Unsolved Mysteries with Dennis Farina - Season 1, Episode 11 - Full Episode | Forensic Files

[Music] next on unsolved mysteries in Tijuana Mexico a young film student mysteriously
disappears and is found dead they're young they're in love and they rob banks meet a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde it
was a harrowing near-death experience and became one man's journey to the depths of heaven and it had everything
you need for the perfect crime a foolproof plan three million dollars and a private jet for a quick getaway
join me for these fascinating stories plus updates on cases South by you I'm Dennis Farina
and this is unsolved mysteries [Music] [Music] we've recently profiled the brazen
escape of an accused killer named Albert Leon Fletcher [Music] Fletcher was a career criminal who had
been awaiting trial in Florida on multiple charges including first-degree murder the killing kept the wild 24 hour
rampage by Fletcher in his cousin Douglas Porter give me your money come on give me the
wallet give me your wallet the victim was 32 year old Nelson Medina he left behind a wife and two young
children a few hours later police arrested Albert Fletcher and Douglas Porter Porter was convicted and
sentenced to 40 years in prison but Fletcher escaped before he can be brought to trial and was on the run for
more than a year update on the night of our broadcast an alert viewer recognized
Albert Fletcher as one of our neighbors soon after Fletcher was arrested at a trailer park in Delaware where he was
living since his escape I have to receive a telephone call from the authorities in Delaware
Visine me than they knew their whereabouts of Albert Lyon Fletcher I sent a bulletin to Delaware and this was
around three o'clock that afternoon and about 3:30 or 4 o'clock they had a macro
handed Albert Leon Fletcher was returned to Florida where he was convicted of first degree murder he will spend the
rest of his life behind bars Douglas Porter he served his time and has been released
bend organ it was a typical day at Klamath First Federal Bank nothing unusual until now
he took control and he he's scared us he intimidated us he doesn't push a button
because the other ones gonna kill there was no in anybody's mind of trying to set an alarm off so he made us all go in
to the ball and then he had me fill the bags after I was done doing that he told
me to go over and get on my knees and he tied me up I was scared I was terrified
at that point because I thought he's gonna shoot us all coming out are we clear four years twelve banks over a
half a million dollars that's the track record of to outlaw lovers named Craig Pritchard and OVA Guthrie there's no
wonder why some see them as today's Bonnie and Clyde Craig Pritchard once seemed destined for athletic stardom but
when his baseball career fizzled Pritchard headed for the bright lights of Las Vegas there he found a new
passion robbing banks no one knows exactly how many robberies Pritchard committed before his luck ran out
after a bank teller identified him in the lineup he was sentenced to five years in an Arizona penitentiary but
rather than learning from his mistakes Pritchard spent his time behind bars correcting them five years is a long
time to spend in prison and he met other people that had robbed banks and from past experience of cases I've worked
they exchanged thoughts ideas he actually learned how to commit bank robberies in a better way than he had
previously after his release Pritchard wound up in New Mexico and that's where he met 24 year-old no-load Guthrie
they'd have dinner and they hit it off sparks were flying they were very mutually attracted to each other I'll
take you out I think I could stay a couple of more days and within a week or so Craig had moved in with Nova after
meeting they went on a bank robbery spree and that included the states of Colorado Arizona New Mexico Washington
Oregon across the south and northwest let's go come on Prichard would enter the bank wearing a
disguise he was always armed with an assault weapon he had a police scanner so he could monitor any of the waste in
the area Nova always stayed outside the bank alerting Craig to any dangers via radio after each robbery they drove to a
predetermined location abandoned their getaway car and fled in a second vehicle their stash car the kind of natural-born
rule breakers they love a challenge and what's more thrilling than robbing a bank in broad daylight and my guess is
that after these you know it's in Tibet it's a thrill it's exciting they just want to keep the
thrill going in between the robberies there were sightings of them really leading a very lavish lifestyle they
liked frequent nice places the ski resorts ocean resort areas they look like a very nice normal couple there is
nothing that's going to stand out that is going to make them different from others two years into their crime spree
Craig Innova took a big risk by visiting Nova's family in Phoenix now at the time
only Craig was a wanted fugitive the FBI had no evidence linking Nova to the robberies but Nova's family knew the
truth they'd blame Craig for enticing Nova into a life of crime hey Craig beer yeah I just want to talk
