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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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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
December, 1988.
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An 82-foot-freighter named the
"Freedom" sets sail for Haiti
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with seven crewmen, a
dashing young German captain,
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and beautiful 23-year-old
journalist Lisa Bishop.
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A few days later, "Freedom"
vanished without a trace.
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24-year-old Adam Hecht
struggled with the paradox
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of his own affluent
lifestyle and the poverty
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he saw in the back
alleys of Beverly Hills.
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In 1989, he befriended
a homeless person
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and even invited him
to share his apartment.
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Now Adam Hecht is missing.
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In the final days
of World War II,
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a fortune in gold
and precious jewels
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was allegedly smuggled out of
the infamous concentration camp
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at Dachau.
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Today there is
compelling evidence
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that this buried treasure
still lies beneath a mountain
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lake in Austria.
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Also tonight, the case
of a former mental patient
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who disappeared after her
boyfriend was murdered.
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Maria Armstrong
is now in custody,
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thanks to an
anonymous tip received
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after a recent
broadcast of the story.
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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]
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
The popular conception
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of the Caribbean it
that it is a playground
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for tourists and
paradise for those
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lucky enough to live there.
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In actuality, the gulf between
have and have-nots is dramatic.
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Nowhere are these
contrasts more evident
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than in Haiti, where the
average income is less than $300
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per person per year.
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Today the Caribbean
is crisscrossed
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by dilapidated
freighters overloaded
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with miscellaneous and
often stolen goods heading
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to this impoverished island.
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Smugglers also
abound in the area.
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Guns, narcotics, and
stolen merchandise
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are continually being
transported to and from Miami.
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January, 1989.
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Falcon jets from the
United States Coast
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conducted a search
for an 82-foot tramp
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freighter named the "Freedon."
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En route to Haiti, the
steamer had been reported
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missing at sea the week before.
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Despite the Coast
Guard's search,
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the ship had apparently
vanished without a trace.
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Onboard the "Freedon," a
derelict cargo ship of Bahamian
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registry, were seven Haitian
members, a handsome young sea
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captain, and an attractive
23-year-old American journalism
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student named Lisa Bishop.
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On the morning of her
departure, Lisa had called
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her parents to say goodbye.
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I could feel
something was wrong.
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Mother's intuition, I
guess you could call it.
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Lisa was to call
me when she arrived
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and that call neighbor came.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Known by her friends
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for her social conscience, Lisa
wanted to write an article that
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would dramatize the contrast
between the wealth of America
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and the economic
devastation of Haiti.
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To Lisa, her voyage
on the "Freedon"
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was the chance of a lifetime,
even though it meant leaving
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her boyfriend of three years.
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We had a long
discussion the night
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before she left that she had to
make her own decisions in life,
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that I couldn't follow
her and take care of her
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wherever she went.
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Somewhere in the Caribbean
Sea between Miami and Haiti,
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Lisa Bishop and eight other
people simply vanished.
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Explanations ranged from
pirates to smugglers,
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even to an encounter with the
so-called Bermuda Triangle.
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This voyage into the unknown
began with a chance encounter
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with a dashing sea captain.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Atlanta, Georgia.
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At a nightclub owned by her
boyfriend, Paul Cornwell,
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Lisa met a 28-year-old
German national
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named Florian Meyer-Bourch.
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Florian was a modern day
gypsy, a brilliant mechanic who
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had briefly settled in Miami.
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Florian had sailed
throughout the Caribbean
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and was a fixture of the
European expatriate community.
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Though Florian was outwardly
charismatic and charming,
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Lisa's parents felt
appearances were deceiving.
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When I first saw
Florian's photograph,
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just by looking at
him I didn't think
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that he was the type
of person that Lisa
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would have anything to do with.
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Florian, from what I've
learned about him, is a drifter
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and he sponges off
of people, freeloads.
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Lisa, Christmas in the
Caribbean-- think about it.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): A
year after their first meeting,
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Florian told Lisa of an upcoming
voyage from Miami to Haiti.
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Aware of her
journalistic ambitions,
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he invited her to accompany him.
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Lisa, it's right
at your fingertips.
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Sounds wonderful.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Lisa bishop and Paul Cornwell
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had had a stormy
three-year relationship.
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Paul was upset when Lisa
told him that she planned
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to sail to Haiti with Florian.
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I didn't trust him with Lisa.
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Of course I was concerned about
Florian being a young guy.
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And she tried to tell me there
was nothing to worry about,
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there was nothing romantic.
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I tried to discourage
her, as her parents tried
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to discourage her from
going because they
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were concerned about it.
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I expressed my feelings
about it, that I didn't want
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her to go away or anything.
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And Lisa was a very
headstrong girl when she made
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up her mind to do something.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): On the
morning of December 17, 1988,
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the weather was cold,
the water choppy.
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Florian considered
delaying the departure.
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If we don't go now, I'm not
going to be able to go at all.
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I might as well just
turn around and go home.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Minutes before they left,
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Lisa spoke to her parents for
what would be the last time.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): She
said, don't worry, Daddy, said,
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everything will be all right.
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The last words I
had with her was I
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was still asking her not to go.
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And then she talked
to her mother.
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I never talked to
her again after that.
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ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Tugboats
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eased the "Freedon"
through the Miami River
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as it headed towards open sea.
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What Lisa thought would be
the adventure of a lifetime
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was just the beginning.
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But to those caught in the
wake of the "Freedon's"
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disappearance, it was the
beginning of a nightmare.
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The "Freedon's" planned route
would take the ship 600 miles
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past the coast of Cuba
to Gonaives, a small port
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on the western coast of Haiti.
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Despite the fact that
there were no storms
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and no distress
calls, the "Freedon"
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apparently never arrived.
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When Lisa didn't call
him Christmas day,
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her family became alarmed.
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The relatives of the
people onboard kept calling
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us asking us for information.
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We kept in touch with
the port authorities
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in the various ports in
the mid-Caribbean area
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and likewise down in Haiti.
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We sent several Search
and Rescue flights
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by Falcon jet aircraft in the
most commonly traveled area
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of the [inaudible]
Channel, which
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is the area between the
United States and Haiti.
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Still, it was unsuccessful.
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We even sent a telegram
to the Cuban border
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guards to ask them if they had
any information on that vessel.
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However, they had no
information either.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Despite their sweep
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of the Caribbean,
the Coast Guard found
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no trace of the "Freedon."
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But Lisa's friends and family
refused to give up the search.
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Mrs. Bishop and I were
the only people looking.
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We felt we were the
only people looking.
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I mean, there were no
governmental agencies
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that would look at all.
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We came to Miami
hoping to maybe get
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some answers from some
of Florian's friends
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or just find anything we could.
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We we're desperate.
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And we contacted the "New Times"
and they sent a reporter out
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by the name of David Nichol.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Miami, April 1989.
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When an underwater salvager
named Bob Nyberg read the "New
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Times" article on
the "Freedon," he
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realized that he had seen the
ship two weeks after it had
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allegedly disappeared in
a completely different
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part of the Caribbean.
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I remembered that
while I was working
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in Grand Cayman in
January of that year,
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there had been a boat came in.
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We were working underwater
directly in the harbor area
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where the ships
pulled up and tied up.
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When I heard the ship coming in
we came up and as I was coming
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out of the water, we looked
back and noticed the name was
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"Freedon," F-R-E-E-D-O-N. And
I made a statement to my friend
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that those guys
need their freedom,
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they can't even spell the word.
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They were there for some
time that afternoon.
