1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,440 Tonight on Unsolved Mysteries. 2 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,440 Sean and Jodi Bordeaux had been married two years. 3 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,240 They had great jobs at a casino on the Kikapu Indian 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:14,880 Reservation in Kansas. 5 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,680 And Jodi was expecting their first child. 6 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:19,480 Tragically, their dream life would 7 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,480 be dealt a devastating blow. 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,760 Who wanted to kill Jodi Bordeaux? 9 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,360 For hundreds of working clients, 10 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:30,360 for hundreds of working class families, 11 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:32,800 a school that offered affordable music lessons 12 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,360 for their kids seemed too good to be true. 13 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:36,800 It was. 14 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:38,640 One owner loved the limelight. 15 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,000 The other was a chameleon who mysteriously changed 16 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,280 identities. 17 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,840 Allegedly, both were ruthless con artists. 18 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,520 Over the course of a decade, at least four young girls 19 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:52,520 vanished under similar circumstances 20 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,160 from towns in the San Francisco Bay Area. 21 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:59,440 Many suspected cases are somehow connected. 22 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,680 One day, Gilbert Ortiz was a happily married family man 23 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,880 and the next fighting for survival. 24 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,080 After his wife allegedly poisoned him 25 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,240 and ran away with her son, we'll bring you an update 26 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:14,200 on Ortiz's heart-wrenching journey. 27 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,720 Join me for these intriguing stories and more. 28 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,000 You may be able to help solve a mystery. 29 00:01:55,160 --> 00:02:12,360 A dark November night in Powhatan, Kansas, a small farmhouse 30 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:17,200 on the edge of the Kikapu Indian Reservation, 31 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,080 Jodi Bordeaux and her husband, Sean, 32 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,640 have lived here for over a year. 33 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:22,960 For weeks, they have been receiving 34 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,600 disturbing anonymous phone calls. 35 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,160 Hello? 36 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,320 But on this night, they weren't just calls. 37 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:36,040 Jodi was sure someone was in their yard. 38 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,880 One night, she had heard noises outside of the house 39 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,040 and I tried to convince her that it was probably 40 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,600 a raccoon or a coyote or something 41 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,240 and that she really didn't have nothing 42 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,360 to be afraid of. 43 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,320 But Sean was wrong. 44 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,760 The danger Jodi perceived was very real 45 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,400 and would ultimately lead to her murder. 46 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,280 Sean and Jodi worked at the Golden Eagle. 47 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,560 It was the first Indian-owned casino in the area. 48 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,400 It held great potential for the Kikapu tribe, 49 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,960 with an annual revenue stream in the millions 50 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:16,640 and job opportunities for the local tribespeople. 51 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:19,320 Sean, who was part Lakota Indian and Jodi, 52 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,360 were part of the management team hired to run the casino. 53 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,560 Although the Kikapu Tribal Council 54 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:30,320 retained the final word in all decisions, 55 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,680 Sean and Jodi were also trying to start a family. 56 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:37,520 After several miscarriages, Jodi sought out a fertility expert 57 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:41,200 and within a few months, the couple's dream had come true. 58 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,520 Jodi was pregnant with a baby girl. 59 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:48,920 She was absolutely ecstatic over this pregnancy 60 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,960 and that her happiness was something that spilled over 61 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,800 into her friends and her acquaintances 62 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:01,800 and everybody just pretty much felt happy for her and with her. 63 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,160 Everything seemed to be going Jodi's way. 64 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,000 Soon, her take charge personality got her promoted 65 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,720 to staff supervisor of the slot machine department. 66 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:12,320 Jodi was a little fireball. 67 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,560 She put a lot of energy, a lot of effort 68 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:16,360 into everything she did. 69 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:20,520 So to see her in the casino, you would think 70 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:22,360 she was running most things. 71 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,600 And even that perception in and of itself 72 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:30,920 is kind of a little bit, it can draw jealousy and envy 73 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,120 from some of the people who may be in the same position saying, 74 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:38,000 how does she get all the attention? 75 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,640 Jodi believed that some of the staff 76 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:41,600 were resentful of her new position. 77 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:43,360 Good morning. 78 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:44,240 I heard your grandmother died. 79 00:04:44,280 --> 00:04:47,440 For instance, one employee, a slot technician, 80 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,920 accused her of fabricating excuses to get extra time off. 81 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,200 Our busiest weekend? 82 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:54,600 Good time to have to go out to a funeral. 