1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 This program is about unsolved mysteries. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,800 Whenever possible, the actual family members and police 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,600 officials have participated in recreating the events. 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,800 What you are about to see is not a news broadcast. 5 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,200 When Annette Schaupacher was a lonely teenager, 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,800 she fell in love with a man twice her age. 7 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:26,000 It was a storybook romance which ended in a flash of violence. 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,000 Now the man of Annette's dreams is wanted for murder. 9 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,000 In 1964, 18-year-old Delia Fazzani of London, England, 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,000 found herself trapped in a nightmare. 11 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,000 As a pregnant unwed teenager abandoned by her boyfriend, 12 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,000 she had no one to turn to. 13 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Delia's domineering father banished her to a convent outside London 14 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:51,000 and later forced Delia to give her baby girl up for adoption. 15 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,000 As a seven-year-old, Jeff Fisher became a victim of a murder. 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Jeff Fisher became one of the thousands of young boys whose 17 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,000 lives have been enriched by big brothers of America. 18 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,000 Today, Jeff is searching for the man who gave him companionship 19 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,000 and understanding. 20 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,000 And three weeks ago, we profiled a young man suffering from a 21 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,000 baffling case of amnesia, a broadcast led to a dramatic 22 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,000 reunion with his mother, but at the same time placed him under 23 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 a cloud of suspicion. 24 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Join me for this fascinating edition of Unsolved Mysteries. 25 00:01:55,000 --> 00:02:04,000 MUSIC 26 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:12,000 MUSIC 27 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,000 For most of us, life turns on a series of small triumphs 28 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,000 and small tragedies. 29 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,000 The story you're about to see deals with a young British girl, 30 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,000 a girl who is forced to give up her baby against her will. 31 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:29,000 The child is adopted by American parents and is now 27 years old. 32 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Perhaps tonight, she'll be able to understand the agony 33 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,000 her birth mother went through. 34 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:40,000 MUSIC 35 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,000 On a chilly spring evening in 1964, Delia Fazzani sat in her 36 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:48,000 favorite London pub waiting for her boyfriend. 37 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Even though Delia was only 18, her life was at a crossroads. 38 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,000 She was three months pregnant and felt that her boyfriend 39 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,000 was the only person she could turn to. 40 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Ellen, love. 41 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000 You look great. 42 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,000 You've been waiting long. 43 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Oh, not long, don't you? 44 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,000 It's got something important I need to talk about. 45 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,000 It's quite... 46 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Well, I need to talk to you. It's important. 47 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,000 I can't even bring myself to say it. 48 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 I'm pregnant. 49 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,000 You're kidding me. 50 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,000 You're sure? 51 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,000 It's been three months. 52 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Have you ever needed a tiff or something? 53 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 I don't need any tiff. I know. 54 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,000 I haven't told anyone. 55 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,000 It's not mine. 56 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,000 What do you mean? 57 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 I won't have it. 58 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,000 It's definitely not mine. 59 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,000 It's yours. What do you think? 60 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,000 I need your help. 61 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 I don't want anything to do with it. 62 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 If you say it's mine, 63 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,000 I'll just say all my friends told me they'd been with you. 64 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,000 You want my leg to stand on. 65 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,000 That's it? 66 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,000 Yes. 67 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,000 I was devastated. 68 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000 I mean, I wanted to marry him. 69 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,000 I mean, I loved him, 70 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,000 but he just didn't want the responsibility of it. 71 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,000 That was just the way they did things then. 72 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,000 They just left the responsibility with the girl. 73 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,000 After the first fear, obviously, 74 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,000 was to tell my dad that I was pregnant. 75 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,000 I mean, I thought, 76 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,000 well, I'm either going to tell him 77 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,000 and he's going to kill me on the spot, 78 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 or I don't know what's going to happen. 79 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,000 Delia's father, an Italian immigrant, 80 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,000 ran a highly successful restaurant in London. 81 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,000 He was a strict Roman Catholic 82 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,000 who ruled his business and his family 83 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 with an iron hand. 84 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,000 He was a sort of man that was always on a short fuse. 85 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,000 Everybody was frightened of him, 86 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,000 and I was absolutely petrified to tell him. 87 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,000 For seven agonizing months, 88 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,000 Delia hid her pregnancy with corsets and loose clothes. 89 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,000 Finally, when she could hide it no longer, 90 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,000 she begged a friend to break the news to her parents. 91 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,000 You shouldn't have talked to her when you're so angry. 92 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 I can't believe she's done this. 93 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,000 Wait till you calm down. 94 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Slut! 95 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,000 You are so common. 96 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,000 You disgust me! 97 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Who was it? 98 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,000 I'm not going to tell you. 99 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,000 You can do what you like, but I'm not going to tell you. 100 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,000 You've done the worst thing possible. 101 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,000 You tell no one, 102 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 and you'll have nothing to say to me. 103 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,000 I'll tell you about this. 104 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,000 I'll take care of this problem. 