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tonight on unsolved mysteries the search
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for Chandra Levy and the tragic
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discovery of her body has riveted a
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nation but she was not the first
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government in turn to disappear
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15 months earlier Joyce Chong vanished
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from the same neighborhood in Washington
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DC some believe that the similarities
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and their cases may be far more than a
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coincidence
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could a serial killer be on the loose in
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our nation's capital a rape victim turns
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her own personal tragedy into an amazing
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ability to sketch criminals from
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eyewitness accounts police hoped that
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her drawings will lead to the capture of
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these two men wanted for kidnapping an
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escaped convict on a self-proclaimed
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mission from God
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storks abortion clinics across the
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country authorities fear he will kill
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before they can return him safely to
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custody through a bizarre set of events
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Diana and Deborah Cordova were separated
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from their mother Patty and they were
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three and five years old
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forty years later Patty is still
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searching for them could you be the link
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to reuniting this family join me for
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these intriguing stories are more
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another edition unsolved mysteries
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the entire country was saddened by the
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heartbreaking disappearance and death of
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Capitol Hill intern Chandra Levy as
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pictures and home videos of the
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vivacious brunette flooded into our
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homes the sense of tragedy only deepened
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when news reports romantically linked
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Chandra de California representative
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Gary Condit he immediately came under
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suspicious but the congressman was ruled
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out as a suspect
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13 months after Chandra vanished police
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were summoned to a remote section of
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Rock Creek Park four miles from her
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apartment a hikers dog uncovered a human
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skull halfway down a heavily wooded
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inclined far away from the commonly-used
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paths police found additional bones at
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joggers bra and cassette player in the
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dense foliage dental records confirmed
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that the agonizing search for Chandra
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Levy was over the manner of death has
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been ruled a homicide but the cause of
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death could not be determined from the
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skeleton what exactly happened to
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Chandra remains a mystery few people
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know that another one-time Washington DC
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intern Joyce Chung mysteriously
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disappeared two years before Chandra
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although there was no romantic scandal
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and no national media coverage the eerie
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similarities between the two cases are
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striking the two women lived in the same
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neighborhood and had worked for the same
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government agency they also shared
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numerous physical characteristics a
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contentious debate has erupted over
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whether there is a connection between
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Joyce and Chandra when Chandra Levy
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disappeared it certainly brought back a
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lot of memories and we wondered if there
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was a connection that question remains
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open and the question of Joyce's
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disappearance remains open to those who
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ask whether or not there was a
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relationship between the missing person
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Chandra Levy and the missing persons
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Joyce Chang I will tell you no totally
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unrelated
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I strongly believe that these particular
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incidents involving these two women may
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have been committed by the same
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perpetrator simply because of the
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there's just too many similarities in
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this in this case to ignore two Joyce's
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family and friends of similarities
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between Shonda and Li B cases are
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alarming both recovered interns who
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lived within three blocks of each other
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and both were attractive young brunette
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women a petite stature police dismisses
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connections as mere coincidence
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they've even suggested that Joyce may
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have committed suicide but many
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adamantly disagree and believe a
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frightening question must be asked is a
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serial killer preying on the young
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female interns of our nation's capital
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Joyce was the only daughter in a tightly
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knit Taiwanese American family but in
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college she served an internship for
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representative Howard Berman of
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California
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he had a wonderful personality she was
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just very cheerful she'd light up a room
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that kind of a person I was she was just
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adorable
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and smart everything you'd want your
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daughter to be following her internship
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Joyce took a job as a lawyer at the I ns
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she lived with her brother Roger the
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Dupont Circle area Washington DC Chandra
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Levy would later move to the same