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The next morning,
the boat was gone.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Nyberg saw the "Freedon"
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in Georgetown Harbor
on Grand Cayman Island,
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over 500 miles from Haiti.
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Where it went after his
sighting is unknown.
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The fact that the ship was
spotted, I feel like it did not
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go down, that it brought
me hope that Lisa was alive
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and had to be held against
her will in order for her
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not to contact us.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
In May of 1989,
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Paul Cornwell and Bob
Nyberg went to Grand Cayman.
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There they hoped to
find more information
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on the fate of the "Freedon."
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We're looking for
a German captain--
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
After canvassing the port,
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they found a number of witnesses
who claimed to have seen
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Florian around the
same time that Nyberg
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had spotted the "Freedon."
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Yeah, sure.
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I've seen him around here.
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What about this girl?
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No.
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Honestly, I can't
recall seeing her.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Thought nobody
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could remember having seen Lisa,
an important clue did surface.
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Apparently, Florian
was not alone
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during his mysterious
sojourn on Grand Cayman.
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Yeah.
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He come with another fellow,
short fellow with black hair.
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He was with another guy.
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Yeah.
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PAUL CORNWELL: I couldn't help
feeling that out he was right
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around the corner,
that I was going
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to run across him at any
minute in one of these bars
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personally.
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And so I was very
apprehensive, very
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agitated, ready for anything.
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And it just made me look harder.
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Hi, Paul.
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How are you doing?
- Good.
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How are you doing?
- OK.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Paul returned to Atlanta
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and questioned a woman
who had been storing
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Florian's personal belongings.
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In this one bag
there's some letters
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and pictures that I thought
you might want to look through.
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ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): There he
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found a picture of the man seen
with Florian in Grand Cayman.
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The woman gave his
name as Filipe.
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Paul would later
find out that Filipe
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had chartered the "Freedon."
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PAUL CORNWELL: The girl told me
at that time that she had had
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a personal relationship
with this guy, Felipe,
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and that he mentioned
that he was involved
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in a large-scale smuggling
thing, which really got me
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going thinking it
was a smuggling thing
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and that something
had gone wrong
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and that they had gotten
involved in something
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too deep that Lisa
didn't know about
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and that she couldn't handle.
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I've heard they say that
gunrunners or dope dealers that
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hijacked it killed
everybody on board
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and used the ship one time
to make a run or something.
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I've heard about how the weather
can change in a heartbeat
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out there and a
ship can go under.
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And they claim that
nothing will ever be found.
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I've heard all the stories
and all the rumors.
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It's just a gnawing
hurt that you have
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that you don't know how she
is, where she is or what.
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But you've always got hope.
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Well, the heartache
will never go away.
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Perhaps someone
out in the audience
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might be able to tell us
the whereabouts of Florian
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and that would be the
key to finding Lisa
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or what has happened to Lisa.
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I feel that if
Florian is out there,
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eventually I'll find how
to and I'll locate him.
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ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Authorities
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believe that Florian
Meyer-Bourch is
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the key to the mystery
of the "Freedon."
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He is 30 years
old, six feet, two,
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with blonde hair and blue eyes.
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Known for his
mechanical ability,
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Bourch may be working
in a related area.
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Today Lisa bishop
would be 25 years old.
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She's five feet, two inches
in height with blonde hair
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and brown eyes.
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Rumors persist that
the "Freedon" dawn
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with a telltale bent mast
continues to roam the Caribbean
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under a different name.
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These are the only known
picture of how the boat looked
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before its disappearance.
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Last November, we
examined the case
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of 25-year-old Maria Armstrong.
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In 1984, Maria was
diagnosed as suffering
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from paranoid schizophrenia, a
physical disease of the brain.
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In June of 1988, Maria moved
from her home in New Jersey
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to Mesa, Arizona to
live with her childhood
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sweetheart, 29-year-old
Robert "Ron" Argenti.
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Argenti was aware of
Maria's condition,
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but felt that he
could somehow help
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her to overcome her illness.
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We were concerned because
we did hear that she
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was in a mental
institution and we knew
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she was on drugs back east.
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So we were kind of
concerned about it.
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But they were holding
hands, kissing.
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They were like a couple.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
For the first few weeks,
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Maria seemed happy at Mesa.
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She seemed to blossom under
Ron's loving attention.
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But Maria soon began
behaving erratically
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and she turned
violent towards Ron.
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Maria, calm down.
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Leave me alone!
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They told me about you.
- OK.
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All right.
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I would talked
to Ron on the fence
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and I would tell
him, send her home.
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I don't want to do that, I
want to help her, he would say.
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I said, but you can't help.
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Her it's obvious
you can't help her.
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She needs more than
you to help her.
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She needs psychiatric care.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
On November 14,
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Ron Argenti's body was
discovered in his living room.
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He had been bludgeoned to
death with a sledgehammer
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while he slept on the couch.
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Four days later, Maria Armstrong
was seen hitchhiking 260
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miles north of Mesa, Arizona.
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This was the last reported
sighting Maria Armstrong--
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until our broadcast.
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Maria Armstrong
has been captured.
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Shortly after this
story aired, the FBI
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received a call from
one of our viewers
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with information regarding
Armstrong's whereabouts.
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We received a telephone call
from an unidentified caller
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that Maria Armstrong had
been living in the Memphis,
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Tennessee area and that she
was going to be at the airport
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on August 3 of this year.
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The FBI subsequently
went to the airport
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and were able to
identify her and they
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did place her under arrest.
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ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Armstrong
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had changed her appearance
by dyeing her hair blonde.
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Two weeks later,
she was returned
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to Arizona to face a charge
of first degree murder.
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Beverly Hills, California.
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With an average yearly income
of $75,000 per household,
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this is one of the nation's
wealthiest communities.
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Its streets, stores,
and sidewalks
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are filled with glamorous people
living their lives in luxury.
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But there is another
side to Beverly Hills.
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As with so much of the nation,
there is a growing population
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of homeless who pass
through and even
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live on its affluent streets.
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In the winter of
1989, at least one
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of these homeless individuals
found an unlikely benefactor
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in 24-year-old Adam Hecht.
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The son of an Academy
Award-winning producer, Adam
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was born into
Beverly Hills luxury.
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He spent his childhood
in an insulated world
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bordered by movie stars,
mansions, and privilege.
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After graduating from
Beverly Hills High,
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Adam earned his living
giving tennis lessons.
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All who knew him remembered
a bright, independent,
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and friendly young man.
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All that began to change on the
morning of January 10, 1989,
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when Adam and his
brother, Harold,
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went to breakfast at
a local delicatessen.
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I couldn't believe it.
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5-4, Gibson hit the homer.
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Yeah.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
In front of the restaurant,
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they encountered a street person
apparently blind in one eye.
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Double the orange juice.
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Thanks.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
A few minutes
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later, Adam left the table
and went back outside.
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Excuse me.
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HAROLD HECHT: Adam
said, excuse me.
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He went outside and
started this person.
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And I could see
through the blinds
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and I couldn't understand it.
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I was quite surprised.
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I didn't understand what was
his reason for going out there.
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What was all that about?
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HAROLD HECHT: Adam came
back in, started talking.
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I mentioned it briefly.
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I said, what are
you doing out there?
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He said, nothing.
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So we went on,
had our breakfast.
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When we finished, we left.
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I went to my car.
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Listen, I've got a 10
o'clock at Mulholland,
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but I'll catch up
with you later.
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I'm going make a
quick call, all right?
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All right.
Bye.
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HAROLD HECHT: And just before
I get in my car, I looked back
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and he was talking
to this person.
