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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Next on "Unsolved Mysteries,"
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a woman and her
boyfriend are gunned
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down by a cold-blooded killer.
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Police need your
help to catch him.
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When their mother is murdered,
two brothers believe they
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know exactly who killed her--
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their stepfather.
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A US Army veteran
of World War II
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is convinced that he
can find a Nazi treasure
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worth more than $50 million.
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And three months after a teenage
girl is stabbed to death,
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a man calls a hotline and
says that he's the killer.
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MAN (ON RECORDING):
I stabbed the girl.
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Sound intriguing?
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Well, stick around.
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These are unusual cases
that you won't want to miss.
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I'm Dennis Farina, and this
is "Unsolved Mysteries."
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[theme music]
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Lawton, Oklahoma.
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Tina Cremer and
Robert Miller had been
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dating for just a few weeks.
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They met on the job
at a local hospital
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where they both worked.
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On a summer evening,
the couple planned
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to relax at Robert's apartment.
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While he cooked dinner,
Tina was in the shower
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after a long day at work.
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They were not aware that
they were being watched.
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[gunshots]
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[gunshots]
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25-year-old Tina Cremer
and 26-year-old Robert
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Miller never had a chance.
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Before meeting Robert,
Tina had been married
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to a man named David Lee Kemp.
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He had begun stalking Tina
shortly after they separated,
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and Kemp became the prime
suspect in the double homicide.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Tina's new boyfriend,
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Robert, was a refreshing
change from her controlling
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ex-husband.
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LADONNA CREMER
(VOICEOVER): Rob was
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very affectionate, very loving.
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He brought a lot of love
and laughter into her life.
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She had a lot of confidence.
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Her self-esteem
had just exploded
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after she had left David.
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She was a very
beautiful woman.
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This lady was really,
really good for him
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and very supportive, you
know, made him happy.
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If this would have
never happened,
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they would have been
perfect for each other.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): When
Tina and Robert didn't show
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up for their shift
at the hospital,
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coworkers called the police.
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In a cruel twist of fate,
it was Robert's best friend,
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a police officer
named Troy Morris,
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who responded to the scene.
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TROY MORRIS: I saw Rob's body
lying there on the floor.
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I was too emotional
to continue on.
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But still wanting to
preserve the crime scene
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for our detectives, I
backed out of the residence
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and chose not to go any further.
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After exiting the
residence, I did what police
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officers aren't supposed to do.
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I broke down.
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I can't describe that feeling.
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I can't describe it.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
The repercussions
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of the double killings
spread further.
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Tina's family learned what
happened from a news report.
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LADONNA CREMER: My husband
and I, which is her brother,
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was watching TV.
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The TV didn't say any names,
but it showed the apartment.
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And we just knew
that it was them.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
As police began
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their investigation, they
learned from Tina's friends
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that there was one likely
suspect, David Lee Kemp.
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DET.
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JOHN WHITTINGTON:
The first thing
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that led investigators
to seeking
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the whereabouts
of David Kemp was
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the fact that he had motive.
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He had made threats
to kill himself
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and to kill Christina
when they split up.
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TROY MORRIS: Robert said
on several occasions
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that David Kemp would come up
to Comanche County Memorial
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Hospital and leave notes on
Tina's car stating, "If I can't
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have you, that nobody can."
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LADONNA CREMER: She stated to
me a few days before the murders
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that it was the calm
before the storm,
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because of threats and letters.
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Rob knew that Tina feared David.
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And we would state to
them, y'all be careful.
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You know, watch out for him.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Detectives tried to locate Kemp
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but found that he had
suddenly left town the day
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after the murders.
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Kemp was gone, and police
had no physical evidence
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to link him to the killings.
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But the case broke
wide open when
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they found the man who had sold
Kemp a .45-caliber handgun.
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[gunshot]
DET.
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JOHN WHITTINGTON: This person
still had in his possession
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some of the shell
casings that he had fired
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previously through that gun.
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He provided the
shell casings to us,
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and we submitted them
for forensic examination.
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Those shell casings
that were known
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to be fired through
that gun matched
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identically to the
shell casings that we
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found in the crime scene.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
With conclusive proof
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that Kemp's gun was
the murder weapon,
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police launched an
all-out manhunt.
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It wasn't long before they
got their first break.
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DET.
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JOHN WHITTINGTON (VOICEOVER):
We were notified by California
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Highway Patrol that
they had spotted
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David Kemp's vehicle
on a highway just
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outside of Bishop, California.
