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Not many people venture out into the
swampy mangrove forest of South Florida.
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It's better suited to gators, snakes,
and mosquitoes.
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Very rural, very rustic. There's nothing
there.
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You guys watch the Oliverston -Norton
fight last night? Norton won in a split
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decision. No longer perfect.
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They're afraid men picking up cans.
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What the hell?
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And as they go to stab one of the cans,
they almost stab something else.
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What is that?
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And as they get a closer look, it's
bone.
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But it's not animal bone.
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Is that a dead body? Human remains.
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You should call the sheriff.
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Investigators arrive on scene and
immediately get to work.
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But the sweltering heat and wildlife
have taken a toll on the remains.
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Dear God.
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Legs that are still in blue jeans.
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Arms that have been tied.
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What they find makes them all sick.
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Physically sick.
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They were pretty well shocked.
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So they really didn't know what they
were dealing with.
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It was a summer for the ages, when
hippies rocked out at Woodstock.
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Young people rallied to protest the
Vietnam War, and the first man landed on
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moon. We came out of the 50s, post -war,
and it was sort of a time of growth and
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a time of innocence.
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Nobody worried about anything.
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You left your doors unlocked.
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You trusted people.
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Hitchhiking was very prevalent.
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There wasn't that fear.
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especially females. They were
hitchhiking all over the country.
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But that time of innocence, it came to a
standstill real fast.
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Hey, how are you? 25 -year -old Leigh
Bonadiz has been fighting nonstop with
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new husband.
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I'm glad you came.
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And she's desperate to confide in her
brother, Gary.
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Arlo and I got into this huge fight last
night.
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I don't even know how it started.
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It's just, he's so controlling.
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He texts on me all the time. It's like,
doesn't he know I'm busy at work?
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Just give it a little time, Lee.
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Marriage takes work.
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Lee Bonnety, she was working as a
waitress. Her first marriage hadn't
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worked out. There were a lot of
disappointments going on, and I think
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have felt like her life was small.
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Oh, but guess what?
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I do have great news.
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Yeah? I'm being recruited for this job.
He said I would be perfect for it. Yeah?
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Young, pretty, good with people.
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Um, what's the job?
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It's top secret for the government.
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Yeah, this sounds really sketchy.
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It'll pay me more in one week than I
make here in three months.
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Yeah, that sounds even worse.
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She was contacted by some...
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that said that he would help her get
this job as an undercover agent, and she
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was going to have to go out of the state
to go to school.
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Lighten up. This is the perfect
opportunity for me.
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I'll even be able to travel all around
the world, places like the Caribbean.
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She was told she could make as much as
$20 ,000 a month, which in the 70s was a
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huge, huge amount of money.
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How did you meet this guy?
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I told you, I can't tell you.
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Top secret.
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But trust me.
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Totally legit.
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Order up, Lee.
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Yeah.
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A week later, Lee's parents get a call
from her husband, Arlo. Hey, yeah.
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Canceling their dinner plans.
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Lee isn't feeling well.
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I think it's the stomach flu or
something that's going around.
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Oh, that's too bad. You guys go have fun
without it.
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Arlo, have her call us when she feels
better.
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Hey, hey, honey, would you want to say
hi?
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Poor thing. She can barely speak.
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You know, I'll have her call you when
she's feeling better.
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All right.
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Have a good day.
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Bye.
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Family didn't think anything about it.
They just went on and had dinner and
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didn't worry about it. Well, a week or
two later, nobody's heard from Lee.
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Where is she? Where's my daughter, Arlo?
Look, Mr. Hayline, I haven't heard from
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her in a couple weeks. A couple of
weeks?
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You said she was sick. At that point, he
admitted that he actually wasn't
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telling the truth, that Lee wasn't
really sick.
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I don't know what happened to her.
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His attitude was extremely cavalier. Oh,
well, she's done this before, but she's
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always come back.
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We've been arguing, and I figured she
needed some space, and she was staying
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with some friends.
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You'd better find my daughter.
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You hear me? You better find my
daughter.
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All right.
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Fort Lauderdale Police. Sir, how can I
help you?
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When Lee is still missing 24 hours
later, Arlo files a report at the Fort
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Lauderdale Police Department.
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My wife's been missing, and I don't know
what to think.
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Where did you last see her?
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When I left for work, it was a normal
day.
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Say goodbye and we will see each other
later.
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I'll be back by five.
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Maybe we can play tennis. Wait, maybe,
but there's something I want to talk to
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you about.
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What is it now, Lee?
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What do you want to talk about?
