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Yes, this is Professor Dobbsburg.

Who?

Herbert Southwood, Professor.

I think you've been waiting to hear from me.

I've been waiting a week to hear from you. Just what exactly is the delay, Mr.

Southwood?

Have you... Have you got the articles?

Have you got the money?

Yes, I've got the money. What's taking you so long?

Those bones have been around for a long time, Professor.

What's a few more days?

I've only got a few days left.

You want them right now?

Of course I want them. Why do you think I came all the way down here?

Well, come and get them. And bring the cash.

Where?

Got a pencil?

Okay.

Southwood?

Mr. Southwood?

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

No, no.

Dobbs Burke, professor of anthropology, Wessex College, Boston.

Why'd you pick up the necktie?

Reflex action.

In a sense, we both deal with related exhibits, sir.

We do?

Deceased beings.

Of course, there's a difference.

Yours are far more recently deceased than mine.

Only if we're lucky.

And what about the necktie?

As I said, it was purely instinctive. I came into the room, observed the

anthropological find on the floor, and immediately began to examine its

clothing in order to determine its age.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

What is its age?

Second half of the 20th century.

Just by looking at the tie, huh?

What are you doing here, Professor?

I had an appointment with the deceased.

He was to deliver to me the... Dad?

His name is Southwood.

Herbert Southwood has his driver's license.

You say you had an appointment with Southwood, huh? That's correct.

What for?

For the purpose of his turning over to me the skull, the bones, and the teeth.

of Synanthropus picaninsus.

Of what?

Peking man?

Exactly, sir. Oh, you've heard of the fossils I'm alluding to, then.

An incredibly valuable find from which it was possible to commence a definitive

study of the origins of oriental civilization.

Oh, I remember reading an article about them.

They, uh, they disappeared shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor,

didn't they? Well, you're a well-informed man, Mr. McGarrett. I like

to read, but... If I recall correctly, they've never been recovered.

Well, now you're less well informed.

They have been recovered, and I was to have received them this afternoon.

From Southwood? Yes.

Well, where did he get hold of them?

That I cannot tell you.

I attempted to elicit such information from Mr. Southwood, but his only

response was to assure me that if I provided the money, he would provide the

fossils. How much money?

$80,000.

What were you able to raise that amount, Professor?

I'm authorized by the government of the People's Republic of China to agree to

any terms in order to recover the fossils.

They consider them their property, you know.

So you're... you're acting on behalf of Communist China?

Mainland China?

With the approval of the State Department, yes.

I see.

Here, Dunno, what do you got?

Doc's report, pretty routine.

Male, Caucasian, approximately 27.

Of course, Professor Burke determined all that just by examining the necktie

he was strangled with.

Incidentally, it was his own necktie.

Steve, this part could be interesting.

Oh, yeah.

Pallor of unexposed portion of skin together with peculiar style of haircut

suggest recent term in penal institution or other confinement.

Yes, that could be very interesting.

Let's find out.

Get his name, description, photograph, and prints on the wire to the FBI in

Washington. It's in the works.

If Southwood was only 26 or 27, what could he know about Peking Man?

Those bones disappeared in 1941. He wasn't even born yet.

That's right, Steve. Burke's authentic.

And what he's doing is the full approval of the State Department and the

Department of Defense.

He's one of the top dogs in the old bones business. The big boys in Peking

ask for him personally.

They want those fossils back where they came from.

And we want them to have whatever's rightfully theirs.

So get on top of it, Steve.

Give him any help he needs.

What would you like me to do, Jonathan? Get my men out there with shovels? I'm

trying to dig up a killer, not a bag of old bones.

This is not just a murder.

It could have political consequences.

I don't read you, Jonathan.

Steve.

Republic of China.

He was making contact with someone whom he believes was about to deliver those

fossils. Now, that man was murdered.

You know how sensitive matters are right now and how easily they can feel they've

been insulted?

We've got to find that killer, Steve.

And? And?

Let us pray that he doesn't turn out to be Chinese.

So long, gentlemen.

Adam? Doc was right. Southwood was released from San Quentin three weeks

ago. One to five for armed robbery.

I think I'm gonna round out my anthropological education.

The major discovery of the fossils was made in 1927 in Chokuchin, about...

30 miles south of Peking.

