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next on Unsolved
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Mysteries two women both named Mary
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Morris are murdered 3 days apart in the
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same town was it a coincidence or is
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there a
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connection Liz carmichel claims that her
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revolutionary three-wheel car gets 60 m
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to the gallon but she and the car are
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not what they appear to
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be in South Carolina a volunt officer is
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gunned down during a robbery his killer
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has escaped from
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prison and in Florida suspicious fires
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ravage nearly 30 churches in just over a
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year a Serial arsonist may be at
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work join us for five cases with twists
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and turns that you can hardly believe
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I'm Dennis finina and this is Unsolved
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Mysteries
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he
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Houston Texas in a remote area outside
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the city a passer by makes a gruesome
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Discovery inside a smoldering car he
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finds a body burned beyond recognition
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the CSI unit is called and begins
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searching the area for
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Clues the car belongs to 48-year-old
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Mary Morris who lives only 3 miles away
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her husband has not been able to reach
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her since she left for work early that
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morning I called a supervisor and found
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out she wasn't at work that's when I
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knew immediately that there was
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something wrong cuz she didn't miss
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work within a few hours detectives
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deliver the terrible news the victim in
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the car is Mary Morris the condition of
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the body makes it impossible to
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determine how she was killed nor can
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police determine the motive Mary was a
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bank loan officer with many friends a
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successful career and no known
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enemies there was no reason for it
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whatsoever she was just a really a good
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person you know never did anything bad
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to
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anybody they asked everything from
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gambling to drugs to Affairs to anything
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and all the answers were
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no just 3 days after the death of mar
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Mary Morris this case took on a very
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strange turn not far from where Mary's
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body was found another woman was
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viciously murdered she too was killed in
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her car and she too was named Mary
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Morris two women named Mary Morris both
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found murdered in their cars both in the
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Houston area and just 3 days apart and
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both had similar physical
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descriptions coincidence in order to
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find a possible link detectives tried to
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piece together the events leading up to
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the death of the second victim Mary
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mcginness Morris was 39 years old and
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like Mary Lou Morris she was a
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successful professional with a lot of
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friends Mary was like an angel she was
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very joyful always happy making people
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laugh not enough words really to
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describe her I mean she was just really
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loved by everybody call you in the
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morning Mary Lou Morris was a nurse
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practitioner in charge of several
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clinics for a major Industrial
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Corporation anything basically a doctor
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would do Mary did she would work 14
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hours a day not think twice go back in
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of an evening weekends whenever she was
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needed Mary got along well with everyone
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on her staff except for one new employee
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a male
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nurse she told me that she was afraid of
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this person that she worked with and I
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said do you really think he could hurt
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you and she said yes I do and I think he
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could do
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worse soon after that conversation Mary
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stopped by her office one evening to
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pick up some papers and she became
