1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 The End 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Tonight on Unsolved Mysteries 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:15,000 A young man is mesmerized by a beautiful girl and begins a toyed relationship. 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:19,000 Within a month, his body is found burning in a vacant lot. 5 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Did a brief love affair culminate in murder? 6 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:29,000 According to police, this cunning countout has coolly walked out of an Alabama bank with a small fortune 7 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:33,000 and never looked back. But this was no ordinary bank heist. 8 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:37,000 It was a crime that took meticulous planning and daring execution. 9 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,000 Today he's still on the lam and he may be in your community. 10 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:48,000 Half a million dollars vanishes from eight automated teller machines in Indiana. 11 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,000 So does the courier responsible for tending them. 12 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:57,000 Was she a thief or the victim of a shadowy figure who forced her to do his bidding? 13 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:02,000 A woman sets out to find the family she hasn't seen in over 45 years. 14 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:07,000 That search triggers shocking memories of her violent and secret past. 15 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Join me for these intriguing cases and more, Unsolved Mysteries. 16 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:52,000 A Fire Blazes in a Vacant Lot Outside of Chicago 17 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:59,000 Smoldering Deep in the Flames is a scorched body wrapped in a partially burned tarpon bed sheet. 18 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:04,000 The victim, a 22-year-old man with nothing in his hands, 19 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:11,000 to suggest such a violent end, Oscar Velazquez. 20 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:17,000 At the County Morgue, Oscars parents are faced with the most difficult task of their life, 21 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:24,000 identifying the remains of their eldest son. 22 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:29,000 I never thought I'd ever see a woman like her. 23 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:34,000 I never thought we would find him there. 24 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,000 He was a good kid. 25 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 He never got into trouble. 26 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,000 He didn't drink. 27 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,000 He didn't smoke. 28 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:49,000 He was different from the other kids in the neighborhood. 29 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Growing up, Oscar Velazquez had managed to avoid the gangs that infested his neighborhood. 30 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,000 He was well respected in the neighborhood. 31 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:04,000 He was well respected in the community and had a steady job as a truck driver. 32 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:10,000 Oscar had also recently begun a new relationship with an attractive 18-year-old brunette. 33 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Her name? Regina DeFrancisco. 34 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,000 Mr. DeFrancisco, would you have a seat, please, and your daughter? 35 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Investigators soon discover a troubling coincidence. 36 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,000 Two days after Oscar's body was found, 37 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Regina's mother and 16-year-old sister Margaret 38 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,000 filed a missing persons report for Regina DeFrancisco. 39 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,000 She's been gone for two days. 40 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Has she ever taken off before? 41 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,000 No. 42 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,000 So this is the first time? 43 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Four days after the discovery of Oscar's body, 44 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,000 the same detectives who were investigating his murder 45 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:52,000 visited the house of the missing Regina DeFrancisco. 46 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,000 While searching her home for any clues related to the teenager's disappearance, 47 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:04,000 investigators made a startling discovery that linked Regina to the murder of Oscar Velazquez. 48 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Lo and behold, to our surprise, there was the matching pillowcases to the sheet 49 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,000 that was used to wrap Oscar's body up in. 50 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:21,000 And that's when our focus of our investigation switched to Regina herself. 51 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,000 As police sought to solve the murder of Oscar Velazquez, 52 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:29,000 they were soon confronted with a tangled web of sexual fantasy and homicidal impulse. 53 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,000 At the centers, a strikingly attractive teenage girl 54 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,000 whom police believe lured Oscar to his death. 55 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,000 But why? 56 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,000 Authorities are convinced that Regina DeFrancisco knows the answer, 57 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:45,000 and they're asking for your help to find her. 58 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,000 Hey, Oscar. 59 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Oh, hey. 60 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,000 What up? 61 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,000 How you doing? 62 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:55,000 By all accounts, Oscar Velazquez lived a stable life. 63 00:04:55,000 --> 00:05:00,000 But that all apparently changed when he set eyes on Regina DeFrancisco. 64 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,000 You look beautiful today. 65 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,000 Thank you. 66 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:08,000 Oscar thought she looked like a nice girl. 67 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,000 In the short period of time, approximately three weeks, 68 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,000 they only had maybe three or four dates. 69 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Oscar and Regina seemed to hit it off, 70 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:25,000 and I think Oscar was blinded by Regina's good looks. 71 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,000 But below the alluring surface, a storm was brewing. 72 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Regina apparently had another boyfriend, 73 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,000 a gang member nicknamed Loco, 74 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:40,000 and she needed $1,000 to bail him out of jail. 75 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:46,000 According to police, Regina decided to get the money from Oscar Velazquez, 76 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:52,000 and she allegedly enlisted her sister Margaret in the scheme. 