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NARRATOR: This program is
about unsolved mysteries.
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Whenever possible, the
actual family members
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and police officials
have participated
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in recreating the events.
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What you are about to see
is not a news broadcast.
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When Annette Schappacher
was a lonely teenager,
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she fell in love with
a man twice her age.
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It was a storybook romance which
ended in a flash of violence.
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Now the man of Annette's
dreams is wanted for murder.
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In 1964, 18-year-old Delia
Fazzani of London, England
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found herself trapped
in a nightmare.
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As a pregnant, unwed teenager
abandoned by her boyfriend,
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she had no one to turn to.
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Delia's domineering
father banished her
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to a convent outside London
and later forced Delia to give
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her baby girl up for adoption.
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As a seven-year-old, Jeff Fisher
became one of the thousands
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of young boys whose
lives have been enriched
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by Big Brothers of America.
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Today Jeff is searching for the
man who gave him companionship
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and understanding.
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And three weeks ago, we
profiled a young man suffering
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from a baffling case of amnesia.
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Our broadcast led to a dramatic
reunion with his mother,
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but at the same time, placed
him under a cloud of suspicion.
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Join me for this fascinating
edition of Unsolved Mysteries.
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[mysterious music playing]
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For most of us, life turns
on a series of small triumphs
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and small tragedies.
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The story you are
about to see deals
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with a young British girl.
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A girl who was forced to give
up her baby against her will.
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The child is adopted
by American parents
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and is now 27 years old.
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Perhaps tonight she'll be
able to understand the agony
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her birth mother went through.
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On a chilly spring
evening in 1964,
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Delia Fazzani sat in her
favorite London pub waiting
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for her boyfriend.
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Even though Delia was only 18,
her life was at a crossroads.
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She was three months
pregnant and felt
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that her boyfriend was the
only person she could turn to.
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Hello, love.
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You look great.
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You been waiting long?
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Not long, 10 minutes.
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There's something important
I need to talk about.
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It's quite late.
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Yeah, well I need to talk
to you, it's important.
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I can't even bring
myself to say it.
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I'm pregnant.
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You're
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Kidding me.
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You're sure?
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It's been three months.
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Have you had any
tests or something?
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I don't need any tests, I know.
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I haven't told anyone.
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It's not mine.
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What do you mean?
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Don't have it.
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It's definitely not mine.
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It's yours, what do you think?
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I need your help.
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I don't want anything
to do with it.
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If you say it's mine, I'll
just say all my friends
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told me they've been with you.
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You won't have a
leg to stand on.
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And that's it?
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Yes.
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DELIA FAZZANI GOLDIE:
I was devastated.
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I mean, I wanted to marry
him, I mean I loved him.
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But he just didn't want
the responsibility of it.
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That was just the way
they did things then,
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they just left the
responsibility with the girl.
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After that, the first fear,
obviously, was to tell
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my dad that I was pregnant.
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I mean, I thought, well I'm
either going to tell him
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and he's going to
kill me on the spot,
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or I don't know what's
going to happen.
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NARRATOR: Delia's father,
an Italian immigrant,
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ran a highly successful
restaurant in London.
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He was a strict
Roman Catholic who
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ruled his business and his
family with an iron hand.
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DELIA FAZZANI GOLDIE: He
was the sort of man that
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was always on a short fuse.
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Everybody was frightened
of him and I was absolutely
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petrified to tell him.
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NARRATOR: For seven
agonizing months,
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Delia hid her pregnancy with
corsets and loose clothes.
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Finally when she could
hide it no longer,
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she begged a friend to break
the news to her parents.
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You shouldn't talk to
her when you're so angry.
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I can't believe
she's done this.
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Wait till you calm down.
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Slut!
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You are so common.
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You disgust me!
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Who was it?
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I'm not going to tell you.
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You can do what you'd like,
but I'm not going to tell you.
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You've done the
worst thing possible.
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Now you'll tell
no one and you'll
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have nothing to say about this.
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I'll take care of this problem.
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Can't we keep the baby?
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We could raise it like it was
our own son or daughter, just
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like it was one of our own.
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I'd rather jump off a bridge
than take care of this baby.
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I don't even want to smell it.
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DELIA FAZZANI GOLDIE:
Nothing really after that
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day was discussed with me.
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But obviously, my dad
was disgusted with my mom
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as regards to what
to do with me.
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And then I think it was only a
matter of about maybe a week,
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couple of weeks, and
he just came home
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and announced that I was going
to this place, wherever it was.
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We will tell our
friends that you're
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going north to the
country for a few months
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to spend some time
with you friend Iris.
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Say goodbye to your mother.
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I didn't want this.
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I know, mother.
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DELIA FAZZANI GOLDIE: I
wanted to keep my baby.
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You know, even though he
was sending me off to this,
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wherever, I thought, well
maybe once I have the baby,
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he's going to feel different.
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NARRATOR: Delia's
father banished her
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to the Loreto Convent,
30 miles north of London.
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The convent served as a
home for unwed mothers,
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and facilitated
adoption as well.
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DELIA FAZZANI GOLDIE: When
we drove up to the convent,
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I just felt the--
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I couldn't believe
that they'd just--
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he'd just put me there.
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We've been expecting
you, to Delia,
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we're glad to have you with us.
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DELIA FAZZANI GOLDIE: You know,
you cringe at taking your dog
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to the pound because you
don't want to leave him there,
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and yet, he just easily, he
just took me there and left me.
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And that was my father.
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In my eyes, it was
like a prison, really.
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You were there
for a certain time
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and you couldn't go home until
that time had been completed.
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NARRATOR: All expectant
mothers were assigned chores.
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Those closest to term were
given the most strenuous
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work, because nuns
believed it helped
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the girls deliver on time.
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After you've raked
them into pile, girls,
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put them in the
barrel over there.
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DELIA FAZZANI GOLDIE: I suppose
they see it as if they're doing
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their job and you're there
for a certain purpose, that
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is to have your baby
and then goodbye,
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and then the next one comes in.
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NARRATOR: On November 2nd, 1964,
Delia gave birth to a daughter
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and named her Michelle.
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Delia was allowed to see the
baby only four times a day,
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and then for only half an hour.
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DELIA FAZZANI
GOLDIE: They didn't
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like you to see your baby
other than the feeding
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times and the changing times,
because the more you saw
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the baby, the more you held it,
you were more likely to bond
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to the baby.
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So when it came for adoption,
you could just hand over,
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so they thought, as though
nothing had happened.
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But you do make that bond.
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Even though you've only
seen them for certain times,
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you've still given birth to her.
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So the bond is
there automatically.
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NARRATOR: When Michelle
was four weeks old,
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Delia's parents
visited the convent.
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It was a moment Delia
had been waiting for.
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DELIA FAZZANI GOLDIE: I was just
hoping that my father was going
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to say, well OK, you
know, you come back home
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and and you bring your
baby up, and that's fine.
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That's what I wanted.
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I know my dad was
yearning to take a peek,
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but didn't want anyone
to see him doing it.
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And I thought, well
at least he's looking.
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I watched, thinking that the
next move was going to be
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he was going to pick her up.
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I knew as soon as he walked away
from the pram that that was it.
