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 --> 00:00:12,280 What you are about to see is not a news broadcast. 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,080 Christmas Eve, 1983. 6 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:21,160 A freak snowstorm in Mexico spells 7 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:25,560 disaster for a vacationing family from Atlanta, Georgia. 8 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,120 Fortunately, an American couple, both apparently doctors, 9 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:31,400 happened upon the scene and helped save the lives 10 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,600 of at least five people. 11 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:38,800 Perhaps you could help find these unknown good Samaritans. 12 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,840 All around the world, hundreds of people 13 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,600 say they are being tormented 24 hours a day 14 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:47,440 by a loud rumbling sound that almost no one else can detect. 15 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:49,840 Could the source be a high-tech radio system 16 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,640 used by the Navy to communicate with the people 17 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,640 of the Navy to communicate with our submarine fleet? 18 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:01,640 Meet Randolph Dial, sculptor, artist, convicted murderer. 19 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,640 For eight years, Dial did his time 20 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,040 quietly and peacefully in Oklahoma's prison system. 21 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,040 He became a model prisoner and even 22 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,920 started an inmate arts program with a woman named Bobby 23 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,480 Parker, a wife of a deputy warden. 24 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:17,880 Then last August, Bobby Parker left her husband 25 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,120 a note saying she had gone shopping. 26 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,200 She never came home. 27 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,200 Later that night, authorities discovered 28 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,560 that Randolph Dial had somehow slipped away 29 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:30,400 from the prison and vanished. 30 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,400 Join me for this exciting and intriguing edition 31 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:34,400 of Unsolved Mysteries. 32 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,200 In addition, later in the show, we'll 33 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,760 bring you a dramatic new update of a poignant case 34 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,120 of lost love solved thanks to you, our viewers. 35 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:26,120 The End 36 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,880 Imagine being plagued by the sound, 37 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,560 a loud annoying hum that grinds away incessantly day after day, 38 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,440 night after night. 39 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,240 Incredibly more than 1,000 people throughout the world 40 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,440 are reporting just such a phenomenon, 41 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,400 and it's driving them to distraction. 42 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,080 The thing I noticed about it was it didn't change. 43 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:57,080 The sound didn't change. 44 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,080 Like it was getting closer or further away 45 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:00,760 or slowing down or speeding up. 46 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,480 It was just a steady droning sound. 47 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,160 There is a little bit of a wine somewhere 48 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:07,560 in the background here. 49 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:11,480 And it's kind of like the air is sizzling. 50 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:13,840 I've been hearing the hum for about five years. 51 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,080 It sounds like a diesel engine running parked away, 52 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:18,680 but yet it has a physical effect. 53 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,280 It seems to make a sound resonance in their sternum 54 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:23,480 and thorax area. 55 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,760 It causes a vibration temporal lobe 56 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:28,720 and actually causes ear pain at times 57 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:29,960 and pain on the ear lobes. 58 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,840 Hal Runianen moved from Detroit to Michigan's northern peninsula, 59 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,800 hoping to escape the hustle and bustle of suburban living. 60 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:42,880 But instead of peace and tranquility, 61 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,560 Hal soon found himself tormented by the hum. 62 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,360 It began as a minor annoyance while Hal was studying 63 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,120 for a trade school entrance exam. 64 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:58,920 I noticed it a few times before I was studying, 65 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:00,920 but thinking that it was a motor, 66 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,240 it wouldn't bother me that much. 67 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,080 But then I noticed it affecting how I could focus 68 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:10,680 and how I could concentrate. 69 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:12,400 That's when it really started agitating me. 70 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,720 So I was able to ignore it maybe for the first month or two. 71 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:18,320 But after a while, when I got closer 72 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,800 to the deadline of this entrance exam, 73 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,800 I started noticing this thing is really affecting 74 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:23,520 how I'm studying. 75 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:25,360 It's really affecting my thought process 76 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,200 and how I'm taking in information. 77 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,120 And it got to where I couldn't tolerate anymore 78 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:30,600 and I had to know what it was. 79 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,440 The first few nights I went out looking for it, 80 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:37,560 I went to the natural places that you would think 81 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:38,840 a hum was coming from. 82 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:42,280 I checked out the sewage pumping stations, the airport, 83 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:45,640 the ventilation systems on top of Michigan Tech University, 84 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:47,240 any place that would generate a sound. 85 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,000 Finally, I was driving like 100 miles a night 86 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,680 in one direction looking for it. 87 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,360 No matter where I went, the intensity was always the same. 88 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,800 OK, I have a tuning fork and I'm just 89 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,720 going to sort of get an idea of how well your ears line up 90 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:06,600 with each other. 91 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:07,600 So the first. 92 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:11,400 We brought Hal to Los Angeles to visit Dr. Eugene Flum, one 93 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,280 of the nation's leading ear, nose, and throat specialists. 94 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:16,160 Here in the middle of the head, where do you hear it? 95 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:17,040 Airplane. 96 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:18,240 Airplane. 97 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:19,160 Cowboy. 98 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:20,120 Cowboy. 99 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,640 Hal was found to be suffering some hearing loss, 100 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:24,200 but there was nothing specific that 101 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,240 might explain the bizarre hum. 102 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:27,720 Airplane, I don't know, I lost you. 103 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,480 From what we learned today, we can't prove one way or the other, 104 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,240 whether there are extraneous sounds in the environment 105 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:37,920 or within him. 106 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,320 Those sounds in the environment might be perceived by him 107 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:46,600 differently than they really are because of things 108 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,560 going on in his system. 109 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,080 I'm certain that I'm feeling something 110 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:51,280 from an outside source. 111 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:53,800 I'm a yoga teacher, a massage therapist, a rofer. 112 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:55,280 I've studied acupuncture. 113 00:05:55,280 --> 00:05:57,560 I'm very aware of the sounds that my body makes, 114 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:01,080 and I know this isn't my body producing this. 115 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:02,560 Many people have suggested that I might 116 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:04,920 be picking up the electrical fields from the local power 117 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:05,520 grid. 118 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:07,680 So what I'd like to do is go down into the caves 119 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:09,320 and get completely underneath it and see 120 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,280 if I can get away from the electrical fields. 121 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:17,400 Hal has tried just about everything 122 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,520 to escape the auditory onslaught, even braving 123 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,600 the deep tunnels of an old abandoned copper mine near his home. 124 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,120 Would Hal finally be at peace? 