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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Next on "Unsolved Mysteries",
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It seemed like a
routine traffic stop,
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but for the 18-year-old son
of a civil rights activist
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it ended in death.
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An English professor
joins a religious cult
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and then vanishes.
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His family wants answers.
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Outside of Nevada casino a
woman is found with two gunshots
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to the head.
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Her son says that he has
no idea what happened,
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and then he took a polygraph.
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And one of the largest man-hunts
in Northern California history
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fails to capture
a wanted murderer.
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Maybe you know where he is.
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I'm Dennis Farina and this
is "Unsolved Mysteries."
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Join us.
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[theme music]
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Lakehead, California.
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On a July day a young man
in a Chevy Suburban speeds
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southbound along Interstate 5
in Shasta County, California.
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On his tail is highway
patrol officer Kevin Benson.
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Southbound approaching
Pollard Flat, Washington.
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Tom, x-ray Sam.
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7:26.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Officer Benson
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doesn't realize
that he's following
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a very dangerous fugitive.
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Antonio Castro is a Mexican
national with a long record
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of violent crimes.
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Officer Benson kept Castro in
his sights for about 10 miles.
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All right, got 52, 61.
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Be advised he's exiting
at Follard Flat.
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The exit led to a dead-end.
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Castro was trapped,
or so it seemed.
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Get your hands up.
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Got a problem, officer?
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OFFICER KEVIN BENSON:
Get your hands up.
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Get out of the car.
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Getting out, OK?
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Getting out.
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Keep your hands up.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Three days earlier
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Antonio Castro allegedly
attacked a man, stole his car,
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and torched it, 800 miles away
in the state of Washington.
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WILLIAM GOULART: He
stabbed me multiple times,
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kicked me, and left
me on the floor.
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Went through my pockets for the
car keys, took my car and left.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): A
day earlier just down the road,
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72-year-old Michael
Fadeff had been
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murdered in his farm house.
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Mr. Fadeff was beaten
badly, shot twice.
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One day worst cases our
pathologist has ever seen.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
The prime suspect
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was Antonio Castro.
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- Keep your hands up.
- Come on, officer.
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What did you pull
me over for, huh?
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I didn't do nothing, man.
- Stop right there.
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Keep your hands up.
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ANTONIO CASTRO: OK.
OK.
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Hey, wait.
They're up.
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They're up.
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OFFICER KEVIN
BENSON: Don't move.
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DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Castro
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fled into the wilderness.
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Within an hour law
enforcement agents
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began a manhunt
on rugged terrain
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at the Sacramento River Canyon.
- Yet.
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CAPT. RON RICHARDSON:
The whole situation
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was dealt with as an
emergency in progress.
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Tell me what you've
got on this guy.
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He's dangerous and he's smart.
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There was nothing
that led us to believe
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that he wouldn't commit the
same acts in his attempt
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to flee the area.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): 40
police units were dispatched.
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The highway patrol put extra
squad cars on the interstate.
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Trackers combed the
Sacramento River.
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SWAT teams checked
the freight trains
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that ran through the canyon.
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But there was no sign
of Antonio Castro.
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Authorities guessed
that the fugitive
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would stick to the river.
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An hour later they
were proven right.
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Got a print over here.
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Yeah, that's our guy.
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Better call it in.
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He's going northbound.
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CAPT. RON RICHARDSON:
There wasn't
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anything rational about him.
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It was difficult to pinpoint
what he would do next.
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This guy had no feelings towards
taking a human life to just get
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an automobile, just to
provide himself transportation
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to kill another human being.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
For reasons of his own
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Castro decided not to
kill the lost motors
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he passed while fleeing
from authorities.
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Castro ran back into the
woods and headed south.
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CAPT. RON RICHARDSON: This is
an extremely rugged canyon.
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We could have had an army
of officers out there
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and he still would
have slipped by us,
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just because of
the natural terrain
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and the concealment
opportunities
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he had made available to him.
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Castro is a survivalist.
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This man has the skills to
survive in elements that
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the average person wouldn't.
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Call in the teams.
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We'll just pick it up tomorrow.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
At nightfall captain
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Richardson was forced to pull
the trackers out of the canyon.
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CAPT. RON RICHARDSON:
And our fear level
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kept rising because we
hadn't had any reports
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on the movement of the suspect.
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We hadn't been able
to confirm whether he
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was still in the area or not.
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And it became our
concern that he
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had taken refuge in somebody's
home holding them hostage
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or doing them harm.
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DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): As far
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as anyone knows Castro
did not interact
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with anyone that night.
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In the morning he
showed up soaking wet
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in the small town of
Lakehead, eight miles south
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of where the chase had begun.
- Excuse me?
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Can I help you with something?
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I'd like to buy your
car if it runs good.
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WOMAN: Yeah, it runs.
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I'd like to buy
it for my wife.
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A few hundred bucks, right?
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Yeah, if you got the cash.
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I got cash.
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I'll get the key.