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There's no way that I'm
going to change his mind.
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Have a seat, Delia.
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It's been six weeks
since Michelle was born.
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Yes, sister.
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We found a couple for her.
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I can't tell you
anything about them
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except that they have your
coloring and they're American.
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He's in the Air Force, a pilot
stationed at North Hampton.
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You'll need to sign
some papers for Michelle
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to be taken out of the country.
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That won't be problem, will it?
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No, sister.
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This is our waiting
room, you can sit here.
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NARRATOR: Two weeks later,
at the Westminster Offices
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of the Catholic
Children's Society,
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Delia was allowed a final
visit with Michelle.
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You'll have a nice, long
time to say your goodbyes.
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Such a beautiful baby.
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You've been very brave, Delia.
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NARRATOR: When Delia
was alone, she slipped
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a note into Michelle's blanket.
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The note begged the
adoptive parents
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to tell Michelle that
Delia had loved her
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and had given her
up unwillingly.
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DELIA FAZZANI GOLDIE: You've
only got 30 minutes or whatever
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is to say goodbye,
so what you try to do
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is try to look at her face,
to burn the impression
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into your mind,
because you, there
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and then, you get
the feeling that I'm
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going to forget the face.
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And that is the
last thing you want.
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So you feel the shawl, and
maybe because it's wool,
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but you're feeling her body
because that was the last time
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that you're going to see her.
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I'm sorry, Delia, it's time.
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DELIA FAZZANI GOLDIE: She
came over, and she took her,
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and she took her out
of the room and and
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locked the door behind her.
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And that was it.
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That was the last
time I saw her.
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I can't explain, one
minute I had a baby,
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next minute it was gone.
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NARRATOR: Delia and
her parents never
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spoke of the adoption again.
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Delia eventually married twice,
but had no other children.
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In 1977, her father died and she
began to search for Michelle.
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But Delia's mother,
Rosalinda, honored
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her late husband's wish that
the details of the adoption
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be kept secret.
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Then in 1991, Rosalinda
was hospitalized
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with a terminal illness.
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A family friend, Sonya
Filkins, urged Rosalinda
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to tell Delia everything
she knew about Michelle
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and the adoption.
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Why don't you tell Delia
what we talked about, Rosa?
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The people who got Michelle,
the name of the people you want
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is Walters.
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Walters?
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I'll never forget their name.
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Please, try to find her.
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I'll find her, mum.
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Let me see her picture.
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My darling Michelle.
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Put her on there.
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When people me, they ask me who
that is, I will tell them it's
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my granddaughter, Michelle.
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Oh, Delia.
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NARRATOR: Two weeks
later, Rosalinda Fazzani
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died, having at last given
Delia the precious gift
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of Michelle's adoptive name.
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DELIA FAZZANI GOLDIE:
I can honestly
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say that not one day has
passed, not one solitary today,
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where I haven't
thought about her
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or thought what
she might be doing.
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She's there all the time.
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You just can't rest, you
can't leave it alone.
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I've got to find her.
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NARRATOR: Two
photographs were all
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that Delia had to
remember Michelle,
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and she never stopped
trying to locate her.
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Finally after 15 years
of frustrated research,
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Delia's efforts
began to pay off.
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Last July, Delia learned
that her daughter
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had been renamed Laura.
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An adoptions official agreed
to send a letter to Laura
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that Delia had written.
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In the brief note, Delia
said that she would soon
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appear on Unsolved Mysteries,
and asked her daughter
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to view the broadcast.
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In New York Mills, New York
on the evening our program was
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aired, Delia's daughter,
Laura Franklin,
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experienced firsthand
the heartbreaking events
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leading up to her adoption.
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DELIA (ON TV): That was just
the way they did things then--
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There she is!
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DELIA (ON TV): --left the
responsibility to the girl.
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LAURA FRANKLAND: When I
found out my birth mother was
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searching for me, I
thought it was pretty
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touching to know
that she had looked
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that far to try to find me.
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NARRATOR (ON TV): If you
have any information,
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please call our toll-free
number, 1-800-376--
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NARRATOR: After the broadcast,
Laura contacted our telecenter
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and asked to be put in
touch with her birth mother.
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Against nearly impossible
odds, Delia had at last
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found her daughter a
continent away, amidst
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a population of millions.
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On September 19th, 1992,
Laura, her husband, their two
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children, and Laura's
closest friends
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assembled at Syracuse
International Airport.
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The separation of birth
mother and daughter
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that had lasted more than
a quarter of a century
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was about to end.
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LAURA FRANKLAND: There
was a lot of anticipation,
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a lot of what's she going
to think when she sees me,
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and what is she going
through right now.
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DELIA FAZZANI GOLDIE:
She was everything
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and more that I'd expected,
absolutely everything.
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She's a beautiful girl.
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Proud of her.
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NARRATOR: Before Laura's
adoptive mother died in 1989,
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she had shared all she
knew of Laura's background.
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Delia and Laura could
now fill in the remaining
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gaps, and nearly 30
years of family history.
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LAURA FRANKLAND: Finding
my birth mother now,
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I don't think has really changed
my life as much as it has
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probably enhanced it, because
now I can find out some
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about my past and my
history and things
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that I never thought that I
would ever find out about.
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DELIA FAZZANI GOLDIE: I
can't replace her mother,
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but I'd like to think that
I could be pretty close.
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NARRATOR: The September
reunion is only a beginning.
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At Christmas, Laura
and her family
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plan to travel to England, where
they will spend time with Delia
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and the many relatives
looking forward to meeting
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them for the first time.
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Next, a baffling
case of amnesia is
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solved, thanks to our viewers.
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NURSE: Do you have
any pain anywhere?
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Can you wiggle your toes for me?
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NARRATOR: On January 28,
1991, a young man was
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rushed to a hospital in Nevada.
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He had been found dehydrated
and disoriented in the desert
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outside Las Vegas.
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He carried no
identification, and was
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suffering from complete
and total amnesia.
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The hospital staff
named him Tyler.
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All efforts to jog
Tyler's memory failed.
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Authorities found no
one reported missing
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who matched his description.
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His fingerprints were not found
on file with the FBI, the CIA,
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or the Department of Defense.
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For more than
eight months, Tyler
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remained a man without a past
and possibly without a future.
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TYLER: I'm really kind of at
a difficult point in my life
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right now.
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I can't do anything really, I'm
almost like an illegal alien
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here.
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I have no identification
of any form now.
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I can't go to work
because I am not
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eligible for a social
security number.
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I can't drive a car because I
don't have a social security
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number or date of birth.
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And I'm starting to
feel more frustrated
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as the days go by,
because I really feel
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this needs to come to an end.
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I do need to find out who I am.
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NARRATOR: A county
psychiatrist diagnosed Tyler
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as a genuine victim of amnesia.
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Last month, this case took on
added urgency, when the state
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funding, which provided
his job and apartment,
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was abruptly cut off.
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Then on the night
of our broadcast,
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Tyler's search for
his identity came
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to a poignant but
unsettling conclusion.
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Within minutes, Tyler was
reunited with his mother
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by phone.
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But as more details
emerged, some
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began to believe
that Tyler may not
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have lost his memory at all.
