Remembering Vanessa Mintz | Forensic Files

Vanessa says to me I know how to get out of here I said okay I'll Follow You Famous Last so so I'm following her and
yeah we go and we're right back where we started from and I said to the girl was Abby was
riding with me I said this is Twilight zound and she did it one more time and then I hear Mandy say Vanessa
stop you don't know where you're going and her energy was just contagious so vibrant uh wide
open great smile always oh ab and a contagious laugh the best laugh in the world laugh one time I decided I was
going to dye my hair black and I ran into to her at a restaurant I mean that evening and she
got up and she was walking through the restaurant and you know our eyes met and she said well that's a hair colorig
smile on her face I love how women Network together and your mom was so amazing with that
and how she pulled your wedding off she was so good at connecting people that way you know she knew everybody and it
was just wonderful to sit down and have a meal and not to have to worry about it
but just to spend special time together and and she was just doing it as a thank
you for for what you know for what I do because I love it because God called me to it so it was really neat and and the
only time I've experienced that and I I've always remembered that it was um really difficult to go to the next
wedding without her because she just kept that calmness and kept everyone together while we were finishing up
doing other things you know with the decor and then watching Jessica do that very thing was I mean it really tucked
on my heart string the other night but we did it did yes yes we did in your mom's True
Form your mom's true F you would have made her proud you know I look down the table and look at everybody sitting here
and I can hear her going now we can get some stuff done well like I always say just to chip
off the old block yeah very true true never got frazzled I mean things could be falling
apart all around and she'd said well now this is this is exactly the way it was planned and it's going to be
fine we've got this I never saw her freaked out or flustered she did so much so we have to do the same thing MH we
have to keep doing the same thing or it it wouldn't be right no I agree so it's said let's get it done mhm m

Three years after her death, Mintz' friends gathered with her family to share their special memories of the woman with the "contagious laugh." For more on what happened to Mintz, watch "The Ultimatum," Saturday, Aug. 8 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

Brief Summary

Friends and family share memories of Vanessa's vibrant personality and her talent for connecting people.

Key points

Vanessa's Escape Plan. Vanessa expresses her confidence in finding a way out, igniting hope.
A Mother's Influence. Reflecting on the mother's ability to connect people and create joy.
Calm in Chaos. A tribute to the mother's unwavering calmness during stressful times.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I know how to get out.

Vanessa's determination to escape.

WatchJan 9, 2015

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