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ANNOUNCER: This program 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: What
happened to Amy Billig,
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a pretty 17-year-old
who vanished
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without a whisper in 1974?
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Told that her daughter had
been abducted by a renegade
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motorcycle gang, Amy's mother
infiltrated the dangerous biker
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world, only to come up empty
handed time and time again.
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Then, in 1992, new
evidence surfaced
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that Amy Billig was
still alive, more than 18
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years after she disappeared.
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In life, Walter Rice
was a reclusive loner.
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In death, he became
a beguiling mystery,
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a man with no known
heirs and an unclaimed
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estate of more than $140,000.
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Perhaps someone
watching can solve
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the riddle of Walter Rice.
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It was a car of his dreams,
but Oliver Munson never
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imagined when he
bought it that he'd
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become a key witness
in the prosecution
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of a suspected auto thief.
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However, Oliver never testified.
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Just days before the
trial, he disappeared
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and his family fears he became
the victim of foul play.
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Also tonight, we'll take
you to Syracuse, New York,
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for a heartwarming reunion.
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Thanks to our viewers, a
woman's search for her past
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has finally come to an end.
Join me.
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Perhaps you may be able
to help solve a mystery.
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[theme music]
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Thousands of people are
reported missing every year.
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Most come home safely
within a few days.
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Those who do not are
eventually presumed to be dead.
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However, in the bizarre case
of Amy Billig, who vanished
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in 1974, the passing
years have produced
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a convincing chain of evidence
that she is still alive.
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Tonight, we join her
family in their search--
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one of the strangest and
most provocative cases
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we have ever profiled.
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Amy Billig was 17 years old when
she disappeared from her home
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in Coconut Grove, Florida.
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Amy was an accomplished
musician and singer
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who also wrote
poetry and adhered
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to a strict vegetarian diet.
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March 5, 1974, Amy
came home from school
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at around noon as usual.
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She planned to meet
friends downtown for lunch.
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Before leaving, she called
her father Ned at work.
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Hi Dad, it's me.
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I just got home from school.
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I'm going to go meet
Kurt and Kathy for lunch,
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can I borrow $2?
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ROBERT STACK: Amy
never did arrive
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at her father's
business, and she never
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showed up for her lunch date.
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All right, I'll see you soon.
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Bye.
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SUSAN BILLIG: I started getting
a little frantic when I hadn't
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heard from Amy by dinner time.
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And I called the
friend that she'd
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said she was going
to be meeting,
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and the girl was quite angry.
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She said Amy never showed up.
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We interviewed all of her
family, all of her friends,
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all of her acquaintances.
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We did a lot of canvassing
of the neighborhood
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where she was last seen.
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We did everything we
could to try to find her.
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You know, we checked with
the hospitals, and morgues,
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and police departments
all over the state
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and all over the country.
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I remember the house was
like a flurry of activity
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and people were coming around.
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There was a lot of people around
the house trying to help out,
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manning the phones
because there were so many
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telephone calls coming in.
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The phone seemed to be
ringing off the hook.
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ROBERT STACK: 12
days after Amy's
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disappearance, a
frightened woman
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phoned with shocking news.
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The anonymous caller claimed
to be a member of a motorcycle
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gang known as the
Outlaws, and she claimed
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that the Outlaws had taken Amy.
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Where?
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What?
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ROBERT STACK: During the
1970s, renegade biker gangs
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unnerved communities
across the United States.
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Susan Billig learned that
a chapter of the Outlaws,
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one of the most notorious
gangs, had indeed
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thundered through Coconut Grove
about the time Amy disappeared.
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MIKE GONZALES: We
had to consider
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that maybe Amy was
abducted, kidnapped,
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taken away by these bikers.
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But it was always
controversial with the police,
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because these leads concerning
the bikers were always vague
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and usually ended up nowhere.
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ROBERT STACK: However,
to the Billigs,
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the biker connection
offered a ray of hope.
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A family friend who had done
legal work for the Outlaws
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arranged for Amy's parents to
meet with two gang members.
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Hi, welcome to my house.
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I'm Susan.
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Pleasure.
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Won't you have a seat?
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SUSAN BILLIG: I was frightened
because I had never seen people
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like this before in my life.
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And here they are,
in my living room.
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I got a feeling of revulsion and
hate and love at the same time.
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I wanted them to give me
information about my child
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and that was paramount.
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I didn't care what
they looked like.
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These are pictures
of my daughter.
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She's missing.
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I ain't seen her.
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Nope.
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Look, look she's got
brown eyes, long brown hair,
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she's 17, and she's
tall and thin.
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SUSAN BILLIG: They told me
that these things do happen,
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that the bikers will
take girls and will
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sell them to one another for
very little, like a credit card
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or--
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it takes very little
to buy a girl.
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I was told that
you would help me.
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We'll take the picture, and
if she's in the Outlaw nation,
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we'll let you know
within two days.
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We'll let you know.
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ROBERT STACK: The two bikers
promised to ask other gang
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members about Amy, but they
were never able to provide
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any information.
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CARL CARRUTHERS: Amy could have
been abducted and then sold
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from one individual to another.
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The old lady has a
way of making money.
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They put her out making the
money, either topless dancing,
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hooking, ripping off credit
cards, anything that she
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can do to bring home the money.
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ROBERT STACK: To many bikers,
women, or as they called them,
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old ladies, were nothing
more than property.
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Susan was stunned to learn
that if Amy had been abducted,
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she wouldn't have been
the gang's first victim.
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Before I turned 13, I
had been sold four times.
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ROBERT STACK: Gina
Andrew was abducted
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by bikers at the age of 12.
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She escaped five years later.
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I mean, I was sold for money,
I was traded for a motorcycle,
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I was traded for leather chaps.
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And that was like
all I was worth.
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ROBERT STACK: For Susan Billig,
the thought of her daughter
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in the hands of the
bikers was unbearable,
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but that was were
the leads pointed,
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and that was where she searched.
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Three months after
Amy's disappearance,
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her mother, Susan,
tracked the Outlaws
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to Orlando, 160 miles away.
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There, she questioned
dozens of people.
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Finally, the manager
of a convenience store
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told Susan that Amy had come in
several times, always escorted
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by at least two bikers.
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How long ago?
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Oh, I don't know,
maybe a month or so.
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She came in here a couple
of times with some guys.
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Did she say anything to you?
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No.
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But I remember her,
because she was--
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each time she came in, she
about vegetarian vegetable soup,
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and that stuck out my mind.
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ROBERT STACK: Vegetarian soup.
- That's her.
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ROBERT STACK: A small
but stunning detail.
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Amy had been a
committed vegetarian,
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and Susan was now convinced that
she had picked up Amy's trail.
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Thank you very much.
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I'll do whatever
if see her again.
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Thank you.
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Hope you find her.
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Thanks.
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ROBERT STACK: However,
another year and a half
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would slip by before Susan
got another significant lead.
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On January 9, 1976,
Amy's 19th birthday,
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a biker whom we will call Dave
contacted Susan after seeing
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this picture in a newspaper.
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Dave claimed that he had
actually owned Amy at one time.
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He agreed to talk to Susan,
but only at his house,
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and only if he
drove Susan there.
