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[music playing]
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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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[unsolved mysteries theme music]
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NARRATOR: On November 24,
1971, at 8:12 PM, 10,000
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feet above Southwestern
Washington state,
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a man forced open a rear doorway
of a commercial airliner.
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Buffeted by winds gusting in
excess of 200 miles per hour,
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he stood briefly in
a rear stairwell.
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The man, known
only as DB Cooper,
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leapt into space
and the unknown.
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The last flight and strange
disappearance of DB Cooper
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is one of the most baffling
cases of this century.
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Many, including
the FBI, believe he
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must have perished when
he leaped from a 727
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at 10,000 feet.
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Others disagree.
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They say he made it.
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Tonight, we will recreate
DB Cooper's last flight
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and examine two other cases.
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In one, an $8 million
dollar collection of sports
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memorabilia has disappeared.
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Among the treasures was
Babe Ruth's uniform.
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And the other, two teenage
boys lay motionless in the path
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of an on-rushing train.
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Their parents believe
they were murdered.
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Join me.
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You may be able to
help solve a mystery.
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For some, DB Cooper is
a skyjacking mastermind
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behind a daring crime that
defied both the elements
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and the authorities.
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To most of us, he's nothing
more than a common criminal
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who risked the lives of 42
innocent people for $200,000.
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But one fact remains,
nobody knows whether DB
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Cooper is dead or alive.
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NARRATOR: Thanksgiving eve 1971.
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At 2:00 PM, DB Cooper walked
into the Portland Airport.
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RALPH HIMMELSBACH: He was
your typical business man.
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A suit, tie, a raincoat,
carrying an attache case.
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Nothing distinctive about him
except, perhaps, for the fact
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that everything was very dark.
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Black tie, black
raincoat, black shoes.
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Cooper.
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RALPH HIMMELSBACH: He
appeared at the ticket counter
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and bought his ticket.
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And just gave the name Cooper.
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By the way, is that a 727?
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Yes, sir.
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It is.
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It'll be $20 please.
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RALPH HIMMELSBACH: The
727 became notorious
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through this case because it
is the only airliner from which
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a successful
parachute jump can be
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made from the passenger cabin.
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ANNOUNCER: Flight 305,
non-stop service to Seattle.
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NARRATOR: Cooper had purchased
a one way ticket to Seattle.
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The only luggage he carried
was an attache case.
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[flight attendant presentation]
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NARRATOR: He was the last
person to board the plane
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and took his seat while the 727
began its taxi to the runway.
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Florence Shaftner was the first
crew member to talk to Cooper.
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FEMALE: You'll need to put this
under your front seat, please.
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FLORENCE SHAFTNER:
He handed me a note
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and he kept looking at me.
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And I just ignored him the
first time he looked at me.
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And then, he said I want
you to read the note.
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It was printed Miss, I have
a bomb in my briefcase.
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I want you to sit beside me.
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MALE: This is no joke.
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There's a bomb in here.
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FLORENCE SHAFTNER: I saw a
big battery with six dynamite
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sticks wrapped
around the battery.
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And he said to me,
all I have to do
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is attach this wire to this
gadget here and we all be dead.
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She saw the bomb so
we know it's for real.
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NARRATOR: Florence went to
cockpit to inform the crew
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about Cooper and his threat.
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Can you handle it?
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Yeah.
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Tina, he's the
guy of very back.
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He's all dressed in black.
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FLORENCE SHAFTNER: We were
very, very scared to death.
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All of us were.
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I was thinking about dying.
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That's all I thought.
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I was also thinking I'll
never see my parents,
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my brothers and sisters.
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Scottie, we call headquarters?
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Yes, Mel, go ahead
and call headquarters.
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NARRATOR: The flight
crew immediately
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notified air traffic
control about the hijacking.
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Radio five.
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We have a hijack in progress.
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NARRATOR: They, in
turn, contacted the FBI.
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OK, I gave the
captain your demands.
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Did you tell him
$200,000 cash small bills?
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- Yes, I told him small bills.
- Four parachutes?
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RALPH HIMMELSBACH: He wanted
$200,000 in cash in a knapsack.
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And four parachutes.
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Identified the
parachutes as two front
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packed parachutes
and two backpacks.
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And he specified that the
airliner remain in the air
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until the money
and the parachutes
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were ready at Seattle.
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He also specified that
the other passengers not
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be told that the airplane
was being hijacked.
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Can I get you
something to drink?
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NARRATOR: The flight crew
proceeded as if nothing
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was out of the ordinary.
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Drinks were served.
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Cooper ordered two
bourbon and waters.
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RALPH HIMMELSBACH: The FBI asked
the airline what their approach
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to the hijacking
was going to be,
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that is, did they wish
to pay the ransom?
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This is an option that the
victim of an extortion has,
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rather than law enforcement.
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And they responded instantly,
they wish to pay the ransom.
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And so, the FBI at Seattle
set about assisting
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and obtaining the money.
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NARRATOR: Each bill
was photographed
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and the serial numbers recorded.
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Cooper also insisted the
plane be immediately refueled
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upon landing in Seattle.
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No passengers were to
be released until all
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of his demands were met.
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Flight trail five,
Seattle-Tacoma,
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we've just been
informed the money
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and the chutes have arrived.
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RALPH HIMMELSBACH: The hijacker
instructed that they land,
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but that they stay on the
runway, rather than to taxi
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up to the terminal.
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[inaudible] checks?
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Check.
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Drop check here.
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NARRATOR: At 5:43 PM, flight 305
landed at the Seattle airport.
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The plane taxied in and parked
in a remote area of a field.
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RALPH HIMMELSBACH: The
money and the parachutes
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were bought by an FBI
agent to the airplane.
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They were carried on board
by the flight attendant.
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There were 10,000 $20
bills assembled in straps
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of 100 bills to a strap.
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And individual straps held
together with rubber bands.
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The money alone, just the
currency, weighed 21 pounds.
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NARRATOR: Four parachutes
were delivered,
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but the authorities
and the skyjacker
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were unaware that one of the
parachutes was defective.