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That evening, Tyler gathered
with friends to watch the show.
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Before his segment even aired
in Las Vegas, a man from Boise,
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Idaho called our telecenter and
identified Tyler as his son.
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Unsolved Mysteries
immediately contacted Tyler.
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Yes, sir.
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PRODUCER (ON PHONE):
Sorry it took so long,
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but everything that I
was looking into cross
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referenced, and we have
located your family for.
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You have?
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PRODUCER (ON PHONE): Yes.
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I have located your
dad, and your mother,
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and your wife, who
you've been separated
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from since February of 1990.
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And they've informed me that
you also have two children.
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And your wife live in Iowa,
your mother lives in Iowa,
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and your dad lives in Idaho.
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OK?
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So I want to--
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NARRATOR: Tyler learned that his
real name is Arthur Paul Beal,
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but he goes by Paul.
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He is 23 years old before he
was stricken with amnesia,
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he lived in Boise, Idaho.
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A few minutes later,
a nervous Paul Beal
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called the mother and stepfather
he could not remember.
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LYNN BEAL (ON PHONE): Hello?
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May I speak with Mrs. Beale?
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LYNN BEAL (ON PHONE):
This is Mrs. Beale.
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This is your son.
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LYNN BEAL (ON
PHONE): How Are you?
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You sound great.
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I've waited so long
to hear you talk.
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I miss you.
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I'm scared.
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LYNN BEAL (ON PHONE):
I bet you are.
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I don't remember you.
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LYNN BEAL (ON PHONE): Huh?
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I don't remember you.
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LYNN BEAL (ON PHONE):
I'll help you Paul.
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NARRATOR: The emotional phone
call lasted nearly 20 minutes.
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LYNN BEAL (ON PHONE):
You be strong, OK?
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And I'll talk to you real soon.
- OK.
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00:23:47,994 --> 00:23:49,295
LYNN BEAL (ON PHONE): OK, honey.
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Bye.
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LYNN BEAL (ON PHONE): Bye.
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NARRATOR: A short time later,
the case of Paul Beal a.k.a.
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Tyler Doe, took a stunning
and unexpected twist.
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What's your date of birth?
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00:24:02,909 --> 00:24:04,210
I don't know.
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You don't know your
date of birth is?
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No sir, I don't,
I have amnesia.
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NARRATOR: North Las Vegas
police arrived and placed Paul
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under arrest for grand larceny.
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He was wanted by Boise
police in connection
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with a stolen shipment
of frozen food.
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How long have you had amnesia?
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Going on nine months.
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How do you remember
that, you've got amnesia?
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Hi, I've come to get my son.
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NARRATOR: The next
night, Paul's mother,
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Lynn Beal, arrived from
Iowa to post bail for him.
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Their reunion was both
emotional and awkward.
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Paul Beal still did not
recognize his own mother.
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I don't remember you.
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You will, it'll
just take time.
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LYNN BEAL: It's
strange being with Paul
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and his not remembering anything
about me, not knowing who I am.
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I just want to push
everything into his head,
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00:25:09,175 --> 00:25:11,277
make him remember everything.
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00:25:11,377 --> 00:25:14,246
I want to make sure I can
do things to help him.
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00:25:14,346 --> 00:25:15,882
I'm scared, I don't
want to do something
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00:25:15,982 --> 00:25:22,689
to push it back farther, I want
to reinforce happy thoughts,
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good memories.
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00:25:25,858 --> 00:25:29,896
I just want him to know I
love him, we all love him.
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And I'm relieved that
he's safe, he's alive.
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NARRATOR: The
reunion was tempered
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not only by Paul's amnesia,
but by the criminal charge
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against him.
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In Boise, Paul was a salesman
for a food supply company.
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On January 5th, 1991,
he left for Las Vegas
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to sell a shipment
of frozen food.
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He never returned to Boise.
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On January 25, Paul surfaced
with the empty truck in Boulder
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City, Nevada, where he
was questioned, but not
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arrested, by local police.
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At that particular
time, my impression of Mr.
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Beal was that he was very
intelligent, very well versed,
449
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:19,178
very, possibly,
well-educated, very clean cut,
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and extremely talkative.
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00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,984
It just wasn't Paul, that
isn't something he would do.
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00:26:25,084 --> 00:26:28,320
He's done silly, stupid
things like anybody else
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has made mistakes, but
nothing to the degree
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that this was, where he was
actually breaking the law.
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00:26:35,427 --> 00:26:38,297
I told him when he
left, I says, Boise is
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going to get a warrant for you.
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00:26:39,699 --> 00:26:40,700
You know, they're
going to do it.
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00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,802
It's going to be
grand larceny felony.
459
00:26:42,902 --> 00:26:45,271
So it's just a matter of
time, you better get up there.
460
00:26:45,371 --> 00:26:46,205
Go back up there.
461
00:26:46,305 --> 00:26:47,940
He said, yeah I'm
going back now.
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00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,309
I'm going right back up there
and take care of the situation,
463
00:26:50,409 --> 00:26:51,210
it'll be fine.
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NARRATOR: Three days
after he was detained,
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Paul Beal, who came
to be known as Tyler,
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was found wandering
in the desert.
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00:27:00,386 --> 00:27:02,955
Detective Baughman raises
the obvious and disturbing
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question.
469
00:27:04,190 --> 00:27:07,193
Is Paul Beal faking?
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Amnesia is easy.
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00:27:08,661 --> 00:27:09,528
I don't know.
472
00:27:09,628 --> 00:27:10,730
Who are you?
I don't know.
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00:27:10,830 --> 00:27:11,630
Where you from?
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I don't know.
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00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:13,432
Do you know anything?
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00:27:13,532 --> 00:27:14,400
I don't know.
477
00:27:14,500 --> 00:27:15,802
That's easy.
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00:27:15,902 --> 00:27:18,971
And with a guy like
him, he's convincing.
479
00:27:19,071 --> 00:27:20,807
Is this the four of you?
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00:27:20,907 --> 00:27:24,643
Uh huh, from Thanksgiving.
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00:27:24,744 --> 00:27:27,747
LYNN BEAL: This still
isn't my son in the fact
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that this isn't how
he would react to me.
483
00:27:30,049 --> 00:27:32,218
We were very close.
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00:27:32,318 --> 00:27:35,654
I could tell by his eyes when
I first saw him tonight that he
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really didn't recognize me.
486
00:27:37,690 --> 00:27:43,796
He wanted to, I could see it
in his face, he wanted to.
487
00:27:43,896 --> 00:27:46,098
If he was faking
it, there was no way
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he could have faked that.
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Am not and have not,
throughout this entire ordeal,
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faked anything.
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This is probably the
most horrifying nightmare
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that anybody could
go through, losing
493
00:28:00,546 --> 00:28:08,254
an identity, losing every ounce
and fiber of a person's life.
494
00:28:08,354 --> 00:28:14,727
Having it pulled away and
then nine months later,
495
00:28:14,827 --> 00:28:18,831
have it given back to you
or have it presented to you,
496
00:28:18,931 --> 00:28:21,267
but you still don't have it.
497
00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:28,607
I'd give anything in the
world to remember right now.