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SUSAN BILLIG: I thought I might
never see my husband again when
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I got the back of the bike.
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I thought I would never see
Josh and never see Ned again.
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But I put it in the back of my
head, and I got on the bike,
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and I went.
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Nobody better follow
us back here, lady.
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SUSAN BILLIG: He was
very nervous about it,
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he kept looking out the window
to see if I had been followed.
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Just look at this picture
and tell me if that's her.
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Whoa, that's her.
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That's her.
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Can you tell me about
her, can you describe her
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so I'll know that you know her.
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Yeah, she-- when
I first bought her,
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she had lumps and was all
drugged out and didn't talk.
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SUSAN BILLIG: He
said she was quiet,
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that she didn't speak
to anybody, that she
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was afraid of everybody.
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He said she was like
mute, and the word
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kept coming up in descriptions
of her through everything.
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And uh, there was
a scar down here.
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SUSAN BILLIG: The most
pertinent information
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that he gave me was
that Amy had a scar,
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and it was a scar that
was hidden on her body
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that I had never divulged to the
police or the press or anyone.
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You've got to
help me find her.
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You're my last hope.
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All right, when I went
into Detroit, I left her
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and my bike with a bro.
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I got to find him.
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When you find them,
I got to see her.
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I've got to talk to her.
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We'll see.
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No, no, I have to see her.
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I said we'll see.
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SUSAN BILLIG: I
wanted to kill him.
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I wanted to tear
pieces out of his skin,
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but I didn't, because
it was important for me
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to relate to him on
a one to one level.
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Otherwise, I would
never find Amy.
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ROBERT STACK: Susan
could do little
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but wait while Dave
made cautious inquiries.
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Finally, he called
with dramatic news.
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Amy was with the Outlaws
in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
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some 1,200 miles away.
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Susan agreed to meet him there
to press the search for Amy.
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MIKE GONZALES: We were
concerned about her safety.
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We were concerned about
the investigation.
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We didn't think it
was a good idea.
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But it was impossible
ever to try
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to discourage her from following
up every lead, no matter
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how dangerous.
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She didn't care.
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ROBERT STACK: June 1976, Tulsa.
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Amy had been absent now
for more than two years.
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The moment Susan
had long dreamed of
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seemed to be at hand.
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Dave told Susan
that Amy would be
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delivered to them at a tavern
in the roughest part of town.
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If Amy's in there,
I want her to see me.
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SUSAN BILLIG: I was
extremely excited.
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I called home, and I
packed my bags at my hotel
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because I thought I'd have to
run to the airport with her.
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And we went to
this dark bar where
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there were just
bikers and people
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drinking, drunk and everything.
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And he sat me down
somewhere, and then he
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walked away from me.
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A few minutes after
he walked away from me
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is when all hell broke
loose in that bar.
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I was afraid that I
was going to killed.
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ROBERT STACK: Susan was hustled
out, where as if by plan,
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a taxi was waiting to whisk
her back to the hotel.
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No!
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Amy!
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ROBERT STACK: If Amy had
been anywhere near the bar,
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Susan never caught
a glimpse of her.
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And Susan never again
saw Dave, although she
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learned that both his knees had
been broken during the brawl.
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And of course,
at this point, he
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didn't want to help me anymore.
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But he did say to my attorney
that the only information
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that he would give me is that he
has heard that Amy was possibly
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in Seattle at this point.
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ROBERT STACK: In
November of 1977,
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Susan went to Seattle, even
though she had suffered a heart
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attack just two months earlier.
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Susan began to frequent
tawdry bars, tattoo
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parlors, and motorcycle shops.
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SUSAN BILLIG: I showed lots
of photos to street people,
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to shop owners, to topless
dancers, and I said look,
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there's no police involved.
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It's just me.
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I want my child back.
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If you have any
information, please help me.
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And you have to understand,
these people all have mothers,
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and that's how I affected them.
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ROBERT STACK: Several people
recognized photos of Amy,
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and they describe her as always
quiet, as if she were mute.
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But in the end, Susan
returned home empty-handed.
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18 more months would pass before
news of Amy surfaced again.
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It was the dead of winter
in 1979, the fifth year
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of Amy's absence.
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An anonymous male caller claimed
Amy was at a remote truck
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stop just outside Reno,
Nevada, and that she
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desperately needed help.
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The information was
that I'm here now,
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I know who Amy Billig is, I
know she's been beaten up.
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She has been drugged, and she's
here now at this truck stop.
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And if you want her, you come
get her now because her life
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could be in danger.
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Just respond and you
might be able to find her.
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ROBERT STACK: FBI agents learned
that a biker gang had indeed
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been at the truck stop briefly,
but there was no way to verify
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whether Amy had been with them.
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Years passed, a decade,
still no word of Amy Billig.
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Then in 1992, a full
18 years after Amy
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disappeared, Susan was
contacted by Virginia Snyder,
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a private investigator
in Florida.
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Tell me more, I want
to hear about this.
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Did she play music.
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Yes.
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ROBERT STACK: Snyder had
stunning news from England,
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halfway around the world,
that stirred hopes Amy
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Billig might still be alive.
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A British investigator had
been working with Snyder
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on an unrelated case.
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According to Snyder,
her colleague
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was in a post office in
Falmouth in the south of England
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when he was approached
by an American biker.
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Hey, Pops.
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Yes?
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You look like you could
use a little companionship.
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I'm afraid I don't
quite understand you.
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Look, I got a girl for you.
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It won't cost you much.
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What do you say?
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VIRGINIA SNYDER:
The investigator,
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being a good investigator,
engaged the man
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in conversation, as
far as I could gather,
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to get as much information
as he could about the girl
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that was being offered to him.
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Then, of course,
he didn't buy her.
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He wasn't interested.
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And then he passed the
information on to me.
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It's very interesting, but
what kind of a girl is she?
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American girl or English?
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- American girl.
- Oh.
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Oyster Bay.
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Really?
That's very interesting.
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ROBERT STACK: Oyster
Bay, New York,
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was the birthplace
of Amy Billig.
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What's her name?
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Mute.
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ROBERT STACK: Once again,
the word "mute" had surfaced
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in connection with Amy.
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Perhaps you have a
photograph you could show me?
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SUSAN BILLIG: It
sounded like Amy,
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and the fact that they called
her mute really affected me.
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Because here, all these years
of my search, she had been mute,
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had not talked.
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And here I was faced
with the same situation,
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but in another country.
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I didn't know what to do.
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ROBERT STACK:
Tragically, one year
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after his strange encounter,
the British investigator
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passed away.
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The tantalizing
incident became just
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another painful near-miss in the
endless search for Amy Billig.
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Some people speculate that
Amy Billig would be dead.
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But she's a young woman.
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She would be in her late 30s.
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If she survived the
first four years,
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they would be the hardest.
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And I think she survived.
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That makes me believe
she's still alive.
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I also feel that the information
that we have from over there
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coincides so much with the
information about Amy over here
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that I believe
she's still alive.
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It's unlikely that she would
be alive after all these years
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unless she is making them--
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still making them good money.
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She could still
be doing something
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with drugs or
prostitution or dancing,
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but again, I don't know
the physical backbone
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of Amy Billig.
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If she's a strong individual
and if she has a strong will,
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she could survive.
