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[music playing]

ANNOUNCER: This program is
about unsolved mysteries.

Whenever possible, the
actual family members

and police officials
have participated

in recreating the events.

What you are about to see
is not a news broadcast.

[music playing]

ROBERT STACK: Tonight, with
Valentine's Day approaching,

mysteries of love lost and
love found, and sometimes

when you least expect it--

around Chicago, she's
known as Resurrection Mary,

a pale, mysterious
young woman who

has teased and beguiled the city
for more than half a century.

Some say she is nothing
more than the product

of overactive imagination.

Others are certain there is
much more to this ghostly beauty

than meets the eye.

1974, a difficult choice
faced a young South

Vietnamese Air Force pilot
training in the United States.

Should he remain in
America with his true love

and his unborn
child, or should he

return to his homeland
to fight and perhaps

die for his country?

His decision and
his consequences

placed Sun Van Nhuen at the
center of an unsolved mystery.

It was a frightful crash
that might have taken Colleen

Frangione's life, if not for
the two unknown heroes who

pulled her from the wreckage.

Tonight, thanks to
your calls, Colleen

can finally say
thank you to the two

strangers who saved her life.

Also, we'll profile one of the
most astounding armored car

robberies in history.

$7 million was
stolen, and much of it

has gone to finance
terrorist activities.

Join me.

Perhaps you may be able
to help solve a mystery.

[music playing]

It's late on a moonless night.

You're on a dark, lonely road.

The shadows seem
to reach for you.

The sudden rustle of
leaves makes you jump.

Your heart beats
faster and faster.

You assume it's your
imagination, unless you're

on the road to
Resurrection Cemetery

just southwest of Chicago.

[music playing]

In January of 1979, a cab driver
found himself on that road

on just such a night.

He was about to have an
extraordinary experience,

which a number of
Chicago cabbies

claim to have had
over the years.

Say, miss, I'm--

I'm lost and can't find
my way back to town.

Look, if-- if you point me out
in the right direction, I'll--

I'll give you a lift wherever
you want to go, free of charge,

OK?
Why don't you hop in?

ROBERT STACK: Just
over a mile ahead

was Resurrection Cemetery,
one of the largest

in the Midwest, the
final resting place

of more than 150,000 souls.

Stop here.

Stop here?

ROBERT STACK: The
cabbie parked across

from the cemetery's front gate.

Why do you want
me to stop here for?

ROBERT STACK: The mysterious
passenger had vanished

without so much as a door slam.

The unwitting cab driver had
just met Chicago's most famous

ghost, Resurrection Mary.

RICHARD CROWE: I think that
of all the ghost stories

worth believing in,
Resurrection Mary is the one

with the best documentation.

The witnesses that I found
are remarkably level-headed.

And they're primarily blue
collar, middle class types who

have steady jobs and who
have no other major claims

to psychic encounters
in their life.

ROBERT STACK: According
to Richard Crowe,

the earliest account
of Resurrection Mary

came from a man named Jerry
Palus, who died in 1992.

In 1986, when he was 72,
Jerry described his encounter

in a videotaped interview.

--a wonderful
experience, because when

I met her at the dance
hall, I watched at--

at the entrance
there by the lounge.

[music playing]

ROBERT STACK: The year was 1939.

On most nights,
throngs of young people

filled Chicago's dance halls.

One of the regulars was Jerry
Palus, who considered himself

something of a ladies' man.

Hey, you know that
girl over there?

WOMAN: Yeah.

I'm going to ask her to dance.

RICHARD CROWE: Jerry described
the woman as being blonde,

about 5 foot 7''.

Her hair was about
shoulder length,

and she had curls along
either side of her head.

She was wearing
an old fashioned--

or, I should say, a very fancy
type party dress of the period,

old fashioned to today's terms.

It's Mary, isn't it?

That's a pretty name.

I saw you here last week.

ROBERT STACK: Jerry danced
every number with the quiet,

captivating young woman.

I couldn't help noticing
somebody as pretty as you.

ROBERT STACK: He learned
little about her,

except that her name
was Mary, and she lived

on the south side of town.

- Where?
- South Damen.

[music playing]

Your hands, they're like ice.

It must mean you
have a warm heart.

[applause]

Can I give you a ride home?

Please.

Oh, thank you.

