Unsolved Mysteries with Dennis Farina - Season 8, Episode 20 | Forensic Files

[Music] next on Unsolved Mysteries a 14-year-old boy disappears from a County Fair some believe that he
was killed by local teenagers is our destiny Written in the Stars a leading astrologer reveals that
serial killers might be born to murder Angela Maher was a crusader against Dr drivers until she was killed
by one now that driver is a fugitive on the run and nine brothers and sisters are separated when their mother is
killed maybe you can help reunite them sounds intriguing doesn't it well stick around I'm Dennis Verina and for
the next hour it's Unsolved Mysteries [Music] in Milwaukee Wisconsin Jeffrey dmer
lured at least 17 young men to his apartment he drugg strangled and dismembered each of them in a real life
chamber of Horrors in Los Angeles the nightstalker Richard Ramirez invaded homes and
murdered at least 13 people most of them women in New York City David burkowitz called himself the son of s and and he
made Manhattan his personal hunting ground he randomly shot 13 people leaving six of them
dead what forces compel these notorious serial killers to act is it nature or nurture or could their Destiny be
written in the stars astrology is like a road map where the planets were positioned at the exact
moment you were born astrology is the science of celestial bodies and relationship to an infant and
then it progresses through their life for most of us astrology is just a playful diversion in the morning
newspaper something to be enjoyed but not taken too seriously but others swear by it perhaps there is something more to
this study of the Stars we asked astrologer Carol Reynolds to examine the charts of 19 different
people she had no idea who they belong to however we knew that four of them were the birth dates of notorious serial
killers would Carolyn be able to spot which charts Belong To The [Music] Killers astrological charts divide the
sky into 12 sections called houses each represents a facet of life for example the fourth house is home or family the
eighth house is death the chart is based on the position of the planet's sun and
moon at the moment a person is born according to astrologists these positions have specific meaning and they
strongly influence the person born at that specific time one astrologist Carolyn renold sat
down to study the 19 charts she was given no identifying information Beyond date time and place of birth out of the
19 charts Carolyn selected dmer Ramirez burkowitz and Edmund keer as probable serial killers if you look at charts
there's a certain Beauty and Harmony where they flow and theirs were jumbled and nodded
and um in all their planets were just bumping up against each other causing friction and
trouble in each case Carolyn was never told which chart belonged to which subject even so she was able to talk
about specific details relating to the Killer's crimes details that prove to be remarkably
accurate for instance in 1988 Richard Ramirez pleaded guilty to murder he reportedly bragged to a fellow inmate
quote I've killed 20 people I love all that blood this was the most obvious killer
he has in the third house the Sun and the Moon in the sign of Pisces he had five out of seven of the
worst degrees that you could have and one of them was the degree of the devil save during his trial Richard
Ramirez openly admitted to worshiping Satan he proudly displayed a pentag man a sign of the devil and the palm of his
left hand then there's David burwitz Son of Sam when he was arrested he claimed that
he was instructed to kill by a neighbor's dog he said he had no control over his own actions without knowing
that she was reading Burt's chart Carolyn came to the same conclusion I don't think he had much of
a choice in this he was born with the planets that gave you a potential in in a lineup for multiple personality or a
split personality and it's in the house of death when Carolyn read Jeffrey D's chart she found the subject to be quote
destructive heartless and cruel Carolyn concluded that if he wasn't so evil he would be a murder victim himself and
that's exactly what happened to Jeffrey dmer in 19 19994 he was beaten to death in
prison I was also involved in killing co-eds because my mother mass murderer Edmund Ker's chart was perhaps the most
revealing of all mostly in the fourth house which represents parents and home again Carolyn did not know whose chart
she was analyzing there's a lot of activity at home and it's all unusual and not good
automatically I'm thinking something's not not right here about what he's doing at home the position of the moon is
pretty much working against that house in astrology the Moon is a symbol for mother Edmund ker murdered eight women
six coeds his mother's best friend and his mother criminal psychologist Candice scrabic is familiar with Ker's
case it's clear that there is a a very mous relationship between Ed and his mother from a young child he had
fantasized killing her the six young women that he chose consciously he says were women that
represented women whom his mother had said he was not good enough for scrabic has interviewed a dozen
serial killers she believes that they are products of both their environment and their
biology that is like a Mars to a Saturn while scrap does not adhere to astrology
she does find carollyn Reynolds observations intriguing we brought the two of them together to compare notes