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It would not open under
any circumstances.
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All right, that's two.
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Where's the other two?
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They're right out back.
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Get them up here.
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NARRATOR: Both the
flight group and the FBI
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were worried that Cooper would
use the four parachutes to take
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hostages along with him.
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But the passengers on board are
oblivious to what was going on.
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Though annoyed at the
delay, they remained calm.
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Unaware of the drama
surrounding them.
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RALPH HIMMELSBACH:
During the time
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the airliner was on
the ground at Seattle,
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there were FBI agents
with scoped rifles
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who were prepared if the
indications were present that
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required it to take him off.
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FLORENCE SHAFTNER: He
was very, very uptight.
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Suspicious.
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He said to us to
pull down the shade.
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Every shade must be down
so I did and Tina did.
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WILLIAM SCOTT: They seemed to
be having trouble with getting
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fuel on the aircraft.
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And we thought well,
maybe they're delaying it.
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And we said we don't
want any delay.
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And at this time,
the hijacker seemed
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to be getting real shook up.
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So we told them on
the ground, if you're
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trying to delay us with any
of these kind of tactics,
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let's get with it
and get the fuel on,
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which they finally did.
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FEMALE: We apologize--
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NARRATOR: Finally,
the passengers
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were allowed to deplane.
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But Cooper demand that
the flight crew and one
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flight attendant stay onboard.
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The copilot said, you
better get the hell out now.
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So I left went out Tina.
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And that's when he decided to
keep her because he was getting
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suspicious at everything.
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NARRATOR: The passengers
are met by FBI agents.
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Only then did they
realize that their lives
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had been in mortal danger.
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When de-briefed, they could
remember nothing about the man
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with the attache case.
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All right, listen up, captain.
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NARRATOR: Cooper
ordered the pilot
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to fly from Seattle to Mexico
City at a height of 10,000 feet
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and a speed of 200
miles per hour.
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Under these
conditions, a 727 would
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have to refuel along the way.
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Cooper agreed to stop and
refuel in Reno, Nevada.
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He then made an unusual request.
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And I want the
back stairwell down.
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MALE: We're checking with the--
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RALPH HIMMELSBACH:
The pilot explained
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that he wasn't able to take
off with that door open.
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And they argued back and
forth and finally, the pilot
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said he just couldn't
fly the airplane
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and wasn't going to try.
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And the hijacker
consented for the door
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to be closed for
takeoff, which it was.
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NARRATOR: At 7:37 PM,
Flight 305 took off.
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The Seattle control tower
alerted all other aircraft
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in the area to remain clear so
the 727 had the sky to itself.
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The weather had deteriorated
and a storm front directly
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in the plane's flight path.
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I want you to get up
there with your fly--
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RALPH HIMMELSBACH: He told her
to go back into the cockpit
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and to close the curtain
between the coach
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and the first class cabins.
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And as she turned around
to close the curtains
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she said she saw him tying
something to his waist
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with what she thought was rope.
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But later in the
cockpit, the light
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flashed indicating
that the hijacker was
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attempting to operate the door.
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At 8:12, the pilot told us
that they were experiencing
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a rapid change in the
air pressure, reflected
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in a ear's popping experience.
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NARRATOR: Somewhere over the
forest of Southern Washington
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state, Cooper jumped.
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He has never been seen since.
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Since DB Cooper's
hijacking, all 727s have been
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modified so that
the rear door cannot
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be opened during a flight.
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When we return, we'll
reveal an important new clue
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to the identity of DB Cooper.
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[unsolved mysteries theme music]
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No one can be certain
that DB Cooper survived
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his jump from 10,000 feet.
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In the aircraft, he left no
identifiable fingerprints.
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No personal items.
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No clue to his identity.
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DB Cooper seems to have vanished
from the face of the earth.
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NARRATOR: Upon landing in Reno,
Nevada, every inch of the 727
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was scrutinized for clues as
to DB Cooper's real identity.
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The flight attendants who
had seen Cooper up close
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created a composite
drawing of his face.
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Flight 305 flew along this
path on his way to Reno.
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The crew felt that
Cooper had jumped
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somewhere near the southern
tip of Washington state.
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For that reason, it was believed
that Cooper would be found
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in this area bordered by
Lake Merwyn to the north
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and ending 20 miles north
of Portland, Oregon.
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No matter where Cooper
landed, Frank Howe believes
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he could have survived.
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Let's say he went
down in the water.
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You've got to know how
to manage that parachute.
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You can use it for
some flotation.
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Now, his life
expectancy is not going
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to be very long in that water.
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It's cold and you have
to think of the time
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of the year it was in.
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So he had probably very, very
few minutes to get on shore.
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But I think he could
have done this.
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NARRATOR: A large white
object had been reported
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floating in Lake Merwyn.
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Divers repeatedly explored
its depths but found nothing.
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My feeling is he would
have been hurt regardless
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of what he landed into.
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I think that Cooper most
likely crawled to a creek.
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He didn't have any
water supplies.
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Didn't bring any along
with him and he would have
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had to have water to survive.
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So I assume he made his
way to a little creek
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and perished there.
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NARRATOR: Some feel
that Cooper could not
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have survived in
that rugged terrain,
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rest only in a business suit.
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FRANK HOWE: We don't know
what he wore under the suit.
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Could have had a long
underwear on, which
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he certainly should have had.
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And what he had
in his pockets may
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have been the most
important thing
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because this would've given
him the tools of survival.
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As long as a man's got a
knife, a cigarette lighter,
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the clothes on his
back, he could have
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lived indefinitely out there.
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Could do it.
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It's possible.
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I think he buried the chute.
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I think he probably
buried the briefcase.
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He got rid of that.
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I think he probably put
the money in his coat
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and I think he headed
for a big city someplace
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and lost himself.
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[music playing]
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NARRATOR: The
search for DB Cooper
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continued, but no new
clues were discovered.
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Seven years passed.
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Then in November
of 1978, a hunter
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deep in the Washington
forest, discovered
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a plastic placard from a 727.
