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(water gurgling)
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(helicopter
blades whirring)
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Faith Puglisi:
That morning
when I got up
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was one of the hottest
days, you know.
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That, uh, that summer
was wicked hot.
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And, of course
in the projects,
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it didn't matter
what season it was.
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Winter or summer,
those radiators were clanking,
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and the heat was coming,
and it was unbearable.
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The other children had all
gone off to the pool.
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With the stipulation:
they stay together,
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and Andy was
gonna join them.
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And I was making
some soup for the baby,
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and I said, "Do you want
some soup, hon?"
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And he says,
"Yeah, Mom. Yeah."
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We sat down at the table,
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and he was right directly
across from me.
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And while
I'm feeding the baby,
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I heard this ungodly slurp
from across the table,
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and my head turned
to look at him,
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and normally
I would have scolded him.
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And I looked at him.
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He's like, "Uh-oh,
here it comes," you know.
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"She's gonna," you know,
"get me for this," you know.
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And instead I just...
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I looked at him
and I just said, "No, honey.
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Go ahead and eat your soup."
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And I went upstairs
to put her down for her nap,
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and when I came downstairs,
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Andy had already
left for the pool.
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And that was
the last time I was to...
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ever see him again.
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(helicopter blades whirring)
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(siren wailing)
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(indistinct police radio)
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Officer (on radio):
Can you make
a notification for me?
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(indistinct police radio)
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Melanie Perkins:
On a hot summer day in 1976,
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a 10-year-old boy vanished
from a crowded swimming pool
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In Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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Man (on radio):
Greg, Channel 9.
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Melanie:
The city was mobilized
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into an all-out
round-the-clock search
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that included
the National Guard,
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Special Forces
Army Reserve Unit,
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underwater dive teams,
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CB truckers, neighbors,
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relatives, and friends.
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Officer (on radio):
...about nine years old.
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Dispatch (on radio):
231 to 26 at
Lexington and Wickersham.
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21-23.
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Melanie:
The search
lasted for 6 days,
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but the boy
was never found.
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His name is
Angelo Puglisi...
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and he was my friend.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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(indistinct chatter)
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I don't remember
anything in particular
that we did that day.
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It was really really hot.
I remember that.
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It was,like,really hot.
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But we were
all at the pool.
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And you almost didn't want
to get out of the water
'cause it was so hot.
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The second you got out,
you wanted to jump back in.
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I had been
there for awhile,
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and I was getting
pretty hungry,
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and I wanted to go home.
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I asked Andy if he wanted
to walk home with me,
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and he said
no, he didn't.
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He was gonna
stay at the pool longer.
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And I remember
being a little bit irritated
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that he did that,
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because normally Andy
was the type of kid
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that if you did ask him
to do something for you,
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he would do it, you know,
just to be helpful.
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And I remember leaving,
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and Andy was still
sitting in the sun.
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♪♪
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Faith:
Sometime around
3:00, 3:30,
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somewhere around there,
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I'm not really
sure of the time,
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the other children all come
piling through the door,
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and I'm counting heads,
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and there's one missing.
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"Where's your brother Andy?"
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I remember going home
around 2:00 or 3:00
in the afternoon,
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getting something to eat,
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and then going back
over to the pool
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trying to see
if I can find Andy.
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Faith:
When they all showed up
once again without Andy,
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I was furious.
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My response was,
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"You tell your brother
to get his ass home now!
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Don't make me
go over there."
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Michael:
The lifeguards
couldn't tell me
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if they saw him or not
'cause they were
just too busy
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trying to take care of all
the other kids at the pool.
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I started looking
for Andy around 5:00,
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and that's approximate.
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Um...
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I remember walking
the whole--
the whole projects
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calling his name,
calling his name,
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and asking everybody I saw.
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"Have you seen Andy?
Have you seen Andy?"
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You know,
and a couple of times
I think kids responded
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with oh, they had seen him
over at the stadium.
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And I remember walking down
that street by the stadium.
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And there was
a playground over there,
and calling his name,
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and still no Andy.
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Melanie:
As it started to get
a little bit darker,
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you might hear
the occasional,"Andy?"
you know.
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People were starting
to look for him a little bit,
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but-- but, you know,
I didn't really
think much of it.
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I figured he was gonna
get in trouble.
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I'm thinking,
"Well, maybe he's just
at a friend's house,
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and lost track of time."
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I could see that she was
getting upset that, you know,
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he wasn't home by 8:00,
and then 9:00.
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Faith:
I'm thinking
a lot of different things,
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you know, but it definitely
was not like Andy.
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One of my main concerns
was he was an epileptic,
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and did he have a seizure?
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I didn't want
to call the police
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because I was just sure
he was gonna walk
in the door any minute.
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So I called my family.
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My ex-wife called, and...
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So I got a hold of them,
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and they told me that Andy
hadn't come home yet,
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and, "I'm worried."
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Faith:
I finally placed
that call to the police
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probably somewhere
between 9:00 and 10:00.
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So the initial questions:
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"Well, are you sure
he didn't run away?"
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And, you know,
"We can't do anything
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until it's been 24 hours,"
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and I was just like beside
myself with, you know,
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we're talking about
a child here.
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Went down there,
argued with them,
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tried to convince them
that this was a serious case
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whether the child was gone
one hour or a day.
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In 24 hours, a child
can be across the country.
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Melanie:
The Lawrence Police
didn't even
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send out a detective
until 3:00 AM.
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Michael:
I got woken up
by my mom,
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and some, I guess,
police officer,
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and asking me, you know,
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Who was Andy hanging around
with at the pool that day?
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Melanie:
There was a knock on the door
in the middle of the night,
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early morning,
and it was the police.
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And they had me
and my brother, Jeff
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come downstairs
into the kitchen.
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And they were asking us
if we had seen Andy,
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and when was the last time
we had seen him.
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Faith:
And they asked for a picture.
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And he says, "Oh, I'll
bring you this picture back
in the morning."
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And I went,
"The heck with that.
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Bring me my son."
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It's a picture.
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What do I care
about the picture?
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You know, I want my child.
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Faith:
The search
was called off
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after about
five or six days.
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I was devastated.
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I was devastated.
I was frightened.
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I knew I couldn't
afford myself
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the luxury
of falling apart.
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Because if I fell apart,
who was gonna see to it
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that everybody did what
they were supposed to do,
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and that meant doing
everything they could.
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Nothing was ever found.
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We couldn't find a towel.
We couldn't find clothing.
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Nothing. There--
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He literally vanished
without a trace.
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Like a puff of smoke.
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(film reel whirring)
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Melanie:
I was nine years old
when Andy disappeared.
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I felt so helpless
and so powerless.
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I vividly remember thinking
to myself, "When I grow up,
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I'm gonna try to find him."
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In 1998,
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I went back to Lawrence
to begin my search for Andy.
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I had no idea
that my journey
would reopen a case
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considered closed
for more than 20 years.
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Lawrence is a mill town
about 30 miles from Boston.
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It's one of the poorest
cities in the country.
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-Hi.
-Hi.
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-How are you?
-You look good.
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You, too.
Hi, Linda.
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How are you?
Good to see you.
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-Long time no see.
-Long time.
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You look good.
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Melanie:
These are the kids
I grew up with.
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-Nice to see you!
-You, too.
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I asked them
to get together
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to talk about
Andy's disappearance.
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Most of us haven't seen
each other in over 25 years.
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Yeah, it's been a long time.
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Woman:
And then you get together
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and it's like
you never left each other.
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-Right. It's been 30 years.
-You know?
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Look at--
you guys were so cute.
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Sarah Conway:
He was my first boyfriend
in the projects.
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Tricia DeCaro:
No, no, she thought
he was her first.
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He was my first.
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-Oh, right.
-(laughter)
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Her mind fell through.
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Melanie:
PJ!
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How's it going?
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(chattering)
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It's almost like--
it's almost like a magnet.
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You drive by there sometimes,
it just kind of pulls you over.
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You start going down
memory lane a little bit.
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I drove by, and it was
the middle of January,
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the door and those windows
were still wide open.
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(laughing)
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Jamie Durso:
The heat!
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The heat was always on.
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(chattering)
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♪♪
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Melanie:
We grew up in the
stadium projects.
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There had to be over
100 buildings,
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and each building had,
like, six apartments.
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So, I mean, you knew, you know,
who was fighting with who.
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You could hear
people's televisions.
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You knew who was
having what for dinner,
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'cause you could smell it.
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Pretty much every house
had a kid.
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So that makes for 300
or 400 or more kids
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in one small area.
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Most of us came from
single-parent homes
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and were pretty much
unsupervised.
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We were a
community of children
amongst ourselves,
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and you know, if one of
your friends wasn't home,
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you had half a dozen more
to choose from.
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If you wanted
a football game, boom,
you had a football game.
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Jamie Durso:
We could have played
five sports in one day.
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We played hockey,
football, street ball.
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After supper,
hide and go seek.
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- Relivio.
-Woman: Every day.
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Jamie:
Kick the can.
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Melanie:
But one of the best parts
251
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of living in the
stadium projects
252
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was the state pool.
253
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Our pool.
254
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That was like--
the stadium projects
255
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felt like this
was our pool.
256
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Even though
it was a state pool
257
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and kids from
all over the city came,
258
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it was right
across the street
from the projects.
259
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Bill:
We couldn't pay
the money to get in,
260
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so we always had to go
underneath the fence to get in.
261
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Somebody would
pull it up for ya.
262
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Either pull it up for ya,
or you'd have somebody
looking out
263
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so you could go under
when no one was looking.
264
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Come on, how many times
did we go in at 12:00 at night?
265
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Jeff:
That was a regular thing,
the after-hours thing.
266
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-I remember that.
-Always. We always went in.
267
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You had to be
in the clique, though.
268
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Right. Yeah, you had
to be in the clique.
269
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-You weren't in it.
-I know I wasn't.
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(laughing)
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Melanie:
I felt like it was the best
place in the world to live,
272
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and so did the community
of kids that I lived with,
273
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'cause, you know,
274
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despite whatever
our home lives might
have been like,
275
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we all had each other,
276
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and it was just a blast.
277
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In the summer of '76,
278
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a new boy moved
into the projects.
279
00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,633
And right away,
I had a huge crush.
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Michael Conway:
I liked Andy, and we,
you know, kind of hung out,
281
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but I was a little mad
282
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because I liked you,
and you liked him.
283
00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:56,133
-And that-- that bugged me.
-(laughter)
284
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Andy was just so quiet,
shy, and sweet, you know?
285
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Everyone loved him,
cause he always did
something for somebody.
286
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Tricia:
I remember him always
having that little baby.
287
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Always had Mandy
in the carriage.
288
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In the carriage.
I remember.
289
00:14:07,700 --> 00:14:09,233
Jamie:
He was the father figure
of the family.
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Yeah, and
he would shop,
291
00:14:10,734 --> 00:14:12,533
and he'd bring home
three bags with one hand
292
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and his brother
in the other.
293
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Man:
At 10 years old.
294
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Tricia:
I mean, he was a cute,
cute kid.
295
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And when I look at
all these pictures of us
296
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when we were all
kids and stuff, and...
297
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could have been any one of us.
298
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♪♪
299
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Michael:
Just tagging along with Andy
is half the fun, you know.
300
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Just a fun kid
to be around.
301
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He was trying to get me
into baseball.
302
00:14:45,700 --> 00:14:48,133
My brother was
a big Red Sox fan.
303
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He taught me
how to swim.
304
00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:56,300
We were both
big wrestling buffs.
305
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He was my best friend.
306
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I-- I can't say
enough about him.
307
00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,133
You know, I just don't know
how to put it into words.
308
00:15:19,567 --> 00:15:23,033
Melanie:
Andy's house was only about
100 yards from the pool.
309
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Where the ball fields are now
310
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is what used to be
the City Dump.
311
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It had huge sand
and gravel piles
312
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surrounded by woods,
313
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the Shawsheen River,
and the highway.
314
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Jeff:
You look at it now,
315
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and it looks like
it's pretty well laid out,
316
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and it's landscaped.
317
00:15:44,834 --> 00:15:48,400
But at the time
when Andy was abducted,
318
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seconds,
I mean, you know,
319
00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,467
literally within seconds,
320
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you could have been
in the woods.
321
00:15:53,767 --> 00:15:55,700
You know, within minutes you
could have been in the river.
322
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Five minutes or less,
323
00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,166
he could have been
on the highway in a car.
324
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-Bill: Less than five minutes.
-Jeff: Look. It's right there.
325
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Bill:
You can see
the guardrail
326
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all the way around
the parking lot here,
327
00:16:04,900 --> 00:16:07,200
and there's a hill
that goes down
about 15 feet.