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frightened by what she found there she
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found things out of place on her desk
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pictures turned to face the wrong
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direction on his desk was written the
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words death to her which she assumed was
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written about
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her she made a phone call to me on her
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way home and uh she I could tell that
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she was that she was shaken honey this
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whole thing is really out of control she
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got home and she asked me if I would
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provide her with a gun to carry with her
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for her own protection she asked me to
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go over the the handling and use of the
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gun when we were finished she asked me
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to place the gun in her car under the
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driver's
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seat are you sure a few weekends later
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Mary met her friend Lori gimel at the
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clinic to get a flu shot Mary seemed
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fine that Sunday and she was only going
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to stay a couple of hours and then she
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was going to go
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home Lori says that she later received a
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call from Mary who sounded
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panicked hi it's me when she was in the
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drugstore she saw somebody that gave her
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the creeps she said I'm just going to
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run across the bridge and turn off my
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computer and sign out of the building
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and and go
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home 12 minutes after saying goodbye to
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Lori Mary mcginness Morris made a
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frantic call to 911 we're not releasing
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the content of the tape it covers the
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attack that happened to Mary and anybody
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that's ever heard that tape has uh just
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had their blood Shield listening to it
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it's it's a very chilling disturbing
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all the medical examiner report revealed
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that Mary was viciously beaten and then
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shot in the
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head investigators focused on Mary's
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coworker at the clinic he had quit his
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job after allegedly trying to discredit
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Mary detectives claim to have evidence
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linking him to the crime and he remains
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a
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suspect however when investigators tried
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to question Mary's husband Mike Morris
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his behavior aroused suspicion he
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wouldn't meet with us without an
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attorney Witnesses don't need attorneys
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suspects generally have attorneys Mike
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Morris says that he was only following
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the advice of some trusted friends
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several people suggested that I'd take
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an attorney with me not because I had
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anything to hide but just to have
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somebody with me that was familiar with
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the procedures
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next detectives asked Mike Morris to
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take a polygraph test he refused I was
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on anti-anxiety medications I was on
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anti-depressants I wasn't really sure
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that that this polygraph examination
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that they were talking about could
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adequately compensate for all of those
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conditions authorities had also learn
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that Mike and Mary Morris were having
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serious problems with their marriage
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when Mike heard of rumors of an alleged
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Affair between Mary and a family friend
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he confronted them head on I can tell
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you that at the time that that happened
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they both looked me in the eye and they
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both told me that that there had been
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nothing inappropriate in their
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relationship and I didn't see any
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betrayal in their eyes and then there
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was the question of motive Mary had a
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life insurance policy that would pay out
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$700,000
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there was a large amount of life
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insurance on Mary Morris which Mike
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Morris was the beneficiary too there
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were a lot of reasons right there for uh
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in the way of a motive for
