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DENNIS FARINA: Next on
"Unsolved Mysteries"--
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A man plans a fake kidnapping
to extort a ransom.
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But there's a hitch; his
accomplice kills him.
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A woman disappears.
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Her fiance says that he
dropped her off at a casino,
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but security tapes
tell a different story.
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Two strangers, two separate
car crashes-- both victims
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say they became psychic
after their brush with death.
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A sheriff turned AWOL
reportedly buries $6 million
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worth of gold in the
Montana mountains.
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Many believe that
it's still there.
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You might have
that one vital clue
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to help solve one of our cases.
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I'm Dennis Farina, and this
is "Unsolved Mysteries."
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Join us.
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[theme music]
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DENNIS FARINA:
Littleton, Colorado--
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it was an ordinary Wednesday
morning in the neighborhood
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of Roger and DJ Dean,
except for this strange car
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parked on the street.
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Some remembered it
was a '68 Pontiac,
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others a '76 Oldsmobile.
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But everyone agreed the
man inside was a stranger.
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At the time, they
thought nothing of it.
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But at the time, Roger
Dean was still alive.
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Roger called his
wife into the bedroom
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around 7:00 that morning.
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DJ, come out here.
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What is it, Roger?
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Alright lady.
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Shut up and get on the bed.
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Ow!
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Roger!
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Shut up!
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DENNIS FARINA: The masked
intruder forced Roger
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to tie and blindfold his wife.
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Then he took Roger
into another room.
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As DJ lay helplessly
on her bed, she
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could hear Roger and
the gunman talking,
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but she couldn't tell
what they were saying.
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DJ heard the gunman
rifling through drawers.
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Let's go.
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All right, I'll
give you the money!
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Go!
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DENNIS FARINA:
Then, a loud noise.
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At the front door he fired
again at point blank range.
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Roger Dean died before
help could arrive.
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From the beginning,
several aspects of the case
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puzzled investigators.
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Roger had twine marks
on only one wrist,
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so it appeared that
he had never actually
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been tied up by the gunman.
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Also, Roger was wearing contact
lenses when he was shot.
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Look at his glasses here.
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DENNIS FARINA: Yet strangely,
in an upstairs bedroom,
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his glasses were found
covered with duct tape.
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Police believe that both
the twine and the glasses
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were red herrings planted to
give the impression that Roger
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had been blindfolded and bound.
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We believe that Roger hired
an individual to come over
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to basically kidnap him,
take him to his bank,
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withdraw $30,000
from their account,
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and then obviously drop
Roger off someplace
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so Roger could report
a robbery, and he would
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have that $30,000 to himself.
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DENNIS FARINA: During
the investigation,
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police also learned that
Roger had taken nearly $30,000
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from his business and put
it in a secret account.
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On most weekdays, Roger
left home before 6:15 AM.
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On the day of his murder,
he was seen drinking coffee
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in his garage at 7:00 AM.
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What we make of
the timing is that he
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was waiting for this
individual to come
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and meet him at his house.
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We also believe that the
individual was probably sitting
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in his car when Roger lifted
the garage door, which
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was the signal
for his individual
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to get out of his car and
walk over to the Roger's home.
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In my heart, I cannot
believe that Roger
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had anything to do with this.
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This is the man that I was
married to for 26 years,
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and yes, there had been personal
problems in the last few years,
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especially since the
death of our son.
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But I knew the man too well.
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DENNIS FARINA:
After Roger's death,
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DJ and her daughter Tammy tried
to move on with their lives.
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But five years
later they received
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a chilling, anonymous letter.
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Incredibly, its
author claimed to be
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the man who killed Roger Dean.
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The letter demanded
$100,000, and
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if the money wasn't delivered,
he threatened to kill again.
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MURDERER: Do you know that
I have met your daughter
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Tammy on a few occasions?
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Do not make me kill her.
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Your son is dead.
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Your husband is dead.
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Do not risk your daughter.
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She's the last one left.
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I was in total shock.
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I mean, this was like something
that doesn't happen to you.
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This only happens in the movies.
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It makes me angry
that we had just
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started to get on with our lives
and put the past in the past,
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and it's all brought
up to you again.
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And this person isn't
letting us continue,
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and we never did
anything to deserve this.
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DENNIS FARINA: DJ and Tammy
called the police and the FBI.
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They were convinced that
the letter was legitimate
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and that it was written
by Roger's killer.