328
00:16:08,333 --> 00:16:10,734
Soon as you hit the bottom
of that hill, it's woods,
329
00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:12,633
and you're out of sight.
330
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Yeah.
331
00:16:21,100 --> 00:16:23,600
Melanie:
The next morning,
you know, I woke up,
332
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I remember going outside,
333
00:16:25,133 --> 00:16:30,367
and I mean everybody
was outside looking for him.
334
00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,600
And everybody, like,
the adults, had this, like...
335
00:16:39,967 --> 00:16:42,333
you know,just this
pinched look on their face.
336
00:16:45,333 --> 00:16:47,567
You don't usually see
the adults get it, you know?
337
00:16:47,633 --> 00:16:49,367
So when you see that look
on all their faces,
338
00:16:49,433 --> 00:16:50,500
it gets pretty scary,
339
00:16:50,567 --> 00:16:52,300
and you know
something's wrong.
340
00:16:55,066 --> 00:16:58,166
I can remember, too,
a lot of the kids
341
00:16:58,233 --> 00:17:00,000
playing a part
in the search themselves,
342
00:17:00,066 --> 00:17:03,433
Pairing up with detectives
or National Guardsmen
343
00:17:03,500 --> 00:17:05,667
or CB-ers
or something like that.
344
00:17:05,734 --> 00:17:07,633
And they'd, like, kind of
break you off into teams
345
00:17:07,700 --> 00:17:09,066
and put you
with someone to help.
346
00:17:09,133 --> 00:17:13,000
And all the kids got together
in the woods and held hands
347
00:17:13,066 --> 00:17:15,000
and walked, like,
through the thick grass
348
00:17:15,066 --> 00:17:16,567
and stuff like that
looking for him,
349
00:17:16,633 --> 00:17:19,500
calling his name,
and stuff like that. Yeah.
350
00:17:28,033 --> 00:17:30,200
Jeff:
The end of it, when people
just started giving up,
351
00:17:30,266 --> 00:17:31,600
was what
I remember the most.
352
00:17:33,767 --> 00:17:35,100
People were
starting to realize
353
00:17:35,166 --> 00:17:36,900
that they weren't
gonna find him.
354
00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:41,367
I still wonder.
355
00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,633
I spend nights
thinking, you know,
356
00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:45,700
about what
could've happened,
357
00:17:45,767 --> 00:17:47,467
and trying to remember
anything that--
358
00:17:47,533 --> 00:17:49,433
that I have forgot,
you know?
359
00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:53,467
Nothing new.
It's just that emptiness
and wondering.
360
00:17:53,533 --> 00:17:55,500
(indistinct chatter)
361
00:18:01,333 --> 00:18:02,834
Man:
It was a big part
of our lives,
362
00:18:02,900 --> 00:18:04,367
and it changed us
forever.
363
00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,000
And after it was all
said and done,
364
00:18:08,066 --> 00:18:09,567
it was just life as usual.
365
00:18:09,633 --> 00:18:12,066
It was like nothing
had ever even occurred,
you know?
366
00:18:12,133 --> 00:18:13,734
-Man: Yeah, you're right.
-Tricia: You're right.
367
00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:15,367
Tricia:
You are 100% right.
368
00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:21,834
Melanie:
That was before
there were milk cartons
369
00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:23,734
with missing children's
pictures on them.
370
00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,166
It was before there
was a National Center
371
00:18:25,233 --> 00:18:27,000
for Missing
and Exploited Children.
372
00:18:27,066 --> 00:18:29,300
You didn't hear about
that kind of thing happening.
373
00:18:29,367 --> 00:18:31,600
People didn't expect
that kind of thing to happen.
374
00:18:33,767 --> 00:18:35,533
And after he disappeared,
375
00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:37,266
I wouldn't walk
on the same street.
376
00:18:37,333 --> 00:18:39,633
I always felt like he was
over there somewhere.
377
00:18:42,567 --> 00:18:44,867
I never went swimming
in the pool again either.
378
00:18:53,567 --> 00:18:56,600
Faith:
I remember
you calling me,
379
00:18:56,667 --> 00:18:58,700
but when I got
off the phone...
380
00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,333
It was sort like,
"Pinch me. I'm dreaming.
381
00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,000
And is this real?"
382
00:19:05,700 --> 00:19:09,166
You know, here is
a grown woman telling me
383
00:19:09,233 --> 00:19:12,734
that, uh, she
adored my son,
384
00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,567
and they were kind of considered
sweethearts that summer.
385
00:19:17,967 --> 00:19:21,233
I thought, "Wow.
Andy had a girlfriend."
386
00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:23,867
He impacted your life.
387
00:19:23,934 --> 00:19:27,533
I'm not alone with my search.
388
00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,767
I'm not alone
with my longing
389
00:19:30,834 --> 00:19:33,834
for answers
and missing of Andy.
390
00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,433
Melanie:
Andy's disappearance
is considered a cold case
391
00:19:40,500 --> 00:19:42,367
by the Lawrence
Police Department.
392
00:19:44,633 --> 00:19:46,667
I was told there
were several suspects,
393
00:19:46,734 --> 00:19:49,600
but no one had actually been
charged with Andy's abduction.
394
00:19:51,433 --> 00:19:55,033
After 22 years, I don't think
the case is gonna be solved.
395
00:19:55,100 --> 00:19:57,367
Short of a confession
that we can use in court,
396
00:19:57,433 --> 00:20:00,133
I don't think we are going
to get anywhere with this.
397
00:20:02,033 --> 00:20:05,500
Sorry to say we just
can't, you know,
398
00:20:05,567 --> 00:20:07,400
put too much more time
into this.
399
00:20:07,467 --> 00:20:09,133
It's just not
going anywhere.
400
00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:14,066
(microfilm reader whirring)
401
00:20:19,667 --> 00:20:21,967
Melanie:
From the beginning,
the police were convinced
402
00:20:22,033 --> 00:20:23,800
the answers
to Andy's disappearance
403
00:20:23,867 --> 00:20:25,800
were right there
in the projects.
404
00:20:27,133 --> 00:20:30,633
After all,
Andy was a poor kid
from a broken home.
405
00:20:32,033 --> 00:20:33,266
And his mother
was involved
406
00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:35,767
in a bi-racial relationship
at the time.
407
00:20:37,633 --> 00:20:39,400
Faith:
We were all suspects.
408
00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,300
One police officer basically
came right out and asked me
409
00:20:44,367 --> 00:20:46,900
did I murder my son.
410
00:20:46,967 --> 00:20:49,400
And, you know, I really had
a lot of respect for him,
411
00:20:49,467 --> 00:20:50,500
and I told him that.
412
00:20:50,567 --> 00:20:52,533
I said, "You know what?
I thought I'd been asked
413
00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,333
"everything from every angle.
414
00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:57,734
"I'll give you
credit for that.
415
00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,166
"But no.
416
00:20:59,233 --> 00:21:02,100
I did not murder my son."
417
00:21:04,066 --> 00:21:06,567
Always with
the police department,
418
00:21:06,633 --> 00:21:09,667
I was kept in the dark,
and I was very young.
419
00:21:10,900 --> 00:21:13,467
Now, today, I would deal
with it very differently,
420
00:21:13,533 --> 00:21:15,333
but back then I was very young
421
00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:20,367
and intimidated easily
by authoritarians.
422
00:21:23,467 --> 00:21:24,567
Melanie:
In the late '70s,
423
00:21:24,633 --> 00:21:26,734
a woman named
Elaine Nowacki
424
00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,066
claimed to be channeling
Andy's voice.
425
00:21:31,100 --> 00:21:35,533
Faith:
I knew nothing about her
until this hit the newspaper.
426
00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,533
And it says right here
is where it started out.
427
00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,867
"A women fell into a trance
as soon as she approached
428
00:21:39,934 --> 00:21:41,633
"the mound of rubber.
429
00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:44,900
When she spoke, it was
the voice of a crying child."
430
00:21:44,967 --> 00:21:48,433
(Elaine speaking, crying)
431
00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:50,066
(Police Officer speaking)
432
00:21:52,500 --> 00:21:54,367
(Elaine speaking)
433
00:22:08,066 --> 00:22:10,033
(Elaine sobbing)
434
00:22:14,300 --> 00:22:17,900
Faith:
This was supposed to be
my son, you know,
435
00:22:17,967 --> 00:22:19,066
and I wasn't even told
436
00:22:19,133 --> 00:22:21,100
this garbage was gonna
be in the paper.
437
00:22:23,667 --> 00:22:25,000
Melanie:
Then in the '80s,
438
00:22:25,066 --> 00:22:27,834
despite a number of leads
that have never been
followed up,
439
00:22:27,900 --> 00:22:29,867
the Lawrence Police
hired a psychic
440
00:22:29,934 --> 00:22:32,100
to work on Andy's case.
441
00:22:33,266 --> 00:22:35,000
Faith:
Mike Carelli brought
Andrew Barnhart,
442
00:22:35,066 --> 00:22:36,367
who was a psychic.
443
00:22:37,734 --> 00:22:40,100
I was told-- and I was
apprehensive about this
444
00:22:40,166 --> 00:22:43,967
because I'd already
been, uh, exploited
445
00:22:44,033 --> 00:22:47,100
by a few supposed psychics--
446
00:22:47,166 --> 00:22:49,300
But Mike Carelli
gave me assurance
447
00:22:49,367 --> 00:22:52,533
that he had been cleared through
the FBI and worked for the FBI.
448
00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,734
From the first moment
I talked to him,
449
00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:59,033
he started giving me
information about the area,
450
00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:02,200
uh, map numbers,
descriptions,
451
00:23:02,266 --> 00:23:03,567
physical deformities
of people
452
00:23:03,633 --> 00:23:05,467
who were perhaps
involved in this--
453
00:23:05,533 --> 00:23:07,734
Things that nobody
could have possibly known.
454
00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,367
There's always these
cold areas
455
00:23:09,433 --> 00:23:10,900
around where
bodies are buried.
456
00:23:10,967 --> 00:23:13,533
I like to refer to it
as the unknown laws of nature.
457
00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,133
Something that we don't
understand right now,
458
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:16,667
but it's more--
459
00:23:16,734 --> 00:23:19,100
some people are more
sensitive to it than others.
460
00:23:19,166 --> 00:23:22,734
I gave a list
461
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:27,467
of, um, locations, uh,
462
00:23:27,533 --> 00:23:29,900
and, uh, landmarks.
463
00:23:29,967 --> 00:23:33,967
And never
being to Lawrence,
464
00:23:34,033 --> 00:23:36,233
with me being
absolutely correct
465
00:23:36,300 --> 00:23:38,467
on the items that I saw,
466
00:23:38,533 --> 00:23:41,033
it, uh, piqued
his attention.
467
00:23:44,633 --> 00:23:46,767
Faith: The psychic,
although he didn't
want to talk to me,
468
00:23:46,834 --> 00:23:49,934
needed things that were
near and dear to Andy,
469
00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:54,000
things that Andy
cared about, mementos.
470
00:23:54,066 --> 00:23:56,633
I wanted to rush right out
and get a few things
right then and there,
471
00:23:56,700 --> 00:23:57,934
but he said, "No, no.
Take your time,"
472
00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,767
He says, "And I'll come back."
473
00:23:59,834 --> 00:24:02,433
And when he came back,
I handed him a paper bag.
474
00:24:02,500 --> 00:24:05,600
And in the paper bag
was a notebook of Andy's
475
00:24:05,667 --> 00:24:09,266
where he had written
some poems and stuff,
476
00:24:09,333 --> 00:24:13,200
and his bank book,
477
00:24:13,266 --> 00:24:15,433
his baby book...
478
00:24:15,500 --> 00:24:16,967
um...
479
00:24:17,967 --> 00:24:20,333
and, uh, and a toy.
480
00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:23,066
It was one
of his favorite ones
when he was a baby.
481
00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:28,467
Barnhart:
I saw numbers,
a poodle,
482
00:24:28,533 --> 00:24:32,133
and an old-fashioned
large bread van.
483
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,900
I feel that Andy was gonna
be in a shallow grave,
484
00:24:37,967 --> 00:24:41,533
and I feel that the gentleman
responsible for it
485
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:45,233
would still be caught
and convicted of the crime.
486
00:24:48,533 --> 00:24:51,233
Melanie:
Barnhart had police
compose a sketch
487
00:24:51,300 --> 00:24:53,500
based on his vision
of the killer.
