1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,240 The 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:07,620 Tonight on Unsolved Mysteries. 3 00:00:10,420 --> 00:00:12,800 Responding to a routine call, love 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:17,100 can Texas firefighters made a gruesome discovery. 5 00:00:17,100 --> 00:00:19,240 The partially burned body of a young woman 6 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:21,440 was tied to her own bed. 7 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,600 Authorities now need your help to find 8 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,340 the murderer of 26-year-old Megan Curle. 9 00:00:26,340 --> 00:00:32,060 It was a brazen crime spree committed by an unlikely suspect 10 00:00:32,060 --> 00:00:34,820 that left three dead bodies in his wake. 11 00:00:34,820 --> 00:00:37,860 In 1970, 18-year-old Margo Freshwater 12 00:00:37,860 --> 00:00:41,420 was convicted of murder, but she escaped custody. 13 00:00:41,420 --> 00:00:44,660 She has abated authorities for more than three decades, 14 00:00:44,660 --> 00:00:48,980 and tonight, a shocking new development. 15 00:00:48,980 --> 00:00:51,220 An apparent drowning causes suspicion 16 00:00:51,220 --> 00:00:53,980 when the supposed victim turns out to be a man awaiting 17 00:00:53,980 --> 00:00:55,340 trial of her rape. 18 00:00:55,340 --> 00:00:58,740 Authorities need your help to determine if Strider Starfire 19 00:00:58,740 --> 00:01:02,060 is dead or alive. 20 00:01:02,060 --> 00:01:04,460 A man and a woman inexplicably vanished 21 00:01:04,460 --> 00:01:06,420 in America's heartland. 22 00:01:06,420 --> 00:01:09,940 The massive search for the pair has failed to turn up anything, 23 00:01:09,940 --> 00:01:14,420 except for a single bizarre clue. 24 00:01:14,420 --> 00:01:16,660 Growing up, Virginia Burns never knew 25 00:01:16,660 --> 00:01:19,980 that her father had a hidden secret, a previous marriage, 26 00:01:19,980 --> 00:01:21,860 and another daughter. 27 00:01:21,860 --> 00:01:24,860 Now Virginia and her sister are finally together, 28 00:01:24,900 --> 00:01:27,940 thanks to you, our viewers. 29 00:01:27,940 --> 00:01:31,340 Join me for these stories of intriguing deception, 30 00:01:31,340 --> 00:01:33,940 prime ingredients of unsolved mysteries. 31 00:01:54,860 --> 00:02:23,660 4AM, Lufkin, Texas. 32 00:02:23,700 --> 00:02:26,380 Awaken by the smell of smoke, an apartment resident 33 00:02:26,380 --> 00:02:27,300 investigates. 34 00:02:29,980 --> 00:02:31,740 Flames are raging out of control 35 00:02:31,740 --> 00:02:34,100 in a unit on the second floor. 36 00:02:34,100 --> 00:02:36,060 The man immediately calls 911. 37 00:02:39,180 --> 00:02:41,740 The Lufkin Fire Department arrives within minutes. 38 00:02:44,460 --> 00:02:46,300 With hoses drawn, the firefighters 39 00:02:46,300 --> 00:02:51,020 waste no time racing to the apparent source of the blaze. 40 00:02:51,020 --> 00:02:54,780 Apartment 616 is locked, requiring a forced entry 41 00:02:54,780 --> 00:02:55,300 to be made. 42 00:02:59,860 --> 00:03:02,700 The fire is confined to the bedroom of the small apartment. 43 00:03:08,540 --> 00:03:10,900 As firefighters extinguish the blaze, 44 00:03:10,900 --> 00:03:14,180 a chilling sight is revealed. 45 00:03:14,180 --> 00:03:18,500 Tied to the posts of the bed is a charred body of a woman. 46 00:03:18,500 --> 00:03:21,180 Homicide investigators are immediately called in. 47 00:03:24,780 --> 00:03:27,180 She had been suffocated with a plastic bag, 48 00:03:27,180 --> 00:03:29,820 and her throat had been cut very deeply. 49 00:03:29,820 --> 00:03:32,420 Two different cuts, one on each side. 50 00:03:32,420 --> 00:03:36,460 And then the bed had been set afire. 51 00:03:36,460 --> 00:03:39,140 This crime was absolutely the meanest thing 52 00:03:39,140 --> 00:03:41,020 I've ever seen one person do to another. 53 00:03:44,540 --> 00:03:47,060 Dental records would identify the victim's apartment 54 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:49,540 resident, Megan Curle. 55 00:03:49,540 --> 00:03:52,620 The 26-year-old woman worked at a local chicken processing 56 00:03:52,620 --> 00:03:56,460 plant and had been a Lufkin resident for five years. 57 00:03:56,460 --> 00:04:00,100 Investigators continue to face a perplexing question. 58 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:03,780 Who could commit such grisly acts on this well-liked young woman? 59 00:04:07,140 --> 00:04:10,220 Megan Curle was born into a military family. 60 00:04:10,220 --> 00:04:13,980 Younger brothers Josh and Sean soon followed. 61 00:04:13,980 --> 00:04:18,300 In first grade, Megan was diagnosed with mild retardation, 62 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:22,700 requiring that she attend special education classes. 63 00:04:22,700 --> 00:04:25,620 Her life was never really easy. 64 00:04:25,620 --> 00:04:29,260 She wasn't always accepted. 65 00:04:29,260 --> 00:04:32,100 People would make fun of her, put her down, 66 00:04:32,100 --> 00:04:36,060 and she'd always come back with a kind word for them. 67 00:04:36,060 --> 00:04:39,620 When Megan was in high school, her family settled in Lufkin, 68 00:04:39,620 --> 00:04:43,260 175 miles southeast of Dallas. 69 00:04:43,260 --> 00:04:46,940 Megan would marry at 18 and move to Arkansas. 70 00:04:46,940 --> 00:04:51,180 But according to Sherri McClung, that marriage was abusive. 71 00:04:51,180 --> 00:04:54,100 When they separated, Megan returned to Lufkin 72 00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:57,100 and insisted on getting her own apartment. 73 00:04:57,100 --> 00:05:03,100 Because Megan was so trusting and was so outgoing, 74 00:05:03,100 --> 00:05:08,300 she tended to be an easy target for some of these men. 75 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:13,820 Men who are accustomed to looking for women who 76 00:05:13,820 --> 00:05:18,780 could be easy prey absolutely could tell that Megan wanted 77 00:05:18,780 --> 00:05:23,780 to please, that Megan wanted somebody to care for her, 78 00:05:23,780 --> 00:05:26,340 and that she was lonely. 79 00:05:26,340 --> 00:05:30,420 And I think that that is part of what happened here. 80 00:05:30,420 --> 00:05:33,980 Megan's mother's suspicions may be on the mark. 81 00:05:33,980 --> 00:05:36,260 Earlier on the night of her murder, 82 00:05:36,300 --> 00:05:42,220 Megan Kerl went to the Electric Cowboy, a local nightclub. 83 00:05:42,220 --> 00:05:46,460 She was seen talking with a man at the Electric Cowboy Club, 84 00:05:46,460 --> 00:05:49,340 and that man did buy her one or two drinks. 85 00:05:49,340 --> 00:05:52,300 She talked with him off and on through the night at the club. 86 00:05:52,300 --> 00:05:55,060 She wasn't with him the entire night. 87 00:05:55,060 --> 00:05:57,380 No one at the club knew who this man was, 88 00:05:57,380 --> 00:06:03,540 and no one reported ever seeing him there before or since. 89 00:06:03,540 --> 00:06:07,260 Megan loved to dance, and sometimes her dancing 90 00:06:07,260 --> 00:06:09,100 was a little bit provocative, particularly 91 00:06:09,100 --> 00:06:13,140 for that area of Texas. 92 00:06:13,140 --> 00:06:14,700 She was asked to leave the club. 93 00:06:19,700 --> 00:06:23,380 She went to another club called the Sports Shack, 94 00:06:23,380 --> 00:06:26,140 just a little ways down the road from the Electric Cowboy 95 00:06:26,140 --> 00:06:27,340 Club. 96 00:06:27,340 --> 00:06:29,500 She talked to some people there and caught a ride 97 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:32,620 with an employee of the Sports Shack home. 98 00:06:32,620 --> 00:06:36,060 Megan arrived home just after 1.30 AM. 99 00:06:36,060 --> 00:06:38,740 A close friend who lived in the same apartment complex 100 00:06:38,740 --> 00:06:42,540 was waiting up for Megan to hear the details of her night out. 101 00:06:42,540 --> 00:06:46,140 Hey, can I come up there? 102 00:06:46,140 --> 00:06:47,060 Wow. 103 00:06:47,060 --> 00:06:49,500 Yeah, the manager came right up to me on the dance floor 104 00:06:49,500 --> 00:06:50,940 and told me I had to leave. 105 00:06:50,940 --> 00:06:52,700 What were they do that for? 106 00:06:52,700 --> 00:06:55,340 Megan's friend requested that we alter her voice 107 00:06:55,340 --> 00:06:57,940 and protect her identity. 