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Tonight on Unsolved Mysteries

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You've no doubt heard of a near-death experience where someone embraced by the light as a premature glimpse of heaven.

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Tonight meet a man who says his near-death experience took him on a tortuous journey to the depths of Hau and changed his life forever.

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Rushing home after the birth of his first child, Steve Newton hit a wet patch of road.

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Then along came an unknown good Samaritan.

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For Stephanie Booker and two friends, a moonlight cruise on a lake in Texas ended in a horrifying collision.

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Stephanie's physical scars had begun to heal, but the man who nearly killed her is still at large.

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He was a convicted bank robber. She was an elementary school teacher who helped him escape from prison.

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See how one of our viewers helped track them down.

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If you're a woman traveling alone, beware of this man.

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Police say he offers a helping hand on the highway as a prelude to kidnapping and murder.

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Join me for these intriguing cases. Perhaps you may be able to help solve a mystery.

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The man who killed Stephanie is a man who has been a victim of a murder.

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He is a man who has been a victim of a murder.

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He is a man who has been a victim of a murder.

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He is a man who has been a victim of a murder.

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He is a man who has been a victim of a murder.

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He is a man who has been a victim of a murder.

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Sometimes the incredible occurs when you least expect it, just as Coward stormed.

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In the summer of 1985, Howard spent three weeks touring Europe with his wife, Beverly.

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In Paris, on their last day abroad, disaster struck.

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The curtain was drawn on a profound drama that would take Howard to the brink of death

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and launch him on a frightening journey to the afterlife.

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Howard, are you okay?

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Oh my God, Howard, where's Matt?

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Careful.

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I thought I had been shot, and it was the most serene, excruciating pain in the center of my abdomen.

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I was just panicked and full of fear. I couldn't think at all.

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Please, could you find Dr. Lee?

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The doctor that came to the hotel and the two doctors that examined me in the emergency room at the hospital all said the same thing.

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That this was a very critical situation, and that if I didn't have the surgery within an hour, I would die.

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Howard's small intestine had ruptured. He was transferred to another hospital where the staff spoke only French.

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Now there were problems finding a surgeon.

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Is there not a doctor here?

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They didn't give me any medication whatsoever, no treatment whatsoever, and I was beginning to fear that I wasn't going to make it

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after a few hours, after six or seven hours.

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I had a very strong feeling that I wasn't going to make it, and after ten hours, I knew I wasn't going to make it.

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I love you.

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And I said to my wife, it's time for us to say goodbye.

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Please don't go.

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When Howard lapsed into unconsciousness, it seemed like the end was very near.

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Please.

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In fact, Howard's story was just beginning.

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He was about to embark on what is commonly referred to as a near-death experience.

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Thousands of people have described such episodes as warm and comforting, even heavenly.

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Howard Storm, on the other hand, believes his near-death experience took him straight to the depths of hell.

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What makes his story even more remarkable is that at the time, Howard was an about atheist who believed in nothing,

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not God, not heaven, and certainly not hell.

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By his own admission, Howard Storm was a man with a dark side, an accomplished artist turned professor.

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Howard commanded everyone around him with angry passion.

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My wife and my children feared me.

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Sometimes I was fun, sometimes that's good, but I also used a lot of threats.

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I used a lot of rage, I used a lot of coercion to get my way.

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That was the bottom line all the time, was to get my way, my will to prevail.

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Please, Howard.

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Now that person lay in a Paris hospital.

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As he slipped closer to death, Howard Storm says he took the first step on a journey that was nothing short of terrifying.

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I looked at the bed and I saw myself lying in the bed and it's horrified me because I knew that that's not possible.

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Because I didn't believe in life after death, I didn't believe in God, I didn't believe in heaven or hell.

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I mean, I really didn't believe.

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It's me.

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Howard is dying.

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I heard people calling me from outside the room and they were saying, Howard, Howard, hurry up, you gotta come with us, it's time now.

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Come with us, Howard.

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Howard, it's time. Come with me.

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I assume that they must be hospital personnel come to take me to have my surgery.

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Where's my doctor?

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Come on, Howard.

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This way.

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And they didn't deny that, although they didn't confirm it either.

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As I walked with these people, I became increasingly aware that something was very wrong.

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These people were getting more and more aggressive and cruel to me.

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Don't stop Howard, just keep going.