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[suspenseful music]
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It's a little wet.
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I hope you don't mind.
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Just wait right there.
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I'll be right back.
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DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Minutes later
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Castro was back on
the road, having
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alluded one of the
largest manhunts
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in Northern California history.
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The authorities feel very
fortunate that no one was
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hurt during Castro's flight.
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They fear however that
the next time Castro
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is cornered he may lash out.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Antonio Magana Castro
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is wanted for murder
and attempted murder.
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He was born in 1967, is 5 feet
7 inches tall with a muscular
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build.
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His right index finger is
cut off at the knuckle,
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and his violent
nature has earned
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him the nickname "El Loco".
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He is known to have family
in Orange County, California
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and in Mexico.
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If you have any information
about Antonio Castro
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please log onto our
website at unsolved.com
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Next, a woman is murdered
on her son's wedding day.
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Incredibly, police suspect
that he killed her.
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In Reno, Nevada, 38-year-old Tim
McClure lived with his mother,
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Terry, off and on
throughout his 20's.
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They were often seen together
at slot machines or dining out.
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Even after Tim moved
away they remained close.
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She'd do anything for anybody.
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She'd give the
shirt off her back,
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her last nickle to anybody.
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She just was a real
kind-hearted woman.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Terry
was 62-years-old and living
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alone when Tim called her to
tell her that he was getting
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married in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
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The wedding party celebrated
by doing a little gambling,
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and then around 10:00 p.m.
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Tim walked his
mother to her car.
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She planned to drive straight
home to Reno, about an hour
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away.
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The next evening when
Tim and his new bride
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stopped to visit Terry
they noticed signs
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that she had not made it home.
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She didn't bring her
paper in this morning.
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TIM MCCLURE: It just appeared
as though she hadn't been home.
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And it was at that point I
just had the strangest feeling
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that something was wrong.
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There I was on my honeymoon,
up there to get married,
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and she had taken
time off of work.
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And to not find her at home,
I just couldn't understand it.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
No friends or family
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had seen or heard from Terry.
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Tim called the police.
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Yeah, I've got
a missing person.
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DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Three days
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went by, then in the
parking lot of a Carson
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City, Nevada Casino, Terry
McClure's car was found.
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It was a half hour's drive
outside of Lake Tahoe.
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The keys were in the ignition
and the doors were locked.
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And Terry was sitting
upright in the front seat.
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She had been shot
twice in the head.
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The day after
Terry McClure's body
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was found Tim was
questioned by police.
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When asked if he wanted
an attorney present
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Tim suddenly realized that
he had become a suspect.
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TIM MCCLURE: I started
to feel like a victim.
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And I thought, why should
I have an attorney?
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And I mean, this is
my mother's death.
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You should be investigating
it on another level,
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rather than thinking
of me as doing it.
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Which I found out they
were looking towards me.
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I couldn't understand why.
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I started to feel
like the victim.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Tim told police
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that on the night of his wedding
he walked his mother to her car
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and then returned to the casino.
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He said that his wife was
still gambling with her parents
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so he gambled alone
for two hours.
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He then rejoined her and they
went out dancing until dark.
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They indicated that they
partied from approximately
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midnight until 6:00 a.m.
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The following
morning, none of which
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we were able to substantiate
one way or another.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Tim also told police
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that two days before
his mother's body
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was discovered he
searched the main highway
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between Lake Tahoe and Reno.
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The police became suspicious
when he said that he
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was looking for her purse.
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DET.
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SGT. SCOTT BURAU: We
again found this odd
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that he would attempt to
retrace his mother's steps
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for the purpose of
finding something
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that nobody knew was missing.
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On the 16gh nobody had any
idea her purse was missing.
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Oddly enough she was found
with only her purse missing.
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She was fully clothed,
had all her jewelry.
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The only thing
missing was her purse.
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They put together
the fact that I
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said I was looking for
some evidence of her purse
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along the side of the highway.
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And the only reason I said that
was because my older sister
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had put the idea
that maybe somebody
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had commandeered her vehicle
and stolen her purse.
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DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Tim also said
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that he drove through the
parking lots of the casinos
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along his mother's route.
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He searched all the lots of
every Casino, except one.
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TIM MCCLURE: Sometimes
you get a gut feeling,
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you could maybe think
of the Holy Spirit,
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if you will, just
kind of guiding you.
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There was perhaps a feeling
of "get me away from there"
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to save me from finding her.
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I thank God I didn't find her.
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That would have destroyed
me to find their.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
And that Casino parking
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lot is where Terry's
body was found,
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two days later on a Monday.
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Police estimated that she
had been dead since Friday,
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the night of Tim's wedding.
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Police were suspicious of a
call that Tim made to cancel one
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of his mother's credit cards.
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Tim claims that he made
the call on Monday, the day
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his mother's body was found.
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But the credit card company
says that he called on Friday
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before his mother disappeared.
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I had reported her
credit cards missing.