105 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Can't we keep the baby? 106 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,000 We could raise it like it was our own son or daughter, 107 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 just like it was one of our own. 108 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,000 I'd rather jump off a bridge than take care of this baby. 109 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,000 I don't even want to smell it. 110 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:38,000 Nothing really after that day was discussed with me, 111 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,000 but obviously my dad was discussing it with my mum 112 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,000 as regards to what to do with me. 113 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,000 And then I think it was only a matter of about 114 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,000 maybe a week, couple of weeks, 115 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,000 and he just came home and announced that 116 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,000 I was going to this place wherever it was. 117 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,000 We will tell our friends that you are going up north to the country 118 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,000 for a few months to spend some time with your friend Iris. 119 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Iris. 120 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000 So goodbye to your mother. 121 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,000 I didn't want this. I know, mum. 122 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,000 I wanted to keep my baby. 123 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:27,000 You know, even though he was sending me off to this wherever, 124 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,000 I thought, well, maybe once I have the baby, 125 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,000 he's going to feel different. 126 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Delia's father banished her to the Loretto Convent 127 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,000 30 miles north of London. 128 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,000 The convent served as a home for unwed mothers 129 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,000 and facilitated adoptions as well. 130 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,000 When we drove up to the convent, I just felt that 131 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:56,000 I couldn't believe that they just, he just put me there. 132 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,000 We've been expecting you, Delia. We're glad to have you with us. 133 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,000 You know, you cringed at taking your dog to the pound 134 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,000 because you don't want to leave him there. 135 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:09,000 And yet he just easily just took me there and left me. 136 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,000 And that was my father. 137 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,000 This way. 138 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,000 In my eyes, it was like a prison, really. 139 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,000 You were there for a certain time 140 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,000 and you couldn't go home until that time had been completed. 141 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,000 All the expectant mothers were signed shores. 142 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:32,000 Those closest to term were given the most strenuous work 143 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,000 because the nuns believed it helped the girls deliver on time. 144 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,000 After you break them into a pile of girls, 145 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,000 put them in a barrel over there. 146 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,000 I suppose they see it as they're doing the job 147 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,000 and you're there for a certain purpose. 148 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,000 That is to have your baby and then goodbye 149 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,000 and then the next one comes in. 150 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,000 Delia, look at Michelle here. 151 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,000 You're on great. 152 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:03,000 On November 2, 1964, Delia gave birth to a daughter 153 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000 and named her Michelle. 154 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,000 You're such a good girl. 155 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,000 Delia was allowed to see the baby only four times a day 156 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,000 and then for only half an hour. 157 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:17,000 They didn't like you to see a baby other than the feeding times 158 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,000 and the changing times because the more you saw the baby 159 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:24,000 the more you held it, you were more likely to bond to the baby. 160 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 So when it came for adoption, 161 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,000 you could just hand it over so they thought 162 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,000 as though nothing had happened. 163 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000 But you do make that bond, 164 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,000 even though you're only seeing them for certain times, 165 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,000 you've still given birth to her. 166 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,000 So the bond is there automatically. 167 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,000 When Michelle was four weeks old, 168 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Delia's parents visited the convent. 169 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,000 It was a moment Delia had been waiting for. 170 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,000 I was just hoping that my father was going to say, 171 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:58,000 well, you know, okay, you know, you come back home 172 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,000 and you bring your baby up and that's fine. 173 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,000 That's what I wanted. 174 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,000 I was hoping that my father would say, 175 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,000 well, you know, okay, you know, you come back home 176 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,000 and you bring your baby up and that's fine. 177 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 But I wanted... 178 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Hold him. 179 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:20,000 I know my dad was yearning to take a peek, 180 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,000 but didn't want anyone to see him doing it. 181 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 She's a bitch. 182 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:29,000 And I thought, well, at least he's looking. 183 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,000 I watched thinking that the next move was going to be, 184 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,000 he was going to pick her up. 185 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:39,000 I knew as soon as you walked away from the prayer 186 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:44,000 that that was it, there's no way that I'm going to change his mind. 187 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Have a seat, Delia. 188 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:58,000 It's been six weeks since Michelle was born. 189 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000 Yes, sister. 190 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 We found a couple for her. 191 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:06,000 I can't tell you anything about them except that they have your coloring 192 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,000 and they're American. 193 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:13,000 He's in the Air Force, our pilot, stationed at Northampton. 194 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:18,000 You'll need to sign some papers for Michelle to be taken out of the country. 195 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,000 That won't be a problem, will it? 196 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,000 No, sister. 197 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,000 This is our waiting room. You can sit here. 198 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:42,000 Two weeks later, at the Westminster offices of the Catholic Children's Society, 199 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,000 Delia was allowed a final visit with Michelle. 200 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,000 You'll have a nice long time to say your goodbyes. 201 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,000 Such a beautiful baby. 202 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,000 You've been very brave, Delia. 203 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:59,000 When Delia was alone, she slipped a note into Michelle's blanket. 204 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,000 Don't you let them see this or what? 205 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,000 The note begged the adopted parents to tell Michelle that Delia had loved her 206 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,000 and had given her up unwillingly. 207 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,000 You've only given her a little bit of your time. 208 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,000 I'm sorry, but I'm sorry. 209 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,000 I'm sorry, but I'm sorry. 210 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,000 I'm sorry. 211 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:27,000 You've only got 30 minutes or whatever it is to say goodbye. 