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It had been ripped from a
lower stairwell of flight 305.
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15 Months later, an even more
dramatic discovery was made.
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Can you run up there and just
clear a spot off for a fire?
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NARRATOR: On February
10, 1980, a family
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was preparing a barbecue on the
shore of the Columbia River.
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165 miles south of
Seattle and 20 miles
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southwest of Cooper's
supposed jump point.
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They planned on digging a fire
pit, but dug up something else.
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The bills totaling $5,880 were
water logged and deteriorated.
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RALPH HIMMELSBACH: There
were 294 bills found.
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And all of those serial
numbers are on the ransom list
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so that money is
definitely, positively
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identified as having come from
that particular ransom money.
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Money was found.
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If they had found $200,000 I'd
had said, hey, it's all over.
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He's out there.
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He's dead.
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Now we've got some real proof,
but they did not find $200,000.
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Where's the rest of the money?
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That's what I want to know.
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He risked his life
to hijack the airliner.
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He didn't get to
spend the money.
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He may have lost his life.
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Now I don't know that
he lost his life,
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but I think there's a very
good chance that he did.
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None of the money,
not one bill, has
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ever turned up in circulation.
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NARRATOR: Could DB
Cooper have struck again?
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Only five months after Cooper's
flight in April of 1972,
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a half million was extorted
from another airline
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by another skyjacker.
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The crime was remarkably similar
to the Cooper skyjacking.
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His name was Richard McCoy, a
former Green Beret skydiver.
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He was sentenced to 45
years for air piracy,
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but escaped and was tracked
down and killed in a gun battle
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with the FBI.
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Due to the resemblance
between their pictures,
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some believe that DB Cooper and
Richard McCoy are the same man.
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Florence Shaftner, however,
believes the composite
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of Cooper may be inaccurate.
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FLORENCE SHAFTNER: The composite
never really looked like him.
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The hair does not look like him.
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The face does not look like him.
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I've added a little
bit of eyelid up here--
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NARRATOR: At the request of
"Unsolved Mysteries," Florence
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worked with Malin
Coleman, a forensic artist
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from the Los Angeles County
Sheriff's Department.
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Together they created a
new portrait of DB Cooper.
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Wide forehead.
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FLORENCE SHAFTNER: It's
still strong in my mind.
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OK, narrow face.
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I remember everything.
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The color of his eyes.
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the color of his eyebrows,
and his features.
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What do you think of that?
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FLORENCE SHAFTNER: Yeah.
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That's it.
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[unsolved mysteries theme music]
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NARRATOR: Last May, be examined
the case of Diane Brodbeck,
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a Pennsylvania
housewife and mother
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of two, whose
charity work led her
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to exchange letters
of friendship
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with convicted killer Jon Yount.
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Yount, a former high
school math teacher,
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was sentenced to life
in prison in 1966
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for the brutal murder
of a teenage girl.
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Brodbeck and Yount's friendship
gradually grew into a romance.
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On April 5, 1986, Jon
Yount escaped from prison.
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And on the same day, Diane
Brodbeck disappeared.
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I know my daughter.
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She would not deliberately
help a convicted
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murderer escape from prison.
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Yes, I think my
wife probably did
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help Jon Yount get out of jail.
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Under pressure, for what
reason, I don't know.
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[music playing]
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NARRATOR: Update.
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Jon Yount and Diane
Brodbeck have been captured.
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Two of our viewers
in Boise, Idaho
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recognized Brodbeck as a
former coworker, Kathy Kerman.
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When they showed the picture,
it was Kathy's face, obviously.
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And once they said
she was a bank manager
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and was from
Massachusetts and they
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said that Jon's background
was in computers,
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it was a dead giveaway.
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NARRATOR: The Humphrey's
called the FBI
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and after a month
long investigation,
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the fugitive couple was
arrested at their home.
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[unsolved mysteries theme music]
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NARRATOR: In the pre-dawn
hours of August 23, 1987,
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a 75 car, 6,000 ton cargo
train made its regular night
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run to Little Rock, Arkansas.
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The train was over a mile long
and was traveling at a speed
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of 52 miles per hour.
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So far the run had
been clear sailing
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as engineer Steven Shroyer
approached the small town
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of Bryant, Arkansas.
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[train horns]
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00:20:30,162 --> 00:20:32,531
There's something on the
rail out there, you see that?
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00:20:32,531 --> 00:20:35,401
See what it is?
403
00:20:35,401 --> 00:20:38,337
NARRATOR: Certainly, Shroyer
saw something in his path.
404
00:20:38,337 --> 00:20:40,439
He couldn't tell what it was.
405
00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:41,640
As his train drew closer--
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00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:43,175
Yeah, it's a couple of bodies.
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NARRATOR: He made the
horrifying discovery
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that two boys were
lying motionless
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across the railroad tracks.
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STEPHEN SHROYER: From the time
that we had placed the train
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00:20:54,553 --> 00:20:59,625
into an emergency position
and laid down on the horn,
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I would estimate about three
to five seconds to impact.
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And that may not sound like
a very long period of time,
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but when you're bearing
down a couple of children,
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it's an eternity, honestly.
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[train horns]
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NARRATOR: Despite the engineer's
frantic emergency stop,
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the weight of the
heavy cargo train
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carried it for a full half mile.
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The boys bodies were
terribly mangled.
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The two boys were identified
as 16-year-old Don Henry
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and 17-year-old Kevin Ives.
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Best friends and popular
seniors at the Bryant,
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Arkansas high school.
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It is extraordinary that
Kevin and Don lay on the tracks
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without moving a muscle,
when a huge freight
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train was hurtling towards them
blaring its emergency horn.
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The state medical examiner
said the boys had been
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under the influence
of marijuana and he
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ruled the deaths accidental.
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00:21:58,684 --> 00:22:01,887
Don and Kevin's parents
could not accept that ruling.
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They began a crusade to find
out what really happened.
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And to salvage the
reputation of their sons.
