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[music playing]

NARRATOR: This program is
about unsolved mysteries.

Whenever possible, the
actual family members

and police officials
have participated

in recreating the events.

What you are about to see
is not a news broadcast.

[music playing]

ROBERT STACK: June 1968, a
funeral train bearing the body

of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
slowly made its way from New

York to Washington, DC.

Along the route,
thousands mourned

the loss of a favorite son.

Three days earlier,
Robert Kennedy

was killed by an assassin's
bullet at the Ambassador Hotel

in Los Angeles, California.

For those who were there,
the agonizing moments

which followed the shooting
will never be forgotten.

Calm down!

Move back, please!

FRANK BURNS: By that time,
pandemonium had broken loose.

I mean, everybody was screaming.

MARTIN PATRUSKY: There
were people yelling,

Kennedy was shot.

Kennedy was shot.

Get an ambulance.

Get a doctor.

RICHARD LUBIC: Many
people jumped on Sirhan,

and hitting him,
yelling and screaming.

MARTIN PATRUSKY: Somebody
was trying to get the gun.

They couldn't get the
gun out of his hand.

It was like frozen in his hand.

FRANK BURNS: I was
afraid somebody

was going to snap his back.

Because by that time, Grier
and Rafer Johnson had show up.

And I thought they'd just
snap him like a matchstick.

And Grier finally got
possession of the gun

and gave it to Rafer Johnson.

And it was agreed,
you know, Johnson

was to hold on to that
gun, not give it to anyone

until the police arrived.

[music playing]

ROBERT STACK: On
April 17th, 1969,

Sirhan B. Sirhan was
convicted of a first degree

murder of Robert Kennedy.

Sirhan never denied
killing Kennedy,

but has claimed on
several occasions

that he cannot remember the
period of time of the shooting.

The final report of the Los
Angeles Police Department

definitively states
that Sirhan acted

alone and fired the fatal shot.

Throughout history,
the shock waves

of political assassination have
almost inevitably given rise

to questions of conspiracy.

In that regard, the
murder of Robert Kennedy

is no exception, despite the
fact that Sirhan Sirhan was

apprehended at the scene
after firing eight shots,

and has denied that
anyone else was involved.

But in this instance, there are
researchers and eyewitnesses

who claim to have evidence which
suggests that a second gun was

fired in the Ambassador
Hotel, and that it

may not have been Sirhan
who fired the fatal shot.

I don't think it's
even possible that Sirhan

could have shot
Senator Kennedy four

times at point-blank range.

It's not even possible.

I, at this point, feel that
there probably was a second gun

there, and that it was fired.

ROBERT STACK: The Chief of
Detectives, who supervised

the investigation, disagrees.

There's no question in my
mind that Sirhan killed Kennedy,

and that he acted alone.

ROBERT STACK: Was there more
than one gun fired that night?

Just this week, the Washington
Post published an article

by Dan Moldea detailing new
evidence which addresses

this disturbing question.

We'll examine both
sides of this most

important and controversial
case in one moment

on "Unsolved Mysteries."

[music playing]

Under ordinary
circumstances, we would

not film a recreation
of the murder

of a United States senator.

But because some
independent investigators

claim that eyewitness
accounts and other evidence

contradict the
official police report,

we have carefully
reenacted the event

based on both crime
scene evidence

and eyewitness testimony.

[crowd cheering]

The evening of June 4th,
1968 began as a celebration.

I thank all of you who made
this possible this evening.

ROBERT STACK: With a victory
in the California primary,

Senator Robert F. Kennedy
became the favorite

to win the Democratic
presidential nomination.

My thanks to all of you.

And now it's on to Chicago.

And let's win there!

[cheering]

ROBERT STACK: After
concluding his speech,

Senator Kennedy was
scheduled to attend

a press conference
in the Colonial Room

some 40 yards away.

Kennedy exited from
the rear of the stage,

turned right, traveled
down a hallway,

and entered the
hotel's kitchen pantry.

Kennedy was escorted
by a hotel maitre d',

and paused to shake hands
with the kitchen staff.

Contrary to popular
belief, there

were no photographs
or film footage

taken at the exact
moment of the shooting.

You son of a bitch!

[screaming]

[gun shots]

[empty gun clicking]

ROBERT STACK:
Sirhan Sirhan fired

a 22 caliber revolver with a
cylinder capable of holding

eight rounds.

Despite being
immediately restrained,

he continued to fire
until the gun was empty.

