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NARRATOR: This program is
about unsolved mysteries.
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Whenever possible, the
actual family members
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and police officials
have participated
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in recreating the events.
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What you are about to see
is not a news broadcast.
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HOST: Glendale, California.
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A bookkeeper dies
during a late night
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visit to a doctor's office,
apparently of a heart attack.
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Within weeks, instigators
begin to unravel
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an intriguing tale of
multiple identities,
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insurance fraud, and murder.
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In Montana, a century old
legend of a lost treasure.
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Some believe the state's
most vicious high runner,
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a sheriff turned outlaw,
buried $6 million
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in gold in the rugged mountains.
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Lake Michigan.
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In 1985, a wealthy
investor named Woody Kelly
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went out for a boat cruise.
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A few hours later, his yacht
was found adrift and empty.
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No trace of Woody Kelly
has ever been found.
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Also tonight, the poignant
story of a woman's
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search for her missing
half-brother and sister.
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Today, Leanne Robinson wants
to reunite with the only family
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she has ever known.
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The family she's not
seen for 18 years.
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Maybe with your help, she will.
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Join me.
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You may be able to
help solve a mystery.
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[THEME MUSIC - "UNSOLVED
MYSTERIES"]
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A Hippocratic oath
is a solemn pledge
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that represents
the highest ideals
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of the medical profession.
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In essence, it places
the good of the patient
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above all other concerns.
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In Glendale, California, police
suspected a physician named
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Richard Boggs may have
betrayed this oath in the most
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shocking way imaginable.
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Boggs is currently
in jail charged
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with being one of the
ringleaders of a complex plot
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that has led police
on the bewildering
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trail of conspiracies, false
identities, and murder.
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It all began on the early
morning of April 16th, 1988.
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Just before 7:10 AM, paramedics
responded to an emergency call
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at the Glendale,
California medical office
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of Richard Boggs.
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Inside they discovered
a man lying on the floor
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of an examining room.
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Boggs identified him as
Melvin Eugene Hanson.
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INVESTIGATOR
STOUTSENBERGER: Boggs
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says that he'd
received a phone call
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from one of his
patients, a long term
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patient, Melvin Eugene Hanson.
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The man said he'd
been drinking heavily.
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He was having chest pains.
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And he wanted to come
in and be examined.
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INVESTIGATOR
STOUTSENBERGER: Boggs
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said that he had treated
Hanson for seven years,
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and that his
patient had recently
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complained of heart trouble.
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Boggs claim Hanson had asked to
meet him at his office at 5:00
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in the morning for an EKG
and other medical tests.
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INVESTIGATOR
STOUTSENBERGER (VOICEOVER):
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He brought Hanson
in, examined him,
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left him in a treatment
room by himself
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to rest for a few minutes.
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I really don't think you
have any need for alarm.
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Now, why don't you just lie
down here for a few minutes,
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and I'll be right back.
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INVESTIGATOR
STOUTSENBERGER (VOICEOVER):
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And Boggs went into another
room to sort through things
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while he was waiting for Hanson
to rest when he heard a thud.
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INVESTIGATOR
STOUTSENBERGER: Boggs
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said he rushed back only to
find Hanson lying unconscious.
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Boggs then claimed that he
immediately called the 911
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number, but found it busy.
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Boggs said he tried to
revive Hanson for 30 minutes.
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And at 7:04, he finally got
through on the 911 line.
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INVESTIGATOR STOUTSENBERGER:
Finally, paramedics arrived.
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He-- the body was pronounced
dead at the scene.
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And originally, it was
just a normal death.
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Just a natural death
in a doctor's office
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with a doctor in attendance.
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And that makes it
just a routine death.
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And the majority of
deaths in this county
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are in the attendance
of a physician.
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Pupils are fixed and dilated.
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What kind of history?
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Cardiovascular problems.
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And he--
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HOST: When paramedics examined
the body in Boggs' office,
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they noticed that his
condition seemed inconsistent
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with the doctor's story.
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He's got some rigor in
his neck and in his jaw.
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HOST: The body's
rigor mortis suggested
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that death had occurred
significantly earlier
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than Boggs was claiming.
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In fact, the EKG tape
revealed that the machine
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had last been used just
after midnight not 5:00 AM.
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How long do you
say he's been down?
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HOST: Suspicious, paramedics
called the police.
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You thought your patient
was having a heart attack,
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but you didn't
call an ambulance?
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You were going to treat
him at your facility?
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Yes, because he trusted me.
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And believe me, it's hard
enough to even get him to come
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in for his regular checkups.
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Dr. Boggs ignored basic
lifesaving protocol.
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A doctor is not going
to try and help a heart
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attack patient in his office.
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He's going to have an
ambulance waiting for him.
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Dr. Boggs, could you tell me a
little more about the 911 call?
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Are you sure you dialed 911?
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Yes, I'm certain, and
I got no response there.
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LOWREY: His comments
regarding the 911 bothered me.
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He had told us he had
gotten a busy signal.
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That time of the
morning, I found
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it hard to believe that he'd get
a busy signal on a 911 system.
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HOST: Though three credit
cards and a copy of a birth
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certificate were discovered
in Hanson's wallet,
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no ID with a photograph
of Hanson was found.
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Boggs gave police the
name of Hanson's business
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partners and emergency contact.
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John Hawkins.
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Columbus, Ohio.
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H-A-W-K-I-N-S.
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HOST: Police were reluctant
to further question Boggs
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without more evidence,
as he had once
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been one of the most
respected physicians
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in southern California.
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By virtue of his
skill and hard work,
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he had built up an extremely
lucrative medical practice.
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But by the 1980s,
Boggs had experienced
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severe personal and
financial reverses.
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There were rumors that he
was dangerously overextended.
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That his practice and medical
license were in jeopardy.
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The most probable
cause of death
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is acute nonspecific
myocarditis.
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HOST: On April 17th, when the
body found in Boggs' office
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was autopsied, the pathologist
noticed something peculiar.
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The body is noted to be
that of a Caucasian male,
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appearing to be younger
than the stated age of 46.
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HOST: Though the body
appeared to be younger
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than the 46-year-old Hanson's
birth certificate has stated,
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the opportunity to
examine it further
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vanished when Hanson's
business partner, John Hawkins,
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arrived from Ohio.
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25-year-old John
Hawkins and Melvin
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Hanson had co-owned a
successful clothing store chain.
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Hawkins made it clear
he needed to settle
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Hanson's affairs
quickly in order
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to return home to his business.
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What I need to
know is, when is
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the body going to be cremated?
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PERKINS (VOICEOVER): When John
Hawkins arrived from Columbus,
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Ohio, he made arrangements
with a local mortuary
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to have the body cremated.
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When Hawkins learned that the
ashes would not be scattered
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until a much later time,
that being up to a month,
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he was upset.
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Business there.
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I need to expedite this
as much as possible.
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Is there any other way?
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Hawkins, through the
mortuary personnel,
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located a local scattering
service that scattered
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those ashes the following day.
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[phone ringing]
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Glendale Police Department.
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[inaudible] How may I help you?
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HOST: Two months
later, this case
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took another intriguing turn.
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PERKINS: On June 9th, a
detective received a phone call
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from a insurance company
representative who informed him
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they were about to
pay a $1 million
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life insurance policy for
the death of Gene Hanson.