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Why do you always act like this when I
say I want to talk?
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Because I don't have time for this.
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I'll talk to you later.
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Arlo, come back.
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As I got home, there was a note on the
door saying...
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She went to Miami with some friends.
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And what day was that?
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September 8th, I think.
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You mean your wife's been missing for
two weeks, and you're just coming in to
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report it now?
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I thought she needed some time away for
a while.
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The investigators delved into her family
life, and this is when they found out
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that she was not having such a good time
with her husband.
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I guess you can say the married life
isn't what we thought it would be.
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With no evidence of foul play,
investigators brush off her
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But Lee's family fears the worst.
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They hire a private investigator to
track down their daughter.
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Where were you the day your wife
disappeared?
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I was at work all day. My boss can tell
you that. One of the things you have to
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determine first is, is the husband
telling you the truth?
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Tell me about the relationship with your
wife.
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I filed for divorce.
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That should tell you everything.
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That was quick.
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I'm going to look around.
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About a month after she was missing, her
husband filed for divorce from Lee.
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You have to wonder whether he was
wanting Lee to disappear.
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Still, investigators find no proof that
Arla was involved in Lee's
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disappearance.
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And the trail goes cold.
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It's just a week before Christmas, and
22 -year -old Carmen Halleck is catching
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up with her sister -in -law, Nancy.
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Carmen, honey, how are you holding up?
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I'm okay. I mean, some days are harder
than others, but I know Mom would want
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to keep pushing forward.
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Her mother had passed away. She was
having issues dealing with that.
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Actually, can I ask your advice about
something?
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Absolutely. Okay.
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The waitress and part -time student is
also struggling financially.
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What do you think?
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I love it.
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But that's all about to change.
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Okay, what's this for? Do you have a hot
date?
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Actually, it's for a new job. My teacher
recommended me for it. There was a
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former teacher that she knew that was
offering her a job working for the
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government, and Carmen was very excited
about this. I'm going undercover as a
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narcotics officer. I get to travel to
South America. The pay is amazing.
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This teacher made her all of these
promises of status and money. Who is
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guy? I mean, how did you even meet him?
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It's with all the questions.
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He's my teacher. I trust him.
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Nancy doesn't like the sound of it at
all. Oh, honey, you know I love you. I
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just, I want to make sure you're making
good choices right now.
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I know.
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But Carmen has already made up her mind.
I'm okay. I promise.
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I'll be fine.
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Please just call me. Let me know you're
safe.
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She felt this was going to work out for
her and this was going to be her new
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life.
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So when Carmen doesn't show up on
Christmas Day, Nancy is worried.
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Carmen? No one had heard from Carmen,
but everyone expected her there for the
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holidays.
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You know deep down inside that something
awful has happened, but you pray that
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it is not.
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Carmen?
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It's Christmas Day.
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Carmen, honey.
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And 22 -year -old Carmen Halleck is
nowhere to be found.
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Carmen?
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Carmen's sister -in -law wanders around
the house looking to see if anything is
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amiss.
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Hello? Carmen?
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Carmen, honey, are you here?
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Carmen?
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Did you hear the sound?
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Carmen.
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She
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found
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Carmen's puppy, who looked like the
puppy hadn't been out in days, hadn't
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fed, and there is absolutely no way that
Carmen would have neglected or
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abandoned her puppy.
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Have you been here the whole time?
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Oh, God.
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It's even more alarming when Nancy
notices the bathtub is full of water.
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That really made clear that something
probably happened very suddenly and
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unexpectedly to take her out of her
home.
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Nancy rushes to the Fort Lauderdale
Police Department to report Carmen
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I last saw her about a week ago.
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She had told me about this bizarre job
offer.
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She was going to meet the boss that
night.
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I knew it was a bad idea and I told her.
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The officer quietly takes note of the
similarity to the disappearance of Lee
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Bonadiz. Really?
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So now a pattern is starting to develop.
Law enforcement was convinced they had
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a problem.
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They just didn't have a suspect.
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You have a current photo of her?
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That's her.
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We'll get this out to the patrol
officers.
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We're going to do everything we can to
get her home safe, okay?
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Thank you, officer.
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until officers have more evidence that
something criminal has happened.
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There's not much they can do.
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Give me the FBI.
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I need to talk to an agent about a
missing woman.
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Just 15 minutes from Fort Lauderdale, 19
-year -old Teresa Dean and 25 -year
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-old Gerard Schaefer are enjoying their
new life together as newlyweds.
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Thank you, sweetie.
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What would I do without you?
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Gerard and Teresa met about a year
earlier.