212 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:34,000 So what you try to do is try to look at her face 213 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:39,000 to burn the impression into your mind. 214 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:45,000 Because you're there and then you get that feeling that I'm going to forget the face 215 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:50,000 and that that's the last thing you want. 216 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:58,000 So you feel the shawl and maybe because it's wool. 217 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:04,000 But you're feeling her body because that was the last time you're going to see her. 218 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,000 I'm sorry, Delia. It's time. 219 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:26,000 She came over and she took her. 220 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:33,000 And she took her out of the room and locked the door behind her. 221 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,000 And that was it. 222 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,000 That was the last time I saw her. 223 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,000 I can't explain. One minute I had a baby. 224 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,000 The next minute it was gone. 225 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Delia and her parents never spoke of the adoption again. 226 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:09,000 Delia eventually married twice but had no other children. 227 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:15,000 In 1977 her father died and she began to search for Michelle. 228 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:20,000 But Delia's mother, Rosalinda, honored her late husband's wish 229 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,000 that the details of the adoption be kept secret. 230 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:32,000 Then in 1991 Rosalinda was hospitalized with a terminal illness. 231 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:38,000 A family friend, Sonia Filkins, urged Rosalinda to tell Delia everything she knew 232 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,000 about Michelle and the adoption. 233 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,000 Why don't you tell Delia what we talked about, Rosalinda? 234 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,000 What? 235 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:58,000 The people who got Michelle, the name of the people you want is Walters. 236 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,000 Walters. I'll never forget their name. 237 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:08,000 Please try to find her. 238 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000 I'll find her, Mom. 239 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,000 Let me see her picture. 240 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,000 My darling Michelle. 241 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,000 Put her on the bed. 242 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,000 People come to see me. 243 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,000 They ask me who that is. 244 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:48,000 I will tell them it's my granddaughter Michelle. 245 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 She's so cute. 246 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:59,000 Two weeks later Rosalinda Fazzani died, having at last given Delia the precious gift 247 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,000 of Michelle's adoptive name. 248 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:10,000 I can honestly say that not one day has passed, not one solitary day 249 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:16,000 where I haven't thought about her or thought what she might be doing. 250 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:20,000 She's there all the time. 251 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:24,000 You just can't rest, you can't leave it alone. 252 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,000 I've got to find her. 253 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:34,000 Two photographs were all that Delia had to remember Michelle 254 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,000 and she never stopped trying to locate her. 255 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:42,000 Finally after 15 years of frustrated research, Delia's efforts began to pay off. 256 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:47,000 Last July Delia learned that her daughter had been renamed Laura 257 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:51,000 and adoption's official agreed to send a letter to Laura that Delia had written. 258 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:55,000 In the brief note Delia said that she would soon appear in Unsolved Mysteries 259 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,000 and asked her daughter to view the broadcast. 260 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:02,000 1964, Delia Fazzani sat in her... 261 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,000 In New York Mills, New York, on the evening our program was aired, 262 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:10,000 Delia's daughter Laura Franklin experienced firsthand the heartbreaking events 263 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:14,000 leading up to her adoption. 264 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,000 When I found out my birth mother was searching for me, 265 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:35,000 that was pretty touching to know that she had looked that far to try to find me. 266 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:45,000 After the broadcast, Laura contacted our telecenter 267 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,000 and asked to be put in touch with her birth mother. 268 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:52,000 Against nearly impossible odds, Delia had at last found her daughter, 269 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:57,000 a continent away amidst a population of millions. 270 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:03,000 On September 19, 1992, Laura, her husband, their two children 271 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:08,000 and Laura's closest friends assembled a Syracuse International Airport. 272 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:13,000 The separation of birth mother and daughter that had lasted more than a quarter of a century 273 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,000 was about to end. 274 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:21,000 It was a lot of anticipation, a lot of what she's going to think when she sees me 275 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,000 and what is she going through right now? 276 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:45,000 She was everything and more that I'd expected, absolutely everything. 277 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:50,000 She's a beautiful girl, proud of her. 278 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,000 Before Laura's adopted mother died in 1989, 279 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,000 she had shared all she knew of Laura's background. 280 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,000 Delia and Laura could now fill in the remaining gaps 281 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:14,000 in nearly 30 years of family history. 282 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:19,000 Finding my birth mother now, I don't think it's really changed my life 283 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,000 as much as it has probably enhanced it, 284 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,000 because now I can find out some about my past and my history 285 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:29,000 and things that I never thought that I would ever find out about. 286 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,000 I can't replace her mother, 287 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:37,000 but I'd like to think that I could be pretty close. 288 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:41,000 The September reunion is only a beginning. 289 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,000 At Christmas, Laura and her family plan to travel to England, 290 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,000 where they will spend time with Delia and the many relatives 291 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:51,000 looking forward to meeting them for the first time. 292 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:56,000 Next, a baffling case of amnesia is solved, thanks to our viewers. 293 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:07,000 Do you have any pain anywhere? 294 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,000 Can you wiggle your toes for me? 295 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:15,000 On January 28, 1991, a young man was rushed to a hospital in Nevada. 296 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:20,000 He had been found dehydrated and disoriented in the desert outside Las Vegas. 297 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:25,000 He carried no identification and was suffering from complete and total amnesia. 298 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,000 The hospital staff named him, 299 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 Tyler. 300 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:33,000 All efforts to junk Tyler's memory failed. 301 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:38,000 Authorities found no one reported missing, who mashed his description. 302 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:44,000 His fingerprints were not found on file with the FBI, the CIA, or the Department of Defense. 303 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,000 For more than eight months, 304 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Tyler remained a man without a past and possibly without a future. 305 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,000 I'm really kind of at a difficult point in my life right now. 306 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,000 I can't do anything, really. 307 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,000 I'm almost like an illegal alien here. 308 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:04,000 I have no identification of any form now. 309 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:08,000 I can't go to work because I'm not eligible for a social security number. 