1 00:00:07,382 --> 00:00:10,052 On April 24, 1996, 2 00:00:10,969 --> 00:00:14,389 at half past twelve at night in Atlanta, Georgia... 3 00:00:14,556 --> 00:00:19,102 there was a shout at Dorothy and Lansing Streets. 4 00:00:27,236 --> 00:00:28,278 Day. 5 00:00:28,445 --> 00:00:30,572 Day. Mike Young, Homicide. 6 00:00:30,739 --> 00:00:32,366 Samson McClendon. - Nice to meet you. 7 00:00:32,491 --> 00:00:36,328 I'm working on a case from 1996. You were a witness, right? 8 00:00:36,495 --> 00:00:43,001 Yes. You never forget something like that. I lived here then. 9 00:00:43,669 --> 00:00:45,669 When I walked out the back door... 10 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:53,387 I saw the silhouette of a burning man. 11 00:00:55,681 --> 00:00:57,432 I heard him calling for help. 12 00:00:57,557 --> 00:01:00,894 I grabbed the water hose and sprayed him wet. 13 00:01:01,061 --> 00:01:04,898 Okay. - He was literally swallowed up... 14 00:01:05,065 --> 00:01:06,817 from head to toe. 15 00:01:06,984 --> 00:01:11,697 His face was one flame. He said only: They robbed me. 16 00:01:11,822 --> 00:01:13,991 Man on fire after robbery 17 00:01:14,157 --> 00:01:16,410 I've heard of hundreds of missing persons... 18 00:01:16,535 --> 00:01:19,098 and unidentified bodies written. 19 00:01:19,246 --> 00:01:22,583 But I never had experienced such a thing. 20 00:01:24,293 --> 00:01:26,962 How can anyone died so dramatically... 21 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:30,212 and still after 30 years are not identified? 22 00:01:33,260 --> 00:01:35,698 They have have a reconstruction made. 23 00:01:37,264 --> 00:01:39,308 Do you recognize him? - No. 24 00:01:40,475 --> 00:01:43,353 He died the next day in the hospital. 25 00:01:44,730 --> 00:01:47,232 It feels like he's been forgotten. 26 00:01:47,399 --> 00:01:52,029 And if I do nothing, it will never be resolved. 27 00:02:14,885 --> 00:02:17,971 A few years ago I saw a lot of missing persons cases... 28 00:02:18,096 --> 00:02:20,098 that were not in the news. 29 00:02:20,474 --> 00:02:23,727 I started my website: Find our missing persons... 30 00:02:23,894 --> 00:02:27,272 to discuss matters that is not talked about. 31 00:02:27,439 --> 00:02:30,942 In addition to my work as a therapist and caring for my son... 32 00:02:31,109 --> 00:02:34,613 I study the missing person people databases... 33 00:02:34,780 --> 00:02:38,909 articles and stories. To attract attention. 34 00:02:39,076 --> 00:02:42,871 I came across this case from 1996... 35 00:02:43,538 --> 00:02:47,250 and I wanted him give back his name... 36 00:02:47,417 --> 00:02:51,963 and helping a family discover where their loved one is. 37 00:02:53,799 --> 00:02:58,220 Danielle's posts about the unknown man from Fulton County... 38 00:02:58,387 --> 00:03:00,575 have yielded nothing so far. 39 00:03:03,433 --> 00:03:06,270 She's in Atlanta, Georgia, where he died... 40 00:03:06,395 --> 00:03:09,690 to search for yourself for answers. 41 00:03:10,691 --> 00:03:13,193 She calls first the DNA Doe project... 42 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:17,656 an organization that uses databases to identify corpses. 43 00:03:19,825 --> 00:03:22,577 One of their researchers lives in the city. 44 00:03:26,957 --> 00:03:28,875 Hello, come in. - How are you? 45 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,212 Come in. - Nice to meet you. 46 00:03:34,506 --> 00:03:38,301 I was so impressed of this case because of the sketch. 47 00:03:38,468 --> 00:03:41,388 You see sadness in his eyes. 48 00:03:41,555 --> 00:03:43,390 I find that so striking. 49 00:03:43,557 --> 00:03:46,393 Yes. And he looks so young. - Yes, that's right. 50 00:03:46,518 --> 00:03:50,522 And there is a mother who wonders what happened to him. 51 00:03:50,689 --> 00:03:52,441 Precisely. 52 00:03:52,607 --> 00:03:55,235 This is a business that we must adopt. 53 00:03:55,402 --> 00:03:59,030 It's been almost 30 years, we have to solve this. 54 00:04:01,158 --> 00:04:03,283 But there might be a problem. 55 00:04:03,535 --> 00:04:06,621 They have a DNA sample of the corpse. 56 00:04:08,123 --> 00:04:11,293 His body is lying down buried for almost 30 years. 57 00:04:12,043 --> 00:04:13,295 Coroner 58 00:04:13,462 --> 00:04:15,213 Danielle, nice. -Danielle? 59 00:04:15,338 --> 00:04:17,924 Rebecca Somerhalder. - Glad you could come. 60 00:04:18,049 --> 00:04:19,259 Don't mention it. 61 00:04:19,426 --> 00:04:22,637 There was something about this case what struck me. 62 00:04:22,804 --> 00:04:27,976 According to the autopsy report 80 percent of his torso burned... 