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NARRATOR: Tonight on "Unsolved Mysteries."

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Mike Emert

was a top selling realtor.

His newest client was anxious to see an upscale suburban home.

Mike had no inkling that the man was a killer

or that he had inadvertently scouted

the site for his own murder.

Gwen Krewson has relentlessly searched

for her adult daughter Holly for more than seven years.

But now, two recent events have renewed Gwen's hopes.

Could a cryptic telephone call and a psychic's vision

hold the answer to Holly Krewson's whereabouts?

A young girl vividly recalls a near

fatal car crash that happened 17 years before she was born.

Now her family is convinced that she is a reincarnation

of her great-grandmother.

Las Vegas, Nevada, a neon playground

for the rich, the famous, and the not so famous.

But the place known as Sin City is also the home

to one of the most senseless of all crimes,

the murder of a helpless infant.

These are the suspects, and authorities need

your help to track them down.

A 21-year-old Louisiana college student

disappeared after a night of partying in Shreveport.

Now the man who said he saw her last

has been charged with a crime.

We'll bring you an update.

Mysteries can be solved in many ways.

Recognizing a face, remembering the color of a car,

or even recalling the sound of a voice.

Join us.

Perhaps you can help solve a mystery.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Mike and Mary Beth Emert of Redmond,

Washington had it all.

They were inseparable soul mates.

They were also prosperous partners

in the competitive world of Seattle area real estate.

Thanks for letting me present this award--

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Few couples

shared a bond so intimate.

The Realtor of the Year Award goes

to Windermere's top salesman and my husband, Mike Emert.

[applause]

Thank you.

Thank you.

[inaudible]

Mm.

Thank you.

Mike and I had a terrific relationship.

And we were not only husband and wife,

but each other's best friends.

And we were always, always on the phone with each other.

He was either calling me interoffice

or calling me on the cell phone or something.

We just enjoyed each other's company.

We were just very close.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): On January 4th, 2001,

their dream life together would be shattered.

I just got this weird call From the office.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Mary Beth received a heartbreaking

call from her mother.

Mike had been murdered.

What?

What are you talking--

are you sure it was Mike?

Is this some kind of a mistake?

The realization that he was gone started

to sink in, still while I was on the telephone with my mom.

But still, still hoping that maybe he was alive.

And maybe they were wrong.

You know, maybe it wasn't Mike.

And I think it was just shock and disbelief.

Mike Emert's murder was as mysterious as it was shocking.

It appeared to be carefully planned

and meticulously executed.

But why would anyone plot to kill an unassuming realtor

with an exemplary past?

Mike's killer left behind few clues,

but enough to make investigators believe he may have

used a most unusual weapon.

Perhaps you can help solve this perplexing crime.

Hey, Mary Beth, honey, how are you?

Hi, honey.

Just going over some paperwork.

What are you doing?

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): On the day he was murdered,

Mike wrote in his datebook that he

was to meet a prospective home buyer named Steven.

He told Mary Beth that he had shown

Steven houses the previous day.

According to Mary Beth, Mike said he planned to meet Steven

at 11:30 at a local mall.

He told her that Steven was in his 50s,

limped, and carried a cane.

He added that Stephen was relocating

from northern California, and that he spoke

with an East Coast accent.

First, I want to check out that one you saw that you

liked so much yesterday.

So why don't you hop in?

We'll get going.

All right.

NARRATOR: Steven was keenly interested in looking

at one home in the affluent suburb of Woodinville.

It was a house Mike had shown him the previous day.

The house was on a large private lot, distanced from other homes

in the neighborhood.

Ah, here we go.

Well, you were here yesterday.

So just help yourself if you need anything.

I'll be upstairs.

Hi, Betty.

It's Gail.

I'm going to stop by my house and grab something to eat.

And I should Be back at the office--

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): At 12:30

PM, the owner of the house, Gail Garland,

returned from her job to spend her lunch hour at home.

She entered through the garage and was alarmed to find

the front door ajar.

Just as disturbing was a sound of water running upstairs.

A trail of blood, still wet, led toward the bathroom.

Mike Emert was dead.

Only minutes earlier, he had been stabbed 19 times.

The murder took place in this room.