310 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:12,000 I can't drive a car because I don't have a social security number or a date of birth. 311 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:16,000 And I'm starting to get a little bit more involved in my life. 312 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,000 Because I don't have a social security number or a date of birth. 313 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:24,000 And I'm starting to feel more frustrated as the days go by 314 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,000 because I really feel this needs to come to an end. 315 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000 I do need to find out who I am. 316 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:36,000 A county psychiatrist diagnosed Tyler as a genuine victim of amnesia. 317 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,000 Last month his case took on added urgency 318 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:43,000 when the state funding which provided his job and apartment was abruptly cut off. 319 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000 Then on the night of our broadcast, 320 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:49,000 Tyler's search for his identity came to a poignant but unsettling conclusion. 321 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Within minutes Tyler was reunited with his mother by phone. 322 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 But as more details emerged, 323 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,000 some began to believe that Tyler may not have lost his memory at all. 324 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:05,000 That evening Tyler gathered with friends to watch the show. 325 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,000 Before his segment even aired in Las Vegas, 326 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:13,000 a man from Boise, Idaho called a telecenter and identified Tyler as his son. 327 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:17,000 Unsolved mysteries immediately contacted Tyler. 328 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,000 Yesterday. 329 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:22,000 Sorry, it took so long, but everything that I was looking to cross referenced 330 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,000 and we have located your family for you. 331 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,000 You have? 332 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,000 Yes. 333 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:30,000 I have located your dad and your mother and your wife 334 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:34,000 who you've been separated from since February of 1990. 335 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:38,000 And she, they've informed me that you also have two children 336 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,000 and your wife lives in Iowa, 337 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:44,000 your mother lives in Iowa and your dad lives in Idaho. 338 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:48,000 Tyler learned that his real name is Arthur Paul Beale, 339 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 but he goes by Paul. 340 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,000 He is 23 years old and before he was stricken with amnesia, 341 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,000 he lived in Boise, Idaho. 342 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,000 A few minutes later, 343 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:02,000 a nervous Paul Beale called the mother and stepfather he could not remember. 344 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,000 Hello? 345 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000 May I speak with Mrs. Beale? 346 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,000 This is Mrs. Beale. 347 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,000 This is your son. 348 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,000 How are you? 349 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,000 You sound great. 350 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,000 I've waited so long to hear you talk. 351 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,000 I miss you. 352 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000 I'm scared. 353 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,000 I bet you are. 354 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,000 I don't remember you. 355 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,000 I don't remember you. 356 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,000 I'll help you, Paul. 357 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,000 The emotional phone call lasted nearly 20 minutes. 358 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 You be strong, okay? 359 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,000 I'll talk to you real soon. 360 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,000 Okay. 361 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,000 Okay, honey. 362 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,000 Bye. 363 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,000 Bye. 364 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 A short time later, 365 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,000 the case of Paul Beale, 366 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 aka Tyler Doe, 367 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 took a stunning and unexpected twist. 368 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 What's the matter? 369 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,000 I don't know. 370 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,000 You don't know what today has been? 371 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,000 No, I have amnesia. 372 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Northwest Vegas police arrived 373 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,000 and placed Paul under arrest for grand larceny. 374 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,000 He was wanted by Boise police 375 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,000 in connection with a stolen shipment of frozen food. 376 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000 How long have you had amnesia? 377 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,000 Nine months. 378 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000 How do you remember that? 379 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,000 Hi. 380 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,000 I've come to get my son. 381 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,000 The next night, Paul's mother, 382 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,000 Lynn Beale, 383 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000 arrived from Iowa to post bail for him. 384 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,000 Their reunion was both emotional and awkward. 385 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:53,000 Paul Beale still did not recognize his own mother. 386 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,000 I don't remember you. 387 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,000 You will. 388 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,000 It's strange being with Paul 389 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,000 and his not remembering anything about me, 390 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000 not knowing who I am. 391 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,000 I just want to push everything into his head, 392 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,000 make him remember everything. 393 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,000 I want to make sure I can do things to help him. 394 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,000 I'm scared I don't want to do something 395 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,000 to push it back farther. 396 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:22,000 I want to reinforce happy thoughts, 397 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,000 good memories. 398 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000 I want to sell it. 399 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,000 I just want him to know I love him. 400 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,000 We all love him. 401 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,000 Nightmares. 402 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000 And I'm relieved that he's safe. 403 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,000 He's alive. 404 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,000 The reunion was tempered not only by Paul's amnesia, 405 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,000 but by the criminal charge against him. 406 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:46,000 In Boise, Paul was a salesman for a food supply company. 407 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,000 On January 5, 1991, 408 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:52,000 he left for Las Vegas to sell a shipment of frozen food. 409 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000 He never returned to Boise. 410 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,000 On January 25, Paul surfaced with the empty truck 411 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,000 in Boulder City, Nevada, 412 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:03,000 where he was questioned but not arrested by local police. 413 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,000 At that particular time, 414 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:11,000 my impression of Mr. Beale was that he was very intelligent, 415 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,000 very well-versed, 416 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,000 very possibly well-educated, 417 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:21,000 very clean-cut, and extremely talkative. 