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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:04,205 --> 00:00:07,308 NARRATOR: This program is about unsolved mysteries. 2 00:00:07,408 --> 00:00:09,443 Whenever possible, the actual family members 3 00:00:09,543 --> 00:00:11,345 and police officials have participated 4 00:00:11,445 --> 00:00:12,880 in recreating the events. 5 00:00:12,980 --> 00:00:15,483 What you are about to see is not a news broadcast. 6 00:00:19,953 --> 00:00:23,557 HOST: For over 100 years, residents of a tiny Texas town 7 00:00:23,657 --> 00:00:26,260 have witnessed mysterious lights hovering in the distance. 8 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:28,096 They call them ghost lights. 9 00:00:28,196 --> 00:00:30,030 And tonight for the first time, we 10 00:00:30,131 --> 00:00:34,268 present evidence that these ghost lights are real. 11 00:00:34,368 --> 00:00:36,070 A quarter of a million dollars of platinum 12 00:00:36,170 --> 00:00:37,638 vanished from a Pennsylvania factory. 13 00:00:37,738 --> 00:00:40,508 And so did security guard, Dale Kerstetter. 14 00:00:40,608 --> 00:00:42,710 Video cameras recorded the robbery. 15 00:00:42,810 --> 00:00:46,914 Was Kerstetter abducted or was he an accomplice? 16 00:00:47,014 --> 00:00:48,782 We'll ask you to join the war on drugs 17 00:00:48,882 --> 00:00:51,652 with a profile of Salvatore Caruana, the head of a drug 18 00:00:51,752 --> 00:00:53,954 smuggling ring who allegedly possesses 19 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:56,124 information that could put major organized 20 00:00:56,224 --> 00:00:59,160 crime figures behind bars. 21 00:00:59,260 --> 00:01:02,696 On a previous broadcast, we told how during the 1920s hundreds 22 00:01:02,796 --> 00:01:05,299 of orphans from the streets of New York were put on trains 23 00:01:05,399 --> 00:01:06,767 and taken to the Midwest to begin 24 00:01:06,867 --> 00:01:09,137 new lives with new families. 25 00:01:09,237 --> 00:01:12,072 In many cases, brothers and sisters were separated. 26 00:01:12,173 --> 00:01:14,708 Tonight, thanks to our viewers, the heartwarming reunion 27 00:01:14,808 --> 00:01:16,510 of two orphan train children who haven't 28 00:01:16,610 --> 00:01:18,579 seen each other for 60 years. 29 00:01:18,679 --> 00:01:19,713 Join me. 30 00:01:19,813 --> 00:01:21,849 You may be able to help solve a mystery. 31 00:01:21,949 --> 00:01:24,818 [THEME MUSIC - "UNSOLVED MYSTERIES"] 32 00:02:12,533 --> 00:02:15,369 HOST: Saturday, September 12th, 1987, 33 00:02:15,469 --> 00:02:19,373 began as a typical work day for Dale Kerstetter. 34 00:02:19,473 --> 00:02:21,809 The 50-year-old security guard and maintenance man 35 00:02:21,909 --> 00:02:24,678 had worked for 27 years at the Corning Glass works plant 36 00:02:24,778 --> 00:02:26,714 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. 37 00:02:33,187 --> 00:02:35,423 At 11:00 PM, Kerstetter began his shift 38 00:02:35,523 --> 00:02:38,192 as a weekend security guard. 39 00:02:38,292 --> 00:02:40,261 That night, a quarter of a million dollars 40 00:02:40,361 --> 00:02:43,631 worth of platinum pipe vanished from the plant, 41 00:02:43,731 --> 00:02:45,733 and Dale Kerstetter was never seen again. 42 00:02:50,271 --> 00:02:51,805 Pound for pound, platinum is one 43 00:02:51,905 --> 00:02:54,375 of the most precious commodities in the world. 44 00:02:54,475 --> 00:02:57,044 It is even more expensive than gold. 45 00:02:57,144 --> 00:02:58,646 In addition to it's beauty as jewelry, 46 00:02:58,746 --> 00:03:01,549 platinum was widely used in manufacturing. 47 00:03:01,649 --> 00:03:04,318 After Dale Kerstetter and a fortune in platinum pipe 48 00:03:04,418 --> 00:03:06,320 disappeared from the Corning factory, 49 00:03:06,420 --> 00:03:08,289 authorities were mystified. 50 00:03:08,389 --> 00:03:10,958 Was Kerstetter the unwitting victim of a robbery 51 00:03:11,058 --> 00:03:15,229 or had he engineered the heist himself? 52 00:03:15,329 --> 00:03:17,331 Dale Kerstetter grew up in Bradford. 53 00:03:17,431 --> 00:03:19,166 And except for his years in the Air Force, 54 00:03:19,267 --> 00:03:21,168 lived there all his life. 55 00:03:21,269 --> 00:03:23,404 Kerstetter had been divorced for 10 years, 56 00:03:23,504 --> 00:03:25,806 and his teenage son still lived with him. 57 00:03:25,906 --> 00:03:29,477 Four of his five daughters also lived in Pennsylvania. 58 00:03:29,577 --> 00:03:32,546 PENNY BAPTISTE: He was very compassionate, honest. 59 00:03:35,883 --> 00:03:37,050 He liked to have fun. 60 00:03:37,150 --> 00:03:39,287 He loved the outdoors. 61 00:03:39,387 --> 00:03:42,623 He was very faithful to everybody. 