1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,680 This program is about unsolved mysteries. 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,280 Whenever possible, the actual family members and police 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,280 officials have participated in recreating the events. 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,880 What you are about to see is not a news broadcast. 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,520 On May 12, 1982, the body of a young Minnesota housewife 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,960 washed up on the shore of Lake Superior. 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,560 Her husband Larry Race was convicted of murder and 8 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:27,360 sentenced to life imprisonment. 9 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,400 To this day, Race maintains his innocence, and his 10 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,120 dead wife's parents support his claim, 11 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:37,360 is Larry Race guilty or innocent? 12 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,440 Helen Rose Myron grew up in the Long Plain Reservation in 13 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:42,240 Manitoba, Canada. 14 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,800 In 1941, Helen Rose was banished by her father when she 15 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,040 joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. 16 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,000 Heartbroken, she vanished. 17 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,640 Her family has not seen her in nearly 50 years. 18 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,240 Also thanks to our viewers, a man charged with murdering 19 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,080 his wife is now in custody, following a dramatic 20 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,080 shootout with police. 21 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:03,080 Join me. 22 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:06,080 Perhaps you may be able to help solve a mystery. 23 00:01:53,640 --> 00:02:08,240 Lake Superior, headwater of the Great Lakes, the largest 24 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,720 freshwater lake in the world. 25 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,400 The water temperature hovers near freezing for most of the 26 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:14,480 year. 27 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,240 A person that drift without a life raft stands little 28 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,520 chance of survival. 29 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:25,080 On May 12, 1982, the lake claimed another victim, 33-year-old 30 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:26,440 Debbie Race. 31 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,280 Her life jacket was intact. 32 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,040 She had not drowned. 33 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,200 Debbie Race had succumbed to the icy lake temperatures and 34 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:34,160 died of hypothermia. 35 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,600 According to the authorities, Debbie Race's death was no 36 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,000 accident. 37 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,320 Her husband, Larry Race, was accused of deliberately 38 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,480 allowing her to freeze to death in Lake Superior. 39 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,280 He was subsequently convicted of murder. 40 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,600 Yet Debbie's own parents believe that Larry could not 41 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,040 possibly have harmed their daughter. 42 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,560 After eight agonizing years and five unsuccessful post-trial 43 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,880 reviews, this is the final appeal of Larry Race. 44 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,760 Larry Race is currently serving a life sentence at Stillwater 45 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,600 State Prison in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 46 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,080 He maintains that the jury which convicted him was 47 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,960 prejudiced because he had a long history of adulterous 48 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,600 relationships. 49 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,560 What happened that night was an accident. 50 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:25,840 I didn't kill Debbie. 51 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,840 Yes, I was unfaithful. 52 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,800 But I had nothing to do with her death that night. 53 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,640 Adultery? 54 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:35,640 Yes, I'm guilty for that. 55 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,840 Sorry for it. 56 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,360 I'm extremely sorry. 57 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,120 Debbie and Larry Race, along with their three children, 58 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:51,920 lived in Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota, 75 miles from Lake Superior. 59 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,840 Larry's hobbies were boating and scuba diving. 60 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,760 Debbie built her world around her home and her children. 61 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,000 Over the years, Larry and Debbie's marriage 62 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,600 suffered badly because of his affairs. 63 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:07,520 But by 1982, Larry says they had vowed to try again. 64 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:14,280 May 11 of 1982 was Larry and Debbie's 14th wedding anniversary. 65 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,480 To celebrate, they had dinner at a Lakeview restaurant 66 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,800 and took their boat named the Jenny Lee after their daughters 67 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,920 on a Lake Superior for an evening cruise. 68 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:31,200 It felt as if things were starting over again. 69 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,640 Things we had like a renewed spirit of love. 70 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,320 Things we had like a renewed spirit. 71 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,040 I wanted to stop what I was doing. 72 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,320 And I was thinking, maybe this is a chance. 73 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:47,200 I have a wonderful woman here. 74 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:48,920 There's nothing wrong with her. 75 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,720 And I wanted to take an about face. 76 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,800 After darkness fell, Larry and Debbie drifted contendently. 