498
00:28:40,186 --> 00:28:43,389
NARRATOR: When we return, a
nightmare of love gone wrong,
499
00:28:43,489 --> 00:28:44,356
and murder.
500
00:28:56,635 --> 00:28:58,971
When Annette Schappacher
was 16, her family
501
00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:02,508
moved from Cincinnati, Ohio
to Manatee County, Florida.
502
00:29:02,608 --> 00:29:04,676
Annette was on the shy
side and had trouble
503
00:29:04,777 --> 00:29:07,947
adjusting to a new high school.
504
00:29:08,047 --> 00:29:10,850
Annette discovered that
it was very hard to fit
505
00:29:10,950 --> 00:29:14,987
in with the click of friends
and she missed that terribly,
506
00:29:15,087 --> 00:29:18,724
because she was so much a
part of high school in Ohio.
507
00:29:18,825 --> 00:29:21,260
So she ended up dropping
out of high school
508
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,996
and got a job as a
check out girl at one
509
00:29:24,096 --> 00:29:26,966
of our local grocery stores.
510
00:29:27,066 --> 00:29:29,668
Hey Annette, can you
come here a minute?
511
00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:31,838
NARRATOR: Here Annette
finally made a friend,
512
00:29:31,938 --> 00:29:35,942
the butcher Jim Burnside,
28 years her senior.
513
00:29:36,042 --> 00:29:38,577
Somebody as pretty as you
and you don't have a boyfriend?
514
00:29:38,677 --> 00:29:40,079
Thank you, no.
515
00:29:40,179 --> 00:29:41,647
Well listen, I was
wanting to ask you,
516
00:29:41,747 --> 00:29:43,449
there's a little restaurant
down where I keep my boat,
517
00:29:43,549 --> 00:29:45,151
and I was wondering if you might
join me for dinner tomorrow
518
00:29:45,251 --> 00:29:46,352
night.
519
00:29:46,452 --> 00:29:48,587
JEAN SCHAPPACHER: At that
time, she was only 17
520
00:29:48,687 --> 00:29:51,557
and this man was almost
as old as her dad.
521
00:29:51,657 --> 00:29:54,060
Meet you about 8
o'clock tomorrow night?
522
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,695
JEAN SCHAPPACHER: We really
hoped that she would meet
523
00:29:56,795 --> 00:30:00,032
somebody more her age, but
she was so much in love
524
00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:04,837
with him that they finally
agreed to meet him.
525
00:30:04,937 --> 00:30:07,239
But I didn't like him from
the first time I met him.
526
00:30:07,339 --> 00:30:09,876
I just, there was just
something about him
527
00:30:09,976 --> 00:30:13,846
that I really don't know
how to put into words.
528
00:30:13,946 --> 00:30:17,116
I just did not feel
comfortable with him at all.
529
00:30:17,216 --> 00:30:22,554
But Annette was really
very much in love with him.
530
00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:25,824
NARRATOR: In 1981, Annette
Schappacher and Jim Burnside
531
00:30:25,925 --> 00:30:27,059
were married.
532
00:30:27,159 --> 00:30:30,930
The bride was just
18, the groom 46.
533
00:30:31,030 --> 00:30:33,866
It was a beginning of six
years of torment for Annette.
534
00:30:37,569 --> 00:30:40,272
The sobering fact is that
here in the United States,
535
00:30:40,372 --> 00:30:42,808
wife beating accounts for
more significant injuries
536
00:30:42,909 --> 00:30:46,512
than rape, auto accidents,
and muggings combined.
537
00:30:46,612 --> 00:30:48,680
Annette Burnside, like
millions of women,
538
00:30:48,780 --> 00:30:50,382
endured the private
terror of a home
539
00:30:50,482 --> 00:30:53,886
which was a living hell of
physical and emotional abuse.
540
00:30:53,986 --> 00:30:56,055
Like so many others,
Annette became trapped
541
00:30:56,155 --> 00:30:59,058
in a desperate charade,
maintaining the facade
542
00:30:59,158 --> 00:31:01,827
of a happy marriage to
cover up an escalating
543
00:31:01,928 --> 00:31:02,728
cycle of violence.
544
00:31:05,932 --> 00:31:07,733
Within a month of his
marriage to Annette,
545
00:31:07,833 --> 00:31:10,269
Jim Burnside began to
drink, and to reveal
546
00:31:10,369 --> 00:31:13,139
a frightening side of himself
that his young wife had never
547
00:31:13,239 --> 00:31:14,573
seen.
548
00:31:14,673 --> 00:31:16,575
JEAN SCHAPPACHER: She
became afraid of him
549
00:31:16,675 --> 00:31:20,279
almost immediately, because
he was jealous of her,
550
00:31:20,379 --> 00:31:25,084
and when he was drinking, he was
violent and made remarks to her
551
00:31:25,184 --> 00:31:28,854
all the time, that she
would never, ever leave him.
552
00:31:31,657 --> 00:31:33,792
Well, he started telling
her right from the beginning
553
00:31:33,892 --> 00:31:36,328
that he would kill her if
she ever tried to leave him.
554
00:31:41,133 --> 00:31:42,935
Hello?
555
00:31:43,035 --> 00:31:43,936
Annette, where are you?
556
00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:51,210
NARRATOR: Just before her
first wedding anniversary,
557
00:31:51,310 --> 00:31:54,680
Annette took refuge in a
shelter for battered women.
558
00:31:54,780 --> 00:31:55,982
I can't.
559
00:31:56,082 --> 00:32:00,052
You need to come back now,
or I'll get even with you.
560
00:32:00,152 --> 00:32:01,553
JEAN SCHAPPACHER:
He told her over
561
00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:06,425
and over again, if he couldn't
find her, she would suffer.
562
00:32:06,525 --> 00:32:07,759
--kill your family.
563
00:32:07,859 --> 00:32:09,661
JEAN SCHAPPACHER: She would
absolutely suffer because he
564
00:32:09,761 --> 00:32:11,463
would kill her family.
565
00:32:11,563 --> 00:32:14,566
And Annette felt like she
didn't have any choice.
566
00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:17,203
All right.
567
00:32:17,303 --> 00:32:18,337
JEAN SCHAPPACHER:
I told her don't
568
00:32:18,437 --> 00:32:21,307
stay with him because of us.
569
00:32:21,407 --> 00:32:27,246
If Jim, if he does anything
to us, then I don't know,
570
00:32:27,346 --> 00:32:29,781
I just suppose that it's
God's will that things
571
00:32:29,881 --> 00:32:31,150
happen the way they do.
572
00:32:31,250 --> 00:32:35,354
But don't live with him the
way you have to live with him.
573
00:32:35,454 --> 00:32:37,423
I would rather that--
574
00:32:37,523 --> 00:32:44,163
I would rather be dead than to
have you live a life like this.
575
00:32:44,263 --> 00:32:46,198
Good thing you're here.
576
00:32:46,298 --> 00:32:47,099
I have something for you.
577
00:32:51,437 --> 00:32:52,771
NARRATOR: Against
her parents' wishes,
578
00:32:52,871 --> 00:32:54,940
Annette went back to Jim.