63 00:04:28,143 --> 00:04:34,274 and his upper and lower body. The photo of the face... 64 00:04:34,441 --> 00:04:38,028 shows that his jaws and lips which were swollen. 65 00:04:38,195 --> 00:04:40,697 He had no notable features? 66 00:04:41,198 --> 00:04:43,200 No tattoos? - No. 67 00:04:43,366 --> 00:04:47,370 He was 6 feet tall and weighed 250 pounds. 68 00:04:47,537 --> 00:04:50,666 He took good care of himself. No alcohol or drugs. 69 00:04:50,791 --> 00:04:53,210 He had no drugs in his system. 70 00:04:53,376 --> 00:04:56,797 Did he seem healthy? - He was a healthy young man. 71 00:04:56,963 --> 00:05:01,760 He ate meat and potatoes, because according to the autopsy... 72 00:05:01,927 --> 00:05:07,015 the stomach contained partially digested meat, corn and potatoes. 73 00:05:07,182 --> 00:05:10,435 My question is: If this case is from 1996... 74 00:05:10,602 --> 00:05:12,729 how do we get the DNA? 75 00:05:12,896 --> 00:05:16,483 Do you have any tissue from him? - Yes. 76 00:05:16,650 --> 00:05:23,114 In 2005 we sent the tissue to the FBI... 77 00:05:23,281 --> 00:05:25,575 and had them take some DNA. 78 00:05:25,742 --> 00:05:29,788 Is that correct? from the point of view of the investigation... 79 00:05:29,955 --> 00:05:34,042 no criminals match with his DNA? 80 00:05:34,209 --> 00:05:36,920 Yes, nor missing persons. 81 00:05:37,087 --> 00:05:41,508 But we kept that option. 82 00:05:41,675 --> 00:05:46,137 What a wonder that you have that, after all this time, waiting for this day. 83 00:05:46,304 --> 00:05:47,347 Correct. 84 00:05:47,514 --> 00:05:49,889 So it sounds like the coroner... 85 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:54,396 this matter has never been forgotten. - I'm not giving up on him. 86 00:06:02,946 --> 00:06:08,535 Until I die I will never forget that 96-771. 87 00:06:08,952 --> 00:06:14,165 I don't know his name, but... when the file is on my desk... 88 00:06:14,916 --> 00:06:18,541 and people think I'm crazy, but then I talk to him. 89 00:06:25,260 --> 00:06:28,847 We're going to identify you with all the help I can get. 90 00:06:36,897 --> 00:06:42,193 His DNA is being uploaded to databases... 91 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,485 of people who have their research family history. 92 00:06:46,615 --> 00:06:50,910 Rebecca needs to find someone who shares DNA with the man. 93 00:06:51,494 --> 00:06:57,250 I go into every case with the idea in mind that we can give a name. 94 00:06:57,417 --> 00:07:01,338 But we have to find good DNA matches. 95 00:07:01,796 --> 00:07:06,009 We have at least one percent shared DNA required. 96 00:07:14,184 --> 00:07:15,935 Which chair do you want? 97 00:07:16,102 --> 00:07:17,502 I'll take the left one. 98 00:07:18,313 --> 00:07:20,106 This is so exciting. 99 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:27,322 Good morning. We're going to start today. 100 00:07:27,739 --> 00:07:34,537 On April 24, 1996, a young man found in Atlanta, Georgia. 101 00:07:34,913 --> 00:07:37,374 His body was 80 percent burned. 102 00:07:37,499 --> 00:07:41,044 He didn't give his name before he died. 103 00:07:41,503 --> 00:07:44,506 And then the matches. 104 00:07:47,801 --> 00:07:52,597 The best match and the unknown share 4.6 percent DNA. 105 00:07:54,683 --> 00:07:59,062 Great. - We're going to find him. 106 00:08:01,981 --> 00:08:04,484 The match is called Brett. 107 00:08:05,735 --> 00:08:09,864 The DNA points to it that they could be cousins. 108 00:08:10,615 --> 00:08:12,867 So Brett's grandparents... 109 00:08:13,618 --> 00:08:16,746 are the great-grandparents of the unknown. 110 00:08:17,831 --> 00:08:20,000 It's doable. This is what I was hoping for... 111 00:08:20,125 --> 00:08:22,335 but I didn't expect it. 112 00:08:22,919 --> 00:08:26,089 There is one more clue found in the DNA. 113 00:08:26,256 --> 00:08:28,967 Brett can only be related are at the Doe... 114 00:08:29,134 --> 00:08:31,384 through his mother's side of the family. 115 00:08:32,721 --> 00:08:37,058 Then we only see his mother's side... 116 00:08:37,225 --> 00:08:39,436 and not the male side. 117 00:08:40,562 --> 00:08:45,442 Now they have to make a family tree from Brett to his grandparents... 118 00:08:45,608 --> 00:08:49,483 and down to identity of the unknown to reveal. 119 00:08:51,281 --> 00:08:55,160 The team searches online to Brett's ancestors. 