83 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,680 There's some competitiveness when it comes to these jobs. 84 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,120 And having two people coming from one from another tribe 85 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:06,800 and one from no tribe at all and going 86 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,320 into high positions in the casino, 87 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,280 I'm sure rubbed a lot of people on the Kickapoo 88 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:12,480 reservation the wrong way. 89 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,200 To complicate things, as a department supervisor, 90 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:21,560 Jodi's position required her to oversee job performance. 91 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,840 According to Sean, Jodi often had to report the slot text 92 00:05:24,840 --> 00:05:27,200 bad attitude and tardiness. 93 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:31,600 He kept coming back with more problems for her. 94 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,360 And eventually, she had to take a little bit more 95 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:39,080 of a hard line on him and start writing him up 96 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:40,640 and holding him to the letter of the law 97 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,560 as our policies and procedures mandated. 98 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,880 We're here to talk about some reports we have about you 99 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,080 being late for work. 100 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,480 When things didn't improve, the employee 101 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,560 was brought before the Casino Management Board for review. 102 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,400 I don't even know why some of those reports are even written. 103 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,320 It's like everybody else gets away with everything. 104 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,360 He was reprimanded and put on probation. 105 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,680 I'm the one who gets in trouble. 106 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,160 But the problems persisted, and the slot tech 107 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:08,360 was eventually fired. 108 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,320 It was just weeks later when Sean believes out of vengeance, 109 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,800 the slot tech brought a grievance against Jodi directly 110 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:16,600 to the Tribal Council. 111 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,440 Look, there's a meeting this afternoon. 112 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,200 You need to attend. 113 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,920 The complaint ultimately led to Jodi losing her job. 114 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,960 So Jodi spent the next month petitioning to get it back. 115 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,920 She hoped the Tribal Council would reconsider. 116 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,040 Do you think of anything else I can add? 117 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:43,840 Jodi was hoping that she would be rehired at the Golden Eagle. 118 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:49,080 And that was a discussion that her and I had participated in. 119 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:53,320 And there was a possibility that she would have come back 120 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:57,280 to work at the Golden Eagle. 121 00:06:57,280 --> 00:07:00,120 When the news spread that Jodi might return to the Casino, 122 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,120 the anonymous phone calls began. 123 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:07,120 Never in my wildest dreams did I think they had anything to do 124 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,120 with having to worry for our lives. 125 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,120 I had no idea that we were being threatened. 126 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:29,120 Late on November 21, Sean and Jodi were in the Casino. 127 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:33,120 Late on November 21, Sean and Jodi were spending a quiet night 128 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:34,120 at home. 129 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,120 On a strange noise startled the Bordeaux dog. 130 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,120 Sean followed him to the back porch. 131 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,120 The next thing I hear is a popping noise kind of over 132 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,120 and behind my head. 133 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:57,120 And then it was like somebody lit a 20 pack of firecrackers. 134 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:07,120 Jodi got to the bedroom and she turned to see if I was OK. 135 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:12,120 And one bullet went into the bedroom. 136 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:14,120 Jodi? 137 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:16,120 Jodi? 138 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:20,120 And that one bullet struck her in the head. 139 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:27,120 Sean could see that Jodi was dead. 140 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:33,120 He quickly dialed 911 hoping to save his unborn baby. 141 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:37,120 And as I pick up the phone and I look up at the wall, 142 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,120 I notice that it's riddled with bullets. 143 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:46,120 Jodi didn't suffer in that she died instantly. 144 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,120 My baby suffered. 145 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:52,120 You know, here's my little baby in there and she's relying on mom. 146 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,120 And next thing you know, there's no mom. 147 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,120 And she dies a slow death. 148 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,120 That really hurts. 149 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:04,120 So I think when I kissed her, I think it was her calling me 150 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:08,120 in a spiritual way as to say, I have to go now. 151 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:12,120 And that was goodbye. 152 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:19,120 That night Sean lost both Jodi and the baby. 153 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,120 And despite an exhaustive investigation, 154 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,120 four years later no one has been charged with the murder. 155 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:28,120 The Bordeaux's home was so isolated, there were no witnesses, 156 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,120 no weapon was found. 157 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,120 Today, a killer is still on the loose. 158 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:40,120 Kevin Hill is a county attorney assigned to the Bordeaux murder. 159 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:44,120 He has been working with local and state authorities on the investigation. 160 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:49,120 We've gone from a point where just about everyone was a possible suspect 161 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:54,120 to a point where we're focusing on an individual or a group of individuals 162 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,120 that may have been responsible for this. 163 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,120 These individuals were not strangers to Jodi Bordeaux. 164 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:05,120 Individuals knew her and they would have had an axe to grind with her 165 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,120 due to employment issues. 166 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:13,120 But there are a few key roadblocks to capturing anyone involved. 