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I was very surprised.
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That was the first time we
met what we know now is Tony.
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There are things
that you can't see.
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00:20:02,735 --> 00:20:03,636
Yeah.
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00:20:03,736 --> 00:20:06,138
Well, I feel like
I should help you.
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Within a few weeks
of their first meeting,
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Adam invited Tony to
move into his apartment.
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Through his new friend,
Adam was exposed
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to a lifestyle that was as
far away from his experience
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00:20:15,482 --> 00:20:17,384
as night from day.
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00:20:17,484 --> 00:20:19,085
It seemed to strike
a chord in Adam,
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for according to
his brother Harold,
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00:20:20,653 --> 00:20:23,523
he had become disillusioned
with his pampered life.
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His family fears
that what started out
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00:20:25,558 --> 00:20:27,727
as a gesture of a good
Samaritan may have
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escalated into a nightmare.
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00:20:30,096 --> 00:20:34,166
Today, Adam Hecht is missing.
409
00:20:34,267 --> 00:20:36,336
Tony, this is
where my mom lives.
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00:20:36,436 --> 00:20:38,037
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Soon after Tony moved in,
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Adam brought his new roommate to
his mother's house for dinner.
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She was surprised that her son
would shelter a street person.
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I thought, my
goodness, that's strange.
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But knowing Adam, the
way he is, I couldn't
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understand it until I met Tony.
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00:20:54,387 --> 00:20:55,288
I really understood it.
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00:20:55,388 --> 00:20:57,123
I thought, oh my goodness.
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It's so nice that he
wants to help him.
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00:21:01,394 --> 00:21:05,665
Oh, what a surprise.
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00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:08,601
Who's this?
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00:21:08,701 --> 00:21:11,270
Mom, this is Tony.
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00:21:11,371 --> 00:21:14,206
Tony, this is my mother.
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00:21:14,307 --> 00:21:15,207
OK.
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Pleased to need you.
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00:21:17,043 --> 00:21:18,144
Well, won't you come in?
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MARTINE HECHT: When I saw
Tony and how he talked
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00:21:20,747 --> 00:21:22,214
and my god, the smell--
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00:21:22,315 --> 00:21:25,251
it was unbelievable.
429
00:21:25,352 --> 00:21:27,053
And wow, it was scary.
430
00:21:27,153 --> 00:21:27,987
It was really scary.
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00:21:30,823 --> 00:21:32,124
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
During the meal,
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Tony began to wave his
hands over his food
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00:21:34,694 --> 00:21:35,928
as if he were blessing it.
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00:21:41,568 --> 00:21:44,404
Adam, what's
going on with him?
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00:21:44,504 --> 00:21:47,039
Mom, that's just
the way Tony is.
436
00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:48,608
It's hard to understand
right at first,
437
00:21:48,708 --> 00:21:51,811
but once you get to know
him from the inside out,
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00:21:51,911 --> 00:21:54,647
he's really a fantastic guy.
439
00:21:54,747 --> 00:21:59,085
Adam was very much
wanting to talk about Tony
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00:21:59,185 --> 00:22:01,354
and they seemed to have
a good relationship.
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00:22:01,454 --> 00:22:05,057
Adam seemed to understand Tony.
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00:22:05,157 --> 00:22:10,597
And I was led to believe
that Tony was really
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00:22:10,697 --> 00:22:13,633
being very kind to Adam
as far as helping him
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00:22:13,733 --> 00:22:15,668
grow up as a person, mature.
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00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:18,738
That's what he said to me, he's
helping me mature as a person.
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00:22:18,838 --> 00:22:23,843
Adam, at the beginning he was
an elite, preppy businessman--
447
00:22:23,943 --> 00:22:27,013
drove a gray car, taught tennis.
448
00:22:27,113 --> 00:22:30,850
And then he met
Tony and I mean, it
449
00:22:30,950 --> 00:22:34,887
just all changed and he became
a mystical person and I just--
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00:22:34,987 --> 00:22:36,923
I didn't know him anymore.
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00:22:37,023 --> 00:22:39,959
Part of me was
torn, because I felt
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00:22:40,059 --> 00:22:41,193
for what he was trying to do.
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00:22:41,293 --> 00:22:45,097
I mean, it was a
very noble thing.
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00:22:45,197 --> 00:22:45,998
Hey, man.
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00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:47,199
How's it going?
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00:22:47,299 --> 00:22:48,535
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
With Tony by his side,
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Adam began to visit Skid
Row in downtown Los Angeles
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and often stayed out on
the streets at night.
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HAROLD HECHT: I know that
when Adam sets his mind
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to something, he really
goes wholeheartedly
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00:23:02,749 --> 00:23:05,618
into any type of project.
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00:23:05,718 --> 00:23:07,053
Hey, Tony.
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00:23:07,153 --> 00:23:09,489
I got some food and stuff
in the back of my car.
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00:23:09,589 --> 00:23:12,959
Maybe help me pass it out?
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00:23:13,059 --> 00:23:13,860
OK.
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00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,128
Cool, let's go.
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00:23:16,228 --> 00:23:19,031
HAROLD HECHT: His involvement
with street people
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increased him when he met Tony.
469
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,736
I think he started to
understand their problems.
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00:23:23,836 --> 00:23:24,671
Let's get some food.
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00:23:24,771 --> 00:23:26,439
I'll make sure
you guys get some.
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00:23:30,743 --> 00:23:34,180
All these things you have,
Adam, it's not what counts.
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What counts is society.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Tony and Adam
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would also share in
strange mystical rites
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00:23:38,785 --> 00:23:40,453
of Tony's devising.
477
00:23:40,553 --> 00:23:44,356
In one of these rituals, Adam
burned his hand severely.
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00:23:44,457 --> 00:23:47,460
You have to embrace the
things that are inside of you.
479
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,129
All I know is that I saw
it, I said, my god, Adam.
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00:23:50,229 --> 00:23:51,564
What happened to you?
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00:23:51,664 --> 00:23:56,168
He said, oh, I was testing
a test of endurance.
482
00:23:56,268 --> 00:23:59,539
He said, Tony told me we
were experimenting to see
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00:23:59,639 --> 00:24:03,409
how it would make me stronger.
484
00:24:03,510 --> 00:24:05,612
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
June 10, 1989.
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00:24:05,712 --> 00:24:08,815
Harold had not heard from
his brother for several days.
486
00:24:08,915 --> 00:24:12,351
Concerned, he went
to Adam's apartment.
487
00:24:12,451 --> 00:24:14,420
Adam?
488
00:24:14,521 --> 00:24:15,321
Oh, gosh.
489
00:24:15,421 --> 00:24:16,956
Tony, is Adam here?
490
00:24:17,056 --> 00:24:19,025
HAROLD HECHT: My brother was not
there, his car was not there.
491
00:24:19,125 --> 00:24:20,092
Have you seen him?
492
00:24:20,192 --> 00:24:21,928
HAROLD HECHT: And
I tried to get in.
493
00:24:22,028 --> 00:24:23,195
I said, where is Adam?
494
00:24:23,295 --> 00:24:24,997
I said, where's he gone?
495
00:24:25,097 --> 00:24:28,668
And in his strange, strange way,
he did not have the expression
496
00:24:28,768 --> 00:24:30,236
or seem to really know.
497
00:24:30,336 --> 00:24:31,337
I'm really worried.
498
00:24:31,437 --> 00:24:33,706
Will you let me in?
499
00:24:33,806 --> 00:24:34,607
Let me in!