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The beneficiary
of that policy was
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John Hawkins of Columbus, Ohio.
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The representative inquired
if the photographs of the body
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had ever been compared
to any other known
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pictures of Melvin Hanson.
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Up to that point,
that had not occurred.
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The detective sent away for
a California driver's license
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photo of Melvin Eugene Hanson.
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HOST: Several weeks later
when the photographs arrived,
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police made a
shocking discovery.
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The man found in Boggs'
office was not Melvin Hanson.
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PERKINS: The detective
contacted the insurance
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representative immediately,
and it was too late.
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And that the
insurance company had
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already paid out the $1 million
to the beneficiary, John
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Hawkins.
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HOST: But if the body in Boggs'
office was not Hanson, then who
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was it?
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Police used finger prints
to match the dead body
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with missing persons reports.
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The body that Boggs had
identified as his patient,
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Melvin Eugene
Hanson, was in fact
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that of a 32-year-old
North Hollywood bookkeeper
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named Ellis Henry Greene.
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Investigators now wanted to talk
with John Hawkins, the man who
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had ordered Greene cremated.
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PERKINS: Investigators
in Columbus, Ohio
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followed up on John Hawkins.
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They found that he had
abandoned the residence
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that he had lived in.
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And later discovered
his convertible Mercedes
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parked at the airport, top down,
keys still in the ignition.
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Indicating an obvious quick
exit from that particular area.
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Dr. Boggs, during
our investigation
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a concern has
arisen when the body
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that you identified as
Mr. Hanson may not in fact
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be Mr. Hanson.
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HOST: In spite of
evidence to the contrary,
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Boggs continued to
insist to police
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that the man found in
his office was the man he
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knew as Melvin Hanson.
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Right there.
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The same man I identified
to the other officers.
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Have you ever seen
the other man before?
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No.
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PERKINS: Dr. Boggs
later claimed that he'd
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been duped by this individual
who died in his office,
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and demanded to know why
this person represented
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himself as Melvin Hanson.
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HOST: The police were not
convinced and issued a search
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warrant for Boggs' files.
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A trace of his phone records
showed frequent calls
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to Hanson's business number, and
more suspiciously to Hanson's
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business partner, John Hawkins.
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Investigators also noticed
that Boggs had received calls
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from a Wolfgang Von Snowden.
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In fact, Boggs had spoken
to him the same night
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that Greene's body was found.
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They wanted to know why.
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And Snowden's name was
distributed to law enforcement
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agencies around the country.
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Several months passed.
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January 29th, 1989, Dulles
International Airport.
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Nine months after Ellis Greene
was found in Richard Boggs'
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office, a
suspicious-acting man was
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interrogated by
customs officials
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after getting off a
flight from Mexico.
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When his bag was examined,
$14,000 in undeclared cash
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was discovered.
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Oh, that?
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I closed out a bank
account in Mexico.
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I had an account there.
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And I didn't fill out the forms.
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I'm sorry.
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Let me see your bag.
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Why?
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Wait-- I can--
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PERKINS: When the customs
agents searched the man's bags,
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he discovered not only the
identification that he was
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using at that time,
but he also discovered
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photo identification
of the same person
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with the name of
Wolfgang Von Snowden.
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But the most critical
discovery was
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the original California driver's
license for the dead man,
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Ellis Henry Greene.
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Take off your sunglasses.
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Why?
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Take off your sunglasses.
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PERKINS: The customs agent
made a computer inquiry,
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and learned that
Wolfgang Von Snowden was
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in fact wanted by authorities.
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I didn't lie to you.
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I told you, I
filled out the form.
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I'll put down--
we'll figure out--
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Wolfgang Von Snowden is
wanted in a murder case.
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What?
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We'll hold you
until police get here.
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HOST: Within a few hours, a man
who carried ID as Wolfgang Von
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Snowden was finally
identified by his real name,
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Melvin Eugene Hanson.
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If Melvin Eugene
Hanson was alive,
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why had Boggs claimed he
had died in his office?
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In order to answer
this question,
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police began to piece
together an alleged conspiracy
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that they believe had almost
resulted in the perfect crime.
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Do you recognize this
phone number at all?
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HOST: Melvin Hanson and John
Hawkins were business partners.
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It is thought that they came
up with a scheme of murdering
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Ellis Greene,
switching his identity
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with Hanson's, and
then collecting
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on Hanson's insurance policy.
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I have to get back to Ohio.
My business--
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HOST: By ordering that
the remains be cremated,
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the state's proof that
Greene had been murdered
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would literally have
gone up in smoke.
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I could offer an agency
that could do that for you.
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HOST: Five days after the
apprehension of Hanson,
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Richard Boggs was arrested
at his Glendale office.
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He was charged with
insurance fraud
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in the murder of Ellis Greene.
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PERKINS: What we
do know about Ellis
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Greene is that he had a 0.29
alcohol level in his body.
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That would suggest
to us that he was
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lured to the doctor's office.
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And along with that
level of intoxication,
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a final mechanism of death
was inflicted upon him.
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Because of a doctor's
involvement in this case,
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it has forced us to
look into other areas.
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Drugs when used in combination
with high levels of alcohol
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could cause death.
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Poisons, medications, and not
to exclude the fact that he
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may have suffocated him.
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HOST: In a television
interview conducted just
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before his arrest,
Richard Boggs stoutly
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maintained his innocence.
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Saying that there
was no evidence
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he had profited from the plot.
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I'm not guilty at all.
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I didn't take off with
the money as they did.
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I didn't vanish.
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I've been here all
the time getting all
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the heat from what they pulled.
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And I've benefited
absolutely in no way
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from this little
scheme of theirs.
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You know, and to add
insult to injury,
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they didn't even pay
the medical bill.
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HOST: Next, the story of
a successful entrepreneur
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who literally sailed off
the face of the earth.
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HOST: 9:30 PM, June the
8th, 1985, Lake Michigan.
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A derelict yacht
had been reported
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drifting just off shore, its
occupant apparently in danger.
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Anyone on board?
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Police department.
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HOST: Officer Wayne Brooks
responded to the call.
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BROOKS (VOICEOVER): When
I initially got there,
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I heard the engines running.
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And as I was approaching
closer, the engines died.
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The boat was then just drifting.
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I was able to pull
myself up over the side.
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I was looking for a victim
of a possible heart attack.
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Police.
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Is anyone on board?
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BROOKS (VOICEOVER): I searched
the boat, the cabin area
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down below.
I found nobody on the boat.
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Police department.
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When I arrived, the way
the engines were running,
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if someone had
fallen off that boat,
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it's my opinion they could not
have gotten back onto the boat.
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It would have been moving
away from them too quickly.
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HOST: The owner of the yacht
was a 42-year-old investment
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counselor named Woody Kelly.
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No sign of Woody or his
body has ever been found.
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In 1975, Woody
Kelly and his family
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settled near Lake Michigan
in the small Illinois
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town of Antioch.
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At first, the Kelly's lived
in a modest neighborhood.
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But after he began an
investment business,
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the family's fortunes
began to change.
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They moved to a mansion
near a local lake.
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By virtue of his business
and his outgoing nature,
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Woody soon became
one of the town's
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most respected personalities.
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MAYOR WILTON (VOICEOVER):
Woody, I feel,
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was considered by
a lot of people
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as a pillar of the community.
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Hi, Rick.