167 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:18,120 I believe that part of the problem is just that there's not a lot of trust 168 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:22,120 with Indian people and non-Indian law enforcement. 169 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:26,120 And that's probably part of the problem with the Inquisition 170 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:30,120 and any other investigations that are taking place. 171 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:34,120 There's been serious question about retribution of anybody coming forward. 172 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:42,120 If there are members of the Kickapoo tribe that have any information 173 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,120 that would help us solve this, 174 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:48,120 they have a responsibility to their fellow tribal members, 175 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,120 to their fellow community members to come forward. 176 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,120 This is an unsolved crime here on our lands. 177 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,120 Let's do something about it. 178 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:05,120 I go through each day thinking of my family, thinking of what could be, 179 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,120 thinking of my little girl. 180 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:13,120 And so the most difficult thing is just watching my life go by. 181 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,120 Without a family. 182 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,120 Since the murder, Sean has left Kansas. 183 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:26,120 But he still holds out hope that someday there will be justice for Jody. 184 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:32,120 Despite Sean's belief that a casino employee was somehow involved in his wife's murder, 185 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:36,120 authorities at this time have not released a list of official suspects. 186 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:42,120 They seek your help in providing new information necessary for an arrest in this case. 187 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:50,120 In a mostly working class Hispanic neighborhood in North Hollywood, California, 188 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,120 something extraordinary was going on. 189 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:55,120 One, two, three. 190 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:04,120 A new music school had opened and hundreds of parents eagerly signed up their children for low-cost lessons. 191 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,120 Very good. Now let's go. 192 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:10,120 The school was owned by Mario Yunus and Omar Arroyo, 193 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:15,120 who hired veteran instructors that teach students a lost art of playing the accordion. 194 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:19,120 I knew they had a hold of something big. 195 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:23,120 And I knew it was going to be a lot of money. I just knew it. 196 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,120 And I wanted it to work. 197 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,120 Let's give Jody a round of applause. 198 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,120 Mario Yunus and Omar Arroyo were an odd couple. 199 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:35,120 Yunus was a studio musician fluent in several languages. 200 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,120 Arroyo an aspiring salsa singer and used car salesmen. 201 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:44,120 However, there was nothing unusual about their carefully crafted sales pitch. 202 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:47,120 Their enthusiasm hit all the right notes. 203 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:49,120 Wow, that was amazing. 204 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:51,120 I'm so excited. 205 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,120 I'm so excited. 206 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:55,120 I'm so excited. 207 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,120 We're excited. 208 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:01,120 We're excited to have him here and hit all the right notes. 209 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,120 Wow, that was excellent. 210 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,120 I'm very, very proud of you. 211 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,120 And I think it's time for you to move up to the next level. 212 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,120 Wow, that sounds great, sweetie. 213 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:11,120 Wonderful. 214 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:16,120 They said that my daughter had won a scholarship to learn piano, accordion, and organ. 215 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,120 I thought, oh great. 216 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:22,120 You know, this is the perfect opportunity for my daughter to get some lessons. 217 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,120 Mario Yunus acted as a frontman. 218 00:13:24,220 --> 00:13:27,020 Charming and persuasive, he often met with parents, 219 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,120 but his partner worked behind the scenes. 220 00:13:29,220 --> 00:13:34,020 The Mercedes package is $2,500, and the Toyota package is $1,800. 221 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:35,020 Oh, I see. 222 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,020 I think I'll take the Toyota package. 223 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:41,020 The package was that it was the accordion that you were buying, 224 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:44,020 but they were going to teach three different instruments 225 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:45,020 by the end of the three years. 226 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,020 Making $32 increments every month, if that's OK. 227 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,020 And part of it would be also taking them on field trips 228 00:13:51,020 --> 00:13:51,920 like Disneyland. 229 00:13:56,020 --> 00:13:57,920 However, the ink was barely dry on the contract 230 00:13:58,020 --> 00:13:59,920 when everything fell apart. 231 00:14:00,020 --> 00:14:01,920 Early one morning, Martha Gallardo 232 00:14:02,020 --> 00:14:04,920 dropped off vaudering for her weekly lesson. 233 00:14:05,020 --> 00:14:07,920 It was a day mother and daughter would never forget. 234 00:14:08,020 --> 00:14:08,920 Mom, make holes. 235 00:14:09,020 --> 00:14:09,920 What do you mean? 236 00:14:10,020 --> 00:14:10,920 You sure? 237 00:14:11,020 --> 00:14:11,920 Yeah. 238 00:14:12,020 --> 00:14:13,920 She said, nobody's there. 239 00:14:14,020 --> 00:14:14,920 They're gone. 240 00:14:15,020 --> 00:14:17,920 And at first I thought, oh, don't be silly, you know? 241 00:14:18,020 --> 00:14:19,920 But then he just like hid me. 242 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:21,820 And I said, oh, my god, fraud. 243 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,820 That's the first thing that came into my mind 244 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:28,820 because I knew I had given them my credit card. 245 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,320 According to police, Martha's instincts were right. 246 00:14:31,420 --> 00:14:33,820 She had been targeted for fraud. 247 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,820 Reportedly, Arroyo and Eunice even duped their own employees, 248 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:39,820 lying about the credit card scheme 249 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:41,820 and paying them with bogus checks. 250 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:45,820 I got tired of getting bad checks. 251 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:47,820 I don't know how many bad checks I got from, 252 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:48,820 how many different banks. 