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NARRATOR: 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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HOST: For over 100 years,
residents of a tiny Texas town
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have witnessed mysterious
lights hovering in the distance.
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They call them ghost lights.
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And tonight for
the first time, we
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present evidence that these
ghost lights are real.
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A quarter of a million
dollars of platinum
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vanished from a
Pennsylvania factory.
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And so did security
guard, Dale Kerstetter.
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Video cameras
recorded the robbery.
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Was Kerstetter abducted
or was he an accomplice?
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We'll ask you to
join the war on drugs
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with a profile of Salvatore
Caruana, the head of a drug
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smuggling ring who
allegedly possesses
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information that could
put major organized
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crime figures behind bars.
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On a previous broadcast, we told
how during the 1920s hundreds
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of orphans from the streets
of New York were put on trains
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and taken to the
Midwest to begin
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new lives with new families.
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In many cases, brothers
and sisters were separated.
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Tonight, thanks to our viewers,
the heartwarming reunion
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of two orphan train
children who haven't
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seen each other for 60 years.
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Join me.
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You may be able to
help solve a mystery.
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[THEME MUSIC - "UNSOLVED
MYSTERIES"]
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HOST: Saturday,
September 12th, 1987,
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began as a typical work
day for Dale Kerstetter.
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The 50-year-old security
guard and maintenance man
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had worked for 27 years at
the Corning Glass works plant
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in Bradford, Pennsylvania.
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At 11:00 PM, Kerstetter
began his shift
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as a weekend security guard.
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That night, a quarter
of a million dollars
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worth of platinum pipe
vanished from the plant,
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and Dale Kerstetter
was never seen again.
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Pound for pound,
platinum is one
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of the most precious
commodities in the world.
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It is even more
expensive than gold.
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In addition to it's
beauty as jewelry,
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platinum was widely
used in manufacturing.
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After Dale Kerstetter and
a fortune in platinum pipe
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disappeared from
the Corning factory,
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authorities were mystified.
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Was Kerstetter the unwitting
victim of a robbery
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or had he engineered
the heist himself?
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Dale Kerstetter
grew up in Bradford.
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And except for his
years in the Air Force,
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lived there all his life.
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Kerstetter had been
divorced for 10 years,
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and his teenage son
still lived with him.
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Four of his five daughters
also lived in Pennsylvania.
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PENNY BAPTISTE: He was
very compassionate, honest.
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He liked to have fun.
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He loved the outdoors.
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He was very
faithful to everybody.
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And he hated a lie.
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He never believed in lying.
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He's just a great father.
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I mean, there wasn't a kid
in the world that wouldn't
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want to have him as their dad.
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C. DALE PARRY: Dale was
a marginal employee.
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Yeah, he was a slow worker.
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And yeah, we had some problems
with him occasionally.
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But at the same time, we're
looking at an employee who
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at the risk of his
own life, probably
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saved half a dozen lives
and hundreds of thousands
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of dollars of property value.
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We had an incident
several years ago
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where a forklift
that accidentally
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rolled underneath a stream
of hot molten glass.
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And the glass was
actually pouring
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down onto the propane tank
in the back of the forklift.
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Dale immediately jumped
onto the forklift
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and drove it out from underneath
the hot stream of glass.
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So you can look at
him one side and see
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where he might get involved
in something like this.
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At the same time,
maybe he wouldn't.
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HOST: Sunday morning,
September 13th.
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When security guard, John
Linquist arrived at 7:00 AM,
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he expected to find
Dale Kerstetter
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waiting to be relieved.
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JOHN LINQUIST: He is usually
sitting right inside the door.
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And he wasn't there.
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So I walked to the cafeteria,
and I see his lunch
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pail sitting on the table.
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I happened to pick
up the newspaper,
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and there the keys was.
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So I looked in his lunch
pail, and I see it was all--
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everything was there.
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He hadn't ate.
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HOST: Later Sunday morning,
Kerstetter's new pick up truck
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was discovered in
the parking lot,
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and the police were
called to investigate.
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Yeah, they keys
are still in it.
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HOST: The truck yielded
a number of clues
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that suggested Kerstetter had
not disappeared voluntarily.
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His keys were in the ignition.
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He had left behind a full
carton of cigarettes,
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an empty holster from
his 22 caliber pistol,
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and his day pack.
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[dog barking]
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HOST: On Sunday afternoon,
the Sheriff's canine
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was brought in to track
Kerstetter in the 12,000
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square foot factory.
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Police were concerned that
Kerstetter might have suffered
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a heart attack or fallen
and injured himself
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somewhere in the vast building.
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[dog barking]
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The dog lead police
to the second floor.
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This was a site of
the plant's glass
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kiln, also known as the tank.
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[dog barking]
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Although the tank contained
valuable platinum pipe,
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it was not normally an
Kerstetter's security rounds.
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Kerstetter's scent
was found at the tank,
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but he was nowhere
in the building.
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There's nothing here.
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[dog barking]
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HOST: The investigation
next focused
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on the three security
cameras that monitor
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the factory around the clock.
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Personnel manager,
Patrick Foley,
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was surprised and disturbed by
what the cameras had recorded.
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We have recreated the key
sequences found on the tapes.
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PATRICK FOLEY: The
first thing I saw
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was a masked man in the back
of the plant in the one area.
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When I saw the masked man on
the tape, I was very alarmed.
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At first, I thought, well,
obviously this person--
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there's been some foul play.
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Dale was involved in foul play,
and he probably is missing.
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And then Dale Kerstetter came
back and met this masked person
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in the back of the plant.
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I guess I would
say, I had a very
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empty feeling in my stomach.
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I said, what on earth?
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And then as I continued
to review the tapes,
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and I saw the masked
person come back out,
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and go up to the tank area.
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Then I was extremely
anxious, because at that time
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I realized that not only do
we have a missing employee,
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we also-- there was a good
possibility that we had
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missing platinum in the plant.
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Whoever removed the
platinum from the tank
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was extremely familiar
with the plant.
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Everything in the plant they
knew exactly where to go.
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You have to remember that
this transpired late at night.
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There were very few
lights on in the plant,
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but yet this person knew
exactly where to go.
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Where to find bags
that they needed,
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tools that they needed, how
to go up to the tank, and move
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back out of the tank area.
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HOST: The most perplexing
moment in the tapes
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is this interaction between
the guard and the intruder.
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Is Kerstetter being
coerced or simply
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pretending to be coerced?
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At one point, he looks
directly into the camera.
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Was Kerstetter secretly
signaling for help or was he
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coolly flaunting his crime?
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PENNY BAPTISTE: If
he was involved,
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why would he willingly
walk in front of a camera?
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Knowing that it was there--
he knew the camera was there.
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Why wouldn't an attempt have
been made to cover the camera?
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It just doesn't make sense.
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I think the fact that
he did everything in front
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of the cameras was
once again, just Dale
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Kerstetter to say to us, look.
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Hey, here I am.
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I'm taking your
platinum, and there isn't
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a thing you can do about it.
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If he had planned on
taking off anywhere,
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why would he bother
packing lunch?
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I mean, just little
little things like that.
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And a whole carton of
cigarettes-- and he
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smoked all the time.
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I mean, he would have
taken his cigarettes.
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HOST: Kerstetter's
daughters believe
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he was an innocent victim.
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According to their
theory, Kerstetter
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heard or saw the masked intruder
and went to investigate.
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The intruder, fearing discovery
and intent on his robbery,
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may have murdered
Dale Kerstetter.
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One camera showed the intruder
wheeling out a heavy bag
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on a manual forklift.
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INVESTIGATOR BIZZAK: There's
a very good possibility
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that bag could
contain the platinum,
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or there's a very
good possibility
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that that bag could contain
the body of Dale Kerstetter.
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Everybody says,
oh, keep up hope.
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But if he was ever in on any of
this, this thing that happened,
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he's out of his mind.