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Well, I couldn't believe
that Kevin was knocked out
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00:22:17,469 --> 00:22:21,207
on marijuana or into any kind
of a heavy drugs or anything
436
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like that because I was
home a lot during the day
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when Kevin come in from school.
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And Linda was here at nights.
439
00:22:27,279 --> 00:22:29,215
And we'd never
seen him in a state
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that he even act like
he was spaced out
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or however you
want to phrase it.
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I just couldn't see
any signs that he was
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into any kind of heavy drugs.
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Or any kind of--
really, drugs at all.
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NARRATOR: Kevin and Don were
both typical teenage boys.
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They loved to work
on their cars.
447
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They loved to hunt.
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00:22:49,568 --> 00:22:54,106
Don was a natural comedian and
Kevin was his best audience.
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Most weekends the
two double dated.
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However, on the night of
Saturday, August 22, 1987,
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Kevin and Don met
a group of friends
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at the outskirts of Little
Rock at a favorite gathering
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place for the local teenagers.
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The two boys left
around midnight
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to go back to Don's house.
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Kevin waited on the
porch while Don went
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inside to talk to his father.
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And he gave me in
approximately 12:15.
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Came in the bedroom.
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Told me where he was going
and everything, you know.
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I told him just be careful.
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And he took one of my
spotlights with him.
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Took he is .22.
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And we talked for approximately
15 minutes before he left.
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You ready?
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Let's go.
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NARRATOR: The two
boys set off to go
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spotlighting, a form
of night hunting
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which is illegal in Arkansas.
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One of them would shine a
light in the animal's eyes,
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transfixing the prey
while the other fired.
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Spotlighting was a
fairly widespread
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activity among the local boys.
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So far, Kevin and Don
had avoided being caught.
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That night the boys
chose their usual hunting
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ground, along the
railroad tracks
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that ran behind Don's house.
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CURTIS HENRY: I never was
even concerned, you know,
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worried about him when he
was in the woods, hunting.
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Because I didn't--
I realized you
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could get in trouble hunting.
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NARRATOR: It was almost
1 o'clock in the morning.
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Three hours later, Stephen
Shroyer's locomotive
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came speeding down Bryant Hill.
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When we were about
six poles away from it,
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my conductor yelled out big-o.
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I immediately
recognized what we saw.
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[TRAIN HORNS AND TIRES
SCREECHING]
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It looked like a body morgue.
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They were just laid out.
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NARRATOR: The boys were lying
exactly parallel on the tracks.
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Their arms straight
down by their sides.
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They were partially covered
by a light green tarp.
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Lying parallel to both of
them was Don's .22 rifle.
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Neither boy was moving.
496
00:25:27,326 --> 00:25:30,763
I started laying down
on the diesel horn.
497
00:25:30,763 --> 00:25:32,898
And I got no reaction.
498
00:25:32,898 --> 00:25:34,233
Not at all.
499
00:25:34,233 --> 00:25:37,069
Not so much as a flinch.
500
00:25:37,069 --> 00:25:45,110
And the-- we just
passed over them.
501
00:25:47,780 --> 00:25:50,115
NARRATOR: What had caused
the two boys to lie side
502
00:25:50,115 --> 00:25:52,384
by side on the railroad tracks?
503
00:25:52,384 --> 00:25:54,319
The state medical
examiner concluded
504
00:25:54,319 --> 00:25:58,390
they had smoked the equivalent
of 20 marijuana cigarettes.
505
00:25:58,390 --> 00:26:01,393
He determined that Kevin and
Don had been in a deep sleep
506
00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:03,128
induced by the drug.
507
00:26:03,128 --> 00:26:06,698
And had never heard
the oncoming train.
508
00:26:06,698 --> 00:26:09,334
He ruled their
death an accident.
509
00:26:09,334 --> 00:26:11,103
Don and Kevin's
parents would not
510
00:26:11,103 --> 00:26:14,406
accept the medical
examiner's conclusion.
511
00:26:14,406 --> 00:26:15,707
LINDA IVES: If they
were that stoned,
512
00:26:15,707 --> 00:26:18,777
how did they lie down
in identical positions?
513
00:26:18,777 --> 00:26:23,148
That was my immediate
reaction to his ruling.
514
00:26:23,148 --> 00:26:24,349
We checked the
train and it was
515
00:26:24,349 --> 00:26:27,986
98 decibels, which is
equal to a jackhammer,
516
00:26:27,986 --> 00:26:29,888
an air compressor running.
517
00:26:29,888 --> 00:26:33,225
I don't think that
no one can sleep
518
00:26:33,225 --> 00:26:36,962
through that kind of noise.
519
00:26:36,962 --> 00:26:40,332
And another thing,
too, my son's gun,
520
00:26:40,332 --> 00:26:42,734
it was laying on the gravel.
521
00:26:42,734 --> 00:26:44,136
I know my son too well.
522
00:26:44,136 --> 00:26:45,938
He would not lay it on gravel.
523
00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:50,108
He wouldn't take a chance on
the wood getting scratched.
524
00:26:50,108 --> 00:26:52,811
LARRY IVES: We hired a
private investigator to try
525
00:26:52,811 --> 00:26:54,847
to find out what happened.
526
00:26:54,847 --> 00:26:57,416
Every time he would try
to find out something,
527
00:26:57,416 --> 00:27:00,052
it seemed like he
would meet resistance
528
00:27:00,052 --> 00:27:02,888
from different authorities
and everything.
529
00:27:02,888 --> 00:27:05,958
And we weren't getting anywhere.
530
00:27:05,958 --> 00:27:08,427
NARRATOR: Five months after
their sons were killed,
531
00:27:08,427 --> 00:27:11,330
Don and Kevin's parents
held a press conference.
532
00:27:11,330 --> 00:27:12,931
They hoped to force
the authorities
533
00:27:12,931 --> 00:27:15,167
to reopen the investigation.
534
00:27:15,167 --> 00:27:16,635
Would you like
to give up your son
535
00:27:16,635 --> 00:27:20,339
and everybody think they was
smoking up and laid down--
536
00:27:20,339 --> 00:27:22,007
passed out.