253 00:14:48,820 --> 00:14:50,720 And they said, well, we've got another class for you. 254 00:14:50,820 --> 00:14:53,720 And I said, I've got to be paid. 255 00:14:53,820 --> 00:15:00,720 And they said, well, after you do this class, we'll pay you. 256 00:15:00,820 --> 00:15:05,720 John Caldwell taught the class, but he says he never saw the money. 257 00:15:05,820 --> 00:15:08,720 And when Martha Gallardo received her credit card bill, 258 00:15:08,820 --> 00:15:11,720 she found a single charge for the entire cost of the accordion, 259 00:15:11,820 --> 00:15:16,720 more than $1,800. 260 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:22,620 Allegedly, it was a cheap import worth about $300. 261 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,120 However, many other unsuspecting families, 262 00:15:25,220 --> 00:15:29,120 unaware of laws designed to protect consumers from credit card fraud, 263 00:15:29,220 --> 00:15:33,620 were reportedly hit much harder. 264 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:34,820 The parents were mad. 265 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:35,920 They were angry. 266 00:15:36,020 --> 00:15:39,820 They were hurt because they felt like, OK, wait a minute. 267 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:41,120 We have no money. 268 00:15:41,220 --> 00:15:42,420 And what are we going to do? 269 00:15:42,420 --> 00:15:47,320 These people, their credit cards were up to like $10,000, $20,000. 270 00:15:47,420 --> 00:15:51,820 One particular guy was $39,000. 271 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,920 According to police, Omar Arroyo and Mario Yunus 272 00:15:55,020 --> 00:15:57,820 had swindled the money through identity theft. 273 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:01,320 By using personal information lifted from music school applications, 274 00:16:01,420 --> 00:16:05,320 Arroyo and Yunus were able to open fraudulent credit card accounts. 275 00:16:05,420 --> 00:16:10,320 Some with substantial lines of credit. 276 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,820 In just over a year, authorities say their take 277 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,120 was an incredible $1.5 million. 278 00:16:16,220 --> 00:16:19,820 But these alleged con men also had another trick up their sleeves, 279 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,420 one that would surprise and shock everyone. 280 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:24,720 We want some answers. 281 00:16:24,820 --> 00:16:26,420 You're all going to have to leave. 282 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,220 The alleged scheme began to unravel when Martha Gallardo 283 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:32,220 and some of the other parents found out the music school had reopened 284 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:33,220 at a new location. 285 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:34,720 We want to speak to the owner. 286 00:16:34,820 --> 00:16:36,220 I don't know what you're talking about. 287 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:37,220 I am. 288 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,020 A confrontation with a school's director, 289 00:16:39,020 --> 00:16:41,920 who police believe was also a pawn of Arroyo and Yunus, 290 00:16:42,020 --> 00:16:45,920 quickly became heated, especially when a TV reporter showed up. 291 00:16:46,020 --> 00:16:47,920 Oh, I will not speak on camera. 292 00:16:48,020 --> 00:16:48,920 Excuse me. 293 00:16:49,020 --> 00:16:49,920 Out of my presence. 294 00:16:50,020 --> 00:16:50,920 No, yes. 295 00:16:51,020 --> 00:16:51,920 Come on. 296 00:16:52,020 --> 00:16:53,920 You all have to leave right now. 297 00:16:54,020 --> 00:16:55,920 I'm calling the police. 298 00:16:56,020 --> 00:16:58,620 Moments later, officers arrived on the scene 299 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,920 unaware that the school was allegedly a front for fraud. 300 00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:02,920 No, I'm the manager. 301 00:17:03,020 --> 00:17:03,920 These people are trespassers. 302 00:17:04,020 --> 00:17:04,920 They're thieves. 303 00:17:05,020 --> 00:17:05,920 All right. 304 00:17:06,020 --> 00:17:07,920 The irate parents were immediately 305 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:09,320 escorted from the building and told 306 00:17:09,420 --> 00:17:11,820 to take the grievances to civil court. 307 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,820 However, many families chose to file criminal complaints, 308 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,820 including Martha and her husband. 309 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:19,320 I don't appreciate that. 310 00:17:19,420 --> 00:17:20,820 Do you have a copy of the contract with you? 311 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:21,820 Yes, we do. 312 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:22,820 OK. 313 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:23,820 Go ahead. 314 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,820 I've seen some real unique case, but I've never 315 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:34,020 handled a case as this, where it has so many victims. 316 00:17:34,020 --> 00:17:37,920 We have over, I could say, 200 victims. 317 00:17:38,020 --> 00:17:40,920 And it involves a large amount of monies. 318 00:17:41,020 --> 00:17:43,420 Have you seen any two males that might 319 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:45,120 have looked like the owners of the place? 320 00:17:45,220 --> 00:17:47,120 Detected by EO, quickly discovered 321 00:17:47,220 --> 00:17:49,920 that the two alleged swindlers ran a number of music schools 322 00:17:50,020 --> 00:17:52,420 under a variety of aliases. 323 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:54,420 And cash is OK, yes? 324 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:58,220 Meanwhile, according to police, Omar Arroyo and Mario Yunus 325 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:02,220 went on separate spending sprees with some of the stolen cash. 326 00:18:02,420 --> 00:18:05,220 Arroyo reportedly spent more than $100,000 327 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:09,720 to cut a salsa CD under the name Luis Omar. 328 00:18:09,820 --> 00:18:12,520 Yunus had also crafted a new identity, 329 00:18:12,620 --> 00:18:16,420 but he was playing a very different tune. 330 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:18,620 Oh, well, hi, Ms. Twin sister. 331 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:19,720 She's from Israel. 332 00:18:19,820 --> 00:18:20,620 No kidding. 333 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,120 Arroyo's real estate agent did a double take, 334 00:18:23,220 --> 00:18:26,620 and with good reason, Mario Yunus had undergone much more 335 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:27,920 than a makeover. 336 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:32,420 He was now a she, using the name Delia Leon. 337 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:33,920 Please, you want to go take a look at it? 338 00:18:34,020 --> 00:18:35,120 Yeah, please, feel free. 339 00:18:35,220 --> 00:18:35,920 Take a look. 340 00:18:36,020 --> 00:18:37,120 It's great, right? 341 00:18:37,220 --> 00:18:42,920 Mario Yunus had undergone a sex change operation up 342 00:18:43,020 --> 00:18:46,120 in San Francisco and paid for this operation 343 00:18:46,220 --> 00:18:50,220 with one of the kids' parents' credit cards. 344 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,720 Charges amounted to over $33,000. 345 00:18:54,220 --> 00:18:57,220 And that was only a portion of the cost. 346 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,020 The rest was also reportedly charged 347 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:01,020 of various credit cards. 348 00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:04,620 Then, according to police, Omar Arroyo and Delia Leon 349 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,420 became lovers. 350 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,620 The couple lived like royalty, running a luxurious home 351 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:11,620 in LA's Woodland Hills. 