1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 The End 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Tonight on Unsolved Mysteries 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,000 She was beautiful, charming, and she loved horses. 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,000 But even though Shelley Malone was an expert rider, 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,000 eyewitnesses claim she died in a freak riding accident. 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Shelley's family thinks the truth is very, very different. 7 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:29,000 In Indiana, a sudden thunderstorm spells trouble for an unsuspecting motorcyclist. 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Tragedy seems inevitable until a mysterious lady in black 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,000 appears from out of nowhere. 10 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,000 It was the night Senator Robert Kennedy was assassinated, 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,000 a crime which many believe is still unsolved. 12 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,000 A young photographer named Scott Ennard claims he was taking pictures 13 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,000 at the exact moment of the shooting. 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,000 Now those pictures of inexplicably disappeared. 15 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:59,000 September 1994, a lone gunman works in the woods outside Anderson, Missouri. 16 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,000 His target, an off-duty highway patrol officer, 17 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:07,000 is a parent objective, vigilante justice. 18 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Join me. Perhaps you may be able to help solve a mystery. 19 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:03,000 I would hope, I would hope now that the California primary... 20 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,000 June 5th, 1968. 21 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Now that these primaries over. 22 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,000 Senator Robert F. Kennedy addresses hundreds of supporters 23 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,000 who've gathered to celebrate his victory in the California state primary. 24 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,000 My thanks to all of you, and now it's on to Chicago, and let's win there. 25 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Thank you very much. 26 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,000 Within 20 years, the California State primary has been a major part of the state. 27 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Within 20 minutes, the senator's triumph would be swept away in a hail of gunfire. 28 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:38,000 The accused assassin was a young Palestinian national named Sirhan Sirhan. 29 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,000 The years since had been marked by heated controversy. 30 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Many people questioned whether Sirhan acted alone, 31 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,000 whether a second gunman was involved. 32 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,000 The debate has been fueled by the belief that there was no visual record 33 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,000 of the precise moment the senator was gunned down. 34 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Now that assumption has been challenged. 35 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,000 There's no film of it, there's no videotape of it. 36 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,000 There is an audio recording from a radio reporter, 37 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,000 and there are my black and white photographs, and that's it. 38 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Scott Henyard says this is a photograph of him taken in the pantry of the Ambassador Hotel. 39 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Scott claims that if the instant Senator Kennedy was shot, he was taking pictures. 40 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,000 What is most puzzling about Scott Henyard's remarkable story 41 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,000 is that no one can find the bulk of his photographs or any of the negatives. 42 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Henyard claims he shot three rolls of film that night. 43 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,000 The authorities, however, maintained that two of those rolls never existed. 44 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,000 When Senator Kennedy gave his victory speech, 45 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,000 15-year-old Scott Henyard was just a few feet from the stage 46 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,000 shooting photographs for his high school newspaper. 47 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,000 These are some of Scott's pictures. 48 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:00,000 He took his first roll of film before Kennedy mounted the podium. 49 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Scott says he loaded a second roll just as a senator began to speak. 50 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:14,000 As the speech concluded, Scott says he joined those who followed Kennedy from the stage. 51 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:22,000 After leaving the ballroom, Senator Kennedy headed down a corridor which led to the pantry. 52 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,000 There he stopped to shake hands with the kitchen workers. 53 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,000 When he stopped, I was about 10, 12 feet behind him. 54 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,000 There was an open wedge which had been made by the two people on either side of him, 55 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 so I had a clear view of him. 56 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,000 It's at this point that I brought my camera up and started taking pictures. 57 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,000 Suddenly, gunshots rang out. 58 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,000 Now, I was behind Robert F. Kennedy. 59 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:48,000 Sir Hanserhan was in front of Kennedy, so I did not see Sir Han. 60 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,000 All I saw was Kennedy twist and fall. 61 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,000 I moved back and jumped up on a steam table. 62 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:01,000 And I took some pictures over where the dog pile on Sir Han was taking place. 63 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,000 His hand was sticking out with the gun in it, 64 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 but I couldn't really see what was taking place there 65 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,000 because so many people had crowded in at that point. 66 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,000 Is there a doctor in the house? 67 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,000 Everybody, please stay back. Please stay back. We need a doctor here. 68 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:19,000 A few moments later, Scott Inyart returned to the ballroom where pandemonium had broken out. 69 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,000 At that time, Scott says he loaded and clicked off his third roll of film. 70 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,000 I noticed two men in suits. 71 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:40,000 They were looking at me rather strangely, and I moved a few steps, and they moved a few steps. 72 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Not knowing who's a terrorist, who's an assassin, and who's the police, I took off. 73 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Wait, wait, hold on. Hold on. Okay. Okay, okay, okay. 74 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Watch the camera. Watch the camera. 75 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:59,000 They went through my pockets and took all three rolls of the film. 76 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:06,000 They took a camera, of course, and at that point I realized these are detectives, and I'm with the good guys. 77 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:11,000 At around 3 a.m., Scott was taken to Rampart Station and down to the hospital. 78 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,000 I was taken to the hospital, and I was taken to the hospital. 79 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:20,000 At around 3 a.m., Scott was taken to Rampart Station and downtown Los Angeles. 80 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Scott, Sergeant Kim. Hi. 81 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,000 I understand you got some pictures of the shooter, or the suspect doing the shooting? 82 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,000 Well, I'm not exactly sure. 83 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Where were you, Scott? 84 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,000 I was in the embassy room. 85 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Scott was questioned for about 20 minutes. 86 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,000 This is an actual recording of the interrogations. 87 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,000 There was a table here about three and a half feet tall. 88 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:43,000 I got up on it, so I was above everyone, and I didn't think it was... 89 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,200 And then the shots started to be fired. 90 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,400 And I took pictures and kept taking pictures. 91 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:49,400 You want a shot for being fired? 92 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,920 Well, the shots were being fired. 93 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,320 Maybe a little afterward. 