77 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:03,720 They stayed about one mile offshore 78 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,520 enjoying the view of the city lights 79 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,520 and listening to tapes of their favorite music. 80 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:18,120 Suddenly at 9 PM, the mood was broken. 81 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,120 Debbie noticed that the boat was taking on water. 82 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,600 Larry, there is water all over the bow of the boat. 83 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,400 Where's that coming from, honey? 84 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,360 Larry says Debbie began to panic. 85 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,400 She had no faith in the Jenny Lee 86 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:34,720 because it had nearly sunk the summer before. 87 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,200 As soon as we pulled the cover off the engine, 88 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,400 we noticed there was water spraying all over the place. 89 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:40,280 I'm about to kill the engine. 90 00:05:40,280 --> 00:05:41,240 Turn the engine off. 91 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,720 I'm about to kill the engine. 92 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,200 As we shut the engine down, took the alternator, 93 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,400 loosened up the boat, and dropped the alternator. 94 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,360 As soon as we dropped the alternator, 95 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,320 shut the engine down and the water leaky stopped. 96 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:54,080 Is that going to hold? 97 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:55,840 I think it'll work. 98 00:05:55,840 --> 00:05:57,120 I'm going to have to tape it, though. 99 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,080 Things were pretty well under control until then. 100 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,160 We worked together to get the boat fixed. 101 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,560 We worked together to get the water stopped. 102 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:04,560 And everything was OK. 103 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:05,800 Nothing we didn't feel in danger. 104 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,880 We had a light on. 105 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:09,600 Nothing was bad then. 106 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,440 Can you cut this tape right here? 107 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:15,520 Once we got all the repairs done, 108 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,800 Debbie went to start the engine. 109 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:19,960 Larry, it won't start. 110 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:21,280 You just turned it over one more time. 111 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:23,160 Well, I figured she just didn't know how to start it. 112 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:24,240 Right? So I went to start. 113 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:25,240 I can't get it to start. 114 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:28,000 Let me get in there. 115 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,200 I made it till almost the battery was dead. 116 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:35,120 We had two batteries on the boat. 117 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:36,640 It won't start for me, either. 118 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,400 So now we're both backed by the engine, wondering why it won't start. 119 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,400 There must be something I'm missing here. 120 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:43,400 Ow! 121 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:44,400 Oh, God! 122 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:46,960 Larry was thinking, I want to get out the boat now. 123 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,680 The fear came to both of us when we heard that gushing 124 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,200 and that whooshing noise from the bottom of the boat. 125 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:55,640 I mean, I was scared along with her. 126 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:56,960 She made me scared. 127 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:57,600 Now, I didn't know how to. 128 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:58,480 I wasn't thinking right. 129 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,040 I didn't listen to what I should have done. 130 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:02,280 I made poor judgments. 131 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:04,680 I listened to what she said to get off the boat. 132 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:06,880 OK, crack the valve on this when I get it together. 133 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:08,320 OK, tell me when you're ready. 134 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,600 The first thing we did was pull the life raft out 135 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,840 to get it blown up. 136 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:18,480 We always carry a school batank on the board for that purpose. 137 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,400 Larry, there's holes in it. 138 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:21,600 It's not holding air. 139 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,160 We can't use this. 140 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,840 So we tossed that one aside and got the second one. 141 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,600 And we filled that one up the same way we started the first one. 142 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:29,440 And that was filled. 143 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:30,120 It worked fine. 144 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,040 Even though these are two-man rafts, 145 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:36,720 there's only room for one person in that boat. 146 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,400 You're going to get in here and I'm going to drag us to shore, 147 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:41,920 OK? 148 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:42,440 All right. 149 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:43,400 OK. 150 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,320 OK, I'm going to put my purse in the bag. 151 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:46,240 Give me your shoe. 152 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:48,120 Debbie put her purse in other valuables, as well as 153 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,560 Larry's shoes, into a gear bag. 154 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:55,160 She took the bag and a school batank with her in the life raft. 155 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,720 Larry Race had his dry suit and school batanks on board. 