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Hi, Woody.
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He belonged to two very
active community organizations.
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Participated a great deal
in those organizations.
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I think that the
community enjoyed Woody.
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They liked him.
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He just had this genuine
personality that you
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just wanted to talk to him.
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He was a real likeable guy.
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HOST: Woody was a
dedicated family man,
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and often invited his
new friends and neighbors
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to his luxurious home.
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Soon, many of his
personal friends
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became business clients.
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You really are.
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These two are--
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MRS. WILTON: He
became your friend.
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He'd actually make you
want to invest money.
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God, I wish I had some
money I could give him.
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HOST: One of the
principal clients
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of Woody's investment company
was veterinarian Daniel Osgood.
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OSGOOD: He seemed
very professional.
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He had a very substantial
office, office staff.
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Here.
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I'd like you to meet Brenda.
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OSGOOD (VOICEOVER): His
reports were very exacting.
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He just had all the instruments
that promoted confidence.
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Over here we have George,
another one of our people.
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Hi, George.
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We're a growing
organization, as you can see.
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HOST: Woody was able
to promise and deliver
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an amazing 16% to 19%
interest on his investments.
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KEARNEY: He was
not pushy at all,
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but he was enthusiastic
about what he was doing.
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He did not come on hard sell.
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He was fairly laid back.
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He assured me that this
was a good investment.
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That I really
should consider it.
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And he would
welcome my business.
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And they're just
wonderful investments.
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Are they insured?
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I mean, is this safe?
- Definitely.
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To me, I think they're
just a very, very good
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situation for you to be in.
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Sounds very interesting.
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HOST: Woody's
business flourished.
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He bought four luxury
cars, two airplanes, three
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different homes, and six boats.
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As a hobby, he even started
a yacht charter service.
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00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:08,315
Hey, Lita, Randy.
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How are you?
How you been?
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Fine.
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HOST: Woody was known to
be extremely generous.
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He took his friends and
investors on lake cruises.
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A in a few cases, he treated
them to expensive vacations.
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You're our kind of kind.
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What color do you want?
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MRS. WILTON: I asked him if
he robbed banks for a living,
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and he just laughed.
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We believed in him
so much that we
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were building a
restaurant for $350,000
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and he was going
to be part of it.
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No questions asked.
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HOST: June the 8th, 1985.
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Woody unexpectedly showed
up at a yacht dealer's
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to check on a new boat
he had just purchased.
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Hi, Dave.
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How's it going?
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I'm just ready to have a
few of those [inaudible].
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KELLY: He told me he was
going to take the boat out.
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So I asked him if
he wanted me to go
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with him for a test drive.
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Our company policy is that
nobody will go for a lake test
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alone.
- This is my boat.
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I'm taking it out.
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KELLY: He was very
adamant about it.
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He insisted that,
no, I have people
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waiting for me at the dock.
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He said, I wanted
to go out alone.
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So I helped him
cast off, and that
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was last seen we'd seen him.
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HOST: Woody left at
approximately 3:00
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PM headed north towards
Waukegan, Illinois
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about 20 miles away.
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He had told his family he
would home by 6 o'clock.
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He never returned.
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Over the next few
days, the Coast Guard
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retraced Woody's route.
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00:20:59,025 --> 00:21:01,994
As his distinctive sunglasses
were found on the boat,
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they assumed he had
accidentally fallen overboard.
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Because victims of drowning
inevitably surface,
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they looked for a body.
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They found nothing.
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00:21:15,375 --> 00:21:16,576
After this unusual
disappearance,
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the town of Antioch was sad.
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00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:23,182
But as time passed, sadness
turned to shock and then anger.
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Evidence appeared showing
that Woody Kelly was more
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than a genial financial wizard.
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Much more.
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All right, we're going
to grab all the business
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records. all right?
I don't want anything left.
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HOST: The same week
that Kelly disappeared,
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a client filed a civil
suit charging him
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with improper
business practices.
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Sheriff.
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Police.
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HOST: After Kelly vanished,
Detective Dan Colin
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from the Lake County
Sheriff's Department
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became involved in
the investigation.
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00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:49,008
Detective Colin,
Sheriff's office.
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We have a search warrant for
Kelly's business and offices.
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And you could please show
me Mr. Kelly's office.
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COLIN (VOICEOVER): When the
office staff began looking
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at the records, they
realized that there was
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no money in the bank accounts.
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This was Woody's office.
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00:22:01,220 --> 00:22:02,755
So this is where he
kept his private files?
477
00:22:02,855 --> 00:22:03,790
Right.
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COLIN: The money was
just being spent.
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Every time an investor
would put money in,
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it was going right back out.
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So basically-- immediately,
looking at the checkbooks,
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you knew that it was a fraud.
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HOST: When Kelly's
records were scrutinized,
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they showed that the bulk
of the investors' money
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had gone directly
into his pocket.
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Almost $6 million was missing.
487
00:22:26,913 --> 00:22:32,985
In 1981, I gave Woody Kelly
$110,000 to invest for me.
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I have never recovered one cent.
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My husband and I invested
our money with Woody
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after we sold our home.
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And we invested, I
estimate, about $30,000.
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My investment with Woody
Kelly was in excess of $400,000,
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and the entire sum
was eventually lost.
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Woody's investment
company took in everybody.
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Whether it was a blue collar
worker, a white collar worker,
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he included everybody.
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00:23:06,018 --> 00:23:08,688
You had firemen, you
had schoolteachers,
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you had doctors,
you had lawyers.
499
00:23:11,424 --> 00:23:14,060
Woody was non-segregational.
500
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:15,628
He took everybody.
501
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,970
HOST: What happened
to Woody Kelly?
502
00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:25,337
Some believe that
he had been murdered
503
00:23:25,438 --> 00:23:28,107
by a former partner in crime.
504
00:23:28,207 --> 00:23:30,710
Another persistent rumor was
that an accomplice had picked
505
00:23:30,810 --> 00:23:33,546
him up by boat or sea plane.
506
00:23:33,646 --> 00:23:35,214
If he did fake
his disappearance,
507
00:23:35,314 --> 00:23:38,284
police still have no idea
how he escaped detection.
508
00:23:41,588 --> 00:23:43,756
COLIN: Over the years, we
keep getting phone calls.
509
00:23:43,856 --> 00:23:47,527
Someone's supposedly saw
him down in Rio de Janeiro.
510
00:23:47,627 --> 00:23:51,598
We get inferences that
he's down in the islands.
511
00:23:51,698 --> 00:23:56,035
A solid lead to say, you know,
this is where Woody is at--
512
00:23:56,135 --> 00:23:56,969
I have never gotten one.
513
00:24:01,874 --> 00:24:04,744
When we interviewed
some of the investors,
514
00:24:04,844 --> 00:24:07,547
we have people that who
we talked to, that said,
515
00:24:07,647 --> 00:24:09,916
if he walked in the door,
and asked him for $10,
516
00:24:10,016 --> 00:24:10,983
they'd give it to them.
517
00:24:11,083 --> 00:24:13,853
Even though they had
just lost thousands.
518
00:24:13,953 --> 00:24:16,288
Because he was so likable.
519
00:24:16,388 --> 00:24:17,323
He was a good salesman.
520
00:24:17,423 --> 00:24:19,992
He was a good con man.