62 00:03:42,723 --> 00:03:45,959 And he hated a lie. 63 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:47,995 He never believed in lying. 64 00:03:48,095 --> 00:03:49,930 He's just a great father. 65 00:03:50,030 --> 00:03:52,633 I mean, there wasn't a kid in the world that wouldn't 66 00:03:52,733 --> 00:03:53,734 want to have him as their dad. 67 00:03:59,006 --> 00:04:03,411 C. DALE PARRY: Dale was a marginal employee. 68 00:04:03,511 --> 00:04:05,346 Yeah, he was a slow worker. 69 00:04:05,446 --> 00:04:08,048 And yeah, we had some problems with him occasionally. 70 00:04:08,148 --> 00:04:10,751 But at the same time, we're looking at an employee who 71 00:04:10,851 --> 00:04:12,586 at the risk of his own life, probably 72 00:04:12,686 --> 00:04:14,888 saved half a dozen lives and hundreds of thousands 73 00:04:14,988 --> 00:04:16,757 of dollars of property value. 74 00:04:16,857 --> 00:04:18,626 We had an incident several years ago 75 00:04:18,726 --> 00:04:20,761 where a forklift that accidentally 76 00:04:20,861 --> 00:04:24,865 rolled underneath a stream of hot molten glass. 77 00:04:24,965 --> 00:04:26,166 And the glass was actually pouring 78 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:29,903 down onto the propane tank in the back of the forklift. 79 00:04:30,003 --> 00:04:31,705 Dale immediately jumped onto the forklift 80 00:04:31,805 --> 00:04:34,308 and drove it out from underneath the hot stream of glass. 81 00:04:34,408 --> 00:04:37,511 So you can look at him one side and see 82 00:04:37,611 --> 00:04:39,246 where he might get involved in something like this. 83 00:04:39,347 --> 00:04:41,081 At the same time, maybe he wouldn't. 84 00:04:44,352 --> 00:04:47,988 HOST: Sunday morning, September 13th. 85 00:04:48,088 --> 00:04:51,325 When security guard, John Linquist arrived at 7:00 AM, 86 00:04:51,425 --> 00:04:53,226 he expected to find Dale Kerstetter 87 00:04:53,327 --> 00:04:56,263 waiting to be relieved. 88 00:04:56,364 --> 00:05:00,668 JOHN LINQUIST: He is usually sitting right inside the door. 89 00:05:00,768 --> 00:05:03,136 And he wasn't there. 90 00:05:03,236 --> 00:05:08,342 So I walked to the cafeteria, and I see his lunch 91 00:05:08,442 --> 00:05:10,878 pail sitting on the table. 92 00:05:10,978 --> 00:05:13,381 I happened to pick up the newspaper, 93 00:05:13,481 --> 00:05:15,015 and there the keys was. 94 00:05:15,115 --> 00:05:18,218 So I looked in his lunch pail, and I see it was all-- 95 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:19,119 everything was there. 96 00:05:19,219 --> 00:05:22,022 He hadn't ate. 97 00:05:22,122 --> 00:05:25,125 HOST: Later Sunday morning, Kerstetter's new pick up truck 98 00:05:25,225 --> 00:05:26,927 was discovered in the parking lot, 99 00:05:27,027 --> 00:05:28,462 and the police were called to investigate. 100 00:05:28,562 --> 00:05:30,431 Yeah, they keys are still in it. 101 00:05:30,531 --> 00:05:32,666 HOST: The truck yielded a number of clues 102 00:05:32,766 --> 00:05:36,370 that suggested Kerstetter had not disappeared voluntarily. 103 00:05:36,470 --> 00:05:38,506 His keys were in the ignition. 104 00:05:38,606 --> 00:05:40,874 He had left behind a full carton of cigarettes, 105 00:05:40,974 --> 00:05:43,744 an empty holster from his 22 caliber pistol, 106 00:05:43,844 --> 00:05:44,645 and his day pack. 107 00:05:48,716 --> 00:05:50,618 [dog barking] 108 00:05:54,688 --> 00:05:57,391 HOST: On Sunday afternoon, the Sheriff's canine 109 00:05:57,491 --> 00:06:00,227 was brought in to track Kerstetter in the 12,000 110 00:06:00,327 --> 00:06:01,128 square foot factory. 111 00:06:04,765 --> 00:06:06,900 Police were concerned that Kerstetter might have suffered 112 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,169 a heart attack or fallen and injured himself 113 00:06:09,269 --> 00:06:10,504 somewhere in the vast building. 114 00:06:13,006 --> 00:06:14,341 [dog barking] 115 00:06:16,844 --> 00:06:19,847 The dog lead police to the second floor. 116 00:06:19,947 --> 00:06:21,449 This was a site of the plant's glass 117 00:06:21,549 --> 00:06:24,251 kiln, also known as the tank. 118 00:06:24,351 --> 00:06:26,520 [dog barking] 119 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:30,190 Although the tank contained valuable platinum pipe, 120 00:06:30,290 --> 00:06:33,494 it was not normally an Kerstetter's security rounds. 121 00:06:33,594 --> 00:06:35,596 Kerstetter's scent was found at the tank, 122 00:06:35,696 --> 00:06:37,998 but he was nowhere in the building. 123 00:06:38,098 --> 00:06:38,899 There's nothing here. 124 00:06:38,999 --> 00:06:40,768 [dog barking] 125 00:06:44,772 --> 00:06:46,774 HOST: The investigation next focused 126 00:06:46,874 --> 00:06:48,776 on the three security cameras that monitor 127 00:06:48,876 --> 00:06:52,179 the factory around the clock. 