120 00:08:57,704 --> 00:09:03,334 Find out where they live died, whom they married. 121 00:09:03,501 --> 00:09:07,881 I want to know about Brett's family lives near the stranger. 122 00:09:16,139 --> 00:09:17,974 I have a breakthrough, I think. 123 00:09:18,099 --> 00:09:20,852 Yippee. - Well done. 124 00:09:21,019 --> 00:09:25,774 Okay. Brett Gaines. I tracked him down... 125 00:09:26,024 --> 00:09:29,486 and his brothers and sisters through an obituary... 126 00:09:29,652 --> 00:09:32,864 to his father, Robert Miller Gaines... 127 00:09:32,989 --> 00:09:36,451 and Brett's mother Dorothy. 128 00:09:36,993 --> 00:09:42,874 Dorothy's mother's name is Mabel and Mable is married to Clyde. 129 00:09:43,041 --> 00:09:45,043 These are Brett's grandparents. 130 00:09:45,210 --> 00:09:49,506 Where do they come from? - From Georgia. 131 00:09:49,672 --> 00:09:51,925 Fantastic. 132 00:09:58,348 --> 00:10:03,728 Police headquarters 133 00:10:04,646 --> 00:10:07,607 I'm Danielle and I'm coming for Officer Young. 134 00:10:08,650 --> 00:10:09,650 Danielle? - Hello. 135 00:10:09,776 --> 00:10:11,194 Mike Young. - Nice to meet you. 136 00:10:11,319 --> 00:10:13,446 Come in. - Thank you. 137 00:10:13,613 --> 00:10:16,950 Danielle has access to the original file list. 138 00:10:17,117 --> 00:10:18,535 After you. - Thank you. 139 00:10:19,536 --> 00:10:21,871 The case took place in April 1996. 140 00:10:24,624 --> 00:10:28,795 I'll show you. These are the crime scene photos. 141 00:10:29,379 --> 00:10:32,590 This is the empty field from the crime scene. 142 00:10:32,757 --> 00:10:34,717 He ran to Dorothy Street. 143 00:10:35,969 --> 00:10:38,429 All his clothes were burned. - Yes. 144 00:10:40,181 --> 00:10:43,643 And these are his boxer shorts. He must have been in pain. 145 00:10:43,810 --> 00:10:47,856 It's such an unusual and terrible thing way to die. 146 00:10:48,523 --> 00:10:51,860 I wonder why him is still unknown. 147 00:10:52,026 --> 00:10:55,363 His fingerprints have been entered in our database. 148 00:10:55,530 --> 00:10:59,325 Nothing came out. No one seemed to be looking for him. 149 00:10:59,492 --> 00:11:03,580 Detectives sent people out to get information on the street. 150 00:11:03,705 --> 00:11:07,000 Someone gave us a possible name, David. 151 00:11:07,167 --> 00:11:10,462 Yes. The detective came by the doors to find out... 152 00:11:10,587 --> 00:11:12,630 whether a David was missing. 153 00:11:12,797 --> 00:11:14,674 But that yielded nothing. 154 00:11:15,717 --> 00:11:17,405 The police received a tip... 155 00:11:17,552 --> 00:11:19,929 that he had been seen with two sex workers... 156 00:11:20,054 --> 00:11:21,806 named Shan and Tasha. 157 00:11:21,973 --> 00:11:25,852 They found one of them and took her in for questioning. 158 00:11:26,978 --> 00:11:32,400 It is 5:26 am on June 20, 1996. 159 00:11:32,567 --> 00:11:34,444 I'm sitting here with Tasha. 160 00:11:34,611 --> 00:11:37,322 What do you know about this incident? 161 00:11:37,947 --> 00:11:41,451 As far as I know, Shan was the last to be with him. 162 00:11:41,910 --> 00:11:45,205 She said they partied. - What did she say? 163 00:11:45,371 --> 00:11:49,000 That they had partied. - What do you mean by partying? 164 00:11:49,167 --> 00:11:52,128 Did he pay her for sex? - Yeah, they messed around. 165 00:11:52,253 --> 00:11:56,090 Okay. But she knew that he was burned in this field? 166 00:11:56,257 --> 00:12:00,261 She said he gasoline or kerosene. 167 00:12:00,428 --> 00:12:04,057 He said he her would see in hell. 168 00:12:04,224 --> 00:12:05,683 In hell? 169 00:12:06,893 --> 00:12:10,939 He said he was committing suicide wanted to commit? 170 00:12:11,105 --> 00:12:12,398 Yes. 171 00:12:12,565 --> 00:12:17,195 And the story that you and Shan him set on fire during the robbery? 172 00:12:17,362 --> 00:12:19,280 I wasn't even there that night. 173 00:12:22,075 --> 00:12:26,329 You can think two things: he was really suicidal... 174 00:12:26,496 --> 00:12:29,832 or Shan said that because she knew something different. 175 00:12:29,999 --> 00:12:31,668 To get away with it. - Yes. 176 00:12:31,793 --> 00:12:33,294 Yes. Don't know. 177 00:12:33,461 --> 00:12:38,549 Robbery is just a theory. You won't get charged with that. 178 00:12:38,716 --> 00:12:41,302 He had no name. That's it. 179 00:12:41,469 --> 00:12:44,847 On July 12, 1996, about three months later... 180 00:12:45,014 --> 00:12:48,559 the file was made inactive. 