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Mike but to the police the most curious
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evidence against Mike Mars is a phone
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call he made to Mary's cell phone 2
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hours after detectives believed that she
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was murdered this phone call lasted for
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4 minutes this was by all indications of
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the cellular telephone company a
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completed call what you have to wonder
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is what did that phone call either set
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in motion or uh end
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normally um the the cellular service
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would have kicked in and and said that
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the uh that the party you were calling
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was unavailable um I didn't get that I
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don't know why I didn't get that but as
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long as the phone was ringing and I
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thought that there was a possibility
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that she would answer it I let it ring
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but that raised yet another question
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detectives wondered why the call showed
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up on Mary's cell phone bill if no one
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answered I don't accept that Mike made
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this phone call and that the phone rang
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for 4 minutes it's not possible the the
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question is who answered the phone on
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the other end that's what the big
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question is and what did they talk about
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for the 4 minutes
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but Mike Morris firmly denies any
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involvement in Mary's
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death I had absolutely nothing to do
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with the arrangement of Mary's murder
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it's a hurtful insinuation it's it's
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absolutely untrue the question remains
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today why were Mary mcginness moris and
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Mary Lou Morris murdered and who killed
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them some think that a contract killer
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was hired to murder the second Mary
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Morris and killed the first Mary Morris
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by mistake that theory is supported by a
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call allegedly made to a Houston
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newspaper A call came into the Houston
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Chronicle and I verified this with
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somebody at the
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chronicle between the time the first
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Mary Morris was killed and the time my
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friend was killed saying something to
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the effect that they got the wrong Mary
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moris the first time the hit gone wrong
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theory is also supported by the fact
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that the wedding ring of the first Mary
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Morris was missing from the crime scene
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if someone had put a hit out on a person
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that's what they take back to show that
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they actually killed that
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person detectives also looked at the
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possibility that the two murders were in
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fact connected well with the remoteness
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of the location where the victim was
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found as well as the effort that was
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taken to destroy the evidence and and
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the vehicle um that would be consistent
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you know with a you know contract
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killing but with the background of the
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victim that doesn't seem likely the
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first Mary Morris was a was a mistake it
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was a missed hit a a bodged hit
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something like that there's not anything
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uh that we found that would uh support
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that detectives continued to search for
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any clues that might connect the two
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merry morses but came up empty they
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later concluded that the murders were a
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bizarre coincidence
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however the family and friends of both
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Marys think that's impossible the
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astronomical odds the two Mary mores was
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killed 3 days apart very similar in
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looks to me is that's what it is
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astronomical or not connected I can't
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help but think they have to be related I
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can't imagine that two women with the
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same name would be murdered within 3
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days of each other both found in their
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cars and not have that be
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related according to police both the
