1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 This program is about unsolved mysteries. Whenever possible, the actual family members 2 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,740 and police officials have participated in recreating the events. What you are about 3 00:00:13,740 --> 00:00:20,740 to see is not a news broadcast. 4 00:00:22,780 --> 00:00:29,780 Summer of 1977. In the city of New York, a year-long nightmare was coming to an end. 5 00:00:30,460 --> 00:00:35,860 On August 10th, a man named David Berkowitz was arrested. Police believed that he was 6 00:00:35,860 --> 00:00:41,060 a lone gunman behind the son of Sam Killings, a brutal series of shootings that left six 7 00:00:41,060 --> 00:00:48,060 people dead and seven seriously injured. The media rejoiced. The elusive son of Sam 8 00:00:48,140 --> 00:00:52,640 was behind bars. Or was he? 9 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:57,800 The general perception among the public for years had been that David Berkowitz was a 10 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:03,240 lone gunman. The facts and the evidence, not speculation, the facts and the evidence 11 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,060 say otherwise. 12 00:01:06,060 --> 00:01:11,920 In 1977, the nation believed the son of Sam Murders was solved. In the last 11 years, 13 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:16,040 reporter Maury Terry has collected convincing evidence that David Berkowitz did not act 14 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:21,760 alone. Tonight we examine Terry's theory and present other mysteries where you may be able 15 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:26,680 to help. In a tiny Baptist church in rural Georgia, a deacon and his wife were the victims 16 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:31,560 of a double murder. The killer dropped a pair of glasses that may lead to his identity. 17 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:37,160 And from Omaha, Nebraska, a poignant story of unrequited love and a frugal bachelor 18 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:44,160 who left an unclaimed fortune of $200,000, someone watching tonight may be his heir. 19 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,660 Join me. You may be able to help solve a mystery. 20 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:33,680 Son of Sam's reign of terror began on July 29, 1976. It occurred in an area in the Bronx 21 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:53,560 called Pelham Bay. The time was 1.10 a.m. Two young girls were hit by 44 caliber bullets. 22 00:02:54,440 --> 00:03:01,440 One died. A composite sketch of the gunman was created from the survivor's eyewitness 23 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:08,840 description. On October 23rd in the borough of Queens, another 44 caliber shooting occurred. 24 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:19,600 A man suffered a serious head injury. A month later, again in Queens, two girls stood 25 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:27,000 on a stoop talking. A man appeared out of the shadows. Both survived, but one would 26 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:34,120 be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Eyewitnesses were able to help police 27 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:41,120 in creating a new composite of the gunman. 1977. Two separate shootings took the lives 28 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:48,480 of two women, as in the earlier attacks, a 44 caliber bulldog revolver was used. Eyewitnesses 29 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:57,160 created two more composites of the killer. They showed a very different face from the 30 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:04,160 earlier drawings, each appeared to be a different person. On April 17, 1977, another shooting 31 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:11,160 occurred. Again in the Pelham Bay section of the Bronx, just three blocks from the scene 32 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:21,960 of the first shooting. This time a hand printed letter was left at the scene. It read, quote, 33 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:29,240 I am a monster. I am a son of Sam. I'm a little brat. The city was paralyzed with fear. The 34 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:37,240 people in the local neighborhoods, particularly in the Bronx, were pretrified. I remember 35 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:44,840 people yelling to people in the street, get in, that nuts out there. And this is an early 36 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:51,200 afternoon. No one double parked their cars. Business at the local entertainment places, 37 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:58,200 such as bars, restaurants, will nil. No one went out. On Memorial Day, another letter from 38 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:04,480 the son of Sam was sent to columnist Jimmy Breslin. Written in the same distinctive style, 39 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:11,480 he contained thoughts and references to Satanism. Finally, on July 31, son of Sam struck for 40 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:21,200 the last time. Stacy Moskowitz was killed. Her date, Robert Violante, partially blinded. 41 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:27,200 No, he just walked up to them, shot them, and that's it. 42 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:33,200 A 19-year-old mechanic named Tommy Zeno was an eyewitness. That guy came over to the 43 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:39,200 car and blew those people away in less than four seconds. You know, you pressed the trigger 44 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:46,200 and then both, you know, both could have died. Luckily, Robert's alive. But I'll never forget 45 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:47,880 it. 46 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:53,880 Zeno gave police a description of the shooter. Another composite was created, showing the 47 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:59,680 gunman. Again, there were more differences and similarities when compared to the earlier 48 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,200 drawings. 