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We have to move along, Howard.

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All I wanted to do now was to get away from him.

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He's getting darker and darker.

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They kept leading me on, standing in a circle around me and there was really no way to escape from them.

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Howard, don't hurt me.

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And they were scratching, pushing, pulling at me and began biting at me.

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So I was starting to yell and scream and howl with pain and I thought that was real funny and they really liked that a lot.

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It was worse and worse and worse to totally tear me apart, not only physically but psychologically and emotionally.

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You're gonna be fine.

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You're gonna take a physical piece of trash, Howard.

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You are, you know.

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I love you.

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In that place, I heard a voice which sounded like my voice say, pray to God.

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I said a second time, pray to God and I tried to remember how to pray.

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He's God.

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He's God.

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He's God.

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The mention of God pushed them away from me and pushed them back and back in the darkness.

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So I just kept at it and kept at it and it says, if it burned them.

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He's not here.

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He's not here.

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They simply retreated into the darkness and were gone.

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And I was all alone in that place.

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Left in my physical pain, my emotional pain, self-pity.

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And considering my whole life as sort of like, what was the point of ever living to end up like this?

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I'd never really accomplished anything very significant.

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Now I end up in this place of torment.

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Why was I ever born?

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In that state of like complete hopelessness, I recalled myself as a little child.

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Jesus loves me this side of, for the Bible tells me so.

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Little ones to Him belong.

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They are weak but He is kind.

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And what was so especially powerful about it was that that child whom I had been 30 years before believed in something other than himself.

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And in that complete despair and pain and hopelessness, a small light appeared and got brighter and brighter and brighter.

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Help, give us this day.

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And for the first time in that light I could see myself and I was horrible.

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I looked like roadkill and I was just all mangled and gore and horror.

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And I felt this brightness reach down and pick me up.

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And I was like all healed and whole and full of the most wonderful physical ecstasy.

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I was being carried by my new friend, this person of light.

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I'm aware that there's a tangible feeling of light and lovingness coming from the direction that we're moving towards.

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And he called a number of angels around us and they showed me the effects that I had on other people, how it hurt other people.

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And I think to myself, I'm scum. I don't belong here. They made a mistake.

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And then for the first time he spoke to me and said, we don't make mistakes. You do belong here.

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Where are we going, Adam?

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Oh, Howard. I can't.

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Howard Storm's journey to the other side was over.

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He says a mysterious figure instructed him to return to worth and live with love in his heart.

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I can't. I can't.

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Soon after Howard regained consciousness, a surgeon arrived.

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The operation saved Howard's life, but not without a price.

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He remained hospitalized for two months suffering from hepatitis, double pneumonia, a collapsed lung, and minimal liver function.

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Howard Storm would eventually make a full recovery. He would also undergo a dramatic transformation.

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The Lord be with you.

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And also with you.

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Lift up your hearts.

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Lift them up to the Lord.

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Let us pray.

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In 1988, Howard left teaching and attended a Methodist seminary.

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Today he is pastor of Zion United Church of Christ in southern Ohio.

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I'm thankful for the whole experience because it gave me a whole second chance at life.

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I feel like I died and was born again.

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My wife said that on that day I died and the person that came out of that experience was a complete stranger to her.

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And I feel that way that I've been given a new life.

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There's no doubt in my mind that I went to hell.

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I know what I experienced and I know it wasn't a dream and I know that there is a conscious existence beyond this world, outside of this world.

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If you want to call it another dimension or you want to call it the supernatural world or you want to call it heaven and hell, there is a life beyond this life.

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And we will reap the reward or suffer the consequence of what we've done with this life.

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Next, a stranger's helping hand becomes a fist of death for a woman in Virginia.

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As children were taught never to get into a car with a stranger, as adults we sometimes forget that lesson, even though it's a lesson that might save your life.

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I'm going right to the mall. I'll call you when I get there.

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How are you getting there?

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495 to 66 to 29 straight to Charlottesville.

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Alright, you got a full tank of gas?

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I filled it last night.

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Good. Love you.

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I love you.

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On March 2, 1996, Alicia show Walder Reynolds said goodbye to her husband and left her home in Baltimore, Maryland.

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It was a Saturday, about 7.30 in the morning.

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Bye.

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Bye-bye.