Now, the digging continued there until the Japanese invasion in the 40s.

Cream, sugar?

Sugar, please.

Now, there was a company of U.S. Marines in the process of leaving China at the

time, and the head of the Peking Union Medical College asked them if they would

take the fossils with them for safekeeping.

So the bones were carefully packed and assigned to a squad in the Marine

Company.

Did the bones ever leave China?

We don't know that.

The baggage train was captured and the Marines dispersed.

The crate disappeared.

After the war, of course, the search commenced, but until now, nothing.

Professor, the man who offered to turn the bones over to you for $80,000, how

do you know he wasn't a fake?

He described the crate and its contents.

Southwood described it? Yes.

You see, the crate was specially marked when it was turned over to the Marines

to make sure that it was quickly spotted once it reached the United States. He

knew that.

Couldn't he have read about it somewhere?

Not unless he had access to the diaries of the director of the Peking Union

Medical College.

And the young man was not articulate in the Chinese language.

You tested him.

Mr. McGarrett,

you don't agree to turn over $80,000 entrusted to you by the government of

China without a certain amount of, uh...

Detective work.

Dano. Yes, Steve. I'd like a list of Southwood's cellmates when he was in San

Quentin. I'm on it, Steve.

Is Chin there?

Yes, he is.

Put him on and you stay on.

Chin? Steve.

Yes, Steve.

Chin, see if you can get a list of the Marines who were in that squad that

carried the bones of Peking Man out of China in 1941.

Now. One name on both those lists should be the same.

I'll bet on it.

See? Yeah. On the nose. Sergeant Raymond E. Parmel, United States Marine Corps.

He was a member of the detail transporting those bones.

He was also in a cell with Herbert Southwood at San Quentin. Had to be.

Now, what else about Parmel?

Let's see. Discharged from the service in 45.

He's 52 years old.

In 1948, he pulled seven for armed robbery.

In 1952, he was involved in an unsuccessful escape attempt.

Ended up with 20 years more.

A year ago, he was transferred to San Quentin. And here's the kicker, Steve.

Yeah, tell me.

He's dead?

No. Ten days ago, he tried to break out of prison again.

This time, he did it.

So he's on the loose, huh?

Probably on the loose right out there in Honolulu.

Thank you.

Come in, Mr. Parmel.

Are you acquainted with my nephew?

Yeah, we were roommates for a while on the mainland.

Under whose auspices?

Auspices?

The state of California.

Was the food good?

It's better in the Marines.

Sit down, sit down, please.

Thank you. Some tea, perhaps?

Yeah, thank you.

Was my nephew robust?

He wasn't hurting any.

Told me to get in touch with you.

For what reason?

He said you were pretty good at arranging things.

What matters you need arranged, huh?

I need a young lady in her 20s.

Will she be Howley?

And American.

She has to have documents to prove who she is and what she wants.

You can arrange that, and I'll fill you in on the details.

I can arrange it. What details?

San Quentin sending descriptions and mug shots, Steve.

We'll get an APB out in Ponell as soon as they get here.

Thanks, Jim.

All right, gentlemen.

What are the assumptions up to this point?

The bones are in Honolulu, and Parmel knows where.

He's been waiting 34 years to come and get them.

But why escape?

He only had two more years to go before he was eligible for parole.

And where does Southwood fit in?

Maybe getting hold of the fossils is a two-man operation.

He thought he could trust Southwood, but Southwood decided not to wait, try to

make a deal ahead of time.

Parmel found out. It was in the newspapers.

Yeah, realized that he had been double-crossed and busted out. Yeah?

And he came here and killed Southwood. That makes sense.

So Parmel is here, Professor Burke is here, Peking Manor's here. And it won't

be long before somebody tries to get all three of them together, huh?

Okay. I've asked Professor Burke to come see me about it, but in the meantime,

let me ask you something.

Are we missing a bet, gentlemen?

What bets do you?

Just suppose that Parmel is not the only man in that Marine squad who knows where

those bones are.

He was a member of the squad, the detail, certainly, but other men might

know what they were guarding or where they were stored.

Let's see.

Let's see where those other men are, the ones that survived the war.

Find out if they know anything.

Computer time, huh? Right.

Dave, Professor Burke is here.

Oh, show him in, please.

