Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 9, Episode 10 - Full Episode | Forensic Files

tonight on unsolved mysteries Susan Walsh is a woman who lived on the edge a stripper turned journalist was chosen
assignments plunged her into a hazardous to of Russian mobsters and self-proclaimed vampires in the end
however Susan Walsh's walk on the wild side may have led to her death his name is
Oliver he walks and acts like a human being his very existence as a source of mystery and wonder perhaps Oliver is
just a talented chimpanzee but perhaps is something more her death has become America's tragedy
JonBenet Ramsey molested and murdered in her own home five weeks later police have yet to confirm a motive or name a
suspect in Newport News Virginia young mother's joy turns to despair but her newborn baby is diagnosed with a
life-threatening blood disorder the only hope is an emergency transfusion courtesy of an anonymous
donor join me for another intriguing edition unsolved mysteries [Music] we didn't eat
[Music] this is a primarily primates Wildlife Sanctuary in San Antonio Texas a retirement home of sorts for some 500
wild animals who have been rescued from circuses sideshows and medical labs in April of 1996 the Dozen chimpanzees
police from a research facility arrived at The Preserve after years of confinement most moved in
pained halting steps but one was remarkably different his name is Oliver you stand up look at you when Oliver
came outside for the first time he'd been nine years in a lab cage he walked out and he walked upright in a way that
no chimp who was trained to walk upright would ever walk his back is straight his
shoulders back and his knees are locked its unique unique could be an understatement
in his youth Oliver had been an international celebrity heralded as proof of the legendary Bigfoot or
perhaps the elusive missing link some speculated that Oliver was a member of a new as yet undiscovered species or even
the offspring of an unspeakable union between human and chimpanzee since long before I helped start primarily primates
I had heard about the ape called Oliver I'd collected old tabloid articles and I
really wondered is this the same Oliver I wasn't quite sure until I saw him and there's no doubt this is the upright
walking ape who had become a living legend for a legend Oliver's origins were unremarkable he was imported from Africa
as an infant in 1960 from the outset animal trainer Frank Berger knew he had a very special ape on his hands the
first thing I noticed with him he was bawling at Tim's have hair right with a his bone structure he his head was
smaller he had a narrower face but looks weren't the only thing that made Oliver
different his human-like behavior was equally startling one day I sat at a desk and he come crawl to me and all of
his sudden he took the whole of my pants leg and he stands straight up I almost fainted and within one and a half years
that and staying up in front of me and never I saw him went down I've seen a lot of chips but I've never seen one
just like him over the next decade Oliver's unique characteristics made him a popular sideshow attraction in various
circuses then in 1975 a magazine article caught the attention of a Manhattan attorney named Michael Miller Miller
vividly recalls his first encounter with Oliver in walks this almost four and a half four to five foot creature his hair
bristling and walking absolutely upright as they say as advertised I could not believe what I saw
Miller took these snapshots that day a few hours later he purchased oliver from frank burger for the sum of eight
thousand dollars the news hit the wires and sparked a media onslaught there were
many many many questions about oliver enthusiastic to the point of being wild people were offering me money for the
story i had no interest in it I said I really want the story to get out but I want to get the story out to
attract serious attention from the scientific community this creature may have interest and importance that turned
me on that spring at the Explorers Club annual banquet at New York City Oliver created a sensation
it was amazing experience because it was King Kong I mean that was truly King Kong
I would say that there was a consensus there too that this is a very aberrant chimpanzee they were always grounding it
in this is a chimpanzee who's aberrant and I understood that because I wasn't offering him as something else but when
I would say can you explain the aberration that would be interesting the answer was always the same no we can't
the Explorers Club was a start of a whirlwind career in 1976 Oliver was invited to appear on a television
program in Japan for three weeks he toured the country causing a stir wherever he went you could feel the
interest the intent looking at this creature but my favorite evening is we were on the road going from city to city