108 00:06:57,940 --> 00:07:00,300 Well, we'll stand out there talking, 109 00:07:00,300 --> 00:07:04,260 and all of a sudden, there was this guy in his car, 110 00:07:04,260 --> 00:07:08,020 and he was speeding really fast, and he just did a dead stop. 111 00:07:08,020 --> 00:07:08,940 He's driving crazy. 112 00:07:08,940 --> 00:07:10,540 He's going to kill somebody. 113 00:07:10,540 --> 00:07:14,980 But instead of getting out, the driver remained in the car. 114 00:07:14,980 --> 00:07:18,500 Then I said, well, why is the guy just sitting there? 115 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:19,380 Hey, you know what? 116 00:07:19,380 --> 00:07:21,580 I think that might be my friend from the club. 117 00:07:21,580 --> 00:07:22,580 Really? 118 00:07:22,580 --> 00:07:24,220 Yeah, I think I'm going to go say hi to him. 119 00:07:24,220 --> 00:07:25,020 Are you sure? 120 00:07:25,020 --> 00:07:25,900 Yeah. 121 00:07:25,900 --> 00:07:26,980 Well, you be careful. 122 00:07:26,980 --> 00:07:29,940 OK, OK. 123 00:07:29,980 --> 00:07:33,580 As Megan's friend watched, Megan approached the driver. 124 00:07:33,580 --> 00:07:35,660 She seemed to recognize him. 125 00:07:35,660 --> 00:07:37,340 They began to talk. 126 00:07:37,340 --> 00:07:40,020 I go back into the apartment to give me something to eat, 127 00:07:40,020 --> 00:07:41,100 because I'm hungry. 128 00:07:41,100 --> 00:07:44,580 And the one who went back out, next time, 129 00:07:44,580 --> 00:07:47,340 she was sitting inside the car. 130 00:07:47,340 --> 00:07:50,500 And each little thing, I was getting more worried, 131 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:54,060 you know, what she was doing. 132 00:07:54,060 --> 00:07:57,620 And then when I went back in again, and I came back out, 133 00:07:57,660 --> 00:08:00,180 the car was still there, but neither one of them was there. 134 00:08:00,180 --> 00:08:02,060 They were gone. 135 00:08:02,060 --> 00:08:03,420 And I was like, oh, Lord. 136 00:08:07,460 --> 00:08:11,020 Megan's friend was so concerned, she went up to Megan's apartment 137 00:08:11,020 --> 00:08:11,780 to check on her. 138 00:08:14,780 --> 00:08:15,580 Hey. 139 00:08:15,580 --> 00:08:16,380 Oh, hey. 140 00:08:16,380 --> 00:08:17,580 Is everything all right? 141 00:08:17,580 --> 00:08:18,380 Yeah. 142 00:08:18,380 --> 00:08:19,280 You sure? 143 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:20,180 She said hi. 144 00:08:20,180 --> 00:08:20,980 She says, I was right. 145 00:08:20,980 --> 00:08:23,020 It was my friend from the club. 146 00:08:23,020 --> 00:08:27,220 And I looked down to him, and he just nodded his head slowly. 147 00:08:27,220 --> 00:08:29,020 Didn't say a word. 148 00:08:29,020 --> 00:08:32,220 And I didn't speak to him at all either. 149 00:08:32,220 --> 00:08:35,340 And I says, well, are you sure you're OK? 150 00:08:35,340 --> 00:08:36,820 And she says, yes, I'm fine. 151 00:08:36,820 --> 00:08:37,320 Yeah. 152 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:37,820 OK. 153 00:08:37,820 --> 00:08:38,620 OK. 154 00:08:38,620 --> 00:08:39,380 Go now. 155 00:08:39,380 --> 00:08:40,180 OK, I will. 156 00:08:40,180 --> 00:08:41,180 OK, bye. 157 00:08:41,180 --> 00:08:44,140 That would be the last time she would see Megan alive. 158 00:08:48,580 --> 00:08:51,060 When Megan Curle's body was found, 159 00:08:51,060 --> 00:08:53,340 there was a remnant of a nightgown on her. 160 00:08:53,340 --> 00:08:55,220 Most of it had burned off. 161 00:08:55,220 --> 00:08:57,940 In interviewing men from her past, 162 00:08:57,940 --> 00:09:00,260 we learned that her normal sleeping attire 163 00:09:00,260 --> 00:09:03,540 would be something along the lines of shorts and a t-shirt. 164 00:09:03,540 --> 00:09:06,300 But if she were going to be romantically involved, 165 00:09:06,300 --> 00:09:09,860 she would sometimes wear a negligee or a nightgown. 166 00:09:09,860 --> 00:09:14,900 We feel like because of that, possibly, she knew this person 167 00:09:14,900 --> 00:09:19,700 and was preparing for an intimate evening with them. 168 00:09:19,700 --> 00:09:23,100 The very thought that Megan was killed by someone she trusted 169 00:09:23,100 --> 00:09:26,060 compounds Sherry McClung's grief. 170 00:09:26,060 --> 00:09:29,660 I believe that Megan knew who the murderer was 171 00:09:29,660 --> 00:09:33,540 because she got in the car with this person. 172 00:09:33,540 --> 00:09:37,940 Megan would have gotten in the car with a person that she knew. 173 00:09:37,940 --> 00:09:40,180 There was not a forced entry. 174 00:09:40,180 --> 00:09:42,220 I got a friend here, actually. 175 00:09:42,220 --> 00:09:45,660 So this was someone that she let into the apartment 176 00:09:45,660 --> 00:09:46,940 and that she had trusted. 177 00:09:49,420 --> 00:09:52,420 Investigators questioned men with whom Megan Curle was known 178 00:09:52,420 --> 00:09:54,740 to have had relationships. 179 00:09:54,740 --> 00:09:57,700 However, each man was able to account for his whereabouts 180 00:09:57,700 --> 00:09:59,860 on the night of the murder. 181 00:09:59,860 --> 00:10:02,340 This sketch is based on Megan's friend's description 182 00:10:02,340 --> 00:10:05,500 of the man she saw with Megan in her apartment. 183 00:10:05,500 --> 00:10:09,260 He is a prime suspect in the murder of Megan Curle. 184 00:10:09,260 --> 00:10:12,420 The man is white in his mid-20s to early 30s, 185 00:10:12,420 --> 00:10:14,980 with blonde hair and a light mustache. 186 00:10:14,980 --> 00:10:18,340 He wears gold rimmed glasses. 187 00:10:18,340 --> 00:10:21,620 Investigators would also like to find this man. 188 00:10:21,620 --> 00:10:24,540 He was seen with Megan by the bartender at the Electric Cowboy 189 00:10:24,540 --> 00:10:26,860 Club on the night she was murdered. 190 00:10:26,860 --> 00:10:29,060 He is described as having a dark complexion 191 00:10:29,060 --> 00:10:32,620 and possibly being Hispanic. 192 00:10:32,620 --> 00:10:35,460 This man is not viewed as a suspect. 193 00:10:35,460 --> 00:10:37,500 Investigators simply want to question him 194 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:39,700 about what he may have seen on that night. 195 00:10:39,700 --> 00:10:51,700 The year was 1970. 196 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:54,540 Margo Freshwater, a blonde, wide-eyed teenager 197 00:10:54,540 --> 00:10:59,500 from Columbus, Ohio, found herself in an unlikely place. 198 00:10:59,500 --> 00:11:02,220 Tennessee State Prison for Women. 199 00:11:02,220 --> 00:11:04,500 The one-time babysitter had just been convicted 200 00:11:04,500 --> 00:11:06,500 of first-degree murder. 201 00:11:06,540 --> 00:11:09,020 But Margo would not remain incarcerated for long. 202 00:11:15,340 --> 00:11:17,940 On October 4, Margo and another inmate 203 00:11:17,940 --> 00:11:20,140 made an audacious escape. 204 00:11:20,140 --> 00:11:22,940 While being escorted by a single unarmed guard, 205 00:11:22,940 --> 00:11:25,460 Margo, under accomplice, made a run for the fence. 206 00:11:25,460 --> 00:11:37,660 The guard had to make a decision for her to stay with the main group 207 00:11:37,660 --> 00:11:38,340 or trace them. 208 00:11:41,820 --> 00:11:44,260 All the guard could do was try to summon some help 209 00:11:44,260 --> 00:11:45,660 and have somebody go after him. 210 00:11:48,980 --> 00:11:51,540 Margo Freshwater has not been seen since. 211 00:11:56,460 --> 00:12:00,140 Margo Freshwater has managed to elude capture for more than 30 years 212 00:12:00,140 --> 00:12:01,660 longer than any other woman wanted 213 00:12:01,660 --> 00:12:04,700 by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. 214 00:12:04,700 --> 00:12:06,220 Police reason that she is blended back 215 00:12:06,220 --> 00:12:08,540 into the fabric of everyday life, 216 00:12:08,540 --> 00:12:11,500 but Margo Freshwater is a convicted killer. 217 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:14,660 With your help, authorities hoped to finally return her to jail. 218 00:12:19,180 --> 00:12:21,540 How did Margo Freshwater, a young woman 219 00:12:21,540 --> 00:12:24,860 with no criminal background, end up a murderer? 220 00:12:24,860 --> 00:12:28,500 The story begins in the office of Glenn Nash, a hard-drinking lawyer 221 00:12:28,500 --> 00:12:31,700 whose grip on sanity was beginning to slip. 222 00:12:31,700 --> 00:12:34,780 Nash was being investigated by the Memphis Bar Association 223 00:12:34,780 --> 00:12:36,740 for legal misconduct. 