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SHOW ANNOUNCER: This program
is about unsolved mysteries.
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Whenever possible, the
actual family members
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and police officials
have participated
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in recreating the events.
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What you are about to see
is not a news broadcast.
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[chimes]
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ROBERT STACK: Televangelist
Pat Robertson's
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outspoken opinions
have often made
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him the target of criticism.
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But in 1990, Robertson
was targeted for violence
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delivered through the mail.
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Authorities believe the
bomber has struck before
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and fear that he
will strike again.
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As a teenager, Cathy
Williams suffered
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years of physical and
emotional abuse inflicted
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by her stepfather, a policeman.
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When Cathy went to
the authorities,
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she found herself victimized
again and unjustly
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committed to reform school.
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In July of 1990, Beverly
McGowan of Boca Raton, Florida
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placed an ad for
a roommate, which
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was answered by a mysterious
woman known only as Alice.
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One week later,
Beverley's mutilated body
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was found in a drainage
canal 100 miles away.
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For every mystery,
there is someone,
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somewhere who knows the truth.
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Perhaps that
someone is watching.
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Perhaps it's you.
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Join me.
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[theme music]
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That's why this
thing is so important.
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They are one flesh.
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God said, I hate divorce.
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Televangelist Pat
Robertson's daily broadcast
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over CBN, the Christian
Broadcasting Network,
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is seen in nearly a million
households nationwide.
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But his outspoken stance
on controversial issues
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has often made him the target of
a hate mail and death threats.
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Of what this does to society.
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Robertson's
broadcasts originate
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from his 693 acre headquarters
in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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Each day more than 6,000
letters and parcels
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pour into the CBN mail
room, most of them donations
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from devoted viewers.
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Because of the controversy
generated by Robertson's
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opinions, any package which
appears even mildly suspicious
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is run through an x-ray machine.
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[keys clanking on desk]
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ROBERT STACK: On April 27, 1990,
Scott Scheepers, a CBN security
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guard, was called
to the mail room
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to check a package addressed
personally to Pat Robertson.
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No one else was in
the area at the time.
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[music playing]
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When I looked at the package
on the monitor of the x-ray
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machine, I didn't see
anything that was-- that
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led me to believe that it was--
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there was a problem or
it was really suspicious.
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[intense music]
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ROBERT STACK: Scheepers
remained on guard
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and decided to check the
contents of the package.
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He was baffled by several
strips of newspapers
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sticking out of the box.
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[spooky music]
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SCOTT SCHEEPERS: I was still
somewhat skeptical about it.
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So I--I stepped away from
the box as far as I could get
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and took my left hand
and extended it out
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and grabbed the lid of the box.
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[explosion]
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I was immediately
knocked to the floor.
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I had severe pain
in the upper part
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of my left leg and my
abdomen over to my right leg.
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I made the determination
that this was it,
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you know, it's either
lay here and possibly
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die or get up and get help.
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And so that's when I
made the determination
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to help myself and pick
myself up off the floor
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and try to get to the
front of the building.
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ROBERT STACK: Scheepers was
rushed to a nearby hospital
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where he underwent emergency
surgery to remove the shrapnel
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embedded in his leg.
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[police radio]
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SCOTT SCHEEPERS:
I'm very fortunate.
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The trauma room doctor said
if I would have been holding
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the package and I had the
same size hole in my chest
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that I have in my leg,
I might not even have
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made it out of the room itself.
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So ah-- I consider myself
very, very fortunate that it
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wasn't any worse that it was.
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[siren]
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[music playing]
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ROBERT STACK: Postal
inspectors and agents
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from the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, and Firearms
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determined that the package
contained a homemade pipe bomb.
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They quickly linked
the bomb to an earlier
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attack aimed at another
televangelist in Texas.
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PASTOR JOHN OSTEEN:
This man Jesus--
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ROBERT STACK: In 1960,
Pastor John Osteen founded
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the Lakewood Church in Houston.
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PASTOR JOHN OSTEEN:
Behold the lamb of God.
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ROBERT STACK: With 8,200 seats,
Lakewood is one of the largest
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churches in America.
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Peter, who is this?
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He said to Jesus,
thou are the Christ,
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the son of the living God.
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ROBERT STACK: Like Robertson,
Pastor Osteen uses television
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to spread the gospel.
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But unlike Robertson,
he does not
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ask for donations on the air.
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Mark, chapter 5, Who
is this, you demons?
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Speak.
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ROBERT STACK: The
Lakewood Church
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is a family run organization.
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Osteen's wife Dodie
serves as co-pastor.
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And we're so glad you
joined us here at the Oasis
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ROBERT STACK: And four
of the six children
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are involved in
church activities.
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And by television.
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Amen.
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And everybody said Amen.
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ROBERT STACK: On
January 30, 1990,
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three months before the CBN
bombing, Osteen's daughter Lisa
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arrived in her office
to open the day's mail.
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LISA COMES: I noticed a box.
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And I picked it up.
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And it was very heavy.
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It was a little
unusual and different.
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[spooky music]
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LISA COMES: I felt like it
was safe to open the package.
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Because I-- I open
a a lot of packages
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as we've never had any problems.
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And this looked like
an ordinary package.
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It had a label addressed to my
dad, type written to my dad.
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And then it had
a return address.
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And you know you don't--
you're not really
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suspicious of things like that.
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LISA COMES: It was
just a cardboard box.
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And it had one
piece of tape on it.
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[intense music]
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[explosion]
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When I opened the package, I
remember this great explosion.
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And it shook my body.
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And I--I didn't
lose consciousness.
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But there was a time ah--
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I opened the box when
I was sitting down.
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And really the next
thing I remember
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is I was standing about five
feet away from my chair.
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And I was very shaken as if
I had an electrical shock.
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I'll never forget that feeling .
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ROBERT STACK: Lisa had
been the victim of a pipe
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bomb wrapped in newspaper.
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She suffered third degree
burns and lacerations
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on her right leg and abdomen.
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She recovered from her
injuries and just four weeks
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later returned to the pulpit.
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I said I'm alive and well.
Thank God.
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[crowd shouting amen]
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Thank God.
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The box that was used to--
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to mail this-- this device
was a box used by home--
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home sales distributors for
the distribution of candles.
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And there was some
printed material
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on the outside of
the box, which had
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been scratched out with the word
burgundy written on the box.
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We found that both
of these packages
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were mailed from small towns
near Fayetteville, North
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Carolina.
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Go ahead and get
those two other items.
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The National Center
for the Analysis
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of Violent Crimes
researched all the evidence
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and both the bombing cases.
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PAT ROBERTSON: Refuses to
accompany near her husband
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to a--
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KENNETH L. WEAVER:
They said number one,
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that this individual
responsible for the bombings
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had some type of
stress or turmoil
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in his life at the
time of the bombings.
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Secondly, they felt that anyone
around or in the presence of
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the bomber would have known a--
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a in this person's behavior.
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LISA COMES: If I could talk
to the man that sent the bomb
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to me, I think I would just
say that I wish you would give
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yourself up and receive help.
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Because you know I was just
an innocent victim you sent
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that bomb to me you hurt
me I have scars on my body
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you could have killed
me and it's not
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right for an innocent
victim for that
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to happen to an innocent victim
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I would like to
see him caught.
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I don't have any real tremendous
amount of hate or animosity
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for him.
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Ah-- He needs help.
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He's hurt several people.
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And ah-- Id like to see him
taken off the street, you know,
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before he kills somebody
el-- or kills somebody.
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ROBERT STACK: These two
composites depict the men
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who were seen mailing the bomb.
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The drawings were made
three months apart by two
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different police artists.
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But authorities
are convinced they
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portray the same individual.
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He is described as
a neatly dressed
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white male with brown hair.
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He is between 28
and 35 years old,
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about 5 feet 11 inches
tall with average build.
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He weighs between
160 and 175 pounds.
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The bombs were mailed from
Bladenboro and Elizabethtown,
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North Carolina.
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Both are small towns within
25 miles of Fayetteville.
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Fortunately, there have
been no other incidents
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since the CBN bombing in 1990.
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However, authorities fear
the bomber may strike again
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[music playing]
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ROBERT STACK: Next, a young
mother convicted of murder
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wins her final appeal.
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[chime]
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[theme music]
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Tonight a very special update.
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Thanks, in part
to our broadcast,
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a young mother unjustly
accused of murdering her child
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has been freed.
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July 9, 1989, St. Louis,
Missouri, Patty Stallings
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rushed her critically
ill son to the hospital.
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Ryan Stallings was
three months old.
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And since birth, he had suffered
from chronic gastric distress.
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But this day, the
diagnosis was shocking.
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Ryan had apparently been
poisoned with ethylene glycol,
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a substance found in antifreeze.
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Just have to ask you
a few questions if you
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could come in for a moment.
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Sure.
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ROBERT STACK: Police were
called to the hospital
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to interrogate Ryan's parents.
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PATTY STALLINGS: We were split
up and talked to by detectives.
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They were saying that they
knew that that baby had
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been poisoned by either
me or my husband.
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And I-- I was just--
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I was devastated.
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I was blown away.