579
00:32:55,041 --> 00:32:56,775
She acted out her
happy homecoming
580
00:32:56,875 --> 00:32:57,876
with a sinking heart.
581
00:33:00,746 --> 00:33:04,850
Over the next few years, Annette
and Jim had two daughters.
582
00:33:04,950 --> 00:33:07,553
For a while, it seemed
that things were improving.
583
00:33:07,653 --> 00:33:10,589
Annette wanted to take a job as
a receptionist at a local car
584
00:33:10,689 --> 00:33:14,493
dealership, and Jim said yes.
585
00:33:14,593 --> 00:33:18,297
Jim had lost his
job and he agreed
586
00:33:18,397 --> 00:33:22,068
to let Annette work, which
amazed everybody because he'd
587
00:33:22,168 --> 00:33:24,836
been so possessive
and so jealous of her,
588
00:33:24,936 --> 00:33:28,006
we just never dreamt that
he would let her get a job.
589
00:33:28,107 --> 00:33:31,443
And Annette was absolutely
thrilled with this job.
590
00:33:31,543 --> 00:33:34,080
She was so happy
and she did so well,
591
00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:37,249
they all really liked Annette.
592
00:33:37,349 --> 00:33:38,617
NARRATOR: One of
Annette's coworkers
593
00:33:38,717 --> 00:33:42,288
was a salesman who
we will call Dave.
594
00:33:42,388 --> 00:33:43,922
Annette actually
asked my advice
595
00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:46,925
and said, what would you
think about an automobile?
596
00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:48,660
I want to buy a car.
597
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:50,562
It kinda told me that she
just wanted a little bit
598
00:33:50,662 --> 00:33:53,265
more freedom, because she always
dropped her off and picked her
599
00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:57,236
up, and so she really had very
little freedom other than work.
600
00:33:59,971 --> 00:34:03,842
She took the car home and not
more than gosh, I don't know,
601
00:34:03,942 --> 00:34:07,746
three days a week,
he tried to wreck it.
602
00:34:15,254 --> 00:34:17,089
Mommy, what's the matter?
603
00:34:17,189 --> 00:34:18,557
Nothing's the matter.
604
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,195
We're just going to get
you back to bed, OK?
605
00:34:28,234 --> 00:34:29,768
Now let's see
you try and leave.
606
00:34:29,868 --> 00:34:30,902
Can't you get it
through your head
607
00:34:31,002 --> 00:34:32,238
that you're not leaving me?
608
00:34:32,338 --> 00:34:34,440
JEAN SCHAPPACHER: He said,
if you ever try to leave me,
609
00:34:34,540 --> 00:34:35,707
I'll kill you.
610
00:34:35,807 --> 00:34:37,909
I will kill this whole family.
611
00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:41,147
And Stacey was only five
years old at the time
612
00:34:41,247 --> 00:34:43,382
and she looked up
in him and she said,
613
00:34:43,482 --> 00:34:45,317
daddy, you wouldn't kill me.
614
00:34:45,417 --> 00:34:46,818
And he looked her
right in the face
615
00:34:46,918 --> 00:34:49,888
and said, yes, I would kill you.
616
00:34:49,988 --> 00:34:53,692
And it just upset
Annette so bad.
617
00:34:53,792 --> 00:34:58,830
She would tell me the
way she was be treated.
618
00:34:58,930 --> 00:35:04,536
And all mothers, you know, if
your kid's happy, you're happy,
619
00:35:04,636 --> 00:35:07,606
and if they're sad, you're sad.
620
00:35:07,706 --> 00:35:11,143
And it was just tearing me up to
see what she was going through.
621
00:35:14,513 --> 00:35:16,548
NARRATOR: The next
day with Jim at work,
622
00:35:16,648 --> 00:35:19,418
Annette called the police to
escort her and her daughters
623
00:35:19,518 --> 00:35:21,086
to safety.
624
00:35:21,187 --> 00:35:23,555
Mommy, what
happened to the car?
625
00:35:23,655 --> 00:35:26,124
Just had a little
accident last night, baby.
626
00:35:26,225 --> 00:35:27,459
JEAN SCHAPPACHER: She
said that she made
627
00:35:27,559 --> 00:35:28,927
up her mind, that this is it.
628
00:35:29,027 --> 00:35:31,062
She's not going to stay
with him another day.
629
00:35:31,163 --> 00:35:33,332
If he kills her, then he's
going to have to kill her,
630
00:35:33,432 --> 00:35:37,336
because she cannot
live this way anymore.
631
00:35:37,436 --> 00:35:39,037
NARRATOR: By the
time Jim came home,
632
00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:41,973
Annette would be on a plane
to Ohio taking her daughters
633
00:35:42,073 --> 00:35:44,843
to stay with relatives.
634
00:35:44,943 --> 00:35:47,279
Five days later, she
would secretly return
635
00:35:47,379 --> 00:35:51,049
to Florida and to her job.
636
00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:52,951
JEAN SCHAPPACHER: He had
no idea where she was,
637
00:35:53,051 --> 00:35:57,256
but in the meantime, Jim was
calling us with these threats,
638
00:35:57,356 --> 00:36:00,659
and telling us that this divorce
was never going to be final.
639
00:36:00,759 --> 00:36:04,896
It would never
see its final day.
640
00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:06,232
NARRATOR: Eventually,
Jim discovered
641
00:36:06,332 --> 00:36:08,500
that Annette was back in town.
642
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:10,402
He began to spy on
her and was often
643
00:36:10,502 --> 00:36:13,539
spotted near the dealership.
644
00:36:13,639 --> 00:36:17,743
We could not get any help
from anybody, even the Sheriff's
645
00:36:17,843 --> 00:36:19,978
department when we went there.
646
00:36:20,078 --> 00:36:22,348
It was like, Jim
has to do something.
647
00:36:22,448 --> 00:36:25,717
We just cannot arrest the man,
he's got to do something before
648
00:36:25,817 --> 00:36:27,653
we can do anything with him.
649
00:36:27,753 --> 00:36:32,224
Unless you have somebody
guarding you 24 hours a day,
650
00:36:32,324 --> 00:36:34,159
the chances of somebody
getting you to, it's stalking,
651
00:36:34,260 --> 00:36:36,928
and they're going to get you.
652
00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:38,764
And that's what he
did, he stalked her.
653
00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:43,935
NARRATOR: February 17th, 1988.
654
00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:46,372
Three days before Annette
was scheduled to appear
655
00:36:46,472 --> 00:36:48,274
in court for a divorce hearing.
656
00:36:48,374 --> 00:36:52,210
At noon, Annette met her
coworker, Dave, for lunch.
657
00:36:52,311 --> 00:36:53,111
Hi, Dave.
658
00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:54,012
How's it going?
659
00:36:54,112 --> 00:36:54,946
Good.
660
00:36:55,046 --> 00:36:56,348
Well, it's up to you--
661
00:36:56,448 --> 00:37:00,151
DAVE: She was smiling and happy,
and all of a sudden, her smile
662
00:37:00,252 --> 00:37:02,254
turned to the most
horrible fear.