94 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:55,240 I'm not exactly sure. 95 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:56,240 I could tell. 96 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,560 I can only tell by the pictures. 97 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,000 Scott Hanyard had become a small part of history. 98 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,160 Six months later, Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to life 99 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,080 in prison for the murder of Robert Kennedy. 100 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,200 The court order that all files from the case, 101 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:15,720 including Scott's photographs, be sealed for 20 years. 102 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:17,280 Scott waited. 103 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,560 By 1988, he was an established photographer. 104 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,880 Scott wrote to the LAPD requesting 105 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,400 that they return his film. 106 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,840 Five months later, Scott received a letter 107 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:29,800 from the California State Archives, 108 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,440 which stated that his photographs could not be found. 109 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,200 The conclusion was that the pictures had been, quote, 110 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:40,480 destroyed by LAPD in August 1968. 111 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:43,920 Scott immediately filed a lawsuit against the police. 112 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,960 This time he waited eight years. 113 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,160 Top LAPD detectives were assigned 114 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:53,160 to work with our attorneys in preparation for this lawsuit. 115 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,240 Naturally, if we could find what Scott was looking for, 116 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,880 we thought that that would make the lawsuit go away. 117 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:00,920 And it was just some good detective work 118 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,560 and looking in places where people hadn't looked before that 119 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:08,840 found, up in Sacramento, found that booked under a different name 120 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:13,880 was a sheet of negatives that had already been cut 121 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,720 and put into plastic sleeves. 122 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:18,840 A few weeks later, the city attorneys 123 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,360 presented Scott with a proof sheet made from those negatives. 124 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,160 Scott immediately became suspicious. 125 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,560 The proof showed only one role of film. 126 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:31,000 The stock was Ilford ASA 125. 127 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:35,120 Scott claims he shot three roles that were Triax ASA 400, 128 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,520 manufactured by Kodak. 129 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:40,360 Basically, what I believe the police did 130 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,520 was they took role number two, which showed the speech. 131 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,000 And they used part of that in this proof sheet. 132 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,920 And then they used role number three, which 133 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,800 was once I returned to the ballroom afterward, where 134 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,840 you see the aftermath and some of the victims and things. 135 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,560 And they just put them together as a proof sheet 136 00:08:56,560 --> 00:09:00,240 and expected that they could pass that off as being all 137 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,800 the film that I shot. 138 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:04,960 That role is a continuous role of film, 139 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:09,280 shows pictures before Mr. Kennedy speaks, 140 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,320 pictures of Robert F. Kennedy speaking to the audience, 141 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:15,880 and then pictures of the aftermath of the shooting. 142 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,320 There are no photographs in the pantry. 143 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,800 Our position is that Mr. Anier did not make it into the pantry 144 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:25,440 and did not take photographs inside the pantry. 145 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,440 Then in 1991, a book came out that contained 146 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,560 a number of previously unpublished photographs. 147 00:09:31,560 --> 00:09:33,280 This one was taken in the pantry. 148 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,840 A few moments after Senator Kennedy was gunned down. 149 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:39,600 Scott Anier swears that he is the young man, 150 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,080 standing on a table with camera in hand, 151 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,920 just as he told detectives on the night of his interrogation. 152 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,520 I don't know who that person is for sure. 153 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,960 We don't believe that that's Scott Anier. 154 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,880 I think it's just a coincidence that he says 155 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,200 that he was standing on a table 156 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,000 and there's somebody standing on a table in the picture. 157 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,320 We don't think that's him. 158 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:07,640 Scott Anier continued to press his case against the LAPD. 159 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,000 In January of 1996, the city attorney's office 160 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,600 hired a private courier to transport the negatives 161 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:17,200 in question from the archives in Sacramento to Los Angeles. 162 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:23,400 Once there, the courier rented a car 163 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,320 to drive from the airport to the downtown courthouse, 164 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:27,560 about 20 miles away. 165 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,200 Soon after leaving the airport, the courier 166 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:42,760 was forced to pull into a service station. 167 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:47,960 His right rear tire was flat, apparently slashed by a knife. 168 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,160 What do you want me to do? 169 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,280 No, I'm a courier on my way to court. 170 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:53,200 All I need to know is I can't. 171 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,440 Sometime during the next 10 minutes, 172 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,280 the briefcase containing the negatives was stolen. 173 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:02,520 I was with my attorneys when we learned this 174 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,560 and we were just absolutely shocked. 175 00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:09,360 I mean, we were, for some reason, we weren't surprised, 176 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:11,960 but we were just truly shocked. 177 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:13,400 I couldn't believe it happened. 178 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:17,880 But if I was a conspiracy theorist, I'd say, 179 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:22,280 see, there's further proof, now we'll never know. 180 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,920 The enured photos, if he captured the actual shooting, 181 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,560 would be the only photographic record that we have. 182 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,320 If those enured frames were on Kennedy as he was falling, 183 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:34,520 it could be the whole case. 184 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:36,360 It could tell us everything we want to know 185 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:37,320 about what happened. 186 00:11:37,320 --> 00:12:04,680 Next, in the aftermath of a violent storm, 187 00:12:04,680 --> 00:12:09,320 a young man finds himself in desperate need of a miracle. 188 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:12,160 And later, when an experienced horsewoman 189 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,600 dies in a freak riding accident, her family's suspicions 190 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:17,280 lead them to a stunning conclusion. 191 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:21,360 Good fortune can quickly turn back. 192 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,920 Swift as thunder clouds can sweep a summer sky. 193 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:28,200 No one knows this better than Robert Davidson. 194 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:33,440 16 years ago, in June of 1980, Davidson was barreling down I-74 195 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:37,360 to the South of the United States. 