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ROBERT STACK: When we
return, viewer tips
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bring about an unexpected
family reunion, and the mystery
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of an enigmatic recluse who
left a substantial estate that
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is still unclaimed.
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Perhaps someone
watching is his heir.
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In November of
1945, a young woman
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named Dorothy Johnson
her 11-month-old daughter
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were on a cross-country train
heading to Utica, New York.
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Dorothy was just 17, single, and
struggling to make ends meet.
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On the train she met a young
sailor named Donald Caffrey.
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When we get to Utica,
I'm going to have
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to put her in a foster home.
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ROBERT STACK: Donald, who was
on his way to Omaha, Nebraska,
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proved to be patient and
sympathetic, more than willing
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to listen to Dorothy's troubles.
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I'm sorry.
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I talked quite a bit to her.
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And as we started
getting closer to Omaha,
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why I asked her if she'd
like to have me take the baby
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home with me until
she got settled
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and could send for the baby, or
maybe I could bring it to her.
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And she agreed on that.
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ROBERT STACK: A few days
later, Dorothy wrote to Donald
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that she wanted her baby back.
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However, when circumstances
prevented Dorothy
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from returning to Omaha, Donald
and his wife adopted the infant
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and named her Sandra.
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00:20:04,937 --> 00:20:07,173
When Sandra was a teenager,
she learned the truth
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00:20:07,274 --> 00:20:12,412
about her background and began
to look for her birth mother.
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00:20:12,512 --> 00:20:14,647
I think she got scared.
404
00:20:14,747 --> 00:20:20,587
I think-- she wanted
me, but I don't
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00:20:20,687 --> 00:20:26,359
think she had any help,
maybe, from her family to help
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her try to get back to me.
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00:20:35,535 --> 00:20:36,936
ROBERT STACK: On the
night of our broadcast,
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Sandra Lee Nelson's long search
came to a bittersweet end.
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A viewer called our phone
center with the sad news
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00:20:43,109 --> 00:20:46,779
that Dorothy Johnson
had passed away in 1968.
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00:20:46,879 --> 00:20:48,848
However, Sandra was
overjoyed to learn that she
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had an uncle Mickey, and two
aunts, Jan and Alice, who
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had always wondered about Sandra
and were anxious to meet her.
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A month later, on
December 20, 1993,
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Sandra and her husband Chet
arrived in Syracuse, New York,
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to receive a most
remarkable Christmas gift--
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a house full of
relatives waiting to meet
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Sandra for the very first time.
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SANDRA LEE NELSON: I didn't
think I'd ever find anyone.
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It just gave me chills.
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00:21:28,087 --> 00:21:32,091
It just made me feel
real warm, like oh gee,
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00:21:32,191 --> 00:21:33,693
what a nice family.
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00:21:33,793 --> 00:21:36,028
This is Dorthy here, that's--
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That's Wayne.
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ROBERT STACK: Sandra
and her new family
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began to compare notes on
Dorothy Johnson's life.
427
00:21:43,302 --> 00:21:45,938
Although Sandra was unable to
learn the identity of her birth
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00:21:46,038 --> 00:21:49,208
father, she did discover
that in the early 1950s,
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Dorothy had married a
man named Wayne Rogers.
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00:21:52,178 --> 00:21:54,781
Sandra now would like to
find Wayne Rogers in the hope
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00:21:54,881 --> 00:21:59,018
that she can fill in the
remaining gaps in her past.
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00:21:59,118 --> 00:22:02,889
Now, this is the only
picture I have of me.
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00:22:02,989 --> 00:22:05,191
SANDRA LEE NELSON: I'm
getting little bits and pieces
434
00:22:05,291 --> 00:22:08,728
from friends and
relatives, telling me
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00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:12,264
a little bit about her, and
which-- these little things
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00:22:12,365 --> 00:22:15,101
mean a great deal to me.
437
00:22:15,201 --> 00:22:18,705
I have found a family, a
wonderful family that I
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00:22:18,805 --> 00:22:22,442
never thought I'd ever have.
439
00:22:22,542 --> 00:22:24,844
This is the best holiday.
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00:22:24,944 --> 00:22:25,745
One more hug.
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00:22:25,845 --> 00:22:27,514
OK.
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00:22:27,614 --> 00:22:29,148
SANDRA LEE NELSON: It's
the best time of my life.
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00:22:37,657 --> 00:22:39,526
ROBERT STACK: You would think
that a willing relative could
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00:22:39,626 --> 00:22:42,962
always be found to step forward
and claim an inheritance,
445
00:22:43,062 --> 00:22:45,197
but every now and then,
even exhaustive research
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00:22:45,297 --> 00:22:48,200
will fail to turn up
any heirs whatsoever.
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00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:49,936
Tonight, the case
of a mysterious man
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00:22:50,036 --> 00:22:52,238
named Walter Rice,
who left a legacy
449
00:22:52,338 --> 00:23:00,246
of unanswered questions and an
estate worth nearly $145,000.
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00:23:00,346 --> 00:23:03,349
Walter Rice lived alone in a
modest trailer on Oak Street
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00:23:03,450 --> 00:23:06,686
in McCormick, South Carolina.
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00:23:06,786 --> 00:23:08,320
No one ever came calling.
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00:23:08,421 --> 00:23:10,322
but Walter seemed to
prefer it that way.
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00:23:13,926 --> 00:23:18,064
RONNIE KIDD: Walter Rice
was quite a mystery man.
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00:23:18,164 --> 00:23:20,166
Apparently, he was just
a reclusive person.
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00:23:20,266 --> 00:23:21,167
He kept to himself.
457
00:23:21,267 --> 00:23:22,435
He didn't-- he
didn't have anything
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00:23:22,535 --> 00:23:23,636
to do with his neighbors.
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00:23:23,736 --> 00:23:26,105
He never ventured out to
meet and of his neighbors.
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00:23:29,075 --> 00:23:31,511
ROBERT STACK: On
January 25, 1992,
461
00:23:31,611 --> 00:23:33,880
Walter took a cab home
after his own car had been
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00:23:33,980 --> 00:23:35,982
wrecked in a traffic accident.
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00:23:36,082 --> 00:23:39,118
Sometime during the next week,
Walter suffered a heart attack
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00:23:39,218 --> 00:23:40,953
and died before he
could summon help.
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00:23:47,727 --> 00:23:50,797
Incredibly, a full year would
pass before Walter's body
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00:23:50,897 --> 00:23:52,364
was even noticed.
467
00:23:52,465 --> 00:23:54,701
The power company and
the cable TV company
468
00:23:54,801 --> 00:23:56,936
turned off service
to his trailer.
469
00:23:57,036 --> 00:23:59,238
Eventually, the post
office began to stamp
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00:23:59,338 --> 00:24:01,808
his mail return to sender.
471
00:24:01,908 --> 00:24:05,044
In a bizarre, improbable
twist, it was two strangers
472
00:24:05,144 --> 00:24:06,679
who finally made the discovery.
473
00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:11,383
Two strangers who weren't
exactly on a social call.
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00:24:11,484 --> 00:24:14,987
Two people attempted to
break into the trailer.