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HOST: A second theory
places Kerstetter
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at the center of a bold
and premeditated robbery.
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INVESTIGATOR BIZZAK: Dale
was happy as a trades worker.
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Unfortunately, prior
to this incident,
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he had just been cut
out of the trade shop.
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Which entailed about a probably
$5,000 to $7,000 cut for him.
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He was not a happy person
at the time of this theft.
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Through our investigation, we
determined that Dale Kerstetter
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was approximately
$30,000 to $40,000
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in arrears on various payments.
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Trailer payments,
vehicle payments,
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and different bills which he
had owed throughout the area.
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PENNY BAPTISTE: He had children
that could take care of him.
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I was in a financial
position to take care of him.
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He had stock in Corning.
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He had money invested.
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If it got to the point where
he really needed money,
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there was too many ways he
could have obtained the money
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legally.
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I think that Dale Kerstetter
was a very intelligent
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man in a crafty sort of way.
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I think that if he did not
plan this thing by himself
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and do it with an
accomplice, I think
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he was indirectly involved.
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HOST: Dale
Kerstetter's family is
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anxious to know if he is alive.
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Whether he committed
the crime or not,
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his family wants
to know the truth.
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PENNY BAPTISTE: Hey, I don't
care whether he was involved.
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That's not going to make
me think any less of him
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or love him any less.
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What I want to know
is what happened.
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Was he involved?
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Did he get away with it?
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Is he dead somewhere?
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Was he abducted?
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AL KERSTETTER: I don't
think he'd do it unless he
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planned on coming back someday.
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If he's alive, which I think
is, he's either in Canada
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or I'd say in Australia.
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And I figure in seven years
when his statute of limitations
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is up, he'll come
back scott-free,
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and they won't be
able to touch him.
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I can't believe that.
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I can't believe that he
was in on that at all.
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No way, shape, or form.
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WENDY KERSTETTER: He had
six kids and two grandkids.
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And to do something
like that and take
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off and not call any of them.
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You know, just take off and
never talk to your kids again.
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I just-- no, I just
can't believe it.
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Kerstetter
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HOST: In the months
that followed the theft,
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Corning sold it's
Bradford operation.
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And the new owners have
informed us that platinum is
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no longer used at the facility.
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Dale Kerstetter's
family continues
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to hope that he is safe.
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And if he is alive,
Pennsylvania State Police
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want to question him about
his involvement in the events
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of September 12th, 1987.
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HOST: Last August, we featured
a story about New York City
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orphans who between 1854
and 1929 were put on trains
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and taken to the
South and Midwest
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in search of adoptive families.
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One of the orphan train
riders profiled in our story
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was Sylvia Wemhoff.
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In 1921, at the age of three,
Sylvia got off an orphan train
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in Columbus, Nebraska,
where she was adopted
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by the John Mick family.
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SYLVIA WEMHOFF: When I was
about 17, 18 years old,
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then I began to
question my mother Mick.
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Whether I had any
brothers or sisters.
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And if so, I wonder if we
could ever get together.
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HOST: When Sylvia located
her birth certificate,
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she read that she was
born, Stephanie Wolk,
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and that she had
an older sibling.
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For the next 52 years, she
searched for the brother
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or sister she never knew.
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The day after our broadcast,
Sylvia's search came to an end
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when she learned
that her brother,
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72-year-old Joseph Wolk,
was living in New York City.
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Wolk's step-daughter
had seen our broadcast
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and recognized the names on
Sylvia's birth certificate.
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On September 25th,
Sylvia flew to New York
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and met her brother
Joseph for the first time.
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Joseph?
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Your sister, Sylvia, is here.
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- Are you Joseph?
- I am.
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I'm Sylvia.
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Oh, Sylvia.
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Yeah.
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I'm so glad.
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I'm so happy.
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Oh, I'm so happy to see you.
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SYLVIA WEMHOFF: We
hugged each other.
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And we were just really
thrilled and happy that we
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finally, finally got together.
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I had heard I had a sister.
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And I was awfully pleased
when I saw her and thankful.
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Thankful to God.
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Yes.
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That's me on there.
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HOST: Most brothers
and sisters grow up
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sharing their lives together.
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But for Sylvia and
Joseph, love and memories
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are just beginning.
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HOST (VOICEOVER): The next man
we will meet is Frances Murphy.
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In 1928, when he was 11, he,
too, rode the orphan train.
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His baby sister,
Margaret, and his mother,
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who was too poor to take care
of him, were both left behind.
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FRANCIS MURPHY: When
I got on the train,
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I didn't really feel
that I was being
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wrenched away from somebody.
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I didn't know that
much about my mother.
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So that it wasn't a matter
of tearing me away from her,
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because I was away from
her all the time anyway.
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It was a big adventure
more than anything else.
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As a kid in New York,
you have to remember
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that we didn't know the west.
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And what we knew
was from the picture
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shows we saw of cowboys, and
Indians, and maybe engineers.
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And going that
direction, well, that
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was the biggest thrill
that a kid in my time
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could really expect.
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HOST: Francis' excitement
soon turned to sadness.
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[inaudible]
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Hello, I'm Mel Mitchell of
the Children's Aid Society.
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I've brought your boys.
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HOST: At stop after stop,
potential adoptive parents
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would be waiting to pick
their child from the crowd.
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But not all the children
found new parents.
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Signature, please.
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HOST: Francis, who had
boarded the train in New York
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with such high hopes,
began to realize
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that none of the families alone
the train's route wanted him.
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WOMAN: This is your son, Luke.
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Hi, Luke.
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Welcome to our family.
- Thank you.
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FRANCIS MURPHY: 14 or 15
children that were leaving,
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and they got off the train
with their belongings.
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And they told me, Francis,
you just stay on the train.
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CHRISTINE MURPHY (VOICEOVER):
And he would see the crowd
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would get smaller and smaller.
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Until finally, he was the
only child left on the train.
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Bye-bye.
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Bye.
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All aboard.
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Next ride, son.
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HOST: Francis never was adopted.
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He went from family to
family as a foster child.
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In spite of his early hardships,
Francis' life turned out well.
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He became a high school teacher,
married, and had five children,
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and six grandchildren.
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Francis Murphy, who rode
the orphan train 60 years ago,
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developed heart disease in 1987.
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Sadly, he died soon
after we filmed
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his interview in November.
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Francis' wife and family
have continued his search.
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They asked that we present
his story despite the fact
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that he is gone.
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They hope to unite the family
who still loves Francis.
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The family he never knew and
wanted so desperately to find.
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It was extremely
important to Francis
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to go ahead with this interview.
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He had been looking forward
to it for literally months.
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And just the hope that
he would find somebody,
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particularly his sister.
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It was important.
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He didn't know much
about love growing up.
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And he found out as he got older
and had a family of his own.
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I think his finding
Margaret would
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be an extension of that love.
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It's still very
important to us that we
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finish what he tried to do.
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HOST: 1883, the plains
of central Texas
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near the town of Marfa.
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100 years ago, cattle
by the thousands
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were herded by cowboys
across this arid country.
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One evening during a roundup, a
cowhand named Robert Ellison--
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What's that over there?
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HOST: Noticed a strange
glow off in the distance.
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It could be Apaches.
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Yeah, it looks
like Apache campfire.
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Let's go on way.
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HOST: He saw a ghostly light
shimmering in the darkness.
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It appeared to be
a few miles away,
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and it hovered just a few
feet above the ground.
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JULIA PLUMBLEY: they thought
they were probably a camp fire.
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Indians or other travelers.
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But they just kept seeing them.
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The next night, they were there.
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And the next night, the
next week, and year.
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And I'm sure they began
to wonder, what on earth
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were those lights?
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HOST: In 1916, Halley Stillwell
was 18 years old when she
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witnessed the same phenomenon.
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HALLIE STILLWELL (VOICEOVER):
We had decided to come to Marfa
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to attend to a little business.