500
00:24:34,707 --> 00:24:37,343
It's really hot in here.
501
00:24:37,443 --> 00:24:38,711
Let me in the door.
502
00:24:38,811 --> 00:24:40,680
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): A
few days later, Adam's mother
503
00:24:40,780 --> 00:24:42,549
also went to his apartment.
504
00:24:46,553 --> 00:24:47,720
Adam?
505
00:24:47,820 --> 00:24:49,188
MARTINE HECHT: As I'm walking
back down the corridor,
506
00:24:49,288 --> 00:24:51,157
he's following to me and
he says, give us a kiss.
507
00:24:51,257 --> 00:24:52,659
Give us a kiss.
508
00:24:52,759 --> 00:24:54,360
MARTINE HECHT: He started
to put his arms around me
509
00:24:54,460 --> 00:24:56,428
and I was-- oh, it was
the most scary thing.
510
00:24:56,529 --> 00:24:57,329
What's wrong?
511
00:24:57,429 --> 00:24:59,098
Are you afraid of me?
512
00:24:59,198 --> 00:25:02,535
I just want to know where
my son is-- where my son is.
513
00:25:02,635 --> 00:25:03,770
Where is he?
514
00:25:03,870 --> 00:25:05,337
I'm your son.
515
00:25:05,437 --> 00:25:06,305
That's it.
516
00:25:06,405 --> 00:25:09,008
I'm out of here.
517
00:25:09,108 --> 00:25:09,909
I'm your son.
518
00:25:15,682 --> 00:25:16,883
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
On the advice
519
00:25:16,983 --> 00:25:18,851
of a private
investigator, the family
520
00:25:18,951 --> 00:25:20,987
contacted the
Beverly Hills Police,
521
00:25:21,087 --> 00:25:23,122
filed a missing persons
report, and began
522
00:25:23,222 --> 00:25:24,523
to arrange for Tony's eviction.
523
00:25:24,624 --> 00:25:25,958
Right up the stairs.
524
00:25:26,058 --> 00:25:27,560
Why don't you stay
right there for a second.
525
00:25:27,660 --> 00:25:28,695
OK.
526
00:25:28,795 --> 00:25:29,596
What I need you guys to
do is go around the back
527
00:25:29,696 --> 00:25:31,197
and watch for the second story.
528
00:25:31,297 --> 00:25:32,899
We're looking at a big guy.
529
00:25:32,999 --> 00:25:34,601
Just make sure he
doesn't go around.
530
00:25:34,701 --> 00:25:35,501
OK, partner.
531
00:25:35,602 --> 00:25:36,669
I'm talking top of the stairs.
532
00:25:36,769 --> 00:25:37,870
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): On July 9,
533
00:25:37,970 --> 00:25:40,206
the family, accompanied
by the investigator,
534
00:25:40,306 --> 00:25:45,544
stood by as Tony was forcibly
evicted from Adam's apartment.
535
00:25:45,645 --> 00:25:46,979
Come on out here.
536
00:25:47,079 --> 00:25:48,380
Come on out here.
537
00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:49,782
Keep your hands up
behind your head.
538
00:25:49,882 --> 00:25:51,383
- This is my friend's house.
- Come on.
539
00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:52,719
You know the routine.
Come on.
540
00:25:52,819 --> 00:25:53,986
Keep your hands down.
541
00:25:54,086 --> 00:25:55,554
I want you to walk down to
the bottom of the stairs.
542
00:25:55,655 --> 00:25:56,488
You understand?
- Yeah.
543
00:25:56,589 --> 00:25:57,857
All right.
Let's go.
544
00:25:57,957 --> 00:25:59,391
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
During the eviction,
545
00:25:59,491 --> 00:26:01,928
Tony made no effort
to avoid police.
546
00:26:02,028 --> 00:26:04,964
Local detectives interviewed
Tony and came to the conclusion
547
00:26:05,064 --> 00:26:08,334
that he had not been involved
in Adam's disappearance.
548
00:26:08,434 --> 00:26:13,139
Tony claimed to have no
knowledge of his whereabouts.
549
00:26:13,239 --> 00:26:16,676
I can't to this day understand
why they didn't interrogate him
550
00:26:16,776 --> 00:26:19,712
more because he
obviously knows much
551
00:26:19,812 --> 00:26:22,081
more than what [inaudible].
552
00:26:22,181 --> 00:26:24,350
I would love to have
some sodium pentothal
553
00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:27,553
or whatever they do and just
trying to get a truth serum
554
00:26:27,654 --> 00:26:30,022
and have him talk
because I couldn't get
555
00:26:30,122 --> 00:26:32,959
two sentences out of this man.
556
00:26:33,059 --> 00:26:33,993
He was just so strange.
557
00:26:36,863 --> 00:26:38,097
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): One month
558
00:26:38,197 --> 00:26:41,033
after Adam's disappearance,
his car was found abandoned
559
00:26:41,133 --> 00:26:43,135
on a Beverly Hills side street.
560
00:26:43,235 --> 00:26:45,537
On the windshield were
several parking tickets.
561
00:26:51,177 --> 00:26:53,746
Inside, the keys were
still in the ignition
562
00:26:53,846 --> 00:26:56,348
and police found Adam's
wallet, credit cards,
563
00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:59,786
and $600 in cash and checks.
564
00:26:59,886 --> 00:27:02,889
No other trace of him was found.
565
00:27:02,989 --> 00:27:06,258
We wish we knew specifically
what happened to Adam Hecht.
566
00:27:06,358 --> 00:27:08,560
Apparently, he in
the past occasionally
567
00:27:08,661 --> 00:27:12,231
had gone away for a few days at
a time but always had returned.
568
00:27:12,331 --> 00:27:15,802
And whether he did this time
and just decided not to return,
569
00:27:15,902 --> 00:27:16,903
we don't know.
570
00:27:17,003 --> 00:27:21,440
He had a very solid
business, very active
571
00:27:21,540 --> 00:27:23,676
with a number of different
people on a number
572
00:27:23,776 --> 00:27:24,977
of different levels.
573
00:27:25,077 --> 00:27:30,883
For him just to disappear
does not fit his character.
574
00:27:30,983 --> 00:27:32,819
While there are some
suspicious circumstances as
575
00:27:32,919 --> 00:27:35,054
far as finding the car
and finding his property
576
00:27:35,154 --> 00:27:36,789
in the car, normally
you'd take that with you
577
00:27:36,889 --> 00:27:39,425
if you were going to leave,
we have no real evidence
578
00:27:39,525 --> 00:27:42,028
of any foul play or any
criminal involvement
579
00:27:42,128 --> 00:27:44,563
so we're not handling
it as a crime,
580
00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:46,365
strictly as a
missing person case.
581
00:27:50,302 --> 00:27:51,337
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Does Tony
582
00:27:51,437 --> 00:27:53,072
know more about
Adam's disappearance
583
00:27:53,172 --> 00:27:54,841
than he was telling?
584
00:27:54,941 --> 00:27:57,109
Did someone from Adam's
brief time on the street
585
00:27:57,209 --> 00:28:01,080
decide to violently
reappear, or did Adam
586
00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:04,016
reject his former life
of luxury and just lose
587
00:28:04,116 --> 00:28:05,251
himself among the homeless?
588
00:28:08,387 --> 00:28:09,922
We all want him back.
589
00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:17,296
He wants so much for our family
to understand his thoughts.
