1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,040 Tonight on Unsolved Mysteries. 2 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:08,400 During the wildest days of the wild west, 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:10,440 a stagecoach massacre shocked the nation 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,280 and led to the unwanted persecution 5 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:14,880 of hundreds of Native Americans. 6 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,280 Today, some researchers believe the real culprits 7 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,880 were an army deserter and a beautiful madam 8 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,480 who were looking to steal a fortune. 9 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,400 After six years in the miners, Tony American 10 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:31,400 After six years in the miners, Tony Maribel's baseball career 11 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,680 was going nowhere fast. 12 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,280 Then Tony was stricken by a mysterious seizure 13 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,640 and an acute case of amnesia, which inexplicably made 14 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:43,280 him a better ball player than ever. 15 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,200 Mesquite, Nevada, 1994. 16 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,360 A casino payroll delivery, an inexperienced driver 17 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:53,360 on his first bank run, a perfect setup for a heist. 18 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,960 Police believe it may have been an inside job 19 00:00:55,960 --> 00:01:00,920 that no one is above suspicion, not even the victims. 20 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,600 In Webster, Texas, a 58-year-old woman 21 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,880 was gunned down in a dark, deserted parking lot. 22 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,280 Now her daughter is locked in a heated dispute 23 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:13,560 with a man she believes is a prime suspect. 24 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,640 Join me for these intriguing cases. 25 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:20,920 And more, perhaps you may be able to help solve a mystery. 26 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:51,820 Ah. 27 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,000 This much is known. 28 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,080 Joan Jeffries died alone and scared 29 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:23,480 in a suburban parking lot. 30 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,080 The killer shot Joan twice in the head at close rate. 31 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,760 Her car coasted on its own. 32 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:41,880 Again, the killer fired twice. 33 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,840 Both slugs pierced Joan's heart. 34 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:47,520 No one has been charged with the murder 35 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,080 of 58-year-old Joan Jeffries. 36 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,840 However, her family is convinced they know exactly who killed her, 37 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,800 a former business partner named Sam Patel. 38 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,880 I think Sam Patel had the motive. 39 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:03,360 I think he had the opportunity. 40 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:10,680 And I think the facts speak for themselves. 41 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,080 I did not kill Joan. 42 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:13,680 I had no reason to kill Joan. 43 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,960 I had no reason whatsoever. 44 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:17,360 Hi, Sam. 45 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:18,200 Hey, Joan. 46 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:19,280 Just a person I want to see. 47 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:20,180 How are you doing? 48 00:03:20,180 --> 00:03:21,080 Oh, good. 49 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,720 Joan Jeffries was a clerk at a Houston, Texas aerospace firm. 50 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:28,000 Sam Patel was employed there as a software engineer, 51 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,840 but he had far bigger plans. 52 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,080 Well, I'm talking about a new business I'm getting involved in. 53 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,120 It's a private airline shuttle between Houston and Vegas. 54 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,640 It would be called Best Aviation, a specialized commuter 55 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:39,840 airline for gamblers. 56 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:41,240 Got a few investors, but I think I'll 57 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:42,600 need you for public relations. 58 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:43,080 Public relations? 59 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:43,880 Well, what would I do? 60 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:44,800 Well, you can talk to clients. 61 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,000 You can talk to the airlines, the casinos. 62 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:47,960 You are mature. 63 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:48,760 You're experienced. 64 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,680 And I trust you. 65 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,520 When Sam initially offered this position to my mother, 66 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:59,120 she was, of course, flattered and excited 67 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,080 because the money was very good. 68 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,800 Now, this file I've set up for all correspondents. 69 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,920 In April of 1994, Patel hired Joan part-time to help 70 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,960 launch Best Aviation. 71 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,840 He also named her to the company's board of directors. 72 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,320 Though Patel was married, he and Joan often 73 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,280 met at the home of Richie Guillotte, Patel's girlfriend 74 00:04:20,280 --> 00:04:22,320 at the time. 75 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:26,600 Sam had arranged marriage. 76 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,560 He had told me that he could not get a divorce. 77 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,880 And so we lived as boyfriend and girlfriend. 78 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:33,600 Thank you. 79 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:34,720 You guys need anything? 80 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:35,320 I'll be right back. 81 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:36,760 Oh, thanks. 82 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:38,200 And Joan, look what I got for you. 83 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,960 A brand new laptop for your bookkeeping. 84 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,320 Patel told Joan that overseas investors 85 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,440 would fund Best Aviation in the coming months. 86 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,480 Meanwhile, a top priority was obtaining life insurance 87 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,480 on the company's key people. 88 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,520 Joan herself was insured for a quarter of a million dollars. 89 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:00,120 The initial idea was presented from the investor group 90 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,640 because they wanted assurances that if something happened 91 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:05,880 to one of the key people in the organization, 92 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,680 that the company could function and that they 93 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:09,440 would recover their investment. 94 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:11,280 I know what she does for a living. 95 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:14,240 And basically, she's a secretary. 