224 00:12:36,740 --> 00:12:38,860 He had come to the deluded conclusion 225 00:12:38,860 --> 00:12:43,140 that agents from the bar were conspiring against him. 226 00:12:43,140 --> 00:12:45,660 Glenn Nash was an intelligent person, 227 00:12:45,660 --> 00:12:49,340 but somewhere along the line, his drinking and mental 228 00:12:49,340 --> 00:12:51,900 situation apparently deteriorated. 229 00:12:51,900 --> 00:12:57,060 And he just took a left-hand turn. 230 00:12:57,060 --> 00:12:58,060 Mr. Nash? 231 00:12:58,060 --> 00:12:59,540 Glenn Nash. 232 00:12:59,540 --> 00:13:01,620 Margo Freshwater. 233 00:13:01,620 --> 00:13:03,340 Margo had come seeking Nash's help 234 00:13:03,340 --> 00:13:06,180 in getting her boyfriend out of jail. 235 00:13:06,180 --> 00:13:11,180 Who then took advantage of whom is open for debate? 236 00:13:11,180 --> 00:13:14,500 Well, I'm here because of my boyfriend. 237 00:13:14,500 --> 00:13:18,180 He's in the Memphis jail right now for armed robbery. 238 00:13:18,180 --> 00:13:22,660 Margo was a young, attractive blonde, very good figure. 239 00:13:22,660 --> 00:13:25,380 And Margo had the distinct ability to turn a man's head 240 00:13:25,380 --> 00:13:27,460 when she would walk by. 241 00:13:27,460 --> 00:13:31,260 And I just drove down from Ohio to help him out. 242 00:13:31,260 --> 00:13:33,820 I believe Margo was seduced by Nash. 243 00:13:33,820 --> 00:13:35,580 She didn't have any life experience, 244 00:13:35,580 --> 00:13:38,980 especially with any kind of situation like this. 245 00:13:38,980 --> 00:13:40,940 Margo had no money to pay Nash. 246 00:13:40,940 --> 00:13:44,820 She couldn't even afford a place to stay while in town. 247 00:13:44,820 --> 00:13:46,940 Although broke himself, Nash agreed 248 00:13:46,980 --> 00:13:50,860 to take the case pro bono. 249 00:13:50,860 --> 00:13:54,020 He also put Margo up at a local boarding house. 250 00:13:54,020 --> 00:13:56,900 The married 41-year-old and the 18-year-old then 251 00:13:56,900 --> 00:13:59,860 began a torrid affair. 252 00:13:59,860 --> 00:14:01,580 But Nash was increasingly consumed 253 00:14:01,580 --> 00:14:03,940 by paranoid delusions that agents from the Memphis 254 00:14:03,940 --> 00:14:05,620 bar were after him. 255 00:14:05,620 --> 00:14:09,140 One evening, he told Margo's landlady they were going bowling. 256 00:14:09,140 --> 00:14:13,860 Instead, a three-stake crime spree ensued. 257 00:14:13,860 --> 00:14:15,300 All the money in the register right now. 258 00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:16,100 Right now. 259 00:14:16,380 --> 00:14:20,940 I believe that then Nash had lost touch with reality. 260 00:14:20,940 --> 00:14:21,860 Get the money. 261 00:14:21,860 --> 00:14:22,780 Come on. 262 00:14:22,780 --> 00:14:24,500 I really think he was fantasizing that he'd 263 00:14:24,500 --> 00:14:25,860 go in and rob somebody. 264 00:14:25,860 --> 00:14:27,580 And there wouldn't be any consequence to it. 265 00:14:27,580 --> 00:14:28,380 Come on. Come around. 266 00:14:28,380 --> 00:14:29,260 Come around. Let's go. 267 00:14:29,260 --> 00:14:30,060 Come around. 268 00:14:30,060 --> 00:14:30,580 You. 269 00:14:30,580 --> 00:14:31,500 Keep an eye on him. 270 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:33,820 Nash ordered Margo to stay up front while he took 271 00:14:33,820 --> 00:14:37,300 the cashier to the back room. 272 00:14:37,300 --> 00:14:39,340 A customer came into the store and later 273 00:14:39,340 --> 00:14:42,340 told investigators that Margo waited on him. 274 00:14:42,340 --> 00:14:44,340 Meanwhile, Nash remained out of sight, 275 00:14:44,380 --> 00:14:47,540 accusing the cashier of being an agent of the Memphis bar. 276 00:14:52,420 --> 00:14:54,900 I seriously doubt Margo knew that any of this 277 00:14:54,900 --> 00:14:58,580 was coming until it got started. 278 00:14:58,580 --> 00:15:01,260 The cashier, Hillman Robbins, was tied up with rope 279 00:15:01,260 --> 00:15:04,140 and shot five times in the head. 280 00:15:04,140 --> 00:15:07,460 A 22 and 38 were both used in the murder. 281 00:15:07,460 --> 00:15:09,380 He left behind a wife and two children. 282 00:15:09,740 --> 00:15:12,180 Witnesses saw two people matching Margo and Nash's 283 00:15:12,180 --> 00:15:15,380 description, fleeing the liquor store and hopping into a white 284 00:15:15,380 --> 00:15:17,700 Ford Fairleigh. 285 00:15:17,700 --> 00:15:20,660 12 days later, eyewitnesses described an almost identical 286 00:15:20,660 --> 00:15:22,460 scene at a Florida convenience store. 287 00:15:22,460 --> 00:15:22,860 Let's go. 288 00:15:29,500 --> 00:15:33,060 A couple exited the building and sped off on a Ford Fairleigh. 289 00:15:33,060 --> 00:15:36,180 Inside the store was a body of Esther Boye. 290 00:15:36,180 --> 00:15:38,180 She had been in the store for a long time. 291 00:15:38,980 --> 00:15:40,220 She had been shot in the neck. 292 00:15:45,580 --> 00:15:47,460 Police had first did not connect the murders 293 00:15:47,460 --> 00:15:52,420 until they found Nash's car abandoned on a highway shoulder. 294 00:15:52,420 --> 00:15:54,580 In the trunk, they found rope and bullet casings 295 00:15:54,580 --> 00:15:58,340 that match what was used in the Hillman Robbins murder. 296 00:15:58,340 --> 00:16:02,580 The car was traced to Glenn Nash and an APB was issued. 297 00:16:02,580 --> 00:16:05,340 But the couple's murderous rampage was not over. 298 00:16:08,540 --> 00:16:11,420 A cab driver, C.C. Sorette, was shot to death 299 00:16:11,420 --> 00:16:15,020 shortly after picking up Glenn and Margo. 300 00:16:15,020 --> 00:16:18,020 The police staked out all the nearby bus stations. 301 00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:20,260 Their efforts soon paid off. 302 00:16:20,260 --> 00:16:24,060 When Nash and Margo freshwater were under arrest for poison. 303 00:16:24,060 --> 00:16:26,500 When they arrested them, they were transported 304 00:16:26,500 --> 00:16:30,060 to Hernando, Mississippi, to the Dishonored County Jail, 305 00:16:30,060 --> 00:16:32,140 where they were charged in connection 306 00:16:32,140 --> 00:16:33,980 with C.C. Sorette's murder. 307 00:16:34,180 --> 00:16:40,540 Glenn Nash was declared insane, ruled incompetent to stand trial, 308 00:16:40,540 --> 00:16:42,540 and incarcerated at a mental hospital. 309 00:16:45,260 --> 00:16:48,380 Margo stood trial for the murder of C.C. Sorette. 310 00:16:48,380 --> 00:16:50,860 She testified that she was held prisoner by Nash 311 00:16:50,860 --> 00:16:54,300 and forced to participate in the crimes under threat of death. 312 00:16:54,300 --> 00:16:57,140 Investigators disagree over Margo's culpability 313 00:16:57,140 --> 00:16:58,140 in the crime spree. 314 00:16:58,140 --> 00:16:59,380 Don't take this place. 315 00:16:59,380 --> 00:17:00,700 I don't know if I can do this again. 316 00:17:00,700 --> 00:17:03,260 You will do this. 317 00:17:03,260 --> 00:17:05,140 Margo freshwater, in my opinion, was 318 00:17:05,140 --> 00:17:07,620 in a psychological condition where she wouldn't 319 00:17:07,620 --> 00:17:11,660 attempt to escape from Nash, fearing being killed. 320 00:17:11,660 --> 00:17:15,460 I don't think that freshwater was a victim in any way. 321 00:17:15,460 --> 00:17:17,540 She had opportunity after opportunity 322 00:17:17,540 --> 00:17:20,860 to leave, not commit these crimes. 323 00:17:20,860 --> 00:17:23,660 But I think she enjoyed it. 324 00:17:23,660 --> 00:17:25,980 The jury could not decide either and failed 325 00:17:25,980 --> 00:17:28,220 to reach a verdict twice. 326 00:17:28,220 --> 00:17:30,020 Three years later, Margo was tried 327 00:17:30,020 --> 00:17:32,900 for the murder of the first victim, Hillman Robbins. 328 00:17:32,940 --> 00:17:36,180 She was found guilty and sentenced to 99 years in state 329 00:17:36,180 --> 00:17:37,500 prison. 330 00:17:37,500 --> 00:17:41,540 18 months later, Margo and another inmate, Faye Fairchild, 331 00:17:41,540 --> 00:17:47,300 scaled a barbed wire fence, hitched a ride, and disappeared. 332 00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:49,940 Once Faye and Margo escaped, they went from there 333 00:17:49,940 --> 00:17:53,060 to Baltimore, Maryland. 334 00:17:53,060 --> 00:17:58,180 Faye Fairchild was arrested in Chicago sometime later. 