196 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,040 The United States was the first country 197 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,280 to have ever seen a ship like this. 198 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:43,840 The United States was the first country to have ever seen 199 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:44,840 a ship like this. 200 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:49,200 Davidson was barreling down I-74 near Acton, Indiana. 201 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:51,280 As a rainstorm whipped up around him, 202 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:55,320 Davidson's luck suddenly changed for the worse. 203 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:59,960 When you're driving 60, 65 mile an hour on a motorcycle 204 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:05,600 and when rain drops hit you, it's really pretty stingy. 205 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:07,440 It hurts. 206 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,000 And I thought, I better pull over and get my rain jacket 207 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,520 out of the trunk. 208 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:14,120 I had one foot on the ground, and that's 209 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:15,600 the last thing I can remember. 210 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:29,200 It was a direct hit, more than 200,000 volts of electricity. 211 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,840 38-year-old Robert Davidson should have died right then 212 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:33,080 and there. 213 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:37,560 Yet Davidson is still very much with us today at the age of 54. 214 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:39,720 Some say his survival was just another shift 215 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,600 in the winds of fortune, nothing more than a stroke of luck. 216 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,960 But others, including Davidson himself, 217 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,440 call it a miracle, personally delivered 218 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:49,760 by a messenger of God. 219 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,000 Within minutes of the lightning strike, 220 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,240 emergency crews were on the scene. 221 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:02,880 From the start, it appeared their efforts would be in vain. 222 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:07,000 Clinically, he should have been dead by the color of his skin. 223 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:10,680 And when we arrived, there was no blood pressure, no pulse. 224 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:15,000 Basically, he had no chance at all. 225 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,400 Hey, Thelma, I'm going to need a chopper in here right away. 226 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:18,240 This guy's in bad shape. 227 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,840 According to several witnesses, events at the scene 228 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,680 suddenly swerved towards a supernatural. 229 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,160 First, every power circuit in the ambulance 230 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:27,360 inexplicably failed. 231 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:28,360 All right, 10-4. 232 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,640 In the engine shut down, the lights turned off, 233 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:39,320 and it was without power completely. 234 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:42,960 We got to do all batteries. 235 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,760 One battery would go down there, one takeover. 236 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,880 And there's no way they could have both gone down 237 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:50,440 at the same time. 238 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,440 It was an eerie feeling. 239 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:54,240 I mean, you could just, it felt strange. 240 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:58,640 And as they were doing the CPR, you heard this woman coming up, 241 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:00,120 yelling, I need to touch him. 242 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:00,960 I need to touch him. 243 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:02,720 Just let me touch him. 244 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,560 I must touch him. 245 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:06,160 I must touch him. 246 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,280 Nobody knew her name or where she came from. 247 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:14,280 Later, they would refer to her reverently as the Lady in Black. 248 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,600 She just kept again and again and again. 249 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:18,760 I can save his life. 250 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:20,240 And of course, at that point in time, 251 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,560 I kind of thought, well, maybe this is just one of the people, 252 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:27,680 so to speak, left over from the 70s. 253 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,000 But I said, let her do what she needs to do. 254 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,480 What can it hurt? 255 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:33,720 The Lord is my shepherd. 256 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:35,040 I shall not want. 257 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,240 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. 258 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:39,560 He leadeth me beside the still waters. 259 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,000 He leadeth me in the name of righteousness for his name's 260 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,000 and the soul of the Lord. 261 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,800 She was dressed in the late 1800 dress, 262 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:50,520 your basic black dress, very, very old fashioned. 263 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:54,320 She had the old fashioned black shoes that went with it 264 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,400 and carried her little black Bible. 265 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,000 Then she raised the Bible to the sky 266 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:05,480 and started speaking in tongue, which was something I didn't understand. 267 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:07,640 But I'm sure somebody out there did. 268 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:11,240 I mean, he's a high. 269 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:12,240 He's a high. 270 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:13,240 He's a high. 271 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,840 You can just feel all the time that she was saying this just 272 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,120 chills from head to toe. 273 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:22,040 It was just this tremendous amount of energy. 274 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,600 When she was finished, she looked at me, smiled, 275 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,160 and got up and walked away. 276 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,280 Probably five seconds had passed by, 277 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,880 and I turned to look the direction where she had left, 278 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:44,200 and there was nobody to be found. 279 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,160 Accounts from that day couldn't be more contradictory. 280 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:50,120 Some eyewitnesses, including two of the paramedics, 281 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:54,520 insist that the mysterious woman was never there. 282 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,600 I don't know why they couldn't see her, really, 283 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:58,160 because it was plain as day to me. 284 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,160 It was plain as day to Randy. 285 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,800 Why couldn't anyone else see her or hear her? 286 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:07,600 There is no doubt in my mind that she was there. 287 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,920 I believe there was a power that actually shut the vehicle 288 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,840 down, a surge which just obliterated the vehicle's 289 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:20,400 power supply, and shut it down when this woman walked by. 290 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,880 According to those who saw the Lady in Black, 291 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,560 her departure triggered another chain of uncanny events. 292 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,360 First, the ambulance came back to life. 293 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:30,480 Then? 294 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:31,080 I've got it. 295 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:32,760 I've got a pulse. 296 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,720 It almost burst my eardrums, but it was a welcome 297 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,600 to hear that first heartbeat. 298 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,120 And I yelled again. 