96 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,160 And I can't see that as a key point person. 97 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:18,320 It just didn't. 98 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:19,800 Nothing sounded right about that. 99 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,920 Sam Patel had agreed to pay Joan a monthly salary. 100 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,600 But between April and November of 1994, 101 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,760 she received only one check. 102 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:33,360 It bounced. 103 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,360 Kelly Walker claims it by the beginning of November. 104 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:40,240 Her mother had had enough of Best Aviation and Sam Patel. 105 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,520 Sam, I want out. 106 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:43,360 Why, Joan? 107 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:44,920 Because there's no money, Sam. 108 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:46,080 No, there's money now. 109 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:52,040 When confronted, he became defensive and offended. 110 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,120 And that scared her. 111 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:59,120 And it also proved to her that something is wrong. 112 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,040 Just want out now. 113 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:01,560 I understand. 114 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:02,120 I understand. 115 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:02,680 You're upset. 116 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:03,760 I know you're upset. 117 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:05,960 Joan never approached me and said that she 118 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,160 wanted to leave the business. 119 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,720 There was a time when she said, hey, look, 120 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:11,600 this isn't working out. 121 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:12,360 And I don't like it. 122 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:13,560 She did come up and say that. 123 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,880 And the compromise we had come up with was fine. 124 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,880 You can continue to be part-time until you feel comfortable. 125 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,520 And we'll go out and get somebody else to work part-time also. 126 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:24,480 OK. 127 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:25,440 All right. 128 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:25,640 Please. 129 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:27,760 All right. 130 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:31,960 By then, Joan's back wages totaled close to $4,000. 131 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,640 Kelly says that two weeks after the confrontation, 132 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,080 Patel showed up at her mother's apartment late at night 133 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:39,840 and unannounced. 134 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:42,480 You'll never believe what he just did. 135 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:44,080 He brought the check. 136 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:45,000 You have it? 137 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,160 Well, no, I don't have it. 138 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,880 He had to take it out and get it copied. 139 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:55,360 She said that he had to go get this certified check, Z-Roxed, 140 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,680 which was odd to her and me. 141 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:02,000 Sam? 142 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:02,420 Hi. 143 00:07:02,420 --> 00:07:05,040 Look, Joan, I tried, but I just couldn't find the Z-Roxe 144 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:05,480 machine. 145 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:07,560 And I don't have a car, so I need to use the phone, please. 146 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:08,320 Well, I'm on the job. 147 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,320 By Kelly's account, Patel's behavior that night 148 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,040 turned from merely odd to downright suspicious. 149 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:15,440 Kelly, I've got to go. 150 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,320 He was on foot that night. 151 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:18,220 Call me right back. 152 00:07:18,220 --> 00:07:22,120 Told my mother he was doing computer time at a company 153 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,040 right around the block. 154 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:28,360 And his wife was bringing him a rent-a-car. 155 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:29,260 Huh. 156 00:07:29,260 --> 00:07:30,160 I'm now. 157 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:31,600 OK. 158 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,720 Kelly says that Patel made no further mention of the check, 159 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:36,520 though he inexplicably presented Joan 160 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,920 with some unusual gifts. 161 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,200 A door alarm and a taser gun. 162 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,360 What do I need something like this for? 163 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:45,680 Joan, this is for your protection. 164 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:46,560 Keep it. 165 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:47,960 No, Sam, I'm not comfortable with something like this. 166 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:49,440 I'll be outside waiting for Penny. 167 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:50,480 And if she does not show up, then I 168 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:51,680 want you to give me a ride home. 169 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:52,720 No, I can't do that. 170 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:54,560 I promised Kelly that I would call her right back. 171 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,000 Will you call her and I'll be outside? 172 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:03,320 When she told me that he mentioned getting into her car, 173 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,120 that, I think, was the firmest I have ever 174 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:11,880 been with my mother, saying over and over, absolutely not. 175 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:16,720 Do not ever let him in your car. 176 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:18,480 Someone at the door, hold on Kelly. 177 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:23,200 According to Kelly, Patel came to the door yet a third time. 178 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,680 Oh, Kelly, it's Sam. 179 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:27,640 Look, Sam, it's getting late. 180 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:28,960 Go away. 181 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:30,640 No, I'll see you at Rootmark. 182 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,840 Sam Patel says Kelly Walker is flat out wrong. 183 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:36,320 I had never met Joan like that. 184 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:40,400 I had been to her apartment on a couple occasions before. 185 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,920 But I never went two weeks in the manner 186 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,640 that Kelly had described to the police, never ever. 187 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:52,480 In retrospect, when I think about that night, 188 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:56,560 I truly believe it was a trial run. 189 00:08:56,560 --> 00:09:00,080 And I think because I was on the phone, 190 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:04,720 and my mother continued to say, Kelly, it's Sam. 191 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,000 I think I stopped at that night. 