352 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:13,820 To give the impression they were a family, 353 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,120 Arroyo brought his two daughters from a former marriage 354 00:19:16,220 --> 00:19:17,620 over from Puerto Rico. 355 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,120 You haven't filled out an application. 356 00:19:20,220 --> 00:19:21,120 OK. 357 00:19:21,220 --> 00:19:22,620 How many children did you have? 358 00:19:22,620 --> 00:19:23,520 I had three children. 359 00:19:23,620 --> 00:19:24,520 OK. 360 00:19:24,620 --> 00:19:27,520 However, life in Shangri-La soon hit a sour note 361 00:19:27,620 --> 00:19:29,520 when a new office assistant, reportedly 362 00:19:29,620 --> 00:19:32,020 besieged by complaints from angry parents, 363 00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:33,020 decided to go to the police. 364 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:36,020 Right here. 365 00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:37,220 So where are you working? 366 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:39,820 I'm working at kids' music kingdom, 367 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:41,520 and that's in Mission Hills. 368 00:19:41,620 --> 00:19:44,020 It was a break detected by Arroyo needed. 369 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:46,520 But with only aliases to go on, he 370 00:19:46,620 --> 00:19:49,220 would need to conduct a stakeout to nail the alleged 371 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,020 con artists. 372 00:19:52,020 --> 00:19:54,920 And with all due respect to the surveillance, 373 00:19:55,020 --> 00:20:01,920 in order to try to identify the true identity of our suspects, 374 00:20:02,020 --> 00:20:07,420 we were able to come up with their true names. 375 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:09,520 Detective Bayo then followed the suspects 376 00:20:09,620 --> 00:20:10,920 to their upscale neighborhood. 377 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,020 A few days later, armed with a search warrant, 378 00:20:17,120 --> 00:20:19,920 police raided the home. 379 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:22,620 Let me see your hands up. 380 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,120 Reportedly, Delia Leon attempted to escape through the backyard, 381 00:20:26,220 --> 00:20:27,620 but was quickly apprehended. 382 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:28,520 What are you doing? 383 00:20:28,620 --> 00:20:29,520 What are you doing? 384 00:20:29,620 --> 00:20:31,620 Ow, what are you doing? 385 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:34,320 She denied any involvement in the credit card scam. 386 00:20:34,420 --> 00:20:35,720 I was just a consultant. 387 00:20:35,820 --> 00:20:37,820 Watch your head, please, man. 388 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:41,320 Police weren't so lucky with their alleged partner in crime. 389 00:20:41,420 --> 00:20:44,320 Omar Arroyo had left town just hours before the raid. 390 00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:47,720 I was surprised I'm not finding Omar. 391 00:20:47,820 --> 00:20:52,120 And I later learned that he had left to Puerto Rico 392 00:20:52,220 --> 00:20:53,720 the night before. 393 00:20:53,820 --> 00:20:57,820 Omar was in the process of doing promotions on his CD. 394 00:21:00,820 --> 00:21:03,120 Thanks to some parents who refused to be victims, 395 00:21:03,220 --> 00:21:06,020 and skillful police work by Detective Bayo, 396 00:21:06,120 --> 00:21:09,720 Delia Leon, a.k.a. Mario Yunus, was in custody, 397 00:21:09,820 --> 00:21:12,220 and the music schools were in the same place. 398 00:21:12,220 --> 00:21:16,120 He was in custody, and the music schools were closed down. 399 00:21:16,220 --> 00:21:19,120 Fortunately, Martha Gallardo was able to clear the excessive 400 00:21:19,220 --> 00:21:21,120 charges from her credit card. 401 00:21:21,220 --> 00:21:24,120 But many families paid a heavy price. 402 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:46,120 On a previous broadcast, we presented the puzzling case 403 00:21:46,220 --> 00:21:48,120 of Sandra Oriano. 404 00:21:48,220 --> 00:21:50,120 She plummeted 10 stories to her death 405 00:21:50,220 --> 00:21:53,120 from this hotel balcony in Southern California. 406 00:21:53,220 --> 00:21:57,120 Investigators run certain if it was an accident, suicide, 407 00:21:57,220 --> 00:21:59,120 or murder. 408 00:21:59,220 --> 00:22:01,620 Sandra had come to California on a business trip 409 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:05,120 with her boss, Robert Salazar. 410 00:22:05,220 --> 00:22:09,120 They checked into adjacent rooms on the eighth floor. 411 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:12,020 The next morning, Sandra's body was found 412 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:16,020 sprawled on the ground below. 413 00:22:16,120 --> 00:22:19,020 Police interviewed Robert Salazar. 414 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:22,020 He said he had escorted Sandra to her room around midnight. 415 00:22:22,120 --> 00:22:24,020 He left her alive and well. 416 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:26,020 But suspicions arose and detectives 417 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:29,020 found articles of his clothing in her room. 418 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:34,020 When questioned again, he offered a very different story. 419 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:38,020 He said that he had, in fact, gone into the room with Sandra 420 00:22:38,020 --> 00:22:40,920 and that they had engaged in sex. 421 00:22:41,020 --> 00:22:44,920 And that at one point, they were on the balcony. 422 00:22:45,020 --> 00:22:48,920 Sandra had positioned herself on the railing of the balcony 423 00:22:49,020 --> 00:22:52,920 in such a way that she threw one of her legs over the top 424 00:22:53,020 --> 00:22:56,920 of the balcony and lost her balance and had fallen. 425 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:03,920 Sandra's family was outraged by Salazar's allegations. 426 00:23:04,020 --> 00:23:06,920 They asserted she would never have consensual sex with him, 427 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:10,820 that she was devoted to her fiance. 428 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,320 Police used a dummy to test Salazar's account of what 429 00:23:14,420 --> 00:23:14,820 happened. 430 00:23:18,420 --> 00:23:21,560 We tried it several times, and we actually ended up 431 00:23:21,660 --> 00:23:24,220 trying to make it land where she landed. 432 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:29,320 And we had to basically throw the dummy in that direction 433 00:23:29,420 --> 00:23:32,820 to make it land there. 434 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:34,820 Despite the suspicions of the police, 435 00:23:34,820 --> 00:23:40,720 Robert Salazar was not charged with any crime until now. 436 00:23:40,820 --> 00:23:45,720 On March 2, 2001, nearly five years after Sandra's death, 437 00:23:45,820 --> 00:23:48,720 Robert Salazar was arrested for her murder. 438 00:23:48,820 --> 00:23:51,720 On May 30, he appeared at a preliminary hearing 439 00:23:51,820 --> 00:23:53,720 in West Covina, California. 440 00:23:53,820 --> 00:23:54,720 Another large item. 441 00:23:54,820 --> 00:23:57,720 Your Honor, I'm going to ask that this be more of a. 442 00:23:57,820 --> 00:24:00,720 Investigators said a reevaluation of evidence, 443 00:24:00,820 --> 00:24:03,720 as well as DNA tests, led to the district attorney finally 444 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:04,620 charging Salazar. 445 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:29,620 One Friday afternoon, Kim Swartz 446 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,620 was preparing dinner when her seven-year-old daughter, Amber, 447 00:24:32,620 --> 00:24:35,520 asked permission to play in front of their Panol, California 448 00:24:35,620 --> 00:24:36,520 home. 449 00:24:36,620 --> 00:24:39,520 Oh, but our friends are going to be here in five minutes. 450 00:24:39,620 --> 00:24:40,520 Please. 451 00:24:40,620 --> 00:24:44,520 Amber asked if she could use the jump rope in the whole closet 452 00:24:44,620 --> 00:24:47,520 and jump rope outside. 453 00:24:47,620 --> 00:24:49,520 So I walked with her over to the closet and opened up the door 454 00:24:49,620 --> 00:24:51,520 and she grabbed the jump rope. 455 00:24:51,620 --> 00:24:52,520 Thank you, Mommy. 