590
00:28:17,396 --> 00:28:18,697
And what I would
like him to know
591
00:28:18,798 --> 00:28:22,735
is that it's very hard
for someone like my mother
592
00:28:22,835 --> 00:28:30,342
to listen to what he had to say
and take it in because everyone
593
00:28:30,442 --> 00:28:34,146
has limits to
their understanding
594
00:28:34,246 --> 00:28:36,648
and his was so vast,
his spiritual knowledge,
595
00:28:36,749 --> 00:28:40,452
that it was difficult
for us to take it in.
596
00:28:40,552 --> 00:28:41,653
What can I say?
597
00:28:41,754 --> 00:28:45,758
I just love him and I just
want him to come home.
598
00:28:45,858 --> 00:28:48,194
I miss him with all my heart.
599
00:28:48,294 --> 00:28:51,530
It's not a complete
family without him.
600
00:28:51,630 --> 00:28:55,234
And I would try to understand
whatever he was thinking
601
00:28:55,334 --> 00:28:59,438
and I would not be
mad at him in any way.
602
00:28:59,538 --> 00:29:02,842
I just want him
to just come home
603
00:29:02,942 --> 00:29:06,278
because he's truly loved by all
of us and many other people,
604
00:29:06,378 --> 00:29:07,146
too.
605
00:29:11,483 --> 00:29:12,785
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Adam Arthur
606
00:29:12,885 --> 00:29:17,289
Hecht is five feet, 11 inches
in height and weighs 160 pounds.
607
00:29:17,389 --> 00:29:19,859
His eyes are hazel
and his hair is black.
608
00:29:19,959 --> 00:29:24,196
Today he would be 25 years
old and maybe wearing a beard.
609
00:29:24,296 --> 00:29:27,233
Adam also may still have a
burn scar on his right hand.
610
00:29:31,403 --> 00:29:33,806
Next, story of
stolen Nazi treasure
611
00:29:33,906 --> 00:29:37,109
allegedly buried in Austria
near the end of World War II.
612
00:29:37,209 --> 00:29:39,545
Today it could be
worth over $50 million.
613
00:29:52,925 --> 00:29:57,796
April, 1945, the final
days of the Nazi empire.
614
00:29:57,897 --> 00:30:00,399
Despite desperate measures
taken by the defenders,
615
00:30:00,499 --> 00:30:03,435
combined Allied forces
closed in on the last pockets
616
00:30:03,535 --> 00:30:05,204
of German resistance.
617
00:30:05,304 --> 00:30:08,107
The end of the war
in Europe was near.
618
00:30:12,979 --> 00:30:14,881
As the Allies
advanced into Germany,
619
00:30:14,981 --> 00:30:16,282
they discovered
treasures plundered
620
00:30:16,382 --> 00:30:18,885
from the Nazis' former
conquest carefully hidden
621
00:30:18,985 --> 00:30:21,988
away in caves and vaults.
622
00:30:22,088 --> 00:30:24,156
In the months following,
the Germans surrender,
623
00:30:24,256 --> 00:30:27,159
billions of dollars in riches
were uncovered, including
624
00:30:27,259 --> 00:30:29,528
these gold bars
found in an abandoned
625
00:30:29,628 --> 00:30:32,164
salt mine by US soldiers.
626
00:30:32,264 --> 00:30:35,001
While the bulk of these stolen
treasures was recovered,
627
00:30:35,101 --> 00:30:37,870
billions of dollars still
remain unaccounted for.
628
00:30:40,907 --> 00:30:42,274
There was, of
course, more shocking
629
00:30:42,374 --> 00:30:44,543
evidence of Nazi barbarism--
630
00:30:44,643 --> 00:30:48,014
Buchenwald,
[inaudible], Dachau--
631
00:30:48,114 --> 00:30:49,581
names that would
come to symbolize
632
00:30:49,681 --> 00:30:53,119
man's inhumanity to man.
633
00:30:53,219 --> 00:30:56,188
And through the gates of
Dachau, one multimillion dollar
634
00:30:56,288 --> 00:30:58,257
Nazi treasure allegedly passed.
635
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,595
Tonight we will investigate
the story of this treasure as
636
00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:06,332
told to us by Dr. Edward Greger.
637
00:31:06,432 --> 00:31:08,067
He is convinced it was
buried on the shores
638
00:31:08,167 --> 00:31:10,702
of a small Austrian lake
in the spring of 1945,
639
00:31:10,802 --> 00:31:12,939
where it remains today.
640
00:31:13,039 --> 00:31:15,641
He'll uncover dramatic evidence
that supports Dr. Greger's
641
00:31:15,741 --> 00:31:19,045
story, a story first told
by an Austrian physician
642
00:31:19,145 --> 00:31:20,246
named Wilhelm Gross.
643
00:31:22,548 --> 00:31:23,782
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
After the war,
644
00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:27,319
Dr. Gross had treated
imprisoned Nazi war criminals.
645
00:31:27,419 --> 00:31:29,922
An SS officer who had
been condemned to death
646
00:31:30,022 --> 00:31:33,359
told Gross of the location
of the buried treasure.
647
00:31:33,459 --> 00:31:36,328
In 1952, Dr. Gross
shared the story
648
00:31:36,428 --> 00:31:38,764
with Edward Greger,
who is then a US Army
649
00:31:38,864 --> 00:31:41,667
officer stationed in Austria.
650
00:31:41,767 --> 00:31:44,036
It started at the
concentration camp
651
00:31:44,136 --> 00:31:47,873
at Dachau, gold and treasure
that was accumulated
652
00:31:47,974 --> 00:31:49,875
from the prisoners that
had brought in there
653
00:31:49,976 --> 00:31:53,245
who were executed and cremated.
654
00:31:53,345 --> 00:31:55,314
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The
concentration camp of Dachau
655
00:31:55,414 --> 00:31:57,416
has been preserved
as a memorial.
656
00:31:57,516 --> 00:31:59,751
This recreation
was filmed there.
657
00:32:03,389 --> 00:32:04,923
EDWARD GREGER (VOICEOVER:
According to Dr. Gross,
658
00:32:05,024 --> 00:32:08,760
the commandant of Dachau
and three other suspects
659
00:32:08,860 --> 00:32:11,163
loaded the treasure
into four boxes
660
00:32:11,263 --> 00:32:15,601
which were probably ammunition
boxes, according to the size.
661
00:32:15,701 --> 00:32:16,902
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): These boxes
662
00:32:17,003 --> 00:32:20,239
were filled with jewelry,
rare stamps, and gold bars,
663
00:32:20,339 --> 00:32:22,274
some that were processed
from the gold fillings
664
00:32:22,374 --> 00:32:25,244
of concentration camp victims.
665
00:32:25,344 --> 00:32:28,147
Today their contents would be
worth at least $50 million.
666
00:32:34,686 --> 00:32:37,523
Dr. Gross' informant claimed
to be one of four SS officers
667
00:32:37,623 --> 00:32:40,526
who conspired to smuggle
this treasure out of Dachau.
668
00:32:44,997 --> 00:32:47,733
Their route allegedly took them
from the outskirts of Munich
669
00:32:47,833 --> 00:32:50,369
into Austria, through
the Arlberg Pass
670
00:32:50,469 --> 00:32:52,638
toward the small town of Brand.
671
00:32:52,738 --> 00:32:54,406
Near Brand was a
pristine mountain
672
00:32:54,506 --> 00:32:56,442
lake called the Lunersee.
673
00:32:56,542 --> 00:32:58,910
This lake, located
on the Swiss border,
674
00:32:59,011 --> 00:33:00,579
was their ultimate destination.