192 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:14,120 Two weeks later, after a business dinner with Sam Patel, 193 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,400 Joan Jeffries was murdered. 194 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:18,680 I'm meeting someone here. 195 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:20,800 Oh, there he is right there. 196 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,280 Kelly says that her mother was supposed to meet with both 197 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,520 Patel and his wife, Penny. 198 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,280 Joan expected a check for back wages. 199 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,720 She intended to hand over the company files 200 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:32,840 and sever her ties with Best Aviation. 201 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,120 So how are you doing? 202 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:38,520 Fine. Where's Penny? 203 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:39,720 I thought Penny was supposed to be here. 204 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,240 Sorry she didn't show up because she had to work late. 205 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:43,760 But I'm here. 206 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:45,320 I advised her not to go. 207 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,520 You can do this at work. 208 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,280 And she thought, well, it'll be OK. 209 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,560 It'll be in a public place. 210 00:09:52,560 --> 00:09:54,640 I'll have a little. 211 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:58,960 Sam Patel insists that Joan had no plans to quit. 212 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,720 I asked Joan to meet with me, and I told her we'll meet. 213 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:03,640 I can give you the check. 214 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:05,000 You can give me files. 215 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,880 We can arrange for our meeting with the investor group 216 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:09,200 for you to be there. 217 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,320 And that was the purpose of the meeting. 218 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:13,220 Good. 219 00:10:13,220 --> 00:10:14,120 It's all there. 220 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:15,280 Great. Just what I need for the meeting. 221 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:16,180 Good. 222 00:10:16,180 --> 00:10:17,080 Yes, it's all there. 223 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:18,560 Guess what I have for you? 224 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:18,960 I've got you. 225 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:20,640 Your check. 226 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:21,760 Is it good? 227 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:23,280 It will be in a few days. 228 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:24,080 See the money's being transferred. 229 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,640 The check was post-dated to December 9. 230 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,520 The day Patel said he expected the investor's money 231 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:30,800 to be in hand. 232 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:31,700 Thank you. 233 00:10:32,700 --> 00:10:33,500 Shall we do it? 234 00:10:33,500 --> 00:10:34,700 Yes. 235 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:37,740 Sam Patel and Joan Jeffries left the restaurant around 10 236 00:10:37,740 --> 00:10:38,980 PM. 237 00:10:38,980 --> 00:10:40,660 Joan would never make it home. 238 00:10:44,180 --> 00:10:45,080 Hey, Charlie. 239 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:45,980 We're glad to be here. 240 00:10:45,980 --> 00:10:46,900 Best I can tell. 241 00:10:46,900 --> 00:10:47,900 A couple of shots to the head. 242 00:10:47,900 --> 00:10:49,620 Another couple to the chest. 243 00:10:49,620 --> 00:10:51,700 By 9 AM, detectives were beginning 244 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:53,300 to piece together a scenario. 245 00:10:53,300 --> 00:10:54,180 What the hell? 246 00:10:54,180 --> 00:10:54,980 Did I saw this? 247 00:10:54,980 --> 00:10:55,780 Can you see that over there? 248 00:10:55,780 --> 00:10:56,660 Necklace. 249 00:10:56,660 --> 00:10:58,580 Joan's person keys were missing. 250 00:10:58,580 --> 00:11:01,140 Yet her golden diamond necklace was plainly in view. 251 00:11:02,140 --> 00:11:05,620 Robert seemed a non-likely motive. 252 00:11:05,620 --> 00:11:08,380 Because of the multiple gunshot wounds to the body, 253 00:11:08,380 --> 00:11:11,460 it would make you normally think that the person was angered 254 00:11:11,460 --> 00:11:14,940 or it was an overkill type situation, which again would 255 00:11:14,940 --> 00:11:18,980 indicate that the offender is known to the victim 256 00:11:18,980 --> 00:11:23,300 or had a grudge or something of that nature. 257 00:11:23,300 --> 00:11:25,100 I talked to the detective and I said, well, you know, 258 00:11:25,100 --> 00:11:27,620 I know Joan and I was with her last night. 259 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:30,180 And he asked if I wouldn't mind coming in. 260 00:11:30,220 --> 00:11:35,300 And I was, you know, I decided just to go ahead and go in. 261 00:11:35,300 --> 00:11:37,380 There was no reason for me not to talk to them. 262 00:11:37,380 --> 00:11:38,700 Could you account for your whereabouts 263 00:11:38,700 --> 00:11:39,900 right after leaving the restaurant? 264 00:11:39,900 --> 00:11:40,700 What happened? 265 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:41,700 What were your actions? 266 00:11:41,700 --> 00:11:43,740 Yeah, we walked out in the parking lot. 267 00:11:43,740 --> 00:11:45,780 I spoke to her for 15, 20 minutes in the parking lot. 268 00:11:45,780 --> 00:11:47,340 I walked to her car. 269 00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:49,780 She went home and I went to my girlfriend's house. 270 00:11:49,780 --> 00:11:51,540 Not any time were you in her car? 271 00:11:51,540 --> 00:11:51,940 No, sir. 272 00:11:51,940 --> 00:11:52,900 I was never in a car. 273 00:11:52,900 --> 00:11:53,980 Are you sure about that? 274 00:11:53,980 --> 00:11:54,300 Yes, sir. 275 00:11:54,300 --> 00:11:54,820 I'm positive. 276 00:11:54,820 --> 00:11:55,900 I've never been in a car. 277 00:11:55,900 --> 00:11:57,380 And I was not in the car last night. 278 00:11:57,420 --> 00:12:00,300 And the first interview that we had with San Patel, 279 00:12:00,300 --> 00:12:05,260 he told us that he had not been in Joan Jeffery's car. 280 00:12:05,260 --> 00:12:09,260 Later, in a second interview, he changed his story 281 00:12:09,260 --> 00:12:11,620 and said that he had, in fact, been in Joan's car 282 00:12:11,620 --> 00:12:16,060 and that we would find evidence of such in her car. 283 00:12:16,060 --> 00:12:17,380 Now, can you account for your movements 284 00:12:17,380 --> 00:12:19,220 after leaving the restaurant? 285 00:12:19,220 --> 00:12:20,460 Yes. 286 00:12:20,460 --> 00:12:21,660 I went to my girlfriend's house. 287 00:12:21,660 --> 00:12:23,420 I rode the bicycle for a few minutes. 288 00:12:23,420 --> 00:12:24,900 You rode the bicycle? 289 00:12:24,900 --> 00:12:26,900 Yeah, around Kaldusak for a few minutes. 290 00:12:26,940 --> 00:12:28,660 I guess your girlfriend will back you up on that. 291 00:12:28,660 --> 00:12:29,300 She shook it. 292 00:12:29,300 --> 00:12:29,940 What's her name? 293 00:12:29,940 --> 00:12:31,300 I opened the door. 294 00:12:31,300 --> 00:12:36,820 And Sam was there with a shirt wrapped around his neck. 295 00:12:36,820 --> 00:12:40,620 And I said, what are you doing without your shirt on? 296 00:12:40,620 --> 00:12:41,500 It's cold out there. 297 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:43,140 You're going to catch a cold. 298 00:12:43,140 --> 00:12:46,540 And he said, I've been riding my bicycle. 299 00:12:46,540 --> 00:12:47,300 I was hot. 300 00:12:47,300 --> 00:12:48,620 I hadn't ridden a bike. 301 00:12:48,620 --> 00:12:51,060 I hadn't done any exercise in months and months. 302 00:12:51,060 --> 00:12:52,780 And I was going into the house. 303 00:12:52,780 --> 00:12:53,980 I took my shirt off. 304 00:12:53,980 --> 00:12:55,220 And I had it over me. 305 00:12:55,220 --> 00:12:56,860 And I was walking into the house. 306 00:12:56,860 --> 00:12:59,660 And that shirt has never been found. 307 00:12:59,660 --> 00:13:01,980 I think it's a very crucial piece of evidence, 308 00:13:01,980 --> 00:13:06,220 because he would have had to reach across Joan 309 00:13:06,220 --> 00:13:08,220 to take the keys out. 310 00:13:08,220 --> 00:13:13,300 And that shirt would have had a smear of blood all up the arm. 311 00:13:13,300 --> 00:13:14,900 There's no blood stains on it. 312 00:13:14,900 --> 00:13:16,580 I have it in my closet. 