156 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,480 He was a strong swimmer and thought 157 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,280 he could tow Debbie and the raft to safety. 158 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:05,120 He had done the same thing with his daughters 159 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,920 when the Jenny Lee had run into trouble before. 160 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:10,880 I knew I had to push her to shore. 161 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:11,720 And I knew I could. 162 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:12,520 I was strong enough. 163 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:13,560 And she said the same thing. 164 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,400 She said, Larry, you're strong enough. 165 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:16,080 You can do it. 166 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,080 I pushed and I pushed and I was making it. 167 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:21,960 I was OK. 168 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:23,400 But I started getting cold. 169 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:24,960 I can't hold on. 170 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:25,760 I've got to come in. 171 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:26,660 My hands are freezing. 172 00:08:26,660 --> 00:08:27,560 I can't hold on. 173 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:28,560 I need to get to the boat. 174 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:29,560 All right. 175 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:30,560 No! 176 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:31,560 No! 177 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:32,560 No, Larry! 178 00:08:32,560 --> 00:08:33,560 The water's coming in! 179 00:08:33,560 --> 00:08:34,560 No! 180 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:35,560 Don't come in! 181 00:08:35,560 --> 00:08:36,560 You can't come in! 182 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:37,560 OK. 183 00:08:37,560 --> 00:08:38,560 She was terrified. 184 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:41,560 And at that time, I knew I couldn't get in the raft. 185 00:08:41,560 --> 00:08:46,760 And I thought that, you know, I would die. 186 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:51,560 And at that time, I made a law before judgment. 187 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:54,160 I looked off to the right and there was lights coming. 188 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:55,160 They said, I'll go for help. 189 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,560 You can't get out there. 190 00:08:57,560 --> 00:09:00,360 I think I could get to it. 191 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,760 Lights were closer than we were swimming the shore. 192 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:04,760 Larry! 193 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:05,760 Larry, I love you! 194 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:07,760 Debbie was going that way towards shore. 195 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,160 I was going the opposite way for help. 196 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:11,860 One of us were going to get help. 197 00:09:11,860 --> 00:09:13,360 One of us were going to get the shore. 198 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:14,760 Debbie was going to get the shore for help. 199 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:16,360 Or I was going to get to the boat for help. 200 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:18,560 One of us were going to get somebody to help. 201 00:09:21,060 --> 00:09:24,060 The light Larry raced seen was his own boat. 202 00:09:24,060 --> 00:09:26,860 This time, the engine started. 203 00:09:26,860 --> 00:09:28,260 After catching his breath, he was 204 00:09:28,260 --> 00:09:33,420 searching for Debbie all the while firing distress flares. 205 00:09:33,420 --> 00:09:35,460 In the end, Larry would return to shore 206 00:09:35,460 --> 00:09:37,460 and notify the coast guard. 207 00:09:37,460 --> 00:09:40,360 They would conduct a grid search of the lake to no avail. 208 00:09:44,460 --> 00:09:47,860 The next afternoon, a teenager on his way home from school 209 00:09:47,860 --> 00:09:51,420 saw Debbie race his body on the lake shore. 210 00:09:51,420 --> 00:09:53,420 Larry race was charged with murder. 211 00:09:58,580 --> 00:10:00,780 At his trial, Larry race's attorneys 212 00:10:00,780 --> 00:10:04,140 advised him not to take the stand on his own behalf. 213 00:10:04,140 --> 00:10:07,180 After he was convicted, Larry hired a new team of lawyers, 214 00:10:07,180 --> 00:10:10,620 insisting that he'd been the victim of incompetent counsel. 215 00:10:10,620 --> 00:10:12,940 Larry race believes that if he had testified, 216 00:10:12,940 --> 00:10:14,780 the jury would not have found him guilty. 217 00:10:15,780 --> 00:10:18,780 The prosecuting attorney at Larry race's trial 218 00:10:18,780 --> 00:10:21,780 was John DeSanto of Duluth, Minnesota. 219 00:10:21,780 --> 00:10:24,780 Even though the case against Larry was circumstantial, 220 00:10:24,780 --> 00:10:26,780 DeSanto was able to convince a jury 221 00:10:26,780 --> 00:10:29,780 that Larry race had the opportunity, means, and motive 222 00:10:29,780 --> 00:10:32,780 to murder his wife. 223 00:10:32,780 --> 00:10:35,780 I have had absolutely no doubt that Larry race is 224 00:10:35,780 --> 00:10:37,780 guilty of first degree murder. 225 00:10:37,780 --> 00:10:40,780 And that's why I believe that this is not 226 00:10:40,780 --> 00:10:43,780 an appropriate case for unscrupulous murder. 227 00:10:43,780 --> 00:10:46,780 It's not an appropriate case for unsolved mysteries. 228 00:10:46,780 --> 00:10:49,780 It simply is not an unsolved mystery. 229 00:10:49,780 --> 00:10:52,780 I believe the evidence showed that he wanted out 230 00:10:52,780 --> 00:10:55,780 of an unhappy marriage at this time in his life. 231 00:10:55,780 --> 00:11:00,780 And at the same time, he had $108,000 of life insurance 232 00:11:00,780 --> 00:11:03,780 on her life in place that he had purchased 233 00:11:03,780 --> 00:11:06,780 within the seven months previous to her death 234 00:11:06,780 --> 00:11:08,780 through credit life insurance. 235 00:11:08,780 --> 00:11:11,780 Part of it, about $37,000 was mortgage insurance 236 00:11:11,780 --> 00:11:14,780 that came along with the mortgage on his house. 237 00:11:14,780 --> 00:11:17,780 The rest of it came as part of a group policy 238 00:11:17,780 --> 00:11:19,780 from his credit union. 239 00:11:19,780 --> 00:11:22,780 And there was some testimony, in fact, that Debbie 240 00:11:22,780 --> 00:11:26,780 had been the one to seek out this additional insurance 241 00:11:26,780 --> 00:11:27,780 coverage. 242 00:11:29,780 --> 00:11:31,780 Larry, it won't start. 243 00:11:31,780 --> 00:11:33,780 Larry race's defense was built around 244 00:11:33,780 --> 00:11:36,780 his story of mechanical problems of the Jenny Lee. 245 00:11:36,780 --> 00:11:40,780 The prosecution claimed Larry concocted the entire episode. 246 00:11:41,780 --> 00:11:44,780 After his trial, the Jenny Lee was sold. 247 00:11:44,780 --> 00:11:48,780 An independent mechanic examined the starter. 