Peter Chadwick: Caught | Full Episode | Forensic Files

thank you [Music] [Music] it was so unusual for something like this to happen right outside your door
behind the Gates of a beautiful community well as they say a lot of things go on
behind closed doors the Chadwicks lived a very Suburban life Peter was very quiet very soft-spoken
QC she was bubbly and vivacious when you say bubbly and vivacious did she have a
sense of humor she was very funny yes and so smart and talented she could do anything
our kids started the same school as her children they were all friends do you see she came from Malaysia not
speaking English and she she met Peter in school she told us Peter would work out of the home
managing the family Investments you know they lived well so from the outside did it seem like the Chadwicks
had this idyllic life yes from the outside it definitely seemed that way [Music]
I work out of my house so my office just faces the street here between 4 and 5 p.m I saw cop cars in front of her house
and I'm thinking what's going on one of our other friends she came right up to me and said Karen
where's QC where's Peter at that point we just knew that she didn't pick up the kids it was kind of
talk of the neighborhood and that Peter and her were missing we sent a patrol officer out there so
they go inside it just looks like a typical Newport resident where there was lunch being prepared the house is
immaculate that they're still vacuum lines in the carpet everything's made it looks good
and then when they go upstairs and they walk into the master bath they realize there's a broken vase and a little bit
of blood splattered around now we're actually starting to get worried about it [Music]
investigators quickly identify Peter as a primary suspect in his wife's disappearance okay
but made bail and then he just disappeared in January 2015 Peter Chadwick becomes a
fugitive from Justice the search intensifies for a millionaire fugitive accused of murdering his wife
and skipping bail we had no idea this Manhunt was going to become the logistical monster that it
has two I mean this Manhunt has really expanded the entire Globe but now that Diane Hunt is over
Peter Chadwick's life on the Run ended and we'll tell you enforcement got their man
thank you foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] ly Five Years on the run the international Manhunt for Peter Chadwick
accused of killing his wife QC ended August 4th 2019. we're police announce that Peter Gregory Chadwick was located
in Mexico on Sunday night with the health and cooperation of the United States Marshal Service and authorities
in Mexico he was flown to Los Angeles International Airport where our detectives took custody of him
how did it come to this it's a twisted tale that began on a picture-perfect autumn day back in
October 2012. in this Posh neighborhood in Newport Beach California the couple had been living the good life
enjoying the trappings of wealth and raising three sons their oldest was away at boarding school and when his two
younger brothers headed home that day the family's World turned upside down so these boys got out of school and what
happened so they get out of school and a bus drops them off at a bus stop near their house in Newport Coast Sergeant
Ryan Peters remembers that day a neighbor saw him sitting at the bus stop past the time that they typically get
picked up by either Peter or QC so she stopped and asked have you reached your mom and dad and they said no they
haven't been able to reach them they were calling him nobody was answering it was very unusual for the Chadwicks not
to be punctual Lieutenant Brian Moore was called in later Dad should be here to pick them up dad
is always here normal protocol during a missing person's case is we're we're checking with friends we're checking
with relatives and checking the hospitals checking with family neighbors anybody have any idea where they are all
attempts to locate them were a dead end for Clues and then when they go upstairs
and they walk into the master bath they not swim Patrol realizes there's more to
the story in the master bathroom they initially saw the broken glass decorative glass
that was around the bathroom tub the edging we had blood at the bottom of the bathtub as you continue through the
downstairs the safe is clearly ajar so it's starting to look like more than just a welfare check situation
yeah obviously whoever left left in haste it looked quite suspicious we were all in shock like where is she
what's going on why is she missing word that the Chadwicks were gone spread quickly through the neighborhood
Heidi lived just across the street what were they like well QC was the one with all the
personality she was always looking forward to my annual Christmas party because she came over she got to dress
up and she looked like a million dollars and she had fun my first impression of her was that she was a completely
devoted mother Karen Thorpe had known QC for years their children went to school together
she was very determined to make sure they were getting good grades and they were
completing their assignments and they were taking music and they were doing a sport and she wanted them to be the best
at everything and how were they they were the best at everything their father Peter came from a wealthy
family he was born in Britain and had dual citizenship qc's family was also affluent they met at Arizona State