And once the victim was incapacitated,

he was obviously dragged down the hallway

into the bathroom, where he was placed in the bathtub.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Investigators surmise

that Steven, the prospective home buyer,

had committed the brutal murder.

They also believed he may have killed Mike in this house

precisely because it was isolated from most other homes

in the neighborhood.

It appears that he may have reconnoitered

and actually singled out this home as the best place

to assault Mike.

Now that suggests some sophisticated criminal thinking

going on.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): If the mysterious Steven

had methodically planned Mike's murder,

it was also possible that his handicap was merely a ruse.

Investigators believe this would explain

how a man in need of a cane was able to overpower Mike.

I think it's possible that the weapon was this cane.

And I'm not beyond believing that the cane might

have been one of these sword canes or a cane

with a knife in it.

So maybe the initial blitz assault to stun Mike

was striking Mike with a cane from behind.

But the knife portion of the cane was used to kill Mike.

Mike was nearly six feet tall, weighed 187 pounds.

I think we have an offender here that was able to overcome

a man of Mike's stature.

And then, drag his body, perhaps about 18 feet,

from one room to where he came to rest.

The water in the shower was turned on.

And the two faucets in the vanity sinks

were found running.

That to me speaks of an attempt to get rid

of any trace evidence, hair fibers, things like that,

would be washed down the drain.

He was cleaning his hands off in the sink,

cleaning the weapon off in the sink.

This was probably not this individual's first murder

or certainly not his first violent assault.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Mike's expensive watch

and diamond ring were not found on his body,

but investigators feel certain that robbery

was not the killer's motive.

They also strongly suspect that the meticulously

executed murder could have been the work

of a professional hit man.

But who would have hired the mysterious Steven

to kill Mike Emert?

Did he mention anything about a description of this man

or any characteristics you might be able to tell me?

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Investigators

explore the possibility that Mike's wife Mary

Beth may have been involved.

But they eliminated her as a suspect.

They also wondered if any rival realtors may have wanted

to have Mike killed, but their investigation eliminated

that possibility as well.

Anything else you can tell me that you might remember?

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): An exhaustive probe

of Mike's background revealed that he

had never committed a serious indiscretion

or made any enemies.

While conducting hundreds of interviews on people,

even going back 10 years ago in a prior business

that he was involved in, we have not interviewed anybody that

can establish why somebody would want to have Mike Emert killed.

I have thought over and over and over again, wracked

my brain trying to come up with some reason

why somebody would want to harm Mike,

and there is nothing that I can come up with that

would have this make any sense.

He was a great friend.

He was a great husband.

The effects of losing Mike have just

left a huge hole in my heart.

And it's just so hard to come to grips with.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): 31-year-old Holly Krewson

lies comatose in a hospital bed, possibly

the victim of a car accident.

Her location is a mystery.

How she got there is also unknown.

These are not images from a real situation,

but are the images from the mind of a psychic.

However, these visions may hold the key

to unlocking a mystery that has haunted

Holly's mother for seven years.

Holly Krewson disappeared from La Mesa, California

during the spring of 1995.

Despite her mother Gwen's exhaustive efforts

to find her, what happened to Holly, her current whereabouts,

remains a mystery.

But several recent events, including

psychic's eerie vision and a mysterious phone call,

make Gwen believe Holly is alive and that she

will see her again.

Holly Krewson was born and raised in La Mesa, California.

From a very young age, Holly dreamed of one

day being discovered and becoming a movie star.

She starred in the beauty pageants,

and she loved the attention and the beautiful dresses.

And we kind of put her on a pedestal, you know.

And then we started dancing when she was three.

And she liked it.

She was always real outgoing.

[cheering]

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): But Holly's

seemingly happy young life would soon begin a downward spiral.

Holly's mother says when she was 11,

Holly was molested by a trusted family friend.

And within a few years, her parents divorced.

And then when she got into her middle teens,

I think she started hanging around with the wrong crowd

and kind of lost interest in the dancing and the pageants

and wanted to be grown up.

[country music playing]

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Eventually,

Holly dropped out of school and began working as a waitress.

Who's that guy?

Just one of the customers.

One of the customers?

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): She was living

with a man with whom she had an apparently

abusive relationship.