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DJ and Tammy given around
the clock protection.
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The killer told DJ that
he would call again.
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Wait for the second ring, now.
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DENNIS FARINA: FBI agents
moved into DJ's home,
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and set up a wire tap.
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Hello?
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MURDERER (ON THE PHONE): Listen,
your husband owed me money,
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and I want my money.
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If my husband owed you money,
I'll pay you what he owed you.
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DENNIS FARINA: The FBI traced
the call to a phone booth
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in Denver.
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But when they got there,
the killer was gone.
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The killer called 12
more times and then
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he told DJ to drive
to a supermarket
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20 miles north of her home and
wait for further instructions.
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DJ tried to trap the caller
with the help of an FBI
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agent hidden in her car.
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Surveillance trucks and
a SWAT team were nearby.
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OK, she's out of the
car, and she's headed
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across the parking lot now.
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She's headed towards
the phone booth.
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I waited, and I
waited, and I waited.
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Could not believe
I was really having
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to go through this terror.
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Hello?
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DENNIS FARINA: The
extortionist finally
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called, and told DJ to leave
the $100,000 in an alley
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behind an apartment
complex in downtown Denver.
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Later that evening, the FBI
watched as DJ made the drop.
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They waited until dawn,
but no one showed up.
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Whether or not he spotted
something, whether or not
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he just took for granted
that the law enforcement was
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involved, or whether or
not he got cold feet,
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and although he didn't detect
any type of law enforcement,
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he just was too scared to
actually make the pick up,
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I think all those
are possibilities.
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When he didn't pick up, I was
devastated, because I thought,
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this is not over.
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there's There's nothing
more that either one of us
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want than for this to be solved.
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He's still terrorizing us.
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He is still making us live
a nightmare that continues
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on and on all the time.
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DENNIS FARINA: In his last
call, the extortionist told
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Tammy he planned to kill her.
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He said he would strike
when she least expected it.
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Authorities believe
that the suspect
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is white, about six
feet tall, and uses
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an extensive vocabulary.
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They also think that a man
and woman working together
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wrote the letters.
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If you have any information
about this case,
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please log onto our
website at unsolved.com.
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Next, how could a woman
disappear from a busy casino?
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24-hour surveillance cameras
may provide the answer.
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Apple Valley, California--
Al Henderson and Jean Moore
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seem like the typical
couple in love.
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But they spent more
than a typical amount
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of time getting to
know each other.
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It took Al 20 years to
finally propose to Jean.
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She was very
happy, and we were
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making plans for the wedding.
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She got more excited about
it with each passing day.
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DENNIS FARINA: However,
Jean's children weren't nearly
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as happy about the engagement.
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The longer I knew him,
the less genuine he seemed.
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I know he said that he
loved her many times,
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but he also had a
habit of putting her
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down in front of other people.
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And to me, that just
didn't sound like love.
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When your mother asks you to
be nice to somebody who they
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like, you go along with it, even
though you've tried to talk--
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like I did-- I
tried to talk my mom
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out of being around the guy.
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DENNIS FARINA: A few
months after the proposal,
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Jean and Al went on a
vacation in Laughlin, Nevada,
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a scaled down
version of Las Vegas.
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It was there, a few days later,
that Al reported Jane missing.
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No one has seen or
heard from her since.
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Many people, especially
her children,
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are convinced that something
bad happened to Jean
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and that her fiance, Al,
was somehow involved.
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What follows is Al's
side of the story
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and his account of the
day that Jean disappeared.
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According to Al, they were
just about to check out
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of their hotel when Jean
wanted to play her lucky slot
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machine just one more time.
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He told us that
he dropped her off
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at a side entrance
of a nearby casino
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and went to find
a parking place.
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When I did not
find one, then I
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returned to the valet parking.
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Can my wife pick
up the car later?
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Thank you.
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AL HENDERSON: Got the ticket,
went inside the casino
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where Jean was waiting for me.
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Here's the claim
check for the car.
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AL HENDERSON: Our plan was that
we would meet back at our hotel
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room at a quarter of 12:00.
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DENNIS FARINA: Al claims that
he left Jean in the casino
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at around 9:30 in the morning.
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Once outside, he planned to
take a taxi back to the hotel.
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There was no cab there,
so after waiting a couple
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of minutes and the cab
didn't come, I thought, well,
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it would be nice-- I
could go play the slots
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with her a little bit.