49 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:08,200 One of them would sure look like David Berkowitz. The others did not resemble them at all. It 50 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:15,200 was completely different. I thought it was rather strange, although we know that these 51 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:22,360 drawings are done by victims or witnesses who see the killer for a brief period of time. 52 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:27,120 And then a day or two or several hours later, they have to go to a police department, an 53 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:32,800 artist, and he has to put that on paper. That's a very difficult thing to do. So many times, 54 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:37,160 these sketches are not very accurate. So I thought perhaps maybe that's why we saw so 55 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:42,800 many different versions of the son of Sam on the composites. 56 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:47,360 In their investigation of the Moskowitz shooting, police discovered a parking ticket that had 57 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:54,360 been issued near the scene to afford galaxy owned by a postal employee named David Berkowitz. 58 00:06:55,320 --> 00:07:00,400 The police traced this ticket to Berkowitz's home. As they approached the building, they 59 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:05,880 saw the car. They spotted a duffel bag with what looked like a rifle, but protruding through 60 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:12,380 the opening. When they entered the car, they found a letter threatening another attack. 61 00:07:12,980 --> 00:07:14,980 It was signed, Son of Sam. 62 00:07:20,980 --> 00:07:24,980 The police staked out the Fort Galaxy, waiting for its owner to emerge. 63 00:07:26,980 --> 00:07:33,980 At 10 p.m., Berkowitz walked to the car. Inside the brown paper bag he was carrying, there 64 00:07:33,980 --> 00:07:35,980 was a .44 caliber revolver. 65 00:07:36,580 --> 00:07:43,580 As detectives moved into arrest, he sat in his Fort Galaxy, almost passively. 66 00:07:47,580 --> 00:07:50,580 What took you guys so long? Step out of the car. 67 00:07:55,580 --> 00:08:00,580 Berkowitz confessed to all of the shootings. He told the police that he received his orders 68 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:06,680 to commit the crimes from the barking dog of an elderly neighbor named Sam Carr. Berkowitz 69 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:13,680 pleaded guilty to all the charges against him. He was sentenced to 25 years to life in 70 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:15,680 New York's Attica Prison. 71 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:20,680 But to Mori Terry, his confession seemed too convenient. 72 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:25,580 After the arrest of Berkowitz, just through fate or whatever, I started poking around into 73 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:31,680 the case because I had some suspicions that maybe there was more to it than the public 74 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:36,680 was being led to believe. And that's when I started my own investigation into the case, 75 00:08:36,680 --> 00:08:39,680 right really the day after Berkowitz got arrested. 76 00:08:39,680 --> 00:08:45,180 Mori Terry believes that David Berkowitz did not act alone, that he was part of a gang 77 00:08:45,180 --> 00:08:50,180 of killers, and it was the killing of Stacy Moskowitz that first aroused his suspicions. 78 00:08:50,780 --> 00:08:56,280 Next, we will go through a step-by-step reconstruction of the events leading to the killing of Stacy 79 00:08:56,280 --> 00:09:01,780 Moskowitz. Mori Terry believes that this last killing was deliberately planned and executed, 80 00:09:01,780 --> 00:09:07,280 not just by David Berkowitz, but by at least three people. And he says that there is eyewitness 81 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,280 testimony to corroborate this theory. 82 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:17,280 Well, the very early reports that on the Moskowitz killing had me concerned. David Berkowitz's 83 00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:22,180 resemblance, his features were widely different from the sketches of the killer that had been 84 00:09:22,180 --> 00:09:26,880 done by the police artists. Started seeking out witnesses, found Tommy Zeno, who was a 85 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:31,380 key witness to the shooting. 86 00:09:31,380 --> 00:09:35,960 Tommy Zeno was with his girlfriend, Parkton Shore Parkway, in front of the car that held 87 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,480 Stacy Moskowitz and her boyfriend. 88 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:43,980 I was looking through the mirror at a car, and I seen, I noticed somebody, you know, 89 00:09:43,980 --> 00:09:48,980 standing in the park. What I seen is he had long hair, and it's hard to really see the 90 00:09:48,980 --> 00:09:53,980 face, but it was, he was thin. He looked like he was in pretty good shape. 91 00:09:53,980 --> 00:09:55,980 He's dance good. 92 00:09:55,980 --> 00:09:59,980 From looking through the mirror, when he was in the park, the guy that came over to the 93 00:09:59,980 --> 00:10:05,980 car, he walked up to the car like as if he was going to get in the car. Then he went 94 00:10:05,980 --> 00:10:11,980 into a stance, shot, and that was it. Turned around and ran. 95 00:10:11,980 --> 00:10:16,980 I can't picture Berkowitz running like that. That's the thing that confused me after the 96 00:10:16,980 --> 00:10:23,980 quarter. If I seen him, he was, you know, in a week he can't get that fat. You know, 97 00:10:23,980 --> 00:10:30,980 that's all I could say. He's, you know, he didn't look like the type of guy to run and do that. 98 00:10:30,980 --> 00:10:36,980 This is a map showing the neighborhood where the last killing occurred. Stacy Moskowitz 99 00:10:36,980 --> 00:10:43,980 and her boyfriend were parked here. Two blocks away on Bay 17th Street, David Berkowitz 100 00:10:43,980 --> 00:10:51,980 received the incriminating parking ticket on his Ford Galaxy parked here. 101 00:10:51,980 --> 00:10:56,980 According to Terry, the events leading up to the shooting began here at the Shore Parkway 102 00:10:56,980 --> 00:11:03,980 entrance to the park at about 1 a.m. Witnesses saw a yellow Volkswagen arrive at the park 103 00:11:03,980 --> 00:11:10,980 entrance. Two men emerged. This same car was seen fleeing the crime scene after the shootings. 