248 00:11:48,780 --> 00:11:53,780 The mechanic said that it was worn and that the type of problem 249 00:11:53,780 --> 00:11:56,780 that he saw there would cause an intermittent starting 250 00:11:56,780 --> 00:12:01,780 failure that the engine on some occasions would not start. 251 00:12:01,780 --> 00:12:04,780 At one of Larry race's post-conviction hearings 252 00:12:04,780 --> 00:12:07,780 following the trial, a man did come forward and testify 253 00:12:07,780 --> 00:12:10,780 that he had found a starter problem in the Jenny Lee 254 00:12:10,780 --> 00:12:14,780 in late May or early June of 1984, or two years after 255 00:12:14,780 --> 00:12:18,780 Debbie's death the night of May 11th and 12th of 82. 256 00:12:18,780 --> 00:12:21,780 He simply could not say that this was a problem he, 257 00:12:21,780 --> 00:12:25,780 that was on the boat the night of Deborah race's death. 258 00:12:25,780 --> 00:12:28,780 And therefore it was ruled irrelevant, both in the trial 259 00:12:28,780 --> 00:12:31,780 court and ultimately in the appellate courts. 260 00:12:31,780 --> 00:12:33,780 It's locked, it's losing air, there's holes. 261 00:12:33,780 --> 00:12:34,780 We can't use this. 262 00:12:35,780 --> 00:12:38,780 Larry race is adamant that he had two life rafts 263 00:12:38,780 --> 00:12:40,780 on board the Jenny Lee. 264 00:12:40,780 --> 00:12:44,780 Well the evidence clearly showed there was but one raft 265 00:12:44,780 --> 00:12:48,780 on the Jenny Lee the night of May 11th and 12th of 1982. 266 00:12:48,780 --> 00:12:53,780 Everyone of Larry race's diving companions or friends 267 00:12:53,780 --> 00:12:58,780 or both that testified at the trial said that they had never 268 00:12:58,780 --> 00:13:01,780 seen him in possession of two blue and yellow rafts 269 00:13:01,780 --> 00:13:02,780 as he claims. 270 00:13:02,780 --> 00:13:05,780 And also as significant is the fact that the search 271 00:13:05,780 --> 00:13:08,780 and rescue people from the Coast Guard said that if that 272 00:13:08,780 --> 00:13:11,780 raft had existed they would have found it. 273 00:13:11,780 --> 00:13:13,780 We don't have a radio. 274 00:13:13,780 --> 00:13:16,780 At Larry Race's trial, the deputy sheriff testified 275 00:13:16,780 --> 00:13:20,780 that Larry had told him there were two life rafts on board. 276 00:13:20,780 --> 00:13:24,780 I didn't hear you mention any noise makers of any sort. 277 00:13:24,780 --> 00:13:28,780 No we don't have a noise maker but we do have two rafts. 278 00:13:29,780 --> 00:13:31,780 I just got another raft. 279 00:13:31,780 --> 00:13:35,780 This deputy testified that Larry specifically told him 280 00:13:35,780 --> 00:13:38,780 quote what about rafts I have too. 281 00:13:38,780 --> 00:13:41,780 That deputy testified about that happening 282 00:13:41,780 --> 00:13:43,780 over two weeks beforehand. 283 00:13:43,780 --> 00:13:45,780 Well it sounds like he got just about everything. 284 00:13:45,780 --> 00:13:46,780 Yeah. 285 00:13:46,780 --> 00:13:49,780 The prosecution points out that the deputy's testimony 286 00:13:49,780 --> 00:13:50,780 was inconsistent. 287 00:13:50,780 --> 00:13:54,780 When he was first questioned 11 days after Debbie races death 288 00:13:54,780 --> 00:13:57,780 he said he knew nothing about two rafts. 289 00:13:57,780 --> 00:13:58,780 Raffs had definitely helped. 290 00:14:02,780 --> 00:14:05,780 The prosecution claims that Larry pushed Debbie in the raft 291 00:14:05,780 --> 00:14:08,780 well away from the Jenny Lee then returned to the boat 292 00:14:08,780 --> 00:14:10,780 and donned his scuba equipment. 293 00:14:13,780 --> 00:14:16,780 They say Larry swam back under Debbie's raft 294 00:14:16,780 --> 00:14:19,780 and slashed it with a knife leaving her to freeze to death 295 00:14:19,780 --> 00:14:21,780 in the icy waters. 296 00:14:21,780 --> 00:14:24,780 This was very significant evidence at the trial 297 00:14:24,780 --> 00:14:27,780 and it was that there were five punctures 298 00:14:27,780 --> 00:14:29,780 or cuts in the bottom of the raft 299 00:14:29,780 --> 00:14:33,780 placed in the raft while it was inflated 300 00:14:33,780 --> 00:14:37,780 because as the experts testified there was no knife cut 301 00:14:37,780 --> 00:14:39,780 on the top of the raft that would correspond 302 00:14:39,780 --> 00:14:44,780 with the bottom puncture meaning the air chambers were inflated 303 00:14:44,780 --> 00:14:49,780 and strategically placed in that they cut both air chambers. 304 00:14:49,780 --> 00:14:52,780 It wasn't a random thing like vandalism 305 00:14:52,780 --> 00:14:54,780 where someone who isn't really intent on cutting 306 00:14:54,780 --> 00:14:57,780 both air chambers but just damaging a piece of property. 307 00:14:57,780 --> 00:15:00,780 They were placed in both air chambers from the bottom 308 00:15:00,780 --> 00:15:02,780 while the raft was inflated. 309 00:15:02,780 --> 00:15:07,780 The prosecution failed to produce the knife used to cut the raft. 310 00:15:07,780 --> 00:15:10,780 The puncture marks did not match the only knife 311 00:15:10,780 --> 00:15:12,780 found on board the Jenny Lee. 312 00:15:15,780 --> 00:15:18,780 The prosecution asserts that once Debbie had been set adrift 313 00:15:18,780 --> 00:15:21,780 Larry dragged the life raft back to the Jenny Lee 314 00:15:21,780 --> 00:15:23,780 so you would have support for his story 315 00:15:23,780 --> 00:15:26,780 about attempting to inflate a first raft. 316 00:15:26,780 --> 00:15:31,780 All of the events that leads to the action of Larry 317 00:15:31,780 --> 00:15:36,780 according to the prosecution required superhuman effort, 318 00:15:36,780 --> 00:15:40,780 superfit that were not just physically possible. 319 00:15:41,780 --> 00:15:44,780 Witnesses placed the Jenny Lee here 320 00:15:44,780 --> 00:15:47,780 near the mouth of the Talmage River at 8.30 p.m. 321 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,780 and again at 9.30. 322 00:15:49,780 --> 00:15:53,780 Larry's body was found here seven miles away. 323 00:15:53,780 --> 00:15:55,780 According to Jean Aubeinot, 324 00:15:55,780 --> 00:15:58,780 it would have been impossible for a body to drift that far 325 00:15:58,780 --> 00:16:00,780 without a raft. 326 00:16:00,780 --> 00:16:06,780 If she had been in a water with a parka, with a life vest, 327 00:16:06,780 --> 00:16:10,780 she can only travel one to two miles and will hit shore somewhere. 328 00:16:10,780 --> 00:16:15,780 The only way she could have landed seven miles down 329 00:16:15,780 --> 00:16:17,780 was on a raft. 330 00:16:17,780 --> 00:16:20,780 We just don't know where the Jenny Lee was on the lake. 331 00:16:20,780 --> 00:16:24,780 At the time he persuaded, at the time Larry Ray persuaded 332 00:16:24,780 --> 00:16:30,780 Debbie to leave it, makes it impossible to then start 333 00:16:30,780 --> 00:16:34,780 with a drift theory that would put her body at such and such 334 00:16:34,780 --> 00:16:38,780 a place whether she's in a raft or without a raft 335 00:16:38,780 --> 00:16:41,780 because we again don't have a precise starting point. 336 00:16:41,780 --> 00:16:44,780 We never did have one and that's what makes it so difficult 337 00:16:44,780 --> 00:16:49,780 to give any credibility to the Aubeinot drift theory 338 00:16:49,780 --> 00:16:51,780 that was presented by the defense. 