128 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:53,947 Personnel manager, Patrick Foley, 129 00:06:54,047 --> 00:06:58,552 was surprised and disturbed by what the cameras had recorded. 130 00:06:58,652 --> 00:07:01,622 We have recreated the key sequences found on the tapes. 131 00:07:06,794 --> 00:07:08,462 PATRICK FOLEY: The first thing I saw 132 00:07:08,562 --> 00:07:13,634 was a masked man in the back of the plant in the one area. 133 00:07:13,734 --> 00:07:19,507 When I saw the masked man on the tape, I was very alarmed. 134 00:07:19,607 --> 00:07:21,509 At first, I thought, well, obviously this person-- 135 00:07:21,609 --> 00:07:23,243 there's been some foul play. 136 00:07:23,343 --> 00:07:28,315 Dale was involved in foul play, and he probably is missing. 137 00:07:28,415 --> 00:07:32,520 And then Dale Kerstetter came back and met this masked person 138 00:07:32,620 --> 00:07:34,688 in the back of the plant. 139 00:07:34,788 --> 00:07:36,490 I guess I would say, I had a very 140 00:07:36,590 --> 00:07:37,991 empty feeling in my stomach. 141 00:07:38,091 --> 00:07:39,359 I said, what on earth? 142 00:07:39,459 --> 00:07:40,994 And then as I continued to review the tapes, 143 00:07:41,094 --> 00:07:43,330 and I saw the masked person come back out, 144 00:07:43,430 --> 00:07:45,833 and go up to the tank area. 145 00:07:45,933 --> 00:07:49,136 Then I was extremely anxious, because at that time 146 00:07:49,236 --> 00:07:52,105 I realized that not only do we have a missing employee, 147 00:07:52,205 --> 00:07:54,074 we also-- there was a good possibility that we had 148 00:07:54,174 --> 00:07:55,743 missing platinum in the plant. 149 00:07:58,679 --> 00:08:01,348 Whoever removed the platinum from the tank 150 00:08:01,448 --> 00:08:05,118 was extremely familiar with the plant. 151 00:08:05,218 --> 00:08:07,120 Everything in the plant they knew exactly where to go. 152 00:08:07,220 --> 00:08:09,757 You have to remember that this transpired late at night. 153 00:08:09,857 --> 00:08:11,759 There were very few lights on in the plant, 154 00:08:11,859 --> 00:08:14,027 but yet this person knew exactly where to go. 155 00:08:14,127 --> 00:08:15,663 Where to find bags that they needed, 156 00:08:15,763 --> 00:08:18,198 tools that they needed, how to go up to the tank, and move 157 00:08:18,298 --> 00:08:19,432 back out of the tank area. 158 00:08:22,770 --> 00:08:25,005 HOST: The most perplexing moment in the tapes 159 00:08:25,105 --> 00:08:29,276 is this interaction between the guard and the intruder. 160 00:08:29,376 --> 00:08:31,444 Is Kerstetter being coerced or simply 161 00:08:31,545 --> 00:08:33,914 pretending to be coerced? 162 00:08:34,014 --> 00:08:38,051 At one point, he looks directly into the camera. 163 00:08:38,151 --> 00:08:41,288 Was Kerstetter secretly signaling for help or was he 164 00:08:41,388 --> 00:08:44,191 coolly flaunting his crime? 165 00:08:44,291 --> 00:08:45,693 PENNY BAPTISTE: If he was involved, 166 00:08:45,793 --> 00:08:48,562 why would he willingly walk in front of a camera? 167 00:08:48,662 --> 00:08:51,565 Knowing that it was there-- he knew the camera was there. 168 00:08:51,665 --> 00:08:54,868 Why wouldn't an attempt have been made to cover the camera? 169 00:08:54,968 --> 00:08:56,904 It just doesn't make sense. 170 00:08:57,004 --> 00:08:59,640 I think the fact that he did everything in front 171 00:08:59,740 --> 00:09:01,441 of the cameras was once again, just Dale 172 00:09:01,541 --> 00:09:03,143 Kerstetter to say to us, look. 173 00:09:03,243 --> 00:09:04,344 Hey, here I am. 174 00:09:04,444 --> 00:09:05,879 I'm taking your platinum, and there isn't 175 00:09:05,979 --> 00:09:07,915 a thing you can do about it. 176 00:09:08,015 --> 00:09:10,217 If he had planned on taking off anywhere, 177 00:09:10,317 --> 00:09:11,518 why would he bother packing lunch? 178 00:09:11,619 --> 00:09:13,821 I mean, just little little things like that. 179 00:09:13,921 --> 00:09:16,356 And a whole carton of cigarettes-- and he 180 00:09:16,456 --> 00:09:17,825 smoked all the time. 181 00:09:17,925 --> 00:09:20,493 I mean, he would have taken his cigarettes. 182 00:09:22,763 --> 00:09:24,898 HOST: Kerstetter's daughters believe 183 00:09:24,998 --> 00:09:27,768 he was an innocent victim. 184 00:09:27,868 --> 00:09:29,837 According to their theory, Kerstetter 185 00:09:29,937 --> 00:09:33,440 heard or saw the masked intruder and went to investigate. 186 00:09:39,546 --> 00:09:42,783 The intruder, fearing discovery and intent on his robbery, 187 00:09:42,883 --> 00:09:44,818 may have murdered Dale Kerstetter. 