and they have wonderful traditions in Japan when you travel you go to these country ends you get undressed you bathe
and then you put on a cotton yukata or robe then you sit down and have dinner and somebody asked if he enjoys eating
and drinking I said well I know he'd enjoys a beer and they gave him a liter of beer which he drank
chugalug style didn't come up for air and then let out this enormous burp and he's got a very big chest so it was a
very loud burp we all left and then Oliver sat back and had a cigar and we sat there and after a while it was like
it was no longer a spectacle throughout the tour Oliver underwent a series of medical exams the results were presented
on a television special entitled mr. Oliver man or ape a blood test suggested that Oliver had 48 chromosomes the
number normally associated with a chimpanzee curiously though two of the 40 cells contained 47 chromosomes one
more than a man and one less than a chimp the Japanese doctors however attributed the discrepancy to human
error when the Japanese tour ended Michael Miller found he could no longer support Hollander reluctantly donated
him to a wild animal park in California he was billed as a missing link they had a window where the public had
walked past him and look in and see him in his exhibit they did take him out a number of times onto a stage and for the
press to take a look at him for publicity but otherwise he was generally in this enclosure alone where people
could walk past the window and see him when the animal park went out of business oliver bounced from trainer to
trainer he eventually wound up in a research lab there he language to the five by seven foot cage for nine long
years fortunately oliver was never used in any experiments and just last year he was
rescued by primarily primates behavioral primatologist Linda Brent observed some
of Oliver's early rehabilitation I had the impression of when I saw Oliver walking bipedal that he had possibly
been trained to walk bipedally he could do it for quite a while I don't think he's anything but a chimpanzee and I
think a lot of the both physical and behavioral characteristics can easily be explained by his past
however the folks at primarily primates refused to speculate until all of the evidence is in I know that there are
other animals out there we haven't found yet Oliver very well could be very special in that he could be the only
example around of a whole new species [Music] blessed December of every special reunion took place between Oliver and
his first owner Frank Bergeron they hadn't seen each other in 20 years [Music] [Applause]
[Music] attorney Michael Miller was also present he looks happier he looks much more
peaceful than I remember it's delightful to see that he's in such a great environment and that he's cared for
finally that's very very satisfying very rewarding yeah science hopes at Oliver's golden years
will be rewarding in other ways as well in the near future genetic testing may finally solve the
mystery of who or what Oliver truly is [Music] if the age of 36 Oliver could very well
live for another 20 years even if he proves to be just an ordinary chimpanzee those who norm and full agreement on one
thing Oliver is a remarkable creature was warm and gentle personality has touched countless lives next when Dustin
Johnson was five years old his mother was murdered by her own brother now Dustin believes his uncle has killed
again and later in New York City an exotic dancer turned reporter vanishes without
a trace also the shocking murder of Sean Benet Ramsey has outraged the nation and put
investigators on the defensive [Music] it was June 27th 1982 but to Dustin Johnson it still seems like yesterday
you can have fun with Daddy this weekend Dustin was five years old his father picked him up for a custody visit Dustin
didn't know it but he was saying goodbye to his mother for the last time remember
my mom getting me ready to go with my dad she gave me a hug and kiss goodbye told me she'd see me when I come back
but then I come back and mom wasn't there [Music] that weekend Patricia Johnson was
murdered nine days would pass before her naked decomposing body was found two weeks later another shock
Patricia's own brother Dennis Keith Smith confessed to the crime he was sentenced to life in prison on a charge
of second-degree murder Dustin was taken in by his mother's parents when Dennis Smith was paroled ten years later he
moved into the same house on a daily basis in the hallway and over dinner Dustin Johnson had to face the man who
had killed his mother the uneasy truce lasted about a year until another local woman mysteriously disappeared
Dustin soon became convinced that his uncle Dennis Keith Smith was somehow involved your lunch is made thanks Dan
and carolyn killaby lived just three miles from Dustin the morning of Saturday November 11th 1995 found the
