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tonight on unsolved mysteries the
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Florida woman meets a man of her dreams
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soon they shot a light together sailing
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around the world but suddenly she
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vanishes could her boyfriend I've had
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anything to do with her disappearance a
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decaying marriage a shocking case of
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arson a wife is dead and her husband is
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on the run a California teenagers
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vacation to Carson City Nevada
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sparks a seemingly innocent summer
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romance does that relationship lead to
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her unexplained death just days later
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what happened to Natasha
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a young woman working two jobs struggles
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to support her daughter then when she
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ends a relationship with a possessive
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man she ends up dead now police need
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your help to find her alleged killer
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Michael Alfonso join me perhaps you hold
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the key perhaps you may be able to help
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solve a mystery
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in April 1998 51 year-old Colleen wood
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moved from Dayton Ohio to Boca Raton
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Florida living in the Sunshine State was
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a culmination of a lifelong dream the
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charming former high school homecoming
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queen went to work at Lighthouse Point
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Marina as office manager then in
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December 2000 following a hole in
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romance with a former professional race
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driver and Wall Street wizard named John
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Paul Colleen
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suddenly vanished without a trace to
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those who know her it is unimaginable
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that she would not call or write and the
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months following Colleen woods
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disappearance a mystery only deepened
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and police are baffled there is no body
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no suicide note and no evidence of foul
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play
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in fact legally there is no crime and no
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suspect while Colleen is listed as a
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missing person by Fort Lauderdale Police
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her family and friends fear the worst
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detectives would like to talk to one
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person who might be able to shed some
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light on Colleen's fate John Paul but
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months after Colleen was last seen he
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too mysteriously disappeared
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well here she is sometime in early 2000
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Colleen would a divorced mother of two
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grown kids decided to give Cupid another
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chance
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Wow when you said you had a sailboat I
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never imagined she'd be this big in the
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Pacific my mother met Sean Paul through
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a personal ad looking for a sailing
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companion and she was impressed with his
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credentials he said he was a he had an
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MBA from Harvard and in the racing
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circle he was early famous Gavin and he
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was also reputed to be wealthy due to
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his success in the ownership of a mutual
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fund company
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within a few months of their first date
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Colleen and John had become inseparable
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one evening following an intimate dinner
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Colleen shared some of her hopes and
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dreams here's to dreams here's to our
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dreams what is it that you'd like to do
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that you've never done before
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well I've always thought it'd be pretty
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fun to sail around the world why don't
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we do that Colleen was surprised and
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thrilled when John suggested they make
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the voyage together aboard his 55 foot
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schooner island good it was a wild
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adventure torn from the pages of a
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steamy romance novel within a few weeks
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Colleen her soldier condominium and
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entrusted John with investing the net
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proceeds $43,000 a short time later she
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moved in with him aboard Island then
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quit her job yeah would you get some tea
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Coyle I was very very shocked when
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Colleen told me that she was leaving I
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personally was very concerned about her
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selling all of her assets to take this
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trip Colleen are you sure about this I
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mean selling your car and your condo and
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everything seems a little risky putting
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all your eggs in one basket I know but
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you know what this is something I've
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always wanted to do let's face it I'm
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not getting any younger
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might be the only chance I have yeah in
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a minute I got a call Mike before I
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forget about it on December 3rd 2000
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Colleen placed a call to her son in Ohio
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hey she told him Island girl was setting
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Sodor a few weeks and she would be in
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touch soon according to Maureen Canada
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she spoke to Colleen about 10 days later
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on December 13th or 14th to invite her
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to the office Christmas party I called
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her cellphone number
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and she happened to be in Key West at a
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bar with John Paul she sounded fine she
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sounded like she was having a good time
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Tuesday the party came and went and she
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didn't show up but I just assumed that
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something happened where the there was
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possibly rough seas and they couldn't
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make it back on the boat she didn't
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cause for Christmas Christmas Eve and
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after New Year we everyone was really
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worried friends family asking - haven't
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you heard we know she would have called
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I tried to call her on her cell phone
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and the
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have been closed Michael immediately
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contacted the police in Florida but
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there was no evidence of any crime days
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turned to weeks than months still there
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was no sign of Colleen wood we spent the
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best part of January and February