77 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Detectives believe Margaret told Oscar 78 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:01,000 that it was Regina who was in jail and needed to be bailed out. 79 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Can you get us the money? 80 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,000 I got $1,000. 81 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,000 Is that enough? 82 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:11,000 Oscar being a loyal and true boyfriend that he thought he was 83 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,000 didn't hesitate at all. 84 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,000 Oscar gives Margaret the $1,000. 85 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:24,000 Margaret tells Oscar as soon as she bails Regina out of jail 86 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,000 that Regina will call him. 87 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Regina did call Oscar, and the two went out on another date. 88 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Thank you so much, baby, for helping me. 89 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,000 It's all right. 90 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 No, I love you. 91 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 You do? 92 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,000 I'll do anything for you. 93 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Oscar allegedly asked Regina 94 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,000 when she would pay him back the $1,000. 95 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:49,000 According to police, her answer laid the foundation for Oscar's death. 96 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,000 Maybe I don't have the money right now. 97 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 I just got out of jail. 98 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,000 Regina says, hey, you know, I'm sorry. 99 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,000 I'm willing to pay you back. 100 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,000 I'll give you a little extra. 101 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Margaret really likes you too. 102 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,000 You know, how about coming over, and I'll give you your money, 103 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:10,000 and the three of us will have a little fun. 104 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Are you serious? 105 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:20,000 And that's when Regina offered the threesome, the sexual encounter, 106 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:28,000 and Oscar was pretty willing to turn around and oblige. 107 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,000 According to witnesses, Oscar arrived at the DeFrancisco 108 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,000 home at around 8 o'clock. 109 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,000 He was greeted at the door by Margaret. 110 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Hi. 111 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,000 What do you do here? 112 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Um, I don't know. 113 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,000 Regina said she was waiting for you. 114 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,000 Allegedly, a friend of the DeFrancisco sisters was also at the house, 115 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:55,000 and waiting downstairs in the basement was Regina. 116 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,000 Oscar, come down here, baby. 117 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,000 I'm in the basement. 118 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:07,000 Oscar went ahead of Margaret, walked down the steps, 119 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,000 and when he made it to the last step in the basement, 120 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Margaret took the semi-automatic, 121 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,000 shot him one time in the back of the head. 122 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Come on, let's go. 123 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Investigators believe that the girls took Oscar's necktas, 124 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,000 his car keys, and $600 in cash. 125 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:35,000 Next, they wrapped the body in a bed sheet and then a tarp. 126 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,000 According to the police, the sisters did what they could 127 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,000 to clean up the crime scene. 128 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,000 And finally, they dragged the body up the basement stairs 129 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,000 and reportedly put it into the trunk of Oscar's car. 130 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,000 Then they drive around, and they see the car. 131 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Then they drive around, say for approximately 40 minutes, 132 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:07,000 looking for a spot to dump the body until they happened upon this vacant lot. 133 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:12,000 Regina and Margaret try to get Oscar's body out of the trunk. 134 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,000 Body gets dumped out into the lot. 135 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:25,000 One of the girls take a large bottle of nail polish remover, 136 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,000 doused Oscar's body, 137 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,000 they ignite the body, 138 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,000 Get back. 139 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,000 and drive away. 140 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,000 Two days later, police discovered Oscar's Camaro 141 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,000 not far from where his remains were found. 142 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,000 It too had been torched. 143 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,000 It wasn't long before the case broke wide open. 144 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,000 The young girl who was allegedly at the home at the time of the crime 145 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,000 confessed to police. 146 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:06,000 She gave a detailed account of what she witnessed on the night of Oscar's murder. 147 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 Come on, let's go. 148 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,000 A arrest warrant is issued for Regina and Margaret de Francisco. 149 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Both are believed to have fled the Chicago area. 150 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,000 As Maria Velázquez waits for justice, 151 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:25,000 she struggles with a painful void left in her life by her son Oscar's murder. 152 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,000 Every day is a labor because I'm still looking for him. 153 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:38,000 I see young people and I'm always hoping that I see him, 154 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,000 but I can't find him. 155 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,000 It's hard to get used to living without him. 156 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:47,000 It's really hard to get used to the idea that he isn't here anymore. 