456 00:24:52,620 --> 00:24:53,520 I love you. 457 00:24:53,620 --> 00:24:57,020 And on her way out the door, she just stopped and turned and said, 458 00:24:57,120 --> 00:24:58,020 I love you, Mommy. 459 00:24:58,120 --> 00:24:59,520 And out the door she went. 460 00:25:02,620 --> 00:25:05,520 Amber planned to jump rope until Kim's friend Debbie 461 00:25:05,620 --> 00:25:07,520 and her daughter, Marisa, came by. 462 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:15,520 Hello. 463 00:25:15,620 --> 00:25:16,520 Hi. 464 00:25:16,620 --> 00:25:17,520 Come in. 465 00:25:17,620 --> 00:25:19,020 They walked in the door and Marisa 466 00:25:19,120 --> 00:25:20,520 instantly asks where Amber was. 467 00:25:20,620 --> 00:25:22,520 I said she was outside jumping rope. 468 00:25:22,620 --> 00:25:27,520 And so both of them at that point said, we didn't see her out there. 469 00:25:27,620 --> 00:25:30,520 So I said, well, maybe she was over in the vacant lot. 470 00:25:30,620 --> 00:25:31,520 I know she's out there. 471 00:25:31,620 --> 00:25:32,520 Go get her. 472 00:25:32,620 --> 00:25:35,520 So Marisa quickly ran right back outside looking for Amber. 473 00:25:35,620 --> 00:25:36,520 I'm glad it's Friday. 474 00:25:36,620 --> 00:25:37,520 Oh, me too. 475 00:25:37,620 --> 00:25:38,520 Yeah. 476 00:25:38,620 --> 00:25:42,520 She came running back inside saying she didn't see her. 477 00:25:42,620 --> 00:25:44,520 So at that point I went outside. 478 00:25:44,620 --> 00:25:47,520 I started hollering Amber's name. 479 00:25:47,620 --> 00:25:49,520 Amber! 480 00:25:49,620 --> 00:25:51,520 Amber! 481 00:25:51,620 --> 00:25:53,520 And she wasn't there. 482 00:25:53,620 --> 00:25:57,520 So I recalled the only two people that I thought that Amber may 483 00:25:57,620 --> 00:25:58,520 have wandered off to. 484 00:25:58,620 --> 00:26:01,520 And I got answering machines. 485 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,420 So obviously they weren't there. 486 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,420 Amber! 487 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:08,420 Amber! 488 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:10,420 Amber went for you! 489 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:11,420 Amber! 490 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:12,420 I couldn't find Amber. 491 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,420 I was afraid. 492 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,420 I didn't want anything to be wrong. 493 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:19,420 I wanted her to be home. 494 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:26,420 Kim Swartz would never see her only daughter again. 495 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:31,320 The disappearance of Amber was a second devastating tragedy Kim 496 00:26:31,420 --> 00:26:33,320 Swartz was forced to endure. 497 00:26:33,420 --> 00:26:36,320 Her husband, Bernie, a penult police officer, 498 00:26:36,420 --> 00:26:39,320 was killed in the line of duty when Kim was pregnant with Amber. 499 00:26:39,420 --> 00:26:42,320 This latest tragedy would transform the widowed mother 500 00:26:42,420 --> 00:26:45,320 of three into an activist. 501 00:26:45,420 --> 00:26:48,320 Following hours of searching, investigators concluded 502 00:26:48,420 --> 00:26:50,320 Amber Swartz had been abducted. 503 00:26:50,420 --> 00:26:51,320 Over here. 504 00:26:51,420 --> 00:26:53,320 The morning after she disappeared, 505 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,220 a pair of pink socks was discovered in the park a short distance 506 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,220 from Amber's home. 507 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,220 When the park had been searched the previous night, 508 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,220 the socks were not there. 509 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,220 To come back the next morning and find these socks in a place 510 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:10,220 that had already been searched, certainly sent up a lot of red flags. 511 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,220 They were just like the socks that Amber had on her feet. 512 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,220 I could say that because I had helped Amber put her new shoes 513 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,220 on that we had just bought. 514 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,220 We knew fairly quickly that this was going to be a disaster. 515 00:27:21,220 --> 00:27:25,120 We knew fairly quickly that this was going beyond our resources 516 00:27:25,220 --> 00:27:28,120 and we reached out to the FBI and to the neighboring agencies 517 00:27:28,220 --> 00:27:33,120 and pulled in other resources so that we could conduct a proper investigation. 518 00:27:33,220 --> 00:27:37,120 Mrs. Swartz, I just have a few more questions that I'd like to ask you, okay? 519 00:27:37,220 --> 00:27:38,120 Okay. 520 00:27:38,220 --> 00:27:43,120 When FBI agents visited her home, Kim was struck by the unusual questions they asked. 521 00:27:43,220 --> 00:27:46,120 Have you been in Social Security in the last two or three days? 522 00:27:46,220 --> 00:27:48,120 No. 523 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:53,020 Like had I or Amber received anything in the mail from someone that we didn't know? 524 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:56,020 Had Amber come home with anything? 525 00:27:56,120 --> 00:27:59,020 She couldn't really explain who it came from to me. 526 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:02,020 Had I received phone calls from anyone I didn't know? 527 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:07,020 Just really bizarre questions, but the way they were being asked 528 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:11,020 kind of led me to believe they were so specific 529 00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:14,020 that they had to be about somebody. 530 00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:17,020 In the days following Amber's disappearance, 531 00:28:17,020 --> 00:28:20,920 many strangers offered to help, but three days after her daughter vanished, 532 00:28:21,020 --> 00:28:24,920 Kim was visited by a man she will never forget. 533 00:28:25,020 --> 00:28:26,920 His name was Tim Bindler. 534 00:28:27,020 --> 00:28:28,920 My name's Timothy. 535 00:28:29,020 --> 00:28:31,920 I'm with the search for Amber, for your dear Amber. 536 00:28:32,020 --> 00:28:35,920 He was, it looked like he'd been up all night. 537 00:28:36,020 --> 00:28:39,920 Basically was saying how he wanted to be the one to save her. 538 00:28:40,020 --> 00:28:41,920 He wanted to be the one to bring her home to me. 539 00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:43,920 I've been searching in a lot of places that, 540 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:47,820 and I think some of the authorities might not be searching for because I know kids. 541 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:50,820 Bindler's van also caught Kim's attention. 542 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,820 It almost looked like a van that he painted himself. 543 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,820 He's got these plates that say love you. 544 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,820 He's got posters on the outside of the van. 545 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:05,820 Because I want you to know I want to be the one to find her. 546 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:10,820 According to Kim, Bindler became extremely emotional as he talked to Amber. 547 00:29:10,820 --> 00:29:16,720 I want to be the one to save her and bring her back to you. 548 00:29:16,820 --> 00:29:20,720 Did you see Amber Schwartz on June 3rd? 549 00:29:20,820 --> 00:29:22,720 No. 550 00:29:22,820 --> 00:29:27,720 Tim Bindler was questioned extensively by the FBI following Amber Schwartz's abduction. 551 00:29:27,820 --> 00:29:33,720 According to authorities, the results of his poneograph were inconclusive. 552 00:29:33,820 --> 00:29:36,720 Did you speak to Amber Schwartz on June 3rd? 553 00:29:36,820 --> 00:29:38,720 No. 554 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:43,620 Tim Bindler is a very bright man. He's a very intelligent man. 555 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,620 He's a Berkeley grad right up near the... 556 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,620 John Philpin is a trained forensic psychologist. 