104 00:11:10,980 --> 00:11:19,980 30 minutes later, Tommy Zeno noticed the yellow Volkswagen drive past more than once. 105 00:11:19,980 --> 00:11:28,980 A half hour later, at 2.05, a policeman issued a parking ticket to Berkowitz's Ford Galaxy. 106 00:11:29,980 --> 00:11:35,980 A neighborhood resident named Cecilia Davis pulled up in a friend's car just ahead of Berkowitz's Ford. 107 00:11:35,980 --> 00:11:40,980 She then said goodbye to her friend. 108 00:11:40,980 --> 00:11:48,980 We were triple-packed, and I was looking in the back so in case a car comes up, I saw that guy 109 00:11:48,980 --> 00:11:54,980 taking the summons off his windshield and keep on looking, watching the cops. 110 00:11:54,980 --> 00:12:00,980 They still gave tickets. Then he got in the car and he came behind us. 111 00:12:00,980 --> 00:12:07,980 He couldn't pass because we were blocking the whole street, and he blowed the horn on us. 112 00:12:13,980 --> 00:12:19,980 So I got out and I took a look at him. More or less, I gave him a dirty look. 113 00:12:19,980 --> 00:12:22,980 What's the big question, mill, in the night? 114 00:12:22,980 --> 00:12:27,980 Cecilia has identified the man in the car as David Berkowitz. 115 00:12:27,980 --> 00:12:36,980 After she left her friend, she saw Berkowitz drive up Bay 17th Street and turn right on bath, following the police. 116 00:12:38,980 --> 00:12:44,980 The fact that David Berkowitz pulled up behind Mrs. Davis and her date as he did, 117 00:12:44,980 --> 00:12:47,980 with the police car still on the block or just pulling off the block, 118 00:12:47,980 --> 00:12:51,980 blaring his horn, he would not be doing something like that. 119 00:12:51,980 --> 00:12:55,980 If he's the elusive ingenious son of Sam carrying that 44 bulldog in his car, 120 00:12:55,980 --> 00:12:59,980 he would try to be as stealthy as possible. 121 00:12:59,980 --> 00:13:02,980 Fifteen minutes after the parking ticket was issued, 122 00:13:02,980 --> 00:13:06,980 Stacey Moskowitz and Robert Violante went for a late-night stroll. 123 00:13:06,980 --> 00:13:13,980 As they walked in a nearby park, Stacey and Robert saw a man standing next to a restroom, watching. 124 00:13:14,980 --> 00:13:19,980 This restroom was over two blocks from Cecilia Davis' apartment. 125 00:13:21,980 --> 00:13:26,980 At 2.33 a.m., Mrs. Davis returned to her apartment after walking her dog. 126 00:13:26,980 --> 00:13:32,980 She saw David Berkowitz, the man who had honked earlier, walking straight towards her. 127 00:13:33,980 --> 00:13:38,980 I know it was the same guy because I saw him when I got out of the car from my friend. 128 00:13:38,980 --> 00:13:43,980 I looked at him because he blowed a horn. 129 00:13:46,980 --> 00:13:52,980 Cecilia saw Berkowitz here, over two blocks away from where Stacey and Robert were parked. 130 00:13:54,980 --> 00:14:00,980 Approximately one minute later in her apartment, Cecilia heard the sounds of gunfire in the distance. 131 00:14:01,980 --> 00:14:07,980 Those four shots killed Stacey Moskowitz and almost blinded Robert Violante. 132 00:14:09,980 --> 00:14:14,980 How could Berkowitz have traveled from this spot where Cecilia last saw him, 133 00:14:14,980 --> 00:14:18,980 to this area where Stacey and Robert were shot in one minute, 134 00:14:18,980 --> 00:14:25,980 when it takes at least two and a half minutes to briskly walk the two blocks from Bay 17th Street to the park? 135 00:14:27,980 --> 00:14:33,980 Just 15 seconds after the shooting, witnesses saw a man wearing a cheap light-colored wig 136 00:14:33,980 --> 00:14:39,980 run out of the park, get into a yellow Volkswagen, and speed away up 17th Avenue. 137 00:14:39,980 --> 00:14:44,980 In his haste, he ran a red light and narrowly missed colliding with another car. 138 00:14:46,980 --> 00:14:53,980 Borey Terry believes that at least three people, including David Berkowitz, were involved in the Moskowitz killing. 139 00:14:53,980 --> 00:15:00,980 He claims they were members of an organized conspiracy responsible for every single one of the son of Sam shootings. 140 00:15:01,980 --> 00:15:06,980 David Berkowitz was selected to be the fall guy on the Son of Sam killings. 141 00:15:08,980 --> 00:15:12,980 He was not a willing fall guy. He wanted it to be another way. 142 00:15:12,980 --> 00:15:16,980 But Berkowitz knew that he had been involved in all the shootings. 143 00:15:16,980 --> 00:15:21,980 He has pulled the trigger definitely two times, responsible for three murders. 144 00:15:21,980 --> 00:15:26,980 He's not an innocent man and was on the scene of all the others as a lookout, a wheel man, whatever. 145 00:15:27,980 --> 00:15:30,980 So Berkowitz was involved and Berkowitz knew he was guilty. 146 00:15:30,980 --> 00:15:39,980 He also was responsible for getting a parking ticket on his car that night, which also made him susceptible to be the guy to be picked out to take the fall. 147 00:15:39,980 --> 00:15:48,980 And on top of that, the real killer escaped in the yellow Volkswagen, and that person was deemed more valuable to the conspirators than David Berkowitz was. 148 00:15:49,980 --> 00:15:55,980 No, I didn't think it was David Berkowitz then, and I don't think it's him now. I definitely don't think it's him. 149 00:15:55,980 --> 00:16:07,980 It has crossed my mind, and it's a strong opinion of mine, that David Berkowitz was not the sole killer and was aided by other accomplices. 150 00:16:07,980 --> 00:16:14,980 We received information that other people may have been involved. 151 00:16:14,980 --> 00:16:25,980 I had a statement made to me by someone who allegedly spoke to David Berkowitz, wherein David Berkowitz is supposed to have stated that others were involved. 152 00:16:26,980 --> 00:16:33,980 New York prosecutor John Santucci has moved the status of the son of Sam Investigation from inactive to active. 153 00:16:33,980 --> 00:16:36,980 Next week we'll continue Mori Terry's investigation. 