125 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:30,400 We soon had our answer. 126 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:37,600 Yeah, I hear it. 127 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,280 What do you got? 128 00:06:39,280 --> 00:06:42,040 I hear it louder. 129 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:43,480 It's more penetrating. 130 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:49,800 It's actually conducting through my bones 131 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,080 more forcefully than it does on the surface. 132 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,000 Disappointing? 133 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,080 Very disappointing. 134 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,520 I thought I could get away from it down under all this rock. 135 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:08,520 It's worse. 136 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,880 This is a tape I developed as a simulation of the phenomenon 137 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:18,640 as I experience it. 138 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:19,640 I'm going to play it. 139 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,480 Sarah Allen has been hearing the hum for three years. 140 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,040 I am then I experience it out, but just so that you 141 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,320 can hear kind of what it sounds like, 142 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:28,520 that's what I'm going to do. 143 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:33,280 Now, the volume level that I hear it at is much more like this. 144 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,680 You bring it down to the minimum, and then you turn it up 145 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,680 until you can just perceive it, which is right there. 146 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:47,120 And that's how it's in my environment all the time. 147 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:49,840 Whenever it's quiet, I'm like, I'm going to go out and play 148 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:51,240 and I'm going to play. 149 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:52,240 I'm going to play. 150 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:53,240 I'm going to play. 151 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:54,240 I'm going to play. 152 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:55,240 I'm going to play. 153 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:56,240 I'm going to play. 154 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:57,240 I'm going to play. 155 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,760 Whenever it's quiet, whenever there's a quiet moment, 156 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:01,680 I'm in meditation or something. 157 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,520 I have to share my space with this, 158 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,160 and it's not comfortable. 159 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:12,440 Sarah Allen lives in Taurus, New Mexico, which literally 160 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,200 hums with activity. 161 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,000 Since 1989, dozens of local residents 162 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,040 claim to have heard the irritating sound. 163 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,200 Sarah is a radio broadcast engineer. 164 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,160 She first experienced the hum in 1992 165 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,920 after she'd been dispatched to repair a transmitter. 166 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:33,880 It was Sarah's knowledge of electronics 167 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,560 that later enabled her to recreate the noise 168 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:39,600 so that non-suffers would know exactly what it sounded like. 169 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,440 We played Sarah's tape for Winona Witted of nearby Santa Fe, 170 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:51,200 New Mexico. 171 00:08:55,680 --> 00:08:57,480 That's very close. 172 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:58,480 Very, very close. 173 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,760 Tell me about it. 174 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:04,800 That's very close. 175 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:15,640 It's quite a lot more pleasant than the jagged grinding glass 176 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,480 sensation or sound that would come through. 177 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:25,240 For Winona, five years of constant humming 178 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,400 is completely disrupted her life. 179 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,240 She is currently on disability leave 180 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:31,880 from her job with a national park service. 181 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,840 Like many sufferers, Winona takes comfort in the knowledge 182 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,080 that she is not alone. 183 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:43,040 In no fewer than 10 countries, on five different continents, 184 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:46,240 people have been hearing a similar low-frequency sound, 185 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,360 most often described as a truck laboring up a hill. 186 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,120 Today, many of the low-frequency suffers 187 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,880 belong to an international network dedicated 188 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:58,600 to finding the cause of the hum. 189 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,280 We call ourselves hearers, but actually, we don't really 190 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:05,160 feel like we're hearing. 191 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,160 We feel like we're sensing. 192 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,560 And none of us, we're not protesters or we're not activists. 193 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:12,440 It's not like we want to take the day off of work 194 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,520 and study physics and electromagnetic resonance, 195 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:16,760 but it's driving us nuts. 196 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,280 And we have the support and exchange of information 197 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:20,440 that we need with each other. 198 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:22,120 And that's really been helpful. 199 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:26,040 We began to keep notes, not so much a logbook of every day, 200 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:27,360 because it's there every day. 201 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,360 You write in the log, it's there today. 202 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,760 And that's about all you can say about it. 203 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:36,640 What we did start noticing was the intensity increases, 204 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:41,320 which seem to track international events, mostly 205 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,440 whenever the United States is involved militarily 206 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,240 somewhere, the intensity seems to increase. 207 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:53,280 The hearers have come to believe that the hum may be caused 208 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:58,320 by a radio system known as ELF for extremely low frequency. 209 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:01,800 The Navy developed ELF to better communicate with the nation's 210 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,280 submarine fleet. 211 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:07,400 When a sub is underwater, it cannot receive standard radio 212 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:08,320 waves. 213 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,200 However, low-frequency signals are 214 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,040 capable of penetrating through hundreds of feet of water 215 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:17,000 to reach vessels on the ocean floor. 216 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,360 Perhaps not coincidentally, the system 217 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,880 has been in use since the late 1980s 218 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,160 around the time that people in the US first 219 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,560 began to hear the hum. 220 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:31,160 I'm fairly convinced that it is military, not only 221 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:33,720 because of my own research into it, 222 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,320 and my own reading, and my own theories. 223 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,120 But because of feedback I've gotten 224 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:43,400 from scientists, from people in the armed forces, 225 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,680 or who have armed forces connections, 226 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:48,440 and other people who I can't name, 227 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:52,080 but who have come forward to me and who have pretty much 228 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:57,360 verified my theories, at least in principle. 229 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:59,400 Recently, a team of scientists was commissioned 230 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,680 to find the source of the hum. 231 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:04,320 They traveled to towns with some of the most sophisticated 232 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:08,960 sound and radiation sensing equipment available. 233 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:12,160 In the end, the scientists were unable to find anything dramatic 234 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,600 or unusual at house that might explain the hum. 235 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,600 However, they did conclude that the hum is a quote, 236 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,320 bonafide scientific mystery that deserves additional inquiry. 237 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:27,320 I'm hearing the hum now. 238 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,080 And we have days where it oscillates on different sides. 239 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:31,760 And today it seems to be oscillating more 240 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:35,160 on the right side of my body. 241 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:36,640 I don't believe how you can't hear it. 242 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,880 What is the source of the mysterious hum? 243 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:46,800 Could it be ELF? 244 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,240 Or is it possible that more than 1,000 people 245 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:51,960 around the world are imagining the same thing? 