No, he was just asking about the different types--

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): In fact, he

was arrested on several occasions

for allegedly assaulting Holly.

No, I'm not getting smart with you.

Will you please relax, OK?

Don't tell me to relax!

I'm not going to do it again.

I promise.

Please.

I love you.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): But each time, he would sweet

talk his way back into Holly's life,

pulling her away from the security of her mother's home.

For weeks at a time, Gwen would only see Holly sporadically.

She recalls a particular day in February 1995,

when her daughter stopped by her print shop.

Holly!

Holly!

Where are you going?

I'm just going to go upstairs and grab a few things.

I'll be back in a second.

Is everything OK?

Yes.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Gwen Krewson

had no way of knowing that it would be the last time

she would see her daughter.

Hi, Christi.

This is Gwen, Holly's mother.

Hi.

Have you seen Holly around?

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Over the next several weeks,

when Gwen tried to contact Holly, she couldn't find her.

And I panicked.

And I called all of her friends.

They hadn't seen her.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Gwen notified

the La Mesa Police Department about Holly's

apparent disappearance.

The patrol division took the initial report.

And they really didn't do much, because to be an adult,

it's not a crime to be missing.

Or it's not really a big problem,

because there was no suspicious circumstances at the time.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Two years later, with Holly Krewson

still unaccounted for, the police

took a closer look at her boyfriend's criminal past.

Because the boyfriend was arrested at least

three different times for domestic violence with Holly,

detectives from the police department

polygraphed her boyfriend, and it appeared at the time

that he had no involvement in her disappearance.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): On Holly's 30th birthday,

the San Diego media publicized the story of Gwen's determined

search for her daughter.

The story attracted the attention

of a local psychic, who said she immediately began

receiving images of Holly.

Well, I started to get little flashes,

like short little images is how I receive a lot

of my psychic information.

[electrical noises]

And my first impression was seeing her in a hospital bed.

So I knew right off that I wanted

to contact this mother, who was obviously missing

her daughter something fierce.

And I saw Holly in a hospital bed.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): When they met,

Joyce told Gwen that Holly had left California

to flee an abusive situation.

--car accident.

She perhaps was either driving drunk,

or she was in a car that was being driven by a drunk driver.

And--

My feeling was that there was a car accident.

And she was in a somewhat semicomatose condition.

As I sat there, I started to feel some other things.

I told her, first of all, that I saw Holly in a hospital gown

in an extended care facility.

The name Marymount came to me.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Joyce believed

Marymount might be the name of a hospital

where Holly had received care.

The names of the towns Marysville and Kenwood

also came to her, but she was unable to make

any further connections.

[telephone ringing]

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Three months

later, Gwen received a phone call

that would change her life.

Hello?

Holly?

I heard this week little voice say--

Holly?

Is that you?

Hi, mama, and I didn't hear anything.

And I said who is this?

And the voice said Holly, kind of

strained, like she was crying.

And I said, Holly, is that you?

Are you still there, Holly?

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Gwen had a tape

recorder handy and was able to record a portion

of the telephone call.

Holly, I love you. Talk to me.

This is your mom.

Holly?

[quiet crying] Mom?

Talk to me.

I love you, Mom.

I want to find you.

I want to help you.

Where are you?

I don't know.

What?

Are you in San Diego?

Ohio.

Ohio?

Where in Ohio?

Holly?

I love you.

Hey!

[call disconnects]

And then, pretty soon, it disconnected.

But I know it was her.

I mean, mothers know these things.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): With a new possibility that Holly was

in Ohio, Gwen Krewson tackled the information

the psychic had provided.

I got my atlas out.

And I found Marysville.

There's a Marysville there.

There's a Marymount hospital, and it's right on the map.

Yes, hello.

I am looking for my daughter.

Her name is Holly Krewson.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): However, when Gwen contacted

the hospital and nearby police departments,

she ran into roadblocks she had met before.

Because Holly was over 21, even if she'd

been treated in the area, her records could not be released.

But there would be one more intriguing

new lead that could prove instrumental in finding Holly.

Recently, while trying to locate Holly's old boyfriend,

Detective Vincent Brown uncovered new information.