335 00:17:58,180 --> 00:18:00,260 The last time Margo freshwater was seen 336 00:18:00,260 --> 00:18:03,020 was on a street corner in Baltimore, Maryland, 337 00:18:03,020 --> 00:18:09,220 where she said her goodbyes to Faye and Faye's niece and left. 338 00:18:09,220 --> 00:18:11,660 After that, Margo freshwater seems 339 00:18:11,660 --> 00:18:15,540 to have disappeared off the face of the earth. 340 00:18:15,540 --> 00:18:19,380 I would say that she has changed her life around. 341 00:18:19,380 --> 00:18:23,940 She is probably living as a mother, or maybe even 342 00:18:23,940 --> 00:18:27,180 a grandmother at this time. 343 00:18:27,180 --> 00:18:30,020 Margo committed a crime, and she needs 344 00:18:30,020 --> 00:18:33,700 to spend her time in prison and serve that sentence. 345 00:18:39,820 --> 00:18:40,820 Update. 346 00:18:40,820 --> 00:18:43,220 Margo freshwater has been caught. 347 00:18:43,220 --> 00:18:45,060 Police found her in Columbus, Ohio, 348 00:18:45,060 --> 00:18:48,180 living under the alias Tanya MacCotter, a married mother 349 00:18:48,180 --> 00:18:49,500 of three. 350 00:18:49,500 --> 00:18:52,060 She was taken into custody outside an athletic club 351 00:18:52,060 --> 00:18:55,420 by agents for the Ohio Bureau of Investigation. 352 00:18:55,420 --> 00:18:58,620 At the time, freshwater was with her husband, youngest son 353 00:18:58,620 --> 00:19:00,820 and grandchild, none of whom were 354 00:19:00,820 --> 00:19:04,380 aware of her criminal past. 355 00:19:04,380 --> 00:19:09,580 She said nothing and was surprisingly emotionless. 356 00:19:09,580 --> 00:19:13,540 She then wanted to say goodbye to her son and husband, 357 00:19:13,540 --> 00:19:16,780 and we allowed her to do that. 358 00:19:16,780 --> 00:19:20,460 She first gave her son a hug and was clearly whispering 359 00:19:20,460 --> 00:19:26,100 in his ear, and he started sobbing quite noticeably. 360 00:19:26,140 --> 00:19:29,460 Freshwater was re-incarcerated at the same Tennessee prison 361 00:19:29,460 --> 00:19:31,580 she escaped from 32 years earlier. 362 00:19:47,700 --> 00:19:50,300 Washington Snake River. 363 00:19:50,300 --> 00:19:51,660 How much longer before we get in? 364 00:19:51,660 --> 00:19:52,060 I don't know. 365 00:19:52,060 --> 00:19:52,820 Just a few minutes. 366 00:19:52,820 --> 00:19:54,700 Just got to go around here and open. 367 00:19:54,700 --> 00:19:56,340 After a late summer fishing trip, 368 00:19:56,340 --> 00:20:01,540 Strider starfire and another man headed for home. 369 00:20:01,540 --> 00:20:04,460 As dusk approached, concerns were raised about getting back 370 00:20:04,460 --> 00:20:07,260 before dark. 371 00:20:07,260 --> 00:20:09,180 As the boat sped across the water, 372 00:20:09,180 --> 00:20:13,140 Strider reached for a beer from a nice chest. 373 00:20:13,140 --> 00:20:15,460 The boat's driver heard his dog yell, 374 00:20:15,460 --> 00:20:17,260 and when he looked around, Strider was gone. 375 00:20:20,780 --> 00:20:22,260 Never to be seen again. 376 00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:26,200 Strider! 377 00:20:30,900 --> 00:20:33,620 The apparent accidental drowning of Strider starfire 378 00:20:33,620 --> 00:20:36,340 has been in question ever since. 379 00:20:36,340 --> 00:20:39,620 Investigators quickly learned the starfire had a murky past 380 00:20:39,620 --> 00:20:42,500 and may have had reason to disappear. 381 00:20:42,500 --> 00:20:45,380 10 days after he supposedly slipped and fell overboard, 382 00:20:45,380 --> 00:20:49,620 Strider starfire was due to stand trial in Roseburg, Oregon. 383 00:20:49,620 --> 00:20:51,540 One thing was certain. 384 00:20:51,540 --> 00:20:53,260 This charming and charismatic man 385 00:20:53,260 --> 00:20:54,860 was not who he appeared to be. 386 00:20:57,900 --> 00:21:02,460 Strider starfire first surfaced in Oregon in the mid 1980s. 387 00:21:02,460 --> 00:21:06,380 Within weeks, the enigmatic starfire had met a local woman. 388 00:21:06,380 --> 00:21:08,380 They fell in love and were soon married. 389 00:21:11,420 --> 00:21:14,980 By the early 1990s, the starfires had a son and daughter 390 00:21:14,980 --> 00:21:17,260 and had settled into a seemingly idyllic life 391 00:21:17,260 --> 00:21:19,380 in Roseburg, Oregon. 392 00:21:19,380 --> 00:21:21,660 The teenage daughter of a dear family friend 393 00:21:21,660 --> 00:21:23,380 was a frequent guest to the starfires. 394 00:21:28,420 --> 00:21:31,300 The girl visited so often that she became a second daughter 395 00:21:31,300 --> 00:21:37,060 to Strider and his wife and a beloved sister to their kids. 396 00:21:37,060 --> 00:21:39,180 Whoever spent any time with Strider 397 00:21:39,180 --> 00:21:40,860 eventually would fall under the spell 398 00:21:40,860 --> 00:21:42,700 of his incredible charisma. 399 00:21:42,700 --> 00:21:44,740 So it's about 1,200 hours, you know? 400 00:21:44,740 --> 00:21:47,100 Me and Tim were in this foxhole, all right? 401 00:21:47,100 --> 00:21:47,860 And we're pinned down. 402 00:21:47,860 --> 00:21:48,500 We can't get up. 403 00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:49,380 And we were trying to get out. 404 00:21:49,420 --> 00:21:52,340 He often told romantic tales revolving around his supposed 405 00:21:52,340 --> 00:21:55,500 exploits serving with special forces in Vietnam, 406 00:21:55,500 --> 00:21:59,860 spying for the CIA, or fighting alongside the Irish Republican 407 00:21:59,860 --> 00:22:00,860 army. 408 00:22:00,860 --> 00:22:02,820 And I crawled on my belly dragging him, 409 00:22:02,820 --> 00:22:04,140 dragging him to get to the medics. 410 00:22:04,140 --> 00:22:09,900 When he told us about being this savior, this crusader, 411 00:22:09,900 --> 00:22:14,380 to help the little man to pull the poor guy up by his boots 412 00:22:14,380 --> 00:22:18,340 and give the underdog his day, you 413 00:22:18,380 --> 00:22:19,940 tended to believe him. 414 00:22:19,940 --> 00:22:22,620 He wove his stories very well. 415 00:22:22,620 --> 00:22:26,260 So the reason why we're called the clan of Starfire is because 416 00:22:26,260 --> 00:22:27,180 he was a great leader. 417 00:22:27,180 --> 00:22:28,700 But there was one particular story even more 418 00:22:28,700 --> 00:22:30,100 fantastic than the others. 419 00:22:30,100 --> 00:22:33,500 I'm going to be the prince of the house of Ellen Star. 420 00:22:33,500 --> 00:22:34,340 No, no, no. 421 00:22:34,340 --> 00:22:36,980 Strider Starfire claimed he was the last surviving 422 00:22:36,980 --> 00:22:41,020 member of a Scottish clan called the House of Ellen Star. 423 00:22:41,020 --> 00:22:42,580 And he apparently had proof. 424 00:22:42,580 --> 00:22:44,500 You should. 425 00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:46,420 Here we have the dog. 426 00:22:46,420 --> 00:22:48,180 This is real? 427 00:22:48,220 --> 00:22:51,660 Strider possessed a letter on a boss parchment stationary 428 00:22:51,660 --> 00:22:54,300 proclaiming him the sole heir to the clan's fortune. 429 00:22:54,300 --> 00:22:56,340 It's a big trap down at the toe of this. 430 00:22:56,340 --> 00:22:57,540 Is the family crass? 431 00:22:57,540 --> 00:22:59,740 As a young friend grew up, she continued 432 00:22:59,740 --> 00:23:02,220 to spend time with the Starfires. 433 00:23:02,220 --> 00:23:07,220 And Strider always made himself available to her. 434 00:23:07,220 --> 00:23:13,420 He was a father figure when she had no father figure. 435 00:23:13,420 --> 00:23:18,860 She had no qualms of believing and feeling safe with him 436 00:23:18,860 --> 00:23:20,340 because he'd always been safe. 437 00:23:20,340 --> 00:23:21,660 So they need to. 438 00:23:21,660 --> 00:23:23,020 I got to tell you. 439 00:23:23,020 --> 00:23:25,860 But according to the then 14-year-old girl, 440 00:23:25,860 --> 00:23:27,660 those feelings of trust and security 441 00:23:27,660 --> 00:23:32,100 were stolen from her one night in the Starfire home. 442 00:23:32,100 --> 00:23:34,900 Out of the blue, he started to profess his love to me 443 00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:37,420 and told me he'd been in love with me for years. 444 00:23:38,420 --> 00:23:39,420 It's. 445 00:23:39,420 --> 00:23:45,900 That was a really terrifying moment. 446 00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:48,900 After making his advance, Strider's Starfire, 447 00:23:48,900 --> 00:23:51,860 a married father of two, allegedly seduced 448 00:23:51,860 --> 00:23:55,700 and then had sexual relations with the minor. 