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calling back and forth with the Coast
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Guard and FCC just trying to in some way
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identify and locate this boat back in
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Ohio
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Colleen's son searched the internet in
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hopes of finding an address or phone
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number for John Paul what he discovered
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gave him grave concerns I ran across an
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article that said that he had served
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time in prison that he went to a federal
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penitentiary for approximately 15 years
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serving time for an attempted murder I'm
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still thinking they're on a boat but I'm
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thinking she's on a boat with a killer
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or a possible killer it turned out
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Connie's boyfriend was a mastermind
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behind a drug smuggling ring in the
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early 80s and tried to kill his partner
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in crime for allegedly ratting him out
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John Paul was paroled in 1999 and met
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Colleen less than a year later his plan
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to sail around the world was in direct
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violation of his parole family and
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friends were certain Kali knew nothing
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about John Paul's past however his
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prison record wasn't the only thing that
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had some people troubled John would
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later give three different accounts of
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his relationship with Colleen which he
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says ended on the rocks
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John allegedly told version 1 to his
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daughter according to Michael she said
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Colleen to become irate over an incident
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involving one of her father's old
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girlfriends and ended the relationship
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when I heard that she had broken up in
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December I was panicked completely
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panicked Michel pleaded with John Paul's
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daughter to have her father call him
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three days later he did and a second
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version of the story emerged he told me
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that they had an argument he said I
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didn't remember what it is about but
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after the argument she left the boat and
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then she came back with her football
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player boyfriend she gathered all of her
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belongings and she left the boat
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and he hasn't seen her since I filed a
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missing-persons report immediately with
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the Fort Lauderdale Police Department in
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April 2001 some four months after
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Colleen was last heard from detectives
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mark shot well and al stone or assigned
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to the case their investigation quickly
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led to some suspicious activity on
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Colleen's credit cards in a two-month
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period between mid-december to
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mid-february in excess of 80
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transactions cash advancements totaling
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over $40,000 had occurred on Colleen
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woods cards we were able to come up with
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good solid physical evidence that not
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only did Colleen would not make any of
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the transactions they were not made with
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her consent
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if Colleen wasn't withdrawing cash from
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the ATMs than who was the police are
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still investigating and would only say
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it was a woman perhaps more than one
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also raising suspicion or two ads that
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appeared in a local newspaper
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both of these ads were placed in the
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name of Colleen wood using her credit
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cards both of the ads were ordered by a
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male the first ad that ran in early
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December was in the Help Wanted section
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looking for a first mate on the boat the
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second ad that ran mid-december was in
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the romance mail seeking female section
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had the heirs been placed by John tall
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detectives were sure they did know the
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second I had began running on December
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16 2008 the same time Maureen Canada had
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spoken to Colleen by phone
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according to Maureen Colleen told her
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then that she was partying with John and
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Key West and everything was fine
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detective Shotwell and stone righteous
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to hear about the events of December
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2000 from John Paul himself they finally
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tracked him down in May 2001 it was then
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according to detectives that John
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offered his third version of the
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break-up with collie like to ask you a
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few questions about Colleen would John
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Paul said that in mid-december he and
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Colleen had a large fight over money
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that Colleen would owed him money and it
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made no effort to repay it
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but the alleged inconsistent stories or
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at all the detectives claimed had them
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troubled My partner and I both noticed
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that he was becoming increasingly more
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nervous I found it unusual that he
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seemed to have so little concern over a
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woman that he lived with that he loved I
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haven't seen her since you know just a
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very unusual interview very little
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compassion showed on his part or if you
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can think of anything else that may help
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us out would appreciate it if you'd give
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us a
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despite the allegations of suspicious
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behavior and the inconsistent stories
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regarding John and his breakup with
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Colleen there is no solid evidence to
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indicate he had anything to do with her
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disappearance
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in fact John Paul may have no knowledge
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whatsoever about the mystery surrounding
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Colleen wood
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he has not been named a suspect in the
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case we have no body no physical
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evidence to show us what happened to
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calling but I can tell you it's not good
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I don't believe Colleen wood is with us
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anymore I know she's gone it's scary to