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He was working as a security guard and
she was working as a secretary, and he
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really kind of swept her off her feet.
He was really charming.
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Gerard lands a job at the local police
department.
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You should make this uniform look good.
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And Teresa couldn't be happier to stand
by her man in blue. All right.
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What do you want me to make you for
breakfast this morning?
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How about a little bit of this and a
little bit of that?
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He was good -looking, clean, presented
himself very well, well -spoken. He had
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high IQ.
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I was thinking more like eggs and bacon.
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He would take her sailing and take her
golfing.
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He would write her poetry.
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He was everything probably that she
dreamed about all of her life.
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To save money.
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The couple moves in with Gerard's mom in
Fort Lauderdale. Perfect.
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Thank you, love.
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You two going to the country club today?
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We are.
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Lunch and bridge at 2.
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What about you?
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Got me patrolling near the boardwalk.
Gotten so bad down there.
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I have got to run. I'm sorry, but I love
you. As a cop, she had this social
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status. I'm married to a cop.
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Love you. Love you more.
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And it was small community, so he was
known by everybody.
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Uh, could I get some salt?
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Yeah, sure.
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On the streets of Wilton Manors, Gerard
quickly earns a
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reputation for his strict traffic
control.
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Ma 'am, you know how fast you were
going?
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Oh, I don't know, officer. Maybe 25
miles an hour? You're actually going 35.
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He gave more tickets out than any other
police officer.
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And this is a school zone.
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You've got to slow down or you could
hurt a child.
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And I know you would never do that.
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No, never.
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Gerard Schaefer wore that badge proudly
because it was important to him.
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He was a cop's cop.
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Tell you what.
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You promise me you'll never do it again,
and I'll let you go.
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Oh, I promise, officer. Thank you.
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Drive safe.
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Thank you.
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I'd like to make a toast.
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Here's to my wonderful husband for
keeping our streets safe.
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I'm so proud of everything that you've
accomplished.
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We love you.
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Cheers.
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What's wrong?
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Nothing. Just thinking about the case I
heard about the other day.
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Another young girl's gone missing.
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She had a two -year -old. Oh, it's
terrible.
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22 -year -old waitress Belinda Hutchins
is looking for a fresh start.
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She had a little girl, two years old.
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She wanted a better life. So she tells
her family and she tells her husband
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she has this great opportunity.
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She was approached to work as an
undercover agent, and for Belinda, this
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like a real step toward legitimacy.
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I'll be back by nine.
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She tells her husband goodbye. She tells
the baby goodbye. She gets in this car,
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and she rides off into the sunset for
this great opportunity.
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I love you.
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Only she never came back.
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How long has she been missing?
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About a month now.
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I just wish that there was something
more that I could do.
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You've got to be careful out there.
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Every day, there are young women getting
into cars with strangers and not coming
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back home.
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I just don't want anything to happen to
you.
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He wanted to protect Teresa, to make
sure that she stayed safe.
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Promise me you'll be safe.
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I promise, honey.
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You don't have to worry about me.
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Just focus on your job.
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The city needs you.
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Ma 'am, you know how fast you were
going?
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But by late spring 1972, Gerard's
overzealous concern for safety catches
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him.
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You want to see me, Chief?
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Come on in, Schaefer.
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Sit down.
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I've been getting a number of complaints
about your patrol stops.
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People were complaining that he was
beginning to harass motorists, that he
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shouldn't have been.
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Seems there's a number of women in town
think you're acting inappropriately.
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Is it true?
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You're asking them out on dates?
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I would never do that. I am a happily
married man.
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He had seemed to have ulterior motives
when he would make...
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Traffic stops, arrests.
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He always had a thing for the females
that he stopped.
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Maybe I've come across a little strong
to make sure they listen to me, but I'm
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just trying to keep them safe.
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I understand you're also applying to
other departments.
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You looking to go somewhere?
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No, Chief. I like it here.
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Just seeing what else is available.
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I'm sorry, Gerard.
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I'm going to need to ask for your badge
and your gun.
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Sir, no, I... Your badge. You're making
him think.
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And your gun.
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No one wants to be blindsided,
especially the chief of police, so I got
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It was a very down day for him to be
stripped of his badge. However,
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it wasn't long before he was able to
reinstate himself with the job as a
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sheriff in Martin County.
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With so many new colleagues in Martin
County, Gerard really feels the need to
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something special to distinguish
himself.
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But his plan is about to go horribly
wrong.
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Hey, Chief.
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It's Deputy Schaefer.
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You're going to be so mad at me.
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I have done something really foolish.