killer beez patching up an argument you know you're making something out of nothing well it's something to me I know
I know it is we didn't have to hash everything out and yell and scream at each other we didn't do it that way
oftentimes we were just just a wink and a smile would do it you know and that would be the end of it
we don't have the kids tonight so why don't we just get together and have dinner and spend some time together all
right it promised to be a romantic evening just the two of them but before Dan left
work his brother would call and invite him but drop by and I figured I'd still make it home in plenty of time so I went
to see my brother Dave and we ended up going down to tavern down the street and we we had a beer and we started shooting
some pool turned out there was a blazer game on we started watching that we had a couple more beers and I had decided
just to stay behind at his place and chose not to drive home dan didn't call home until 1:00 a.m. Sunday morning Dan
returned to an empty house his message was still on the machine dan assumed that Carolyn was deliberately not
calling home giving him a taste of his own medicine by Sunday night he began to worry Dan went through his wife's phone
book a disease but no one could account for carolyn killaby Carolyn still hadn't
shown up by 6:00 a.m. Monday morning when she was due at work dan and his brother cruise the streets of Vancouver
looking for any sign of Carolyn they found her car in the parking lot of a popular nightclub
mr. car the morning barmaid was the gal that worked there Saturday night and she said
yeah I saw your wife she was in Saturday night that's the last time I star so at
that point you know panic set in car was there my wife was nowhere to be found when the story hit the local paper one
fact jumped out at Dustin Johnson I found a name by the name of Dennis in the newspaper and I continued to read
that the lady was missing and I had this feeling that that person by the name of
Dennis might be my uncle this might be a weird conversation Dustin found dan killaby x' number in the local phone
directory yeah from the name of Dennis do you know what Dennis his last name is he called me and said he'd saw the
article and if this Dennis that was mentioned in the article was in fact Dennis Keith Smith that that was his
uncle and he wanted to let me know that he had murdered his mother in 1982 authorities have not yet released the
last name of the man seen with Carolyn then called detectives to check out Dustin's hunch he said that he thinks
that the man Dennis that you're looking for his name is Dennis Smith and he said
that this guy is a murderer he's that true there was a long pause from the detectives and I knew right
then it was the person at that point in time I think right down in there I I knew my wife had been
killed right there [Music] a witness help police reconstruct but was very likely carolyn killaby 'he's
last evening alive do you tell it on her face she's been crying she was alone she
didn't want to be with anybody she's upset if she would have one more drink she would have been passed out probably
on a hospital she's really bad off Dennis Smith was a club regular according to the witness Smith had had
his eye on Carolyn all night long at around 11:30 he made his move it's just the way he walked up to her is as if
there's old France but she didn't know who she is with he spoke to her for a few seconds she lifted her head up he
had one arm around his neck and had a hold of it and walked out with her Carolyn disappeared the night of
November 11th less than 72 hours later detectives decided it was time to have a talk with Dennis Smith was it you talked
to you talked to the bouncer what did you tell him we talked to him for quite a long time bouncer about this person
his story changed a little bit but not enough to make a big difference okay said the waitress or bartender which is
it thank you probably the both of them at this point he would laugh at times for no real
apparent reason which is very indicative of someone that's trying to be deceitful
you were in your truck for 45 minutes you know what happened come on come on dance for all adults what's going on
look what happens she attacked me so you know I'm winded I'm pretty tired after that and we you know maybe she attacked
you didn't know know what I'm talking about come on you know we did we had sex and then I left and then I as I got out
the truck and I go around to two and then I see this guy he's got like this Smith 102 claim that the stranger
threatened him and then took Carolyn away detectives had a hard time believing the
story especially when they inspected Smith's pickup truck oh man that's more than a cigarette burn
yeah it looks like he took a torch to it it was not just the gaping hole in the seat that aroused suspicions the seat
