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GROWING UP IN A MORMON FAMILY IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH,

MY PARENTS ALWAYS TAUGHT US THAT THRIFT, HARD WORK,

AND SELF-RELIANCE WERE THE KEY TO EVERYTHING IN THIS LIFE.

HELLO?

MR. BRADSHAW?

HELLO?

MR. BRADSHAW WASN'T JUST MY BOSS.

HE WAS LIKE A SECOND FATHER TO ME.

NO MATTER HOW SUCCESSFUL HIS AUTO PARTS BUSINESS WAS...

...WE'D STILL SEE HIM AT THE WAREHOUSE 7 DAYS A WEEK.

ANYBODY WORKING TODAY?

BUT EVEN AN HONEST DAY'S WORK CAN'T ALWAYS PROTECT YOU

FROM THE TRESPASS OF EVIL.

IN 1978, SALT LAKE CITY WAS A PREDOMINANTLY MORMON,

CONSERVATIVE, FAMILY-ORIENTED COMMUNITY,

AND ON THIS MORNING, THE 23rd OF JULY,

PEOPLE WERE MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR PIONEER DAY,

WHICH CELEBRATES THE ENTRY OF THE MORMON PIONEERS

INTO THE SALT LAKE VALLEY IN 1847.

FLOATS ARE BEING PREPARED.

PEOPLE ARE GETTING READY TO MARCH

IN THE PARADE THE NEXT DAY.

MEANWHILE, JUST BLOCKS FROM WHERE THE PARADE IS HAPPENING,

DETECTIVE JOEL CAMPBELL

IS CALLED TO BRADSHAW AUTO PARTS WAREHOUSE.

WHICH IS IN A RATHER RUN-DOWN PART OF SALT LAKE CITY.

GENTLEMEN.

I CAME IN.

I APPROACHED THE COUNTER, AND I SAW HIM LYING THERE.

IT'S MR. BRADSHAW.

FRANKLIN BRADSHAW IS THE OWNER OF THE STORE.

HE'S 76 YEARS OLD.

TWO SHOTS, POINT-BLANK, BACK WAS TO THE PERP.

REGISTER.

YEP.

AND HERE.

THEY ALSO FIND A WALLET THAT WAS EMPTY.

IT APPEARS THAT IT HAD BEEN GONE THROUGH.

PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HIT HIM.

THE DETECTIVES DETERMINED THAT THE MURDER TOOK PLACE

BETWEEN 7:00 A.M. AND 9:00 A.M., WHEN THE WITNESS FOUND THE BODY.

THERE ISN'T ANY SENSE THAT IT WAS ANYTHING

MORE THAN AN EARLY-MORNING ROBBERY.

DETECTIVES, THERE'S A MAN WHO SAYS HE WORKS HERE.

MR. STEELE?

DOUG STEELE. I'M THE MANAGER OF THIS STORE.

DOUG'S FRANKLIN BRADSHAW'S RIGHT-HAND MAN.

HE'S KNOWN FRANKLIN FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS.

DO YOU KNOW OF ANY EMPLOYEES OR CUSTOMERS

THAT MIGHT HAVE WANTED TO DO HARM TO MR. BRADSHAW?

CUSTOMERS? NO.

AND ALL OF US EMPLOYEES WERE HAPPY HERE.

FRANKLIN LOVED HIS WORK,

AND HE TREATED EVERYBODY LIKE THEY WERE HIS FRIEND.

HIS EMPLOYEES WERE LOYAL TO HIM, AND HE WAS LOYAL TO THEM.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE?

WELL, TO BE FRANK WITH YOU, CARL AND TONY COME TO MIND,

MR. BRADSHAW'S GRANDSONS.

GRANDSONS?

THAT'S RIGHT.

DOUG SAYS THAT CARL AND TONY

HAD WORKED AT THE WAREHOUSE LAST SUMMER,

AND DURING THAT TIME, THEY CAUSED QUITE A BIT OF PROBLEMS.

YOU KNOW WHERE WE CAN FIND THESE BOYS?

IT'S NO USE.

THEY LIVE WITH THEIR MOTHER IN NEW YORK.

THEY WERE JUST VISITING SALT LAKE LAST YEAR.

DO YOU KNOW MRS. BRADSHAW WELL, MR. STEELE?

BERENICE?

OF COURSE.

I HAVE TO PAY HER A LITTLE VISIT.

DETECTIVE CAMPBELL ASKED DOUG

IF HE WOULD ACCOMPANY HIM TO INFORM FRANKLIN'S WIFE,

BERENICE BRADSHAW, OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

DOUG, WHAT IS IT?

BERENICE, I'VE GOT TERRIBLE NEWS.

IT'S FRANKLIN.

HE'S DEAD.

NO. STOP.

NO. WHAT?

NO!

NO!

HONEY.