188 00:09:50,490 --> 00:09:53,193 One camera showed the intruder wheeling out a heavy bag 189 00:09:53,293 --> 00:09:54,094 on a manual forklift. 190 00:09:56,296 --> 00:09:57,931 INVESTIGATOR BIZZAK: There's a very good possibility 191 00:09:58,031 --> 00:10:00,233 that bag could contain the platinum, 192 00:10:00,333 --> 00:10:01,568 or there's a very good possibility 193 00:10:01,669 --> 00:10:06,106 that that bag could contain the body of Dale Kerstetter. 194 00:10:06,206 --> 00:10:09,309 Everybody says, oh, keep up hope. 195 00:10:09,409 --> 00:10:16,616 But if he was ever in on any of this, this thing that happened, 196 00:10:16,717 --> 00:10:17,617 he's out of his mind. 197 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:26,193 HOST: A second theory places Kerstetter 198 00:10:26,293 --> 00:10:31,198 at the center of a bold and premeditated robbery. 199 00:10:31,298 --> 00:10:33,901 INVESTIGATOR BIZZAK: Dale was happy as a trades worker. 200 00:10:34,001 --> 00:10:35,402 Unfortunately, prior to this incident, 201 00:10:35,502 --> 00:10:37,905 he had just been cut out of the trade shop. 202 00:10:38,005 --> 00:10:41,641 Which entailed about a probably $5,000 to $7,000 cut for him. 203 00:10:41,742 --> 00:10:45,979 He was not a happy person at the time of this theft. 204 00:10:46,079 --> 00:10:48,448 Through our investigation, we determined that Dale Kerstetter 205 00:10:48,548 --> 00:10:51,719 was approximately $30,000 to $40,000 206 00:10:51,819 --> 00:10:54,554 in arrears on various payments. 207 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:56,757 Trailer payments, vehicle payments, 208 00:10:56,857 --> 00:11:01,428 and different bills which he had owed throughout the area. 209 00:11:01,528 --> 00:11:04,364 PENNY BAPTISTE: He had children that could take care of him. 210 00:11:04,464 --> 00:11:07,667 I was in a financial position to take care of him. 211 00:11:07,768 --> 00:11:09,069 He had stock in Corning. 212 00:11:09,169 --> 00:11:11,038 He had money invested. 213 00:11:11,138 --> 00:11:13,273 If it got to the point where he really needed money, 214 00:11:13,373 --> 00:11:16,910 there was too many ways he could have obtained the money 215 00:11:17,010 --> 00:11:18,178 legally. 216 00:11:18,278 --> 00:11:21,548 I think that Dale Kerstetter was a very intelligent 217 00:11:21,648 --> 00:11:24,117 man in a crafty sort of way. 218 00:11:24,217 --> 00:11:28,922 I think that if he did not plan this thing by himself 219 00:11:29,022 --> 00:11:30,958 and do it with an accomplice, I think 220 00:11:31,058 --> 00:11:32,492 he was indirectly involved. 221 00:11:35,863 --> 00:11:37,630 HOST: Dale Kerstetter's family is 222 00:11:37,731 --> 00:11:39,632 anxious to know if he is alive. 223 00:11:39,733 --> 00:11:41,634 Whether he committed the crime or not, 224 00:11:41,735 --> 00:11:45,105 his family wants to know the truth. 225 00:11:45,205 --> 00:11:47,040 PENNY BAPTISTE: Hey, I don't care whether he was involved. 226 00:11:47,140 --> 00:11:49,276 That's not going to make me think any less of him 227 00:11:49,376 --> 00:11:50,310 or love him any less. 228 00:11:50,410 --> 00:11:52,445 What I want to know is what happened. 229 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:54,147 Was he involved? 230 00:11:54,247 --> 00:11:55,315 Did he get away with it? 231 00:11:55,415 --> 00:11:56,216 Is he dead somewhere? 232 00:11:56,316 --> 00:11:59,086 Was he abducted? 233 00:11:59,186 --> 00:12:01,021 AL KERSTETTER: I don't think he'd do it unless he 234 00:12:01,121 --> 00:12:03,090 planned on coming back someday. 235 00:12:03,190 --> 00:12:07,494 If he's alive, which I think is, he's either in Canada 236 00:12:07,594 --> 00:12:09,629 or I'd say in Australia. 237 00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:12,665 And I figure in seven years when his statute of limitations 238 00:12:12,766 --> 00:12:14,802 is up, he'll come back scott-free, 239 00:12:14,902 --> 00:12:17,537 and they won't be able to touch him. 240 00:12:17,637 --> 00:12:18,671 I can't believe that. 241 00:12:18,772 --> 00:12:21,041 I can't believe that he was in on that at all. 242 00:12:21,141 --> 00:12:23,877 No way, shape, or form. 243 00:12:29,416 --> 00:12:32,953 WENDY KERSTETTER: He had six kids and two grandkids. 244 00:12:33,053 --> 00:12:35,155 And to do something like that and take 245 00:12:35,255 --> 00:12:39,092 off and not call any of them. 246 00:12:39,192 --> 00:12:44,731 You know, just take off and never talk to your kids again. 247 00:12:44,832 --> 00:12:49,502 I just-- no, I just can't believe it. 248 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:50,603 Kerstetter 249 00:12:50,703 --> 00:12:51,872 HOST: In the months that followed the theft, 250 00:12:51,972 --> 00:12:53,673 Corning sold it's Bradford operation. 