488
00:24:54,734 --> 00:24:56,367
Carelli:
He said, now,
you gotta understand--
489
00:24:56,433 --> 00:24:59,834
He said, "The boy is dead,
but he wasn't murdered
490
00:24:59,900 --> 00:25:02,633
in the strict sense of the word
where I kill you."
491
00:25:02,700 --> 00:25:06,400
He said, "Something was stuffed
in his mouth, and he choked."
492
00:25:06,467 --> 00:25:09,000
He says, "But," he says,
"he didn't just choke."
493
00:25:09,066 --> 00:25:12,667
He says-- he says, "I see him
having a seizure or something,"
494
00:25:12,734 --> 00:25:15,400
He says, "But he kind of
drowned or choked," he said,
495
00:25:15,467 --> 00:25:17,734
"after-- after having
something stuck in his mouth."
496
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:21,266
And I found out later,
and again nobody knew this,
497
00:25:21,333 --> 00:25:23,166
that-- and you may
remember, I don't know,
498
00:25:23,233 --> 00:25:27,367
that Andy was apparently
slightly epileptic
499
00:25:27,433 --> 00:25:30,467
and had had epileptic
seizures in the past.
500
00:25:32,300 --> 00:25:34,767
Melanie:
Carelli found Barnhart's
visions credible enough
501
00:25:34,834 --> 00:25:37,767
that he convinced authorities
to dig the area near the pool.
502
00:25:39,900 --> 00:25:41,834
But shortly after
the dig began,
503
00:25:41,900 --> 00:25:44,200
the local news media
showed up.
504
00:25:44,266 --> 00:25:46,467
There was a circus,
a circus.
505
00:25:46,533 --> 00:25:48,100
The only thing it lacked
was vendors.
506
00:25:48,166 --> 00:25:50,834
It was really--
no respect, you know,
507
00:25:50,900 --> 00:25:52,867
for what we were
trying to do.
508
00:25:52,934 --> 00:25:55,066
Barnhart:
It was actually
interfering
509
00:25:55,133 --> 00:25:58,900
with my ability
to work as such.
510
00:25:58,967 --> 00:26:01,567
The more
electronic equipment
that I'm around,
511
00:26:01,633 --> 00:26:05,367
it does effect
the ability that I have.
512
00:26:07,734 --> 00:26:11,133
Faith:
I never saw Andy's
belongings again.
513
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,600
Mike Carelli broke his promise.
514
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,667
He-- very apologetic.
515
00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:26,467
Melanie:
The psychic said that
Andy's things were ruined
516
00:26:26,533 --> 00:26:27,734
in a hurricane or tornado
517
00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,967
or something that had
happened at his house
518
00:26:30,033 --> 00:26:32,066
that evidently
he didn't foresee.
519
00:26:34,033 --> 00:26:36,433
Most things Barnhart
predicted in the '80s
520
00:26:36,500 --> 00:26:39,700
had already been printed
in the papers in the '70s.
521
00:26:41,066 --> 00:26:42,533
But Carelli insists
522
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,900
Barnhart didn't have access
to the information.
523
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,600
Both Barnhart and Carelli
said the dig was called off
524
00:26:50,667 --> 00:26:52,767
because of the unwanted
media attention.
525
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,100
It would be
another 17 years
526
00:26:57,166 --> 00:27:00,767
before the media would
be interested in Andy again.
527
00:27:00,834 --> 00:27:02,000
(theme music plays)
528
00:27:02,066 --> 00:27:05,467
A 10-year-old Lawrence boy
disappears mysteriously in 1976.
529
00:27:05,533 --> 00:27:08,500
It's been almost three decades
since Andy Puglisi vanished.
530
00:27:08,567 --> 00:27:10,133
Now police
and DA's office claim
531
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:11,900
they're refocusing
on the case.
532
00:27:11,967 --> 00:27:13,533
I remember being with him
at the pool.
533
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,300
Reporter:
It's a mystery that's haunted
not only his family,
534
00:27:16,367 --> 00:27:18,767
but a childhood friend
who spent the last two years
535
00:27:18,834 --> 00:27:20,200
searching for answers.
536
00:27:20,266 --> 00:27:21,667
(indistinct chatter)
537
00:27:21,734 --> 00:27:25,767
Melanie:
Suddenly Andy's case was
considered worth reopening.
538
00:27:28,633 --> 00:27:31,567
Molchan:
Well, the Andy Puglisi case
again came to light
539
00:27:31,633 --> 00:27:35,467
right after the article in
the "Lawrence Eagle Tribune."
540
00:27:35,533 --> 00:27:38,200
What I did, basically,
541
00:27:38,266 --> 00:27:41,800
was get a state trooper,
Jack Garvin,
542
00:27:41,867 --> 00:27:44,033
from the
District Attorney's office,
543
00:27:44,100 --> 00:27:47,333
and we pulled out all
the files, reviewed them.
544
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,233
I received information
545
00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:51,600
I believe was
from you, Melanie,
546
00:27:51,667 --> 00:27:54,433
that you were interested
in reopening the case.
547
00:27:54,500 --> 00:27:55,600
I went back downstairs
548
00:27:55,667 --> 00:27:58,600
and looked at any files
that we might have had.
549
00:27:58,667 --> 00:28:01,567
We had some information
that was received.
550
00:28:01,633 --> 00:28:04,600
We kind of
brought this back up to
the front burner for awhile.
551
00:28:08,567 --> 00:28:10,500
Melanie:
Once the case
was reopened,
552
00:28:10,567 --> 00:28:13,066
I asked the police about
a letter in Andy's file
553
00:28:13,133 --> 00:28:14,667
from 1989.
554
00:28:16,834 --> 00:28:18,767
It said there
was a prison inmate
555
00:28:18,834 --> 00:28:21,367
who had confessed
to the murder
of a Lawrence boy.
556
00:28:22,767 --> 00:28:25,100
There wasn't
much information
about the guy.
557
00:28:26,533 --> 00:28:29,467
All I knew was his name
was Charles Pierce.
558
00:28:29,533 --> 00:28:31,333
(microfilm whirring)
559
00:28:32,834 --> 00:28:36,700
I found out Charles Pierce
was a convicted necrophiliac.
560
00:28:36,767 --> 00:28:39,133
He had killed
a little girl in Boxford,
561
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,900
less than 10 miles from
where Andy disappeared.
562
00:28:44,033 --> 00:28:45,900
He was an itinerant
carnival worker
563
00:28:45,967 --> 00:28:48,266
connected to a series
of child murders
564
00:28:48,333 --> 00:28:50,100
across the country.
565
00:28:54,033 --> 00:28:56,033
Here was
a child murderer
566
00:28:56,100 --> 00:28:57,567
confessing to authorities
567
00:28:57,633 --> 00:29:00,166
about the murder of
a little boy from Lawrence
568
00:29:00,233 --> 00:29:02,867
and no one had been out
to question him about Andy.
569
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,500
The Mass Correctional
Institute in Shirley, please.
570
00:29:06,567 --> 00:29:09,166
It's called MCI, not the
Souza-Baranowski Center.
571
00:29:12,967 --> 00:29:16,633
Yes, I'm interested in
coming to see an inmate today,
572
00:29:16,700 --> 00:29:18,033
and I want to determine
573
00:29:18,100 --> 00:29:21,000
whether he's at the medium
security or the minimum.
574
00:29:22,066 --> 00:29:23,567
Charles Pierce.
575
00:29:24,567 --> 00:29:26,033
Mm-hmm.
576
00:29:27,033 --> 00:29:28,233
You don't have
anybody by the name
577
00:29:28,300 --> 00:29:30,033
Charles E. Pierce there?
578
00:29:31,066 --> 00:29:33,567
Yes, I hope so.
I'm trying to find an inmate
579
00:29:33,633 --> 00:29:35,367
that I'd like
to come visit today.
580
00:29:35,433 --> 00:29:37,967
I believe he's in
that house services unit,
but I'm not sure.
581
00:29:38,033 --> 00:29:41,633
His name,
Pierce, P-I-E-R-C-E,
first name, Charles.
582
00:29:45,567 --> 00:29:46,800
Really?
583
00:29:46,867 --> 00:29:49,333
Because last--
just last week
he was in the medium,
584
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,200
so there's no way
to find out where he is?
585
00:29:51,266 --> 00:29:53,367
(sighs)
586
00:29:53,433 --> 00:29:55,700
Hi, Sergeant Miranda.
587
00:29:55,767 --> 00:29:57,834
Hi, Sergeant Miranda,
I just spoke with you
a moment ago
588
00:29:57,900 --> 00:29:59,400
regarding Charles Pierce.
589
00:29:59,467 --> 00:30:01,066
Hi, my name's Melanie.
590
00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:03,600
I just called
the Souza-Baranowski,
591
00:30:03,667 --> 00:30:05,633
and they said they put him
into the computer,
592
00:30:05,700 --> 00:30:09,300
and he's listed as being
at MCI medium security.
593
00:30:09,367 --> 00:30:12,066
Oh, unbelievable.
594
00:30:14,467 --> 00:30:16,633
They say he's not there.
595
00:30:18,033 --> 00:30:19,500
Bye.
596
00:30:20,633 --> 00:30:22,166
Well, there goes that idea.
597
00:30:22,233 --> 00:30:24,066
I'm not gonna go
visit him today.
598
00:30:24,133 --> 00:30:26,133
Who knows where he is.
599
00:30:28,934 --> 00:30:31,467
Apparently,
he was in the morgue.
600
00:30:33,533 --> 00:30:37,433
Charles Pierce died
on February 18, 1999
601
00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:39,433
at 1:45 in the morning.
602
00:30:40,900 --> 00:30:43,300
After spending more
than 20 years in prison,
603
00:30:43,367 --> 00:30:45,600
he died of prostate cancer.
604
00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:49,734
But just hours before
Pierce died,
605
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,367
the Lawrence Police
finally went out
606
00:30:51,433 --> 00:30:54,000
and questioned him
about Andy.
607
00:30:54,066 --> 00:30:58,166
Announcer:
This is "The Ten O'Clock
News" on WB 56.
608
00:30:58,233 --> 00:31:01,600
Reporter:
He spent the past
two decades behind bars
609
00:31:01,667 --> 00:31:04,066
for the kidnapping
and murder of a little girl.
610
00:31:04,133 --> 00:31:05,967
Then just before
Charles Pierce died,
611
00:31:06,033 --> 00:31:07,467
he confessed to other murders
612
00:31:07,533 --> 00:31:10,333
and told police
where he buried the bodies.
613
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:11,934
Listening to him,
listening to him talk,
614
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,967
I believe that
he did kill kids.
615
00:31:14,033 --> 00:31:16,967
Where he killed them,
times he killed them,
616
00:31:17,033 --> 00:31:19,033
where he buried them,
don't know.
617
00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:21,400
This guy told me that
he would kill the kids
618
00:31:21,467 --> 00:31:22,900
and then have sex with them.
619
00:31:22,967 --> 00:31:24,600
Never put it in terms
of raping the kids.
620
00:31:24,667 --> 00:31:27,467
He always said that
he had sex with the kids.
621
00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:31,700
Mr. Pierce stated that he had
been over to the Higgins Pool
622
00:31:31,767 --> 00:31:35,000
to observe some of the young
children from time to time.
623
00:31:35,066 --> 00:31:38,467
I showed him a picture of Andy
that we had from the file.
624
00:31:38,533 --> 00:31:40,767
At that time,
he became upset with me
625
00:31:40,834 --> 00:31:44,233
and that's when he
no longer wanted to go on
626
00:31:44,300 --> 00:31:45,834
with the interview.
627
00:31:50,633 --> 00:31:52,800
Melanie:
Charles Pierce's
deathbed confession
628
00:31:52,867 --> 00:31:55,166
didn't lead directly to Andy.
629
00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:58,400
But it turns out
he was acquainted
630
00:31:58,467 --> 00:32:01,233
with another pedophile that
police had already considered
631
00:32:01,300 --> 00:32:04,467
a suspect in Andy's abduction,
632
00:32:04,533 --> 00:32:06,200
Wayne W. Chapman.
633
00:32:07,467 --> 00:32:09,800
Garvin:
He stated that he knew
Wayne Chapman.
634
00:32:09,867 --> 00:32:12,433
He said that Wayne Chapman
had been in the area.
635
00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:14,467
That he had
seen him frequently
636
00:32:14,533 --> 00:32:16,700
while Pierce was working
with carnivals
637
00:32:16,767 --> 00:32:19,700
and was working also
with Woolworths 5 and 10,
638
00:32:19,767 --> 00:32:21,033
which is on Essex Street
in Lawrence.