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We were just visiting, and
talking, and all of a sudden
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we saw lights over on
the Chinati Mountains.
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Look, Hallie.
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HALLIE STILLWELL: It couldn't
be any kind of car lights.
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And we first thought probably
it was a campfire of Indians,
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or Mexicans, or ranchers.
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But it didn't act like
a campfire at all.
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Do you think
they're campfires?
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It can't be a fire.
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It's moving.
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HALLIE STILLWELL:
They were peculiar
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and I'd never seen
anything like them before.
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And of course, none of us
knew anything about it.
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We were not scientists
or anything like that.
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So we said, well, it couldn't
be anything but a ghost.
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It's just ghost lights.
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And from then on, we mentioned
them as ghost lights.
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HOST: In 1943, the mysterious
lights were seen again
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near Marfa's army airbase.
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Yeah.
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He won't be back for
at least 30 minutes.
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FRITZ KAHL: When we saw the
Marfa lights the first time,
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there was no vehicular
traffic at night.
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Fuel was rationed.
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Lights were a phenomena in
themselves in those days,
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because there were no lights.
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And when the moon is
out, it's beautiful.
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When the moon is not out,
it's so dark it's awesome.
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What's that?
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FRITZ KAHL: Well,
we saw something
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that was totally
foreign to anything
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in and around the airbase.
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When we did see the lights,
we were very curious,
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and we inquired in
the village of Marfa
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about these strange things.
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And they said, yeah.
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Sure.
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We've got little lights.
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So what else?
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HOST: Over the
years, explanations
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for these mysterious lights
have ranged from ball lightning,
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to St. Elmo's fire, to jack
rabbits with glow worms
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attached to their tails.
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Many of the
superstitions even has
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it that the lights of the
ghost of an Apache chief
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who refuses to give
up his desert home.
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The lights have been
continually seen
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near the small town of Marfa.
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But surprisingly, the
witnesses aren't frightened
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of these ghost lights.
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In fact, most seem to
regard them with affection.
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I know they exist.
448
00:22:50,537 --> 00:22:52,939
I've seen them several times.
449
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Two of the four of
us saw the lights.
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Two did not, and we were looking
in exactly the same spot.
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Now, I can't explain that.
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I know they're there.
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There's no doubt about it.
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Some night's, I see them better
than other nights though.
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When I was a child,
of course, you have
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a lot of childlike curiosity.
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And my first thing was I want
to find out what those are.
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I mean, this is my
Loch Ness monster.
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I'm going to catch it,
and find out what it is.
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And so I just from
that moment on,
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decided I was going to
try to solve the mystery.
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Looks like we need to head
southeast toward the Chinati.
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KIRBY WARNOCK: A few years ago,
my brother and I got the idea
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that the reason no one had
ever gotten close to the lights
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was because they were
using motor vehicles.
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Like airplanes,
or jeeps, or cars.
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So we thought if we took out
on foot across the desert,
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we could sneak up on them.
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So we got our gear
together and a camera,
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and just took out walking
across the desert.
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And tried for about four hours
to walk up close to them.
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And we never could get
real close to them.
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It was almost like a mirage.
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It just kept moving a little
further and further away
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from you.
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It's almost like they
knew what we were doing,
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and they were just going
to tease us and stay
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a little bit ahead of us.
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But distance is so
deceiving out here.
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We couldn't tell if we were
looking at a light as big
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as a tire or if we
were seeing a light
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as big as just a cantaloupe.
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And so we couldn't
get close enough
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to really get a good idea
of how big they were.
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The point is there's a--
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HOST: In July of 1989,
we asked three scientists
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from the local
observatory and university
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to conduct a formal
investigation into the lights.
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One investigator was a
professor of chemistry,
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another a geologist, and
the third an astronomer.
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I wonder if we're not
pushing just troughs of hot air
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up on either side of
Chinati down here.
493
00:24:37,443 --> 00:24:38,678
And there's the camera.
494
00:24:38,778 --> 00:24:41,313
HOST: With them were 11 other
technicians and observers.
495
00:24:41,413 --> 00:24:43,950
Almost actually you're
calling three, is that correct?
496
00:24:44,050 --> 00:24:46,986
WALKIE TALKIE: We
have the one at 325.
497
00:24:47,086 --> 00:24:49,088
HOST: The lights have
been seen near the Chinati
498
00:24:49,188 --> 00:24:50,356
Mountain range.
499
00:24:50,456 --> 00:24:53,793
The radio beacon is also
visible in front of the peaks.
500
00:24:53,893 --> 00:24:56,028
A highway winds it's way
through these mountains.
501
00:24:56,128 --> 00:24:58,097
And in order to prevent
the misidentification
502
00:24:58,197 --> 00:25:00,700
of headlights, two
marker lights were placed
503
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,670
at the borders of the road.
504
00:25:03,770 --> 00:25:06,238
If any lights are spotted
outside these markers,
505
00:25:06,338 --> 00:25:08,941
and scientists cannot
explain their source,
506
00:25:09,041 --> 00:25:11,343
then investigators can be
certain that they are observing
507
00:25:11,443 --> 00:25:14,113
the ghostly phenomenon.
508
00:25:14,213 --> 00:25:16,015
MAN: Well, there was a
light on the horizon.
509
00:25:18,885 --> 00:25:21,120
HOST: The investigators are
using special nighttime viewing
510
00:25:21,220 --> 00:25:22,021
equipment.
511
00:25:22,121 --> 00:25:23,322
MAN: I don't know what it is.
512
00:25:23,422 --> 00:25:25,625
WALKIE TALKIE: They are
approaching the beacon now.
513
00:25:25,725 --> 00:25:28,427
HOST: In this instance, a
camera films two headlights
514
00:25:28,527 --> 00:25:33,365
moving slowly from left to right
past the radio beacon light.
515
00:25:33,465 --> 00:25:34,934
[interposing voices]
- It would be off this.
516
00:25:35,034 --> 00:25:36,368
Well, there's no
question when we're
517
00:25:36,468 --> 00:25:39,906
looking at this stuff which ones
are the cars and lights are.
518
00:25:42,942 --> 00:25:46,078
HOST: At 11:59 PM, an
unknown light appears.
519
00:25:46,178 --> 00:25:48,214
Doctor, look up
there on the hill.
520
00:25:48,314 --> 00:25:50,249
To the right of marker 3.
521
00:25:50,349 --> 00:25:51,150
I see it.
522
00:25:51,250 --> 00:25:52,518
It's off to the right.
523
00:25:52,619 --> 00:25:53,953
It's about the same distance.
524
00:25:54,053 --> 00:25:55,421
HOST: The camera pans
past the radio beacon.
525
00:25:55,521 --> 00:25:57,489
MAN: The center
light is from three.
526
00:25:57,590 --> 00:25:59,258
MAN 2: Camera three,
can you verify
527
00:25:59,358 --> 00:26:02,061
if you have any traffic lights
off to the west or northwest?
528
00:26:02,161 --> 00:26:03,362
WALKIE TALKIE: I do
not see any lights.
529
00:26:03,462 --> 00:26:07,233
HOST: It continues past
the right marker light.
530
00:26:07,333 --> 00:26:11,971
In the middle of an empty plane,
a ghostly glow can be seen.
531
00:26:12,071 --> 00:26:14,974
A video camera also
recorded the same lighting.
532
00:26:15,074 --> 00:26:16,242
MAN: Do see this?
533
00:26:16,342 --> 00:26:19,746
Can you verify the light
we're seeing off to the west?
534
00:26:19,846 --> 00:26:22,048
HOST: Observers were certain
that the light did not
535
00:26:22,148 --> 00:26:23,349
come from a man made source.
536
00:26:26,218 --> 00:26:29,088
MAN: It's beginning
to fade, isn't it?
537
00:26:29,188 --> 00:26:32,391
MAN 2: It's going way down.
538
00:26:32,491 --> 00:26:33,926
It's gone completely out now.