The owner of the Pinezanita Campground,

50 miles east of La Mesa, vividly

recalls seeing Holly there in 1995,

a few months after she was believed to have disappeared.

Holly Krewson, her boyfriend, and one other person,

the last name of Humby, were up at a campground

in Julian, California.

Throughout the weekend, Holly's boyfriend,

creating trouble, drinking too much

it sounded like, just creating general disturbance.

You guys are taking off.

What are you talking about, loaded up?

When they were finally asked to leave,

as they left the campground, the boyfriend

pointed a gun at the owner, threatening

to come back and shoot him because they were

being kicked out of the park.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Police are interested in speaking

with the man accompanying Holly and her boyfriend,

who went by the name of Humby.

In 1995, he was believed to be in his early to mid-20s.

This individual may have information

regarding Holly's disappearance, what really happened to her.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Gwen has been revitalized

by the new leads that have surfaced,

but she continues to be haunted by unanswered questions.

Ohio.

Ohio?

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Where was

Holly when she made the mysterious phone call,

and what could be preventing her from calling back now?

Gwen will not rest until she finds Holly or learns her fate.

If I gave up hope, you know, whoever took her or killed

her or is holding her captive or whatever the case may be,

they have won.

And they're not going to win.

As long as I'm alive, I'm going to keep

looking for my daughter.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): In the fall of 1977, when Cece Klepper

was a young mother of 26, she experienced

an amazing event that would change her life forever.

Mommy, Mommy, stop, stop.

While driving to a friend's home,

her daughter Dee suddenly became extremely agitated.

Dee started crying uncontrollably.

I went through the intersection.

I pulled over to see what was wrong.

And I said, what?

What is it?

And she goes, oh, Mommy.

You have to be so careful here.

This is such a dangerous place.

People get really hurt here.

And I was just flabbergasted.

I don't know why she could be so upset.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Later that day,

Cece told her relative about the incident.

She was astounded to learn that her grandmother, Ocelia, was

nearly killed at the exact same intersection 17 years earlier.

[woman screaming]

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Incredibly, Dee seemed to be

remembering that accident.

But how was that possible?

Ocelia died seven years before Dee was born.

Cece Klepper is convinced that her daughter is a reincarnation

of her grandmother, Ocelia.

But is this simply wishful thinking,

or is it really possible for the dead to come back to life?

A landmark study of reincarnation

is currently underway at the University of Virginia,

where researchers are raising controversial questions

about what really happens to us when we die.

And the most astonishing cases involve

young children, who seem to have the memories

of long departed relatives.

Ocelia Davidson was born on May 4th, 1893,

and passed away 73 years later in 1966.

Dee Klepper was born on December 19, 1973.

At first, she appeared to be a perfectly ordinary child.

But soon, Dee began acting as if she was, in fact,

her great grandmother Ocelia.

The first extraordinary occurrence

happened during a trip to the grocery store.

We were in the grocery store, and there was

an older woman who came over.

Mommy, Mommy, this is my friend.

And Dee said, Mommy, this is my friend.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): In fact, the woman was a friend,

but not of Dee's.

Cece discovered that the woman had been a neighbor

of Ocelia's for 30 years.

Before that day, Dee had never set eyes on her

and had no way of knowing who she was.

Two months later, Dee made a second mysterious statement

about her great grandmother's past life while

at a restaurant.

We walk into the restaurant, and she goes, Mommy, there's Helen.

And this older waitress comes over.

How did you know my name?

And before I could say anything,

my daughter piped up and said, because I used

to come here when I was big.

And this waitress, I cannot describe

the look on her face or how--

she was really flustered.

NARRATOR: Dee had never been to the restaurant before,

but her great grandmother Ocelia was a regular.

I asked this waitress how long she had worked there.

And she said she had been a waitress there

for about 20 years.

So she definitely would have been there at a time

when my grandmother came.

And since my grandmother went on a weekly basis,

it's quite likely my grandmother did know her pretty well.

This seemed pretty strange, that my daughter

seemed to have memories from my grandmother's life.

And to me, reincarnation was really the only thing

that could explain that.

In the typical case, a child at a young age, two or three

describes having lived before and will

continue to talk about this until he or she

gets to be seven or eight.