As we walked along to
the street, she says, well,

you might as well take
me down to Archer Road.

And I said what for?

I said, you live down
here where you told me.

And she says, no.

She says, I want to
go out to Archer Road.

Boy, it sure is
quiet out here.

What'd you want to
come out here for?

- Stop.
- What?

Stop the car!

ROBERT STACK: This wasn't at
all what Jerry had expected.

MARY: I need to get
out here, please.

ROBERT STACK: Mary had
asked him to stop in front

of Resurrection Cemetery.

[music playing]

Please, just wait right here.

ROBERT STACK: Jerry claimed
that the young woman

vanished right before his eyes.

Jerry admitted he was
perplexed, but certainly

willing to forgive one
unexplained disappearance.

The very next day, he
went out to Damen Avenue,

where Mary had said she lived.

Jerry found the house
with little trouble,

but before he could even knock,
the front door swung open.

Yes, can I help you?

Excuse me.

I don't mean to disturb
you, but I'm looking

for a young woman named Mary.

I was told she lives here.

You must be mistaken.

There's no one
here by that name.

Wait!

That's the woman I'm looking
for, in that picture.

WOMAN: No, that's not possible.

That girl is my
daughter, and she

has been dead for five years.

I danced with that
girl last night.

RICHARD CROWE: It's then Jerry
said that he understood why

the woman he was
dancing with that night

was ice cold to the touch.

He had worked in a
funeral home for a while,

and it was the
touch of a corpse.

ROBERT STACK: The
revelation naturally

cooled Jerry's romantic interest
in the mysterious beauty.

Years later, Richard
Crowe learned

the ghost was believed
to be the restless spirit

of a young woman
named Mary Bregovy.

Mary had been
killed in a traffic

accident one Saturday
night in 1934, a month

before her 21st birthday.

Around Chicago, folks liked
to believe Mary had just

left the dance when she died.

She was laid to rest in
Resurrection Cemetery,

they say in her favorite gown.

Over the years, the
bewitching spirit

has been seen time
and time again

at dance clubs, in taxis,
and simply strolling

outside the cemetery, looking--

as the legend goes-- for
someone to take her home.

CLARE LOPEZ-RUDNICKI:
I really didn't

think there was any ghost.

You hear these stories
and these old ghost tales,

but it's never happened to me.

But now I must say, I
think I'm changing my mind.

ROBERT STACK: In 1980, Clare
Rudnicki, her husband Mark,

and two friends were
driving on Archer Avenue,

along the front of
Resurrection Cemetery.

- And I like to--
- You should go back to the cab.

CLARE LOPEZ-RUDNICKI:
And I was just

looking out the window as we
are going down the streets.

And on the right hand
side of the road,

there was a girl walking.
- Come on.

Look ahead.

Look, it's a-- it's a girl.

CLARE LOPEZ-RUDNICKI:
She was bright, very

bright, like illuminating.

She was just walking very slow.

I remember thinking, oh my
god, it's Resurrection Mary.

And I can feel my
stomach starting to turn.

Let's go back up.

No.

CLARE LOPEZ-RUDNICKI: I was very
frightened, I have to admit.

It did scare me.
- You saw the same thing,

- No, I don't want to go back.
- Let's go back.

- I don't want to go back.
- Let's go back.

No, I don't want to go back.

ROBERT STACK: On the other
hand, Clare's husband, Mark,

was ready to swing
around for another look.

MARK RUDNICKI: No one could
have pulled a prank like that,

because she was so
bright and illuminated.

And there was no light
source from which

that light could have come.

She was just a bright
object, a glowing figure

on the side of the road.

And when we were
coming up behind her,

I looked at her from
behind on the side.

And when I had driven
past her, and all the time

I was looking at her face.

And there was,
like, a black void.

There was really nothing there.

There was no facial features.

[music playing]

We all went past it, turned
around, and came back.

And by the time
we had gotten back

to where we had originally seen
her, it had gone, vanished.

She was all in white.

And her hair and the
dress were flowing back.

It was like a stream
backwards away from her.

And I just saw this
profile of a young woman.

So what time are
you leaving tomorrow?

Around 7:00.

ROBERT STACK: In October of
1989, Janet Kalal and a friend

set out for an evening drive.

I don't--

ROBERT STACK: After
about an hour,

they found themselves at
Resurrection Cemetery.