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121, requesting warrants
on Oklahoma license--
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Kemp's Dodge Ram
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pickup truck had broken down.
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DET.
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JOHN WHITTINGTON (VOICEOVER):
The police indicated that there
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was no one around the vehicle.
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We faxed them a
photograph of David Kemp
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and advised them of
what he was wanted for.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Within an hour,
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a man fitting Kemp's
description was spotted
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walking down the same highway.
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They called us back
and stated that they
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had tried to approach Mr. Kemp
but that he had fled on foot
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[sirens]
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Police finally
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cornered Kemp in a junkyard.
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David Lee Kemp, this
is the police department.
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Step out so we can see you.
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I'm not going to jail!
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No way!
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Put the gun down, David.
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DET.
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JOHN WHITTINGTON (VOICEOVER):
He began to wave a gun about
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and indicated that he
wanted to kill himself.
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We're going to
try and help you.
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David, what can I do for you?
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Let us know.
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We gotta know.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Police fired rubber bullets,
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and Kemp went down.
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Ah!
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
The standoff was over.
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DET.
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JOHN WHITTINGTON (VOICEOVER):
When David Kemp was taken
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into custody in Bishop,
California, he did have
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a .45-caliber pistol with him.
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Subsequent examination
indicated that that
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was indeed the same gun that
was used in the homicide.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Back in Oklahoma,
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Kemp was charged with
the murders of Tina
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Cremer and Robert Miller.
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He waited for trial at
the Comanche County Jail.
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But a few months later, nine
inmates, including Kemp,
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overpowered a guard and escaped.
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Eight of the fugitives
were quick be recaptured.
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The ninth, David
Lee Kemp, got away.
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JIM MILLER: It was like
hearing my brother getting
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murdered for the first time.
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I went to the jail, and
I stood there and waited.
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I even went into
the search parties.
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I wanted to make sure that
I was going to do everything
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I could for Rob to make sure
this man, David Lee Kemp,
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was caught.
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Personally, I don't know how
David can live from one day
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to the next.
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He's a coward for
what he's done.
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DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Three months
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after the escape,
the night manager
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of a Las Vegas motel
checked in on a guest
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who was late with his rent.
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Hello?
Manager.
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Sir?
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Hello?
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): The
manager found the guest sitting
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in the bathtub
covered with blood,
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holding a knife to his stomach.
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Assuming it was a
suicide attempt,
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authorities took the man
to a psychiatric ward
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for observation.
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His wounds were thought
to be superficial.
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He was treated and released.
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The hospital staff had
no idea that the man
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was wanted for a double murder.
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It was David Lee Kemp.
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Kemp was last seen
at a service station
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on the outskirts of
Las Vegas, Nevada,
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getting into a black Firebird.
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JIM MILLER: It's just a
never-ending nightmare.
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I want satisfaction
for my brother,
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and that'll be the only
way he can rest in peace.
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Without that, he's going to
be troubled, a troubled soul.
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LADONNA CREMER: Our wounds
have not even gotten to heal,
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because David's
never been tried.
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And our wounds won't heal till--
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till David faces the
consequences of what he's done,
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till justice is served.
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DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Update.
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There are new
developments in this case.
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Here's one of our
staff with details.
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NARRATOR: After 14
years on the run,
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David Lee Kemp turned
himself in to authorities
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in southwest Arizona
and was charged
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with first-degree felony murder.
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According to the
sheriff, he told them
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he was tired of running
and that the ordeal
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was affecting his health.
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DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Next, two
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brothers desperately search for
clues to their mother's murder.
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Ruxton, Maryland.
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One summer afternoon,
19-year-old Nick Owsley
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arrived at his mother's house.
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They had planned to spend
the evening together.
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The door was partly open, and
she was nowhere to be found.
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Mom?
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Hey, Mom, you home?
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Her
car was gone, and a set of keys
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was left on the kitchen table.
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Nick waited until 2:00 AM, and
then he went home that night.
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NICK: Mom?
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Mom, you all right?
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When I woke up that morning,
I was really concerned.
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I called her house,
and she didn't answer.
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And at that moment, I
realized that something
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was really, really wrong.
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And I felt like
at that point she
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was probably dead, because it
was so unlike her and so out
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of character.
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And basically, I
haven't felt anything
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different since that moment.
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We had a memorial service,
but we never had a funeral.
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And that kills me, the fact
that she's out there somewhere,
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this wonderful, amazing woman
who did so much for so many
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people, and we can't give
her that final tribute
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and do what's right
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Susan
Hurley grew up in Massachusetts
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and married one of her
brother's college roommates.