it's interesting there are certain Concepts that uh certainly I'm relating to in in this particular case I'm most
interested in trying to come to a better understanding of why it is serial murderers do what they do
psychologically of course and as a psychologist uh that's probably my bias I hope you can understand where I'm from
the the truth is I honestly don't know if there's any value to astrology I don't dismiss it I don't
discount it as a valid factor in human behavior I just really cannot say one way or the
other are certain people destined to kill the moment they are born or is it possible to reverse what astrologist
Carolyn Reynolds believes is written in the stars the star s incline they do not
impel I think love for example transcends everything I think if a person had a real strong nurturing
loving mother and father um relationships around them that it might help them not to act in the negative
fashion it's a road map and like any other road map sometimes you take a different route I think it's a lot like
that next a 14-year-old boy is last seen at a carnival and his parents desperately want to know why he never
came home Myrtle Point Oregon every August the KZ County Fair Rose into town for many it's a week-long
party to Jeremy bright and his close friend Johnny it was one of the high points of the
Year normally Jeremy lived 100 miles away in Grant's Pass where his mother worked but during the week of the fair
he and his younger sister stayed with their stepfather in Myrtle Point on Thursday Jeremy and Johnny hung out at
the fair that afternoon Jeremy phoned his mother Diane he told her that he was having a great time Diane says that she
made plans with Jeremy in 2 days she would come down to Myrtle Point and pick him
up 5 hours later on Thursday night Jeremy showed up at a local Tavern owned by his grandmother there he met his
stepfather and asked to borrow some money it would be the last time Jeremy was ever seen by his family
yeah you behave yourself since that weekend a number of rumors have surfaced about Jeremy's
disappearance his parents and the police have come to one conclusion someone in Myrtle Point knows exactly what happened
to Jeremy and they're not talking Diane arrived in Myrtle Point on Saturday as planned but when she went to
pick up Jeremy at his stepfather's house he wasn't there I went in and on the TV
set was his house keys from our gr's pass apartment and his wallet and his new watch that he had told me he'd
bought I knew when I found those things that he was around somewhere cuz he wouldn't leave without
him a few hours later that same night Diane was worried enough to contact the police at first they believed her son
had simply run away he did like the fair there was the thought that perhaps perhaps he was hiding out intending to
leave with the fair uh people and I've explored that possibility in every way that I can think of however in this
particular case I've talked to family members and and friends of his that knew him well and he was just not from what I
can learn the type of a kid who would have struck out on his own and Sunday the fair closed down
Myrtle Point was buzzing about Jeremy's disappearance and gradually conflicting stories began to emerge I can get a beer
according to one RoR Jeremy went to one of Myrtle Point's many parties and drank
a beer laced with a powerful drug looking for a beer yeah hey don't open another one there's one already
open right here I I've identified at least two and perhaps three parties where Jeremy was present that the
overdose Theory could have occurred at it it was reported that Jeremy had a heart murmur and uh therefore a
stimulant of some kind might have uh done some bodily damage to him just just by his she taking
it police heard a different story from a jailhouse informant he claimed that three teenagers showed up at a local
swimming hole and harassed Jeremy and his friends is that a gun this it's a toy it was at the ja where
an inmate related to me the information that he had heard wherein one individual
from the Myrtle Point area was Target practicing or shooting indiscriminately in the water in the area where Jeremy
was uh was swimming show me what you made of now that's better Pier is De yeah I bet
you can I bet you yeah see if you all right all right I'm going to try this look good in
[Music] [Applause] man they subsequently took him to a a cabin maybe within 10 mies of the Myrtle
Point area and attempted to nurse him back to health uh to no avail that he died as a result of that injury either
from loss of blood or from uh infection or what have [Music] you that uh same Source through the jail
indicated that his uh body would be found within 200 feet of this cabin in a in a shallow
grave police searched the area around the cabin but found nothing all the rumors were hard to
handle all of them are hard to think about every time I'd hear a new one I'd have nightmares for a week or
so the one that I hope is not what happen happened is the one where he suffered for 2 weeks before he
died and they buried his body cuz the thought of him suffering for two weeks just makes me
sick there were two more strange events the night that Jeremy disappeared first a sister of Jeremy's friend Johnny had a
disturbing encounter it was Friday Night of the fair and it was between midnight and 1
when we were leaving my sister's apartment and we came down the stairs and we got to the last stair and we