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I called on Monday.
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The woman had written down
that I called on Friday,
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which I couldn't understand.
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The credit memo for
that particular company
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is now in the possession
of the Sheriff's office.
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And it clearly shows, according
to their file, that Tim called,
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he indicated to the recipient
that his mother was dead
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and to please
cancel the account.
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TIM MCCLURE: Its just--
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it's one of the strangest
things I have ever heard of.
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How she could have mixed up
my words like that, saying she
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had been murdered.
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I had no idea she'd
been murdered.
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All I know she was missing.
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And that's what I told them.
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CAPT. RON RICHARDSON: Six
months before Terry McClure
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was murdered she
took out a $10,000
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insurance policy on her life.
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Tim and one of his sisters
were named as co-beneficiaries.
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TIM MCCLURE: I didn't
think my mother would
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take out an insurance policy.
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It just wasn't like her.
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I mean, they're thinking
that I did this for a reason,
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which my share was only $5,000.
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I mean that's ridiculous.
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Well, I can't say that
that is the absolute motive
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in this case, but I'm here
to tell you that people have
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been killed for a lot less.
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DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): One month
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after their wedding the
Carson City police asked him
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and his wife to take
a polygraph test.
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TIM MCCLURE: I was
completely cooperative.
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I had nothing to hide, no
reason not to take one.
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So, naturally I said, sure,
I'll take a polygraph.
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My wife agreed, too.
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And as they asked the
question there was--
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oh, it seemed like maybe a
minute between each question
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with my eyes closed.
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Just a number of things
we're just going around
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through my mind at that point.
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That's when I started
thinking, well,
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jeez, what if they think I did.
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I'd never taken a
polygraph before.
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I didn't know how to react.
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And it was just a very awkward
and uncomfortable situation
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for me.
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DET.
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SGT. SCOTT BURAU: The results
of those polygraph examinations
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would strongly suggest deception
on both the part of Timothy
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McClure and his wife.
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And in the interviews
they had no response.
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They could not respond to why
the machine was telling them
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they were being deceptive.
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They had no answers.
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I don't know why,
but I flunked the test.
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And my wife had flunked
only one question,
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which didn't make any sense.
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Do you know who
murdered Terry McClure?
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was the question she was
asked, and it appeared
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to be a lie when she said no.
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So it looked like she
was trying to cover up.
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Which is unexplainable to me.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): All
the circumstantial evidence was
00:15:18
submitted to the Nevada D.A.
But he concluded it was not
00:15:23
enough to arrest Tim McClure.
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Police questioned family,
friends, and acquaintances
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of Tim and Terry.
00:15:30
They said that Tim was
devoted to his mother
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and that they believed he would
never do anything to harm her.
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TIM MCCLURE: My mother
was my best friend.
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I mean, all I could
think of was taking care
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of my mother for
the rest of her life
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after she had taken
care of me all my life.
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That's the one thing I wanted to
do was take care of my mother,
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and now I can't.
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There has to be somebody out
there that had seen something
00:15:54
that happened to my mother.
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You know, now would be a good
time to come out with it.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
After our broadcast
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Tim McClure was arrested for
the murder of his mother.
00:16:06
But the D.A. ultimately
decided not to prosecute.
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The case was dismissed
with prejudice.
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If you have any information
about the murder
00:16:18
of Terry McClure please log on
to our website at unsolved.com
00:16:27
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Next, an 18-year-old
00:16:29
is arrested in Mississippi.
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The next night he is found
dead in the jails shower stall.
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Jackson, Mississippi.
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It started as an ordinary night
out for 18-year-old Andre Jones
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and his girlfriend, Tanisha.
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Then they approached
the sobriety checkpoint
00:17:01
near Jackson, Mississippi.
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Andre was driving a
friend's pickup truck.
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Half an hour later
Andre's parents
00:17:08
were awakened by a phone call.
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His mother was president
of a local NAACP
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branch, his
stepfather, a minister
00:17:17
for the Nation of Islam.
00:17:18
Hello.
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It's Tanisha.
00:17:20
I'm sorry to call you,
but Andre's been arrested.
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Arrested?
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It's me.
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DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): At 2:00 a.m.
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Andre called his parents
from the police station.
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I don't know what
the charges are.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Two
hours late Andre called again.
00:17:36
This time to say
that he had been
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transferred to the
Simpson county jail,
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40 miles south of Jackson.
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He still did not know
what the charges were.
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ESTHER JONES QUINN: We were
told that they could not
00:17:48
tell us anything at that time.
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And Simpson county just
refused to even talk to us.
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And they told us that we
could not come to that jail.
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Have you heard anything?
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Andre's parents
00:17:59
spoke to him at least five
different times on Saturday.
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How can they keep me in
here an extra day and they
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haven't even charged me?
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ESTHER JONES QUINN: We
could not tell him anything.
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He was very much
concerned about getting
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out immediately so
that he could attend
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school the very next day.