to you outside for a minute Novus brother confine it Craig what's going on you're leaving right now you're
gonna get in your fancy little car you didn't like what he had done what he had gotten over involved with go and he
didn't want her to be any part of no force lie nobody's gone without Craig he's gone
Nova didn't know what to do next Nova was confused and embarrassed she went along with her sister to meet secretly
with a police chaplain William Fay so what is it you want to tell me I think deep in her heart she wanted to
be forgiven but didn't know how to go about it at that point I took my Bible and I began to share Scripture with her
I said what do you think it is now that God would have you do Nova said turn myself in I said let's go Nova provided
information regarding her involvement in the bank robberies and just the manner in which they were committed we didn't
arrest Nova at that point in time because we had not done any investigation to corroborate her story
and we had insufficient probable cause to have the United States Attorney's Office authorize on an arrest warrant
once they flipped Nova the FBI was confident that they could track down Pritchard Nova however was having second
thoughts not long after she agreed to cooperate Nova Guthrie abruptly disappeared back into a life of crime
with Craig Pritchard when she first went look Craig she didn't quite realize what
a big decision she had made she had second thoughts about it stepped back from the brink
and then realized it's boring back here I'm going back to the brink and that's what she did just because they haven't
used their weapons doesn't mean that people aren't getting hurt you take a look at the victims and the victim
tellers specifically it's very traumatic for them you know I'd like to tie him up and
stick a gun in his face I'd like to have him feel that same helpless feeling being terrified for your life thinking
that you're gonna die update Cape Town South Africa Nova Guthrie and Craig Pritchard were finally captured
10,000 miles from Nova's home and Phoenix Guthrie managed a nightclub and Pritchard bought and sold stocks over
the Internet then a South African tourists travelling in the United States recognized Guthrie from a wanted poster
and contacted authorities after being extradited to the United States Craig Pritchard was sentenced to 22 and a half
years in prison Nova Guthrie received a 10-year sentence served her time and has been released
next a near-death experience takes one man on a terrifying journey to hell and back
[Music] Paris France sometimes the incredible occurs when you least expect it just ask Howard storm a professor and an
accomplished artist near the end of a three-week European tour Howard and his wife Beverly were in Paris when disaster
struck I thought I'd been shot that was the most serious scruciating pain in the
centre of my abdomen I was just panic full of fear I couldn't think at all the doctor that came to the hotel and
the two doctors that examined me in the emergency room at the hospital all said the same thing that this was a very
critical situation and that if I didn't have the surgery within an hour I would die Howard small intestine had ruptured
he was transferred to another hospital where the staff spoke only French now there were problems finding a surgeon
they didn't give me any medication whatsoever no treatment whatsoever and I was beginning to fear that I wasn't
going to make it after a few hours after six or seven hours I had a very strong feeling that I wasn't going to make it
and after ten hours I knew I wasn't gonna make it Howard says that as he lost consciousness he fell into a bizarre
altered reality one that would change him forever Howard storm had what is called the near-death experience most of
the time these episodes are described as a glimpse into heaven but for Howard storm it was very different his
near-death experience took him straight to the depths of hell by his own admission Howard storm was a man with a
dark side he commanded everyone around him with angry passion my wife and my children feared me sometimes I was fun
sometimes that's good but I also used a lot of threats I used a lot of rage I used a lot of coercion to get my way
that was that was the bottom line all the time was to get my way my will to prevail as he slipped closer to death in
that Paris hospital room Howard says that he took the first step on a terrifying journey
I looked at the bed and I saw myself lying in the bed and it's horrified me because I knew that that's not possible
because I didn't believe in life after death I didn't believe in God I didn't believe in him or hell and I mean I
really didn't believe me I heard people calling me from outside the room and they were saying Howard Howard hurry up
you've got to come with us it's time now it's time come with me I assume that they must be hospital personnel come to
take me to have my surgery where's my doctor and they didn't deny that although they didn't confirm it either
as I walked with these people I became increasingly aware that something was very wrong nobody wants to help me these
people were getting more and more aggressive and cruel to me all I wanted to do now was to get away from them
it's getting darker and darker they kept leading me on standing in a circle around me there was really no way to