299 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:42,480 I think everybody could have heard me down the interstate 300 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,480 because I was so happy that we was getting some vital signs. 301 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,280 Davidson had a heartbeat, but his life 302 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,440 was still hanging by a thread. 303 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:56,320 The ER physician was not optimistic. 304 00:17:56,320 --> 00:18:00,680 My prognosis was that he would not come out of his coma. 305 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,880 And I expected him to remain in permanent coma 306 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:09,400 and ultimately suffer complications and ultimately die. 307 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,440 For nearly two months, Robert Davidson 308 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,520 was more dead than alive. 309 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:18,480 Then one day, he simply woke up and resumed his life. 310 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,960 When I came out of the coma, I looked around, 311 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:27,000 and I couldn't figure out what I was doing in the hospital 312 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,480 because I had no memory of anything happening to me 313 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:34,400 that would put me in the hospital. 314 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:38,520 When it became apparent that he indeed woke up 315 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:45,200 and not only woke up, but was talking and walking, 316 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:46,320 I was utterly amazed. 317 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:51,520 Davidson's astounding recovery has 318 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:53,720 prompted speculation that the woman in black 319 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,880 was far more than a simple passerby. 320 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,240 Some believer to be a divine spirit that 321 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,080 rose up from Indiana's fervid religious past. 322 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,240 Just down the road from where Davidson was struck by lightning 323 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,280 lies this quiet meadow. 324 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:14,240 It is a site of a 19th century spiritual retreat 325 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:15,880 known as Acton Campground. 326 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:21,600 More than 100 years ago, this spot 327 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,480 rang out with fiery sermons, gospel hymns, 328 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,200 and the strange music of the faithful speaking in tongues. 329 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:34,160 Most of Acton Campground burned down in 1905, 330 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:38,120 but a few artifacts can still be found at a local museum. 331 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:40,800 There among the relics of a long vanished era 332 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:44,240 is a vintage dress unmistakably reminiscent 333 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,240 of the Lady in Black. 334 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:51,040 I believe that this woman maybe had been 335 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:53,440 a pastor, a reverend, or a priestess, 336 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:57,440 or whatever in her life prior. 337 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,400 And when she passed on, she was brought 338 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:07,280 into, I guess, a guardian angel form. 339 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:10,080 I know I witnessed a miracle. 340 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:13,840 There's just no other words to say it. 341 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:14,760 It was a miracle. 342 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,920 Many will argue that Robert Davidson's life was saved 343 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,880 by quick treatment and a measure of good luck, 344 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:25,840 but others believe just as firmly 345 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,840 that the spirits of Acton Campground were awakened 346 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:33,400 and that one of them came to Davidson's rescue. 347 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,680 I've always kind of believed in angels, 348 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:40,120 that everybody has a guardian angel. 349 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:44,120 Most people never get to see him or have him really 350 00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:47,000 do anything for him. 351 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,120 I think my angel was doing her job that day. 352 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:56,160 Coming up, controversy rocks a wealthy enclave in Virginia 353 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,160 after a beautiful young woman dies 354 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:01,600 under mysterious circumstances. 355 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,520 But first, Timothy Combs bills himself 356 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,480 as a servant of God and a defender of freedom, 357 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:09,960 but the police say he's a dangerous criminal, 358 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:11,560 perhaps capable of murder. 359 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:13,960 The police say he's a dangerous criminal, 360 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:15,240 perhaps capable of murder. 361 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:35,760 September 16, 1994, Anderson, Missouri. 362 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:39,120 A lone hunter cautiously makes his way through the woods, 363 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:44,680 stalking, waiting for just the right moment to strike. 364 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,320 But his prey is not what you would expect. 365 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,640 The target this night is a Missouri State Highway 366 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:54,080 patrolman, and the hunter is not your everyday outdoorsman. 367 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,520 According to the police, his name is Timothy Combs, 368 00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,640 and he calls himself a free man. 369 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:07,280 They exist on the farthest right fringe 370 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,480 of the political spectrum. 371 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,560 They believe they are the true Americans, 372 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,320 but others call them domestic terrorists. 373 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,320 The rallying cries are Waco, Ruby Ridge, and now Justice 374 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,560 Township in Montana. 375 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:21,640 The free men are a loose-knit brotherhood, 376 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,420 bound by what some say is a pathological mistrust 377 00:22:24,420 --> 00:22:27,240 of the United States government. 378 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:29,760 Mr. Thomas, in late November of last year, 379 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,240 did a couple from Kansas City call on you at your home 380 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:33,160 in a place of business? 381 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:33,960 Yes, it is. 382 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,160 What was the purpose of that visit? 383 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:40,080 This is a recreation of a so-called common law court. 384 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,000 Most free men no longer acknowledge 385 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,080 the authority of our legal system 386 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:45,720 and see common law courts as a way 387 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,000 to circumvent the government. 388 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,640 What was it the sheriff wanted to talk to you about? 389 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,600 Well, he wanted to know if I had a tax ID number. 390 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,040 How long had I been working out of my home, 391 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,480 and had I paid state sales tax? 392 00:22:58,480 --> 00:22:59,880 State sales tax? 393 00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:00,280 Yes, sir. 394 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,520 You wanted you to pay state sales tax on items 395 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,000 that you made in your own home? 396 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:04,760 That's right. 397 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:05,880 Mr. Thomas, may I ask? 398 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,080 The common law courts now that are being formed 399 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,840 are by citizens of the counties. 400 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,320 And they are tired of being jerked around in the state courts 401 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:16,720 and not having the rights protected within these courts. 