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I just could not believe
that they could even think--I
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mean Ryan was my world.
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[talking and baby cooing]
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ROBERT STACK: While the
investigation was in progress,
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Patty and David Stallings'
contact with Ryan
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was restricted to a
one-hour visit each week.
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During the sixth visit,
Patty was left alone
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with Ryan for a short time.
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Four days later, Ryan would
suffer another severe attack
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of vomiting.
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The diagnosis,
again, was poisoning.
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After just 72 hours,
Ryan Stallings died.
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[music playing]
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ROBERT STACK: On
September 17, 1989
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Patty Stallings, who did not
yet know she was pregnant again,
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was charged with first degree
murder and held without bail.
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She was not allowed to
attend her son's funeral.
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[doors slamming]
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ROBERT STACK: On
February 27, 1990,
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while Patty was in jail awaiting
trial, her second son D.J.
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was born.
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When D.J. Was two
weeks old, he began
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to exhibit symptoms
identical to the ones that
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had plagued his brother Ryan.
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This time, the
ailment was diagnosed
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as a rare genetic disorder,
methylmalonic acidemia, or MMA.
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It's symptoms are often confused
with ethylene glycol poisoning.
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Despite D.J.'s diagnosis,
Patty Stallings
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was convicted and
sentenced to life in prison
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for the murder of his son Ryan.
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D.J. was placed in the
custody of the state.
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And Patty was allowed to
see him only three times.
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PATTY STALLINGS: I've
lost one child to MMA.
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My second child is stricken
with MMA and may not live.
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He's a year old now.
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And they're still not
sure how to treat him.
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I lost my freedom.
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I've lost everything.
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On the night this story
aired, calls from physicians
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familiar with MMA poured
into our telecenter.
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Patty Stallings' new
attorneys petitioned the court
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to grant her another
trial based on the fact
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that she had previously
received ineffectual counsel.
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On July 30, 1991 Patty Stallings
was granted a new trial
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and released from prison.
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PATTY STALLINGS: After the
Unsolved Mysteries aired,
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people were writing and
calling and just wanted
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to know, how can we help.
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And I can't thank
those people enough.
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Because, I mean,
through all of that,
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wheels started turning
and everything just start
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pushing forward really fast.
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Along with Ryan's
remaining serum sample--
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ROBERT STACK: On
September 20, 1991
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a press conference
was held in St. Louis.
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Dr. Piero Rinaldo
of Yale University
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revealed that independent serum
tests showed Ryan's Stallings
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had definitely died of MMA.
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Consequently, the prosecuting
attorney dropped all charges
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against Patty Stallings.
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Unfortunately, we
can't undo the suffering
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that the Stallings have endured
during this entire ordeal.
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And I apologize to
them both personally
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and for the state of Missouri.
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ROBERT STACK: During
the press conference,
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Patty and David heard
for the first time
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that custody of their son D.J.
Had been returned to them.
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[music playing]
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ROBERT STACK: In
October of 1991,
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just over two years
after his brother's
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death, D.J. Came home
for the first time.
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I just want to make up
for the year and a half
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that we didn't
have him. and it's
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hard to make up that much time.
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But I'm doing the best I can.
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Beep, beep.
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PATTY STALLINGS: His
condition is very scary.
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But we've tackled so many
hard things that, you know.
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we've just kind of said,
well, we'll beat this too.
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And with that attitude, I know
that D.J. Will do all right
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and that we'll do OK.
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He is a miracle child.
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And we're lucky to have D.J.
And we have our whole life back.
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It's like we're starting over.
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It's indescribably wonderful.
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[theme music]
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We have all met
people who have made
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lasting impressions upon us.
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Sometimes they are
total strangers
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that pass through our
lives without ever knowing
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they have made a difference.
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In the early 1960s,
a young girl named
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Cathy Williams lived in
a horrifying world of
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emotional and physical abuse.
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But when all seemed lost, a
man she had never met before
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and has never seen since
helped change her life forever.
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[CHILDREN SINGING MISS MARY
MACK]
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ROBERT STACK: July 1961, the
streets of Chicago's south side
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echo with the carefree
laughter of children.
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But far removed from the
delightful sounds of summer,
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a hidden crime has
been committed.
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[CHILDREN SINGING MISS MARY
MACK]
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ROBERT STACK: One young girl has
been stripped of her innocence.
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The night before,
14-year-old Cathy Williams
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was forced to participate
in a drunken party
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and then fell prey to the
abusive sexual advances
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of her stepfather,
Clifford Starks.
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CATHY WILLIAMS: I awoke in
the middle of Clifford's bed
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with Clifford actually
laying almost on top of me.
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He was naked.
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I was totally naked.
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I remembered his hands
being all over my breasts.
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Well, I knew that
that was wrong.
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And I didn't know what else had
happened I. Couldn't remember.
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And so that scared me, too.
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So--and that's why I took off--
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I wrote the letter.
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And I thought that would be the
end of it in a child's mind.
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I'm thinking,
well, you know this
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will take care of everything.
I can get out of here.
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I'll be safe.
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ROBERT STACK: The events
of the previous evening
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were the culmination of months
of horror for Cathy Williams.
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She felt she had no
choice but to run away.
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[music playing]
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ROBERT STACK: But
with nowhere to go,
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Cathy was soon picked up off
the streets by her stepfather.
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She was beaten and held
prisoner in a relative's
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apartment locked into a small
room for more than a week.
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CATHY WILLIAMS: Let me out.
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ROBERT STACK: Cathy Williams
was trapped in a horrible
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and all too familiar tragedy.
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Compounding her
dilemma was the fact
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that her stepfather
was a respected
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detective in the Chicago
Police Department.
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In desperation, Cathy
reluctantly went to the police.
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[music playing and crying]
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POLICE WOMAN: What is your name?
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CATHY WILLIAMS: I don't know.
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POLICE WOMAN: Where do you live?
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ROBERT STACK: Cathy devised
an elaborate scheme in which
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she pretended to have amnesia.
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If all went at
planned, her stepfather
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would never learn of her visit.
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And Cathy would be sent
somewhere else to live.
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CATHY WILLIAMS: So we just had
to put her down as a Jane Doe.
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And I'm thinking, God, good.
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They'll put-- take me someplace.
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Because anything was better
than going back to that hell
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hole that I had run away from.
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Are you having
problems at home?
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Well, if you are having
problems at home,
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running away is not
going to solve them.
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Do you have brothers
and sisters?
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If you have brothers and sisters
and you are having problems,
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they could be going
through the same thing
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you are going through.
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So help me help you.
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ROBERT STACK: Finally, Cathy
decided to tell the truth
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and hope for the best.
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00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,915
My stepfather has
been molesting me.
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And she said, you poor child.
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She said, we'll do anything
everything we can to help you.
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Everybody was empathetic.
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But for some reason, I felt
like, this is the police.
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Maybe they really could help me.
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00:19:57,797 --> 00:20:01,401
And I felt that I had two
younger sisters there that they
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didn't need to be there.
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00:20:02,769 --> 00:20:04,170
And the same thing
could happen to them.
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00:20:04,271 --> 00:20:07,774
Because I hadn't
thought about that.
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ROBERT STACK: Cathy's optimism
was quickly shattered.
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Just as she had feared, her
stepfather was notified.
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DET.
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CLIFFORD STARKS: Sergeant.
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Detective Clifford Starks.
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00:20:17,317 --> 00:20:18,751
What brings you to the seventh?
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I've come to pick
up my daughter.
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00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:21,921
Your daughter?
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00:20:22,021 --> 00:20:23,256
What's she doing here?
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00:20:23,356 --> 00:20:24,924
Cathy Williams.
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00:20:25,024 --> 00:20:28,194
Get her down here.
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CATHY WILLIAMS: One Clifford
came down to the police station
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and flipped out his badge,
that was the end of me.
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00:20:33,666 --> 00:20:35,067
Cathy Williams.
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00:20:35,167 --> 00:20:37,304
She's Detective Clifford
Stark's daughter.
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00:20:37,404 --> 00:20:39,105
And he's come to take her home.
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00:20:39,205 --> 00:20:41,541
CATHY WILLIAMS: He
became omnipotent.
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00:20:41,641 --> 00:20:43,109
And I became a pile of nothing.
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00:20:43,209 --> 00:20:45,211
She doesn't want
to go home with you.
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00:20:45,312 --> 00:20:49,148
If she doesn't want to go
home with m, then lock her up.
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00:20:49,248 --> 00:20:51,284
CATHY WILLIAMS: I knew if I went
home with him, I was dead meat.
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00:20:51,384 --> 00:20:53,185
Lock her up, officer.
CATHY WILLIAMS: And I refused.
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00:20:53,286 --> 00:20:55,922
And upon refusal to
go home with him,
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I was then shackled
with handcuffs
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00:20:57,857 --> 00:20:59,459
and thrown into the
back of a paddy wagon
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like a common criminal and
taken off to the county jail.
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00:21:04,797 --> 00:21:05,798
ROBERT STACK:
Cathy says that she
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00:21:05,898 --> 00:21:07,634
was labeled
incorrigible according
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to existing Illinois state law.