Robert Kennedy was
mortally wounded

and would die 26 hours later.

Five bystanders were
also seriously injured,

but all survived the attack.

Sirhan Sirhan was taken
into custody by the Los

Angeles Police Department.

Five days later,
the LAPD organized

a 40-member task
force, which was known

as Special Unit Senator or SUS.

The LAPD declined interview
requests for this broadcast.

A spokesman stated, quote, "the
reports speak for themselves.

And the right person was
arrested and prosecuted,"

end quote.

However, the former
Chief of Detectives

with overall responsibility
for the investigation

did agree to be interviewed.

So the SUS organization
was created to, not only

to investigate
the assassination,

but any ramification of
that assassination that

could possibly be a conspiracy.

We didn't know that it
wasn't the time it occurred.

We had no idea what
the exact facts were.

ROBERT STACK: Once the
pantry area was secured,

the LAPD's scientific
Investigation Division began

the crime scene investigation.

The team was headed
by Officer DeWayne

Wolfer, a forensics expert.

The morning after the shooting,
the police discovered Sirhan's

notebook at his apartment.

Three weeks earlier,
he had written,

"my determination
to eliminate RFK

is becoming more the more
of an unshakable obsession.

Robert F. Kennedy
must be assassinated."

The case seemed open and shut.

The police had
motive, opportunity,

and the smoking gun.

The weapon taken
from Sirhan was a 22

caliber Iver Johnson
revolver, which

held a maximum of eight rounds.

The LAPD determined
that eight bullets

were fired in the pantry,
and that all eight

came from Sirhan's gun.

The official report concluded
that the bullets which

struck Kennedy were fired
first from a distance of one

to six inches.

However, the exact sequence
in which the shots were fired

is unclear.

This is a schematic
diagram drawn up

by Officer Wolfer of the
flight paths of the eight

bullets fired by Sirhan.

Its accuracy is central
to the question of

whether or not a
second gun was fired.

In the drawing,
Sirhan is not shown.

This is a computer
generated simulation

of the shooting based on the
official diagram with Sirhan

included.

Sirhan as depicted
by the red figure,

and Robert Kennedy by the white.

The LAPD has positioned the
senator with his right shoulder

turned toward Sirhan.

One bullet entered the back
of Senator Kennedy's head

just behind his right ear.

This was the fatal shot,
and according to police,

was the first one fired.

Another penetrated the
Senator's right rear shoulder,

and lodged near his spine.

A third bullet entered Kennedy's
back at an upward angle.

It exited through his
chest and was believed

lost somewhere in the ceiling.

A fourth passed through the
right shoulder pad of Senator

Kennedy's suit jacket.

This bullet traveled
at an upward angle,

and according to the
LAPD, then struck

Paul Schrade in the forehead.

Schrade was standing
approximately four feet

behind Kennedy at the time.

I talked to Paul Schrade.

Paul said that he had
to be nine feet tall,

or have his head on
Kennedy's shoulder

in order to be hit
with this bullet.

But this is key for
the LAPD that this

is believed that that
bullet hit Paul Schrade.

Because if not, then
there's another bullet

in that room, which means
there's a second gun.

So literally people have
to be contortionists

in order to make the bullet
flight paths of the LAPD work.

ROBERT STACK: According
to the official version,

four other bullets
struck bystanders.

One of these bullets ricocheted
downward from the ceiling

and hit campaign worker
Elizabeth Evans in the head.

But medical records show that
the bullet which struck Evans

entered at an upward angle.

A bullet ricochets
from the ceiling,

and comes down
through another tile,

it's going in a
downward direction.

You can't have a bullet
going in a downward direction

medically enter from any
other direction than downward.

Yet her bullet
entered going upward.

ROBERT STACK: The autopsy
of Senator Kennedy

concluded that the fatal
shot, as well as the two

other bullets which
injured Kennedy,

were fired at an upward angle
from point-blank range, an inch

to an inch and a half away.

These findings have
never been disputed.

However, the eyewitnesses who
testified at Sirhan's trial

placed the gun muzzle a foot to
three feet away from Kennedy.

If that bullet which
killed Kennedy that

was an inch away from
his head, this bullet

didn't come from Sirhan.

Did not to come from
Sirhan, because he

never got that close.

ROBERT STACK:
Eyewitness Karl Uecker

was standing next to Sirhan
when the first shot was fired.

[music playing]

Uecker was the maitre
d' who was leading

Senator Kennedy
through the pantry

at the time of the shooting.