251 00:12:53,773 --> 00:12:55,575 And the new owners have informed us that platinum is 252 00:12:55,675 --> 00:12:58,045 no longer used at the facility. 253 00:12:58,145 --> 00:12:59,779 Dale Kerstetter's family continues 254 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:01,614 to hope that he is safe. 255 00:13:01,714 --> 00:13:04,251 And if he is alive, Pennsylvania State Police 256 00:13:04,351 --> 00:13:06,553 want to question him about his involvement in the events 257 00:13:06,653 --> 00:13:18,131 of September 12th, 1987. 258 00:13:18,231 --> 00:13:21,034 HOST: Last August, we featured a story about New York City 259 00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:25,105 orphans who between 1854 and 1929 were put on trains 260 00:13:25,205 --> 00:13:26,706 and taken to the South and Midwest 261 00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:27,941 in search of adoptive families. 262 00:13:32,012 --> 00:13:34,347 One of the orphan train riders profiled in our story 263 00:13:34,447 --> 00:13:37,951 was Sylvia Wemhoff. 264 00:13:38,051 --> 00:13:41,521 In 1921, at the age of three, Sylvia got off an orphan train 265 00:13:41,621 --> 00:13:43,756 in Columbus, Nebraska, where she was adopted 266 00:13:43,857 --> 00:13:47,294 by the John Mick family. 267 00:13:47,394 --> 00:13:50,630 SYLVIA WEMHOFF: When I was about 17, 18 years old, 268 00:13:50,730 --> 00:13:54,634 then I began to question my mother Mick. 269 00:13:54,734 --> 00:13:58,171 Whether I had any brothers or sisters. 270 00:13:58,271 --> 00:14:01,341 And if so, I wonder if we could ever get together. 271 00:14:03,977 --> 00:14:06,146 HOST: When Sylvia located her birth certificate, 272 00:14:06,246 --> 00:14:08,281 she read that she was born, Stephanie Wolk, 273 00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:09,682 and that she had an older sibling. 274 00:14:12,419 --> 00:14:14,854 For the next 52 years, she searched for the brother 275 00:14:14,955 --> 00:14:16,356 or sister she never knew. 276 00:14:19,893 --> 00:14:22,462 The day after our broadcast, Sylvia's search came to an end 277 00:14:22,562 --> 00:14:23,696 when she learned that her brother, 278 00:14:23,796 --> 00:14:26,934 72-year-old Joseph Wolk, was living in New York City. 279 00:14:27,034 --> 00:14:28,768 Wolk's step-daughter had seen our broadcast 280 00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:32,005 and recognized the names on Sylvia's birth certificate. 281 00:14:32,105 --> 00:14:34,241 On September 25th, Sylvia flew to New York 282 00:14:34,341 --> 00:14:36,643 and met her brother Joseph for the first time. 283 00:14:39,579 --> 00:14:41,481 Joseph? 284 00:14:41,581 --> 00:14:43,984 Your sister, Sylvia, is here. 285 00:14:48,055 --> 00:14:49,522 - Are you Joseph? - I am. 286 00:14:49,622 --> 00:14:50,423 I'm Sylvia. 287 00:14:50,523 --> 00:14:51,558 Oh, Sylvia. 288 00:14:51,658 --> 00:14:52,459 Yeah. 289 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:53,393 I'm so glad. 290 00:14:53,493 --> 00:14:54,427 I'm so happy. 291 00:14:54,527 --> 00:14:57,464 Oh, I'm so happy to see you. 292 00:14:57,564 --> 00:14:59,799 SYLVIA WEMHOFF: We hugged each other. 293 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:04,804 And we were just really thrilled and happy that we 294 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:07,574 finally, finally got together. 295 00:15:07,674 --> 00:15:09,376 I had heard I had a sister. 296 00:15:09,476 --> 00:15:14,847 And I was awfully pleased when I saw her and thankful. 297 00:15:14,948 --> 00:15:16,083 Thankful to God. 298 00:15:16,183 --> 00:15:16,984 Yes. 299 00:15:17,084 --> 00:15:19,319 That's me on there. 300 00:15:19,419 --> 00:15:21,188 HOST: Most brothers and sisters grow up 301 00:15:21,288 --> 00:15:22,422 sharing their lives together. 302 00:15:22,522 --> 00:15:25,258 But for Sylvia and Joseph, love and memories 303 00:15:25,358 --> 00:15:26,626 are just beginning. 304 00:15:29,729 --> 00:15:32,899 HOST (VOICEOVER): The next man we will meet is Frances Murphy. 305 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:38,638 In 1928, when he was 11, he, too, rode the orphan train. 306 00:15:38,738 --> 00:15:40,673 His baby sister, Margaret, and his mother, 307 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:43,676 who was too poor to take care of him, were both left behind. 308 00:15:46,913 --> 00:15:48,315 FRANCIS MURPHY: When I got on the train, 309 00:15:48,415 --> 00:15:51,784 I didn't really feel that I was being 310 00:15:51,884 --> 00:15:54,221 wrenched away from somebody. 