authority,
889
00:44:47,518 --> 00:44:51,056
and quite often shows a badge
as though he were a policeman
890
00:44:51,156 --> 00:44:52,457
dressed in plain clothes.
891
00:44:55,193 --> 00:44:55,994
Hi.
892
00:44:56,094 --> 00:44:57,162
Is your mother home?
893
00:44:57,262 --> 00:44:58,063
No.
894
00:44:58,163 --> 00:44:59,898
Well, I'm officer Tom Coles.
895
00:44:59,998 --> 00:45:01,800
I'm with the local
police department.
896
00:45:01,900 --> 00:45:03,735
We're helping out the
county health service.
897
00:45:03,835 --> 00:45:05,804
There's been a report of
contaminated milk in the area
898
00:45:05,904 --> 00:45:07,906
and I'd like to come in
and check if I could.
899
00:45:08,006 --> 00:45:10,075
I'm not supposed to let
strangers in the house.
900
00:45:10,175 --> 00:45:11,977
I'm not a stranger,
I'm a policeman.
901
00:45:12,077 --> 00:45:13,745
I've been up and down
the neighborhood all day
902
00:45:13,845 --> 00:45:15,646
checking your neighbors'
ice box for the milk
903
00:45:15,747 --> 00:45:17,115
and the expiration date.
904
00:45:17,215 --> 00:45:19,250
LAVONA ROWE-RICHMOND:
He often has a clipboard
905
00:45:19,350 --> 00:45:22,553
and indicates to the
child in the house
906
00:45:22,653 --> 00:45:25,123
that he's taking a survey
or that he's looking
907
00:45:25,223 --> 00:45:28,459
for contaminated milk and
that he is there to test
908
00:45:28,559 --> 00:45:30,595
the milk in the refrigerator.
909
00:45:30,695 --> 00:45:32,898
Do you know where your
milk is coming from?
910
00:45:32,998 --> 00:45:34,365
No.
911
00:45:34,465 --> 00:45:36,835
Well, that's even more reason
I should come in and check.
912
00:45:36,935 --> 00:45:39,270
It'll only take a minute.
913
00:45:39,370 --> 00:45:42,774
If a young person
would resist entry,
914
00:45:42,874 --> 00:45:46,912
Stanton quite often displays a
bag of marijuana or a marijuana
915
00:45:47,012 --> 00:45:50,148
cigarette, stating that he
found this on the front porch
916
00:45:50,248 --> 00:45:53,785
and he's entitled to search
the house for evidence.
917
00:45:53,885 --> 00:45:56,387
Well, how do I know that
you're really a policeman?
918
00:45:56,487 --> 00:45:59,424
Well, here's my badge.
919
00:45:59,524 --> 00:46:01,326
LAVONA ROWE-RICHMOND:
He has a high IQ
920
00:46:01,426 --> 00:46:02,961
and he's very
intelligent and he's
921
00:46:03,061 --> 00:46:05,296
able to gain their confidence
to get inside the house.
922
00:46:05,396 --> 00:46:06,464
- Then I'll be gone.
- OK.
923
00:46:06,564 --> 00:46:07,365
All right.
924
00:46:11,436 --> 00:46:13,471
Once he's inside
and he's determined
925
00:46:13,571 --> 00:46:18,609
that the children
or child is alone,
926
00:46:18,709 --> 00:46:21,446
he blindfolds them frequently.
927
00:46:21,546 --> 00:46:25,750
Quite often he uses eye drops
and a thermometer, possibly
928
00:46:25,851 --> 00:46:27,052
for a distraction.
929
00:46:27,152 --> 00:46:29,720
It's at that time then
that he continues on
930
00:46:29,821 --> 00:46:31,722
and assaults the children.
931
00:46:31,823 --> 00:46:33,691
[screaming]
932
00:46:35,093 --> 00:46:37,462
LAVONA ROWE-RICHMOND: In the
summer of 1989 in Jackson,
933
00:46:37,562 --> 00:46:41,466
Mississippi, Stanton was in the
house of a young white female
934
00:46:41,566 --> 00:46:42,667
and attempted an
assault when she
935
00:46:42,767 --> 00:46:46,237
screamed and scared him away.
936
00:46:46,337 --> 00:46:48,406
When he ran out of the
house, a neighbor boy
937
00:46:48,506 --> 00:46:51,542
saw him jump into a
car and correctly wrote
938
00:46:51,642 --> 00:46:53,011
down his license tag number.
939
00:46:57,448 --> 00:46:59,918
Thereafter, police were able
to use that license number
940
00:47:00,018 --> 00:47:03,254
and identify that car as being
registered Kenneth Robert
941
00:47:03,354 --> 00:47:05,756
Stanton of Mobile, Alabama.