521
00:24:20,092 --> 00:24:22,729
HOST: Today, Woody Kelly
would be 46 years old.
522
00:24:22,829 --> 00:24:26,833
He is 5' 11" in height
and weighs 200 pounds.
523
00:24:26,933 --> 00:24:29,301
His eyes are blue, and at
the time of his disappearance
524
00:24:29,401 --> 00:24:31,771
his hair was brown.
525
00:24:31,871 --> 00:24:34,073
At the present time, he
may be wearing a beard.
526
00:24:36,776 --> 00:24:38,911
These are home movies taken of
Woody Kelly in the same year
527
00:24:39,011 --> 00:24:39,912
he disappeared.
528
00:24:40,012 --> 00:24:44,083
Showing how exciting
it is to refuel.
529
00:25:05,304 --> 00:25:09,375
HOST: In a moment, the story of
a fortune in stolen gold, which
530
00:25:09,475 --> 00:25:11,510
has remained hidden in the
rugged hills of Montana
531
00:25:11,611 --> 00:25:12,812
for more than a century.
532
00:25:21,921 --> 00:25:25,057
Our next mystery is a
tale of legendary treasure.
533
00:25:25,157 --> 00:25:26,525
Buried, we've been
told, somewhere
534
00:25:26,626 --> 00:25:28,961
in the hills of Montana.
535
00:25:29,061 --> 00:25:32,164
126 years ago, a crooked
Sheriff and his outlaw gang
536
00:25:32,264 --> 00:25:35,034
went to the gallows refusing
to reveal the exact location
537
00:25:35,134 --> 00:25:36,703
of their hidden booty.
538
00:25:36,803 --> 00:25:39,038
To this day, the tantalizing
lore of buried gold
539
00:25:39,138 --> 00:25:41,307
still attracts prospectors.
540
00:25:41,407 --> 00:25:44,076
It all began in
the summer of 1863,
541
00:25:44,176 --> 00:25:46,145
during what would prove
to be the bloodiest period
542
00:25:46,245 --> 00:25:47,279
in Montana history.
543
00:25:50,717 --> 00:25:53,953
HOST: A Montana territory,
26 years before Montana
544
00:25:54,053 --> 00:25:55,888
would be admitted to the Union.
545
00:25:55,988 --> 00:25:57,489
When gold was
discovered in the part
546
00:25:57,590 --> 00:26:00,426
of the territory known as Alder
Gulch, hundreds of prospectors
547
00:26:00,526 --> 00:26:01,527
showed up.
548
00:26:01,628 --> 00:26:05,197
Each trying to claim
his share of the spoils.
549
00:26:05,297 --> 00:26:09,201
PACE (VOICEOVER): News of any
gold discovery in those days
550
00:26:09,301 --> 00:26:12,739
spread fast and
spread far and wide.
551
00:26:12,839 --> 00:26:13,973
Holy moses, look at this.
552
00:26:14,073 --> 00:26:15,041
Looking right at me.
553
00:26:15,141 --> 00:26:17,143
PACE: Riches were
being made, and people
554
00:26:17,243 --> 00:26:18,945
wanted to get in on them.
555
00:26:19,045 --> 00:26:22,314
That's why there was such
a large gang of outlaws
556
00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:24,684
around every mining camp.
557
00:26:24,784 --> 00:26:25,584
Hey, fellas.
558
00:26:25,685 --> 00:26:26,986
We got company.
559
00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:29,221
What can we do for you guys?
560
00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:31,691
[gunshots]
561
00:26:35,795 --> 00:26:39,699
HOST: In the spring of 1863, the
Montana prospectors were nearly
562
00:26:39,799 --> 00:26:41,868
wiped out by a brazen
group of outlaws
563
00:26:41,968 --> 00:26:44,003
called the Road Agent Gang.
564
00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:47,206
The Road Agents reportedly stole
more than 1,000 pounds of gold,
565
00:26:47,306 --> 00:26:49,942
and nuggets, and
coins, and gold dust.
566
00:26:50,042 --> 00:26:52,611
They were secretly led by
a man named Henry Plummer.
567
00:26:52,712 --> 00:26:55,982
But amazingly, Plummer
had another identity--
568
00:26:56,082 --> 00:27:00,119
Sheriff of the gold boom
town of Bannack, Montana.
569
00:27:00,219 --> 00:27:02,588
The people who elected him had
no way of knowing that Henry
570
00:27:02,689 --> 00:27:04,857
Plummer was an ex-convict.
571
00:27:04,957 --> 00:27:06,826
Ironically, he had
been released just four
572
00:27:06,926 --> 00:27:08,961
years earlier from a
brand new California
573
00:27:09,061 --> 00:27:12,164
prison in San Quentin.
574
00:27:12,264 --> 00:27:13,966
PACE (VOICEOVER): Henry
Plummer was a very
575
00:27:14,066 --> 00:27:16,035
pleasant looking individual.
576
00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:18,838
He was the only man
in Bannack practically
577
00:27:18,938 --> 00:27:20,907
that always tipped
his hat to a lady
578
00:27:21,007 --> 00:27:23,242
when he saw her on the street.
579
00:27:23,342 --> 00:27:26,946
Well, you could call him the
consummate con man of his day.
580
00:27:27,046 --> 00:27:31,250
So he was able to con
people into thinking
581
00:27:31,350 --> 00:27:34,821
he was a competent
man to be the Sheriff.
582
00:27:34,921 --> 00:27:38,457
And of course, he knew
that being a Sheriff
583
00:27:38,557 --> 00:27:41,861
would give him a perfect
cover for whatever he wanted
584
00:27:41,961 --> 00:27:43,830
to do in the illegal line.
585
00:27:47,066 --> 00:27:49,468
Boys, we got a stage
leaving Bannack in two days.
586
00:27:49,568 --> 00:27:52,471
It's full of gold,
and I want that stage.
587
00:27:52,571 --> 00:27:54,540
OUTLAW: No passengers?
588
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,343
No survivors.
589
00:27:57,443 --> 00:27:59,345
HOST: Plummer's
targets of choice
590
00:27:59,445 --> 00:28:01,213
were miners trying to
transport their gold
591
00:28:01,313 --> 00:28:02,749
to a major rail-head.
592
00:28:02,849 --> 00:28:04,751
Put your hands up, boys.
593
00:28:04,851 --> 00:28:06,252
We want your gold!
594
00:28:06,352 --> 00:28:08,254
[gun shots]
595
00:28:15,327 --> 00:28:18,230
HOST: During a four
month period in 1863,
596
00:28:18,330 --> 00:28:21,100
it is estimated that Henry
Plummer and the Road Agents
597
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,435
killed more than 120 miners.
598
00:28:23,535 --> 00:28:25,171
At the same time,
stealing gold valued
599
00:28:25,271 --> 00:28:28,340
today at over $6 million.
600
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:29,241
Yeah.
601
00:28:32,812 --> 00:28:34,246
HOST: The townsfolk
of Bannack, Montana
602
00:28:34,346 --> 00:28:36,515
had no idea that their
chief law enforcement
603
00:28:36,615 --> 00:28:39,952
officer was in reality the
ringleader of the Road Agents.
604
00:28:40,052 --> 00:28:42,454
For eight months, Henry
Plummer's secret identity
605
00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:44,590
remained hidden.
606
00:28:44,690 --> 00:28:45,491
Here he is.
