Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 5, Episode 17 - Full Episode | Forensic Files

this program is about unsolved mysteries whenever possible the actual family members and police officials have
participated in recreating the events what you are about to see is not a news broadcast tonight a special edition of
unsolved mysteries at a truck stop in Oklahoma two hitchhikers unnerved by a man with whom they were traveling tried
to report his strange behavior a few days later authorities discovered that the man's pickup truck was a stolen
vehicle the hitchhiker's had unknowingly grabbed a ride with a murder suspect [Music]
in Naperville Illinois a ten-year-old girl was abducted from her home and later brutally murdered two men were
convicted of the crime and one of them Rolando Cruz is scheduled to be executed on March 22nd but in this most
controversial case another man has confessed that he alone killed the girl and some of the evidence supports his
claim in Canada they are known as The Lost Generation thousands of Native American children ripped away from their
families and their ancestral homes to be put up for adoption tonight you may be able to help to
families and years of painful forced separation join me another edition unsolved
mysteries [Music] [Applause] [Music] February 25th 1983 in Naperville Illinois Chicago suburb Krishna
Carriacou and her friends came home from school to a nightmarish discovery someone had broken into the house and
her little sister Jeanine was missing [Music] the police were called immediately they
found that the front door had been locked in a visible footprint remained on the door and two more prints were
found in the yard a sheet and a blanket were missing from one of the beds it appeared to me and I'm sure a couple
other guys too it was like it was a burglary maybe that went bad she wasn't supposed to be home somebody kicks in
the door next thing you know she's home and they take her two days later the young girl's body was
discovered in the Illinois Prairie path apart less than two miles from her home 10 year-old Jeanine Nicarico had been
brutally raped and beaten to death today two men are in prison for the murder of
Jeanine Nicarico one facing execution next March 22nd both claim they are innocent but there's a third man who
says he is the killer that he acted alone the prosecutors call him a liar but so
far three high-level law enforcement officials that quit their jobs to protest the handling of the case they
believe it the man currently scheduled to die in five weeks is innocent in early 1983 an offer of a $10,000 reward
led investigators to a man named Alex Hernandez Hernandez had a reputation for trying to impress people and told police
he'd been driving around drinking with several men who had talked about a murder well Rick was talking to the guys
through a passion that could buy all around okay and talking to me and he said something about busting a million's
no I don't know his last name Hernandez had an IQ of 76 and was known around his neighborhood as crazy items
his criminal record listed only one previous arrest for misdemeanor theft Hernandez name names but only one
provided a possible link to the murder Steve Buckley owned a pair of boots a closely approximated the boot print
found on the front door of the nikeyra Co home Buckley became a suspect police began to think Alex Hernandez knew more
than he was telling you know somebody who told us about sitting in a car we figured maybe now he's just trying to
shift the guilt away from other you know from himself and maybe he's involved so
he was a prime suspect so to see what we could find out we arranged for him to sit down with a person that he would
know of who was a burglar out of Aurora at least put Hernandez in a room with a man he knew from his neighborhood
nicknamed penguin penguin was told to pretend he knew who had murdered another child police got Hernandez to cooperate
by telling him he was a junior deputy who would get ten thousand dollars and reward money if he convinced penguin oh
to talk Tech t'v listened in the hallway outside we figured that would it be a perfect way if he knew anything
hopefully I was is to get out some information and he was holding back hopefully he would talk easier to his
peer somebody that he knew the meeting conducted partly in Spanish turned into a boasting contest and we don't claim he
knew about the murder of a young boy Hernandez claimed he knew about the Nicarico murder
Hernandez even bragged he could show police the crime scene he said I was there I didn't kill her but I held her
dies police would later drive throughout Naperville with Hernandez hoping he could identify the nikeyra Co home or
the crime scene if we didn't run out of gas we'd price still be riding we never found anything he never could take us
anyplace he rode around and rode around looking at houses and places that he hoped would be it I think but he never
could take us to that place well I don't cruise yeah police I'd ask a couple questions I do nothing
regardless police followed the other leads Hernandez had given one led to a man named Rolando Cruz Cruz was 19 years
old unemployed and surviving on $75 a month in food stamps he had been arrested on two occasions once for
trespassing once for theft Alex Hernandez I know me but I don't think I was a man yeah it was less time so and
they asked me about aliens I told that and you would he look like his name but I didn't know him the Pacific cleared
him around with the money thing like that oh we have reason to suspect that Alex was involved in the caracal murder
never heard of it so you don't know about the reward I know about a reward neither you hear
about the reward I hear about none neither no tempted by the reward money both Rolando Cruz and Alex Hernandez began to