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But
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DENNIS FARINA: Al found
somebody else playing
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Jean's favorite slot machine.
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AL HENDERSON: I felt, well,
because someone was there
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playing it, she may
have decided to go
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shopping or some other thing.
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From a quarter of 10:00 to
10:15 I played the machine
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that she liked, hoping
that she would come back
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and I would be able to
get up and just say,
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here's your machine.
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Have fun.
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Can you take these
bags to security?
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We're checking out.
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DENNIS FARINA: Al checked
out of the hotel around noon
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and returned to the
casino to look for Jean.
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When I saw that the car was
right where it had been left
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and spoke to the
valet, nobody had
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brought a ticket for the car,
then I began to become alarmed.
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DENNIS FARINA: Al says he
thoroughly searched the lobby,
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the shops, and the
gaming area, but he
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says he could not find Jean.
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Over the next few
days, Al distributed
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thousands of these flyers
in the Laughlin area.
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Despite a $25,000
reward, no one called.
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After a certain
amount of time,
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I had to figure that something
terrible has happened.
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DENNIS FARINA: Jean's children
thought the same thing,
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but they are convinced
that Henderson
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knows more than he's saying.
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The more we find out about
what supposedly happened as
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compared to what
can be verified,
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that less I'm inclined
to believe that he's
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telling the full truth.
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In my opinion, Al has not said
everything that had happened,
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and the reason I say that
is because number one,
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the story has changed
a couple of times.
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DENNIS FARINA: Al
originally told police
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that he dropped Jean off
in front of the casino
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and gave her the
valet ticket there.
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But Al told us that he left
Jean at a side entrance
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and gave her the ticket
inside the Casino.
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Within a couple of
days, or within a day,
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I knew that he was involved.
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In my heart I know
he was involved.
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DENNIS FARINA: Police knew the
casino had surveillance cameras
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that monitored every square inch
of the casino 24 hours a day.
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It was time to verify
Al Henderson's story.
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Al had said that a valet
parked his Cadillac
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and that he entered the
Casino a little after of 9:00.
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Surveillance tapes
confirmed this.
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Beyond this point, Henderson's
story and the surveillance
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footage do not match up.
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This tape shows two
views of the area
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where he says he gave
Jean the valet ticket
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and where they
supposedly walked around.
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I have reviewed four of
those tapes of the areas
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that Mr. Henderson
said that they were in.
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And the tapes that
I have reviewed,
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the surveillance tape
that I have reviewed,
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we do not see Jeannie
in any of those tapes.
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I can't really
comment on that.
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I can only tell
you what happened.
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I accept no
responsibility for what
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the tapes show or
don't show, because I
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am not an expert in that field.
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I can just tell
you what happened.
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DENNIS FARINA: Al also said
that he had waited for Jean
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at her favorite slot machine.
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In examining the tapes
for the time frame Al
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give us, 9:45 to approximate
10:15, the machines that he
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told security was
her favorite machine,
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we do not see Al
playing those machines.
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Well, the only
response to that
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is that he was evidently
looking at the tape
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of the wrong machine.
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I have checked with the
surveillance personnel
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for the hotel, and
they have advised me
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that this is the
group of machines
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that Al Henderson told
the security personnel it
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was Jeannie's favorite machine.
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DENNIS FARINA: Investigators
began to wonder if Jean
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had been in Laughlin at all.
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Eventually, they
found a waitress
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who had served Al and Jean
on the day they arrived.
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Other than the coffee
shop, we have nobody seeing
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Jeannie in the Laughlin area.
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DENNIS FARINA: The
question remained, where
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was Jean between
the Monday sighting
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and Thursday when
she disappeared?
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A few weeks later,
a witness came
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forward with a possible answer.
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A friend of Jean's claimed
that she saw the couple
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150 miles away from Laughlin.
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They were at a gas
station in their home
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town of Apple Valley,
the day before Jean
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was reported missing.
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The witness remembered the
time because they were en route
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to a school function that would
have been only at that time,
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and pinpointed
the time and date.
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DENNIS FARINA: But Al says
they were both in Laughlin,
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and there are phone
records to prove it.
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I've provided several people
with copies of my telephone log
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from Call USA, showing that
I made a call from Laughlin
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to the Victorville
area at a little bit
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after 3:00 on that day.
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I had another call, I think
it was at 6:59 on that day.