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know that something like this can happen
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to someone who's so close to you you
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think it happens to everybody else but
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you know what I'm everybody else we need
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to find out what happened we need to
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know if indeed he's responsible for the
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death of my mother I really want to see
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justice served
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john-paul is apparently left town
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violating the terms of his parole
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detectives would like to find him to
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question him again about the
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disappearance of Colleen wood
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go do it according to her family
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Jean Weaver's troubled marriage is
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nearing itself let's be done with this
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joke of a relationship that we're saying
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is a marriage that we're saying is a
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family they say that after 17 years
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together she tells her husband Gordon
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she is seeking the divorce this is done
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Gees family says they are concerned they
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claim they have always considered Gordon
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strange a reclusive loner who never
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attended any family functions they are
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uncertain how he will react
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two days after G's decision her sister
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Kathy becomes worried Jean almost
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compulsively punctual is 45 minutes late
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for a family gathering Kathy and her
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husband Tom are driving to her home to
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discover why we get to the house and I
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mean I'm panicking by then I heard this
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beeping noise I didn't know what it was
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I was thinking hey I don't understand
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this and then it hit me that was the
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fire alarm it was smoke obscuring the
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windows and I screamed at time
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as firefighters raced to the scene Cathy
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and Tom try to determine if gene is in
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the house but the thick smoke is too
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stifling to penetrate three minutes
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later that firefighters arrived in the
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basement they discover that the fire's
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intensity has caused water pipes to
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burst
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they also discovered gene Weaver a
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valiant effort is made to save her life
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and then please chief comes over and
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said she's gone
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I just ran and I ran and I screamed and
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I screamed
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I just can't begin to say how special
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gene was investigators in White Bear
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Lake Minnesota determined that the fire
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causing a death of gene Weaver was
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deliberately set burn patterns were
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consistent with a case of arson an
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autopsy revealed that gene had sustained
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a head injury but died from smoke
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inhalation the police believed gene had
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been murdered
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they Angie's family turned a suspicious
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eye on her husband Gordon Weaver
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Gordon Weaver had every advantage in
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life yet seemed destined to struggle he
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was a son of wealthy parents but was
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plagued by financial problems he had a
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high IQ but experienced deep bouts of
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depression as a golf and tennis club ian
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was failing he witnessed gene build a
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successful career in the human resources
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industry her family wondered if his
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disintegrating relationship with gene
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had led him to a desperate Act we wanted
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so much to find out that it was just a
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horrible accident that he had nothing to
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do with it
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but the more time passed you know I
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started to think that Cordy had actually
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killed Jean it was unbelievable
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but I believed it geez family claims
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almost from the beginning her marriage
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to Gordon was troubled
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they say the joy gene rarely experienced
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as a wife she found as a mother as a
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years past her love for her son grew but
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her devotion da garden withered what
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Jean would say about Courtney is that he
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would withdraw into himself for many
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years I just felt sorry for him because
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he seemed unhappy and just couldn't have
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a normal relationship with jeans and she
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wasn't happy at all
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but she thought it was the best for
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their son to remain together as a family
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a family crisis forced Jean to
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reevaluate her marriage her third sister
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Patty was diagnosed with terminal brain
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cancer patty died and and that is what
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precipitated Jean into thinking life is
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too short to stay married I am asking
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Gordon for a divorce according to Jean
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sisters Gordon reacted to her divorce
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plans by asking her an ominous question
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he said have you told anyone this
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and jeanne eagels no what we left
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because we said you know as if you
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wouldn't tell your sisters that you were
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going to get a divorce but you know and
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now I think why didn't why didn't that
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hit me why didn't I say Jean make sure
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you tell him that everyone knows you're
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gonna get a divorce
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but I can't explain why that didn't
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occur to me just three days after jeans
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alleged conversation with her sisters
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she was found dead that morning her son
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was at a soccer game and Gordon said he
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divided his time working at his office
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and running errands Gordon returned home
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immediately after police contacted him
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by phone we were not able to give him a
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whole lot information at that time and
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he was asked to volunteer I come to the
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police department to speak to one of our
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investigators which was myself mr.