402 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,480 The common law courts are predicated upon free men 403 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:24,360 using their right to determine issues of law. 404 00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:26,560 Robert Jose, a self-styled minister, 405 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,320 is asked to be filmed in silhouette 406 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:31,240 due to his religious convictions. 407 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:34,960 This is a photograph of Jose taken in 1995. 408 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,000 He is one of the area's leading advocates 409 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,600 of the free man movement. 410 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,560 The free men or super patriots or patriots or Christian 411 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:47,520 patriots believe that the Constitution is a divinely 412 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,720 inspired document along with the Bill of Rights that 413 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:54,280 gives them preeminent rights in American society, 414 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,960 that they do not have to do things like pay income taxes 415 00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:59,720 or have driver's licenses and so forth. 416 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:01,480 Because that's all part of the laws 417 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:05,200 that were passed after the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, 418 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,280 they see these as man-made laws that don't apply to them. 419 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,880 In the case of Robert Jose, that philosophy apparently 420 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:16,280 led him to issue fake legal documents. 421 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:20,240 In 1985, he was convicted of drafting a bogus court order 422 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:21,640 in the case of a parishioner who'd 423 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,920 been arrested for a minor traffic offense. 424 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,320 For nine years, Jose laid low on his farm 425 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,160 while he contested the conviction. 426 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:35,680 But in June of 1994, the new prosecuting attorney 427 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,800 from McDonnell County, Missouri ordered the highway patrol 428 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:39,840 to bring Jose in. 429 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:47,320 Mr. Jose has a history of resisting arrest 430 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:50,040 and to avoid an armed confrontation on his property 431 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,680 where he's believed to have a large number of weapons. 432 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,080 Decision was made to arrest him on a county road 433 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:55,960 where he's by himself. 434 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,040 Jose drove right into a trap. 435 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,080 Sergeant Steve Dorsey and Corporal Bob Harper were waiting. 436 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:23,480 I knew Jose from several years back, 437 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:27,000 and he had never caused me any problems. 438 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,800 Robert, get out of the van, Robert. 439 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:32,880 By some accounts, this day would be different. 440 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:34,960 I walked up the van him screaming and all. 441 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:36,760 You think you're dealing with someone 442 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,920 that had mental problems? 443 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:40,440 I mean, he's screaming and alluring, 444 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,680 and just throwing his hands up and saying, who are you? 445 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:44,680 Who are you? 446 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,920 Robert, if you don't calm down, I'll make you. 447 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:48,120 Robert, I'm going to make you. 448 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:49,020 Go back! 449 00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:49,920 Ah! 450 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:50,920 Ah! 451 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:51,920 Robert, come here. 452 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:52,920 Don't let me out. 453 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:53,920 Don't let me! 454 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:54,920 Ah! 455 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:55,920 Let go of me! 456 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:56,920 Our father! 457 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:57,920 Ah! 458 00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:58,920 Our father! 459 00:25:58,920 --> 00:25:59,920 Our father! 460 00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:00,920 Our father! 461 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:01,920 I knew if they were going to kill me, 462 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:02,920 they were going to kill me. 463 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:03,920 There wasn't anything I could do except pray to God, 464 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:04,920 and that's what I was doing. 465 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:06,920 Pardon me, I'll have it all in my name. 466 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:08,640 And I knew they had no rightful cause of arrest, 467 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,840 and as it turns out, they didn't have any. 468 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,520 That's why they had to make up the story about resisting arrest 469 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,440 and a concealed weapon after they arrested me, 470 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:19,160 so they had some reason to hold me. 471 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,840 Robert Jose was taken to McDonnell County Jail, 472 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,400 where he remains to this day awaiting trial, 473 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,560 unable to raise bail. 474 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,960 According to the authorities, his confinement precipitated 475 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:31,520 the disturbing events that followed. 476 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,040 Three months after Jose was captured, 477 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:40,080 one of the arresting officers, Corporal Bob Harper, 478 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:43,040 was home celebrating his 33rd wedding anniversary. 479 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:03,160 I heard this loud shot, and I ran up the hallway, 480 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,200 and Bob was laying next to the cabinet, 481 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,760 and he was trying to tell me that the cannon exploded, 482 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:13,320 and I explained to him that he had been shot. 483 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:14,240 Call the sheriff. 484 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:15,240 The sheriff. 485 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:16,140 OK. 486 00:27:16,140 --> 00:27:17,040 Hold on. 487 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:17,940 Hold on. 488 00:27:17,940 --> 00:27:21,160 It was only by a miracle that Bob Harper survived. 489 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,640 The bullet pierced his ribcage and missed his heart 490 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,440 by just a 16th of an inch. 491 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,800 Ow. 492 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,080 The next day, investigators clustered 493 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,720 around a grove of trees, 245 feet 494 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,720 from Harper's kitchen window. 495 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,720 I think that looks like my house. 496 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:40,000 I don't like to have a house. 497 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,840 It wasn't long before they found what they were looking for. 498 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:48,080 Looks like 71, 16 maybe. 499 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:51,480 Bob Harper was not known to have any enemies, 500 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,320 and because of his recent involvement 501 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:57,240 in the arrest of Robert Joss, we felt that it was probably 502 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:57,640 connected. 503 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,480 A few days later, officers were dispatched to the Joss farm 504 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:08,320 to speak with Robert Joss' girlfriend. 505 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,440 They were confronted by an armed stranger. 506 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,240 Man, Rose, we got him. 507 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:14,120 Who do you boys want? 508 00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:15,760 This is private land. 509 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,240 We're with the Howeap Troll. 510 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:18,960 What do you need? 511 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,040 We need to talk to Annie. 