MY GOD.

HE'S CALLING YOU.

ALL JOIN HANDS AND CIRCLE TO THE LEFT,

TO THE LEFT, TO THE LEFT, AND...

WITH YOUR PARTNER DO-SI-DO, AND SWING THE ONE YOU KNOW.

BERENICE AND FRANKLIN MET IN COLLEGE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BROUGHT THEM BOTH TOGETHER

WAS THAT THEY BOTH LIKED TO DANCE.

THEY GOT STARTED DOING SQUARE DANCING

AND BECAME VERY GOOD AT IT.

I HAD WORKED FOR MR. BRADSHAW SINCE I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL,

AND MY PARENTS WERE LOYAL CUSTOMERS BEFORE THAT,

AND WE HAD WITNESSED ALL MR. BRADSHAW'S HARD WORK

PAYING OFF.

HI, MOM.

FRANKLIN AND BERENICE HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS --

MARILYN, ELAINE, AND FRANCES.

AND EVEN THOUGH THEIR FAMILY WASN'T

THAT INVOLVED WITH THE CHURCH,

MR. BRADSHAW WAS STILL VERY MUCH THE MORMON IDEAL

OF WHAT A FATHER SHOULD BE,

LEADING HIS CHILDREN BY HIS OWN GOOD EXAMPLE.

ALL GO INTO THE MIDDLE WITH A HOOT AND A HOLLER.

WHOO!

MRS. BRADSHAW, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW YOUR HUSBAND?

THIS MORNING.

HE WAS UP WITH THE SUN, AS ALWAYS, THE SAME ROUTINE

HE'S HAD FOR PROBABLY 40-ODD YEARS.

FRANKLIN WAS A CREATURE OF ROUTINE.

HE'D GET UP EARLY AND DO 60 PUSH-UPS.

THEN HE'D MAKE HIS OATMEAL CEREAL AND INSTANT COFFEE,

AND THEN HE WOULD DO 40 MORE PUSH-UPS,

AND THE CEREAL WOULD BE READY.

IT WAS VERY SPARTAN.

AND THEN?

HE WENT OFF TO WORK.

MISS BRADSHAW REMEMBERS HEARING THE TRUCK

PULL OUT AT ABOUT 6:45 A.M.,

AND THEN SHE GOES BACK TO SLEEP.

GRANDMA?

- HEY, GRANDMA. - MY GOSH, TONY, HONEY!

AT THAT POINT, TONY SNYDER ARRIVES,

FRANKLIN BRADSHAW'S GRANDSON.

THE POLICE ARE HERE. IT'S YOUR GRANDPA.

HE'S BEEN SHOT. HE'S DEAD.

HONEY, MY GOD.

MY GOD.

TONY HAS PRACTICALLY NO REACTION

TO THE NEWS OF HIS GRANDFATHER'S DEATH.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID TONY WAS IN NEW YORK.

I THOUGHT HE WAS.

WHEN YOU SAID THAT TONY AND HIS BROTHER

WERE CAUSE FOR CONCERN LAST SUMMER,

WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT? - CONCERN WAS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

THOSE BOYS WERE BAD NEWS.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE. LOOK AT...

CHECK THIS OUT. CHECK THIS OUT. CHECK THIS OUT.

DOUG SAYS THAT TONY AND CARL

ARE SOMETIMES CAUGHT SLEEPING ON THE JOB,

THEY'RE TRIPLE-PUNCHING THEIR TIME CARDS.

THEY'RE SKIPPING OUT TO GO SEE PORN MOVIES.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WAS VERY SHOCKED.

MR. BRADSHAW HAD ALWAYS TREATED ME WITH RESPECT,

SO TO SEE HIS GRANDSONS ACTING LIKE THIS...

I'M SORRY.

THAT BEHAVIOR DIDN'T SIT WELL

WITH FRANKLIN'S EMPLOYEES AT ALL.

THE DEVOUT MORMON STAFF WERE VERY UPSET.

- MY... - GIVE ME THAT.

THAT'S DISGUSTING.

YEAH? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

YOU'RE GOING TO FIRE ME?

GROW UP.

THOSE BOYS WERE MAKING EVERYBODY'S LIFE MISERABLE.

THE EMPLOYEES AT THE STORE WERE GETTING READY TO QUIT.

ALL RIGHT. IT SOUNDS IMMATURE, BUT...

THAT'S NOT ALL.

DOUG SAYS THAT FRANKLIN WOULD HIDE MONEY IN ODD PLACES,

IN BETWEEN CARBURETORS AND BRAKES

ON A SHELF IN THE WAREHOUSE.

CASH KEPT DISAPPEARING.

THEY WERE STEALING FROM THEIR GRANDFATHER.

ANOTHER ONE. THEY TOOK ALL OF IT.