181 00:12:48,726 --> 00:12:50,395 The trail came to a dead end. - Yes. 182 00:12:50,561 --> 00:12:53,064 That's why we need to find a name. 183 00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:58,695 Okay, guys. We know people who... 184 00:12:58,861 --> 00:13:04,617 had information on the spot that his name was David. 185 00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:08,663 We have to keep that in mind when we start building trees. 186 00:13:08,830 --> 00:13:14,127 The team must create a family tree from Brett's grandparents. 187 00:13:14,294 --> 00:13:16,087 We know he's in there. 188 00:13:16,254 --> 00:13:20,425 How many children had Clyde and Mable? 189 00:13:20,591 --> 00:13:23,177 Mabel from 1927... 190 00:13:23,344 --> 00:13:29,767 Clyde from 1928 and Dorothy from 1931. 191 00:13:29,934 --> 00:13:33,646 Good. It's not Dorothy because she's Brett's mother. 192 00:13:33,813 --> 00:13:40,278 But one of those other kids becomes the stranger's grandparent. 193 00:13:49,787 --> 00:13:52,457 Clyde has one grandson. 194 00:13:52,623 --> 00:13:56,711 Mabel has two grandchildren, but only one boy. 195 00:13:57,879 --> 00:14:00,465 The family tree points to these two men. 196 00:14:00,882 --> 00:14:04,052 One of them must be the stranger. 197 00:14:05,094 --> 00:14:09,223 We must find proof of life. I think we're almost there. 198 00:14:09,390 --> 00:14:13,394 I have an obituary with grandchildren, Michael. 199 00:14:14,729 --> 00:14:17,648 But Michael is still alive. So it's not him. 200 00:14:28,576 --> 00:14:32,205 I have the Facebook page of the other grandson. 201 00:14:32,371 --> 00:14:36,292 Is he alive or is he dead? - He's alive. 202 00:14:41,964 --> 00:14:47,011 We are missing something and are back to square one. 203 00:14:48,346 --> 00:14:50,598 This is one of those things you get into... 204 00:14:50,723 --> 00:14:55,061 with good matches and you think it's going to be easy. 205 00:14:55,228 --> 00:14:58,898 But during the investigation you realize there are problems. 206 00:15:00,316 --> 00:15:05,321 Someone had another child that is not registered. 207 00:15:19,335 --> 00:15:21,546 Are you Jim? - Yes, ma'am. 208 00:15:21,712 --> 00:15:24,006 Pleasant, Danielle. 209 00:15:24,173 --> 00:15:26,384 Danielle continues her investigation. 210 00:15:26,551 --> 00:15:31,931 She goes to a detective who was on duty that evening. 211 00:15:33,724 --> 00:15:38,855 They go back to the neighborhood in south Atlanta. 212 00:15:42,066 --> 00:15:44,110 Is this the location? - Yes. 213 00:15:44,277 --> 00:15:48,823 This is 23 Dorothy Street. 214 00:15:48,990 --> 00:15:52,702 When I arrived, the victim was already loaded... 215 00:15:52,869 --> 00:15:55,955 into the ambulance and drove away. 216 00:15:56,122 --> 00:15:58,040 It must have been shocking. 217 00:15:58,207 --> 00:16:05,006 Yes, it was something you didn't do prepare for or train for. 218 00:16:05,173 --> 00:16:08,801 What was different in this area in 1996? 219 00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:10,678 Was there a big difference? - Yes. 220 00:16:10,803 --> 00:16:13,553 It has been renovated and looks much better. 221 00:16:13,681 --> 00:16:17,351 It was a rough neighborhood at that time. 222 00:16:19,896 --> 00:16:23,441 You hear about crime all the time on the streets of Atlanta... 223 00:16:23,566 --> 00:16:26,778 like the soundtrack to one perpetually violent movie. 224 00:16:26,903 --> 00:16:28,654 On the ground. 225 00:16:28,821 --> 00:16:33,075 Atlanta is the most violent city of America... 226 00:16:33,242 --> 00:16:36,662 on and off for the past 20 years. 227 00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:39,790 The crime problem is there in the suburbs. 228 00:16:41,167 --> 00:16:45,922 The murder rate in Fulton County was four times the national average. 229 00:16:46,088 --> 00:16:50,468 228 people were killed in 1996 alone. 230 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:58,434 There were places to hang out near Dorothy Street? 231 00:16:58,601 --> 00:17:04,106 Yes. Jonesboro Road one of the most difficult streets. 232 00:17:04,273 --> 00:17:07,652 To my right was Church's Chicken. 233 00:17:07,818 --> 00:17:12,657 There were street prostitutes and drug dealers around you. 234 00:17:12,823 --> 00:17:18,037 Sometimes there were verbal arguments and physical attacks. 235 00:17:18,204 --> 00:17:20,915 I introduced myself that there were people hanging around. 236 00:17:21,082 --> 00:17:25,711 There are several theories that it was an accident... 