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Okay, Schaefer. This better be good.
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Why on earth did you call me in on my
day off?
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I made a big mistake, and I don't know
what to do about it. What mistake?
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Well, there were these two young girls
hitchhiking, and they were going to get
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themselves into trouble.
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So I thought it would be best if I
taught them a lesson.
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Deputy Sheriff Gerard Schaefer is
patrolling the Jensen Beach area.
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I think I went there, like, a while ago.
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When he spots two young women
hitchhiking on the side of the road.
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Keep the girls headed.
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Well, we're not causing any trouble,
officer. We're just going to the beach.
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That's a couple miles from here. He was
just checking on them. That was what
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Gerard did. He made sure that especially
young women were safe.
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18 -year -old Nancy Trotter and 17 -year
-old Paula Wells are seeking an
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adventure far from home.
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Where are you girls from?
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Michigan.
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You look a little young to be doing that
sort of thing.
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Two pretty girls like you can get into a
lot of trouble by getting into cars
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with people you don't know.
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Trust me, I've seen some bad things in
my day.
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Well, we made it here just fine, and
everyone we've met's been really nice.
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Yeah, we can really take care of
ourselves.
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He talks to them about don't they know
how dangerous hitchhiking is. He even
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tells them it's illegal.
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Why don't you hop in and I'll give you a
ride?
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Are you sure?
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I'm a sheriff's deputy.
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If I say it's okay,
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you've got my word.
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Great.
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In the early 1960s, mid -1970s, young
people hitchhiked all across the country
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all the time.
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Buckle up.
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And nobody worried about anything.
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No kids would come to Florida, spend a
couple of days, and go back home.
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Okay. Well, here we are.
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Thanks for the ride.
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Hey, I'll tell you what. My wife's got a
dentist appointment tomorrow, and I've
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got some time to myself.
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Why don't I take you two to Jensen Beach
and show you the site safely?
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Sure. I don't see why not.
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Okay. I'll pick you two up tomorrow.
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Thanks. Thank you.
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The next day, Saturday.
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Shai from H. Trotter and Wells at the
designated area.
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Thanks so much for picking us up.
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Of course.
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Only he's not in uniform this time.
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With the girls in the car, Gerard can't
help himself.
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You know, you got to be careful out
there. Once again, he lectures Paula and
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Nancy on the evils of hitchhiking.
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Somebody could pick you up and nobody
would ever know.
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That's so heavy. Yeah, chill.
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And when they laugh, that... really
offends him and makes him think that
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not taking him seriously.
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And at that point, Schaefer makes the
decision that he needs to really scare
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them straight.
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They go to Hutchinson Island.
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In that time period, there was nothing
on Hutchinson Island. It was desolate.
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And Schaefer tells them, get out.
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He was really trying to teach them a
lesson.
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But his entire plan falls.
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own part it's not your job to teach them
a lesson it's your job to protect them
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i know that now what happened well i
took them to the swamp and i left them
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there you did what i know the area but
hitchhiking is so dangerous and i went
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back to get them and they were gone
sheriff crowder says what do you mean
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they're gone and he says well they're
gone what were you thinking i was really
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worried about them and i wanted to scare
them to make sure that they never
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hitchhiked again
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I'm going to go try to fix this mess
because you decided to wake up this
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and lose your damn mind.
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Sorry, Chief.
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I promise it won't happen again.
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Bob hops in his car, races up A1A, and
he sees this girl that's still in
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handcuffs. My name is Sheriff Crowder.
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Everything is going to be okay, but I
need you to tell me what happened.
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A policeman handcuffed my friend Nancy
and I and left us in the middle of the
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woods. Okay, take a deep breath. Where
is Nancy? Is she okay?
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I don't know. We ran in different ways.
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Can you show me which way she went?
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I'm going to take these handcuffs off of
you.
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Paula leads the sheriff into the swamp,
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but there's still no sign of Nancy.
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In that moment, I think Sheriff Crowder
went, oh, I've made a gross
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miscalculation.
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Martin County Sheriff Robert Crowder is
speechless after finding 18 -year -old
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Nancy Trotter and 17 -year -old Paula
Wells.
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Nancy, I know that this is difficult,
but I need you to explain to me what
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happened.
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He was taking us to Jensen Beach, and
then everything was fine, and then he
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freaked out. It was like he turned into
a completely different person.
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The young women describe in grisly
detail how his new deputy, Gerard
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is responsible.
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Where are we?
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Uh, this doesn't look like the beach, so
what are we doing here?
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I'm going to teach you a lesson.