418 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,000 It just wasn't Paul. 419 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,000 That isn't something he would do. 420 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:30,000 He's done silly stupid things like anybody else has made mistakes, 421 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,000 but nothing to the degree that this was, 422 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,000 where he was actually breaking the law. 423 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,000 I told him when he left, I said, 424 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,000 Boise is going to get a warrant for you. 425 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,000 You know, they're going to do it. 426 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,000 It's going to be grand larceny felony. 427 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,000 So it's just a matter of time. 428 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,000 You better get up there, go back up there. 429 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,000 He said, yeah, I'm going back now. 430 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,000 I'm going right back up there and take care of the situation. 431 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000 It'll be fine. 432 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,000 Three days after he was detained, 433 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,000 Paul Beale, who came to be known as Tyler, 434 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,000 was found wandering in the desert. 435 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:04,000 Detective Barman raises the obvious and disturbing question, 436 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,000 is Paul Beale faking? 437 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,000 Amnesia is easy. I don't know. 438 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,000 Who are you? I don't know. Where are you from? 439 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,000 I don't know. 440 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,000 Do you know anything? I don't know. 441 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,000 That's easy. 442 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,000 And a guy like him, he's convincing. 443 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,000 Is this the four of you? 444 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:22,000 Uh-huh. 445 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,000 Thanks, Givby. 446 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,000 This still isn't my son, 447 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,000 in the fact that this isn't how he would react to me. 448 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,000 We were very close. 449 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,000 I could tell by his eyes when I first saw him tonight 450 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,000 that he really didn't recognize me. 451 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,000 He wanted to. 452 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,000 I could see it in his face. He wanted to. 453 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:48,000 If he was faking it, there was no way he could have faked that. 454 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:54,000 Am not and have not, throughout this entire ordeal, faked anything. 455 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:59,000 This is probably the most horrifying nightmare 456 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:06,000 that anybody could go through, losing an identity, losing every ounce 457 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:11,000 and fiber of a person's life, having it pulled away. 458 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:17,000 And then nine months later, have it given back to you 459 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:22,000 or have it presented to you, but you still don't have it. 460 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:30,000 I give anything in the world to remember right now. 461 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:47,000 When We Return, A Nightmare of Love Gone Wrong and Murder 462 00:28:47,000 --> 00:29:03,000 When Annette Schaupacher was 16, her family moved from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Manatee County, Florida. 463 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:08,000 Annette was on the shy side and had trouble adjusting to a new high school. 464 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:14,000 Annette discovered that it was very hard to fit in with the click of friends. 465 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:19,000 She missed that terribly because she was so much a part of high school in Ohio. 466 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:24,000 So she ended up dropping out of high school and got a job as a checkout girl 467 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,000 at one of our local grocery stores. 468 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,000 Annette, come here a minute. 469 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,000 Here Annette finally made a friend. 470 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:36,000 The butcher, Jim Burnside, 28 years her senior. 471 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,000 It's pretty as you, you don't have a boyfriend. 472 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,000 Thank you, no. 473 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,000 I was wanting to ask you, it's a little restaurant down where I came on boat. 474 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,000 I was wondering if you might join me for dinner tomorrow night. 475 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:52,000 At that time she was only 17 and this man was almost as old as her dad. 476 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,000 Meet you about eight o'clock tomorrow night. 477 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:59,000 We really hoped that she would meet somebody more her age, 478 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:05,000 but she was so much in love with him that we finally agreed to meet him. 479 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,000 But I didn't like him from the first time I met him. 480 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:14,000 I just, there was just something about him that I really don't know how to put into words. 481 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,000 I just did not feel comfortable with him at all. 482 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:22,000 But Annette was really very much in love with him. 483 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:27,000 In 1981, Annette Schaupacher and Jim Burnside were married. 484 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:31,000 The bride was just 18, the groom 46. 485 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:38,000 It was a beginning of six years of torment for Annette. 486 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,000 The sobering fact is that here in the United States, wife meeting, 487 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:47,000 accounts for more significant injuries and rape, auto accidents and muggings combined. 488 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:51,000 Annette Burnside, like millions of women, endured the private terror of a home 489 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,000 which was a living hell of physical and emotional abuse. 490 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:58,000 Like so many others, Annette became trapped in a desperate charade, 491 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:06,000 maintaining the facade of a happy marriage to cover up an escalating cycle of violence. 492 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:10,000 Within a month of his marriage to Annette, Jim Burnside began to drink 493 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:15,000 and to reveal a frightening sight of himself that his young wife had never seen. 494 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:21,000 She became afraid of him almost immediately because he was jealous of her 495 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:26,000 and when he was drinking he was violent and made remarks to her all the time 496 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:34,000 that she would never ever leave him, that he started telling her right from the beginning 497 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,000 that he would kill her if she ever tried to leave him. 498 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:45,000 Hello? Annette, where are you? 499 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:49,000 That's not important, Kate. I just wanted to let you know I'm all right. 500 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:55,000 Just before her first wedding anniversary, Annette took refuge in a local shelter for battered women. 501 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,000 I can't. 502 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,000 You either come back now or I'll get even with you. 503 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:07,000 He told her over and over again if he couldn't find her, she would suffer. 504 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,000 Kill your family. 505 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,000 She would absolutely suffer because he would kill her family 506 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:15,000 and Annette felt like she didn't have any choice. 507 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,000 All right. 508 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:21,000 I told her don't stay with him because of us. 509 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:27,000 If Jim, if he does anything to us, then I don't know. 510 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:31,000 I just suppose that it's God's will that things happen the way they do, 511 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:35,000 but don't live with him the way you have to live with him. 512 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:42,000 I would rather be dead than to have you live a life like this. 513 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,000 Good thing you're here. 514 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,000 I have something for you. 515 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,000 Here you go. Welcome home. 516 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:55,000 Against her parents' wishes, Annette went back to Jim. 517 00:32:55,000 --> 00:33:00,000 She acted out her happy homecoming with a sinking heart. 