449 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:58,660 For more than a year, a traumatized 14-year-old 450 00:23:58,660 --> 00:24:01,620 would keep secret what had allegedly happened that night. 451 00:24:04,100 --> 00:24:06,860 But Strider's Starfires carefully crafted persona 452 00:24:06,900 --> 00:24:08,700 had already begun to crumble. 453 00:24:08,700 --> 00:24:10,860 According to his wife, her suspicions 454 00:24:10,860 --> 00:24:12,500 that he was being unfaithful to her 455 00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:15,780 were confirmed the day he brought home an unexpected guest, 456 00:24:15,780 --> 00:24:18,140 his new internet business partner. 457 00:24:18,140 --> 00:24:20,140 I had been getting a little bit of rumor 458 00:24:20,140 --> 00:24:23,340 that there was more than just business going on between them. 459 00:24:23,340 --> 00:24:27,620 And when they came home, it was exceedingly obvious 460 00:24:27,620 --> 00:24:28,700 that they were being intimate. 461 00:24:28,700 --> 00:24:31,180 What the hell is that? 462 00:24:31,180 --> 00:24:32,460 Are you out of your mind? 463 00:24:32,460 --> 00:24:34,340 Strider apparently stunned his wife 464 00:24:34,340 --> 00:24:36,460 by proposing that she welcome this woman 465 00:24:36,460 --> 00:24:39,100 into their home as his second wife. 466 00:24:39,100 --> 00:24:40,740 This was the last straw. 467 00:24:40,740 --> 00:24:42,860 And within weeks, she filed for divorce. 468 00:24:42,860 --> 00:24:44,260 Take her with you. 469 00:24:44,260 --> 00:24:46,820 But it was not until after the divorce was final 470 00:24:46,820 --> 00:24:49,140 that Strider's now former wife would apparently 471 00:24:49,140 --> 00:24:51,660 learn the true depth of his lies and deceit. 472 00:24:54,420 --> 00:24:59,100 After Strider did that to me, my life really 473 00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:01,380 spiraled out of control. 474 00:25:01,380 --> 00:25:05,180 I couldn't make any friends at school, so I quit going. 475 00:25:05,180 --> 00:25:07,580 And I did a lot of drugs. 476 00:25:07,580 --> 00:25:12,900 And I decided that I couldn't deal with it anymore. 477 00:25:12,900 --> 00:25:16,100 She wrote a note saying she was running away with her boyfriend. 478 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:18,260 And she finally revealed the dark secret 479 00:25:18,260 --> 00:25:19,580 she said she'd been keeping. 480 00:25:22,580 --> 00:25:23,340 Hello? 481 00:25:23,340 --> 00:25:26,340 Strider's ex-wife then received a disturbing call 482 00:25:26,340 --> 00:25:28,700 from the teenage girl's stepfather. 483 00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:31,740 He said she left a note. 484 00:25:31,780 --> 00:25:36,340 And in the note, she states that Strider molested her. 485 00:25:36,340 --> 00:25:37,060 No, I just. 486 00:25:37,060 --> 00:25:42,900 And I was torn between disbelief and belief. 487 00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:46,500 The 15-year-old girl returned home safely the following day. 488 00:25:46,500 --> 00:25:48,980 But Strider's former wife was sickened by what 489 00:25:48,980 --> 00:25:51,100 he had allegedly done. 490 00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:54,980 I was just overwhelmed with everything that had happened. 491 00:25:54,980 --> 00:25:58,420 I'd just been through a whole time during the divorce 492 00:25:58,420 --> 00:26:00,860 of finding out that he wasn't who he said he was, 493 00:26:00,860 --> 00:26:05,540 that the last 11 years really had nothing to do with reality. 494 00:26:05,540 --> 00:26:08,660 Strider's star fire was formally indicted on felony rape 495 00:26:08,660 --> 00:26:10,620 and sexual assault charges. 496 00:26:10,620 --> 00:26:12,780 Authorities would learn from this 15-year-old 497 00:26:12,780 --> 00:26:14,420 that there may have been more secrets 498 00:26:14,420 --> 00:26:18,260 to uncover in the star fire home. 499 00:26:18,260 --> 00:26:22,660 When going over her case, she brought up another girl's name 500 00:26:22,660 --> 00:26:25,780 that she was aware was living there at the house 501 00:26:25,780 --> 00:26:28,540 during that time she was. 502 00:26:28,540 --> 00:26:34,420 And that's when victim number two was brought up in this. 503 00:26:34,420 --> 00:26:37,740 Years earlier, victim number two as she became known 504 00:26:37,740 --> 00:26:39,940 had become close to the star fire family 505 00:26:39,940 --> 00:26:42,380 and often babysat their children. 506 00:26:42,380 --> 00:26:44,660 This alleged victim was just a ninth grader 507 00:26:44,660 --> 00:26:48,100 at the time she was first seduced by Strider's star fire. 508 00:26:48,100 --> 00:26:51,740 I'm going to go back and I'm going to regain my kingdom. 509 00:26:51,740 --> 00:26:53,300 Really? 510 00:26:53,300 --> 00:26:55,540 She told authorities he had charmed her 511 00:26:55,540 --> 00:26:58,460 with fantastic tales of his Scottish inheritance 512 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:01,380 and promises to make her his princess. 513 00:27:01,380 --> 00:27:03,420 Anything you want, because you're the princess. 514 00:27:03,420 --> 00:27:05,860 You get anything in the entire kingdom. 515 00:27:05,860 --> 00:27:07,380 Even horses? 516 00:27:07,380 --> 00:27:08,740 Yeah. 517 00:27:08,740 --> 00:27:12,500 It's like he made the fairy tale. 518 00:27:12,500 --> 00:27:15,780 And Strider really created a fantasy world for a lot of people. 519 00:27:15,780 --> 00:27:19,140 And for me, it was the fantasy that was sort of where 520 00:27:19,140 --> 00:27:22,940 I really wanted to be in life, not where I was. 521 00:27:22,940 --> 00:27:25,540 It obviously wasn't just an isolated incident. 522 00:27:25,540 --> 00:27:29,340 I had to come forward not only to give validity 523 00:27:29,340 --> 00:27:34,300 to the other girl's claims, but also just to try and prevent 524 00:27:34,300 --> 00:27:37,780 this from happening to somebody else. 525 00:27:37,780 --> 00:27:40,740 These were classic cases of Strider. 526 00:27:40,740 --> 00:27:42,420 He's in his 40s. 527 00:27:42,420 --> 00:27:44,220 Obviously, a mature adult. 528 00:27:44,220 --> 00:27:46,300 Been around quite a while. 529 00:27:46,300 --> 00:27:47,460 These young girls have him. 530 00:27:47,460 --> 00:27:49,660 He's learned to find these young girls that 531 00:27:49,660 --> 00:27:53,380 are in an emotional time in their life. 532 00:27:53,420 --> 00:27:57,740 And he zeroed right in on them and was 533 00:27:57,740 --> 00:28:02,260 able to manipulate them and do just what he's obviously 534 00:28:02,260 --> 00:28:04,300 probably done before. 535 00:28:04,300 --> 00:28:06,780 Strider's starfire was arrested and released 536 00:28:06,780 --> 00:28:11,060 on his own recognizance while awaiting trial. 537 00:28:11,060 --> 00:28:14,460 Then just 10 days before that trial was due to begin, 538 00:28:14,460 --> 00:28:16,180 starfire vanished. 539 00:28:16,180 --> 00:28:17,900 We have a lot of people come up missing or drowned 540 00:28:17,900 --> 00:28:19,020 in the Snake River. 541 00:28:19,020 --> 00:28:22,740 But in my 13 years experience, I've never had one like this. 542 00:28:22,740 --> 00:28:24,540 What time did you put the phone in the water? 543 00:28:24,540 --> 00:28:29,020 The suspicions of investigators were quickly around. 544 00:28:29,020 --> 00:28:32,620 Did Strider's starfire stage his own disappearance? 545 00:28:32,620 --> 00:28:35,540 Police found it strange that the boat was dry 546 00:28:35,540 --> 00:28:37,860 and didn't appear to have been used that day. 547 00:28:37,860 --> 00:28:39,420 And all the fishing gear on board 548 00:28:39,420 --> 00:28:41,980 was clean and neatly stowed away. 549 00:28:41,980 --> 00:28:44,900 Inside Starfire's pickup truck, investigators 550 00:28:44,900 --> 00:28:47,220 were surprised to find a fishing license in the name 551 00:28:47,220 --> 00:28:49,620 of Daniel Chaff, which was determined to be 552 00:28:49,620 --> 00:28:51,780 Starfire's legal name. 553 00:28:51,780 --> 00:28:54,980 They learned Strider's starfire was only an alias, one of two 554 00:28:54,980 --> 00:28:56,460 he was known to use. 555 00:28:56,460 --> 00:28:58,620 Some knew him by the name of Curtis Chacoby. 