Oh my god!

[tires screeching]

JANET KALAL: There
was no impact.

There was no bump to say
that I had hit something.

But I know she ran out.

The young woman ran out in
front of my car, and I hit her.

Just calm down.

Everything's going to be OK.
JANET KALAL: And yet nothing.

Let's just go back
to your apartment and--

JANET KALAL: No impact,
no sound, nothing.

OK?

PAMELA TURLOW-WILSON:
My dad had told me

the story about
Resurrection Mary

before, because he had read it
in the newspaper back in 1939.

But I never thought that
I would be party to it,

that I would see it myself or
that I would be with a friend

who would have seen her.

RICHARD CROWE: You can pick
apart individual ghost stories,

but when you come up with a
story like Resurrection Mary

where we have dozens of
reports spanning decades,

I think you've got to go a
long way to trying to undermine

all that massive documentation.

I'd like to drive
past the cemetery

to see if I can see her again.

I never want to see her again.

It's so fresh in my mind still.

It still scares me.

MARK RUDNICKI: I didn't believe
in ghosts until I saw her.

And the way I know it was really
a ghost is, you just know.

ROBERT STACK: Does the
ghost of Mary Bregovy

still haunt Chicago
late at night,

or is Resurrection Mary simply
a time honored urban myth?

In any case, should you find
yourself driving in this city

late one night and you
spot a wistful young woman

in a flowing gown,
you might think twice

about offering her a ride.

[music playing]

Tonight, we have an update,
which is one of our most

touching and poignant.

It concerns a woman
searching for two

men, two complete strangers
she never even talked to.

But during one fateful encounter
in 1978, they saved her life.

She has been searching
for them ever

since, simply to say thank you.

[music playing]

Hi, Colleen.

Hi.

WOMAN: Well, welcome
to our class.

Oh, thank you so much.

ROBERT STACK: Colleen
Frangione was paralyzed

from the waist down
more than 15 years

ago in a horrible
automobile accident.

Since then, she has
spoken to thousands

of high school students,
urging them to wear seat belts.

It's very simple.

Buckle up.
I didn't.

It's my slogan, my motto.

ROBERT STACK: Every time
Colleen speaks in a classroom,

she relives the night
of September 23, 1978.

[honking]

[tires screeching]

COLLEEN FRANGIONE: The hit of
that second car just twisted

me beyond the normal range.

And that twist was
so forceful that it

broke two lower vertebrae
and severed my spinal cord.

And I'm glad I
don't remember it.

ROBERT STACK: In the
midst of the chaos,

two bystanders pulled Colleen
from the burning wreckage.

However, both men
disappeared before anyone

could get their names.

Colleen has never
stopped looking for them.

When Colleen's appeal
aired, luck was with her.

Both men called
our phone center.

Their names are Ray
Meyers and Mike Kane.

Though they both live in the
Providence, Rhode Island area,

they have seen each other
only once in the aftermath

of Colleen's accident.

Colleen was thrilled to learn
that her rescuers had been

found after more than 15 years.

What "Unsolved Mysteries"
did was the tip lady called me,

told me, you know, that she
had heard from one of them,

and gave me his number.

Because, of course, they didn't
want to give out my number.

So I called him and
I said who I was.

And it was just so nice.

In fact, we talked so long that
night, my husband fell asleep.

We were in bed, and my husband
fell sound asleep while him

and I were just talking about--

you know, he was telling me
things that I had no idea.

ROBERT STACK: On
December 27, 1993,

Colleen finally was able to
meet her heroes in person.

Ray Meyers was the
first to arrive.

How are you?

Oh, oh.

I can't believe I
can really touch you.

I really didn't think
that you existed.

Thank you.

You're looking good.

I was in shock.

I couldn't believe
it was me, you know.

I mean, I knew it was
me, but it's like--

it's incredible.

That's how I feel
about this whole thing.

I think it's incredible.

ROBERT STACK: Half an hour
later, it was Mike Kane's turn.

COLLEEN FRANGIONE: Hi.
- Hi.

COLLEEN FRANGIONE: Mike?

Mike.

COLLEEN FRANGIONE: Oh,
gosh, how nice to meet you.

Thank you so much.

Oh, gosh.

You know, I tried to imagine
what you'd look like.

And I can't do that when
I don't know the person.