KARL UEKER: Mr. Kennedy
was shaking hands.

And I was holding
his hand, his arm.

I was trying to pull him
getting into the Colonial Room.

By that time, Sirhan
came behind me.

And he was trying
to get through me.

But I was pushing him back.

And then I saw the
gun when he shot him

twice, grabbed him,
got him in a headlock,

and pushed the gun away.

And I was holding Sirhan
over the steam table.

And she kept shooting.

And I say it again, and
again, and again, that gun

never got that close
to Mr. Kennedy's head.

ROBERT STACK: At
the trial, Uecker

testified that Sirhan fired
only two shots before he

was forced away from Kennedy.

However, the official
report stated

that four shots were fired
before Sirhan was restrained.

The gun was, I'd say,
approximately anywhere from one

to two feet away from him
at the time of the firing

of the first two shots.

He was not an inch
away from Kennedy's head.

Because he was across the
room on this ice thing.

And the room-- I don't know
the dimensions of the room--

but he was not an inch away.

And I'm not a coroner.

But he was not an inch away.

It was more than inches.

It was feet.

ROBERT STACK: None
of the eyewitnesses

who testified at
the trial believe

the gun could have been an inch
and a half away from Kennedy.

The LAPD determined that all
the eyewitnesses were mistaken

about what they had
seen due to the panic

and chaos of the moment.

There is always the need
for careful examination

of the eyewitness
account of what happened.

These people are not in any
sense making anything up.

This is what they
believe they saw.

You put all these
things together, it's

difficult to discern
under any circumstances

how Sirhan, who is on
top of a steam table,

at this point at least
from three to six feet away

from Kennedy, could have shot
Senator Kennedy from behind.

It's an impossibility.

My opinion, and being
close to the investigation

during its entire life, was that
the investigation was thorough,

that the men who did the
investigation were dedicated,

and that the conclusions we
drew from their investigations

are accurate.

The only way that you can
jibe what the coroner said,

what the LAPD said in its
crime scene examination,

what the eyewitnesses
say they saw--

the only way you
can jibe all of that

is that there was a second
guy firing a gun in the pantry

that night.

[music playing]

[crowd cheering]

ROBERT STACK: Was
there more than one

gun in the pantry that night?

Eyewitness Richard
Lubic claims that he

saw a security pull his
gun during the shooting

and then leave the room.

RICHARD LUBIC: I
noticed that there

was a gentleman in
some type of a uniform,

and he has a gun out.

That gun is in his hand.

But that gun was not aimed at
Sirhan, who had just fired.

It was in his hand aimed down--

not at Kennedy, but
down toward the floor.

ROBERT STACK: The security
guard has acknowledged

that he unholstered
his weapon that night,

but denies that it was fired.

He cooperated with
police and was

cleared by the LAPD of any
involvement in the attack.

ROBERT A. HOUGHTON: We could
not make any connection

between Sirhan and this guard
prior to that evening, none

at all.

That meant that it would be
a phenomenal leap of logic

to think they would both be in
the kitchen at the same time

unless there was a connection.

So we did not, and do not--

I do not, in any
way, believe there

was a second gun involved.

I can't get a match.

Here, take a look.

ROBERT STACK: In
1975, a lawsuit filed

by one of the surviving victims
resulted in a reexamination

of the firearms evidence.

A panel of experts compared the
three intact bullets recovered

from the victims, as
well as test bullets

fired from Sirhan's revolver.

Their findings did not
rule out the possibility

of a second gunman.

LOWELL W. BRADFORD:
The three victim

bullets were identified as
having come from the same gun.

The Sirhan gun has
never been identified

as firing those victim bullets.

And that in and of itself is
not conclusive that Sirhan gun

didn't do the firing.

So we're left with the dilemma
that we have three victims

struck by bullets
from the same gun,

but we don't know
whose gun it was.

The LAPD says that
there were six victims

who were hit by eight bullets.

They say that Sirhan made
good on all eight shots.

They've accounted
for all the bullets.

You prove one more
bullet, there's

a second gun in that room.

According to Dan Moldea,
photographs taken of the pantry

entrance add to the
possibility that more

than eight shots were fired.

This FBI photograph
identifies two bullet holes

in the left door jamb,
which are not accounted

for in the official report.

This is the FBI's
photograph from the scene

and their accompanying
caption from the June 8th,

1968 FBI report, E-2, a
close-up view of the two bullet

holes of area described above.