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Two sons, Jon and Nick,
were born five years apart.
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When the boys were teenagers,
Susan left her husband
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and became involved with
a man named Jim Harrison.
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After a few years together,
they were married.
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From the start, the
relationship was rocky.
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There were reports of heavy
drinking and frequent fights.
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Jim Harrison attributes
the problems to Susan's
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alleged manic depression.
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She would start
screaming and yelling,
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and she would start destroying
things in or around the house.
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And she would run around the
house and use bad language.
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It was-- it was really
sad and really tough.
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It's a-- it's another
excuse that he tries to use,
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tries to takes the blame
from himself for what--
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even now, even still, even
when she's not around to say,
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OK, maybe it was my fault.
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Well, I think the first time
that I recognized that there
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was abuse in the
relationship was
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when I actually saw abuse myself
when I was about 12 years old.
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DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Nick claims
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that on the night he
witnessed the abuse,
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he was home alone with
his mother and Jim.
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SUSAN: Get away from me!
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JIM: Listen, listen!
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Don't tell me what to do!
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This is my house--
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NICK OWSLEY (VOICEOVER): I
remember waking up around 2:00
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in the morning and hearing
voices and some screaming.
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SUSAN: You'll wake up Nick!
- Mom?
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SUSAN: Be quiet!
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What's going on out there?
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It's OK.
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NICK OWSLEY: And she said,
Jim's been hurting me.
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He won't leave me alone.
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And I said, well, I
gotta get out of here.
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And so I called my brother's
girlfriend at the time
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and talked with her.
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And she said, you
should get out there.
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I'll come pick you up.
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Go outside.
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Stay in the driveway, and
then I'll come get you.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Nick says that while he waited,
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the battle moved outside.
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Susan, you forgot these!
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Why do you want--
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Open that truck!
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Open that truck!
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I don't want those
ugly lampshades around!
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Get away!
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Leave her alone!
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Are you OK?
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I see my mother as a
victim of domestic violence
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and a victim of abuse.
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And I think that she was
caught up in a vicious cycle
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that a lot of women who are
in those same situations
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are caught up in, and that it's
just very difficult for them
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to leave.
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The only thing I've
ever done is defended
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myself when she attacked me.
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And to some degree,
that involved my
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simply leaving the
house for a day or so,
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and other times putting
myself into the bedroom
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and closing the door and just
trying not to let her abuse me.
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But I've never
abused her, never.
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Our uniformed police officers
had been called to their home
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on a number of occasions for
the cause of domestic violence.
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And when they
responded to the home,
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they found on occasion
Susan had some injuries
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that were questionable.
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There had been some
drinking on both parties.
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And it was usually
a very confused
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situation for the
officer to determine
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exactly what had happened.
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[horn honks]
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Susan eventually left Harrison.
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She rented a house and
started her own business.
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Her family felt
that she was finally
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getting herself back together.
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But Susan began seeing Harrison
again, and by all accounts,
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the fighting continued.
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I found out.
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She told me that she had
seen him a couple of times.
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And obviously,
that made me angry.
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It made me feel
sick to my stomach.
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All of a sudden, I saw
the slippery slope,
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and I saw her sliding back
into all the things that she'd
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worked so hard to get out of.
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And-- and that worried me.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): A few
months later, Susan's other son
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gave her an ultimatum.
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He insisted that she
stop seeing Jim Harrison.
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I want this to end now.
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It's either Jim or us.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
The next morning, Susan agreed
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to leave Harrison for good.
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But just two days later,
Susan disappeared.
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When police questioned
Harrison, he
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told them that Susan had
visited him three times
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the previous day.
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- Mr. Harrison?
- Yes.
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I'm Officer Knott.
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This is Officer Rogers.
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The third time, she
arrived about 7:00.
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And she attacked me verbally,
and it was very discouraging.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Harrison claims
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that Susan's mood turned
uglier by the minute.
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Susan, just calm down.
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SUSAN: Don't tell
me to calm down!
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Calm down, will you?
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I'm sick of calming down!
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Don't!
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And don't walk away from me!
- Goodnight.
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Don't walk away from me!
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Talk to me!
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Susan, you're being bed again.
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JIM HARRISON: I'd
left the family room
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and went upstairs to my
bedroom, and she followed
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me to the bottom of the steps.
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And she stayed there
and yelled at me
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up the steps for a short
period and then left.
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Left the house and started
her car and drove out.