639
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:23,867
Melanie:
The Lawrence detective
640
00:32:23,934 --> 00:32:25,333
who worked on
Andy's original case,
641
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:29,266
Captain Fitzpatrick,
had since died.
642
00:32:29,333 --> 00:32:31,300
He reportedly believed
Wayne Chapman
643
00:32:31,367 --> 00:32:34,500
was the most likely suspect
in Andy's abduction,
644
00:32:34,567 --> 00:32:36,433
but I wasn't
really sure why.
645
00:32:39,433 --> 00:32:42,233
In 1976, Wayne Chapman
646
00:32:42,300 --> 00:32:45,633
was a 28-year-old janitor
from Rhode Island.
647
00:32:48,333 --> 00:32:51,367
On September 5,
he was arrested
in Waterloo, New York
648
00:32:51,433 --> 00:32:53,667
for a minor
traffic violation.
649
00:32:56,767 --> 00:32:59,000
On his dashboard,
in plain view,
650
00:32:59,066 --> 00:33:00,700
were dozens
of Polaroid pictures
651
00:33:00,767 --> 00:33:03,667
of naked children
in various poses.
652
00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:08,734
Police searched his van
653
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:11,133
and found a cache
of child pornography,
654
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:13,433
rope, tape,
655
00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:14,967
handcuffs,
656
00:33:15,033 --> 00:33:17,333
eight millimeter
home movies,
657
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:20,233
a fake police badge,
and starter pistol.
658
00:33:26,467 --> 00:33:28,300
Wayne Chapman
became a suspect
659
00:33:28,367 --> 00:33:30,100
in the disappearance
of several children.
660
00:33:33,967 --> 00:33:37,133
He was arrested
just two weeks
after Andy disappeared.
661
00:33:41,667 --> 00:33:43,667
Al Mintz:
I received a teletype
662
00:33:43,734 --> 00:33:46,734
that this individual
had been arrested
663
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:48,834
in upper state New York,
in Waterloo.
664
00:33:51,433 --> 00:33:54,767
After I interviewed several
children in Providence,
665
00:33:54,834 --> 00:33:57,300
the neighborhood
where Wayne had lived,
666
00:33:57,367 --> 00:34:01,200
we found out
that he had been involved
with sexual assaults,
667
00:34:01,266 --> 00:34:04,700
sexual encounters under
the pretense of running
668
00:34:04,767 --> 00:34:06,800
a 4-H group for children.
669
00:34:06,867 --> 00:34:08,633
I went on an
investigative trip
to New York
670
00:34:08,700 --> 00:34:10,500
to-- to interview him.
671
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:17,367
He talked about
a lot of towns
and a lot of places,
672
00:34:17,433 --> 00:34:21,133
and each place he was,
there were children involved.
673
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:23,900
And multiple children involved.
674
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,800
Melanie:
These are images
recorded by Chapman
675
00:34:30,867 --> 00:34:33,734
as he stalked children
in parks and playgrounds.
676
00:34:40,066 --> 00:34:42,667
Mintz:
You gotta remember
he's on the prowl,
677
00:34:42,734 --> 00:34:44,100
and he's mobile.
678
00:34:50,433 --> 00:34:53,834
He found a group of kids
in a park, for example--
679
00:34:53,900 --> 00:34:55,900
This is what he told me--
680
00:34:55,967 --> 00:34:58,600
He would go up like he was
in a panic and say to them,
681
00:34:58,667 --> 00:35:00,066
you know,
that he'd lost his dog,
682
00:35:00,133 --> 00:35:01,400
and it was a cute little dog.
683
00:35:01,467 --> 00:35:03,867
He usually described
a little white poodle.
684
00:35:03,934 --> 00:35:07,633
And he would say
he would give them
$5 or $2 or whatever
685
00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:10,033
to the kid
that helped him
find the dog.
686
00:35:10,100 --> 00:35:12,633
And then he would send
them off different--
687
00:35:12,700 --> 00:35:15,467
"You go this way.
You go this way.
You come with me,"
688
00:35:15,533 --> 00:35:17,100
and they would all go
in different directions
689
00:35:17,166 --> 00:35:18,467
while the rest is history.
690
00:35:18,533 --> 00:35:20,700
That kid that went with him
would be a victim.
691
00:35:29,834 --> 00:35:32,200
Melanie:
In August of 1975,
692
00:35:32,266 --> 00:35:34,667
the summer before
Andy was abducted,
693
00:35:34,734 --> 00:35:37,567
two boys were lured away
from the state pool in Lawrence
694
00:35:37,633 --> 00:35:39,967
and raped in
the nearby woods.
695
00:35:42,133 --> 00:35:45,533
The Lawrence police
were unable to solve
the crime at the time.
696
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,233
And unfortunately,
no one thought to warn
697
00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:49,700
the rest of the
neighborhood kids
698
00:35:49,767 --> 00:35:51,166
about the potential threat.
699
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,400
It wasn't until
Wayne Chapman's
random traffic arrest,
700
00:35:55,467 --> 00:35:57,133
more than a year later,
701
00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,767
that the boys finally got
to see his mug shot
702
00:35:59,834 --> 00:36:02,500
and identify him
as the man who raped them.
703
00:36:04,967 --> 00:36:08,300
Rape Victim:
Some guy came up and asked us
to help him find his dog.
704
00:36:08,367 --> 00:36:11,767
And, you know, the timing
was perfect, you know.
705
00:36:11,834 --> 00:36:14,100
There's two kids,
and we just happened to be
looking for money
706
00:36:14,166 --> 00:36:15,734
so that we could
do something.
707
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,700
And so of course
we said yeah, you know.
708
00:36:18,767 --> 00:36:20,400
And we didn't think
nothing of it.
709
00:36:20,467 --> 00:36:22,333
And there seemed to be a bunch
of other kids around,
710
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,166
and some of 'em
came over
711
00:36:24,233 --> 00:36:25,433
and stopped
and talked to the guy,
712
00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:27,400
so I figured, you know, they
were all looking for the dog,
713
00:36:27,467 --> 00:36:28,767
this guy's dog, too.
714
00:36:31,567 --> 00:36:33,767
Went up into
the woods and--
715
00:36:33,834 --> 00:36:35,166
you know,
that was probably
716
00:36:35,233 --> 00:36:37,400
the biggest mistake
I've ever made in my life.
717
00:36:40,467 --> 00:36:44,400
And I can still remember
begging to be let go
718
00:36:44,467 --> 00:36:46,066
through that
whole ordeal.
719
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,000
And-- and promising that
we wouldn't tell anybody.
720
00:36:51,066 --> 00:36:52,934
And him
telling us that,
721
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:54,600
"You better not tell anybody."
722
00:36:54,667 --> 00:36:57,033
And I can
still remember
723
00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:58,333
being face-down
on the ground
724
00:36:58,400 --> 00:36:59,867
and trying to pull
a rock out of the ground,
725
00:36:59,934 --> 00:37:01,533
and I couldn't get it.
726
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,200
Whether it was too far
in the ground or just fear,
727
00:37:04,266 --> 00:37:05,400
I don't know.
728
00:37:05,467 --> 00:37:07,533
Um...
729
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,867
You know, in all my life,
730
00:37:09,934 --> 00:37:12,400
I've never had
that kind of fear.
731
00:37:17,166 --> 00:37:20,000
I didn't want anything
to happen to my friend.
732
00:37:21,066 --> 00:37:23,066
That held me there mostly.
733
00:37:24,900 --> 00:37:28,166
Just the fear of knowing
that if I took off,
734
00:37:28,233 --> 00:37:29,800
he was gonna
end up dead.
735
00:37:34,367 --> 00:37:36,533
(leaves crunching,
sticks breaking)
736
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,000
While all this was going on,
I could hear, you know,
737
00:37:40,066 --> 00:37:43,033
a lot of noises in the woods
like somebody walking around
738
00:37:43,100 --> 00:37:45,700
or, you know,
sticks breaking
or a clicking noise.
739
00:37:47,867 --> 00:37:50,433
And it just seemed
that there was
somebody else up there.
740
00:37:56,934 --> 00:38:02,934
I can't really understand
why he let us go
741
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,934
when so often it doesn't
work out that way.
742
00:38:12,900 --> 00:38:14,500
Melanie:
In 1977,
743
00:38:14,567 --> 00:38:16,100
Wayne Chapman
was convicted of raping
744
00:38:16,166 --> 00:38:18,200
the two Lawrence boys
745
00:38:18,266 --> 00:38:21,000
and he became a suspect
in Andy's disappearance.
746
00:38:21,066 --> 00:38:23,533
Garvin:
Wayne W. Chapman
was considered a suspect
747
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,734
based on the crime that
he had been convicted
748
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:28,500
of committing
in the Lawrence area
749
00:38:28,567 --> 00:38:31,333
in such a close proximity
750
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,433
to where Andy Puglisi
had been reported missing.
751
00:38:36,734 --> 00:38:38,433
Melanie:
But Wayne Chapman
was never charged
752
00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:40,133
with Andy's abduction.
753
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,033
Instead he was convicted
for the rape of the two boys
754
00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:44,600
and was committed
indefinitely
755
00:38:44,667 --> 00:38:46,333
to the Massachusetts
Treatment Center
756
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:48,133
for the Sexually Dangerous--
757
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,734
A sort of mental hospital
for sex offenders.
758
00:38:51,867 --> 00:38:53,967
Chapman
was what we call
759
00:38:54,033 --> 00:38:57,533
a fixated
regressed pedophile.
760
00:38:58,900 --> 00:39:02,100
That means that
their main interest
761
00:39:02,166 --> 00:39:04,367
in sexual partners
762
00:39:04,433 --> 00:39:05,734
is children,
763
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,333
that it is compulsive,
764
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,100
and if on the street,
765
00:39:10,166 --> 00:39:12,667
the average fixated
regressed pedophile
766
00:39:12,734 --> 00:39:16,800
has between 400 and 500
different victims.
767
00:39:16,867 --> 00:39:21,266
I crawled
into this guy's head.
768
00:39:22,433 --> 00:39:25,533
I was able-- I was
the only one that was
able to get him to talk.
769
00:39:27,467 --> 00:39:32,300
He indicated that his father
was very cruel to him.
770
00:39:32,367 --> 00:39:34,967
He told me about
a bed-wetting
episode that he had
771
00:39:35,033 --> 00:39:37,033
where he would come in
and snatch him out of bed
772
00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:38,800
and take him out into
three or four feet of snow
773
00:39:38,867 --> 00:39:41,100
and make him just
stand there in the cold.
774
00:39:41,166 --> 00:39:42,300
And I found a plaque
775
00:39:42,367 --> 00:39:44,300
where he had won
perfect attendance in church
776
00:39:44,367 --> 00:39:46,667
when he was younger.
777
00:39:46,734 --> 00:39:48,400
But he also talked about
778
00:39:48,467 --> 00:39:50,834
some girls sexually
taking advantage of him
779
00:39:50,900 --> 00:39:53,767
when he was about
10 or 11 years old.
780
00:39:53,834 --> 00:39:58,133
In my opinion, Wayne Chapman
was a very crafty man
781
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:01,233
who was actually a lot smarter
than he presented.
782
00:40:02,633 --> 00:40:05,734
He liked to present
as kind of a victim,
783
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,000
as most pedophiles do.
784
00:40:08,066 --> 00:40:10,000
Wayne liked
to play the victim.
785
00:40:10,066 --> 00:40:13,700
But Wayne had a history
for being sadistic.
786
00:40:13,767 --> 00:40:16,567
He could be
very intimidating.
787
00:40:19,533 --> 00:40:21,166
Mintz:
I had searched his van
788
00:40:21,233 --> 00:40:23,934
and found a tape
of sort of a fantasy
789
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,800
where he was following
a school bus with children
790
00:40:26,867 --> 00:40:29,433
and fantasizing what he would
like to do and what he has done.
791
00:40:32,834 --> 00:40:34,934
(Chapman speaking)
792
00:41:41,367 --> 00:41:43,433
Mintz:
He was a predator,
793
00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:46,333
and he was a
very violent person.
794
00:41:49,133 --> 00:41:51,433
What we think is being
a violent assault
795
00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:54,433
he said was
an act of passion.
796
00:41:54,500 --> 00:41:56,700
Beyond what he thought
was an act of passion
797
00:41:56,767 --> 00:41:58,800
would have been he got
"a little carried away."
798
00:42:03,734 --> 00:42:05,433
Melanie:
There was a picture
in Chapman's van
799
00:42:05,500 --> 00:42:06,967
that looked like Andy
800
00:42:07,033 --> 00:42:10,667
along with another critical
piece of evidence.