539
00:26:34,026 --> 00:26:36,028
It's almost like it imploded.
540
00:26:36,128 --> 00:26:36,929
WALKIE TALKIE: Negative.
541
00:26:37,029 --> 00:26:38,297
We do not have any light.
542
00:26:38,397 --> 00:26:41,634
MAN: Unit one, can
you also verify that?
543
00:26:41,734 --> 00:26:42,601
MAN 2: Here it comes.
544
00:26:42,702 --> 00:26:45,104
Can you see it?
545
00:26:45,204 --> 00:26:48,775
Yeah, it's coming back just
as bright as it was before.
546
00:26:48,875 --> 00:26:50,777
OK.
Same place.
547
00:26:54,546 --> 00:26:55,815
MAN: It's beginning
to fade out again.
548
00:26:55,915 --> 00:26:56,816
There it goes.
549
00:26:56,916 --> 00:26:57,650
MAN 2: It's extremely
bright though
550
00:26:57,750 --> 00:26:58,785
when it was showing there.
551
00:26:58,885 --> 00:27:02,154
HOST: What was it that
the cameras recorded?
552
00:27:02,254 --> 00:27:03,355
We know the lights there.
553
00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:06,358
We know it is something
of natural origin.
554
00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:08,761
It is not man made.
555
00:27:08,861 --> 00:27:12,098
Well, the next question is
how do you explain them?
556
00:27:12,198 --> 00:27:15,234
There is something in
addition to car lights.
557
00:27:15,334 --> 00:27:19,672
People are seeing real
activity in the atmosphere.
558
00:27:19,772 --> 00:27:22,341
HOST: One scientists thought
the lights might be refracted
559
00:27:22,441 --> 00:27:24,744
starlight and other
luminous gases
560
00:27:24,844 --> 00:27:26,713
produced by small earthquakes.
561
00:27:26,813 --> 00:27:28,414
But they are not sure.
562
00:27:28,514 --> 00:27:29,949
And all they could
say for certain
563
00:27:30,049 --> 00:27:31,517
is that it was a
natural phenomenon
564
00:27:31,617 --> 00:27:35,354
as yet unexplained by science.
565
00:27:35,454 --> 00:27:37,256
What's that over there?
566
00:27:37,356 --> 00:27:38,457
I don't know.
Could be Apaches.
567
00:27:38,557 --> 00:27:39,558
HOST: Most of the
people in Marfa
568
00:27:39,658 --> 00:27:41,493
who've grown up and
lived with with lights
569
00:27:41,593 --> 00:27:43,195
don't really need
any explanation as
570
00:27:43,295 --> 00:27:44,697
to what they are.
571
00:27:44,797 --> 00:27:47,433
The fact they exist at all,
bringing a touch of magic
572
00:27:47,533 --> 00:27:51,603
into their day to day lives,
is all they need to know.
573
00:27:51,704 --> 00:27:53,639
It's a phenomena
that's not explained.
574
00:27:53,740 --> 00:27:58,878
And so let's play that game.
575
00:27:58,978 --> 00:28:00,546
All I know is there there.
576
00:28:00,646 --> 00:28:02,915
Let's don't find
out what they are.
577
00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:04,951
Let's just leave them a mystery.
578
00:28:05,051 --> 00:28:06,318
I'm not going to
try to solve it.
579
00:28:06,418 --> 00:28:10,289
I'm going-- I'm going to
be content with ghost,
580
00:28:10,389 --> 00:28:11,858
and let the ghost
take care of them.
581
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,836
HOST: Next, the story of an
innocent young couple who's
582
00:28:23,936 --> 00:28:26,238
romantic weekend was shattered
by a sadistic and elusive
583
00:28:26,338 --> 00:28:27,139
killer.
584
00:28:42,288 --> 00:28:46,258
HOST: November 18th, 1987,
Jay Cook and his high school
585
00:28:46,358 --> 00:28:48,160
sweetheart, Tanya
Van Cuylenborg,
586
00:28:48,260 --> 00:28:52,598
took the ferry from Victoria,
Canada to Washington state.
587
00:28:52,698 --> 00:28:54,133
Jay was 20 years old.
588
00:28:54,233 --> 00:28:55,434
Tanya was 17.
589
00:28:55,534 --> 00:28:56,335
They were in love.
590
00:28:59,571 --> 00:29:01,373
This was to be their
first trip together,
591
00:29:01,473 --> 00:29:03,843
and they had planned
on a romantic weekend.
592
00:29:06,879 --> 00:29:09,916
LEONA COOK: Jay and Tanya
had been going out together
593
00:29:10,016 --> 00:29:13,419
for about six months, I think.
594
00:29:13,519 --> 00:29:17,223
And he was either
there or she was here.
595
00:29:17,323 --> 00:29:19,725
I think she was
quite special to him.
596
00:29:19,826 --> 00:29:21,693
They certainly seemed
to be good for each other
597
00:29:21,794 --> 00:29:24,030
from everything
that I could gather.
598
00:29:24,130 --> 00:29:27,633
I certainly had no apprehension
about Tanya being with Jay.
599
00:29:27,733 --> 00:29:28,935
I felt very
comfortable with that.
600
00:29:29,035 --> 00:29:30,769
Oh, it's getting windy.
601
00:29:30,870 --> 00:29:31,670
Are you cold?
602
00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:33,039
A little bit.
603
00:29:33,139 --> 00:29:36,008
HOST: At some time
during their journey,
604
00:29:36,108 --> 00:29:38,077
Jay and Tanya's
peaceful vacation
605
00:29:38,177 --> 00:29:40,212
turned into a violent nightmare.
606
00:29:43,082 --> 00:29:45,184
The couple's trip began
in Victoria, Canada
607
00:29:45,284 --> 00:29:46,986
where they took the
4:00 PM car ferry
608
00:29:47,086 --> 00:29:48,687
to Port Angeles, Washington.
609
00:29:51,357 --> 00:29:53,092
Jay had borrowed
his father's van.
610
00:29:53,192 --> 00:29:54,927
And after they disembarked
from the ferry,
611
00:29:55,027 --> 00:29:58,865
they were seen twice heading
south on Highway 101.
612
00:29:58,965 --> 00:30:01,667
Once in the Washington town of
Hoodsport at approximately 8:00
613
00:30:01,767 --> 00:30:04,837
PM, and an hour later, at Allyn.
614
00:30:04,937 --> 00:30:07,306
It is believed they were headed
towards a second car ferry
615
00:30:07,406 --> 00:30:08,607
from Bremerton to Seattle.
616
00:30:12,778 --> 00:30:15,414
Jay and Tanya were expected
home the following day.
617
00:30:15,514 --> 00:30:18,384
But when they hadn't returned
or called by the next evening,
618
00:30:18,484 --> 00:30:21,387
their families began to worry.
619
00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:23,422
WILLIAM VAN CUYLENBORG: If
Tanya was late for anything,
620
00:30:23,522 --> 00:30:25,224
which was not unusual,
but she would phone.
621
00:30:25,324 --> 00:30:27,059
She would always phone.
622
00:30:27,159 --> 00:30:29,761
So when Tanya did not
phone the next evening
623
00:30:29,862 --> 00:30:31,563
when they were supposed
to be returning,
624
00:30:31,663 --> 00:30:33,199
my wife became apprehensive.
625
00:30:33,299 --> 00:30:36,402
So I tried to downplay
it for my wife's sake,
626
00:30:36,502 --> 00:30:40,706
and probably to reassure myself
that everything would be OK.
627
00:30:40,806 --> 00:30:43,475
However, on the following
day when she didn't call,
628
00:30:43,575 --> 00:30:44,676
we knew there was
something wrong.
629
00:30:50,016 --> 00:30:51,283
CHIEF DEPUTY
PANZERO: Tanya's body
630
00:30:51,383 --> 00:30:55,021
was found partially clothed.