157 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:51,000 We miss him a lot, all of us. 158 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,000 The bank should be right around the corner, right up here. 159 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:21,000 When Brent Trouth of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, decided to sell his Nissan sports car, 160 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,000 he found a ready buyer in John Madgeau. 161 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,000 He took a nice care of it. 162 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,000 Really nice care of it. 163 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:32,000 All Madgeau needed to seal the deal was a cashier's check. 164 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,000 Brent agreed to drive him to the bank. 165 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:38,000 During the short trip, the conversation was light and friendly. 166 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Yeah, and the bank should be right over here. 167 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Then without warning, it turned ugly. 168 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:49,000 Brent suddenly found himself on the wrong end of a gun fighting for his life. 169 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:54,000 He had the meanest look on his face, cold water killer. 170 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:01,000 He pulled the gun to the right and it went on the side of my leg. 171 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,000 The bullet went on the side of my leg and came out on the corner by my kneecap. 172 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,000 And that's when I bit him on the shoulder. 173 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:13,000 When he let go of the gun, he threw the gun out the car. 174 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Stop the car! 175 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,000 Stop nothing! 176 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:21,000 Madgeau then dove out the passenger's side door. 177 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:29,000 While Brent Trouth drove himself to the hospital, Brent nearly lost his leg but later recovered. 178 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,000 The next day, police tracked down Madgeau and made the arrest. 179 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,000 I'm telling you, I'm going to be all potty-mall. 180 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:41,000 To those who knew him, it came as no big surprise. 181 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:46,000 Madgeau had been a rebellious teen, constantly at odds with his wealthy father, 182 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:50,000 who owned a real estate empire in and around Baton Rouge. 183 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Count artist John Madgeau was much smarter than the average street criminal. 184 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:58,000 Charged with attempted murder and facing overwhelming evidence, 185 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,000 Madgeau plea-bargained his way to a reduced sentence of five years. 186 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:05,000 He then arranged to pull a wart detail outside prison grounds. 187 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Ironically, at the offices of the Louisiana State Police. 188 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:13,000 But allegedly, Madgeau's biggest con was yet to come. 189 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,000 John Madgeau did his time and was released on parole. 190 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:27,000 He immediately left for Mobile, Alabama, where family connections helped land him a position 191 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,000 as boarding agent at Phallet Green Shipping Services. 192 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,000 In a characteristic display of bravado, 193 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,000 Madgeau listed the prison job on his resume, 194 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:40,000 failing, of course, to mention he was behind bars at the time. 195 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:49,000 Madgeau's new job involved processing payroll accounts for ships and dock, 196 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,000 a service that often involved sizable amounts of cash. 197 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,000 It was another ironic twist, 198 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,000 a next con with his hands on the checkbook. 199 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:02,000 The owners of the vessel would wire us the money that the captain requested. 200 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,000 And then we would make out the receipts, 201 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,000 bring the cash down to the captain. 202 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:13,000 He would sit there and count it out and then sign the receipt and you'd be done. 203 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:18,000 John fit in right away and got along well with everybody. 204 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:23,000 We just went overboard to be nice. 205 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,000 He was just super. 206 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,000 He was outgoing. 207 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,000 When you talk to him, you feel like you'd known him forever. 208 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,000 That's just how he made you feel. 209 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,000 Molly Perez was certainly taken by Madgeau's charms. 210 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,000 What's it here? 211 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Following a short whirlwind romance, 212 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 the couple decided to tie the knot. 213 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 A couple of them had to work and they could have hit traffic, 214 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,000 but I'm sure my aunt will show up. 215 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,000 It's still early. 216 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,000 Molly had a four-year-old daughter from a previous marriage. 217 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,000 Madgeau appeared to love her like his own. 218 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,000 But according to Molly's mother, 219 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,000 the relationship was stormy and sometimes violent. 220 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:01,000 Molly never told me that he was abusive, 221 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,000 but her daughter did. 222 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:08,000 And at that time, her daughter had just turned four. 223 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,000 And she was terrified of John. 224 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Terrified. 225 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:18,000 In front of us, he acted like the doping stepfather, 226 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:22,000 but when he was away from us, it was a different story. 227 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:29,000 It turned out Madgeau had a lot of people fooled. 228 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:32,000 But no one could have guessed what he was really up to. 229 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,000 An alleged scam that was as brazen as it was risky 230 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,000 to the tune of nearly $200,000. 