feed police a series of titbits on the murder of Jeanine Nicarico in the process they implicated themselves one
year passed from the date of Janine's death there's no the investigation was going nowhere there was an election that
was coming up and I just believed that the police took whoever was convenient and whatever evidence no matter how
implausible it was no matter how weak it was and said let's bring a criminal prosecution against these people on
March 8th 1984 a grand jury indicted Hernandez Cruz and Steve Buckley on 36 counts including murder rape and deviant
sexual assault once the indictments were handed in John Sam expected the defendants to roll on
each other to his surprise it didn't happen it was kind of like the air was out of
the balloon and I mean that was it it was like we threw our last trump card hoping that something was going to come
from it it never did it felt like right then and there is time to go on and find someone else you
know kind of like in at that point put it in my mind if these guys just weren't involved despite resistance from his
superiors Sam continued investigating on his own finally in December of 1984 one
month before the three men went on trial Sam handed in his resignation cleaned out his desk the real killer was still
out there in my opinion and we the police weren't looking for him if we weren't looking for him that meant
nobody was looking for him and therefore he was still out there and he could either kill again or he just gets away
with it and that to me was the worst part of this whole thing in January of 1985 Alex Fernandez and
Rolando Cruz were convicted - Jeanine Nicarico murder Steve Buckley's trial ended in a hung jury and the prosecution
would eventually decide not to retry him Alex Hernandez an alum dope crews were sentenced to die for the murder of
ten-year-old Jeanine Nicarico six months later police found the body of seven year old Melissa Ackerman in a
drainage ditch the Kane County Illinois right next to the Paige County like Jeanine she had been abducted and raped
five days after Melissa was found dead a man under arrest for three other sexual
assaults was charged with her murder his name was Brian Dugan the arrest of Brian
Dugan soon cast considerable doubt on the convictions of Rolando Cruz now Alex Hernandez Dugan wanted to cut a deal
that refused to formally confess with our guaranteed immunity from the death penalty however to his attorney he
admitted raping and killing three people Melissa Ackerman a 27 year old nurse named Donna Schnoor and Jeanine Nicarico
how did you leave the body in other words like what position all right Dogen refused to talk directly to the
authorities commander EDA sonski of the Illinois State Police came up with a list of questions about the 'no caracal
case and gave them the Duggan's attorney Hey got a couple of questions what kind of a
car were you driving on February 25th of 83 an 83 I was driving a green Volare green
yeah according to Bugan on the day Jeanine Nicarico was murdered he did not go to work
his employer confirmed his absence Dugan said he prowled through Naperville smoking marijuana sometime in the early
afternoon he knocked on the front door than the caracal home I need to borrow a screwdriver try next door okay
[Music] the in point after point Dugan's description matches the evidence Dugan claimed that he bound and gagged
Janine he described the sheet in which he wrapped her remembered he had taken time
to wipe his fingerprints from the doorknob he also said he was wearing the same brand of boots that matched the
print found on the mckarrick o door bucum described driving Janine to the Illinois Prairie path there he claimed
he raped her beat her with a tire iron and left her Dugan story also lashed the testimony of two tollway workers who had
reported seeing a white man driving a green car on the day of the murder Dugan remembered seeing the men and said that
as he drove out of the park he almost got stuck try to turn around his car had tires that were consistent with a tire
prints left at the crime scene you think Heath gone he said I did it and here is
how I did it and here are the details of what I did and he said it in such a way
as to permit the Illinois State Police to corroborate each and every of the 50 or so details he gave to Commander
Suzuki and prove that he and he alone did the crime a polygraph test given by the Illinois State Police indicated that
Dugan was telling the truth nevertheless the page County prosecutors never charged him with janean's murder
and never offered him a plea bargain this case is like a runaway train in the sense that the prosecutors convicted two
men and yet refused in light of overwhelming evidence which showed that they had made a mistake to admit that
mistake then in January of 1988 the Supreme Court ruled that Cruz and Hernandez should not have been tried together and
ordered new separate trials for each two years later on January 11th 1990 Rolando
Cruz went on trial for the second time the defense intended to prove that Brian Dugan alone was responsible for janean's
murder the prosecution on the other hand theorized that if Dugan had murdered Jeanine Cruz and Hernandez were his
accomplices officer wilcos did you have occasion to they present a testimony from a police officer who said that
Cruz's cousin Herman Rodriguez and told him she had seen Dugan and Cruz together
on Rodriguez took the stairs commander sasaki without direct testimony from Dugan the defense had to
rely on what state police commander Sasaki has learned about Logan's background and criminal MO would you
tell the ladies and gentlemen of this jury what you learned about Brian Dugan's background the prosecution
however objected and the judge did not allow the line of questioning objection sustained