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00:24:15,087 --> 00:24:18,625
They broke in the front
window and then went around
476
00:24:18,725 --> 00:24:20,693
to the back door,
and his body was
477
00:24:20,793 --> 00:24:22,629
laying right at the back door.
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00:24:22,729 --> 00:24:25,064
They were frightened away
after finding his body,
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00:24:25,164 --> 00:24:28,434
and sometime later-- now this
could be a month or two later--
480
00:24:28,535 --> 00:24:32,004
they got a girlfriend of one
people who attempted to break
481
00:24:32,104 --> 00:24:35,808
in to call the police
department to notify
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them that there was a dead body
in the trailer on Oak Street.
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00:24:40,847 --> 00:24:45,752
ROBERT STACK: Walter Rice was 73
years old when he passed away.
484
00:24:45,852 --> 00:24:47,820
Judge Kidd took on
the task of sorting
485
00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,958
through Walter's possessions.
486
00:24:52,058 --> 00:24:54,627
RONNIE KIDD: I started looking
through his papers, all
487
00:24:54,727 --> 00:24:57,730
of his effects in his
trailer, to hopefully find
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something that would
lead me to a relative.
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00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:02,769
Now, I spent some
time on it every day.
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00:25:02,869 --> 00:25:05,638
I became almost
obsessed with it.
491
00:25:05,738 --> 00:25:07,373
It's been very
frustrating, not being
492
00:25:07,473 --> 00:25:09,241
able to find a relative
when at first thought
493
00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:10,142
it would be so easy.
494
00:25:13,512 --> 00:25:16,348
Initially, I didn't expect
to find anything of value,
495
00:25:16,448 --> 00:25:20,086
but after searching through
Walter Rice's personal effects,
496
00:25:20,186 --> 00:25:23,389
papers, bank papers, I
found him to have an estate
497
00:25:23,489 --> 00:25:26,358
of approximately $140,000.
498
00:25:26,458 --> 00:25:29,461
That includes his
lot and trailer.
499
00:25:32,599 --> 00:25:34,767
ROBERT STACK: The judge began
to piece together the few known
500
00:25:34,867 --> 00:25:36,268
facts of Walter's life.
501
00:25:36,368 --> 00:25:41,507
Pay stubs show that from 1973
to 1983, Walter worked as a cook
502
00:25:41,608 --> 00:25:43,610
at the Griswold Inn
near Essex, Connecticut.
503
00:25:43,710 --> 00:25:46,078
Mr. Rice, you know what
tonight is, don't you?
504
00:25:46,178 --> 00:25:48,147
Yes, I know what tonight, is.
505
00:25:48,247 --> 00:25:50,883
Saturday night.
506
00:25:50,983 --> 00:25:52,251
ROBERT STACK: During
those 10 years,
507
00:25:52,351 --> 00:25:55,254
Walter live virtually without
expense in a dorm for hotel
508
00:25:55,354 --> 00:25:58,224
employees, and authorities
believe this arrangement
509
00:25:58,324 --> 00:26:00,159
allowed him to amass
a small fortune
510
00:26:00,259 --> 00:26:01,527
in spite of his modest wage.
511
00:26:04,330 --> 00:26:06,332
Surprisingly, none
of Walter's coworkers
512
00:26:06,432 --> 00:26:08,500
could tell Judge Kidd
very much about him,
513
00:26:08,601 --> 00:26:10,670
though they had worked
side by side for a decade.
514
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:15,341
RONNIE KIDD: It was interesting.
515
00:26:15,441 --> 00:26:18,911
I found in his personal
effects indications
516
00:26:19,011 --> 00:26:22,148
that he had been to two
different hospitals, a hospital
517
00:26:22,248 --> 00:26:25,852
in Augusta and
also in Abbeyville.
518
00:26:25,952 --> 00:26:27,519
ROBERT STACK: On the
Augusta hospital forms,
519
00:26:27,620 --> 00:26:30,690
Walter listed a niece,
Jane, as next of kin.
520
00:26:30,790 --> 00:26:32,692
However, the name
Jane Rice appears
521
00:26:32,792 --> 00:26:34,927
in no other official records.
522
00:26:35,027 --> 00:26:37,263
OK, could you fill
out this form, please?
523
00:26:37,363 --> 00:26:38,698
ROBERT STACK: At the
Abbeyville hospital,
524
00:26:38,798 --> 00:26:42,034
Walter listed a James Edwards,
but Edwards has proven to be
525
00:26:42,134 --> 00:26:44,036
a neighbor, not a relative.
526
00:26:48,507 --> 00:26:51,277
Walter Rice was
born July 6, 1920
527
00:26:51,377 --> 00:26:54,613
in Abbeyville, South Carolina,
to Edward and Amanda Rice.
528
00:26:54,714 --> 00:26:57,249
He was the youngest
of eight children.
529
00:26:57,349 --> 00:26:59,318
There is no record that
Walter ever married,
530
00:26:59,418 --> 00:27:01,520
and if he had no
children, any nieces
531
00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:05,024
and nephews who survived him
would inherit his $140,000
532
00:27:05,124 --> 00:27:05,925
estate.
533
00:27:17,203 --> 00:27:20,840
When we return, a schoolteacher
is asked to testify
534
00:27:20,940 --> 00:27:22,408
against an accused auto thief.
535
00:27:22,508 --> 00:27:25,845
But just before the trial, he
disappears without a trace.
536
00:27:39,658 --> 00:27:43,429
Buying cars, polishing them
up, tinkering until they
537
00:27:43,529 --> 00:27:45,364
run smooth and easy--
538
00:27:45,464 --> 00:27:48,100
cars were the passion of
Oliver Munson, a schoolteacher
539
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,503
' from Baltimore, Maryland.
540
00:27:51,603 --> 00:27:54,473
In January of 1983,
Oliver acquired
541
00:27:54,573 --> 00:27:56,175
the car of his dreams--
542
00:27:56,275 --> 00:27:58,644
a fully loaded Datsun 240Z.
543
00:27:58,745 --> 00:27:59,846
So you like?
544
00:27:59,946 --> 00:28:02,248
Yeah, you have the
title and registration?
545
00:28:02,348 --> 00:28:03,215
Yeah, you got my money?
546
00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:09,388
ROBERT STACK: Oliver had no idea
that Dennis Watson, the man who
547
00:28:09,488 --> 00:28:11,357
sold him the car,
was the ringleader
548
00:28:11,457 --> 00:28:14,626
of a sophisticated
car theft operation.
549
00:28:14,727 --> 00:28:18,731
Oliver's new 240Z had been
stolen three months earlier.
550
00:28:18,831 --> 00:28:21,267
You, my man, are the
proud owner of a Z.
551
00:28:21,367 --> 00:28:22,168
Thanks.
552
00:28:22,268 --> 00:28:23,135
Enjoy.
553
00:28:23,235 --> 00:28:24,470
All right.
554
00:28:24,570 --> 00:28:27,073
Listen, you have any problem
with it over the next week
555
00:28:27,173 --> 00:28:28,640
or two, a couple weeks,
you give me a call,
556
00:28:28,741 --> 00:28:30,743
you bring it over to the shop,
I'll take care of it for you.