231 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:42,000 According to police, it all began with a phone conversation 232 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,000 between Madgeau and a local bank officer 233 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,000 who asked not to be identified. 234 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,000 He called. 235 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:53,000 He called to inquire how long it would take me to get $197,000. 236 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,000 And I told him I need to know by Tuesday 237 00:15:55,000 --> 00:16:00,000 to have it in towards the end of the week. 238 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Some time over the next few days, 239 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,000 police believe Madgeau snuck back into the office after hours, 240 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:09,000 unlocked a filing cabinet, and walked out with a blank check. 241 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,000 Thank you very much. 242 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,000 Morning, Ms. Henderson. 243 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,000 Hi. 244 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 Thank you very much. 245 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,000 Morning, Ms. Henderson. 246 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,000 He showed up at the bank on Thursday morning right on cue 247 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,000 with a check for $197,000, 248 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:28,000 apparently authorized by the office manager. 249 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,000 The amount was unusually large, 250 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,000 but otherwise everything seemed to be in order. 251 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,000 It was a well-established account. 252 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:39,000 He was a well-known person to be responsible for picking up 253 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:43,000 and calling in the orders, and the signature was a match. 254 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,000 According to the bank officer, Madgeau was friendly, 255 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,000 but uncharacteristically on edge. 256 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Sure is a lot of money. 257 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,000 This was the largest amount that they had ever gotten in one period. 258 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:57,000 And he told me that one of their couriers for the company in New Orleans 259 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,000 had been killed doing a drop, such as this, 260 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,000 and so he was a little nervous. 261 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:03,000 I can get you an escort if you like. 262 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,000 We can have someone walk you out. 263 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,000 No, that won't be necessary. 264 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:11,000 I mean, just you know what I know about this transaction, right? 265 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:12,000 Right? 266 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,000 Moments later, police say Madgeau Conley 267 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,000 walked out of the bank in Mobile, Alabama, 268 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,000 and simply disappeared. 269 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,000 For that green shipping. 270 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:29,000 The next day, Denise McDonald received a disturbing phone call 271 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 from the home office in New Orleans. 272 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,000 The accountant that manages all the money, 273 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,000 he asked me if we had written any big checks, 274 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,000 and of course I said no. 275 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,000 So he said, look for this check number. 276 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,000 So I went and looked, and the check was missing. 277 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:50,000 So I went back to the phone and I said, yes, the check is gone. 278 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,000 And I said, how much money is gone? 279 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:57,000 And he said, $197,000. 280 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,000 And I said, God, you're kidding. 281 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:05,000 Investigators learned that the authorized signature on the check was a forgery. 282 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,000 Meanwhile, Molly left her little girl with her mother 283 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,000 and prepared to leave town. 284 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:18,000 Molly left with John because she was protecting us and her daughter 285 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:25,000 because I know now that Molly knew just how evil he was, and is. 286 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,000 But what Molly didn't realize was, 287 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,000 we'd have done anything to protect her. 288 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,000 Anything. 289 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:42,000 Police say Molly left with Madgeau in a new $35,000 SUV, 290 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:46,000 which she had allegedly purchased with some of the stolen money. 291 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,000 So the place has been vacant for about six weeks. 292 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,000 It's ready to be rented out at any time. 293 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:02,000 Four months later, the couple reportedly turned up in Staten Island, New York. 294 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,000 I don't think we need to see much more of it. 295 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,000 I mean, we love it, right? 296 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,000 Using the names Rick and Sarah Parker, 297 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,000 they rented an apartment from Nanette Connell. 298 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:17,000 Molly and Madgeau came off to be the sweetest people to everyone, 299 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:22,000 not only to my husband and myself and my family members, 300 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,000 but to the neighbors as well. 301 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,000 Over the next year, Madgeau bounced from one job to another 302 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:33,000 before landing a sales position with a rare autographed dealer in Manhattan. 303 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,000 He all needs some help just let me know. 304 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,000 But it wasn't long before he was up to his old tricks, 305 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,000 allegedly gaining access to company checks, 306 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,000 forging authorized signatures and discreetly pocketing the funds. 307 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,000 However, with the summer of 2001, 308 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,000 Madgeau's days in the Big Apple were numbered. 309 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,000 May I help you? 310 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,000 Yes, you may. 311 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:03,000 Madgeau had attempted to cash a $1,500 check. 