537
00:27:22,007 --> 00:27:24,543
No, I don't think anyone
wants to give up their kid
538
00:27:24,543 --> 00:27:29,047
unless that is honestly
proved to be the truth.
539
00:27:29,047 --> 00:27:30,182
then you have to except it.
540
00:27:30,182 --> 00:27:33,452
At this point, it has
not been proved to us.
541
00:27:33,452 --> 00:27:35,254
NARRATOR: The day after
their press conference,
542
00:27:35,254 --> 00:27:38,957
the investigation was
officially reopened.
543
00:27:38,957 --> 00:27:41,093
Newly appointed prosecutor,
Richard Garrett,
544
00:27:41,093 --> 00:27:43,896
had the boys bodies exhumed
for a second autopsy
545
00:27:43,896 --> 00:27:46,999
to be performed
by a noted expert.
546
00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:49,568
This doctor concluded
that together,
547
00:27:49,568 --> 00:27:52,771
the boys had smoked
not 20, but between 1
548
00:27:52,771 --> 00:27:55,274
and 3 marijuana cigarettes.
549
00:27:55,274 --> 00:27:57,009
He also found
evidence to indicate
550
00:27:57,009 --> 00:28:01,113
that one boy was already
dead and one unconscious
551
00:28:01,113 --> 00:28:04,316
when the train hit them.
552
00:28:04,316 --> 00:28:08,487
In July of 1988, a grand jury
reversed the medical examiner's
553
00:28:08,487 --> 00:28:11,089
original finding
of accidental death
554
00:28:11,089 --> 00:28:16,028
and officially ruled the boy's
deaths probable homicides.
555
00:28:16,028 --> 00:28:19,731
Prosecutor Garrett then
focused on the green tarp.
556
00:28:19,731 --> 00:28:22,034
Neither boy owned such a tarp.
557
00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:25,437
Who had covered them
with it and why?
558
00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:28,740
All four of the people on the
train who were able to observe
559
00:28:28,740 --> 00:28:33,045
the scene prior to
the accident, stated
560
00:28:33,045 --> 00:28:36,515
that the boys were partially
covered by a green tarp.
561
00:28:36,515 --> 00:28:37,482
See what you can find.
562
00:28:37,482 --> 00:28:38,584
I'll go ahead and call it in.
563
00:28:38,584 --> 00:28:39,985
NARRATOR: Police who
searched the scene later
564
00:28:39,985 --> 00:28:44,256
denied that engineer Shroyer had
even told them about the tarp.
565
00:28:44,256 --> 00:28:46,358
STEPHEN SHROYER: They even
questioned its existence.
566
00:28:46,358 --> 00:28:48,727
That, to me, would be like
questioning the existence
567
00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:50,529
of the boys on the track.
568
00:28:50,529 --> 00:28:51,964
They were covered
up with a tarp.
569
00:28:51,964 --> 00:28:53,432
STEPHEN SHROYER: Because
what's real is real
570
00:28:53,432 --> 00:28:54,566
and what's not is not.
571
00:28:54,566 --> 00:28:58,670
And it was there as
well as the boys.
572
00:28:58,670 --> 00:29:00,772
RICHARD GARRETT: I can
understand two people laying
573
00:29:00,772 --> 00:29:02,007
down on a railroad track.
574
00:29:02,007 --> 00:29:03,542
I can understand two people
laying down and covering
575
00:29:03,542 --> 00:29:04,843
themselves up with a tarp.
576
00:29:04,843 --> 00:29:07,412
Where would the tarp come from?
577
00:29:07,412 --> 00:29:10,949
I am convinced that
the tarp existed.
578
00:29:10,949 --> 00:29:13,251
The tarp, however,
was never found.
579
00:29:13,251 --> 00:29:15,487
[music playing]
580
00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:17,956
NARRATOR: The
ensuing investigation
581
00:29:17,956 --> 00:29:20,492
unearthed an intriguing lead.
582
00:29:20,492 --> 00:29:22,761
One week before the
boys were killed,
583
00:29:22,761 --> 00:29:24,696
a man wearing
military fatigues had
584
00:29:24,696 --> 00:29:26,832
been spotted in the vicinity.
585
00:29:26,832 --> 00:29:29,301
His behavior had
aroused suspicion.
586
00:29:29,301 --> 00:29:32,504
When Police Officer Danny
Allen stopped to question him,
587
00:29:32,504 --> 00:29:36,141
the man opened fire.
588
00:29:36,141 --> 00:29:38,877
DANNY ALLEN: When I got up from
the seat, the subject was gone.
589
00:29:38,877 --> 00:29:42,214
And five minutes later,
Celine County showed up
590
00:29:42,214 --> 00:29:47,185
and we searched the area
and never found a subject.
591
00:29:47,185 --> 00:29:49,321
NARRATOR: On the night
Kevin and Don died,
592
00:29:49,321 --> 00:29:51,256
witnesses, again,
reported seeing
593
00:29:51,256 --> 00:29:53,492
a man in military fatigues.
594
00:29:53,492 --> 00:29:56,728
This time, he was leaving
town, heading down a road
595
00:29:56,728 --> 00:29:58,930
less than 200 yards
from the spot where
596
00:29:58,930 --> 00:30:01,366
the boys bodies were run over.
597
00:30:01,366 --> 00:30:03,702
Police had been
unable to locate him.
598
00:30:07,205 --> 00:30:10,175
Six weeks after the
investigation was reopened,
599
00:30:10,175 --> 00:30:13,445
Richard Garrett came up with
a strangely similar case.
600
00:30:13,445 --> 00:30:17,315
In Hogden, Oklahoma, just 200
miles west of Little Rock,
601
00:30:17,315 --> 00:30:20,686
two young men lying together
on the railroad tracks
602
00:30:20,686 --> 00:30:24,189
had been run over by
a locomotive in 1984.
603
00:30:24,189 --> 00:30:26,625
They were lying
motionless on the tracks,
604
00:30:26,625 --> 00:30:30,662
in a position nearly
identical to Kevin and Don's.