Here's E-2.

And these are the
two bullet holes,

as the FBI describes them--

not alleged bullet
holes, bullet holes.

E-3, close-up view of
two bullet holes, which

is located in center
door frame inside kitchen

serving area in the direction
of the backstage area.

This is photograph 3,
again FBI, the bullet

holes themselves-- not reported
bullet holes, bullet holes.

That's not terribly
unusual that anything

that looks suspicious at
that time would be recorded.

That's not unusual at all.

The fact that it turned
not to be bullets,

it's just the way it turned out.

I saw two bullet holes
in a center divider.

I saw two bullets in the holes.

I know what I saw.

And the issue,
obviously, is that others

say that they weren't there.

It's a supposition on my part
that the door jamb's whatever

was in there that looked
like bullets were extracted

and found not to be bullets.

I presume that was done.

But I don't have personal
knowledge of that.

I have serious
reservations whether or not

any of Bobby's wounds were
inflicted by Sirhan's gun.

I, at this point, feel that
there probably was a second gun

there, and that it was fired.

ROBERT STACK: Portions
of wooden door frames

were removed from the pantry
and booked into evidence.

Police records
state that they were

destroyed on June
27, 1969, two months

after Sirhan's conviction.

ROBERT A. HOUGHTON:
They were bulky.

And they asked me if
they could destroy that.

And I said, yes.

Somebody, at one time, asked
me if I had anything to do over

again, would I change anything?

And I said, sure, I would not
release those panels, door

jambs, or whatever
you call them,

because of the problems
that have come out of that.

I think that the LAPD thought
they had an open and shut case.

And when extra
bullets showed up,

and when other crime
scene evidence didn't jibe

with the official version, I
think the question became one

of, nothing's going
to bring him back,

so why confuse all of
this with the facts?

And I think that the
case just rested there.

And it's been resting there
for the past 22 years.

If there was someone who has
additional information that

would indicate
conspiracy of any kind,

or that Sirhan did
not shoot Kennedy,

I want to know about it.

And if there is, the case
should be opened immediately.

ROBERT STACK: Four days
ago, the Washington Post

published an article
by Dan Moldea

containing additional
information which supports

a second gun hypothesis.

We interviewed Moldea a second
time about this new evidence.

Since last December,
Moldea has conducted

over 100 separate interviews
with LAPD officers,

and officials, LA County
Sheriff's deputies,

and city fire marshals.

Some of them are now retired.

But many were present at that
crime scene investigation.

DAN MOLDEA: These
interviews are authentic.

They are on the record.

And many of them are on tape.

And what I did was
I basically asked

these officers two questions.

What did you do that night?

And what did you see?

These officers had no
idea of the significance

of what they were telling me.

They were giving
me direct responses

to my direct questions.

And about 20 of the
people I talked to

had clearly identified
bullets, bullet fragments,

or bullet holes at
the crime scene itself

in the kitchen pantry.

ROBERT STACK:
According to Moldea,

the bullet holes and
fragments that were described

by some interview
subjects correspond

with the FBI photographs
taken at the crime scene.

During his interview,
Moldea referred

to transcripts of his
conversations with officials.

I have a Sheriff's deputy
who says, quote, "I remember

one person trying
to take a bullet out

of the wall with a knife, a
silver knife for a souvenir,"

end quote.

I have one of the
photographers saying,

quote, "I remember taking lots
of pictures of bullet holes,

six or seven," end quote.

And when I asked him how sure
he was that these were bullet

holes, he was defiant with me.

And he said, quote, "a bullet
hole looks like a bullet hole

if you photographed enough
of them," end quote.

A detective who was there
told me that he had seen,

quote, "quite a few bullet
holes," and actually identified

the location of one bullet in
the wall which corresponded

with an FBI photograph.

Another detective who was
there that night told me

about a bullet hole he had
seen in the center divider

at the crime scene between
two swinging doors.

Another LAPD Sergeant
told me, quote,

"as I was making my
rounds, some bullet

holes were pointed out to me
in a door frame," end quote.

And then he added that
during a subsequent tour

through the pantry, quote,
one of the investigators

pointed to a hole in
a door frame and said,

quote, "we just pulled a
bullet out of here," end quote.

And then one crime
scene investigator

told me that he'd observed
one of his supervisors

remove two 22 caliber bullets
from the center divider itself.