313 00:13:16,580 --> 00:13:20,380 And if whoever wants it, if the Webster Police Department 314 00:13:20,380 --> 00:13:22,340 would send me a real nice note saying, please, 315 00:13:22,340 --> 00:13:25,300 could we have the shirt, I would be glad to hand over 316 00:13:25,300 --> 00:13:27,740 the shirt to them. 317 00:13:27,740 --> 00:13:30,140 Investigators say their attempts to obtain the shirt 318 00:13:30,140 --> 00:13:32,140 have been unsuccessful. 319 00:13:32,140 --> 00:13:34,020 However, early on, they did believe 320 00:13:34,020 --> 00:13:37,380 that other evidence could link Patel to the crime scene. 321 00:13:37,380 --> 00:13:39,620 Take this to your buddy, but we got some vomit here. 322 00:13:39,620 --> 00:13:42,660 It needs to be claimed for evidence. 323 00:13:42,660 --> 00:13:45,580 Subsequent analysis revealed the contents, 324 00:13:45,580 --> 00:13:48,060 precisely what Sam Patel had consumed 325 00:13:48,060 --> 00:13:49,460 during his dinner with Joan. 326 00:13:52,460 --> 00:13:54,620 It was lowly evidence, but he promised 327 00:13:54,620 --> 00:13:58,180 to break the case wide open if DNA could be extracted 328 00:13:58,180 --> 00:14:04,340 from the specimen and if the DNA matched Sam Patel's. 329 00:14:04,340 --> 00:14:08,420 But in the end, the lab failed to retrieve any DNA. 330 00:14:08,420 --> 00:14:10,260 Though the evidence is inconclusive, 331 00:14:10,260 --> 00:14:12,220 Joan's family has no doubts. 332 00:14:14,740 --> 00:14:20,660 I think Sam is responsible for the murder of my mother, 333 00:14:20,660 --> 00:14:25,940 because he had a key man life insurance policy out on her 334 00:14:25,940 --> 00:14:30,380 life for $250,000. 335 00:14:30,380 --> 00:14:34,820 She was ending her business relationship with him that night. 336 00:14:34,820 --> 00:14:36,100 I need this. 337 00:14:36,100 --> 00:14:39,940 So he needed to do it that night while she was still 338 00:14:39,940 --> 00:14:42,740 an employee. 339 00:14:42,740 --> 00:14:45,900 Sam Patel continues to maintain his innocence. 340 00:14:45,900 --> 00:14:48,380 He insisted his actions after Joan's death 341 00:14:48,420 --> 00:14:52,580 prove Kelly's accusations are groutless. 342 00:14:52,580 --> 00:14:54,220 The very next day after her death, 343 00:14:54,220 --> 00:14:56,860 the board of directors all got together. 344 00:14:56,860 --> 00:15:00,180 And we decided that we would take the entire proceeds 345 00:15:00,180 --> 00:15:04,380 from the insurance and A, either give it to the family, 346 00:15:04,380 --> 00:15:06,780 B, donate it to some local charity that 347 00:15:06,780 --> 00:15:08,780 would leave a lasting memorial for Joan, 348 00:15:08,780 --> 00:15:10,020 or a combination of both. 349 00:15:13,500 --> 00:15:16,780 Next, will a mysterious case of amnesia 350 00:15:16,780 --> 00:15:19,020 help a young ball player make it to the major? 351 00:15:31,260 --> 00:15:33,940 My sons, I got home and everybody started telling me, 352 00:15:33,940 --> 00:15:35,900 this is your house. 353 00:15:35,900 --> 00:15:37,500 And this is where you sleep. 354 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:38,300 This is your brother. 355 00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:40,260 I couldn't remember my brothers and sisters. 356 00:15:40,260 --> 00:15:41,300 My grandfather was with us. 357 00:15:41,300 --> 00:15:43,740 I couldn't remember him and kind of disturbed me. 358 00:15:43,740 --> 00:15:47,460 So I didn't feel real comfortable at my own house. 359 00:15:47,460 --> 00:15:51,020 That's when I started getting scared. 360 00:15:51,020 --> 00:15:53,900 Last season, 22-year-old Tony Marabella 361 00:15:53,900 --> 00:15:57,340 played third base for the Harrisburg Senators, a AA team 362 00:15:57,340 --> 00:16:00,260 in the Montreal Expose Farm System. 363 00:16:00,260 --> 00:16:04,580 He bats left, throws right, and has good speed on the base pass. 364 00:16:04,580 --> 00:16:07,180 He also has an extraordinary story to tell. 365 00:16:07,860 --> 00:16:13,820 Tony Marabella is a walking, talking medical mystery. 366 00:16:13,820 --> 00:16:16,020 Two years ago, his career was on the skids, 367 00:16:16,020 --> 00:16:19,260 his dream of playing in the big leagues, fading rapidly. 368 00:16:19,260 --> 00:16:21,100 Today, all that has changed. 369 00:16:21,100 --> 00:16:23,460 Tony may well become the first third baseman 370 00:16:23,460 --> 00:16:26,780 to make it to the majors, thanks to a case of acute amnesia. 371 00:16:30,020 --> 00:16:33,020 Tony broke into professional baseball in 1989, 372 00:16:33,020 --> 00:16:34,380 when he was just 16. 373 00:16:37,660 --> 00:16:40,580 Everyone said he was destined to be a star. 374 00:16:40,580 --> 00:16:44,140 But by May of 1994, after an assortment of injuries, 375 00:16:44,140 --> 00:16:46,020 it looked like Tony was going nowhere. 376 00:16:49,140 --> 00:16:51,940 Ironically, a turning point in Tony's career 377 00:16:51,940 --> 00:16:54,540 came when he showed up at the ballpark with a headache. 378 00:16:58,300 --> 00:16:59,780 I was taking batting practice one day, 379 00:16:59,780 --> 00:17:02,780 and the harder my head would hurt, 380 00:17:02,780 --> 00:17:04,220 the harder I would try to hit the ball. 381 00:17:04,220 --> 00:17:07,140 Because I was getting mad, and it was getting worse and worse. 382 00:17:07,580 --> 00:17:11,060 And for me, I thought, I just thought if I swing harder, 383 00:17:11,060 --> 00:17:12,900 or I'll kind of get loose or something. 384 00:17:12,900 --> 00:17:13,700 I don't know. 385 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:16,980 And I took my last one, and then I just couldn't take it anymore. 386 00:17:16,980 --> 00:17:19,100 I just walked off the batting cage. 387 00:17:19,100 --> 00:17:20,980 It's starting to get dizzy, and I fell. 388 00:17:23,980 --> 00:17:25,660 Tony, come here. 389 00:17:25,660 --> 00:17:27,060 Tony, come on. 390 00:17:27,060 --> 00:17:27,860 Tony, come on. 391 00:17:27,860 --> 00:17:28,860 Relax, relax. 392 00:17:28,860 --> 00:17:30,260 Come on, come on. 393 00:17:30,260 --> 00:17:31,260 Come on, relax. 394 00:17:31,260 --> 00:17:32,220 Man, get some ice. 395 00:17:32,220 --> 00:17:33,820 All 911. 396 00:17:33,820 --> 00:17:36,620 The team knew Tony was in serious trouble. 397 00:17:36,660 --> 00:17:39,460 He was a guy who had always played through every injury. 398 00:17:43,300 --> 00:17:45,260 Oh, he's coming too. 399 00:17:45,260 --> 00:17:47,060 Hey, Tony? 400 00:17:47,060 --> 00:17:48,820 Tony? Tony, look here. 401 00:17:48,820 --> 00:17:52,180 I kind of woke up and saw like a lot of people. 402 00:17:52,180 --> 00:17:54,060 And they started asking me questions. 403 00:17:54,060 --> 00:17:55,060 Where do you live, Tony? 404 00:17:55,060 --> 00:17:57,980 He's got a apartment in the city, Doc. 405 00:17:57,980 --> 00:18:01,100 What were you doing when you fainted, Tony? 406 00:18:01,100 --> 00:18:02,940 Do you remember what you were doing when you fainted? 407 00:18:02,940 --> 00:18:04,940 For me, it was everything was like so fast. 408 00:18:04,980 --> 00:18:07,220 Like, asking the questions 100 miles an hour, 409 00:18:07,220 --> 00:18:09,980 and I couldn't comprehend what was going on. 410 00:18:09,980 --> 00:18:11,980 I didn't because I didn't know my name. 411 00:18:11,980 --> 00:18:13,940 So I was kind of getting scared. 412 00:18:13,940 --> 00:18:16,100 And there was one guy answering all the questions. 413 00:18:16,100 --> 00:18:16,900 He was running batting practice. 414 00:18:16,900 --> 00:18:18,420 He just kind of walked back to the screen and just 415 00:18:18,420 --> 00:18:20,260 kind of keeled over. 416 00:18:20,260 --> 00:18:23,860 I waited until everybody left, not to be rude or anything. 417 00:18:23,860 --> 00:18:24,780 Turn around. 418 00:18:24,780 --> 00:18:25,700 I don't want to be rude. 419 00:18:25,700 --> 00:18:28,180 And I go, but how are you? 420 00:18:28,180 --> 00:18:28,740 Come on, Tony. 421 00:18:28,740 --> 00:18:30,980 I'm the trainer, man. 422 00:18:30,980 --> 00:18:33,660 I'm trying to show him. 423 00:18:33,660 --> 00:18:36,060 And then he told me that he was the trainer for the ball team. 424 00:18:36,060 --> 00:18:37,620 I'm a baseball player. 425 00:18:37,620 --> 00:18:40,340 Then I went, oh, baseball player? 426 00:18:40,340 --> 00:18:41,540 He goes, yeah, look. 427 00:18:41,540 --> 00:18:43,940 I looked under, and I had my baseball uniform. 428 00:18:43,940 --> 00:18:45,060 It was tickety-y, OK. 429 00:18:45,060 --> 00:18:45,620 OK. 430 00:18:45,620 --> 00:18:47,380 But then I didn't know if it was a second baseman, 431 00:18:47,380 --> 00:18:48,340 third baseman. 432 00:18:48,340 --> 00:18:49,580 I'll take care of it. 433 00:18:52,020 --> 00:18:55,260 A battery of tests failed to reveal any neurological reason 434 00:18:55,260 --> 00:18:57,020 for Tony's collapse. 435 00:18:57,020 --> 00:18:59,980 It was as if a tiny, invisible bomb had exploded 436 00:18:59,980 --> 00:19:03,660 inside Tony's brain, obliterating only his memory. 437 00:19:08,220 --> 00:19:13,100 Memory of who we are is the most basic memory that we have. 438 00:19:13,100 --> 00:19:16,500 When we separate as infants from our mothers, 439 00:19:16,500 --> 00:19:19,580 we have some basic concept of ourselves. 