246 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,800 It is interesting to note that there is an ELF transmitting 247 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,720 station just 80 miles from Hal Runyan's house in Michigan. 248 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,880 However, there is not a known station within 1,500 miles 249 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:06,440 of towns. 250 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:10,040 For now, the hum remains a mystery for those who cannot hear it 251 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,880 and a major source of aggravation for those who can. 252 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,200 On a previous broadcast, we brought you 253 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,760 the poignant story of the Stallings family of Tipton, 254 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:33,920 Oklahoma, a family so poor that in 1948, Lila Stallings, 255 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:35,640 her husband and their six children, 256 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:39,600 were forced to live in an old school bus. 257 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:41,560 In spite of the terrible hardships, 258 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:44,440 Lila vanishingly struggled to maintain a home life that 259 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:45,760 was as normal as possible. 260 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:52,960 We always had something to do. 261 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,680 And we had toys to play with and each other to play with. 262 00:13:55,680 --> 00:13:59,200 So we didn't think of ourselves as being different. 263 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,440 However, the authorities felt otherwise. 264 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,200 Lila and her husband were eventually 265 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:07,800 charged with child neglect. 266 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,600 The charges would later be dropped, 267 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,960 but not before all of the Stallings children 268 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,360 were placed in foster homes. 269 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:24,560 Two of them, Mary and Joe, were reunited in 1959. 270 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:26,560 Since then, they have done everything possible 271 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,520 to find their brothers and sister, 272 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:32,320 only to be thwarted time after time. 273 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:39,480 I have tried every avenue that I have came before me 274 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:44,520 to try and locate these brothers and sisters. 275 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:50,120 And I'll never quit until the last day of my life. 276 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:56,880 Unsolved mysteries appeared to be the last hope. 277 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:58,840 And happily the day after our broadcast, 278 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:02,960 35 years of frustration came to an end for Joe and Mary. 279 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,420 A man named Lee Shulian of Owasso, Oklahoma, 280 00:15:05,420 --> 00:15:07,120 called our phone center. 281 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,800 He identified himself as Ernest Lee Stallings. 282 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,840 It was only five when the family was split apart. 283 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:14,920 Lee was thrilled to hear that his brother and sister were 284 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,480 looking for him and was anxious to meet them. 285 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:25,360 Three weeks later, Lee arrived at a hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma 286 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,520 to be reunited with Joe. 287 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:31,240 The two brothers had not seen each other in nearly half 288 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,640 a century. 289 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:35,440 I've been talking on the phone quite a bit. 290 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:41,360 I've waited for this phone for so many years. 291 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,640 I know that's what I heard. 292 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:46,080 I don't know how to describe it. 293 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,760 It's such a wonderful feeling. 294 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:51,720 About time. 295 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,240 Definitely time for this. 296 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,680 Walking in this morning, we walked in, 297 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:03,040 and we met, hugged each other. 298 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:10,240 Nobody can realize the feeling. 299 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:12,680 We've been separated for too many years. 300 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:15,880 Yeah, about 40, 47 years. 301 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:19,480 I really didn't know how I was going to react. 302 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:22,280 We've been separated for 46 years. 303 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,880 I felt a lot better than what I thought I might. 304 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:30,800 And I really felt real good to hug him. 305 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:34,320 We've already started making some plans to get together 306 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:35,840 and go fishing. 307 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:38,600 So we've got a future ahead of us 308 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:44,720 to be together and enjoy each other. 309 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:46,960 The picture here is you and I. 310 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:48,960 Sadly, Joe and Lee's sister, Mary, 311 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,440 was unable to attend the reunion. 312 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,720 However, she has spoken with Lee on the phone, 313 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:57,360 and they plan to get together in the very near future. 314 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:58,240 My dad. 315 00:16:58,240 --> 00:16:59,240 Right, yeah. 316 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:23,440 When we return, a family is rescued 317 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:26,840 from a terrifying accident by two anonymous strangers. 318 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:40,200 It is a traveler's worst nightmare. 319 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,600 You're in a foreign country, driving along a dark winding 320 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:47,760 road with almost no visibility, and suddenly, 321 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,520 you lose control of your car. 322 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,200 That exact scenario came horribly true for the Dover 323 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,720 family of Atlanta, Georgia, some 12 years ago. 324 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,120 They were in Mexico on their way to celebrate Christmas 325 00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:04,720 with relatives when the journey was 326 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,600 cut short by an unexpected disaster. 327 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,160 A disaster the Dover's miraculously survived 328 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:13,280 thanks to the selfless heroism of two anonymous strangers. 329 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:18,560 The adventure began two days before Christmas in 1983. 330 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:22,120 Along for the trip were Joe Dover, his son Vance, 331 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:25,800 his father-in-law James, cousin Tommy, Tommy's 332 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,240 seven-year-old son David, and a close family 333 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:29,680 friend, Mary Ann Prudente. 334 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,040 It was a real warm atmosphere. 335 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:44,320 We were all, of course, we were all related. 336 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,200 We were all friends. 337 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:50,560 We talked, and we ate in the van coming down. 338 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,120 We played games, and just really had 339 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:55,680 a real warm, warm time coming down. 340 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,520 We had just purchased a new customized van, 341 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:09,840 and it was loaded with everything. 342 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,960 We had a television, and we had a refrigerator. 343 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,360 So we were stocked up and just making 344 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:18,800 extremely good time and having a good time. 345 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,720 The drive from Atlanta to the city of Ciudad, Victoria, 346 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:24,720 Mexico was about 1,200 miles. 347 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,440 The Dover's hoped to complete the trip in 48 hours 348 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,560 and arrive by Christmas day. 349 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,120 To save time, they stopped only for gas, 350 00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:33,880 and the adults took turns driving. 351 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,880 We left on Friday afternoon. 352 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,400 We drove all day and all night. 353 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,480 We got into Rado, Texas Saturday morning, 354 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:47,320 which was Christmas Eve, and across the border. 355 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:50,440 The further along we got, in the afternoon, 356 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:54,160 it really began to get cold and began to snow. 357 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,080 The weather was getting really bad, 358 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:59,440 and I had been to Mexico several times in the past, 359 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,280 and I had never experienced anything like it. 360 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,960 And I had never experienced anything like this in my life. 361 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:08,080 It was extremely cold, rainy, snowy. 