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DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Three weeks later, Susan's car
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was found at Reagan National
Airport in Washington, DC,
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50 miles from her
home in Baltimore.
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Records show that
the car entered
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the parking lot at
around 6:00 AM on the day
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that Susan disappeared.
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The keys were in the ignition,
and the gas tank was full.
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Had Susan simply walked away
from her life and her family?
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Well, in any missing
person investigation,
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you know, we approach it
in a several prong manner.
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Could they be missing
on their own accord
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and don't want to be found?
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Or is there foul play?
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And we haven't uncovered
any information
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that would lead credence
to her trying to disappear
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in any fashion whatsoever.
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A few months after
Susan disappeared,
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Jim Harrison failed a polygraph.
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However, he claims that the
test was flawed and continues
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to insist that he
had nothing to do
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with his wife's disappearance.
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I love Susan, and I
really do pray to God
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that she's alive and well.
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And I pray to God that
you all can help find her,
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and please do your
best to help find her.
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There's no indications
of what we may consider
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a stranger type of killer.
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So we feel that what
happened to Susan
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was committed by someone close
to her, that there had been
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some type of a
dispute, and someone
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lost control and circumstances
took a tragic twist.
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I have dreams of walking
down the street with her
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or just running
into her somewhere,
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and all this time she's
been gone, finally getting
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a chance to be with her again.
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And I know it's just a dream.
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I know that there's
not a chance that she's
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ever gonna come back.
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But I just--
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I miss her so much, and I at
least get to see her, you know,
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in these dreams and
get to be with her.
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But-- but there's
no doubt in my mind
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that she'll never, ever be
able to be with me again.
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DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Update.
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Two years after Susan
Harrison disappeared,
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her skeletal remains were found
by hikers in a remote area
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about 60 miles from her home.
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Dental records and
two sapphire earrings
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confirmed her identity.
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The state medical
examiner ruled that she
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had been murdered, probably on
the day that she disappeared.
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A reward is being
offered in this case.
00:19:44
And if you have any
information about the murder
00:19:47
of Susan Harrison, please log on
to our website at Unsolved.com.
00:19:56
Next, the story of
stolen Nazi treasure--
00:20:00
legend or a lost fortune
worth more than $50 million?
00:20:15
Germany, 1945.
00:20:21
The final days of
the Nazi empire.
00:20:26
The end of the war
in Europe was near.
00:20:30
As the Allies
advance into Germany,
00:20:32
they discover treasures that
had been stolen by the Nazis.
00:20:37
In the months following
the German surrender,
00:20:39
billions of dollars in riches
were uncovered, including
00:20:43
these gold bars
found in an abandoned
00:20:46
salt mine by US soldiers.
00:20:48
But there could be even more.
00:20:53
Ever since the
end of World War II,
00:20:55
rumors of hidden
Nazi treasure have
00:20:57
captivated fortune hunters.
00:21:00
One of the most
persistent stories points
00:21:02
to a lake in Austria
called Lunersee.
00:21:06
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): The
man searching for this treasure
00:21:08
is Dr. Edward Greger.
00:21:11
After the war, he served
with the US Army in Austria
00:21:15
and heard this story about
a buried Nazi treasure.
00:21:19
It started at the
concentration camp of Dachau,
00:21:22
gold and treasure
that was accumulated
00:21:25
from the prisoners they
had brought in there
00:21:26
who were executed and cremated.
00:21:29
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Greger
00:21:31
heard about the buried
fortune from Dr. Wilhelm
00:21:34
Gross, a medical
doctor who treated
00:21:36
imprisoned Nazi war criminals.
00:21:40
DR. EDWARD GREGER (VOICEOVER):
According to Dr. Gross,
00:21:42
the commandant of Dachau
and three of his assistants
00:21:45
loaded the treasure
into four boxes,
00:21:48
which were probably ammunition
boxes, according to the size.
00:21:52
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): These
boxes were filled with jewelry,
00:21:55
rare stamps, and
gold bars processed
00:21:58
from the gold fillings of
concentration camp victims.
00:22:06
Dr. Gross' informant claimed
to be one of four SS officers
00:22:10
who smuggled this
treasure out of Dachau.
00:22:16
Their destination was a
pristine Austrian lake
00:22:19
on the Swiss border
called the Lunersee.
00:22:24
Allied armies had not yet
reached this isolated region,
00:22:27
and the men believed that
their treasure would be safe.
00:22:33
According to Dr. Gross,
after several days,
00:22:36
the men finally arrived
at the Lunersee.