607
00:28:45,591 --> 00:28:46,893
Right out here, boys.
608
00:28:46,993 --> 00:28:47,960
Look at that.
609
00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:49,328
They dragged the hide
right off of him.
610
00:28:49,428 --> 00:28:52,531
HOST: Finally in December of
1863, an incident in Bannack
611
00:28:52,631 --> 00:28:56,568
put the first crack in Plummer's
carefully constructed facade.
612
00:28:56,668 --> 00:28:58,637
A well-liked young man
was cruelly murdered
613
00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:00,639
by the Road Agent gang.
614
00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:02,508
One of the local
ranchers found the body,
615
00:29:02,608 --> 00:29:03,876
and bought it into town.
616
00:29:03,976 --> 00:29:04,777
Yeah!
617
00:29:04,877 --> 00:29:05,978
Saddle up, George!
618
00:29:06,078 --> 00:29:07,413
PACE (VOICEOVER): And
that was enough for them.
619
00:29:07,513 --> 00:29:09,782
They formed a posse.
620
00:29:09,882 --> 00:29:13,685
And during the next six weeks,
the vigilantes worked, picking
621
00:29:13,786 --> 00:29:15,988
people up, giving them a trial.
622
00:29:16,088 --> 00:29:20,292
And we know they hanged
about 22 men, at least.
623
00:29:20,392 --> 00:29:23,295
HOST: The vigilantes
tracked down the outlaws.
624
00:29:23,395 --> 00:29:25,564
Each of them fingered others.
625
00:29:25,664 --> 00:29:28,334
The vigilante posse, armed
with their new information,
626
00:29:28,434 --> 00:29:29,969
rounded up the rest of the gang.
627
00:29:30,069 --> 00:29:34,606
Dispensing rough justice
through makeshift trials.
628
00:29:34,706 --> 00:29:36,208
Finally, when a
Road Agent named Red
629
00:29:36,308 --> 00:29:39,445
Yeager was about to be hanged,
he dropped a bombshell--
630
00:29:39,545 --> 00:29:43,115
naming Henry Plummer as
the gang's ringleader.
631
00:29:43,215 --> 00:29:45,818
PACE (VOICEOVER): Yeager's the
one that spilled the beans.
632
00:29:45,918 --> 00:29:49,721
But of course, when a man
is faced with a noose,
633
00:29:49,822 --> 00:29:52,724
he has second thoughts
about a lot of things.
634
00:29:52,825 --> 00:29:54,927
According to one
account he said,
635
00:29:55,027 --> 00:29:57,229
it looks like you're
going to hang me, boys.
636
00:29:57,329 --> 00:29:59,398
But if you do, I know
a lot of others that
637
00:29:59,498 --> 00:30:00,766
deserve it as much as I do.
638
00:30:00,867 --> 00:30:02,768
With God as my witness, I want
you all to know that Henry's
639
00:30:02,869 --> 00:30:04,871
the one that planned all this.
640
00:30:04,971 --> 00:30:07,506
He's the one to run
all the Road Agents.
641
00:30:07,606 --> 00:30:09,141
He's the man you want.
642
00:30:09,241 --> 00:30:10,042
Ha!
643
00:30:12,344 --> 00:30:14,346
PACE (VOICEOVER): That
was the first firm
644
00:30:14,446 --> 00:30:18,084
indication that Henry Plummer
was the leader of the gang.
645
00:30:21,353 --> 00:30:23,455
HOST: The vigilante
posse immediately
646
00:30:23,555 --> 00:30:26,725
went to Plummer's house.
647
00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:27,726
Put them up!
648
00:30:27,826 --> 00:30:30,196
Get out here!
649
00:30:30,296 --> 00:30:31,163
Get out here!
650
00:30:31,263 --> 00:30:32,164
Get him out of here!
651
00:30:32,264 --> 00:30:34,633
What's going on?
652
00:30:34,733 --> 00:30:38,537
Red Yeager, he named you as
the leader of the Road Agents.
653
00:30:38,637 --> 00:30:40,739
Red Yeager's a liar.
654
00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:43,209
PACE (VOICEOVER): Plummer
wasn't given a full scale trial
655
00:30:43,309 --> 00:30:46,045
because they had Red
Yeager's confession
656
00:30:46,145 --> 00:30:49,015
and the list of the
outlaws, so they didn't
657
00:30:49,115 --> 00:30:52,418
waste time with the trial.
658
00:30:52,518 --> 00:30:55,922
HOST: On January 12th,
1864, only seven months
659
00:30:56,022 --> 00:30:58,390
after the Road Agents had
begun their reign of terror,
660
00:30:58,490 --> 00:31:00,526
Henry Plummer was
marched to a scaffold he
661
00:31:00,626 --> 00:31:03,795
himself had built in
his role as Sheriff.
662
00:31:03,896 --> 00:31:05,898
Before the vigilante
posse could hang him,
663
00:31:05,998 --> 00:31:08,767
Plummer made an unusual request.
664
00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:11,470
I know I've deceived you boys.
665
00:31:11,570 --> 00:31:13,505
I'm sorry for that.
666
00:31:13,605 --> 00:31:15,874
But give me two
hours and a horse,
667
00:31:15,975 --> 00:31:18,810
and I'll bring back
my weight in gold.
668
00:31:18,911 --> 00:31:20,179
We made that mistake once.
669
00:31:20,279 --> 00:31:21,480
We're going to hang you.
670
00:31:21,580 --> 00:31:22,381
Ha!
671
00:31:27,353 --> 00:31:30,256
HOST: Henry Plummer died
without benefit of a trial,
672
00:31:30,356 --> 00:31:33,625
leaving obscure hints of buried
treasure as his only legacy.
673
00:31:36,662 --> 00:31:39,665
Immediately after Plummer
died, a new kind of gold fever
674
00:31:39,765 --> 00:31:41,767
hit the Montana territory.
675
00:31:41,867 --> 00:31:43,435
Instead of looking
for gold nuggets,
676
00:31:43,535 --> 00:31:46,338
prospectors looked for
Plummer's buried treasure.
677
00:31:46,438 --> 00:31:49,008
In the early 1900s, two
mysterious gold hunters
678
00:31:49,108 --> 00:31:50,576
found something.
679
00:31:50,676 --> 00:31:54,813
Local historian, Jim
Edwards, recounts the story.
680
00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:57,516
EDWARDS: One day, they came
into the town of Ennis,
681
00:31:57,616 --> 00:31:59,751
and they have this box.
682
00:31:59,851 --> 00:32:03,355
They went into a local
store that had a vault,
683
00:32:03,455 --> 00:32:06,692
and asked if they could leave
this box in there all night.
684
00:32:06,792 --> 00:32:10,862
And one of the men stayed there
riding shotgun on the vault.
685
00:32:10,963 --> 00:32:13,632
The next morning,
they disappeared.
686
00:32:13,732 --> 00:32:17,136
Nobody knew who they were, where
they went, or what they dug up.
687
00:32:17,236 --> 00:32:18,971
Of course, nobody
at the time thought
688
00:32:19,071 --> 00:32:21,207
much about Plummer's gold.
689
00:32:21,307 --> 00:32:25,211
I don't know that it was,
but they dug something up.
690
00:32:25,311 --> 00:32:27,846
HOST: Even if one box of
Plummer's gold was removed,
691
00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:30,316
much more might remain.