312 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,000 For you? 313 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,000 And the place where he was trying to cash it, 314 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,000 contacted the employer and he said, 315 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:13,000 no, he does not have the authority to cash a check in that amount. 316 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 I'll cash checks you all the time. 317 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Sir, for this amount, I need an authorization. 318 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,000 Let's take a minute. 319 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Madgeau never showed back up at that company. 320 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 The individual had an audit done of his records 321 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:29,000 and determined that Madgeau on 14 different occasions 322 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:33,000 had written $1,000 checks which were forged 323 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:37,000 and which were basically embezzlement from the company. 324 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,000 By the time police were notified, it was too late. 325 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:45,000 Madgeau and Molly were already on the run. 326 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,000 Early in the morning, it must have been like 6.30 in the morning, 327 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,000 I suddenly get a phone call from Madgeau. 328 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,000 Hello? 329 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,000 Hey, Internet, it's Rick. 330 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,000 And he was like, oh, I'm taking Molly to the hospital. 331 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,000 She's very sick. 332 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:03,000 I'm leaving the dog papers, watch the dog. 333 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 I left the key underneath the mat. 334 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,000 Nanette was surprised and concerned for Molly, 335 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,000 but before she had a chance to ask any questions, 336 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,000 Madgeau had hung up the phone. 337 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,000 I'll give you a call later. Bye. 338 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:21,000 Right there, all the cards started falling right into place. 339 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000 Something is very fishy. 340 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,000 Sarah! 341 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Suspicious, Nanette went down to check on her tenants. 342 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000 The apartment was trashed. 343 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,000 John Madgeau and his wife had simply vanished. 344 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,000 Detectives later discovered that Molly 345 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,000 had purchased two airline tickets for a flight 346 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,000 from New York to Los Angeles, 347 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,000 but there have been no reported sightings on the West Coast. 348 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,000 So where are they now? 349 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,000 That's what the FBI would like to know. 350 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 Molly has not contacted her daughters 351 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,000 since leaving Alabama in the summer of 1999. 352 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,000 Authorities believe they are probably using assumed names, 353 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,000 and that John Madgeau, wherever he is, 354 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,000 is cooking up a scam. 355 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,000 He is what we would consider to be an armed and dangerous person 356 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,000 because of the fact of his previous criminal record. 357 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,000 In the past, remember, this individual almost killed 358 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:35,000 another individual in order to steal a car. 359 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:39,000 So there's no question, if he feels like he is in some jeopardy 360 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,000 of having his freedom curtailed, 361 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:45,000 he would more than likely engage in such conduct again. 362 00:22:52,000 --> 00:23:06,000 Music 363 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:10,000 Music 364 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,000 Peru, Indiana, 4 a.m. 365 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:17,000 Cynthia Whismiller's Day begins. 366 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,000 Already a grandmother at age 42, 367 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Cynthia is a free-spirited matriarch of a close family. 368 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,000 We drank coffee and talked for a while, 369 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,000 and she kissed me good-bye, said she loved me, 370 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,000 and she'd see me later. 371 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:38,000 That was probably the worst day of my life. 372 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,000 Bye, baby. 373 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,000 Cynthia is a courier for an armored vehicle service. 374 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Her job is to replenish automated teller machines with cash. 375 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:56,000 At 5.50 a.m., Cynthia begins making her rounds of the ATMs on her route. 376 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,000 Later that morning, she mysteriously disappears, 377 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:06,000 along with $268,000 in cash. 378 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:13,000 Was Cynthia a former police officer and dedicated grandmother 379 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,000 a brazen thief, or was the real thief 380 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,000 lurking out a range of ATM surveillance cameras, 381 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:24,000 forcing Cynthia to take the money before he killed her? 382 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,000 Back robber or victim? 383 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:31,000 The police and Cynthia's family found themselves bitterly divided. 384 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:35,000 On the surface, the evidence of her guilt seemed overwhelming, 385 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,000 yet detectives acknowledged it was odd for a woman with an unblemished past 386 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:43,000 to commit such an audacious theft and then desert her loved ones. 387 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:48,000 The only certainty was that no trace of Cynthia remained. 388 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,000 Oh, look at the sun. 389 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Look at how beautiful. 390 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:59,000 Cynthia Wispmiller was a nucleus around which her entire family revolved. 