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00:25:24,490 --> 00:25:26,370
I told you all not to get in the car.
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00:25:30,330 --> 00:25:35,990
Okay, now we're going to start walking,
okay?
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00:25:36,290 --> 00:25:37,290
Move!
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00:25:37,510 --> 00:25:38,710
Move! Now!
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These young girls thought they were with
a police officer who was lecturing them
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about safety.
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All of a sudden, they find themselves in
a horrifyingly dangerous situation.
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After Schaefer handcuffs these two
girls, he gags them.
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He puts nooses around their necks.
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Shut up!
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I tried to warn you two about the
dangers of getting into cars with
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And look what's happened now. The nooses
are such that if you move too much one
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way or another, you're liable to hang
yourself.
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I can do...
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I've got some boys down the road that
are interested in nice little girls like
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you. You want that?
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Schaefer told him he was going to sell
them into white slavery.
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So now, you stay right here.
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I'll be back for you.
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They're in a panic.
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If they lose their balance, they will
die a very violent, long...
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and painful death.
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But the girls don't give up so easily.
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One of them figures out how to bend her
body back enough without falling off to
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get the noose out from around her neck.
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Then she figures out how to get the gag
off of her mouth.
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If you saw it in a movie, you'd say it
was overdone, but it was one of those
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miracles.
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We need to split up. You go that way.
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00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:32,920
Okay. Okay.
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Schaefer is arrested and charged with
false imprisonment and aggravated
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I think it probably surprised everybody.
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Especially when you look at Schaefer
himself.
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I mean, he makes a very good appearance.
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00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:58,100
Gerard's wife, Teresa, can't believe her
husband is in jail for trying to help
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these women.
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Teresa completely stands by her husband,
and she is saying he was trying to do
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the right thing.
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Given Gerard's clean record and status
in law enforcement, he cuts the deal and
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pleads guilty to just one count of
assault.
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often happens, cases get negotiated, so
he's ultimately given a six -month
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sentence.
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Meanwhile, young women continue to
vanish in Florida.
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Tell me about the last time you've seen
your daughter.
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Well, she went to the beach with some
friends, Georgia Jessup and this guy
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named Jerry.
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On October 1st, 1972... We're going to
have a bonfire and play the guitar.
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Lucille Place reports her 17 -year -old
daughter, Susan, has been gone for three
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days.
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00:28:53,930 --> 00:28:55,350
All right, dear, gotta go.
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00:28:55,570 --> 00:28:57,130
Wait, honey, just a second.
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00:28:57,490 --> 00:29:01,970
Are you sure about this guy? I mean, he
seems a lot older than you. How did you
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meet him again? My Aunt Sue was a
typical teenager and was...
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going out and spending time with friends
and trying to find out who she was
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going to be.
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00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:13,700
Mom, he's super chill, and Georgia will
be with me.
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00:29:14,660 --> 00:29:16,240
We'll be fine. Stop worrying.
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00:29:16,500 --> 00:29:17,560
You going to be home for supper?
486
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:18,880
I'm making meatloaf.
487
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:20,480
Cool.
488
00:29:38,090 --> 00:29:39,090
Hey, babe.
489
00:29:39,950 --> 00:29:40,950
Having fun?
490
00:29:44,130 --> 00:29:47,830
Lucille, my grandma, she just thought,
you know what, this doesn't feel right.
491
00:29:47,910 --> 00:29:49,490
I'm going to write down his license
plate number.
492
00:29:51,050 --> 00:29:55,130
I had a really weird feeling when Sue
left, so I wrote down the license plate
493
00:29:55,130 --> 00:29:56,750
number before they could pull away.
494
00:29:57,210 --> 00:30:00,490
So why'd you wait three days to report
your daughter missing?
495
00:30:01,550 --> 00:30:06,450
My daughter's been having a hard time
lately, and she was talking about
496
00:30:06,450 --> 00:30:07,450
and Mexico.
497
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,420
I just thought maybe he needed time for
us.
498
00:30:12,460 --> 00:30:13,540
Is that a picture of her?
499
00:30:13,780 --> 00:30:14,780
Yeah.
500
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:23,360
Susan was last seen wearing jeans with a
Roadrunner patch, a blouse, and blue
501
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:24,360
suede shoes.
502
00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:27,060
We'll do what we can to find the girl.
503
00:30:27,300 --> 00:30:28,500
Looks like we're still together.
504
00:30:28,940 --> 00:30:30,980
Let us know if she calls or comes home.
505
00:30:31,460 --> 00:30:34,620
Can you make sure you check on this
license plate, please?