Now according to the Los
Angeles Police Department's

official reports, there
should have been no bullet

damage in the walls and the
door frames at the crime scene

that night.

All of Sirhan's bullets
had been accounted for.

Now what we have is a situation
where the Los Angeles Police

Department officers
and top officials

are now corroborating
what the FBI indicated

in its photographs and
accompanying captions

back in 1968 that there
were additional bullets

and bullet holes at
the crime scene itself.

Now if they are right,
then there is a second gun

in that room that was fired.

And I think the only way
to resolve these questions

is to simply reopen the case.

ROBERT STACK: After publication
of the Washington Post article,

we contacted the
Los Angeles Police

Department for their response.

CMDR.

WILLIAM BOOTH: Whatever
that reporter says

is irrelevant as far
as we're concerned.

We won't debate it.

We won't discuss it.

The investigation
and its results

reflect what our
official position is,

and that is that the
murder of Senator Kennedy

was arrested and
successfully prosecuted

and continues to serve time.

ROBERT STACK: Final services
for Robert Francis Kennedy

were held on June 8th,
1968 at st. Patrick's

Cathedral in New
York City, and were

televised live to the nation.

[music playing]

My brother need not
be idealized or enlarged

in death beyond what he was in
life, to be remembered simply

as a good and decent man who
saw wrong and tried to right

it, saw suffering
and tried to heal it,

saw war and tried to stop it.

Those of us who loved him and
who take him to his rest today

pray that what he was to us
and what he wished for others

will someday come to
pass for all the world.

ROBERT STACK: 22 years have
passed since Senator Robert

Kennedy was laid to rest.

But the events surrounding
his death are still at issue.

Was there a second gunman in
the Ambassador Hotel that night?

Did the authorities
overlook crucial evidence

in the understandable rush
to convict Sirhan Sirhan?

And finally, if a second gun was
fired, who pulled the trigger?

[music playing]

[sirens blaring]

February 21st, 1977,
at approximately 9:00

PM on a cold winter
night, Chicago

firefighters'
responded to a call

from lakefront
residential building.

When the firemen
arrived, they found

that the blaze was confined
to an upper-floor apartment.

[music playing]

[inaudible].

ROBERT STACK: Inside, a
mattress in the middle

of the living room floor
was engulfed in flames.

Initially, the apartment
seemed unoccupied.

But soon, the fireman
made a grim discovery.

FIREMAN: Jack, we
got a body here.

ROBERT STACK:
Beneath the mattress,

they found the body of a
woman named Teresita Basa.

She had been stabbed
in the chest.

It also appeared that
she had been raped,

and the fire set in an attempt
to cover up the murder.

[inaudible].

ROBERT STACK: The
police are bewildered

by this brutal crime.

The official autopsy
reveal that Teresita

Basa had not been raped.

There was no apparent motive,
and little physical evidence.

The investigation quickly
reached a dead end.

Then nearly six months later,
police were startled by a lead

as mystifying as
the crime itself.

A Chicago couple claimed that
the victim, Teresita Basa,

had named her own killer
after she was murdered,

speaking to them from
beyond the grave.

Teresita Basa had moved
to the United States

from the Philippines
in the 1960s.

She worked as a
respiratory therapist

at a Chicago hospital.

Breathe in deeply and slowly.

And open your mouth.

ROBERT STACK: Coworkers
describe Teresita

as a dedicated professional
who gave all her time

and energy to her patients.

She seemed to have absolutely
no enemies until the night

of February 21st.

[music playing]

Smoke and fire damage had
destroyed all fingerprints.

And nothing seemed to be missing
from Teresita's apartment.

Veteran Chicago detective, Joe
Stachula, was totally baffled.

Well, we better get
the crime lab up here

and have them go through it.

JOE STACHULA: The
only real piece

of evidence we found was a
memo indicating that she was

expecting to obtain some
theater tickets for a subject

by name of A.S, who
might have been expected

at the apartment on that night.

ROBERT STACK: Joe's
Stachula desperately

grasped at any straw that held
out hope of solving the case.

Five and a half months
after the murder,

he responded to a
strange call that

would take his
investigation into the realm

of the paranormal.

Dr. Borda?

Yes.

I'm Detective Stachula from
the Chicago Police Department.

ROBERT STACK: A
Filipino physician

had heard about Teresita
Basa through his wife.

The two women had worked
together at the hospital.

The doctor and his wife
have requested anonymity.

We will call them
Enrico and Alicia Borda.

They would tell Stachula
an unbelievable,

but compelling, story.