801
00:42:10,734 --> 00:42:12,533
When Chapman
was arrested in New York,
802
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:15,033
the information I received
803
00:42:15,100 --> 00:42:16,533
was that there
was a bloody sock,
804
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,867
a bloody child's sock
in his possession.
805
00:42:20,700 --> 00:42:21,900
Mintz:
Andy's mother
was brought
806
00:42:21,967 --> 00:42:23,133
to the Providence
Police Station
807
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:24,867
by the Lawrence detectives.
808
00:42:24,934 --> 00:42:27,967
And, um, when his mother
observed those socks,
809
00:42:28,033 --> 00:42:31,767
she collapsed,
almost fainted.
810
00:42:31,834 --> 00:42:37,700
And she said those were
her daughter's socks,
811
00:42:37,767 --> 00:42:40,233
and the reason she knows
that those were the socks
812
00:42:40,300 --> 00:42:41,600
that Andy was wearing
813
00:42:41,667 --> 00:42:43,033
because they had
made fun of him that day
814
00:42:43,100 --> 00:42:44,934
that he'd gone to the pool
about wearing those winter
815
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:46,834
high-knee socks
going to the pool.
816
00:42:49,333 --> 00:42:52,066
Faith:
We drove down to the
Providence Police Department
817
00:42:52,133 --> 00:42:55,300
where Wayne Chapman
was being held.
818
00:42:55,367 --> 00:42:58,333
I felt like I could go there,
and I would look at this man,
819
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,400
and I would
figure it out, you know?
820
00:43:00,467 --> 00:43:01,867
"Did you hurt my child?"
821
00:43:01,934 --> 00:43:04,867
And I thought if he had
even a speck of conscience,
822
00:43:04,934 --> 00:43:06,767
he wouldn't be able
to turn me away.
823
00:43:08,300 --> 00:43:11,066
When we reached
Providence Police Department,
824
00:43:11,133 --> 00:43:12,934
everything kind of
blew up in our faces.
825
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,166
Civil Liberties Union
got involved.
826
00:43:15,233 --> 00:43:17,600
They said his rights
were being violated.
827
00:43:19,100 --> 00:43:21,967
We were
forbidden access,
828
00:43:22,033 --> 00:43:25,333
and when we left
Providence, you know,
829
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:27,867
the only thing we left with
that I remember
830
00:43:27,934 --> 00:43:31,734
were just one sock.
831
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:35,467
One navy blue knee sock
832
00:43:35,533 --> 00:43:36,967
that looked
like a little girls.
833
00:43:37,033 --> 00:43:39,433
It had a stain on it that
could possibly be blood.
834
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:46,367
Melanie:
I turned out the picture
in Chapman's van wasn't Andy.
835
00:43:46,433 --> 00:43:48,233
The Lawrence police
took the bloody sock
836
00:43:48,300 --> 00:43:49,700
back to Massachusetts.
837
00:43:50,667 --> 00:43:52,867
They sent it to
the state police crime lab
838
00:43:52,934 --> 00:43:54,934
where it sat
for more than 20 years.
839
00:43:57,133 --> 00:43:59,400
In the '70s, a bloody sock
was just a bloody sock.
840
00:43:59,467 --> 00:44:01,967
But obviously today,
it has a lot more importance.
841
00:44:02,033 --> 00:44:03,934
It can have DNA evidence in it.
842
00:44:05,233 --> 00:44:08,734
We have been unable to
locate the sock in New York,
843
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:10,967
Rhode Island,
or in Massachusetts.
844
00:44:11,033 --> 00:44:14,633
Evidence is usually
discarded or destroyed
845
00:44:14,700 --> 00:44:18,233
or given back
to victims...
846
00:44:18,300 --> 00:44:19,533
for a lot of reasons.
847
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:21,200
There's no solvability
factor to 'em.
848
00:44:21,266 --> 00:44:23,033
There's just no place
to store it.
849
00:44:23,100 --> 00:44:26,834
I mean, you'd need
warehouses of it to store it.
850
00:44:26,900 --> 00:44:28,533
It's just not practical.
851
00:44:32,033 --> 00:44:34,066
Melanie:
With Captain
Fitzpatrick gone,
852
00:44:34,133 --> 00:44:35,433
there was
no one left to explain
853
00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:37,533
inconsistencies
in Andy's file.
854
00:44:39,233 --> 00:44:41,033
There was a letter
from the Providence police
855
00:44:41,100 --> 00:44:44,066
that said Chapman was working
the day Andy disappeared.
856
00:44:44,133 --> 00:44:47,767
Mintz:
His employment was
a hospital in Providence,
857
00:44:47,834 --> 00:44:51,333
and he was sort of
on the janitorial staff.
858
00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:55,333
And one of his functions
was he worked the incinerator
859
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:57,533
where he incinerated
lab animals.
860
00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:01,834
And that was a little--
a little eerie.
861
00:45:03,500 --> 00:45:06,033
Melanie:
Then there were
Chapman's timesheets.
862
00:45:07,367 --> 00:45:09,100
According to hospital records,
863
00:45:09,166 --> 00:45:11,567
he wasn't working the day
Andy disappeared.
864
00:45:14,367 --> 00:45:16,300
There was a memo
in Andy's file
865
00:45:16,367 --> 00:45:18,700
that said there
were six eyewitnesses
866
00:45:18,767 --> 00:45:21,066
putting someone
who resembled Wayne Chapman
867
00:45:21,133 --> 00:45:24,100
with Andy
at the pool that day,
868
00:45:24,166 --> 00:45:27,133
and that the Lawrence police
were going to issue
a murder warrant.
869
00:45:29,100 --> 00:45:31,266
I'm aware of a person
fitting the description
870
00:45:31,333 --> 00:45:32,734
of Wayne W. Chapman,
871
00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:35,200
uh, being placed at the pool
872
00:45:35,266 --> 00:45:37,767
by-- by several
potential witnesses,
873
00:45:37,834 --> 00:45:39,500
uh, who were interviewed
874
00:45:39,567 --> 00:45:43,066
a short time after, uh,
Andy disappeared.
875
00:45:43,133 --> 00:45:44,667
Melanie:
So that would
be another reason
876
00:45:44,734 --> 00:45:45,967
that he would be
considered a suspect?
877
00:45:46,033 --> 00:45:48,066
That would be a very
appropriate reason
878
00:45:48,133 --> 00:45:50,033
why he would be considered
a suspect, yes.
879
00:45:53,734 --> 00:45:55,333
Melanie:
A lifeguard
identifies Chapman
880
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:57,834
from photos
police showed her.
881
00:45:57,900 --> 00:46:00,934
She says he had
the strangest eyes
she'd ever seen,
882
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:02,633
and that he came back
the next day
883
00:46:02,700 --> 00:46:05,400
asking why people
were searching the area.
884
00:46:08,633 --> 00:46:11,000
A mother reports her
two young daughters
885
00:46:11,066 --> 00:46:13,367
saw a man fitting
Chapman's description
886
00:46:13,433 --> 00:46:15,433
follow Andy into
the boy's locker room
887
00:46:15,500 --> 00:46:17,033
and out of the pool.
888
00:46:22,867 --> 00:46:25,533
There were a lot of children
who were witnesses that day.
889
00:46:26,767 --> 00:46:28,700
But either the police
didn't believe them
890
00:46:28,767 --> 00:46:30,900
or didn't think to
question them at the time.
891
00:46:33,667 --> 00:46:36,900
I was leaving the pool,
892
00:46:36,967 --> 00:46:41,367
and, um, I noticed that
my bike was gone,
893
00:46:41,433 --> 00:46:44,967
which actually it wasn't--
it was my sister's bike,
894
00:46:45,033 --> 00:46:46,266
so if I had lost that,
895
00:46:46,333 --> 00:46:48,200
then I would
have been dead.
896
00:46:48,266 --> 00:46:51,266
In that time,
there was this guy.
897
00:46:51,333 --> 00:46:54,567
He kept asking me if I could
go help him look for a dog,
898
00:46:54,633 --> 00:46:57,767
and I kept telling him no,
that I couldn't,
899
00:46:57,834 --> 00:47:00,200
because my bike
was stolen.
900
00:47:00,266 --> 00:47:01,834
And this guy,
901
00:47:01,900 --> 00:47:03,934
who was still
basically bugging me
902
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,166
to help him
go look for his dog
903
00:47:06,233 --> 00:47:09,333
just started
to ask other kids,
904
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:11,433
and Andy, unfortunately,
told the guy
905
00:47:11,500 --> 00:47:13,700
that he would go
help him look for the dog.
906
00:47:21,567 --> 00:47:24,033
Mintz:
I was digging through
907
00:47:24,100 --> 00:47:27,233
some old files
and boxes and stuff,
908
00:47:27,300 --> 00:47:30,200
and I found tapes,
audio tapes,
909
00:47:30,266 --> 00:47:33,567
where I'm actually interviewing
Chapman, talking to Chapman.
910
00:47:33,633 --> 00:47:36,033
(tape squeaks)
911
00:47:37,433 --> 00:47:40,133
(indistinct chatter on tape)
912
00:47:42,333 --> 00:47:44,367
This is in Waterloo,
New York.
913
00:47:44,433 --> 00:47:46,033
Melanie:
And when was this?
914
00:47:46,100 --> 00:47:47,800
Mintz:
1976.
915
00:48:04,233 --> 00:48:05,567
Mintz:
Mm-hmm.
916
00:48:06,667 --> 00:48:08,200
(Chapman continues speaking)
917
00:49:16,066 --> 00:49:18,100
(tape ends)
918
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:25,533
Melanie:
When Wayne Chapman
was talking to Al Mintz,
919
00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:27,767
he was under the influence
of sodium amytal,
920
00:49:27,834 --> 00:49:29,834
truth serum.
921
00:49:29,900 --> 00:49:32,033
And though he didn't
mention names,
922
00:49:32,100 --> 00:49:34,900
and insisted he wasn't
talking about Lawrence,
923
00:49:34,967 --> 00:49:37,734
he was specific
about certain details
924
00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:40,233
including taking
a boy from a pool
925
00:49:40,300 --> 00:49:42,834
next to a gravel yard,
river, and highway
926
00:49:42,900 --> 00:49:44,934
with a much younger child.
927
00:49:47,867 --> 00:49:51,400
A 1982 newspaper article
mentions a younger child.
928
00:49:53,133 --> 00:49:55,600
In the article,
Mike Carelli said the boy
929
00:49:55,667 --> 00:49:58,033
describes
Wayne Chapman to a "T."
930
00:49:58,100 --> 00:50:00,300
Even down to the scar
over his eye.
931
00:50:03,633 --> 00:50:06,333
It took several years
to find this little boy
932
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:09,033
and convince him to tell me
what happened that day.
933
00:50:11,533 --> 00:50:15,100
Ray Clarke:
We were leaving the pool,
Andy and myself.
934
00:50:15,166 --> 00:50:17,467
We were going towards
the stadium projects.
935
00:50:17,533 --> 00:50:21,000
There was this guy
in front of the state pool
936
00:50:21,066 --> 00:50:24,467
who said, "Can you
help me find my dog?"
937
00:50:25,834 --> 00:50:27,533
Andy said, "Sure."
938
00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:31,033
So this guy pointed
to the back
of the state pool.
939
00:50:31,100 --> 00:50:32,900
He said,
"You two go that way,
940
00:50:32,967 --> 00:50:34,333
and I go up this way."
941
00:50:35,834 --> 00:50:38,400
Andy grabbed my hand,
942
00:50:38,467 --> 00:50:41,967
and we went all the way
down to the back
943
00:50:42,033 --> 00:50:43,667
calling this dog.
944
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:50,734
We started to walk back
towards the state pool.
945
00:50:52,867 --> 00:50:55,233
We took a few steps,
946
00:50:55,300 --> 00:50:57,200
and then
he told me to run.
947
00:50:57,266 --> 00:50:59,133
He said, "Go. Run,"
948
00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:01,667
and I didn't know
what was going on.
949
00:51:01,734 --> 00:51:03,800
He started pushing
on my back.
950
00:51:03,867 --> 00:51:05,467
So I'm running.
951
00:51:05,533 --> 00:51:07,166
As I got up
the path a little bit,
952
00:51:07,233 --> 00:51:10,533
I could see
a couple people on the
right side in the woods.
953
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:14,533
Well, he started to push me.
"Go, go, go."
954
00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:16,834
Those people had
to move in the bush.
955
00:51:16,900 --> 00:51:19,767
And they were starting to go
towards the path where we were.
956
00:51:20,734 --> 00:51:23,734
And he was scared.
He was really scared.
I could tell.