University did you get the sense that she was very in love with him yes that she was in love with him and that she
depended on him also what do you mean depended on him QC found our country to be a bit new and strange different from
where she had come from and she was learning about how to do things here did you get the sense that Peter liked her
depending on him yes yeah we definitely all felt that he was completely comfortable with that she was definitely
less independent than many of her friends QC and Peter married in 1991 when he grew more successful the couple moved to
that home in Newport Beach they eventually had three sons art Scott taught the two older boys
piano they were great students they did everything I asked I would teach him then after a few months after he got
more advanced I would teach him they would expand beyond that as he got committed and did more work never heard
right kids I really enjoy being in their home she always had a beverage for me and
something to eat every single time and that doesn't happen you know every day for all the clients that I see and so
she's very congenial very much uh making me feel warm in her house and what was Peter like
he almost seemed painfully shy when we first met him I felt like I never really knew him very well what did Peter do at
first we didn't really know we thought he ran his own business and then we learned he managed some apartment
buildings was Peter kind of a mystery yes Peter was a mystery but Karen says she did sense that the
couple's Dynamic had been evolving over the past few years QC was really beginning to come into her own and be
her own person I'd say she was less insecure about what to wear and what to do and she was able to follow more of
her way of doing things so you could see the self-confidence I could see the self-confidence yes I felt at the time
like I really knew the family but I have to say with so many things in life you never
really know about people's inside lives and what's really going on now police were left with two missing
parents and those disturbing clues in the master bathroom and what were the boys saying
boys had no idea where Mom and Dad were anybody have any clue no at that point nobody had any clue at all
but that wouldn't last long the first Big Break came here near the Mexican border in San Diego it was just
before Dawn the day after when someone here a hundred miles from Newport Beach called 9-1-1 with an emergency it was
Peter Chadwick there was an emergency this Crystal they took her they took her who took her the
guy broke into my house he drove me here he had a friend I think that going uh they might be going to
Mexico or somewhere [Music] in these surveillance pictures taken at a gas station near the Mexican border
you can see Peter Chadwick he's about to make that 9-1-1 call everyone Chadwick tells the operator QC had been
murdered my wife said they've gone in a pickup truck she's dead this is the gas station where Chadwick
called 9-1-1 yeah this is where he chose to kick off our investigation and this was a huge break this was huge Sergeant
Ryan Peters just to get a sense of where we are how close are we to the border is that it's
right there what are we looking at we're looking at Tijuana we're that close we're that close what
did Chadwick tell 9-1-1 Shadowbrook calls 911 and says he was kidnapped and he was kidnapped by a guy named Juan who
had killed his wife in Newport Beach how do you know Juan hi picked him up to look at some painting
work at the house I brought him to the house so Peter and Juan go back to his home
and then what did Peter say happened at some point Peter and Juan separated one continued upstairs and Peter went down
to his office Peter said within seconds he heard his wife QC screaming [Music] he hears QC screen Peter Peter and as he
runs upstairs he sees Juan strangling QC who's in the bath in their master bedroom and he's drowning her
how do you know she's dead she drowned she drowned her body was stiff even as he goes up and sees this Witnesses this
he's held at Bay by Juan with a two inch pocket knife Chadwick told police he was helpless to
save QC and instead of being able to rescue his wife he's held at Bay by Juan and Juan proceeds to finish killing his
wife then Chadwick said Juan ordered him to help get qc's body out of the tub and
wrap it in a blanket and Peter says he walks over and grabs a green blanket and wraps her up in it and that's the
blanket they use to take her downstairs with Juan at his side Chadwick said he was forced to drive all through the
night with his wife's body in the back of his SUV I've been driving with them so I think they might be going to Mexico
or somewhere I want you to get him Chadwick says that's how they ended up here at this Bordertown gas station
where they met up with another man named Chi and they took the body out of Chadwick's
car put it in a truck and took it to Mexico Chadwick says Juan and she drove away leaving him alone with his vehicle
in this dreary parking lot that was an emergency this is Crystal that's when Peter made his 9-1-1 call
okay and where is she now they have her body they say they're going to cut her up
what color part of one what what what color card dark green uh um like a like a pickup
van but covered um when you quote um and and uh Chevy Chevy within a few minutes police arrived and
took him to the station Lieutenant Brian Moore says his detectives found holes in Chadwick's