00:22:42
The officers buried
the treasure exactly
00:22:44
halfway between a small hut
and a brook across the lake.
00:22:50
They said their farewells
and went their separate ways,
00:22:53
planning one day to return.
00:22:56
DR. EDWARD GREGER (VOICEOVER):
Three of them left
00:22:57
and headed into Switzerland.
00:22:59
The fourth person went
back down into the valley
00:23:02
to return to his family.
00:23:05
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
According to Dr. Gross,
00:23:07
this fourth officer was captured
and, while awaiting execution,
00:23:11
revealed his secret.
00:23:13
The officer's three
other companions
00:23:16
were never seen again.
00:23:18
In 1956, a dam was
built on the Lunersee
00:23:21
that submerged the
treasure location
00:23:24
under 75 feet of water.
00:23:28
34 years later, a severe
drought brought the lake level
00:23:32
to an all-time low.
00:23:36
It's not getting any
stronger as we're--
00:23:37
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Armed with information
00:23:39
from Dr. Gross'
personal papers, Edward
00:23:42
Greger went to the Lunersee.
00:23:44
DR. EDWARD GREGER: Well, it's
already off the meter, though,
00:23:46
so it's as strong as it can be.
00:23:48
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): He pinpointed
00:23:50
the apparent location
of the treasure
00:23:52
by using a map given
to him by Dr. Gross.
00:23:56
However, after a careful
search, Dr. Greger
00:24:00
was unable to find it.
00:24:02
Does the Lunersee
treasure really exist?
00:24:05
Or did Dr. Gross simply
make up the story?
00:24:10
A war crimes trial in 1946
produced testimony suggesting
00:24:16
the treasure is real.
00:24:19
I have discovered some
evidence in the archives,
00:24:22
specifically an interrogation
statement from a gentleman
00:24:29
by the name of Josef Jarolin.
00:24:33
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Josef
Jarolin was on trial for war
00:24:35
crimes he committed at Dachau.
00:24:38
According to his court testimony
and statements from four
00:24:41
other sources, the
commandant of Dachau
00:24:44
took part in a conspiracy
to smuggle a treasure
00:24:47
from inside the camp.
00:24:50
Camp commandant
was Wilhelm Weiter.
00:24:55
ROBERT W. KESTING:
One witness said
00:24:56
that he saw Weiter
have the trucks
00:24:59
loaded, being loaded
with valuables
00:25:03
out of the cache storage areas.
00:25:09
According to some
other testimony,
00:25:11
Weiter was seen leaving
the camp in those vehicles.
00:25:18
Later on, he was also
seen by other SS personnel
00:25:23
heading towards
the Swiss border.
00:25:26
Jarolin testified that other
camp personnel had assisted
00:25:31
in burying this treasure and
that approximately 5 million
00:25:36
in gold Reichsmarks
was taken in valuables.
00:25:42
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Josef Jarolin
00:25:43
was hanged before
revealing any more
00:25:45
secrets about the treasure.
00:25:48
Dr. Greger believes that
Jarolin was one of the four men
00:25:51
who buried the
treasure at Lunersee,
00:25:54
and perhaps he was Dr.
Gross' mysterious informant.
00:25:59
If the treasure is
real, it remains hidden
00:26:02
beneath the waters of Lunersee.
00:26:04
In 2003, Dr. Greger returned
to the Austrian lake
00:26:09
but was again unable to
locate the hidden fortune.
00:26:12
If he ever does
find the treasure,
00:26:15
he plans to use the proceeds
to provide medical care
00:26:18
for needy individuals--
00:26:21
a fitting use for wealth stolen
under such grim circumstances.
00:26:29
Next, a teenage
girl is murdered,
00:26:31
and police have the
killer's voice on tape.
00:26:44
Frederick, Maryland.
00:26:47
Tracey Kirkpatrick was a quiet
teenager from a small town.
00:26:51
Her passion was writing poetry.
00:26:55
Her and her boyfriend
had just recently broke up,
00:26:59
and I guess she expressed her
feelings through her writing.
00:27:03
She wrote a lot of lonely poems.
00:27:10
She was very intelligent.
00:27:11
She was a hard worker.
00:27:12
And she loved people, and she
loved to be around people,
00:27:16
and she loved to have a lot
of friends and everything.
00:27:19
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
During Tracey's senior year
00:27:21
in high school, she worked two
part-time jobs, one of them
00:27:25
as a sales clerk in
a clothing store.