cover had been removed and every inch of carpeting had been stripped off the floor and at that point basically I knew
that Dennis was hiding something from us maybe any evidence that Carolyn was in his truck or that something bad happened
to her in the truck however without proof that Carolyn was dead suspicions alone were not enough to keep Dennis
Smith in custody let alone bring him to trial by the time authorities amassed enough evidence to charge him with
murders Smith had left town our program flushed him out of hiding here's Keeley Shay Smith with a dramatic
details Bob Dennis Smith fled Washington and kept running until he reached the other side
of the country he ended up in the town of New Smyrna Beach Florida where he introduced himself as Dave Sanborn but
by any name he still looked like Dennis Keith Smith on the night we profiled the
accused killer Tracy ha tlemen and John Cummings got together to watch the show with their
new friend Dave Sanborn he kind of started yet and I said oh my gosh Johnny I said look
who that looks like and he was sitting right next to me and they started describing the color of his tattoos that
were on his arm and I said I looked over and I said you have those color tattoos
you know and he asked me is there anything else on he didn't want to watch the show and I said no I like the show
I'll watch it and he you know got out and went in the kitchen he started pacing around when Smith drove off in
their car and disappeared John and Tracy notified authorities police caught up with Smith two days later at this
intersection he did not give up easily he turned and charged the officers in a fight ensued during the course of that
fight he attempted to remove the firearm from one of the officers was beginning to successfully remove that firearm when
the second officer fired a single shot striking mr. Smith in the neck Smith was also shot in the wrist during the
struggle after two weeks in the hospital he had recovered enough to appear in a Florida Court
[Music] coming up the tragic and perplexing death of Jean Benet Ramsey what do the
police know about her killer but first a dangerous blood disorder leaves a newborn infant a serious risk until an
anonymous Good Samaritan comes to the rescue [Music] June 22nd 1966 blue port news virginia
Oh an urgent call for help in the middle of the night but the young man who responds is not a surgeon or a paramedic
he is a blood donor an honor sung hero someone to help save the life of a newborn infant all right I'll get there
since I can [Music] come on in 24 hours earlier and Wilson had given birth to a second daughter
when a man's first child was born breech and she prayed that when they would be delivered without complication labor
went very smoothly very quick Rene was born at 11:02 you know I was excited and happy to be having any baby and of
course I checked her fingers and checked her toes and all that to make sure she was all there and thought she was most
beautiful baby I had ever seen in my life cuz she was so pretty and nothing abnormal about her looking at all to me
we'd had a problem with the first daughter and we thought the doctors assured us that everything was okay with
Rene and we just thought everything was it was good together and and then this problem came up with her blood it was
more than just a problem Rene was in serious trouble she had a rare blood disorder which can be fatal
well we've just completed all the tests on your little girl and I'm afraid the results confirmed that she's going to
need a complete blood transfusion and what that means is she needs to have all of her blood replaced by that of a donor
a live donor so we are looking right now to find that donor and make that transfusion I gave her my blood I wish
it was that simple but your blood type isn't right neither is your husband so we need to find is the first test that
was done told them that the white corpuscles were eating up her red blood corpuscles and that they were going to
have to give Rene a transfusion this would be a complete transfusion if they were going to
to drain all the blood out of her body and put this plug back in from a donor it was very scary
not realizing really what was going on and not having anybody to ask any questions and in the middle of the night
as well there were only three potential donors within driving distance of the hospital for whatever reasons fate luck
or mere happenstance the anonymous young stranger was a donor who responded first
as far as knowing who that person was or how they would contact them I didn't really have any idea and I think I was
so caught up in the thought of you know what was taking place with Renee that I didn't really think about the donor with
no time to spare the transfusion began by Anne Wilson's account the procedure lasted until 3 a.m.