story any signs of Juan at all no Chadwick told 9-1-1 that QC was killed at about 11 o'clock the previous morning
but surveillance footage shows Chadwick's SUV leaving his gated community in Newport Beach about two and
a half hours after that police say there's no Juan in the vehicle and later Chadwick's at a toll again no sign of
wand everyone we talked to and described this one individual no one had any idea who
that was or could give us any information related to this person what about Chi no some of the video
surveillance we picked up uh in the area where Peter said he met this Chi person
there was no other vehicles involved that we could see what's more Chadwick's own body had some
incriminating injuries he had scratches on his neck and arms he had a bite mark on his forearm
did he try to explain that as these came from Juan he explained some sort of a struggle
between him and Juan but there was never any specifics on how he obtained those injuries and then there was this a
packed suitcase in Chadwick's car we had a suitcase all male clothing inside that
was just kind of thrown in there as if somebody kind of packed hastily I'm sorry there was a bag in the car of
men's clothes what kind of kidnapper says hey go ahead and pack yourself an overnight bag which is part of the
problem that's not normally the thing that happens no [Music] qc's friend Karen says nothing Peter
said made any sense when you first heard that story did you buy it absolutely not I don't even think
the 911 operator bought it if you've heard the tape she her reaction is really um
okay are you on any kind of medication sir not not not that uh heavy one okay but
this happened yesterday at 11 you're now calling us at 5 30 in the morning detectives weren't buying any of it
either during the initial contact Peter was was kind of all over the map his story was
very disjointed he'd go through the range of emotions crying however the officer never saw a tear to moments of
anxiety and just complete quiet so he went from great displays of being distraught to nothing and the most
interesting thing was during the entire contact with law enforcement and with our detectives he never once asked about
his kids he never asked about the boys no and we're talking he hasn't seen them since the morning prior when he dropped
him off for school what did that say to you to me it means that he he's more concerned with his
story creating an alibi than he is about his own Sons it appeared so yes People's First feeling was that there
had been a takeover robbery and they have both been kidnapped and I don't even know if there was speculation in
the media about that but I never for a moment thought that it happened somehow do he had killed her foreign
[Music] hear more of Peter Chadwick's bizarre 911 call on Facebook at 48 hours [Music]
I remember calling him I said he's killed her hasn't he I can't tell you why I knew
my friend said are you okay are you at work and I said I am but I'm going home now
foreign on October 11 2012 just six hours after that 9-1-1 call Peter Chadwick was
arrested for murder he wasn't defensive angry sad emotional in any way as if somebody that was being
placed under arrest that was innocent would have acted almost like he wasn't surprised that we were putting handcuffs
on him Chadwick quickly lawyered up and stopped talking to detectives the community was
shocked just just unthinkable that he would do that and that someone would do that it
that she would be gone Karen Thorpe could only guess what led to her friend's murder I think over time
knowing QC it seemed that she wanted to become more independent and she would start doing more things
for herself and I wondered then if maybe some of her reservations and insecurity
were because of Peter why do you think she didn't confide in you I think she was very proud I think everyone was
shocked Brian Moore believes QC had uncovered a dark side of her husband probably the most telling things that we
discovered was a handwritten piece of paper that had Peter's computer search history on it looked like it was written
out by QC and what did that say how to torture Chinese sex massage abortion costs in Orange County
these were all in his search history yes so as we dug into it further we started
to get the real account that there was some turmoil in their marriage there was some talk of divorce he
visited prostitutes based on his search history we have to assume so this isn't that happy Newport Beach
family that it appeared to be from the outside absolutely not in court Peter Chadwick pleaded not
guilty his two sons who had lived at home were now with their mother's brother more
than 50 miles away in the Los Angeles area their mother was missing and presumably dead did the boys have any
idea about what happened to their mother what their dad was doing none whatsoever
then seven days after Peter Chadwick called 9-1-1 detectives got another big break
this time a tip they say they can't discuss that led them to a location in the mountains more than 100 miles from
Newport Beach this is remote it's extremely remote kind of South San Diego County
in the middle of nowhere [Music] so where are we headed so we're going to Crime Scene number two
detectives found themselves on this Barren Mountainside in rural San Diego County Wildcat Canyon they believe Peter
Chadwick came here that night what do you think he's thinking as he's driving up this road if you kind of put yourself