Professor? I got it. Sit down, won't you, please?

Has anyone else made contact with you?

No, sir, not yet.

I'd like your assurance that you will notify us immediately if anyone dies.

Do you expect someone to approach me?

I'm absolutely convinced of it. Who?

A man named Parmel.

Raymond Parmel.

With knowledge of the whereabouts of the Peking man?

That's my guess.

Professor, I realize the temptation will be great to make any kind of deal he

might suggest in order to gain possession of those fossils.

I would like to impress on you, though, that this man is a suspect in a murder

and a recent escapee from San Quentin Prison.

Now, whatever your inclinations might be, it is absolutely imperative that you

call me the moment he makes contact with you. Is that understood?

Thoroughly, sir.

Professor, I won't keep you any longer.

Here's my card.

I'll expect to hear from you as soon as you're contacted.

You will, sir.

Bye. Bye.

Danvers Joseph F.

Sergeant Major, United States Marine Corps Station at Parris Island. Who's

he? He was in Parmel's squad in 1941.

That makes six accounted for. Two of them are still in the service. Three

have been discharged. One was killed in action.

That leaves six unaccounted for.

Maybe Danvers can remember some memes of some things that happened.

Pack your bags, Dano. You're going to Parris Island, South Carolina.

Right.

Hello?

Yes, this is Professor Dobbsburg. Who's this?

My name's not important.

Just think about me as being Peking Man.

What do you know of Peking Man?

The one thing you want to know.

You know where the fossils are?

More than that, I can deliver them to you.

Want to talk?

Yes. Good.

You meet me at the base of the Aloha Tower, 2.30 this afternoon.

You bring $25,000.

It's a down payment.

How do I know that this is authentic?

If it isn't, you don't pay.

Aloha Tower, 2.30.

Professor? Yes?

If you really want to see those bones, don't talk to any cops.

Don't even go near any cops.

Any cops.

Or I'll know about it.

And you'll never see Peking Man.

You got that?

Yes. Yes, I got it.

You better not have yelled cop.

Who are you?

You keep asking me that.

I'm the guy who telephoned you.

No, I haven't notified the police.

Glad to hear that.

You bring the down payment?

How do I know you're able to turn over the fossils?

What's this?

Read it.

Pretty good description of the shipment.

The crate? The markings?

The distribution of the skulls and bones in the crate?

It's perfect.

Where are they?

Where's the money?

You're gonna count it?

You're not gonna cheat me. It's not your money.

Besides, you're so hot for those bones.

You're not gonna do anything to screw it up.

What do I do now?

Go back to your hotel, and you hear that telephone go bing.

I'll give you the word.

Williams, Hawaii Five-0.

Cubs, huh?

Looking for someone I know?

Maybe.

Who?

Peking man.

What man?

Peking. What outfit was he in?

Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine, Sergeant Parmel's squad.

You came a long way for nothing, buddy.

There wasn't anybody by that name in Parmel's squad.

What do you remember about the trip out of China in November 1941?

B Company was located in Tao Chao.

About 6 that morning, we got orders to move south to Tencent, where a couple of

transports were waiting.

The Japanese attacked at a supply train around 2 the next morning.

Lieutenant Groves came out yelling for Parnell to get those crates and move

them down to the transports on a double.

What crates?

The ones that were consigned to us for special shipment.

How many were there?

Three, I think.

OK, go on. What happened then?

Then we did it.

You did what?

Got the crates on a transport and moved them all the way to Honolulu.

When was that? Do you remember the exact date?

Well, let's see.

Two days before Pearl Harbor, 5 December.

Okay, and what happened to the crates then?

Well, once we dropped Parmel Crow, Ed Crow, another member of the squad, and a

buddy of Parmel, told us to send the crates to Pearl Harbor. That's the last

I've seen of them.

Two days later, the stuff hit the fan.

Most of us were shipped out.

So that's all you can tell me?

That's all I know.

Okay, Sergeant Major.

Thank you. Been a big help.

Hey, wait one.

What?

Peking who?

Man.

There was a Sydney man in the second squad.

No, wrong man.

Thanks anyway.

Soniaco, you are an artist.

No, no.

I am an entrepreneur.

I employ artists.

You're a very punctual young lady.

May I introduce Miss Somerville?

Hi.

Yeah.