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neighborhood a favorite hangout for both
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was a nearby Starbucks coffee shop it
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was here on the night of January 9th
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1999 the Joyce was last seen earlier in
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the evening Joyce had met up with
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several friends for a movie and dinner
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and about 8:15 my sister was with her
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friend Kathy Kathy had generously
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offered to give her a ride home but
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Joyce has to make one quick stop at the
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Starbucks to grab a cup of tea Joyce
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told her friend she would walk the four
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blocks home from the coffee shop
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she never made it to her apartment
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when Joyce fielder returned home her
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brother Roger called the authorities
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I await report a missing person because
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Joyce was a federal employee the FBI
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took the lead in the case it's about ch
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I tried to stay positive at first but as
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time went on it was harder and harder to
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stay positive I'd say after probably two
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or three days we were sure that that at
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the very least foul play was involved
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but the FBI's initial investigation
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turned up nothing
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there was no information available at
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that point to indicate that there was
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any foul play involved in terms of why
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she may have turned up missing and there
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was no indication of where she may have
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gone then spurred by local media
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coverage a couple came forward with the
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first clue in the case Joyce disappeared
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On January 9th
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On January 10th a couple was walking
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through Anacostia Park and had found a
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billfold with Joyce's government credit
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card and had turned that into the park
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police but the credit card remained in
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the lost-and-found for four days until
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the couple recognized Joyce's picture in
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news broadcasts and contacted the FBI
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fearing valuable time had been lost a 57
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member search-and-rescue team scoured
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the area where the card was found other
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personal items belonging to Joyce soon
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turned up on the banks of the Anacostia
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River
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her apartment keys her video rental and
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grocery store card her gloves got a
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jacket over here and the jacket joyce
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was last seen wearing there was a clean
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rip running down the back her coat torn
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down the back her card scattered every
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place which is terrified we know she's
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dead you know you don't want to confront
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it but you know something horrible has
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happened to her
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police searched the river to no avail
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then three months later economist was
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paddling more than eight miles
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downstream from where Joyce's personal
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items were discovered the spring rains
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have forced a body to the shore three
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months of merge in the water had taken
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his toll in the corpse DNA tests were
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necessary to identify it as Joyce
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Chumley that's when all hope just dashed
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that that Joyce was alive and I quickly
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called my mother one of the most
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difficult phone calls I've ever had to
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make to tell my mother that her daughter
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was dead and that's a moment that I'll
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never forget
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even worse for the Chung family was a
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medical examiner's official findings the
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massive decomposition made it impossible
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to find out how joyce died as a result
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the cause of death was listed as
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undetermined without any evidence of
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foul play
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investigators felt there was nothing
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more to be done despite being unresolved
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the case was closed from the law
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enforcement perspective there is no more
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investigation to conduct based upon
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their medical examiner's opinion as to
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how she may have perished for the police
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department and say they think they
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cannot continue an investigation because
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they can't determine the cause of death
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is totally ridiculous its incompetence
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for them to say that to stop
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investigating a case because they can't
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determine the cause of death it seemed
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no one would ever know what really
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happened to Joyce Chung
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then in May of 2001 Chandra levies
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disappears to renewed media interest in
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Joyce too many similarities between the
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two were chilling they both worked for
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congressman at one time and interesting
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enough I Ching worked for a
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representative Burman whose office was
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basically adjacent to representative
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Condit's and they lived within a few
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blocks of each other they both like to
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frequent the Starbucks coffee shop had
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the same types of friends but the police
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response to questions linking levy to
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joyce chung shocked Joyce's friends and
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family for the first time publicly they