237 00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:29,549 or a sex worker who robbed him. 238 00:17:29,715 --> 00:17:30,758 It's never... 239 00:17:30,925 --> 00:17:33,177 Never determined, which surprised me... 240 00:17:33,302 --> 00:17:37,598 because there was then many more patrols were... 241 00:17:37,765 --> 00:17:40,059 about the crime to keep under control... 242 00:17:40,184 --> 00:17:44,021 especially because of the Olympic Games... 243 00:17:44,188 --> 00:17:47,775 and all the attention the city received. 244 00:17:52,613 --> 00:17:55,366 Starting this week the 1996 Games in Atlanta. 245 00:17:55,491 --> 00:17:57,535 This is Mayor Bill Campbell. 246 00:17:57,660 --> 00:18:00,746 Mayor, the opening is in five days. 247 00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:04,166 How does the city deal with safety? 248 00:18:04,333 --> 00:18:07,336 This is the safest place in the world during the Games. 249 00:18:07,461 --> 00:18:10,840 For our visitors there will be no problems. 250 00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:16,721 April 24: The stranger dies. 251 00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:22,643 July 12: Request to reopen the case. 252 00:18:23,644 --> 00:18:27,481 A week later, on July 19, the Olympic Games started. 253 00:18:30,234 --> 00:18:33,112 Atlanta hid crimes because of Play 254 00:18:36,574 --> 00:18:37,974 conceal incidents 255 00:18:38,117 --> 00:18:41,704 Danielle discovers that the police of Atlanta investigated... 256 00:18:41,829 --> 00:18:43,642 to the police of that time. 257 00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:49,712 Several APD officers said... 258 00:18:49,879 --> 00:18:53,216 that crimes were relegated... 259 00:18:53,341 --> 00:18:55,676 underreported and thrown away... 260 00:18:55,843 --> 00:18:58,095 The number of releases shot up... 261 00:18:58,220 --> 00:19:00,848 and became several cases just closed. 262 00:19:01,057 --> 00:19:05,436 These charges are not verified, but... 263 00:19:06,604 --> 00:19:10,858 You wonder if the case has been handled well. 264 00:19:11,025 --> 00:19:14,612 They didn't want people knew about it. 265 00:19:15,655 --> 00:19:17,532 I'm glad the time has come... 266 00:19:17,657 --> 00:19:21,827 and that other people just as much care about this matter as much as I do. 267 00:19:27,583 --> 00:19:31,420 The possibility that there is was a secret child... 268 00:19:31,587 --> 00:19:35,716 an adopted child, an illegitimate child... 269 00:19:35,883 --> 00:19:41,222 all those family situations it's difficult for genealogists... 270 00:19:41,389 --> 00:19:43,099 but such is life. 271 00:19:44,350 --> 00:19:50,272 We need to contact Brett, maybe his family knows something. 272 00:19:51,232 --> 00:19:54,045 We gotta do it contact Brett. 273 00:19:59,615 --> 00:20:02,201 Good morning, nice to see you. - Certainly. 274 00:20:02,368 --> 00:20:03,452 Finished? - Yes, come. 275 00:20:03,619 --> 00:20:04,787 Nice. 276 00:20:04,954 --> 00:20:07,767 It's a risk to contact a match. 277 00:20:07,915 --> 00:20:10,334 Sometimes people really like to cooperate... 278 00:20:10,501 --> 00:20:14,505 but sometimes they don't want to and you only have one chance. 279 00:20:18,551 --> 00:20:20,428 Brett moved to California... 280 00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:25,558 but his brother Robert still lives in Atlanta. 281 00:20:25,725 --> 00:20:27,309 It would be nice... 282 00:20:27,476 --> 00:20:31,939 as Robert knows whether any cousins are missing. 283 00:20:46,620 --> 00:20:48,539 Police Officer Young. 284 00:20:48,706 --> 00:20:50,750 I do the cold cases. This is Rebecca. 285 00:20:50,875 --> 00:20:53,252 Hi. - Nice to meet you. 286 00:20:53,419 --> 00:20:55,546 We opened a case from 1996. 287 00:20:55,713 --> 00:20:58,257 Was a young man 80 percent burned. 288 00:20:58,382 --> 00:21:00,468 We couldn't identify him. 289 00:21:00,634 --> 00:21:05,306 But we entered his DNA and found some relatives. 290 00:21:05,473 --> 00:21:07,850 You are coincidental one of those relatives. 291 00:21:07,975 --> 00:21:12,688 Do you know if there are any cousins? disappeared around that time? 292 00:21:13,063 --> 00:21:18,736 I can't imagine anything remember specifically. No. 293 00:21:21,322 --> 00:21:25,618 Robert takes them to his 93-year-old mother Dorothy... 294 00:21:25,785 --> 00:21:27,286 who lives nearby. 295 00:21:29,997 --> 00:21:34,001 How are you? - I'm Rebecca. 296 00:21:34,168 --> 00:21:40,257 Your son and you are family of this unknown person. 