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About midnight that night
I heard a knock on the door.
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I'm Officer Cole of
Jackson police department.
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OK.
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I have a message here for
Mrs. Esther Jones Quinn.
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Charles, what is it?
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ESTHER JONES QUINN:
He gave me the piece
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of paper which only
had a phone number
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for the Simpson county jail.
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There was not a note.
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There was not a message.
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It was only a number.
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I was informed that Andre
had committed suicide.
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I was casually informed that
he had committed suicide.
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As if they could have
been talking to someone
00:18:52
that didn't even
know who he was.
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Andre's family insists that
he never showed any tendency
00:18:58
whatsoever to commit suicide.
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They began looking into his
death and uncovered glaring
00:19:03
inconsistencies.
00:19:05
Beginning with the
details of his arrest.
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DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): That night
00:19:10
Andre and Tanisha stopped by
the Quinn's house in Jackson
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around 11:45.
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They left, and drove east toward
Brandon, where Tanisha lived.
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Near the Brandon city limits
they came upon the checkpoint.
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According to the
police, Andre stopped
00:19:28
just short of the
checkpoint and tossed
00:19:30
something out of the window.
00:19:35
Sir, did you throw
something out of this vehicle?
00:19:37
No, officer.
00:19:38
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Police identified the object
00:19:40
as a 38 caliber hand gun.
00:19:43
Is that an open beer can?
00:19:44
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): The police
00:19:45
also said that inside the truck
there was an open can of beer.
00:19:49
And the truck, which
Andre had borrowed
00:19:51
and driven for more than a
week, turned out to stolen.
00:19:57
I ain't know nothing
about the truck.
00:19:59
But I know there wasn't
no beer in the truck.
00:20:02
And he did not throw
a gun out the truck,
00:20:04
because there was
no gun in the truck.
00:20:06
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Tanisha's version
00:20:07
of the events is very different
from the police report.
00:20:11
What's your name?
00:20:12
Andre Jones.
00:20:13
Mr. Jones, pull over to--
00:20:15
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Tanisha claims
00:20:16
that the moment the
officers heard Andres
00:20:18
name their attitude changed.
00:20:22
TANISHA: After they
asked him his mind
00:20:24
they all went to a little--
00:20:25
I'd say like a little huddle.
00:20:26
You know, like a
football huddle.
00:20:28
And they was-- I don't know
what they was talking about,
00:20:30
because they was talking low.
00:20:31
And after that, that's
when they came to the truck
00:20:34
and asked Andre again,
did he have his license?
00:20:36
And he said, no, sir.
00:20:37
I don't have my license.
00:20:38
Step away.
00:20:40
Hands on the roof
of the vehicle.
00:20:41
Spread your legs for me.
00:20:42
TANISHA: And they asked him
to step out the truck, that's
00:20:43
when they handcuffed him.
00:20:44
They shackled his
feet, and they had him
00:20:47
handcuffed at the same time.
00:20:48
I didn't understand
what was going on.
00:20:49
You have the right
to remain silent.
00:20:51
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): State Public
00:20:52
Safety Commissioner,
Jim Ingram, disagrees
00:20:54
with Tanisha's version of
the incident that night.
00:20:57
JIM INGRAM: There was no
confrontation whatsoever
00:21:00
with young Andre Jones.
00:21:02
In fact, the officers were very
amazed how cooperative he was.
00:21:08
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Andre
was charged with four counts,
00:21:12
driving a truck whose vehicle
identification number had been
00:21:15
altered, carrying a concealed
weapon, possession of stolen
00:21:19
license plate tags, and
driving with an open container
00:21:23
of alcohol.
00:21:24
Commissioner Ingram still
insists that the arrest
00:21:27
was not confrontational.
00:21:29
But Charles Quinn says
that an inmate in Brandon
00:21:32
claims that police used racial
slurs to intimidate Andre.
00:21:38
CHARLES QUINN: One of the
inmates who were transferred
00:21:41
with Andre said that
the officer said, do you
00:21:45
know what happened to
niggers for stealing
00:21:48
a white man's truck?
00:21:50
And, of course, other statements
were said to put fear in Andre.
00:22:01
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): The
next day Andre was transferred
00:22:03
to the Simpson county jail.
00:22:05
That night his body was
found in a shower stall
00:22:09
at the end of a
dimly lit corridor.
00:22:13
One of the men
walked back and said
00:22:17
they found a young man hanging
by a shoe lace and the shower's
00:22:23
still running.
00:22:24
And that's when they
called for the guards.
00:22:25
And immediately they unlocked
the cell and took him down.
00:22:30
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Authorities
00:22:31
say Andre tied his own
shoe lace to an iron grate
00:22:35
above the shower head.
00:22:37
When Charles Quinn was
allowed to visit the cell
00:22:39
he estimated the grate was about
eight feet above the floor.
00:22:44
CHARLES QUINN: He
would need someone
00:22:46
to have held him up to do that.