675
00:33:04,150 --> 00:33:05,684
Allied armies had
not yet reached
676
00:33:05,784 --> 00:33:07,919
this isolated region
and the men believed
677
00:33:08,020 --> 00:33:09,921
their loot would be safe there.
678
00:33:10,022 --> 00:33:12,558
After burying the treasure,
the men planned to escape
679
00:33:12,658 --> 00:33:13,759
across the Swiss border.
680
00:33:20,766 --> 00:33:22,634
After several days,
the men finally
681
00:33:22,734 --> 00:33:26,004
arrived at the Lunersee.
682
00:33:26,105 --> 00:33:29,375
The only structure in
the area was a small hut.
683
00:33:29,475 --> 00:33:32,111
Dr. Gross stated that the
officers buried the treasure
684
00:33:32,211 --> 00:33:38,617
exactly halfway between this
hut and a brook across the lake.
685
00:33:38,717 --> 00:33:40,252
[speaking german]
686
00:33:46,625 --> 00:33:49,628
They then said their farewells
and went their separate ways,
687
00:33:49,728 --> 00:33:52,464
planning one day to return.
688
00:33:52,564 --> 00:33:53,932
EDWARD GREGER (VOICEOVER:
Three of them left
689
00:33:54,032 --> 00:33:55,701
and headed into Switzerland.
690
00:33:55,801 --> 00:33:58,704
The fourth person went
back down into the valley
691
00:33:58,804 --> 00:34:01,973
to return to his family.
692
00:34:02,074 --> 00:34:03,609
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
According to Dr. Gross,
693
00:34:03,709 --> 00:34:07,045
this fourth officer was captured
and while awaiting execution
694
00:34:07,146 --> 00:34:08,780
revealed his secret.
695
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,317
The officer's three companions
were never seen again.
696
00:34:14,953 --> 00:34:17,022
Greger believed
Dr. Gross's story
697
00:34:17,123 --> 00:34:19,658
and agreed to help
search for the treasure,
698
00:34:19,758 --> 00:34:21,527
but before they could
mount an extradition,
699
00:34:21,627 --> 00:34:26,064
Dr. Gross mysteriously
disappeared.
700
00:34:26,165 --> 00:34:29,635
In 1956, a dam was
constructed on the Lunersee
701
00:34:29,735 --> 00:34:31,837
and submerged the
treasure's alleged location
702
00:34:31,937 --> 00:34:35,507
under 75 feet of water.
703
00:34:35,607 --> 00:34:37,943
34 years passed.
704
00:34:38,043 --> 00:34:40,045
In the summer of
1990, enough water
705
00:34:40,146 --> 00:34:41,847
had been let out of
the dam to return
706
00:34:41,947 --> 00:34:44,216
the lake to its original depth.
707
00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:46,785
This, coupled with a severe
drought that brought the water
708
00:34:46,885 --> 00:34:49,788
level to an all-time low.
709
00:34:49,888 --> 00:34:51,890
Get your pick out of the
way there and I'll go in there
710
00:34:51,990 --> 00:34:52,791
and look.
711
00:34:55,294 --> 00:34:57,196
It's not getting any stronger
as we're going down deeper.
712
00:34:57,296 --> 00:34:59,030
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Armed with information culled
713
00:34:59,131 --> 00:35:02,067
from Dr. Gross' personal
papers, Edward Greger
714
00:35:02,168 --> 00:35:04,170
finally went to the Lunersee.
715
00:35:04,270 --> 00:35:06,037
It's already off a
meter, though, so it's
716
00:35:06,138 --> 00:35:07,906
as strong as it can be.
717
00:35:08,006 --> 00:35:09,541
I think it's something
in the rocks.
718
00:35:09,641 --> 00:35:11,543
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Greger
and an associate pinpointed
719
00:35:11,643 --> 00:35:14,513
the treasure's location by
using coordinates from a map
720
00:35:14,613 --> 00:35:18,250
given him by Dr. Gross.
721
00:35:18,350 --> 00:35:20,118
But despite a thorough
search, he was
722
00:35:20,219 --> 00:35:21,420
unable to find the treasure.
723
00:35:27,226 --> 00:35:31,029
Where is the Lunersee treasure?
724
00:35:31,129 --> 00:35:34,933
Had the other three
Nazi officers dug it up?
725
00:35:35,033 --> 00:35:37,636
Edward Gregor feels
this is unlikely.
726
00:35:37,736 --> 00:35:39,705
By the time it would
have been safe to return,
727
00:35:39,805 --> 00:35:43,375
the treasure would
have been submerged.
728
00:35:43,475 --> 00:35:47,746
Or could Dr. Gross' story
be just that, a story?
729
00:35:47,846 --> 00:35:51,183
Documents brought to light
in a 1946 war crimes trial
730
00:35:51,283 --> 00:35:53,619
indicate that such a
treasure did exist.
731
00:35:56,322 --> 00:36:01,260
I had discovered some evidence
in the archives, specifically
732
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:06,432
an interrogation
statement from a gentleman
733
00:36:06,532 --> 00:36:10,669
by the name of Joseph Jarolin.
734
00:36:10,769 --> 00:36:12,003
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Joseph Jarolin
735
00:36:12,103 --> 00:36:13,939
was tried, convicted,
and executed
736
00:36:14,039 --> 00:36:15,474
for atrocities
committed while he
737
00:36:15,574 --> 00:36:18,143
was a subcommandant of Dachau.
738
00:36:18,244 --> 00:36:20,446
According to his testimony
and statements from four
739
00:36:20,546 --> 00:36:23,114
other sources, the head
commandant of Dachau
740
00:36:23,215 --> 00:36:25,050
had been involved
in a conspiracy
741
00:36:25,150 --> 00:36:27,786
to smuggle a treasure
from inside the camp.
742
00:36:27,886 --> 00:36:31,923
This officer's name
was Frederic Viter.
743
00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:33,191
ROBERT V. KESTING:
One witness said
744
00:36:33,292 --> 00:36:36,495
that he saw Viter
have the trucks
745
00:36:36,595 --> 00:36:40,266
loaded, being loaded
with valuables
746
00:36:40,366 --> 00:36:42,234
out of the cash storage areas.
747
00:36:46,238 --> 00:36:48,907
According to some
other testimony,
748
00:36:49,007 --> 00:36:52,278
Viter was seen leaving the
camp in those vehicles.
749
00:36:56,047 --> 00:37:00,552
Later on, he was also
seen by other SS personnel
750
00:37:00,652 --> 00:37:02,220
heading towards
the Swiss border.
751
00:37:05,757 --> 00:37:10,429
Also, Jarolin testified that
other camp personnel had
752
00:37:10,529 --> 00:37:13,799
assisted in burying
this treasure
753
00:37:13,899 --> 00:37:18,169
and that approximately $5
million in gold Reichsmarks
754
00:37:18,270 --> 00:37:19,605
was taken in valuables.
755
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:24,075
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Joseph Jarolin went to his grave
756
00:37:24,175 --> 00:37:27,546
never revealing any
more about the treasure.
757
00:37:27,646 --> 00:37:30,549
Edward Greger believes that
Jarolin was one of the four men
758
00:37:30,649 --> 00:37:33,952
who buried the Lunersee
treasure and perhaps he was Dr.
759
00:37:34,052 --> 00:37:35,821
Gross' mysterious informant.
760
00:37:40,392 --> 00:37:43,662
Today, if it exists, this
multimillion dollar treasure
761
00:37:43,762 --> 00:37:46,998
is underwater, and Edward
Greger will return again
762
00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:49,535
when the water level is lower.