Yeah, she'll do just fine.

Oh, no, sir, no, Mr. McGarrett, no one's tried to contact me. No one at all. It's

rather disappointing.

As a matter of fact, I'm planning to... What's that you say?

There is every reason to believe that those bones are in Honolulu.

Perhaps somewhere at Pearl Harbor. I'm going to conduct a search. I'd like you

with me.

Mr. McGarrett, I'm... I appreciate your interest in my problem, but I'm packing

my bags right now.

As a matter of fact, I plan to catch the first available flight home.

I could use your help, Professor.

Mr. McGarrett, forgive me, but I just don't have the heart for another wild

goose chase.

I see.

Very well, Professor. Thank you.

Chin.

Here, Steve.

Check the airlines.

See if Professor Burke has a reservation for the mainland.

Right. I think his name is Dobbs.

Steve.

You sure of that, Lieutenant?

Okay. Thank you.

No good, Steve.

There have been three searches of the old marine barracks at Pearl Harbor in

the last five years. No bones, no traces.

But they were sent there. We have Sergeant Major Danvers' word for that.

There must be some record, some trace somewhere.

That was the time of the Pearl Harbor attack. A lot of things got lost or

destroyed. I don't care how many searches were made of Pearl. We're gonna

make one more.

Come on, let's go. Frank?

This is Chin.

Yeah, go ahead, Chin.

I checked the major airlines.

No reservations in the name of Professor D. Burke.

Put a tail on him right away, Chin. Right.

Well, that clinches it.

Burke is lying. Parmel has contacted him.

That Peking man is about to change hands.

No, nothing so far, Danny.

Say something, sir. Be comfortable. Third battalion.

Let's see.

Sure is.

Thank you.

Come in.

See you. Pretty good.

Following listed articles of government and personal equipment, clothing and

supplies assigned to supply shed D pending disposition to appropriate

persons and destinations by order of Sergeant R.E. Parmel for Lieutenant G.G.

Groves.

Description of articles miscellaneous.

What does that mean, Colonel?

By then, B Company was spread all over the Pacific.

There must have been equipment that never caught up with them.

Where is supply shed B?

Just where you'd expect in the Corps, right after H.

Welcome, Scott.

Open up.

Sergeant Major, start the search.

Steve. You found Parmel's footlocker and Jones and Grady. We've got reports on

them. They were killed in action.

Apparently, they've got something to cut this lock with.

Sergeant Major, bolt cutters, please.

Parmel, Jones, and Grady.

The Peking Man.

Think so?

Then how come he's got a bullet hole in his head?

From Graves Registration, sir. Thank you.

Graves Registration confirms your father's burial here, Miss Crow.

Of course, you knew that already, but these formalities must be gone through.

Oh, I understand.

Now, you're requesting that your father's remains be exhumed and

transferred to the Westland Society of Southern California at Long Beach for

reburial. Yes, please.

Well... I don't see why your request should be denied.

There is a certain amount of paperwork, verifications, that sort of thing.

But if you'll just leave me your name and address and where I can get in touch

with you once I receive official approval.

I think we can assume that those foot lockers contain the remains of a United

States Marine.

Probably killed on the attack at Pearl Harbor.

Wait a minute.

That doesn't make sense.

Why didn't they bury him?

Let's put ourselves inside Parmel's head.

He's got a crate containing some rare...

and extremely valuable fossils.

Now, if he can hold onto them until after the war, they could be worth a lot

of money.

And the question is, how's Parmel gonna hide the fossils until he can dispose of

them himself?

Okay, how about the footlockers? One belonging to him, two to men in his

squad who were dead.

So he shoves the fossils in the footlocker, burns a crate.

There's no crate, there's no way to trace the fossils.

The two dead Marines aren't likely to come back looking for their footlockers.

Yeah, but that brings on the next question. Why aren't there any fossils

in the foot lockers?

My guess is that he was going to do exactly that, put the

remains of Peking Man in those foot lockers, and then he got a better idea.

We got a Parmel service record with us? Yeah, right here.

Let's see. Date of enlistment, first assignment, reassignment.

B Company, 1st Battalion, returned Honolulu 5 December 1941,

reassigned 9 December, 9th of December 1941, that's two days

after Pearl Harbor, to Company A, 1st Battalion, and placed in charge

of burial detail.