391 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,000 Those who knew her best say she possessed a generous spirit 392 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,000 and an unwavering sense of right and wrong. 393 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:12,000 To suggest that she was capable of bank robbery was inconceivable. 394 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:18,000 My mother has taught me that it's very good to be good. 395 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,000 You can't take more than you give. 396 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,000 No one gets anything for nothing. 397 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,000 She instilled that into us very early. 398 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:29,000 For there even to be speculation that she would have done something like this 399 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:33,000 or gone this direction or done anything to attempt to take the easy way out, 400 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,000 it's just ludicrous. There's no way. 401 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,000 No way in hell it would have happened. 402 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Whatever did happen, say investigators, 403 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,000 may have begun three days before the robbery. 404 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,000 Come on in, Cindy. Have a seat. 405 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,000 Cynthia's supervisor told her their security company had been bought 406 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:54,000 by the Brinks Armored Car Service and that she was to have a new position. 407 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:58,000 There'll be some changes and I'll fill you in on that next week 408 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,000 but because of time constraints right now, I just want to cover one thing with you. 409 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:07,000 The following work day, she was to postpone her pre-dawn duties until 9 a.m. 410 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:12,000 At that hour, she was to meet her replacement and acquaint him with her route. 411 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 Show them your routine, etc., etc. 412 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,000 Yeah, sure. I can do that. 413 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:20,000 So then am I giving up my job? Do I have a job? 414 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,000 As long as I still have a job, you still have a job. 415 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,000 Despite her instructions, 416 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,000 Cynthia arose that morning just as early as she always had. 417 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,000 According to her boyfriend, Billy, 418 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:37,000 she never mentioned that her work schedule had been changed. 419 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:44,000 Investigators say that between 5.50 and 7.15 a.m., 420 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:48,000 Cynthia made stops at each of the eight ATMs on her route. 421 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,000 She began three hours earlier than she had been instructed 422 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,000 and without her trainee. 423 00:26:55,000 --> 00:27:06,000 Each of the machines was virtually emptied of cash. 424 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,000 The ATMs had video cameras on them. 425 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:15,000 Out of the eight ATMs, we only found actual film footage 426 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,000 of Cynthia Wismiller on one of the tapes. 427 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:22,000 Throughout the entire time she was in that building, she was alone. 428 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,000 It didn't appear that she was under any type of duress 429 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,000 or force of any kind. 430 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:33,000 Most of the ATMs that she serviced were exterior buildings. 431 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,000 They were not actually in the bank branch. 432 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,000 She could get into the back of the ATMs 433 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,000 without being seen on the video camera. 434 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,000 John, you take him down to room one. 435 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:46,000 Detective John, you're not going to be able to get into the back of the ATMs 436 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:51,000 Detectives began their investigation by questioning Cynthia's family 437 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,000 and her boyfriend Billy Hawkins. 438 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:01,000 Billy was adamant that Cynthia was abducted 439 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:05,000 and that she did not take any money from the ATMs. 440 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:09,000 And he also was adamant that someone has forced her to do this. 441 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,000 Billy told me that there's no way she would have done this on her own. 442 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:18,000 If someone was holding a gun on her or had threatened her family or something, 443 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,000 she would do something like this to protect her family 444 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,000 or to protect her own life possibly. 445 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:27,000 But there's nothing else on this earth that would make her do something like this 446 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,000 without being coerced into it. 447 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:35,000 Was someone else present at the ATMs who forced Cynthia to steal the money? 448 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:41,000 Or was such a person merely conjured up in the imagination by those 449 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,000 unable to face that Cynthia had turned to crime? 450 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:53,000 Investigators discovered an eyewitness who said that Cynthia indeed was not alone. 451 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,000 But his account only deepened the mystery. 452 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,000 The witness said that he saw Cynthia with another person. 453 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:08,000 He saw Cynthia and this other person unloading bags 454 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,000 and putting them into another vehicle. 455 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:17,000 He said this person had a sock hat pulled down to the lower part of their face. 456 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:23,000 So he could not tell if this person was white, black, or male or female. 457 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:30,000 According to the witness, Cynthia did not appear to be assisting the mysterious figure against her will. 458 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,000 The police concluded she had a partner in crime. 459 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:40,000 But her family believed that this was a person who forced her to steal the cash from the ATMs on her route. 460 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:45,000 They knew exactly where she was going, they knew what she was doing, it was an obvious vehicle. 461 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,000 She was by herself. 