FRANKLIN WAS EMBARRASSED.

I'D APPRECIATE IF WE KEPT THIS BETWEEN US.

HE REPRIMANDED THE BOYS, BUT HE COULDN'T FIRE THEM

BECAUSE BERENICE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT.

IT WAS HORRENDOUS FOR EVERYBODY.

IT WOULD PAIN MR. BRADSHAW TO SAY SO,

BUT TONY ISN'T A GOOD KID.

TONY.

DOUGIE.

DOING SOME HOUSECLEANING, TONY?

JUST TAKING OUT THE TRASH.

WE DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE STAYING IN SALT LAKE THIS SUMMER.

WHAT BRINGS YOU BACK HERE?

I'M GOING TO BE A PILOT.

GRANDMA SET ME UP WITH SOME FLYING LESSONS.

I JUST GOT BACK FROM ONE NOW.

TONY REPORTS THAT HE'D FLOWN OVER THE WAREHOUSE

AND HAD SEEN POLICE CARS,

BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT.

WHEN DID YOU LEAVE THE HOUSE THIS MORNING?

GRANDMA GOT ME UP BEFORE 9:00, I GUESS.

YEAH. I GOT DRESSED.

I ATE. I WAS OUT BY 10:00 OR SO.

HE SAYS THAT, AFTER FINISHING HIS FLYING LESSON,

HE RETURNED BACK TO THE HOUSE, AND THAT WAS HIS MORNING.

DID YOU SEE YOUR GRANDFATHER THIS MORNING?

NO. I DIDN'T.

DID YOU GO ANYWHERE ELSE BESIDES THE AIRFIELD?

NOPE.

WHAT WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP LIKE WITH YOUR GRANDFATHER?

TONY, GET INSIDE NOW.

THAT'LL BE ENOUGH, DETECTIVES, FOR TODAY.

WE'VE HAD A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE TIME OF IT.

WE JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE.

I KNOW YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

THANK YOU.

AT THIS POINT, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.

TONY'S ALIBI, THAT HE LEFT THE HOUSE SOME TIME

AROUND 10 O'CLOCK, WAS SUPPORTED BY BERENICE.

THEY ALSO VERIFIED THAT HE, IN FACT,

DID HAVE FLYING LESSONS THAT MORNING.

IT HAS ALL THE TRAPPINGS OF A SIMPLE ROBBERY.

SOME SMALL-TIME THIEF GOT SCARED.

YEAH, BUT SO LITTLE WAS TAKEN.

I DON'T KNOW.

HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW ABOUT BRADSHAW?

NOT MUCH.

I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING MORE TO HIM.

ALL RIGHT, PEOPLE.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR BRADSHAW, FRANKLIN.

ANYTHING THAT STANDS OUT, ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY,

I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

LET'S GET TO WORK.

THE DETECTIVES GO THROUGH A LOT OF STUFF.

AND THEY'RE WORKING TILL ALL HOURS.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS BRADSHAW'S.

THEY ULTIMATELY DISCOVER SOMETHING UNEXPECTED.

YEAH.

BEYOND THE FACT THAT HE HAD THESE AUTO PARTS STORES,

WHAT WAS LESS KNOWN WAS THAT HE WAS ONE

OF THE LARGEST HOLDERS OF FEDERAL OIL

AND GAS LEASES IN THE COUNTRY.

AS FAR AS I CAN MAKE OUT,

BRADSHAW IS USING THE NAME OF HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS

TO KEEP HIS NET WORTH DOWN.

THIS GUY IS WORTH MILLIONS.

HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS.

ALL IN ALL, FRANKLIN BRADSHAW MIGHT HAVE BEEN

THE RICHEST MAN IN UTAH.

THEY REALIZE THAT FRANKLIN BRADSHAW

IS KIND OF A HOWARD HUGHES FIGURE IN THAT

THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO WAS EXTREMELY WEALTHY,

BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IT TO LOOK AT HIM.

THE LEARNING CURVE, AT THIS POINT,

FOR DETECTIVE CAMPBELL, IS STARTING TO BE PRETTY STEEP.

THESE FOUR WOMEN HAVE THE MOST TO PROFIT FROM HIS DEATH.

RICHEST MAN IN THE WHOLE STATE,

AND YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE IN THIS HOUSE?

YEAH. I DON'T GET IT EITHER.

WELL, LET'S GO MEET THE FAMILY.

THE DAY AFTER THIS HORRIFIC CRIME,

WHILE ALL OF US WERE STILL IN SHOCK,

MR. BRADSHAW'S THREE DAUGHTERS ARRIVED HOME TO GRIEVE.

WE DIDN'T SEE THEM THAT MUCH ANYMORE.

THEY ALL HAD FAMILIES OF THEIR OWN NOW.

MAY I?