Have you ever had any dealings
with possession or the occult?

Being a police
officer, I've run

into a lot of strange things.

I've always tried to keep
an open mind about it.

JOE STACHULA: It was
a funny situation.

Being a policeman, you can
tell when somebody's sincere,

and when they firmly
believe they're

giving you good information.

I could tell that
he believed what he

was telling me was the truth.

What I'm about to tell
you may sound bizarre.

You see, I worked
with the late Teresita.

We were both respiratory
therapists at the hospital.

ROBERT STACK: Alicia
told Detective Stachula

of a strange series
of events that took

place after Teresita's death.

Late one night after
working a long shift,

Alicia had gone to a hospital
lounge for a short nap.

She said the seconds
after she closed her eyes,

she felt a ghostly
presence in the room.

It was Teresita Basa.

[gasps]

ALICIA BORDA: At first,
I thought I was dreaming.

I could not believe my eyes.

But she is looking
at me, staring at me.

I did not know what to do.

I was so frightened.

I pray.

A couple of weeks after
Alicia has seen Teresita--

ROBERT STACK: The Bordas went on
to tell of a second experience

two weeks later, this
time at their home.

That night, Alicia
had gone to bed early

complaining of extreme fatigue.

Her husband had gone into
the bedroom to check on her.

JOE STACHULA: Dr. Borda said he
asked her if she was all right.

And he said, her
voice was different.

Help me.

JOE STACHULA: And attempting
to get his wife to talk more,

he asked her, who are you?

What is your name?

Teresita Basa.

JOE STACHULA: He was
confused, because he did not

know Teresita Basa at the time.

You must go to the police.

The police cannot
find my killer.

Tell them his name
is Allan Showery.

Tell them.

JOE STACHULA: Upon
listening to this,

I really picked up now,
A.S. I finally know who A.S.

And I asked, did he knew
who Allan Showery was?

And he indicated from the
voice, from Teresita Basa,

that Allan Showery was a orderly
that worked at the hospital

with both his wife
and Teresita Basa.

He said the first session
only lasted about 30 minutes.

And then at the end,
his wife woke up.

He asked her if she
knew what happened.

She said she didn't.

And then he sort of put it
in the back of his mind,

and didn't act on it.

What's the matter?

He said, then there was a
second session where the voice,

again, possessed his wife.

And at this time, the voice
became more insistent.

Why did you not
go to the police?

Why?

JOE STACHULA: He
said he could not

do anything to really help her.

And the police
couldn't do anything,

that they would need evidence.

I will give you proof.

JOE STACHULA: And at
this point, the voice

indicated that she had
some evidence for him,

that it was her jewelry.

After her killed me,
he took my jewelry.

he He gave it to his girlfriend.

First thought
that came into mind

is, how can I put this on
an official police report?

But at this point, we
began a background check

on Allan Showery.

Besides knowing Teresita
Basa at the hospital,

he lived a short
distance from her.

Do either of you
recall Teresita Basa

ever mentioning that
Allan Showery was

going go over to her apartment?

We also learned from
coworkers at the hospital

that Allan Showery was
expected at Teresita's

apartment that night to
repair her television set.

So the last time Allan
was over at her place?

This was probably the
best clue that we had,

putting him on the scene at the
approximate time of the murder.

ROBERT STACK: Detective
Stachula brought Allan Showery

in for questioning.

Allan, when was the
last time that you

at Teresita Basa's apartment?

ROBERT STACK:
Showery admitted he

had gone to Teresita's
apartment that night

to repair her television.

I was there.

But I was just there
to fix the television.

And I didn't have my tools.

I didn't have the right tools.

ROBERT STACK: He claimed he
was unable to fix the set,

and returned to the apartment
he shared with his girlfriend.

Allan, that's not true.

You went back.

We decided to contact
the girlfriend

and ask her if
Allan had given her

any jewelry recently within the
last several months or weeks.

So when we contacted her,
she indicated, yes, he had.

ROBERT STACK: Allan
Showery's girlfriend

agreed to let Teresita
Basa's relatives

and friends inspect the
jewelry Allan had given her.

JOE STACHULA: Take a
careful look at it.

And see if there's
anything you can recognize

or looks familiar to you.

The family members
immediately recognized

a large, green piece of
jade and several other

distinctive pieces of jewelry.

Was there any other
piece here look familiar?

The ring.

That's Teresita's ring.

The ring on her finger?