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So you've got less
than four hours,
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and it's physically
impossible, even if all you did
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was drive from Laughlin and
turn around and go back,
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you can't do it in
less than six hours.
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DENNIS FARINA: Phone records
verify the calls were made
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from Laughlin on Wednesday.
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Also, Al's bookkeeper
told us both
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he and Jean called from Laughlin
the same Wednesday evening.
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So we discussed
various things,
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and then he says, well, just a
minute, Jeannie wants to say hi
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too.
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So Jeannie got on the phone and
she was just happier than happy
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could be, because she had
run into a stroke of luck
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on one of the poker machines.
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DENNIS FARINA: Less than
24 hours later, Jean Moore
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was reported missing.
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Unequivocally, I had nothing
to do with the disappearance
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of Jean Moore.
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I had offered this
$25,000 reward.
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I think that my net worth has
gone down from around $2.5
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million to $1 million.
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If I could get her back I'd
give the whole $1 million.
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I would do anything
to get her back.
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DENNIS FARINA: Jean
Moore's disappearance
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has no explanation.
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How could a woman simply
vanish from a crowded casino
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in broad daylight.
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The family says they
won't stop searching
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until they find the answer.
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If you have any information
about the disappearance
00:19:54
of Jean Moore, please log on
to our website at unsolved.com.
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Next, can a traumatic car
crash trigger psychic powers?
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Two accident victims say yes.
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Can an intense trauma
trigger psychic
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powers that allow us to see
things that others can't?
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John Holland and Elizabeth
Joyce were nearly
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killed in separate
car accidents,
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which they say left them
with strange psychic gifts.
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Los Angeles, California--
John Holland's life
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is about to change forever.
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John was dazed but
not seriously injured.
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And then the following day,
he began to feel strange.
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I started noticing
kind of like electricity
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building up in my body, like,
I don't want to say a power,
00:21:19
but it was more like a surge
of energy was building.
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I just felt that my body
had too much energy in it.
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That's the only way
I could describe it.
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DENNIS FARINA: As
a child, John was
00:21:30
interested in psychic
phenomena, but it
00:21:32
wasn't until his accident
that he knew he had a gift.
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At his work he was able to
predict a stranger's birthday.
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It would just come out
of my mouth, straight out.
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And I had to learn
how to stop that.
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DENNIS FARINA: John
says his predictions
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became so accurate
that co-workers
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became frightened of him.
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Holland's boss
eventually asked that he
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stop making predictions.
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I'm not out to
prove anything, OK?
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This is what happened to me.
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This is what comes out of me.
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And this is-- people
come back and confirm.
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Car accidents and
other sudden events
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that shake up a person's body,
and of course the inner body,
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called the aura, have,
on occasion, caused
00:22:18
that person to become psychic.
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There are a number
of cases on record,
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there's also a case of a
man who fell off a ladder,
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and as a result became
a well-known psychic.
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DENNIS FARINA: A few
years after his accident,
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John began seeing
clients professionally.
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He claims his powers intensified
and that he now could
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communicate with the dead.
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A client, named Adriane,
who came to see me,
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and her dad passed away, sadly.
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Basically she wanted
to know, where is he?
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What is he doing right now?
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So what happened-- her dad came
and told me to tell her to look
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in a book on the bookshelf.
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He described the bookcase,
he described the location
00:23:01
of a book, he said, and
there's going to be something,
00:23:05
a message from your
father in this book it.
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It was unclear if
he meant the book.
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He said, no, there's
a message in it.
00:23:13
A piece of paper, a message from
your father that will let you
00:23:16
know that he's OK.
00:23:18
DENNIS FARINA: It
took two weeks.
00:23:21
Finally, Adriane got the
courage to open the book.
00:23:24
John was right.
00:23:25
Inside was a poem written
by her father 28 years ago.
00:23:32
John believes that if
not for the accident,
00:23:35
he would never have known
that the note was there.
00:23:42
Saddle River, New
Jersey-- Elizabeth
00:23:49
Joyce and her son,
Jeff, were badly
00:23:52
injured in a car accident.
00:23:56
Elizabeth shielded
Jeff from the impact,
00:23:59
but she suffered
massive injuries.
00:24:07
On the way to the
hospital, Elizabeth's heart
00:24:09
stopped beating three times.
00:24:13
And during those blackouts,
she says that she was
00:24:15
reunited with dead relatives.
00:24:21
ELIZABETH JOYCE: On the
left with my stepson.