in his position he's been driving around for hours over 10 hours with qc's body in the car he needs to find a place to
drop the body he needs to find a place to drop the body where he's not going to be seen or it's dark and it's not going
to be seen anytime soon after he drops it the first place he comes to is this little road yeah it's right here that's
it that's it so this is where he stopped we were not sure if we're ever gonna find her the chances were slim to none
[Music] when we lifted up it was full so what did you see we started finding qc's
items we found nice bags we found a really nice purse so we set those aside when we opened up the bag that's when we
found qc's ID her permanent residency card ten thousand dollars cash and all of this stuff is the stuff that he
described Juan taking with qc's body into Mexico [Music] and wrapped in that green blanket qc's
body it was a huge break for us the dumpster was scheduled to be picked up the Thursday morning which was the
next morning after we believe Peter disposed of qc's body the issue with that was there was some kind of
billing dispute so they were supposed to pick up the dumpster but they didn't once detectives finally found QC the
medical examiner was able to determine how she died there was a pretty violent struggle which resulted in strangulation
and possible drowning as the state built its case against Peter Chadwick he sat in jail that is
for two months until December when bail was set at one million dollars no sweat for the multi-millionaire businessman I
heard he got out on bail and I remember being absolutely infuriated and disgusted and he should
not be out on bail prosecutor Matt Murphy says the court really had no choice Chadwick was
entitled to bail we had a guy that had he had no criminal background he had roots in the community
Chadwick also had that multi-million dollar home and three sons and he surrendered his U.S and UK passports
we can keep him on a short leash we can keep him you know engaged in the in the process we can keep you know we can keep
eyes on him Peter came back and got her van which was really creepy he returned to get her van because his car was
impounded so he drove off with her van and I was just happened to be out in the street and he gave me a nod and I'm just
like turn my head in disgust even before Chadwick could face trial Karen's mind was made up he was Shameless talk about
hudspa he send out an email inviting people to a hundred day vigil Candlelight vigil
at the home where he murdered her how can you kill your wife throw her in a dumpster and hold a
candlelight vigil at the home where you killed her two years passed Chadwick moved into his
father's home in Santa Barbara a Swanky Town up the coast all three sons ended up in boarding school
how solid did you think your case was as you headed for trial extremely solid I mean with all the circumstantial
evidence the body the the injuries and the lack of plausibility on on behalf of Peter's story so overall we thought we
had this thing wrapped up so as you're looking down the road you're thinking Peter Chadwick is going to end up where
in prison but Peter Chadwick had other plans breaking news to tell you about an accused murderer on the run from
California foreign was awaiting trial and making his court appearances for hearings doing what he
was supposed to do until he wasn't anymore yeah we got word from his attorney that
said I don't know where he is after two years out on bail Peter Chadwick disappeared
this is one of the most Wanted suspects in the entire United States what do you mean he's gone you know didn't somebody
keep an eye on this guy prosecutor Matt Murphy was outraged nobody thought that he would flee from his sons
he abandoned his family he made his attorney look terrible and he thumbed his nose at the court and the justice
system it's part of this just that rich guys can get away with an awful lot you know it's it's just it's frustrating
you shouldn't be able to take advantage of the system because you have money and you know that's that's what happened
here most people can't afford this bail you shouldn't be able to do this because
you got money he took full advantage and he used his financial resources to do it
a million dollars bail really wasn't enough to keep someone as cold-hearted and narcissistic as him to
stay around at first investigators heard that Peter Chadwick might be dead initially Michael Chadwick started
relaying information that he was suicidal so Michael Chadwick Peter's dad said he was going to kill himself that
Peter was going to kill himself he alluded to the fact that he was suicidal I don't know if it was his attorney or
his father had said he had been despondent and suicidal no by the time investigators realized that
he'd flown The Coop Chadwick was long gone he had a three-week lead on them and he'd been studying up they discovered
books in Chadwick's home on how to disappear and how to change identities and leave false trails
investigators learned from a taxi company that someone who police now believe was Peter Chadwick took a cab
from his dad's house to this airport here in Santa Barbara and get this the cab driver says that
the person he picked up that day was a woman so was Peter Chadwick in disguise when he got here he went inside with his
suitcase and then he must have changed clothes because surveillance cameras have pictures of Chadwick dressed as