440 00:19:19,580 --> 00:19:24,460 And other amnesic syndromes that can produce loss of memory 441 00:19:24,460 --> 00:19:29,500 usually don't involve loss of memory of ourselves. 442 00:19:29,500 --> 00:19:33,620 So that was what was quite bizarre. 443 00:19:33,620 --> 00:19:36,780 Tony's doctors tried everything to jog his memory. 444 00:19:36,780 --> 00:19:38,620 They hoped pictures of his girlfriend 445 00:19:38,620 --> 00:19:42,020 would spark a glint of recognition. 446 00:19:42,020 --> 00:19:45,220 Now I look at the pictures, and there was a pretty girl 447 00:19:45,220 --> 00:19:46,220 in there, so I go, cool. 448 00:19:46,220 --> 00:19:47,220 And I was with her. 449 00:19:47,220 --> 00:19:49,700 All right, I got a good-looking girlfriend. 450 00:19:49,700 --> 00:19:50,980 But I couldn't remember who she was. 451 00:19:50,980 --> 00:19:51,980 I mean, I don't know. 452 00:19:51,980 --> 00:19:54,020 In the back, it said Isabel. 453 00:19:54,020 --> 00:19:56,180 And I go, OK, I guess her name is Isabel. 454 00:19:56,180 --> 00:19:58,140 But I couldn't remember. 455 00:19:58,140 --> 00:19:59,420 Tony? 456 00:19:59,420 --> 00:20:00,820 Hey. 457 00:20:00,820 --> 00:20:01,820 How's it going? 458 00:20:01,820 --> 00:20:03,220 Oh, my god. 459 00:20:03,220 --> 00:20:05,220 I was so worried about you. 460 00:20:05,220 --> 00:20:09,100 When Isabel came to visit, Tony pretended to know her. 461 00:20:09,100 --> 00:20:10,100 I'm OK. 462 00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:11,300 How are you doing? 463 00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:12,460 I was like a brand new girlfriend. 464 00:20:12,460 --> 00:20:13,260 It's like a blind date. 465 00:20:13,260 --> 00:20:14,260 I thought you said that. 466 00:20:14,260 --> 00:20:15,260 Oh, thank you. 467 00:20:15,260 --> 00:20:18,260 They look like the ones from my garden. 468 00:20:18,260 --> 00:20:20,140 Your garden? 469 00:20:20,140 --> 00:20:21,340 Yeah, the one you got me planned. 470 00:20:21,340 --> 00:20:22,220 Oh, yeah, OK. 471 00:20:22,220 --> 00:20:23,260 I remember that. 472 00:20:23,260 --> 00:20:24,160 So. 473 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:25,100 See, I did that a lot, though. 474 00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:26,380 Not that I lied to a lot of people, 475 00:20:26,380 --> 00:20:27,980 but I said I remembered stuff. 476 00:20:28,020 --> 00:20:28,780 I'd go off to bunk. 477 00:20:28,780 --> 00:20:29,680 They'd ask me questions. 478 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:31,380 Do you remember this one, this app? 479 00:20:31,380 --> 00:20:32,620 I'd answer, yeah. 480 00:20:32,620 --> 00:20:35,020 Just not to have any more questions about it. 481 00:20:35,020 --> 00:20:38,900 But that's what I kind of did to her. 482 00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:42,100 When no physiological basis was found for Tony's blackout 483 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:44,740 and subsequent amnesia, he and his doctors 484 00:20:44,740 --> 00:20:47,660 began searching for another cause. 485 00:20:47,660 --> 00:20:49,820 Perhaps Tony's problems stemmed from the stress 486 00:20:49,820 --> 00:20:54,660 and frustration of a failing baseball career. 487 00:20:54,660 --> 00:20:56,500 He's in a very competitive situation, 488 00:20:56,500 --> 00:20:58,300 trying to make it as a pro player. 489 00:20:58,300 --> 00:21:00,660 He apparently was not getting much sleep. 490 00:21:00,660 --> 00:21:03,180 He was away from home. 491 00:21:03,180 --> 00:21:05,780 He's a young guy that was sort of isolated. 492 00:21:05,780 --> 00:21:07,500 And it's possible that things that 493 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:09,260 have came crashing down on him. 494 00:21:09,260 --> 00:21:12,620 And literally, he collapsed. 495 00:21:12,620 --> 00:21:16,020 After a three-month layoff, Tony returned to the ball field. 496 00:21:16,020 --> 00:21:18,420 It was a best possible therapy. 497 00:21:18,420 --> 00:21:20,460 Being around his old teammate suddenly 498 00:21:20,460 --> 00:21:22,300 began to trigger his memories. 499 00:21:22,300 --> 00:21:24,420 Hey, remember the pitch before that? 500 00:21:24,420 --> 00:21:25,740 Right before he hit the home run. 501 00:21:26,260 --> 00:21:28,580 And when he was starting out, Brock almost did. 502 00:21:28,580 --> 00:21:29,500 Completely. 503 00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:30,500 You remember that? 504 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:32,820 And it kind of just jumped. 505 00:21:32,820 --> 00:21:34,340 I just remember when this happened. 506 00:21:34,340 --> 00:21:39,460 And without knowing what I just, and then I realized, hey, 507 00:21:39,460 --> 00:21:39,940 remember that? 508 00:21:39,940 --> 00:21:41,380 And I remembered the whole thing. 509 00:21:41,380 --> 00:21:42,340 Drill it to second base. 510 00:21:42,340 --> 00:21:42,740 Oh, yeah. 511 00:21:42,740 --> 00:21:43,380 It's a nice thing. 512 00:21:43,380 --> 00:21:44,580 It's a nice thing. 513 00:21:44,580 --> 00:21:48,140 It was a beginning of what would become a complete recovery. 514 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:51,540 Incredibly, Tony soon found that his bout with amnesia 515 00:21:51,540 --> 00:21:54,060 had one miraculous side effect. 516 00:21:54,060 --> 00:21:56,380 He was now playing the best ball of his life. 517 00:22:00,580 --> 00:22:01,700 Baseball was so fun. 518 00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:04,500 I mean, I would run hard, play dive everywhere, 519 00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:06,500 just play like a little kid. 520 00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:08,220 When the game was over, I'd go home 521 00:22:08,220 --> 00:22:09,500 and wouldn't even think about it. 522 00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:11,180 Because for me, it was fun. 523 00:22:11,180 --> 00:22:13,100 And that's when my game got better. 524 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:14,420 And it just kept getting better and better, 525 00:22:14,420 --> 00:22:17,980 because my outlook on baseball and life in general 526 00:22:17,980 --> 00:22:20,100 was just so much better than it was before. 527 00:22:20,740 --> 00:22:22,740 While there is still no scientific explanation 528 00:22:22,740 --> 00:22:27,180 for Tony's amnesia, its effect upon his play is indisputable. 529 00:22:27,180 --> 00:22:31,100 A career 250 hitter, Tony began batting at a mere 400 530 00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:32,580 clip upon his return. 531 00:22:44,580 --> 00:22:48,580 Coming up, a 19th century stage game 532 00:22:48,660 --> 00:22:51,260 A 19th century stagecoach attack has prompted 533 00:22:51,260 --> 00:22:53,220 a contemporary debate. 534 00:22:53,220 --> 00:22:57,380 Who was responsible for the Wickenburg massacre? 535 00:22:57,380 --> 00:23:00,140 But first, authorities need your help 536 00:23:00,140 --> 00:23:03,420 to track down the key suspect in a brazen payroll robbery. 537 00:23:03,780 --> 00:23:04,740 Djinn! 538 00:23:16,580 --> 00:23:18,340 I didn't think that he was going 539 00:23:18,340 --> 00:23:19,660 to leave any witnesses. 540 00:23:19,660 --> 00:23:20,820 I really didn't. 541 00:23:20,820 --> 00:23:24,220 And yet, the perfect opportunity to, killing us and leave us 542 00:23:24,220 --> 00:23:26,860 This man who we will call Jim, says 543 00:23:26,860 --> 00:23:30,300 he was a victim of an armed robbery in 1994. 544 00:23:30,300 --> 00:23:33,060 The FBI, however, has a different take. 545 00:23:33,060 --> 00:23:34,860 They consider Jim a suspect. 546 00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:40,700 For the past six years, Jim has worked 547 00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:43,260 as a security guard at the Virgin River Casino 548 00:23:43,260 --> 00:23:44,340 in Mesquite, Nevada. 549 00:23:47,900 --> 00:23:52,180 On Thursday, August 25, 1994, Jim and the assistant cage 550 00:23:52,180 --> 00:23:54,980 manager picked up the payroll at the local bank, 551 00:23:54,980 --> 00:23:58,500 then headed back to the casino. 552 00:23:58,500 --> 00:23:59,740 How's the baby doing? 553 00:23:59,740 --> 00:24:01,020 He's doing good. 554 00:24:01,020 --> 00:24:02,740 He's sleeping through the night. 555 00:24:02,740 --> 00:24:04,540 I only had two bad nights so far. 556 00:24:04,540 --> 00:24:06,180 Oh, well, that's good. 557 00:24:06,180 --> 00:24:07,980 That's good. 558 00:24:07,980 --> 00:24:09,420 Don't make any sudden moves. 559 00:24:09,420 --> 00:24:10,580 Shut up. Don't say nothing. 560 00:24:10,580 --> 00:24:11,540 Don't turn around. 561 00:24:11,540 --> 00:24:13,780 You make any moves, and I'm going to kill this girl next to you. 562 00:24:13,780 --> 00:24:14,580 Oh, come on. 563 00:24:14,580 --> 00:24:16,260 Just shut up. 564 00:24:16,260 --> 00:24:18,420 Don't turn around, or I'll kill you, I said. 565 00:24:18,420 --> 00:24:19,980 Look straight ahead. 566 00:24:19,980 --> 00:24:21,580 I looked looking back to the river 567 00:24:21,580 --> 00:24:24,540 mirror to see what was going on back there. 568 00:24:24,540 --> 00:24:27,620 And I couldn't see a whole lot, but he did know 569 00:24:27,620 --> 00:24:29,140 that I looked back there. 