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Weaver and my Frandsen path which we
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heard I'm afraid your wife passed away
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I'm sorry
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some of his mannerisms or behavior was
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not what one would expect having come
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home and finding his house you know
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surrounded by evidence tape and then
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being told that his wife was you know
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killed in the fire and we began to
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suspect that he was possibly involved
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and the death of Jean Weaver detective
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Brown secured Gordon's permission to
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have forensics experts examine the
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clothes he was wearing that day on them
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they found traces of two flammable
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liquids that they also found on jeans
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body investigators also learned that
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jeans life insurance policies totaling
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more than three hundred and fifty
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thousand dollars were due to lapse just
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two days after she was killed the sole
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beneficiary was Gordon jeans sister
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Kathy rise guard believes she knows what
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happened
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I believe Gordon went to confront Jean
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and I believe he pushed her or shoved
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her she had a wound to the head and
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he panicked and he stepped my sister on
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fire my sister was alive when he set her
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on fire because of the fire
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some water pipes burst in the basement
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the water pipes appeared to contain the
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fire to the laundry room area and also
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help preserved her body to the point
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that the medical examiner could do a
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complete autopsy and locate the head
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injury and some other physical evidence
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12 days after jeans death gordon weaver
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was arrested for her murder he was soon
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released on bail
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the FBI says a three hundred thousand
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dollar cash bond was provided by his
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parents four months later while awaiting
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his indictment hearing he borrowed his
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parents car
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they said he was going to Chicago for a
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vacation alone two days later the car
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was found abandoned in Summit Illinois a
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suburb of Chicago bloodstains found
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inside a pair to indicate that Gordon
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Weaver had been the victim of a violent
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carjacking forensics experts determined
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the blood was human but were unable to
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determine if it was Gordon's the timing
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of things is just all too coincidental
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for him to disappear or be carjacked
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that's a week before that he is going to
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be indicted by a Ramsey County grand
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jury for first-degree murder it doesn't
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make any kind of sense at all did Gordon
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staged his disappearance or did he
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indeed meet with foul play as his
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parents say they firmly believe two days
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after his car was found an unexpected
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phone call apparently solved the mystery
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it was received by a business associate
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of Gordon's this individual identified
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the person as Gordon Weaver
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Gordon Weaver asked if they found his
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car this co-worker spoke with him for
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just a very brief time and then Gordon
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Weaver hung up we do not believe in any
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way shape or form the Gordon Weaver is
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dead his family has indicated that that
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is that is what they believe but the
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phone call makes it all crystal clear
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that Gordon Weaver did not die in that
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vehicle on that night Gordon Weaver
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still on the run why should he be off
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somewhere and Jean the most beautiful
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person that you could imagine is gone
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forever if I knew then what I knew now I
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would never have left Jeanne alone for a
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second
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a summer afternoon in Carson City Nevada
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Sandra Jennings receives an urgent call
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from her brother Clarence he's trying to
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locate a 16 year old daughter Natasha