escape from when they were scratching and pushing and pulling at me and began biting at me
so I was starting to yell and scream and howl with pain and I thought that was real funny and they really liked that a
lot and that more that they did the better they liked it in that place I heard a voice which
sounded like my voice say pray to God and I didn't believe in God said a second time pray to God and I tried to
remember how to pray [Applause] the mention of God pushed them away from me push them back and back into the
darkness so I just kept at it and kept at it this is if it burned them they simply retreated into the darkness and
were gone and I was all along that place left in my physical pain my emotional pain self-pity and in considering my
whole life was sort of like what was the point of ever living to end up like this
I'd never really accomplished anything very significant now I end up in this place of torment why was I ever born
and in that complete despair and pain and hopelessness a small light appeared and got brighter and brighter and
brighter and I felt this brightness reached down and picked me up and I was all healed whole and full of most
wonderful physical ecstasy he called a number of angels around us and they showed me the effects that I had on
other people how I'd hurt other people and I think to myself I'm scum I don't belong here they've made a mistake and
then for the first time he spoke to me and said we don't make mistakes you do belong here the mysterious figure then
instructed Howard to return to Earth and to live with love in his heart soon after Howard regained consciousness
a surgeon arrived the operation saved Howard's life he would eventually make a full recovery and he would also undergo
a dramatic transformation lift up your hearts but us Friday Howard is an ordained
minister and active in missionary work he is determined to make the most of his second chance at life there's no doubt
in my mind that I went to hell I know what I experienced and I know it wasn't a dream and I know that there is a
conscious existence beyond this world if you want to call another dimension or you want to call it the supernatural
world or you want to call it heaven and hell there is a life beyond this life and we will reap the reward or suffer
the consequence of what we've done and with this life next three million dollars in a private jet the perfect
setup for the perfect crime it was a masterful plan that baffled the police and the FBI and involved a
beautiful young woman a convicted killer and three million dollars in Las Vegas Nevada the city were gamblers risk it
all for a chance at a big score 21 year-old Heather Tallchief seemed like any of a young woman trying to make a
start but Heather had a much bigger plan she was gonna get rich and quick on Friday October 1st Heather was working
as a driver for the Loomis armored car she and her two co-workers were responsible for filling the ATMs of
several local casinos with cash the van was loaded with over three million dollars in preparation for a busy
weekend Heather would drive to the back portion of the casino and drop us off the final ATM was near the casinos side
entrance now standard procedure called for Heather to meet the other guards there and to pick them up when my
partner and I exited the casino we did not see that the van anyway we assumed that maybe she got lost that
she was stuck in traffic we didn't know so I in joking suggested that she might have taken the vehicle but later a check
of this surveillance camera showed Heather was simply drove away from the casino and never returned and that she
and the money disappeared Heather Tallchief applied for the job with the armored car company
approximately two months before the robbery and the investigation has led us to believe that this entire event from
the moment of applying for the job to the robbery was all planned in advance for the sole purpose of committing this
crime Heather Tallchief had once worked as a volunteer nurse and she had no criminal
record so why would she commit such an audacious crime as police combed through her apartment answers began to surface
two distinct sets of fingerprints were found Heather had not acted alone the prints were identified as those of a
convicted murderer referred those soulless SOLAS had a record he had shot and killed an armored car guard during
an unsuccessful robbery Tallchief and solace met in San Francisco where they began a relationship and subsequently
planned this crime where 48 year-old solace and 21 year-old Heather masterminds of one of the biggest
armored car robberies in history or was soulless manipulating the young and impressionable claw chief to finally
make his big score however was planned the crime and their getaway went off without a hitch
two hours after Heather and the armored car disappeared from the casino an unusual couple arrived at a small local
airport they had chartered the private jet to Denver Colorado SOLAS look like an
older gentleman a doctor at all chief like a sickly invalid older lady there's only three small suitcases were taken if
he had a million dollars at three million dollars it would take approximately eight to ten suitcases to