00:22:51
And he would have needed some
type of stew to stand on.
00:22:58
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): The
state approved pathologists who
00:23:00
performed Andre's autopsy
said investigators had shown
00:23:03
that it was possible
for Andre to have
00:23:06
hanged himself without help.
00:23:09
That position
was easily reached
00:23:11
by a member of the
Sheriff's office
00:23:15
who was acting as the deceased.
00:23:17
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Less
than a week after Andre's death
00:23:20
his parents hired an independent
pathologist to review the case.
00:23:24
DR. JAMES BRYANT:
I think it's highly
00:23:26
probable that he was strangled.
00:23:27
Someone did this to him.
00:23:29
In the usual case of
a suicide by hanging
00:23:31
the ligature mark is
along the side of the neck
00:23:34
and doesn't go all
the way around.
00:23:36
It's in this fashion.
00:23:38
Whereas in the case
of Andre Jones,
00:23:40
the ligature marking
went along the side
00:23:42
of the neck and all
the way into the back
00:23:44
and crisscrossed
in this fashion.
00:23:46
This suggests to me that
someone had to come from behind
00:23:49
and wrap the ligature
around his neck.
00:23:52
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
The official autopsy report
00:23:54
listed no evidence of
bruising on Andre's neck
00:23:57
or anywhere else on his body.
00:24:00
Dr. Bryant disagrees.
00:24:02
DR JAMES BRYANT: He had some
bruising under one of his eyes,
00:24:04
and also he had some bruising on
the shoulder of the same side.
00:24:07
The bruising could have been
right at the time that he died,
00:24:11
or it could have been
sometime during the day.
00:24:13
but?
00:24:14
Apparently he had suffered
some kind of blunt trauma
00:24:17
sometime during the
time he was in the jail.
00:24:20
We were informed
by one of the inmates
00:24:23
that Andre was taken
off that cell block
00:24:28
and out of that jail.
00:24:30
And when he was
brought back in he
00:24:32
was brought back
in a wheel chair.
00:24:36
And that he was laid
on the shower floor
00:24:39
and the hanging
scene was staged.
00:24:43
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): A year
00:24:45
after Andre's death, Mississippi
named a new medical examiner.
00:24:49
She reviewed Andre's
autopsy report, as well as
00:24:52
the autopsies of
several other men
00:24:55
who had died by hanging
in Mississippi jails.
00:24:59
I think it's extremely unlikely
that any of these deaths
00:25:03
are anything other than suicide.
00:25:05
All of the deaths
have been investigated
00:25:07
by not just one agency, but
one or two, or sometimes three.
00:25:11
I would never believe that
Andre committed suicide.
00:25:16
I know my son was murdered.
00:25:18
And the fact that his life
was taken so cruelly and so
00:25:23
abruptly, makes me
even more determined
00:25:26
to see that he is vindicated.
00:25:29
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
So far vindication
00:25:31
has eluded the Quinn's.
00:25:33
They filed two lawsuits,
one against the state
00:25:36
of Mississippi and the other
against the federal government.
00:25:40
Both were dismissed.
00:25:43
An investigation by the
US Justice Department
00:25:46
cited Mississippi's jail
system for what they called
00:25:49
gross deficiencies, including
unsanitary conditions
00:25:53
and untrained employees.
00:25:56
But the report failed
to find evidence
00:25:59
that the Mississippi
hanging's were
00:26:01
anything other than suicides.
00:26:08
Next, his client's think of
him as an investment genius,
00:26:12
until he sails off with
$6 million of their money.
00:26:26
Police.
00:26:27
I'm police.
00:26:28
Anybody on board?
00:26:29
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): A Summer
00:26:30
evening on Lake Michigan,
a drifting yacht
00:26:33
is sighted just offshore.
00:26:36
Its occupant
apparently in trouble.
00:26:39
Officer Wayne Brooks
responds to the call.
00:26:42
OFFICER WAYNE BROOKS:
When I initially got
00:26:43
there I heard the
engines running.
00:26:45
As I was approaching
closer the engines died.
00:26:48
The boat was then just drifting.
00:26:51
I was able to pull
myself up over the side.
00:26:53
I was looking for a victim
of a possible heart attack.
00:26:57
Police.
I'm police.
00:26:59
Anyone on board?
00:27:00
OFFICER WAYNE BROOKS:
I searched the boat,
00:27:01
cabin area down below,
found nobody on the boat.
00:27:04
Police department.
00:27:06
When I arrived,
the way the engines
00:27:07
were running, if
someone had fallen off
00:27:09
that boat it's my
opinion they could not
00:27:11
have gotten back onto the boat.
00:27:12
It would have been moving
away from them too quickly.
00:27:15
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): The owner
00:27:16
of the yacht was
42-year-old investment
00:27:19
counselor, Woody Kelly.
00:27:21
No sign of Kelly or his
body has ever been found.