00:24:23
On the right with my husband.
00:24:25
They talked to me
with their mind.
00:24:27
You have to go back,
you have to go back.
00:24:32
DENNIS FARINA: Elizabeth
survived the accident
00:24:34
without any permanent
physical disabilities,
00:24:37
but she was worried about
neurological damage.
00:24:40
I started having a tingling
sensation across my shoulders
00:24:44
and up my neck, and I
started having blackouts.
00:24:47
DENNIS FARINA: Soon
after the accident,
00:24:49
Elizabeth began having
the same frightening dream
00:24:52
over and over again.
00:24:54
ELIZABETH JOYCE: It
was an explosion.
00:24:58
I saw a house, I saw a body,
I saw it go out the roof.
00:25:01
I was aware of oil wells,
I was aware of a trailer
00:25:04
park and a fence.
00:25:06
It was so real to me, and
in my head I would hear,
00:25:10
your aunt died.
00:25:11
She's in Houston, Texas.
00:25:12
DENNIS FARINA: But
Elizabeth didn't have
00:25:14
an aunt who lived in Houston.
00:25:16
After having the dream
every night for three weeks,
00:25:19
she told her social worker,
Brenda Hayes, about it.
00:25:23
Brenda was amazed, because the
home Elizabeth was describing
00:25:28
was actually Brenda's
aunt's home in Houston.
00:25:32
And there had been an
explosion there a week earlier.
00:25:38
There was a pipeline
explosion on her property,
00:25:42
and they haven't been
able to find her body
00:25:45
or find any remains to
identify what happened to her.
00:25:52
I started to explain to
her what the setup was,
00:25:56
and she said, no wait,
I'll draw you a picture.
00:26:01
DENNIS FARINA: Elizabeth
drew the house perfectly.
00:26:03
She then pointed to a section
of tall grass near an oil
00:26:07
well where the body of
Brenda's aunt would be found.
00:26:11
Jenny?
00:26:12
It's Brenda.
00:26:14
DENNIS FARINA: The Houston
Police were called.
00:26:16
Within an hour,
they found a body.
00:26:18
It was Brenda's aunt.
00:26:22
This wouldn't be the last time
Elizabeth's newly discovered
00:26:25
powers would solve a mystery.
00:26:27
When Exxon President,
Sidney J Reso,
00:26:29
was kidnapped from
his home in New York,
00:26:31
Elizabeth Joyce had a vision.
00:26:34
She called the police.
00:26:37
I'm not a fan of
psychics, and I've come
00:26:40
across many, many psychics.
00:26:42
But in this particular
case with Elizabeth Joyce,
00:26:46
I did find her to be
very, very accurate.
00:26:49
ELIZABETH JOYCE:
In black and white
00:26:50
I saw a blonde-haired
woman in a jogging suit
00:26:53
running behind the car,
falling and screaming for help.
00:26:56
I saw the man get out of the car
to go over and help this woman.
00:27:01
I saw a man come
around from the bushes.
00:27:04
I saw him grab this man that
had gotten out of the Cadillac
00:27:08
and put a gun to his head and
forced him into a white van.
00:27:12
I knew that it was Reso.
00:27:16
DENNIS FARINA: For six weeks,
Elizabeth talked to the FBI
00:27:19
every day, giving
them more information.
00:27:23
They said, they're
putting him in a trunk,
00:27:25
and they're taking
him off a main road.
00:27:28
And they're going to
dig a shallow grave.
00:27:30
And he said, describe it to me.
00:27:31
Oh, I said, it's
between two pine trees.
00:27:33
And it's in a narrow space
between two pine trees,
00:27:36
and it's off a main road, either
the Garden State Parkway ,
00:27:39
or the New Jersey Turnpike.
00:27:41
DENNIS FARINA: The FBI
won't comment on Elizabeth's
00:27:43
information, however,
Sidney's Reso's body was found
00:27:47
exactly where she predicted.
00:27:49
Sidney's Reso's remains
were in a three-foot
00:27:52
deep sandy grave in the
depths of the Pine Barrens.
00:27:57
DENNIS FARINA: Elizabeth
says that her information
00:27:59
also helped catch the killers.
00:28:02
I don't try to ever convince
anyone that there is such
00:28:05
a thing as psychic sensitivity.
00:28:07
I let them find
it for themselves.
00:28:10
I'm there to help others if
they are open to being helped.