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coworker of Mary mcginness Morris and
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her husband Mike Morris have not been
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ruled out as
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suspects if you have any information
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about her death or the death of Mary Lou
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Morris please log on to unsolved.com
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next meet the woman who pulled off one
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of the most amazing frauds we've ever
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encountered
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in 1973 America faced an oil crisis that
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nearly crippled the country consumers
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wanted cheaper gas or more fuel
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efficient cars one Visionary claimed
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that she had the perfect solution a
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revolutionary three-wheel vehicle called
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the Dale this car supposedly C cost less
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than
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$2,000 and got 60 m to the gallon its
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creator claimed it could withstand an
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impact against the brick wall at 50 mph
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it seemed like the perfect answer to the
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gas crunch we all heard of the gas
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guzzlers coming from Detroit and here
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somebody could put out an automobile
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that could uh get 60 M to a gallon of
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gas and travel all over the city without
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a problem uh would have been the ideal
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automobile we have pledges from private
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individuals for Private Stock the
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entrepreneur who unveiled the new car
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was a remarkable and forceful woman
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named Liz carmichel she had the ability
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to incite this fire in you she's a very
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Dynamic strong person and uh she did
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things that that uh impressed
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us a lowcost high mileage car was the
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right idea at the right time Liz
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Carmichael pulled in more than $3
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million worth of advanced sales and this
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was before a single car rolled off the
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production
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line Ino California in 1974 Liz
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carmichel transformed herself from a
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housewife with five children to an
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entrepreneur she established 20th
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century Motorcar Corporation to produce
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her new three-wheel car I've called you
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all together to try and give you some
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update information on what we're doing
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here at 20th century Motors and with the
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Dale Liz told investors and the press
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that her company was renting three huge
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aircraft hangers where they would soon
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start production first year and what
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about the cost cost Factor any American
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can afford our car and the questions
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that were asked were not well if you've
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got a manufacturing facility where is it
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and how long you've been making cars and
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who are your engineers and not the tough
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questions the questions were basically
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well Liz we're behind you and where can
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I send my money
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news of Carmichael and her car soon
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spread across the country Liz was being
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interviewed by Newsweek and People
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magazine but back at Carmichael's
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headquarters authorities began to
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question her claims i' like to see Liz
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car the California Department of
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Corporations accused her of illegally
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selling both dealer franchises and cars
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that did not yet exist I have a DEC
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refrain order issued against 20th
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century Motorcar
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Corporation then the Department of Motor
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Vehicles discovered that the company had
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no State permit to manufacture cars we
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went to the research and development lab
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and observed what appeared to be people
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appearing to be busy but in wandering
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through the lab uh I saw no evidence
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that they were designing a vehicle or in
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process of making a vehicle everyone in
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the research and development lab without
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out was sincere believed in in the car
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and there was even talk if the company