154 00:16:37,980 --> 00:16:42,980 He has discovered that David Berkowitz and at least two friends were members of a satanic cult. 155 00:16:42,980 --> 00:16:46,980 These two friends were brothers, and their father's name was Sam. 156 00:16:47,980 --> 00:16:50,980 Next, the poignant tale of Curly Green. 157 00:16:50,980 --> 00:16:55,980 For half a century he lived a solitary frugal life in a tiny Omaha apartment. 158 00:16:55,980 --> 00:17:00,980 When he died, his friends were amazed that he had amassed a $200,000 fortune. 159 00:17:00,980 --> 00:17:04,980 Someone watching tonight may be his heir. 160 00:17:07,980 --> 00:17:19,980 Until ten years ago, Walter Green lived alone in a small apartment near downtown Omaha. 161 00:17:19,980 --> 00:17:24,980 His nickname was Curly, and he lived a simple frugal life. 162 00:17:24,980 --> 00:17:26,980 How you doing? 163 00:17:26,980 --> 00:17:31,980 He was cordial to his neighbors, but kept mostly to himself. 164 00:17:31,980 --> 00:17:36,980 On April 24, 1978, Curly Green had a heart attack. 165 00:17:36,980 --> 00:17:40,980 He died while working in his yard. 166 00:17:40,980 --> 00:17:49,980 Everyone who knew him was astounded to find that Curly during his lifetime had accumulated more than $200,000. 167 00:17:49,980 --> 00:17:55,980 He left no will, and his next of kin could not be located. 168 00:17:56,980 --> 00:18:03,980 Ten years after his death, Curly Green's fortune remains the largest unclaimed estate in Nebraska history. 169 00:18:03,980 --> 00:18:11,980 When it came out in the papers that he had the amount of money that they said he had, we were shocked. 170 00:18:11,980 --> 00:18:16,980 I can't imagine how he amassed that amount. 171 00:18:16,980 --> 00:18:19,980 They found stocks or tickets, I understand, they found the coin collection, 172 00:18:19,980 --> 00:18:25,980 and they found much to everyone's surprise that Curly actually owned the apartment building where he was living. 173 00:18:25,980 --> 00:18:31,980 It is extraordinary that a man who lived as simply as Curly Green could have accrued such a large sum of money. 174 00:18:31,980 --> 00:18:35,980 It is even more extraordinary that the money remains unclaimed. 175 00:18:35,980 --> 00:18:39,980 But this is not just a story of missing heirs and unclaimed fortunes. 176 00:18:39,980 --> 00:18:46,980 It is also a love story, a sweet and haunting one that began nearly eight decades ago. 177 00:18:50,980 --> 00:18:55,980 We don't know much about Curly Green's early life, but we can surmise as this. 178 00:18:55,980 --> 00:18:59,980 When he was nearly 17, he hopped a train bound for Omaha. 179 00:19:02,980 --> 00:19:08,980 Curly jumped off outside the city near a small farming town called Skyler. 180 00:19:13,980 --> 00:19:18,980 Curly immediately began to pound the pavement, looking for work. 181 00:19:19,980 --> 00:19:28,980 Hal Raman, a local tavern keeper, saw the young stranger and offered him not only a ride, but a home-cooked meal with his family. 182 00:19:33,980 --> 00:19:38,980 Catherine, the younger of the Raman's, was then only nine years old. 183 00:19:38,980 --> 00:19:44,980 I don't know why Dad brought him here. We suppose he came from Denver. 184 00:19:44,980 --> 00:19:48,980 We were curious when he shut the table because we'd never seen him before. 185 00:19:48,980 --> 00:19:51,980 But he was a nice-looking young man. 186 00:19:52,980 --> 00:19:55,980 Well, I bet it's been quite some time since you smelled cooking like this, Curly. 187 00:19:55,980 --> 00:19:57,980 Well, yeah, a little while. 188 00:19:57,980 --> 00:20:02,980 At dinner, Curly was secretive about his family and his birthplace in Montana. 189 00:20:02,980 --> 00:20:04,980 Poor family, Curly. 190 00:20:05,980 --> 00:20:10,980 Well, I left my mom and my stepdad back in Denver, and that's about all the family I really have. 191 00:20:10,980 --> 00:20:14,980 Curly said he hadn't gotten along with his stepfather, so he had traveled east. 192 00:20:15,980 --> 00:20:17,980 He had a very nice way of evading. 193 00:20:17,980 --> 00:20:21,980 See, when Mama asked him, he said, didn't you have some cousins or something? 194 00:20:21,980 --> 00:20:29,980 He just said, well, I did once, and he changed the subject, and that's the way Curly was. 195 00:20:29,980 --> 00:20:32,980 And we respected him for it. 196 00:20:33,980 --> 00:20:35,980 Do you have any brothers or sisters? 197 00:20:36,980 --> 00:20:40,980 Well, none as pretty as your daughter's now. 198 00:20:42,980 --> 00:20:47,980 The moment Curly first saw Jessamyn Romminger, Catherine's older sister, he was smitten. 199 00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:50,980 He would never feel the same way about anyone else. 200 00:20:53,980 --> 00:20:57,980 Hal Romminger found Curly a job working at the local garage. 201 00:20:57,980 --> 00:21:00,980 The automobile was still a pretty new-fangled machine. 202 00:21:00,980 --> 00:21:02,980 Curly had a knack for fixing cars. 203 00:21:02,980 --> 00:21:06,980 He earned enough to enable him to move into a boarding house. 204 00:21:09,980 --> 00:21:16,980 He wasn't a spendthrift, and I used to like it when I have to get paychecks, because he'd give me nickels and dimes. 205 00:21:16,980 --> 00:21:20,980 With his new salary, Curly began to court Jessamyn. 206 00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:24,980 He only had one problem, getting rid of Catherine, the little sister. 207 00:21:24,980 --> 00:21:26,980 Go to the movie, yeah. 208 00:21:26,980 --> 00:21:28,980 Well, I was thinking of the park. 209 00:21:28,980 --> 00:21:31,980 How about if you go to the movies with me and Jessamyn, go to the park? 210 00:21:31,980 --> 00:21:32,980 Okay. 211 00:21:39,980 --> 00:21:42,980 He and Jessamyn would go wherever they went. 212 00:21:42,980 --> 00:21:49,980 They had some friends in Skylar, but I didn't care where he went. I got the nickel and dime. 213 00:21:49,980 --> 00:21:51,980 That's all I cared about. 214 00:21:53,980 --> 00:21:59,980 Curly found quite a bit of Jessamyn, because he never went with other girls. 215 00:21:59,980 --> 00:22:01,980 Only Jessamyn. 216 00:22:05,980 --> 00:22:10,980 In 1917, Curly left his job as a mechanic to enlist in the army. 217 00:22:10,980 --> 00:22:13,980 He also left his beloved Jessamyn. 218 00:22:13,980 --> 00:22:16,980 She began training to be a nurse. 219 00:22:16,980 --> 00:22:19,980 Curly served on the European front. 220 00:22:19,980 --> 00:22:24,980 It was his unenviable duty to drive the dead and wounded to the makeshift army hospital. 