631
00:30:55,121 --> 00:30:59,525
She had been raped and murdered.
632
00:30:59,625 --> 00:31:03,762
We found some wire ties that
you would bundle wires together
633
00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:06,798
with laying alongside the road.
634
00:31:06,899 --> 00:31:13,339
We assumed that they were used
to secure Tanya in the van.
635
00:31:13,439 --> 00:31:14,941
Well, we didn't know
what to think then
636
00:31:15,041 --> 00:31:17,809
because they hadn't found Jay.
637
00:31:17,910 --> 00:31:22,915
And for a while, it looked like
Jay might even be a suspect.
638
00:31:25,651 --> 00:31:27,119
They told us to be
prepared for that.
639
00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:34,226
HOST: The next day, Jay's
van was found 90 miles
640
00:31:34,326 --> 00:31:38,464
away in the city of Bellingham.
641
00:31:38,564 --> 00:31:39,966
There we go.
642
00:31:45,004 --> 00:31:46,038
There's one of the ties.
643
00:31:46,138 --> 00:31:48,107
It looks just like with
Tanya down at the scene.
644
00:31:48,207 --> 00:31:49,641
There it is.
645
00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:50,542
Here's another one.
646
00:31:50,642 --> 00:31:51,643
Uh-oh.
647
00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:53,479
We've got some blood
over here it looks like.
648
00:31:53,579 --> 00:31:56,415
SGT. BART: At the time,
nobody was certain exactly
649
00:31:56,515 --> 00:31:57,984
what had happened.
650
00:31:58,084 --> 00:32:01,620
But our concern was
heightened a couple more
651
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,856
notches once the van was found.
652
00:32:04,957 --> 00:32:05,958
We've got
something here, Fred.
653
00:32:06,058 --> 00:32:07,693
HOST: Two blocks
away from the van,
654
00:32:07,793 --> 00:32:11,797
under the porch of a tavern,
police found more plastic ties.
655
00:32:11,897 --> 00:32:15,334
The keys to Jay's van, Tanya's
driver's license, and a half
656
00:32:15,434 --> 00:32:17,336
empty box of ammunition.
657
00:32:17,436 --> 00:32:19,338
Significantly, they
also found a pair
658
00:32:19,438 --> 00:32:22,008
of plastic surgical gloves.
659
00:32:22,108 --> 00:32:25,444
He leaves those behind as
basically a sign to the police
660
00:32:25,544 --> 00:32:27,379
that you needn't to
look for fingerprints,
661
00:32:27,479 --> 00:32:28,914
because I wore these gloves.
662
00:32:29,015 --> 00:32:31,050
And he has confidence
that there's
663
00:32:31,150 --> 00:32:34,720
nothing that's going to
connect him with these crimes.
664
00:32:34,820 --> 00:32:36,922
GORDON COOK: Even
after they found Tanya,
665
00:32:37,023 --> 00:32:41,093
we hoped against hope that maybe
they were going to find Jay--
666
00:32:41,193 --> 00:32:42,261
I mean, alive.
667
00:32:45,131 --> 00:32:48,367
I guess you know
it's not very likely,
668
00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:50,536
but you have to keep hoping.
669
00:32:54,606 --> 00:32:59,145
CHIEF DEPUTY PANZERO: Jay's body
was found on Thanksgiving Day.
670
00:33:02,414 --> 00:33:03,882
He been definitely murdered.
671
00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:06,318
It was very obvious.
672
00:33:06,418 --> 00:33:10,122
We found that Jay had
died due to strangulation.
673
00:33:10,222 --> 00:33:11,823
He'd been beaten.
674
00:33:11,923 --> 00:33:14,960
His hands had been bound with
some electrical tie wraps,
675
00:33:15,061 --> 00:33:16,562
plastic ties wraps.
676
00:33:16,662 --> 00:33:20,132
We think the way that Jay
died was indicative of things
677
00:33:20,232 --> 00:33:24,403
that we've seen before
inside the prison walls.
678
00:33:24,503 --> 00:33:29,408
And the things we found on
Jay certainly raises suspicion
679
00:33:29,508 --> 00:33:31,510
that the person or
people who did this
680
00:33:31,610 --> 00:33:33,579
have been in the
prison system before.
681
00:33:33,679 --> 00:33:36,448
Without telling
you anything else,
682
00:33:36,548 --> 00:33:40,286
that's definitely a possibility.
683
00:33:40,386 --> 00:33:42,388
HOST: Police believe
it most likely
684
00:33:42,488 --> 00:33:44,523
that Jay and Tanya made
their fatal rendezvous
685
00:33:44,623 --> 00:33:46,958
with a killer on
the 10:20 PM ferry
686
00:33:47,059 --> 00:33:50,096
from Bremerton to Seattle.
687
00:33:50,196 --> 00:33:51,197
CHIEF DEPUTY
PANZERO (VOICEOVER):
688
00:33:51,297 --> 00:33:53,532
We don't know the
killer's intentions
689
00:33:53,632 --> 00:33:56,668
when he first met these two.
690
00:33:56,768 --> 00:33:59,305
We feel that he was
out to do some harm,
691
00:33:59,405 --> 00:34:03,275
and certainly to assault
both Jay and Tanya.
692
00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:04,776
And from what we
have found, I think
693
00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:08,480
we can say that he had
set his sights on Tanya,
694
00:34:08,580 --> 00:34:11,417
and Jay was in the way.
695
00:34:11,517 --> 00:34:12,351
Lights.
696
00:34:12,451 --> 00:34:15,721
It's getting late.
697
00:34:15,821 --> 00:34:16,755
- How are you doing?
- Hi.
698
00:34:16,855 --> 00:34:17,656
Hey, what's up.
699
00:34:17,756 --> 00:34:19,325
Not much.
700
00:34:19,425 --> 00:34:21,827
You guys going to Seattle?
- Yeah.
701
00:34:21,927 --> 00:34:23,061
How about you?
702
00:34:23,162 --> 00:34:23,995
CHIEF DEPUTY PANZERO
(VOICEOVER): The were friendly.
703
00:34:24,096 --> 00:34:24,630
Is that where
you live, Seattle?
704
00:34:24,730 --> 00:34:27,366
They were young.
705
00:34:27,466 --> 00:34:29,701
And on their first trip.
706
00:34:29,801 --> 00:34:32,704
And I think easily fooled.
707
00:34:32,804 --> 00:34:34,440
An easy mark.
708
00:34:34,540 --> 00:34:36,175
CRIMINAL: Hey, I wonder if
you could do me a favor.
709
00:34:36,275 --> 00:34:38,944
It's pretty cold out there,
and I only live a couple
710
00:34:39,044 --> 00:34:40,045
of miles from the ferry deck.
711
00:34:40,146 --> 00:34:41,680
Can you give me a ride?
712
00:34:41,780 --> 00:34:44,383
SGT. BART: A person could
make contact with them
713
00:34:44,483 --> 00:34:48,086
in the lounge on the ferry
boat just asking for a ride
714
00:34:48,187 --> 00:34:50,021
across the Puget Sound.
715
00:34:50,122 --> 00:34:51,590
I think it's safe to
say that by the time
716
00:34:51,690 --> 00:34:54,193
they exited the ferry
in downtown Seattle,
717
00:34:54,293 --> 00:34:55,594
they probably were
in the company
718
00:34:55,694 --> 00:34:56,895
of the man that killed them.
719
00:35:00,166 --> 00:35:01,733
It would seem to me
that it's logical
720
00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:05,404
that the person has committed
crimes like this in the past.
721
00:35:05,504 --> 00:35:06,738
And been successful at them.
722
00:35:06,838 --> 00:35:09,040
And having been
successful, I would
723
00:35:09,141 --> 00:35:11,443
certainly say that it's
likely that they'll
724
00:35:11,543 --> 00:35:13,445
continue to do them.
725
00:35:13,545 --> 00:35:15,147
He does not want to be caught.