commander it was utterly frustrating the jury was not permitted to hear much of this statements made by Dugan confessing
the crime of his sole and exclusive participation in the death of Jeanine Nicarico mr. Stonehouse told you that as
he processed the out information the prosecution argued that the footprints found outside the Nicarico home proved
several people's not just Dugan and/or involved with Jennings murders he found two different distinct shoe impressions
they argued that because there were two footprints underneath a dining room window and because there was a boot
print on the front door and because the boot print on the front door was different from the two footprints by the
window that therefore Dugan was a liar when he said he committed the alone they said to our jury there are
three different sets of footprints it must have been three different people involved in the crime several months
later a crucial footprint evidence was found to be bogus two of the prints were in fact a woman's size five and a half
or six but the jury never heard this the de Paige County prosecutors say that they were unaware of the discrepancy the
defense attorneys disagree the entire theory of the prosecution's case was that there were multiple intruders in
order to prove that there were multiple intruders they had a show that there were footprints around the perimeter of
the house that belonged to the two other people and they knew they knew that this
wasn't a male's shoe and they didn't tell us they knew that Rolando and Alex and Stephen Buckley couldn't have made
those footprints and they lied about it now that's misconduct and you shouldn't be afraid of the word prosecutorial
misconduct you should point your finger and say you were wrong the jury finds the defendant Rolando Cruz guilty of the
offense of aggravated kidnapping on February 1st 1990 the jury returned its verdict of rape the jury finds the
defendant Rolando Cruz guilty of the offense of murder I couldn't understand it I couldn't
understand how anybody could have said guilty again first reaction was to look back behind me where my mother my sister
sitting and to make sure that they were okay and you know Chris my main concerns my
family so I'll affect them and I just thought as well it's gotta keep fighting these people I
mean I can't give up and after all these years you don't give up the jury finds the defendant Alejandro hernández guilty
of the second trial of Alex Hernandez ended in a hung jury the jury at his third trial Hernandez was once again
found guilty of murder and kidnapping he was sentenced to 80 years in prison his
conviction and sentence are currently under appeal Rolando Cruz remains on death row awaiting execution how can you
sit there and say we're gonna execute you and though this other person confessed we think he's lying personally
so we're not putting - understand well it's not my understanding is it's not for the state to decide whether I'm
guilty for a jury so what do mean I understand let the jury hear what Duggan's got to say let
him either be totally discredited or let us prove sound truth and let the jury determine
what about communism John Sam is not the only person to quit in protest over the
handling of Janina Caracol murder investigation philip gilman director the DES Page County Crime Lab also left his
job in June of 1992 Assistant Attorney General Mary Brigid Kent turned in her letter of resignation saying I have come
to believe Rolando Cruz is not guilty I do not want to be party to the execution
of an innocent man Rolando Cruz is scheduled to die by lethal injection in just over a month on March 22nd 1993
[Music] recently we featured a story that began in Madisonville Tennessee during the
Great Depression in the spring of 1939 Tom Underwood an out-of-work single father left his two young daughters
Madeline an ADA and woodcare of a kindly farmer named Charlie best times were hard but he was willing to take them and
and give my home and and give him what we had to eat it might not been everything but we never did go hungry
Thank You muse name Amen Madeline and ADA were immediately accepted as part of the family
Charlie treated them as if they were his own chore [Music] over the next two years
Tom Underwood visited his daughters on several occasions then in the spring of 1941 he returned to the farmhouse for
the final time Zella may I come for the tour it's coming on nightfall and I need
to be on the road before dark if you'll just pack some things for that afternoon
Tom Underwood left with his daughters the best family never saw Madeline or ADA again at the time we filmed the
story Charlie best was 96 years old although we had not seen Madeline or ADA in more than 50 years
they were never far from his thoughts he don't look at him as being women he calls him two little girls this day
other day he said have you heard any more about two little girls and I said no daddy but they're coming they're
coming the night this story aired ADA Underwood now 59 years old was watching our
broadcast at her home in Indiana EDA was shocked to see herself and her older sister Madeleine profiled sadly
Madeleine passed away several years ago but for ADA Charlie and Zell amaze stories their distant childhood memories
[Music] ten days after our broadcast ADA under traveled to Madisonville Tennessee for a
very special reunion Charlie best and his two children is Ella Mae and Carl well I was anxious to
see her it was exciting to know she was coming [Music] it is today I have been waiting for her
up ready for 51 years how's your father well I was very excited when I heard that they were looking for me because
somebody cared enough about me to hunt for me that long [Music] although only eight years old when she
last saw Charlie Haden never forgot the warmth and kindness he and his family brought into her life that is you