221 00:22:24,980 --> 00:22:27,980 The suffering he witnessed scarred Curly. 222 00:22:27,980 --> 00:22:34,980 But when the war ended, he returned home full of hope to Skylar, Nebraska and to Jessamyn. 223 00:22:43,980 --> 00:22:46,980 Catherine, it's good to see you again. 224 00:22:46,980 --> 00:22:47,980 How have you been? 225 00:22:47,980 --> 00:22:48,980 I'm fine. 226 00:22:48,980 --> 00:22:50,980 Is Jessamyn here? 227 00:22:50,980 --> 00:22:54,980 No, Curly. I'm sorry. She's gone to Omaha. 228 00:22:58,980 --> 00:23:01,980 Well, nothing's bothered. 229 00:23:01,980 --> 00:23:05,980 Jessamyn liked him and he was a gentleman always. 230 00:23:05,980 --> 00:23:09,980 But she wanted other things out of life. 231 00:23:09,980 --> 00:23:12,980 And he didn't appear to be educated. 232 00:23:12,980 --> 00:23:16,980 And his earning capacity wasn't great, I suppose. 233 00:23:16,980 --> 00:23:19,980 And anyhow, they didn't go to him anymore. 234 00:23:20,980 --> 00:23:23,980 Curly followed Jessamyn to Omaha and got a job. 235 00:23:23,980 --> 00:23:27,980 First as a mechanic at a newspaper, the Omaha Bee. 236 00:23:27,980 --> 00:23:30,980 Then as a night watchman for the Union Pacific Railroad. 237 00:23:30,980 --> 00:23:32,980 Curly refused to give up on Jessamyn. 238 00:23:32,980 --> 00:23:35,980 But Jessamyn and Ramanjir married another man. 239 00:23:35,980 --> 00:23:37,980 Curly never fell in love again. 240 00:23:37,980 --> 00:23:40,980 He never married or had a family. 241 00:23:43,980 --> 00:23:46,980 Curly spent the next 60 years alone. 242 00:23:46,980 --> 00:23:50,980 In all those years, he never told anyone who his real family was. 243 00:23:51,980 --> 00:23:54,980 Other than Catherine, Curly's best friend was Riley Marr. 244 00:23:54,980 --> 00:23:58,980 His barber and a fellow member of the Masonic Lodge. 245 00:23:58,980 --> 00:24:01,980 I really never really got that close to him, actually. 246 00:24:01,980 --> 00:24:03,980 I thought I was a pretty good friend of his 247 00:24:03,980 --> 00:24:06,980 because he did invite me over to his home on occasion. 248 00:24:06,980 --> 00:24:11,980 And we did sit around and have coffee and talked about things. 249 00:24:11,980 --> 00:24:14,980 Once, Riley noticed some postcards and pictures 250 00:24:14,980 --> 00:24:17,980 neatly displayed in Curly's apartment. 251 00:24:18,980 --> 00:24:21,980 He was curious to know if they were from Curly's family. 252 00:24:21,980 --> 00:24:25,980 I picked one of them up and it had a postmark of Brooklyn, New York. 253 00:24:25,980 --> 00:24:27,980 And I asked him something about where that was. 254 00:24:27,980 --> 00:24:30,980 It was a long way from home and he said never mind 255 00:24:30,980 --> 00:24:32,980 and he took it and put it away. 256 00:24:32,980 --> 00:24:36,980 Well, it made me feel like I was probably intruding on his privacy 257 00:24:36,980 --> 00:24:41,980 of some sort and that he had something that he maybe didn't want revealed 258 00:24:41,980 --> 00:24:44,980 or maybe he had a tragedy in his lifetime somewhere along the way 259 00:24:44,980 --> 00:24:48,980 that he was trying to avoid talking about. 260 00:24:48,980 --> 00:24:52,980 Over the years, Curly had amassed a considerable fortune, 261 00:24:52,980 --> 00:24:54,980 but he kept that a secret too. 262 00:24:54,980 --> 00:24:59,980 Some people attributed Curly's wealth to an extremely valuable coin collection, 263 00:24:59,980 --> 00:25:03,980 but Catherine thought he just plain saved every penny he made. 264 00:25:03,980 --> 00:25:07,980 Well, he said he would get up in the morning and after he'd eat breakfast, 265 00:25:07,980 --> 00:25:09,980 he'd put a can on the pilot light. 266 00:25:09,980 --> 00:25:13,980 And by the time he'd come back and ready for lunch or the evening meal, 267 00:25:13,980 --> 00:25:15,980 it was just right to eat. 268 00:25:15,980 --> 00:25:17,980 It was that saving. 269 00:25:17,980 --> 00:25:20,980 Maybe that's how he got the money. 270 00:25:20,980 --> 00:25:26,980 When he died, Curly Green had accumulated a fortune of more than $200,000, 271 00:25:26,980 --> 00:25:29,980 held primarily in real estate, stocks and bonds. 272 00:25:29,980 --> 00:25:33,980 So far, no legitimate heirs have claimed Curly's estate. 273 00:25:36,980 --> 00:25:42,980 In 1986, investigator Josh Butler, who tracks down missing heirs professionally, 274 00:25:42,980 --> 00:25:45,980 began researching the case of Curly Green. 275 00:25:45,980 --> 00:25:50,980 Josh had heard that Curly once mentioned having a brother who was killed in a shootout. 276 00:25:50,980 --> 00:25:54,980 Indeed, there had been a man named Al Green who was shot and killed 277 00:25:54,980 --> 00:25:57,980 shortly after the 4th of July in 1921. 278 00:25:57,980 --> 00:25:59,980 We really went to some extremes in this case, 279 00:25:59,980 --> 00:26:05,980 but were surprised and a little disappointed never to have found any clear connection with Curly Green. 280 00:26:05,980 --> 00:26:10,980 Part of the mystery here is that Al Green's father, 281 00:26:10,980 --> 00:26:13,980 I believe to have been a Joseph Green, 282 00:26:13,980 --> 00:26:18,980 and I now understand that Curly Green's father was a Harry Albert Green. 283 00:26:18,980 --> 00:26:24,980 So quite probably Al Green and Curly Green were cousins rather than brothers. 284 00:26:24,980 --> 00:26:28,980 The man named Al Green was killed in 1921. 285 00:26:28,980 --> 00:26:34,980 Josh Butler now thinks it is probable that Curly's actual brother was killed several years earlier. 286 00:26:36,980 --> 00:26:39,980 The search for Curly's heirs continues. 287 00:26:39,980 --> 00:26:43,980 It's very strange that a man would accumulate $200,000 in his lifetime 288 00:26:43,980 --> 00:26:47,980 and that he would have no known relatives that anybody knew about 289 00:26:47,980 --> 00:26:52,980 and not leave some sort of a written document concerning the disposition of this money. 290 00:26:52,980 --> 00:26:56,980 Somewhere there's somebody who has enough information in their own family 291 00:26:56,980 --> 00:27:00,980 that they're going to be able to come forward and prove their entitlement to this. 292 00:27:00,980 --> 00:27:04,980 It'll be a case of going from the people back to the money. 