almost ran into one of the neighborhood guys and he was completely covered in blood and I mean it was just all over
him and it kind of scared me what happened to you well this he goes oh this this
happened hours ago and he just laughed and then he went into one of the apartments
half hour later Johnny arrived at his sister's apartment according to her he was visibly upset but refused to explain
why whether it is just coincidence or whether they're directly related to Jeremy's disappearance is another one of
the uh the Mysteries that you still have to sort through to try to determine what
indeed did happen the three or four people whose names keep reappearing in all the rumors
and all of the reports they're not exactly what anybody would call pillars of society but as long as these men are out
on the street they can hurt somebody else's child the same as they hurt mine and if they did to my son what people
are saying they did and what they've been heard themselves say that they did they've got no business on the public
streets I would just encourage anyone especially those people who I feel have information that would help this
investigation greatly to just simply have the courage to say yeah I'm scared to death but in a case like this my
being scared doesn't warrant this family's pain this age progressed photo shows what Jeremy might look like today he has
scars on his forehead and nose and a mole on his chin the prime suspect in his disappearance recently died in
prison and there are no new leads however the case is still open if you have any information about The
Disappearance of Jeremy brigh please log on to our website at uno.com [Music] next meet three American children who
seem to channel the thoughts of the Dead [Music] reincarnation has never been scientifically proven yet the belief has
persisted for thousands of years among the most fascinating accounts are those involving children ordinary kids who
seem to have information they are either too young to know or to understand Philadelphia
Pennsylvania on the 4th of July Carol Balman was watching fireworks with her 5-year-old son Chase when he suddenly
became very frightened not only terrified he was hysterical he was crying and screaming
and I had to take him home and I thought that that was very unusual because he had never responded to fireworks that
way before over the next few months Chase's fear of explosive noises intensified all right Chase I want to
try something close your eyes and relax for help Carol turned to a friend who was a HP no
therapist breathe out slowly now I want you to think of a sound that frightens you the
hypnotherapist had hardly begun when Chase suddenly seemed transported to another place and another town a
battlefield during the American Civil War there's lots of smoke there's a war going
up I was shocked he started curling up in my lap as if he were afraid and I could feel
him trembling as he described what it was like with gunfire all around him and what it was like to be crouching behind
a rock I could feel him crouching in my lap Chase experienced A Rush of vivid images he saw himself in the heat of
battle struck by a bullet his wrist shattered soldiers dragged him to a field Hospital the wound was bandaged
and he was sent back to the front line and served in a cannon crew Chase said he saw himself walking
back into battle and he was killed behind the cannon he he died very suddenly I was amazed because it sounded
so true and so real and so plausible I'm looking down on Valley at that point in
Chase's life when he was five I knew what he watched on television because we carefully regulated it he watched Sesame
Street and Mr Rogers period And I never had read books to him about the Civil War as far as I could tell there was no
way he could have known that chase later drew his memory of the cannon that he helped load Civil War Buffs have found
the details surprisingly accurate in my opinion uh it's rather remarkable that the child having not H had any sort of
background or experience and viewing scenes from the Civil War uh his placement of the horse and the wagon and
the artillery piece is pretty consistent with the m of Transportation of Cannon during the Civil
War Carol Balman is a professional writer she was so intrigued by her son's experience she started researching a
book on children's past lives as it turned out there was plenty of material at the time Leah was little
over two she's about 2 and 1/2 years old and we were driving near our home it was
winter time she was about 2 and 1/2 she was in the back seat in her car seat where she always
was and uh we were driving down a hill and the Sun was shining and all of a sudden I hear this little voice in the
back seat pipes up she goes mommy this is just like where I died what I was little shocked uh you
know I'm thinking what is she talking about I was a little horrified that she's even thinking about death at that
that age it shook me enough that I pulled off the road sweetie what did you just say I was
driving in the car it fell off the bridge and I was in the bar there was a feeling that came over me of this was
really important that this is big news like the basement is on fire you know kind of something that you really want
to pay attention to and that it was a different moment from any conversation that we had had previously well who
drove the car I was big I could e the P I was driving she said that basically she fell off the bridge and she fell