726
00:35:15,247 --> 00:35:18,717
He uses gloves, for
example, to not leave
727
00:35:18,817 --> 00:35:22,020
obvious forensic fingerprints.
728
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:23,489
That makes him very
dangerous, in my view.
729
00:35:30,962 --> 00:35:34,132
But the killer might
have made one mistake.
730
00:35:34,233 --> 00:35:36,335
He may have taken Jay's
black waist-length ski
731
00:35:36,435 --> 00:35:38,270
jacket with red
piping on a sleeves,
732
00:35:38,370 --> 00:35:41,173
and Tanya's olive drab day pack.
733
00:35:41,273 --> 00:35:43,342
And there is a chance that
someone may have noticed him
734
00:35:43,442 --> 00:35:46,345
with these incriminating items.
- Hi, Mrs. Cook.
735
00:35:46,445 --> 00:35:47,779
How's the holidays?
- Great, thanks.
736
00:35:47,879 --> 00:35:48,780
Good.
See you tomorrow.
737
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:49,681
Yup.
738
00:35:49,781 --> 00:35:51,149
Bye-bye.
739
00:35:51,250 --> 00:35:54,420
HOST: One final note
on this sad story.
740
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:56,955
Over the Christmas
holidays, just four weeks
741
00:35:57,055 --> 00:35:58,757
after the murder
of their children,
742
00:35:58,857 --> 00:36:00,792
Jay and Tanya's
families each received
743
00:36:00,892 --> 00:36:02,894
a morbid greeting card.
744
00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:05,364
These cards were filled
with taunting descriptions
745
00:36:05,464 --> 00:36:08,567
of the murders, and their
author claimed responsibility
746
00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:11,036
for the killings.
747
00:36:11,136 --> 00:36:13,004
To date, 19 of
these greeting cards
748
00:36:13,104 --> 00:36:15,341
have been mailed over
three different holidays.
749
00:36:15,441 --> 00:36:18,810
The writer remains
a complete mystery.
750
00:36:18,910 --> 00:36:21,947
Postmarked from New York,
Los Angeles, and Seattle,
751
00:36:22,047 --> 00:36:24,450
all of these cars were
written by the same author.
752
00:36:27,386 --> 00:36:30,489
The handwriting in these
letters and the cards
753
00:36:30,589 --> 00:36:33,525
is very distinctive.
754
00:36:33,625 --> 00:36:39,331
And there are some phrases
that are very distinctive also.
755
00:36:39,431 --> 00:36:44,836
"Hallelujah, bloody Jesus,"
is a favorite phrase of his.
756
00:36:44,936 --> 00:36:48,374
We have not found
something as of yet
757
00:36:48,474 --> 00:36:49,941
in these greeting
cards that would
758
00:36:50,041 --> 00:36:53,779
tell us absolutely for sure
that the person who sent them--
759
00:36:53,879 --> 00:36:56,682
is sending them-- is the killer.
760
00:36:56,782 --> 00:36:58,617
We don't know
761
00:36:58,717 --> 00:37:03,422
He just continues to make
life miserable for these parents
762
00:37:03,522 --> 00:37:05,457
who've lost their children.
763
00:37:05,557 --> 00:37:08,527
It's important that this
individual be caught.
764
00:37:13,865 --> 00:37:17,002
HOST: Next, the search for
Salvatore Michael Caruana,
765
00:37:17,102 --> 00:37:19,538
a career criminal who
masterminded a multimillion
766
00:37:19,638 --> 00:37:21,106
dollar drug smuggling ring.
767
00:37:37,456 --> 00:37:38,324
OK, guys.
768
00:37:38,424 --> 00:37:41,793
Let's move in.
769
00:37:41,893 --> 00:37:44,296
HOST: May 23rd, 1987.
770
00:37:44,396 --> 00:37:45,964
Groton, Connecticut.
771
00:37:46,064 --> 00:37:48,834
Agents from the FBI, the Drug
Enforcement Administration,
772
00:37:48,934 --> 00:37:51,537
and the US Marshal
Service tracked a fugitive
773
00:37:51,637 --> 00:37:52,971
to a local Motor Inn.
774
00:37:56,575 --> 00:37:58,444
Federal agents with a warrant.
775
00:38:02,514 --> 00:38:04,049
HOST: When they
entered the room,
776
00:38:04,149 --> 00:38:07,486
the man they were
looking for had vanished.
777
00:38:07,586 --> 00:38:09,888
Salvatore Michael
Caruana is a suspected
778
00:38:09,988 --> 00:38:13,759
narcotics smuggler who allegedly
has ties to organized crime.
779
00:38:13,859 --> 00:38:16,061
Since 1984, he's been
the object of one
780
00:38:16,161 --> 00:38:18,163
of the most intensive
manhunts in the history
781
00:38:18,263 --> 00:38:21,867
of US law enforcement.
782
00:38:21,967 --> 00:38:23,869
Caruana is currently
on the US Marshal's
783
00:38:23,969 --> 00:38:26,405
top 15 fugitives list.
784
00:38:26,505 --> 00:38:29,875
They also believe he is being
sought by the New England mob.
785
00:38:29,975 --> 00:38:32,611
When the federal agents found
Caruana's room at the Motor Inn
786
00:38:32,711 --> 00:38:34,613
empty, they had first suspected
that he might have been
787
00:38:34,713 --> 00:38:37,015
the victim of a contract hit.
788
00:38:37,115 --> 00:38:39,451
However, the authorities
also believe it is possible
789
00:38:39,551 --> 00:38:42,020
that Caruana staged his
own disappearance to look
790
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:43,855
like a contract killing
so he could throw
791
00:38:43,955 --> 00:38:45,391
law enforcement off his trail.
792
00:38:48,994 --> 00:38:52,230
Caruana's criminal history
dates back to 1954,
793
00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:53,732
when he was charged
with armed robbery
794
00:38:53,832 --> 00:38:56,668
and possession of fire arms.
795
00:38:56,768 --> 00:39:00,038
By the late 70s, he had moved
into narcotics as a mob soldier
796
00:39:00,138 --> 00:39:04,042
with the Raymond Patriarca
family in New England.
797
00:39:04,142 --> 00:39:05,777
Mr. Caruana was involved
in the distribution
798
00:39:05,877 --> 00:39:09,948
of approximately $40
million worth of marijuana.
799
00:39:10,048 --> 00:39:12,350
We have testimony from
just one distributor
800
00:39:12,451 --> 00:39:15,521
that in one particular
operation in 1979, he,
801
00:39:15,621 --> 00:39:18,590
himself brought $4
million to Mr. Caruana.
802
00:39:18,690 --> 00:39:19,591
Hey, Sparky.
803
00:39:19,691 --> 00:39:21,026
Let me see what
we've got going here.
804
00:39:21,126 --> 00:39:22,027
All right.
AGT.
805
00:39:22,127 --> 00:39:23,028
KEEFE (VOICEOVER):
In these marijuana
806
00:39:23,128 --> 00:39:24,830
operations with
Caruana was involved,
807
00:39:24,930 --> 00:39:26,131
he was with a supervisor.
808
00:39:26,231 --> 00:39:27,799
Caruana would show
up on the scene
809
00:39:27,899 --> 00:39:30,101
himself at the stash house
before the marijuana was sent
810
00:39:30,201 --> 00:39:32,203
out, and talk to his people.
811
00:39:32,303 --> 00:39:34,205
Make sure it was
weighed correctly.
812
00:39:34,305 --> 00:39:36,041
Make sure the quality was good.
813
00:39:36,141 --> 00:39:37,876
He would then tell
his distributor
814
00:39:37,976 --> 00:39:40,646
that I want x amount of dollars
for each pound of marijuana
815
00:39:40,746 --> 00:39:41,613
that's here.
816
00:39:41,713 --> 00:39:42,848
I think it will be good.