293 00:27:04,980 --> 00:27:08,980 These are five of the few known photographs of Curly Green 294 00:27:08,980 --> 00:27:15,980 showing him as a young man in middle age and before he died. 295 00:27:15,980 --> 00:27:20,980 We know he said he was born in Kendall, Montana and lived in Denver. 296 00:27:20,980 --> 00:27:25,980 We know he had a collection of gold coins, some of which he might have obtained in Mexico. 297 00:27:25,980 --> 00:27:29,980 He received postcards from someone in Brooklyn, New York. 298 00:27:29,980 --> 00:27:33,980 Curly claimed he had a brother who was killed in a shootout 299 00:27:33,980 --> 00:27:39,980 and he stated on a 1938 birth certificate that Albert Harry Green, born in England 300 00:27:39,980 --> 00:27:43,980 and Anne Moran Green, born in Latvia, were his parents. 301 00:27:43,980 --> 00:27:47,980 None of these three relatives has been traced. 302 00:27:49,980 --> 00:27:54,980 At Curly's funeral, a mysterious wreath of flowers became the final clue to his past. 303 00:27:54,980 --> 00:27:56,980 This card came with the flowers. 304 00:27:56,980 --> 00:28:00,980 It's signed Mrs. Joe Greener, Denver, Colorado. 305 00:28:00,980 --> 00:28:05,980 Perhaps Mrs. Greener is the key to the puzzling life of Walter Curly Green. 306 00:28:05,980 --> 00:28:10,980 Next, the story of a double murderer in a tiny Baptist church in rural Georgia. 307 00:28:10,980 --> 00:28:15,980 The only clue is a pair of ordinary glasses left behind by the killer. 308 00:28:30,980 --> 00:28:38,980 Waiverly, Georgia, population 825, is a predominantly black community 309 00:28:38,980 --> 00:28:41,980 nestled in the Baptist Bible Belt. 310 00:28:41,980 --> 00:28:46,980 Lumber, farming and the paper mill provide the income for this small isolated area 311 00:28:46,980 --> 00:28:51,980 over 35 miles from the nearest big city, Jacksonville. 312 00:28:51,980 --> 00:28:56,980 The number of people who have been killed in the war is about 1,000. 313 00:28:56,980 --> 00:29:03,980 The city is the largest isolated area, over 35 miles from the nearest big city, Jacksonville, Florida. 314 00:29:08,980 --> 00:29:13,980 For years, Rising Daughter's Baptist Church has served not only as a place of worship, 315 00:29:13,980 --> 00:29:17,980 but also as a social center for the small township. 316 00:29:19,980 --> 00:29:24,980 But on March 11th, 1985, this quiet community was shattered by violence. 317 00:29:24,980 --> 00:29:32,980 The quiet sanctity of Rising Daughter's Church was violated by the brutal double murder of Harold and Thelma Swain. 318 00:29:32,980 --> 00:29:38,980 Harold Swain was a well-respected deacon of the church, a member of the County Jury Commission, 319 00:29:38,980 --> 00:29:41,980 and a spokesperson for the black community. 320 00:29:41,980 --> 00:29:45,980 Thelma Swain was also closely involved with the church affairs. 321 00:29:45,980 --> 00:29:49,980 Harold and Thelma had been married for over 43 years. 322 00:29:49,980 --> 00:29:53,980 Harold was always happy and jolly, laughing. 323 00:29:53,980 --> 00:30:00,980 It's something that might have come natural to Harold because of his love and kindness for everyone. 324 00:30:00,980 --> 00:30:06,980 And he would always go out of his way to help someone at any time, day or night, no matter what time. 325 00:30:06,980 --> 00:30:12,980 If you needed a favor of any type and he could do it, he was there. Same thing about Thelma. 326 00:30:12,980 --> 00:30:16,980 All the people up here, they came to this funeral. 327 00:30:16,980 --> 00:30:20,980 Most people I ever saw in a funeral, they're here in my life. 328 00:30:20,980 --> 00:30:24,980 They just call their body, you know, thought that much of Harold in their respect. 329 00:30:26,980 --> 00:30:32,980 On the night they were murdered, Harold and Thelma held their weekly Tuesday night Bible class. 330 00:30:32,980 --> 00:30:34,980 Nine women attended. 331 00:30:34,980 --> 00:30:38,980 Do I put my trust? Let me never be put to confusion. 332 00:30:38,980 --> 00:30:41,980 Now let us pray. 333 00:30:41,980 --> 00:30:45,980 Oh God, I want to thank you for bringing us together tonight. 334 00:30:45,980 --> 00:30:48,980 In Jesus' name, amen. 335 00:30:48,980 --> 00:30:50,980 Amen. 336 00:30:50,980 --> 00:30:55,980 Now is there any further business that you care to discuss, Sister Brenda? 337 00:30:55,980 --> 00:30:57,980 Yeah, well I'd like to remind everybody about that. 338 00:30:57,980 --> 00:31:00,980 At 8.50, one of the women excused herself early. 339 00:31:00,980 --> 00:31:02,980 I have to go now to take my daughter to work. 340 00:31:02,980 --> 00:31:03,980 Okay. 341 00:31:03,980 --> 00:31:05,980 Maybe that would help resolve this situation. 342 00:31:08,980 --> 00:31:10,980 May I help you? 343 00:31:10,980 --> 00:31:12,980 Yeah, I want to talk to somebody. 344 00:31:12,980 --> 00:31:13,980 Who? 345 00:31:13,980 --> 00:31:15,980 Somebody in there. 346 00:31:16,980 --> 00:31:20,980 She encountered a stranger at the church festival. 347 00:31:20,980 --> 00:31:22,980 I want to talk to him. 348 00:31:22,980 --> 00:31:23,980 He'll be right back. 349 00:31:23,980 --> 00:31:29,980 Some of the other women in the group caught just a glimpse of the man, a young white male. 350 00:31:29,980 --> 00:31:30,980 In April. 351 00:31:30,980 --> 00:31:32,980 Excuse me, Sister. 352 00:31:41,980 --> 00:31:43,980 What's happening? 353 00:31:43,980 --> 00:31:45,980 What is happening? 354 00:31:45,980 --> 00:31:47,980 Oh my God. 355 00:31:47,980 --> 00:31:49,980 Hello? 356 00:31:49,980 --> 00:31:51,980 Hello? 357 00:31:51,980 --> 00:31:53,980 Hello? 358 00:31:53,980 --> 00:31:55,980 Hello? 359 00:31:55,980 --> 00:31:57,980 Hello? 360 00:31:57,980 --> 00:31:59,980 Hello? 361 00:31:59,980 --> 00:32:01,980 Hello? 362 00:32:01,980 --> 00:32:05,980 The women rushed into the pastor's office and tried to call for help. 363 00:32:05,980 --> 00:32:07,980 The phone didn't work. 364 00:32:07,980 --> 00:32:09,980 Stay. 365 00:32:09,980 --> 00:32:13,980 Twenty minutes passed while the women waited in fear. 366 00:32:13,980 --> 00:32:18,980 Finally, one of them made a dash for her car and went to summon help. 367 00:32:25,980 --> 00:32:28,980 That night, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was brought in. 368 00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:32,980 A massive manhunt started in this tiny black community. 369 00:32:32,980 --> 00:32:36,980 Harold and Thelma were personal friends of mine and my family's. 370 00:32:36,980 --> 00:32:39,980 And it was kind of a shock to me. 371 00:32:39,980 --> 00:32:41,980 I think I was in shock for a while. 