transport that much money we surmise that they must have shipped the money on ahead three days later the FBI traced
Heather and solist to Denver but by then it was too late Denver had only been a stopover Clues seem to lead in all
directions Florida the Caribbean Central and South America it seemed the couple had covered their tracks well and the
FBI had no solid leads two weeks later investigators discovered the armored van in a commercial building
SOLAS had run it for a phony business inside the building were packing materials they confirmed the FBI
suspicions that the money had been shipped to some unknown destination he told everybody he's starting a new
business solace opened this business under the guise of retrofitting vehicles to be used as armored car vehicles in
that manner didn't draw any attention to the other people in the area when a real
armored vehicle was brought into the facility the FBI had nowhere to turn at Tallchief and soleus actually
committed the perfect crime i think that it was well thought out well conceived and well executed but crime doesn't pay
and i don't think it's a perfect crime i think that will still get them the trail
went cold law enforcement can find no trace of heather Tallchief or roberto SOLAS that
is until 12 years later when heather appeared at the Las Vegas courthouse and turned herself in
hether claimed that she had been brainwashed by soulless and only committed the crime because she feared
for her life she left solace when she learned that she was pregnant with his children
I believe he manipulated and influenced my mind for his own dreams she said she turned herself in to give her
ten-year-old son a chance at a normal life I'm doing this for him that can give him a better life one that he
deserves after 12 years in hiding Heather was sentenced to 63 months in prison when the judge read her verdict
she told reporters that at last she felt free you get tired you get very tired of
running if you're living in a prison mentally then what is a box or restrictive privileges it's nothing
compared to what I've already been through Heather Tallchief served her time and has been released
Roberto solace is still at large if you recognize this man and know where he might be please log on to our website at
unsolved calm [Music] next a young college student has found in a Mexican morgue was it an accident
or murder [Music] Tijuana Mexico they call it Avenida Internacional this stretch of highway separates
Tijuana from the states dozens of people die here every year most while trying to enter the US
illegally [Music] on the night of May 5th the scene facing local rescue crews was all too familiar
the pedestrian was barely alive he carried no ID and was classified as descon Osito or unknown he died six days
after the accident without regaining consciousness another 15 days would pass before he was identified as 22 year old
Patrick Kelly the film student at the University of Southern California during Patrick's absence his mother launched a
desperate search to find it Terry Kelly's investigation uncovered compelling evidence that her son's death
was much more than just a random traffic accident Patrick Kelly always had a passion for writing and storytelling by
the time he went to college Patrick knew what he wanted to do he wanted to make movies on a Friday night near the end of
his junior year Patrick was celebrating with a close friend Michael Park after months of intense effort Patrick had
just turned in his year-end project a full-length motion picture script he was really upbeat it was just really anxious
to get on with his senior year and then you know hopefully got in Hollywood and watched the video for about 45 minutes
about 3:45 I remember the time because I had to get up pretty early the next morning and it was the last song
one of the things we agreed on when he first went away to school was that we would always call each other on Sunday
evening in three years you've never missed the call he didn't call that Sunday night and I called him and tried
all the evening to get hold of him so I knew right away that we had a problem Terry asked Michael Park to go
to Patrick's room it seemed as if Patrick had just stepped out for a moment his wallet was on the desk his
bags and his clothes were in the closet and yet his passport was nowhere to be found
only the answering machine offered a possible clue hello Patrick this is Julia with founder's National Bank
please give us a call thank you Terry Kelly immediately phoned the bank there had been several ATM transactions
over that weekend in Mexico that over drew his account so that was the first clue we had as to what direction he had
been headed and that direction was due south at 10:24 Saturday morning Patrick made a $60 withdrawal at a 7-eleven in
San Clemente 63 miles from Los Angeles at 6:08 p.m. another 135 dollars was withdrawn and an ATM in the Tijuana
tourist area the next day three more withdrawals at ATMs in downtown Tijuana bled Patrick's
account dried Terry Kelly hired private detective Doug Roth to find Patrick Ross
began at the 7-eleven in San Clemente the surveillance tape from Saturday morning showed Patrick entering the