remember Charlie had to be very good for him my sister and I for him to take us in and take care of us when we had
nobody else to take care of this move so I think he was had to be a really great
man you breathe thank you it is meant a lot to Daddy and I feel that in his own mind dream has come true
[Music] sadly eight weeks after we filmed this update charlie best passed away according to his family the reunion with
Ada brought Charlie great comfort in his final days every way force 1969 in Manitoba Canada
Dorothy meecher's a member of the plains of ghibli Indian nation gave birth to a
daughter she named the baby Priscilla but Dorothy's joy will be all too brief even
though she was unmarried and living with her parents she already had five children
you need to sign here within days a social worker convinced Dorothy to give up her new
baby what I thought me when I was signing those papers I thought they were gonna place her in a home for a few
months till I got back on my feet to get a place of my own so I can get her back
but all this time those were adoption papers I was signing people were in difficulty as in all communities and
difficulties occur and rather than any rehabilitated work and type of counseling and a type of resources being
placed and those homes are in those communities children were taken out two decades ago what happened the Dorothy
meecher's was not uncommon on Indian reservations throughout Canada families torn apart by a well-meaning but
misguided social welfare system however Dorothy and Priscilla were more fortunate than most in 1987 they would
be reunited through the native adoption registry in Winnipeg Manitoba I feel hurt sometimes because she wasn't
raised up with us I didn't see her since she was small like it's nice to have her
back the family I am happy that I did this I'm glad that I found my family and if there are and there are other
children out there that are looking for their parents I would advise them to do it because it's something that they
would like if they'd like to know about their family they may as well give it a chance because their families are
probably looking for them right now during the nineteen sixties and seventies thousands of Native American
children were immune from their tribal homelands in Canada and placed with adoptive parents many of them white many
of them in the United States it was a system born of cultural misunderstanding which is since proven
to be a colossal mistake this forced exodus of children has created a lost generation which can never fully be
replaced perhaps something our audience will be able to fulfill two families dreams of reunion
[Music] our mother died in 1972 14 year-old Glenda Keewatin Kapil's stood with her
father at the funeral Glenda had no way of knowing that she and her six brothers and sisters would
soon become part of Canada's lost generation just hours after the funeral a social worker arrived unannounced
at their home today at 7:00 I'm Gail Emory yeah Kayla Maureen and I'll be back later in the week for the
rest of the children okay I think my father was in shock still because like when I look back now I I
remember my dad when you talk to him like you just say yeah you know just agreeing with everything
he was real quiet so could you call over Maureen and Gail Jim Murray come here within a week
all seven children will be taken away Maureen and Gail adopted the oldest sister sent to relatives Glenda and her
three brothers placed in separate foster homes [Music] I think my dad was really really young
but I think at the time too my dad felt like it was he was doing what was best [Music]
there's a lot of fear and not only like what was gonna happen to the rest of us and I get somehow feeling like we
weren't gonna see each other again fortunately Glenda was wrong over the last few years all a Keewatin Kapoor
children have been reunited except one there is no existing photograph of Maureen Francis Keewatin Kapoor she was
born on June 29 1968 and was adopted by a family in Brandon Manitoba like many of Canada's lost generation marine as a
youngest and her family sadly it seems the little ones our hardest to find when Sandra Seaton was just nine years
old her family was broken apart she is still searching for her two youngest brothers Sandra's father was an
alcoholic who often beat her mother in 1969 he was barred from the house by court order Sandra's mother was forced
to take work as a food vendor with a traveling carnival Sandra has something to tell you what
I'm going to be going away for a few weeks why I'm just not making enough money looking after houses here who's
gonna be watching you see that lady over there yeah her name is Eleanor she's my friend
she'll be looking after you I'll be back in three weeks the babysitter stayed with us for a while and then she left
and so it was just us kids that were home we were very careful that you know we didn't want anybody to know we were
alone we were kind of waiting and hoping mom would be back they've been gone a long time
yes I'm Mary Williamson from the welfare department and we've come to take you away to somewhere where someone can take
care of you alright it was just it happened so fast they just you know come in and they don't really explain
anything you know they just picked up the kids and then put them in the car [Music]
we're coming back for you that was real scary you know not knowing where they were
gonna be taken kind of go little dead inside or something you know cuz you just we're all just kids on October 25th
1969 Sandra's mother was summoned before a Winnipeg Court the director of the Children's Aid Society is petitioning
the court at this time for custody of mrs. Seaton six children I read the material are you the mother
of Sandra Wanda Brenda Chesley could you please stand a lot of our people showed up in court but they