518 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:04,000 Over the next few years, Annette and Jim had two daughters. 519 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,000 For a while it seemed that things were improving. 520 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:14,000 Annette wanted to take a job as a receptionist at a local car dealership, and Jim said yes. 521 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:19,000 Jim had lost his job, and he agreed to let Annette work, 522 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:24,000 which amazed everybody because he'd been so possessive and so jealous of her. 523 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,000 We just never dreamt that he would let her get a job. 524 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:31,000 Annette was absolutely thrilled with this job. 525 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,000 She was so happy, and she did so well. 526 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,000 They all really liked Annette. 527 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:42,000 One of Annette's coworkers was a salesman whom we will call Dave. 528 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,000 Annette actually asked my advice and said, 529 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,000 what would you think about an automobile? 530 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,000 I want to buy a car. 531 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,000 Kind of told me that she just wanted a little bit more freedom, 532 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,000 because he always dropped her off and picked her up, 533 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:58,000 and so she really had very little freedom other than work. 534 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:06,000 She took the car home and not more than, gosh, I don't know, three days a week. 535 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,000 He tried to wreck it. 536 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:17,000 Mommy, what's the matter? 537 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,000 Nothing's the matter. 538 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:24,000 We're just going to get you back to bed, okay? 539 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,000 Is that all right? We'll just get you... 540 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,000 Now let's see you try and leave. 541 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,000 Can't you get it through your head that you're not leaving me? 542 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:36,000 He said, if you ever try to leave me, I'll kill you. 543 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,000 I will kill this whole family. 544 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,000 And Stacy was only five years old at the time, 545 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,000 and she looked up at him and she said, 546 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,000 Daddy, you wouldn't kill me. 547 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,000 And he looked her right in the face and said, 548 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,000 yes, I would kill you. 549 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:53,000 And it's just upsetting that it's so bad. 550 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:58,000 She would tell me, you know, the way she was being treated. 551 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:04,000 And all mothers, you know, if your kid's happy, you're happy. 552 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,000 And if they're sad, you're sad. 553 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:11,000 And it was just tearing me up to see what she was going through. 554 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,000 The next day, with Jim at work, 555 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:20,000 Annette called the police to escort her and her daughters to safety. 556 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,000 She said that she'd made up her mind that this is it. 557 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,000 She's not going to stay with him another day. 558 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,000 If he kills her, then he's going to have to kill her 559 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,000 because she could not live this way anymore. 560 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,000 By the time Jim came home, 561 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,000 Annette would be on a plane to Ohio 562 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,000 taking her daughters to stay with relatives. 563 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:50,000 Five days later, she would secretly return to Florida and to her job. 564 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:53,000 He had no idea where she was, 565 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:57,000 but in the meantime, Jim was calling us with these threats 566 00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:01,000 and telling us that this divorce was never going to be final. 567 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,000 It would never see its final day. 568 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:08,000 Eventually, Jim discovered that Annette was back in town. 569 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:12,000 He began to spy on her and was often spotted near the dealership. 570 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,000 We could not get any help from anybody, 571 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:20,000 even the sheriff's department, when we went there. 572 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,000 It was like Jim has to do something. 573 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,000 We just cannot arrest the man. 574 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,000 He's got to do something before we can do anything with him. 575 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:32,000 Unless you have somebody guarding you 24 hours a day, 576 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,000 the chances of somebody getting you to it's stalking you, 577 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,000 they're going to get you. 578 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,000 And that's what he did. He stalked her. 579 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,000 February 17, 1988, 580 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:48,000 three days before Annette was scheduled to appear in court for a divorce hearing, 581 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:52,000 at noon, Annette met her co-worker Dave for lunch. 582 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:55,000 Hi, Dave. How's it going? Good. 583 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,000 She was smiling and happy, 584 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:01,000 and all of a sudden, her smile turned to... 585 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,000 That's horrible fear. 586 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,000 I'll go in this gym. 587 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,000 When I got out of the automobile, 588 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,000 because I knew that if I didn't do something, 589 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,000 this could be the end for Annette. 590 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:18,000 He looked at me like he was just about to enjoy a large steak. 591 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:23,000 I watched the fire come out of the gun, 592 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,000 and it was like slow motion. 593 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,000 You could feel each one go in just like a hot poker. 594 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,000 Help! 595 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,000 Help! 596 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,000 Help! 597 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,000 Help! 598 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,000 Help! 599 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:47,000 By the time Dave regained consciousness, Annette was dead. 600 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:51,000 Jim had stabbed her 15 times with a 10-inch butcher knife. 601 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,000 An autopsy would reveal that Annette probably died 602 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,000 before most of the wounds were inflicted. 603 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:03,000 Amazingly, Jim Burnside had escaped on foot in broad daylight. 604 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:07,000 After the murder, he purchased a bicycle and army camouflage fatigues 605 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,000 at a sporting goods store. 606 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,000 He then withdrew $500 from an automated teller machine 607 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,000 and disappeared. 608 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:21,000 Annette Burnside was laid to rest in a Manatee County cemetery. 609 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:25,000 Two and a half years later, a stranger appeared at her grave. 610 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,000 When a groundskeeper approached him, 611 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:34,000 the man quickly turned and walked away without a word. 612 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:40,000 The groundskeeper later identified the visitor as Jim Burnside. 613 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,000 What I'd like to see is James Burnside off the streets, 614 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,000 not because of what he has done to me, 615 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:53,000 mostly what he has done to his own children, 616 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,000 his wife. 617 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:59,000 This is why he has to be taken off the streets, 618 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,000 because he's gonna do it again. 