into the water and she said I fell out of the car I could feel the rocks on my head and I could look up and see the
bubbles going up and she said I could see the light on the shiny bridge I don't think she could have
possibly made it up uh she didn't watch any television she didn't really go to any movies she wasn't exposed she could
not have possibly had a frame of reference for this experience my son Blake taught me a very
spiritual lesson that we have lived before and will probably live again and i' I've got no doubt that this is what
happened Blake what's the matter Colleen Hawkin son Blake was only 3 years old when he told his mother a frightening
story who hit you with the truck a man a man hit you with a truck were you outside I thought that I would trick him
in a way to see to see if he had his facts right and so I said oh this happened on TV right and he said no it
happened in the street he was getting irritated with me at this point because he knew his facts and he felt I should
know what happened also some experts believe there's a perfectly rational explanation for all
of these episodes all kids fantasize to a certain degree and so the chances that
they'll come up with something startling and unusual in that kind of a rich rich
fantasy life was very high I got hit by and when you look at it that way these cases fall apart there are lots of
prosaic explanations for how they could possibly know this information without it necessarily coming from a past
life however the parents of the children involved are convinced those memories are not only real but are also
beneficial I believe that remembering past lives can be very healing for the child it can help them leave the past
behind and move on into present reality and I think it can be marvelously healing for the adults too it can give
them new insights into who their child is as a soul and will give them a completely different perspective on life
and death next two women swap ID cards in the hospital and one takes the other's
baby and now that baby has grown up and she wants to find her birth [Music] mother in a previous episode we told you
the story of Carla Downey Carla grew up in a happy close-knit family but never felt that she fit in the whole time I
was growing up I always knew that there was just something not right mainly because of the difference between
between my brother and I he had blue eyes and blonde hair and it was Curly and you know I had straight dark hair
dark eyes Olive complexion and it was just obvious to me even that we just weren't
alike it was not until her father's death that Carla finally got some answers this belonged to your dad and he
wanted you to have it in her father's briefcase she found documents which prove that that the father and mother
who raised her were not her natural parents Carla learned that the year that she was born her mother Mildred Graham
had met a young woman named Mary an immigrant from Belgium Mary was single and Pregnant and knew that she couldn't
care for a child so the two women switched ID cards in the hospital her name is mild Graham in doing the switch
Mildred's name was listed on the birth certificate as Carla's mother and soon after the birth Mary just
disappeared I just have this need to find Mary I want to be in the same room with someone I
resemble uh I I want my mother I want somebody that I've been looking for for a long
time update on the night of our broadcast Carla found Mary she rushed to Maryland
to meet her mother and her extended family including her two sisters and a [Music]
nephew you know I see it come I knew it was her I couldn't believe it and all I could say was car
car and I ran out the door and she ran almost fell out the car I think and uh we couldn't do nothing else but hold
each other and cry when I saw her for the first time I just can't describe that feeling it's uh home
at last uh I can breathe again just the happiest moment in my whole life you know just the happiest moment of my
whole life this is your grandfather and your grandmother and this it's like a miracle
and grandmother I couldn't believe it I could I couldn't believe it for the longest IIs this this is not happening
to us it only happens to other people that they find somebody they're looking for not us but yet it happened to
us when I found out that my mom was alive and healthy and okay that was just the best news in the world but then the
extra bonus was I have two sisters and a nephew so it's uh it's a happy ending it's a fairy tale come true
thanks to our Unsolved Mysteries viewers Carla is now getting to know her mother
her two half sisters and their families she calls the whole experience a fairy tale come
true Scottdale Arizona thanks 21-year-old Angela Maher was home from college to celebrate her mother's
birthday on Friday night she told her mother that she had to pick up a friend who needed a
ride around that same time 31-year-old Gloria shules was leaving a local bar shoes had been
[Applause] drinking there was a knock at the door it was the police officers and they said
that there had been an accident and my question was was my daughter okay and they said
no Angela had suffered massive blood force trauma to her head by the time paramedics were able to cut her out of
the car it was too late laor shoes survived she had a broken jaw but she was still able to answer questions ma'am