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who's visiting them from California miss
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kasha I had called home
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my sister answered the font I asked her
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if Tasha for songs she set the phone
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down she she peeked out the back door
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she didn't see her so she went upstairs
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that's why your screen
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Clarence I found it Tasha she's on the
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floor she's not breathing I told her
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well hang up right now call 911 I'm on
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my way
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tragically Natasha Jennings was already
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dead when the paramedics arrived
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ultimately three theories in the cause
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of her death would emerge involving
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accusations of drug abuse sexual assault
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and murder along the way the reputations
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of Natasha and her family will be
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subjected to salacious rumor and
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innuendo and of this day how Natasha
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Jennings died remains a mystery Natasha
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Jenni's lived with her mother in
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Southern California when she was very
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young her parents divorced a situation
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that affected Natasha deeply in fact
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Natasha had hoped her visit to Carson
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City would spark a stronger relationship
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with her father I told her no at first I
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said no you're not going but then I I
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didn't want to put her in the middle of
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our disagreements but what I feel
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towards her father is my own business
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and doesn't involve her that is her
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father among her circle of friends
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Natasha was a sensitive one as soon as
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she met someone they were her friend
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she always had something good to say she
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was outgoing most caring person I've
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ever met she just kept everyone that she
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knew close to her heart
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sadly Ingrid Kotar would now only have
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those cherished memories of her best
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friend to hold on to
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Natasha's last day began uneventful II
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she had lunch with her aunt at 1:00
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later that afternoon
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Clarence Jennings placed several calls
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to his daughter he had become
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increasingly worried when he was unable
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to reach her
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when police arrived at the scene they
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found natasha has her added founder
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slumped across the bedroom floor her
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hair was damp as if she had just bathed
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an electric fan inexplicably lay on top
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of her
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anytime you have a young individual
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that's deceased for no specific apparent
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cause or reason it's suspicious it's
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treated as a homicide until such time as
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we can shift gears and and say that it's
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something else although there were no
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outward signs of trauma to Natasha's
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body investigators quickly developed
00:27:33
their first theory attention was
00:27:37
directed at a young Carson City man
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Natasha had become close to whom we will
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call Chris allegations had already been
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raised that Chris had sexually assaulted
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her just days before the investigation
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revealed that Natasha and Chris had
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joined a group of friends at an
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impromptu party the get-together dragged
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late into the night those who had been
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drinking were invited to wait until
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morning to drive home no one saw what
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Natasha and Chris did the rest of the
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night according to Ingrid Qatar her
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friend in California a confused and
00:28:21
traumatized Natasha called the following
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morning to tell her something had
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happened after the party Natasha told me
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she had blacked out from she was
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drinking and she had blacked out and
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that Chris had a raped her do you know
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where Natasha lives
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Chris was interrogated however
00:28:46
detectives concluded that whatever may
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have happened between him and Natasha
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his actions had not been criminal the
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autopsy report was conclusive that that