store these are the last known pictures of Patrick before his death he acted normally there was no indication of
trouble Roth continued south to Mexico at the border he decided to check the parking
lots where many tourists leave their cars before entering Tijuana Roth had pay dirt right away
thank you for assistance ASA Patrick's car was parked along the back fence it was caked with mud there was damage to
the right front bumper and the rear license plate was loose worse it looked a Doug
like someone other than Patrick at last driven the car the driver's seat was much closer to the steering wheel than
would be consistent with someone who was 6 foot 1 inches tall the radio was turned to a Spanish American radio
station which was as we understand it inconsistent with Patrick's listening habits but we also had found a partially
smoked cigarette in the ashtray of the car Patrick was not a smoker and as we understand it did not allow smoking in
his car the leads uncovered at the parking lot led Ross to the Tijuana morgue and the body of the unidentified
pedestrian [Music] terry kelly rushed to mexico fearing the worst very tough thing they don't they
don't let you in the same room with them you have to do them through class and you know a considerable a distance for
those circumstances but you know I knew it with him but how exactly did Patrick Kelly die here's what he at
approximately 1:00 a.m. on May 5th a motorcyclist was heading east along the Avenida Internacional two pedestrians
suddenly darted out in front [Applause] [Music] daddy's gonna smile though you'll see
you know Patrick never had a chance to tell anyone what happened he was unconscious when paramedics arrived
Mexican authorities would later attribute all of Patrick's injuries to the accident Doug Roth didn't see it
that way my initial reaction upon viewing the body was that he had been beaten severely this is based
principally on my observation of wounds about the face and upper body chest area
an independent autopsy commissioned by Terry Kelly seemed to agree the report concluded quote findings do not support
an interpretation that death was due to a motor vehicle accident the hours after
the accident were also marked by irregularities while Patrick lay dying in the hospital someone used his ATM
card in downtown Tijuana making that one but three cash withdrawals the evidence
clearly indicates that transactions had occurred after he was a comatose in Mexico with his ATM card that that ATM
card had been used with a PIN number which he would not have reasonably given up or had any need to have written down
anywhere the evidence of foul play was mounting the autopsy the ATM withdrawals and
finally Patrick's card according to the parking lot records someone paid the $60
fee and drove the car off the lot four days after Patrick died the next day the car was returned to the same parking
space I believe Patrick went to Mexico with another individual and I believe that by five o'clock in
the afternoon they had met with some unsavory characters and had probably been taken against their will
hostage had been beaten that their pin number had been gained and likely while they were held nearby that place where
the accident occurred they made a break for it one of them was struck one of them was
not one of them made it away was Patrick Kelly with a friend when he was run down
in Tijuana perhaps someone watching knows the answers if you have any information that might help solve this
case please log on to our website at unsolved comm next he may not have a badge but this
bloodhound is as dedicated as any police officer on the street then for Colorado
looking for a little girl sir it was a race against time police in Englewood Colorado at Denver
suburb search door-to-door for five year-old Allie barelli's Allie was last seen playing in
the courtyard of the apartment complex where she lived her babysitter went inside for just a few minutes but by the
time she came back Allie was gone the search dragged on for four days without a single clue and then finally the
police turned to an age-old crime-fighting tool meet yogi the Bloodhound when it comes to tracking
missing persons or criminals he's one of the best and as you're about to see nothing beats the remarkable nose of a
bloodhound I had never been exposed to the bloodhounds and the work that they do and it was it was certainly something
anything we could try to do to find this little girl with News cameras rolling the Bloodhound and his handler k-9
officer Jerry Nicol went to work the dog took Allie sent from clothing she had recently worn and then started moving
first he went up the stairs zeroing in on a single apartment it was a Lee's home and it was a good sign Yogi was on
the right track I was watching the dog work I wanted to have hope that this bloodhound would be able to find our
granddaughter there was a sort of comfort that I felt because I felt now they're gonna find her yogi led Jerry
out of the apartment complex in South down the street the meteor crush followed close behind recording every
move the dog paid no attention at all he didn't care he was oblivious to everything other
than what he was doing because he's happy doing it well the Bloodhound is by instinct a tracker by nature it's