297 00:21:40,424 --> 00:21:44,553 My goodness. Yes, he looks like some family members. 298 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,014 Yes. He looks... 299 00:21:48,182 --> 00:21:49,517 Known. - Yes. 300 00:21:49,683 --> 00:21:52,269 I can't get any closer. 301 00:21:52,436 --> 00:21:54,104 Your brother's name is Clyde... 302 00:21:54,271 --> 00:21:56,357 and you have a sister, Mabel? - Mabel. 303 00:21:56,482 --> 00:21:57,525 Yes. - Okay. 304 00:21:57,691 --> 00:22:01,529 Do you know anything about a relative... 305 00:22:01,695 --> 00:22:05,407 that is missing? - No. 306 00:22:05,574 --> 00:22:06,974 Okay. 307 00:22:07,701 --> 00:22:10,538 That doesn't mean anything to me. - Okay. 308 00:22:10,704 --> 00:22:11,747 Thank you very much. 309 00:22:11,914 --> 00:22:13,040 Thank you. - Good luck. 310 00:22:13,207 --> 00:22:14,416 You too. - Okay. 311 00:22:14,583 --> 00:22:17,253 Thank you, ma'am. - Don't mention it. 312 00:22:26,512 --> 00:22:29,390 Are you disappointed? - Yes. 313 00:22:29,557 --> 00:22:32,893 I had already convinced myself... 314 00:22:33,060 --> 00:22:36,605 that this would solve the matter. 315 00:22:41,068 --> 00:22:45,072 But there is still a glimmer of hope. Brett and his mother Dorothy... 316 00:22:45,239 --> 00:22:47,825 upload their DNA in another database... 317 00:22:47,992 --> 00:22:50,680 to see if there are any new ones agreements. 318 00:23:01,463 --> 00:23:02,882 Wow. 319 00:23:09,013 --> 00:23:10,973 I know the top three. 320 00:23:11,599 --> 00:23:15,269 But the fourth match is someone I don't know. 321 00:23:16,645 --> 00:23:22,401 Braylon Brown. He shares eight percent with Dorothy. 322 00:23:22,568 --> 00:23:24,194 That's quite a lot. 323 00:23:27,948 --> 00:23:30,200 Who is this Braylon? 324 00:23:33,162 --> 00:23:36,206 This is a Braylon in Atlanta. 325 00:23:37,708 --> 00:23:41,253 28 years old. 326 00:23:42,838 --> 00:23:45,966 He lives with his mother. 327 00:23:47,384 --> 00:23:51,388 Looks like Marilyn, born in 1961. 328 00:23:52,514 --> 00:23:58,354 The right age for the missing thing to be a grandchild of Clyde or Mabel. 329 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:05,486 She could be the stranger's sister. Let's see. 330 00:24:09,323 --> 00:24:14,495 I have Marilyn's address from 1995 found. 331 00:24:14,662 --> 00:24:21,043 Adair Avenue is behind where the Church's Chicken used to be. 332 00:24:24,797 --> 00:24:29,927 It's only 800 meters... 333 00:24:30,094 --> 00:24:33,555 from where the incident took place. 334 00:24:35,015 --> 00:24:39,103 This can't be a coincidence. This is crazy. 335 00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:53,283 Hello, Danielle. - Hi. 336 00:24:53,450 --> 00:24:57,997 Another match, Braylon. - I'm so excited. 337 00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:02,167 His mother Marilyn can to be the stranger's sister. 338 00:25:02,334 --> 00:25:07,006 She lived nearby from the crime scene. 339 00:25:07,172 --> 00:25:10,259 I'm amazed. 340 00:25:10,426 --> 00:25:11,826 Good morning, gentlemen. 341 00:25:11,969 --> 00:25:16,140 I have great news. - I'm curious. 342 00:25:16,306 --> 00:25:19,810 There's a whole branch of the family... 343 00:25:19,977 --> 00:25:24,982 which neither us nor Brett knew about. 344 00:25:25,149 --> 00:25:29,236 The family lived in Adair Street. 345 00:25:29,403 --> 00:25:31,655 Let me see if I can find that. 346 00:25:31,822 --> 00:25:35,993 We discovered that in 1996 a Marilyn Brown lived... 347 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:40,998 and we think she's the sister or half-sister of the unknown person is... 348 00:25:41,165 --> 00:25:44,293 and that she is still alive. - Okay. 349 00:25:44,460 --> 00:25:49,965 It's close enough to visit Marilyn... 350 00:25:50,132 --> 00:25:51,820 and talk to her. - Yes. 351 00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:54,636 Well done. 352 00:26:02,061 --> 00:26:04,938 Hello. -Marilyn, I'm Jimmy Sadler. 353 00:26:05,105 --> 00:26:08,067 I work at the coroner's office from Fulton County... 354 00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:10,319 in Atlanta, Georgia. - Okay. 355 00:26:10,486 --> 00:26:16,158 I'm working on a case from 1996. An unidentified... 356 00:26:16,325 --> 00:26:19,953 became a black man taken to Grady Hospital. 357 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:23,874 And he died there, in Grady. - Okay. 358 00:26:24,041 --> 00:26:28,545 We think this is a brother or sister of yours. 