362 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:12,160 It was just very uncharacteristic for the area. 363 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:14,320 By the time the Dover's crossed the border, 364 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:16,320 Vance was behind the wheel. 365 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:18,760 They were now an hour outside of Monterey, 366 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:23,800 the last major city before their final destination. 367 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,560 We were supposed to go over a mountain range 368 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:28,200 to get to the city, and then we were diverted. 369 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,680 There was a policeman in the road. 370 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:34,280 Hi. 371 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:35,280 Bueno. 372 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:36,280 We need to go to Monterey. 373 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:40,280 Sí, a la izquierda, entonces llega por allá. 374 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,760 With his father translating from the backseat, 375 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,280 Vance learned that the main road through the mountains 376 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,280 had been closed. 377 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:50,560 And we had to circle around the mountains 378 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:54,280 and come into Monterey from a more easterly direction. 379 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,960 And the snow began to really pick up, 380 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:58,720 and it was a real driving snow. 381 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:00,280 It didn't want to come in just straight down, 382 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,280 and the sides of the road began to be coated. 383 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,280 We could see it on the heels. 384 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:06,280 Hey, Vance. 385 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,280 Vance, why don't you slow down a little bit here, buddy? 386 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:11,280 So I can a little bit slick out there. 387 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:12,280 OK. 388 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,280 We were trying to be extremely cautious, 389 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,280 because the road conditions were really getting pretty bad. 390 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:21,280 And my father had just told me to even be extremely careful. 391 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,280 And just moments after he had told me that, 392 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,280 I suddenly lost control. 393 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,280 I don't know how much time it lasts. 394 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,280 I don't know how long I was out. 395 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,280 I have no idea if it was five minutes or an hour. 396 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:43,280 But I woke up, and it was just a matter of moments 397 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,280 when someone opened the door and pulled me out. 398 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,280 And the pain that I felt at that time 399 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,280 was absolutely excruciating. 400 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:53,280 As Vance was pulled from the wrecking, 401 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,280 he was very anxious. 402 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,280 He was very anxious. 403 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,280 As Vance was pulled from the wreckage, 404 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,280 he was unaware of the carnage surrounding him. 405 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,280 The four occupants of the other vehicle 406 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:07,280 had been killed instantly. 407 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,280 Incredibly, the Dovers had all survived. 408 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:14,280 Most of them were barely clinging to life. 409 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,280 By the time Vance's father was pulled from the van, 410 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:19,280 the rescue effort had been joined 411 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,280 by a passing American couple, 412 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:24,280 both of them apparently doctors. 413 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:29,280 My father, he was taken and put in the back of a pickup truck, 414 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:32,280 as well as my grandfather. 415 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:36,280 My grandfather had received just severe head injuries 416 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,280 to the point of his skull showing his cut. 417 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,280 His head was just cut really badly. 418 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:44,280 And the doctors later told us 419 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,280 that by him being put in the back of a pickup truck 420 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,280 actually saved his life 421 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,280 because the cold weather actually helped seal up 422 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,280 and clot the blood. 423 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,280 Through a haze of terrible pain, 424 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:01,280 Vance watched the rescue effort unfold. 425 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,280 He gradually realized that the two Americans 426 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,280 had taken charge of the operation. 427 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:12,280 My cousin Tommy was pulled from the van 428 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,280 and his vital signs were taken 429 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,280 and it was assumed that he was dead. 430 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,280 And they were pulling other people out 431 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,280 and trying to revive the ones 432 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:25,280 that they thought were still alive. 433 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,280 After a few minutes had gone by, 434 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:34,280 this doctor went and checked Tommy's vital signs again 435 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,280 and found very small pulse. 436 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,280 Vance now believes that if not for the woman's attention, 437 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,280 Tommy would have died on the spot. 438 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,280 A few moments later, she placed Tommy's son, David, 439 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:53,280 apparently uninjured in the car with Vance. 440 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:58,280 The lady then got in the back seat with me 441 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,280 and she was talking to me and comforting me 442 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,280 and I think she was trying to tell me 443 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,280 what all had occurred, 444 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,280 although at the time I really just couldn't make it out. 445 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,280 The nearest clinic was in Monterey, 446 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,280 approximately an hour away. 447 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,280 An identified American woman stayed 448 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,280 by Vance's side during the trip. 449 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,280 The hospital I was taken into was 450 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:28,280 unlike anything I'd ever seen before. 451 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:32,280 It was, it reminded me almost like a mash unit 452 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:35,280 or something out of a war movie. 453 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,280 There was this one nurse there, though. 454 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,280 She spoke really good English. 455 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,280 Her name was Alicia. 456 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,280 We are trying to help you. 457 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,280 Can you tell me... 458 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,280 Why leg? 459 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:54,280 She told me that my leg was broken really bad. 460 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:56,280 You will have to put a pin in your knee. 461 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,280 She told me that they didn't have any anesthesia, 462 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,280 but they had to put it in traction. 463 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,280 She said they were going to have to put a pin through my knee. 464 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,280 Please calm down. 465 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,280 We're trying to do everything we can to help you. 466 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,280 Where is everybody else? 467 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:12,280 Where are the others? 468 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,280 There is a man and a woman and a child here. 469 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,280 The nurse was referring to Vance's cousin Tommy, 470 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,280 his friend Mary Ann, and Tommy's son David. 471 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,280 The nurse told me that they were injured severely. 472 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,280 They had head injuries, and she didn't think 473 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,280 that they would make it through the night. 474 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,280 There appeared to be no sign of my father and grandfather, 475 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:34,280 and I had all kind of thoughts go through my head. 476 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,280 I mean, they weren't at the hospital. 477 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,280 I didn't know. Maybe they were taken to a morgue. 478 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,280 I mean, I had no idea, and no one in the hospital 479 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,280 knew where they were at. 480 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,280 Christmas morning dawned with a Christmas miracle. 