ELAINE IS THE MIDDLE SISTER OF THE THREE DAUGHTERS.

AND SHE LIVED IN CALIFORNIA.

THANK YOU.

ELAINE, WE WERE WONDERING IF THERE WERE

ANY TENSIONS IN THE FAMILY, ANY DISAGREEMENTS OR GRUDGES.

I MEAN, EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS MOMENTS, OF COURSE,

BUT NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

WE HEARD SOME STORIES ABOUT TONY AND HIS BROTHER

FROM YOUR FATHER'S EMPLOYEES.

THEY'RE GOOD BOYS.

THEY HAD A TOUGH CHILDHOOD.

MOM?

FRANKIE.

THESE ARE THE MEN WHO ARE GOING TO FIND DAD'S KILLER.

DETECTIVES, THIS IS FRANCES, TONY AND CARL'S MOTHER.

PLEASURE.

I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

FRANCES IS THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF THE BRADSHAWS.

PLEASE, YOU WERE SAYING.

WHAT'D MY DEAR SISTER TELL YOU, THAT I'M A NUTCASE?

SHE DIDN'T SAY THAT.

SHE DID MENTION THAT YOUR BOYS

HAD A BIT OF A ROUGH TIME GROWING UP.

DID SHE MENTION IT?

THERE WERE ROUGH TIMES, AS THERE ARE IN ANY FAMILY.

FRANCES HAD BEEN MARRIED TWICE.

TONY AND CARL WERE PRODUCTS OF HER FIRST MARRIAGE.

SHE ALSO HAD A DAUGHTER, AMELIA.

IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE DINNER?

I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T WANT IT.

I WAS ALL ALONE RAISING THEM, SO IT COULD GET A BIT TENSE.

DID THAT TENSION COME FROM TONY?

STOP IT!

WHAT?

FRANCES SAYS THAT TONY HAS

A VARIETY OF EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS...

...PROBLEMS THAT CAUSED HER TO SEND HIM TO BOARDING SCHOOL.

TONY HAS A TEMPER, AND THERE WERE TIMES

WHEN IT COULD GET THE BEST OF HIM.

AND WHAT ABOUT CARL?

HE'S A TEENAGER.

FLYING LESSONS FOR HIM, TOO?

NO.

CARL IS IN NEW YORK AT HOME THIS SUMMER.

WE HEARD THAT YOUR SONS WERE STEALING FROM YOUR FATHER.

I THINK IF ANYBODY IS TO BLAME FOR MONEY DISAPPEARING,

IT IS MY MOTHER.

HOW IS THAT?

MY FATHER, HE WAS A TYRANT ABOUT MONEY.

FRANKLIN BRADSHAW LIVED VERY MODESTLY.

HE WAS KNOWN AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS EXTREMELY FRUGAL.

AND FOR MRS. BRADSHAW,

SHE WANTED TO LIVE BETTER THAN THAT.

MY MOTHER SNUCK CHECKS AND CASH FROM THE BUSINESS ACCOUNTS.

SHE THOUGHT SHE DESERVED IT.

SWEETIE!

HI, MOM.

COME WITH ME TO PICK OUT A NEW REFRIGERATOR?

- I WOULD LOVE TO. - YEAH.

WE'LL GET YOU A NEW DRESS, TOO?

WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?

WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?

IT WAS ALWAYS HAPPENING.

DON'T LET ME INTERRUPT. PLEASE, HAVE SOME.

THANKS, MOM.

- THANK YOU. - SURE, HONEY.

AND THEN I CAME IN TO TALK WITH THE DETECTIVES.

MY NAME IS MARILYN. I'M THE OLDEST DAUGHTER,

AND I WAS LIVING IN NEW YORK AT THE TIME.

I'M DETECTIVE CAMPBELL. I'M HANDLING YOUR FATHER'S CASE.

MIND IF I ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS?

YOU KNOW THAT MY MOTHER WOULD DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT

THOSE BOYS, RIGHT?

YOU HEARD WHAT THEY WERE LIKE LAST SUMMER?

YOU PROBABLY SAW MY FATHER'S THRIFT STORE CLOTHING

AND THIS SMALL HOUSE OF HIS AND MADE A JUDGEMENT ABOUT HIM,

BUT HE WAS A BRILLIANT BUSINESSMAN.

HE KEPT THE TOTAL VALUES OF HIS HOLDINGS

A SECRET FROM EVERYONE.

I GUESS THAT'S WHAT MADE YOUR NEPHEW, TONY, FEEL LIKE

HE WAS ENTITLED TO A LITTLE EXTRA SPENDING MONEY.

THIS ISN'T PENNIES

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, DETECTIVE.

THEY WALKED AWAY WITH A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS

THAT SUMMER.

MARILYN, HONEY, CAN YOU COME HERE FOR A MINUTE?

I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS.