512 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,440 He demanded that we stay where we were, 513 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:25,120 and he said that he would go get her. 514 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,680 We felt uncomfortable staying there, 515 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,160 so we retreated to our patrol cars. 516 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:33,800 And about 10 minutes later, he returned 517 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:35,680 and started shouting at us. 518 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,600 And we subsequently had about a 30-minute conversation with him. 519 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,640 Right here with the citizens of the kingdom of Christ, 520 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:42,480 we got our elders. 521 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:46,040 The man identified himself as James Wilson. 522 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:47,840 According to the police, he began 523 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:51,000 to spot wild religious rhetoric, unlike anything 524 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,880 they had ever heard. 525 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:56,040 Tell us, you say that the state elders are training people 526 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,960 to carry out violent acts for violations against the church? 527 00:28:58,960 --> 00:28:59,400 Well, sure. 528 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:03,080 We've got snipers right now being trained by the state elders 529 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:04,240 to help us. 530 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:05,320 You know, it's the law. 531 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:06,520 It says it in the Bible. 532 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,200 It's God's law right there in Colossians 113. 533 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:10,560 You can read about it for yourself. 534 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:12,720 How many are in that violent faction? 535 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:16,120 And we didn't feel comfortable with what we had heard from him. 536 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,360 So the following morning, calls were made to Arkansas, 537 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,000 and we received a large amount of information 538 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,280 about James Wilson. 539 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:27,760 Found out at that time that his real name was Timothy Combs. 540 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:29,760 Timothy Combs had served time in prison 541 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,120 on various weapons charges. 542 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,640 By the time police secured a search warrant for the Joe's 543 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:38,800 farm, Combs had vanished. 544 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:42,520 However, investigators did uncover an impressive arsenal, 545 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,920 pistols, rifles, and more than 40 sticks of dynamite. 546 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,600 That same day in Arkansas, Combs' next door neighbor 547 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,240 gave investigators a bullet that has 548 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:52,800 struck his horse's rear flank. 549 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,600 Can you show me the location of the shooter? 550 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:55,600 Sure, it's my neighbor. 551 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:56,560 He's up this direction. 552 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,680 The man suspected it had been fired by Combs, who often 553 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:02,280 took target practice nearby. 554 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,600 You see the machine shed there and the tree to the right? 555 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,320 He's about midway in between back in that brush line. 556 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,960 According to the authorities, a thorough search 557 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:13,360 of Combs' property turned up the incriminating evidence. 558 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:14,640 That guy? 559 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:15,560 Yeah. 560 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:16,960 Like a guy, something. 561 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:17,760 OK. 562 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,680 Shell cases that reportedly matched the casing found outside 563 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:22,200 of Bob Harper's kitchen window. 564 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:23,120 The cases there. 565 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,480 The man that wears the wig majorly. 566 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,520 Police suspect the trail leads not just to Timothy Combs, 567 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,120 but to Robert Joe's. 568 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,520 We believe that there was collaboration 569 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:38,200 between Joe's and Timothy Combs. 570 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,880 We believe that the weapon used to shoot Bob 571 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,120 Harper was actually an SKS rifle that had been purchased 572 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:47,200 by Robert Joe's about three weeks prior to his arrest 573 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,080 for resisting arrest. 574 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:53,160 He will now not talk about that weapon. 575 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,400 Robert Joe's maintains that he had nothing 576 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,720 to do with the attack on Bob Harper. 577 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:00,880 They're trying to claim I was involved in a conspiracy 578 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:01,680 to shoot Harper. 579 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,080 I had nothing to do with it. 580 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,640 Didn't know anything about it until after it happened. 581 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:07,080 Still don't know that he's actually shot. 582 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:08,600 I've never seen any medical evidence of that. 583 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:10,000 Still don't know that he's actually shot. 584 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,120 I've never seen any medical evidence. 585 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,000 Never heard Dr. Testify had a man was shot. 586 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,200 Far as I know, he had another heart attack 587 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,920 and had a crack his chest due emergency open heart on him. 588 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,040 I mean, from what I've experienced with these cops here, 589 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:21,240 they'll lie about anything and everything 590 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:25,920 to try to frame somebody and the people that are helping him. 591 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,120 To date, only Timothy Combs has been charged 592 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,200 in the shooting of Bob Harper. 593 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,960 Combs is now 37 years old. 594 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,320 Authorities believe he has gone underground 595 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:37,200 and is probably being harbored by members 596 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,600 of a right wing militia group. 597 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,640 There are people associated with this movement who 598 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:48,880 are threats because they see themselves as warriors, basically 599 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,040 against American society. 600 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:54,280 They see themselves as having a special status that others 601 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,760 are trying to, they believe, undercut. 602 00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:00,920 And the problem with that is that when this is increasing 603 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:02,800 in small communities in particular, 604 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,480 it's a very, very, very scary thing 605 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,920 for local officials and others to have this counter force 606 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:10,920 there that's usually very well armed 607 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:12,400 and it's implicitly a threat. 608 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,080 And I gave him a good price. 609 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,320 While we were completing this story, 610 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:20,840 we were saddened to learn that Corporal Bob Harper had 611 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:24,560 died during surgery for a pre-existing heart condition. 612 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,840 His colleagues believe there could be no more fitting tribute 613 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:30,720 to his memory than the capture of Timothy Combs. 614 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:46,760 Next, witnesses say veteran rider Shelly Malone was trampled 615 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:48,240 by her own mount. 