00:27:28
10 Years earlier,
Kelly and his family
00:27:30
moved into a modest neighborhood
in the small Illinois
00:27:34
town of Antioch.
00:27:36
After Kelly began an
investment business
00:27:39
the family's fortune
began to change.
00:27:43
They moved to a mansion
near a local lake
00:27:46
and Kelly became one of the
town's most respected citizens.
00:27:51
ROBERT WILTON: Wood, I feel, was
considered by a lot of people
00:27:54
as a pillar of the community.
00:27:56
Hi there.
00:27:56
Hello, Woody.
00:27:58
He belonged to two
very active community
00:28:02
organizations,
participated a great deal
00:28:06
in those organizations.
00:28:08
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Kelly also
00:28:09
invited his new
friends and neighbors
00:28:10
to his luxurious home.
00:28:13
Many became his clients.
00:28:17
LETA WILTON: He
became your friend.
00:28:19
He'd actually make you
want to invest money.
00:28:22
God, I wish I had some
money I could give him.
00:28:26
DR. NORMAN OSGOOD: He
seemed very professional.
00:28:28
He had a very substantial
office, office staff.
00:28:33
Carol, I'd like
you to meet Brendan.
00:28:34
DR. NORMAN OSGOOD: His
reports were very exacting.
00:28:37
He just had all the instruments
that promoted confidence.
00:28:40
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Kelly was
00:28:41
able to promise and deliver
an amazing 60% to 90%
00:28:47
interest on his investments.
00:28:50
Woody was enthusiastic
about what he was doing.
00:28:53
He did not come on hard sell.
00:28:57
He was fairly laid back.
00:29:00
He assured me that this
was a good investment,
00:29:02
that I really
should consider it,
00:29:04
and he would
welcome my business.
00:29:06
Are they insured?
00:29:07
I mean, is this safe?
00:29:08
Definitely.
00:29:09
To me, I think they're
just a very, very good
00:29:12
situation for you to be in.
00:29:14
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): As
Kelly's business flourished so
00:29:17
did his lifestyle.
00:29:18
He owned four luxury
cars, two airplanes, three
00:29:23
different homes, and six boats.
00:29:26
As a hobby he even started
a yacht charter service.
00:29:30
One early June day Kelly
showed up at a yacht dealership
00:29:34
to check on a new boat
that he had just purchased.
00:29:38
DAVID KELLY: He told me he
was going take the boat out,
00:29:40
so I asked him if he wanted me
to go with him for a test ride.
00:29:44
Our company policy is that
nobody will go for a lake test
00:29:47
alone.
00:29:49
This is my boat,
I'm taking it out.
00:29:51
DAVID KELLY: He was
very adamant about it.
00:29:53
He said, no, I have people
waiting for me at the dock.
00:29:57
He said, I want to go out alone.
00:30:01
So I helped him
cast off, and that
00:30:03
was the last we seen of him.
00:30:06
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Kelly
headed south towards Waukegan,
00:30:08
Illinois, about 20 miles away.
00:30:11
He told his family that he
would be home by six o'clock.
00:30:16
He never returned.
00:30:21
The Coast Guard
retraced Kelly's route.
00:30:24
When they found his
sunglasses on board
00:30:26
they assumed that he had
accidentally fallen overboard.
00:30:31
But his body was never found.
00:30:36
After Woody
Kelly's disappearance
00:30:38
the town of Antioch
was in shock.
00:30:40
But as time passed
shock turned to anger.
00:30:44
Not only was Kelly
missing, but so was
00:30:47
most of his investors' money.
00:30:50
Now we're going to grab
all the business records,
00:30:53
all right?
00:30:54
I don't want to
[inaudible] anything left.
00:30:55
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): The same week
00:30:56
that Kelly disappeared a client
filed a civil suit accusing him
00:30:59
of improper business practices.
00:31:02
The Lake County
Sheriff's Department
00:31:04
started an investigation.
00:31:05
We have a search warrant for
Kelly's business and offices.
00:31:08
DET.
00:31:10
DAN COLIN: When the office staff
began looking at the records
00:31:12
they realized that there was
no money in the bank accounts.
00:31:14
This is where they
kept his private files?
00:31:16
Right.
DET.
00:31:17
DAN COLIN: The money
was just being spent.
00:31:18
Every time an investor
would put money in it
00:31:20
was going right back out.
00:31:21
So basically, immediately
looking at the checkbooks you
00:31:24
knew that it was a fraud.
00:31:26
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Kelly's records show
00:31:28
that most of the
investors' money
00:31:30
had gone straight into his
pockets, almost $6 million
00:31:35
was missing.
00:31:37
I gave Woody Kelly
$110,000 to invest for me.
00:31:42
I have never recovered one cent.
00:31:45
My husband I invested
our money with Woody
00:31:48
after we sold our home.
00:31:50
And we invested I
estimate about $30,000.
00:31:55
My investment with Woody
Kelly was in excess of $400,000
00:32:01
and the entire sum
was eventually lost.