605
00:30:30,662 --> 00:30:32,464
[train horn]
606
00:30:33,498 --> 00:30:35,300
[music playing]
607
00:30:36,802 --> 00:30:40,172
RICHARD GARRETT: I think that
someone took these boys' lives.
608
00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:42,607
They incapacitated
one of the boys
609
00:30:42,607 --> 00:30:45,977
and then, felt like they had to
do something to the other one.
610
00:30:45,977 --> 00:30:47,479
And then to cover
their tracks, laid
611
00:30:47,479 --> 00:30:49,281
the boys on the railroad
track and covered them up
612
00:30:49,281 --> 00:30:51,183
with a tarp.
613
00:30:51,183 --> 00:30:54,553
The reason why they
did that, I'm not sure.
614
00:30:54,553 --> 00:30:57,956
What I'm hunting for is
the reason why they did it.
615
00:30:57,956 --> 00:31:00,325
I've never carried
a gun in my life.
616
00:31:00,325 --> 00:31:05,597
But since we've started
working on this thing,
617
00:31:05,597 --> 00:31:08,767
I am carrying a gun.
618
00:31:08,767 --> 00:31:13,305
Because I do feel like that
my life could be in danger
619
00:31:13,305 --> 00:31:14,106
at some point in time.
620
00:31:16,775 --> 00:31:20,145
Whatever it takes,
however long it takes.
621
00:31:20,145 --> 00:31:23,381
As long as there is
anything to investigate,
622
00:31:23,381 --> 00:31:30,288
as long as there's anything
to work on, we'll do it.
623
00:31:30,288 --> 00:31:33,158
[music playing]
624
00:31:33,158 --> 00:31:37,095
Hundreds of times, I've
been out there day and night.
625
00:31:37,095 --> 00:31:41,967
Just trying to get it in my
mind of what could have happened
626
00:31:41,967 --> 00:31:44,236
or what did happened.
627
00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:46,071
I've been out there
at night to see
628
00:31:46,071 --> 00:31:47,405
how far you can see the train.
629
00:31:47,405 --> 00:31:48,607
How far you can hear the train.
630
00:31:48,607 --> 00:31:51,143
How loud is the train.
631
00:31:51,143 --> 00:31:54,913
I basically, think
that they walked up
632
00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:58,884
on something that they
was not supposed to see.
633
00:31:58,884 --> 00:32:03,455
They was at the wrong
place at the wrong time.
634
00:32:03,455 --> 00:32:08,927
I know in my own mind
that they was murdered.
635
00:32:08,927 --> 00:32:09,795
And put there.
636
00:32:19,104 --> 00:32:20,806
Since we filmed
this story, Don
637
00:32:20,806 --> 00:32:22,541
Henry's t-shirt
has been analyzed
638
00:32:22,541 --> 00:32:24,943
by an expert pathologist.
639
00:32:24,943 --> 00:32:26,578
Tears in the fabric
indicate that Don
640
00:32:26,578 --> 00:32:30,448
had been stabbed before he
was run over by the train.
641
00:32:30,448 --> 00:32:32,350
In light of this new
evidence, the grand jury
642
00:32:32,350 --> 00:32:36,154
changed its ruling from probable
homicide to definite homicide.
643
00:32:36,154 --> 00:32:37,455
[music playing]
644
00:32:37,455 --> 00:32:41,359
Next, a curious footnote
to the legend of Babe Ruth.
645
00:32:41,359 --> 00:32:44,830
His uniform, long displayed as
a priceless sports treasure,
646
00:32:44,830 --> 00:32:46,231
has been stolen.
647
00:32:46,231 --> 00:32:51,570
Along with other sports
memorabilia worth $8 million.
648
00:32:51,570 --> 00:32:53,905
[unsolved mysteries theme music]
649
00:33:00,846 --> 00:33:05,483
NARRATOR: In 1927, legendary
Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs.
650
00:33:05,483 --> 00:33:08,420
The record has stood
for over 30 years.
651
00:33:08,420 --> 00:33:14,359
Today, his 1927 World Series
ring is valued at $50,000.
652
00:33:14,359 --> 00:33:17,295
It has disappeared.
653
00:33:17,295 --> 00:33:20,732
In 1956, Mickey
Mantle had the most
654
00:33:20,732 --> 00:33:22,701
home runs and the
best batting average
655
00:33:22,701 --> 00:33:24,636
of any player in the game.
656
00:33:24,636 --> 00:33:27,072
Today, Mantle's
1956 World Series
657
00:33:27,072 --> 00:33:30,175
uniform is valued at $15,000.
658
00:33:30,175 --> 00:33:31,576
It has disappeared.
659
00:33:34,279 --> 00:33:36,915
Pete Rose, a hometown
boy from Cincinnati,
660
00:33:36,915 --> 00:33:40,785
has more hits than any player
in the history of the game.
661
00:33:40,785 --> 00:33:43,855
Rose's silver bat
is worth $30,000.
662
00:33:43,855 --> 00:33:49,227
It, too, has disappeared.
663
00:33:49,227 --> 00:33:51,396
At conventions
across the country,
664
00:33:51,396 --> 00:33:54,399
millions of avid collectors
have made baseball memorabilia
665
00:33:54,399 --> 00:33:57,235
a multimillion dollar business.
666
00:33:57,235 --> 00:34:00,839
One of the most ardent of these
collectors was Dennis Walker.
667
00:34:00,839 --> 00:34:03,041
He amassed a trove
of sports memorabilia
668
00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:06,411
valued at nearly $10 million.
669
00:34:06,411 --> 00:34:11,917
Today, this irreplaceable
collection is missing.
670
00:34:11,917 --> 00:34:15,020
Among the items in
Dennis Walker's collection
671
00:34:15,020 --> 00:34:18,956
are Babe Ruth's ring,
Mickey Mantle's uniform,
672
00:34:18,956 --> 00:34:21,558
Pete Rose's silver
bat, and hundreds
673
00:34:21,559 --> 00:34:24,362
of priceless sports treasures.