556 00:29:01,620 --> 00:29:04,420 Further investigation determined the Strider's starfire 557 00:29:04,420 --> 00:29:06,540 had never served in Vietnam, worked 558 00:29:06,540 --> 00:29:08,700 with a central intelligence agency, 559 00:29:08,700 --> 00:29:12,340 or fought with the IRA. 560 00:29:12,340 --> 00:29:16,260 I'm sure Mr. Starfire is alive and well at this point. 561 00:29:16,260 --> 00:29:19,980 I don't believe Mr. Starfire was ever on that boat. 562 00:29:19,980 --> 00:29:22,380 I don't believe he was ever on that river. 563 00:29:22,380 --> 00:29:24,540 I believe he's hoping that at some point, 564 00:29:24,540 --> 00:29:26,380 hopefully all this will just go away 565 00:29:26,380 --> 00:29:28,980 and he can lead on with a happy life. 566 00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:36,100 Strider's starfire is wanted on 13 felony charges 567 00:29:36,100 --> 00:29:39,660 related to the rape and sexual abuse of minors. 568 00:29:39,660 --> 00:29:42,300 Authorities fear he may be committing similar crimes. 569 00:29:50,140 --> 00:29:53,900 [" inside a void body for friendship"] 570 00:30:12,700 --> 00:30:15,880 Last summer Bill Rundle and Tracy Kendley 571 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,860 set out for a leisurely drive along the remote country 572 00:30:18,860 --> 00:30:21,260 lanes of the Nebraska farmland. 573 00:30:21,260 --> 00:30:24,100 The pair had vague plans to meet Tracy's boyfriend 574 00:30:24,100 --> 00:30:25,000 later that evening. 575 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,700 Bill and Tracy had met six months earlier, 576 00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:34,440 and by all accounts, their relationship was platonic. 577 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,980 Tracy, a health care specialist who worked with the elderly, 578 00:30:37,980 --> 00:30:41,860 and Bill, a forklift operator, got together at around 4 579 00:30:41,860 --> 00:30:44,920 30 PM on August 17. 580 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,560 They drove off into the afternoon sun 581 00:30:47,700 --> 00:30:49,260 and vanished into thin air. 582 00:30:52,060 --> 00:30:53,100 Hey, Bill! 583 00:30:53,100 --> 00:30:58,500 The following day, Bill Rundle failed to show up for work. 584 00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:00,540 I was concerned he would have not just not 585 00:31:00,540 --> 00:31:01,940 showed up for work. 586 00:31:01,940 --> 00:31:02,840 Absolutely not. 587 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,580 He would have called one way or the other. 588 00:31:05,580 --> 00:31:06,940 He would have let somebody know that he 589 00:31:06,940 --> 00:31:09,520 wasn't going to be there. 590 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,620 Tracy Kenley lived with her boyfriend of seven years, Doug 591 00:31:12,620 --> 00:31:13,820 Wolf. 592 00:31:13,820 --> 00:31:16,720 She was also a no show at her job. 593 00:31:16,740 --> 00:31:17,620 Wake up, Doug. 594 00:31:17,620 --> 00:31:18,520 We're looking for Tracy. 595 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:19,680 Have you seen her? 596 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:21,320 I knew she was pretty serious because Tracy, 597 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:22,620 if she wasn't going to go to work, 598 00:31:22,620 --> 00:31:25,060 the first thing she'd do would be to call in to work 599 00:31:25,060 --> 00:31:27,320 and let him know that she was sick or whatever. 600 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:30,000 The first thing I did was just hop up, get my clothes on, 601 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,700 head out the door, and start looking. 602 00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:33,100 I didn't know what to think. 603 00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:36,660 I didn't know what to think at all. 604 00:31:36,660 --> 00:31:38,400 It's not something that's supposed to happen 605 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,840 in Hastings, Nebraska. 606 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:42,980 Residents of the tight-knit rural community 607 00:31:42,980 --> 00:31:45,040 all knew Bill Rundle and Tracy Kenley 608 00:31:45,060 --> 00:31:49,340 and cannot imagine how the two could have simply disappeared. 609 00:31:49,340 --> 00:31:51,840 Nearly a year has passed, and the leads in the case 610 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:56,340 are nonexistent, except for one solitary clue. 611 00:31:56,340 --> 00:31:59,880 Bill Rundle's hat mysteriously surfaced one week after he 612 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:03,980 and Tracy were last seen in an area that had already 613 00:32:03,980 --> 00:32:05,220 been thoroughly searched. 614 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,400 On the day Bill and Tracy vanished, 615 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,740 there was little to foreshadow the bizarre events 616 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:18,160 about to unfold. 617 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,040 That afternoon, the two paid a visit 618 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,700 to Tracy's parents' house, 38 miles 619 00:32:22,700 --> 00:32:24,940 southeast of Hastings, Nebraska. 620 00:32:24,940 --> 00:32:26,440 Hey, how are you guys? 621 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:27,340 Hi, Mom. 622 00:32:27,340 --> 00:32:28,240 Hi, Mom. 623 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:29,580 So this is Bill. 624 00:32:29,580 --> 00:32:30,340 Hi, Bill. 625 00:32:30,340 --> 00:32:31,340 Hi, good to meet you. 626 00:32:31,340 --> 00:32:32,640 This is my mom, Sharon. 627 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,020 We had never met Bill before this, 628 00:32:34,020 --> 00:32:37,520 so we don't know anything about him. 629 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,820 And but we, you know, it's like her dad said, 630 00:32:39,820 --> 00:32:42,220 any friend of Tracy's is a friend of ours. 631 00:32:42,220 --> 00:32:43,660 So what do you do, Bill? 632 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,220 We never talked about where they were going when they left 633 00:32:46,220 --> 00:32:48,260 or what they were going to do. 634 00:32:48,260 --> 00:32:50,260 I guess we felt that she'd make it home safe. 635 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:56,960 But Tracy Kenney didn't go home. 636 00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:00,640 Instead, she called her boyfriend Doug at 11 PM 637 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,140 and made tentative plans to meet him at a local bar 638 00:33:03,140 --> 00:33:04,880 at 12 30 AM. 639 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,140 I'm just leaving my parents' house with Bill. 640 00:33:07,140 --> 00:33:10,780 What are you going to do after work? 641 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:13,280 Tracy and Bill were never heard from again. 642 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:21,880 By examining cell phone records and transmission signals, 643 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,520 police are able to pinpoint Tracy's location 644 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:27,600 at the time of the call, a junction in the road 645 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:29,400 16 miles east of Hastings. 646 00:33:32,460 --> 00:33:34,700 The Clay and Adams County Sheriff's Department 647 00:33:34,700 --> 00:33:36,700 organizes a search of that intersection 648 00:33:36,700 --> 00:33:38,140 in the surrounding area. 649 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:41,000 Authorities worried that Bill may have crashed his car 650 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,640 into the towering cornfields at Blanket, the region. 651 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:53,380 A 30 square mile area was painstakingly gone over, 652 00:33:53,380 --> 00:33:58,880 but no sign of Bill, Tracy, or the Jeep turned up. 653 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:00,760 A lot of dedicated individuals came out 654 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:04,760 and searched for two solid days. 655 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,760 Some areas were searched two and three times. 