957
00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:27,900
He was, like, trying
to get me to go faster.
958
00:51:27,967 --> 00:51:30,033
And I fell.
I kept falling.
959
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:33,500
He could have easily
just ran away from me
960
00:51:33,567 --> 00:51:35,433
and left me there stranded.
961
00:51:35,500 --> 00:51:38,700
But I could still feel him
pushing on my back.
962
00:51:41,367 --> 00:51:44,233
When I got to
the top of the hill,
963
00:51:44,300 --> 00:51:46,633
I turned to look,
and he was gone.
964
00:51:53,934 --> 00:51:55,867
I went back
down the hill.
965
00:51:57,834 --> 00:52:01,834
And I saw--
I saw Andy on a rock,
966
00:52:01,900 --> 00:52:03,533
and two people
were holding him--
967
00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:05,000
holding him down.
968
00:52:05,066 --> 00:52:06,567
I couldn't
see their faces,
969
00:52:06,633 --> 00:52:08,433
but he was crying
and screaming.
970
00:52:10,767 --> 00:52:13,467
And I'm calling for him,
but he's not looking at me.
971
00:52:13,533 --> 00:52:16,500
You know, and Andy--
I could see Andy screaming.
972
00:52:16,567 --> 00:52:19,200
I could see him screaming
at the top of his lungs,
973
00:52:19,266 --> 00:52:21,567
and I couldn't do anything.
974
00:52:21,633 --> 00:52:23,367
I didn't know
what to do.
975
00:52:25,467 --> 00:52:27,367
And it felt like I was
standing there forever.
976
00:52:27,433 --> 00:52:30,533
But, you know,
it was a matter of minutes.
977
00:52:30,600 --> 00:52:32,333
Felt like an eternity.
978
00:52:35,033 --> 00:52:36,467
Wanted to get help,
979
00:52:36,533 --> 00:52:38,400
but there was nobody
there to help him.
980
00:52:39,667 --> 00:52:41,767
I just started to run
back up the hill.
981
00:52:44,700 --> 00:52:46,467
There was no one else
in the pool really.
982
00:52:46,533 --> 00:52:48,800
It was,like,closed up.
983
00:52:48,867 --> 00:52:50,367
No one even
knew I was there.
984
00:52:50,433 --> 00:52:52,367
I was just standing there
crying, yelling for him.
985
00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:55,934
I kept calling for him
and calling for him.
986
00:53:05,100 --> 00:53:07,700
Melanie:
Ray was so traumatized
by what he witnessed
987
00:53:07,767 --> 00:53:09,000
that it took six years
988
00:53:09,066 --> 00:53:11,433
before he was able to tell
his story to the police.
989
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:14,834
To this day,
he's convinced
990
00:53:14,900 --> 00:53:16,333
the man
in front of the pool
991
00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:17,667
set him and Andy up
992
00:53:17,734 --> 00:53:19,734
for the other
two men in the woods.
993
00:53:21,700 --> 00:53:24,133
There were no police reports
in Andy's file
994
00:53:24,200 --> 00:53:25,533
about Ray's testimony.
995
00:53:27,133 --> 00:53:28,567
This was the first time
I'd heard
996
00:53:28,633 --> 00:53:30,633
that there could have been
more than one person involved
997
00:53:30,700 --> 00:53:32,066
in Andy's abduction.
998
00:53:41,633 --> 00:53:43,233
In 1999,
999
00:53:43,300 --> 00:53:44,734
two men sent me a letter
1000
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:46,667
that said when they were kids,
1001
00:53:46,734 --> 00:53:47,967
they had seen
what they called
1002
00:53:48,033 --> 00:53:49,633
a shallow grave
in the woods
1003
00:53:49,700 --> 00:53:51,066
near where
Andy disappeared.
1004
00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:53,734
When I met with them,
1005
00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:55,166
I found their story
compelling enough
1006
00:53:55,233 --> 00:53:57,467
that I asked Jack Garvin
to bring cadaver dogs
1007
00:53:57,533 --> 00:53:59,166
to the south Lawrence area.
1008
00:54:03,066 --> 00:54:05,567
Melanie:
At the time,
this was all woods here.
1009
00:54:05,633 --> 00:54:08,567
But there was still
the drive that it's--
1010
00:54:08,633 --> 00:54:10,567
You know how we had to go around
the school to get here?
1011
00:54:10,633 --> 00:54:12,900
Before that was a street
that just came right down
from the pool.
1012
00:54:12,967 --> 00:54:14,433
Prophet Street
was open.
1013
00:54:14,500 --> 00:54:15,834
You could just drive
right down here.
1014
00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:20,600
And they said it might
have been within 20 feet.
1015
00:54:20,667 --> 00:54:21,900
They said they know
it was on a rise,
1016
00:54:21,967 --> 00:54:23,567
so it might've been
right over where
that tree is
1017
00:54:23,633 --> 00:54:25,533
or it was right in this part.
1018
00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:27,633
They said it was a 4x6.
1019
00:54:27,700 --> 00:54:31,367
♪♪
1020
00:54:31,433 --> 00:54:33,033
(barks)
1021
00:55:00,433 --> 00:55:03,200
(barking)
1022
00:55:17,100 --> 00:55:18,934
(barking continues)
1023
00:55:34,367 --> 00:55:36,333
Melanie:
This dog was
the first of three dogs
1024
00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:38,867
brought out within
a two-month period.
1025
00:55:40,900 --> 00:55:43,433
All three dogs reacted
in the same area.
1026
00:55:46,133 --> 00:55:48,633
Kathy Barrett:
Oh, he committed himself.
He's into odor.
1027
00:55:48,700 --> 00:55:52,500
It's either human blood,
human decomposition, human bone.
1028
00:55:52,567 --> 00:55:54,867
Garvin:
The nutrients of a decomposing
body would flow downhill.
1029
00:55:54,934 --> 00:55:57,233
The tree might have
picked it up.
1030
00:55:57,300 --> 00:55:59,567
Sometime very
very soon, I hope,
1031
00:55:59,633 --> 00:56:03,467
we'll be able to, uh,
to probe the area
with some ground radar.
1032
00:56:16,700 --> 00:56:19,100
Melanie:
Jack Garvin brought in
Dr. AnneMarie Mires
1033
00:56:19,166 --> 00:56:21,233
from the Mass. Medical
Examiner's office.
1034
00:56:21,300 --> 00:56:22,667
Mires:
See it?
1035
00:56:22,734 --> 00:56:25,433
Melanie:
She's been instrumental
in recovering the remains
1036
00:56:25,500 --> 00:56:27,734
of several missing children
in Massachusetts.
1037
00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:30,667
Willing hands?
Willing hands?
1038
00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:36,767
What researchers have found
is that it's not uncommon
1039
00:56:36,834 --> 00:56:39,300
for children and individuals
to be dumped
1040
00:56:39,367 --> 00:56:42,100
within a five-mile radius
of where they were abducted.
1041
00:56:42,166 --> 00:56:43,667
Okay.
1042
00:56:43,734 --> 00:56:46,800
If you hit anything or hear
anything that goes crunch, stop.
1043
00:56:49,600 --> 00:56:54,000
We have decided
to excavate a small area
1044
00:56:54,066 --> 00:56:56,700
that appeared to have
already been disturbed.
1045
00:56:56,767 --> 00:56:59,100
It looked like it was
the size of a small grave.
1046
00:57:01,233 --> 00:57:04,100
Melanie:
Ground penetrating radar
is the most efficient way
1047
00:57:04,166 --> 00:57:06,100
to search a large area
for human remains.
1048
00:57:07,767 --> 00:57:10,133
But on the day the team
was scheduled to go out,
1049
00:57:10,200 --> 00:57:11,900
the equipment
wasn't available.
1050
00:57:11,967 --> 00:57:13,533
So we don't have
unlimited resources.
1051
00:57:13,600 --> 00:57:14,934
We don't have
unlimited time.
1052
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:17,667
So you have to utilize
what you can.
1053
00:57:17,734 --> 00:57:19,033
We started with informants.
1054
00:57:19,100 --> 00:57:20,967
We started
with a likely spot.
1055
00:57:22,667 --> 00:57:23,800
Melanie:
While it may
not have been
1056
00:57:23,867 --> 00:57:26,200
the most effective way
to search for Andy.
1057
00:57:26,266 --> 00:57:28,800
I was just glad anyone was
even looking for him at all.
1058
00:57:30,100 --> 00:57:31,400
Mires:
What do you got?
1059
00:57:34,066 --> 00:57:36,433
This is wood.
You can see that it's wood.
1060
00:57:36,500 --> 00:57:38,567
Bone would be
hollow in the center,
1061
00:57:38,633 --> 00:57:40,567
but size, texture--
1062
00:57:40,633 --> 00:57:42,066
That's what he
would be looking for.
1063
00:57:42,133 --> 00:57:43,500
And they were probably--
1064
00:57:43,567 --> 00:57:46,700
The only small bones that you'd
have like this are in the hands,
1065
00:57:46,767 --> 00:57:50,433
right, and in the feet
for a child.
1066
00:57:51,934 --> 00:57:53,066
(indistinct chatter)
1067
00:57:59,800 --> 00:58:02,734
This looked like an edge
of something.
1068
00:58:02,800 --> 00:58:05,066
-Plywood.
-Mires:
It looks like finished wood.
1069
00:58:05,133 --> 00:58:08,133
Doesn't look like
a bone to me.
1070
00:58:09,433 --> 00:58:11,433
Let's hope it's not
an old coffin.
1071
00:58:17,100 --> 00:58:18,400
We got--
we got wood.
1072
00:58:18,467 --> 00:58:20,300
We got some sort
of rotten wood.
1073
00:58:20,367 --> 00:58:21,533
We'll see.
1074
00:58:21,600 --> 00:58:22,834
(camera clicks)
1075
00:58:22,900 --> 00:58:24,834
This is what old coffins
look like, though.
1076
00:58:24,900 --> 00:58:26,800
That's all that's
left of them.
1077
00:58:28,033 --> 00:58:30,700
Okay, let's just get
this stuff down and out.
1078
00:58:31,967 --> 00:58:33,900
Take a picture of this.
1079
00:58:35,500 --> 00:58:36,900
Melanie:
They kept digging,
1080
00:58:38,066 --> 00:58:39,967
and the piece of wood
was taken out.
1081
00:58:41,633 --> 00:58:43,033
It wasn't a coffin.
1082
00:58:43,100 --> 00:58:45,467
It was just an
old piece of wood.
1083
00:58:47,066 --> 00:58:49,300
♪♪
1084
00:58:53,333 --> 00:58:55,100
There definitely
was a pit here.
1085
00:58:56,166 --> 00:58:57,900
Was there a body in it? No.
1086
00:58:59,166 --> 00:59:01,767
Could there have been
at one time?
1087
00:59:01,834 --> 00:59:04,467
Maybe, you know.
1088
00:59:04,533 --> 00:59:06,500
Hopefully, we'll see
something with the soils,
1089
00:59:06,567 --> 00:59:08,800
but we may, we may not.
1090
00:59:09,800 --> 00:59:13,567
Awful disappointing
just knowing
that's what happens
1091
00:59:13,633 --> 00:59:14,734
when a body decomposes
1092
00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:16,433
is that it does leave
a depression in the ground
1093
00:59:16,500 --> 00:59:17,800
a lot of times.
1094
00:59:17,867 --> 00:59:19,734
So there's a good chance
1095
00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:21,400
something might
have been here...
1096
00:59:21,467 --> 00:59:22,767
at one time.
1097
00:59:31,133 --> 00:59:33,600
♪♪
1098
00:59:48,934 --> 00:59:50,900
Melanie:
There was
no where else to go.
1099
00:59:53,066 --> 00:59:54,633
I sent Wayne Chapman
a letter
1100
00:59:54,700 --> 00:59:56,166
asking for an interview.
1101
00:59:57,633 --> 00:59:58,900
(helicopter blades whirring)
1102
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:03,467
By classifying Chapman as
a sexually dangerous person
1103
01:00:03,533 --> 01:00:05,467
for the rape
of the Lawrence boys,
1104
01:00:05,533 --> 01:00:07,266
the police had been able
to get him committed
1105
01:00:07,333 --> 01:00:08,667
to the treatment center
1106
01:00:08,734 --> 01:00:09,934
where they thought
he would stay
1107
01:00:10,000 --> 01:00:11,633
for the rest of his life.
1108
01:00:14,767 --> 01:00:17,633
But Wayne Chapman
was no longer
at the treatment center.