616 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:51,080 However, expert horsemen say highly unlikely. 617 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,080 The plains Virginia's thoroughbred country, 618 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,840 the small, wealthy community where both people and horses 619 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,880 have pedigrees, is not at all the kind of place 620 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,080 you would expect to find an unsolved mystery, much less 621 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:21,560 a mystery fueled by one family's suspicions of foul play. 622 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,880 Shelly Malone was 37 years old when she died. 623 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,880 On many levels, her case is one of the most emotionally charged 624 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:33,760 we have ever profiled. 625 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:35,720 We have been unable to obtain interviews 626 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,640 of the local police or the people who 627 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,120 were with Shelly the day she died. 628 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,760 Consequently, this story is told almost entirely 629 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:45,680 from the point of view of Shelly's family. 630 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:47,720 Are the overreacting out of grief, 631 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,720 hypersensitive to every inconsistency, 632 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:52,760 or is it possible their suspicions 633 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:54,760 add up to a sinister truth? 634 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,760 October 18, 1992. 635 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,760 Paramedics were called to a field in a wooded area 636 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:06,760 outside the plains. 637 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:11,760 Shelly Malone and accomplished horsewoman 638 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:13,760 had been badly injured in a riding accident. 639 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:19,760 As the paramedics struggled to save Shelly, 640 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,760 her boyfriend George Carhart and two other friends, 641 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:24,760 Erica Stumbvaul and Carter Wiley, 642 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,760 could only stand by helplessly and watch. 643 00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:34,760 According to Erica, the only witness to the accident, 644 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:38,760 Shelly's horse had stepped on her and kicked her repeatedly. 645 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,760 One blow was apparently powerful enough to rupture her heart. 646 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,760 However, Shelly's family has always found 647 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,760 Erica's account highly questionable. 648 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:51,760 I know that that accident is most improbable, 649 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:55,760 if not impossible, in an open field 650 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,760 for a horse she loved and loved her 651 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,760 to step on her squarely on the chest 652 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:03,760 after he had thrown her off. 653 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:06,760 This is impossible. 654 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,760 The Shelly's family has seemed particularly impossible 655 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:14,760 for such an experienced rider. 656 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:18,760 Shelly had been around horses since she was a young child. 657 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,760 Shelly was born loving horses. 658 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:23,760 When she was six or seven, 659 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,760 she told me she was going to marry a horse when she grew up. 660 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:31,760 So she never, um, ever lost her interest in horses. 661 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:38,760 It was horses that brought Shelly to the Plains area in 1988. 662 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,760 Located an hour and a half from Washington, D.C., 663 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,760 the Plains is home to many of the country's rich and powerful, 664 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,760 including U.S. Senator John Warner. 665 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:49,760 Though her own roots were modest, 666 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:51,760 Shelly gained entry to this elite society, 667 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:55,760 thanks largely to a wealthy older benefactor named Cecil Altman. 668 00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:58,760 Altman set Shelly up in business 669 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,760 and reportedly gave her an allowance of $5,000 a month. 670 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,760 Shelly lived in a small house out in the country, 671 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,760 a perfect place to stable her two horses. 672 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,760 In 1990, she started dating George Carhart, 673 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:19,760 who lived in New York and reportedly came down frequently to visit. 674 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,760 Okay, here we go. 675 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:23,760 Here you go. 676 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,760 However, Shelly's mother claims that after two years, 677 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:28,760 Shelly was ready to move on. 678 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:30,760 Okay. 679 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,760 The relationship was strained. 680 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,760 She had relayed to my husband and myself 681 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:42,760 that she was bringing this relationship to a close. 682 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:50,760 On Friday, October 16, 1992, two days before she died, 683 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,760 Shelly allegedly had an impromptu, romantic encounter 684 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:55,760 with a local attorney. 685 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,760 Shelly's family believes George Carhart found out about the affair 686 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:01,760 when he came to visit that weekend. 687 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:04,760 Well, Carter and I are going to go chop some firewood. 688 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:06,760 Uh-huh. 689 00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:07,760 And we'll have dinner when you guys get back. 690 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,760 Okay, great. 691 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,760 On Sunday afternoon, Shelly had plans to go riding with Erica Stumball. 692 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,760 George Carhart and Carter Wiley, Erica's boyfriend, 693 00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:17,760 stayed behind at the house. 694 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:21,760 Erica has issued only one official statement on the day's events, 695 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:24,760 a written document she prepared and delivered to the police. 696 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:28,760 You're about to hear selected portions from that statement. 697 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,760 We alternately walked, trotted and galloped the horses 698 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:35,760 through several fields and trails. 699 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:42,760 We were approximately 100 yards into a new field we had just entered. 700 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,760 We were walking the horses side by side to cool them down. 701 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:49,760 Unexpectedly, both horses spooked or started. 702 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:53,760 I was thrown and fell off to the left of my horse. 703 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:56,760 I was not seriously injured. 704 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:58,760 I sided Shelly about 30 feet away. 705 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,760 Shelly! 706 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:03,760 The horse stepped on her legs, face and head, 707 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:07,760 kicking her head as he did so in an apparent attempt to get away. 708 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,760 As the horse moved away from her, I immediately ran to her. 709 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:14,760 Shelly! Shelly! 710 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:18,760 I checked her pulse and looked in her mouth to see if there were any obstructions. 711 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:21,760 I noticed her left cheek was turning purplish blue, 712 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,760 which I assumed was the result of the horse stepping on her face. 713 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:27,760 I promise. I'll be back as soon as I can, all right? 