570 00:24:29,140 --> 00:24:31,140 And he said, if I did that again, 571 00:24:31,140 --> 00:24:34,260 he was going to blow her brains out right then. 572 00:24:34,260 --> 00:24:36,820 Now with your left hand, take your gun out 573 00:24:36,820 --> 00:24:39,740 and throw it on the ground. 574 00:24:39,740 --> 00:24:42,300 Take your walkie talkie and throw it on the ground too. 575 00:24:42,300 --> 00:24:44,300 Don't turn around. 576 00:24:44,300 --> 00:24:46,700 The robber ordered Jim off the main road 577 00:24:46,700 --> 00:24:51,140 and directed him to a deserted area outside town. 578 00:24:51,140 --> 00:24:52,980 You know what's going to happen. 579 00:24:52,980 --> 00:24:53,820 He's got the motive. 580 00:24:53,820 --> 00:24:55,020 He's got everything. 581 00:24:55,020 --> 00:24:56,220 He's holding all the cards. 582 00:24:56,220 --> 00:24:57,180 Turn around. 583 00:24:57,180 --> 00:24:58,660 Keep your hands up. 584 00:24:58,660 --> 00:25:01,100 You're just waiting to catch a bullet, and you can feel it. 585 00:25:01,540 --> 00:25:04,300 You're just waiting to. 586 00:25:04,300 --> 00:25:07,020 But the gunman drove off, leaving both eyewitnesses 587 00:25:07,020 --> 00:25:08,300 unharmed. 588 00:25:08,300 --> 00:25:12,620 He got away with $220,000 and unmarked $100 bills. 589 00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:18,460 From the start, the FBI and local police 590 00:25:18,460 --> 00:25:22,020 believed the robbery was most likely an inside job. 591 00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:25,700 The gunman was either very lucky or someone tipped him off. 592 00:25:25,700 --> 00:25:28,300 Everyone at the casino became a suspect. 593 00:25:28,300 --> 00:25:31,180 Not surprisingly, Jim and the assistant cage manager 594 00:25:31,180 --> 00:25:32,460 were at the top of the list. 595 00:25:35,260 --> 00:25:38,260 Investigators soon discovered that the day of the robbery 596 00:25:38,260 --> 00:25:42,540 was marked by a series of eight typical circumstances. 597 00:25:42,540 --> 00:25:45,220 First, the cage manager and the security chief 598 00:25:45,220 --> 00:25:48,580 who ordinarily handled the bank runs were gone. 599 00:25:48,580 --> 00:25:51,100 Second, the assistant cage manager 600 00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:54,340 decided to make the bank run two hours early. 601 00:25:54,340 --> 00:25:58,260 Third, Jim had never before been assigned payroll duty. 602 00:26:01,020 --> 00:26:04,900 Finally, the casino hospitality van driven to the bank 603 00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:08,860 was not commonly used for payroll runs. 604 00:26:08,860 --> 00:26:11,220 So the question came up, how was the robbery going 605 00:26:11,220 --> 00:26:14,140 to be so sure that this was going to be the day that that van 606 00:26:14,140 --> 00:26:16,580 was going to make that run? 607 00:26:16,580 --> 00:26:17,980 Too much coincidence. 608 00:26:17,980 --> 00:26:19,300 Too many times. 609 00:26:19,300 --> 00:26:21,260 Too many things fell into place. 610 00:26:21,260 --> 00:26:23,900 Too many things happened right in this thing. 611 00:26:23,940 --> 00:26:27,820 Somebody, in my opinion, gave him some information. 612 00:26:27,820 --> 00:26:32,820 We still had inconsistencies with both of the accounts 613 00:26:32,820 --> 00:26:36,860 of the teller and the security officer. 614 00:26:36,860 --> 00:26:39,340 Things that just didn't make sense. 615 00:26:39,340 --> 00:26:42,780 He even asked me at one time, why didn't you slam on the brakes 616 00:26:42,780 --> 00:26:43,500 on the vehicle? 617 00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:45,780 It's a big van. 618 00:26:45,780 --> 00:26:48,900 They don't lock up like they do in the movies. 619 00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:51,100 You don't click your radio on like they do in the movies 620 00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:52,580 and everything goes smooth and everybody 621 00:26:52,580 --> 00:26:54,820 hears where you're at and what's going on. 622 00:26:54,820 --> 00:26:55,620 Don't talk. 623 00:26:55,620 --> 00:26:58,420 There was no way I could reach over and keep that mic 624 00:26:58,420 --> 00:26:59,780 without him knowing about it. 625 00:26:59,780 --> 00:27:03,300 Every time that he saw me trying to get a description of him, 626 00:27:03,300 --> 00:27:05,180 he would tell me that he was going to kill us 627 00:27:05,180 --> 00:27:06,300 if I did that again. 628 00:27:06,300 --> 00:27:07,700 And I didn't want to take that chance. 629 00:27:10,620 --> 00:27:13,740 An hour after the robbery, police located the van, 630 00:27:13,740 --> 00:27:15,860 abandoned about a mile south of the spot 631 00:27:15,860 --> 00:27:18,500 where the gunman had dumped Jim and the assistant cage 632 00:27:18,500 --> 00:27:20,500 manager. 633 00:27:20,500 --> 00:27:23,020 Jim's gun and radio were missing. 634 00:27:23,020 --> 00:27:26,140 Police took plaster casts of footprints and tire prints 635 00:27:26,140 --> 00:27:28,340 that indicated the robber had walked from the van 636 00:27:28,340 --> 00:27:30,380 to another vehicle and driven away. 637 00:27:33,300 --> 00:27:35,260 Despite a thorough investigation, 638 00:27:35,260 --> 00:27:38,740 the authorities could not link casino insiders to the robbery. 639 00:27:38,740 --> 00:27:40,260 The case stalled. 640 00:27:40,260 --> 00:27:43,500 Then the police got lucky. 641 00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:46,260 About a month and a half after the crime, 642 00:27:46,260 --> 00:27:51,060 the Mesquite police were following a simple domestic dispute 643 00:27:51,060 --> 00:27:55,860 call in Mesquite, Nevada. 644 00:27:55,860 --> 00:27:59,460 There was a gun involved in the dispute. 645 00:27:59,460 --> 00:28:02,140 And it turned out that that gun was, in fact, 646 00:28:02,140 --> 00:28:07,660 the security officer's weapon that was stolen during the robbery. 647 00:28:07,660 --> 00:28:09,780 The man in the domestic dispute was ruled out 648 00:28:09,780 --> 00:28:11,620 as a robbery suspect. 649 00:28:11,620 --> 00:28:14,540 The FBI turned to the man who had sold him the gun, 650 00:28:14,540 --> 00:28:17,540 Louisa Choa, the owner of a local pizza parter. 651 00:28:20,500 --> 00:28:23,220 He was nervous and defensive from the very beginning. 652 00:28:23,220 --> 00:28:26,860 Mr. Choa, would it be OK if we go inside and have a talk here? 653 00:28:26,860 --> 00:28:27,860 Actually, it's OK. 654 00:28:27,860 --> 00:28:29,900 We can talk out here. 655 00:28:29,900 --> 00:28:32,820 He didn't want us to come in the pizza shop. 656 00:28:32,820 --> 00:28:35,340 We found that a little bit odd. 657 00:28:35,340 --> 00:28:40,420 He immediately set our alerts off that he didn't want us 658 00:28:40,420 --> 00:28:43,140 to be there, and he really didn't want to talk to us. 659 00:28:43,260 --> 00:28:44,580 I didn't sell anybody any gun. 660 00:28:44,580 --> 00:28:46,620 I don't know nothing about any guns. 661 00:28:46,620 --> 00:28:48,860 I don't know nothing about the robbery. 662 00:28:48,860 --> 00:28:50,260 I'm in the pizza business, guys. 663 00:28:50,260 --> 00:28:52,180 I'm not in the gun business. 664 00:28:52,180 --> 00:28:54,820 It was probably a great stroke of luck for us 665 00:28:54,820 --> 00:28:57,220 that he kept us outside because we were standing 666 00:28:57,220 --> 00:29:00,420 by the pickup truck. 667 00:29:00,420 --> 00:29:03,700 During the month and a half after this robbery, 668 00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:07,060 I sat and I looked at this plaster casting of a tire 669 00:29:07,060 --> 00:29:12,140 print until my eyes were going to fall out. 670 00:29:12,140 --> 00:29:15,420 I knew what the tire print looked like. 671 00:29:15,420 --> 00:29:19,460 I looked down at the tires on his truck, and they matched. 672 00:29:22,860 --> 00:29:25,260 The FBI obtained search warrants. 673 00:29:25,260 --> 00:29:29,060 In Ochoa's house, they found $5,000 and $100 bills 674 00:29:29,060 --> 00:29:30,860 tucked in the toe of a cowboy boot. 675 00:29:30,860 --> 00:29:34,180 Bring me an evidence bag. 676 00:29:34,180 --> 00:29:36,420 In Ochoa's truck, they found a bullet, 677 00:29:36,420 --> 00:29:40,380 the same kind used in Jim's gun. 678 00:29:40,380 --> 00:29:43,140 As the searches were going on, Mr. Ochoa 679 00:29:43,140 --> 00:29:46,940 was in fact with an attorney, and they were making arrangements 680 00:29:46,940 --> 00:29:53,700 to come and meet with myself to discuss Mr. Ochoa's 681 00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:57,540 involvement in the case and possibly his accomplices. 682 00:29:57,540 --> 00:30:00,580 Things were starting to unravel very quickly for him. 683 00:30:00,580 --> 00:30:02,780 And I think at that point, Luis decided 684 00:30:02,780 --> 00:30:04,620 it was time to get out of dodge. 685 00:30:04,620 --> 00:30:09,740 His attorney got word to us that Mr. Ochoa had left 686 00:30:09,780 --> 00:30:14,020 his office on a break and had never returned. 687 00:30:14,020 --> 00:30:16,460 He was unaware of his whereabouts. 