481 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,280 Vance awoke to find that his young cousin David 482 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,280 had in fact escaped unharmed, 483 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,280 and that Mary Ann and Tommy were going to pull through. 484 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,280 Vance was surprised to see that the mysterious woman, 485 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,280 his guardian angel, was still with him. 486 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:07,280 Merry Christmas. 487 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:09,280 Merry Christmas. 488 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,280 It brought a lot of joy to me knowing that she was there, 489 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:16,280 and she brought us both a little Christmas present, 490 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,280 and she spent Christmas morning with us there. 491 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,280 The woman raised Vance's spirits even higher 492 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,280 when she assured him that his father and grandfather 493 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,280 were still alive and being treated elsewhere. 494 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,280 They're going to be fine. They're at another clinic, 495 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,280 and my husband is with them right now. 496 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,280 Oh, my goodness. 497 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,280 You remember anything about last night? 498 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,280 No. I was driving. 499 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,280 She told me that her and her husband were on vacation, 500 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:44,280 and they happened upon the accident 501 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,280 just moments after it occurred. 502 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,280 I've always wondered what would have happened 503 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,280 had they not come upon the accident, 504 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:58,280 because we were an hour or so outside of this major city, 505 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,280 and there was nothing out there at all, 506 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,280 and these people just showed up. 507 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:06,280 Doctors showed up out of nowhere, 508 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:11,280 and I believe they were extremely instrumental 509 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,280 in saving our lives. 510 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,280 Twelve years later, the accident has had a profound effect 511 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,280 on the entire Dover family. 512 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,280 Today they are all actively involved in the church, 513 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,280 and in fact, Joe is a lay pastor 514 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:28,280 with his own congregation of more than 300. 515 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,280 Perhaps the most thankful of all is Joe's wife, Linda. 516 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:34,280 She is convinced that had it not been 517 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:36,280 for the two unknown angels, 518 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,280 she might have lost her entire family. 519 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,280 I feel like it was a miracle. 520 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,280 Many times it's an accident, 521 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,280 and, you know, we just drive by an accident, 522 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:50,280 and they could have done that that day, 523 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,280 but they did, and they stopped, 524 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,280 and through their stopping, they saved the lives of our family, 525 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,280 and we just want to say thank you. 526 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,580 heroes 527 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,280 It is a prison official's worst nightmare 528 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:34,360 An inmate who can charm the devil, 529 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:36,920 who knows how to play the system, who harbors 530 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:40,480 a deep but completely hidden desire to escape. 531 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,880 Confessed murder around all Franklin Dile 532 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:43,960 was just such a man. 533 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:52,080 Last August, Dile escaped from the Oklahoma State Reformatory. 534 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,440 And he took 32-year-old Bobby Parker, the deputy warden's 535 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:56,840 wife, with him. 536 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:58,080 This is their story. 537 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:02,160 It began in 1986. 538 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,680 On videotape, Randolph Dile voluntarily confessed 539 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,760 to committing a contract killing five years earlier. 540 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,320 I told him to get off of this property, 541 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:15,600 and I pulled the picks out and fired once, 542 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,000 hitting him approximately right here. 543 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,560 For nearly eight years, Dile served hard time. 544 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,000 But Randolph Dile was not your run-of-the-mill 545 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,880 lifer, an artist of some repute before prison. 546 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:35,560 He managed to hoodwink the guards and wardens in prison. 547 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,560 Eventually, he was transferred to a minimum security unit 548 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,120 at Oklahoma State Reformatory. 549 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,080 There, Randolph Dile became the very definition 550 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,920 of a model prisoner. 551 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:49,880 Randolph Dile was given trustee status. 552 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,360 He was given full run of the prison. 553 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,080 In fact, as a trustee, even though he was under a murder 554 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:57,680 conviction, he was given access to property 555 00:29:57,680 --> 00:29:59,200 outside the prison. 556 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:03,760 There was really no supervision over Randolph Dile. 557 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,760 Dile's regular work assignment was caretaker at the home 558 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,480 of deputy warden Randy Parker. 559 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,160 Parker, his wife, Bobby, and their two young daughters 560 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:16,360 live right next door to the prison. 561 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:19,000 Over the years, Bobby Parker had worked with a number 562 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:23,960 of inmates as a volunteer for various rehabilitation programs. 563 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,200 She and Randolph Dile were brought together 564 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:32,200 when money was donated to start up a prison arts project. 565 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,640 What's the big push on it anyway? 566 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,640 Because we've got people wanting to buy these dials. 567 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:39,640 I mean, I can't. 568 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,960 Dile often spent time alone with Bobby in her garage, 569 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,160 which had been converted into a ceramic studio. 570 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,280 Given the circumstances, it was not 571 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:53,040 unusual when Dile developed something of a crush on Bobby. 572 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:56,160 I think that he probably read more 573 00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:00,400 into the working relationship than what was actually there. 574 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:05,000 A man's locked up for over eight years, going on nine years. 575 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,640 He has a woman who is very attractive, very cordial, 576 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,520 very compassionate, caring. 577 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:12,520 I'll tell you what, Bobby. 578 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,200 You just come right over here. 579 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:15,880 You work side by side with me. 580 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:17,880 We'll be on your schedule. 581 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:19,000 What do you think about that? 582 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:23,080 I think you do your job, and I will do mine, 583 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,360 and we'll meet my schedule. 584 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,760 After a few weeks, Randy Parker began 585 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,480 to feel that Dile was spending too much time with Bobby 586 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:34,240 at the house, and acting as if he controlled the arts program. 587 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:35,560 You need help over there? 588 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:39,920 I had told him, you screw up out here, 589 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,240 and I'll show you what administrative power's 590 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:43,080 on about. 591 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,680 And he was very much aware of that. 592 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:50,880 August 30, 1994, began normally enough for Randy and Bobby 593 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:52,160 Parker. 594 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,720 First, breakfast with their two daughters. 595 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,840 Then, Randy went to work next door, 596 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,760 and the girls headed off for school. 