himself hanging out at the Santa Barbara Airport hours ticked by but he never got
on a plane instead he went back outside got into another cab and drove away and that's the last anyone here saw of Peter
Chadwick the search for Chadwick was now an international Manhunt with the U.S Marshals leading the way
here they are training in the mountains above Los Angeles we're going to catch him
Marshall Craig McCluskey led the team that would track Chadwick he's going to make a mistake we're going to choke him
off and grab him [Music] not only did Chadwick have a head start his life on the Run would be well
financed what makes him so difficult to find is the fact that he fled with a decent amount of money so it was about a
million dollars that he had in Cash when he left approximately a million dollars
yes do you feel like he slipped through your fingers yeah I honestly wished uh you know we
could have wrapped this case up a lot sooner he got the better of us at this point
once you find a string you got to start pulling on it and we found a couple strings but
final tip that vexico tips had come from everywhere the countries that we've had active leads
and that we've pursued include Japan they include Canada Belize Panama the Ukraine McCluskey was
convinced Chadwick was getting help while on the lamb I didn't think this case was going to
turn into what it did but I think one reason that it did is not because Peter's smart it's not because he was
Savvy it's not because he outsmarted us it's because he's getting help and I think once we cut him off from his
source of help that he's going to make a mistake and we're going to catch him Karen Thorpe had always hoped whoever
was helping Peter Chadwick might have a change of heart someone needs to come forward someone
with a conscience someone who cares about those kids and who cares about what has happened to
this lovely woman this lovely devoted mother who has no justice Justice would be in reach when The
Manhunt ended South of the Border but where do You Hear What Chadwick was doing while on the land
he went from a real estate millionaire to busing tables right I think he was just desperate to fit in and stay on the
Run he was willing to do anything to sustain his flight learn more about Peter Chadwick's life
on the run in Mexico at 48hours.com after almost five years basically overnight everything changed August 4th
2019 48 Hours learned of a new dramatic development in the Peter Chadwick investigation
48 Hours had the only news crew on the scene when Peter Chadwick landed in Los Angeles yesterday he disappeared in 2015
after being charged with killing his wife in handcuffs and shackles authorities had their man and Newport Beach police
chief John Lewis made the official announcement after receiving hundreds and hundreds of tips from all over the
world one of them led us to our suspect the chief would not go into detail about
what that tip was Chadwick was picked up by Mexican federal police near the city
of Puebla south of Mexico City I believe he was surprised I don't think he expected to be arrested Marshall Craig
McCluskey was at the airport in Los Angeles when Chadwick arrived and he slapped the cuffs on him what's the
first thing you said to him Peter my name is Craig McCluskey from the U.S Marshals I'm placing you into the
custody of the United States Marshal Service I think he had recognized me from the initial 48 Hours episode that
aired he watched the 48 Hours episode I believe he did he's going to make a mistake we're going
to choke him off and grab him our 48 Hours report on the hunt for Peter Chadwick aired in May 2019 and he
recognized you from the 48 Hours well because the first question he asked me looked me right in the face and he asked
me how's Ben and Ben's oldest son I guess he assumed that I had some contact with his family he said when he saw that
episode he realized that his situation had escalated a lot because he didn't realize the U.S Marshals were after him
at that point so he was watching us watching him in essence yes and he knew he knew how
many people were after him he'd seen the coverage he really became stressed out that was an incredible way yeah I mean
looking over your shoulder every day details are still murky about where Chadwick spent all his years on the run
but when he was picked up in Mexico he was living in this apartment Peter was in a small village outside of Puebla
Mexico about two hours north of the Guatemalan Border in about an hour and a half south of Mexico City the makeup of
that town was um mostly Caucasian but also Asian Community as well his Hideout was next to a country club had tennis
courts and of course Peter preferred playing tennis he continued to play tennis yes did he change his appearance
he changed his appearance slightly so his hair was a little darker he had some facial hair so he had a goatee he tried
to make himself a little younger and I think he was successful in that I mean his face looked a little a little
different a little nip and tuck in Mexico possibly I don't know for sure Chadwick apparently used many fake IDs
and aliases including Paul Cook Paul Craig and John Franklin he even had an ID card that it was a copy of some
fictional security force and he was representing himself as some type of analyst with top secret access with his
photo on it what do you what do you use that for maybe to get some unassuming uh