359 00:26:31,131 --> 00:26:35,177 Do you have a brother? - Yes, I had a brother. 360 00:26:35,803 --> 00:26:39,223 What's your brother's name? - His name was David. 361 00:26:40,891 --> 00:26:46,814 His name was David Brown. He was lost and never returned. 362 00:26:49,316 --> 00:26:55,989 I think this person is your missing brother. 363 00:26:57,032 --> 00:26:58,432 Geez. 364 00:26:59,368 --> 00:27:03,455 Can I compare your DNA? with this person? 365 00:27:04,790 --> 00:27:06,190 Yes. 366 00:27:07,334 --> 00:27:11,046 The DNA test confirms that Marilyn is his sister 367 00:27:11,171 --> 00:27:15,467 his name is David Ubank Brown 368 00:27:22,683 --> 00:27:26,937 He was my little brother. My little brother. 369 00:27:29,273 --> 00:27:32,317 When you came in you saw David laughing. 370 00:27:37,281 --> 00:27:40,450 I can still see him smiling at me. 371 00:27:44,204 --> 00:27:45,664 He was a sweet child. 372 00:27:45,789 --> 00:27:49,209 He picked flowers for me and brought them along. 373 00:27:52,462 --> 00:27:54,298 David was a carefree child. 374 00:27:55,424 --> 00:28:01,179 He had a lot of energy and had a very positive attitude. 375 00:28:02,472 --> 00:28:07,686 I remember him telling us followed everywhere when I passed by. 376 00:28:10,063 --> 00:28:15,110 He took his final exams and worked in restaurants. 377 00:28:15,277 --> 00:28:19,281 We didn't know his friends, for he never took them home. 378 00:28:20,991 --> 00:28:23,619 He just left one night. 379 00:28:24,578 --> 00:28:28,540 He probably wanted space, because it was a big family. 380 00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:32,210 He never came back. 381 00:28:35,631 --> 00:28:39,718 I was a few months old when he disappeared. 382 00:28:39,843 --> 00:28:42,429 I haven't even met him. 383 00:28:44,014 --> 00:28:47,309 My grandmother has it reported missing. 384 00:28:48,143 --> 00:28:53,315 My mother asked where he was. 385 00:28:54,149 --> 00:28:58,278 She had a premonition. He didn't come back. 386 00:28:59,655 --> 00:29:01,907 David was already missing for a few days... 387 00:29:02,032 --> 00:29:05,619 when my grandmother heard that there was someone was burned alive. 388 00:29:09,539 --> 00:29:11,458 She was watching the news that day. 389 00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:14,419 She told me to go look who it was. 390 00:29:19,383 --> 00:29:22,008 Marilyn and I arrived in the hospital. 391 00:29:22,678 --> 00:29:27,015 She wanted me to come along to view the body. 392 00:29:27,933 --> 00:29:31,645 I didn't want to see it so I looked through the glass. 393 00:29:37,651 --> 00:29:42,239 He was burned, completely black. 394 00:29:42,406 --> 00:29:45,450 I didn't see if that was him he was so burned. 395 00:29:46,493 --> 00:29:48,453 I didn't know. 396 00:29:50,205 --> 00:29:53,792 Marilyn didn't believe that it was her brother. 397 00:29:56,670 --> 00:30:00,632 My mother now knows that she is David saw in the hospital. 398 00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:03,176 She's devastated. 399 00:30:05,137 --> 00:30:08,265 I hope he forgives me. I didn't know it myself. 400 00:30:10,392 --> 00:30:12,269 That was my brother. 401 00:30:17,274 --> 00:30:20,110 Marilyn couldn't identify him 402 00:30:20,277 --> 00:30:25,574 David was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery 403 00:30:35,876 --> 00:30:38,045 This is the grave. - Here? 404 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:13,497 It's okay. 405 00:31:17,167 --> 00:31:23,632 We have searched for 28 years, because I thought he was still alive. 406 00:31:24,758 --> 00:31:27,344 It hurts so much. 407 00:31:30,931 --> 00:31:32,891 I'm so sorry. 408 00:31:36,603 --> 00:31:38,897 I wish I had him could see one more time. 409 00:31:39,022 --> 00:31:41,397 I wish I had him could have met. 410 00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:45,862 My little brother. 411 00:31:47,989 --> 00:31:50,951 I hope they catch the perpetrator. 412 00:31:52,744 --> 00:31:56,164 Who could have done something like that? 413 00:31:56,331 --> 00:32:00,544 Burn someone. That's the question. 414 00:32:12,639 --> 00:32:16,852 Now we have a name. Now we can reopen the case. 415 00:32:17,018 --> 00:32:21,439 We can become acquaintances, friends and relations. 416 00:32:21,606 --> 00:32:25,169 Everything that can guide us about what happened that night. 417 00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:29,156 How are you, Miss Marilyn? 