619 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,000 You know, the world will never get over Annette's death. 620 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:09,000 There's a person that had so much to give. 621 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:13,000 She knew in her heart she was not gonna make it. 622 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:16,000 I knew in my heart she was not gonna make it. 623 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:20,000 And I just hope and pray that somebody spots him. 624 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:26,000 We never will feel safe until we know Jim has been caught. 625 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:30,000 It's bad enough knowing that Annette had to die, 626 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:35,000 but to know that he is still out there, it's horrible. 627 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,000 We just want him caught. 628 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:43,000 We want to be able to close it out and go on with our life. 629 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,000 Update. The night this story aired, 630 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,000 two viewers contacted our telecenter 631 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:53,000 to report that Jim Burnside is living in Shelby County, Alabama 632 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,000 under the assumed name Al Wilson. 633 00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,000 When I saw his actual picture, I just looked at my husband 634 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,000 and I just started pointing and I'm going, 635 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,000 you know, tell me my eyes aren't deceiving me. 636 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,000 You know, that is Al. 637 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,000 And he goes, yes, that's Al. 638 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,000 The first thing I thought is that, well, you know, 639 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:16,000 let's call up the authorities and get this guy off the street. 640 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:22,000 Burnside was employed as a carpenter at the 280 flea market 641 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:25,000 just outside of Chelsea, Alabama. 642 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:29,000 We had saved a call from the FBI office in Birmingham 643 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:34,000 stating that they felt pretty sure that James Burnside 644 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,000 would be at this flea market on Highway 280 645 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,000 located in Shelby County. 646 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,000 The morning after our broadcast, 647 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:46,000 FBI agents and sheriff's deputies checked out the flea market. 648 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,000 You got a fellow hanging around here by the name of Al Wilson. 649 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,000 Yeah, he's right there on the roof. 650 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:56,000 And apparently Burnside saw them and went towards his truck. 651 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,000 FBI, hold him. 652 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:06,000 The fugitive drew a .357 magnum and pointed it at the officers. 653 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,000 Put the gun down! Put the gun down! 654 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,000 Hands up! 655 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,000 Get your hands up! 656 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,000 Hang them up! 657 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,000 Burnside was struck by two bullets, 658 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:20,000 used placed under arrest and taken to a Birmingham hospital. 659 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,000 From what we've been able to determine 660 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,000 and again talking to his co-workers, 661 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,000 he had made a statement on Thursday morning 662 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:31,000 that he had anticipated having problems that day. 663 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,000 So apparently he had viewed the unsolved mysteries 664 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,000 since that Wednesday night. 665 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:40,000 Next, a young man's poignant search for the big brother who changed his life. 666 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,000 Isn't it a pretty day? 667 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:10,000 Yeah. 668 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:11,000 Gosh. 669 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,000 This guy is so good. 670 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:16,000 In 1969, when Jeff Fisher was five years old, 671 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:22,000 his father left home, forcing Jeff's mother to raise her young son and daughter alone. 672 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:23,000 What's the matter? 673 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,000 I want to go in there with you. 674 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:26,000 Why not? 675 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,000 There's only guys in there and you're not a guy. 676 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:31,000 Well honey, that shouldn't make any difference. I'm not a guy. 677 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:34,000 I want to go in there with my dad. 678 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:39,000 See, I know you'd like to be in there with daddy, okay? 679 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:42,000 But daddy's going to be gone for a little while. 680 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:45,000 It was very hard on Jeff after his dad left 681 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:50,000 because he had been very close to him and suddenly he was gone 682 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:55,000 and Jeff went through the feelings that a lot of children have 683 00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:58,000 that maybe this was my fault, maybe I said something, 684 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:01,000 maybe I did something that made my dad leave. 685 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:07,000 Jeff was a very sensitive, shy little boy, so things like that bothered him a lot. 686 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:10,000 I would always ask my mom, you know, where's daddy? 687 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:11,000 You know, where's daddy? 688 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:13,000 And she'd say, oh, you know, he's gone away and, you know, 689 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,000 I don't know when he's going to be back. 690 00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:18,000 And, you know, it was just the fact that he just wasn't there anymore. 691 00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:21,000 And, you know, I just felt a real loss, you know, 692 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:25,000 because I had been so close to him and he just wasn't there anymore. 693 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,000 Two years after his father left, 694 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,000 Jeff Fisher met a man who profoundly changed his life. 695 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,000 A man he's not seen or heard from in more than 20 years. 696 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,000 Jeff is one of the thousands of boys 697 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:39,000 whose lives have been enriched by Big Brothers of America, 698 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:44,000 an organization that provides young boys with strong adult male role models. 699 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:54,000 In 1971, Big Brothers of America opened a chapter 700 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:57,000 in Jeff's hometown of Elkhart, Indiana. 701 00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:00,000 Jeff was their first little brother. 702 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:02,000 So what kind of sports do you like to play? 703 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,000 His big brother was John Novotny, 704 00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:07,000 a local salesman and father of a two-year-old daughter. 705 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:09,000 He was a big guy. 706 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,000 He was over six feet, jet black hair. 707 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:20,000 Just a really solidly built guy, a very commanding type of guy, 708 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,000 but really easy to get along with. 709 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,000 You ever put a tent up before? 710 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,000 No. 711 00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:27,000 You're about to learn. 712 00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:31,000 Over the next 10 months, Jeff and John spent many weekends together. 