339 00:16:51,780 --> 00:16:54,780 According to Larry Ray's attorneys, 340 00:16:54,780 --> 00:16:57,780 the skin levidity in Debbie's body also proves 341 00:16:57,780 --> 00:16:59,780 that she came ashore in a life raft. 342 00:16:59,780 --> 00:17:02,780 Debbie's blood had not sunk to her feet. 343 00:17:02,780 --> 00:17:05,780 They claim it would have done so if she'd been kept afloat 344 00:17:05,780 --> 00:17:08,780 in an upright position by a life vest. 345 00:17:08,780 --> 00:17:13,780 The levidity of Debbie Ray's blood following her death 346 00:17:13,780 --> 00:17:16,780 was to the back. 347 00:17:16,780 --> 00:17:20,780 And that was consistent or is consistent with the fact 348 00:17:20,780 --> 00:17:24,780 that she floated in the water with that life jacket 349 00:17:24,780 --> 00:17:28,780 without a raft available to her because as the expert 350 00:17:28,780 --> 00:17:31,780 testified at trial, this particular life jacket 351 00:17:31,780 --> 00:17:35,780 would have kept her basically face up on her back 352 00:17:35,780 --> 00:17:39,780 as she floated following her death. 353 00:17:39,780 --> 00:17:42,780 Her body of course was then found face up on its back 354 00:17:42,780 --> 00:17:45,780 on the shore of Lake Superior as well 355 00:17:45,780 --> 00:17:48,780 which would continue the levidity to her back. 356 00:17:48,780 --> 00:17:51,780 And the autopsy report clearly indicates 357 00:17:51,780 --> 00:17:55,780 the levidity was to her back. 358 00:17:55,780 --> 00:17:57,780 After hearing all the evidence, 359 00:17:57,780 --> 00:17:59,780 but without hearing from Larry Ray himself, 360 00:17:59,780 --> 00:18:04,780 a jury of four men and eight women found him guilty of murder. 361 00:18:04,780 --> 00:18:08,780 I couldn't believe it because there was no hard, cold evidence, 362 00:18:08,780 --> 00:18:11,780 hard facts, there wasn't anything. 363 00:18:11,780 --> 00:18:14,780 It was all circumstantial. 364 00:18:14,780 --> 00:18:18,780 There was nothing concrete about his case at all 365 00:18:18,780 --> 00:18:20,780 except he had his affairs. 366 00:18:20,780 --> 00:18:25,780 It's hard to take, you know, when so many people think he was guilty, 367 00:18:25,780 --> 00:18:28,780 but it's never been a problem with us. 368 00:18:28,780 --> 00:18:31,780 We just don't believe he was guilty. 369 00:18:31,780 --> 00:18:34,780 If you only knew Larry, you wouldn't think that Larry 370 00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:37,780 would ever do anything like that. 371 00:18:37,780 --> 00:18:40,780 Today I'm angry at the fact that he was able to convince 372 00:18:40,780 --> 00:18:43,780 12 jury members that this happened 373 00:18:43,780 --> 00:18:46,780 without any facts, without any evidence. 374 00:18:46,780 --> 00:18:49,780 He just says, we think Larry did it. 375 00:18:49,780 --> 00:18:51,780 We want him convicted. 376 00:18:51,780 --> 00:18:53,780 And that's what he did. 377 00:19:10,780 --> 00:19:12,780 You getting off work now? 378 00:19:12,780 --> 00:19:14,780 Yeah, I'm going to go home in a few minutes. 379 00:19:14,780 --> 00:19:15,780 See you, boy. 380 00:19:15,780 --> 00:19:20,780 In 1981, 17-year-old Annette Schaupacher fell in love with Jim Burnside, 381 00:19:20,780 --> 00:19:22,780 a butcher at the grocery store where Annette worked. 382 00:19:22,780 --> 00:19:23,780 Bye. 383 00:19:23,780 --> 00:19:24,780 Have a good evening. 384 00:19:24,780 --> 00:19:25,780 Bye. 385 00:19:25,780 --> 00:19:27,780 A year later, the couple married. 386 00:19:27,780 --> 00:19:31,780 The bride was just 18, the groom, 46. 387 00:19:31,780 --> 00:19:33,780 The couple was married, 388 00:19:33,780 --> 00:19:35,780 and the couple was married, 389 00:19:35,780 --> 00:19:37,780 and the couple was married, 390 00:19:37,780 --> 00:19:40,780 and was just 18, the groom, 46. 391 00:19:40,780 --> 00:19:44,780 For Annette, the marriage marked the beginning of a nightmare. 392 00:19:46,780 --> 00:19:49,780 She became afraid of him almost immediately 393 00:19:49,780 --> 00:19:52,780 because he was jealous of her, 394 00:19:52,780 --> 00:19:54,780 and when he was drinking, he was violent, 395 00:19:54,780 --> 00:19:57,780 and made remarks to her all the time 396 00:19:57,780 --> 00:20:00,780 that she would never, ever leave him, 397 00:20:00,780 --> 00:20:05,780 that he started telling her right from the beginning 398 00:20:05,780 --> 00:20:08,780 that he would kill her if she ever tried to leave him. 399 00:20:10,780 --> 00:20:13,780 In 1987, after five years of nearly constant emotional 400 00:20:13,780 --> 00:20:15,780 and physical abuse, 401 00:20:15,780 --> 00:20:18,780 Annette finally found the courage to leave Jim. 402 00:20:18,780 --> 00:20:20,780 Good thing you're here. 403 00:20:20,780 --> 00:20:23,780 Two months later, Jim Burnside brutally attacked 404 00:20:23,780 --> 00:20:25,780 Annette and one of her co-workers. 405 00:20:25,780 --> 00:20:27,780 God, please! 406 00:20:28,780 --> 00:20:30,780 Hey, get over here. 407 00:20:30,780 --> 00:20:32,780 What are you doing? 408 00:20:35,780 --> 00:20:37,780 Help! 409 00:20:48,780 --> 00:20:51,780 Annette's co-workers survived the attack. 410 00:20:51,780 --> 00:20:54,780 Annette had been stabbed 15 times with a butcher knife 411 00:20:54,780 --> 00:20:56,780 and was pronounced dead at the scene. 412 00:20:58,780 --> 00:21:01,780 That afternoon, Jim Burnside disappeared. 413 00:21:02,780 --> 00:21:06,780 It's bad enough knowing that Annette had to die, 414 00:21:06,780 --> 00:21:09,780 but to know that he is still out there, 415 00:21:09,780 --> 00:21:11,780 it's horrible. 416 00:21:11,780 --> 00:21:13,780 We just want him caught, 417 00:21:13,780 --> 00:21:17,780 and I just hope and pray that somebody spots him. 418 00:21:22,780 --> 00:21:24,780 Update. 419 00:21:24,780 --> 00:21:27,780 The night the story aired, two viewers contacted our telecenter 420 00:21:27,780 --> 00:21:30,780 to report that Jim Burnside is living in Shelby County, Alabama 421 00:21:30,780 --> 00:21:33,780 under the assumed name Al Wilson. 422 00:21:34,780 --> 00:21:36,780 When I saw his actual picture, 423 00:21:36,780 --> 00:21:39,780 I just looked at my husband and I just started pointing 424 00:21:39,780 --> 00:21:43,780 and I'm going, you know, tell me my eyes aren't deceiving me. 425 00:21:43,780 --> 00:21:45,780 You know, that is Al. 426 00:21:45,780 --> 00:21:47,780 And he goes, yes, that's Al. 427 00:21:47,780 --> 00:21:50,780 The first thing I thought is that, well, you know, 428 00:21:50,780 --> 00:21:54,780 let's call up the authorities and get this guy off the street. 429 00:21:56,780 --> 00:21:59,780 Burnside was employed as a carpenter at the 280 flea market 430 00:21:59,780 --> 00:22:02,780 just outside of Chelsea, Alabama. 431 00:22:03,780 --> 00:22:07,780 We had saved a call from the FBI office in Birmingham 432 00:22:07,780 --> 00:22:11,780 stating that they felt pretty sure that James Burnside 433 00:22:11,780 --> 00:22:14,780 would be at this flea market on Highway 280 434 00:22:14,780 --> 00:22:16,780 located in Shelby County. 435 00:22:17,780 --> 00:22:19,780 The morning after our broadcast, 436 00:22:19,780 --> 00:22:23,780 FBI agents and sheriff's deputies checked out the flea market. 437 00:22:23,780 --> 00:22:26,780 You got a fellow hanging around here by the name of Al Wilson. 438 00:22:26,780 --> 00:22:28,780 Okay, he's right there on the roof. 439 00:22:28,780 --> 00:22:34,780 And apparently Burnside saw them and went towards his truck. 440 00:22:36,780 --> 00:22:39,780 FBI, hold it. 441 00:22:39,780 --> 00:22:43,780 The fugitive drew a .357 magnum and pointed it at the officers. 442 00:22:43,780 --> 00:22:45,780 Put the gun down, put the gun down. 443 00:22:51,780 --> 00:22:53,780 Hands up, get your hands up. 444 00:22:53,780 --> 00:22:54,780 Hang them up. 445 00:22:54,780 --> 00:22:56,780 Burnside was struck by two bullets. 446 00:22:56,780 --> 00:23:00,780 He was placed under arrest and taken to a Birmingham hospital. 