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Alicia planned to drive more than 150 miles to spend the day shopping with her mother in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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She left early, giving her so plenty of time to be at the mall by 10.30.

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Alicia's mother arrived on schedule, expecting her daughter at any moment.

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But when Alicia was late, Sadie show Walder became worried.

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Right about 11 o'clock, she wasn't there and I said, this is not like Alicia.

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I wonder what's going on.

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But I made myself wait till 11.15 and I then finally called her husband, called Mark.

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Have you heard from Alicia?

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At that point, I said, you know, the weather is kind of bad this morning.

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You know, there was a little fog. There was a little drizzle.

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give her a little while and give me a call back.

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Bye.

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Sadie continued to wait an hour passed. Then too, Alicia never showed up.

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At 6 o'clock that evening, a Virginia State Trooper found Alicia's car abandoned

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along a highway near Culpeper, Virginia, 50 miles from Alicia's destination.

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A white paper napkin had been tucked under the windshield wiper,

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a commonly used signal of car trouble.

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When the car was examined, however, there were no mechanical problems.

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My gut reaction immediately was that she was gone, that somebody had abducted her and taken her.

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I feared the worst, but we were told by many, many folks to hope for the best.

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As we told you, 25-year-old Alicia Reynolds disappeared this weekend.

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Her abandoned car was found...

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The next day, the local news media began broadcasting reports of Alicia's disappearance.

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You didn't come through here Saturday morning?

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Alicia set up a traffic block where Alicia's car was found

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and tracked down witnesses who had seen her on Route 29 the day she disappeared.

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At least three people saw Alicia talking to a clean-cut white man with a dark-colored pickup truck.

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The traffic block also produced witnesses who had been approached by a man fitting that exact description.

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Police began to realize that whatever had happened to Alicia

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might have been the final act in a nightmare scenario that had been evolving for weeks.

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There were approximately 20 women who came forward after Mrs. Reynolds' disappearance

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who indicated that they too had been stopped along the Route 29 corridor.

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Most of the witnesses talked about a man who would come up behind them or beside them in a dark, small pickup truck,

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flashing his headlights, honking his horn, looking in any way he could to attract their attention.

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Most of the women that did have some concern for their vehicle did manage to pull off to the side of the road.

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He immediately jumps underneath the vehicle, conducts an examination,

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comes out and then engages them in a conversation, a very polite conversation,

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about the mechanical difficulties that he has allegedly uncovered.

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At that point, the helpful stranger usually offered to drive the woman to the nearest phone.

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This is it, there's a phone right inside.

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OK, great.

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In at least two cases, the women accepted and came to no harm.

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Other women found the stranger to be anything but kind and courteous.

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Some of the women would not pull over for him,

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but merely went to the next exit or to their destination and had someone else look at their vehicle.

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Pull over, lay to your car!

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The only instances where we have found that the individual became agitated were those instances

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where women either refused his assistance or refused to pull over for him.

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And in those instances, there was a display of anger by him,

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such as pounding his fist on the steering wheel or murmuring things under his breath.

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Looking at all of the stops, I think we pretty much all agree that he was getting his courage up, if you will.

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He was practicing, getting comfortable in what he was doing with stopping these ladies

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until he found someone that trusted him enough for him to carry forward what he intended to do.

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One week before Alicia Reynolds disappeared,

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a woman driving through a neighboring county apparently fell for the same ploy.

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I didn't mean to scare you, but there's something wrong with your car.

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There's sparks coming out of the back of your car.

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Sparks?

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Yes, sparks that.

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There's a gas station about a mile up the road.

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If you want me to give you a lift up there, I'll be happy to help you out.

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She said from the first moment she met him, he was soft-spoken, he seemed to be trustworthy.

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She had no problem with it at all, and she knew that she needed a ride home.

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She didn't know how to get home, so she accepted the ride.

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You know, I really appreciate your taking me to the gas station.

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I don't know what I would have done.

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Hey, no problem. Glad to help out.

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Why are we slowing down?

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I just can't see anything on his windshield at the frost.

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bright lights behind him or he couldn't see because of the vehicles behind him,

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and he pulled off the road. He did this three times.

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We believed that he was trying to establish a place to do something.

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Look, if you could just take me to a phone, I can just make a phone call.

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Stop it! What are you doing?