local police officers off his back it's essentially a toy ID saying hey I'm a secret agent correct
but strangely Chadwick never got a fake passport and that may have forced him into some Lifestyle Changes he'd started
off his Escape staying in nice hotels and he stayed in some fancy hotels at the beginning he did stay in hotels I
think he started to change his pattern when Mexico started changing some of their immigration laws where they
required visas for non-citizens when they checked into hotels which forced him into you know more discreet places
like hostels you know that would accept cash and no identification [Music] and then there was money even though
authorities figure he had about a million dollars in Cash when he fled he occupied his days picking up odd jobs
what was he doing for money he did flee with a large sum of money most of it he lived off of that but I think he did
some small things on the side maybe um taught conversational English or something like that to children to make
a few extra bucks I think he was busing tables working in kitchens but he went from a real estate millionaire to busing
tables right I think he was just desperate to fit in and stay on the Run he was willing to do anything to sustain
his flight one of the biggest investigative breaks that led the marshals to Chadwick was
their discovery that he was in communication with people who knew him we learned that he was receiving help
from those close to him to what extent I don't know and how the quantities of money that were provided to him I don't
know exactly but uh we know that he was getting some assistance from those close
to him back up here still that information combined with the new tip and old-fashioned police work by Newport
Beach police the marshals and Mexican authorities ultimately led to Chadwick's arrest the bizarre thing is that this
took you know nearly five years to unfold and then boom it happened overnight yeah that's entirely due to the
relationship we had with the Mexican authorities their response to uh intelligence that was gathered and their
own intelligence gathering techniques I mean that's really what paid off [Music]
at this point authorities are not saying if they'll charge anyone else in connection with Chadwick's Escape
meantime they're savoring their Victory Chief Lewis says he always knew Chadwick's days were numbered did you
ever for a moment think he's gone forever not not for a minute I believe in our investigators I believe in our
process I believe in the in the heart of this Police Department towards solving these cases and so my mind it was just a
matter of time before we got him it wasn't going to be a if it was a win did he seem at all
relieved he did at the end a little bit he says something along the lines of it was
getting hard to keep up with the lies for Karen Thorpe qc's close friend Chadwick's capture brings mixed emotion
what's it like to see that I'm angry I'm repulsed I want to make him know the pain
that everybody else suffered one of the things that we heard was that he was at a resort in Mexico what do you think of
that outrageous somebody who could do this to her and then live the high life is just a testament to his coldness and
his depravity and that coldness investigators say extended to Chadwick's willingness to
abandon his three sons forever our investigation shows that Peter Chadwick never intended to return from Mexico
he had no intentions of coming back to Orange County to face trial or to raise the three sons that he had
abandoned speaking of the boys our hearts go out to them we'd ask that everyone respect
their privacy during this incredibly emotional time we don't know how the Chadwick boys have reacted to their
father's capture but we do know that in recent months Karen Thorpe told us they've been doing well do you have a
sense of how the boys are doing they're really really strong really really supported by qc's family
there's so much love around them and so much love for them they've really they've continued to flourish in spite
of of this tragedy and that is a fitting tribute to a dedicated mom whose life was cut so
short oh [Music] we lost in QC a mother who cared for her children deeply and Who Loved life
and love vibrancy and love to give her children all that she possibly could [Music]
a young woman waiting for her wedding day her fiance gunned down someone had a vendetta against Patrick did police
uncover a plan for murder this wasn't a random killing it was an assassination 48 hours Saturday on CBS

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Brief Summary

The episode details QC Chadwick's murder and Peter Chadwick's five-year flight from justice before his capture in Mexico.

Key points

The Chadwicks' Idyllic Life. From the outside, the Chadwicks seemed to have a perfect suburban life, but appearances can be deceiving.
The 911 Call. Peter Chadwick calls 911 claiming his wife has been murdered, but his story raises suspicions.
Peter's Arrest. Just hours after the 911 call, Peter Chadwick is arrested for murder, shocking the community.
Discovery of QC's Body. Detectives find QC's belongings and body, leading to a major breakthrough in the case.
Bail Controversy. Peter Chadwick's release on bail infuriates the community, raising questions about the justice system.
Chadwick's Disappearance. Peter Chadwick vanished while awaiting trial, shocking authorities and his family.

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