IT'S THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE OBITUARY.

CAMPBELL IS NOT REALLY SURE

WHAT TO MAKE OF ALL OF THIS.

I LIKE THAT PART.

WHEN I FOUND OUT JUST HOW MUCH MR. BRADSHAW

HAD PROSPERED OFF THE LAND,

IT MADE ME THINK OF EVERYONE I KNEW,

INCLUDING THOSE OF US WHO WORKED FOR HIM,

HOW WE WERE ALWAYS STRUGGLING TO PROVIDE FOR OUR FAMILIES.

I HAD ALWAYS ADMIRED HOW THRIFTY AND SIMPLE HE LIVED.

NOW I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF IT.

BUT THEN I REMEMBERED MY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON,

HOW THE LOVE OF MONEY WAS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL,

AND IT MADE ME WONDER IF SOME OF THE BRADSHAWS

HADN'T BEEN POISONED BY IT.

UNDER THE WILL, THE ESTATE IS LEFT TO BERENICE,

MARILYN, ELAINE, AND FRANCES.

WE GOT SOMETHING IN ON THE BRADSHAW CASE.

IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS,

THE BRADSHAWS ALL START COLLECTING ON THE INHERITANCE.

AND INVESTIGATORS KEEP CLOSE TABS ON HOW THE FAMILY

IS SPENDING THE MONEY THEY GOT.

ELAINE AND HER FAMILY BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE,

AND THEY FIXED IT UP.

MOTHER BUYS AN APARTMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.

- ALL RIGHT. - IT WAS MOTHER'S APARTMENT,

BUT FRANCES WAS THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENT.

FRANCES DONATES A LOT OF MONEY

TO THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET

AND ENDS UP ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

MY HUSBAND AND I, WE DID SOME TRAVELING AND LIVED COMFORTABLY.

WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US?

IT IS NOW NEARLY 18 MONTHS AFTER THE MURDER.

WHAT CAMPBELL HAS AT THIS POINT ARE STRANDS

WITHOUT ANY WAY FOR HIM TO PULL THEM TOGETHER.

THERE WERE NO EYEWITNESSES.

THERE WAS NO MURDER WEAPON.

YEAH. JUST GOT A CALL FROM BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE THIS.

AND THEN SOMETHING UNEXPECTED HAPPENS.

ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD.

IT'S TONY SNYDER. HE'S STUDYING OVER AT LEHIGH.

TONY, AT THIS POINT,

IS A SOPHOMORE AT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY,

AND THERE WAS A GIRL THAT HE HAD BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN,

BUT HE MISUNDERSTOOD THE FRIENDSHIP.

TURNS OUT SHE HAD A BOYFRIEND. HE WAS VERY DISTRAUGHT.

AND SOMEHOW, IN THE MIX OF THIS...

HE BEGAN TO HAVE THIS NOTION

THAT HIS COLLEGE ROOMMATE HAD INTENTIONS OF SOMEHOW,

THROUGH BRAIN WAVES, TURNING HIM INTO A WOMAN.

- WHAT? - YEP.

HE HIT HIM ON THE HEAD 11 TIMES,

FRACTURED HIS SKULL IN SEVEN PLACES.

TONY ATTEMPTS TO KILL HIS ROOMMATE.

THIS ONLY SEEMS TO REINFORCE

THAT TONY WAS THE RIGHT PERSON ALL ALONG,

AND HE'S TAKEN TO A STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL.

NOW WE KNOW HE'S CAPABLE OF VIOLENCE.

SO EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN'T ARRESTED HIM,

THE MURDERER HAS BEEN CAUGHT.

AROUND TOWN, THERE WERE WHISPERS OF HOW TONY

HAD BECOME SO TROUBLED.

I LOOKED AT MY OWN SONS, AND I WONDERED

WHAT COULD HAVE DRIVEN TONY SO FAR OFF THE PATH?

BUT AT LEAST IT WAS A KIND OF CLOSURE FOR ALL OF US BACK HOME

KNOWING THAT THEY HAD CAUGHT MR. BRADSHAW'S KILLER,

AND THE STORY WOULD HAVE ENDED THAT DAY

IF NOT FOR ONE SMALL SURPRISE

THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM SALT LAKE.

ON OCTOBER 1980,

A WOMAN COMES INTO THE 20th PRECINCT

ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE OF NEW YORK.

WHAT'S THIS?

MY NAME IS MARILYN BRADSHAW.

THIS IS THE GUN THAT KILLED MY FATHER.

OKAY.

YOU WANT TO TELL US WHAT HAPPENED HERE,

WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR FATHER?

DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO MY FATHER.

THAT GUN WAS GIVEN TO ME BY SOMEBODY,

BUT THEY'VE ASKED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS FOR NOW.