00:32:05
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Seven
years after Kelly disappeared,
00:32:08
his wife tried to have
him declared legally dead.
00:32:11
At the hearing two acquaintances
testified that they had
00:32:16
seen him after he disappeared.
00:32:19
Not only was Woody
Kelly not declared dead,
00:32:22
but a federal
grand jury indicted
00:32:24
him on 18 counts of mail fraud
and two counts of IRS fraud.
00:32:30
There's a warrant
out for his arrest.
00:32:34
Woody Kelly was born in 1943.
00:32:37
He is 5 feet 11 and
weighs 200 pounds.
00:32:40
His eyes are blue, and at
the time of his disappearance
00:32:43
his hair was brown,
but now may be gray.
00:32:46
These are home movies taken
of Kelly the same year
00:32:51
he disappeared.
00:32:53
If you have any information
about Woody Kelly
00:32:56
and his missing
millions please log on
00:32:58
to our website at unsolved.com
00:33:06
Next, a man joins a
French religious 1
00:33:09
and then disappears.
00:33:11
His parents are asking
for your help to find him.
00:33:26
DON: By you've-- I'm sure
you've heard of my death,
00:33:31
and I'm sorry to have to put
you through this this way.
00:33:36
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
In this haunting message
00:33:38
to his family,
50-year-old Don Hoffman
00:33:41
reveals that he has
terminal cancer,
00:33:44
a diagnosis he
says was confirmed
00:33:46
by three different doctors.
00:33:49
They found that I had
terminal non-operable cancer.
00:33:54
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Just
hours after making this video
00:33:57
Don took his own life.
00:33:59
But an autopsy found
no trace of cancer.
00:34:02
His children have never
learned that names
00:34:04
of the three doctors, or
even if they really existed.
00:34:09
The heir to Don Hoffman's estate
was his second wife, Terry,
00:34:13
founder of a spiritual movement
known as Conscious Development
00:34:17
of body, mind, and soul.
00:34:20
Terry Hoffman is at
the center of what some
00:34:23
might call a circle of death.
00:34:26
The victims include Mary
Levinson, drug overdose, David
00:34:31
and Glenda Goodman,
shot to death,
00:34:33
probable double suicide,
Jill Bounds, beaten to death,
00:34:39
Sandy Cleaver, drove over
a cliff in broad daylight,
00:34:43
Sandy's 14-year-old
daughter, Deveraux, drowned.
00:34:49
Some say that one more person
should be added to that list,
00:34:52
a popular teacher named Charles
Southern Jr. Is missing,
00:34:56
he too was a disciple
of Terry Hoffman when
00:34:59
he disappeared without a trace.
00:35:02
TERRY HOFFMAN: CALL upon
your master, his eyes.
00:35:05
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Peace, harmony,
00:35:07
and enlightenment, Hoffman
offered all this and more
00:35:11
to Charles Southern and the
others who joined her group,
00:35:14
Conscious Development.
00:35:15
Guide you at this time.
00:35:17
Part of the
belief system Terry
00:35:19
taught us was that
death was really just
00:35:22
another state of consciousness.
00:35:26
And it wasn't a bad thing.
00:35:27
It wasn't anything to fear.
00:35:28
Was created for you.
00:35:29
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Peter Muth belonged to Hoffman's
00:35:31
group for more than a decade.
00:35:34
PETER MUTH: The other
thing we learned
00:35:35
was that the dark forces out
there in universe had a name.
00:35:38
They were the black
lords, black overlords.
00:35:41
They worked for Satan.
00:35:42
Fight those dark Lord in eye.
00:35:45
PETER MUTH: The group
we worked with where
00:35:47
The White Brotherhood, of
good benevolent characters.
00:35:50
They were on God's
side, good guys.
00:35:53
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): In Chicago,
00:35:54
Charles joined a local branch
of Conscious Development.
00:35:59
Charles was assistant chairman
of the English department
00:36:02
at a local junior college.
00:36:04
He was also a seeker
of spiritual truth,
00:36:08
a search that had taken
him to India and Africa.
00:36:13
Charles was very interested
in eastern religions,
00:36:17
and various religions.
00:36:18
In fact, he studied all
the different religions
00:36:21
that he could.
00:36:24
That was his curiosity.
00:36:26
I think it got him into trouble.
00:36:29
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Charles rose quickly
00:36:31
in Hoffman's organization.
00:36:33
He was soon teaching classes
and leading meditation sessions.
00:36:37
At your own pace.
00:36:38
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Eventually
00:36:40
he was invited to Terry
Hoffman's home in Dallas.
00:36:43
The darkness of the Lord comes
and he is bright in his evil.
00:36:47
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Hoffman
00:36:49
began to claim that
she was under attack
00:36:51
by these so-called black lords.
00:36:54
She asked her trusted
inner circle to form
00:36:57
a psychic shield around her.
00:37:01
The shield is strong
but it must be stronger.