00:28:56
she was not sexually assaulted as soon
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as the Tasha's mother learned of her
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death she rushed to Carson City and I
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spoke with everybody that she was around
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I went to places that she had been I
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handed out flyers I'm in thousands upon
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thousands upon thousands Tammy stilton's
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efforts brought a new and unexpected
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theory to light I was at the shopping
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center passing out flyers when a woman
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approached me and she was very scared
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anything she was very skittish in
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watching over her shoulder and and she
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says um I know what happened to your
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daughter
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she wrote her telephone I'm down suppose
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here suppose call me
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the woman claimed that Natasha's father
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Clarence was a drug informant for local
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law enforcement authorities she said
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drug dealers had found out and killed
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Natasha in retaliation my ex-wife had
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asked me is there any possibility that
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they might have had something to do with
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it in retaliation for my being an
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informant for the police department and
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my jaw dropped I've never never been an
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informant for the police department led
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by Natasha's mother a group of relatives
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confronted one of the Carson City
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detectives assigned to Natasha's case
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and we asked him if you know if he was a
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word that Clarence was or Natasha's
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father was a informant you know and he
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didn't deny what at all he said yes he
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was aware of it I can say based upon our
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records and the records of the Nevada
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Division of Investigations which would
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be more typify two state narcotics
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Clarence Jennings was not nor was he
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ever a documented informant for either
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agency how long have you known etosha
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Jennings but soon yet another theory the
00:31:07
third would redirect the course of the
00:31:09
investigation authorities still believe
00:31:13
the drug connection could have played a
00:31:14
vital role in Natasha's death but with a
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stunning new twist
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did you ever see Natasha use any kind of
00:31:21
drugs no Tosh would never use drugs
00:31:25
investigators were now speculating that
00:31:27
Natasha had brought about her own death
00:31:29
by overdosing on drugs they focused on
00:31:35
two pieces of evidence a scrap of
00:31:37
plastic recovered on a landing outside
00:31:39
Natasha's bedroom contained traces of
00:31:42
methamphetamine commonly known as speed
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and cocaine
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and an examination of Natasha's body had
00:31:49
revealed a minut amount of the drugs in
00:31:51
her nostrils the cocaine and
00:31:54
methamphetamine can lead to increased
00:31:57
body temperature hyperthermia I think
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she probably took a bath to cool down
00:32:03
and she was in the process of drying her
00:32:05
hair when she collapsed most likely a
00:32:08
spasm they said she was on a five-day
00:32:15
drug and drinking sex party and I was I
00:32:22
know I just I know my daughter she
00:32:26
wouldn't used
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the official investigation report states
00:32:31
that the medical examiner found no drug
00:32:33
residue and Natasha's system during
00:32:35
autopsy if you snort cocaine on Monday
00:32:40
and you're deceased on Friday and we do
00:32:44
a toxicology we may find remnants of the
00:32:47
drug perhaps in your nose or maybe an
00:32:49
injection point or something like that
00:32:51
but the actual toxicology of your blood
00:32:55
in urine and whatnot may may produce a
00:32:58
zero amount today the investigation has
00:33:04
hit a dead end for Tammy Stilton
00:33:07
all the theories and endless speculation
00:33:09
have only produced frustration and more
00:33:12
questions all I wanted was answers for
00:33:16
somebody to talk to me explain to me
00:33:18
what's been going on with her but nobody
00:33:20
will nobody has the unfortunate part is
00:33:24
I don't have an answer for the mother
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this girl was 16 years old she had her
00:33:33
entire life ahead of her and we don't
00:33:35
have any answers we don't have the
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bottom line
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I didn't want her to go and I was kind
00:33:52
of mad at myself because I had felt it
00:33:56
10 then didn't take heed to those
00:33:58
emotions
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I had actually sent her a note telling
00:34:03
her that I want her to come home she
00:34:07
didn't make it back
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officially the investigation into the
00:34:12
1997 death of Natasha Jennings is still
00:34:15
open at a hotel room in Elgin Illinois
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Michael Alphonso has reached a breaking
00:34:29
point desperately willing to go to any
00:34:33
lengths to save a relationship his
00:34:38
girlfriend
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single mother Josefina Gonzales has
00:34:42
agreed to meet with him to listen to his
00:34:44
final plea but Michael refuses to accept
00:34:47
her decision after Alfonso stabs her he
00:34:54
tries to escape the Josefina's
00:34:56
two-year-old child although severely
00:35:00
wounded Josefina fights back she saves
00:35:03
her son by punching Michael Alfonso's
00:35:05
own knife into his back he drops a child
00:35:09
and bleeding flees into the night
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Josefina Gonzales and her son recovered