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00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:13,306
She spent one night in jail
and was then remanded to a city
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home for delinquent minors.
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00:21:15,007 --> 00:21:17,544
[music playing]
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Maisy, I'm so scared.
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00:21:19,912 --> 00:21:21,180
I don't want to go
there by myself.
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00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:22,915
ROBERT STACK: Four months later,
Cathy appeared at a hearing
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00:21:23,015 --> 00:21:23,816
in juvenile court.
448
00:21:23,916 --> 00:21:24,917
It's never all right for me.
449
00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:26,218
ROBERT STACK: Many of
her closest friends
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from the neighborhood
gathered prepared to testify
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on her behalf.
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00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:31,157
Cathy Williams?
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Would you come with me please?
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I'm sorry.
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00:21:34,961 --> 00:21:36,429
This is a juvenile
court proceeding
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and is limited to the immediate
members of the family.
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00:21:38,498 --> 00:21:39,366
You'll have to wait out here.
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[all talking at once]
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00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:45,672
JUDGE: Cathy Williams?
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Yes, sir, Your Honor.
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JUDGE: Please take a seat.
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ROBERT STACK: Cathy remembers
that as the proceedings began,
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it was discovered
that her case file
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had conveniently disappeared.
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JUDGE: Counselor.
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ROBERT STACK: The file
contained affidavits
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supporting her allegations
of sexual abuse.
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00:21:58,618 --> 00:22:00,252
Once again, it
seemed that Clifford
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00:22:00,353 --> 00:22:03,089
Starks had stacked the deck
against his stepdaughter.
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We seem to have
a blank file here.
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00:22:05,425 --> 00:22:07,627
Your honor, this is
Detective Sergeant Starks.
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This is Cathy's father.
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CATHY WILLIAMS: The judge's
decision was based solely
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upon the testimony of
Clifford Starks that day,
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that moment in the courtroom.
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She stays out late at night,
if she comes home at all.
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00:22:19,372 --> 00:22:21,273
She runs with a
bad group of kids.
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CATHY WILLIAMS:
Clifford told them
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that they had had all
kinds of trouble with me,
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and that I was quote,
unquote, an incorrigible
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runaway teenager, prostitute.
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And, in fact, said
I was into drugs.
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JUDGE: Ms. Williams,
please rise.
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It's the order of this
court that you be confined
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to the Illinois State Training
School For Girls at Geneva
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until your 18th birthday.
487
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CATHY WILLIAMS: My feelings were
that it was end of the world.
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[gavel snaps]
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I was-- i--
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I didn't know I could feel
that kind of pain or that--
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that much hurt.
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00:22:54,306 --> 00:22:57,009
Each time you think it's bad,
you just think it just couldn't
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00:22:57,109 --> 00:22:58,678
get worse. but it gets worse.
494
00:22:58,778 --> 00:23:01,047
And when you look over at
your family and friends,
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00:23:01,147 --> 00:23:05,184
it's like, now it's-- it's
proven that I'm wrong.
496
00:23:05,284 --> 00:23:06,453
You know, obviously
this wouldn't
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00:23:06,553 --> 00:23:08,287
have happened if I wasn't bad.
498
00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:10,022
And maybe I did deserve this.
499
00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:12,925
[all talking at once]
500
00:23:13,025 --> 00:23:14,126
CATHY WILLIAMS:
You're hurting arms.
501
00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:15,327
You're hurting my arms.
502
00:23:15,428 --> 00:23:17,129
ROBERT STACK: Cathy was
placed in the custody
503
00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:18,998
of a Cook County
Deputy Sheriff to be
504
00:23:19,098 --> 00:23:21,233
transported to reform school.
505
00:23:21,333 --> 00:23:24,070
She had no idea that
this ride would become
506
00:23:24,170 --> 00:23:27,507
a remarkable turn of fortune.
507
00:23:27,607 --> 00:23:30,142
Girl, we've been through
this a lot, ain't we?
508
00:23:30,242 --> 00:23:31,611
CATHY WILLIAMS: When
they put me in the back
509
00:23:31,711 --> 00:23:33,946
of that paddy wagon, I
just started to boo hooing.
510
00:23:34,046 --> 00:23:35,181
I just go to--
511
00:23:35,281 --> 00:23:37,750
It dawned on me then, nobody
knows where I'm going.
512
00:23:37,850 --> 00:23:38,918
I don't know where I'm going.
513
00:23:39,018 --> 00:23:41,253
You know, this is--
this has to be hell.
514
00:23:41,353 --> 00:23:42,321
I didn't do anything wrong.
515
00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:43,255
GIRL INMATE: She sure didn't.
516
00:23:43,355 --> 00:23:44,657
Yea, I heard
that story before.
517
00:23:44,757 --> 00:23:45,725
GIRL INMATE: Does she look
like she did anything?
518
00:23:45,825 --> 00:23:47,159
ROBERT STACK: Alone
and scared to death,
519
00:23:47,259 --> 00:23:50,463
Cathy began to blurt out
her story to the deputy.
520
00:23:50,563 --> 00:23:53,065
I'm here because my
stepfather was messing with me.
521
00:23:53,165 --> 00:23:54,266
Your stepfather?
522
00:23:54,366 --> 00:23:55,768
Yes, he was messing with me.
523
00:23:55,868 --> 00:23:56,936
Messing with you how?
524
00:23:57,036 --> 00:23:59,438
Touching me the way
a man touches a woman.
525
00:23:59,539 --> 00:24:01,574
ROBERT STACK: By the time they
arrived at the reform school,
526
00:24:01,674 --> 00:24:03,476
the deputy was convinced
that the system
527
00:24:03,576 --> 00:24:05,411
had made a terrible mistake.
528
00:24:05,512 --> 00:24:10,449
Cathy was obviously being
punished for being a victim.
529
00:24:10,550 --> 00:24:14,754
The deputy risked his own
job by offering to help.
530
00:24:14,854 --> 00:24:16,222
I thought about what
you said and the way
531
00:24:16,322 --> 00:24:17,724
you said it makes me believe.
532
00:24:17,824 --> 00:24:19,559
And I'd like to
check it out for you.
533
00:24:19,659 --> 00:24:21,027
Who was that you said
you wanted me to call?
534
00:24:21,127 --> 00:24:22,061
Ah--
535
00:24:22,161 --> 00:24:23,563
I didn't know if
I could believe him
536
00:24:23,663 --> 00:24:24,631
and that he could help me.
537
00:24:24,731 --> 00:24:25,865
I had believed everybody else.
538
00:24:25,965 --> 00:24:29,201
And I still was on
my way to Geneva.
539
00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:32,572
So, so--but something in my
heart wanted me to believe him.
540
00:24:32,672 --> 00:24:34,507
And it was something
kind in his eyes.
541
00:24:34,607 --> 00:24:35,575
I saw in in that mirror.
542
00:24:35,675 --> 00:24:38,044
And I thought maybe
he would be the one
543
00:24:38,144 --> 00:24:39,612
that could do something.
I didn't know.
544
00:24:39,712 --> 00:24:42,949
I just didn't have any idea.
545
00:24:43,049 --> 00:24:43,850
John Toomey.
546
00:24:43,950 --> 00:24:44,817
Nice to see you.
547
00:24:44,917 --> 00:24:46,118
Won't you have a seat.
548
00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:47,654
ROBERT STACK: The unknown
deputy was true to his word.
549
00:24:47,754 --> 00:24:48,688
How they treating
you down there?
550
00:24:48,788 --> 00:24:49,922
ROBERT STACK: Seven
weeks later Cathy
551
00:24:50,022 --> 00:24:52,592
was taken to the state
building in downtown Chicago
552
00:24:52,692 --> 00:24:54,894
for an interview
with a social worker.
553
00:24:54,994 --> 00:24:56,763
Look, Cathy, I can't
make you any promises.
554
00:24:56,863 --> 00:24:59,165
But we're going to
try and help you.
555
00:24:59,265 --> 00:25:02,201
Now, when you took that paddy
wagon ride down to Geneva,
556
00:25:02,301 --> 00:25:04,370
you talked to the sheriff
who was driving didn't you?
557
00:25:04,470 --> 00:25:06,005
You gave him some names?
558
00:25:06,105 --> 00:25:07,339
I don't know what
you said to him.
559
00:25:07,439 --> 00:25:09,108
But whatever it was, it must
have been pretty convincing.
560
00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:11,177
He came over here and he
talked to me, and ah--
561
00:25:11,277 --> 00:25:13,546
ROBERT STACK: The deputy had
contacted Cathy's friends
562
00:25:13,646 --> 00:25:15,748
and put them in touch with
the proper authorities.
563
00:25:15,848 --> 00:25:17,349
- You talked to Mother Gordon?
- Yea, I did.
564
00:25:17,449 --> 00:25:18,484
ROBERT STACK: Some
had even signed
565
00:25:18,585 --> 00:25:21,353
affidavits corroborating
Cathy's accusations
566
00:25:21,453 --> 00:25:23,022
against her stepfather.
567
00:25:23,122 --> 00:25:24,757
Look, from everything
we've been able to find out,
568
00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:26,959
it looks like you're
in the wrong place.