00:27:28
We just got a new shipment in.
00:27:30
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): One night,
00:27:31
Tracey was assigned
to close the store
00:27:33
and add up the day's receipts.
00:27:36
15 minutes before closing
time, she was all alone.
00:27:40
It was 8:45 PM.
00:27:44
Two hours later, a security
guard noticed that the lights
00:27:47
were still on in the store.
00:27:49
The front door was unlocked.
00:27:52
When the guard called out,
there was no response.
00:27:54
Hello?
00:27:56
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
He went in to investigate.
00:28:07
God almighty.
00:28:10
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
In a back storage room,
00:28:11
he found Tracey's lifeless body.
00:28:14
The guard immediately
called police
00:28:17
I'm at the clothing store.
00:28:19
You better send someone
down right away, all right?
00:28:22
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
At about that same time,
00:28:24
Tracey's parents were on
their way to pick her up.
00:28:26
It was nearly 11:00 PM, and
she was more than an hour late.
00:28:34
DIANE KIRKPATRICK
(VOICEOVER): As soon as I seen
00:28:35
it was at the store, I
jumped out of the car,
00:28:38
and I went up to the door.
00:28:40
And they wasn't-- they didn't
want to let us in at first,
00:28:42
because they really
didn't know who were.
00:28:44
Our daughter
Tracey's in there.
00:28:45
Our daughter
Tracey works here.
00:28:46
All right, hold on.
00:28:47
I said, is she all right?
00:28:50
Can I see her?
00:28:52
And when he shook his head no,
I just blocked out everything.
00:28:55
I didn't want to
hear the rest of what
00:28:57
was going to be said to me.
00:28:59
What did someone have
against her that they would
00:29:02
do something like that to her?
00:29:04
She never did anything
to hurt anybody.
00:29:09
Detectives were baffled.
00:29:11
They could find no motive
for Tracey's murder.
00:29:13
And then three months later,
they got their first break,
00:29:17
a phone call recorded by a
nationwide confession hotline.
00:29:49
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): The
confession hotline staff sent
00:29:51
the tip to Frederick police.
00:29:53
We got a guy who
says he's murdered.
00:29:54
You better get
somebody down here.
00:29:55
The sincerity that I heard
in that voice and the knowledge
00:30:00
that the person was displaying
talking about what he had done
00:30:06
at that point convinced
me that I probably
00:30:09
was listening to the killer.
00:30:14
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Det.
00:30:15
Horner played the
tape for his chief.
00:30:17
You got the confession tape?
00:30:18
Yes, sir.
00:30:19
Well, let's listen to it then.
00:31:18
Sure sounds like we have
our killer, doesn't it?
00:31:20
Sounds very authentic.
00:31:21
CPL. BARRY HORNER: They
traced the call back
00:31:23
to a supermarket
in Walkersville,
00:31:25
Maryland, which is
seven or eight miles
00:31:28
just north of Frederick City.
00:31:31
If it was the killer,
he wanted to be caught,
00:31:35
and he was seeking help
through this hotline.
00:31:39
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Two
weeks later, Frederick police
00:31:41
received another phone call.
00:31:44
This time, it was from a
woman named Martha Woodworth.
00:31:48
She told the police
that she was a psychic
00:31:51
and had been contacted by
a young man who identified
00:31:54
himself only as Sean.
00:31:57
Hello.
00:31:59
My name is Sean, and I have
rather an unusual request.
00:32:03
Well, I don't usually
take cases like that.
00:32:07
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Woodworth told police that Sean
00:32:08
had contacted her repeatedly.
00:32:11
He was obsessed with finding the
person who had murdered Tracey.
00:32:15
She asked Sean for
more information,
00:32:18
and he eventually sent
her some newspaper
00:32:20
clippings about the crime.
00:32:24
MARTHA WOODWORTH: When
I received the envelope
00:32:26
with his handwriting
on the outside,
00:32:28
I thought, this
person has a much
00:32:30
stronger involvement
than just being
00:32:33
a friend who's interested.
00:32:35
I found the handwriting
extremely disturbed.
00:32:38
So I felt it was
my responsibility
00:32:40
to alert the police that I had
a potential suspect for them.
00:32:44
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Chief Ashton
00:32:45
played the confession tape
for Martha to see if she
00:32:48
could recognize the voice.
00:32:51
MARTHA WOODWORTH:
I knew it was Sean.
00:32:53
In fact, my heart dropped.
00:32:57
It was very chilling to
hear the voice of the person
00:33:01
I had been speaking
to for months actually
00:33:04
confessing to the crime.