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suggested that Joyce might have
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committed suicide this is a woman
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without a history of depression this is
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a woman who worked very hard in life and
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had everything to live for and the own
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and it's just not a theory that makes
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sense and it's very frustrating because
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Joyce and her family have lost so much
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and to lose who she is by saying she was
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someone who committed suicide I think is
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said there's another injustice to her as
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you can see there's a tear in the back
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of this jacket which we haven't been
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able to determine the cause of yet it's
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possible if Joyce did commit suicide why
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was her jacket ripped or a jacket why
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were her personal items left on the
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banks of the Anacostia and how did she
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get to the river bank approximately five
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miles from where she was last seen you
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shouldn't have a car and no public
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transportation goes there and on a
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extremely freezing cold day in January
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commit suicide by wading into the
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Anacostia River I'm putting her head
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under the water that is patently absurd
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on its
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if you're gonna commit suicide I guess
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you jump in the river thinking that I
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don't want to get my Blockbuster video
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card wet
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Joyce Chang was murdered period she
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didn't commit suicide
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there is another foreboding clue the Sun
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believe disproved suicide just three
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days after Joyce was last seen at the
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coffee shop a bizarre statement appeared
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on a nearby wall it read
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good day JC May I never missed the
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thrill of being near you just the
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initials JC which are the same initials
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as my sister's name and the content of
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the message may I never miss the thrill
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of being near you this is all just a
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little too weird a little peculiar it's
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very eerie that there's this this
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graffiti perhaps a perpetrator may have
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written that or somebody who knew
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something was this a cryptic message
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from Joyce's killer perhaps he targeted
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her in the neighborhood and later
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spotted Chandra Levy in the same area
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when she arrived in town there is one
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last disturbing revelation there are
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those who believe that the serial killer
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has taken not two but three lives
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five months before Joyce disappeared
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Toria Errol Christine MERS ion was raped
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and murdered while walking home from a
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barbecue she shared a number of
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startling similarities with Joyce and
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Chandra all three women lived in the
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Dupont area all three women had dark
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hair all three women were about the same
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height and they were all here as interns
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at one point in their careers there are
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no similarities in those three cases
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period I don't think any of us will ever
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know what happened to joyce chang that
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case is currently in a closed status
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there is no new information out there to
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indicate foul play was involved I think
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the bottom line is somebody knows
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something then maybe they'll see this
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and realize that there are still people
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who care and still want to know what
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happened to her and maybe it will come
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forward and tell us we haven't
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completely gone on with our lives and
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forgotten about choice
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one of the most important members of
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police investigation teams is a sketch
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artist the ability to transform
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eyewitness descriptions from victims and
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our lifelike portraits of suspects is an
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exceedingly rare talent among the
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nation's top sketch artists one in
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particular stands out the eerily
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accurate drawings of Lois Gibson of
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Humble Texas have resulted in the
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arrests of nearly 1000 criminals but
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laws historic was far beyond artistic
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talent she has overcome great personal
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pain with a measurable courage from Lois
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was herself the victim of a vicious
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crime Lois Gibson a 51 year old mother
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of three has been a police sketch artist
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for the last 20 years today she's going
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to use her astonishing skills to help
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Denis Barnett Denise was recently a
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victim of a brutal sexual assault and
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she needs Lois as health now just relax
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to be able to look through the eyes of
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the victim I think you have to have a
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lot of empathy
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you have to be in their shoes and I've
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gotten real good at that and I empathize
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greatly she's my mind and said it was
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gonna be easy and wouldn't be very long
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and that uh she's done sketches with
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four and five-year-old little children
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it kind of shocked me to see in the
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actual face but that's the guy