569
00:25:27,059 --> 00:25:28,360
You got a raw deal.
570
00:25:28,460 --> 00:25:30,096
CATHY WILLIAMS: He says it looks
to me like you were railroaded.
571
00:25:30,196 --> 00:25:32,298
He said according to everything
I have in front of me,
572
00:25:32,398 --> 00:25:33,666
you were.
573
00:25:33,766 --> 00:25:36,502
He says so I want you to go back
there, keep your nose clean.
574
00:25:36,603 --> 00:25:37,604
Stay out of trouble.
575
00:25:37,704 --> 00:25:39,639
And we'll be back in touch.
576
00:25:39,739 --> 00:25:43,042
And I thanked him but
knowing that, th-- hey,
577
00:25:43,142 --> 00:25:45,311
this is just another bubble.
578
00:25:45,411 --> 00:25:47,179
And it was going to
pop and float on off
579
00:25:47,279 --> 00:25:50,416
into the sunset like the rest.
580
00:25:50,516 --> 00:25:52,351
ROBERT STACK: But this
time the system worked.
581
00:25:52,451 --> 00:25:54,186
Two weeks later,
Cathy Williams was
582
00:25:54,286 --> 00:25:55,922
released from the reformatory.
583
00:25:56,022 --> 00:25:58,658
Ultimately, she was declared
an emancipated minor
584
00:25:58,758 --> 00:26:01,828
and went to live with
friends in the neighborhood.
585
00:26:01,928 --> 00:26:03,863
CATHY WILLIAMS: It was just,
like New Year's, you know,
586
00:26:03,963 --> 00:26:05,231
counting down for the clock.
587
00:26:05,331 --> 00:26:07,466
You know, it was just a
very happy, happy time.
588
00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:10,469
Because I was finally getting
to go home with my new mother
589
00:26:10,569 --> 00:26:11,971
and father and my new sisters.
590
00:26:12,071 --> 00:26:14,140
So it was a joyous occasion.
591
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:18,110
[talking at once]
592
00:26:18,210 --> 00:26:19,979
ROBERT STACK: Cathy
Williams was fortunate.
593
00:26:20,079 --> 00:26:21,848
She flourished in
her new family AND
594
00:26:21,948 --> 00:26:23,616
started a church
group, which offers
595
00:26:23,716 --> 00:26:25,384
counseling to abuse children.
596
00:26:25,484 --> 00:26:28,788
But Cathy has never
forgotten the unknown deputy
597
00:26:28,888 --> 00:26:31,523
who lent a helping hand
when no one else would.
598
00:26:31,624 --> 00:26:33,225
Makes me believe
what your saying.
599
00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:34,460
And I'd like to--
600
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:35,862
CATHY WILLIAMS: Every
girl, I guess, in the fairy
601
00:26:35,962 --> 00:26:38,497
tales wants the prince on a-- on
a horse or a knight in shining
602
00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:39,598
armor.
603
00:26:39,699 --> 00:26:41,801
And he'd be my knight
in the paddy wagon.
604
00:26:41,901 --> 00:26:43,870
And in I-- if I could
find him, I just
605
00:26:43,970 --> 00:26:48,941
want to say to him that many
people reach out for help
606
00:26:49,041 --> 00:26:50,777
and many are refused help.
607
00:26:50,877 --> 00:26:53,646
But because of the fact
that I reached out to him
608
00:26:53,746 --> 00:26:57,516
and he acknowledged me and
gave me the help that I needed,
609
00:26:57,616 --> 00:26:59,085
he gave me my life.
610
00:26:59,185 --> 00:27:00,853
He gave not only my life, my--
611
00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:03,589
I have a healthy son who's here.
612
00:27:03,690 --> 00:27:06,659
I've touched other people's
lives in many ways .
613
00:27:06,759 --> 00:27:09,495
And if it had not been
for him, none of that
614
00:27:09,595 --> 00:27:10,396
would have happened.
615
00:27:10,496 --> 00:27:12,932
[soft music]
616
00:27:13,933 --> 00:27:17,236
[theme update music]
617
00:27:34,020 --> 00:27:36,455
ROBERT STACK: When we return,
the bizarre disappearance
618
00:27:36,555 --> 00:27:39,025
of a woman in Florida
culminates in murder.
619
00:27:39,125 --> 00:27:42,428
[theme music]
620
00:27:51,337 --> 00:27:54,907
ROBERT STACK: On Thursday, July
19, 1990, Jane McGowan of Boca
621
00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:57,543
Raton, Florida received
a disturbing letter from
622
00:27:57,643 --> 00:28:00,679
her 34-year-old sister Beverly.
623
00:28:00,780 --> 00:28:04,383
The handwritten note had been
postmarked a day earlier.
624
00:28:04,483 --> 00:28:05,484
BEVERLY MCGOWAN:
I've got to make
625
00:28:05,584 --> 00:28:07,586
some major changes in my life.
626
00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:10,256
I quit my job, sold the
condo and furniture,
627
00:28:10,356 --> 00:28:12,391
and I'm leaving for a while.
628
00:28:12,491 --> 00:28:13,893
ROBERT STACK: The
following day, Jane
629
00:28:13,993 --> 00:28:15,762
and Beverly's brother
Steve received
630
00:28:15,862 --> 00:28:18,664
a similar letter from Beverly.
631
00:28:18,765 --> 00:28:20,032
Something bothered me.
632
00:28:20,132 --> 00:28:23,302
Because that's not the type
of person that-- that Bev was.
633
00:28:23,402 --> 00:28:25,905
She was not the kind of person,
after spending all her money
634
00:28:26,005 --> 00:28:28,474
to try to get that condo
and try to, you know,
635
00:28:28,574 --> 00:28:31,710
land a job at the bank, which
she seemed to be happy with.
636
00:28:31,811 --> 00:28:34,380
It was not her nature
to just give ou--
637
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:39,051
give up on everything and
just walk away from it.
638
00:28:39,151 --> 00:28:41,888
That That evening Steve and
Jane went to Beverly's condo.
639
00:28:41,988 --> 00:28:43,422
Bev?
640
00:28:43,522 --> 00:28:44,857
ROBERT STACK: Her car was gone.
641
00:28:44,957 --> 00:28:46,525
Her phone had been disconnected.
642
00:28:46,625 --> 00:28:50,229
And she had not been seen
at work for two days.
643
00:28:50,329 --> 00:28:51,697
Bev?
644
00:28:51,798 --> 00:28:52,965
STEVE MCGOWAN: There
was her nightgown
645
00:28:53,065 --> 00:28:54,566
laying next to the bed.
646
00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:56,102
An-- the bed wasn't made.
647
00:28:56,202 --> 00:28:57,736
I mean, it just
looked like, you know,
648
00:28:57,837 --> 00:28:59,839
she'd gone out for the day
and had every intention
649
00:28:59,939 --> 00:29:00,807
of coming back that night.
650
00:29:05,177 --> 00:29:07,279
ROBERT STACK: It appeared as
if Beverly had, indeed, decided
651
00:29:07,379 --> 00:29:10,349
just to go off and start over.
652
00:29:10,449 --> 00:29:11,818
All she took with
her were her two
653
00:29:11,918 --> 00:29:15,321
cats, her address book, birth
certificate, and passport.
654
00:29:15,421 --> 00:29:19,225
[music playing]
655
00:29:19,325 --> 00:29:21,460
Steve and Jane McGowan
were completely baffled
656
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:22,929
by their sister's
sudden decision
657
00:29:23,029 --> 00:29:25,631
to walk away from her
family and her life.
658
00:29:25,731 --> 00:29:28,367
The day after she was last
seen, Beverly sent a telegram
659
00:29:28,467 --> 00:29:30,236
to her mortgage
company authorizing
660
00:29:30,336 --> 00:29:32,271
them to foreclose on
her condo and dispose
661
00:29:32,371 --> 00:29:34,340
of her personal belongings.
662
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,275
In several letters to
family and friends,
663
00:29:36,375 --> 00:29:38,744
Beverly offered no explanations.
664
00:29:38,845 --> 00:29:41,247
To her brother Steve,
she wrote simply,
665
00:29:41,347 --> 00:29:44,116
I just want to say goodbye
to you and the kids
666
00:29:44,216 --> 00:29:46,853
and let you know that what
I'm doing is the right thing.
667
00:29:46,953 --> 00:29:49,688
[music playing]
668
00:29:51,223 --> 00:29:54,093
STEVE MCGOWAN: The type of
person that Bev was, she
669
00:29:54,193 --> 00:29:55,627
had two different sides to her.
670
00:29:55,727 --> 00:29:59,265
Her first side was
her private side,
671
00:29:59,365 --> 00:30:03,402
which I know she enjoyed her
privacy a tremendous amount.
672
00:30:03,502 --> 00:30:05,404
Her second side was
the side that she
673
00:30:05,504 --> 00:30:07,907
showed when she was with
myself, my sister, and my--
674
00:30:08,007 --> 00:30:09,808
and my family.
675
00:30:09,909 --> 00:30:12,511
And I that was just a fun
loving person, just somebody
676
00:30:12,611 --> 00:30:15,247
that was out to enjoy themselves
as much as they possibly could.