447 00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:05,780 From what we've been able to determine and again talking to his co-workers, 448 00:23:05,780 --> 00:23:08,780 he had made a statement on Thursday morning 449 00:23:08,780 --> 00:23:11,780 that he had anticipated having problems that day. 450 00:23:11,780 --> 00:23:16,780 So apparently he had viewed the unsolved mysteries himself Wednesday night. 451 00:23:26,780 --> 00:23:33,780 On April 1st, 1988, Jeannie Tovrey, a wealthy socialite 452 00:23:33,780 --> 00:23:37,780 when Phoenix, Arizona, was murdered in her own bed while she slept. 453 00:23:37,780 --> 00:23:40,780 At the time of her death, she was worth several million dollars. 454 00:23:40,780 --> 00:23:43,780 Most of it inherited from her late husband. 455 00:23:43,780 --> 00:23:46,780 Jeannie Tovrey's origins were humble. 456 00:23:46,780 --> 00:23:48,780 She was a very young woman. 457 00:23:48,780 --> 00:23:50,780 She was a very young woman. 458 00:23:50,780 --> 00:23:52,780 She was a very young woman. 459 00:23:52,780 --> 00:23:56,780 From her late husband, Jeannie Tovrey's origins were humble. 460 00:23:58,780 --> 00:24:01,780 Jeannie was born in a small Arkansas farming community 461 00:24:01,780 --> 00:24:04,780 and married fresh out of high school. 462 00:24:04,780 --> 00:24:06,780 In 1953, her marriage failed 463 00:24:06,780 --> 00:24:11,780 and Jeannie eventually wound up in Phoenix working as a cocktail waitress. 464 00:24:12,780 --> 00:24:14,780 If you folks need anything, I'll be sitting right over there. 465 00:24:14,780 --> 00:24:17,780 Jeannie had no intention of spending her life waiting tables. 466 00:24:17,780 --> 00:24:21,780 On her rest breaks, she studied real estate law, 467 00:24:21,780 --> 00:24:24,780 determined to make a better life for herself. 468 00:24:25,780 --> 00:24:28,780 Several years later, Jeannie was well on her way. 469 00:24:28,780 --> 00:24:31,780 She had obtained her real estate license in 1970 470 00:24:31,780 --> 00:24:33,780 and become an immediate success. 471 00:24:33,780 --> 00:24:38,780 In 1971, one of Jeannie's clients introduced her to Edward Tovrey, 472 00:24:38,780 --> 00:24:40,780 a charming, wealthy divorcee. 473 00:24:40,780 --> 00:24:43,780 Jeannie's the one that helped us on that real estate deal I was telling you about. 474 00:24:43,780 --> 00:24:44,780 She did a great job for us. 475 00:24:44,780 --> 00:24:46,780 Congratulations. That was super. 476 00:24:46,780 --> 00:24:48,780 I don't know what that takes. You're embarrassing me. 477 00:24:48,780 --> 00:24:50,780 Never be embarrassed when somebody tells you you've done something well. 478 00:24:50,780 --> 00:24:51,780 It's part of the business. 479 00:24:51,780 --> 00:24:55,780 I think you're going to do well because of your people skills that you're good at. 480 00:24:55,780 --> 00:24:59,780 Ed had all the qualities that Jeannie was looking for. 481 00:24:59,780 --> 00:25:00,780 Like to propose a toast? 482 00:25:00,780 --> 00:25:01,780 It's just that simple. 483 00:25:01,780 --> 00:25:04,780 The old friends and to new friendships. 484 00:25:05,780 --> 00:25:09,780 You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find the prince 485 00:25:09,780 --> 00:25:11,780 and she can sit her dad to prince. 486 00:25:14,780 --> 00:25:19,780 Ed Tovrey embarked on an intense courtship and Jeannie was swept off her feet. 487 00:25:19,780 --> 00:25:22,780 Ed's ancestors had made millions in the cattle business 488 00:25:22,780 --> 00:25:25,780 and were among the founding fathers of Phoenix. 489 00:25:26,780 --> 00:25:30,780 But Ed Tovrey made his own name as a pilot in World War II. 490 00:25:30,780 --> 00:25:34,780 He was shot down and taken as a prisoner of war by the Germans. 491 00:25:34,780 --> 00:25:37,780 Ed helped engineer the famous Great Escape, 492 00:25:37,780 --> 00:25:41,780 digging tunnels which allowed 79 other POWs to go free. 493 00:25:43,780 --> 00:25:45,780 Less than a year after they met, 494 00:25:45,780 --> 00:25:48,780 Jeannie and Ed were married in a private ceremony in Hawaii. 495 00:25:48,780 --> 00:25:52,780 Jeannie became an instant hit with a Phoenix upper crust. 496 00:25:53,780 --> 00:25:58,780 She seemed to fall right into it as if though she had had that money forever. 497 00:25:58,780 --> 00:26:02,780 She was welcomed and very, very well loved, extremely liked. 498 00:26:02,780 --> 00:26:04,780 I don't know of one, and I can honestly say this, 499 00:26:04,780 --> 00:26:06,780 I don't know of one person that disliked Jeannie. 500 00:26:06,780 --> 00:26:09,780 She was just one of those very special people with very special qualities. 501 00:26:09,780 --> 00:26:13,780 She treated people like she wanted to be treated. 502 00:26:13,780 --> 00:26:16,780 I never saw any heirs with Jeannie. 503 00:26:16,780 --> 00:26:21,780 They entertained a lot, very casual, entertaining, had friends in. 504 00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:24,780 They had a very good marriage. 505 00:26:24,780 --> 00:26:26,780 They both liked to do the same things. 506 00:26:27,780 --> 00:26:30,780 But there was one cloud darkening Jeannie and Ed's life together. 507 00:26:30,780 --> 00:26:35,780 Respiratory problems had plagued Ed ever since his POW days. 508 00:26:35,780 --> 00:26:41,780 By 1982, he was virtually bedridden, and Jeannie nursed him around the clock. 509 00:26:41,780 --> 00:26:43,780 You know how about a little soup? 510 00:26:43,780 --> 00:26:49,780 Jeannie, I think it's about time we talked about what you're going to do after I'm gone. 511 00:26:51,780 --> 00:26:53,780 Ed, please don't talk that way. 512 00:26:53,780 --> 00:26:56,780 I just want to make sure you're taken care of. 513 00:26:56,780 --> 00:26:59,780 You get the house, and you're comfortable. 514 00:26:59,780 --> 00:27:01,780 Okay? 515 00:27:01,780 --> 00:27:03,780 Okay. 516 00:27:03,780 --> 00:27:07,780 Jeannie was not a greedy person. 517 00:27:07,780 --> 00:27:11,780 It wasn't like, well, I have married you. 518 00:27:11,780 --> 00:27:13,780 Everything you have is mine. 519 00:27:13,780 --> 00:27:15,780 This was not Jeannie. 520 00:27:16,780 --> 00:27:20,780 On July 11th, 1983, Ed Tovrey died. 521 00:27:20,780 --> 00:27:26,780 He left Jeannie in a state worth millions, including the house and a valuable art collection. 522 00:27:27,780 --> 00:27:35,780 It was hard for her to visualize life without him because he was her steadying factor. 523 00:27:35,780 --> 00:27:38,780 I think it was scary for her. 524 00:27:39,780 --> 00:27:44,780 After a period of mourning, Jeannie threw herself back into the Phoenix social world. 525 00:27:44,780 --> 00:27:49,780 I think it was her way to get over everything and meet people. 526 00:27:49,780 --> 00:27:57,780 It became quite the socialite and chaired many of the balls, and her circle of friends all went. 527 00:27:57,780 --> 00:28:02,780 So it became a very, for Jeannie, it became a way of doing things for herself. 528 00:28:02,780 --> 00:28:06,780 Well, I'm going to finish these last few invitations and call it a night. 529 00:28:06,780 --> 00:28:14,780 The evening of March 31st, 1988, found Jeannie Tovrey preparing the final few invitations for yet another high society party. 530 00:28:14,780 --> 00:28:18,780 At 7 p.m. she spoke with her sister. 531 00:28:18,780 --> 00:28:22,780 By 1 a.m. the next day, she would be dead. 532 00:28:22,780 --> 00:28:28,780 She had mailed those invitations, and then they came right after we found out that she had been murdered. 533 00:28:28,780 --> 00:28:32,780 And it did do a number on all of us. 534 00:28:32,780 --> 00:28:35,780 It was almost like, remember my party. 535 00:28:35,780 --> 00:28:37,780 It was very spooky. 536 00:28:37,780 --> 00:28:41,780 I don't know if you did that before or after the killer. 537 00:28:41,780 --> 00:28:46,780 At the murder scene, police found several fingerprints, but little other physical evidence. 