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police hope that Lois's sketch will lead
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to the apprehension of Denise's
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assailant if the past is any guide the
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chances are good yet the drawing would
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not exist at all if Lewis had not turned
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her own nightmare into a passionate
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desire for justice the year was 1971 and
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21 year old Lois Gibson was living a
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life that seemed like a fairy tale the
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striking brunette was riding a wave of
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success as a model in Los Angeles and
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her acting career was starting to take
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off is it for television or for film or
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what but on one quiet summer evening a
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knock on the door would herald the end
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of Lewis's dreams the pay is good enough
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you know I can go with that hey listen
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can I call you back soon at my door okay
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yeah who is it a man pretending to be
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Lois's neighbor gained entry to her home
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who are you wait who who are you
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looks like you need a little company
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here he immediately started choking me
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he went to my throat and just almost
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snapped my head off the assailant
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sexually assaulted Lois and nearly
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strangled her to death before fleeing
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the savage assault left Lois overwhelmed
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with shame
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I was so destroyed I couldn't even walk
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out of my apartment and the idea that I
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would actually tell anybody was
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ridiculous it was absurd it was undoable
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it was patently embarrassing it was the
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most embarrassing humiliating painful
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thing I'd ever had happen to my myself
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six weeks later an amazing coincidence
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set Louis on the long road to recovery I
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drove up the street that I didn't mean
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to drive up and then when I got to the
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top of this winding hill I looked on a
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balcony and I saw and I started to
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scream and then I realized his hands
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behind his bar and he was coming what
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are you looking at and I loved it it was
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like I got to see justice and that's
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when I fell in love with what police do
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we later learned from the police that
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the rapist was arrested for cocaine
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possession she could still not bring
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herself to tell the authorities what the
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man did to her but what happened that
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morning would change the direction of
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Lewis's life forever
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following her attack Lois Gibson moved
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to san antonio texas married and had a
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family
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Lois continued to keep her agonizing
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memories to herself fortunately she
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found an outlet that brought her some
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peace of mind art
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using chalk pastels and charcoal Louis
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began drawing portraits of her family on
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Saturday I did 15 sketches in one day
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but something happened in 1980 the
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convinced Louis she could no longer hide
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from her past and I was over visiting my
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girlfriend dhyanne Denton and they came
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on the news talking about a dance
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instructor who had been raped in front
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of her 11 and 12 year old students
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that's horrible anybody do something
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like that
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I had these vicious feelings I couldn't
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stand it and then all of a sudden in
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less than a second it hit me and I told
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her Dianne I could draw that guy that
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would help the cops catch him and if
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they did I knew in my mind I didn't tell
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her that would make me healed that would
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heal of my bad feelings from my attack
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but Louis realized she needed to prove
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to herself and the police that she could
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draw someone solely from an eyewitness
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description so her friend Dianne went to
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a nearby gas station looked at the
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attendant then returned to describe the
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man to Louis and all of a sudden I
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started reliving my attack and I
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realized I needed to be able to do this
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really bad and that it was gonna kill me
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if I couldn't do it Louis fought back
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her fears and drew the picture
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the two brought the sketch to the gas
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station and compared it with the
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attendant it matched perfectly after
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some initial skepticism the Houston
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Police Department decided to give Louis
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a shot the results were astounding her
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startlingly accurate drawings have
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helped capture suspects in 30 percent of
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the cases she's worked an arrest rate
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unmatched by almost all other sketch
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artists the drawings that Louis has done
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in the past for us have proven to be
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extremely accurate it is almost uncanny
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the resemblance that the composite
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carries to the actual physical
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appearance of the individuals that we
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have arrested many times it has been the
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turning point and being able to find the
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individuals Lois's sketches are
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significantly different from the ones