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As she became very frightened, she fought him, and he decided he didn't want to fight with her,

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so he pushed her away.

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Get out of here!

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When he pushed her out, he took off, and the shoulder belt was still caught on her arm.

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The woman broke her ankle, but she got away.

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Seven days later, Alicia Reynolds would not be so fortunate.

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For two months, the search for Alicia proved fruitless.

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Then on May 7th, 1996, a passerby found her body in a wooded area, 15 miles southeast of Culpeper.

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Alicia had been murdered, probably on the day she disappeared.

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I don't want it to happen to somebody else.

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I think that's really my main concern for the capture of the guy,

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is so that I don't want to hear about another husband who lost his wife,

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or another father and mother who lost their daughter.

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That's too much.

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The stalker may have begun his rehearsals in February of 1996.

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He apparently stopped operating in the Culpeper area shortly after Alicia was abducted on March 2nd.

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No contacts have been reported since.

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There is a likelihood that the individual has fled this area, possibly the state,

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and may be in another community now, where he may be preparing to start the search.

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This entire incident was based upon the perpetrator having a fantasy,

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and then living this fantasy in his mind over and over and over,

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and then going out and living it with a real person.

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Getting a little closer and a little closer, and finally with Alicia, he found the perfect victim.

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She got out of the car, and she was taken to the hospital.

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And finally with Alicia, he found the perfect victim.

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She got in the car with him, and if we don't catch him, there will be another perfect victim out there

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that will get in his car again.

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Next, when a motorcycle loses control of his bike, disaster is averted thanks to an unknown good Samaritan.

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Also an escaped convict and his wife are finally in custody after 11 years on the run.

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This quiet neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota is a quintessential American community.

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Tree-lined streets, quaint churches, cozy homes, the kind of place where everyone knows their neighbor, or so they think.

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For eight years, Thomas Leo Langston and his wife lived in the small nondescript bungalow.

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No one ever suspected that Langston was in fact Richard Cepilonis, an escaped convict with a long criminal record.

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In 1973, Cepilonis and two accomplices robbed a bank in Uburn, Massachusetts and made off with more than $17,000 in cash.

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In fleeing, they almost killed an innocent bystander.

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Cepilonis was convicted of bank robbery and armed assault, his sentence 58 to 82 years in prison.

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Then he met Karen Walters. Karen was an aspiring teacher whose class assignment involved writing letters to inmates.

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Eventually she visited Richard and the relationship intensified.

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That was a drive.

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Oh, it was fine. Thank you.

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For Karen, it was love. Per Cepilonis, it may have been something different, perhaps nothing more than a means to an end.

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They're typically made in prison. I find it takes a vantager of people out in the community.

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Oftentimes they'll latch on to women who are lonely, want some attention, and they take advantage of them.

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I think the women will be guiled by all that attention.

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Eight years after they met, Richard Cepilonis and Karen Walters married in the prison chapel.

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Several months later, Cepilonis escaped and the couple disappeared.

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Eleven years would pass before anyone knew where Richard Cepilonis and Karen Walters were hiding.

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Let's go to Keely Shaysmith to find out what happened.

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After a recent broadcast, a viewer in Minneapolis who had done business with the couple recognized Karen's photograph,

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a task force which included the local police and FBI was mobilized and the house was staked out.

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On October 1st, 1996, officers observed Richard Cepilonis leave his residence and drive to a nearby convenience store.

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As soon as he pulled into the parking lot and got out of the vehicle, one of the task force members was right there with him.

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So he jumped out, drew his weapon, ordered Cepilonis not to move, and at that point other task force members got there, jumped out and assisted in the arrest.

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Karen Walters was picked up 20 minutes later. For eight years, she and Cepilonis had completely fooled their neighbors.

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When I found out that they were who they were, I was shocked. I couldn't believe it. My mouth fell to the floor.

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I never would imagine in a million years that these two people would do anything wrong.

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A bag of robbery paraphernalia found inside the hideout gave authorities a much different impression.

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The discovery of the bag with the face mask, the gun, the rubber gloves, the large amount of cash and small bills.

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We think that perhaps he's been back in the bank robbery or robbery business again.

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August 27, 1995 was a joyous day for Stephen Sharon Newton. That morning, their first child, Virginia, was born at Naples Community Hospital in Naples, Florida.