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should
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fold there was a group of us that wanted
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to get together and continue with the
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car we believe that much in the
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car the Department of Motor Vehicles
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sent investigator Bill Hall to check out
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the three hangers where Carmichael
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claimed the cars would be
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manufactured I went to this airport upon
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entering I discovered the factory were
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nothing hangers were absolutely empty no
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tools no Machinery nothing but a little
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dirt on the floor they had rented this
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for only one month and the rented now
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expired so they actually did not have a
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factory that they were representing the
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head with the authorities closing in
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Carmichael decided that it was time to
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move her headquarters to Dallas but 2
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and 1/2 Weeks Later in Dallas the da
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filed criminal grand theft charges
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against Liz
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carmichel back in California Bill Hall
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went to the research and development lab
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with a search W upon inspection of this
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vehicle it was not a a viable vehicle at
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all it had no engine 2x4s were holding
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up the rear wheel the accelerator was
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just sitting on the floor it wasn't even
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attached the windows were not safety
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glass they were Bend back and forth the
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uh doors were put on by regular door
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hinges like one might find on a house
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door the vehicle just absolutely did not
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exist
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this Carmichael the Dallas Police also
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searched Carmichael's house apparently
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she and her five children had moved out
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in a hurry but Carmichael Left Behind
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evidence that she was not who she seemed
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to be God what do you got there looks
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like some kind of padded
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girdle this this
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Carmichael I don't
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know okay Liz carmichel was gone but 9
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weeks later she was found living in
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Miami with her five children a neighbor
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recognized her from a news photo and
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called the police she was working for
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dating service and was going by the name
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of Susan Reigns they also learned that
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Liz carmichel had another identity Liz
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carmichel was really a
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man Jerry Dean Michael it turned out
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that Michael was our already wanted by
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federal authorities for counterfeiting
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and jumping
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bail so was his female identity a
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disguise Michael claimed to be in
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preparation for a sex change
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operation but even without it Jerry Dean
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Michael had everyone
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fooled we had no doubt that this was a
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woman you just didn't question it you
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just didn't question it I never thought
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that Liz was a man I always thought that
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and she is today she still lives to me
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still a
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female Miss
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carmichel we have a warrant for your
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arrest Jerry Dean Michael Alias
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Geraldine Elizabeth carmichel was
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arrested on April 12th
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1975 he was extradited to Los Angeles
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and put on trial for conspiracy grand
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theft and
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fraud Liz arrived in cour every day in
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Min skirts now here somebody who's over
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200 lb and over 6 ft tall has a uh
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demeanor of I am a new Henry Ford it was
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rather bizarre Liz did not give one
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quarter in the course of the trial there
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was never once when lesz gave up her
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position that the people who supported
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her would vindicate her this car is the
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car of the future sir the idea ballot it
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was sound it could be done today it
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could still go back in production and
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still be a great car there's no doubt