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that you traditionally see there's a
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three-dimensional depth there
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I believe that Louis has the ability to
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connect somehow with the people she's
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working with it's like Louis is seeing
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the suspect just the way the victim did
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currently Louis is working several cases
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for local police departments and Texas
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one such case involves Jason Ballmer and
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his brother Phillip
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the two men were recently kidnapped from
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a mall in Humble Texas on February 25th
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Jason and Phillip Ballmer were shopping
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for bedsheets when they were approached
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by two well-dressed african-american
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males they seemed friendly enough so we
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started talking to him they started
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asking if we want to buy computers
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started thinking about it
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my girlfriend was asked me for a
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computer so I don't know check it out
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see what's up according to Philip and
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Jason the men led them to a van in the
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malls parking lot but instead of a cheap
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computer the brothers got a
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heart-stopping shock at gunpoint
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Jason was forced into the back seat of
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the van and Philip into the front
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the kidnappers then headed for the
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freeway
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a lot of stuff goes through your mind
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you're sitting there with a gun at you
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do how you're going to get out a
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situation or what that's basically
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maintained it was my head how am I gonna
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get out of this as the van approached 70
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miles per hour the brothers became
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convinced they were going to die both
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felt there was only one course of action
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the brothers hit the freeway shoulder
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with devastating force Philip suffered
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cuts and asphalt burns from head to toe
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Jason's collarbone was shattered and his
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leg severely fractured
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shortly after being released from the
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hospital Jason Ballmer sat down for a
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session with Lois Gibson when I talked
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to Jason he gave me the same spiel that
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every single witness gives me every
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single witness is positive they can't do
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the sketch and I said hey it's not your
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problem it's my problem you just relax
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I tell the witnesses immediately that
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someone tried to kill me for fun so I
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understand and they always like hearing
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that my attack has turned into a tool to
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relax my witnesses and help them get
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justice
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police are seeking these two men in
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connection with a kidnapping and
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attempted robbery of Jason and Phillip
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bomber
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authorities are also looking for a
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suspect in the assault on Denis Barnet
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Denis was allegedly lured by this man to
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a remote field and raped he is described
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as Hispanic five feet eight inches tall
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and approximately 140 pounds
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after robbing a gas station two suspects
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lead police on a high-speed chase
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through the backroads of Kentucky
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the pursuit was top speeds of 120 miles
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per hour abruptly ends when the suspects
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decide to flee on foot 23 year-old Jason
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Miller is immediately apprehended but
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the second suspect Clayton Wagner
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somehow manages to slip through the
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police Courtney authorities grew
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increasingly alarmed when they discover
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what Clayton Wagner left behind in his
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truck in the vehicle was gas cans half
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filled with gasoline a dummy hand
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grenade and firearms in a list of
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abortion clinics on the East Coast
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Clayton Wagner is a small-time career
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criminal who's apparently embraced the
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militant anti-abortion movement a
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skilled survivalist who's eluded police
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on numerous occasions Wagner has
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publicly stated that he is on a mission
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from God to kill abortion providers so
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far he has not acted on his threat but
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authorities believe it's only a matter
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of time before Clayton Wagner attempts
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murder
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Clayton Wagner is a very complex and
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intelligent individual he's a woodsman
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he used to own a computer company he's a
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car thief he's an armed robber and at
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some point in his life
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Clayton Wagner became involved in the
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anti-abortion movement according to
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statements made by Wagner he experienced
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a spiritual awakening shortly after his
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daughter had a miscarriage the family
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held a service for the unborn child
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Clayton Wagner has spoken to a reporter
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from the Pittsburgh post-gazette
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on numerous occasions Wagner said that
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at one point he heard a voice he takes
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us to be the voice of God but he said
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God told him how can you mourn so much
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over this one child when so many others
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are being killed and it all seems to