677
00:30:15,347 --> 00:30:19,919
[music playing]
678
00:30:20,019 --> 00:30:22,021
ROBERT STACK: In
1987, Beverly McGowan
679
00:30:22,121 --> 00:30:24,323
began a promising career
in the loan department
680
00:30:24,423 --> 00:30:27,159
of a Fort Lauderdale bank.
681
00:30:27,259 --> 00:30:30,162
Within two years, she was able
to purchase a modest condo
682
00:30:30,262 --> 00:30:32,865
in nearby Pompano Beach.
683
00:30:32,965 --> 00:30:34,666
The week before
her disappearance,
684
00:30:34,766 --> 00:30:39,138
Beverly began advertising
for a roommate.
685
00:30:39,238 --> 00:30:41,307
CINDY SABOURIN: Bev
came in one morning
686
00:30:41,407 --> 00:30:45,711
and said that she had
advertised for a roommate
687
00:30:45,811 --> 00:30:47,546
and that this woman,
Alice, was going
688
00:30:47,646 --> 00:30:48,847
to be moving in
in approximately,
689
00:30:48,948 --> 00:30:52,318
I think, it was the
following Friday.
690
00:30:52,418 --> 00:30:56,288
And she just thought this
woman was incredibly nice.
691
00:30:56,388 --> 00:30:58,090
It was going to be great
- Oh.
692
00:30:58,190 --> 00:30:59,125
CINDY SABOURIN: They clicked.
693
00:30:59,225 --> 00:31:01,127
That's the way she felt.
694
00:31:01,227 --> 00:31:02,929
Now, as I was
explaining to you,
695
00:31:03,029 --> 00:31:06,098
your life path number
is your birth date.
696
00:31:06,198 --> 00:31:08,667
ROBERT STACK: Beverly told
Cindy that Alice was English.
697
00:31:08,767 --> 00:31:10,402
She drove a nice
car and seemed to be
698
00:31:10,502 --> 00:31:12,905
a successful career woman.
699
00:31:13,005 --> 00:31:15,407
Moreover, she and Beverly
shared a common interest
700
00:31:15,507 --> 00:31:18,610
in the New Age Movement,
especially numerology.
701
00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:21,147
Your personal
year number is four.
702
00:31:21,247 --> 00:31:23,950
That shows that you are at
a crossroads in your life.
703
00:31:24,050 --> 00:31:25,985
CINDY SABOURIN: She had
asked Bev for some numbers
704
00:31:26,085 --> 00:31:28,720
that pertained to
her life so that she
705
00:31:28,820 --> 00:31:29,721
could do a chart for her.
706
00:31:29,821 --> 00:31:31,290
Must make significant--
707
00:31:31,390 --> 00:31:35,561
CINDY SABOURIN: And Bev gave her
some numbers, not anything real
708
00:31:35,661 --> 00:31:37,463
serious, not real personal.
709
00:31:37,563 --> 00:31:39,298
And she did an initial chart.
710
00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:42,168
And then came back and said,
I need more information
711
00:31:42,268 --> 00:31:45,337
at which point Bev volunteered
her passport numbers, numbers
712
00:31:45,437 --> 00:31:47,373
on her birth certificate.
713
00:31:47,473 --> 00:31:51,443
Well, the first adjustment
I see is a long trip.
714
00:31:51,543 --> 00:31:52,878
ROBERT STACK: Apparently
Alice told Beverly
715
00:31:52,979 --> 00:31:55,982
that she would find true romance
and accumulate great wealth.
716
00:31:56,082 --> 00:31:57,549
ALICE: And you'll be
doing a lot of travelling.
717
00:31:57,649 --> 00:31:58,884
ROBERT STACK: But
she did predict
718
00:31:58,985 --> 00:32:01,120
a dark cloud on the horizon.
719
00:32:01,220 --> 00:32:04,957
But there is a gray area that
I must tell you about, Beverly.
720
00:32:05,057 --> 00:32:07,759
It involves a couple,
a man and a woman.
721
00:32:07,859 --> 00:32:08,727
They are related.
722
00:32:08,827 --> 00:32:11,230
But I don't know
if they're married.
723
00:32:11,330 --> 00:32:12,298
They're very close to you.
724
00:32:12,398 --> 00:32:13,599
And they're going
to deceive you.
725
00:32:13,699 --> 00:32:16,802
They're going to hurt you.
726
00:32:16,902 --> 00:32:17,703
How?
727
00:32:17,803 --> 00:32:18,804
ALICE: I don't know how.
728
00:32:18,904 --> 00:32:20,372
I just know they've
been close to you.
729
00:32:20,472 --> 00:32:24,943
And you need to be aware of it.
730
00:32:25,044 --> 00:32:27,913
ROBERT STACK: Thursday, July
19th, two days after Beverly
731
00:32:28,014 --> 00:32:31,850
was last seen at 5:30 p.m.
732
00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:33,619
The mutilated body
of a woman was
733
00:32:33,719 --> 00:32:36,588
found at the edge of a drainage
canal in St. Lucie County
734
00:32:36,688 --> 00:32:40,359
100 miles from Pompano Beach.
735
00:32:40,459 --> 00:32:41,360
[loons calling]
736
00:32:41,460 --> 00:32:43,795
[policeman talking]
737
00:32:43,895 --> 00:32:46,532
ROBERT STACK: The victim's head
had been crudely decapitated.
738
00:32:46,632 --> 00:32:50,536
Only a portion of the lower
jaw and five teeth remained.
739
00:32:50,636 --> 00:32:52,171
Her hands had been severed.
740
00:32:52,271 --> 00:32:53,572
Her throat slit.
741
00:32:53,672 --> 00:32:57,176
And part of her abdomen cut away
apparently to remove a tattoo.
742
00:32:59,878 --> 00:33:01,613
LT. ROBERT MILLER:
We assumed that ah--
743
00:33:01,713 --> 00:33:07,519
whoever committed the murder was
trying to conceal her identity.
744
00:33:07,619 --> 00:33:12,324
It was probably one of the
most gruesome ah-- homicides
745
00:33:12,424 --> 00:33:17,929
that our agency has
investigated in recent years.
746
00:33:18,030 --> 00:33:20,432
ROBERT STACK: The only solid
clue to the victim's identity
747
00:33:20,532 --> 00:33:23,102
had been overlooked
by the killer.
748
00:33:23,202 --> 00:33:26,938
A small tattoo of a yellow
rose on her right ankle.
749
00:33:27,039 --> 00:33:29,708
Beverly McGowan had
just such a tattoo.
750
00:33:32,544 --> 00:33:34,613
Four days later,
dental records provided
751
00:33:34,713 --> 00:33:36,782
positive identification.
752
00:33:36,882 --> 00:33:41,653
the dead woman was
Beverly Ann McGowan.
753
00:33:41,753 --> 00:33:45,124
We found nothing in her
background that would indicate
754
00:33:45,224 --> 00:33:47,025
that she was any type--
755
00:33:47,126 --> 00:33:51,663
in any type of trouble or was
involved in anything illegal.
756
00:33:51,763 --> 00:33:53,365
ROBERT STACK: The authorities
and Beverley's family
757
00:33:53,465 --> 00:33:56,535
were especially
baffled by her letters.
758
00:33:56,635 --> 00:33:57,936
They were all in
her handwriting.
759
00:33:58,036 --> 00:33:59,571
And there was no
indication that she had
760
00:33:59,671 --> 00:34:03,342
been coerced into sending them.
761
00:34:03,442 --> 00:34:06,078
Investigators immediately
searched Beverly's condo
762
00:34:06,178 --> 00:34:08,414
looking for something,
anything, tying
763
00:34:08,514 --> 00:34:13,352
Beverly's apparent decision
to leave with her murder.
764
00:34:13,452 --> 00:34:15,654
They found a notepad with
a list of names and phone
765
00:34:15,754 --> 00:34:19,225
numbers of people who had called
about the ad for a roommate.
766
00:34:19,325 --> 00:34:22,060
Only the last notation
did not check out.
767
00:34:22,161 --> 00:34:28,767
It read, Alice, Tuesday, 6:30,
no last name, no phone number.
768
00:34:28,867 --> 00:34:30,001
LT. ROBERT MILLER:
Alice was supposed
769
00:34:30,102 --> 00:34:32,404
to be on loan to
the United States
770
00:34:32,504 --> 00:34:36,775
from England working for
IBM in South Florida.
771
00:34:36,875 --> 00:34:40,146
Upon checking with
the IBM Corporation,
772
00:34:40,246 --> 00:34:43,849
we learned that they had
nobody on loan to south Florida
773
00:34:43,949 --> 00:34:47,486
from England and that the
office that Alice said she
774
00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:49,855
worked for in Fort Lauderdale,
that they didn't even have
775
00:34:49,955 --> 00:34:53,024
an office in Fort Lauderdale.
776
00:34:53,125 --> 00:34:53,925
Hi.
STORE CLERK: Hi.
777
00:34:54,025 --> 00:34:55,060
Hi, I'd like to
get this please.
778
00:34:55,161 --> 00:34:56,027
STORE CLERK: Sure.