506
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,000
Absolutely.
507
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,780
They tried to track that, but it didn't
help them, and they didn't get a hit on
508
00:30:41,780 --> 00:30:42,880
the car or on the plate.
509
00:30:43,540 --> 00:30:47,300
And that led to essentially a dead end.
510
00:30:47,860 --> 00:30:52,720
The case of Susan Place and Georgia
Jessup is filed away with the many other
511
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:53,720
missing women.
512
00:30:54,020 --> 00:30:55,020
What the hell?
513
00:30:56,960 --> 00:31:01,420
That is, until a heartbreaking clue is
unearthed two hours north.
514
00:31:01,740 --> 00:31:02,740
What is that?
515
00:31:04,430 --> 00:31:08,470
The sheriff's department responded and
found what appeared to be a shallow
516
00:31:08,470 --> 00:31:09,750
with skeletal remains.
517
00:31:10,990 --> 00:31:17,650
Over the next two days, they find two
upper torsos, 13 teeth, an arm bound
518
00:31:17,650 --> 00:31:20,790
rope, and a leg inside a pair of blue
jeans.
519
00:31:22,510 --> 00:31:25,550
The remains turned out to be two
females.
520
00:31:26,890 --> 00:31:29,930
An important piece of evidence was a
jawbone.
521
00:31:30,670 --> 00:31:35,590
that had what appeared to be a hole in
the jawbone, and so the cause of death
522
00:31:35,590 --> 00:31:37,190
was probably by a gunshot wound.
523
00:31:39,150 --> 00:31:44,850
In Oakland Park, Lucille Place is still
looking for her daughter Susan and the
524
00:31:44,850 --> 00:31:47,370
man named Jerry who took her to the
beach.
525
00:31:47,730 --> 00:31:54,430
Her attempts to keep hope and to keep
looking were very difficult the more
526
00:31:54,430 --> 00:31:55,430
went on.
527
00:31:56,250 --> 00:32:02,170
Lucille refuses to give up her search,
and weeks later, Her tenacity paves off.
528
00:32:03,910 --> 00:32:08,390
My grandma was looking at the license
plates and had a light bulb go off.
529
00:32:09,490 --> 00:32:13,750
She made the connection that the plate
that she saw must have been registered
530
00:32:13,750 --> 00:32:17,010
a different county. So she immediately
went to law enforcement.
531
00:32:17,230 --> 00:32:19,870
They found that it was registered to
Gerard Schaefer.
532
00:32:22,170 --> 00:32:24,830
Jerry Shepard is actually Gerard
Schaefer.
533
00:32:29,070 --> 00:32:30,850
So I want you to take a really good look
at these.
534
00:32:31,930 --> 00:32:34,150
Do you recognize the man that picked up
your daughter?
535
00:32:40,450 --> 00:32:41,269
That's him.
536
00:32:41,270 --> 00:32:42,270
I'm sure of it.
537
00:32:42,470 --> 00:32:44,890
She finds out that Gerard Schaefer is in
jail.
538
00:32:45,370 --> 00:32:50,250
She finds out that he's committed a
crime, that he'd been a police officer,
539
00:32:50,250 --> 00:32:55,310
she had to really be very confused and
even more worried at this point.
540
00:32:55,530 --> 00:32:56,530
Do you recognize this?
541
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:02,780
One of the females had a patch that was
actually sewn on the jeans of the
542
00:33:02,780 --> 00:33:04,500
cartoon figure, the Roadrunner.
543
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,800
Susan, where is she?
544
00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:12,460
Ma 'am, I'm so sorry.
545
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:14,040
Oh, no.
546
00:33:14,300 --> 00:33:16,120
Oh, not my baby.
547
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:22,000
I can't imagine how heartbreaking that
moment must have been for my grandma.
548
00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:31,560
But how could Schaefer have killed Susan
and Georgia if he was already in jail?
549
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:34,460
Schaefer, you made bail.
550
00:33:34,900 --> 00:33:35,960
Open cell three.
551
00:33:37,380 --> 00:33:42,320
Turns out he posted bail in early
September and did not report to serve
552
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,740
sentence until January of 1973.
553
00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:50,260
So there was a window of opportunity
when he was not yet incarcerated when he
554
00:33:50,260 --> 00:33:51,420
could have committed this crime.
555
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:54,780
At rapid speed.
556
00:33:55,390 --> 00:33:57,930
Investigators get a warrant to search
Schaefer's home.
557
00:33:58,630 --> 00:34:03,270
What they find causes a firestorm that
Florida has never encountered before.