have you had anything to to drink tonight yeah obviously too much test later revealed traces of marijuana in
schulz's system and a blood alcohol content of .15 nearly double the legal limit the
tragic irony of Angela death is that she was active in the Crusade against driving and drinking she had even helped
establish a chapter of students Against Drunk Driving being involved with sad means
that you just care enough to be a really good friend uh if any of you ever got into a situation where you needed a ride
home um you could just give me a call and I would come and get you no questions asked you're probably
wondering why you're holding these balloons well if everyone that has a Black Balloon could go ahead and release
it these balloons signify the number of people that were killed in drunk driving
accidents in Arizona last year by releasing this white balloon it signifies hope that this will never
happen to one of us what's really an awful irony is that the night that my sister was hit she was
on her way to pick up a friend who had called from a bar here in Phoenix for a ride home my sister felt strongly enough
that you know if she knew she was going out with friends and that they were going to
drink she would not drink so she could drive everybody home and make sure that that everybody got home safe and
sound always she always want wanted to be the designated driver that's why she would always take our car and she'd
always just answer us by saying mother I want to make sure I get home your honor it is the state's
position that a bond should be set in this matter in an amount Gloria sches was arraigned on charges of manslaughter
and reckless endangerment schules was represented by a prominent attorney experienced in handling drunk driving
cases she wasn't AR rained until 4 and A2 weeks after the accident she's never spent a day in jail she kept her
driver's license she went on every day like nothing happened at this point Miss schs
I'm going to release you under the supervision of the pre-trial Services Agency of this court and this will
include drug monitoring to the Maher's dismay Gloria shoes was released without being required to post bond the judge
did stipulate however that she submit to drug testing three times a week and that
she report to the court by phone once a week thank you your honor may we be excused yes it was the beginning of
months of frustration for Angela's Family Gloria's attorney received six trial postponements shules was allowed
to leave the state on three different occasions despite the prosecutor's objections more than a year after
Angela's death a pre-trial hearing was finally scheduled when I didn't see her sitting
in the courtroom all I could think of was where was she had she skipped we discovered that she had
missed six drug testings I need to talk with theol the fact that Gloria Schultz ran
definitely affected my mother and I the healing that goes along with grieving and mourning somebody you love it just
hasn't happened there's no [Music] closure geniality she was bubbly friendly full of life and
vitality and always smiling I had a young lady that was polished and educated personable and
loved life and this woman took that away not only from me but from everybody else
who touched Angela's life Gloria shes is wanted for manslaughter she is 5' 5 in tall and when last seen
weighed 115 lb she has red hair and green eyes if you have any information please log on to our website at UNS
south.com next a woman searched for her brothers and sisters who were sent to different
families after their mother was murdered Toledo Ohio after being married for 17 years
Wanda vest and her husband James had nine children six boys and three girls for the children life was predictable
and secure we would eat dinner every night together at the table my mother would
have everything done before my father got off work my mother sat at one end my father sat at the other end and the kids
sat on the sides and um I think that was something that was really important to my father you know that the family be
together at dinner time and sit there and eat we would go to church on Sundays we would get up on the stage of the
church and sing with my mother because she played the accordion um we would sing at home together we would have fun
it it was typical American family life that you see on Le de Beaver but there was a dark side to this
cozy family life James was a heavy drinker more and more often he was too drunk to work gradually family dinners
were replaced by Family confrontations I remember on one occasion my father coming home looking
for his Bott of liquor and my mother had hid it so he couldn't find it no I didn't you HD that bottle Wanda you
probably probably drank it I didn't drink the bottle it was a full bottle this morning where the hell is it and he
got really upset and wanted his liquor and when my mother went and give it to him he was beating her
up and he was hitting her and choking her and so my brothers would go over there and try to get him off of her I
was always more quiet and Afraid Wanda finally had enough abuse she insisted that James move out of the
house and then and filed for divorce Wanda had a little work experience so the best that she could do to support
her nine children was to wait tables and to 10 bar at a local Tavern late one night James staggered
into that Tavern where Wanda worked it was only her 34th birthday according to Witnesses James