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start right there in the ensuing months
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Wagner reportedly uses computer skills
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to compile a list of abortion clinics
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and their employees armed with
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surveillance equipment police scanners
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and firearms Wagner claims to have
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stocked over 100 clinics in 19 states
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he had been out for a time stalking
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abortion clinics and trying to work up
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the nerve to shoot an abortion doctor or
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one of their staff members he had people
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in his gun sights at least three times
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and couldn't bring himself to pull the
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trigger God's will as Clayton perceived
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it had not been carried out a despondent
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Wagner allegedly vowed that next time an
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abortionist would die but then the law
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interceded a Motorhome Wagner was
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traveling in with his wife and eight
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children broke down just inside Illinois
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when our license plate check was done it
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revealed that the motorhome was stolen
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when all my State Police troopers
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indicated to him that he was going to
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have to conduct an interview with
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Wagner's family talk to your wife or
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sent when we picked you up in your favor
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just don't track her in it she doesn't
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know anything
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at that point Wagner immediately
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volunteered that the vehicle was stolen
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that he was wanted and he did not want
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his family to get involved Wagner was
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arrested and taken to the DeWitt County
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Jail and Clinton Illinois pond in prison
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he wrote letters to the extremist
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anti-abortion movement looking for
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support
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Wagner struck up a relationship with
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Reverend Donald Spitz an independent
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Pentecostal minister and a founder of
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the anti-abortion group the army of God
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Clayton informed me that his life was
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totally committed to taking action
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against the baby butchers Clayton was
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disappointed and dejected because he was
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apprehended before he was able to
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fulfill this mission on December 6 2008
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in Ragnar was convicted of federal
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weapons charges and vehicular theft
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during and after the trial statements
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reportedly made my Wagner were posted on
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an anti-abortion website doesn't matter
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to me if you're a nurse receptionist or
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janitor if you work for a murderous
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abortionist I'm going to kill you
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as it turned out Clayton Wagner had no
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intention of remaining incarcerated he
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happened to be put in only one of two
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cells that had this inside access door
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to the plumbing that was just by chance
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he just happened to at the luck of the
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draw they end up with that cell wagner
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allegedly picked the locks on that
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access door with a comb
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police believe a prune juice diet
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resulted in Wagner losing several pounds
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he was now thin enough to squeeze
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through the small opening and into the
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crawl space above the sound from their
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authorities theorized Wagner gained
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access to the roof
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he then jumped to an adjacent building
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and finally 15 feet to the ground
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Wagner allegedly made a beeline for
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nearby railroad tracks
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Waggener knew what time the train went
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by he made statements to other inmates
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that that was going to be his ride and I
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think he planned the escape to happen at
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a certain time so he could jump on that
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train that's a solo by dispatch we got
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one person
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we conducted searches of the immediate
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area we set up roadblocks at all the
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exit points leaving the city of Clinton
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but there was no sign of Clayton Wagner
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until two days after the escape police
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received a report that a man matching
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Wagner's description had stolen a
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vehicle from a nearby gas station
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although police immediately swarmed the
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area Clayton Wagner slipped away yet
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again
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we don't know how Wagner got through
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that dragnet Wagner has stated that that
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God has made him invisible
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I don't think God has made him invisible
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but obviously Clayton Wagner is very
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good at disappearing two months after
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his brazen escape
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authorities believe Clayton Wagner
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resurfaced at a bank outside of
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Harrisburg Pennsylvania surveillance
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video captured the robber who made off
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with 47 hundred dollars in cash I almost
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couldn't believe it when I saw the
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photograph it appeared that the person
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in the photograph was posing and smiling
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for the camera and there was no doubt in
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my mind it was clean Wagner Wagner has
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again disappeared possibly into the
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backwoods of Pennsylvania abortion
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clinics across the country are on full