00:37:04
Our inner core group, who
we're fighting the battles,
00:37:06
lived in a kind of
constant state of fear,
00:37:09
because we're always under
attack from black magician
00:37:12
who supposedly could kill us,
who could drive us insane.
00:37:15
And as the years went by
you saw people in your group
00:37:18
actually start to show
signs of the strain,
00:37:21
shows signs of mental
and emotional problems.
00:37:25
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Charles apparently
00:37:27
collapsed under the pressure.
00:37:29
DR. CHERYLE SOUTHERN:
We found Charles
00:37:31
wandering on the street,
carried a newspaper, stated,
00:37:35
I lived for art.
00:37:37
We got him in the car
and took him to Michael
00:37:39
Reese Hospital for examination.
00:37:42
Stating that he
might be suicidal,
00:37:45
and he also seemed
to be reciting
00:37:47
something in a strange language
over and over and over again.
00:37:52
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
While Charles was recovering
00:37:54
his mother visited every day.
00:37:57
And so did two members
of Hoffman's group.
00:38:00
I'm feeling much better.
Much better.
00:38:02
Good.
Glad to hear it.
00:38:03
DR. CHERYLE SOUTHERN: Later I
was to find out from my mother,
00:38:06
who stayed with my brother
during the whole five days,
00:38:10
that whenever she was
there at the hospital
00:38:12
and they came she was asked to
leave the room and stay out.
00:38:21
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
After his release
00:38:23
Charles stayed
active in the group,
00:38:25
but eventually became
disillusioned with Hoffman.
00:38:29
As Christmas neared he made
plans for a trip to India.
00:38:34
In the days before he
was supposed to leave
00:38:36
his mother got a feeling that
something was very wrong.
00:38:41
INGERBORD D. SOUTHERN: I told
him that I was disturbed.
00:38:43
And I felt that I
should come to Chicago.
00:38:47
And he said, no.
00:38:50
He said, you don't need to
come to Chicago because I'm
00:38:53
perfectly all right.
00:38:55
And I will be leaving
for India in three days.
00:39:01
So he assured me that
everything was all right
00:39:03
and with that
insurance I didn't go.
00:39:07
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
That was the last time
00:39:09
she spoke to her son.
00:39:11
Two weeks passed.
00:39:14
We, of course, wondered
why we didn't hear from him.
00:39:18
But he had traveled
so much and so often
00:39:21
to so many parts of the world
I wasn't overly concerned
00:39:26
until he was over-due.
00:39:29
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Charles parents drove
00:39:31
300 miles from Cincinnati.
00:39:33
They broke into
their son's house
00:39:36
and their concern
turned to fear.
00:39:39
Charles passport showed no
entry stamps from India.
00:39:45
Placed on a ceremonial
stool from Africa
00:39:48
where Charles winter
dress hat and his coat,
00:39:51
neatly folded inside out.
00:39:54
Only later would
his family learn
00:39:56
that this was a Nigerian
tribal symbol of death.
00:40:01
Charles parents
also found a vial
00:40:03
containing a powerful
drug, similar to the lethal
00:40:07
South-American poison, curare.
00:40:10
DR. CHERYLE SOUTHERN: We
don't know why my brother had
00:40:12
this vial, which
was later identified
00:40:14
to be a ganglionic
blocker, which
00:40:17
is a medicine used
in anesthesia, which
00:40:19
causes total muscle paralysis.
00:40:23
It has to be injected, too.
00:40:25
Not eaten.
00:40:26
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Charles parents
00:40:28
also discovered two scribbled
notes, barely legible.
00:40:32
This is Charles handwriting,
but it doesn't make sense.
00:40:34
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Apparently, Charles last will
00:40:37
and testament.
00:40:39
One said in part, I come
under a bad influence
00:40:43
and I was trying
to fight it myself.
00:40:46
Terry Hoffman was
mentioned twice and named
00:40:49
executor of his estate.
00:40:52
There was just a lot
of death and unhappiness
00:40:57
around this woman.
00:40:59
Charles disappearance simply
fits into that pattern.
00:41:03
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Over a 12 year period,
00:41:04
two of Hoffman's four husbands,
her only son, six followers,
00:41:10
and two people related to
or employed by a follower,
00:41:14
came to an unnatural end.
00:41:16
Causes of death, one murder,
four fatal accidents,
00:41:21
and six suicides.
00:41:25
In over half the
deaths, Terry Hoffman
00:41:28
was named heir or beneficiary,
designated to receive over half
00:41:33
a million dollars in
cash, plus hundreds
00:41:36
of thousands more in real
estate, fine arts, and jewelry.
00:41:41
But authorities have
not directly linked her
00:41:44
to any of the deaths.
00:41:47
Charles Southern
is still missing.
00:41:50
He is six feet two inches
tall and weighs 180 pounds.
00:41:54
He may have a full beard.
00:41:57
If you had any information
about Charles Southern
00:42:01
please log onto our
website at unsolved.com
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