Do I look different?

I was surprised, you
know, why 15 years later?

Oh, I just can't tell you
how much I appreciate this.

MICHAEL KANE: Why?
Why?

Why-- you know, why?
- It's so important.

But when she said she
wanted to thank the people,

and after I spoke to her
on the phone, it was like,

this lady is really
sincere, you know.

And that's what she wanted.

She wanted to thank us.

It was your name
that was in the new--

Right.

COLLEEN FRANGIONE: I
feel the whole circle,

it's all completed, all
the pieces of the puzzle--

Well, how did I
get your number?

COLLEEN FRANGIONE: --are
all put together now.

And it's a real
peaceful feeling inside.

That's, to me-- in
fact, how many times

have I said in the last three
weeks, how many people get

to meet their guardian angels?

I mean, this is how I feel.

ROBERT STACK:
Next, a young woman

disappears in the wake of a
near-fatal motorcycle accident.

[music playing]

These days, most
of us are resigned

to keeping in touch with
friends and family by telephone.

The calls are usually a source
of comfort and pleasure.

But for one California
mother, a phone call

from her 28-year-old
daughter began a nightmare

which has yet to end.

As a rule, we do not air
stories about grown children

who choose to separate from
their family and friends.

But the case of Selena
Edon is special.

When she graduated from
high school in 1980,

Selena was everything
a parent could ask for.

She was president of the student
body and of the senior class.

But Selena had always
marched to her own drummer.

She dropped out of college
to join the Air Force.

Then after a stint,
Selena became

a journeyman construction
worker in San Francisco.

She joined the Teamsters and
bought herself a motorcycle.

CLARISSA EDON: She was humorous.

She was also quite daring.

She was the kind of child,
like, say of those things

that you wanted to do
that, you know, in life

this was the child that kind
of did it, was that daring.

ROBERT STACK: On
November 29, 1989,

Selena was on her way home from
a union hall in downtown San

Francisco when tragedy struck.

[tires screeching]

[music playing]

After the accident, she
was in a coma for six weeks.

And she had some brain damage.

She had a long way to go.

ROBERT STACK:
Selena was admitted

to the hospital as a Jane Doe.

Her ID papers had disappeared in
the aftermath of the accident,

and seven days passed before
her mother and brother

were tracked down in San Diego.

Selena, baby, look who's here.

Dion, he came with me today.

Hi, Dion.

DION EDON: Hi, baby.

How you feel?

OK.

DEON: Have they
been good to you?

LAURIE GALLAGHER: She had
lost a lot of her memory.

It's all right.

LAURIE GALLAGHER:
So it really kind of

took away her personality.

Mama, don't leave me, OK?

Don't leave me.

LAURIE GALLAGHER: She appeared
to be like a child again.

Like, she didn't know too
much anymore, you know?

She just is, you know,
like-- like a child.

ROBERT STACK: Selena's left eye
had been permanently damaged.

She suffered painful headaches.

Her left thigh was
crushed and a severe head

injury caused fluid to
build up around her brain.

Nevertheless, Selena dove
into an exhausting regimen

of physical therapy.

Just a little bit of weight.

Selena was the type of
patient they had to slow up.

She wanted to do
everything in a hurry.

She wanted to walk
before she could walk.

It was just that she was,
like, rushing everything.

She challenged
herself to the max,

and it was like a lot of things
that she just couldn't do.

And I guess she just wasn't
ready to accept the fact

that she wasn't well yet.

Come on in, baby.

OK.

ROBERT STACK: Two months after
the accident, Selena's brother

brought her home to San Diego.

Selena planned to live
with her mother and niece,

and continue physical therapy
on an outpatient basis.

Welcome home, baby.

Thank you, mom.

Thank you.

Oh.

How are you feeling?

I'm OK, mama.

Real good, baby.

You're doing good.

You know, she was
living with me.

She started having more,
like, confused episode.

Being the mother,
I could see it.

And medical people, you
know, really couldn't

see it the way I could.

There was a lot of changes.

I feel that sometimes
she had her days

that she could be quite mean.

And then that was the days
I would notice that she

was having a lot of headaches.

Uh huh.

So we'll do that.

Bye.

ROBERT STACK:
Soon, the headaches

gave way to general confusion.

Physically, Selena was
getting better, but mentally,

she was worse.