538 00:28:46,780 --> 00:28:51,780 Jeannie's purse, along with her identification and credit cards, were missing. 539 00:28:51,780 --> 00:28:54,780 Ernie, do you want a pillow? 540 00:28:54,780 --> 00:28:55,780 Sure. 541 00:28:55,780 --> 00:29:00,780 Those credit cards have never been found and they've never been used to this day. 542 00:29:00,780 --> 00:29:06,780 The fingerprints that we have have been compared to every name that's been mentioned to us, 543 00:29:06,780 --> 00:29:14,780 that's been through our computer system, and we have not identified who those prints belong to. 544 00:29:14,780 --> 00:29:21,780 My opinion and that opinion of two detectives all felt that she was the victim of a hit. 545 00:29:21,780 --> 00:29:31,780 She was killed intentionally for somebody. 546 00:29:31,780 --> 00:29:35,780 Police theorized that the killer was familiar with Jeannie's neighborhood 547 00:29:35,780 --> 00:29:42,780 because he had so easily gained access to her home. 548 00:29:42,780 --> 00:29:46,780 I would say the suspect at least had some knowledge of the house. 549 00:29:46,780 --> 00:29:50,780 The entry into the house was made through a window, but it was done in a manner 550 00:29:50,780 --> 00:29:59,780 not to set the alarm system off. 551 00:29:59,780 --> 00:30:05,780 There's white carpeting throughout the house, and there was no indications in any room 552 00:30:05,780 --> 00:30:09,780 except her bedroom that anybody had been in there. 553 00:30:09,780 --> 00:30:24,780 It appears that he knew the direct path from the point of entry to her bedroom and where she was. 554 00:30:24,780 --> 00:30:28,780 She was shot while she lay in bed asleep. 555 00:30:28,780 --> 00:30:38,780 There was no obvious signs of a struggle. 556 00:30:38,780 --> 00:30:44,780 Police believe that the killer scattered Jeannie's costume jewelry simply to give the appearance of a burglary attempt. 557 00:30:44,780 --> 00:30:49,780 He left thousands of dollars worth of real jewelry untouched in the next room. 558 00:30:49,780 --> 00:30:55,780 Also, it seemed that he wanted someone to be alerted. 559 00:30:55,780 --> 00:31:00,780 The alarm was set off when the sliding door was opened by the suspect. 560 00:31:00,780 --> 00:31:06,780 It could have went out the same way he got in without ever setting the alarm off. 561 00:31:06,780 --> 00:31:12,780 It's only a theory, but one of the reasons we considered is that this person, if he was paid to kill her, 562 00:31:12,780 --> 00:31:18,780 wanted to let the person who paid him know that the job was done. 563 00:31:18,780 --> 00:31:20,780 Who could have wanted Jeannie Tovrey dead? 564 00:31:20,780 --> 00:31:27,780 Police were at a loss until he were given the old tapes from her answering machine. 565 00:31:27,780 --> 00:31:32,780 That was when they heard the voice of a mysterious man who called himself Gordon Phillips. 566 00:31:32,780 --> 00:31:38,780 I will try and call back this afternoon and I have some information for you. 567 00:31:38,780 --> 00:31:39,780 It's a beautiful place you have here. 568 00:31:39,780 --> 00:31:47,780 In 1987, Phillips, who claimed to be a magazine writer, had tried to interview Jeannie about her late husband's POW experiences. 569 00:31:47,780 --> 00:31:48,780 How may I help you? 570 00:31:48,780 --> 00:31:51,780 As I told you on the phone, I'm writing a book about prisoners of war. 571 00:31:51,780 --> 00:31:54,780 I'd like to talk to you specifically about your husband, Ed. 572 00:31:54,780 --> 00:31:57,780 Well, you know, that was a very long time ago. 573 00:31:57,780 --> 00:31:59,780 I'm not that familiar with Ed's past. 574 00:31:59,780 --> 00:32:03,780 Surely he must have said something to you about his POW experience. 575 00:32:03,780 --> 00:32:06,780 I mean, it was a big part of his life. 576 00:32:06,780 --> 00:32:08,780 He didn't like to dwell in the past. 577 00:32:08,780 --> 00:32:11,780 You know, you'd be better off talking to the First Mrs. Tovrey. 578 00:32:11,780 --> 00:32:14,780 Tell me something about Ed himself, your husband, the man. What was he like? 579 00:32:14,780 --> 00:32:16,780 Mr. Phillips, you say you work for a time life. 580 00:32:16,780 --> 00:32:17,780 Yes. 581 00:32:17,780 --> 00:32:20,780 Well, then, of course, you would have some identification. You could show me. 582 00:32:20,780 --> 00:32:23,780 Well, actually, I'm a freelance writer. I'm not really on staff. 583 00:32:23,780 --> 00:32:26,780 I can provide you with some references. 584 00:32:26,780 --> 00:32:29,780 You know, I'm going to have to cut you short. 585 00:32:29,780 --> 00:32:31,780 I have a plane to catch in the morning and a lot of... 586 00:32:31,780 --> 00:32:33,780 Jean had him checked out. 587 00:32:33,780 --> 00:32:36,780 And Time Magazine had never heard of him. 588 00:32:36,780 --> 00:32:42,780 And Jean once again told him that she was the wrong person to talk to. 589 00:32:42,780 --> 00:32:45,780 She couldn't seem to make him understand this. 590 00:32:51,780 --> 00:32:54,780 Gordon Phillips continued to howl Jeanne Tovrey by phone. 591 00:32:54,780 --> 00:32:57,780 If she was not in, he left messages on her machine. 592 00:32:57,780 --> 00:33:01,780 And Jeanne became certain that Phillips was following her. 593 00:33:01,780 --> 00:33:04,780 Mr. Phillips, I told you I do not want to meet with you. 594 00:33:04,780 --> 00:33:07,780 Maybe she'd be at a party or out shopping or something, 595 00:33:07,780 --> 00:33:10,780 and she'd think she saw this guy. 596 00:33:10,780 --> 00:33:15,780 For a while there, it was every time she went somewhere, she would see him. 597 00:33:15,780 --> 00:33:17,780 He never came up to her. 598 00:33:17,780 --> 00:33:20,780 But she would see him in a crowd. 599 00:33:20,780 --> 00:33:23,780 And she was extremely nervous about this. 600 00:33:25,780 --> 00:33:29,780 This is Gordon Phillips checking back at the bad 330 I. 601 00:33:29,780 --> 00:33:32,780 We'll call back around five o'clock. Thank you. 602 00:33:34,780 --> 00:33:39,780 Police still have no idea who Gordon Phillips is, where he is gone, 603 00:33:39,780 --> 00:33:43,780 or whether he was involved in the murder of Jeanne Tovrey. 604 00:33:44,780 --> 00:33:48,780 My greatest fear is that I'll never know why. 605 00:33:49,780 --> 00:33:53,780 It's inconceivable to me that Jeanne was murdered. 606 00:33:54,780 --> 00:33:56,780 This happens to other people. 607 00:33:56,780 --> 00:34:00,780 It's what you read in the newspaper. It doesn't happen to my family. 608 00:34:00,780 --> 00:34:02,780 I miss her. 609 00:34:03,780 --> 00:34:06,780 She was my sister, she was my best friend. 610 00:34:06,780 --> 00:34:10,780 She was mine, and she didn't deserve to die. 611 00:34:24,780 --> 00:34:40,780 When we return, the saga of a young Indian who ran off to join the Air Force and never came home. 612 00:34:41,780 --> 00:34:56,780 In Manitoba, Canada, just across the North Dakota border, there's a family called the Myron Clan. 613 00:34:56,780 --> 00:35:00,780 They are part of the plains Ojibwe Indian nation. 614 00:35:00,780 --> 00:35:06,780 In the 1940s, the Myrons found themselves caught between the global politics of the Second World War 615 00:35:06,780 --> 00:35:09,780 and the deeply rooted traditions of the Ojibwe. 616 00:35:12,780 --> 00:35:15,780 There were seven children in the Myron family. 617 00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:21,780 The youngest girl, Helen Rose, was just six months old when this picture was taken in 1925. 618 00:35:21,780 --> 00:35:24,780 Her family has not seen her for more than half a century. 