00:33:06
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Police followed
00:33:07
the return address
on Sean's envelope
00:33:10
to Walkersville, Maryland.
00:33:12
It was the same town where
the call-in confession
00:33:15
had come from.
00:33:16
The young man living
at the address
00:33:18
was not named Sean
or Don, though he
00:33:22
had sent the clippings.
00:33:26
Good morning.
00:33:27
As requested by
Frederick City police--
00:33:29
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Police
00:33:30
still didn't have
enough evidence
00:33:31
to charge the young
man from Walkersville.
00:33:34
They asked the local DJ to
broadcast the confession tape.
00:33:38
--one year ago today.
00:33:40
Authorities encourage
you to listen carefully.
00:33:43
There's a chance someone may
recognize the caller's voice.
00:33:48
MAN (ON RECORDING): Hello.
00:33:49
My name is Don.
00:33:51
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Three people called
00:33:52
in to say they knew the voice.
00:33:55
They all provided the identical
name, a name that police
00:33:59
recognized as the young man
from Walkersville who had
00:34:02
sent the newspaper clippings.
00:34:05
Police searched his home
for evidence the next day.
00:34:09
Well, unfortunately,
the evidence
00:34:12
was examined and
reexamined, and we
00:34:17
were unable to confirm that
he was either at the crime
00:34:21
scene at night or had
any particular part
00:34:25
in this criminal act.
00:34:29
OK, I guess.
00:34:30
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): In the end,
00:34:32
the young man pleaded
the fifth and refused
00:34:34
to answer any questions.
00:34:37
There has to be someone that
seen something, someone coming
00:34:42
from that store or
running from that store
00:34:44
or leaving that store
or heard something.
00:34:47
And the frustrating
part is that, you know,
00:34:49
we obviously know
somebody killed her,
00:34:50
and we've never been able to
nail it down to the suspect
00:34:54
that definitely did it.
00:34:55
But I mean that has been
our pledge to the community
00:34:59
and to the family
that, you know,
00:35:00
we're not going to give up until
we do identify that person.
00:35:05
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Update.
00:35:07
The man who called
himself Don or Sean
00:35:11
has been cleared as a suspect.
00:35:13
No one has ever been
arrested for Tracey's murder,
00:35:16
and the case remains
open and unsolved.
00:35:21
If you have any information,
please log on to our website
00:35:25
at Unsolved.com.
00:35:29
Next, a man dies in
a car crash and then
00:35:32
comes back from the grave to
comfort his grieving wife.
00:35:45
The Cascade Mountain
Range, Washington State.
00:35:51
John and Patti Eggleston, along
with their two young sons,
00:35:55
Johnny and Chris, were packing
up after a day of skiing.
00:35:59
It was time to make
the 70-mile drive back
00:36:01
to their home near Seattle.
00:36:03
Everything was calm,
routine, normal.
00:36:08
Then disaster.
00:36:12
[screeching]
00:36:19
The Egglestons' car
skidded off the bridge
00:36:21
and plunged into the
river below, a freefall
00:36:24
of more than 80 feet.
00:36:27
It was pitch dark.
00:36:28
The car rapidly
filled with icy water.
00:36:32
Patti Eggleston
was badly injured
00:36:34
and could have easily panicked.
00:36:36
Instead, she was
overcome with calm.
00:36:40
I had this feeling
come through me
00:36:43
and fill me and fill every
pore, every cell of my being
00:36:49
with warmth and love.
00:36:52
It was pure love,
and it was guidance.
00:36:56
And that feeling gave me the
knowledge and the strength
00:37:02
to do what I needed to do next.
00:37:06
Patti managed to
grab her children
00:37:08
and get out of the wreck.
00:37:10
Only later did Patti realize
that her husband, John, had
00:37:13
died immediately upon impact.
00:37:15
But Patti believes that
during that terrible crash,
00:37:18
John's spirit inspired
her to remain calm.
00:37:24
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): After
a brief stay in the hospital,
00:37:26
Patti returned home and
tried to stay strong.
00:37:29
She says that when
things seemed hardest,
00:37:32
she again felt John's spirit.
00:37:34
Initially, it was at
night in the bedroom.
00:37:39
PATTI EGGLESTON: I was
woken up from a sound sleep
00:37:42
with a feeling that John
had just been there.
00:37:45
I could feel him.
00:37:48
I could smell him.
00:37:50
I could feel where
he was in the bed.