I EXPLAINED BRIEFLY WHAT IT'S ABOUT,

AND I HAD DETECTIVE CAMPBELL'S PHONE NUMBER WITH ME,

AND I TOLD THEM, "THIS IS THE PERSON TO CALL."

FIRST, I NEED TO KNOW FOR SURE

IF THIS WAS THE GUN USED IN MY FATHER'S MURDER.

THANK YOU.

SO THE POLICE TESTED THE GUN,

AND THEY SENT THE TEST BULLETS OUT TO UTAH

TO SEE IF THEY MATCHED WHAT WAS TAKEN FROM FRANKLIN'S BODY.

AND WE GOT A MATCH.

LOOKS LIKE THAT'S THE ONE.

WHAT'S THIS?

THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING IN THE BAG THAT THE GUN CAME IN...

A SMALL PIECE OF PAPER.

AND IT HAS A TEXAS ADDRESS ON IT.

I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF A WEIRD THING TO FIND THERE.

WHAT IS THE CONNECTION WITH TEXAS?

LET'S FIND OUT.

IT WAS A BREAD CRUMB DROPPED IN

THE FARAWAY LAND OF WEST TEXAS, BUT AS FAR AS I KNEW,

THE BRADSHAWS HAD NO KIN OR BUSINESS IN THESE PARTS.

WHEN I HEARD ABOUT IT,

I JUST COULDN'T FIGURE WHAT IT ALL MEANT.

DETECTIVE CAMPBELL GOES TO THE ADDRESS

IN MIDLAND, TEXAS.

DETECTIVES.

AND HE SPEAKS WITH 21-YEAR-OLD JOHN CAVANAUGH.

WE'RE INVESTIGATING A MURDER THAT HAPPENED IN SALT LAKE CITY.

DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW A MAN NAMED FRANKLIN BRADSHAW?

MNH-MNH. NO, SIR.

HEARD OF A BERENICE BRADSHAW, MARILYN REAGAN, FRANCES SNYDER?

SNYDER? WELL, YEAH.

WELL, NOT FRANCES, BUT I HAD A FRIEND

FROM SCHOOL CALLED SNYDER.

WHY?

YOU EVER SEEN THIS GUN BEFORE, SON?

YEAH. YEAH.

I RECOGNIZE THE HANDLE.

HE DIDN'T --

HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT, RIGHT?

WELL, I MEAN, HE -- HE CAME TO THE HOUSE.

HE WANTED TO BUY A GUN.

I POINTED HIM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT I DIDN'T...

ALL RIGHT, LOOK, YOU'RE NOT IN TROUBLE, OKAY?

I JUST NEED YOU TO TELL ME, WHEN DID TONY COME TO VISIT YOU?

TONY?

THERE MUST BE SOME KIND OF MISTAKE.

I DON'T -- MY -- MY FRIEND'S NAME ISN'T TONY.

IT'S NOT?

NO. NO. HE HAS A BROTHER NAMED TONY.

MY FRIEND'S NAME IS CARL, CARL SNYDER.

CARL?

CAMPBELL IS TAKEN ABACK BECAUSE, UP UNTIL THIS POINT,

PRETTY MUCH HIS ENTIRE FOCUS HAD BEEN ON TONY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

AND IT TURNS OUT THAT CARL IS THE ONE WHO GOES TO TEXAS

TO BUY THE GUN THAT KILLED FRANKLIN BRADSHAW.

BUT WAS HE THE ONE WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER?

I DON'T SEE HOW AN 18-YEAR-OLD KID

SHOOTS HIS GRANDFATHER

AND GETS ALL THE WAY BACK UP TO MANHATTAN IN TIME TO HAVE LUNCH.

BECAUSE THERE'S AN ALIBI THAT HAS HIM IN NEW YORK CITY

ON THE DAY OF THE MURDER.

SO THE DETECTIVES GO THROUGH ALL THE AIRPLANE RECORDS

BETWEEN NEW YORK CITY,

TEXAS, AND SALT LAKE DURING THAT PERIOD.

ALL OF THOSE CHECKS HAD TO BE DONE BY HAND

USING PAPER RECEIPTS.

FOUND THE TRAIL.

DETECTIVE MICHAEL GEORGE FINDS A CONNECTION.

NEW YORK TO MIDLAND, THEN MIDLAND TO SALT LAKE CITY.

DATES AND TIMES ARE RIGHT.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR CARL SNYDER. THESE SAYS CARL GENTILE.

IT'S ON THE BOARD.

FRANCES' FIRST HUSBAND

WAS THIS ITALIAN JEWELER IN NEW YORK,

AND THE BOYS USED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT LAST NAME, GENTILE.

THE NAME GENTILE SHOWED UP ON FIVE FLIGHTS.

UNBELIEVABLE.