779
00:34:56,128 --> 00:34:57,796
Will it be cash or charge?
780
00:34:57,896 --> 00:34:59,665
It's going to be a charge.
781
00:34:59,765 --> 00:35:01,233
ROBERT STACK: Investigators
soon discovered
782
00:35:01,333 --> 00:35:05,036
that on the Beverly's body was
found, a woman fitting Alice's
783
00:35:05,137 --> 00:35:08,140
description used Beverly's
Visa card to make purchases
784
00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:10,576
at several shops in the area.
785
00:35:10,676 --> 00:35:13,078
The day before, someone
had used the card
786
00:35:13,179 --> 00:35:17,816
to withdraw $300 from an
automatic teller machine.
787
00:35:17,916 --> 00:35:21,620
On Friday, July 20th, the day
after the body was discovered,
788
00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:24,290
the case took another
bizarre twist.
789
00:35:24,390 --> 00:35:27,259
Someone used the same
credit card in North Miami
790
00:35:27,359 --> 00:35:30,696
to reserve a rental car at
London's Heathrow Airport.
791
00:35:30,796 --> 00:35:31,697
CAR RENTAL CLERK: Hello there.
792
00:35:31,797 --> 00:35:32,998
Can I help you?
793
00:35:33,098 --> 00:35:35,934
Yes, I'd like to buy a car
rental voucher for London
794
00:35:36,034 --> 00:35:36,968
Heathrow Airport, please.
795
00:35:37,068 --> 00:35:37,903
Do you have a credit card?
796
00:35:38,003 --> 00:35:39,271
Yes, I do.
797
00:35:39,371 --> 00:35:40,706
LT. ROBERT MILLER: The travel
agent described this person
798
00:35:40,806 --> 00:35:45,344
as a very masculine
looking female that,
799
00:35:45,444 --> 00:35:48,380
to them, appeared
to be a male wearing
800
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:52,951
a cheap black Cleopatra wig.
801
00:35:53,051 --> 00:35:54,720
Taxis in London these
days are so expensive.
802
00:35:54,820 --> 00:35:55,954
CAR RENTAL CLERK:
Yes, I can imagine.
803
00:35:56,054 --> 00:35:57,189
LT. ROBERT MILLER:
She also described
804
00:35:57,289 --> 00:35:59,625
her as having a British accent.
805
00:35:59,725 --> 00:36:00,892
And a person that was--
806
00:36:00,992 --> 00:36:05,197
appeared to be very familiar
with the Heathrow area
807
00:36:05,297 --> 00:36:08,267
in London, England.
808
00:36:08,367 --> 00:36:09,735
ROBERT STACK: The man
told the travel agent
809
00:36:09,835 --> 00:36:12,137
that he was flying to London
on British Airways, Flight
810
00:36:12,238 --> 00:36:15,441
292, which was scheduled
to depart on Sunday evening
811
00:36:15,541 --> 00:36:18,677
at 6:30 PM.
812
00:36:18,777 --> 00:36:20,078
LT. ROBERT MILLER: We
checked the manifest
813
00:36:20,178 --> 00:36:23,582
for that particular
flight and other airlines
814
00:36:23,682 --> 00:36:27,118
that were traveling to London
on that particular day.
815
00:36:27,219 --> 00:36:30,656
Nowhere on any of the
manifests did we see the name
816
00:36:30,756 --> 00:36:32,291
of Beverly Ann McGowan.
817
00:36:35,927 --> 00:36:37,596
ROBERT STACK: On
Monday, July 23rd,
818
00:36:37,696 --> 00:36:39,598
a person wearing a
cheap looking wig
819
00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:42,701
and posing as Beverly
McGowan did, indeed, pick
820
00:36:42,801 --> 00:36:44,370
up a car at Heathrow Airport.
821
00:36:44,470 --> 00:36:48,374
[intercom voices]
822
00:36:48,474 --> 00:36:50,309
ROBERT STACK: Two days
later, Beverley's car
823
00:36:50,409 --> 00:36:54,380
was found at a motel near
Miami International Airport.
824
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:58,116
It had been there for
at least five days.
825
00:36:58,216 --> 00:37:02,087
Investigators found only
one significant clue.
826
00:37:02,187 --> 00:37:03,389
Hey, Dave, take
a look at this,
827
00:37:03,489 --> 00:37:06,224
ROBERT STACK: Four strands
of black synthetic wig hair.
828
00:37:06,325 --> 00:37:07,693
DETECTIVE: We got some hair.
829
00:37:10,462 --> 00:37:12,698
The mystery surrounding
Beverly McGowan's death
830
00:37:12,798 --> 00:37:14,933
reverberates with a single word.
831
00:37:15,033 --> 00:37:16,335
Why?
832
00:37:16,435 --> 00:37:19,505
It seems obvious that Beverly
was a victim of a scam.
833
00:37:19,605 --> 00:37:23,775
But it was a scam which only
netted the perpetrators $1,000.
834
00:37:23,875 --> 00:37:25,911
Why would anyone commit
such a vicious murder
835
00:37:26,011 --> 00:37:27,546
for so little money?
836
00:37:27,646 --> 00:37:29,281
Why did they go to
such lengths to conceal
837
00:37:29,381 --> 00:37:31,116
the victim's identity?
838
00:37:31,216 --> 00:37:33,952
And why did they
choose Beverly McGowan?
839
00:37:34,052 --> 00:37:38,123
[loons callings]
840
00:37:38,223 --> 00:37:40,359
LT. ROBERT MILLER: The most
puzzling part about it is
841
00:37:40,459 --> 00:37:45,163
the lack of motive, um,
the--the savage nature in which
842
00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:47,599
the body was decapitated.
843
00:37:47,699 --> 00:37:53,104
And the pains that they went
through trying to conceal
844
00:37:53,204 --> 00:37:57,676
her identity isn't
that of your normal
845
00:37:57,776 --> 00:38:01,747
everyday domestic killing.
846
00:38:01,847 --> 00:38:03,815
I try to think
about the people
847
00:38:03,915 --> 00:38:09,187
that Bev worked for, ah, her
friends, her relationships.
848
00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:12,157
Um, What kind of person
would-- would be involved with
849
00:38:12,257 --> 00:38:14,560
a--with a murder like this?
850
00:38:14,660 --> 00:38:18,564
Why somebody would come
into-- to my sister's life
851
00:38:18,664 --> 00:38:21,400
and for a measly $1,000.
852
00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:23,268
Just take it.
853
00:38:23,369 --> 00:38:25,537
You know, it doesn't
make any sense to me.
854
00:38:25,637 --> 00:38:28,507
[spooky music]
855
00:38:31,076 --> 00:38:33,945
[theme music update]
856
00:39:11,650 --> 00:39:14,553
[chime]
857
00:39:21,159 --> 00:39:23,228
ROBERT STACK: In
1985, Sally Garrity
858
00:39:23,328 --> 00:39:25,263
of San Francisco,
California faced
859
00:39:25,363 --> 00:39:27,332
an all too common dilemma.
860
00:39:27,433 --> 00:39:29,568
She was looking to settle
down but had not yet
861
00:39:29,668 --> 00:39:32,571
found the man of her dreams.
862
00:39:32,671 --> 00:39:33,972
Oh, excuse me.
863
00:39:34,072 --> 00:39:36,341
ROBERT STACK: Then in February
of that year, at a neighborhood
864
00:39:36,442 --> 00:39:39,645
tavern, Sally thought she
had met the perfect mate,
865
00:39:39,745 --> 00:39:41,480
A young man named Sal Guardado.
866
00:39:41,580 --> 00:39:43,281
I'll rack and you break.
867
00:39:43,381 --> 00:39:44,816
What's you name, anyway?
- Sally.
868
00:39:44,916 --> 00:39:46,184
What's yours?
- Sal.
869
00:39:46,284 --> 00:39:47,519
Sal Guardado.
870
00:39:47,619 --> 00:39:50,321
Sal, Sally, that's neat.
871
00:39:50,422 --> 00:39:53,224
SHERI YSIT: She said, I
think I met Mr. Right, Sheri.
872
00:39:53,324 --> 00:39:56,495
So I was very happy
for her TO have a goo--
873
00:39:56,595 --> 00:39:59,531
meet someone that
would make her happy .
874
00:39:59,631 --> 00:40:03,735
And I seen that in her face
that Sal had made her happy.
875
00:40:03,835 --> 00:40:06,104
by just the short time that
she had met him and known him.
876
00:40:10,075 --> 00:40:11,910
ROBERT STACK: Sally
Garrity was half Irish,
877
00:40:12,010 --> 00:40:13,745
half Shoshone-Pauite Indian.
878
00:40:16,482 --> 00:40:18,550
She and her sister, Sheri,
were raised by their Aunt
879
00:40:18,650 --> 00:40:19,951
Lydia in San Francisco.
880
00:40:22,721 --> 00:40:24,623
Sally had been trained
as a bookkeeper
881
00:40:24,723 --> 00:40:27,459
but was making and selling
Native American handicrafts
882
00:40:27,559 --> 00:40:28,426
when she met Sal.