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about it if you were to walk in this
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room and say let's go again I'd go right
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with
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her has the jury reached its verdict yes
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we have your honor we find a defendant
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guilty Michael was released on $50,000
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bail and appeal as conviction for the
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next 4 years he lost every time but when
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it came time for sent s Jerry Dean
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Michael was nowhere to be
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found update within minutes of our
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broadcast we received a tip from a
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viewer who recognized Jerry Dean Michael
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as a flower vendor named Catherine
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Elizabeth
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Johnson Michael had chosen to live in
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the small community of Dale Texas and
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was arrested at his home Michael was
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returned to California there he was
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sentenced to 32 months on several counts
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arising from his auto scan he was sent
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to an all mail facility after serving
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just over 2 years Jerry Dean Michael was
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discharged with 3 years of
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parole a prototype of the Dale is in the
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permanent collection of the Peterson
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automobile museum in Los
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Angeles next a man facing execution for
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murder tries to frame his own son for
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the
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crime Greenville South Carolina the
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night before Thanksgiving a grocery
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store full of holiday Shoppers has
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become a
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Target how's a look we're going to do
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this one let's
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go I can't believe you brought the kid
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don't worry about rich you'll kill car
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Wait the thieves are career criminals
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first inside is Rusty Corvette a
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convicted drug
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dealer The Mastermind is Sam waty an
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armed robber out on parole waiting
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nervously in the car is wat's
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19-year-old son
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Richard I don't write this in here right
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now forget is your video section still
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open I've got to get it the
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table I turned around and that's when I
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saw a man wearing a ski mask and holding
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a
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gun wait a minute you're not going
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anywhere everybody Hit the Floor do it
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face down
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now I was close enough to see the color
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of his eyes and I thought he doesn't
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care that I can recognize him that was
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the scariest thing of all because I
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thought if if he doesn't care what's
00:23:29
going to happen here come on let's go
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come on come on come on move to the back
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of the store go go go move very cool all
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the way back to the store all the way
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back I said back what do you think we're
00:23:45
kidding been a
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pleasure the take is almost
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$88,000 but the robbers do not make a
00:23:56
clean getaway he did it
00:24:00
two store employees catch the make and
00:24:03
license plate number of the
00:24:06
car behind a gray cutless it just turned
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off a Rutherford Road on the 291 there
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are at least two subjects in the car I
00:24:14
buys the other cars that were around me
00:24:16
a roadblock is what we were trying to do
00:24:19
and you know be able to stop him get him
00:24:21
out of the car and arrest him without
00:24:24
hopefully any uh instance of
00:24:27
injury Within minutes other units
00:24:29
Converge on the robers Charlie 29 I'm
00:24:32
heading north on Piney Mountain Officer
00:24:34
Dennis Eubanks and a volunteer Constable
00:24:36
Val and Keith move in from the opposite
00:24:39
direction head right to us Eubanks and
00:24:42
Keith swing around and get ahead of the
00:24:45
chase he's coming in right behind you
00:24:47
but before they can set up the roadblock
00:24:49
the robbers are bearing down on them Sam
00:24:53
let's run Sam let's head out get around
00:24:55
him
00:25:00
backup arrives too late 46-year-old
00:25:03
valvin Keith a father of four is dead
00:25:07
however within 48 Hours police have
00:25:10
arrested all three
00:25:14
suspects if convicted of the killing Sam
00:25:17
waty would face the death penalty while
00:25:20
in jail he talked Rusty Corvette into
00:25:23
helping him with an incredibly
00:25:26
coldblooded scheme why 's plan was to
00:25:29
identify Richard his own son as the
00:25:33
trigger man I wrote it all down for you
00:25:36
everything you need to say here take it
00:25:40
come on we're going to make Rich look
00:25:42
like one geared up Cowboy it was like it
00:25:45
was a game to him he acted like this
00:25:47
ultimate story he was going to tell was
00:25:49
the truth in the matter you know I mean
00:25:52
he he was plotting to to put his own son
00:25:54
in the electri chair is what he was
00:25:56
doing waty to insist that he was
00:26:01
innocent Sam what are you thinking it so