763
00:37:49,635 --> 00:37:52,371
He believes that if found,
the proceeds of the Lunersee
764
00:37:52,471 --> 00:37:54,740
treasure should be used
to provide medical care
765
00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:58,977
for needy individuals, a
fitting use for wealth stolen
766
00:37:59,077 --> 00:38:01,212
under such grim circumstances.
767
00:38:05,717 --> 00:38:07,919
Next, the story of
a bold prison break
768
00:38:08,019 --> 00:38:10,856
and two unlikely lovers,
an escaped conflict
769
00:38:10,956 --> 00:38:11,990
and his female guard.
770
00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:27,639
I'd like for her to come
home and tell me why she did it
771
00:38:27,739 --> 00:38:32,911
and to turn herself in because
I don't want her to get hurt.
772
00:38:35,747 --> 00:38:37,983
I do love her.
773
00:38:38,083 --> 00:38:40,486
It's just I'm
confused right now.
774
00:38:44,590 --> 00:38:47,258
You have just heard the plea
of Leslie Beeman a daughter
775
00:38:47,359 --> 00:38:48,760
in anguish over
the disappearance
776
00:38:48,860 --> 00:38:50,429
of her mother, Kay.
777
00:38:50,529 --> 00:38:54,966
Is Kay Beeman a
victim or a criminal?
778
00:38:55,066 --> 00:38:57,869
Leslie holds out hope that
Kay is innocent, but no matter
779
00:38:57,969 --> 00:39:00,005
what, she wants her
mother to come home.
780
00:39:02,841 --> 00:39:04,376
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Kay Beeman was divorced
781
00:39:04,476 --> 00:39:07,278
and her son and daughter
were nearly grown.
782
00:39:07,379 --> 00:39:09,948
For 10 years, she had worked
as a matron and corrections
783
00:39:10,048 --> 00:39:12,418
officer at the Allegheny
County Detention Center
784
00:39:12,518 --> 00:39:14,319
for Men and Women in
Cumberland, Maryland.
785
00:39:17,656 --> 00:39:22,828
August 29, 1990,
just seven weeks ago.
786
00:39:22,928 --> 00:39:25,731
Kay Beeman was on duty in
the prison control center
787
00:39:25,831 --> 00:39:28,667
with another female
officer, Michele Puderbaugh.
788
00:39:28,767 --> 00:39:30,469
Michele, I'll take this room.
789
00:39:30,569 --> 00:39:31,703
Are you sure?
790
00:39:31,803 --> 00:39:33,104
Yeah.
791
00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:34,406
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): At 2:12 AM,
792
00:39:34,506 --> 00:39:37,175
Kay left the control center
to conduct a routine check
793
00:39:37,275 --> 00:39:39,110
of the cell block.
794
00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:41,680
All inmates were
behind bars except one
795
00:39:41,780 --> 00:39:44,850
low security prisoner who was
working in an adjacent room.
796
00:39:48,487 --> 00:39:51,289
Everything seemed normal,
but within minutes,
797
00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:53,459
the calm of an
uneventful night shift
798
00:39:53,559 --> 00:39:57,195
would be dramatically
turned upside-down.
799
00:39:57,295 --> 00:39:58,697
Come on, lady.
Come on.
800
00:39:58,797 --> 00:39:59,598
What are you doing here?
801
00:39:59,698 --> 00:40:00,499
I said come on!
802
00:40:00,599 --> 00:40:02,267
Do you know how
serious this is?
803
00:40:02,367 --> 00:40:03,334
Do you know how serious I am?
804
00:40:03,435 --> 00:40:04,803
I ain't got time
to listen to this.
805
00:40:04,903 --> 00:40:06,938
Lawrence is coming down with
Beeman and he's got a weapon.
806
00:40:07,038 --> 00:40:08,974
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The
escaped inmate was Edgar Kerns,
807
00:40:09,074 --> 00:40:10,208
a maximum security prisoner.
808
00:40:10,308 --> 00:40:11,443
If any one of you
two try anything,
809
00:40:11,543 --> 00:40:12,410
someone's getting hurt.
810
00:40:12,511 --> 00:40:13,445
MICHELE PUDERBAUGH:
I didn't know
811
00:40:13,545 --> 00:40:14,713
what they were going to do.
812
00:40:14,813 --> 00:40:17,916
I saw the bathroom
door was standing ajar,
813
00:40:18,016 --> 00:40:21,820
so I just darted out and ran.
814
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:26,958
At first I felt relief that
I was at least for the moment
815
00:40:27,058 --> 00:40:28,594
safe.
816
00:40:28,694 --> 00:40:32,197
But then I was thinking, my god,
what are you going to do here?
817
00:40:32,297 --> 00:40:33,665
And they have Kay.
818
00:40:33,765 --> 00:40:35,667
What are they
going to do to her?
819
00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:36,902
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): It appeared
820
00:40:37,002 --> 00:40:39,605
that Kay Beeman had been
taken hostage by James
821
00:40:39,705 --> 00:40:41,473
Barnes, Edgar Kerns' cellmate.
822
00:40:44,275 --> 00:40:47,913
MICHELE PUDERBAUGH: I heard the
buttons click and the controls,
823
00:40:48,013 --> 00:40:49,948
and so on I thought,
well, they're gone.
824
00:40:57,255 --> 00:40:58,890
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Two days later, Kay Beeman
825
00:40:58,990 --> 00:41:01,493
telephoned her daughter, Leslie.
826
00:41:01,593 --> 00:41:04,730
It was about a quarter
after five in the morning
827
00:41:04,830 --> 00:41:06,698
and she called collect.
828
00:41:06,798 --> 00:41:08,534
And she told me
she was all right
829
00:41:08,634 --> 00:41:10,335
and that she loved
me and she missed
830
00:41:10,435 --> 00:41:14,940
me and not to worry about
her, that she was all right.
831
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:18,610
And she told me, she
goes, I went with them.
832
00:41:23,915 --> 00:41:25,684
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Three days after the breakout,
833
00:41:25,784 --> 00:41:27,819
James Barnes was apprehended.
834
00:41:27,919 --> 00:41:29,555
He told authorities
that Kay Beeman's
835
00:41:29,655 --> 00:41:32,691
car was used in the getaway.
836
00:41:32,791 --> 00:41:35,727
He also claimed that Kay Beeman
had helped plan the escape
837
00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:37,829
because she was in
love with Edgar Kerns.
838
00:41:42,868 --> 00:41:45,436
Edgar Kerns had been
convicted of theft and forgery
839
00:41:45,537 --> 00:41:46,738
in West Virginia.
840
00:41:46,838 --> 00:41:48,439
He was awaiting
sentencing in Maryland
841
00:41:48,540 --> 00:41:51,910
for passing bad checks.
842
00:41:52,010 --> 00:41:53,912
James Barnes said
that Kay Beeman
843
00:41:54,012 --> 00:41:55,681
and Edgar Kerns had
been romantically
844
00:41:55,781 --> 00:41:57,649
involved for three months.
845
00:41:57,749 --> 00:42:01,119
At the prison, the two had
long, soulful conversations.
846
00:42:05,323 --> 00:42:06,692
CRAIG ROBERTSON:
Mr. Barnes told us
847
00:42:06,792 --> 00:42:09,327
that she would spend
sometimes half an hour,
848
00:42:09,427 --> 00:42:11,663
40 minutes in the
maximum security
849
00:42:11,763 --> 00:42:13,765
area just talking to Kerns.
850
00:42:13,865 --> 00:42:15,867
So there definitely was
a relationship there.