00:37:55
The only sensation I
didn't have was visual.
00:37:58
I did not see him.
00:38:00
Every other part of it,
I felt and experienced.
00:38:03
And it was not a dream.
00:38:06
It was too real to be a dream.
00:38:11
DENNIS FARINA
(VOICEOVER): Eventually,
00:38:12
a Seattle physician
named Melvin Morse
00:38:15
heard about Patti's experience.
00:38:17
Dr. Morse has documented
hundreds of after-death visits
00:38:22
and believes that they
are not simply the product
00:38:25
of overactive imaginations.
00:38:28
I feel that the fact
that these experiences are
00:38:31
emotionally dynamic, that
they help to heal grief,
00:38:35
and that people learn from
them are a powerful piece
00:38:38
of circumstantial
evidence-- and I grant
00:38:41
that it's circumstantial--
00:38:42
but a powerful piece of
circumstantial evidence
00:38:45
that that experience
is at least as real
00:38:49
as any other human experience.
00:38:51
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
For Patti, John's presence
00:38:53
became more and more
real, until one day
00:38:57
she did have a visual encounter.
00:38:59
PATTI EGGLESTON: I was
sitting in my living room
00:39:01
and had the lights
on, and I was sitting
00:39:03
on the couch reading a book.
00:39:05
I just kind of glanced
up, and John was there.
00:39:09
I couldn't touch him,
but I could see him.
00:39:12
And he started
communicating to me.
00:39:14
And I say communicating,
because he
00:39:15
was not talking with his lips.
00:39:18
JOHN (VOICEOVER):
I think Johnny's
00:39:19
beginning to feel better.
00:39:21
I think so, too.
00:39:22
PATTI EGGLESTON (VOICEOVER):
But it was a conversation.
00:39:24
It was a two-way conversation.
00:39:26
He was talking to me.
00:39:27
I was talking to him.
00:39:28
I don't know if I
can do this alone.
00:39:31
JOHN (VOICEOVER): I'm here
to tell you that you can.
00:39:34
There's a reason you survived.
00:39:37
Remember to trust, and you'll
always know what to do.
00:39:42
Thank you.
00:39:43
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Patti says that John's visits
00:39:45
continued for nearly a year.
00:39:49
Looking back, I know it was--
00:39:52
he didn't come any more after
I had gotten my life together.
00:39:55
I was OK.
00:39:56
I was truly OK.
00:39:59
Things were still rough.
00:40:00
I was still hurting.
00:40:01
But I had gained enough
strength, personal strength,
00:40:06
that I could go on without him.
00:40:08
And he wasn't there anymore.
00:40:12
Prior to my research, these
experiences have been thought
00:40:16
to simply be grief-induced
hallucinations,
00:40:20
passive fantasies of
the mind struggling
00:40:23
to deal with a terrible loss.
00:40:26
The difference is
that I'm saying
00:40:27
that death-related visions
and post-death visitations
00:40:31
are real.
00:40:31
They're emotionally dynamic.
00:40:33
We can learn things from
them, that they're actually
00:40:36
an interaction between
the person who has died
00:40:41
and the person who
is seeing the vision.
00:40:44
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Dr.
Barry Beyerstein disagrees.
00:40:47
DR. BARRY BEYERSTEIN: I believe
these people are telling us
00:40:49
some very interesting things.
00:40:51
I think they're telling
us honest recollections
00:40:54
of what it seemed like to them.
00:40:55
And so I'm interested
in their experiences.
00:40:57
Now, I don't interpret them
probably the way they do.
00:41:01
I think these are things that
seemed incredibly real to them
00:41:04
but probably didn't exist in
reality outside the theater
00:41:07
of their own minds.
00:41:09
I don't want to be
perceived as a nutcase,
00:41:13
but it is important.
00:41:15
It's very important for people
out there to hear this story
00:41:22
if it helps one person.
00:41:24
And I'll share this
story, and I'll
00:41:26
continue to share it for
whoever ever needs to hear it.
00:41:31
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER):
Is there any way
00:41:32
to explain what happened between
John Eggleston and the wife
00:41:37
that he left behind?
00:41:39
Can the dead return?
00:41:41
Or are after-death visits simply
the echo of a strong earthly
00:41:46
love?
00:41:48
Perhaps until we receive
such a visit ourselves,
00:41:52
we can't really say.
00:41:56
Several other cases in this
program have yet to be solved.
00:42:00
If you have any
information about them,
00:42:02
please log on to our
website at Unsolved.com.
00:42:10
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