Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 11, Episode 5 - Full Episode | Forensic Files

tonight on unsolved mysteries a 19 year old college students car becomes disabled along an interstate minutes
later in the full view of other motorists the same young woman finds herself in a life-or-death struggle 'she
hurtles down the highway authorities need your help to find her attacker when Helen Ruth was diagnosed with
cancer and Dave Cernan with hepatitis they began searching for a medical miracle
they believe they found it in dr. Caplan jur a physician with an experimental remedy could the doctors treatment save
their lives or would it turn out to be deadly he was a well-loved teacher from a selfless family man and a community
icon in fact many considered him a hero who would have ever thought that Frank Montana would be charged with child
molestation a small Idaho town is shaken by the mysterious disappearance of a young gay
college student will Hendrick vanished one January night and hasn't been heard from since did he willingly walk away or
is it possible he was a victim of crime join me these stories that have defied reason and explanation perhaps you would
be the one to solve the mystery [Applause] [Applause] [Music] a beautiful spring day outside Little
Rock Arkansas routine lunch hour traffic was suddenly interrupted by an unfolding drama that
was anything but routine a white pickup swerg erratically as it barreled down the highway inside a terrified female
passenger struggled for her life with a male driver Franek 9-1-1 calls poured in
but no one could come to her rescue horrified witnesses were powerless to stop what seemed inevitable the driver
sped off without a moment's hesitation 19 year-old Carson Prince was rushed to the hospital with massive head injuries
as doctors tried to stabilize Carson's injuries Arkansas State Police investigators swung into action
identifying and locating the driver of the white pickup truck became their number one priority but authorities and
other puzzling questions related to the shocking broad daylight attack in Carson
knew her assailant and if not but was a well-liked college student doing in his truck
Carson prints grew up in Maumelle Arkansas a suburb of Little Rock she was the oldest of three Carson was a neat
kid a very caring and giving young lady but she didn't expect anything in return
she was very very funny Carson could always make you laugh even if she didn't feel like laughing inside however
Carson's outlook changed dramatically when her parents divorced when she was 13 I think Carson was struggling she
wasn't where she was going and she kind of grew up in the middle of a 16-year divorce after coming to terms with her
parents divorce Carson went on to earn a college scholarship to the University of
Arkansas Carson was that friend who everybody adored she was the person that was you
know more excited about your stories than you were she was she was selfless she was more into everybody else and she
was herself during her sophomore year in college Carson left school and moved back home
with her dad then came that ill-fated spring morning as I was heading out the door to go to work I passed by her
bedroom and she said would you get me a glass of water you know how daughter can pull on your
heartstrings I got our glass of water and came in and sat down beside her bed and she set up and we talked about what
she was going to do during the day she was going to go to school pick up the forms for registering in the university
there in Rock I like that idea I'll come home early tonight we'll go and celebrate that okay
[Music] but Carsten and her father would never have that celebration dinner Carson's mother who was a county
prosecutor was returning from lunch when she learned the dreadful news from her boss Susanne Carson's been in an
accident she's at the hospital he's down there Donny we're gonna get Susanne down to
the hospital co-workers immediately rushed Susanne to the emergency room she just got out of surgery
Carson's divorce parents are brought together under the diarist of circumstances there were some spinal
injuries and swelling of the brain the swelling doesn't go down we may lose her you could tell very early on it that
Carson wasn't wasn't gonna pull through to her brother and I were there and it's
very peaceful we stayed at Carson side throughout the day as she slowly slipped away
[Music] nineteen-year-old Carson Prince died at 10:30 that night investigators were already busy
reconstructing the events leading up to Carson's death Carson's Ford Bronco was found alongside
Interstate 430 just half a mile from where her body was recovered the car's gas tank was empty
strangely less than 30 minutes after leaving her house Carson seemed to be headed back home in
the opposite direction of her errands a number of witnesses recalled seeing Carson after she pulled to the shoulder
of the highway a gas station was within walking distance so Carson's apparent next move does not make sense to her
parents there's something strange in the fact that she didn't leave her vehicle and walk a quarter of a mile to the gas
station to get gas or to get help witnesses saw a young man with a white pickup truck stop near Carson's disabled
vehicle he was holding a gas can although investigators have yet to find anyone who witnessed it
Carson somehow got inside the truck I don't think Carson would have gotten into a truck with somebody she didn't
know just because she was out of gas I have a hard time believing she get in the trunk with a stranger either she
knew the person and she got in a vehicle with or the person 4-strand under threat
of her life otherwise she wouldn't be in that vehicle motorists reported witnessing a violent
struggle going on inside the truck's cab as a sped down the interstate at nearly