688 00:30:16,460 --> 00:30:20,580 And from that point on, we don't know where he is. 689 00:30:21,220 --> 00:30:48,980 DERP 690 00:30:48,980 --> 00:30:52,780 60 miles from Phoenix, Arizona stands a small, often overlooked 691 00:30:52,780 --> 00:30:56,580 monument, memorializing the victims of a tragic incident 692 00:30:56,580 --> 00:30:58,940 from the long ago days of the Wild West. 693 00:31:05,460 --> 00:31:06,380 Pachy! 694 00:31:19,980 --> 00:31:22,820 In all six men lay dead. 695 00:31:22,820 --> 00:31:25,540 One had been scalped, another had been dispatched 696 00:31:25,540 --> 00:31:27,540 with a lance through his chest. 697 00:31:27,540 --> 00:31:30,420 The atrocity would come to be known as the Wickenburg 698 00:31:30,420 --> 00:31:33,060 Massacre. 699 00:31:33,060 --> 00:31:36,060 Miraculously, two people did survive. 700 00:31:36,060 --> 00:31:38,820 Though Inge, William Kruger, and Molly Shepard 701 00:31:38,820 --> 00:31:41,380 lived to tell what would become the official account 702 00:31:41,380 --> 00:31:42,100 of the massacre. 703 00:31:45,580 --> 00:31:48,820 But did Kruger and Shepard tell the true story? 704 00:31:48,820 --> 00:31:51,020 Kruger blamed the attack on the Apaches. 705 00:31:51,020 --> 00:31:52,780 The government retaliated. 706 00:31:52,780 --> 00:31:56,540 And as a result, scores of innocent Native Americans died. 707 00:31:56,540 --> 00:31:58,940 But there is evidence to suggest that Kruger and Shepard 708 00:31:58,940 --> 00:32:02,220 were, in fact, notorious outlaws who orchestrated 709 00:32:02,220 --> 00:32:05,060 the attack hoping to pocket a fortune. 710 00:32:05,060 --> 00:32:06,780 Today, many believe Kruger and Shepard 711 00:32:06,780 --> 00:32:09,460 caused a great injustice to be committed, 712 00:32:09,460 --> 00:32:11,740 an injustice that demands to be righted. 713 00:32:11,820 --> 00:32:19,540 November 5, 1871, dawn peacefully, giving no indication 714 00:32:19,540 --> 00:32:21,380 of what was to come. 715 00:32:21,380 --> 00:32:24,220 When William Kruger and Molly Shepard climbed aboard the stage 716 00:32:24,220 --> 00:32:27,460 in Wickenburg that morning, they seemed an unlikely pair 717 00:32:27,460 --> 00:32:30,100 to change the course of history. 718 00:32:30,100 --> 00:32:32,500 Molly was a well-known prostitute in Manor 719 00:32:32,500 --> 00:32:34,940 who had recently sold her bordello. 720 00:32:34,940 --> 00:32:37,900 Kruger was a two-time army deserter who had somehow 721 00:32:37,900 --> 00:32:40,860 managed to hire on as a civilian clerk for the military. 722 00:32:42,740 --> 00:32:45,500 William Kruger is a wonderful character, 723 00:32:45,500 --> 00:32:49,300 just kind of a floater and a gambler and a who-all. 724 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:50,620 He didn't have any holdings. 725 00:32:50,620 --> 00:32:52,300 He didn't own anything. 726 00:32:52,300 --> 00:32:56,580 And it was apparently traveling with Molly. 727 00:32:56,580 --> 00:33:00,420 From what I know of the story is that it was done by Indians, 728 00:33:00,420 --> 00:33:01,940 fewer than 20. 729 00:33:01,940 --> 00:33:06,380 And they set up an ambush and just shot the heck out of things. 730 00:33:06,380 --> 00:33:08,220 And the two that got away got away 731 00:33:08,220 --> 00:33:10,220 because the Indians were on foot. 732 00:33:10,580 --> 00:33:12,060 They didn't have horses, so they 733 00:33:12,060 --> 00:33:15,220 were unable to chase them down. 734 00:33:15,220 --> 00:33:16,660 Also, this is how it happened. 735 00:33:16,660 --> 00:33:18,340 We got into Wickenburg this morning, 736 00:33:18,340 --> 00:33:20,660 and we switched teams of horses to get fresh horses. 737 00:33:20,660 --> 00:33:24,380 A day after the attack, while Molly lay nursing her wounds, 738 00:33:24,380 --> 00:33:26,420 Kruger was questioned by Captain Charles 739 00:33:26,420 --> 00:33:30,220 Meinhold, who had been assigned to investigate the incident. 740 00:33:30,220 --> 00:33:32,220 We started out, and I think it might have been about 9 741 00:33:32,220 --> 00:33:34,740 or 10 o'clock, but don't quote me exactly on that. 742 00:33:34,740 --> 00:33:37,020 We started out, and everything was just fine. 743 00:33:37,020 --> 00:33:39,460 I mean, it was a nice trip, and everybody was happy. 744 00:33:39,460 --> 00:33:41,540 And in fact, everything up to here was fine. 745 00:33:41,540 --> 00:33:44,860 It was a very pleasant trip. 746 00:33:44,860 --> 00:33:48,180 And then, sir, I believe it was about 11 AM or so, 747 00:33:48,180 --> 00:33:50,940 that I heard the driver yell, Apaches, Apaches. 748 00:33:50,940 --> 00:33:55,500 And the next thing I know, sir, these Indians are firing on us. 749 00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:58,500 And they got Mr. Lawing, you know, the famous author. 750 00:33:58,500 --> 00:33:59,380 He was up top. 751 00:33:59,380 --> 00:34:01,060 They got him and the driver, sir. 752 00:34:01,060 --> 00:34:03,260 To be honest, they didn't even have a chance up there. 753 00:34:03,260 --> 00:34:05,660 And then they wounded Mr. Sammon. 754 00:34:05,660 --> 00:34:07,260 It smelled just like the fish, you know? 755 00:34:07,260 --> 00:34:09,260 And he got up the back of the coach, 756 00:34:09,260 --> 00:34:10,700 and he went running the other way. 757 00:34:10,700 --> 00:34:13,060 And these Indians, they swooped down on him, sir. 758 00:34:13,060 --> 00:34:14,940 They swooped down on him, and they scalped him, sir. 759 00:34:14,940 --> 00:34:16,460 They scalped him there. 760 00:34:16,460 --> 00:34:17,420 And it was horrible, sir. 761 00:34:17,420 --> 00:34:20,580 And I fired back at him, and I got a couple. 762 00:34:20,580 --> 00:34:22,740 But that just left me and Mr. Hamill, you know, 763 00:34:22,740 --> 00:34:24,300 in the coach itself. 764 00:34:24,300 --> 00:34:27,420 And we did everything we could, but there just wasn't 765 00:34:27,420 --> 00:34:29,740 nothing left that we could do. 766 00:34:29,740 --> 00:34:31,540 And how was it that you and Miss Shepherd 767 00:34:31,540 --> 00:34:32,740 were able to escape? 768 00:34:32,740 --> 00:34:35,660 Sir, that was only by the grace of God. 769 00:34:35,660 --> 00:34:37,700 I mean, Paul Molly, she was wounded so badly, 770 00:34:37,700 --> 00:34:39,220 she couldn't even really run. 771 00:34:39,220 --> 00:34:41,300 And Mr. Hamill and I, you know, we were fighting, 772 00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:43,860 and he was hit so bad that he didn't go anywhere. 773 00:34:43,860 --> 00:34:46,020 And I knew our only chance, sir, our only chance 774 00:34:46,020 --> 00:34:47,180 was to just make a run for it. 775 00:34:47,180 --> 00:34:48,180 One more minute, go! 776 00:34:48,180 --> 00:34:49,180 Go, Molly, go! 777 00:34:49,180 --> 00:34:51,100 And during that split second, Molly and I, 778 00:34:51,100 --> 00:34:53,140 we got out the other side, and we just took off 779 00:34:53,140 --> 00:34:54,740 running in the opposite direction, sir, 780 00:34:54,740 --> 00:34:56,940 until we finally got away. 781 00:34:56,940 --> 00:34:59,020 You say the attackers were Apache? 782 00:34:59,020 --> 00:35:00,060 Are you sure of that? 783 00:35:00,060 --> 00:35:01,460 Absolutely, sir. 784 00:35:01,460 --> 00:35:03,700 We were only about 20 or 30 yards from them. 785 00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:05,620 I mean, they had on them blue cavalry pants. 786 00:35:05,620 --> 00:35:07,100 You know, like you got on, you know, the kind 787 00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:08,140 they give them on the reservation? 788 00:35:08,140 --> 00:35:09,140 You know, the kind I mean, sir? 789 00:35:09,180 --> 00:35:10,060 Right, dude. 790 00:35:10,060 --> 00:35:12,180 Exactly how many attackers were there? 791 00:35:12,180 --> 00:35:13,620 Well, sir, I counted at least 15, 792 00:35:13,620 --> 00:35:15,580 but you know, there might have been more. 793 00:35:15,580 --> 00:35:16,580 15? 794 00:35:16,580 --> 00:35:19,260 Yes, sir, maybe more. 795 00:35:19,260 --> 00:35:21,460 Thank you, Mr. Kruger, for your cooperation. 796 00:35:21,460 --> 00:35:22,460 Thank you, sir. 797 00:35:22,460 --> 00:35:23,460 Congratulations. 798 00:35:23,460 --> 00:35:24,540 Lieutenant, tell the men we'll ride at sunup. 799 00:35:24,540 --> 00:35:26,260 I want to get a look at this site myself. 800 00:35:39,340 --> 00:35:40,220 Yeah, take care. 801 00:35:40,220 --> 00:35:41,540 You're for track. 802 00:35:41,540 --> 00:35:43,580 By the time minehold reached the site, 803 00:35:43,580 --> 00:35:46,060 the bodies of the victims had been returned to Wickenburg 804 00:35:46,060 --> 00:35:47,620 for burial. 805 00:35:47,620 --> 00:35:50,340 Minehold uncovered several signs that indicated 806 00:35:50,340 --> 00:35:53,460 the Native Americans had been present. 807 00:35:53,460 --> 00:35:55,700 Well, minehold was a military person 808 00:35:55,700 --> 00:35:59,060 and looked at it, I guess, like military would. 809 00:35:59,060 --> 00:36:02,860 And he really carefully studied the footprints, 810 00:36:02,860 --> 00:36:06,540 the moccasin prints, which they were wearing moccasins. 811 00:36:06,540 --> 00:36:08,500 And most of the moccasin, most of them 812 00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:11,180 were towed in, which is typical of the way 813 00:36:11,180 --> 00:36:13,740 those Native Americans walk. 814 00:36:13,740 --> 00:36:16,380 The tracks led toward the Camp Date Creek Reservation 815 00:36:16,380 --> 00:36:18,380 25 miles away. 816 00:36:18,380 --> 00:36:23,060 The reservation was home to 750 members of the Yavapai tribe. 