674
00:34:24,362 --> 00:34:29,567
Number three, the classic
New York Yankees pinstripe.
675
00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:32,469
Sadly, this uniform
is only a prop.
676
00:34:32,469 --> 00:34:35,072
Babe Ruth's real uniform,
along with most of Walker's
677
00:34:35,072 --> 00:34:37,474
collection, is missing.
678
00:34:37,475 --> 00:34:40,578
America's national pastime has
been robbed of a major portion
679
00:34:40,578 --> 00:34:41,947
of its history.
680
00:34:41,947 --> 00:34:48,085
And someone watching tonight
may be able to help find it.
681
00:34:48,085 --> 00:34:50,454
NARRATOR: In June of
1980, Dennis Walker
682
00:34:50,455 --> 00:34:53,558
quit his job teaching political
science at a small Oregon
683
00:34:53,558 --> 00:34:56,895
college and set up an investment
company in his hometown
684
00:34:56,895 --> 00:34:59,197
of Medford, Oregon.
685
00:34:59,197 --> 00:35:01,700
He concocted grandiose
investment schemes
686
00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:06,171
and opened his own bank on the
South Pacific Island of Tonga.
687
00:35:06,171 --> 00:35:10,141
Walker offered an amazing
25% rate of interest.
688
00:35:10,141 --> 00:35:13,645
And indeed, paid off early
investors on schedule.
689
00:35:13,645 --> 00:35:17,782
More than 140 people gave
Walker better than $7 million
690
00:35:17,782 --> 00:35:20,452
to invest.
691
00:35:20,452 --> 00:35:22,988
SGT. MICHAEL SWEENY:
He had the Midas touch.
692
00:35:22,988 --> 00:35:24,055
And word spread.
693
00:35:24,055 --> 00:35:28,760
Because if somebody
says give me $10,000
694
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:32,597
and I will give you
$12,500 right now,
695
00:35:32,597 --> 00:35:36,534
that sounds like one
whale of an investment.
696
00:35:36,534 --> 00:35:38,703
The only thing was
is that he didn't
697
00:35:38,703 --> 00:35:40,505
actually give them $12,500.
698
00:35:40,505 --> 00:35:43,575
He gave them a piece of
paper saying that he owed
699
00:35:43,575 --> 00:35:48,213
them $12,500 one year from now.
700
00:35:48,213 --> 00:35:50,382
Dennis, I have a few
things I'd like you to sign.
701
00:35:50,382 --> 00:35:51,950
NARRATOR: Dennis
Walker's employees
702
00:35:51,950 --> 00:35:54,119
also invested with him.
703
00:35:54,119 --> 00:35:58,556
PEGGY STEWART: He seemed to
be an astute business person.
704
00:35:58,556 --> 00:36:00,625
Seemed to be very intelligent.
705
00:36:00,625 --> 00:36:02,060
And seemed to be very fair.
706
00:36:05,497 --> 00:36:08,033
I was an investor.
707
00:36:08,033 --> 00:36:11,002
And I had a considerable
amount of money with Dennis.
708
00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:12,270
We all trusted Dennis.
709
00:36:12,270 --> 00:36:15,473
I believe that every
one of the employees
710
00:36:15,473 --> 00:36:17,042
had money invested with Dennis.
711
00:36:20,345 --> 00:36:23,882
NARRATOR: Walker had always
been an avid baseball fan.
712
00:36:23,882 --> 00:36:26,384
With his newly accumulated
investor's money,
713
00:36:26,384 --> 00:36:29,287
he bought rare and expensive
sports memorabilia.
714
00:36:29,287 --> 00:36:31,456
Oh, I just came in to see if
you had anything new to show me
715
00:36:31,456 --> 00:36:32,590
today.
716
00:36:32,590 --> 00:36:34,492
Oh, yeah, I got some
new Mickey Mantle cards.
717
00:36:34,492 --> 00:36:37,195
NARRATOR: It was as if he were
acting out a childhood fantasy.
718
00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:38,430
That's his rookie
year, isn't it?
719
00:36:38,430 --> 00:36:39,531
Yeah.
720
00:36:39,531 --> 00:36:40,932
JIM MCLAUGHLIN: The
first thing that Walker
721
00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:44,936
did was he spent a great deal
of money on sports memorabilia.
722
00:36:44,936 --> 00:36:47,705
$995.
723
00:36:47,705 --> 00:36:49,340
What about that Willie Mays?
724
00:36:49,340 --> 00:36:50,642
Sure of an eye for them.
725
00:36:50,642 --> 00:36:53,545
$225.
726
00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:55,547
They are some nice cards.
727
00:36:55,547 --> 00:36:57,449
JIM MCLAUGHLIN:
Walker had a passion
728
00:36:57,449 --> 00:36:59,784
for sports collectibles.
729
00:36:59,784 --> 00:37:04,322
And he freely indulged in
with the investors' money.
730
00:37:04,322 --> 00:37:06,458
To some degree, I felt that
that was somewhat comforting.
731
00:37:06,458 --> 00:37:09,928
Because we had anywhere
from five to, perhaps,
732
00:37:09,928 --> 00:37:13,798
$22 million worth
of collectibles.
733
00:37:13,798 --> 00:37:17,702
Obviously, that's a rather
large amount of assets
734
00:37:17,702 --> 00:37:21,639
so the investors
weren't too concerned.
735
00:37:21,639 --> 00:37:24,743
NARRATOR: Walker soon graduated
from $1,000 baseball cards
736
00:37:24,743 --> 00:37:27,145
to the really
major collectibles.
737
00:37:27,145 --> 00:37:30,315
He built one of the most prized
collections in the country.
738
00:37:30,315 --> 00:37:35,086
Major league batting
champion 1981, 370 average.
739
00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:36,654
It'd be an absolute
steal if I'd sell you
740
00:37:36,654 --> 00:37:38,690
this whole package at $12,000.
741
00:37:38,690 --> 00:37:39,591
$12,000?
742
00:37:39,591 --> 00:37:41,126
That's right.