557
00:28:30,843 --> 00:28:31,744
OK
558
00:28:31,844 --> 00:28:33,279
ROBERT STACK: Watson's
garage was just
559
00:28:33,379 --> 00:28:36,615
a cover for his chop shop, where
stolen cars were dismantled
560
00:28:36,715 --> 00:28:39,118
and sold for parts,
or simply resold
561
00:28:39,218 --> 00:28:40,352
with faked ownership papers.
562
00:28:44,356 --> 00:28:46,725
For weeks, authorities
had been quietly gathering
563
00:28:46,826 --> 00:28:48,294
evidence against Watson.
564
00:28:48,394 --> 00:28:52,698
On March 16, 1983 they decided
to put him out of business.
565
00:29:00,973 --> 00:29:03,876
Police, freeze.
566
00:29:03,976 --> 00:29:06,345
What the hell is this, man?
567
00:29:06,445 --> 00:29:08,815
We have a search
warrant for your garage.
568
00:29:08,915 --> 00:29:11,951
Get him out of here.
569
00:29:12,051 --> 00:29:13,886
OK, we're looking
for registration
570
00:29:13,986 --> 00:29:17,523
plates, VIN plates, ownership
documents, titles for vehicles.
571
00:29:17,623 --> 00:29:19,625
ROBERT STACK: Police
recovered illegal titles,
572
00:29:19,725 --> 00:29:23,529
personally dismantled autos,
and stolen vehicle ID tags.
573
00:29:23,629 --> 00:29:27,066
Everything they needed to make
a case against Dennis Watson.
574
00:29:27,166 --> 00:29:28,534
Five Maryland plates.
575
00:29:28,634 --> 00:29:29,701
Five Maryland tags.
576
00:29:29,802 --> 00:29:31,003
ROBERT STACK: One
of the names that
577
00:29:31,103 --> 00:29:34,807
popped up in the confiscated
records was Oliver Munson.
578
00:29:34,907 --> 00:29:36,909
We continue to
check paperwork,
579
00:29:37,009 --> 00:29:40,146
we find that Oliver
Munson has a Z car.
580
00:29:40,246 --> 00:29:43,282
We go out, and Z
car is parked there.
581
00:29:43,382 --> 00:29:46,052
We attempted to contact
Mr. Munson, nobody home
582
00:29:46,152 --> 00:29:48,955
at the house, not
knowing at that time
583
00:29:49,055 --> 00:29:52,358
whether or not Oliver
Munson had bought this car,
584
00:29:52,458 --> 00:29:54,827
or if he was involved
with Dennis Watson.
585
00:29:54,927 --> 00:29:58,097
And as a result we took the
car as evidence until such time
586
00:29:58,197 --> 00:30:00,399
as we could continue
an investigation
587
00:30:00,499 --> 00:30:03,836
to determine what exactly
was his knowledge of the car.
588
00:30:09,041 --> 00:30:12,378
Oliver Munson was notified,
and later detective Goodwin
589
00:30:12,478 --> 00:30:14,813
questioned him in person.
590
00:30:14,914 --> 00:30:15,948
Are you Oliver Munson?
591
00:30:16,048 --> 00:30:17,016
Yeah
592
00:30:17,116 --> 00:30:18,450
I'm Detective Goodwin
with the Baltimore
593
00:30:18,550 --> 00:30:19,351
Police auto theft unit.
594
00:30:19,451 --> 00:30:20,953
You guys took my car.
595
00:30:21,053 --> 00:30:22,321
What, did I have
tickets or something?
596
00:30:22,421 --> 00:30:23,755
No sir, the car was stolen.
597
00:30:23,856 --> 00:30:25,391
A stolen vehicle.
598
00:30:25,491 --> 00:30:26,926
Oh no, no, I paid for the car.
599
00:30:27,026 --> 00:30:29,428
And how much did
you pay for the car?
600
00:30:29,528 --> 00:30:30,829
$1,200 and some trades.
601
00:30:30,930 --> 00:30:33,732
And who did you
buy the car from?
602
00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:34,867
Dennis Watson.
603
00:30:34,967 --> 00:30:36,835
Dennis Watson, do you
know this Dennis Watson
604
00:30:36,936 --> 00:30:38,504
or have you ever
dealt with him before?
605
00:30:38,604 --> 00:30:40,206
No, I'd never met him before.
606
00:30:40,306 --> 00:30:41,673
PHILIP GOODWIN: My
feeling was at that time,
607
00:30:41,773 --> 00:30:44,410
and still is, that he had bought
the car thinking that the car
608
00:30:44,510 --> 00:30:47,446
was, in fact, a legitimate car.
609
00:30:47,546 --> 00:30:48,480
So I have to go to court?
610
00:30:48,580 --> 00:30:49,882
Yes sir, you will
have to go to court
611
00:30:49,982 --> 00:30:52,484
and testify to the fact
of how you got the car.
612
00:30:52,584 --> 00:30:54,320
ROBERT STACK: According
to detective Goodwin,
613
00:30:54,420 --> 00:30:56,388
Oliver was nervous
about testifying
614
00:30:56,488 --> 00:30:59,425
but agreed, knowing that
he really had no choice.
615
00:30:59,525 --> 00:31:00,960
You have any questions,
you can call me, OK?
616
00:31:07,233 --> 00:31:08,667
Nearly a year passed.
617
00:31:08,767 --> 00:31:10,636
Dennis Watson's
trial was looming,
618
00:31:10,736 --> 00:31:16,976
and Oliver was scheduled to
testify on February 16, 1984.
619
00:31:17,076 --> 00:31:20,346
Three days before the trial,
Oliver was seen just before he
620
00:31:20,446 --> 00:31:22,148
left for work at around 8 AM.
621
00:31:25,451 --> 00:31:28,687
Oliver turned on to Orpington
Road and simply vanished.
622
00:31:31,323 --> 00:31:32,992
PATRICK CISNA: Oliver
would rarely miss school,
623
00:31:33,092 --> 00:31:37,229
and on that particular
Monday when he didn't arrive,
624
00:31:37,329 --> 00:31:41,133
some of the staff and the kids
started to worry that this is
625
00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:44,336
not a usual practice
for Oliver, and maybe
626
00:31:44,436 --> 00:31:49,441
something was occurring,
something was wrong with him.
627
00:31:49,541 --> 00:31:50,842
ROBERT STACK:
Oliver's brother James
628
00:31:50,943 --> 00:31:54,880
telephoned through the
night, but got no answer.
629
00:31:54,981 --> 00:31:57,349
The next day, he was
worried enough to visit
630
00:31:57,449 --> 00:31:59,718
Oliver's house himself.
631
00:31:59,818 --> 00:32:02,921
Oliver, it's me, James.
632
00:32:03,022 --> 00:32:04,390
JAMES MUNSON: When I
went over to the house,
633
00:32:04,490 --> 00:32:07,093
I didn't have a sense
of what was going on.
634
00:32:07,193 --> 00:32:09,595
I just thought maybe
that he was sick
635
00:32:09,695 --> 00:32:12,431
and I didn't if
he was unconscious
636
00:32:12,531 --> 00:32:13,332
or whatever in the house.
637
00:32:13,432 --> 00:32:14,233
I didn't know.
638
00:32:17,003 --> 00:32:18,637
ROBERT STACK: Three
days passed with no word
639
00:32:18,737 --> 00:32:20,472
from Oliver Munson.