Does that suggest anything to you, General?

Sure does.

remains of the corpse in those foot lockers was switched switched and

peaking man is now buried in the grave of that marine under his headstone

buried there at the direction of sergeant pomel go find out

Yes? Okay, Professor.

We're almost ready to move.

You have the fossils?

I've always had the fossils.

Right about now, I'm about ready to let you have them. Where?

When? Right now, I'm gonna tell you where.

The Westland Society's crematorium, Long Beach, California.

Crematorium? That's right, Professor.

Unless you're there with the rest of the $80,000 when I tell you to get there.

Those old bones are gonna be cremated to a cinder, flown out to sea and dumped.

But I'll be there. Just tell me when.

You just sit tight.

When I tell you go, you're gonna have 36 hours to get to Long Beach.

Pay me what you owe me and collect your bones.

So you just sit there by your telephone, Professor, because that meter starts

ticking the second I say go.

Anything on Burke?

Still keeping quiet, Steve.

Hasn't made a move.

That means those bones are still in the ground somewhere. What about the APB on

Parmel? Nothing.

He's playing it very cool, very careful.

Well, he's had 34 years to plan his moves.

But how's he planning to dig up those fossils?

He can't just drive a U-Haul into a national cemetery and dig up a coffin.

No.

But there is one way to do it.

You do it in broad daylight, in front of witnesses and at government expense.

You just say, please.

Legal exhumation? You guessed it.

Chin, I want to know how many requests have been made in the past few weeks for

exhumation for the purpose of reburial elsewhere.

Now, one of those graves has the bones of Peking men in it, and I'll bet, I'll

bet you that that's how Parmel plans to get hold of him.

Steve, there have been three requests for reburial since the 18th of this

month. The names are Rodzinski, Crowe, Edgerton.

Crowe? Hold it, Chin.

Danvers mentioned a Crowe, Ed Crowe, a corporal, assistant squad leader, a

buddy of Parmel's.

Chin, would that be Ed Crowe?

Edward Andrew Crowe, Steve.

That's the one.

Was he killed in action?

December 7, 1941.

Has the exhumation request for Crow been approved?

Yeah, Steve.

His daughter is expected here sometime this afternoon to sign the final papers.

All right, Chin, listen to me carefully.

You stay right where you are until the lady shows up. When she leaves, tail

her. Don't let her out of your sight. She may lead us to Parmel and to the

bones. OK.

Dano.

Have Che get Ed Crowe's dental records. I'd like a comparison with the teeth in

that skull we found in the footlocker. On my way.

Something's wrong.

What's wrong?

I don't know. I was supposed to sign the final papers this afternoon, but when I

went out there, the guy said there'd been a hitch.

What kind of hitch? I don't know. Something about a relative or someone...

What relative?

That's bull.

Ed Crowe grew up in an orphan asylum.

I knew everything about him.

The man was Crow, Steve.

Dental chart confirmed.

Dental?

Call Manicote and get an exhumation order in the works.

Good work, Jason.

Okay, Steve, the Veterans Administration okayed the order. You can dig.

Only, Steve, it had better be the fossils.

They're not exactly enthusiastic about it.

Open it.

Peking man never wore a GI uniform.

Those are ribbons from the Korean War.

He switched grave markers on us.

And that rainstorm last night washed away any chance we might have of

spotting the switch.

See, Professor Burke is here.

Professor? Mr. McGarrett, I thought I explained to you that I was abandoning

my investigation... And leaving on the next available flight, if you recall.

Surely you could have found one out of Hawaii in the last 36 hours.

Here they are, Steve.

The lady is Joanne Somerville. She poses Corporal Crowell's daughter.

And I think you know Maru Sanyako.

Oh, I do indeed.

Up to your old pursuits, I take it, Sanyako?

Pandering? Forging?

I resent the inference, Mr. McGarren. Unless you arrest me, I... I resent

being herded in here and forced to stand about with common criminals.

Well, right now, I am only interested in Parmel, and you three are the only ones

who can help me find him, and that is exactly what you are going to do.

Or, so help me, I will find ways to put you away for a long,

long time.

Now, is that understood?

Are we ready to cooperate?

Is that Parmel? Yeah.

Chen?

Come with me.

Mai?