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It was the most incredible thing I ever seen before in my life to watch this child being born, especially knowing that it was mom's birthday.

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It was the first time I saw a child in my life. I was so happy.

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I was so happy. I was so happy. I was so happy. I was so happy.

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I was born at Naples Community Hospital in Naples, Florida.

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It was the most incredible thing I ever seen before in my life to watch this child being born, especially knowing that it was my child.

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That's what I always wanted to be was a father. She was my world. That's pretty much how I felt with my wife.

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I just couldn't have gotten any better at that point.

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Steve had come to the hospital straight from work the night before.

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At around 2 p.m. he headed home to pick up the family car.

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The ride to the small town of Immokalee would take about an hour and a half.

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Over the previous week, rainstorms had blanketed the area. Steve says it had cleared by then afternoon.

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But up ahead, disaster loomed. A deep pool of water had covered the road, creating a treacherous hazard.

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It looked like a mirage at first, but it wasn't a mirage. It was water.

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I remember thinking, this is it. I'm going to die.

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I just remember coming straight down on my head.

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As I hit, I saw poof, this big bright light. And that was it. Then I was just completely out.

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Steve ended up in a drainage ditch, faced down and unconscious. Death was just a whisper away.

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Are you okay? Can you hear me?

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I woke up and there's this lady staring me in the face.

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I remember thinking that this woman was like an angel of some sort. She was just so peaceful, so quiet, so pretty.

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I'm going to stay here with you until I get here, okay? Do you think you can get up?

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The woman, apparently a passing motorist, had turned Steve over in the water and saved him from drowning.

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She pulled him to his feet, led him from the drainage ditch and over to her car.

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I remember sitting in the car. She was talking to me and after a while her voice started to fade out.

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I remember that. And then I remember seeing these lights coming up the street.

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When paramedics arrived, Steve was in a precarious state.

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PMS, were you both involved in the accident?

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No, it was just hell.

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Step back please, ma'am. Sir, do you remember what happened?

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He appeared slightly confused and he was hyperventilating.

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Where are you hurt?

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In my back, in my shoulder.

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The woman was there initially and since his answers were somewhat disoriented, I asked her what she had found on the scene.

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And she said that he was face down in the water at the roadside and when she initially went up to him, he was unconscious at that time.

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He wasn't answering her at all.

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He easily could have drowned if she had not pulled him from the water.

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The strangers stayed at the scene until Steve was taken away.

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She gave a statement to police then disappeared without leaving her name.

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How you doing, sir? Do you remember your name?

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Steve, one, two, three.

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Twenty minutes later, Steve was brought into the same hospital where his daughter had been born just hours earlier.

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I kept telling him the whole time that you know, tell my wife I'm sorry.

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And they didn't understand what I was getting at, but I just, I was really getting at the fact that if I died, I was really sorry that you know, it shouldn't have happened like this.

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More than a year has passed since Steve Newton's brush with death.

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He is now on disability because he suffers from occasional seizures.

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But if not for the mysterious good Samaritan, Steve Newton wouldn't be here at all.

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She helped him stay around to be a father to her daughter.

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I mean, if she wouldn't have helped him, he might have died.

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And then, then my baby wouldn't have a father.

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You know, that's basically why I want to find her. I just want to thank her.

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I'm just glad to be alive now.

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I never thought about life before. You know, I'm here and I'm always going to be here.

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And I just thank God for each day.

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I always knew tomorrow was coming. I always knew that next week was coming.

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And now I don't take that for granted no more because it could just end just like that.

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If she could just see my daughter, she'll know that she did me.

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The greatest favor or gift that anybody can give, and that's to give me back my life.

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And I'd like to say thank you for that.

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With the help of our viewers, Steve Newton recently had a chance to do just that.

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Here's Keely Shea Smith with the details.

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Bob, a woman in Florida recognized the story as one she had heard from a co-worker named Tammy Dodson.

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After the broadcast, Tammy's boyfriend discussed the case with one of his coworkers,

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who happened to be Steve Newton's father-in-law.

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It soon became perfectly clear that Steve's mysterious good Samaritan was in fact Tammy Dodson.

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On January 31, 1997, Steve and Tammy met face-to-face for the first time since the near fatal accident.

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As a special treat, Steve brought along Virginia, now one and a half years old.

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Nobody's ever gotten out of the car.