The child may give enough statements

about the previous life that a person who died that matches

that description can be found.

Cece's case is not unique.

I have other cases like hers, and they all

seem to fit the same general patterns, the age of the child,

and how the relatives come to realize that this

is a reincarnated relative.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): On December 3rd, 1995,

Ron Ortega and his wife welcomed into the world

a baby boy they named Gus.

The family had no prior believe in reincarnation.

Then Gus began to speak, and Ron's entire view of reality

was abruptly thrown into question.

I was changing his diaper when he was about 1 and 1/2.

And he abruptly just said, you know, when I was your age,

I used to change your diapers.

And that kind of threw me for a loop.

I kind of stopped to look back, and I said,

wow, what a weird thing to say.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): As Gus grew older,

he continued to make puzzling references,

often talking as if he were an adult. One day, when Ron showed

Gus some old family photos, his son's

reaction was mind boggling.

Is that so hard--

RON ORTEGA (VOICEOVER): One of the photos

was a class photo of my father when he was about 10,

with about maybe 15 or 20 other kids.

That's me.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Gus was pointing

to his grandfather, August Ortega,

a man he had never seen before in his life.

August died one year before Gus was born,

and the child had never seen a picture of him.

Now Gus was picking August out in photo after photo

and declaring that he was August in a previous life.

He was shown a picture of my family's business,

and when asked what this was, he said, it's my shop.

He said, I used to be big, and now I'm a kid again.

And he was giggling when he was saying this.

I mean, it was just, like, isn't this great?

This is absolutely cool.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): If that wasn't strange enough,

Gus soon began talking about a tragic event

in the Ortega family's past.

The incident occurred 55 years before Gus was born,

and Ron claims his son knew absolutely nothing about it.

He said, I had a sister, and she died.

She's a fish, and a bad guy made her die.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): August Ortega's sister was murdered

by her husband in 1940.

Her body was wrapped in a blanket

and dumped into the San Francisco Bay.

That was absolutely the aha moment.

That blew me away, because there was

no way at all that this kid could

have known anything about that.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Today Gus is five years old,

and his memories of his grandfather

August are slowly fading away.

Experts have discovered that most children who

remember past lives usually lose those memories

by the age of seven.

If Gus starts to lose these memories,

I'll feel fortunate to have spent this early time with him.

He's very affectionate, and that's something

that I think my father always wanted to be able to do,

but couldn't as much as he wanted to.

This is like connecting.

And I sense very much that this is

a gift that's been given to me, and I am cherishing

it, every moment of it.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Dee Clipper is now 27 years old.

She no longer has any memory of her great grandmother,

Ocelia Davidson.

We certainly have not proven reincarnation.

In fact, we're not even attempting to.

I think what these cases can do is open our minds a little bit

where we may not understand everything

about how the world works.

There may be more to life than we really know.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Las Vegas,

Nevada, a mecca for both high rollers

and nickel slot players--

however, in a local mall near the strip Kevin

Woo and his girlfriend Kristine Westin

were playing their own game, by their own rules.

Woo and Weston had allegedly devised

a daring shoplifting scheme that netted enough cash

to feed their drug habits.

You've got to be pretty gutsy to walk into a mall and lift

merchandise, especially nowadays with all these sensors that

are posted at these places.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Their luck eventually ran out.

Woo and Weston were arrested and booked for shoplifting.

But they were soon back on the streets, and police

claim, up to their old tricks.

Only this time, the stakes had gone much higher.

Kristine was 8 and 1/2 months pregnant with Kevin's baby,

and they were about to become suspects in a heinous crime.

According to police, the couple settled

into their room following a day ripping off department stores.

They reportedly spent the rest of the evening

drinking and using drugs.

Sometime after midnight, Weston felt a series

of sharp abdominal pains.

Moments later, she went into premature labor,

locked herself in the bathroom, then gave birth to a baby boy.

- What's wrong, honey? - Kevin, the baby's--

- I don't-- - --coming!

The baby's coming?

Call someone.

Oh!

Wu rifled through the yellow pages for the nearest hospital

and pleaded his case with an ER nurse.

[telephone ringing]

Emergency room, Lois speaking.

Hello, ma'am. I have an emergency.