663
00:37:06,992 --> 00:37:08,594
When I got out of
the automobile,
664
00:37:08,694 --> 00:37:10,929
because I knew that if
I didn't do something,
665
00:37:11,029 --> 00:37:13,565
this could be the
end for Annette,
666
00:37:13,665 --> 00:37:17,168
he looked at me like he was just
about to enjoy a large steak.
667
00:37:20,739 --> 00:37:22,974
I watched the fire
come out of the gun
668
00:37:23,074 --> 00:37:25,311
and it was like slow motion.
669
00:37:25,411 --> 00:37:27,846
You could feel each one go
in just like a hot poker.
670
00:37:43,028 --> 00:37:44,930
NARRATOR: By the time Dave
regained consciousness,
671
00:37:45,030 --> 00:37:46,465
Annette was dead.
672
00:37:46,565 --> 00:37:49,568
Jim had stabbed her 15 times
with a 10-inch butcher knife.
673
00:37:52,671 --> 00:37:54,272
An autopsy would
reveal that Annette
674
00:37:54,373 --> 00:37:57,676
probably died before most of
the wounds were inflicted.
675
00:38:00,512 --> 00:38:02,648
Amazingly, Jim
Burnside had escaped
676
00:38:02,748 --> 00:38:04,750
on foot in broad daylight.
677
00:38:04,850 --> 00:38:06,852
After the murder, he
purchased a bicycle
678
00:38:06,952 --> 00:38:10,255
and army camouflage fatigues
at a sporting goods store.
679
00:38:10,356 --> 00:38:13,925
He then withdrew $500 from
an automated teller machine
680
00:38:14,025 --> 00:38:14,893
and disappeared.
681
00:38:17,929 --> 00:38:19,965
Annette Burnside
was laid to rest
682
00:38:20,065 --> 00:38:22,401
in a Manatee County cemetery.
683
00:38:22,501 --> 00:38:25,637
2 and 1/2 years later, a
stranger appeared at her grave.
684
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:30,642
When a groundskeeper
approached him,
685
00:38:30,742 --> 00:38:35,547
the man quickly turned and
walked away without a word.
686
00:38:35,647 --> 00:38:37,383
The grounds keeper
later identified
687
00:38:37,483 --> 00:38:41,420
the visitor as Jim Burnside.
688
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:44,723
DAVE: What I'd like to see is
James Burnside off the streets.
689
00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:50,429
Not because of what he has done
to me, mostly what he has done
690
00:38:50,529 --> 00:38:56,001
to his own children, his wife.
691
00:38:56,101 --> 00:38:59,438
This is why he has to be taken
off the streets, because he's
692
00:38:59,538 --> 00:39:02,240
going to do it again.
693
00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:06,077
The world will never get
over Annette's death.
694
00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:10,382
There's a person that
had so much to give.
695
00:39:10,482 --> 00:39:11,717
JEAN SCHAPPACHER: She
knew in her heart,
696
00:39:11,817 --> 00:39:13,118
she was not going to make it.
697
00:39:13,218 --> 00:39:16,154
I knew in my heart she
was not going to make it.
698
00:39:16,254 --> 00:39:20,659
And I just hope and pray
that somebody spots him.
699
00:39:20,759 --> 00:39:26,164
We never will feel safe until
we know Jim has been caught.
700
00:39:26,264 --> 00:39:29,568
It's bad enough knowing
that Annette had to die.
701
00:39:29,668 --> 00:39:35,273
But to know that he is still
out there, it's horrible.
702
00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:37,242
We just want him caught.
703
00:39:37,342 --> 00:39:42,147
We want to be able to close it
out and go on with our life.
704
00:39:44,816 --> 00:39:45,751
NARRATOR: Update.
705
00:39:45,851 --> 00:39:47,786
The night this story
aired, two viewers
706
00:39:47,886 --> 00:39:51,089
contacted our telecenter to
report that Jim Burnside was
707
00:39:51,189 --> 00:39:54,693
living in Shelby County, Alabama
under the assumed name Al
708
00:39:54,793 --> 00:39:56,995
Wilson.
709
00:39:57,095 --> 00:39:59,330
MARY COLLUM: When I
saw his actual picture,
710
00:39:59,431 --> 00:40:01,767
I just looked at my husband
and I just start pointing,
711
00:40:01,867 --> 00:40:05,170
and I'm going, you know, tell
me my eyes aren't deceiving me,
712
00:40:05,270 --> 00:40:06,071
you know.
713
00:40:06,171 --> 00:40:07,706
That is Al.
714
00:40:07,806 --> 00:40:10,175
And he goes, yes, that's Al.
715
00:40:10,275 --> 00:40:12,177
The first I thought
is that, well, you
716
00:40:12,277 --> 00:40:14,813
know, let's call
up the authorities
717
00:40:14,913 --> 00:40:18,617
and get this guy of the street.
718
00:40:18,717 --> 00:40:20,218
NARRATOR: Burnside was
employed as a carpenter
719
00:40:20,318 --> 00:40:25,491
at the 280 flea market, just
outside of Chelsea, Alabama.
720
00:40:25,591 --> 00:40:27,826
SHERIFF JAMES JONES: We had
received a call from the FBI
721
00:40:27,926 --> 00:40:32,798
office in Birmingham stating
that they felt pretty sure
722
00:40:32,898 --> 00:40:35,433
that James Burnside would
be at this flea market
723
00:40:35,534 --> 00:40:39,971
on highway 280 located
in Shelby County.
724
00:40:40,071 --> 00:40:41,673
NARRATOR: The morning
after our broadcast,
725
00:40:41,773 --> 00:40:43,742
FBI agents and
Sheriff's deputies
726
00:40:43,842 --> 00:40:45,844
checked out the flea market.
727
00:40:45,944 --> 00:40:47,779
You got a fellow around
here by the name of Al Wilson?
728
00:40:47,879 --> 00:40:50,616
Yeah, he's right
there on the roof.
729
00:40:50,716 --> 00:40:53,084
SHERIFF JAMES JONES:
Apparently Burnside saw them
730
00:40:53,184 --> 00:40:58,123
and went towards his truck.
731
00:40:58,223 --> 00:41:01,593
FBI, halt!
732
00:41:01,693 --> 00:41:04,029
NARRATOR: The fugitive
drew a 357 Magnum
733
00:41:04,129 --> 00:41:05,831
and pointed it at the officers.
734
00:41:05,931 --> 00:41:06,798
Put the gun down!
735
00:41:16,542 --> 00:41:18,443
NARRATOR: Burnside was
struck by two bullets.
736
00:41:18,544 --> 00:41:23,248
He was placed under arrest and
taken to a Birmingham hospital.
737
00:41:23,348 --> 00:41:25,483
SHERIFF JAMES JONES: From what
we've been able to determine,
738
00:41:25,584 --> 00:41:27,485
and again talking
to his coworkers,
739
00:41:27,586 --> 00:41:29,454
that he had made a
statement on Thursday
740
00:41:29,555 --> 00:41:33,692
morning that he had anticipate
having problems that day.
741
00:41:33,792 --> 00:41:36,461
So apparently, he had viewed
the Unsolved Mysteries
742
00:41:36,562 --> 00:41:37,428
himself Wednesday night.