597 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:00,660 Love you. 598 00:32:00,660 --> 00:32:01,560 Love you. 599 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:02,360 Have a good day. 600 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:06,760 When Randy Parker left his house, 601 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:10,960 Randolph Dile was already out front working in the yard. 602 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:12,800 Yeah, she's going to make me do this all day. 603 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,280 She's got some other things lined up for me. 604 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:18,400 Just get back to work, Dile. 605 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,920 Trade jobs with you. 606 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:22,400 Take it easy on them over there, sir. 607 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,320 At noon, Randy Parker came home for lunch, 608 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:38,240 but found the house empty. 609 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:39,760 There was a note from Bobby saying 610 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:41,920 that she had gone shopping, and that his sandwich 611 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,200 was in the refrigerator. 612 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,400 It was not anything out of the ordinary at all to see a note 613 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,320 there, let me know where she was, 614 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:51,800 being concerned that I would be worried 615 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,200 or having my lunch there for me. 616 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,520 Back at the prison, Randy Parker's day 617 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:02,600 proceeded without incident. 618 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,720 Then at 4.45, he received a troubling call 619 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,280 from his older daughter. 620 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:09,920 Mom's not here right now. 621 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:11,160 She's not. 622 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,200 And I just came in, and Randy was 623 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,560 sitting all alone on the floor. 624 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:16,640 Mommy's gone shopping. 625 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,240 She'll be home real soon. 626 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:19,840 Daddy'll be home in a little bit. 627 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:20,800 OK, thanks, Dad. 628 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:25,800 Hi, sweetie. 629 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:27,080 Hi, Daddy. 630 00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,200 Mommy's still isn't home yet. 631 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,320 Randy Parker arrived at his house 30 minutes later. 632 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:34,440 Bobby was still not there. 633 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,720 Soon, Randy began to fear the worst. 634 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:38,720 Well, I guess she's still shopping. 635 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,400 Listen, he contacted the area hospitals, 636 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,680 but there was no word of Bobby. 637 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:48,760 At a loss, Randy rehashed the day in his mind. 638 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:50,720 Then I began to think back, you know, 639 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:52,240 I hadn't seen Diles since this morning, 640 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:54,040 and usually when I come home for lunch, 641 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:56,920 he's usually there hanging out. 642 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,680 Hello, Captain Randy. 643 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:02,440 Yeah, would you do me a favor, just clear Dyle from his cell 644 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:03,480 and send him over here now? 645 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:10,480 I knew at that point that Dyle had escaped, 646 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:14,480 and the fear that he had taken Bobby. 647 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:18,480 But yet, I hadn't admitted that to myself yet. 648 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:22,480 I was just so scared. 649 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,480 I was so scared. 650 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,480 I was so scared. 651 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:27,480 I was so scared. 652 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:28,480 I was so scared. 653 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:29,480 I was so scared. 654 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:30,480 I was so scared. 655 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:31,480 I was so scared. 656 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:32,480 I was so scared. 657 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:34,480 Hello? 658 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,480 Mom, it's me. 659 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:37,480 Hi Bobby. 660 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,480 аетсяi- I need you to do me a favor. 661 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:40,480 Yes? 662 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:42,480 I need you to call up Randy. 663 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:43,480 Alright. 664 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:44,480 Tell him and the children that I love him. 665 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,480 It's all gonna be over soon, mom. 666 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,480 Mom, I gotta go. 667 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:49,480 Bobby, what are you talking about? 668 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,480 Bobby, what's wrong? 669 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,480 I love you, Mom. 670 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,480 Bobby? 671 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:56,480 Bobby? 672 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:57,480 And you? 673 00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:58,480 I love you too, Bobby. 674 00:34:58,480 --> 00:34:59,480 Bobby? 675 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:00,480 Bobby? 676 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,480 And she hung up. 677 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:07,480 And I knew immediately that she probably had been abducted 678 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:10,480 because my daughter wouldn't talk like that. 679 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:14,480 She would have called her own girls and everything. 680 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,480 She was not a crying person. 681 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,480 I didn't know what Dahl was going to do. 682 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,480 How he was going to harm her, hurt her, threaten her. 683 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,480 And of course I was worried sick about her, 684 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:27,480 but then I was also worried, you know, 685 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:30,480 how am I going to tell the girls? 686 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:34,480 The next day, Bobby called her best friend with the same message. 687 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:38,480 The friend also felt that Bobby was being held against her will. 688 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:43,480 Then 24 hours later, Bobby's van was found abandoned 689 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,480 just across the Texas border. 690 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,480 The vehicle was basically clean. 691 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,480 We found no indications that a violent struggle 692 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,480 had taken place in the vehicle. 693 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,480 There were no blood splatterings at all. 694 00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:00,480 We did find cigarettes there, basic cigarettes, 695 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:04,480 which was the brand that Randolph Dahl smoked. 696 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:08,480 In the meantime, Randy Parker had learned from an inmate 697 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:11,480 that for several months, Dahl had been actively trying to barter 698 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,480 for Valium on the prison black market. 699 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:16,480 This fit with Randy Parker's firm belief 700 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,480 that Dahl had kidnapped his wife. 701 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:24,480 If he could have got some Valium to her in a glass of tea or something, 702 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:28,480 then he picked her up and he walked her up to the van. 703 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:31,480 And he laid her down in there and he took off. 704 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:35,480 I believe that's what happened. 705 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,480 But the fact remained that there was no concrete evidence 706 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:40,480 of a kidnapping. 707 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:43,480 The authorities began to consider another possibility. 708 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:47,480 Perhaps Bobby Parker had run away with Randolph Dahl. 709 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,480 It does appear that there was a certain fascination 710 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,480 that Randolph Dahl had for Bobby Parker. 711 00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:57,480 From interviews with other inmates at the institution, 712 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:03,480 he made comments indicating that he was romantically attracted to Bobby. 713 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:07,480 We don't know if that was reciprocated in any fashion. 714 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,480 At this point, we are under the assumption 715 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,480 that she was taken against her will. 716 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:16,480 We have no information indicating that she was taken against her will. 717 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:19,480 We don't have any information indicating otherwise. 718 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,480 My wife did not leave voluntarily with Dahl. 719 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:25,480 She did not fall in love with him. 720 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:30,480 I believe that to the very depths of my soul, 721 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:34,480 that that is not even within the realm of possibilities 722 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:37,480 that she would abandon two children, run off with an inmate 723 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:43,480 who's convicted for murder, throw away everything that she's ever had. 724 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:45,480 That's just not even possible. 