THE FINAL FLIGHT, ON THE 23rd, THE DAY OF THE MURDER,

LEAVING AT 9:35 IN THE MORNING

FROM SALT LAKE CITY TO NEW YORK CITY.

ON DECEMBER 5th, 1980, OVER 2 YEARS

AFTER THE MURDER OF FRANKLIN BRADSHAW...

POLICE IN CONNECTICUT ARREST CARL IN HIS DORM ROOM.

HERE HE WAS, A QUIET KID MIXED UP IN THIS SINFUL PLAN

THAT SPANNED ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO KILL HIS OWN GRANDFATHER.

IT WAS UNFATHOMABLE TO ANY OF US WHO KNEW THE BRADSHAWS.

BUT EVEN THEN,

THE LORD HAD SURPRISES IN STORE FOR THE FAMILY.

GOT ANOTHER GUN FOR ME?

NO, BUT I BROUGHT YOU THE MAN WHO GAVE ME THE GUN.

OFFICER.

THE ANONYMOUS SOURCE THAT MARILYN WAS PROTECTING

COME FORWARD,

RICHARD BEHRENS, A FORMER SCHOOLTEACHER.

YOU'VE GOT THE BOY WHO KILLED MR. BRADSHAW,

BUT YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE PERSON WHO PLANNED IT.

DON'T MOVE.

GO AHEAD.

UM, I'VE KNOWN BOTH TONY AND CARL SINCE THEY WERE LITTLE,

AND I'VE BEEN A FRIEND OF THEIR MOTHER, FRANCES, FOR YEARS.

SO WHEN SHE CALLED ME ONE NIGHT, I WENT RIGHT OVER.

ALL RIGHT, DICKIE.

A PAIR OF SEVENS, PAIR OF EIGHT, QUEEN.

HE WAS KIND OF AN UNCLE FIGURE.

HE WAS KNOWN TO BOTH FRANCES AND THE KIDS AS UNCLE DICKIE.

CARL, SWEETIE, CAN YOU GIVE US A MINUTE?

- DICKIE? - WHAT'S UP?

I NEED A FAVOR.

CAN YOU KEEP IT SAFE FOR ME?

WHAT'S THIS ABOUT, FRANCES?

WHAT DID SHE SAY ABOUT IT?

SHE SAID CARL WAS IN TROUBLE,

AND SHE WOULDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTIONS,

BUT C-CARL DID.

YOU SPOKE TO CARL?

HE CONFESSED TO ME.

HE WAS SCARED, AND THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED

THAT I COULDN'T KEEP QUIET ANY -- ANY LONGER,

SO I WENT TO SEE MARILYN.

AND WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT FRANCES HAD GIVEN DICKIE

THE GUN, I CONVINCED HIM TO GIVE IT TO ME,

AND THEN I TOOK IT TO THE POLICE.

IT'S AWFUL WHAT CARL DID, BUT HE ONLY DID IT

BECAUSE HIS MOTHER FORCED HIM TO.

FRANCES WAS ALWAYS DESPERATE FOR MONEY.

SHE WOULD ALWAYS SAY THAT SHE STOOD TO INHERIT A FORTUNE

WHEN HER FATHER DIED.

YOU THINK FRANCES WAS RESPONSIBLE

FOR HER FATHER'S DEATH?

YES, SIR. I DO.

FRANCES FELT HER LIFE WOULD BE BETTER IF HER FATHER WAS GONE.

POLICE. OPEN UP.

IN MARCH OF 1982, POLICE IN NEW YORK ISSUE A WARRANT

FOR FRANCES' ARREST.

OPEN UP THE DOOR.

FRANCES IS LIVING IN A VERY FANCY BUILDING

CALLED 10 GRACIE SQUARE,

A BUILDING THAT MADAME CHIANG KAI-SHEK LIVED IN,

A BUILDING THAT GLORIA VANDERBILT LIVED IN.

WE'RE GONNA KNOCK DOWN THE DOOR.

WE'RE COMING IN.

STOP. NO, MOM. STOP!

POLICE FIND HER HALFWAY IN AND HALFWAY OUT ON THE WINDOWSILL,

ABOUT TO JUMP INTO THE EAST RIVER.

SHE'S GOING TO JUMP. CUFF HER.

I'M SURE IT'S A SCENE THAT HAS TRAUMATIZED AMELIA

FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.

FRANCES' TRIAL STARTED SEPTEMBER 6, 1983.

PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE JURY.

CARLO SNYDER.

AFTER CARL WAS PUT IN PRISON,

HE HAD SUFFICIENT TIME OUTSIDE OF FRANCES' SPHERE

TO REALIZE HOW MUCH HE HAD BEEN CONTROLLED BY HER.

AND CARL ULTIMATELY DECIDES

THAT WHAT HE'S ABOUT TO DO IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

CARL, I'D LIKE YOU TO TELL US ABOUT

WHEN YOUR MOTHER FIRST SUGGESTED THAT YOU KILL YOUR GRANDFATHER.