640
00:32:20,572 --> 00:32:23,009
Then, Oliver's car was
found abandoned just
641
00:32:23,109 --> 00:32:25,877
a few blocks from his home.
642
00:32:25,978 --> 00:32:28,914
One tire was flat.
643
00:32:29,015 --> 00:32:32,118
School papers and a bag
lunch were on the front seat,
644
00:32:32,218 --> 00:32:34,220
but there was no
evidence to indicate what
645
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:35,687
had happened to Oliver Munson.
646
00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:39,891
PHILIP GOODWIN: At
that time, I felt
647
00:32:39,992 --> 00:32:42,228
that there was something wrong.
648
00:32:42,328 --> 00:32:45,531
Then, the decision was made
here that we were looking
649
00:32:45,631 --> 00:32:48,667
at a kidnapping or a homicide.
650
00:32:48,767 --> 00:32:50,602
ROBERT STACK: Dennis
Watson became a focal point
651
00:32:50,702 --> 00:32:53,039
of the ensuing investigation.
652
00:32:53,139 --> 00:32:56,542
Only then police discovered
that this wasn't the first time
653
00:32:56,642 --> 00:32:58,944
something had happened
to a witness in a case
654
00:32:59,045 --> 00:33:02,014
against Dennis Watson.
655
00:33:02,114 --> 00:33:05,051
In 1973, a man
named Clinton Glenn
656
00:33:05,151 --> 00:33:09,055
burned to death in a vehicle
that was registered to Watson.
657
00:33:09,155 --> 00:33:10,356
Glenn had been
scheduled to testify
658
00:33:10,456 --> 00:33:13,359
against Watson in an
armed robbery trial
659
00:33:13,459 --> 00:33:15,461
the very next day.
660
00:33:15,561 --> 00:33:17,763
Based on the testimony
of another witness,
661
00:33:17,863 --> 00:33:20,466
Watson was indicted
for Glenn's murder.
662
00:33:20,566 --> 00:33:22,334
However, this key
witness suddenly
663
00:33:22,434 --> 00:33:24,670
died of a suspicious
drug overdose,
664
00:33:24,770 --> 00:33:26,305
and the murder
charges were dropped.
665
00:33:28,907 --> 00:33:32,144
Now, Oliver Munson had vanished,
but there was no evidence
666
00:33:32,244 --> 00:33:34,046
to implicate Dennis
Watson, and he
667
00:33:34,146 --> 00:33:36,014
was never charged with
a crime in connection
668
00:33:36,115 --> 00:33:38,050
with the disappearance.
669
00:33:38,150 --> 00:33:40,018
The Munson
investigation stalled,
670
00:33:40,119 --> 00:33:44,022
until police heard from a
man named Hilton Solomon.
671
00:33:44,123 --> 00:33:45,624
Officer, can you help me?
672
00:33:45,724 --> 00:33:48,194
I was just driving along, and
all of a sudden I see my car.
673
00:33:48,294 --> 00:33:49,761
I reported it stolen.
674
00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:50,962
ROBERT STACK:
Solomon's car had been
675
00:33:51,063 --> 00:33:55,367
stolen just hours before
Oliver Munson disappeared.
676
00:33:55,467 --> 00:33:57,636
Inside the car,
Solomon had found
677
00:33:57,736 --> 00:34:00,739
a hat that would later be
identified as similar to one
678
00:34:00,839 --> 00:34:03,909
owned by Oliver Munson.
679
00:34:04,009 --> 00:34:05,877
PHILIP GOODWIN: Hilton Solomon
took his car home after it
680
00:34:05,977 --> 00:34:07,746
was released by Baltimore City.
681
00:34:07,846 --> 00:34:11,450
And several days later, he
decided to clean the car.
682
00:34:11,550 --> 00:34:14,286
While he was cleaning,
he found several receipts
683
00:34:14,386 --> 00:34:15,187
from a video store.
684
00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:20,058
On these receipts was
the name Oliver Munson.
685
00:34:24,263 --> 00:34:26,332
When we went down and
looked at the car,
686
00:34:26,432 --> 00:34:30,936
there was a brownish stain on
the car at the front right hand
687
00:34:31,036 --> 00:34:33,405
side of the vehicle.
688
00:34:33,505 --> 00:34:35,674
Looked underneath
the seat, right
689
00:34:35,774 --> 00:34:38,177
by the track of the
right hand front seat,
690
00:34:38,277 --> 00:34:42,214
I found a spent cartridge case.
691
00:34:42,314 --> 00:34:43,649
ROBERT STACK: Red
smudges were also
692
00:34:43,749 --> 00:34:45,551
found on one of the receipts.
693
00:34:45,651 --> 00:34:48,287
Tests revealed that the
stains were human blood,
694
00:34:48,387 --> 00:34:50,989
type O positive.
695
00:34:51,089 --> 00:34:53,292
This finding strongly
suggested that Oliver
696
00:34:53,392 --> 00:34:56,862
had met with foul play, but
with no record showing Oliver's
697
00:34:56,962 --> 00:34:59,765
blood type and no other
hard evidence, the official
698
00:34:59,865 --> 00:35:02,668
investigation ground to a halt.
699
00:35:02,768 --> 00:35:05,103
As it turned out,
Oliver's disappearance
700
00:35:05,204 --> 00:35:08,240
had no apparent effect on
the outcome of the trial.
701
00:35:08,340 --> 00:35:10,176
Watson pled guilty
and was sentenced
702
00:35:10,276 --> 00:35:12,043
to 10 years in prison.
703
00:35:12,144 --> 00:35:16,848
He was paroled in 1989
after serving half his term.
704
00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:19,718
Meanwhile, Oliver's friends
and family have spent year
705
00:35:19,818 --> 00:35:23,322
after painful year without him.
706
00:35:23,422 --> 00:35:25,591
PATRICK CISNA: It's been
nearly 10 years since Oliver
707
00:35:25,691 --> 00:35:28,260
disappeared, and
the kids at school,
708
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:32,097
the ones who I keep in contact
with, they'll always ask.
709
00:35:32,198 --> 00:35:34,099
That's one of the first things.
710
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,335
And I just, I don't know.
711
00:35:36,435 --> 00:35:38,937
I don't have any
answer to give to them.
712
00:35:39,037 --> 00:35:41,907
In the last 10 years of
my brother's disappearance,
713
00:35:42,007 --> 00:35:44,310
It's been a burden
on the whole family.
714
00:35:44,410 --> 00:35:46,845
Today my mother is gone.
715
00:35:46,945 --> 00:35:48,247
She worried every day.
716
00:35:48,347 --> 00:35:50,849
Every night she prayed
and cried, wondering
717
00:35:50,949 --> 00:35:53,319
about where her first son is.
718
00:35:53,419 --> 00:35:57,223
If anyone knows or seen
anything that day, please,
719
00:35:57,323 --> 00:36:00,259
please help the family get
the burden off the chest.
720
00:36:05,797 --> 00:36:08,367
ROBERT STACK: Next, a woman
who was given up for adoption
721
00:36:08,467 --> 00:36:10,769
more than 50 years
ago needs your help
722
00:36:10,869 --> 00:36:12,070
to find her birth mother.