70 miles an hour [Music] [Applause] Carson was being beaten Carson was fighting back trying to defend herself
and that somehow the guy reached across the door was opened and and Carson was shoved out of the door and trying to
hang on while the truck was speeding away and hung on as long as she could and then fell out and fell to her death
and the driver continued which naturally and how what roll guys mind says okay well this you know obviously this guy's
left the scene of an accident here where someone's critically injured so we got to find him this truck was described to
us by the witnesses is not being a totally one it was more of a off-white or a cream type white color even
unfortunately to this point authorities have been unable to locate the truck next came an investigation into all
aspects of the college student's life authorities would learn that Carson had developed a stormy relationship with a
young man of dubious character whom she had met while working at the local Country Club friends were concerned that
Carson could not seem to break away from the turbulent affair the reasons that she wanted to be the theme I still don't
know I don't know what she saw him because he just made her unhappy all the time I gotta go
I told her I was like Carson this guy's not good for you he's not good for you at all you know all he does is make you
cry he makes you upset he's not doing anything for you at all the young man was also no stranger to
law enforcement yeah he was a suspected drug dealer yeah let's do this about 7:30
it's believed Carson's boyfriend occasionally used her car when making deliveries I told her that if she were
out with him and he got arrested she was gonna get arrested too whatever his fate was she was Sheeran
she didn't seem to be too worried about that then the day before her death Carson unexpectedly showed up at her
mother's home the prediction that had been made about her boyfriends arrest had actually come through
Carson was upset because she believed her mother as a deputy district attorney could have been involved in her
boyfriend's arrest and prosecution and at that point I got afraid I thought that he was outside the Bronco had
pulled into the the carport lights on engine running I thought he might be gonna come to the door and hurt me
blaming me for a prison sentence that I didn't even know anything about and I told her y'all need to leave it's just
that's the last time I saw her a very strange coincidence that within 12 hours of her telling me that she's on the side
of the road fatally injured so who killed Carson Prince al Carson's boyfriend has been cleared of any
involvement in her death could it have had anything to do with his drug dealing [Music]
could she have been fleeing a stalker go ahead Carson merely run out of gas at the wrong moment I wish I had some
answers I don't think there will ever be justice for Carson but I think there will be truth and I will settle for that
[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Hellen root packs her bags for a trip to Santa Domingo in the Dominican Republic
[Music] she is not headed for a tropical vacation but is on a mission she believes can save her life I had
third-stage colon cancer and the whole right side of my colon was removed they wanted me to have six months of
chemotherapy and I did chose not to have that and I looked was looking for an alternative
so Helen root and her husband William mortgage their home for the $40,000 Helen needed for an experimental drug
therapy a friend had told him about a doctor Keplinger in Santo Domingo who reportedly had an amazing treatment for
fighting cancer Dr Kaplan Gia's resume was a long and impressive list of medical schools including Harvard
University according to his brochure the clinic in Santo Domingo was a world-class facility there his remedy
the drug cocktail called mu stim didn't need FDA approval Keplinger claimed mu stim could fight many deadly diseases
including aids and hepatitis Helen was glad to arrive in Santo Domingo but was taken aback by the poor condition of the
facility I noticed that there was no patients in the rooms it was pretty old-fashioned looking kind
of dumpy and not certainly what I was expecting to see within a few hours Helen was relieved to finally meet the
doctor she'd heard so much about mrs. rude mrs. Ruth oh nice to meet you he looked very professional and very
caring and very concerned about my condition and so I thought well finally I'm going to get some good help here it
could become malignant although US doctors had confirmed Helen to be cancer-free Caplan jur said his reveal
of her file revealed a small tumor that needed aggressive treatment Helen was frightened but also confident she had
made the right choice to travel so far from home you're in good hands because of the degrees that he had because of
his background I thought I was in excellent hands until the next morning when she received
a phone call from her husband William 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning and it's my husband on the phone almost hysterical
saying Helen you've got to come home that man is not a doctor he's a crook we have to get the money back tell him we
had a family emergency I said Helen you got to get out of there he's ripping us off say whatever you
have to say but don't take any treatments get out of there come home as quickly as you can
I'll try but Helens husband discovered is a Gregory Kaplan juror is not a doctor he
is a fugitive wanted by the FBI Kaplan jurors an alleged con man accused of scamming millions from investors non
suspecting patients willing to support his cure-all drug mu stem the FBI believes mu stem could contain a
combination of illegal steroids vitamins and amphetamines Caplinger was a medical