311 00:15:54,321 --> 00:15:56,356 I didn't know that much about my mother. 312 00:15:56,456 --> 00:16:00,827 So that it wasn't a matter of tearing me away from her, 313 00:16:00,927 --> 00:16:03,930 because I was away from her all the time anyway. 314 00:16:04,031 --> 00:16:07,734 It was a big adventure more than anything else. 315 00:16:07,834 --> 00:16:10,837 As a kid in New York, you have to remember 316 00:16:10,937 --> 00:16:14,041 that we didn't know the west. 317 00:16:14,141 --> 00:16:15,808 And what we knew was from the picture 318 00:16:15,908 --> 00:16:20,680 shows we saw of cowboys, and Indians, and maybe engineers. 319 00:16:20,780 --> 00:16:22,515 And going that direction, well, that 320 00:16:22,615 --> 00:16:26,153 was the biggest thrill that a kid in my time 321 00:16:26,253 --> 00:16:27,787 could really expect. 322 00:16:36,229 --> 00:16:39,066 HOST: Francis' excitement soon turned to sadness. 323 00:16:39,166 --> 00:16:40,967 [inaudible] 324 00:16:41,068 --> 00:16:44,337 Hello, I'm Mel Mitchell of the Children's Aid Society. 325 00:16:44,437 --> 00:16:45,605 I've brought your boys. 326 00:16:45,705 --> 00:16:48,007 HOST: At stop after stop, potential adoptive parents 327 00:16:48,108 --> 00:16:50,677 would be waiting to pick their child from the crowd. 328 00:16:50,777 --> 00:16:54,114 But not all the children found new parents. 329 00:16:54,214 --> 00:16:56,349 Signature, please. 330 00:16:56,449 --> 00:16:58,918 HOST: Francis, who had boarded the train in New York 331 00:16:59,018 --> 00:17:01,121 with such high hopes, began to realize 332 00:17:01,221 --> 00:17:03,823 that none of the families alone the train's route wanted him. 333 00:17:03,923 --> 00:17:04,791 WOMAN: This is your son, Luke. 334 00:17:04,891 --> 00:17:05,758 Hi, Luke. 335 00:17:05,858 --> 00:17:07,594 Welcome to our family. - Thank you. 336 00:17:07,694 --> 00:17:13,032 FRANCIS MURPHY: 14 or 15 children that were leaving, 337 00:17:13,133 --> 00:17:14,667 and they got off the train with their belongings. 338 00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:16,969 And they told me, Francis, you just stay on the train. 339 00:17:17,070 --> 00:17:18,838 CHRISTINE MURPHY (VOICEOVER): And he would see the crowd 340 00:17:18,938 --> 00:17:20,540 would get smaller and smaller. 341 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,910 Until finally, he was the only child left on the train. 342 00:17:24,010 --> 00:17:24,844 Bye-bye. 343 00:17:24,944 --> 00:17:25,745 Bye. 344 00:17:28,415 --> 00:17:30,483 All aboard. 345 00:17:30,583 --> 00:17:31,918 Next ride, son. 346 00:17:37,690 --> 00:17:40,327 HOST: Francis never was adopted. 347 00:17:40,427 --> 00:17:42,829 He went from family to family as a foster child. 348 00:17:47,434 --> 00:17:52,038 In spite of his early hardships, Francis' life turned out well. 349 00:17:52,139 --> 00:17:55,675 He became a high school teacher, married, and had five children, 350 00:17:55,775 --> 00:17:57,210 and six grandchildren. 351 00:18:00,012 --> 00:18:03,316 Francis Murphy, who rode the orphan train 60 years ago, 352 00:18:03,416 --> 00:18:06,286 developed heart disease in 1987. 353 00:18:06,386 --> 00:18:08,188 Sadly, he died soon after we filmed 354 00:18:08,288 --> 00:18:09,956 his interview in November. 355 00:18:10,056 --> 00:18:13,160 Francis' wife and family have continued his search. 356 00:18:13,260 --> 00:18:15,395 They asked that we present his story despite the fact 357 00:18:15,495 --> 00:18:16,863 that he is gone. 358 00:18:16,963 --> 00:18:19,866 They hope to unite the family who still loves Francis. 359 00:18:19,966 --> 00:18:24,637 The family he never knew and wanted so desperately to find. 360 00:18:24,737 --> 00:18:27,540 It was extremely important to Francis 361 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,709 to go ahead with this interview. 362 00:18:29,809 --> 00:18:34,914 He had been looking forward to it for literally months. 363 00:18:35,014 --> 00:18:39,986 And just the hope that he would find somebody, 364 00:18:40,086 --> 00:18:42,789 particularly his sister. 365 00:18:42,889 --> 00:18:45,458 It was important. 366 00:18:45,558 --> 00:18:50,897 He didn't know much about love growing up. 367 00:18:50,997 --> 00:18:57,170 And he found out as he got older and had a family of his own. 368 00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:58,838 I think his finding Margaret would 369 00:18:58,938 --> 00:19:01,073 be an extension of that love. 370 00:19:04,577 --> 00:19:09,349 It's still very important to us that we 371 00:19:09,449 --> 00:19:10,917 finish what he tried to do. 372 00:19:28,801 --> 00:19:31,904 HOST: 1883, the plains of central Texas 373 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:34,707 near the town of Marfa. 