743
00:37:41,126 --> 00:37:42,694
NARRATOR: Walker leased
an empty bank building
744
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in Medford, Oregon and
opened his very own Sports
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00:37:45,797 --> 00:37:47,799
Hall of Fame.
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Pete Rose was Walker's special
guest at the grand opening
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00:37:50,902 --> 00:37:52,871
of his hall of fame.
748
00:37:52,871 --> 00:37:55,673
Walker had bought several
pieces of memorabilia from Rose
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00:37:55,673 --> 00:37:57,542
personally.
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00:37:57,542 --> 00:38:00,545
He displayed them elaborately
among his vast collection
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00:38:00,545 --> 00:38:04,182
which spanned nine
decades of sports history.
752
00:38:04,182 --> 00:38:05,917
Some of the most
prized items were
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00:38:05,917 --> 00:38:08,820
a pristine, uncut
sheet of baseball cards
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00:38:08,820 --> 00:38:14,092
from the year 1933
worth $10,000.
755
00:38:14,092 --> 00:38:18,096
Two Honus Wagner baseball
cards from the year 1910
756
00:38:18,096 --> 00:38:22,500
valued at an incredible $70,000.
757
00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:26,571
A diamond studded ring
awarded to Pete Rose 1984,
758
00:38:26,571 --> 00:38:32,410
the year he achieved 4,000
hits, valued at $30,000.
759
00:38:32,410 --> 00:38:35,813
And finally, a New
York Yankees uniform
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00:38:35,813 --> 00:38:37,148
worn by the great Babe Ruth.
761
00:38:41,386 --> 00:38:44,656
In 1986, the Medford
police obtained a warrant
762
00:38:44,656 --> 00:38:46,824
and searched Walker's office.
763
00:38:46,824 --> 00:38:49,294
The state of Oregon had
been watching him for a year
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00:38:49,294 --> 00:38:52,630
and had filed suit, charging
him with fraud and racketeering.
765
00:38:55,533 --> 00:38:57,135
The search yielded
enough evidence
766
00:38:57,135 --> 00:38:59,637
to prosecute Walker
for the illegal sale
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00:38:59,637 --> 00:39:01,239
of unregistered securities.
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00:39:04,309 --> 00:39:06,211
SGT. MICHAEL SWEENY:
Once we had done that,
769
00:39:06,211 --> 00:39:10,348
then we ran into a brick
wall as far as cooperation
770
00:39:10,348 --> 00:39:14,252
from the people who had
invested their money.
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00:39:14,252 --> 00:39:16,955
PEGGY STEWART: The
investigation was not
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00:39:16,955 --> 00:39:22,060
a case where an investor
did not get money
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00:39:22,060 --> 00:39:24,729
or had complained to
the state of Oregon.
774
00:39:24,729 --> 00:39:26,631
Everybody at that
point was getting
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00:39:26,631 --> 00:39:29,167
their principal interest,
whatever it was that they
776
00:39:29,167 --> 00:39:32,237
required, to my knowledge.
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00:39:32,237 --> 00:39:33,571
NARRATOR: Walker
immediately filed
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00:39:33,571 --> 00:39:37,075
a counter suit against the
state claiming his innocence.
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00:39:37,075 --> 00:39:39,377
He received a number of
summons but continually
780
00:39:39,377 --> 00:39:43,014
failed to appear in court.
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00:39:43,014 --> 00:39:46,684
Anticipating the state of Oregon
would confiscate his assets,
782
00:39:46,684 --> 00:39:49,320
Walker asked Sandy
Sanders, an employee,
783
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,924
to pack up his prized
sports collection.
784
00:39:52,924 --> 00:39:57,095
SANDY SANDERS: Actually, I was
all for getting it out of there
785
00:39:57,095 --> 00:39:59,731
so that it could be
turned into liquid assets
786
00:39:59,731 --> 00:40:02,133
and be given back
to the investors.
787
00:40:02,133 --> 00:40:04,068
And to keep the state
from getting their cotton
788
00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:06,971
picking hands on it.
789
00:40:06,971 --> 00:40:10,441
NARRATOR: In April 1986,
Walker decided to leave Oregon
790
00:40:10,441 --> 00:40:14,779
and took his entire collection
of sports memorabilia with him.
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00:40:14,779 --> 00:40:17,782
Most of Walker's collection
would never be seen again.
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00:40:34,999 --> 00:40:37,568
NARRATOR: 16 months
later, a man registered
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00:40:37,568 --> 00:40:39,904
under the name of
Charles Lee was found
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00:40:39,904 --> 00:40:42,540
dead in a Las Vegas motel.
795
00:40:42,540 --> 00:40:44,575
There was no apparent
cause of death
796
00:40:44,575 --> 00:40:48,546
and no signs of identification,
except a prescription bottle
797
00:40:48,546 --> 00:40:50,448
bearing the name Dennis Walker.
798
00:40:53,885 --> 00:40:56,754
From reviewing the
autopsy photographs
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00:40:56,754 --> 00:41:00,992
and the autopsy records and
looking at the dental charts
800
00:41:00,992 --> 00:41:02,427
and records, there is
no doubt in my mind
801
00:41:02,427 --> 00:41:03,227
that was Dennis Walker.
802
00:41:06,664 --> 00:41:10,501
There are a number of
theories as to why he died,
803
00:41:10,501 --> 00:41:12,971
but no one has ever really
been able to determine
804
00:41:12,971 --> 00:41:14,138
what caused his death.
805
00:41:17,842 --> 00:41:23,648
That, combined with the
missing sports memorabilia,
806
00:41:23,648 --> 00:41:26,851
leaves many, many more questions
open and closed in this case.
807
00:41:26,851 --> 00:41:28,986
[music playing]
808
00:41:41,065 --> 00:41:43,468
[unsolved mysteries theme music]
809
00:41:47,572 --> 00:41:52,543
For every mystery, someone
somewhere knows the truth.
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00:41:52,543 --> 00:41:54,679
Perhaps that
someone is watching.
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00:41:54,679 --> 00:41:56,714
Perhaps it's you.
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