372 00:32:41,980 --> 00:32:44,980 When I got there, there was a lot of confusion. 373 00:32:44,980 --> 00:32:47,980 No one really knew what had happened. 374 00:32:47,980 --> 00:32:49,980 They didn't know what the facts were. 375 00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:52,980 They didn't know who had done the killing. 376 00:32:52,980 --> 00:32:54,980 They didn't know what the motive was. 377 00:32:54,980 --> 00:32:57,980 The Swains highly believed that the murder was a murder. 378 00:32:57,980 --> 00:33:00,980 There was a lot of physical evidence at the same. 379 00:33:00,980 --> 00:33:02,980 Filling cases. 380 00:33:02,980 --> 00:33:04,980 Two pair of glasses. 381 00:33:04,980 --> 00:33:08,980 For one, we were able to determine the belong to the mentee's Harold Swain. 382 00:33:08,980 --> 00:33:12,980 The other pair, they didn't know what the motive was. 383 00:33:12,980 --> 00:33:14,980 The Swains highly respected people. 384 00:33:14,980 --> 00:33:16,980 Very active in the community. 385 00:33:16,980 --> 00:33:21,980 Or just not the type of person that, you know, would be the victim of a murder plot. 386 00:33:21,980 --> 00:33:24,980 There was a lot of physical evidence at the same. 387 00:33:24,980 --> 00:33:26,980 Filling cases. 388 00:33:26,980 --> 00:33:31,980 The other pair, no one knew who they belonged to. 389 00:33:31,980 --> 00:33:35,980 The first gut reaction that I had was a transient. 390 00:33:35,980 --> 00:33:40,980 Because the glasses appeared to belong to a person who did not have enough money to 391 00:33:40,980 --> 00:33:45,980 properly maintain the glasses or to buy glasses when they needed them. 392 00:33:45,980 --> 00:33:48,980 These are the glasses found on that night. 393 00:33:48,980 --> 00:33:50,980 And they're not ordinary glasses. 394 00:33:50,980 --> 00:33:52,980 The lenses are thick. 395 00:33:52,980 --> 00:33:54,980 The surface is popped by a welding torch. 396 00:33:54,980 --> 00:33:56,980 The earpieces don't match. 397 00:33:56,980 --> 00:33:59,980 Or they drop by the killer. 398 00:33:59,980 --> 00:34:03,980 When the police discovered these glasses, they investigated the theory that the 399 00:34:03,980 --> 00:34:06,980 murderer may have been a transient. 400 00:34:06,980 --> 00:34:10,980 Rising Daughter's Church is located on Busy Highway 17. 401 00:34:10,980 --> 00:34:15,980 Tractions often would stop by for a handout or a free meal. 402 00:34:15,980 --> 00:34:22,980 But if robbery was the motive, why were over $300 left in Harold Swain's pocket? 403 00:34:22,980 --> 00:34:27,980 Other evidence suggests that the crime was premeditated. 404 00:34:27,980 --> 00:34:39,980 The authorities feel that the church had been cased before the brutal attack. 405 00:34:39,980 --> 00:34:47,980 The telephone lines at the church had been cut, which could or could not say that it 406 00:34:47,980 --> 00:34:49,980 was a premeditated murder. 407 00:34:49,980 --> 00:34:53,980 It could have been a premeditated armed robbery attempt. 408 00:34:53,980 --> 00:34:57,980 The woman who left the church early clearly saw the attacker, 409 00:34:57,980 --> 00:35:02,980 fearing for her life she did not want to appear on camera. 410 00:35:02,980 --> 00:35:04,980 He was calm. 411 00:35:04,980 --> 00:35:09,980 I was thinking that he was there for a handout. 412 00:35:09,980 --> 00:35:14,980 He didn't seem to be someone to hurt anybody. 413 00:35:14,980 --> 00:35:17,980 I didn't see any weapon or anything. 414 00:35:17,980 --> 00:35:20,980 And it seemed like he had on stuffed boots. 415 00:35:20,980 --> 00:35:24,980 And he had long blonde hair, shoulder length hair. 416 00:35:24,980 --> 00:35:30,980 But I really wasn't looking at him that hard, you know, because I wanted to leave. 417 00:35:30,980 --> 00:35:34,980 The police attempted to create a picture of the killer using an identikit. 418 00:35:34,980 --> 00:35:38,980 But the eyewitnesses did not agree on many of the details. 419 00:35:38,980 --> 00:35:42,980 An artist was brought in to sketch a composite drawing. 420 00:35:42,980 --> 00:35:46,980 For five months, the police searched for the killer using the composite drawing. 421 00:35:46,980 --> 00:35:49,980 But no new leads or clues surfaced. 422 00:35:55,980 --> 00:36:02,980 Finally, on July 5, 1985, police 135 miles away in Tell Fair County, Georgia, 423 00:36:02,980 --> 00:36:06,980 pulled over a car for a minor traffic violation. 424 00:36:06,980 --> 00:36:11,980 In the trunk, they found an automatic weapon and a submachine gun. 425 00:36:11,980 --> 00:36:13,980 Three suspects were taken into custody. 426 00:36:13,980 --> 00:36:16,980 One of them, Donnie Barringtime. 427 00:36:16,980 --> 00:36:21,980 We were given some information by some acquaintance of these people 428 00:36:21,980 --> 00:36:26,980 that Donnie Barringtime had told people in Florida 429 00:36:26,980 --> 00:36:33,980 that he had murdered a black preacher and his wife in a church. 430 00:36:33,980 --> 00:36:39,980 After several interviews with Donnie, he admitted 431 00:36:39,980 --> 00:36:46,980 that he had told these people in Florida that he killed a black preacher and his wife. 432 00:36:46,980 --> 00:36:50,980 And then he just smiled and said, but I was lying to him. 433 00:36:50,980 --> 00:36:57,980 We have never been able to come up with any hard evidence to connect Donnie with this case. 434 00:36:57,980 --> 00:37:02,980 Donnie Barringtime was then given a polygraph test and he flunked it. 435 00:37:02,980 --> 00:37:08,980 As a matter of fact, the polygraph operator told us that Mr. Barringtime was a very good suspect in the murder. 436 00:37:08,980 --> 00:37:14,980 The resemblance between the man on the Wadded poster and Donnie Barringtime was inconclusive. 437 00:37:14,980 --> 00:37:20,980 So the eyewitnesses from the church and Waverly were taken to Jacksonville for a police lineup. 438 00:37:20,980 --> 00:37:27,980 You'll be giving five individuals, I'd like if you will, to place yourself in your mind 439 00:37:27,980 --> 00:37:31,980 back at the church the night this incident happened. 440 00:37:32,980 --> 00:37:35,980 Okay? Five individuals on the other side. 441 00:37:35,980 --> 00:37:40,980 We'll be able to see or hear you. Lights? Lights? 442 00:37:40,980 --> 00:37:44,980 There was about six millions there. 443 00:37:44,980 --> 00:37:54,980 And I really couldn't say that one of them was him, you know, because the person I saw had short hair. 444 00:37:54,980 --> 00:38:00,980 His completion was a little bit lighter, but he had the same boots that I saw that night. 