619 00:35:26,780 --> 00:35:30,780 It's been going on too long. We've missed her too long. 620 00:35:30,780 --> 00:35:35,780 Too many years have gone by, and we'd like to find her now. 621 00:35:35,780 --> 00:35:41,780 The mother of her fears, we still love her. 622 00:35:43,780 --> 00:35:46,780 We're all concerned about her too. 623 00:35:49,780 --> 00:35:54,780 When the Myron children were growing up, they spent the winter months at a government boarding school. 624 00:35:56,780 --> 00:36:01,780 Every summer, they came home to their parents' log cabin on the Ojibwe reservation. 625 00:36:02,780 --> 00:36:05,780 Helen Rose come and sit beside me. 626 00:36:09,780 --> 00:36:15,780 In September of 1932, the children prepared to return to school, even though their mother was gravely ill. 627 00:36:16,780 --> 00:36:20,780 I might not be here when you return from school. 628 00:36:20,780 --> 00:36:24,780 Be a good girl and make me proud of you. 629 00:36:24,780 --> 00:36:25,780 I will. 630 00:36:26,780 --> 00:36:27,780 And I. 631 00:36:31,780 --> 00:36:36,780 A month later, Archie Myron showed up at his children's school, unannounced. 632 00:36:36,780 --> 00:36:41,780 When your children left last summer, your mother was very sick. 633 00:36:41,780 --> 00:36:46,780 Our dad came and told us that our mother had passed away. 634 00:36:46,780 --> 00:36:48,780 And, uh... 635 00:36:50,780 --> 00:36:54,780 Right away, I saw what did the school do to her. 636 00:36:54,780 --> 00:36:56,780 Helen Rose! 637 00:36:57,780 --> 00:37:02,780 All of the children were devastated, especially Helen Rose. 638 00:37:02,780 --> 00:37:07,780 Always her mother's favorite, she would never fully recover from the death. 639 00:37:19,780 --> 00:37:23,780 By 1941, Helen Rose was in her junior year at the boarding school. 640 00:37:23,780 --> 00:37:28,780 She was 17, and the world had become a very different place. 641 00:37:30,780 --> 00:37:37,780 Right now, as I'm speaking, the German hordes are marching across Europe, causing havoc, destruction and death. 642 00:37:37,780 --> 00:37:41,780 Hitler's armies were threatening to overrun the globe. 643 00:37:41,780 --> 00:37:44,780 A new principal at the boarding school was actively interventionist. 644 00:37:44,780 --> 00:37:48,780 And Helen Rose became swept up in the anti-fascist fervor. 645 00:37:48,780 --> 00:37:51,780 You know I've taught you about joining the reserves. 646 00:37:51,780 --> 00:37:55,780 This is your opportunity to join the world that really matters. 647 00:37:55,780 --> 00:38:00,780 He was teaching them the role of the other society. 648 00:38:00,780 --> 00:38:14,780 And I presume that's where Helen got her idea to better her life with the outside world to join the airport. 649 00:38:15,780 --> 00:38:18,780 Helen Rose dropped out of high school. 650 00:38:18,780 --> 00:38:23,780 In an unprecedented move for an Ojibwe woman, she enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force. 651 00:38:23,780 --> 00:38:30,780 When they discovered that Helen Rose was underage, the Air Force ordered her to obtain her father's permission. 652 00:38:35,780 --> 00:38:38,780 Helen Rose returned to the reservation in July. 653 00:38:39,780 --> 00:38:44,780 As a tribal elder, Archie Myron was helping preside over the annual sonor thirsting dance 654 00:38:44,780 --> 00:38:49,780 when the plains Ojibwe erect traditional structures and offer prayers to the Great Spirit. 655 00:38:53,780 --> 00:38:57,780 She had papers, and she asked my dad to sign those papers. 656 00:38:57,780 --> 00:38:59,780 What is this paper? 657 00:38:59,780 --> 00:39:02,780 It's to join the Canadian Air Forces. 658 00:39:02,780 --> 00:39:05,780 I don't think I want you to join the Air Force, my daughter. 659 00:39:05,780 --> 00:39:06,780 Why not? 660 00:39:06,780 --> 00:39:11,780 And he told her that I don't want you to die simply as else. 661 00:39:11,780 --> 00:39:14,780 And if you go to war, you may not come back. 662 00:39:14,780 --> 00:39:20,780 So he didn't sign those papers, then Helen Rose got mad. 663 00:39:20,780 --> 00:39:23,780 He said, they'll never see me again. 664 00:39:27,780 --> 00:39:34,780 Friends and relatives, you would have been proud to see Helen in the Air Force. 665 00:39:35,780 --> 00:39:46,780 I often think now, if he had consented to signing his name on there, this would have been far different. 666 00:39:46,780 --> 00:39:53,780 I'm sure that we would have had Helen Rose with us here all this time yet. 667 00:39:55,780 --> 00:39:58,780 Helen Rose did not return to her father's cabin. 668 00:39:58,780 --> 00:40:00,780 She spent the night with an aunt. 669 00:40:00,780 --> 00:40:03,780 The next morning, she said her last goodbyes. 670 00:40:04,780 --> 00:40:08,780 You take care of yourself, and I'm going to miss you. 671 00:40:08,780 --> 00:40:10,780 Yeah, I'm going to miss you too. 672 00:40:10,780 --> 00:40:19,780 When she was leaving her auntie's place, she told her auntie, well, I'm leaving now, and you'll never see me again. 673 00:40:19,780 --> 00:40:21,780 I'm not ever coming back. 674 00:40:23,780 --> 00:40:25,780 Well, take care, okay? 675 00:40:25,780 --> 00:40:27,780 She was very disappointed. 676 00:40:27,780 --> 00:40:33,780 She wasn't actually mad, but she was disappointed when she didn't get that signature. 677 00:40:35,780 --> 00:40:45,780 Two years later, Helen Rose did return to the area. 678 00:40:45,780 --> 00:40:47,780 And where are you stationed, miss? 679 00:40:47,780 --> 00:40:54,780 When Angus Merrick walked into the general store, 15 miles from the reservation, he was shocked to see his sister-in-law. 680 00:40:54,780 --> 00:40:56,780 Helen Rose! 681 00:40:56,780 --> 00:40:58,780 Angus, nice to see you. 682 00:40:58,780 --> 00:41:00,780 Helen Rose, how you been doing? 683 00:41:00,780 --> 00:41:01,780 I'm fine. 684 00:41:01,780 --> 00:41:04,780 She had her uniform on, and all was good. 685 00:41:04,780 --> 00:41:06,780 Oh, thank you. 686 00:41:06,780 --> 00:41:08,780 Your father is just across the street here. 687 00:41:08,780 --> 00:41:10,780 I'll go and get him. 688 00:41:10,780 --> 00:41:12,780 You'll maybe want to see you too. 689 00:41:12,780 --> 00:41:14,780 Just wait for a while. I'll be right back, okay? 690 00:41:14,780 --> 00:41:16,780 Just one take long. 691 00:41:16,780 --> 00:41:23,780 So I went over and told Archie that his daughter, Helen, was there. 692 00:41:23,780 --> 00:41:27,780 And asked her, would you like to come? 693 00:41:27,780 --> 00:41:29,780 And without hesitation, he came right away. 694 00:41:32,780 --> 00:41:40,780 By the time we got in the store, I couldn't find Helen. She disappeared. 695 00:41:43,780 --> 00:41:45,780 She really was here. 696 00:41:52,780 --> 00:41:58,780 Sixteen years later, Archie Myron died without ever having made peace with his youngest daughter. 697 00:42:02,780 --> 00:42:10,780 Each year, Archie Myron's family gathers at the cemetery to honor the entire Myron clan with an Ojibwe ceremony. 698 00:42:10,780 --> 00:42:16,780 The extended family now numbers 150, and still they long for the return of Helen Rose. 699 00:42:19,780 --> 00:42:27,780 Even if she has passed away, her family wants to know, so that Helen Rose's spirit can be honored in accordance with the Ojibwe tradition. 700 00:42:32,780 --> 00:42:38,780 I don't know what's keeping her away. Surely she cannot hold a grudge this long. 701 00:42:38,780 --> 00:42:45,780 We have no part in it, just between her and my dad, not us. 702 00:42:45,780 --> 00:42:56,780 She said she wasn't going to come back, and she has stuck to a word through, like a real Indian woman. 703 00:43:01,780 --> 00:43:06,780 I don't know why, but I don't know what's going to happen to me. 704 00:43:06,780 --> 00:43:09,780 I don't know. 705 00:43:17,780 --> 00:43:22,780 Join me next week for another edition of Unsolved Mysteries.