00:35:17
from the 1994 attack Michael Alfonzo was
00:35:21
arrested when he sought treatment for
00:35:22
his wounds
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Alfonzo would be convicted of aggravated
00:35:26
battery and served four years in prison
00:35:29
tragically Josefina Gonzales would not
00:35:31
be the last of Alfonso's relationships
00:35:33
to allegedly end in violence in June
00:35:39
2001 Hannah Velasquez separated from her
00:35:42
husband was working two jobs to support
00:35:44
her young daughter unfortunately for
00:35:47
Hannah Michael Alfonso also worked at
00:35:50
one of those companies and he had henna
00:35:53
in his sights
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saw me oh you got like five minutes now
00:35:59
I came in here just to ask you out to
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dinner tonight
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yeah tonight okay I get off around 8:00
00:36:06
so if you would I come around Hannah's
00:36:08
relationship with Michael Alfonzo
00:36:10
continued to grow as her own marital
00:36:12
relationship deteriorated she didn't
00:36:16
talk about any relationship with him but
00:36:18
she always said I'm alive right now I
00:36:20
got to do what I can right now and she
00:36:23
was a one in a good future for for her
00:36:25
and for her her daughter hennas second
00:36:28
job was at a local fast food restaurant
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she had shared with a co-worker the
00:36:32
difficulty she was having with her
00:36:34
estranged husband Hannah was having
00:36:37
marriage problems I said you just got to
00:36:39
communicate with each other and
00:36:41
everything will be okay and then about a
00:36:46
few days later an all starts getting
00:36:49
these phone calls at work and this man
00:36:58
starts calling like every other day
00:37:00
there then I asked her I says who is
00:37:04
this man calling you at work and she
00:37:06
would not answer me now she would not
00:37:09
tell me sure yeah we're just friends
00:37:10
everything's fine she signed to what I'm
00:37:12
doing I know what I'm doing this okay
00:37:14
ma'am fine but Renee Anderson's
00:37:17
concerned for her young friend would
00:37:19
prove prophetic when Hannah Velasquez
00:37:22
made a decision to reconcile with her
00:37:24
husband she would see Michael Alfonso's
00:37:27
darker side Michael Alfonso was an
00:37:36
aggressive violent man when he doesn't
00:37:37
get his way he gets angry many of his
00:37:41
friends tell us that they're scared of
00:37:42
him that they don't know which way he's
00:37:44
going to turn because he's so
00:37:45
unpredictable
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did you hear me listen to me okay
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nothing you're not going anywhere you
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don't break up with me
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or I hurt you and your family
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and I was so frightened by Alfonso's
00:38:07
threats that she notified authorities
00:38:11
Velasquez this guy was seen as
00:38:13
threatening me she did not want to
00:38:15
pursue any criminal charges at the time
00:38:17
because she was deathly afraid of
00:38:18
retaliation by Michael Alfonso something
00:38:24
a pretty clear pattern of Michael
00:38:27
Alfonso's behavior has emerged here it
00:38:29
seems as though when he begins to date a
00:38:31
woman and the relationship goes sour he
00:38:35
gets angry at the woman and does not
00:38:36
want them to leave and what he does is
00:38:38
he reacts with violence the day after
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Hannah's altercation with Michael
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Alfonso Alfonso reportedly confronted
00:38:47
her at the restaurant where she worked
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42 what one customer told me some man
00:38:55
comes up to her and they start arguing
00:38:58
there was a very heated argument from
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what the customer told me hennas husband
00:39:03
who also worked at the same restaurant
00:39:05
was taking a rest break in his car on
00:39:08
the other side of the building and had
00:39:10
no idea his wife was in danger
00:39:27
one of the witnesses was in an
00:39:29
automobile waiting in the drive-thru
00:39:31
line for food Michael walked directly at
00:39:33
her vehicle and walked between her car
00:39:35
and the drive-thru and she looked at his
00:39:37
face and noticed that he had a smirk on
00:39:39
his face
00:39:41
another witness reported the hooded
00:39:43
assailant ran toward a dark-colored car
00:39:47
there was a person that noticed a black
00:39:50
Firebird type of a vehicle drive away at
00:39:53
a high rate of speed
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we know from records that Michael
00:39:58
Alfonso owns a 1994 black colored
00:40:00
Pontiac Firebird I'm holding hello and I
00:40:09
said to her hold on and I'll hold on
00:40:12
everything's going to be okay surrounded
00:40:16
by her friends and co-workers Toddie
00:40:18
eight year old Hannah Velasquez
00:40:20
struggled for life Hannah would not win
00:40:24
that fight she was pronounced dead
00:40:26
shortly after being taken to a hospital
00:40:30
when an all-points bulletin went out for
00:40:32
the capture of Michael Alphonso police
00:40:35
learned there were in search of a career
00:40:36
criminal
00:40:38
before Alfonso served a four year prison
00:40:41
term for the attack on Josefina Gonzales
00:40:43
he had served time for a 1989 rape even
00:40:49
then investigators knew Alfonso was a
00:40:51
threat to society but were disappointed
00:40:54
by the leniency of the court we asked
00:40:58
for length year prison sentence the
00:41:00
judge disagreed with us and didn't feel
00:41:02
that Alfonso posed a threat to the
00:41:05
community
00:41:06
of course history's proved differently
00:41:09
he is a tremendous threat to any woman
00:41:12
who he becomes involved with authorities
00:41:15
were also suspicious of Alfonso's
00:41:17
involvement in the unsolved 1992
00:41:19
disappearance of a young woman he was
00:41:21
dating
00:41:24
Suman Ouyang reportedly informed Alfonzo
00:41:27
she intended to break up with him and
00:41:29
return to her husband and was never seen
00:41:31
alive again any woman that he gets
00:41:36
involved in a relationship with is in
00:41:38
grave danger unless they exceed to all
00:41:40
his demands and remained his loyal
00:41:42
servant they are in danger of being
00:41:44
raped or killed two months after her
00:41:49
disappearance the body of suma near yang
00:41:51
was discovered in a remote area she had
00:41:56
been shot in the head but despite the
00:42:02
suspicions of law enforcement
00:42:04
Michael Alfonzo was currently awarded
00:42:06
only for the murder of Hannah Velasquez
00:42:08
and for the friends and family of henna
00:42:12
the grieving has just begun this guy
00:42:33
doesn't deserve to be helped or he
00:42:35
doesn't deserve anything I mean he
00:42:37
doesn't even deserve to live because
00:42:39
he's all he's taking you know other
00:42:42
human beings life so if if anyone is is
00:42:47
helping him he doesn't deserve no help
00:42:49
he deserves to be behind bars
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every mystery has a potential to be
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solved it may take months may take years
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or it may occur during our next edition
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unsolved mysteries
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