558
00:34:12,290 --> 00:34:16,710
Detectives swarm Gerard Schaefer's home,
looking for any evidence connecting the
559
00:34:16,710 --> 00:34:20,810
former deputy to the murders of Susan
Place and Georgia Jessup.
560
00:34:21,250 --> 00:34:23,090
That was a fairly large home.
561
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:28,320
And so we searched for quite a long
time, and we really hadn't come up with
562
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,159
anything to necessarily tie him in.
563
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,340
And so it was becoming frustrating.
564
00:34:33,580 --> 00:34:35,480
I think I found his secret porn
collection.
565
00:34:36,139 --> 00:34:40,520
Schaefer was very much into pornography,
and they found in some of his
566
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,940
pornographic magazines a document.
567
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:50,179
I went over and started flipping through
the magazines, and a two -page document
568
00:34:50,179 --> 00:34:51,179
fell out.
569
00:34:51,389 --> 00:34:56,850
He went on to describe about taking
girls in pairs, saying that they were
570
00:34:56,850 --> 00:34:58,570
wary when traveling in pairs.
571
00:34:59,050 --> 00:35:02,090
Well, we're not causing any trouble,
officer. We're just going to the beach.
572
00:35:03,470 --> 00:35:08,090
It may be more preferable to bind and
gag the victims before taking them to
573
00:35:08,090 --> 00:35:09,090
their place of execution.
574
00:35:11,130 --> 00:35:12,130
Yeah.
575
00:35:12,950 --> 00:35:16,970
So that was a very, very incriminating
piece of evidence because that was
576
00:35:16,970 --> 00:35:18,050
written in his own handwriting.
577
00:35:21,740 --> 00:35:23,900
And that's not all investigators find.
578
00:35:24,140 --> 00:35:27,120
Hidden in the closet is an antique
trunk.
579
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,960
The trunk for law enforcement was a
goldmine.
580
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:40,620
Now we got something.
581
00:35:42,420 --> 00:35:45,140
They find all kinds of jewelry.
582
00:35:49,340 --> 00:35:50,820
They find...
583
00:35:51,690 --> 00:35:52,690
Gold teeth.
584
00:35:55,910 --> 00:35:58,610
There's a ton of them in here. It's a
damn trophy box.
585
00:35:58,930 --> 00:36:02,610
And they realize that they're dealing
with somebody who is completely
586
00:36:02,610 --> 00:36:07,530
preoccupied with and fetishizes
murdering and torturing women.
587
00:36:09,310 --> 00:36:15,310
On May 18, 1973, just two weeks before
he was to be released from jail,
588
00:36:15,790 --> 00:36:20,230
Schaefer is charged with the murders of
Susan Place and Georgia Jessup.
589
00:36:21,130 --> 00:36:22,530
He pleads not guilty.
590
00:36:23,130 --> 00:36:26,350
His wife, Teresa, does all she can to
defend her man.
591
00:36:27,530 --> 00:36:28,850
I've missed you so much.
592
00:36:29,410 --> 00:36:30,410
What is going on?
593
00:36:30,810 --> 00:36:34,530
The newspapers are just saying such
awful things about you. You can't
594
00:36:34,530 --> 00:36:36,410
any of it. It's all a huge mistake.
595
00:36:36,970 --> 00:36:37,970
I know.
596
00:36:38,070 --> 00:36:39,070
I know.
597
00:36:39,470 --> 00:36:41,030
And I just wish you could come home.
598
00:36:41,630 --> 00:36:46,310
Teresa didn't believe it. He couldn't
have done these things. He wasn't that
599
00:36:46,310 --> 00:36:50,270
kind of man. He was kind. He was loving.
He could not have...
600
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:51,560
hurt anyone.
601
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,580
It's all going to be over soon. I'll be
home with you and mother.
602
00:36:56,380 --> 00:36:57,380
I love you.
603
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:00,340
I love you too.
604
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:10,040
At trial, the prosecution lays out
Schaefer's insidious double life.
605
00:37:11,380 --> 00:37:17,620
Along with Robert Stone, assistant
attorney Philip Shaler argues that after
606
00:37:17,620 --> 00:37:19,700
Nancy Trotter and Paula Wells escape,
607
00:37:20,590 --> 00:37:22,710
Gerard is on a war path for revenge.
608
00:37:26,530 --> 00:37:30,170
And he's going to take it out on Susan
Place and Georgia Jessup.
609
00:37:31,390 --> 00:37:33,430
So where is the speech you were telling
us about?