1109
01:00:19,333 --> 01:00:21,667
He hired two
private psychiatrists,
1110
01:00:21,734 --> 01:00:23,367
who, in 1991,
1111
01:00:23,433 --> 01:00:25,133
testified on his behalf
1112
01:00:25,200 --> 01:00:27,533
that he was no longer
sexually dangerous.
1113
01:00:28,934 --> 01:00:30,767
The court ruled
in Chapman's favor,
1114
01:00:30,834 --> 01:00:33,100
and he was transferred
to a local prison.
1115
01:00:38,200 --> 01:00:40,300
We corresponded
for a little while.
1116
01:00:42,467 --> 01:00:44,667
He asked me for
my home phone number,
1117
01:00:44,734 --> 01:00:46,300
which I didn't feel
comfortable giving him.
1118
01:00:49,200 --> 01:00:50,800
He said he didn't
have anything to do
1119
01:00:50,867 --> 01:00:52,400
with Andy's
disappearance
1120
01:00:52,467 --> 01:00:54,633
and that he didn't know
anything about Lawrence.
1121
01:00:58,567 --> 01:01:00,700
He wanted to know whether
he would have to register
1122
01:01:00,767 --> 01:01:02,533
as a sex offender,
1123
01:01:02,600 --> 01:01:05,300
and which states didn't have
a sex offender registry.
1124
01:01:08,133 --> 01:01:10,867
And he agreed to
an on-camera interview.
1125
01:01:14,900 --> 01:01:16,734
But the day before
I was going to see him,
1126
01:01:16,800 --> 01:01:19,133
Chapman changed his mind
about the camera crew.
1127
01:01:20,667 --> 01:01:22,800
I was told that if
I wanted to talk to him,
1128
01:01:22,867 --> 01:01:24,533
I had to go in alone.
1129
01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:31,533
Wayne Chapman
is, like, 6'4",
1130
01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:33,767
and I'm 5'1".
1131
01:01:33,834 --> 01:01:35,834
And he sat down
right next to me.
1132
01:01:38,633 --> 01:01:40,200
I asked him about Andy.
1133
01:01:41,433 --> 01:01:42,800
And he said again
1134
01:01:42,867 --> 01:01:44,033
he didn't have
anything to do
1135
01:01:44,100 --> 01:01:45,567
with Andy's disappearance
1136
01:01:45,633 --> 01:01:47,834
and he didn't know
anything about Lawrence.
1137
01:01:50,300 --> 01:01:53,533
I had to remind him
the reason he was in jail
1138
01:01:53,600 --> 01:01:56,100
was because he had
raped two boys in Lawrence.
1139
01:02:01,300 --> 01:02:03,166
What was pretty scary to me
1140
01:02:03,233 --> 01:02:06,200
was I would not have
known him on the street,
1141
01:02:06,266 --> 01:02:08,400
and I had stared
at his picture.
1142
01:02:11,367 --> 01:02:13,834
I wouldn't have
known him on the street.
1143
01:02:19,633 --> 01:02:22,266
He's an
older-looking guy now.
1144
01:02:22,333 --> 01:02:25,400
His beard's white,
his hair's white.
1145
01:02:28,400 --> 01:02:29,834
And his eyes
were like something
1146
01:02:29,900 --> 01:02:31,867
I had never seen
in my life before.
1147
01:02:34,166 --> 01:02:36,567
There was just
nothing behind them.
1148
01:02:41,300 --> 01:02:42,734
There was no doubt in my mind
1149
01:02:42,800 --> 01:02:44,834
Wayne Chapman
knew where Andy was.
1150
01:02:47,333 --> 01:02:49,900
But he said his lawyer
told him not to talk to me.
1151
01:02:52,266 --> 01:02:54,367
Garvin:
Wayne Chapman had petitioned
to go before the court
1152
01:02:54,433 --> 01:02:56,300
and, uh, be deemed
1153
01:02:56,367 --> 01:02:58,433
no longer a sexually
dangerous person.
1154
01:02:58,500 --> 01:03:01,533
He succeeded in this
some time ago.
1155
01:03:01,600 --> 01:03:03,600
This time
he's eligible for parole
1156
01:03:03,667 --> 01:03:05,433
and in a very
short period of time.
1157
01:03:07,734 --> 01:03:08,867
There's a probability
1158
01:03:08,934 --> 01:03:11,734
that Chapman will be out
on the streets very soon.
1159
01:03:14,200 --> 01:03:15,934
Erickson:
I would never
have recommended
1160
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:17,967
Wayne Chapman
for release,
1161
01:03:18,033 --> 01:03:20,400
and he knew that.
1162
01:03:20,467 --> 01:03:22,900
He found people
who would.
1163
01:03:22,967 --> 01:03:24,867
Melanie:
Are you predicting
that when he's released,
1164
01:03:24,934 --> 01:03:26,100
he's gonna hurt another--
1165
01:03:26,166 --> 01:03:28,400
Oh, I'm certain he's gonna
hurt somebody when he gets out.
1166
01:03:28,467 --> 01:03:30,567
There's no reason
he wouldn't.
1167
01:03:30,633 --> 01:03:33,400
What has changed
for Wayne Chapman?
1168
01:03:33,467 --> 01:03:35,200
What has changed?
1169
01:03:36,233 --> 01:03:38,300
Time doesn't cure this.
1170
01:03:38,367 --> 01:03:40,166
Sitting in a prison
reading a Bible
1171
01:03:40,233 --> 01:03:41,734
does not cure
sex offenders.
1172
01:03:42,800 --> 01:03:45,500
Mintz:
I was assured
that if he was deemed
1173
01:03:45,567 --> 01:03:47,033
a sexually
dangerous person
1174
01:03:47,100 --> 01:03:48,734
that he would not
come out of prison.
1175
01:03:48,800 --> 01:03:51,000
He would be in
an institution forever.
1176
01:03:51,066 --> 01:03:53,000
The Lawrence police
did not prosecute
1177
01:03:53,066 --> 01:03:57,333
or try to bring up evidence
against him in Andy's abduction
1178
01:03:57,400 --> 01:04:00,266
because they felt
like Chapman had
been sentenced to life
1179
01:04:00,333 --> 01:04:01,934
in the treatment center.
1180
01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:03,500
Every single
one of 'em told me,
1181
01:04:03,567 --> 01:04:06,033
"Oh, he was
sent away for life.
He's never getting out."
1182
01:04:06,100 --> 01:04:07,233
Mintz:
I believe
1183
01:04:07,300 --> 01:04:09,300
that Wayne Chapman
should have been
1184
01:04:09,367 --> 01:04:10,900
placed before the courts,
1185
01:04:10,967 --> 01:04:13,433
at least before
a grand jury,
1186
01:04:13,500 --> 01:04:16,433
for the abduction and murder
of Andy Puglisi.
1187
01:04:17,667 --> 01:04:21,066
That he could have been
tried and convicted
1188
01:04:21,133 --> 01:04:24,233
based on
circumstantial evidence.
1189
01:04:26,500 --> 01:04:28,867
♪♪
1190
01:04:32,100 --> 01:04:34,100
(indistinct children chattering)
1191
01:04:36,166 --> 01:04:38,533
Melanie:
If child molesters
gravitate to areas
1192
01:04:38,600 --> 01:04:40,800
where children
are easily preyed upon,
1193
01:04:40,867 --> 01:04:42,200
then the state pool
in Lawrence
1194
01:04:42,266 --> 01:04:44,834
was a pedophile's
paradise.
1195
01:04:44,900 --> 01:04:46,400
(water splashes)
1196
01:04:47,367 --> 01:04:50,033
On a hot
summer day in 1976,
1197
01:04:50,100 --> 01:04:52,033
there were typically
200 to 300 kids
1198
01:04:52,100 --> 01:04:53,533
swimming in the pool.
1199
01:04:54,867 --> 01:04:56,633
Across the street
in the projects,
1200
01:04:56,700 --> 01:04:58,467
there was another
couple hundred kids.
1201
01:04:58,533 --> 01:05:00,133
(water splashing)
1202
01:05:00,200 --> 01:05:02,467
Next to that was
a junior high school
1203
01:05:02,533 --> 01:05:04,533
and an elementary school...
1204
01:05:06,066 --> 01:05:08,233
all within easy access
to the highway.
1205
01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:17,500
But as it turns out,
1206
01:05:17,567 --> 01:05:19,600
at the time
Andy was abducted,
1207
01:05:19,667 --> 01:05:21,667
there was a movement within
the city of Lawrence
1208
01:05:21,734 --> 01:05:24,567
to zone the downtown area
as a red light district.
1209
01:05:26,300 --> 01:05:28,266
♪♪
1210
01:05:28,333 --> 01:05:30,133
Several bookstores
had been raided
1211
01:05:30,200 --> 01:05:31,467
for selling pornography,
1212
01:05:31,533 --> 01:05:33,767
and a number of local people
had been arrested.
1213
01:05:36,433 --> 01:05:38,600
In fact, the guy
that worked at the store
1214
01:05:38,667 --> 01:05:40,667
where Andy
and I bought candy,
1215
01:05:40,734 --> 01:05:43,033
was arrested for selling
child pornography.
1216
01:05:44,934 --> 01:05:47,166
(indistinct chatter)
1217
01:05:47,233 --> 01:05:49,166
It was clear to me:
1218
01:05:49,233 --> 01:05:52,500
Wayne Chapman was part
of a larger community.
1219
01:05:52,567 --> 01:05:54,867
There were five
known child molesters
1220
01:05:54,934 --> 01:05:57,533
at the pool that day.
1221
01:05:57,600 --> 01:05:58,900
Reporter:
The police
told you that?
1222
01:05:58,967 --> 01:06:01,400
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Yeah, they were there.
1223
01:06:01,467 --> 01:06:02,834
They said they weren't
breaking any laws,
1224
01:06:02,900 --> 01:06:05,200
so there was nothing they
could do about it, you know,
1225
01:06:05,266 --> 01:06:07,600
but there was all those
children laying prey.
1226
01:06:07,667 --> 01:06:09,867
(indistinct
children chattering)
1227
01:06:09,934 --> 01:06:13,633
There's abundant evidence
the pedophiles do communicate
1228
01:06:13,700 --> 01:06:15,433
with people
of like interest.
1229
01:06:15,500 --> 01:06:17,133
There's abundant effort--
1230
01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:21,300
evidence that there's a trading
of child pornography.
1231
01:06:21,367 --> 01:06:25,633
In many ways,
there is a kind of
collector mentality.
1232
01:06:25,700 --> 01:06:28,633
They trade
images of children
1233
01:06:28,700 --> 01:06:31,100
like kids would trade
baseball cards.
1234
01:06:31,166 --> 01:06:33,266
♪♪
1235
01:06:36,266 --> 01:06:38,734
Melanie:
Just a few days
before Andy disappeared,
1236
01:06:38,800 --> 01:06:41,166
he brought this Polaroid
picture to his mother.
1237
01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:46,934
He told her it was
one of several pictures
1238
01:06:47,000 --> 01:06:49,100
a strange man had
asked him to pose for.
1239
01:06:53,467 --> 01:06:56,300
I asked the police to check
the photo for fingerprints.
1240
01:06:58,934 --> 01:07:00,767
But after 28 years,
1241
01:07:00,834 --> 01:07:02,533
there was only a
smudged thumb print
1242
01:07:02,600 --> 01:07:04,033
on the photo's edge.
1243
01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:15,066
Garvin:
I believe there is
an underworld of pedophiles.
1244
01:07:15,133 --> 01:07:18,100
Some people who do work
in concert with others
1245
01:07:18,166 --> 01:07:19,934
who do tell
their exploits to others
1246
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:22,333
and maybe help each other
1247
01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:27,033
as far as farming the victims
from one to another.
1248
01:07:27,100 --> 01:07:29,467
Not only is there a community
of these individuals,
1249
01:07:29,533 --> 01:07:31,500
but there are
actually groups,
1250
01:07:31,567 --> 01:07:33,100
there are advocacy groups
1251
01:07:33,166 --> 01:07:36,066
where these people
join together
1252
01:07:36,133 --> 01:07:39,500
both to advocate fundamental
changes in the law.
1253
01:07:39,567 --> 01:07:41,033
There are groups
that would argue
1254
01:07:41,100 --> 01:07:45,266
that sex with children
should not be criminalized.
1255
01:07:45,333 --> 01:07:49,433
But that sexual contact
is essentially an act of love.
1256
01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:54,467
Melanie:
Just a few months
after Andy disappeared,
1257
01:07:54,533 --> 01:07:57,000
a child pornography ring
was broken up
1258
01:07:57,066 --> 01:07:58,834
in Revere, Massachusetts,
1259
01:07:58,900 --> 01:08:01,767
a city just about 20 miles
south of Lawrence.