were so intimidated by that whole process that what a social worker sitting up there and given evidence and
saying how bad these people are most cases the parents just kind of snuck out the back door and just went away because
they were so intimidated by the whole process and they were so ashamed of what the social worker was saying about them
having reviewed the material and there's no opposition by the mother the order will go as applied for and the children
placed in the custody of the director of child welfare we're sort of just in there and out of there again really you
know not understanding too much you know I always prayed for my my mom and my dad
and wherever my brothers and sisters were you know everyday you know hoping that it'll get back together again you
know somehow make things work in 1971 saundra was reunited with her two sisters Wanda and Brenda in 1988
they found their brother Chesley who'd been adopted in the United States along the way they also found their mother who
was joined in the search for the two youngest boys Calvin and Bernard it's very hard as I think about them all the
time in anything I do I pray for them every night that someday we'll all be a family again I believe that they're out
there and they're wondering too you know about us I just feel it you know and somewhere you know I'm gonna find Calvin
and Bernie I just I think it's gonna be real soon too or the night 2 story aired in Canada
Bernie's adoptive parents one of Calvin's former foster mothers were watching the show through their efforts
and cooperation the two brothers are put in touch with her sister Sandra three weeks after our broadcast everything was
arranged March 4th 1993 would be a day of reunions joy and tears at 10:30 a.m. sander and her mother
Myrna were at the Winnipeg Airport awaiting the arrival of Bernie I had such an anxious feeling just
looking and wondering cuz I'd we hadn't seen Bernie at all didn't see no picture
and I was oh I just and all of a sudden his face just you know sort of just was right there and oh that's him
[Music] with Bernie back in the fold the group headed to miRNAs house with a new Calvin
would be waiting in his youth Calvin had been shunted about to 14 different foster families now he was finally home
again after nearly 25 years it feels really good to be taken in instead of being pushed away hey like this is a big
swish for me and I'm happy if I knew bigger words I probably could say some big word that
would describe how I feel right now but there's no words that I can think of that describes this just you know it's
the beginning I just think it's the beginning of a good thing it's all good it feels great just great
that there's a piece of my life put together which I think all my friends knew that there was a piece missing
maybe this is just the part to my life that was missing [Music] it's so much to talk about you know so
it's just a really great feeling there is a piece you know there's there was always that piece of my my heart somehow
just needed you know to know that they were okay each one of us has our own lives but it's it's so good to know that
we have family on May 20th 1991 the Henderson family of Washburn Texas gathered to bid farewell to one of its
members 66 year old bill Henderson a retired banker had been plagued by heart and lung problems for years but the
grief is family felt was compounded by anguish and anger for bill Henderson had not succumbed to illness he had been
murdered in his own bedroom I'm mad about what happened to my dad I felt like he was cheated
[Music] I felt like my whole family was cheated and it it was very brutal the freezer
and then take care of you till Saturday when I see you again okay I'll be fine on May 12th 1991 bill Henderson said
goodbye to his wife granddaughter and great-granddaughter they were off to visit relatives in Austin Texas more
than 400 miles away Bill's failing health prevented him from leaving home for long periods over the next three
days bill stayed in touch with other family members then for an entire day no one heard from him finally on May 16th
Bill's son Gary tried to reach him by phone started calling my dad about one o'clock I guess and every time I called
it was just a busy signal so I didn't really know if the phones were just off the hook or what happened we're afraid
that maybe it may have had a heart attack or some health problem was sick in the house and couldn't get to the
telephone or maybe had been trying to call for help and drop the telephone or something like ants what was afraid of
concerned Gary Frank and Frank stepdaughter sherry went to Bill's house to investigate this truck up front on
Lauren's the concern turned to alarm when they noticed that Bill's pickup truck was gone when we arrived at my
dad's house that phone in the kitchen was off the hook my brother-in-law Frank went over and
she hung that phone up and then I decided to go on through the house and check the other phones so I was walking
down the hall saw my dad's glasses broken glasses laying in the floor really I still didn't think a whole lot
about it until we got on down the hall and there was a picture laying in the floor and that's when I saw my father
laying in the floor and I'm all tore up Frank come into the room and he fell - my dad and my dad had been he was cold
he'd been there for a while and I remember telling Frank that I think it's too late or something like that and
Frank told me that he didn't think my dad died of a heart attack that it looked like he was murdered bill
Henderson had been strangled and beaten to death with an electric iron a full 8 to 10 hours before he was found this was
a extremely violent murder the man was beaten time and time again and it was extremely obvious to us also that mr.