883
00:40:31,062 --> 00:40:33,599
Sal worked part time
in a local pizza parlor
884
00:40:33,699 --> 00:40:36,001
where Sally brought
her family to meet him.
885
00:40:36,101 --> 00:40:37,503
- Hey, hi honey.
- Hey, hi Sally.
886
00:40:37,603 --> 00:40:38,770
How you doing?
- You look great.
887
00:40:38,870 --> 00:40:40,572
Good to see ya.
Hi.
888
00:40:40,672 --> 00:40:41,873
This is my sister, Sheri.
889
00:40:41,973 --> 00:40:43,008
- Hi Sheri.
- Nice to meet you.
890
00:40:43,108 --> 00:40:44,342
- And this is my Auntie Lydia.
- Hi Lydia.
891
00:40:44,442 --> 00:40:46,077
How are you doing?
- Sal.
892
00:40:46,177 --> 00:40:48,880
SHERI YSIT: Sally
was really glowing.
893
00:40:48,980 --> 00:40:51,382
When she introduced
me, she was so happy.
894
00:40:51,483 --> 00:40:53,852
And she said, did
you see his car?
895
00:40:53,952 --> 00:40:55,654
Do you see him?
He has a job.
896
00:40:55,754 --> 00:41:00,892
And her expression and
her glowing was so over--
897
00:41:00,992 --> 00:41:03,762
just overpowering
that she was so happy.
898
00:41:03,862 --> 00:41:07,999
[music and chatting]
899
00:41:08,099 --> 00:41:10,969
ROBERT STACK: The romance
proceeded at a whirlwind pace.
900
00:41:11,069 --> 00:41:13,071
Within a week, Sal
proposed and took
901
00:41:13,171 --> 00:41:15,173
out a loan for a diamond ring.
902
00:41:15,273 --> 00:41:18,309
But it wasn't long before the
relationship began to change.
903
00:41:21,379 --> 00:41:23,549
Sal lost his job and his car.
904
00:41:23,649 --> 00:41:24,883
And the couple
was forced to move
905
00:41:24,983 --> 00:41:27,018
in with Sally's Aunt Lydia.
906
00:41:27,118 --> 00:41:29,721
It became obvious that there
was another side to Sal
907
00:41:29,821 --> 00:41:31,489
that had been hidden until now.
908
00:41:31,590 --> 00:41:32,390
Nice.
909
00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:33,491
This place is a dump.
910
00:41:33,592 --> 00:41:34,526
So get a job.
911
00:41:34,626 --> 00:41:35,894
Shut up.
912
00:41:35,994 --> 00:41:37,362
ROBERT STACK: He grew
surly and refused
913
00:41:37,462 --> 00:41:39,831
to do anything but
watch television and go
914
00:41:39,931 --> 00:41:41,266
bowling with his friends.
915
00:41:41,366 --> 00:41:42,901
Big words from a big man.
916
00:41:43,001 --> 00:41:48,273
[tv voices in background]
917
00:41:48,373 --> 00:41:50,275
ROBERT STACK: Three weeks
later, when they visited
918
00:41:50,375 --> 00:41:53,979
a Native American festival
30 miles from San Francisco,
919
00:41:54,079 --> 00:41:56,648
Sally's sister Sheri
got a firsthand look
920
00:41:56,748 --> 00:41:58,717
at Sal's darker side.
921
00:41:58,817 --> 00:41:59,685
He's in a bad mood today.
922
00:41:59,785 --> 00:42:00,752
God, I can't take him.
923
00:42:00,852 --> 00:42:01,653
I hate him.
924
00:42:01,753 --> 00:42:02,854
Oh.
925
00:42:02,954 --> 00:42:04,623
I don't want to be with
him anymore and he just--
926
00:42:04,723 --> 00:42:07,626
SHERI YSIT: Sally didn't
seem very happy that day.
927
00:42:07,726 --> 00:42:10,428
That was the first
indication to me
928
00:42:10,528 --> 00:42:13,932
that she wasn't happy with him.
929
00:42:14,032 --> 00:42:15,333
So do you want to tell her?
930
00:42:15,433 --> 00:42:16,401
Just forget about it, Sal.
931
00:42:16,501 --> 00:42:17,368
It's not going to work out.
932
00:42:17,468 --> 00:42:18,269
What's the matter?
933
00:42:18,369 --> 00:42:19,638
What are you talking about?
934
00:42:19,738 --> 00:42:21,707
Sal Doesn't want to take the
train back to San Francisco.
935
00:42:21,807 --> 00:42:23,074
He wants to borrow
your van instead.
936
00:42:23,174 --> 00:42:24,009
Oh, I'm sorry, Sal.
937
00:42:24,109 --> 00:42:25,010
You can't take it.
938
00:42:25,110 --> 00:42:26,945
What is the problem?
We need the van.
939
00:42:27,045 --> 00:42:28,914
So we'll just take it.
- Sal, it's not mine.
940
00:42:29,014 --> 00:42:29,981
I just borrowed it for the day.
941
00:42:30,081 --> 00:42:31,516
I have to get it back.
- Don't give me lie.
942
00:42:31,617 --> 00:42:32,450
Where are the keys?
943
00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:34,052
It's not a lie.
You can't take it.
944
00:42:34,152 --> 00:42:35,253
Shut up and give me the keys.
945
00:42:35,353 --> 00:42:36,988
I don't want to listen to
all your lying excuses.
946
00:42:37,088 --> 00:42:38,056
Come on, Sal, leave her alone.
947
00:42:38,156 --> 00:42:39,591
What's a few miles
on the heap anyway.
948
00:42:39,691 --> 00:42:42,527
SHERI YSIT: That was a big
change from the pizza parlor.
949
00:42:42,628 --> 00:42:48,366
She ah-- indicated to me that
she wished he would leave
950
00:42:48,466 --> 00:42:49,735
and that he would move out.
951
00:42:49,835 --> 00:42:53,371
[horn music]
952
00:42:53,471 --> 00:42:56,007
ROBERT STACK: On May
23, 1985, three months
953
00:42:56,107 --> 00:42:58,343
after meeting
Sally, Sal Guardado
954
00:42:58,443 --> 00:43:01,479
waited for her to come home.
955
00:43:01,579 --> 00:43:04,382
[horn music]
956
00:43:06,885 --> 00:43:09,688
SALLY GARRITY: Thanks a lot.
957
00:43:09,788 --> 00:43:11,389
ROBERT STACK: "When he
noticed that a young man had
958
00:43:11,489 --> 00:43:16,194
given her a ride, Sal
became uncontrollable.
959
00:43:16,294 --> 00:43:17,796
SALLY GARRITY: Just
drop it, will you Sal?
960
00:43:17,896 --> 00:43:19,698
I already told you I
didn't do anything.
961
00:43:19,798 --> 00:43:20,666
I know what you were doing.
962
00:43:20,766 --> 00:43:21,733
I could see you in the car.
963
00:43:21,833 --> 00:43:22,901
He's a friend.
964
00:43:23,001 --> 00:43:24,670
He gave me a ride home.
965
00:43:24,770 --> 00:43:26,805
ROBERT STACK: Sally's
Aunt Lydia returned right
966
00:43:26,905 --> 00:43:29,140
in the middle of the argument.
967
00:43:29,240 --> 00:43:30,041
Hello?
968
00:43:30,141 --> 00:43:33,011
I'm home.
969
00:43:33,111 --> 00:43:34,079
Oh, I just hated him.
970
00:43:34,179 --> 00:43:35,413
SAL GUARDADO: It is
a big deal you slut.
971
00:43:35,513 --> 00:43:36,414
LYDIA HENRY: He was very--
972
00:43:36,514 --> 00:43:37,615
SAL GUARDADO: I
don't know who you'll
973
00:43:37,716 --> 00:43:38,449
be shacking up with next.
LYDIA HENRY: Aggressive.
974
00:43:38,549 --> 00:43:39,584
SAL GUARDARDO: Who was that guy?
975
00:43:39,685 --> 00:43:40,719
LYDIA HENRY: He might
have got jealous, yes.
976
00:43:40,819 --> 00:43:41,252
SALLY GARRITY: I told
you he's just a friend.
977
00:43:41,352 --> 00:43:42,587
Why don't--
978
00:43:42,688 --> 00:43:44,122
LYDIA HENRY But there's nothing
between the man and Sally.
979
00:43:44,222 --> 00:43:47,258
She just rode home with him.
980
00:43:47,358 --> 00:43:48,794
Lydia, I need you to
go to the store for me.
981
00:43:48,894 --> 00:43:50,228
I need some smokes.
982
00:43:50,328 --> 00:43:51,129
OK, Sal.
983
00:43:51,229 --> 00:43:52,030
Here's some money.
984
00:43:52,130 --> 00:43:53,131
I need them right away.
985
00:43:53,231 --> 00:43:55,200
OK.
986
00:43:55,300 --> 00:43:57,435
He never asked me to
do anything for him.
987
00:43:57,535 --> 00:44:00,605
He just wanted me out
of the house that day.
988
00:44:00,706 --> 00:44:03,541
When I think about
it, that's what--
989
00:44:03,641 --> 00:44:05,811
I think that's what
he wanted me out.