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As a special treat, Steve brought along Virginia, now one and a half years old.

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Nobody's ever gotten that far to come to thank me.

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And he kept saying that I was his angel.

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I've never been called an angel before, far from it.

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But it just, I mean, it made me feel good inside to know that I've done something that's helped somebody so much.

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Steve and his wife Sharon, now expecting their second child, were finally able to express their gratitude to the woman who had saved Steve's life.

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I owe her everything.

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And there's nothing that I have I can give to her, you know, to say thank you.

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Right through here it started.

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For the day was out, Tammy and Steve returned to the scene of the accident, all too aware that Tammy's simple act of kindness had changed both of them forever.

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It makes me want to do more for other people.

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Now, you know, I, if someone's in trouble, I would go that extra mile, you know, to that extra, just to help that person.

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I just wanted to hug him.

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I was so glad to see that he was okay.

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And the baby and everything, I was just thrilled that he was fine.

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Next, a hit and run boating accident leaves a young woman fighting for her life.

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This is Stephanie Booker of Dallas, Texas as she appeared in 1995 before this happened.

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Stephanie Booker 1995, Stephanie Booker today.

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The change may seem slight to you, but to Stephanie, her new face is that of a stranger, artfully created by plastic surgeons.

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In that horrific hit and run accident, the other Stephanie was destroyed.

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It happened on Lewisville Lake, 20 miles north of Dallas.

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Stephanie Booker and two friends, Sabra Scott and Kim Colvin, spent a great deal of time on the lake, swimming, sailing, whatever appealed to them.

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June 17, 1995 was a typical outing until nightfall.

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After a break for dinner, the three friends decided to take one last cruise beyond the breakwater.

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Wow, look at how nice that is.

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That's great.

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Guys, it's late, we gotta get back.

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Near midnight, the young women headed back to the slip.

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Kim, it's really dark, can you help me up front?

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They slowed down as they entered the marina, maneuvering through a no-wake zone that prohibits boaters from going more than five miles an hour.

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Then, a hundred yards away, a speedboat raced out of the darkness.

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Stephanie and her friends never had a chance.

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Sabra!

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For a moment, only silence, stunned disbelief.

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June, why didn't you just down here? No, it's just dead!

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You just hit my bow, look at this!

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Oh my God, I can't believe it!

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Sabra was still screaming and I could feel someone tugging on the back of my shirt.

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And it was Stephanie.

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And at that point, I got on my knees and I could see that she was in serious condition.

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I tried to speak and no words would come out.

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It was as if my mouth felt sewn shut.

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And so I had to brace myself with my hands to push my body up.

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And then I felt this terrible weight hanging off of my face as if dough was hanging off of my face.

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And I reached up and realized that my face was in my hand.

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The speedboat's propeller is slashed across Stephanie's face, literally slicing it from the bone.

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Her lips were detached from her face. I couldn't see any gums or teeth.

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There was skin hanging down from her eye, so I was seeing her exposed face.

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And I could tell she was having a hard time breathing.

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I'm gonna tell you!

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What the hell?

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On the other boats, a young woman appeared at the driver's side.

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They stared, neither said a word.

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Guys, guys, we need your help!

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He stood there as if contemplating the pros and the cons.

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I'm sure he thought he already killed someone by looking at the damage on our boat.

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I remember one of the individuals making the other person to kind of like be silent.

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Don't say anything.

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So it was total silence with me yelling and screaming at him.

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They made no motions to say one word or make any actions towards to come to help us.

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Guys, please, come help us!

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Guys, help! We need help!

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When the driver finally did do something, it was to save himself.

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He gunned his engine and took off.

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They're leaving!

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We need some help! She's okay!

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She's okay!

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Back to the dock!

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Kim turned her attention back to Stephanie.

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While Sabra got the boat started and made for sure.

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Back to the dock!

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I'm thinking to myself that Stephanie is going to quit breathing any minute now.

443
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And so the trip has seemed like it lasted forever.

444
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Long enough for me to think I can't give her mouth to mouth because I'm afraid if I put any pressure,

445
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it'll cave in any facial structure she has.

446
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And also I didn't think there was an airway big enough to get any air in her.

447
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:46,000
Looking at Kim, not being able to breathe very well, I felt a very conscious decision to either live or die.