imposter he had more phony credentials than any other medical impostor in history Kaplan Kerr is a conman because
he plays on the people that are dying he plays on their families he gives them that one last hope to live it takes
their money and provides very little care he never went to any medical school he got some of his papers by sending
money to British diploma mills that simply issued them when they got his money dr. Byrd has created an extensive
website dedicated to medical scams it is there that a friend of the roots read the disturbing truth about dr. Keplinger
and quickly called William when I heard that he was a fraud I feared for her life there she is down there all by
herself I know boy how's she gonna handle this she doesn't speak any Spanish she
doesn't know anyone and now her friends are the enemy I knew that I had to go to his office
and ask for my money back and now I'm not talking to the doctor Kaplan jur I'm talking to a crook he
said there's no emergency at home that's more important Helen than your health I
can't say Helen insisted and by the next day Keplinger agreed to return 20 of the
$40,000 payment she had made we figured we would take that and be happy that we got that so we thought 20,000 was better
than none three years after Helens ordeal she remains cancer-free but she is one of
the lucky ones there are dozens of others who suffered at the deadly hands of the doctor impostor usually in many
many cases they'd never make it out of the Dominican Republic most of them many of them died there
Linda and Dave Cernan also put their faith in dr. Kaplan jur when it looked like Dave had no other options they had
been married three years when Dave was diagnosed with hepatitis C two years later he needed a liver transplant but
finding a match in time wasn't likely so they gambled with Linda's inheritance and went to Santa Domingo the money that
we had to come up with you know was worth every penny because Dave wanted to live we would have done anything in
which we did do everything we could and by going down there I felt like you know
it was an answer from God Dave's treatment began immediately Dave was hooked up to an IV for six to eight
hours a day and on alternating days he received vitamins the other days was a clearer liquid that we were told that
was the MU stim Dr Kaplan jure assured us that Dave's chances of living were very very good but instead of getting
better Dave's help deteriorated rapidly I'm getting very worried Dave isn't eating
he's too weak to walk or stand I don't understand what's going on well with mu stim things actually get worse before
they can get better dr. Caplan jur reassured me that a lot of times the patient will go downhill
before the drug really kicks in before the vitamins really kick in before the treatment really produces extravagant
results as the week's went by Linda was shocked by the unsanitary conditions of the clinic there was no water probably
80% of the time there was no electricity probably 60% of the time there was lizards crawling on the walls there was
roaches everywhere the conditions of this world-renowned Institute was appalling look I want to go home I want
to see John like now although Dave hadn't been strong enough to get out of bed for
weeks Linda was desperate to get him home to see his son mrs. Cernan can't stay here any longer
he was rather upset he said that you have to give the treatment a chance to work you have to stay and stick with
this it's still save Oh No I told him that there was no way that there was any kind of improvement it was just
deterioration we realized we had made a mistake at this point and we were going home and we left when we got to Santa
Domingo Dave was weak but he was walking he was eating at the end of six weeks my
Dave could not stand he could not eat he could not even talk to me he was too weak to even hold a phone Dave Cernan
passed away just 24 hours after returning to the United States I very much believe dr. Caplan sure killed my
husband [Music] shortly after competing production on this story unsolved mysteries was informed that
after two years of evading law enforcement Gregory Keplinger has turned himself in
to Dominican Republic officials outstanding warrants about Keplinger to be immediately extradited to the US due
to a knee injury Keplinger was transported in a wheelchair he spent two days in the care and custody of the
Dominican authorities and then agents from the Charlotte division flew down to the Dominican Republic where they are no
more than a half hour took custody of him put him in a in a plane and flew him back
the FBI added cap enger' to their wanted list after he fled during a 1999 trial and shot at North Carolina where he was
convicted of money laundering in the MU stem scheme Keplinger is also facing indictment in Philadelphia 39 counts of
wire fraud related to the travel and treatment of patients who went to his clinic and Santo Domingo when you look
at the charges of wire fraud or you look at the charges of mail fraud they may not seem to reach that level of you know
why are you discharging this man with simple fraud when in fact you know people were dying and dying terrible
terrible deaths but it's a a surefire way of putting this man in jail Linda Cernan whose husband Dave died
soon after receiving treatments from Keplinger will be a key witness at Caplin jurors
pending fraud trial cap injure may not be able to be tried as a first-degree murderer but he did murder these people
because he knew that his drug was a fraud in my eyes he is a murderer I'm hoping that when he is sentenced and he
has given enough time that he can never get on the streets again so that there's
no way he can do this horrible thing to families again [Music] [Music] by any measure he was a hero at the age