990
00:44:09,380 --> 00:44:10,581
I'm home.
991
00:44:10,682 --> 00:44:11,482
Sal.
992
00:44:11,582 --> 00:44:13,451
I got your cigarettes here.
993
00:44:13,551 --> 00:44:16,121
ROBERT STACK: 30 Minutes
later, Lydia returned.
994
00:44:16,221 --> 00:44:17,022
Sally?
995
00:44:17,122 --> 00:44:18,456
Sal?
996
00:44:18,556 --> 00:44:21,326
[music playing]
997
00:44:22,861 --> 00:44:25,697
LYDIA HENRY: I didn't see
anything when I came back.
998
00:44:25,797 --> 00:44:28,834
It was so quiet.
999
00:44:28,934 --> 00:44:32,871
Then the TV was on so I
just sat down on the day bed
1000
00:44:32,971 --> 00:44:35,206
and thought, well, I'd
better watch the news.
1001
00:44:35,306 --> 00:44:36,307
Because it was coming on.
1002
00:44:41,747 --> 00:44:43,648
I heard the bedroom door open.
1003
00:44:43,749 --> 00:44:45,616
And I didn't hear nothing else.
1004
00:44:45,717 --> 00:44:47,786
I just kept watching the news.
1005
00:44:47,886 --> 00:44:51,189
[[music playing and tv voices]
1006
00:44:53,291 --> 00:44:55,593
LYDIA HENRY: He
tried to strangle me.
1007
00:44:55,693 --> 00:44:56,494
I wouldn't let him.
1008
00:44:56,594 --> 00:44:58,696
I started fighting him.
1009
00:44:58,797 --> 00:45:03,201
Before I know it, I
got hit on the head.
1010
00:45:03,301 --> 00:45:07,806
I heard the bones crushing and
the ball roll over something.
1011
00:45:07,906 --> 00:45:10,508
You know, like you could
hear that bowling ball
1012
00:45:10,608 --> 00:45:14,880
roll in lanes, how it sounds.
1013
00:45:14,980 --> 00:45:16,581
That's what I heard.
1014
00:45:16,681 --> 00:45:19,150
But I was out.
1015
00:45:19,250 --> 00:45:21,486
[music and tv voices]
1016
00:45:21,586 --> 00:45:22,520
Sally.
1017
00:45:22,620 --> 00:45:24,522
ROBERT STACK: After
about 45 minutes,
1018
00:45:24,622 --> 00:45:25,791
Lydia regained consciousness.
1019
00:45:25,891 --> 00:45:26,691
Oh.
1020
00:45:30,061 --> 00:45:31,596
When I came to, I got up.
1021
00:45:31,696 --> 00:45:35,000
And I was so weak, I was
just staggering around.
1022
00:45:35,100 --> 00:45:37,936
And then I went in the bedroom.
1023
00:45:38,036 --> 00:45:41,773
My niece was laying there.
1024
00:45:41,873 --> 00:45:43,875
I knew right away she was dead.
1025
00:45:43,975 --> 00:45:45,844
Oh no.
1026
00:45:45,944 --> 00:45:48,780
No.
1027
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:52,250
And after that, I just went to
my neighbor and to-- knocked
1028
00:45:52,350 --> 00:45:54,619
on the window and told
her to call the police.
1029
00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:57,355
I was hurt.
1030
00:45:57,455 --> 00:45:58,890
OK, take it away.
1031
00:45:58,990 --> 00:46:00,091
ROBERT STACK: Sally
Garrity had been
1032
00:46:00,191 --> 00:46:02,293
strangled to death,
possibly with a cat
1033
00:46:02,393 --> 00:46:04,595
leash or telephone cord.
1034
00:46:04,695 --> 00:46:08,599
Lydia Henry had suffered a
concussion and lacerations.
1035
00:46:08,699 --> 00:46:10,768
During the investigation,
Sally's family
1036
00:46:10,869 --> 00:46:13,671
discovered that Sal Guardado
was a convicted felon
1037
00:46:13,771 --> 00:46:15,907
with a long criminal record.
1038
00:46:16,007 --> 00:46:17,575
He had spent five
years in prison
1039
00:46:17,675 --> 00:46:19,777
for arson and attempted murder.
1040
00:46:19,878 --> 00:46:23,714
The intended victim was
a former girlfriend.
1041
00:46:23,815 --> 00:46:27,552
Authorities immediately began
combing the San Francisco area.
1042
00:46:27,652 --> 00:46:30,455
They received reports that Sal
might have left the country
1043
00:46:30,555 --> 00:46:32,891
and disappeared in Mexico.
1044
00:46:32,991 --> 00:46:34,559
INSPECTOR JEFF BROSCH: :
We thought we'd ah--solve
1045
00:46:34,659 --> 00:46:36,794
this case right away.
1046
00:46:36,895 --> 00:46:38,096
We had the FBI involved.
1047
00:46:38,196 --> 00:46:40,331
We had local law
enforcement involved.
1048
00:46:40,431 --> 00:46:42,033
Ah, we had all the tools.
1049
00:46:42,133 --> 00:46:44,802
And we just couldn't ah--
1050
00:46:44,903 --> 00:46:47,138
find out where he'd
gone or where he was.
1051
00:46:47,238 --> 00:46:48,907
It boggles the
mind to understand
1052
00:46:49,007 --> 00:46:51,576
how he avoided us all this
time, some seven years.
1053
00:46:51,676 --> 00:46:56,181
[flute music]
1054
00:46:56,281 --> 00:46:58,483
SHERI YSIT: In the Native
American beliefs, or culture,
1055
00:46:58,583 --> 00:47:02,020
we believe that if
someone's life is taken
1056
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:05,423
before they're ready,
their spirit can't
1057
00:47:05,523 --> 00:47:09,060
rest until justice is served.
1058
00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:14,399
So Sally's spirit, we believe,
isn't at rest until Sal will
1059
00:47:14,499 --> 00:47:15,733
be caught and put to justice.
1060
00:47:18,970 --> 00:47:21,672
ROBERT STACK: Three months
after Sal Guardado disappeared,
1061
00:47:21,772 --> 00:47:24,175
a witness reported seeing
him back in San Francisco
1062
00:47:24,275 --> 00:47:26,277
at a fast food restaurant.
1063
00:47:26,377 --> 00:47:29,214
However, authorities now
believe he may be in Miami,
1064
00:47:29,314 --> 00:47:32,517
Mexico, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico.
1065
00:47:32,617 --> 00:47:34,585
Guardado was currently
wanted on charges
1066
00:47:34,685 --> 00:47:38,489
of murder, attempted murder, and
assault with a deadly weapon.
1067
00:47:38,589 --> 00:47:41,759
[theme chimes]
1068
00:47:41,859 --> 00:47:44,762
ROBERT STACK: Salvador Nunez
Guardado is 5 feet 10 inches
1069
00:47:44,862 --> 00:47:47,465
tall and weighs 210 pounds.
1070
00:47:47,565 --> 00:47:50,035
He has black hair,
brown eyes, and a tattoo
1071
00:47:50,135 --> 00:47:51,736
of a heart and
arrow with the name
1072
00:47:51,836 --> 00:47:53,804
Rachel on his upper right arm.
1073
00:47:53,905 --> 00:47:55,040
He is of Mexican descent.
1074
00:47:55,140 --> 00:47:58,043
[theme music]
1075
00:48:14,592 --> 00:48:17,495
ROBERT STACK: In 1989, two
Belgian national policeman
1076
00:48:17,595 --> 00:48:21,166
had a shocking encounter with a
strange brilliantly lit object.
1077
00:48:21,266 --> 00:48:23,668
Since that time, thousands
of ordinary citizens
1078
00:48:23,768 --> 00:48:25,536
have reported similar sightings.
1079
00:48:25,636 --> 00:48:27,838
And incredibly, the
Belgian Air Force
1080
00:48:27,939 --> 00:48:33,411
has recorded on radar an
unidentified flying object.
1081
00:48:33,511 --> 00:48:36,581
In 1969, Rock Creek,
Ohio was terrorized
1082
00:48:36,681 --> 00:48:38,383
by a gang of street toughs.
1083
00:48:38,483 --> 00:48:40,785
When Robert Hamrick took
over the police force,
1084
00:48:40,885 --> 00:48:43,188
he was determined to
clean up the town.
1085
00:48:43,288 --> 00:48:45,190
Just eight months
later, Hamrick died
1086
00:48:45,290 --> 00:48:47,192
in a mysterious car accident.
1087
00:48:47,292 --> 00:48:50,928
His family is convinced
he was murdered.
1088
00:48:51,029 --> 00:48:53,364
And thanks to our viewers,
a woman in Tennessee
1089
00:48:53,464 --> 00:48:55,866
has finally found
her natural mother.
1090
00:48:55,967 --> 00:48:58,136
Join me for their
heartwarming reunion
1091
00:48:58,236 --> 00:49:00,105
next time on Unsolved Mysteries.
1092
00:49:00,205 --> 00:49:02,207
[music playing]
1093
00:49:02,307 --> 00:49:05,243
[theme music]
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