IT STARTED OFF AS A JOKE,

BUT THEN, SHE STARTED MAKING PLANS.

JUST ONE LITTLE THING TO ATTEND TO, BOYS.

WHEN CARL AND TONY WERE GETTING READY TO GO OUT

TO WORK FOR FRANKLIN IN THE SUMMER OF 1977...

THESE OPEN VERY EASILY.

...THEIR MOTHER GIVES THEM SOME BLACK BEAUTIES,

AMPHETAMINES.

SHE TELLS THEM TO SLIP IT INTO HIS OATMEAL.

HE HAS A WEAK HEART, AND IT'LL CAUSE A HEART ATTACK,

AND HE'LL DIE.

MOM...

IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

HE'S LEFT US WITH NO OTHER CHOICE.

THE BASIC MESSAGE THAT FRANCES GAVE TO THEM WAS,

"IT'S NOT REALLY KILLING.

WHAT GRANDPA HAS BELONGS TO US."

NO.

MOM.

AND THE BOYS CHICKENED OUT.

AND SHE SAID, "IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KILL HIM, YOU NEED

TO BRING ME SOME MONEY --

CASH, CHECKS, JEWELRY, STOCK CERTIFICATES."

THAT SUMMER, WE BROUGHT BACK

ALL THIS MONEY FROM GRANDPA,

BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH.

SHE DIDN'T WANT SOME OF IT. SHE WANTED ALL OF IT.

SO SHE PRESSURED YOU AGAIN TO KILL FRANKLIN?

YES, SIR.

HOW DID SHE DO THAT?

STOP IT. STOP IT. STOP IT.

GET OUT.

MOM...

YOU CAN FREEZE TO DEATH FOR ALL I CARE.

AND I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN,

AND YOU'RE NOT MY SON.

SHE KICKED TONY OUT OF THE HOUSE, DISOWNED HIM.

SHE TOLD PEOPLE THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE A SON NAMED TONY.

YOU'RE MY GOOD BOY, CARL.

CARL HAD SEEN WHAT SHE HAD DONE TO TONY,

AND HE KNEW THAT IF HE WENT AGAINST HIS MOTHER,

BAD THINGS WOULD HAPPEN TO HIM,

AND HE'D NEVER BEEN TAUGHT HOW TO FEND FOR HIMSELF.

YOU WILL ALWAYS DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE FAMILY.

CARL WANTED TO PLEASE FRANCES

IN ANY WAY THAT HE COULD...

YES.

...BUT IT WAS ALL BASED ON FEAR.

SO I DID IT.

I WENT.

CARL?

HEY, GRANDPA.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

HE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE ME.

WE TALKED FOR A BIT, AND...

I DIDN'T THINK I COULD DO IT.

HE COULDN'T LOOK HIM IN THE EYE,

COULDN'T LOOK HIM IN THE FACE TO SHOOT HIM.

YOU KNOW WHAT, I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU.

I FOUND SOMETHING I WANT TO SHOW YOU.

BUT THEN HE TURNED AWAY FROM ME, AND...

I LOVED MY GRANDPA.

I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT HIM.

HE SAYS, "MOM HAD TO BE STOPPED. SHE HAD TO BE STOPPED."

AND IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN

CONVICTED WITHOUT HIS TESTIMONY.

MY FATHER ALWAYS SAID

THAT MR. BRADSHAW WAS AN EXAMPLE

OF WHAT WAS POSSIBLE WITH THRIFT AND INDUSTRY,

BUT WAS HE ABLE TO TEACH THOSE SAME LESSONS

TO HIS OWN DAUGHTER?

THERE NEVER SEEMED TO BE ENOUGH MONEY TO SATISFY FRANCES.

I THINK THAT MONEY GAVE HER FULFILLMENT, STATUS.

THIS IS A FAMILY DESTROYED,

AND ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD,

ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD WAS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THAT.

MOST OF US STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE FOR OUR CHILDREN,

AND THOSE WORRIES CAN FEEL LIKE A CURSE,

BUT MAYBE HAVING TOO MUCH CAN BE A CURSE, TOO.

WHAT IF YOUR CHILDREN FALL PREY TO LAZINESS AND GREED?

EVEN IF YOU TRY TO DENY THEM

THOSE RICHES TO KEEP THEM ON THE RIGHT PATH,

MAYBE JUST KNOWING IT'S THERE IS ALL IT TAKES.

MY FATHER WAS A LOVING, CARING MAN, HARDWORKING.

THE MONEY HE WAS AFTER,

IT WAS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GOOD THINGS

AND WORKING WITH PEOPLE,

AND...

THAT'S WHAT I THINK THE STORY SHOULD LEAVE.