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alert fearing a Clayton Wagner may
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finally follow through on his threats
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whether he Houston abortion is dead or
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whether he does not shoot an abortionist
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ed Clayton will be spending the rest of
00:34:46
his life in in prison if he is
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apprehended
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so Clayton has nothing to lose at this
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point update on December 5th 2001
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Clayton Wagner was captured by US
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Marshals in Cincinnati an employee at a
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photocopy store recognized him from
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wanted posters and notified the FBI
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agents moved in and arrested him without
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incident
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Wagner pled guilty to possession of a
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firearm by a felon an interstate
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transportation of a stolen vehicle
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tiny infant Hospital bracelets normally
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the cherish keepsake of the birth of a
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new baby but for Patti lemur they are
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bittersweet a sad reminder of the
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bizarre set of events that unfolded over
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40 years ago and cost Patti her two
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young children my daughters were
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beautiful very loving will be our
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honoree like their mother I don't know I
00:35:54
just left them they were my life okay
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and
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my life ended a long time ago Patti
00:36:09
Lamar is desperate for help and finding
00:36:11
her daughters take him from her decades
00:36:13
ago in 1959 she was an outcast divorced
00:36:17
in disowned by her family
00:36:19
sadly Patti believe she fell prey to
00:36:22
people willing to do anything to save
00:36:24
her children from the stigma of being
00:36:26
raised by a single mother Patti had no
00:36:33
idea of the trouble ahead when she moved
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to Peoria Illinois to be near her
00:36:37
grandmother with no money and no job
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Patti had to go on welfare and rely on
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the only relatives she had who was
00:36:45
willing to help my grandmother offered
00:36:48
to babysit while I was out looking for a
00:36:50
job I thought she treated the girls real
00:36:57
well I had no idea what was going on
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sheíll gift for you come to find out she
00:37:04
wasn't treating them like she was buying
00:37:07
Dianna toys clothes just about anything
00:37:10
she wanted and she just ignored Debra it
00:37:18
just hurt her just tore apart and it was
00:37:22
causing problems in her family after
00:37:28
weeks of neglect five year-old Debra
00:37:30
became very upset
00:37:31
Patti felt the favoritism was getting
00:37:34
out of hand and began to wonder about
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her grandmother's intentions she loved
00:37:40
babies and Debra was older grandmother
00:37:45
just wanted okay shall we little baby
00:37:49
she wanted it for herself
00:37:52
patty had no choice but to confront her
00:37:55
grandmother you continue to treat my
00:37:58
daughters unequally I'm not gonna allow
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you to see them again
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and she said you made some pretty bad
00:38:03
mistakes in your life and if it wasn't
00:38:05
for us you wouldn't be here would you
00:38:07
you need me and I said that's it out now
00:38:14
forget you know us it was just a few
00:38:20
weeks later that patty received a
00:38:22
surprise visit from a social worker I'd
00:38:24
like to talk to you about your two
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daughters she had received a complaint
00:38:29
that I was feeding my girls and not
00:38:32
beating them so I let her interviews the
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girls just to prove that there was
00:38:38
nothing wrong the children were found to
00:38:42
be well taken care of
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but when patty asked who made the
00:38:45
unfounded claims she hit a brick wall
00:38:47
she said that's confidential information
00:38:50
and none of your business and she said
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well I'll tell you this if we get
00:38:55
another call we will take your children
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decades ago hearsay an unsubstantiated
00:39:03
claims of child abuse could cause a
00:39:05
single mother to lose her children she
00:39:08
lived in a culture in which single
00:39:10
motherhood was frowned upon lots and
00:39:13
lots of women were coerced into placing
00:39:16
their children by well-meaning social
00:39:18
workers and religious officials and
00:39:21
parents who thought this is not the
00:39:24
right thing for the child or for the
00:39:26
mother weeks later the social worker
00:39:30
returned she told me that the state was
00:39:34
going to take my daughters and I looked
00:39:37
at her and I told her they'll take him
00:39:39
over my dead body
00:39:40
no one is taking my children no one
00:39:47
Patty's impulse was to run from the lies
00:39:50
and she had an idea who was spreading
00:39:52
them because I'd had that big blowup
00:39:56
with my grandmother I just know it was
00:39:59
her and she took that secret to the
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grave but I know she turned me in patty
00:40:06
decided to lead Peoria
00:40:08
she asked her girlfriend Doris to watch
00:40:10
the girls while she went to nearby
00:40:12
Chicago to find work and a new home for
00:40:15
her children Debra and Donna but it
00:40:19
wasn't long before the system caught up
00:40:21
with Patty and her daughters I had been
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up there about three days and he got a
00:40:28
phone call hello and it was Doris and
00:40:33
she told me my children were gone she
00:40:37
said two people and a sheriff came and
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got
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mrs. Cordova patty returned to Peoria
00:40:47
and was told her children were at
00:40:50
Catholic Social Services once there
00:40:53
according to patty she was met by the
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Monsignor in charge of her case
00:40:57
he quickly confronted her with a serious
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list of criminal charges against her you
00:41:02
beat your children he left them alone
00:41:04
all night and didn't feed them you
00:41:06
deserted them and to make matters worse
00:41:08
patty claims the only way out of the
00:41:11
trumped-up allegations was a horrible
00:41:13
ultimatum I need you to sign several
00:41:16
documents if you don't sign you will go
00:41:19
to jail for desertion
00:41:20
what do you answer if you don't sign the
00:41:23
papers you go to jail your children are
00:41:26
in an orphanage if you do sign the
00:41:28
papers they may be adopted I don't think
00:41:34
anybody should have to close their tent
00:41:37
patty felt she had no choice and signed
00:41:40
the adoption papers
00:41:42
curiously among the more forms she was
00:41:45
told were her own daughter's death
00:41:46
certificates the issue of the death
00:41:50
certificates was quite bizarre they
00:41:54
wanted to create a new identity for the
00:41:55
kids clean whole this was the model of
00:41:58
adoption back then as if so that the new
00:42:01
parents could raise them as if they gave
00:42:05
birth to them on January 15th 1960 party
00:42:11
lemmers saw her three and five-year-old
00:42:13
daughters for the last time since their
00:42:21
tearful goodbye over 40 years ago patty
00:42:24
has spent countless hours and thousands
00:42:26
of dollars searching for them retired
00:42:29
from a 17-year career with a Defense
00:42:31
Department patty dedicates most of her
00:42:34
days to looking for clues that might
00:42:35
lead to her girls
00:42:37
I promise Deborah I find him if it took
00:42:42
the rest of her life and that's what I'm
00:42:46
trying to do now I'm not part of their
00:42:51
life now but I want them to know the
00:42:53
truth I've gone through 41 years of help
00:42:57
and I think I deserve to know my babies
00:43:00
are okay update in December of 2001
00:43:06
unsolved mysteries received a phone call
00:43:09
from a woman whose family had adopted
00:43:11
Deborah and Diana the girls have been
00:43:14
placed in the same home shortly after
00:43:15
patty last saw them
00:43:17
Patty has been in telephone contact with
00:43:19
her youngest daughter and hopes to meet
00:43:21
with both women in the future at Patty's
00:43:25
request no further information about
00:43:26
Deborah or Diana has been released in
00:43:29
order to protect their privacy
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