of 24 both the Frank Montenegro's parents suddenly died leaving behind Frank and five children under the age of
18 Frank's response was both unselfish and noble he immediately gave up his carefree life in San Diego and moved
back home to Hayward California to raise his orphaned brothers and sisters basically was kind of like an angel that
came in there and said you know it's gonna be alright you'll stay together and you don't have to worry about being
different places and you know not being taken care of soon the story of Frank sacrifice was national news numerous
newspapers and magazines proclaimed how Frank's generosity should be a lesson to
us all [Music] to support his family Frank taught special education at the local elementary school he seemed to be
not only the perfect teacher but also the perfect citizen an avid church-going man the devoted family man and a
compassionate meant to order troubled kids known affectionately as mr. Monty everyone admired and trusted Frank
Montenegrin then a mother of a boy in Frank's class said she made an odd discovery I noticed
in his clothes a new pair of underwear Billy and I asked him where did you get these
and he said my teacher mr. Monty bought him for me I thought that was strange why would a teacher at school be buying
a student underwear I couldn't really come up with sensible reason but I just kind of kept it in the back of my head
and a year after this had happened my son said he goes I forgot to tell you something and I go what and he goes
remember my teacher mr. Monty the one that bought me those underwear and stuff and I said yeah what about him
he said well he raped me honest kind-hearted even heroic these were the words commonly used to describe
Frank Montenegro could somebody who seemed to care so much for children be harming them in such an unspeakable way
because false accusations have been made in past cases of alleged child abuse authorities were faced with a troubling
dilemma was Frank an upstanding citizen or was he really a child molester in disguise
[Music] the allegation against Frank Montenegro landed on the desk of Fremont California
police detective Teresa Martinez an officer since the age of 22 Martinez became a detective three years
earlier and now worked on the sexual assault unit Frank Montenegro the scene is this huge icon in the community and
you can't ruin somebody's career because one child says it happened and you can't
go into court and convict the guy for child molester sexual assault when there's nothing to cooperate in do you
know why you're here today yeah so you know about good touch and you know about bad touch
Martinez professional experiences with children had shown that they sometimes lie so she had to corroborate the boys
story she brought him to an interview center for childhood sexual abuse victims who are specialists questioned
the boy Teresa watched on closed-circuit television so as not to frighten the child and where do you call that spot
what came out of that interview is the victim said that all the students in his class had seen what occurred when we
heard that everybody's opinion was okay we know that's not true okay despite her doubts detective Martinez
immediately interviewed all of the children in the boys class they all denied seeing anything
Martinez decided to re-interview the boy herself why talk to the kids and not one
of them said they saw what happened I want you to tell me the truth did any of those kids see what happened
the boy admitted to lying about the other students seeing the assault he said he became scared during the initial
interview and thought this light would stop investigators from questioning him but he insisted there everything else he
had said was true Frank Montenegro had attacked him this kid was so believable his demeanor wasn't one of being
untruthful and you know he just wasn't lying and I believed them this is mr. Martinez classroom detective
Martinez searched Frank's classroom where the victim said the attack took place as she made her way to the back
she found something you'd never expect to see at an elementary school through a nondescript door were two hidden rooms
separating them a two-way mirror there should be no reason for a two-way mirror between those two rooms I'm thinking why
would he need that and in my mind as an investigator I'm thinking this guy's probably filming Zach's the way the two
rooms are set up in the back if Frank wants to do this with this child he can shut those doors and even if somebody
walked into the classroom they wouldn't be able to see what was going on the following day detective Martinez
returned to the rooms according to Martinez the two-way mirror was now a regular pane of glass fearing
it Frank might have gotten wind of the investigation and was possibly destroying evidence
Martinez moved into high gear a search warrant was immediately secured for Frank's home and when we searched his
room we found gifts for smaller kids and books about sex with younger kids now we're starting to get some things that
are gonna help me corroborate the profile of a child molester Frank was not home during the search but
a female relative was detective Martinez says the relative then made a disturbing
revelation she told me of an incident involving another victim that was found in Frank's bedroom naked after hearing
about the possible second incident of molestation detective Martinez asked Frank to come in for questioning and he
agreed he's always telling stories why would he lie about something like this we talked to him for close to four hours
and in that whole time he never denied that he did anything that was always you know it couldn't have been me not know I
didn't do it it was more very passive very very clear to us that he wasn't being truthful but it was still the word