374 00:19:34,807 --> 00:19:37,076 100 years ago, cattle by the thousands 375 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:42,014 were herded by cowboys across this arid country. 376 00:19:42,114 --> 00:19:44,551 One evening during a roundup, a cowhand named Robert Ellison-- 377 00:19:44,651 --> 00:19:45,752 What's that over there? 378 00:19:45,852 --> 00:19:49,021 HOST: Noticed a strange glow off in the distance. 379 00:19:49,121 --> 00:19:51,090 It could be Apaches. 380 00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:55,228 Yeah, it looks like Apache campfire. 381 00:19:55,328 --> 00:19:56,563 Let's go on way. 382 00:19:56,663 --> 00:19:59,799 HOST: He saw a ghostly light shimmering in the darkness. 383 00:19:59,899 --> 00:20:01,634 It appeared to be a few miles away, 384 00:20:01,734 --> 00:20:04,871 and it hovered just a few feet above the ground. 385 00:20:04,971 --> 00:20:08,107 JULIA PLUMBLEY: they thought they were probably a camp fire. 386 00:20:08,207 --> 00:20:11,010 Indians or other travelers. 387 00:20:11,110 --> 00:20:12,445 But they just kept seeing them. 388 00:20:12,545 --> 00:20:13,980 The next night, they were there. 389 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:17,216 And the next night, the next week, and year. 390 00:20:17,317 --> 00:20:19,652 And I'm sure they began to wonder, what on earth 391 00:20:19,752 --> 00:20:23,290 were those lights? 392 00:20:23,390 --> 00:20:27,394 HOST: In 1916, Halley Stillwell was 18 years old when she 393 00:20:27,494 --> 00:20:29,296 witnessed the same phenomenon. 394 00:20:32,198 --> 00:20:34,434 HALLIE STILLWELL (VOICEOVER): We had decided to come to Marfa 395 00:20:34,534 --> 00:20:36,603 to attend to a little business. 396 00:20:36,703 --> 00:20:41,107 We were just visiting, and talking, and all of a sudden 397 00:20:41,207 --> 00:20:46,479 we saw lights over on the Chinati Mountains. 398 00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:47,814 Look, Hallie. 399 00:20:47,914 --> 00:20:50,617 HALLIE STILLWELL: It couldn't be any kind of car lights. 400 00:20:50,717 --> 00:20:55,788 And we first thought probably it was a campfire of Indians, 401 00:20:55,888 --> 00:21:00,259 or Mexicans, or ranchers. 402 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:03,363 But it didn't act like a campfire at all. 403 00:21:03,463 --> 00:21:04,997 Do you think they're campfires? 404 00:21:05,097 --> 00:21:06,333 It can't be a fire. 405 00:21:06,433 --> 00:21:07,334 It's moving. 406 00:21:07,434 --> 00:21:08,668 HALLIE STILLWELL: They were peculiar 407 00:21:08,768 --> 00:21:11,571 and I'd never seen anything like them before. 408 00:21:11,671 --> 00:21:15,207 And of course, none of us knew anything about it. 409 00:21:15,308 --> 00:21:17,944 We were not scientists or anything like that. 410 00:21:18,044 --> 00:21:21,714 So we said, well, it couldn't be anything but a ghost. 411 00:21:21,814 --> 00:21:23,750 It's just ghost lights. 412 00:21:23,850 --> 00:21:29,155 And from then on, we mentioned them as ghost lights. 413 00:21:29,255 --> 00:21:32,959 HOST: In 1943, the mysterious lights were seen again 414 00:21:33,059 --> 00:21:33,860 near Marfa's army airbase. 415 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:34,961 Yeah. 416 00:21:35,061 --> 00:21:36,429 He won't be back for at least 30 minutes. 417 00:21:36,529 --> 00:21:39,599 FRITZ KAHL: When we saw the Marfa lights the first time, 418 00:21:39,699 --> 00:21:42,769 there was no vehicular traffic at night. 419 00:21:42,869 --> 00:21:44,871 Fuel was rationed. 420 00:21:44,971 --> 00:21:48,074 Lights were a phenomena in themselves in those days, 421 00:21:48,174 --> 00:21:49,909 because there were no lights. 422 00:21:50,009 --> 00:21:51,678 And when the moon is out, it's beautiful. 423 00:21:51,778 --> 00:21:55,314 When the moon is not out, it's so dark it's awesome. 424 00:21:55,415 --> 00:21:56,248 What's that? 425 00:21:56,349 --> 00:21:57,450 FRITZ KAHL: Well, we saw something 426 00:21:57,550 --> 00:21:59,519 that was totally foreign to anything 427 00:21:59,619 --> 00:22:02,489 in and around the airbase. 428 00:22:02,589 --> 00:22:05,124 When we did see the lights, we were very curious, 429 00:22:05,224 --> 00:22:08,861 and we inquired in the village of Marfa 430 00:22:08,961 --> 00:22:10,697 about these strange things. 431 00:22:10,797 --> 00:22:12,031 And they said, yeah. 432 00:22:12,131 --> 00:22:12,932 Sure. 433 00:22:13,032 --> 00:22:15,668 We've got little lights. 