723
00:36:22,013 --> 00:36:23,915
During the Great
Depression, drought
724
00:36:24,015 --> 00:36:26,718
transformed the fertile
plains of America's heartland
725
00:36:26,818 --> 00:36:28,954
into a desert.
726
00:36:29,054 --> 00:36:31,723
Thousands of families were
forced to abandoned their homes
727
00:36:31,823 --> 00:36:35,327
and roam the country
in search of jobs.
728
00:36:35,427 --> 00:36:36,895
This is the story
of a young woman
729
00:36:36,995 --> 00:36:38,864
name Rose Marie Ledbetter.
730
00:36:38,964 --> 00:36:41,267
In the mid 1930s,
she and her family
731
00:36:41,367 --> 00:36:44,135
apparently left Texas and
joined the faceless army
732
00:36:44,236 --> 00:36:45,271
of migrant farm workers.
733
00:36:45,371 --> 00:36:46,171
Water?
734
00:36:46,272 --> 00:36:49,308
Sure, it's over there.
735
00:36:49,408 --> 00:36:51,310
ROBERT STACK: In
1938, Rose Marie
736
00:36:51,410 --> 00:36:53,545
found herself in Paul's
Valley, Oklahoma,
737
00:36:53,645 --> 00:36:55,213
for the cotton harvest.
738
00:36:55,314 --> 00:36:57,849
She was unmarried and
working up to 14 hours
739
00:36:57,949 --> 00:37:00,686
a day when she learned
that she was pregnant.
740
00:37:00,786 --> 00:37:02,488
Are you sure you're
going to be OK?
741
00:37:02,588 --> 00:37:04,556
Yes, I just think I need
to sit here for a little bit.
742
00:37:07,926 --> 00:37:09,495
ROBERT STACK: When Rose
Marie could no longer work
743
00:37:09,595 --> 00:37:11,763
in the fields, she packed
her meager belongings
744
00:37:11,863 --> 00:37:13,565
into a single
suitcase and hitched
745
00:37:13,665 --> 00:37:14,866
a ride to Oklahoma City.
746
00:37:18,103 --> 00:37:20,038
Alone, and with
nowhere else to turn,
747
00:37:20,138 --> 00:37:22,741
she sought refuge in a
shelter for unwed mothers
748
00:37:22,841 --> 00:37:24,410
called the Home
of Redeeming Love.
749
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:32,484
On July 16, 1938, Rose Marie
gave birth to a daughter
750
00:37:32,584 --> 00:37:33,485
and placed her for adoption.
751
00:37:37,188 --> 00:37:39,057
Today, that daughter
is a grown woman
752
00:37:39,157 --> 00:37:41,427
who can sympathize with
the difficult decision
753
00:37:41,527 --> 00:37:45,731
Rose Marie made more
than 50 years ago.
754
00:37:45,831 --> 00:37:49,100
MEREDITH ATKINSON: I don't
think she had any choices.
755
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:53,271
And I thank her
for thinking of me.
756
00:37:53,372 --> 00:37:59,311
And I had parents
that adopted me that I
757
00:37:59,411 --> 00:38:00,612
know they also thanked her.
758
00:38:04,616 --> 00:38:08,053
ROBERT STACK: In August of 1991,
Meredith Atkinson, accompanied
759
00:38:08,153 --> 00:38:10,689
by her husband, returned
to the place of her birth,
760
00:38:10,789 --> 00:38:13,492
looking for information
about her biological mother.
761
00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:18,730
MEREDITH ATKINSON: I have
many relatives who say,
762
00:38:18,830 --> 00:38:20,231
why are you trying to find out?
763
00:38:20,332 --> 00:38:22,000
Your parents loved you.
764
00:38:22,100 --> 00:38:24,703
And I said, I know
this, but it has nothing
765
00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:28,106
to do with them loving me.
766
00:38:28,206 --> 00:38:32,578
I need to find out
for my own sake.
767
00:38:32,678 --> 00:38:33,779
ROBERT STACK:
Meredith had grown up
768
00:38:33,879 --> 00:38:37,148
in Oklahoma and Kansas,
an only child, doted upon
769
00:38:37,248 --> 00:38:38,450
by warm and loving parents.
770
00:38:41,687 --> 00:38:43,922
She never got the slightest
hint that there was anything
771
00:38:44,022 --> 00:38:47,192
unusual about her
background until 1990,
772
00:38:47,292 --> 00:38:49,661
when a relative revealed that
Meredith had been adopted.
773
00:38:53,499 --> 00:38:54,933
Meredith immediately
tracked down
774
00:38:55,033 --> 00:38:56,868
her original birth certificate.
775
00:38:56,968 --> 00:38:58,904
She learned that the name
given to her at birth
776
00:38:59,004 --> 00:39:01,407
was Mary Ann Ledbetter.
777
00:39:01,507 --> 00:39:04,342
Her father was
listed as unknown.
778
00:39:04,443 --> 00:39:08,414
Her mother's name was
Rose Marie Ledbetter.
779
00:39:08,514 --> 00:39:09,615
Meredith, I'd
like for you to keep
780
00:39:09,715 --> 00:39:11,983
in mind that with
adoption, confidentiality
781
00:39:12,083 --> 00:39:14,553
is always very important.
782
00:39:14,653 --> 00:39:15,787
ROBERT STACK: In
Oklahoma, Meredith
783
00:39:15,887 --> 00:39:17,423
was told that state
laws prevented
784
00:39:17,523 --> 00:39:20,892
the opening of adoption files.
785
00:39:20,992 --> 00:39:23,729
But a social worker
did provide Meredith
786
00:39:23,829 --> 00:39:25,597
with limited information.
787
00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:27,132
I believe it can
give you a good feel
788
00:39:27,232 --> 00:39:28,900
for your birth mother.
789
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,770
MEREDITH ATKINSON: I found
out that my mother was
790
00:39:31,870 --> 00:39:36,241
of Irish and German descent.
791
00:39:36,341 --> 00:39:42,748
I found out that she had one
sister and four brothers.
792
00:39:42,848 --> 00:39:45,350
They were field workers.
793
00:39:45,451 --> 00:39:52,858
They had to move in, full of
crops, just trying to get by.
794
00:39:52,958 --> 00:39:58,430
And I thought about this,
I could see her life
795
00:39:58,530 --> 00:40:01,066
and how rough it was.
796
00:40:01,166 --> 00:40:10,408
And it hurt me to think that
she maybe had a life like this.
797
00:40:10,509 --> 00:40:11,877
You may need it after
you see the surprise
798
00:40:11,977 --> 00:40:14,713
we got from Oklahoma today.
799
00:40:14,813 --> 00:40:16,047
ROBERT STACK: Meredith
and her husband
800
00:40:16,147 --> 00:40:19,851
returned to their home in
Arizona to continue the search.
801
00:40:19,951 --> 00:40:23,354
Several months later, Meredith
was elated when the home mailed
802
00:40:23,455 --> 00:40:25,624
her a copy of a letter
Rose Marie had sent
803
00:40:25,724 --> 00:40:29,561
there half a century earlier.
804
00:40:29,661 --> 00:40:33,264
Sunday, August the 25th, 1940.