00:28:13
If I can reach one person that
it helps them change their life
00:28:17
for the better, and they know
things about themselves more,
00:28:22
or if they know that we all
go on, then I've done my job.
00:28:26
DENNIS FARINA: John
Holland and Elizabeth Joyce
00:28:28
continue to use their
powers to help others.
00:28:31
Do they really have
psychic abilities?
00:28:34
Just ask the people
they've helped.
00:28:36
They certainly thing so.
00:28:43
Coming up, innocent
neighbors are
00:28:45
caught in the crossfire
when a murderous husband
00:28:48
attacks his wife.
00:29:00
Talladega, Alabama--
00:29:05
All right, well thanks
for the ride, girl.
00:29:07
DENNIS FARINA:
Early one evening,
00:29:08
Geraldine George, a
36-year-old mother of two,
00:29:12
returned home from work.
00:29:15
She had been separated from her
abusive husband, Larry George,
00:29:19
for six months.
00:29:20
Even though there was a
restraining order against him,
00:29:23
he continued to harass her.
00:29:27
That evening his
obsession turned deadly.
00:29:36
Geraldine went
inside her apartment
00:29:38
and dropped her belongings off.
00:29:40
DET TOM BOWERMAN:
She walked next door
00:29:41
to Janice Maurice's apartment
and Ralph Swing's apartment.
00:29:48
It's Geraldine.
00:29:49
DENNIS FARINA: Geraldine was
friendly with her next door
00:29:51
neighbor.
00:29:52
Janice had agreed to
watch Geraldine's kids
00:29:55
while she worked.
00:29:59
All right, say
goodbye to everyone.
00:30:00
Say goodbye.
00:30:02
DET TOM BOWERMAN: She went
in, sent her kids home,
00:30:04
talked briefly with Janice.
00:30:06
It was rather brief because
Janice was on the telephone
00:30:09
with her mother.
00:30:11
Geraldine, after talking
briefly with Janice,
00:30:14
walked back next door.
00:30:16
And as she entered
her apartment,
00:30:18
Larry George was already
inside the apartment
00:30:20
talking to her kids.
00:30:22
You know you're not
supposed to be here.
00:30:25
We've been through this before.
00:30:26
You want me to call
the police again?
00:30:28
I want you out of my house.
00:30:30
I don't want those people
taking care of my kids.
00:30:32
You don't tell me
what to do anymore.
00:30:34
You gonna listen to me.
00:30:37
Put the gun away.
00:30:38
Honey, I want to go upstairs.
00:30:40
You call your granddaddy and
tell him that Larry is here.
00:30:42
Go on.
00:30:45
Larry, no!
00:30:46
Let go!
00:30:56
Janice!
00:30:57
DENNIS FARINA: Geraldine
ran next door for help.
00:31:01
Janice was still
talking to her mother.
00:31:03
Call the police!
00:31:04
Larry's next door
and he has a gun!
00:31:06
I heard a woman's voice
yelling, Janice, Janice,
00:31:11
call the police.
00:31:13
So I asked Jan, who was that?
00:31:15
And she said, that girl
that just left here.
00:31:17
What's the matter?
00:31:18
She said, I don't know.
00:31:19
Let me call you back, OK?
00:31:21
Bye-bye.
00:31:22
And that's the last
time I heard her voice.
00:31:29
DENNIS FARINA: Larry George
shot Janice in the chest
00:31:31
before she could
call the police.
00:31:36
Larry, please stop!
00:31:38
Then Then, in front of
Janice's two children,
00:31:41
he shot Geraldine as she
cowered on the floor.
00:31:51
Janice's boyfriend, Ralph
Swain, heard the commotion
00:31:54
and ran downstairs.
00:31:56
He was shot in the
back of the head.
00:32:04
Then Larry George calmly
walked out of the apartment
00:32:08
and disappeared.
00:32:12
Janice Morris was pronounced
dead at the scene,
00:32:14
and Ralph Swain died
a short time later.
00:32:18
This murder was stupid.
00:32:20
I mean, Ralph or Janice,
neither one knew Larry.
00:32:24
They were simply in the wrong
place at the wrong time.
00:32:29
DENNIS FARINA: Geraldine
George survived the shooting,
00:32:31
but was paralyzed
from the waist down.
00:32:37
The next day, sheriff's
deputies discovered
00:32:39
a car hidden in the bushes at a
campsite six miles out of town.