Yeah, she was wearing it
the last time I saw her.

JOE STACHULA: Did Allan
give you that ring?

Yes, he did.

JOE STACHULA: How long
ago did it give it to you?

I don't know.

It was about three months ago.

It's all over, Allan.

Teresita Basa's family just
identified the jewelry.

Now I want to know
what happened.

ROBERT STACK: Confronted
with this evidence,

Showery made a full confession.

That night, when I
left for her apartment--

JOE STACHULA: Allan
said that, yes,

he had gone over there
to work on Teresita

Basa's television set.

However, he returned
home, and on the way back,

formulated this plan to
murder and rob Teresita.

[knocking on door]

Just a moment.

I'm coming.

JOE STACHULA: Allan
returned to the apartment.

And when Teresita let him
in, and she turned her back,

she locked the door.

He said he quickly
moved up behind her

and placed a choke hold
on her neck, holding it

until she stopped struggling.

He then dragged her body
into the living room

where he disrobed her to
make it look like it was

a rape, robbery type of scene.

And then went into the bedroom
and obtained the mattress

off her bed, placing
it over the body,

and setting the top of
the mattress on fire.

[music playing]

[police radio chatter]

ROBERT STACK: [inaudible]
defies belief.

Is it somehow possible
that Teresita Basa

could have spoken through Alicia
Borda to catch her own killer?

One thing is certain, without
the information Alicia

provided, police
would never have

known that jewelry was missing.

And Allan Showery would
never have been arrested.

JOE STACHULA: To this
day, I'm not quite sure

if Teresita came back.

And it's one of those
bizarre incidents

that you don't know
is true or not true.

ROBERT STACK: Despite
his confession,

Allan Showery plead not
guilty to a charge of murder.

But when a mistrial was
declared because of a hung jury,

Showery suddenly reversed
himself and admitted his guilt.

He was sentenced to
14 years in prison.

[music playing]

In the summer of
1967, Jim Baczkowski

married his high school
sweetheart, Dolores.

A week later, he was
shipped to Vietnam.

[bomb exploding]

On August 29th,
1968, four months

into his tour of
duty, Jim's platoon

was overrun by a
large contingent

of North Vietnamese troops.

JIM BACZKOWSKI: They
blew us to smithereens.

I went flying through the air.

I landed 30 feet down the hill.

I picked up my leg
that was blown off.

And I crawled back up the hill.

DOCTOR: Has he been
conscious at all?

I don't know.
He keeps coming in and out.

JIM BACZKOWSKI: My
first conscious memory

was looking up and seeing
this blonde lady helping me.

We need a doctor
back over here!

JIM BACZKOWSKI:
Captain Linda Sharp.

LINDA: Hi, Jim.
How you doing?

ROBERT STACK: With
Captain Sharp's help,

Jim began to recover
from his physical wounds.

But the emotional trauma
still tormented him.

We need to hurry up and
get your temperature down.

So you going to write
your wife about your leg?

I don't know how.

JIM BACZKOWSKI: You
were not allowed

to leave the mash unit until
you wrote a letter to your wife.

I didn't have the
courage to write it.

She forced me to do it.

And then I didn't know she had
sent a letter and a picture

to my wife with it.

[helicopter blades whirring]

I don't think that I would
have came back to my wife

without Captain Sharp.

I would very much like to
thank her for what she did

for me and all the other guys.

ROBERT STACK: Before
this segment even aired,

Linda Sharp saw a promotional
announcement for Jim's story

on "Unsolved Mysteries."

She immediately called
our tele-center.

Two weeks later, she
and Jim were reunited.

Hi.

LINDA SHARP: Hi!
- How are you?

LINDA SHARP: Good.

How are you?

Come here.

I can't believe it.

You look so good.

You really do.

You too.

JIM BACZKOWSKI: When I opened
the door, I was elated.

All I wanted to do was
give her a great big hug,

and just hug her, and thank
you, and kiss her on the cheek,

and just try to show
my appreciation.

I feel very
blessed to be here,

to actually see him,
and talk with him,

and hear his versions
of what went on.

Because sometimes what nurses,
we don't realize that we have

an impact on patients' lives.

And I certainly didn't
realize the impact

I had on his life at all.

Hello.

Hi, Linda.

How are you?

LINDA SHARP: Over
the years, I've

thought about Jim and
Dolores, and wondered

how they were doing, and if
they were still together.

And seeing this show on TV,
and seeing them in the segment

was just the best news that
just made it all worthwhile.