Slide in here. Keep an eye on the professor.

Greetings.

I got your message.

What's it all about?

Please.

Where's the rest of your platoon?

Out digging foxholes in the alley?

You're under arrest, Parnell.

So I'm under arrest.

What happens now?

You'll be tried for the murder of Southwood, and you'll go back to San

Quentin to finish your sentence.

Which is life.

All I get for killing Southwood. More life?

Professor, let me clue you in.

You still want those bones?

Of course I do. That's why I'm here.

You better have a nice, quiet talk with this thick-headed cop here.

Because I'm the only guy who knows where those bones are.

And where they are is where they're going to stay.

Unless I walk out of here with 80,000 bucks in my pocket and a full pardon.

Mr. McGarrett?

Get him out of here!

Mr. McGarrett!

Do you know what you're doing?

Go home, Professor.

All right.

Operator, I want to place a long-distance telephone call.

State Department, Washington, D.C.

Person to person to Mr. Jonathan Kaye.

202-655-4000.

What do you want with Jonathan Kaye?

Jonathan, the man is a convicted killer, a prisoned escapee, and a suspect in

another murder here in Honolulu.

He's also the only person who knows where Peking Man is. I know where Peking

Man is.

He's buried in the National Cemetery.

But you don't know where.

No.

I don't know where, but maybe I can find out. How?

By opening every grave there?

I don't know yet, Jonathan.

There have already been protests.

When you opened that grave the other day, it hit the wire services.

Veterans families have been sending telegrams to their congressmen. They

think you're going to dig up every grave in the cemetery.

Steve, I understand your problem. Do you?

And you've got to understand ours.

We've got to weigh the relative value and importance of Parmel against our

developing relations with China.

Which you've obviously already done.

I think it's been done without either of us.

One man.

Against the foreign policy of the United States.

Jonathan, I don't give a damn about communist China.

And I will not bargain with Parmel.

Be reasonable, Steve.

Look, suppose I make a bargain with you.

What kind of bargain?

I'll give you the rest of the day. I've got to fly out of here by 10.30 tonight.

Find Peking Man by that time, and Parmel gets what's coming to him.

Otherwise, I'll have to follow orders.

Okay, you've got a deal. By 10 o'clock tonight.

This is the grave we opened.

Now, how do we find the right one?

Any ideas, suggestions, notions, hunches?

We want it numbered, Steve, but doesn't the Corps have a record?

It's inaccurate, Chin.

We checked the record.

About 15 years ago, Gray's registration began a rearrangement of the cemetery.

They moved about a quarter of the plots, and then the plan was abandoned.

All we've got left is a mess.

Well, it can't be very far from the grave we dug up. I mean, shifting

markers is kind of conspicuous, isn't it?

Could have been done at night.

Could we dig up one or two in the same area, Chin?

Right now, they'd be on our backs if we dug up a handful of weeds.

All right, gentlemen.

Every grave in that cemetery has the body of a serviceman in it, except

one.

Now, what's different about that one, and how do we find that difference?

Put your minds to it.

What's in that coffin that is not in any of the others?

Steve, how about asking it the other way?

What's in all the other coffins that isn't in the one we're looking for?

What?

Belt buckles, buttons, shrapnel, maybe.

Dental fillings, dog tags, rings.

Metal.

Metal. I think you've got it, Dano. There is no metal in Peking Man or on

him.

Jenny? Yes, sir? Get me Marine headquarters at Camp Smith, please.

Next one.

What do you got, Che?

Hold it, Steve.

Now very carefully, all the way around the edges.

Now dead center.

Steve, this coffin has metal all the way around its perimeter.

Probably nails.

No other metal. And nothing in the center?

Nothing.

Jonathan, that's it.

All right, Steve.

Dig it up.

Open it.

Hold it.

What are you talking about, John? Steve, I want this casket sealed and sent back

to Washington with me.

Mr. K, we have spent months... Hold it.

My orders are to have the contents examined and tested under government

supervision in Washington and its proper ownership established.

Doctor, I'd like you to come back with me.

What about Parmel?

He's all yours, Steve.

Book him, Chin.

If Peking Man really is in there...

How old do you say he is, Steve?

500,000 years, give or take a few thou.

I think we put a new record on the books.

Yeah. Could be the oldest missing person case in history.