725 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,480 That is absurd and ridiculous. 726 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,480 Ten days after Bobby disappeared, 727 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:59,480 she made one final phone call, this one to her brother's wife. 728 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:01,480 Once again, Bobby sounded upset. 729 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:05,480 She asked her sister a lot to tell the girls she loved them 730 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,480 and that everything would be all right. 731 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:12,480 And that was the last contact that anybody's had that I know of. 732 00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:17,480 And that's been September 9th. 733 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:20,480 That's been a long time and I just keep waiting for another phone call. 734 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:22,480 I keep waiting for something, 735 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,480 but Dahl's not going to let her call again. 736 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:29,480 Well, I personally fainted all these ones you see here. 737 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,480 There have been several sightings of Randolph Dahl 738 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,480 and a woman who may be Bobby Parker. 739 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,480 One of the most credible occurred in September of 1994 740 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:41,480 at an art sale in Galveston, Texas. 741 00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:44,480 If the woman with Dahl was indeed Bobby, 742 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,480 she had either dyed her hair blonde or was wearing a wig. 743 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:51,480 Witnesses say she seemed nervous and scared. 744 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:41,480 Next, a businessman suspected of criminal activity 745 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,480 disappears during a fishing trip. 746 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:47,480 A tragic accident or a clever ruse to avoid arrest? 747 00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:00,480 The muddy turbulent waters of the Colorado River 748 00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:04,480 snakes some 1,500 miles through seven different states. 749 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,480 Over the centuries, the Colorado's powerful currents 750 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,480 have carved out hundreds of gorges, 751 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:12,480 including the Grand Canyon in Arizona. 752 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,480 But hidden by the river's majestic beauty 753 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:17,480 is a world of untold secrets. 754 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:21,480 Among them, the puzzling fate of a man named Robert Arsieri, 755 00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:24,480 who disappeared during a fishing trip on the Colorado 756 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:27,480 more than eight years ago. 757 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:30,480 To all appearances, Bob Arsieri was a jovial, 758 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:32,480 fun-loving family man who made friends 759 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,480 at the drop of a hat. 760 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:38,480 He was also the quintessential Wheeler dealer. 761 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:39,480 I got a wonderful property. 762 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:41,480 You just got north of Phoenix. 763 00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:43,480 It would absolutely suit you to a take. 764 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:46,480 In fact, around Phoenix, Arsieri was known as a man 765 00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:48,480 who could get you almost anything, 766 00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:50,480 from soft pretzels to camper shells. 767 00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:53,480 Bill Reddick knew him as well as anyone. 768 00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:55,480 The first time I met Bob Arsieri was I went down 769 00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,480 and bought a camper shell for him. 770 00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:00,480 And then he needed some work done. 771 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,480 I needed things done, and we just traded on and off. 772 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:09,480 And I sold him a car that I had fixed. 773 00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:12,480 And our relationship just kind of rolled from there 774 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,480 from the rest of the time on. 775 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:17,480 Bill Reddick and his wife, Janet, 776 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:21,480 hit it off with Bob Arsieri and his wife right from the start. 777 00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:23,480 Hey, check out these little guys. 778 00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:24,480 Oh, aren't those nice? 779 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,480 That's our Kachina collection. 780 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:27,480 Got some more. 781 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:29,480 Bob was fascinated by Bill's collection of rare 782 00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:33,480 Native American Kachina dolls worth $75,000. 783 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:35,480 Hey, you know, I also collect guns. 784 00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:37,480 I've got an 1881 Smith and Wesson. 785 00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:38,480 Would you like to see it? 786 00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:39,480 Oh, I'd love to see that. 787 00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:40,480 I'll go get it. 788 00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:41,480 Great. 789 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:44,480 Bill was equally proud of his priceless antique guns. 790 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,480 He left Bob in the living room 791 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:51,480 while he went to retrieve them from the safe. 792 00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:53,480 I had opened up my safe where they were at, 793 00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,480 and then I turned around and looked, and he's right behind me. 794 00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:57,480 Oh. 795 00:41:57,480 --> 00:41:58,480 Oh, hey. 796 00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:01,480 It seemed unordinary to me because I was going to get him out. 797 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:04,480 The ones that I wanted to show him were just easy to pick up 798 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:06,480 and bring in there, and I didn't do that. 799 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:08,480 Craftsmanship. 800 00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,480 He was very calm and very cool about the whole issue. 801 00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:14,480 He didn't seem to be interested in anything. 802 00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:19,480 He just seemed to be more like, oh, that's nice, 803 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,480 sort of like nonchalant. 804 00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:28,480 On April 3, 1984, Bill Reddick was out of town on business. 805 00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:33,480 At around 8 PM, his wife Janet came home from work. 806 00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:35,480 The house had been ransacked. 807 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:39,480 The valuable caucinadals were laid out on a sofa and table. 808 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:47,480 I went to leave to get out of the house. 809 00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:54,480 From that point on, my memory is kind of black until I woke up 810 00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,480 in the hospital a couple days later. 811 00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:01,480 With Janet unconscious, the thieves made off with Reddick's 812 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:05,480 entire collection of caucinadals, all of Bill's antique guns, 813 00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:12,480 and Janet's jewelry, total value more than $200,000. 814 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:16,480 Janet had been struck five times in the head with a ball of blood 815 00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,480 and was in the head with a ball-peen hammer. 816 00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:23,480 Miraculously, she would recover, but only after major surgery 817 00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:25,480 and months of rehabilitation. 818 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:26,480 Did they get much? 819 00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:27,480 Well, they got the guns. 820 00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:29,480 They got the caucinadals. 821 00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:32,480 While Janet was recuperating, Bob Arsieri stopped by 822 00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:33,480 to see how she was doing. 823 00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:34,480 You're kidding. 824 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:35,480 No. 825 00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:39,480 At the time, Reddick's just assumed he was a concerned friend, 826 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:41,480 perhaps a little too concerned. 827 00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:43,480 I didn't see anything. 828 00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:49,480 He said to us that he was wish that he could help us find the guy. 829 00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:52,480 And if he did, he'd be glad to kill him for us. 830 00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:54,480 There's three things that Bob was involved in. 831 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:56,480 He was involved in drugs. 832 00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:58,480 He was involved in murder. 833 00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:00,480 And he was involved in robbery. 834 00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:04,480 Almost two years later, this man, an admitted contract killer, 835 00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:07,480 went to the police with an incredible story. 836 00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:11,480 He claimed Bob Arsieri had masterminded a series of robberies 837 00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:15,480 that the targets were Arsieri's own friends and business associates. 