had been drinking heavily get out of here what are you doing doing put the thing
down Put the gun down Jim put it down what the GU down 1 hour later James was arrested at
a nearby T minutes after killing Wanda he had swaggered in and announced that he had just shot his wife and needed a
drink he later pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison he died there 9 years
later think I felt more cheated than anything I remember my little sister tried to touch my mother and I pulled
her hand back and then she went up there and I guess she touched her cuz she came
back and she goes [ __ ] why is mama so cold and I couldn't answer her I didn't know what to say so I just sat her down
on my lap and just held her there thou preparest in one violent moment James vest had destroyed his entire family
within days of their mother's funeral the vest children were sent to live in separate
homes I think for some reason I felt we had enough family that some kind of way we would all be kept together but I was
wrong it was like nobody wanted us we were taboo you know to to be around us would be to remember what happened to
have to accept it and they didn't want that so to me we were punished for what my father did because we weren't even
allowed to of each other the oldest boy James Jr was taken in by his grandmother Shireen and her
brothers Russell Kenneth and Wayne were placed in foster homes her sister Kendra
and the three youngest children eth Dawn and Kevin were put up for adoption excuse me do you have any spare
change Shireen was just 14 years old thank you the loss of her family marked the beginning of a cycle of despair 3
months after her mother was murdered Shireen ran away from her foster home sometimes I would sleep in the
apartment building hallways and a couple times I slept outside it was cold I was scared I had a
backpack that had some clothes in it I use that for a pillow you lay there and halfway sleep and hope that no one comes
around eventually Shireen managed to escape the streets she went went to business school found a job and got
married with the love and encouragement of her new family Shireen began to search for her missing brothers and
sisters that she had not seen in 11 years it took Shireen less than 2 months to find four of her brothers 2 years
later she was reunited with her oldest sister and then finally made contact with her youngest sister and
brother but Shireen is still looking for one of the vest children her brother Heath he was just 6 years old when the
family was separated I actually had a dream one night that there was all nine of us in a
room and I was actually going Jimmy counting them all down the line and I couldn't believe it it's like something
that you want but it's just Out Of Reach he'll never get it but I will not take no for an answer cuz I just know that
I'm going to get them all together [Music] update shireen's dream of finding her
brother finally came true Heath was watching our broadcast in Ohio and quickly flew in for a reunion with five
of his siblings they hadn't seen each other in over 17 [Music] [Applause] [Music]
years I was I was really excited I just wanted to get out of the car you know I was thinking you know who am I going to
hug first you know and I didn't want anybody to start balling or anything you know I just wanted to get out and hug
everybody at once [Music] basically uh when I heard Heath was found I was actually kind of
numb I thought it would take months I didn't know that people would just call in and it would be that easy
um I'm glad it was because it's been a long wait meeting everybody it's changed my
attitude a lot it's picked up my attitude because uh know I had that uh unwanted feeling and uh I I never really
knew why but now now since uh they found me I have that wanted feeling now and uh
it's a good it's a good feeling cuz uh I never really knew you know Finding Heath and this
reunion is the first day of a new beginning I know when we all leave here that we're all going to leave here
differently it's going to be better for all of us happily for Shireen and her siblings
this case has been solved but if you have any information about any of the other stories in this program please log
on to our website at unsolved.com [Music] [Music] [Music]

Brief Summary

This episode covers Jeremy Bright's disappearance, astrology's link to serial killers, Angela Maher's tragic death, and siblings reuniting after separation from their mother.

Key points

Astrology and Serial Killers. Astrologer examines the charts of notorious killers, seeking patterns in their birth charts.
The Disappearance of Jeremy Bright. A 14-year-old boy vanishes during a county fair, leaving his family desperate for answers.
Children's Past Life Memories. Three children share vivid memories of past lives, raising questions about reincarnation.
Carla's Search for Her Mother. Carla discovers her biological mother after years of searching, leading to an emotional reunion.
A Miracle Reunion. Carla reunites with her mother and siblings, calling it a miracle and a fairy tale.
Tragic Loss and Irony. Angela Maher's tragic death due to drunk driving highlights the irony of her advocacy against it.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

Someone in Myrtle Point knows exactly what happened to Jeremy.

The ongoing mystery of a boy's disappearance.

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