1260
01:08:04,066 --> 01:08:06,266
NAMBLA,
the North American
1261
01:08:06,333 --> 01:08:08,667
Man/Boy Love
Association was born.
1262
01:08:10,166 --> 01:08:11,934
NAMBLA believes
in legalizing the right
1263
01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:13,834
to have sex
with children,
1264
01:08:13,900 --> 01:08:16,033
what they refer to
as man/boy love.
1265
01:08:18,300 --> 01:08:21,667
Today, NAMBLA's
one of the largest
known organizations
1266
01:08:21,734 --> 01:08:24,100
of pedophiles in the world.
1267
01:08:25,233 --> 01:08:27,033
And to think
it all started
1268
01:08:27,100 --> 01:08:29,600
right near where
Andy and I lived.
1269
01:08:31,066 --> 01:08:32,767
-(people shouting)
-(whistles blowing)
1270
01:08:34,667 --> 01:08:37,133
♪♪
1271
01:08:38,834 --> 01:08:40,633
Allen:
In the late '70s
and early '80s,
1272
01:08:40,700 --> 01:08:42,467
there was
a time in which
1273
01:08:42,533 --> 01:08:45,900
a number of names
of child victims
1274
01:08:45,967 --> 01:08:48,033
sort of became
permanently etched
1275
01:08:48,100 --> 01:08:49,800
into the national
consciousness.
1276
01:08:51,567 --> 01:08:53,400
And each case
1277
01:08:53,467 --> 01:08:58,533
sort of dramatized the
inadequacy of the systems
1278
01:08:58,600 --> 01:09:00,066
we had in place
in this country
1279
01:09:00,133 --> 01:09:01,900
to respond to the cases.
1280
01:09:01,967 --> 01:09:04,900
This was a nation
of 50 states
1281
01:09:04,967 --> 01:09:07,600
that acted like 50 separate
little countries
1282
01:09:07,667 --> 01:09:11,400
and 17,000 different
police departments.
1283
01:09:14,066 --> 01:09:16,333
Mintz:
Police departments
have a lot of egos.
1284
01:09:18,767 --> 01:09:21,767
They want to be the ones
who crack the case.
1285
01:09:23,467 --> 01:09:26,300
I think politics and money
have a lot to do with it.
1286
01:09:29,133 --> 01:09:32,033
But as far as police departments
cooperating with each other,
1287
01:09:32,100 --> 01:09:34,000
it's just the opposite.
1288
01:09:34,066 --> 01:09:36,033
They withhold information
from each other.
1289
01:09:40,834 --> 01:09:42,967
Melanie:
After years of researching
the disappearance
1290
01:09:43,033 --> 01:09:44,700
of my childhood friend,
1291
01:09:44,767 --> 01:09:46,500
I was just beginning
to understand
1292
01:09:46,567 --> 01:09:47,867
what I was dealing with.
1293
01:09:49,767 --> 01:09:51,500
Andy was one
of several kids
1294
01:09:51,567 --> 01:09:53,734
who disappeared
from the area in the '70s.
1295
01:09:53,800 --> 01:09:55,033
And most of these cases
1296
01:09:55,100 --> 01:09:56,900
haven't been
looked at in years.
1297
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:02,066
30 years have passed,
1298
01:10:02,133 --> 01:10:04,033
and the system
hasn't really changed.
1299
01:10:05,533 --> 01:10:07,400
There's still
no protocol in place
1300
01:10:07,467 --> 01:10:09,467
for cold cases
involving missing kids.
1301
01:10:11,867 --> 01:10:13,734
In fact, there are bones
1302
01:10:13,800 --> 01:10:16,000
from hundreds
of unidentified children
1303
01:10:16,066 --> 01:10:18,367
waiting to be tested
in police departments
1304
01:10:18,433 --> 01:10:20,200
across the country.
1305
01:10:20,266 --> 01:10:22,066
♪♪
1306
01:10:32,133 --> 01:10:36,066
Mires:
Andy represents
all of the children...
1307
01:10:37,467 --> 01:10:38,734
that have been lost
1308
01:10:38,800 --> 01:10:41,266
and have fallen
through the cracks
in our society.
1309
01:10:44,700 --> 01:10:47,767
These cases don't go away.
There isn't a resolution.
1310
01:10:48,834 --> 01:10:51,467
It'll never be over
until that body's found.
1311
01:10:53,967 --> 01:10:57,433
It needs the dedication
of so many individuals
1312
01:10:57,500 --> 01:11:00,133
all working towards
the resolution,
1313
01:11:00,200 --> 01:11:03,000
with each respecting
their specialty
1314
01:11:03,066 --> 01:11:04,533
and working as a team.
1315
01:11:06,367 --> 01:11:08,433
And once we do,
1316
01:11:08,500 --> 01:11:11,000
there's a very
good possibility
1317
01:11:11,066 --> 01:11:14,567
that we will find
Andy Puglisi's remains.
1318
01:11:19,100 --> 01:11:21,133
Mintz:
I would like
to add something.
1319
01:11:23,500 --> 01:11:26,667
I'm sorry for the...
1320
01:11:30,667 --> 01:11:34,300
police department's
not carrying its own
1321
01:11:34,367 --> 01:11:35,967
or not pushing it hard enough
1322
01:11:36,033 --> 01:11:38,500
to go do follow up
and find out the answers.
1323
01:11:40,000 --> 01:11:43,300
I did all I can do,
but I'm sorry.
1324
01:11:45,100 --> 01:11:46,967
(film reel whirring)
1325
01:11:47,033 --> 01:11:50,166
(bells tolling)
1326
01:11:52,800 --> 01:11:56,066
(bells continue)
1327
01:12:04,233 --> 01:12:07,000
♪♪
1328
01:12:14,033 --> 01:12:16,333
Father O'Brien:
Good evening, and
welcome to St. Patrick's.
1329
01:12:18,533 --> 01:12:20,433
We come together
to remember Andy
1330
01:12:20,500 --> 01:12:23,900
and to ask the lord
to lead us forward in life.
1331
01:12:26,300 --> 01:12:27,800
Let us pause
for a moment
1332
01:12:27,867 --> 01:12:31,033
and recognize we're
in God's presence and pray.
1333
01:12:32,333 --> 01:12:34,233
God, our father,
we thank you
for the gift...
1334
01:12:34,300 --> 01:12:36,400
Melanie:
In August of 2006,
1335
01:12:36,467 --> 01:12:38,867
30 years after
he disappeared,
1336
01:12:38,934 --> 01:12:41,100
Andy's family held
a candlelight service
1337
01:12:41,166 --> 01:12:43,266
at a local church
for family and friends.
1338
01:12:43,333 --> 01:12:45,667
O'Brien:
We ask this through
Christ, our lord.
1339
01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:51,934
Melanie:
The ceremony is
the only church service
1340
01:12:52,033 --> 01:12:53,934
ever held
in Andy's honor.
1341
01:12:56,533 --> 01:12:57,900
Melanie:
Coming here tonight
1342
01:12:57,967 --> 01:13:01,133
and seeing Andy's family
all under one roof
1343
01:13:01,200 --> 01:13:03,734
is really amazing, and...
1344
01:13:04,867 --> 01:13:07,900
Seeing his baby sister,
Mandy, all grown-up
1345
01:13:07,967 --> 01:13:11,233
(voice breaking)
was the moment for me...
1346
01:13:13,200 --> 01:13:17,367
because he loved
you so much.
1347
01:13:20,834 --> 01:13:23,066
And he loved all of you so much.
1348
01:13:24,467 --> 01:13:26,667
And, um,
1349
01:13:26,734 --> 01:13:29,000
and now I do, too.
1350
01:13:31,700 --> 01:13:34,266
O'Brien:
30 years ago this week,
1351
01:13:34,333 --> 01:13:37,066
we had Andy
taken away from us.
1352
01:13:37,133 --> 01:13:38,433
And 30 years later,
1353
01:13:38,500 --> 01:13:41,066
the memories and the love
we have for him
1354
01:13:41,133 --> 01:13:42,934
are as strong as ever.
1355
01:13:44,467 --> 01:13:47,767
The truth is we really don't
know what happened to Andy.
1356
01:13:47,834 --> 01:13:50,467
The truth also
is it's very likely
1357
01:13:50,533 --> 01:13:53,500
that some of
the worst darkness
1358
01:13:53,567 --> 01:13:57,100
that exists on this Earth
came into his life.
1359
01:13:59,767 --> 01:14:02,533
Faith:
For a lot of years,
1360
01:14:02,600 --> 01:14:04,367
I still believed
in my heart
1361
01:14:04,433 --> 01:14:06,867
that any second now
1362
01:14:06,934 --> 01:14:08,667
he's gonna come
walking through the door.
1363
01:14:10,900 --> 01:14:12,834
That was my story...
1364
01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:15,400
but he didn't.
1365
01:14:18,266 --> 01:14:23,133
And, uh, over the
last week, two, three,
1366
01:14:23,200 --> 01:14:26,567
I've been able to admit
some things to myself...
1367
01:14:28,433 --> 01:14:31,667
And I have to believe
in my heart
1368
01:14:31,734 --> 01:14:34,667
that God stole
his spirit away quickly...
1369
01:14:36,033 --> 01:14:39,066
and wiped away
all the ugliness
and all the pain.
1370
01:14:41,900 --> 01:14:45,066
I feel so blessed...
1371
01:14:46,367 --> 01:14:52,000
(voice breaking)
to call myself
Andy Puglisi's mother.
1372
01:14:57,400 --> 01:15:00,066
Is my heart sad?
1373
01:15:00,133 --> 01:15:03,200
Is my heart heavy?
1374
01:15:03,266 --> 01:15:04,867
You betcha.
1375
01:15:07,467 --> 01:15:10,166
I didn't get a chance
to say good-bye.
1376
01:15:11,700 --> 01:15:15,266
I had no idea
when he left that day
1377
01:15:15,333 --> 01:15:17,767
that was gonna be
the last time.
1378
01:15:21,633 --> 01:15:24,433
That's a hard truth to face.
1379
01:15:27,033 --> 01:15:29,033
♪♪
1380
01:15:33,900 --> 01:15:35,734
Melanie:
Despite everything,
1381
01:15:35,800 --> 01:15:37,333
a systematic
search for Andy
1382
01:15:37,400 --> 01:15:39,066
still hasn't been done.
1383
01:15:41,000 --> 01:15:43,567
The police did eventually
use ground radar,
1384
01:15:43,633 --> 01:15:45,967
but only in a small
section of the woods.
1385
01:15:47,734 --> 01:15:50,867
And any evidence from
the ground radar
or excavations
1386
01:15:50,934 --> 01:15:53,333
is still sitting in
the state police crime lab
1387
01:15:53,400 --> 01:15:55,000
waiting to be tested.
1388
01:15:59,867 --> 01:16:01,834
The state police
and the District Attorney
1389
01:16:01,900 --> 01:16:03,800
continue to
insist Andy's case
1390
01:16:03,867 --> 01:16:05,467
is an open investigation.
1391
01:16:07,200 --> 01:16:08,900
But when
pressed for answers,
1392
01:16:08,967 --> 01:16:11,367
they say there just
aren't enough resources.
1393
01:16:18,066 --> 01:16:21,000
There have been
several offers of help
1394
01:16:21,066 --> 01:16:23,133
including ground
radar equipment,
1395
01:16:23,200 --> 01:16:24,500
lab facilities,
1396
01:16:24,567 --> 01:16:28,900
and forensic experts
at no cost.
1397
01:16:31,200 --> 01:16:34,233
The police have
turned down every offer
1398
01:16:34,300 --> 01:16:36,133
without explanation.
1399
01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:38,567
♪♪
1400
01:16:41,734 --> 01:16:44,567
I just can't help
thinking of all the
missed opportunities.
1401
01:16:46,400 --> 01:16:48,467
If people's egos
weren't involved,
1402
01:16:48,533 --> 01:16:50,433
and resources
weren't limited...
1403
01:16:52,066 --> 01:16:54,800
maybe Andy would still
be here today.
1404
01:17:02,233 --> 01:17:05,834
58,000 children are abducted
every year in America.
1405
01:17:08,533 --> 01:17:14,300
Of those, 115 vanish
without a trace.
1406
01:17:17,600 --> 01:17:20,166
This is the story
of one of those children.
1407
01:17:21,467 --> 01:17:25,066
My friend Andy.
1408
01:17:25,133 --> 01:17:27,734
♪♪
1409
01:18:01,433 --> 01:18:03,800
♪♪
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