00:26:03
far fantastic yeah truly believe in the
00:26:07
judicial system and it's really
00:26:08
impressed me a lot the way things are
00:26:10
going in the end he was convicted of
00:26:13
murder primarily because his son and
00:26:16
Rusty Corvette testified against Sam
00:26:21
waty waty however had created just
00:26:24
enough doubt with the jury to get a life
00:26:27
sentence in instead of the death
00:26:30
penalty we were leaving the courthouse
00:26:33
and he grinned at me and and he said you
00:26:35
know he said life is nothing he said you
00:26:38
know I'm going to get out uh he was very
00:26:41
confident about
00:26:43
it it took almost eight years in several
00:26:46
botched escaped attempts but waty
00:26:49
eventually made good on his
00:26:53
threat one weekend he and another inmate
00:26:56
Danny L were assigned to an unsupervised
00:26:59
Landscaping detail on the prison grounds
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it was a Saturday so there would be no
00:27:05
midday head
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count let's do it the convicts used the
00:27:10
stolen hacksaw Blade with a homemade
00:27:13
handle to gain access to an underground
00:27:15
maintenance
00:27:17
tunnel waty and L had to slice through
00:27:20
three wire Gates and a steel door and
00:27:23
the rebar sandwiched between two wire
00:27:26
mesh
00:27:27
Gates it was 22 hard Cuts in all and
00:27:30
there were only 8 hours left before the
00:27:33
evening head
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count I imagine the adrenaline was
00:27:39
pumping and nervous every sound they
00:27:41
hear they figured there's going to be a
00:27:43
guard coming to get him by 4:30 waty and
00:27:46
L had made it to the Boiler Room D hey D
00:27:51
what are you doing down here going to
00:27:52
get me the keys to that truck am I going
00:27:53
to have to get them myself I told you
00:27:55
not to come down here doing my ship Wy
00:27:57
what am I supposed to trustees who were
00:27:59
working there didn't want to get caught
00:28:01
helping them Escape 15 minutes but they
00:28:04
weren't about to get in their way get
00:28:06
some ROP so we can Haw tie
00:28:11
ourselves with barely 15 minutes left
00:28:14
watk and L drove a prison truck out the
00:28:16
main gate and
00:28:18
disappeared police caught up with L less
00:28:21
than a month later waty however had
00:28:25
disappeared saying waty is in a category
00:28:27
by himself he is I believe very
00:28:30
Psychopathic face down now it's not that
00:28:33
he enjoys killing but he'll do it an
00:28:37
instant he will do anything it takes to
00:28:40
preserve him and he won't
00:28:44
hesitate update immediately after this
00:28:48
story aired one of our viewers in
00:28:50
Colorado reported that a former coworker
00:28:53
looked exactly like waty she gave
00:28:56
authorities the man's name and and birth
00:28:58
date a database search got a hit in
00:29:02
Louisiana authorities there provided a
00:29:04
copy of his driver's license without a
00:29:07
doubt it was Sam waty he was using the
00:29:10
Alias Michael Alman and the address on
00:29:13
his driver's license LED police straight
00:29:15
to his door waty still faced a life
00:29:19
sentence he was sent back to prison and
00:29:22
that's where he eventually died of a
00:29:24
heart
00:29:25
attack Rusty Corvette served 11 years of
00:29:28
his 21-year sentence before he was
00:29:31
released Corvette was later killed in a
00:29:34
shootout with police after a botched
00:29:36
robbery
00:29:39
attempt next bill batty loved his
00:29:41
magnificent Mansion so much that he may
00:29:45
not have left when he died many claim
00:29:48
they've seen is ghost
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00:29:59
Basking Ridge New
00:30:01
Jersey in 1923 a wealthy executive named
00:30:05
Bill B and his wife started building a
00:30:08
17th century style Norman Castle on 150
00:30:12
acres of Woodland yeah everything's
00:30:15
coming along just fine we've completed
00:30:17
work on the kitchen and the basement how
00:30:19
far up we going to go we're going to go
00:30:21
up another foot okay and you're going to
00:30:23
have five you going to have 11 by5 in
00:30:25
1930 before construction was complete
00:30:28
the Bates moved into the castle with
00:30:30
their four children but Bill would never
00:30:32
see the completion of his
00:30:36
dream just one year later he died of the
00:30:39
flu at the age of
00:30:41
45 his castle wasn't finished for
00:30:44
another 5 years Sarah batty never
00:30:47
remarried she raised all four children
00:30:49
in the castle and lived there until
00:30:54
1941 then the castle served as a boy
00:30:57
school for several decades and finally
00:31:00
Don and Carol Berling game bought the
00:31:02
estate and began to
00:31:04
remodel Carol was really the first one
00:31:06
to feel some sort of presence and she
00:31:09
had a friend that was sort of an amateur
00:31:11
parapsychologist then she said well
00:31:13
there definitely is a presence here and
00:31:15
Carol said well maybe we should try to
00:31:17
get rid of him shouldn't we have a a
00:31:19
seance and and uh and she said no you
00:31:22
better leave things exactly the way they
00:31:23
are he's friendly he's happy uh Let It
00:31:26
Go with that
00:31:28
after Don and Carol moved in hammering
00:31:31
noises echoed through the hallways and
00:31:34
footsteps were heard going up and down
00:31:36
the
00:31:37
stairs Don and Carol started to accept
00:31:40
that they shared their home with the
00:31:42
ghost of Bill batty one time Bill
00:31:46
demonstrated just how much he really
00:31:48
cared about the castle we decided we
00:31:51
were going to go off for a little ride
00:31:53
and Carol had all the windows open in
00:31:55
the servants Wing where we were living
00:31:57
renon said said you better close all the
00:31:58
windows it's supposed to rain I said no
00:32:00
it's not going to rain don't worry about
00:32:01
it I'm leaving them all
00:32:03
open so I left them open we went out and
00:32:07
it
00:32:10
rained we came home and all of the
00:32:12
casement windows which open from the
00:32:14
inside and open to the inside were all
00:32:17
closed and latched how went did it again
00:32:19
it didn't there's no water on the floor
00:32:22
there wasn't a drop of rain in the house
00:32:24
so our only conclusion was Bill helped
00:32:26
us out when he saw the rain coming he
00:32:27
closed all the windows and gave us a
00:32:30
handing up Bill Batty's ghosts also seem
00:32:33
to have a sense of humor or maybe he
00:32:36
just likes different TV shows than Don
00:32:39
and
00:32:40
Carol what's going
00:32:42
on I don't know let me see if I can fix
00:32:46
it you just get into a movie just the
00:32:48
really interesting part and all of a
00:32:50
sudden the station would change it would
00:32:53
go from two to three to four to five and
00:32:55
it happened more than one time turning
00:32:58
back and even I knew that there was a
00:33:00
presence here but what I couldn't figure
00:33:02
out was when was he going to leave if in
00:33:06
fact was he ever going to leave um I
00:33:10
just it was something I couldn't figure
00:33:12
out the Burling games began to look into
00:33:15
the history of the castle and found
00:33:18
Eugene Melville who used to work there I
00:33:21
said to what I see in there and they
00:33:24
said they sensed something themselves
00:33:27
but they never seen him but I only seen
00:33:29
him that once I can truthfully say that
00:33:32
was the only time I ever laid eyes on
00:33:34
him was at once seem to be under here
00:33:37
Mrs B 3 years after will Batty's death
00:33:41