My girlfriend--

She received a phone call about 1:00 o'clock

in the morning from a male subject

who identified himself as Kevin and said that his girlfriend

had just had a baby.

And the baby was in the toilet.

We do not dispatch ambulances from this location.

You need to hang up, and you need to dial 911 right now.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Wu finally made the call to 911

an hour later, about 2:00 AM.

He said it was a medical emergency,

and not to involve the cops.

Suspicious, the dispatcher contacted

Las Vegas Metro Police anyway.

She's in the bathroom.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): When paramedics

and uniformed officers arrived, they found

Kristine alone in the bathroom.

Her baby was still in the toilet.

While Westin was wheeled to a waiting ambulance,

the homicide unit responded.

The baby had apparently died of drowning.

I can't describe the feeling that I

had when I first saw that, because I'd

never seen anything like it.

The deaths dealing with children are the hardest.

But this one, this is hard to describe.

This was a baby that didn't have a chance

from the minute it came out.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The death of any child is tragic,

and this case is especially shocking.

But had a crime been committed?

Several scenarios of guilt or innocence were possible.

Detectives hoped an autopsy scheduled

for later the same day would provide the answers.

One question in particular was crucial,

had the baby been born alive?

Detectives Hardy and Trimmel were anxious to see

the results of the autopsy.

But in the meantime, there was work to do.

When they arrived at the hospital

to talk with the young couple, a uniformed officer was

already questioning Kevin Woo.

He suddenly became very nervous.

Um, Henderson.

How long have you been living there?

Just a couple years.

We didn't stay too long.

Excuse me, do you mind if I use the restroom?

Yes, sure. Go ahead.

Thanks.

WOMAN (ON HOSPITAL INTERCOM): Dr. Bruce.

Telephone, please.

Dr. Bruce.

Telephone, please.

[footsteps on metal stairs]

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): A few minutes later, detectives

were told that Woo had fled.

[inaudible],, the suspect's gone.

He's out of here.

We need an officer stationed at the Lady Luck Hotel.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): They immediately ordered a patrol

officer to stand guard at the hotel in case

he returned to his room.

Then around 3 AM, Hardy and Trimmel

spoke with Kristine Westin.

We just need to ask you a couple of questions.

She was about as calm as anybody

could be for what had just happened,

wasn't upset, wasn't crying.

The only question she had about--

was her belongings in the room.

Really couldn't care less about what happened to the baby.

When can I go back to the hotel?

Well, it's a little late to go back tonight.

But the room is secure. Your things are all right.

I gave her my business card and said,

call us in the morning.

And we'll make arrangements to meet you over there

and get your stuff.

Thank you for cooperating.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): It was partly

a ploy to put Westin at ease until detectives could review

the results of the autopsy and determine

if a crime had been committed.

Late that morning, the report came in.

The baby had indeed been born alive.

Because they didn't seek medical attention,

the district attorney's office felt

that there was enough to charge both of them

with the murder, basically, of the child.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): There was now an alleged homicide

to investigate, with Kristine Westin and Kevin

Woo the two prime suspects.

Hardy and Trimmel returned to the hospital

to question Westin.

But while they were checking in at the nurse's station,

she was checking out the back door.

Seconds later, Westin was gone.

She really had no fixed address in Las Vegas.

We really don't know where to look for them.

They were all, as far as we concerned,

just guests of that hotel.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Then two days after Woo and Westin

disappeared, police say Woo stole a pickup truck

in nearby Henderson, Nevada.

hey, Buddy, I need your car.

OK?

Give me-- just give me the keys. Give me your keys!

I don't have the time.

Give me your keys! - Whoa there.

OK. - Get back!

All right.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): It was found abandoned a few days

later south of Los Angeles.

That brought the FBI into the case.

The FBI got involved in it during what

we call the unlawful flight to avoid prosecution process.

And what that is, is when an individual is indicted

or arrested in a state case, and then flees the jurisdiction,

we initiate that process to assist in the apprehension.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Westin and Woo

were both charged with second degree murder, child abuse

with substantial bodily harm, and possession

of a controlled substance.

Woo was also wanted for carjacking.

But despite the nationwide manhunt,

police say the couple has not been deterred

from their life of crime.

Kristine has been cited twice in the Southern

California area.