It really pulled
things together for me.

And it reinforced that what I
did over there was important.

- Linda, this is my son, Cory.
- Hi, Cory.

ROBERT STACK: Moments
after arriving,

Linda received an
unexpected gift,

a portrait of a
Vietnam nurse which

Jim had it framed for her.

This is how much
I think of you.

I had this made up for you.

And I thought you'd
like to have this.

[linda gasps]

LINDA SHARP: When he
gave me the plaque,

it was just such
a special moment.

It's made this day
very, very special,

something that is
like the culmination

of a nursing career.

Thank you.

To be thanked in
such a special way

is very memorable,
something I'll never forget.

JIM BACZKOWSKI: This
meeting with Linda

represents in my healing the
final step knowing that I,

in my own mind, mentally,
physically, and the way

I feel right now, am all right.

I have finally beat the battle.

We lost a few battles,
but I've won the war.

Let me rephrase that.

I have won the war.

[music playing]

ROBERT STACK: February 10th,
1990, Las Cruces, New Mexico,

8:00 AM, an hour before opening
time at a local bowling alley,

Ida the cook was in
the kitchen preparing

for the lunch hour rush.

The day manager, Stephanie,
was in the office adding up

the previous night's receipts.

With Stephanie were her
12-year-old daughter, Melissa,

and Amy, a friend of Melissa's.

Just hit code, then X5.

This is [inaudible].

Come with me.

At approximately 8:20, Ida
was surprised in the kitchen

by a stranger wielding a pistol.

He forced her at gunpoint
towards the office,

where Stephanie
and the young girls

were being held by
a second gunman.

IDA: Was I went to the office--

Kneel down in the corner!

IDA: I saw Stephanie,
and Melissa, and Amy.

Where's the rest of the money?

It's in there.

Show me.

IDA: I just thought,
they're going

to get money and take off.

Get back down there.

IDA: Especially when
they told us, all of you

put your heads down.

ROBERT STACK: The second gunman
took $4,000 from the safe.

Put your heads down.

Put your heads down!

IDA: When he said that, I
thought, you know, these guys

are leaving, you know?

So we did.

And that's when I felt they
had shot me in the head.

Get inside.

Get in the corner!

ROBERT STACK: Seconds
later, Steve Teran,

his two-and-a-half-year-old
daughter,

Valerie, and his
step-daughter, Paula,

age 7, stumbled onto the scene.

[gun shots]

IDA: We were just both
shot in a hold-up.

Please help me.

911 OPERATOR: Slow down.

IDA: All of us were hurt.

I think I'm the
only one conscious.

911 OPERATOR: OK, we'll
get an ambulance rolling.

IDA: Please help me.

[sirens blaring]

ROBERT STACK: All
seven witnesses

had been shot in the head.

Steven Teran, his stepdaughter,
Paula, and Melissa's friend,

Amy, were dead at the scene.

Valerie Teran died at
the hospital that day.

Incredibly, Stephanie,
Melissa, and Ida

survived the vicious attack.

CAPT. FRED RUBIO: We assessed
the scene immediately.

We canvased the neighborhood.

And thank god that we
were able to come up

with a couple of witnesses
that were able to give us

some pretty decent composites.

ROBERT STACK: At around
8:15 that morning,

Stephanie's brother,
Steve, had stopped

by the bowling alley for a few
minutes on his way to school.

STEVE: I saw two
Hispanic gentlemen

walking from the back of the
building towards the front.

The older gentleman handed the
younger gentleman a small case.

The older gentleman squats
down, and looks right at me

as I'm driving towards them.

I took notice of what
they were wearing,

their descriptions,
hair color, skin, eyes.

ROBERT STACK: Based on
Steve's testimony, and that

of other witnesses, the police
drew up these composites

of the killers.

Suspect number one
is approximately

29 to 30 years old,
5 feet 10 inches

tall, and weighs 170 pounds.

He has dark wavy hair
and a dark complexion

and light colored eyes.

He speaks excellent English
with no Spanish accent.

The second suspect is 40 to
50 years old, 5 feet 7 inches

tall, and weighs
approximately 140 pounds.

He has thinning salt and
pepper hair, brown eyes,

and a dark complexion.

He speaks with a
slight Spanish accent.

[music playing]

For every mystery,
there is someone,

somewhere who knows the truth.

Perhaps, that
someone was watching.

Perhaps, it's you.

[music playing]