of a little boy who had initially lied against that of a well-respected teacher and community leader and for allegations
of child abuse that is often not enough to get in the restaurant stories detective Martinez needed to corroborate
her victims testimony fearing it Frank might run at any moment Martinez raced to find the alleged second victim she
discovered that a neighboring Police Department did have a complaint against Frank involving a boy in his bedroom
detective Martinez immediately picked the boy up from school for an interview so he's going to talk to you about Frank
a little bit okay so I would come on over here to the car his eyes started tearing up and he looked as if oh my
gosh I am caught I need to talk I knew that something had happened to that kid being real truthful about what happened
okay detective Martinez says the boy finally told his terrible secret the stories he told me were probably
some of the most horrific stories I had ever heard and to even picture in my mind how this guy did these things to
this little boy it made me sick and it broke my heart to see this little kid who's a great little boy think that he
was bad when he wasn't bad at all detective Martinez now have the corroboration she needed to arrest Frank
Montenegro but it was too late Montenegro was already long gone six days after Frank was interviewed by
police a car rented and his name was found abandoned in La Paz Mexico his whereabouts are currently unknown but
police believe he has likely returned to the United States it was hard for me to
believe that he did this I still had a tendency like everybody else did to look up
my heart has to go out to these children that this has been done to because if their innocence has been talking away
from I don't think just because he had a close run-in with the law that that would motivate him or scare him to stop
his actions that obsession is still with him wherever he goes and I hate to think
that other kids are going through what my son went through [Music] [Music] [Music]
Moscow Idaho population 25 thousand is a quiet cottage community in one of the most conservative states in the country
the University of Idaho sits in his picturesque rural setting making the town a unique mix of cowboys and
academics little happens out of the ordinary here so when a local university student suddenly vanished Moscow was
shocked people don't disappear around here murders don't happen you know I can name them on on one hand in the last 20
years we don't expect it so it couldn't have happened it didn't happen here on an early January morning will Hendrick
mysteriously vanished without a trace family and friends are desperate to know if we'll met with foul play or just
walked away from his seemingly happy life there are a few clues to lead detectives in their search a 25 will
Hendricks seemed to have it all he was a well-liked senior in a theater department and had a good job on campus
he recently landed a small part in the Hollywood action film some believer disappears may be connected to the fact
that he was gay no one seems to know what happened late one night in Moscow to interfere with wills bright future
the evening began with hard work will and his partner Jerry who'd been together for five years were remodeling
their kitchen Katie's parties tonight we're going will decided he wanted to go to Katie's party I didn't want to go I
wanted to go to sleep and at about midnight he said okay I'm gonna go and I'll be home in a few hours I'll see you
in a few hours the last thing I told will was I love you and he said I love you back it was the
last weekend before school started and everyone who was coming back into town from Christmas break and it was a
perfect excuse for a party [Music] by the time Liv arrived two parties were in full swing on the third floor were
Moscow locals mostly former athletes from the town high school Katie's party on the second floor was for her friends
from the college theater department because of the two different worlds that were kind of colliding that night my
concern was that there could be a possibility for some sort of confrontation sincewell has no problem
being open with how he is and with every opinion throughout the night will was preoccupied with another friend Karen
and the trouble she was having with her boyfriend a local resident who was attending the third floor party
will was very protective of his friends and being as he was drunk it enhanced him his concern naturally but he just
wanted to make sure she was okay there were times when if he'd had a bit to drink he'd get belligerent if somebody
yelled a slur at him he'd respond he takes a babe by about 2:30 in the morning Karen had gone home leaving
Katie to keep wil from putting himself in an unpredictable situation with Karen's boyfriend and the partiers on
the third floor I'm going upstairs and then I thought I want to make sure that Karen got home okay so I called her
house found out that she was okay if I thought she was asleep and I walked back outside onto the porch and what was gone
well well Caty nudist wills car was still parked out front and assumed he had gone
upstairs by the next morning the car was gone it was about 11:30 12 o'clock when
I called Katie's and I said can you wake will up and send him home we've got some
stuff to do today and she said well he's not here he didn't stay here last night
and I started calling around to all the theater students try and find out if he'd gone to somebody else's house
continued drinking passed out on their couch and nobody had seen him he called about 7:30 Sunday evening and he was
concerned and I was immediately concerned it was winter and my initial concern was hypothermia when will hadn't