462 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,000 I think that someone came, they took advantage of the situation 463 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:59,000 and they did what they felt was necessary in getting the money from these machines. 464 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,000 That's what I think happened. 465 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,000 Investigators learned that if Cynthia wasn't unwilling to accomplish, 466 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:11,000 she had the means to secretly alert her security firm. 467 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:17,000 To open an ATM, couriers must enter a code that changes daily. 468 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:21,000 A distress signal is sent by altering one of the digits. 469 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,000 But Sydney did not enter the distress code at any of her machines. 470 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:34,000 It is possible, however, that she was warned not to by one who was aware of how the security measure functioned. 471 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,000 But as the investigation of Cynthia Wismiller progressed, 472 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,000 the police made a discovery that seemed to erase whatever doubts remained. 473 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:55,000 An audit revealed an additional $200,000 was missing. 474 00:30:56,000 --> 00:31:01,000 Cash and Cynthia were supposed to have placed in her ATMs more than a week before the robbery. 475 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:06,000 I think she was dipping in the tail a little bit to help her family out. 476 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:11,000 When she was informed that Brink security was taking over the company, 477 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,000 she knew she was going to be caught when they did the audits. 478 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:19,000 And I think she just took as much money as she could and fled the area. 479 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:24,000 We, as a police department, want to find her because she stole the money, 480 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,000 but we also want to find her to make sure she's safe. 481 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,000 We have the fact of another person being with her in the parking lot. 482 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:36,000 If it was a plan that those two were going to take the money and split it and disappear, 483 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:41,000 who's to say that that other person isn't going to harm Cynthia 484 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,000 so that that person can get all of the money and not have to split it? 485 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,000 Despite the evidence pointing to Cynthia's guilt, 486 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:54,000 her family still firmly believes she is a victim, not a criminal. 487 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,000 I don't believe for a minute she did anything wrong. 488 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,000 She just wasn't that kind of person. 489 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,000 It just wasn't her. 490 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:08,000 Whatever the truth, the void of her absence has taken its toll. 491 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:14,000 It's like somebody just ripped your world apart and you don't know where to go. 492 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,000 You don't know anything. 493 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:25,000 You're just completely blind and your mind is blank and you can't function. 494 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,000 It's been tremendously difficult and continues to be, 495 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,000 and I don't see it letting up anytime soon. 496 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:58,000 It was a winter of 1960, and four-year-old Lori DeLorm had just been adopted by a family in Chilicothe, Missouri. 497 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:03,000 One evening Lori stumbles upon her adopted father cleaning a gun. 498 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,000 Disturbing feelings flood into her mind, 499 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:14,000 giving Lori the first horrific glimpse at the dark secret that ripped her birth family apart. 500 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:23,000 When I was very little, my adopted dad, he cut the guns and he was cleaning one of his guns, 501 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,000 and I saw that and I said, 502 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:32,000 that's what the policemen had when they come to get my daddy. 503 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:39,000 Unable to fully grasp what she was remembering, Lori vowed to discover the truth. 504 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:46,000 Her search would trigger ominous memories of a fateful night over four decades ago. 505 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:58,000 A policeman holding a gun to her father and putting him under arrest, 506 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:06,000 that vague and fleeting memory somehow explains why Lori DeLorm Magnan was separated from her biological family at 14 months of age. 507 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:13,000 Lori now hopes to find the only people who can help her understand what exactly happened to her as an infant, 508 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,000 a family she hasn't seen in over 45 years. 509 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:25,000 At the age of three, Lori was adopted by Charles and Reetha DeLorm in Kansas City, Missouri. 510 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:34,000 But the Jackson County court sealed Lori's records and would only tell her adoptive parents that she was in need of a stable home. 511 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:40,000 Although Lori was welcomed into the extended DeLorm family with open arms, 512 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,000 signs soon emerged that something wasn't right. 513 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,000 Lori began having nightmares and appeared distant and distracted. 514 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:55,000 Lori was probably about six or seven, 515 00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:00,000 and she was eating at the table one day and she couldn't close her mouth. 516 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:05,000 She would just leave her mouth open and it really scared Mother, 517 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:10,000 so she made an appointment with a therapist in another town and took her there. 518 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:19,000 And they said that she had had a serious trauma and that it happened when she was fairly young. 519 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:25,000 Lori's adoptive mother tried in vain to find out what was wrong with her little girl. 520 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,000 As Lori grew older, she took up the search herself, 521 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,000 driven by a troubling sense as something dire had happened in her past. 522 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:38,000 Lori asked her mother for any paperwork concerning her adoption. 523 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:44,000 At turn 16, and she brought the adoption papers out, she kept every letter, 524 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:48,000 and this is, I'm going to give this to you, now's the time. 525 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,000 And so I took them and went over to Renee's house. 