[Music] I drifted off into like a Twilight sleep I guess and then I must have you know
really gone to sleep because the next thing I remember was the doctor came in and tapped me on my hand good news I
just checked under an a and she's gonna be just fine the transfusion was a complete success
[Music] I'm gonna go get some sleep you have some pleasant dreams now see in the morning baby run i quickly
recovered and soon went home of their parents she led a perfectly normal childhood and was as happy and healthy
as both of her sisters it wasn't until she was a teenager that Rene learned about the mysterious stranger whose
singular act of kindness had saved her life I want to find him just to shake his hand or just to give him a hug and
say thank you for saving my life I have a lot to look forward to and I'm just very grateful that he didn't say no
you know I can't come to the hospital to give the blood now or I'm too tired or no I have to be up in three hours for
work sorry you know cuz I wouldn't be here if he had done that [Music] unfortunately there are no records that
would help identify the unknown Good Samaritan and Wilson recalls that he was in his mid-twenties and had dark hair
and eyes he's now being as mid-50s in 1966 the man lived near the Riverside Hospital in Newport News Virginia next
stripping took her inside the sex industry and close to the mob curiosity drew her to the bizarre rituals of
modern-day vampires no one knows what made Susan Walsh disappeared [Music] gave away over here today don't watch so
much television okay read a book or something July 16 1996 Susan Walsh was in a hurry
she dropped off her son David with her estranged husband she never said exactly where she was going
thanks mark you'll be back right uh yeah I got to make a couple of phone calls and run a few errands okay and just a
few minutes okay but it wouldn't be a matter of minutes at all that morning 36 year-old Susan Walsh walked away from
her home and her life she disappeared into the streets of Nutley New Jersey the brief commuter train trip from
Manhattan what happened to Susan Walsh the police believe she simply chose to disappear but the truth is elusive and
may be far more sinister some says's and walsh was murdered by mobsters some say
she overdosed on drugs others believe she vanished into a subterranean culture of sex and danger that lured her in and
never let go from the time Susan Walsh as a little girl her dream was to be a poet and
writer but a broken home and unhappy childhood made reaching that goal a constant struggle by the time Susan was
in her twenties she was instead an admitted alcoholic a drug addict a stripper still she kept her dream alive
stripping paid her way through college when Susan graduated in 1984 she cleaned up her act mark by 1988 Susan had been
sober for four years she had married and most important she'd become a devoted mother Susan loved her son very much and
she was always there for her son the two things that meant a lot to her were her
son and her career as a journalist eventually Susan her husband separated though Susan still dreamed of being a
writer she had a tough time getting breaks to support her song she went back to stripping unable to resist the easy
money and seductive lifestyle Susan would say she was like an addict and did the whole sexism was kind of like an
addiction and she was trying to break this addiction she will talk endlessly on an intellectual level against dancing
and sometimes with great articulation you know you feel like this is a very profound stuff and then you know she's
out there doing it hey Natalie lunch in half an hour okay ironically stripping helped provide the critical boost to
Susan's journalistic career eventually she landed an internship at New York's freewheeling village voice researching
the sex industry she soon turned up a hot story Russian mobsters in New Jersey were allegedly forcing young Russian
women to work in strip clubs like slaves Susan how you doing that's the call I've
been waiting for the van guy yeah I think he's gonna take me to the head guy the head of the mom when he's supposed
to be out there tonight 11 o'clock right Susan was a fantastic researcher she really poured herself into this she's
been hour after hour day after day then she got into the situation where a lot of these clubs in New Jersey have silent
partners some of the people were alleged to be an organized crime the managers in
these clubs began to side with the Russian women against the Russian manager so it was like the two mobs meet
and Susan then of course loved this thing and she got right in the middle of it Susan
earned praise for the Russian mob article but she also got threats Susan felt she may have made enemies her next
big project may also a put her in jeopardy Susan watts from The Village Voice do
you know why Jericho in the early 90s bizarre vampire clubs began springing up in New York's Greenwich Village the
clubs boasted a dicey clientele many claim to be real blood drinkers susan was so taken by the vampire world she