Eugene was helping Sarah search for a
00:33:43
bracelet that she had
00:33:45
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00:33:51
lost it's Bill my husband but it was a
00:33:56
finger of a man stand there
00:33:58
no Phill it didn't stay long before me
00:34:01
to examine it very good it was just
00:34:03
going just like that it was scary I
00:34:07
don't know about this it frightened the
00:34:10
Daylights out of me I just never wanted
00:34:11
to go in that falcony again I passed by
00:34:14
it but to get me in there to stand there
00:34:17
oh forget it I wouldn't go in there
00:34:20
apparently Bill had something of a
00:34:22
throwing arm
00:34:28
I was alone in the kitchen the bread was
00:34:30
on the counter there was no way that it
00:34:32
could have fallen off by itself and when
00:34:34
it did fall off or a fly off it it went
00:34:38
a considerable distance so I know that
00:34:40
someone had to have moved
00:34:45
it there was no one else there with me
00:34:47
at all no animals Don wasn't around
00:34:49
there was no way the bread could have
00:34:50
fallen off the counter because it was
00:34:52
set Square okay Bill that's enough knock
00:34:56
it off and that led me to believe that
00:34:58
Bill had to be there saying hi I'm here
00:35:01
there was just no way that that bread
00:35:03
could have fallen off the counter by
00:35:07
itself Don and Carol invited Dr
00:35:09
Michaeline mayor a noted Paras
00:35:11
psychologist to visit the
00:35:14
CET mayor and her assistant conducted a
00:35:17
series of tests for Paranormal
00:35:21
Activity our physical instruments were
00:35:23
not able to detect anything unusual but
00:35:26
in this particular case the sheer volume
00:35:30
of the reports adds to The credibility
00:35:32
of the
00:35:33
case one of our Witnesses in this case
00:35:36
um a particularly credible witness in
00:35:39
fact a professional person of some
00:35:40
stature reported seeing uh in the
00:35:43
driveway in front of the castle a person
00:35:47
who dissipated right in front of his
00:35:49
eyes can I help
00:35:52
you who are you
00:35:57
I think the big news here is that humans
00:36:01
can act as sensors and we find that we
00:36:05
cannot uh dismiss this evidence as
00:36:08
caused by coincidence the stair treads
00:36:10
are going up on that second floor okay
00:36:12
come on the key to existing with a ghost
00:36:15
is if you can accept it you can enjoy it
00:36:18
and when things happen you just write
00:36:21
them off as oh it must be the ghost or
00:36:23
it must be Bill if you know who it
00:36:24
happen to know who it is I firmly
00:36:26
believe he will never leave the
00:36:28
castle the love of the thing maybe got
00:36:31
the better of of his soul and I think
00:36:34
that's the thing got such power you know
00:36:37
is the soul it's
00:36:44
Eternal next prospector Dan Willams left
00:36:48
behind a huge Fortune but no
00:36:51
will then an arsonist torches almost 30
00:36:55
churches in 16
00:37:07
months Red Lake Ontario Canada on a
00:37:11
previous broadcast we told you the story
00:37:13
of Dan willins in
00:37:16
1926 Dan found gold while panning at Red
00:37:19
Lake he and his Partners staked out
00:37:21
their claim and established one of the
00:37:24
most profitable small gold mines in
00:37:26
Canadian history
00:37:28
history in
00:37:30
1936 Dan set out into the Wilderness and
00:37:33
was never seen again he left behind an
00:37:36
estate that today would be worth as much
00:37:39
as
00:37:40
$35
00:37:41
million it has remained unclaimed for
00:37:45
more than 70
00:37:47
years update within Days of our
00:37:50
broadcast Davey willins contacted us
00:37:53
claiming that he might be one of The
00:37:55
Heirs to Dan willin
00:37:58
Fortune my grandfather came from the UK
00:38:01
to Ontario in
00:38:03
1895 we believe he traveled with another
00:38:06
family member and we also have been told
00:38:09
that there was a cousin someplace up in
00:38:11
the outback of Ontario so when this
00:38:14
Unsolved Mysteries program aired and
00:38:16
this Dan willins a Bushman from Ontario
00:38:19
was was disclosed it certainly was an
00:38:21
exciting possible link for our family
00:38:24
tree searching Davey willins flew to
00:38:27
Toronto Canada to meet Joe Perkin one of
00:38:30
Dan's last surviving friends Davey
00:38:33
brought along photographs of his
00:38:34
grandfather Harold willins and his
00:38:37
great-grandfather John willins to see if
00:38:40
there was a family resemblance it was
00:38:42
uncanny uh I couldn't believe it the
00:38:45
similarity of the face the nose spacing
00:38:48
of the eyes
00:38:50
forehead I think if you took the beard
00:38:52
off the old
00:38:54
man uh they'd look like twins
00:38:58
there does seem to be a strong
00:38:59
resemblance could Davey willins be an
00:39:02
heir to Dan willins
00:39:07
Fortune now Davey plans to look for some
00:39:10
of Dan Will's old belongings he thinks
00:39:13
that they might contain traces of DNA
00:39:15
that could prove a family connection if
00:39:18
you have any information about the case
00:39:20
of Dan willins and his fortune please
00:39:23
log on to unsolved.com
00:39:31
Okala
00:39:33
Florida firefighters rush to the First
00:39:35
Baptist Church despite their efforts the
00:39:38
85-year-old Landmark is completely
00:39:41
gutted the damage is in excess of $4
00:39:46
million incredibly this is the 21st
00:39:50
suspicious fire in Florida during a
00:39:52
16-month period authorities fear that
00:39:56
they might be dealing with
00:39:57
a Serial
00:39:59
arsonist the first fire was set in
00:40:02
Jackson County Florida within a year 15
00:40:06
other churches had been
00:40:08
torched the fires mysteriously stopped
00:40:11
for 3 and 1/2 months then destruction
00:40:14
erupted again in 7 Days Seven more
00:40:18
churches went up in
00:40:22
Flames authorities formed a special
00:40:24
Joint Task Force made up of federal
00:40:26
state and local
00:40:29
investigators task force is looking at
00:40:31
all possible patterns and avenues
00:40:34
everything from profiles of possible
00:40:36
fire Setters to times of day and other
00:40:39
information regarding the churches but
00:40:43
there certainly is no specific pattern
00:40:46
that has been determined at this point
00:40:49
churches like ours like to stay open and
00:40:51
offer people a place to meditate or pray
00:40:53
and and be involved 24 hours a day and
00:40:56
it's got to the place now to where we
00:40:58
can't leave our doors open uh so someone
00:41:00
could come in and pray um you know we're
00:41:03
having to guard the church I would hope
00:41:06
that we will come to some sort of quick
00:41:08
solution however I think it should be
00:41:11
noted that we need to be prepared for
00:41:13
the long hul these are very complex
00:41:17
investigations close to 30 churches were
00:41:20
damaged or destroyed by the arson fires
00:41:23
it is sheer luck that no one has been
00:41:26
killed or seriously injured still the
00:41:29
combined property losses total more than
00:41:32
$8
00:41:33
million and money is not the only
00:41:36
measure of the destruction these are
00:41:39
very important places for us very
00:41:41
important structures they house memories
00:41:43
good feelings and they're a very vital
00:41:46
part of our community so the loss is
00:41:48
heavy for all of
00:41:52
us
00:41:53
update Patrick Lee Frank a 41-year-old
00:41:57
Drifter from Tennessee was charged in
00:42:00
connection with the church fires Frank
00:42:03
was found not guilty by reason of
00:42:06
insanity and he was sent to a federal
00:42:09
psychiatric facility for treatment
00:42:27
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