656 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:10,800 I believe in a 30 mile circumference, 657 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:14,000 we've done a very thorough job of searching. 658 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:19,360 Not finding anything with as many searches as we've had, 659 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,520 you know, you would think you'd find something. 660 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,280 There's just nothing. 661 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:25,680 Nothing. 662 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,880 Police began to consider where the Bill and Tracy 663 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:32,960 left voluntarily. 664 00:34:33,460 --> 00:34:38,460 At the time that he disappeared, Bill was really lonely. 665 00:34:38,460 --> 00:34:42,020 From what I know of Tracy, she was a really gentle, sweet 666 00:34:42,020 --> 00:34:43,060 person. 667 00:34:43,060 --> 00:34:45,260 And I think that Bill was probably really attracted 668 00:34:45,260 --> 00:34:47,100 to that as a friend. 669 00:34:47,100 --> 00:34:49,700 And at that point, he did need a friend. 670 00:34:49,700 --> 00:34:55,340 And I think maybe they needed each other. 671 00:34:55,340 --> 00:34:58,340 Could Bill and Tracy have been having an affair? 672 00:34:58,340 --> 00:35:00,580 Kept completely secret from both their friends 673 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,200 and Tracy's longtime boyfriend. 674 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,440 And could they have decided to run away together 675 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,280 to start a new life away from the small town 676 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:11,680 scrutiny of Hastings? 677 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:14,080 Tracy's a very responsible person. 678 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:15,680 There was no way that she would run away 679 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,080 from her responsibilities. 680 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:19,880 She was very close to her parents. 681 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:21,320 She was close to me. 682 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:22,720 I mean, if she didn't want to call me, 683 00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:25,320 if she ran off or something, the first people 684 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:26,720 she would call would be her parents. 685 00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:27,760 They didn't run away. 686 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:28,760 They didn't run away. 687 00:35:29,740 --> 00:35:34,180 I feel that in my heart, because neither one of them 688 00:35:34,180 --> 00:35:35,620 took their toothbrush, neither one 689 00:35:35,620 --> 00:35:38,580 took their any change of clothing. 690 00:35:38,580 --> 00:35:42,420 There hasn't been no evidence as far as their credit cards, 691 00:35:42,420 --> 00:35:45,180 ATMs, phones have ever been powered up from the day 692 00:35:45,180 --> 00:35:46,260 they disappeared. 693 00:35:46,260 --> 00:35:48,340 No evidence has led us in that direction 694 00:35:48,340 --> 00:35:49,580 that they're still out there. 695 00:35:52,980 --> 00:35:56,420 Then one full week after Bill and Tracy went missing, 696 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,920 a baffling piece of evidence suddenly appeared. 697 00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:01,760 It was found at the same intersection 698 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:05,480 where Tracy made the final phone call to her boyfriend, 699 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:10,360 an area that had already been searched several times. 700 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:13,280 We had a farmer come to us who had recovered a hat, 701 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:16,520 and the hat was sent into the lab just in case. 702 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:20,600 Through lab analysis, it was found that the hat was Bill 703 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:21,160 Rundles. 704 00:36:22,140 --> 00:36:26,060 So where about was it now? 705 00:36:26,060 --> 00:36:27,820 That was laying right down here. 706 00:36:27,820 --> 00:36:31,460 We do not believe that Bill was wearing the hat when Bill 707 00:36:31,460 --> 00:36:33,460 and Tracy disappeared. 708 00:36:33,460 --> 00:36:34,860 Is there anything else around it? 709 00:36:34,860 --> 00:36:35,500 Did you notice? 710 00:36:35,500 --> 00:36:37,660 No, just the hat laying there. 711 00:36:37,660 --> 00:36:39,780 There had been three inches of rain 712 00:36:39,780 --> 00:36:42,940 in two nights after they had disappeared, 713 00:36:42,940 --> 00:36:46,260 and the hat was clean and did not appear to be out 714 00:36:46,260 --> 00:36:47,420 in the weather. 715 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:52,480 Plus, most of our search teams went directly by that area, 716 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,800 and we believe our search teams would have seen it 717 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:56,800 if it would have been there. 718 00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:03,200 Police are now convinced that the hat was planted, 719 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:05,360 but by whom and why? 720 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,680 Bill and Tracy knew that they didn't 721 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:13,760 have to meet Doug for at least an hour. 722 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:15,920 It would have been very normal for Bill 723 00:37:15,940 --> 00:37:22,140 to find a place to pull over and maybe 724 00:37:22,140 --> 00:37:24,780 pulled into a shaded area, possibly, 725 00:37:24,780 --> 00:37:30,580 and just opened up a few beers and talked. 726 00:37:30,580 --> 00:37:33,540 Is it possible that Bill and Tracy inadvertently 727 00:37:33,540 --> 00:37:37,860 put themselves in the path of a roaming killer? 728 00:37:37,860 --> 00:37:40,580 Nebraska is an area where you travel through to get 729 00:37:40,580 --> 00:37:42,620 from the east or the west. 730 00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:46,800 There's always a possibility of somebody coming 731 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:50,440 through the area that may have been a more severe criminal 732 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:53,400 than we're normally used to. 733 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,280 But who could have murdered two young, healthy people 734 00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:58,760 disposed of their bodies in car without leaving 735 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,200 any trace of a crime? 736 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,840 And why would a killer then plant Bill's hat one week later? 737 00:38:07,720 --> 00:38:09,760 Friends and relatives cleaned of the hope 738 00:38:09,780 --> 00:38:12,620 that Bill and Tracy are out there somewhere 739 00:38:12,620 --> 00:38:16,060 and will somehow turn up unharmed. 740 00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:20,940 Until that day, the search continues. 741 00:38:20,940 --> 00:38:23,580 I'll never stop looking. 742 00:38:23,580 --> 00:38:24,940 We need some kind of clue. 743 00:38:24,940 --> 00:38:26,660 We have no clue. 744 00:38:26,660 --> 00:38:27,700 There has been nothing. 745 00:38:27,700 --> 00:38:29,580 It's just like they just disappeared. 746 00:38:39,760 --> 00:39:05,540 They are snapshots from another place in another time, 747 00:39:05,540 --> 00:39:09,620 a proud young father cradles his newborn daughter. 748 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:13,280 Virginia Burns always thought there were photos of her. 749 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:17,120 After Virginia's father died, her mother revealed the truth. 