817
00:39:42,948 --> 00:39:44,349
What do you think?
818
00:39:44,450 --> 00:39:45,917
$250 a pound.
819
00:39:46,017 --> 00:39:46,818
All right?
820
00:39:46,918 --> 00:39:48,687
Freddy, don't keep me waiting.
821
00:39:48,787 --> 00:39:49,921
I'll be there.
AGT.
822
00:39:50,021 --> 00:39:51,056
KEEFE: He carried guns.
823
00:39:51,156 --> 00:39:52,458
He was big with guns.
824
00:39:52,558 --> 00:39:54,025
He was big with threats.
825
00:39:54,125 --> 00:39:55,961
He would threaten to
kill, there's no question.
826
00:39:56,061 --> 00:39:59,765
If you messed up, he would
threaten to kill you.
827
00:39:59,865 --> 00:40:01,667
HOST: Caruana was
finally arrested
828
00:40:01,767 --> 00:40:04,503
on November 27th, 1983.
829
00:40:04,603 --> 00:40:06,037
The smuggling
operation had begun
830
00:40:06,137 --> 00:40:08,974
to collapse with the arrest of
several key associates whose
831
00:40:09,074 --> 00:40:11,710
testimony led to an 11
count secret grand jury
832
00:40:11,810 --> 00:40:13,378
indictment against him.
833
00:40:13,479 --> 00:40:14,279
COP: Back against the wall.
834
00:40:14,379 --> 00:40:15,481
Face the camera.
835
00:40:15,581 --> 00:40:17,849
HOST: Caruana was charged
with drug trafficking
836
00:40:17,949 --> 00:40:19,250
under the Kingpin statute.
837
00:40:19,350 --> 00:40:22,921
A federal law which could
have meant life in prison.
838
00:40:23,021 --> 00:40:23,822
Look straight ahead.
839
00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:27,192
HOST: Bail was set at $500,000.
840
00:40:27,292 --> 00:40:29,995
Caruana easily raised
$50,000 to post
841
00:40:30,095 --> 00:40:32,598
bond in at least the same day.
842
00:40:32,698 --> 00:40:36,935
Caruana, you've posted
bond just in time.
843
00:40:37,035 --> 00:40:39,905
HOST: On April
2nd, 1984, two days
844
00:40:40,005 --> 00:40:42,373
before his trial was
to begin, Salvatore
845
00:40:42,474 --> 00:40:45,577
Michael Caruana disappeared.
846
00:40:45,677 --> 00:40:46,512
AGT.
847
00:40:46,612 --> 00:40:48,614
KEEFE: Two of his
close associates
848
00:40:48,714 --> 00:40:50,048
signed agreements
with the government
849
00:40:50,148 --> 00:40:52,083
to cooperate and testify.
850
00:40:52,183 --> 00:40:54,553
I think he felt that our
case was much stronger
851
00:40:54,653 --> 00:40:56,387
with these two witnesses
coming into the case
852
00:40:56,488 --> 00:40:57,823
to testify against him.
853
00:40:57,923 --> 00:41:00,892
And I believe he just didn't
want to come in and face them.
854
00:41:00,992 --> 00:41:02,794
Because I think he
felt that he would
855
00:41:02,894 --> 00:41:05,096
face some serious time in jail.
856
00:41:05,196 --> 00:41:06,397
What do we have
on this guy so far?
857
00:41:06,498 --> 00:41:09,134
HOST: In 1985, a
multi-agency task force
858
00:41:09,234 --> 00:41:11,837
was established by the Drug
Enforcement Administration,
859
00:41:11,937 --> 00:41:15,406
the IRS, the FBI, and
the US Marshals service
860
00:41:15,507 --> 00:41:18,877
exclusively to investigate
the Caruana case.
861
00:41:18,977 --> 00:41:21,346
They confirmed that smuggling
drugs was only the facade
862
00:41:21,446 --> 00:41:23,414
for a vast criminal labyrinth.
863
00:41:23,515 --> 00:41:25,817
Caruana was laundering
enormous amounts of money
864
00:41:25,917 --> 00:41:27,953
and was himself a
multimillionaire.
865
00:41:28,053 --> 00:41:30,088
Checking on the
medical update.
866
00:41:30,188 --> 00:41:34,159
HOST: On February 6th, 1987,
federal agents and local police
867
00:41:34,259 --> 00:41:37,028
raided Caruana's home in
Peabody, Massachusetts.
868
00:41:37,128 --> 00:41:40,465
The house was like a fortress
with elaborate security systems
869
00:41:40,566 --> 00:41:42,768
of several hidden vaults
crammed full of weapons
870
00:41:42,868 --> 00:41:45,203
and financial papers.
871
00:41:45,303 --> 00:41:47,773
Agents found evidence that
Caruana was using the alias
872
00:41:47,873 --> 00:41:50,108
of John Michael Hurley.
873
00:41:50,208 --> 00:41:51,643
Armed with this
information, investigators
874
00:41:51,743 --> 00:41:55,146
were able within days to track
Caruana to an East Hampton,
875
00:41:55,246 --> 00:41:57,215
Connecticut condominium.
876
00:41:57,315 --> 00:41:59,117
By the time they
arrived, Caruana had t
877
00:41:59,217 --> 00:42:00,185
cleaned the place out and.
878
00:42:00,285 --> 00:42:02,487
Vanished For the
next three months,
879
00:42:02,588 --> 00:42:05,724
he continued to elude the law.
880
00:42:05,824 --> 00:42:07,058
He's a very smart guy.
881
00:42:07,158 --> 00:42:11,296
He's probably one of the most
cunning and sly fugitives
882
00:42:11,396 --> 00:42:14,332
that we've come across
in a very long time.
883
00:42:14,432 --> 00:42:15,767
He knows what he's doing.
884
00:42:15,867 --> 00:42:17,936
He keeps himself up to
date on all the new things
885
00:42:18,036 --> 00:42:19,137
that are coming out.
886
00:42:19,237 --> 00:42:22,440
He's a very smart individual.
887
00:42:22,540 --> 00:42:23,775
Look at those numbers jump up.
888
00:42:23,875 --> 00:42:26,144
HOST: Agents discovered that
while Caruana was in hiding,
889
00:42:26,244 --> 00:42:28,379
he used computer
technology to launder
890
00:42:28,479 --> 00:42:31,049
money, and communicate with
his business associates,
891
00:42:31,149 --> 00:42:32,417
and his wife.
892
00:42:32,517 --> 00:42:33,985
INSPECTOR RODERICK (VOICEOVER):
He used things like computer
893
00:42:34,085 --> 00:42:36,387
bulletin board systems
that he knew it was very
894
00:42:36,487 --> 00:42:38,056
difficult for us to get into.
895
00:42:38,156 --> 00:42:41,326
He would talk to his wife up in
Massachusetts from Connecticut,
896
00:42:41,426 --> 00:42:42,694
and they would go
through these computer
897
00:42:42,794 --> 00:42:44,429
bulletin board systems.
898
00:42:44,529 --> 00:42:47,165
And she would take the
message, decode it,
899
00:42:47,265 --> 00:42:49,234
and then it would be wiped off
that bulletin board system.
900
00:42:52,037 --> 00:42:54,706
HOST: Finally in May of
1987, an anonymous tip
901
00:42:54,806 --> 00:42:58,910
led authorities to the Motor
Inn in Groton, Connecticut.
902
00:42:59,010 --> 00:43:00,578
INSPECTOR RODERICK: We had
determined he was using
903
00:43:00,679 --> 00:43:02,714
the alias, Vincent Spirito.
904
00:43:02,814 --> 00:43:05,751
And based upon the information
we received from the manager,
905
00:43:05,851 --> 00:43:09,354
and the fact that the alias
name was registered there
906
00:43:09,454 --> 00:43:12,090
at that Motor Inn,
we used that as
907
00:43:12,190 --> 00:43:15,426
probable cause to get a search
warrant to enter the apartment.