851
00:42:15,967 --> 00:42:18,436
Sleeping, as usual.
852
00:42:18,536 --> 00:42:21,773
I guess you maybe fall
in love with somebody
853
00:42:21,873 --> 00:42:23,975
and you do some strange things.
854
00:42:24,075 --> 00:42:27,245
But Kay's pretty well
lost about everything
855
00:42:27,345 --> 00:42:31,416
that she ever had over
this one incident.
856
00:42:31,516 --> 00:42:35,020
Once there was almost
certainty in my mind
857
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:38,423
of what had happened, I just--
858
00:42:38,523 --> 00:42:40,659
I felt so betrayed.
859
00:42:40,759 --> 00:42:47,432
I felt-- I just couldn't
believe she could do that.
860
00:42:47,532 --> 00:42:52,170
I want to know why she did it
and I'd like to have her home
861
00:42:52,270 --> 00:42:56,307
so she can explain it to me.
862
00:42:56,407 --> 00:43:07,418
She hurt me and I don't know how
to feel about it or about her.
863
00:43:07,518 --> 00:43:08,486
It just hurts a lot.
864
00:43:12,023 --> 00:43:13,258
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Sandra Kay
865
00:43:13,358 --> 00:43:16,895
Beeman is 46 years old and
five feet, three inches tall.
866
00:43:16,995 --> 00:43:20,398
She weighs 170 pounds.
867
00:43:20,498 --> 00:43:22,333
She has experience
as a beautician
868
00:43:22,433 --> 00:43:24,703
and may have changed
her hairstyle and color.
869
00:43:27,505 --> 00:43:30,408
Edgar Eugene Kerns is 30
years old and five feet,
870
00:43:30,508 --> 00:43:31,843
nine inches tall.
871
00:43:31,943 --> 00:43:33,544
He weighs 200 pounds.
872
00:43:33,645 --> 00:43:37,749
His hair color and style may
have been altered by Kay.
873
00:43:37,849 --> 00:43:41,152
On his right forearm he has a
tattoo of a panther and heart
874
00:43:41,252 --> 00:43:42,553
tattoos on both biceps.
875
00:43:45,456 --> 00:43:48,393
Update-- just six hours
after our broadcast,
876
00:43:48,493 --> 00:43:51,362
Sandra Kay Beeman and Edgar
Kerns were captured in Canada.
877
00:43:54,933 --> 00:43:57,703
On September 10, 12
days after the escape,
878
00:43:57,803 --> 00:44:00,405
Beeman and Kerns checked
into the Beach Motor Motel
879
00:44:00,505 --> 00:44:02,040
in Hamilton, Canada.
880
00:44:02,140 --> 00:44:04,843
They registered as husband and
wife under the assumed names
881
00:44:04,943 --> 00:44:07,846
Fred and Sandy Smith.
882
00:44:07,946 --> 00:44:12,583
I was watching TV and all of
a sudden, this lady's picture
883
00:44:12,684 --> 00:44:14,652
come on.
884
00:44:14,753 --> 00:44:17,388
So I called my wife in, she
was out in the kitchen ironing,
885
00:44:17,488 --> 00:44:20,125
and I said, do you
recognize this lady?
886
00:44:20,225 --> 00:44:21,159
And she said, yes.
887
00:44:21,259 --> 00:44:24,730
She's the lady that's
living in room 12.
888
00:44:24,830 --> 00:44:27,298
And by this time, the
gentleman come on.
889
00:44:27,398 --> 00:44:30,568
And I said, uh-oh, he
also lives in there.
890
00:44:30,668 --> 00:44:34,039
So I reached over immediately
and picked up the phone
891
00:44:34,139 --> 00:44:35,673
and called the police.
892
00:44:35,774 --> 00:44:38,409
When we got to the
Beach Motor Hotel,
893
00:44:38,509 --> 00:44:41,346
the information from the
Mitchells was to the effect
894
00:44:41,446 --> 00:44:43,815
that they hadn't
left the room and it
895
00:44:43,915 --> 00:44:46,684
wasn't their policy to leave
the room during the evening.
896
00:44:46,785 --> 00:44:50,055
We were convinced they
were still inside the room.
897
00:44:50,155 --> 00:44:52,290
The officers of the
Emergency Response Unit,
898
00:44:52,390 --> 00:44:55,994
which is equivalent to a SWAT
team, forced the door open.
899
00:44:56,094 --> 00:44:57,362
The room was found
to be vacated.
900
00:44:59,831 --> 00:45:01,666
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): A
witness later told authorities
901
00:45:01,767 --> 00:45:04,736
that he had seen the fugitive
couple getting into a taxi cab
902
00:45:04,836 --> 00:45:08,006
earlier that evening.
903
00:45:08,106 --> 00:45:10,408
We were able to determine
the name of the cab
904
00:45:10,508 --> 00:45:13,812
and a check with the cab
company revealed the driver.
905
00:45:13,912 --> 00:45:17,949
I picked them up the beach
strip just up from the motel.
906
00:45:18,049 --> 00:45:21,152
And I asked them
where they were going
907
00:45:21,252 --> 00:45:24,790
and they said the
Red Rose Motel.
908
00:45:24,890 --> 00:45:27,625
When we got to the motel
where the cab driver said
909
00:45:27,725 --> 00:45:30,128
he had taken them,
one of our officers
910
00:45:30,228 --> 00:45:32,663
was able to determine
from the office register
911
00:45:32,764 --> 00:45:35,867
at that location that they
had, in fact, booked in
912
00:45:35,967 --> 00:45:40,171
and that Kerns, in fact,
used his right name.
913
00:45:40,271 --> 00:45:42,173
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): A few
minutes later, the Emergency
914
00:45:42,273 --> 00:45:43,909
Response Unit moved in.
915
00:45:46,677 --> 00:45:47,678
MIKE HOLK: Three
or four officers
916
00:45:47,779 --> 00:45:49,714
from the Emergency
Response Unit approached
917
00:45:49,815 --> 00:45:52,217
the front door of the motel.
918
00:45:52,317 --> 00:45:54,119
It was at that
point that someone
919
00:45:54,219 --> 00:45:58,256
from the inside of the room
looked out through the drapes.
920
00:45:58,356 --> 00:46:01,492
The officers then forced open
the door, entered the room.
921
00:46:04,295 --> 00:46:07,799
Kerns, he was forced to
the floor of the motel room
922
00:46:07,899 --> 00:46:10,468
and held in a
position of safety.
923
00:46:10,568 --> 00:46:13,271
The female in the
room was in the bed
924
00:46:13,371 --> 00:46:15,540
and her hands were
handcuffed above her head
925
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:17,208
to the headboard.
926
00:46:17,308 --> 00:46:19,845
At that point, both
persons were then arrested.
927
00:46:19,945 --> 00:46:22,513
Kerns was removed by
my partner and myself
928
00:46:22,613 --> 00:46:24,415
and transported to
Central Station.
929
00:46:27,452 --> 00:46:31,356
He wanted to know how we had
learned of his whereabouts.
930
00:46:31,456 --> 00:46:35,293
We asked him if he had ever
seen the program before.
931
00:46:35,393 --> 00:46:37,662
He said, yes he had.
932
00:46:37,762 --> 00:46:40,365
We told him that he was on it
tonight and he was astounded.
933
00:47:05,056 --> 00:47:07,425
Join us next week
for another edition
934
00:47:07,525 --> 00:47:08,326
of "Unsolved Mysteries."
935
00:47:08,426 --> 00:47:11,096
[theme music]
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