692
00:32:30,416 --> 00:32:32,551
Turo Gomez, Scott
Jones, and Bill Jappe
693
00:32:32,651 --> 00:32:35,421
have been hunting the treasure
for nearly five years.
694
00:32:35,521 --> 00:32:37,456
They are confident that
Plummer's gold still
695
00:32:37,556 --> 00:32:41,860
lies buried somewhere
in the Montana hills.
696
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,130
I think you put enough
money in different get away
697
00:32:44,230 --> 00:32:45,864
routes that you know,
it's probably worth--
698
00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:47,433
something worth finding.
699
00:32:47,533 --> 00:32:49,935
The gold has to be there.
700
00:32:50,036 --> 00:32:52,438
Because Plummer was
the outlaw leader, so
701
00:32:52,538 --> 00:32:55,041
he would have had
control of the gold.
702
00:32:55,141 --> 00:32:57,576
Nobody would bury all
their eggs in one basket.
703
00:32:57,676 --> 00:33:00,312
He was Sheriff of both
towns at the same time,
704
00:33:00,412 --> 00:33:02,414
so it's understandable
that he has it someplace
705
00:33:02,514 --> 00:33:04,550
where he has access to it.
706
00:33:04,650 --> 00:33:07,819
I bet there's 1,000 pounds
or better in different places
707
00:33:07,919 --> 00:33:11,957
maybe from Virginia
City to Bannack.
708
00:33:12,058 --> 00:33:14,026
HOST: Is Henry Plummer's
treasure of $6 million
709
00:33:14,126 --> 00:33:16,695
worth of nuggets and
gold dust still hidden
710
00:33:16,795 --> 00:33:18,797
in the stock Montana hills?
711
00:33:18,897 --> 00:33:21,367
That is a question that
may never be answered.
712
00:33:21,467 --> 00:33:22,934
Only the man who
buried it could be
713
00:33:23,035 --> 00:33:25,037
certain of its exact location.
714
00:33:25,137 --> 00:33:27,473
And they, too, lie
buried somewhere
715
00:33:27,573 --> 00:33:31,177
in the Montana countryside.
716
00:33:31,277 --> 00:33:33,979
In 1954, the historical
town of Bannack
717
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,315
was placed under the protection
of Montana's Department
718
00:33:36,415 --> 00:33:38,717
of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks.
719
00:33:38,817 --> 00:33:40,719
That means anyone
without a special permit
720
00:33:40,819 --> 00:33:44,090
is barred from digging for gold
on the state controlled land.
721
00:33:44,190 --> 00:33:46,458
But since no one knows exactly
where Henry Plummer might
722
00:33:46,558 --> 00:33:52,698
have hidden his gold, the search
126 years later still goes on.
723
00:33:52,798 --> 00:33:55,067
HOST: Next, the story of
Jim, Tammi, and Leeann,
724
00:33:55,167 --> 00:33:58,036
three inseparable children
pulled apart by adoption.
725
00:33:58,137 --> 00:33:59,438
18 years have passed.
726
00:33:59,538 --> 00:34:02,374
Today, Leeann wants to see
her brother and sister again.
727
00:34:12,351 --> 00:34:14,019
Our next story is
one of lost love.
728
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,356
A woman searching for her
half-brother and sister.
729
00:34:17,456 --> 00:34:18,990
Sadly, she hasn't seen
them since they were
730
00:34:19,091 --> 00:34:21,460
only five and seven years old.
731
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,429
The clues that remain
are a few photographs
732
00:34:23,529 --> 00:34:25,864
and this small wheel
of home movies.
733
00:34:25,964 --> 00:34:28,367
Movies of herself and her little
brother and sister playing
734
00:34:28,467 --> 00:34:30,469
with other children
at the beach.
735
00:34:30,569 --> 00:34:33,071
Even thought more than 19 years
have passed since this film was
736
00:34:33,172 --> 00:34:35,241
shot, watch closely.
737
00:34:35,341 --> 00:34:39,511
Perhaps you know where
these children are.
738
00:34:39,611 --> 00:34:41,347
HOST: This is Jimmy.
739
00:34:41,447 --> 00:34:45,951
In 1970, when these films were
made, he was four years old.
740
00:34:46,051 --> 00:34:49,121
Today, he is 23.
741
00:34:49,221 --> 00:34:51,323
This is Tammi at two years old.
742
00:34:51,423 --> 00:34:54,860
Today, Tammi is 22.
743
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,363
And finally, this is Leanne.
744
00:34:57,463 --> 00:35:00,031
When the home movies
were made, she was 11.
745
00:35:00,132 --> 00:35:02,301
Today, she is 32.
746
00:35:02,401 --> 00:35:07,139
Leeann has not seen Jimmy
and Tammi since 1972.
747
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,708
LEEANN: I never let a year go
by where I didn't make some kind
748
00:35:09,808 --> 00:35:11,477
of effort to find them.
749
00:35:11,577 --> 00:35:13,845
I can't see any reason in this
world why we should be separate
750
00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:15,614
and why we shouldn't
be together.
751
00:35:15,714 --> 00:35:17,649
They are my brother and sister.
752
00:35:17,749 --> 00:35:22,087
And I'm-- I'm going to keep
searching until I find them.
753
00:35:22,188 --> 00:35:23,355
Do you want to go
to the park today?
754
00:35:23,455 --> 00:35:24,690
- Yeah.
- OK.
755
00:35:24,790 --> 00:35:27,459
Will you hand me
the salt over there?
756
00:35:27,559 --> 00:35:30,796
HOST: In 1971, Leeann
lived with Jimmy and Tammi
757
00:35:30,896 --> 00:35:34,633
in Carson, California, a working
class suburb of Los Angeles.
758
00:35:34,733 --> 00:35:35,967
How about soup for lunch?
759
00:35:36,067 --> 00:35:36,935
Does that sound good?
760
00:35:37,035 --> 00:35:37,836
Yeah.
761
00:35:37,936 --> 00:35:38,904
OK.
762
00:35:39,004 --> 00:35:39,938
There you go.
763
00:35:40,038 --> 00:35:42,208
HOST: Their mother,
Doris, had cancer.
764
00:35:42,308 --> 00:35:45,377
So at 13, Leeann virtually
ran the household.
765
00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:46,278
Hi, Mom.
766
00:35:46,378 --> 00:35:47,446
How are you feeling?
767
00:35:47,546 --> 00:35:48,647
I'm feeling a
little better today.
768
00:35:48,747 --> 00:35:50,015
HOST: Doris and
her first husband,
769
00:35:50,115 --> 00:35:53,919
who was Leeann's father, had
divorced seven years earlier.
770
00:35:54,019 --> 00:35:57,323
LEEANN: I just remember her
losing weight, and getting
771
00:35:57,423 --> 00:35:58,957
skinny, and being tired a lot.
772
00:35:59,057 --> 00:36:02,027
And she'd cry, and tell
me that she was sorry,
773
00:36:02,127 --> 00:36:06,365
but I needed to be home
with Tammi and Jimmy.
774
00:36:06,465 --> 00:36:08,867
HOST: Their next door
neighbor, Ellen Morrill,
775
00:36:08,967 --> 00:36:12,404
was a constant
source of support.