434 00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:17,537 So what else? 435 00:22:17,637 --> 00:22:19,372 HOST: Over the years, explanations 436 00:22:19,472 --> 00:22:21,908 for these mysterious lights have ranged from ball lightning, 437 00:22:22,008 --> 00:22:25,011 to St. Elmo's fire, to jack rabbits with glow worms 438 00:22:25,111 --> 00:22:27,113 attached to their tails. 439 00:22:27,213 --> 00:22:28,548 Many of the superstitions even has 440 00:22:28,648 --> 00:22:31,317 it that the lights of the ghost of an Apache chief 441 00:22:31,418 --> 00:22:33,453 who refuses to give up his desert home. 442 00:22:37,390 --> 00:22:38,925 The lights have been continually seen 443 00:22:39,025 --> 00:22:40,727 near the small town of Marfa. 444 00:22:40,827 --> 00:22:43,062 But surprisingly, the witnesses aren't frightened 445 00:22:43,162 --> 00:22:44,997 of these ghost lights. 446 00:22:45,097 --> 00:22:49,268 In fact, most seem to regard them with affection. 447 00:22:49,368 --> 00:22:50,437 I know they exist. 448 00:22:50,537 --> 00:22:52,939 I've seen them several times. 449 00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:56,976 Two of the four of us saw the lights. 450 00:22:57,076 --> 00:23:00,112 Two did not, and we were looking in exactly the same spot. 451 00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:02,048 Now, I can't explain that. 452 00:23:02,148 --> 00:23:02,982 I know they're there. 453 00:23:03,082 --> 00:23:04,383 There's no doubt about it. 454 00:23:04,484 --> 00:23:07,620 Some night's, I see them better than other nights though. 455 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,388 When I was a child, of course, you have 456 00:23:09,489 --> 00:23:10,923 a lot of childlike curiosity. 457 00:23:11,023 --> 00:23:14,494 And my first thing was I want to find out what those are. 458 00:23:14,594 --> 00:23:16,929 I mean, this is my Loch Ness monster. 459 00:23:17,029 --> 00:23:18,731 I'm going to catch it, and find out what it is. 460 00:23:18,831 --> 00:23:20,633 And so I just from that moment on, 461 00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:23,302 decided I was going to try to solve the mystery. 462 00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:25,905 Looks like we need to head southeast toward the Chinati. 463 00:23:26,005 --> 00:23:28,441 KIRBY WARNOCK: A few years ago, my brother and I got the idea 464 00:23:28,541 --> 00:23:30,943 that the reason no one had ever gotten close to the lights 465 00:23:31,043 --> 00:23:32,679 was because they were using motor vehicles. 466 00:23:32,779 --> 00:23:34,847 Like airplanes, or jeeps, or cars. 467 00:23:34,947 --> 00:23:37,316 So we thought if we took out on foot across the desert, 468 00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:38,518 we could sneak up on them. 469 00:23:41,888 --> 00:23:44,724 So we got our gear together and a camera, 470 00:23:44,824 --> 00:23:46,593 and just took out walking across the desert. 471 00:23:46,693 --> 00:23:49,562 And tried for about four hours to walk up close to them. 472 00:23:49,662 --> 00:23:51,197 And we never could get real close to them. 473 00:23:51,297 --> 00:23:52,532 It was almost like a mirage. 474 00:23:52,632 --> 00:23:54,501 It just kept moving a little further and further away 475 00:23:54,601 --> 00:23:56,002 from you. 476 00:23:56,102 --> 00:23:57,770 It's almost like they knew what we were doing, 477 00:23:57,870 --> 00:23:59,539 and they were just going to tease us and stay 478 00:23:59,639 --> 00:24:00,940 a little bit ahead of us. 479 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:02,909 But distance is so deceiving out here. 480 00:24:03,009 --> 00:24:05,277 We couldn't tell if we were looking at a light as big 481 00:24:05,377 --> 00:24:07,847 as a tire or if we were seeing a light 482 00:24:07,947 --> 00:24:09,682 as big as just a cantaloupe. 483 00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:11,017 And so we couldn't get close enough 484 00:24:11,117 --> 00:24:13,653 to really get a good idea of how big they were. 485 00:24:13,753 --> 00:24:16,122 The point is there's a-- 486 00:24:16,222 --> 00:24:18,858 HOST: In July of 1989, we asked three scientists 487 00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:20,927 from the local observatory and university 488 00:24:21,027 --> 00:24:25,031 to conduct a formal investigation into the lights. 489 00:24:25,131 --> 00:24:27,634 One investigator was a professor of chemistry, 490 00:24:27,734 --> 00:24:31,337 another a geologist, and the third an astronomer. 491 00:24:31,437 --> 00:24:34,907 I wonder if we're not pushing just troughs of hot air 492 00:24:35,007 --> 00:24:37,343 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. 78212

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