526 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:56,000 I can wait till she got there because we always had this dream, we were going to find her mom. 527 00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:00,000 And so when she came, we got up on the bunk bed and she opened up the papers, 528 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,000 and that's when we found out that her mom was already dead. 529 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:09,000 Lori and Renee were shocked to discover that Lori's mother, Francis Camarena, 530 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,000 died on November 27, 1956, in Kansas City, Missouri. 531 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:20,000 The adoption paper did not give a cause of death nor mention any other siblings. 532 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:28,000 And it was like, oh my goodness, and Renee, we was like, well, where's this girl trying to find somebody here? 533 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:33,000 And it didn't, we know where to go, we were too young. 534 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:42,000 Lori soon moved on with her life, married and had three children of her own. 535 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:47,000 But her happiness was always haunted by hazy memories of an unbearable tragedy. 536 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:51,000 There was only one hope for her peace of mind. 537 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,000 Lori had to know the truth. 538 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:04,000 There was still one last place Lori had not yet looked, the Kansas City Public Library. 539 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:14,000 Lori, her husband, Donald and their son, searched the microfiche files of the Kansas City Star on the day Lori's mother died. 540 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,000 November 27, 1956. 541 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:30,000 I was scanning through the old papers and I came across this picture of four girls and a boy. 542 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,000 One of them was about Lori's age, what had been Lori's age. 543 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,000 I said, Lori, could this possibly be your family? 544 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,000 I said, this looks awful lot like you, the next youngest one. 545 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,000 And she looked at the picture and she said, yeah, that's me. 546 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:53,000 In the photo, a 14-month-old Lori sat next to her four siblings who ranged in age from nine years to three months. 547 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,000 That's when I first time saw the picture of me and my brother and my sisters. 548 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,000 First time, my first baby picture I've ever seen. 549 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,000 But Lori's joy was short-lived. 550 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,000 Seconds later she saw the article accompanying the photo. 551 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:16,000 Lori Delorm Magnin had finally come face to face with a horrifying truth of her past. 552 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:32,000 In the pre-dawn hours of November 26, 1956, Lori's father, Alexander Kamarina, arrived home drunk. 553 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:36,000 His wife, Lori's mother, was waiting for her. 554 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,000 The money was here for the rent. 555 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,000 Forget about the rent. 556 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:44,000 Alexander had made two purchases earlier in the evening. 557 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,000 A box of chocolates and a 38-caliber handgun. 558 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,000 Stupid, can you really sell your money at a gun? 559 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:53,000 An argument ensued over the gun. 560 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:59,000 Alexander claimed it was broken and demonstrated by pointing the weapon at his wife's head. 561 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,000 No! No! 562 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:09,000 I read that. I felt against my father. 563 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:14,000 It's like, I don't care if he says he's sorry and all that. 564 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,000 You just don't point a gun at someone's temple. 565 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,000 I don't care. 566 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,000 And that was my mom. 567 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,000 And I won't ever see her again. 568 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:27,000 Lori made a copy of the photo and took it home with her. 569 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:30,000 I just went to the bedroom, took that picture with me. 570 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,000 I just stared at it. 571 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:34,000 I just couldn't believe it. 572 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:39,000 You know, I'm asking me, my brother, my sisters, and we all look alike. 573 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,000 Wow, the dark hair in that. 574 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:47,000 In the oldest girl, she's like looking off in a direction she just looks so sad. 575 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,000 Because she was old enough to remember. 576 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:05,000 Lori's mother Frances Camarena is buried under her maiden name of Rivas in a cemetery in Kansas City. 577 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:08,000 Here you are, Mommy. 578 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,000 Just for you. 579 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:18,000 Lori's father was convicted of second degree murder and imprisoned for eight years. 580 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,000 He died in 1991. 581 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:29,000 My brother and my sisters, real brother and sisters, we lost both our parents now. 582 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,000 And I think they need me like I need them. 583 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,000 And they may have their own families now like I do. 584 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,000 But like I feel they must want to see me. 585 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:48,000 If they think about me, I don't know if they tried to find me, but I'm trying. 586 00:40:52,000 --> 00:41:00,000 Shortly after our broadcast, Ruth Crook, Lori's birth cousin, contacted our telecenter. 587 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:07,000 A friend of Ruth's had seen the show and told her that her long lost cousin was looking for her birth family. 588 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:15,000 It was a happy shock and very exciting to know that she had been found. 589 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:19,000 A family reunion was held several weeks later and we were there to capture it. 590 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,000 The eldest sister Phyllis was unable to attend the reunion. 591 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:29,000 Sadly, Lori's younger brother, Robert, died in 1982. 592 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,000 Nancy, the last sibling, was located after the reunion was held. 593 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:50,000 Join me next time for another hour of fascinating cases on Unsolved Mysteries.