776
00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:14,640
On her deathbed,
Doris asked Ellen
777
00:36:14,740 --> 00:36:16,107
if she would
promise to take care
778
00:36:16,208 --> 00:36:18,577
of Leeann, Jimmy, and Tammi.
779
00:36:18,677 --> 00:36:20,779
ELLEN: She just asked
me to take her kids,
780
00:36:20,879 --> 00:36:23,181
and I told her that I would,
because I loved her children.
781
00:36:23,282 --> 00:36:24,616
They were easy to love.
782
00:36:24,716 --> 00:36:27,486
They were-- and they got
along fine with mine.
783
00:36:27,586 --> 00:36:29,955
They were all like
brothers and sisters.
784
00:36:30,055 --> 00:36:32,924
And so she put it
on a piece of paper
785
00:36:33,024 --> 00:36:37,729
that I would take her children
and keep them together.
786
00:36:37,829 --> 00:36:40,766
And then she just
lasted a few more hours.
787
00:36:46,572 --> 00:36:47,439
Come on, kids.
788
00:36:47,539 --> 00:36:48,440
Got everything?
789
00:36:48,540 --> 00:36:51,109
HOST: Doris died the next day.
790
00:36:51,209 --> 00:36:54,613
Leeann, Jimmy, and Tammi moved
in with Ellen and her children.
791
00:36:59,618 --> 00:37:00,852
LEEANN: Ellen was great.
792
00:37:00,952 --> 00:37:04,290
She took care of all five
of the children and me.
793
00:37:04,390 --> 00:37:05,624
I can really appreciate it now.
794
00:37:05,724 --> 00:37:09,695
Because at that time,
she was 27 or 28.
795
00:37:09,795 --> 00:37:11,963
And I was little, so I
thought of her as old.
796
00:37:12,063 --> 00:37:13,299
You know, now I'm 31.
797
00:37:13,399 --> 00:37:16,902
And I think, god,
how did she do it?
798
00:37:17,002 --> 00:37:20,839
HOST: With six children in a two
bedroom house, life was hectic.
799
00:37:20,939 --> 00:37:22,474
The children seemed healthy.
800
00:37:22,574 --> 00:37:24,042
[door knocking]
801
00:37:25,477 --> 00:37:27,746
HOST: Nevertheless, a social
worker assigned to the case
802
00:37:27,846 --> 00:37:31,016
decided that Ellen could
not provide an adequate home
803
00:37:31,116 --> 00:37:32,684
for Leeann, Jimmy, and Tammi.
804
00:37:32,784 --> 00:37:33,885
- Leeann?
- Hello.
805
00:37:33,985 --> 00:37:35,521
- Put the kids in the back.
- Come on, kids.
806
00:37:35,621 --> 00:37:36,488
Go in the back.
807
00:37:36,588 --> 00:37:38,490
Excuse me.
- Hi.
808
00:37:38,590 --> 00:37:40,025
Sorry.
809
00:37:40,125 --> 00:37:43,161
HOST: The social worker
tracked down Leeann's father,
810
00:37:43,261 --> 00:37:47,098
and began to look for a couple
to adopt Jimmy and Tammi.
811
00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:47,999
Oh, good.
812
00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:49,401
Excuse the mess.
813
00:37:49,501 --> 00:37:50,769
OK.
814
00:37:50,869 --> 00:37:53,104
We've heard from
Leeann's father,
815
00:37:53,204 --> 00:37:54,440
and he wants to take her.
816
00:37:54,540 --> 00:37:56,542
And you know he's in Texas.
817
00:37:56,642 --> 00:37:59,978
But he does not want
to take Jim and Tammi.
818
00:38:00,078 --> 00:38:02,681
I promised Doris, and it
was our agreement that I
819
00:38:02,781 --> 00:38:04,082
would keep the kids together.
820
00:38:04,182 --> 00:38:07,586
I remember feeling immediately
that I was going to run away,
821
00:38:07,686 --> 00:38:08,954
or I was going to
take Tammi and Jimmy.
822
00:38:09,054 --> 00:38:12,057
There was just no way I was
going to have us be separated.
823
00:38:12,157 --> 00:38:13,425
But they talked to me.
824
00:38:13,525 --> 00:38:15,327
And told me that how much sense
it made that Tammi and Jimmy
825
00:38:15,427 --> 00:38:16,628
needed to have a father figure.
826
00:38:16,728 --> 00:38:18,897
That Ellen really couldn't
financially take care of us.
827
00:38:18,997 --> 00:38:20,031
And what about our future.
828
00:38:20,131 --> 00:38:22,668
And I remembered
doing everything
829
00:38:22,768 --> 00:38:24,069
I needed to do to leave.
830
00:38:24,169 --> 00:38:25,337
And was a--
831
00:38:25,437 --> 00:38:26,838
I believe it was a Monday
morning because I remember
832
00:38:26,938 --> 00:38:27,739
the kids going to school.
833
00:38:30,609 --> 00:38:32,878
I want you guys to
know that I'll be going
834
00:38:32,978 --> 00:38:34,880
away for a little while, OK?
835
00:38:34,980 --> 00:38:35,747
I don't want you to go.
836
00:38:35,847 --> 00:38:37,983
I don't want you to go.
837
00:38:38,083 --> 00:38:41,353
But I promise we'll keep in
touch, and I'll be back, OK?
838
00:38:41,453 --> 00:38:42,253
OK.
839
00:38:42,354 --> 00:38:43,522
I love you both.
840
00:38:43,622 --> 00:38:44,923
Come here.
841
00:38:45,023 --> 00:38:47,192
LEEANN: Even at that moment, I
was thinking, I can't do this.
842
00:38:47,292 --> 00:38:48,594
I've got to stay.
843
00:38:48,694 --> 00:38:51,262
I wanted to fight, but I thought
if I just be good, and do what
844
00:38:51,363 --> 00:38:54,433
everybody tells me to do,
then I'll be able to you know,
845
00:38:54,533 --> 00:38:56,702
reunite with them.
846
00:38:56,802 --> 00:38:58,570
And it won't have
to be very long.
847
00:39:02,941 --> 00:39:05,377
And I still remember them
walking down the sidewalk.
848
00:39:05,477 --> 00:39:08,179
And I remember hugging
them, and waving at them,
849
00:39:08,279 --> 00:39:14,620
and telling them I'd be
back, and that I'd call them.
850
00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:16,522
It didn't even register
to me that they
851
00:39:16,622 --> 00:39:18,356
would be put under adoption.
852
00:39:18,457 --> 00:39:20,626
I mean, I would never
know who they went to,
853
00:39:20,726 --> 00:39:22,093
or where they went.
854
00:39:25,096 --> 00:39:28,333
HOST: Several months
later on May 2nd 1972,
855
00:39:28,434 --> 00:39:29,801
the Department of
Social Services
856
00:39:29,901 --> 00:39:32,738
arranged to have Jimmy and
Tammi picked up by a couple
857
00:39:32,838 --> 00:39:36,408
they had chosen to
adopt the two children.
858
00:39:36,508 --> 00:39:41,780
ELLEN: It was very, very
hard because I loved them.
859
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:47,285
And my children loved them, too.
860
00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:50,556
But it was best.
861
00:39:50,656 --> 00:39:54,526
And I remember them
getting into their car.
862
00:39:54,626 --> 00:39:56,595
And I knew that I'd
never see them again.
863
00:40:00,131 --> 00:40:02,100
I remember seeing them
through the back window.