something they they're bred to do and they live to do their sense of smell is just incredible the loose getting around
the face it just acts as a place for the scent to be attracted to the skin folds
the slobbering is the moisture that the talk is a meeting will actually help enhance that syn around his face and
those long dangling floppy ears it kind of stirs it up in front of him a central
whether animal or human comes from thousands of dead skin cells that are constantly being shed unless those cells
are swept away by severe weather the scent can remain clear for up to a month when a dog is introduced a specific
scent of track he basically focuses on that scent and forgets and ignores the rest as the hound followed Ally's scent
Jerry quickly recognized that his canine partner was working a familiar pattern if a person is walking on foot the
scents a little bit stronger and they're gonna stay by the sidewalk but he is working wide between the street and
between the Front's of businesses and he's still picking it up on the fringes and seeing him do that before just in my
mind he was working a car unbelievable as it seems we leave scent trails even from moving cars the skin
cells shoot out through the car's ventilation and exhaust systems and then they're deposited on the side of the
road this is an easy pickup for the nose of a blood we've even done scenarios in
training where we'll put a person in a trunk that's sealed up and they still can pick it up his world is his notes
yogi was relentless he tracked south for several miles covering almost 40 city blocks at the entrance to a freeway he
headed straight up the westbound ramp I was very skeptical that that dog was doing anything other than going for a
walk but when he took that first ramp to I 470 and did so was so much confidence
and I started to wonder you know maybe the dog is really onto something here the search party drove west to the next
exit with the scent trail lead the dog further down the freeway or up the exit ramp leave it where is he come up I'm
sure enough he kept on working and he went past it so then we'd load him up go to the next exit and we did the same
thing several times to speed up the search police skip the fourth exit and moved on to the fifth
yogi made it quite clear they overshot the mark the scent was gone it doesn't have it here we're gonna have to get
back on the other side we've had everything going is bound up to here now it's not here
they backtracked to the previous exit the hound again picked up the scent but this time he led the search party off
the freeway toward a wooded area called Deer Creek Canyon the canyon is located here southwest of the apartment complex
where Ali disappeared by now yogi had been tracking Ali all over city streets parking lots and freeways for more than
seven hours he had covered nearly 14 miles he was slowing down a little bit the tongue was really dragging and he's
really slobbering and I could tell he was getting hot a hound has a drive unfortunately they will run themselves
to death if they get tired they don't care they don't stop the dogs strength was failing still he wouldn't abandon
the search reluctantly Jerry made the decision for him he basically kept looking at me as to why are we stopping
I'm not ready to stop I want to keep going this is my track I want to get there with yogi sidelined human
volunteers picked up the search it wasn't long before they knew why yogi had refused to quit Ali's body was found
less than two miles from the point where the dog had been forced to stop without
Yogi's persistence Ali's body would never have been discovered I think at first that didn't sink in because I was
pretty upset of fact that Ali was found dead to end up where he did it just yeah
I was totally amazed these dogs have a purpose in law enforcement I mean we're here out here looking for the
communities and the citizens can they really have done some amazing things for us
Update there are new developments in this case here's one of our staff with details Ali's murder has been solved
eighteen years later the killer was a neighbour Nick Stouffer his DNA samples matched those found on
Ali's remains Stoffer died in 2001 and this case has been closed [Music] [Music]

This episode includes: Florida Crime Spree, Bonnie and Clyde 2001, Storm in Hell, Heather Tallchief, Film Student's Death and Bloodhounds.

Brief Summary

This episode covers Patrick Kelly's mysterious death, bank robbers Craig Pritchard and Nova Guthrie, and Howard Storm's near-death experience.

Key points

Howard Storm's Near-Death Experience. Howard Storm's journey to hell and back transforms his life forever.
The Perfect Crime. A masterful plan involving a beautiful woman and a convicted killer baffles authorities.
The Mysterious Disappearance of Patrick Kelly. Patrick Kelly's sudden absence leads to a desperate search by his mother, uncovering evidence of foul play.
The Tragic Fate of Ali Barelli. The search for five-year-old Ali Barelli ends in tragedy, but a bloodhound plays a key role in the discovery.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I thought I'd been shot that was the most serious pain.

Howard Storm describes his critical condition in Paris.

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