838 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:17,480 We'd have dinner with these guys, have them over to the house, 839 00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:18,480 play golf with them. 840 00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:23,480 And then maybe two, three years down the road, he'd set them up. 841 00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:26,480 We were initially a little skeptical of this information. 842 00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:30,480 However, as we began to investigate the crimes, 843 00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:33,480 this subject's story seemed very credible. 844 00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:39,480 Phoenix police sought to verify the informants' allegations. 845 00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:43,480 They arranged for him to secretly tape record a conversation with Arsieri. 846 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:46,480 Don't forget to activate that thing. We see him drive up. 847 00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:47,480 Gotcha, man. 848 00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:53,480 The meeting between the information source and Robert Arsieri 849 00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:55,480 took place in a parking lot. 850 00:44:55,480 --> 00:45:00,480 I was able to view the meeting through binoculars from some distance away. 851 00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:03,480 We didn't talk about the job. I tell you, it was off. 852 00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:05,480 Let's go. Take a walk. Come on. Take a walk. 853 00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:08,480 In the exchange, Arsieri canceled an alleged hit 854 00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:10,480 he had hired the informant to carry out. 855 00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:12,480 Come on, Bob. It's on. It's off. 856 00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:14,480 I've been spending a lot of time on this. Let's get up. 857 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:18,480 After we retrieved the recording device from him 858 00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:20,480 and listened to what was being said, 859 00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:25,480 it left a little doubt that Arsieri was, in fact, involved 860 00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:27,480 in the crime of Arsieri's murder. 861 00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:31,480 I think that Arsieri was, in fact, involved in the crimes 862 00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:34,480 that the information source was alleging. 863 00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:37,480 Janet brought some property with me. I'd like you to take a look at it. 864 00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:41,480 The informant gave Detective Flick several items he said were stolen 865 00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:43,480 by Arsieri's henchmen. 866 00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:45,480 I never thought I'd see these again. 867 00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:48,480 Some of the valuables belong to Janet Reddick's. 868 00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:52,480 Let me know if any of them are familiar to you. 869 00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:55,480 Yeah. Robert Arsieri. Yeah. 870 00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:57,480 Is he involved in this? 871 00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:01,480 When I looked at the slip of paper and I saw Bob's name on it, 872 00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:03,480 everything just hit. 873 00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:09,480 This person is involved with what happened at my house. 874 00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:12,480 Robert Arsieri was charged with seven felony counts, 875 00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:15,480 including heading an organized crime syndicate, 876 00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:19,480 racketeering, and conspiracy to commit murder. 877 00:46:19,480 --> 00:46:22,480 But a few months later, in November of 1986, 878 00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:27,480 those charges were dropped while police continued the investigation. 879 00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:29,480 According to the authorities, they were gambling 880 00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:32,480 if they could build an even stronger case. 881 00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:40,480 Bob Arsieri was once again free to come and go as he pleased. 882 00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:44,480 In January of 1987, he set off on a fishing trip 883 00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:46,480 with his nephew and two friends. 884 00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:51,480 They chose a spot on the Colorado River known as Lee's Ferry. 885 00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:55,480 Bob called me and he said he'd been exonerated 886 00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:58,480 and he wanted to celebrate. 887 00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:00,480 And that's why we went to Lee's Ferry, 888 00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:04,480 was to kind of celebrate that being all over and done with. 889 00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:10,480 Ray Brown says that as darkness fell on the first day of the trip, 890 00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:13,480 Arsieri began to complain about chest pains. 891 00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:15,480 Yeah, I would be fine. 892 00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:20,480 At the dock, Arsieri was the last man to disembark. 893 00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:23,480 His nephew had to help him from the boat. 894 00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:25,480 Uncle Bob, are you in hand? 895 00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:30,480 The other man on the fishing trip was asked not to be identified. 896 00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:35,480 I walked up the dock and left the nephew and Bob standing there. 897 00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:40,480 And I went to the bathroom and when I was leaving, 898 00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:44,480 I heard a splash down by the dock. 899 00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:45,480 What happened? 900 00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:46,480 What's wrong? 901 00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:47,480 What's wrong? 902 00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:48,480 Tell them the water. 903 00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:49,480 Who did? 904 00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:50,480 Bob, what happened? 905 00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:52,480 He was walking and fell in the water. 906 00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:53,480 I don't know. 907 00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:54,480 What did he do? 908 00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:55,480 Hit his head or something? 909 00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:56,480 I don't know. 910 00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:57,480 Where? 911 00:47:57,480 --> 00:47:58,480 He hit the water somewhere. 912 00:47:58,480 --> 00:47:59,480 The water was over a man's head at the boat dock. 913 00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:03,480 And I backed the truck up and shined the lights out on the river 914 00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:06,480 and we could see nothing. 915 00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:09,480 And I knew he must be drowned. 916 00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:14,480 In the area where Arsieri disappeared, 917 00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:17,480 the river broadens out almost into a lake. 918 00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:20,480 Rescuers feared that he may have floated a half mile downstream 919 00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:24,480 towards a set of powerful rapids. 920 00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:30,480 But an intense four day search yielded no trace of Bob Arsieri. 921 00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:33,480 I feel that if he were in that upper section of the river 922 00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:36,480 in the clear water, there's a very high likelihood 923 00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:38,480 that we would have seen him in that area 924 00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:41,480 and he would have been found. 925 00:48:41,480 --> 00:48:44,480 Had Bob Arsieri suffer a heart attack, 926 00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:47,480 fall into the Colorado River and drown, 927 00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:50,480 or was the entire episode a clever ruse, 928 00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:55,480 enabling Arsieri to escape his impending legal troubles? 929 00:48:55,480 --> 00:48:59,480 I feel that Bob Arsieri is dead. 930 00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:03,480 He was a family man out of this world. 931 00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:11,480 And going in that river, I just can't see any way 932 00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:13,480 he could have got out of it. 933 00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:16,480 He probably didn't even get his feet wet. 934 00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:21,480 For all I know, the guys were running through a rock overboard. 935 00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:24,480 No, he's not dead. 936 00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:28,480 It's my belief that knowing that he was looking at 937 00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:30,480 spending the rest of his life behind bars 938 00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:33,480 resulted in him making some hard choices, 939 00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:36,480 and that was either facing them or feigning his death. 940 00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:39,480 I believe he took the latter. 941 00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:43,480 Every indication I have is that he did not drown 942 00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:46,480 and he is alive today. 943 00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:16,480 Join me next time. 944 00:50:16,480 --> 00:50:20,480 Perhaps you may be able to help solve a mystery. 945 00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:42,480 I'm not sure if you can help me. 946 00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:45,480 I'm just a little bit worried. 947 00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:48,480 I'm just a little bit worried. 948 00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:51,480 I'm just a little bit worried. 949 00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:54,480 I'm just a little bit worried. 950 00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:57,480 I'm just a little bit worried. 951 00:50:57,480 --> 00:51:00,480 I'm just a little bit worried. 952 00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:03,480 I'm just a little bit worried. 953 00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:06,480 I'm just a little bit worried. 954 00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:09,480 I'm just a little bit worried.