557 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:55,620 He spent more than 1,000 hours interviewing Tim Bindler for his book Stalemate. 558 00:29:55,720 --> 00:30:01,620 There are law enforcement agencies which consider him a suspect. 559 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:05,620 There's also the perception shared by a number of people 560 00:30:05,620 --> 00:30:14,520 that Tim has done absolutely nothing wrong and that he is a misunderstood Good Samaritan. 561 00:30:14,620 --> 00:30:21,520 Tim Bindler's attorney John Burrus maintains that Bindler's actions should not be viewed with suspicion. 562 00:30:21,620 --> 00:30:24,520 The point of fact is he is trying to be helpful. 563 00:30:24,620 --> 00:30:31,520 He does that voluntarily. It is a sense that he has that he has an obligation and a duty to go out 564 00:30:31,620 --> 00:30:34,520 and try to find missing children. 565 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:41,420 According to John Philpin, Tim Bindler seemed to have a particular interest in the grave of a girl named Angela Bouge. 566 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:45,420 Five-year-old Angela disappeared four and a half years before Amber 567 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:50,420 and was later found sexually assaulted and strangled. 568 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,420 The FBI placed Tim Bindler under surveillance. 569 00:30:53,520 --> 00:31:02,420 His alleged habit of visiting Angela Bouge's grave site up to 90 times a year had caught their attention. 570 00:31:02,420 --> 00:31:07,320 To have been to this little girl's grave, this little girl that he never knew, 571 00:31:07,420 --> 00:31:12,320 I just can't imagine anybody going to somebody's grave that many times in that period of time 572 00:31:12,420 --> 00:31:19,320 unless there's something else going on in that person's mind. 573 00:31:19,420 --> 00:31:27,320 According to John Burrus, the fact that Bindler visits grave sites should not cast suspicion on his client. 574 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:32,220 For him, it has a special kind of significance that is personal to him, 575 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:38,220 but certainly not an indication that he's putting by in that graveyard. 576 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,220 Good dog! 577 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:45,220 Eleven days after Amber vanished, a bloodhound from the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department 578 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:50,220 tractors sent to Angela's grave site. 579 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:54,220 Police say the dog also picked up Amber's scent in Bindler's van. 580 00:31:54,220 --> 00:32:03,120 California courts are often leery about the reliability of bloodhound evidence. 581 00:32:03,220 --> 00:32:10,120 Sadly, five months after Amber's disappearance, the East Bay area was shocked by the abduction of another young girl, 582 00:32:10,220 --> 00:32:15,120 nine-year-old Michaela Garrett, outside a Hayward Market. 583 00:32:15,220 --> 00:32:19,120 As Michaela went to retrieve her scooter, a man forced her into his car. 584 00:32:19,220 --> 00:32:22,120 Michaela! 585 00:32:25,220 --> 00:32:29,120 By now, parents in the surrounding communities were living in fear. 586 00:32:29,220 --> 00:32:36,120 Then two months later, a nearby Dublin, 13-year-old Eileen Michelle Off, disappeared. 587 00:32:36,220 --> 00:32:45,120 Despite the fact that some suspicion had been directed at him, Tim Bindler helped search for Eileen. 588 00:32:45,220 --> 00:32:52,120 A few years later, a mother in the town of Fairfield informed the police that her daughter had begun receiving mail 589 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:55,020 from a man they didn't know. 590 00:32:55,120 --> 00:33:00,020 One young girl was getting letters from Tim. 591 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:06,020 Oddly enough, these letters were written backwards and had to be held up to a mirror to read, 592 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:15,020 which I'm sure would set any parent on edge, you know, to have your kid all of a sudden get this really weird letter. 593 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,020 I'm gonna play with my friends down the street. 594 00:33:18,020 --> 00:33:22,920 Just a few blocks from where the letter was received, another young girl disappeared. 595 00:33:23,020 --> 00:33:26,920 Four-year-old Nikki Campbell was playing in her driveway. 596 00:33:27,020 --> 00:33:35,920 Nikki lived on Salisbury Drive in Fairfield, and she had been out playing with her brother in the afternoon. 597 00:33:36,020 --> 00:33:38,920 Her mom came home from work and asked, where's Nikki? 598 00:33:39,020 --> 00:33:41,920 While she was out playing, they couldn't find her. 599 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:50,820 Four days after Nikki's disappearance, her scent, like Amber Swartz's before her, was allegedly tracked by bloodhounds to Angela Bugey's grave. 600 00:33:50,920 --> 00:34:01,820 The grave that Tim Bindler reportedly visited so regularly. 601 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:09,820 You put all of these coincidences together, you see them pile up, the dogs, the cemetery, the various scents in the various places. 602 00:34:09,820 --> 00:34:17,720 And you really have to question, which is what I believe law enforcement was doing, and I think it's their role to do it. 603 00:34:17,820 --> 00:34:21,720 You really have to question, you know, is this a coincidence or is there something to it? 604 00:34:21,820 --> 00:34:30,720 If there was something more to it, then you would think after all this time there had been some more evidence that was more definitive, and there hasn't been any. 605 00:34:30,820 --> 00:34:37,720 Following the Nikki Campbell disappearance, the Fairfield Police Department searched Tim Bindler's home and found nothing. 606 00:34:37,720 --> 00:34:44,620 Believing that his reputation had been unfairly tonished by the Fairfield Police Department's handling of the Nikki Campbell investigation, 607 00:34:44,720 --> 00:34:49,620 Tim Bindler bought a defamation lawsuit against the city of Fairfield. 608 00:34:49,720 --> 00:34:54,620 The city settled out of court for $90,000. 609 00:34:54,720 --> 00:34:59,620 Citing the advice of his attorney, Tim Bindler turned down a request for an interview. 610 00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:07,620 Although he has been questioned by police, it's important to note that Bindler has not been charged with any crime relating to the disappearances of these girls. 611 00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:10,620 And he has consistently claimed he is innocent. 612 00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:13,620 Kim Swartz refuses to give up. 613 00:35:13,720 --> 00:35:21,620 Even though Amber with a baby in her 20s, Kim will not rest until she finds out what happened to her daughter. 614 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:27,620 Within weeks of Amber's disappearance, Kim Swartz created the Amber Foundation for Missing Children. 615 00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:37,620 The Foundation's goals continue to be educating parents on ways to prevent child abductions, so that what happened to Kim Swartz may never happen to them. 616 00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:41,620 No one knows how her confidentiality breaks into play the family's Ky 따라s. 617 00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:44,120 Something first. 618 00:35:44,220 --> 00:35:48,620 Maybe we shouldn't play the game of history. 619 00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:57,620 We should, these days, not speak for ourselves,オマ use, and communicate with the people in the surrounding areas. 620 00:35:57,720 --> 00:36:04,620 Making their homejiang使謝謝you. 621 00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:07,620 You can have any content based on your stories and your background. 622 00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:13,900 On a previous broadcast, we brought you the story of Gilbert Ortiz, who was looking for 623 00:36:13,900 --> 00:36:16,760 his young son, Jonathan. 624 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:20,320 Authorities suspected that Gilbert's wife had taken Jonathan after she'd been accused 625 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:23,360 of committing a heinous crime. 