743
00:41:52,410 --> 00:41:54,512
NARRATOR: Next, a young
man's pointed search
744
00:41:54,613 --> 00:41:56,447
for the big brother
who changed his life.
745
00:42:13,098 --> 00:42:16,434
In 1969, when Jeff Fisher
was five years old,
746
00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:18,904
his father left home,
forcing Jeff's mother
747
00:42:19,004 --> 00:42:22,240
to raise her young son
and daughter alone.
748
00:42:22,340 --> 00:42:23,274
What's the matter?
749
00:42:23,374 --> 00:42:24,610
I don't want to go
in there with you.
750
00:42:24,710 --> 00:42:25,844
Why not?
751
00:42:25,944 --> 00:42:27,913
There's only guys in
there, and you're not a guy.
752
00:42:28,013 --> 00:42:29,347
Well honey, that
shouldn't make
753
00:42:29,447 --> 00:42:31,516
any difference I'm not a guy.
754
00:42:31,617 --> 00:42:33,752
I want to go in
there with my dad.
755
00:42:33,852 --> 00:42:38,824
Honey, I know you like to
be in there with daddy, OK.
756
00:42:38,924 --> 00:42:41,827
But Daddy's going to be
gone for a little while.
757
00:42:41,927 --> 00:42:43,662
LINDA FISHER-HOWARD: It
was very hard on Jeff
758
00:42:43,762 --> 00:42:47,666
after his dad left, because
he had been very close to him
759
00:42:47,766 --> 00:42:49,701
and suddenly he was gone.
760
00:42:49,801 --> 00:42:54,239
And Jeff went through the
feelings that a lot of children
761
00:42:54,339 --> 00:42:57,175
have, that maybe this was my
fault, maybe I said something,
762
00:42:57,275 --> 00:43:00,712
maybe I did something
that made my dad leave.
763
00:43:00,812 --> 00:43:04,549
Jeff was a very sensitive, shy
little boy, so things like that
764
00:43:04,650 --> 00:43:07,485
bothered him a lot.
765
00:43:07,585 --> 00:43:08,854
I would always ask
my mom, you know,
766
00:43:08,954 --> 00:43:10,255
where's daddy, where's daddy?
767
00:43:10,355 --> 00:43:12,290
And she'd say, oh, you
know, he's gone away
768
00:43:12,390 --> 00:43:14,325
and I don't know when
he's going to be back.
769
00:43:14,425 --> 00:43:18,463
And it was just the fact that
he just wasn't there anymore.
770
00:43:18,563 --> 00:43:20,766
And I just felt a
real loss, because I
771
00:43:20,866 --> 00:43:24,135
had been so close to him, and
he just wasn't there anymore.
772
00:43:26,905 --> 00:43:29,140
NARRATOR: Two years after his
father let, Jeff Fisher met
773
00:43:29,240 --> 00:43:31,576
a man who profoundly
changed his life,
774
00:43:31,677 --> 00:43:35,146
a man he's not seen or heard
from in more than 20 years.
775
00:43:35,246 --> 00:43:37,548
Jeff is one of the thousands
of boys whose lives have been
776
00:43:37,649 --> 00:43:40,085
enriched by Big
Brothers of America,
777
00:43:40,185 --> 00:43:42,287
an organization that
provides young boys with
778
00:43:42,387 --> 00:43:43,955
strong adult male role models.
779
00:43:50,395 --> 00:43:54,465
In 1971, Big Brothers of America
opened a chapter in Jeff's
780
00:43:54,565 --> 00:43:57,202
hometown of Elkhart, Indiana.
781
00:43:57,302 --> 00:43:59,470
Jeff was a first little brother.
782
00:43:59,570 --> 00:44:00,906
So what kind of
sports do you like?
783
00:44:01,006 --> 00:44:02,240
NARRATOR: His big
brother was John
784
00:44:02,340 --> 00:44:04,676
Novotny, a local
salesman and father
785
00:44:04,776 --> 00:44:07,779
of a two-year-old daughter.
786
00:44:07,879 --> 00:44:09,014
JEFF FISHER: He was
a big guy, he was
787
00:44:09,114 --> 00:44:12,183
over 6 feet, jet black hair.
788
00:44:12,283 --> 00:44:19,858
Just a really solidly built guy,
a very commanding type of guy.
789
00:44:19,958 --> 00:44:22,160
But really easy
to get along with.
790
00:44:22,260 --> 00:44:23,428
You ever put a tent up before?
791
00:44:23,528 --> 00:44:24,329
No.
792
00:44:24,429 --> 00:44:26,631
Well you're about to learn.
793
00:44:26,732 --> 00:44:28,166
NARRATOR: Over the
next 10 months,
794
00:44:28,266 --> 00:44:31,202
Jeff and John spent
many weekends together.
795
00:44:31,302 --> 00:44:33,671
OK, now we want to unfold it.
796
00:44:33,772 --> 00:44:35,340
JEFF FISHER: John gave me
the companionship that I
797
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:37,976
really needed at that time.
798
00:44:38,076 --> 00:44:40,278
He would take me
out and do things
799
00:44:40,378 --> 00:44:43,648
that mom wasn't able to
either afford to take us to do
800
00:44:43,749 --> 00:44:45,283
or just didn't have
the time, because she
801
00:44:45,383 --> 00:44:47,352
was working so much.
802
00:44:47,452 --> 00:44:50,355
Just the fact that this was
an older guy that I could
803
00:44:50,455 --> 00:44:53,992
hang around with and not
have him tell me to go away
804
00:44:54,092 --> 00:44:56,728
and come back later
and stuff, a guy
805
00:44:56,828 --> 00:44:59,164
that wanted to spend
some time with me
806
00:44:59,264 --> 00:45:02,400
made me feel really good.
807
00:45:02,500 --> 00:45:04,335
That looks pretty good.
808
00:45:04,435 --> 00:45:05,703
Think it's ready to light?
809
00:45:05,804 --> 00:45:06,704
Yeah.
810
00:45:06,805 --> 00:45:08,306
OK, I'll give it a spin.
811
00:45:08,406 --> 00:45:09,507
There we go.
812
00:45:09,607 --> 00:45:10,842
LINDA FISHER-HOWARD: After
Jeff and John started
813
00:45:10,942 --> 00:45:13,945
seeing each other, I
noticed that Jeff had a lot
814
00:45:14,045 --> 00:45:16,481
more confidence in himself.
815
00:45:16,581 --> 00:45:20,151
And he was very proud of the
fact that he had a Big Brother,
816
00:45:20,251 --> 00:45:21,953
and and he would
tell the other kids,
817
00:45:22,053 --> 00:45:25,523
well John and I are going to
go do this, or my Big Brother
818
00:45:25,623 --> 00:45:26,925
and I are going to go do this.
819
00:45:27,025 --> 00:45:31,396
He was very proud of the fact
that he had a man in his life
820
00:45:31,496 --> 00:45:34,599
that was just his, they
just belonged to Jeff.
821
00:45:37,936 --> 00:45:39,504
NARRATOR: A year and
a half after they met,
822
00:45:39,604 --> 00:45:42,941
John's company transferred
him to another state.