00:32:44
It was registered
to Larry George.
00:32:48
DET TOM BOWERMAN: He had
been living in the car.
00:32:50
There was a lot of
clothing in the car.
00:32:52
We found a notebook where it
appeared that Mr. George had
00:32:55
been keeping a
diary as to who came
00:32:58
and went at his
wife's apartment,
00:32:59
and camouflage clothing.
00:33:03
I want Larry George
to pay for what he did.
00:33:15
DENNIS FARINA: Update:
After we aired this story,
00:33:18
an "Unsolved Mysteries"
viewer claimed
00:33:21
to have seen Larry George
fishing on the banks
00:33:23
of a river in Delaware.
00:33:25
Two detectives were
sent to investigate.
00:33:29
This is the one
we first encountered
00:33:31
Larry George at, right here.
00:33:33
We began a conversation
with him about fishing.
00:33:35
And it was at this time,
myself and Detective Pinkett
00:33:37
made eye contact, and
I identified myself
00:33:40
as a police officer to Larry.
00:33:42
At this time, a brief struggle
ensued right about here.
00:33:45
We all three fell
to the ground here.
00:33:48
We got back to our feet still
struggling, and at that point
00:33:51
we just turned threw
Larry into the water.
00:33:54
DENNIS FARINA:
George tried to run,
00:33:56
but back up units
quickly corned him.
00:33:59
Finally, he surrendered.
00:34:02
At George's campsite,
police found
00:34:05
a generator, a stove, a spear
gun, and a sawed off shotgun.
00:34:11
He knew he was
wanted for murder.
00:34:12
He wasn't going
to be taken alive.
00:34:14
If he would have put
himself in his hide out,
00:34:16
and if we had
discovered it, that
00:34:18
probably would have gunfire and
officers would have been hurt.
00:34:22
DENNIS FARINA: Seven
months after his arrest,
00:34:24
Larry George was tried and
found guilty of capital murder.
00:34:28
He was sentenced to die
in the electric chair.
00:34:38
In a moment, the story of
a fortune in stolen gold
00:34:42
hidden in the rugged
hills of Montana.
00:34:55
We recently told you the story
of an escaped prisoner named
00:34:58
Robert Gerald Watson,
who had been arrested
00:35:01
for kidnapping and rape.
00:35:05
In Tennessee's
Hamblin County Jail,
00:35:07
Watson and two other inmates
were cleaning the common room
00:35:11
known as the slammer.
00:35:14
When they were done, they
signaled to a nearby deputy.
00:35:24
During the struggle, the jail's
automatic outside doors opened.
00:35:29
One of the inmates was
overpowered by the deputy.
00:35:32
A second was captured
later that night.
00:35:37
But Watson made a clean getaway.
00:35:42
Update-- Monroe County,
Tennessee-- a viewer tip
00:35:50
led police to a remote
area of Monroe County,
00:35:54
where they found
Robert Gerald Watson.
00:35:56
He was charged with rape,
kidnapping, and assault.
00:36:00
Given Mr. Watson had
already been on the run
00:36:03
for over two years, and
we'd had no leads on him,
00:36:05
Gerald Watson's arrest was a
direct result of the "Unsolved
00:36:08
Mysteries" program.
00:36:10
When I went to Knoxville to
pick Mr. Watson up to bring him
00:36:12
back, he had made the
statement to me in the car,
00:36:15
he said, yeah, I seen you on TV.
00:36:18
He said, I knew you guys
coming in to get me.
00:36:22
DENNIS FARINA: Three
months later, Watson
00:36:23
was convicted on all charges.
00:36:30
He was given a sentence of
10 to 25 years in prison.
00:36:46
It was a legendary treasure
buried in the Montana hills,
00:36:50
or so the story goes.
00:36:53
In 1863, a crooked sheriff and
his gang went to the gallows,
00:36:57
refusing to reveal where they
had hidden their stolen gold.
00:37:01
It's a tale of murder,
money and betrayal.
00:37:08
Bannock, Montana-- when
gold was discovered
00:37:15
in Alder Gulch, Montana,
hundreds of prospectors
00:37:19
descended on the town.
00:37:23
Riches were being
made, and people
00:37:26
wanted to get in on them.
00:37:27
That's why there was such
a large gang of outlaws
00:37:31
around every mining camp.
00:37:33
Hey, fellas, we got company.