610
00:37:33,690 --> 00:37:35,990
It's right around the corner. It's the
perfect place to jam.
611
00:37:36,210 --> 00:37:37,210
Oh, lead the way.
612
00:37:37,370 --> 00:37:38,810
After you two, just down the path.
613
00:37:39,270 --> 00:37:44,390
Right on. The testimony that we put on
was a detailed painting what the scene
614
00:37:44,390 --> 00:37:46,190
was like out there on Hutchison Island.
615
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:55,620
And he wrote in great detail about how
you tie them up, how you put the noose
616
00:37:55,620 --> 00:38:00,220
around them, how you shoot them. Pretty
clear picture of his modus operandi.
617
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,140
I'm going to let you girls in on a
little game I like to play.
618
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:07,100
It's called who's going to live and
who's going to die.
619
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:11,180
So it's your choice that only one of you
is going to live.
620
00:38:12,020 --> 00:38:16,740
He mentally tortured them. He physically
tortured them. He emotionally tortured
621
00:38:16,740 --> 00:38:18,400
them. I should use my knife.
622
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:24,200
Yeah? Would you like that? after
taunting them for hours. Maybe I'll just
623
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:25,200
to use my gun.
624
00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:29,980
Police believe he strangles Georgia
Jessup and shoots Susan Place in the
625
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:40,660
He then dismembers them and buries their
bodies in a shallow grave.
626
00:38:42,820 --> 00:38:48,920
For my grandparents and for my dad and
having to sit and listen to
627
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:50,220
what he...
628
00:38:50,590 --> 00:38:56,290
did to them and how he killed them i
can't imagine how difficult that would
629
00:38:56,290 --> 00:39:02,670
been he was smug i mean he actually had
a look of confidence on his face a smile
630
00:39:02,670 --> 00:39:06,770
on his face i don't think there was any
way shape or form that he in his own
631
00:39:06,770 --> 00:39:12,490
mind felt he was going to be convicted i
i didn't do it i don't think the state
632
00:39:12,490 --> 00:39:17,950
has proved that i did it in any way and
the testimony of my witnesses conjured
633
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,100
counteracted the testimony of the other
witnesses.
634
00:39:21,820 --> 00:39:27,720
In September 1973, the jury finds Gerard
Schaefer guilty of murder.
635
00:39:28,460 --> 00:39:30,780
He is sentenced to life without parole.
636
00:39:31,380 --> 00:39:35,520
At that particular time in Florida, we
couldn't seek the death penalty.
637
00:39:36,380 --> 00:39:40,500
If there was ever a case that deserved
the death penalty, this was a case.
638
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:45,700
For my grandma, knowing that he was
still alive in prison, she never felt
639
00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:47,500
there was truly that justice.
640
00:39:48,140 --> 00:39:49,140
For Susan.
641
00:39:50,180 --> 00:39:55,340
As for the items found in Schaefer's
trunk, investigators trace a charm
642
00:39:55,340 --> 00:39:56,740
to Lee Bonadiz.
643
00:39:57,080 --> 00:40:00,460
Her body is found in Boca Raton in 1978.
644
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:04,080
Schaefer is never charged with her
murder.
645
00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:10,220
Gold -capped teeth and a shamrock pin
are determined to belong to Carmen
646
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,960
And an address book is linked to Belinda
Hutchins.
647
00:40:17,420 --> 00:40:21,960
Their bodies are never found, and
Schaefer is never charged with their
648
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:27,900
Overall, police believe that Gerard
Schaefer is responsible for killing more
649
00:40:27,900 --> 00:40:29,180
than 30 women.
650
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:37,220
Schaefer wanted to fool everyone into
thinking, oh, I'm innocent.
651
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:38,560
Move now!
652
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:40,320
Keep walking, move!
653
00:40:40,620 --> 00:40:46,280
But he also wanted to brag and gloat and
be the Beth there ever was at being a
654
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:47,280
serial killer.
655
00:40:48,860 --> 00:40:55,860
It has been my mission that these girls
never, ever be forgotten again.
656
00:40:56,440 --> 00:41:01,040
And their screams will never, ever be
silent again.
657
00:41:02,340 --> 00:41:05,480
Teresa files for divorce soon after the
verdict.
658
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:12,860
22 years later, 49 -year -old Gerard
Schaefer is stabbed to death by a fellow
659
00:41:12,860 --> 00:41:18,760
inmate. The fact that my grandma had a
role in stopping other families from
660
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:23,940
having to go through what we're going
through brings me a sense of pride for
661
00:41:23,940 --> 00:41:26,760
she was and a little bit of peace.
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