shown by Monday morning nearly 36 hours after the party his friends combed the city searching for him a big break came
when the search team found wills car parked on a downtown street Gerry examined the car and was surprised to
find it was unlocked and that will had left his portfolio inside that portfolio carried all of wills artwork his
drawings his makeup sketches everything that was important to him was in that portfolio and on the dash his work keys
from the University the keys that were left there they never left his body he's right here they were clipped to his belt
or they were at home because if you lost the keys then he would have to rekey the
building we did go through the car with a fine-tooth comb with our with crime lab folks there weren't any blood or any
hair samples that weren't Wells there wasn't anything in there that would indicate that any kind of foul play
occurred at least in the car finding the car had only raised more questions about
wills disappearance some of his friends thought it possible that we'll had left voluntarily to start
a new life we'll had a lot of trepidation about school and I think he shared that with me because we had that
in common sometimes you just get overwhelmed and his comment was you know I'd like to tour the country I just like
to take off someday like wow and not tell anyone no I said you know not even your parents you know what about what
about your commitments I just go I think he took the car downtown and intentionally parked it
he left his work keys he took his wallet maybe he even hitchhiked out of town I spent probably about a year hoping
praying that he had walked away because the alternative was he was dead but after nearly two years and still no sign
of will his friends and family fear the worst Kati believes it all goes back to her
apartment building that January night my hypothesis I guess used to say is that something happened and it got out of
control and it probably didn't mean to happen but then whatever happened got covered up simply because it was it
became so huge I could see that this might have been a possibility good he ran to somebody that didn't like gays
and they did him in we did interview all the folks on the top floor and did not get any indication from any of them that
they had done anything other than just talked to well subsequent to our initial contact with them those individuals on
the top floor took a polygraph and all of them did pass the polygraph the gap between 3:30 in the morning and then
finding the car at 11 o'clock on Monday it's a whole it's a blank hole gerri believes the car might hold the
most important clues to wills disappearance when the police released the car he discovered disturbing details
I found out that there was mud caked on the inside wheel wells of the car so there was no reason for mud to be caked
on the inside of the wheel wells and then the other odd thing was that somebody had moved the seat all the way
to its far back position indicating to me that a large person may have been the last person to drive wills cart grasping
for answers Gerry pursued a theory that someone they both knew might have crossed wills path early that January
morning two months prior to wills disappearance Gerry had fired a van driver who worked for his shuttle
service one morning he came in from his shift demanding that the operations manager go out and change a headlight
it's your van you own the van you fixed the headlight he started yelling screaming and ended it with a slur at my
sexuality [ __ ] I terminated him on the spot I want you again he subsequently went to work for a long-haul trucking
outfit and on the morning of wills disappearance at approximately 4:30 5 o'clock in the morning he checked out a
refrigerated truck from the dispatch in Lewiston 30 miles south of here there is a coincidence there and that
the last time we'll was seen was about the time this driver would have been going to Lewiston
we have had a number of sightings across the country that people call us up and say hey we have seen will we have
checked each and every one of those calls out and they have not proven to be will we have checked out hundreds of
leads put in hundreds and hundreds of hours on this particular case and as far as absolute facts that we can lay down
on a piece of paper to show what may have happened we are no closer than we were on day one I don't know that it
that it's important to find him because if he's dead and I believe that he is I know where is that but I think having a
body can really definitely put some closure [Music] [Music] join me next time for more intriguing
true tales unsolved mysteries [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]

Brief Summary

The episode covers Carson Prince's tragic death, medical scams by Dr. Kaplan, Frank Montenegro's allegations, and Will Hendrick's mysterious disappearance.

Key points

The Mysterious Disappearance of Carson Prince. A college student vanishes after her car breaks down, leading to a tragic struggle.
Helen Ruth's Desperate Search for a Cure. Diagnosed with cancer, Helen seeks an experimental treatment in the Dominican Republic.
The Tragic Fate of Dave Cernan. Linda and Dave gamble on a treatment that leads to devastating consequences.
Frank Montenegro's Heroic Sacrifice. After losing his parents, Frank becomes a guardian to his younger siblings.
The Allegation Against Mr. Montenegro. A teacher beloved in the community faces shocking accusations of abuse.
Detective Martinez's Investigation. Detective Teresa Martinez confronts the complexities of a high-profile child abuse case.

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Episode quotes

I don’t think there will ever be justice for Carson.

Reflecting on the unresolved case of Carson Prince.

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