even started dating a man who claimed to be one of the undead Susan wrote a detailed article but in
this case her journalistic judgment seems skewed she said of like took it in whole cloth and she believed a lot of
the things that these guys were telling her that you know about how there were secret murders and so on and so forth in
the vampire world she would come and say to me and I met these two guys and they
got this van and it's very scary and I don't know whether I should go in their van and so I said you know hey look
don't go in the van because they might not be vampires you know to Susan's disappointment The Village Voice never
ran our article on vampires but in June of 1996 the month before she disappeared
Susan's career was again on an uptick she had done the primary research for a book by James Ridgeway and Sylvia play a
red light inside the sex industry however the night of the publishers party James Ridgeway noticed that Susan's
wrists were bandaged what okay this is nothing all right this is me in the shower just hit I want to
see what it felt like okay yeah it's cool okay it's totally cool Ridgeway was also concerned that Susan was taking
tranquilizers and it started drinking again and I just said ah Susan you know for an alcoholic to do this it's like
really bad you know and I said you've got to go to AAA please go to a please go to the doctor by now Susan was back
to dancing full time in a documentary being made by an old friend Susan talked about what a toll stripping had taken
four years too long I'd say and I'm stuck in this conundrum because I feel so drained very damaged from this
business I'm hurting very bad I was with her two days before she disappeared and
she said she had bronchitis emphysema and an ulcer she said she had been in the hospital twice that week she was
talked about her mood swings and being depressed and about just holding on to live 48 hours after Jill laughs ah Susan
the mystery began did Susan collapse somewhere because of her depression and poor health
if so police say her body would have been found or she would have surfaced in a hospital her continued absence forces
her friends and family to paint scenarios that are much darker I think Susan was probably pretty hooked on
drugs and I think she went out and probably called somebody to come and get her and then she went and she may very well
have od'd and she may very well have od'd in the presence of someone who knew her and was frightened to do anything
about it the police have a completely different theory I believe that Susan Walsh is a
life for someone no reason to me at this time she opted to leave her family home which she has a perfect right to do
detective Ryan has talked to a number of people who believe they've actually seen
Susan including her old friend Melissa Hines [Music] I definitely think it was ha I'm
positive that I seen Susan a month after she disappeared a license plate number that Melissa Hines provided to us we did
track down we spoke to the owner and operator that vehicle he had been with a woman fitting description of Susan he
did view photographs and felt he was pretty sure that had been her but again we had no positive identification of
Susan Walsh at that time Melissa believes that if Susan is alive she may be deliberately hiding out Susan
definitely felt that she was in danger she was scared for her life and I think she was also scared her son's life could
be in danger too Susan actually told me that she wasn't gonna make it in the next year she felt that she that
she was gonna be killed I believe there's a chance that the mob was after her people in organized crime
were concerned that Susan had information that would send them to jail according to Susan that's was the case
someone was definitely following Susan I thought at first that it was just her imagination but I seen it with my own
eyes I would see cars follow her both of us people follow my car she was in my car
so it was definitely somebody was stalking huh who could have been following Susan Walsh was she the target
of a mob hit did she crossed paths with the wrong person in the vampire clubs or was she
the victim of her own paranoia brought on by drug use Susan Walsh is 36 years old she is five foot six weighs 110
pounds and has blue eyes and bleached blond hair next she was poison accomplished beyond her years she is
mourned by the entire country who killed Sean Binet Ramsey [Music] the following story originally aired on
January 31st 1997 it does not include the most recent developments in the case in death she has become America's
Sweetheart but the haunting images of a poised sista kated woman-child clipped the
reality she could have been anyone's daughter anyone's neighbour offstage JonBenet Ramsay was probably like most
other six-year-old girls sensitive fragile and vulnerable now she is gone sexually assaulted and strangled
in the basement of her own home on Christmas night 1996 it's been five weeks and the entire country is