Henderson had put up a fight for his life police were puzzled by the lack of an apparent motive for such a brutal
killing the only item missing other than Bill's pickup truck was his wallet [Music]
then five days later a man walking along Interstate 40 90 miles east of Amarillo
made a curious discovery bill Henderson's wanted the next day bill Henderson's pickup truck was discovered
abandoned just outside of Chicago Illinois more than 1,000 miles from Amarillo police searched the vehicle but
found no clues that should lead them to a suspect but they did learn of two eyewitnesses who not only saw the killer
but actually spent the day with him writing and Bill Henderson's truck on the day of the murder some 265 miles
east of Washburn three young men arrived at a truck stop near Oklahoma City it was immediately obvious that something
was not quite right the truck stop attendant told us that he had two young men come into the truck stop and they
were extremely nervous started telling him that the truck they were using that the man had stolen truck to hitchhike
and I started requesting that he called police department 8 861 Texas the driver
of the truck used the telephone then went to the restroom the truck stopped attendant took the opportunity to call
the police yeah it's not reported stolen okay thanks [Music] he got the license number off the truck
he called it in to the local authorities they run it and called him back it's not
stolen it's gotta be stolen I said no the problem we had was that when they ran the license plate number on the
truck we had yet to find mr. Henderson's body 15 minutes later the driver of the
pickup truck left the hitchhiker's refused to accompany him any further after the suspect drove off they were
still so insistent on trying to get this man picked up so scared of him that they
went in dial nine-one-one themselves trying to get someone to stop the suspect in the truck yeah I'd like to
report a stolen vehicle again sheriff's deputies maintained that no such vehicle
had been reported missing according to the attendant the two hitchhikers then headed towards the highway they never
gave authorities their names or addresses unhampered in his flight the suspect continued north along interstate
287 according to police calculations you would have required at least one stopped
for refueling before reaching hazel crest Illinois Riya Bandhan the pickup truck less than 24 hours later
I think it's extremely important that we catch this anybody that walked had an elderly man that is gnarly defenseless
because of natural disease and illnesses will attack and kill anybody it hurts to
know what Bill had to go through or pain and suffering he had to go through out there before he took his last breath and
I would just like to see this person caught and tried convicted and sentenced I don't feel like my dad should have had
to see something like that leaning over him you know it was the last thing he ever saw it just wasn't fair
who murdered bill Henderson police had but one solitary clue that may ultimately give them an answer there was
a palm print in blood inside the room it was on a art type tablet if we can find
the person that matches up to that bloody palm print then we have our murder suspect
[Music] tomorrow night on unsolved mysteries shortly after the death of his grandfather
Donnie Decker's friends and family noticed a change had come over and his surroundings rain appeared everywhere
and no one not even the police could find its source but that was only the beginning
[Music] San Francisco the city of shimmering lights but on February 24th 1992 across
the bay a bizarre senseless death miraculously Michael hunter managed to guide his motorcycle into a gas station
despite being shot through the heart almost later he was dead and police would like your help to catch his killer
join me tomorrow night perhaps you may be able to help solve a mystery [Music] [Applause]
[Music]

Brief Summary

This episode covers Jeanine Nicarico's murder, Bill Henderson's killing, and the forced adoption of Native American children in Canada.

Key points

The Case of Jeanine Nicarico. A ten-year-old girl was abducted and murdered, leading to a controversial investigation.
A Shocking Confession. Brian Dugan confesses to the murder of Jeanine Nicarico, raising doubts about the convictions.
The Fight for Justice. Rolando Cruz and Alex Hernandez are sentenced to death, but evidence suggests their innocence.
Reunion Through Adoption. Dorothy and Priscilla reunite through the native adoption registry in 1987.
The Lost Generation. Thousands of Native American children were taken from their families in the 60s and 70s.
A Family Torn Apart. Sandra Seaton's family was broken apart, and she still searches for her brothers.

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