418 00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:32,159 We are trying to determine now whether it was intentional... 419 00:32:32,284 --> 00:32:33,451 or an accident. 420 00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:37,914 I need the case building from the ground up. 421 00:32:38,081 --> 00:32:40,125 I need your help. 422 00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:43,044 Did you know David's acquaintances? 423 00:32:43,211 --> 00:32:46,756 Not really. were at that time there's a lot of gang members and stuff. 424 00:32:46,923 --> 00:32:49,759 In 1996 everything was bad. - Yes, ma'am. 425 00:32:49,926 --> 00:32:53,638 I don't know who did this. He probably knows them. 426 00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:55,807 They framed him. 427 00:32:55,974 --> 00:32:57,017 Got it? - Yes. 428 00:32:57,184 --> 00:33:02,647 Does the name Tasha or Shan mean anything to you? 429 00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:06,568 No. - No? Okay. 430 00:33:06,735 --> 00:33:11,198 I don't understand how anyone could find him can burn like this. 431 00:33:11,364 --> 00:33:16,494 Okay. It'll be fine. 432 00:33:16,661 --> 00:33:20,248 I was on street duty in 1996. 433 00:33:21,416 --> 00:33:24,836 After 28 years I really want to finish this. 434 00:33:25,795 --> 00:33:32,719 The police want reopen the investigation 435 00:33:39,059 --> 00:33:41,144 Justice is important. 436 00:33:41,311 --> 00:33:43,980 His family needs to know what happened. 437 00:33:45,482 --> 00:33:49,486 I'm glad I got his name have revived. 438 00:33:50,987 --> 00:33:54,199 His family now knows where he is. 439 00:33:57,410 --> 00:34:01,660 It was hard for my mother then she heard that her brother was dead. 440 00:34:02,582 --> 00:34:04,042 But the positive is... 441 00:34:04,167 --> 00:34:06,542 that we are cousins going to meet. 442 00:34:07,212 --> 00:34:09,214 That will do wonders for her. 443 00:34:09,798 --> 00:34:11,758 You must be Marilyn. - Yes. 444 00:34:11,925 --> 00:34:13,885 I'm Brett. - Okay. 445 00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:16,805 Robert and Michael. 446 00:34:17,472 --> 00:34:20,267 Discover that there another branch of the family is... 447 00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:22,769 which I knew nothing about is amazing. 448 00:34:22,936 --> 00:34:24,938 Nice to meet you. 449 00:34:25,105 --> 00:34:26,505 How are you? 450 00:34:27,190 --> 00:34:31,236 David was the grandson from my uncle Clyde. 451 00:34:31,403 --> 00:34:35,323 It turned out that Clyde still had a family when he was a teenager. 452 00:34:35,490 --> 00:34:37,200 Braylon, I'm Brett. - Hey. 453 00:34:37,367 --> 00:34:38,618 Nice to meet you. 454 00:34:38,785 --> 00:34:42,872 It feels good. A great feeling. 455 00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:46,418 That there is someone that family of mine turns out. 456 00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:50,088 I got joy in my eyes when I saw them. 457 00:34:51,673 --> 00:34:54,217 I definitely see Uncle Clyde. 458 00:34:54,384 --> 00:34:56,511 In him? - No, in you. In you. 459 00:34:56,678 --> 00:34:59,222 It's been a few years since Clyde deceased. 460 00:34:59,431 --> 00:35:06,354 We don't know if he knew that he had more family. 461 00:35:06,605 --> 00:35:11,234 Even in your mannerisms and the way you talk. 462 00:35:12,277 --> 00:35:13,903 Yes, we really are family. 463 00:35:17,574 --> 00:35:23,913 We're here because of it what happened to David. 464 00:35:24,539 --> 00:35:28,668 You get angry when you think about it that it happened to a family member. 465 00:35:29,252 --> 00:35:33,757 But maybe also grateful for that at least he has now been identified. 466 00:35:34,174 --> 00:35:38,220 Where there was a nameless grave, could we place a gravestone... 467 00:35:38,345 --> 00:35:40,764 for his humanity to give back. 468 00:35:40,889 --> 00:35:44,184 David Ubank Brown, we will never forget you. 469 00:35:44,351 --> 00:35:48,063 I'm so sorry what happened to you. 470 00:35:48,229 --> 00:35:53,193 May your soul rest in peace. 471 00:35:54,027 --> 00:35:57,906 We will never forget you. I love you. 472 00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:04,287 He is no longer an unknown. 473 00:36:06,748 --> 00:36:10,043 He had a family who loved him. 474 00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:23,765 In memory by David Ubank Brown 475 00:36:24,849 --> 00:36:26,851 Subtitled by: M. Kuiper