448
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:52,000
And so at that moment, instead of freaking out looking at Kim's face, I decided to just remain calm.

449
00:38:53,000 --> 00:39:00,000
And it was as if a power overcame me and gave me this incredible strength to take control of my life.

450
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:07,000
As Stephanie was being rushed to surgery, police started looking for the driver of the other boat, or anyone who might have seen him.

451
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,000
Right after the accident, we have two witnesses that were there.

452
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They heard the screaming, they heard the noise coming from the accident.

453
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And then about 15 or 20 seconds after that, they saw a boat fitting this description, just come hauling butt.

454
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:27,000
Five minutes later, another eyewitness saw two people load the same boat.

455
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:31,000
Onto a trailer towed by a white 4x4 pickup truck.

456
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,000
Without even bothering to tie down the boat, they sped off into the night.

457
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,000
They remain unidentified.

458
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,000
The community was outraged.

459
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:48,000
While local businesses raised reward money, Stephanie suffered through her own private ordeal.

460
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:54,000
Seven reconstructive surgeries done, and five more scheduled to rebuild her internal facial structure.

461
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,000
I'm not able to breathe very well.

462
00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:02,000
I'm not able to smell as well, nor can I taste the way I used to be able to.

463
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And my teeth that I have are very much for aesthetics, for looks.

464
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Memory, concentration skills, the ability to do more than one task at a time.

465
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:21,000
All the things that I used to do and take for granted, I'm not able to breathe very well.

466
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:24,000
All the things that I used to do and take for granted are gone.

467
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:31,000
And I walk by a mirror after I've had one of my many surgeries and look at myself and just wonder,

468
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why did someone do this? Why did they not come forward? Why don't they care?

469
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:40,000
Can he help? Can he help? She's hurt. Come back.

470
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,000
At least one person did seem to care.

471
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:47,000
Police have heard from the same anonymous caller on three occasions.

472
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:54,000
He stated emphatically that he knew who it was, that he was going to talk to the person and try to get them to turn themselves in.

473
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From just a tone of his voice and the way he was talking, we think that he does know who it is and we would like for him to at least contact us.

474
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:05,000
It frightens me that these people are still out there.

475
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:10,000
It really does. They've proven that they place absolutely no value whatsoever on human life.

476
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That was shown the night of our accident when they chose to leave us there to die.

477
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:22,000
These people being brought to justice has a huge impact on me emotionally as well as my family.

478
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:35,000
My feelings towards the people in the other boat was I felt very sorry for them.

479
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,000
It had to be devastating to cause an accident like this.

480
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:50,000
However, they do need to do the right thing and come forward so that I can move on and try to work on myself emotionally and get back as close to normal as possible.

481
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:58,000
The Sussex boat is a Miami Vice-Style speedboat with a single-engine Mercury Cruiser outdrive similar to these.

482
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:03,000
It is 25 to 30 feet long and painted white with teal green markings.

483
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:08,000
The fiberglass shell was probably damaged on the starboard side about five feet from the stern.

484
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:14,000
The motor would have had damage to the outdrive, gear case, skag or gimbal ring.

485
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:20,000
It might have been brought in for repairs or sold sometime after June 17, 1995.

486
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:28,000
The driver of the speedboat was a stocky musketer, clean-shaven white male with light hair.

487
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:32,000
His companion was an athletic-looking woman with very long dark hair.

488
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,000
They drove a white 4x4 pickup truck.

489
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:48,000
Join me next time for another compelling out, unsolved mysteries.

490
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:03,000
The Sussex boat is a Miami Vice-Style speedboat with a single-engine Mercury Cruiser outdrive similar to these.

491
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:09,000
The Sussex boat is a Miami Vice-Style speedboat with a single-engine Mercury Cruiser outdrive similar to these.

492
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:15,000
The Sussex boat is a Miami Vice-Style speedboat with a single-engine Mercury Cruiser outdrive similar to these.

493
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:21,000
The Sussex boat is a Miami Vice-Style speedboat with a single-engine Mercury Cruiser outdrive similar to these.

494
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:27,000
The Sussex boat is a Miami Vice-Style speedboat with a single-engine Mercury Cruiser outdrive similar to these.

495
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,000
Sussex boat is a Miami Vice-Style speedboat with a single-engine Mercury Cruiser outdrive similar to these.