864
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:03,802
And on they waved
through the back window.
865
00:40:03,902 --> 00:40:06,638
That's the last I saw their
little faces in the window.
866
00:40:12,377 --> 00:40:15,581
HOST: For years, Leanne tried
to write to Jimmy and Tammi
867
00:40:15,681 --> 00:40:18,650
through the adoption agency, but
she never received an answer.
868
00:40:22,187 --> 00:40:24,355
13 years passed.
869
00:40:24,456 --> 00:40:27,325
During that time, Leeann
moved back to California,
870
00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:30,295
married, and became a
successful business woman.
871
00:40:30,395 --> 00:40:32,998
Finally in 1987, she
received a letter
872
00:40:33,098 --> 00:40:35,333
from the Department
of Social Services
873
00:40:35,433 --> 00:40:37,402
containing details
about the couple who
874
00:40:37,503 --> 00:40:40,872
had adopted Jimmy and Tammi.
875
00:40:40,972 --> 00:40:44,042
They were both 26 years old,
a Catholic couple living
876
00:40:44,142 --> 00:40:47,846
in Ventura County, California.
877
00:40:47,946 --> 00:40:49,681
The adoptive father
was a career navy
878
00:40:49,781 --> 00:40:54,720
man, who in 1973, had the rank
of First Class Petty Officer.
879
00:40:54,820 --> 00:40:57,055
The couple had been married
for 3 and 1/2 years when
880
00:40:57,155 --> 00:40:59,024
they adopted Jimmy and Tammi.
881
00:40:59,124 --> 00:41:01,860
But the agency lost touch after
the family was transferred
882
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:11,069
to New York in 1976.
883
00:41:11,169 --> 00:41:14,172
LEEANN: 18 years have
passed since I've
884
00:41:14,272 --> 00:41:15,406
seen Tammi and Jimmy.
885
00:41:15,507 --> 00:41:17,208
And when I look
through my home movies,
886
00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:21,947
I can really see
our life together.
887
00:41:22,047 --> 00:41:26,351
I felt like I had
lost a lot back there.
888
00:41:26,451 --> 00:41:30,255
And that having Jimmy--
889
00:41:30,355 --> 00:41:31,289
it's completion.
890
00:41:31,389 --> 00:41:34,192
It's my family.
891
00:41:34,292 --> 00:41:35,561
It's also important
for me to find
892
00:41:35,661 --> 00:41:39,397
them so that they know the truth
about how much I love them.
893
00:41:39,497 --> 00:41:41,166
How much Mom loved them.
894
00:41:41,266 --> 00:41:42,668
How much Ellen loved them.
895
00:41:42,768 --> 00:41:45,671
They won't know that
unless I find them.
896
00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:52,578
HOST: The children's
mother was Doris Margarete
897
00:41:52,678 --> 00:41:55,681
Beard, born in Austin, Texas.
898
00:41:55,781 --> 00:41:59,384
She died on May the 5th, 1971.
899
00:41:59,484 --> 00:42:03,321
Jimmy's birthday is
February the 6th, 1966.
900
00:42:03,421 --> 00:42:05,891
Today, he is 23 years old.
901
00:42:05,991 --> 00:42:09,728
His given name is James Arthur.
902
00:42:09,828 --> 00:42:12,864
Tammi's birthday is
August 25th, 1967.
903
00:42:12,964 --> 00:42:14,600
And she is 22.
904
00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:17,135
Her given name is
Tamara Christina.
905
00:42:17,235 --> 00:42:19,270
Their family name is not known.
906
00:42:21,973 --> 00:42:23,775
Just minutes after
her story aired,
907
00:42:23,875 --> 00:42:26,077
Leeann Robinson's search
came to an end when she
908
00:42:26,177 --> 00:42:27,846
received a call at
our telecenter from
909
00:42:27,946 --> 00:42:30,381
her 22-year-old sister, Tammi.
910
00:42:30,481 --> 00:42:32,718
Tammi lives in Maine and
has two children of her own.
911
00:42:32,818 --> 00:42:35,020
And immediately put Leeann
in contact with her brother
912
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:40,859
Jim, an Army Sergeant stationed
near Monterey, California.
913
00:42:40,959 --> 00:42:43,561
HOST: On December 10th, just
four days after our show aired,
914
00:42:43,662 --> 00:42:45,330
Jim and Tammi arrived
at Leeann's home
915
00:42:45,430 --> 00:42:46,832
in Los Angeles, California.
916
00:42:46,932 --> 00:42:48,800
And met their older
sister for the first time
917
00:42:48,900 --> 00:42:49,835
in more than 17 years.
918
00:42:56,307 --> 00:42:59,144
Oh, I can't even tell you.
919
00:42:59,244 --> 00:43:02,614
LEEANN: I just had a really
good feeling that they--
920
00:43:02,714 --> 00:43:03,682
somebody was going to call in.
921
00:43:03,782 --> 00:43:06,584
Either they were or
somebody that knew them.
922
00:43:06,685 --> 00:43:10,789
And today when I first saw
them, I felt so close to them.
923
00:43:10,889 --> 00:43:13,091
It felt like the 17
years just came together,
924
00:43:13,191 --> 00:43:14,525
and that it was
just a few days ago
925
00:43:14,626 --> 00:43:15,727
that we last saw each other.
926
00:43:17,796 --> 00:43:19,698
[inaudible]
927
00:43:20,766 --> 00:43:22,600
HOST: For Tammi,
the biggest surprise
928
00:43:22,701 --> 00:43:23,969
came when she phoned
our telecenter
929
00:43:24,069 --> 00:43:29,007
and discovered that Leeann was
there waiting for the call.
930
00:43:29,107 --> 00:43:31,176
TAMMI: A lady came to the
phone, and she says, hello.
931
00:43:31,276 --> 00:43:33,011
And I said, hello, who's this?
932
00:43:33,111 --> 00:43:34,813
And she goes, this is Leeann.
933
00:43:34,913 --> 00:43:36,214
And I was too excited to cry.
934
00:43:36,314 --> 00:43:38,149
I was just too excited
to do anything else.
935
00:43:38,249 --> 00:43:39,050
I said, oh my god, Leeann.
936
00:43:39,150 --> 00:43:40,819
This is Tammi.
937
00:43:40,919 --> 00:43:45,456
And, um-- I don't even
remember what we said.
938
00:43:45,556 --> 00:43:46,958
The first thing I think
I remember her saying
939
00:43:47,058 --> 00:43:50,896
was that she loved me.
940
00:43:50,996 --> 00:43:54,165
LEEANN: This is the
happiest time of my life.
941
00:43:54,265 --> 00:43:56,267
And I just feel
like we're so young.
942
00:43:56,367 --> 00:43:57,468
You know, they're 22 and 23.
943
00:43:57,568 --> 00:43:58,403
I'm 32.
944
00:43:58,503 --> 00:43:59,705
We have a whole
life ahead of us.
945
00:43:59,805 --> 00:44:01,006
And we're all healthy.
946
00:44:01,106 --> 00:44:04,609
And we're very fortunate that
we could find each other.
947
00:44:20,658 --> 00:44:22,627
For every mystery,
there is someone
948
00:44:22,728 --> 00:44:24,262
somewhere who knows the truth.
949
00:44:24,362 --> 00:44:28,499
Perhaps it's you.
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