942
00:47:05,857 --> 00:47:07,525
Christy, what I
need you to do is
943
00:47:07,625 --> 00:47:10,061
I need you to look at
each and every picture
944
00:47:10,161 --> 00:47:13,731
and think in your mind
what this man looks like
945
00:47:13,831 --> 00:47:16,334
and then look at each
and every picture
946
00:47:16,434 --> 00:47:19,070
and pick out the picture
that looks like him.
947
00:47:19,170 --> 00:47:20,305
OK?
948
00:47:20,405 --> 00:47:21,506
LAVONA ROWE-RICHMOND:
The young girl
949
00:47:21,606 --> 00:47:24,175
who was assaulted on that
day thereafter picked
950
00:47:24,275 --> 00:47:26,912
out a photograph of
Stanton from a spread
951
00:47:27,012 --> 00:47:31,116
presented to her by the Jackson,
Mississippi Police Department.
952
00:47:31,216 --> 00:47:33,919
- That's the man.
- That's the man?
953
00:47:34,019 --> 00:47:35,954
That's him.
954
00:47:36,054 --> 00:47:40,225
After the Jackson, Mississippi
assault, Stanton apparently
955
00:47:40,325 --> 00:47:43,094
traveled east through
Alabama into Georgia
956
00:47:43,194 --> 00:47:46,597
and committed several crimes
before he was identified
957
00:47:46,697 --> 00:47:49,034
at Houston County, Georgia.
958
00:47:49,134 --> 00:47:53,204
There were identifications of
Stanton at Jackson, Mississippi
959
00:47:53,304 --> 00:47:57,642
and Columbus, Mississippi, as
well as Tuscaloosa, Alabama;
960
00:47:57,742 --> 00:48:00,111
Leesburg, Georgia;
Douglasville, Georgia;
961
00:48:00,211 --> 00:48:03,548
and Warner Robbins, Georgia.
962
00:48:03,648 --> 00:48:07,752
Stanton is suspected of at
least 11 child molestations
963
00:48:07,852 --> 00:48:11,389
from Mississippi,
Alabama, and into Georgia.
964
00:48:11,489 --> 00:48:13,591
After reviewing a
number of these cases
965
00:48:13,691 --> 00:48:16,995
and looking at Stanton's
history from the early 1960s,
966
00:48:17,095 --> 00:48:20,865
we were able to conclude that he
apparently was a lifelong child
967
00:48:20,966 --> 00:48:23,168
molester and probably
could be described
968
00:48:23,268 --> 00:48:26,371
as a serial child molester.
969
00:48:26,471 --> 00:48:27,973
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Kenneth Robert Stanton
970
00:48:28,073 --> 00:48:30,575
is 52 years old,
approximately six feet
971
00:48:30,675 --> 00:48:32,944
tall, and weighs 170 pounds.
972
00:48:33,044 --> 00:48:35,346
He has blue eyes and
brown thinning hair.
973
00:48:35,446 --> 00:48:37,482
He usually wears
glasses and occasionally
974
00:48:37,582 --> 00:48:39,817
sports a mustache and beard.
975
00:48:39,917 --> 00:48:41,652
Stanton travels
frequently and works
976
00:48:41,752 --> 00:48:43,354
as a heavy equipment salesman.
977
00:48:43,454 --> 00:48:46,157
He is known to have
relatives in Indiana.
978
00:48:46,257 --> 00:48:48,893
In December of 1989,
his car was found
979
00:48:48,994 --> 00:48:50,228
abandoned in Perrysburg, Ohio.
980
00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:58,703
Update, Kenneth Robert
Stanton has been captured.
981
00:48:58,803 --> 00:49:00,871
Within minutes of our
broadcast, several viewers
982
00:49:00,972 --> 00:49:02,974
called our telecenter
to report that Stanton
983
00:49:03,074 --> 00:49:06,511
was living in a trailer park in
Lorraine, Ohio with his wife.
984
00:49:06,611 --> 00:49:09,780
He had been married just
a few weeks earlier.
985
00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:12,883
Local police and FBI agents
arrived at Stanton's trailer
986
00:49:12,984 --> 00:49:15,586
only to learn that he himself
has seen our broadcast
987
00:49:15,686 --> 00:49:16,654
and fled.
988
00:49:16,754 --> 00:49:20,758
Stanton's wife and
neighbors were stuck.
989
00:49:20,858 --> 00:49:22,293
I've talked to my
son and I've had him
990
00:49:22,393 --> 00:49:24,529
in front of the house
staying in the yard
991
00:49:24,629 --> 00:49:27,032
just in case he comes back.