00:37:36
What can we do for you guys?
00:37:45
DENNIS FARINA: In
the spring of 1863,
00:37:47
a group of those outlaws known
as the Road Agent Gang nearly
00:37:51
wiped out the prospectors.
00:37:53
It has been said they stole
more than 1,000 pounds of gold.
00:37:58
Henry Plummer, the town
sheriff, was also secretly
00:38:02
the leader of the outlaws.
00:38:05
Henry Plummer was an ex-convict.
00:38:07
Ironically, he had
just been released
00:38:09
four years earlier
from a brand new
00:38:11
California prison, San Quentin.
00:38:15
MAN: Henry Plummer was a very
pleasant looking individual.
00:38:19
He was the only man in
Bannock, practically,
00:38:22
that always tipped
his hat to a lady
00:38:24
when he saw her on the street.
00:38:25
Well, you could call him the
consummate con man of his day.
00:38:29
So he was able to con
people into thinking
00:38:33
he was a competent
man to be the sheriff.
00:38:37
And of course he knew
that being a sheriff
00:38:41
would give him a perfect cover.
00:38:44
Boys, we got to stage
leaving Bannock in two days.
00:38:48
It's full of gold,
and I want that stage.
00:38:50
DENNIS FARINA:
Plummer and his gang
00:38:51
targeted miners trying
to transport their gold
00:38:54
to a major rail head.
00:38:55
Put your hands up, boys!
00:38:57
We want the gold!
00:39:05
DENNIS FARINA: It's estimated
that in four months,
00:39:07
Henry Plummer and
the Road Agents
00:39:09
killed more than 120
miners, and stole what today
00:39:13
would be $6 million in gold.
00:39:20
Finally, in December of
1863, the gang went too far.
00:39:26
A local rancher found the
body and brought it into town.
00:39:33
MAN: And that was
enough for them.
00:39:35
They formed a posse, and
during the next six weeks
00:39:39
of vigilante's work, picking
people up giving them a trial,
00:39:44
and we know they hanged
about 22 men, at least.
00:39:49
DENNIS FARINA: When the
outlaws were caught,
00:39:50
they started pointing
fingers at each other.
00:39:57
One Road Agent who
was about to be hanged
00:39:59
identified Henry Plummer
as the gang's leader.
00:40:03
I want you all to
know that Henry's
00:40:05
the one that planned all this.
00:40:07
He's the one to run
all the Road Agents.
00:40:09
He's the man you want.
00:40:17
DENNIS FARINA: The vigilante
posse raced to Plummer's house.
00:40:24
What's going on, boys?
00:40:26
Get your hands up!
00:40:28
DENNIS FARINA: Plummer
was marched to a scaffold
00:40:30
that, ironically,
he built himself.
00:40:32
But before he was hanged,
he made an unusual request.
00:40:36
Give me two hours
and a horse, and I'll
00:40:39
bring back my weight in gold.
00:40:40
You made that mistake once.
00:40:46
DENNIS FARINA: Henry Plummer
died without telling anyone
00:40:49
where the treasure was buried.
00:40:52
Immediately after his death,
prospector's started searching
00:40:56
for Plummer's buried treasure.
00:40:58
In the early 1900s, two
mysterious gold hunters
00:41:01
may have found that.
00:41:05
MAN: They went into a local
store that had a vault,
00:41:08
and asked if they could leave
this box in there all night.
00:41:12
And one of the men stayed there,
riding shotgun on the vault.
00:41:16
The next morning,
they disappeared.
00:41:19
Nobody knew who they were, where
they went, or what they dug up.
00:41:23
DENNIS FARINA: Even if one box
of Plummer's gold was found,
00:41:26
there's probably a
lot more out there.
00:41:30
Two local men, Scott
Jones and Bill Chappy,
00:41:32
have been hunting for
the treasure for years.
00:41:35
They're confident that
Plummer's gold still lies
00:41:38
buried somewhere in the area.
00:41:41
LOCAL MAN: Nobody would bury
all their eggs in one basket.
00:41:44
So it's understandable
that he has it someplace
00:41:46
where he has access to it.
00:41:48
I bet there's 1,000 pounds or
better, in different places
00:41:51
maybe, from Virgina
City to Bannock.
00:41:57
DENNIS FARINA:
Perhaps the location
00:41:58
of Plummer's buried gold
will never be found,
00:42:02
if it was ever there at all.