805
00:40:33,364 --> 00:40:36,968
Dear Madames, I have been
wanting to write sooner,
806
00:40:37,068 --> 00:40:39,705
but have never got around to it.
807
00:40:39,805 --> 00:40:41,740
I'm introducing myself.
808
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,809
I'm Rose Marie Ledbetter.
809
00:40:43,909 --> 00:40:46,578
I was with you all in 1938.
810
00:40:46,678 --> 00:40:51,316
My baby girl Mary Ann
was born July 16, 1938.
811
00:40:51,416 --> 00:40:53,318
I wondered, by any
chance, if you could send
812
00:40:53,418 --> 00:40:55,887
me a picture of my baby girl.
813
00:40:55,987 --> 00:40:58,924
I would not ask or
wish for anything more.
814
00:40:59,024 --> 00:41:01,660
I would appreciate it very much.
815
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:06,364
Thank you, Miss Rose
Marie Ledbetter.
816
00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:10,335
MEREDITH ATKINSON: I
knew then that my mother
817
00:41:10,435 --> 00:41:12,838
was interested in me.
818
00:41:12,938 --> 00:41:19,578
She had been thinking of
me, even after I was born.
819
00:41:19,678 --> 00:41:26,918
I would like to be able to look
at her and tell her, mother,
820
00:41:27,018 --> 00:41:28,720
I understand.
821
00:41:28,820 --> 00:41:32,490
I know you had to do
what was best for you,
822
00:41:32,591 --> 00:41:35,326
and that I'd like to know you.
823
00:41:35,426 --> 00:41:36,595
I'd like to get to know you.
824
00:41:40,298 --> 00:41:42,133
As a direct result
of our broadcast,
825
00:41:42,233 --> 00:41:43,769
a private investigator
named Glenda
826
00:41:43,869 --> 00:41:45,971
Allen contacted
Meredith and volunteered
827
00:41:46,071 --> 00:41:48,006
to take on the search.
828
00:41:48,106 --> 00:41:51,910
Just one month later, Meredith
received the exciting news--
829
00:41:52,010 --> 00:41:55,914
her mother, 78-year-old Rose
Marie Luttmer had been found.
830
00:41:56,014 --> 00:41:58,750
Though she's been in failing
health for several years,
831
00:41:58,850 --> 00:42:01,653
Rose Marie was anxious to
see her long lost daughter.
832
00:42:06,157 --> 00:42:09,761
In September of 1994,
Meredith and her two children
833
00:42:09,861 --> 00:42:12,397
traveled from Arizona
to Canute, Oklahoma
834
00:42:12,497 --> 00:42:14,365
for the much
anticipated reunion.
835
00:42:17,869 --> 00:42:18,670
Well hello.
836
00:42:18,770 --> 00:42:19,838
Hi there.
Walter?
837
00:42:19,938 --> 00:42:20,739
I'm Walter.
838
00:42:20,839 --> 00:42:23,374
Glad to know you, Walter.
839
00:42:23,474 --> 00:42:25,376
ROBERT STACK: Meredith's
uncle Walter, Rose Marie's
840
00:42:25,476 --> 00:42:28,046
brother answered the door.
841
00:42:28,146 --> 00:42:31,249
And i bet this Rose?
842
00:42:31,349 --> 00:42:32,150
Yes.
843
00:42:32,250 --> 00:42:33,051
Hi, Rose.
844
00:42:38,223 --> 00:42:40,425
I'm Mary Ann.
- Yes.
845
00:42:40,525 --> 00:42:42,828
Little Mary Ann.
846
00:42:42,928 --> 00:42:44,763
I'm so tickled.
847
00:42:44,863 --> 00:42:50,468
I think that finding my mother
and seeing her and her family
848
00:42:50,568 --> 00:42:55,106
has brought closure to my life.
849
00:42:55,206 --> 00:43:01,579
I needed-- I needed this.
850
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:02,648
You're
851
00:43:02,748 --> 00:43:05,684
Even a great grandma,
did you know that?
852
00:43:05,784 --> 00:43:06,652
Sure.
853
00:43:06,752 --> 00:43:09,187
Yes.
854
00:43:09,287 --> 00:43:13,892
I'm just tickled
to death she's here.
855
00:43:13,992 --> 00:43:15,593
Yeah, I just wish
was closer together,
856
00:43:15,694 --> 00:43:17,295
we could visit a
little more often,
857
00:43:17,395 --> 00:43:18,764
you know, but I plan
to go through there
858
00:43:18,864 --> 00:43:22,934
and visit her in Arizona when
I go see my brothers, you know,
859
00:43:23,034 --> 00:43:24,235
that way.
860
00:43:24,335 --> 00:43:25,704
It would be kind of
on the way up there.
861
00:43:25,804 --> 00:43:28,006
It might be a little out of
the way, but it'd be worth it.
862
00:43:32,210 --> 00:43:34,145
MEREDITH ATKINSON: It's
like gaining a new family,
863
00:43:34,245 --> 00:43:38,283
and you know, it's just like
gaining new friends, too.
864
00:43:38,383 --> 00:43:42,553
Well, Albert, I think
you and I look alike, too.
865
00:43:42,654 --> 00:43:47,025
I absolutely am going to
be overjoyed to write to them
866
00:43:47,125 --> 00:43:52,130
and talk to them and
get to know them.
867
00:43:52,230 --> 00:43:55,300
You care if I call you mother?
868
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:56,201
No.
869
00:44:09,447 --> 00:44:11,917
ROBERT STACK: Next week
on Unsolved Mysteries,
870
00:44:12,017 --> 00:44:16,822
in 1992 18-year-old Andre Jones,
the son of a local civil rights
871
00:44:16,922 --> 00:44:19,457
worker, was arrested at a
routine police checkpoint
872
00:44:19,557 --> 00:44:21,492
in Brandon, Mississippi.
873
00:44:21,592 --> 00:44:24,362
Within 36 hours, Andre's
parents were informed
874
00:44:24,462 --> 00:44:26,264
that he had been found
hung in the shower
875
00:44:26,364 --> 00:44:27,833
stall of his jail cell.
876
00:44:27,933 --> 00:44:31,737
The death was ruled a suicide,
but Andre Jones' family
877
00:44:31,837 --> 00:44:34,272
believes he was murdered.
878
00:44:34,372 --> 00:44:37,542
More than 60 years ago, a
pair of prospectors in Wyoming
879
00:44:37,642 --> 00:44:41,179
happened upon the mummified
remains of a tiny human being.
880
00:44:41,279 --> 00:44:44,182
X-rays later revealed what
appears to be a fully developed
881
00:44:44,282 --> 00:44:46,885
skeleton, just 17 inches tall.
882
00:44:46,985 --> 00:44:49,721
For some, the mummy was
proof that a legendary race
883
00:44:49,821 --> 00:44:52,457
of supernatural beings
known as the Little people
884
00:44:52,557 --> 00:44:54,059
actually existed.
885
00:44:54,159 --> 00:44:58,063
The skeptics, however,
are far from convinced.
886
00:44:58,163 --> 00:45:01,199
Join me next time for
another intriguing edition
887
00:45:01,299 --> 00:45:03,735
on "Unsolved Mysteries."
888
00:45:03,835 --> 00:45:06,805
[theme music]
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