908
00:43:15,526 --> 00:43:17,863
WALKIE TALKIE: Yeah,
I want to get a 4.
909
00:43:17,963 --> 00:43:19,831
We're a go.
910
00:43:19,931 --> 00:43:21,366
WALKIE TALKIE: 40 on
the best position.
911
00:43:21,466 --> 00:43:23,134
What do you think?
912
00:43:23,234 --> 00:43:24,602
What do you think?
913
00:43:24,703 --> 00:43:25,871
Still nothing.
914
00:43:25,971 --> 00:43:27,305
Nothing's going on.
WALKIE TALKIE: OK.
915
00:43:27,405 --> 00:43:28,206
We've given enough time.
916
00:43:28,306 --> 00:43:32,310
Let's-- let's move in, guys.
917
00:43:32,410 --> 00:43:34,780
[music playing]
918
00:43:46,357 --> 00:43:48,326
When we first
got into the room,
919
00:43:48,426 --> 00:43:51,562
it appeared like, jeez, he
just got up to get a newspaper,
920
00:43:51,663 --> 00:43:54,232
that he could be
coming back any minute.
921
00:43:54,332 --> 00:43:55,133
OK.
922
00:43:55,233 --> 00:43:56,034
We're secure, right?
923
00:43:56,134 --> 00:43:57,402
All secure.
OK.
924
00:43:57,502 --> 00:43:59,337
INSPECTOR RODERICK (VOICEOVER):
But once we started looking
925
00:43:59,437 --> 00:44:01,372
at specific items in the
room such as the newspaper
926
00:44:01,472 --> 00:44:03,809
and spoiled food, it
looked like he hadn't been
927
00:44:03,909 --> 00:44:04,843
there for a couple of weeks.
928
00:44:04,943 --> 00:44:05,877
POLICE: Look at this newspaper.
929
00:44:05,977 --> 00:44:08,579
It's dated May 9.
930
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:10,682
INSPECTOR RODERICK (VOICEOVER):
We found clothes in the closet.
931
00:44:10,782 --> 00:44:14,185
We found the John Michael
Hurley identification.
932
00:44:14,285 --> 00:44:17,122
We also found a sawed off
shotgun with four shells up
933
00:44:17,222 --> 00:44:18,323
in the barrel.
934
00:44:18,423 --> 00:44:21,292
So it was ready to be what
we call, combat loaded.
935
00:44:21,392 --> 00:44:22,493
We also located a briefcase.
936
00:44:22,593 --> 00:44:23,862
Hey, guys.
Got a gun here.
937
00:44:23,962 --> 00:44:25,596
INSPECTOR RODERICK (VOICEOVER):
In the briefcase was
938
00:44:25,697 --> 00:44:28,399
a semiautomatic 22 and cash.
939
00:44:31,469 --> 00:44:33,338
From what we found
at the Motor Inn,
940
00:44:33,438 --> 00:44:35,506
you could assume that
he had been killed
941
00:44:35,606 --> 00:44:38,777
by organized crime people who
thought that if he was caught,
942
00:44:38,877 --> 00:44:39,811
he might talk.
943
00:44:39,911 --> 00:44:41,246
Or he had all these
records that could
944
00:44:41,346 --> 00:44:44,816
implicate them in different
illegal transactions.
945
00:44:44,916 --> 00:44:47,085
But we don't have the body.
946
00:44:47,185 --> 00:44:48,887
And if it was an
organized crime hit,
947
00:44:48,987 --> 00:44:51,757
I would think that they would
want to leave the body behind
948
00:44:51,857 --> 00:44:53,591
so that we wouldn't
keep poking our noses
949
00:44:53,691 --> 00:44:55,626
into his business,
which eventually
950
00:44:55,727 --> 00:44:57,095
would lead back to them.
951
00:44:57,195 --> 00:44:58,196
Who's got the paperwork?
952
00:44:58,296 --> 00:44:59,097
I've got it.
953
00:44:59,197 --> 00:45:01,599
HOST: Caruana's van was missing.
954
00:45:01,699 --> 00:45:04,335
So were the keys to the van,
his wallet, and a camera
955
00:45:04,435 --> 00:45:07,572
case he was known to carry
with him at all times.
956
00:45:07,672 --> 00:45:09,340
In the camera case,
reportedly, he
957
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:12,978
carried an Uzi sub-machine gun.
958
00:45:13,078 --> 00:45:15,680
A month later, Caruana's
van turned up at a police
959
00:45:15,781 --> 00:45:17,415
and impoundment lot.
960
00:45:17,515 --> 00:45:20,285
It had been abandoned at
a Connecticut truck stop.
961
00:45:20,385 --> 00:45:22,253
When Marshals dusted
for fingerprints,
962
00:45:22,353 --> 00:45:24,389
they found the van
had been wiped clean.
963
00:45:24,489 --> 00:45:26,057
INSPECTOR RODERICK
(VOICEOVER): He could very well
964
00:45:26,157 --> 00:45:29,727
have been killed in May
of 87, but we really don't
965
00:45:29,828 --> 00:45:31,062
have anything to point to that.
966
00:45:31,162 --> 00:45:32,898
We don't have anybody
coming forward and saying,
967
00:45:32,998 --> 00:45:37,202
yes, I saw him abducted
from the truck stop.
968
00:45:37,302 --> 00:45:40,338
When you chase fugitives
that are this complex,
969
00:45:40,438 --> 00:45:42,373
one of the things
they like to do
970
00:45:42,473 --> 00:45:45,443
is leak the word out to you
that, hey, this guy is dead.
971
00:45:45,543 --> 00:45:47,846
So that you don't continue
looking for him as hard as you
972
00:45:47,946 --> 00:45:50,816
were if you knew he was alive.
973
00:45:50,916 --> 00:45:53,418
It appears that he's done
the very smart thing.
974
00:45:53,518 --> 00:45:55,253
He hasn't maintain
contact with the people
975
00:45:55,353 --> 00:45:58,790
that he knew before
we were chasing him.
976
00:45:58,890 --> 00:46:00,391
What we're looking
for is somebody
977
00:46:00,491 --> 00:46:03,261
to come forward and tell us
that they have seen Salvatore
978
00:46:03,361 --> 00:46:05,463
Caruana after May of '87.
979
00:46:08,266 --> 00:46:12,103
HOST: Salvatore Michael Caruana
is 51 years old, 6' tall,
980
00:46:12,203 --> 00:46:14,205
and 175 pounds.
981
00:46:14,305 --> 00:46:16,774
He has brown eyes, and
graying black hair,
982
00:46:16,875 --> 00:46:19,978
and has been treated for
a hyperthyroid condition.
983
00:46:20,078 --> 00:46:22,313
He has used the aliases
John Michael Hurley,
984
00:46:22,413 --> 00:46:24,916
Vincent Spirito, and Face.
985
00:46:25,016 --> 00:46:27,652
Caruana is a licensed
airplane pilot and a computer
986
00:46:27,752 --> 00:46:29,220
and electronics expert.
987
00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:32,090
He should be considered armed
and extremely dangerous.
988
00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:37,228
Caruana allegedly holds
damaging information
989
00:46:37,328 --> 00:46:40,265
about many highly placed
organized crime figures,
990
00:46:40,365 --> 00:46:41,599
and the federal
authorities hope they
991
00:46:41,699 --> 00:46:43,201
get to him before the mob does.
992
00:46:52,677 --> 00:46:55,146
Tonight, we have seen four
stories without endings.
993
00:46:55,246 --> 00:46:56,915
Four stories in
which ordinary people
994
00:46:57,015 --> 00:47:00,218
have been thrust into the
center of an Unsolved Mystery.
995
00:47:00,318 --> 00:47:02,420
Perhaps someone
tonight can help them.
996
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:03,621
Perhaps they were watching.
997
00:47:03,721 --> 00:47:05,756
Perhaps it's you.
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