714 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:31,760 Fearful of a head injury as a result of seeing the horse kick her in the head, 715 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:35,760 I then concluded that the best thing to do was try to seek medical help. 716 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:40,760 Erica says she got lost trying to find help. 717 00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:43,760 It would be an hour and a half before paramedics reached Shelly. 718 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:47,760 It was George Carhart who later called Shelly's mother in Florida. 719 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:53,760 When the phone rang, he said Shelly's had an accident. 720 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:59,760 I expected him to say she slipped and broke an arm or a leg or something. 721 00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,760 And I said, what kind of an accident? 722 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,760 And he said, she's dead. 723 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,760 Shelly's family claims they got another shock at the morgue. 724 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:16,760 To them, Shelly looked like she had been involved in much more than a riding accident. 725 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:23,760 One of the clerks there showed us the polaroid of my daughter's face. 726 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:27,760 It was so battered and so swollen. 727 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:31,760 Her eyes were black and blue that I didn't recognize her. 728 00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:38,760 According to Shelly's family, subsequent events made them even more suspicious. 729 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:42,760 Despite the fact that the coroner's ruling was accidental death. 730 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:50,760 Two days after Shelly's funeral, her family claims they had an odd experience at her home. 731 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:53,760 George Carhart was one of those present. 732 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:58,760 There was a pickup truck backed up to the front porch. 733 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:03,760 And there was some large pieces of my sister's furniture on there. 734 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:10,760 And they were moving stuff out and loading bags up with her clothes and her belongings. 735 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:15,760 Shelly's mother claims that Carhart made several insensitive comments. 736 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:17,760 I'm packing up some of Shelly's stuff. 737 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:19,760 Why? 738 00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:24,760 Well, if you're too, I just wanted to get rid of everything that was pre-George, okay? 739 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:27,760 And I countered with, well, I'm pre-George. 740 00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,760 And I don't understand what you're mean. 741 00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,760 And he said all of her clothes will go to charity. 742 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:38,760 And I said, well, he made no arrangements to do anything of the kind. 743 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:45,760 And as these black garbage bags were going down the stairs with her belongings in them, 744 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:51,760 I was pulling them back up the stairs and we were like having a tug of war with these bags. 745 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:58,760 The next day, George Carhart took Shelly's family to the local dump 746 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:01,760 to retrieve the clothes she was wearing when she was killed. 747 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:07,760 They never found the clothes, but they say they did discover more than two dozen jewelry boxes 748 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:10,760 from Tiffany and Cartier, all of them empty. 749 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:16,760 When we questioned George about where the contents were, 750 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:20,760 he told us that she was hocking her jewelry. 751 00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:26,760 That explanation struck Shelly's family as dubious at best, 752 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:31,760 but some find it credible, particularly in light of questions relating to Shelly's past, 753 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:39,760 including a drug conviction in 1979 and alleged ties to a savings and loan scandal in the 1980s. 754 00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:44,760 Shelly's past, however, does not explain the matter of her truck. 755 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:50,760 When the family brought the truck back to Florida, they discovered what they believed to be blood stains, 756 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:53,760 a local detective was asked to test them. 757 00:41:54,760 --> 00:42:01,760 I did a field test to tell whether or not it was human blood and the field test was positive. 758 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:11,760 From the angle where the blood was on the passenger seat, it appears that it came from a head wound. 759 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:17,760 Shelly's family took the truck back to the planes and turned it over to the authorities. 760 00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:20,760 Some routine blood tests were performed. 761 00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:26,760 However, the Falkier County Sheriff's Office claimed they didn't have the budget to do DNA comparisons. 762 00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:33,760 Shelly's family has taken out newspaper ads, written letters, 763 00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:38,760 and made numerous phone calls to local and state officials, all for one purpose. 764 00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:44,760 They want a full-fledged investigation, an investigation they believe will prove Shelly was murdered. 765 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:51,760 I can only think that an argument came about between Shelly and George or Shelly and Carter. 766 00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,760 Wiley, I don't know which of the two. 767 00:42:54,760 --> 00:43:02,760 I think it wasn't a planned thing, but I think one of them struck her and killed her 768 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:10,760 or felt that they had killed her or felt that they had maimed her in a very serious way. 769 00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:21,760 And I think the rest of the scenario that we've been told is simply that, a scenario. 770 00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:23,760 Shelly! 771 00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:28,760 John Strasberg, a horse expert and editor of The Chronicle of the Horse, 772 00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:34,760 feels that it is highly unlikely Shelly's horse would have behaved as Erica Stumvall described. 773 00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:48,760 The element of the story that raises questions in my mind are a horse stepping on its rider in an open field. 774 00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:57,760 It's hard to imagine a horse intentionally or accidentally stepping on someone in that situation. 775 00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:02,760 Not impossible, but very hard to imagine. 776 00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:11,760 I've talked to medical men who say a man with a big fist could strike a girl weighing 104 pounds 777 00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:21,760 and just with the force of his hand sever that ventricle so that once that had happened and she was unconscious or dead, 778 00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:24,760 what could they do? 779 00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:33,760 So you take the shoe off of the horse, ram it onto a 4x4 and then with all the force you have, 780 00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:38,760 plant a hoof print over the heart. 781 00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:46,760 What happened to Shelly Malone? The Sheriff's Department in Fonkier County, Virginia, 782 00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:49,760 issued the following statement in response to our story. 783 00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:56,760 Ms. Malone's death has been investigated and reviewed by several agencies to include the Virginia State Police. 784 00:44:56,760 --> 00:45:00,760 All conclude the death is accidental. 785 00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:08,760 In addition, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Washington, D.C. also ruled that the death was accidental. 786 00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:12,760 The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Washington, D.C. 787 00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:16,760 The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Washington, D.C. 788 00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:19,760 The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Washington, D.C. 789 00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:24,760 Join me next time for another fascinating edition of Unsolved Mysteries. 790 00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:43,760 The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Washington, D.C. 791 00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:48,760 The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Washington, D.C. 792 00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:53,760 The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Washington, D.C. 793 00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:58,760 The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Washington, D.C. 794 00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:03,760 The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Washington, D.C. 795 00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:08,760 The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Washington, D.C.