demanding to know who committed this horrible crime the initial shock is given away to a kind of national anxiety
and given rise to other questions why is it taking so long what do the police know why haven't they
found a suspect or cleared the family the questions may seem unfair to investigators but they are
understandable after all there is a killer at large this elegant home in Boulder Colorado is where Shaun Benet
Ramsey lived and died Boulder itself is a place for murder almost never happens Jon Benet was a city's only homicide
victim during all of 1996 her father John is a millionaire businessman her mother Patricia is a former Miss West
Virginia who guided JonBenet's well-documented career as a child beauty queen today the details of the case like the
fairytale family history are agonizingly familiar the ransom note found the morning after Christmas demanding the
peculiar sum of 118 thousand dollars the discovery of full eight hours later a Shah Benes body in the basement John
Ramsay's panic-stricken decision to carry his daughter upstairs thus disturbing the crime scene and
destroying crucial evidence the stunning revelation of the ransom note in an apparent practice were written on
notepad paper from the Ramsey home and finally widespread speculation that someone in the family was involved
coupled with widespread criticism of the police investigation they have said that
they're playing it exactly by the book they may be withholding evidence that they can use to identify the killer I
think they would say this is proper procedure it appeared to me that the beginning of the investigation the
police did not seem to be doing as thorough a job as they would which would be try to get every piece of information
and in this particular case it may have something to do with the prominence of the family or that they were you know
unused to a murder investigation or something like that in boulders we have never contended that anyone is or is not
a suspect we have not ruled anybody in nor have we ruled anybody out we are continuing the investigation despite the
lack of a known suspect or suspects the boulder police chief has assured local residents that they have nothing to fear
there is not a crazed child killer on the loose stranger Chow homicide is rare so I would be likely to place my
investigative resources more on people who had access to the child rather than people on the outside all the things
that I've learned about the family would point away from the immediate family obviously you can't rule out anyone in
this and I'm sure the police have not ruled out anyone in the eyes of many the [ __ ] at the
crime scene was essentially closed limited to the home itself makes John and Patsy Ramsey natural suspects in
addition much has been made of the Ramsey's apparent reluctance to cooperate with the police and the fact
that they both hired individual attorneys within days of their daughter's death for their part the
Ramseys have repeatedly denied any knowledge of the murder friends and neighbors have been quick to come to
their defense insisting at the families above reproach and beyond suspicion but if not one of the Ramsay's then who that
is the $64,000 question if it were as simple as a family member I would have expected an arrest very early in this
case I would have thought that they would have come up with some lab evidence that would have tied someone to
the murder either that hasn't happen or they don't have a suspect or they have a suspect
but they're trying to make sure that they have dotted every I and crossed every T and they've got this person dead
cold before they actually make an arrest [Music] on our next unsolved mysteries when
rock-and-roll star Kurt Cobain was found dead in his home all the experts said it
was suicide but this private investigator is convinced that the truth about Cobain's death has yet to be
revealed join me next time for another fascinating our unsolved mysteries [Music]
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Brief Summary

Susan Walsh's disappearance, JonBenet Ramsey's murder, and a newborn's blood transfusion story are featured in this episode.

Key points

Susan Walsh's Mysterious Death. A former stripper turned journalist's risky life may have led to her tragic end.
The Enigma of Oliver. Oliver, a chimpanzee, captivates the world with his extraordinary behavior and origins.
Dustin Johnson's Dark Family Secret. After his mother's murder, Dustin suspects his uncle may have killed again.
A Newborn's Life at Stake. A blood disorder threatens a newborn's life, requiring an urgent donor.
Renee's Life Saved by a Stranger. Renee learns about the anonymous donor who saved her life through a blood transfusion.
The Mysterious Disappearance of Susan Walsh. Susan Walsh vanishes, leading to speculation about her fate and possible dangers.

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Episode quotes

I could not believe what I saw.

Michael Miller's first encounter with Oliver.

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