750 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,280 The little girl in the pictures was in fact 751 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,440 Virginia's half-sister. 752 00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:23,680 Her name was Susan. 753 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:25,960 Come here, sweetie. 754 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:28,680 As a young man, Virginia's father had been previously 755 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,000 married. 756 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,560 Daddy's going to miss you. 757 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:34,040 But circumstances in a longstanding dispute 758 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:36,680 with his mother-in-law had forced him to leave his wife 759 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,120 and his baby daughter Susan. 760 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:40,620 I'm sorry, Jill. 761 00:39:40,620 --> 00:39:44,740 In later years, his attempts to locate them met with failure. 762 00:39:44,740 --> 00:39:50,180 My mother admitted that she didn't tell me to protect me. 763 00:39:50,180 --> 00:39:54,780 She had no way of knowing where my sister was 764 00:39:54,780 --> 00:40:01,220 and why tell me if there was no way I could meet her. 765 00:40:01,220 --> 00:40:03,740 Looking back, Virginia suddenly understood 766 00:40:03,740 --> 00:40:08,020 the poignance of one memorable incident from her childhood. 767 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,440 For her sixth birthday, Virginia's parents 768 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:14,040 gave her the doll of her dreams. 769 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:15,760 So what do you think, Amy, about Sweetie? 770 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:16,400 I love her. 771 00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:18,320 She's beautiful. 772 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:19,440 Well, what's her name? 773 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:20,480 I don't know. 774 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,640 What do you think I should call her? 775 00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:25,520 He says, why don't you call her Sweet Sue? 776 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:27,000 How about Sweet Sue? 777 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:31,520 And I did, not realizing that that was the name of my sister. 778 00:40:31,700 --> 00:40:36,660 She needs to know she has a father who loved her. 779 00:40:39,660 --> 00:40:45,140 And secondly, I have a sister out there, 780 00:40:45,140 --> 00:40:47,100 and I'm more than ready to be a sister. 781 00:40:50,580 --> 00:40:52,060 When we aired this story last spring, 782 00:40:52,060 --> 00:40:54,740 we had high hopes that Sweet Sue would be found. 783 00:40:54,740 --> 00:40:56,420 We weren't disappointed. 784 00:40:56,420 --> 00:40:58,820 Bethena Susan King lived in Oklahoma City, 785 00:40:58,820 --> 00:41:00,520 only a short flight from Virginia's home 786 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:02,520 near Denver, Colorado. 787 00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:04,600 The two women spoke on the telephone that night 788 00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:08,360 and sensed an instant bond when they met that bond was confirmed. 789 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:15,120 I watched each person as they got off the airplane, 790 00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:18,720 and I just, none of them, I knew that they weren't her. 791 00:41:18,720 --> 00:41:20,880 But when she came walking out those doors, 792 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:24,640 I knew her instantly. 793 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:27,360 I just knew that's my sister. 794 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:28,400 I was really nervous. 795 00:41:28,460 --> 00:41:30,660 I didn't know what to expect. 796 00:41:30,660 --> 00:41:33,580 So when I walked through, there was Jenny and her husband, 797 00:41:33,580 --> 00:41:36,100 and Jenny was holding this huge sign that says, 798 00:41:36,100 --> 00:41:38,220 desperately seeking Susan. 799 00:41:38,220 --> 00:41:40,260 And I had planned on just walking by 800 00:41:40,260 --> 00:41:43,340 to see if she would recognize me, but I couldn't. 801 00:41:43,340 --> 00:41:45,460 I got to her and dropped my suitcase, 802 00:41:45,460 --> 00:41:48,100 and we hugged and cried and kissed and hugged some more, 803 00:41:48,100 --> 00:41:51,940 and had a crowd looking at us, and just fell in love 804 00:41:51,940 --> 00:41:52,820 with her instantly. 805 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:58,560 Since the reunion, Virginia and Susan 806 00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:01,680 have been thrilled to discover how much they have in common. 807 00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:02,920 They don't even make a humble case and say 808 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:03,880 they're Jenny flowers. 809 00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:04,960 Yeah. 810 00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,680 They like the same food, the same clothes, 811 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:11,480 enjoy the same hobbies, even talk alike. 812 00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,400 We finish sentences for each other. 813 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:15,280 We have the same things. 814 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:19,120 My husband has just, he sits here and shakes his head. 815 00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:21,120 He says, they are so much alike. 816 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:24,440 That's your father. 817 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,840 That's my daddy. 818 00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:29,200 I feel like that if our dad was here right now, 819 00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:31,200 that from what Jenny has told me about him, 820 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:34,400 he would be tickled to death to have both of us together. 821 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:36,440 He looked at the facial expressions. 822 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:40,360 I would love to give him a hug, to tell him that I'd search 823 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:45,480 for him since I was 21, thought about him since I was 12. 824 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:46,840 I think he would be happy for us. 825 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:49,280 He'd probably think, oh, Lord, the world's not 826 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:50,360 safe now with two of them. 827 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,880 The doll that had stood in for Susan for so many years 828 00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:58,840 now had special meaning for both women, 829 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:01,960 a tangible reminder of their father's love. 830 00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,280 And that was mine, Susie. 831 00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:05,640 Jesus precious. 832 00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:08,440 I knew it was a gift from our dad to her, 833 00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:14,160 but I also felt like at that moment that it was mine too. 834 00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:15,720 His arms. 835 00:43:15,720 --> 00:43:16,360 Definitely. 836 00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:21,240 It's mine. 837 00:43:21,240 --> 00:43:22,760 It's mine. 838 00:43:23,740 --> 00:43:25,140 I love you, baby. 839 00:43:34,140 --> 00:43:35,940 For every mystery, there is someone, 840 00:43:35,940 --> 00:43:38,540 somewhere who has the answer. 841 00:43:38,540 --> 00:43:41,000 Join me again for Unsolved Mysteries.