823
00:45:43,041 --> 00:45:46,177
Jeff and John were no longer
able to spend time together,
824
00:45:46,277 --> 00:45:47,445
but they did stay in touch.
825
00:45:50,849 --> 00:45:55,086
In September of 1972, Jeff
underwent open heart surgery
826
00:45:55,186 --> 00:45:57,722
to correct a congenital defect.
827
00:45:57,823 --> 00:46:01,292
It was a terrifying experience,
but a phone call from John,
828
00:46:01,392 --> 00:46:03,061
who himself suffered
heart problems,
829
00:46:03,161 --> 00:46:04,796
helped to ease Jeff's fears.
830
00:46:04,896 --> 00:46:05,696
Yeah?
831
00:46:08,967 --> 00:46:10,168
It's real neat.
832
00:46:10,268 --> 00:46:13,338
I've got this bed that moves
up and down and sideways.
833
00:46:13,438 --> 00:46:17,275
I think it helped
Jeff to see to that John
834
00:46:17,375 --> 00:46:21,646
was this big, strong guy
and he had a bad heart.
835
00:46:21,746 --> 00:46:25,383
And so if John can be
big and strong, then
836
00:46:25,483 --> 00:46:28,486
maybe this heart condition
isn't the end of the world.
837
00:46:28,586 --> 00:46:32,790
And I think that was
a big help to Jeff.
838
00:46:32,891 --> 00:46:35,393
NARRATOR: Jeff never heard
from John again, but feels
839
00:46:35,493 --> 00:46:37,528
that John's support
and understanding were
840
00:46:37,628 --> 00:46:40,565
a key to his complete recovery.
841
00:46:40,665 --> 00:46:43,268
Jeff went on to graduate
from high school.
842
00:46:43,368 --> 00:46:45,303
He now works in the
construction field
843
00:46:45,403 --> 00:46:48,473
and has a family of his own.
844
00:46:48,573 --> 00:46:50,141
JOHN NOVOTNY: Why don't
you toss it out there
845
00:46:50,241 --> 00:46:51,877
and tell me his story about it.
846
00:46:51,977 --> 00:46:53,444
JEFF FISHER: He just
introduced me to a world
847
00:46:53,544 --> 00:46:57,215
that I had never
seen before, that was
848
00:46:57,315 --> 00:47:00,285
really beautiful and
really just so different
849
00:47:00,385 --> 00:47:02,820
from what I was used to.
850
00:47:02,921 --> 00:47:06,357
And if I finally see him again,
I just want to thank him.
851
00:47:06,457 --> 00:47:09,827
I just want to say, God John,
thank you, cause you just--
852
00:47:09,928 --> 00:47:12,363
I still think about you.
853
00:47:12,463 --> 00:47:13,932
He made a lasting impression.
854
00:47:14,032 --> 00:47:16,834
It's been 20 years and
he's still a really
855
00:47:16,935 --> 00:47:17,903
vivid part of my memory.
856
00:47:28,313 --> 00:47:29,514
NARRATOR: Thanks to
our viewers, Jeff
857
00:47:29,614 --> 00:47:31,149
Fisher's search
for his Big Brother
858
00:47:31,249 --> 00:47:33,751
ended the night
of our broadcast.
859
00:47:33,851 --> 00:47:35,386
Nine days later,
Jeff and his mother
860
00:47:35,486 --> 00:47:38,123
traveled to John Novotny's
home in Tacoma, Washington
861
00:47:38,223 --> 00:47:41,692
for an emotional reunion.
862
00:47:41,792 --> 00:47:44,095
There they are!
863
00:47:44,195 --> 00:47:45,063
There they are!
864
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:58,209
Yeah, you look just
like your picture, man.
865
00:47:58,309 --> 00:47:59,110
How you doing?
866
00:47:59,210 --> 00:48:00,011
Great, great.
867
00:48:00,111 --> 00:48:01,079
JOHN NOVOTNY: It's unbelievable.
868
00:48:01,179 --> 00:48:03,081
I was absolutely stunned.
869
00:48:03,181 --> 00:48:08,019
I had absolutely no idea
that Jeff was looking for me.
870
00:48:08,119 --> 00:48:13,291
And then as the show
aired, people from Elkhart
871
00:48:13,391 --> 00:48:15,726
and from Michigan started
calling me on the phone,
872
00:48:15,826 --> 00:48:18,063
telling me that I
was on television.
873
00:48:18,163 --> 00:48:21,199
And that Jeff Fisher
was looking for me,
874
00:48:21,299 --> 00:48:23,868
and we must have got
35 calls that night,
875
00:48:23,969 --> 00:48:26,104
and at least that
many the next night.
876
00:48:26,204 --> 00:48:27,905
You know, I've been wanting
to say thanks to this guy
877
00:48:28,006 --> 00:48:33,678
for 18 years, and whatever it
took to come out and say that,
878
00:48:33,778 --> 00:48:35,680
I was willing to do.
879
00:48:35,780 --> 00:48:37,548
This is when we were down
in Lexington, Kentucky
880
00:48:37,648 --> 00:48:40,918
for a John Mellencamp show.
881
00:48:41,019 --> 00:48:43,321
JOHN NOVOTNY: When I first
started being a Big Brother,
882
00:48:43,421 --> 00:48:45,256
the question was,
would I really have
883
00:48:45,356 --> 00:48:47,758
enough time to do it right?
884
00:48:47,858 --> 00:48:51,229
And then 20 years later
to find out that I really
885
00:48:51,329 --> 00:48:53,231
did make a difference,
I mean, it brings
886
00:48:53,331 --> 00:48:54,132
the whole thing to reality.
887
00:49:14,852 --> 00:49:17,122
NARRATOR: On our next
Unsolved Mysteries.
888
00:49:17,222 --> 00:49:19,524
In the spirit of Halloween,
we will explore the St.
889
00:49:19,624 --> 00:49:21,993
James Hotel in New Mexico.
890
00:49:22,093 --> 00:49:24,762
100 years ago, the St.
James was a way station
891
00:49:24,862 --> 00:49:27,498
for such legendary
guests as Bat Masterson,
892
00:49:27,598 --> 00:49:30,001
Wyatt Earp, and Jesse James.
893
00:49:30,101 --> 00:49:32,737
Today the old hotel is
known less for its guests
894
00:49:32,837 --> 00:49:35,440
than for its ghosts.
895
00:49:35,540 --> 00:49:38,376
In 1975, John
Hardin was brutally
896
00:49:38,476 --> 00:49:40,611
murdered in his own backyard.
897
00:49:40,711 --> 00:49:44,115
16 years later, the current
residents of Hardin's old house
898
00:49:44,215 --> 00:49:48,186
are convinced it is haunted
by his spirit seeking justice,
899
00:49:48,286 --> 00:49:51,822
and incredibly, the haunting has
spurred authorities to reopen
900
00:49:51,922 --> 00:49:53,191
the murder investigation.
901
00:49:55,826 --> 00:49:58,363
Join me for this
intriguing Halloween
902
00:49:58,463 --> 00:50:01,532
edition of Unsolved Mysteries.
903
00:50:01,632 --> 00:50:05,503
[mysterious music playing]
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