626 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:30,980 After eight years, Gilbert and his son have finally been reunited. 627 00:36:30,980 --> 00:36:36,320 After serving in the military, Gilbert Ortiz moved with his wife and child to Redwood City, 628 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,320 Virginia. 629 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:43,560 Though they were happy at first, Gilbert and Elizabeth fought frequently over money. 630 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:48,040 When Gilbert received a promotion at work, he thought that his future suddenly seemed 631 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,040 brighter. 632 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:54,880 But within a week, Gilbert Ortiz was in a hospital suffering from cardiac arrest, kidney failure, 633 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:58,200 and pneumonia, and fighting for his life. 634 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:03,320 Doctors worked feverishly to determine what had caused him to become so violently ill. 635 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:08,360 After lapsing in and out of consciousness for two weeks, Gilbert told police he thought 636 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,720 he might have been poisoned. 637 00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:19,920 I lift weights and all, but I could never get big, and that's the kind of guy she likes. 638 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:24,080 Gilbert said Elizabeth met him in the store parking lot to give him a special body-building 639 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:27,880 drink, which had already been mixed in a plastic sports bottle. 640 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:32,920 It looked like a real shake, I mean like a chocolate shake. 641 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:35,840 And then I want to try to sort of like burn my throat. 642 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:41,200 And then my throat was really, really burning, and I was all shaky. 643 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:45,280 And then I felt like getting sick. 644 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,800 Paramedics came and rushed Gilbert to the hospital. 645 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:51,360 Elizabeth Ortiz met them in the emergency room. 646 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:55,160 Doctors hoped that she could provide an explanation for Gilbert's sudden mystery illness. 647 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:56,160 Have you ever seen that bottle? 648 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:57,160 No, never. 649 00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:03,640 We needed to know where that sports bottle came from, if it was something that was purchased 650 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:09,480 from a fast food store, and it was really a bad mixture that really made him sick, or 651 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,240 whether it was a deliberate mix. 652 00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:12,240 This is the Coyah Hospital. 653 00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:13,720 I have a poisoning to report. 654 00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:15,640 I need to speak to an officer. 655 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:20,480 After he had been determined that the shake had been tainted with a common insecticide, 656 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:24,200 police obtained a search warrant to see if they could trace it or the plastic bottle 657 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:25,200 to Elizabeth. 658 00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:30,680 But when they arrived at the Ortiz apartment, they discovered that Elizabeth Ortiz had vanished 659 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:32,000 along with Jonathan. 660 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:35,400 Then that's when it hit me. 661 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:36,400 She did. 662 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,400 When it told me I said, where's the baby? 663 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,640 She said, he's gone. 664 00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:45,040 That's the main part that really got me. 665 00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:49,520 With the evidence they gathered, police were able to make a case against Elizabeth Fuentes 666 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:55,040 Ortiz, accusing her of attempted murder with special circumstances for torture. 667 00:38:55,880 --> 00:39:05,080 After following thousands of tips with possible sightings of Elizabeth Ortiz, Sergeant Katherine 668 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:09,160 Anderson finally received a phone call from an FBI agent. 669 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:12,840 Investigations, you did this to Sergeant Anderson? 670 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:18,040 Basically March 14th of 2000, I received a phone call from the FBI telling me that they 671 00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:21,480 had Elizabeth Ortiz in custody in Mexico. 672 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,960 When Elizabeth was arrested in Mexico, she was by herself. 673 00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:28,520 The FBI gave me their word that they would continue to look for the little boy in Mexico 674 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:32,320 in the area that they had arrested Elizabeth in. 675 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:35,640 Elizabeth Ortiz was brought to Redwood City for trial. 676 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:38,160 But where was Jonathan? 677 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:43,080 Assuming that Elizabeth would want to see her son, Anderson had an age-progress composite 678 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:46,400 created and posted at the jail. 679 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:50,880 Then Sergeant Anderson received the second phone call she had been hoping for. 680 00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:55,040 I received a phone call from a deputy telling me that they had a little boy at the jail 681 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:59,320 and the little boy was a dead ringer for the composite picture that we had. 682 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:02,720 Jonathan had been brought to the jail by a relative. 683 00:40:02,720 --> 00:40:08,400 According to the police, the boy had been living in Mexico during the time he was missing. 684 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:13,560 The following day, Gilbert finally was able to see the son he had never stopped thinking 685 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:14,560 about. 686 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:21,440 I was two years old when he disappeared and when I got him back he was ten. 687 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:27,600 As soon as I saw him, he just came and hugged me. 688 00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:30,000 That's all it took. 689 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:31,000 One big hug. 690 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,360 I cannot explain what that felt like. 691 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:40,160 It's just too much of an emotion, I guess. 692 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:45,000 Gilbert and Jonathan have begun the long process of healing and getting to know one another 693 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,320 as father and son. 694 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:51,360 The hardest part of this experience was losing a little boy that I really loved. 695 00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:53,880 Not what she did, not what I went through. 696 00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:54,680 Just losing him. 697 00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:29,840 Join me for more intriguing true tales on the next Unsolved Mysteries.