She was arrested by the Costa Mesa Police Department

for shoplifting.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Westin, however,

is very clever.

To derail Costa Mesa Police from making an immediate ID,

she reportedly used one of her aliases, Kerry Lynn Meeker.

Since shoplifting is a misdemeanor,

Westin, posing as Meeker, was not held in jail.

Once they're arrested, their fingerprints are

sent back to the FBI facility.

That can take up to a day to get back.

The result of which is, if it's not a significant event,

they're released before the return

of the fingerprints, which helps them avoid apprehension.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): And what about Westin's

alleged partner in crime?

There haven't been any sightings of Kevin Woo

since his departure.

But we still assume that the two of them

are together until we learn otherwise.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Kristine Westin and Kevin Woo

are still on the lam, and Detective Don Trimmel

is still on their trail.

He won't rest until he tracks them down.

If you saw what we saw in the room that night,

it would make you mad, too.

But the whole thing that really gets to me is that they chose

to do nothing and showed no concern, no remorse,

and then left town, like nothing happened.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): A few days after Kristine Westin

and Kevin Woo allegedly took the life of their child, a Las

Vegas chapter of the Knights of Columbus

gave baby John Doe a name, Kyle, and a proper burial.

But there will be no closure on this case

until his parents are arrested and tried for murder

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): On a previous broadcast,

we brought you the story of a beautiful young woman

named Wendi Long.

Wendi was living with her parents during a semester

off from college.

On a Sunday afternoon in Coushatta, Louisiana, Karol

and Luke Long received a telephone call from a friend

of their 21-year-old daughter.

They were given news that is every parent's nightmare.

I thought she was with you.

No, I haven't seen her since Friday night.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Wendi was missing.

We called the police and told them that we thought something

had happened to Wendi.

And that's where it all started.

Somebody knows where Wendi's at.

And we just want to find her so bad.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Two days before she disappeared,

Wendi had left to go to Shreveport for the weekend.

On the way, she picked up two friends.

They spent the afternoon shopping.

Later that day, they picked up an acquaintance.

A man we called Tommy in our original broadcast.

The foursome went to a party at another friend's house.

And I'm told that Wendi'd had quite a bit to drink

that night, so that when it came time

for them to take Tommy back home, she didn't want to drive.

In fact, she didn't want to go with him at all.

Are you OK to drive?

I'm fine.

I can drive.

Don't worry about it.

Ruby, I said I could drive. Don't worry about it.

Drive safely.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Tommy claimed that he was concerned

that Wendi would be stranded, so he returned to the party

in his own car and offered her a ride home.

On the way back, Tommy said he stopped

for gas and a quart of oil.

When he came back out, Wendi was talking to two young men

in a black Chevy truck.

Hey, Tommy, come here.

This is Mike and [inaudible].

Tommy said that it appeared that she knew them.

And Wendi told Tommy at that point not to worry about it.

That she was going to go with them,

and they were going to get her home.

Are you sure you know these guys?

Yes, I'm sure I know these guys.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): According to Tommy,

the last time he saw Wendi was when she left with the two men.

All right.

This alleged sighting made Tommy the last person to see

Wendi before she disappeared.

Later, police questioned Tommy about the events

of the evening.

He agreed to take a polygraph test, which

according to police, he passed.

Tommy even gave a detailed description to the police.

But despite thorough investigation,

the leads seemed to go /

Update, 5 months after Wednesday's disappearance,

Tommy, whose real name is Robert "Rocky" Stewart,

was arrested for check fraud.

The investigators started taking another look at Rocky.

And I think, in just looking at him as a possible suspect

instead of a possible witness, they started pointing out

inconsistencies in his story.

Tommy, come here. This is Mike--

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Authorities

came to believe that the story he told them

was a complete fabrication.

When the information continued to turn up false,

and the story broke down, Mr. Stewart began to break down.

Police say that Rocky Stewart then confessed

to murdering Wendi Long.

During one of the subsequent interviews,

Mr. Stewart gave investigators the location of the body.

The investigators went to that location

and found what appeared to be human remains.

Those remains ultimately were determined to be

the remains of Wendi Long.

Join me for our next edition of "Unsolved Mysteries."