445 00:38:00,980 --> 00:38:05,980 The boots was what I recognized, but I wasn't really, really sure. 446 00:38:10,980 --> 00:38:17,980 The murder charges against Donnie Barringtime were not pursued, but he was subsequently convicted on weapons charges. 447 00:38:17,980 --> 00:38:20,980 It's currently serving five years in a federal penitentiary. 448 00:38:22,980 --> 00:38:27,980 One year later, the Swain investigation took a new direction. 449 00:38:27,980 --> 00:38:33,980 Agent Joe Gregory came across a face in a state crime bulletin which exactly matched the identikit picture 450 00:38:33,980 --> 00:38:36,980 created by one of the witnesses at the church. 451 00:38:39,980 --> 00:38:46,980 It gave me a chill. It literally gave me a chill when I saw the composite because there are so many, 452 00:38:46,980 --> 00:38:50,980 hundreds of thousands of combinations to make a composite. 453 00:38:50,980 --> 00:38:57,980 And what are the odds that two of them being exact? And these composites were exact matches. 454 00:38:59,980 --> 00:39:04,980 The Kansas suspect was wanted for armed robbery in a church, but was never taken into custody. 455 00:39:04,980 --> 00:39:10,980 The Kansas Bureau of Investigation could not even give Agent Gregory the suspect's name. 456 00:39:10,980 --> 00:39:16,980 We found that they had never developed any leads. They don't know who he is, 457 00:39:16,980 --> 00:39:20,980 other than the fact that he drove an older car with a Florida tag on it. 458 00:39:23,980 --> 00:39:28,980 Three years later, the brutal murders of Harold and Thelma Swain remain a mystery. 459 00:39:28,980 --> 00:39:32,980 Were they just random killings committed by a violent transient? 460 00:39:32,980 --> 00:39:35,980 Or were they a planned and premeditated murder? 461 00:39:35,980 --> 00:39:38,980 And if so, why? 462 00:39:39,980 --> 00:39:42,980 They say your first hunch is usually your best. 463 00:39:43,980 --> 00:39:52,980 Everything that night pointed to a transient attempting to pull a robbery. 464 00:39:53,980 --> 00:39:58,980 My feelings are that the individual did not get any money. 465 00:39:58,980 --> 00:40:05,980 He went around and checked to find out if there was a phone, and then cut those lines, 466 00:40:05,980 --> 00:40:11,980 and singled out one individual from the church and brought him out to the vegetable. 467 00:40:12,980 --> 00:40:16,980 Shot him, and then, in my opinion, intended that he be dead. 468 00:40:16,980 --> 00:40:18,980 He shot him the last round in the temple. 469 00:40:18,980 --> 00:40:22,980 There's no question that his intent was to kill Harold Swain. 470 00:40:22,980 --> 00:40:26,980 Personally, a case like this haunts you. 471 00:40:26,980 --> 00:40:32,980 It's the type of case that you never forget. 472 00:40:33,980 --> 00:40:40,980 I drive by rising daughters every day coming into this county. 473 00:40:40,980 --> 00:40:47,980 And I never drive by that I don't look and think about the Swains. 474 00:41:41,980 --> 00:41:48,980 Last February on Unsolved Mysteries, we examined the case of Elmer de Borre, 475 00:41:48,980 --> 00:41:55,980 an oil company courier who was murdered execution style on May 11, 1987. 476 00:41:55,980 --> 00:42:02,980 The two key suspects in the case were Jerry Strickler and his 16-year-old girlfriend, Missy Mundy. 477 00:42:02,980 --> 00:42:07,980 Local police believe the couple kidnapped Elmer, robbed him of $10,000, 478 00:42:07,980 --> 00:42:14,980 then took him to a deserted wooded area outside of Pontiac, Michigan, and murdered him. 479 00:42:16,980 --> 00:42:20,980 Jerry and Missy were never seen again. 480 00:42:21,980 --> 00:42:24,980 Update, Moses Lake, Washington. 481 00:42:24,980 --> 00:42:28,980 Within minutes of our broadcast, 20 viewers in the small rural community 482 00:42:28,980 --> 00:42:33,980 called the police to say they recognized Jerry Strickler and Missy Mundy. 483 00:42:33,980 --> 00:42:38,980 Seven hours later, the police arrested the fugitive couple at a friend's house. 484 00:42:38,980 --> 00:42:42,980 They discovered that Jerry and Missy had themselves watched the broadcast 485 00:42:42,980 --> 00:42:44,980 and were waiting for the police. 486 00:42:44,980 --> 00:42:47,980 All he says is, I'm the guy you're looking for. 487 00:42:47,980 --> 00:42:53,980 And he was just real calm and collected. 488 00:42:53,980 --> 00:42:55,980 No violence at all. 489 00:42:55,980 --> 00:43:01,980 I figured at times about seven hours and 15 minutes from the time the Unsolved Mysteries aired, 490 00:43:01,980 --> 00:43:03,980 and he was a cussing. 491 00:43:03,980 --> 00:43:06,980 I just felt super bothered. 492 00:43:06,980 --> 00:43:10,980 On February 12th, Jerry and Missy were extradited back to Michigan 493 00:43:10,980 --> 00:43:14,980 to stand trial for armed robbery, kidnapping, and murder. 494 00:43:14,980 --> 00:43:17,980 Jerry insists they are innocent. 495 00:43:17,980 --> 00:43:19,980 They got a circumstance of evidence. 496 00:43:19,980 --> 00:43:21,980 All hearsay. 497 00:43:21,980 --> 00:43:25,980 It's people talking, but no witnesses. 498 00:43:25,980 --> 00:43:27,980 I mean, okay. 499 00:43:27,980 --> 00:43:31,980 That's why, you know, I say they're going to learn that we didn't do this. 500 00:43:31,980 --> 00:43:36,980 We have enough evidence, circumstantial evidence, and physical evidence, 501 00:43:36,980 --> 00:43:39,980 that we feel he's guilty. 502 00:43:39,980 --> 00:43:43,980 All they want is a conviction, and they don't care if they burn me or not. 503 00:43:43,980 --> 00:43:49,980 Thanks to our viewers, Jerry Strickler and Missy Mundy will have their day in court. 504 00:43:49,980 --> 00:43:54,980 They're being tried separately, and if convicted, could face life in prison 505 00:43:54,980 --> 00:43:57,980 without the possibility of parole. 506 00:43:57,980 --> 00:44:23,980 Music 507 00:44:23,980 --> 00:44:27,980 Next week, we'll continue our examination of the son of Sam Shudings. 508 00:44:27,980 --> 00:44:31,980 Reporter Maury Terry claims that the attacks were engineered by a satanic cult. 509 00:44:31,980 --> 00:44:35,980 A cult he believes is still alive and has not yet been brought to justice. 510 00:44:35,980 --> 00:44:40,980 Join us next week for another edition of Unsolved Mysteries. 511 00:44:53,980 --> 00:45:22,980 Music 512 00:45:22,980 --> 00:45:31,980 .