992
00:49:27,132 --> 00:49:29,067
I don't want someone of like
that riding around the streets
993
00:49:29,167 --> 00:49:30,401
at all.
994
00:49:30,501 --> 00:49:33,271
Anyone that does anything
like that should be put away.
995
00:49:33,371 --> 00:49:34,805
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Five days later, Stan
996
00:49:34,905 --> 00:49:37,175
was identified in Rock
Hill, South Carolina
997
00:49:37,275 --> 00:49:42,080
after he allegedly attempted
to molest a nine-year-old girl.
998
00:49:42,180 --> 00:49:44,782
Based on seeing the segment
on the program coupled
999
00:49:44,882 --> 00:49:47,318
with the police
report, we suspected
1000
00:49:47,418 --> 00:49:51,689
there was a strong possibility
that Stanton was in Rock Hill
1001
00:49:51,789 --> 00:49:54,992
or somewhere in this area and
we proceed on the assumption
1002
00:49:55,093 --> 00:49:59,164
that he was possibly
staying at a local motel.
1003
00:49:59,264 --> 00:50:00,531
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Two days later,
1004
00:50:00,631 --> 00:50:03,168
FBI agents spotted
Stanton's car in the parking
1005
00:50:03,268 --> 00:50:05,603
lot of this motel.
1006
00:50:05,703 --> 00:50:07,338
JOHN PIERSON: After
identifying the vehicle,
1007
00:50:07,438 --> 00:50:11,542
we established the surveillance
of the motel with FBI agents
1008
00:50:11,642 --> 00:50:14,645
and York County Sheriff's
Department detectives.
1009
00:50:14,745 --> 00:50:16,147
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Incredibly, a check
1010
00:50:16,247 --> 00:50:18,249
with the motel office
revealed that Stanton had
1011
00:50:18,349 --> 00:50:20,685
registered under his own name.
1012
00:50:20,785 --> 00:50:24,589
He had indicated to the
clerk previously that he wanted
1013
00:50:24,689 --> 00:50:27,024
to stay an additional
week, but he also wanted
1014
00:50:27,125 --> 00:50:29,960
to move to the main building.
1015
00:50:30,061 --> 00:50:33,431
The clerk at our
direction called his room
1016
00:50:33,531 --> 00:50:38,503
and told him the new room
was ready and he could move.
1017
00:50:38,603 --> 00:50:41,872
When Stanton emerged from
his room, we arrested him.
1018
00:50:41,972 --> 00:50:43,374
We asked Stanton his name.
1019
00:50:43,474 --> 00:50:46,611
He said, you know who
I am and he indicated
1020
00:50:46,711 --> 00:50:48,879
that he was not a
threat to us, that he
1021
00:50:48,979 --> 00:50:51,216
was only a threat to himself.
1022
00:50:51,316 --> 00:50:54,652
He did indicate that the
following day was his birthday.
1023
00:51:14,004 --> 00:51:17,708
Next week, "Unsolved
Mysteries falls on Halloween.
1024
00:51:17,808 --> 00:51:20,345
In keeping with that
tradition, four intriguing
1025
00:51:20,445 --> 00:51:22,280
mysteries of eerie
people and events
1026
00:51:22,380 --> 00:51:25,416
which cannot be explained.
1027
00:51:25,516 --> 00:51:27,652
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Scores
of witnesses in South Carolina
1028
00:51:27,752 --> 00:51:29,820
say they have encountered
the legendary ghost
1029
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:31,522
called the Gray Man.
1030
00:51:31,622 --> 00:51:34,225
Some even claim that he has
saved their homes buy warning
1031
00:51:34,325 --> 00:51:37,395
them of approaching hurricanes.
1032
00:51:37,495 --> 00:51:39,397
We'll also meet a woman
named Katie, whose
1033
00:51:39,497 --> 00:51:41,065
apparent psychic
powers have left
1034
00:51:41,166 --> 00:51:45,903
eyewitnesses baffled and
skeptics crying fraud.
1035
00:51:46,003 --> 00:51:49,474
On Halloween just two years
ago, 29-year-old David Stone
1036
00:51:49,574 --> 00:51:51,976
set forth on a spiritual
odyssey in the bleak desert
1037
00:51:52,076 --> 00:51:53,110
in New Mexico.
1038
00:51:53,211 --> 00:51:54,745
He never returned.
1039
00:51:54,845 --> 00:51:58,082
Authorities are still perplexed
by a trail of mystical clues
1040
00:51:58,183 --> 00:52:01,085
he left behind.
1041
00:52:01,186 --> 00:52:03,754
Join us on Halloween
for a special edition
1042
00:52:03,854 --> 00:52:06,557
of "Unsolved Mysteries."
1043
00:52:06,657 --> 00:52:09,327
[theme music]
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