713 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:34,000 Okay, now we want to unfold it. 714 00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:38,000 John gave me the companionship that I really needed at that time. 715 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:41,000 He would take me out and do things, you know, 716 00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:44,000 that mom wasn't able to either afford to take us to do 717 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:47,000 or just didn't have the time because she was working so much. 718 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,000 Just the fact that this was, you know, 719 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:51,000 an older guy that I could hang around with 720 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:54,000 and not, you know, not having to tell me to go away 721 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:56,000 and, you know, come back later and stuff. 722 00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:59,000 Something, you know, a guy that wanted to spend some time with me. 723 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,000 You know, maybe feel it really good. 724 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,000 That looks pretty good. 725 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:06,000 I think it's ready to light. 726 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,000 Yeah. 727 00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,000 Okay, I'll give it a spin. 728 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:10,000 There we go. 729 00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:12,000 After Jeff and John started seeing each other, 730 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:16,000 I noticed that Jeff had a lot more confidence in himself. 731 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:20,000 And he was very proud of the fact that he had a big brother 732 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,000 and he would tell the other kids, 733 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:24,000 well, John and I are going to go do this 734 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:27,000 or my big brother and I are going to go do this. 735 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:31,000 He was very proud of the fact that he had a man in his life 736 00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:35,000 that was just his, that just belonged to Jeff. 737 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:39,000 A year and a half after they met, 738 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:42,000 John's company transferred him to another state. 739 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:46,000 Jeff and John were no longer able to spend time together, 740 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,000 but they did stay in touch. 741 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:53,000 In September of 1972, 742 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:55,000 Jeff underwent open heart surgery 743 00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:57,000 to correct a congenital defect. 744 00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,000 It was a terrifying experience, 745 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,000 but a phone call from John, 746 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,000 who himself suffered heart problems, 747 00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:05,000 helped to ease Jeff's fears. 748 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:06,000 Yeah. 749 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:10,000 It's real neat. 750 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:13,000 I got this bed, it moves up and down sideways. 751 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:19,000 I think it helped Jeff to see that John was this big, strong guy 752 00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:21,000 and he had a bad heart. 753 00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:24,000 And so if John can be big and strong, 754 00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:28,000 then maybe this heart condition isn't the end of the world. 755 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:31,000 And I think that was a big help to Jeff. 756 00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:35,000 Jeff never heard from John again, 757 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:37,000 but feels that John's support and understanding 758 00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:39,000 were a key to his complete recovery. 759 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:43,000 Jeff went on to graduate from high school. 760 00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:45,000 He now works in the construction field 761 00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:47,000 and has a family of his own. 762 00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:52,000 Why don't you toss it out there and tell me a story about it? 763 00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:56,000 He just introduced me to a world that I'd never seen before 764 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:58,000 that was, you know, really beautiful 765 00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:01,000 and really just so different from what I was used to. 766 00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:03,000 Come and tell me. 767 00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:05,000 And if I finally see him again, 768 00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:07,000 I just want to thank him. 769 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:09,000 I just want to say, God, John, thank you, 770 00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:12,000 because you just, you know, I still think about you. 771 00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:14,000 He made a lasting impression. 772 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:18,000 It's been 20 years and he's still a really vivid part of my memory. 773 00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:30,000 Thanks to our viewers, 774 00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,000 Jeff Fisher searched for his big brother 775 00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,000 and ended the night of our broadcast. 776 00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,000 Nine days later, Jeff and his mother traveled 777 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,000 to John Lovett's home in Tacoma, Washington 778 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:40,000 for an emotional reunion. 779 00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:44,000 There they are. 780 00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:46,000 There they are. 781 00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:57,000 Now you look just like your picture, man. 782 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,000 It's unbelievable. 783 00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:04,000 I was absolutely stunned. 784 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:08,000 I had absolutely no idea that Jeff was looking for me. 785 00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:11,000 And then as the show aired, 786 00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:14,000 people from Elkhart and from Michigan 787 00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:16,000 started calling me on the phone 788 00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:18,000 telling me that I was on television. 789 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:21,000 And that Jeff Fisher was looking for me. 790 00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:24,000 And we must have got 35 calls that night 791 00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:26,000 and at least that many the next night. 792 00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:29,000 You know, I've been wanting to say thanks to this guy for 18 years 793 00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:33,000 and, you know, whatever it took to come out and say that, 794 00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,000 you know, I was willing to do. 795 00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:37,000 This is when we were down in Lexington, Kentucky 796 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:40,000 for John Mellencamp's show. 797 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:43,000 When I first started being a big brother, 798 00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:46,000 the question was, would I really have enough time 799 00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:48,000 to do it right? 800 00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,000 And then 20 years later to find out that 801 00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:52,000 I really did make a difference, 802 00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:54,000 I mean, it brings the whole thing to reality. 803 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:16,000 On our next Unsolved Mysteries, 804 00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:18,000 in the spirit of Halloween, 805 00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:21,000 we will explore the St. James Hotel in New Mexico. 806 00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:24,000 100 years ago, the St. James was a way station 807 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:27,000 for such legendary guests as Bat Masterson, 808 00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:29,000 Wyatt Earp and Jesse James. 809 00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:32,000 Today, the old hotel is known less for its guests 810 00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:35,000 than for its ghosts. 811 00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:38,000 In 1975, John Hardin was brutally murdered 812 00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:40,000 in his own backyard. 813 00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:43,000 16 years later, the current residents of Hardin's old house 814 00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:45,000 are convinced that he's haunted 815 00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:48,000 by his spirit seeking justice, 816 00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:51,000 and incredibly, the haunting is spurred authorities 817 00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:55,000 to reopen the murder investigation. 818 00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:58,000 Join me for this intriguing Halloween edition 819 00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:01,000 of Unsolved Mysteries.