817 00:36:23,060 --> 00:36:25,740 But curiously, several miles before the tracks 818 00:36:25,740 --> 00:36:28,060 reached Camp Date Creek, they veered off 819 00:36:28,060 --> 00:36:30,540 in a different direction. 820 00:36:30,540 --> 00:36:34,420 This, to me, would indicate possibly a non-Native American 821 00:36:34,420 --> 00:36:37,460 group that is heading towards Camp Date Creek 822 00:36:37,460 --> 00:36:39,580 to make it look like the perpetrators are heading back 823 00:36:39,580 --> 00:36:42,780 to the military reservation. 824 00:36:42,780 --> 00:36:46,100 The Yavapai, who were often misidentified as Apaches, 825 00:36:46,100 --> 00:36:48,540 were a largely peaceful people. 826 00:36:48,540 --> 00:36:51,820 Many worked as laborers and scouts for the settlers. 827 00:36:51,820 --> 00:36:54,500 To those who knew them, it seemed inconceivable 828 00:36:54,500 --> 00:36:58,460 that the Yavapai would have attacked the stagecoach. 829 00:36:58,460 --> 00:36:59,580 It was impossible. 830 00:36:59,580 --> 00:37:03,500 It would have been the most bizarre Indian massacre 831 00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:06,220 or Native American massacre that ever occurred. 832 00:37:06,220 --> 00:37:10,260 There were only six occasions throughout the entire Western 833 00:37:10,260 --> 00:37:14,220 Front here when American Indians actually, Native Americans, 834 00:37:14,220 --> 00:37:16,060 attacked stagecoach. 835 00:37:16,060 --> 00:37:18,420 If this was a Native American attack, 836 00:37:18,420 --> 00:37:20,860 we would find that the livestock certainly 837 00:37:20,860 --> 00:37:22,180 would have been missing. 838 00:37:22,180 --> 00:37:25,420 We would have found that the ammunition and the weapons 839 00:37:25,420 --> 00:37:27,300 certainly would have been missing. 840 00:37:27,300 --> 00:37:30,100 And we would also have found that any blankets would 841 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:30,820 have been taken. 842 00:37:30,820 --> 00:37:33,100 In this particular case, none of it 843 00:37:33,100 --> 00:37:35,460 was touched whatsoever. 844 00:37:35,460 --> 00:37:37,180 But the most baffling discrepancy 845 00:37:37,180 --> 00:37:40,580 centered on several bags of mail that had been loaded onto the stage 846 00:37:40,580 --> 00:37:42,140 at Wickenburg. 847 00:37:42,140 --> 00:37:44,900 After the attack, most of the letters in the bags 848 00:37:44,900 --> 00:37:47,540 were found intact and undisturbed. 849 00:37:47,540 --> 00:37:49,660 However, a number of letters addressed to the Army 850 00:37:49,660 --> 00:37:52,420 quartermaster had been opened, and their contents 851 00:37:52,420 --> 00:37:55,420 carefully reinserted. 852 00:37:55,420 --> 00:37:56,780 The mail, going through the mail, 853 00:37:56,780 --> 00:37:59,740 this is something that an Indian or Native American would not 854 00:37:59,780 --> 00:38:02,820 do is go through the mail. 855 00:38:02,820 --> 00:38:04,820 This certainly, to me, would indicate 856 00:38:04,820 --> 00:38:08,300 that it was a non-Indian attack. 857 00:38:08,300 --> 00:38:11,340 But if it wasn't the Yavapai, who was it? 858 00:38:11,340 --> 00:38:15,380 In those days, Gold Bullion was often transported by stage. 859 00:38:15,380 --> 00:38:17,340 According to at least one account, 860 00:38:17,340 --> 00:38:21,380 Mexican bandits disguised as Apaches were responsible. 861 00:38:21,380 --> 00:38:25,340 Others point to another, more intriguing possibility. 862 00:38:25,340 --> 00:38:29,300 Kruger and Shepard masterminded the entire thing. 863 00:38:29,340 --> 00:38:31,060 It had to be them. 864 00:38:31,060 --> 00:38:36,020 If it was bandits, Mexican bandits, or typical highwaymen, 865 00:38:36,020 --> 00:38:38,700 why did they let Kruger and Shepard get away? 866 00:38:38,700 --> 00:38:41,140 So these Indians, they're slithering up on us 867 00:38:41,140 --> 00:38:43,180 like vipers coming back to the nest. 868 00:38:43,180 --> 00:38:46,220 Kruger's account of his escape seemed hard to believe, 869 00:38:46,220 --> 00:38:50,180 especially given the condition of his gun. 870 00:38:50,180 --> 00:38:54,460 Kruger's guns supposedly hadn't even been fired. 871 00:38:54,460 --> 00:38:56,980 He probably had another gun, or he had switched 872 00:38:56,980 --> 00:39:00,620 the guns with one of those that was killed, 873 00:39:00,620 --> 00:39:04,220 which is why he ended up with a gun that hadn't been fired. 874 00:39:04,220 --> 00:39:06,660 Jeff Hammond believes that Kruger and Shepard 875 00:39:06,660 --> 00:39:10,220 hired the bandits to assist in the heist. 876 00:39:10,220 --> 00:39:12,500 Kruger probably fired first to begin 877 00:39:12,500 --> 00:39:16,060 with inside the coach, the attacker shooting on the outside. 878 00:39:16,060 --> 00:39:18,420 Would have been easy to wipe out anybody inside the stage 879 00:39:18,420 --> 00:39:18,700 coach. 880 00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:20,900 They wouldn't have expected somebody inside the coach 881 00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:23,340 to start shooting. 882 00:39:23,340 --> 00:39:26,980 I think they either meant to wound Shepard 883 00:39:26,980 --> 00:39:28,780 to make it look like an actual attack. 884 00:39:28,780 --> 00:39:31,860 I mean, Kruger himself has a very slight wound. 885 00:39:31,860 --> 00:39:36,860 Molly had a more serious wound, but she may have been willing 886 00:39:36,860 --> 00:39:39,260 to do it on purpose, depending on how much money they were 887 00:39:39,260 --> 00:39:41,540 getting, or somebody simply got carried away 888 00:39:41,540 --> 00:39:45,460 when they were attacking the stage and accidentally hit her. 889 00:39:45,460 --> 00:39:48,580 In his report, Captain Meinhold acknowledged rumors 890 00:39:48,580 --> 00:39:50,500 that, quote, the scheme was intended 891 00:39:50,540 --> 00:39:53,860 to rob the male of the bullion generally shipped on or shortly 892 00:39:53,860 --> 00:39:56,220 after the first of every month. 893 00:39:56,220 --> 00:39:58,900 But Meinhold made no mention of a gold shipment 894 00:39:58,900 --> 00:40:01,820 on the ill-fated stage coach. 895 00:40:01,820 --> 00:40:04,980 There had to be something worthwhile. 896 00:40:04,980 --> 00:40:08,820 Whatever it was, it was something that was privately owned. 897 00:40:08,820 --> 00:40:11,860 That was the reason it wasn't officially reported. 898 00:40:11,860 --> 00:40:14,860 The person that owned the money that was taken was dead. 899 00:40:14,860 --> 00:40:18,780 There was nobody left to be upset about it. 900 00:40:18,820 --> 00:40:21,500 Jeff Hammond believes that Kruger hid the loot somewhere 901 00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:26,420 near the massacre site, where only he and Molly could find it. 902 00:40:26,420 --> 00:40:29,940 Kruger had expected to walk out there a few days later 903 00:40:29,940 --> 00:40:31,740 and dig it up. 904 00:40:31,740 --> 00:40:32,580 He couldn't. 905 00:40:32,580 --> 00:40:37,700 He had no idea that this would cause national attention to him. 906 00:40:37,700 --> 00:40:39,140 He knew there was nothing he could do. 907 00:40:39,140 --> 00:40:41,260 If anybody found him out there outside of Wickenburg 908 00:40:41,260 --> 00:40:42,700 digging in the ground, he would have ended up 909 00:40:42,700 --> 00:40:44,100 on the other side of a rope. 910 00:40:44,100 --> 00:40:45,780 I mean, everybody suspected him anyway, 911 00:40:45,780 --> 00:40:46,700 but they couldn't prove it. 912 00:40:49,140 --> 00:40:52,460 If there was a treasure, it seems unlikely that William Kruger 913 00:40:52,460 --> 00:40:54,860 and Molly Shepard ever recovered it. 914 00:40:54,860 --> 00:40:57,420 Molly dropped from sight soon after the incident, 915 00:40:57,420 --> 00:41:00,300 and there were rumors that she had died of her wounds. 916 00:41:00,300 --> 00:41:03,100 Kruger was last heard from 13 years later. 917 00:41:03,100 --> 00:41:04,740 When he sued the government for money, 918 00:41:04,740 --> 00:41:06,540 he claimed to have lost in the attack. 919 00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:12,500 The Wickenburg massacre caused a national outrage. 920 00:41:12,500 --> 00:41:14,620 Within 18 months of the attack, the avipy 921 00:41:14,620 --> 00:41:16,220 were driven out of Camp Date Creek 922 00:41:16,220 --> 00:41:19,180 by a government bent on retaliation. 923 00:41:19,180 --> 00:41:21,940 Eventually, hunters of innocent men, women, and children 924 00:41:21,940 --> 00:41:24,900 would die from starvation and disease. 925 00:41:24,900 --> 00:41:27,500 We may never know who was responsible for the Wickenburg 926 00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:31,260 massacre, but there is one undeniable fact. 927 00:41:31,260 --> 00:41:34,700 The list of victim stretches far beyond the six men who 928 00:41:34,700 --> 00:41:36,900 were gunned down on that tragic fall morning 929 00:41:36,900 --> 00:41:38,060 born a century ago. 930 00:41:47,220 --> 00:41:50,820 Join me next time for another fascinating edition 931 00:41:50,820 --> 00:41:52,700 of Unsolved Mysteries.