Are you all right, baby?

Mother, who was
that I was talking to?

I don't know who
you were talking to.

Did you forget?

Yes!

I forgot.

CLARISSA EDON: Things
like that would upset her.

That's when I noticed her
frustration more and more.

And she felt like more and more
she wanted to be on her own.

But the more she pushed it, the
more confused she was becoming.

ROBERT STACK: With
her recovery stalled,

Selena decided to return to
San Francisco in May of 1990.

She hoped that the familiar
surroundings would help her.

Laurie.

Yeah?

Who's that girl?

What girl?

The one who stopped
by the house today?

You mean Liz?

Yeah, Liz.

Who is she?

She's your friend, Selena.

She's very happy to
be in San Francisco

and to be around her friends.

But, you know, she didn't
appear healthy enough

to be on her own.

Are you OK?

I'm fine.

LAURIE GALLAGHER: She was very
unaware of a lot of things.

I think she definitely
needed somebody

to be with her to help her.

ROBERT STACK: Despite
her erratic behavior,

Selena had been in the habit of
calling her mother regularly.

[phone ringing]

Finally, in October of
1990, nearly one year

after the accident, Clarissa
Edon received a phone

call she would never forget.

Hello?

SERENA EDON (ON
PHONE): Hello, mama?

Selena.

SERENA EDON (ON PHONE): Mama,
I'm going away for a while.

I met someone who
promised to be kind to me.

Who?

She was evasive with me.

Don't you go off with
somebody you don't know.

And that wasn't like her.

She would tell me
everything, you know?

You need to come home.

SERENA EDON (ON PHONE):
Give me a couple weeks.

I'll be in touch, OK?

CLARISSA EDON: I said,
Selena, what she need to do,

you need to come back home.

And she said, well,
don't worry if you don't

hear from me in a month or two.

Selena, you should
come back home.

And then she said, I'll
be calling you soon.

And that's the last
I've heard from Selena.

TRACY CAVARETTA: The last time
I heard anything of Selena,

she was leaving for
somewhere in the Midwest--

and I can't remember where--

with some woman who
she had just met.

And I got the
impression that she

probably didn't know much more
about the woman than I did.

And I didn't even
know the person.

I had no idea who it was.

And I couldn't get a
last name from her.

And it was just kind
of a haphazard plan.

There was no plan.

She's like, I'm going.

Excuse me?

ROBERT STACK: Selena's family
hired a private investigator

to search for her.

I'm looking for a lost girl.

ROBERT STACK: Even after she
told her mother she was leaving

town, Selena was sighted
in San Francisco's

Tenderloin District.

PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR:
Some people

said they saw her around here.

When was she here?

PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR:
A few weeks back.

ROBERT STACK: The investigator
followed up on all the leads,

but it turned out to
be a fruitless search.

And if you do see her,
would you give me a call?

Yeah, sure.

Thanks.

DION EDON: You know, I just
hope she's out there, probably,

you know, just living her life.

And for what reason
she didn't call us,

maybe it's just
because she forgot us.

Maybe she just don't
remember, you know?

Hopefully it's one
of those stories.

And hopefully, you know,
we can find her, you know?

I want to see
my daughter again.

That's my baby.

I love her like I
love all my children.

And I want her back with us.

I want her to try to
call us or someone call

for her if she's unable to call,
and let us know where she is

and how she is.

ROBERT STACK: On New Year's Eve
of 1991, a year after Selena

had disappeared, she
left a garbled message

on her friend Laurie
Gallagher's answering machine.

It was the last time any of
Selena's friends or family

heard her voice.

Since then, a lawsuit has
been filed in Selena's

name regarding the accident.

However, the action cannot
proceed until Selena is found.

Selena Marie Edon
is 31 years old

and stands five feet,
six inches tall.

At the time of
her disappearance,

she weighed 125 pounds.

She has a pronounced
stiffness in her left leg,

which causes her to limp.

In a moment, a daring $7
million heist funds a bold act

of international terrorism.

[music playing]

It's hard to imagine
what $7 million in cash

would look like.

But in 1983, one man managed
to steal that astounding sum.

Single-handedly, he wrestled
50 heavy bags of currency

out of a vault, and loaded
them into a getaway car,

and vanished.

The daring robbery still stands
as one of the greatest heists

in United States history.

The key figure in
the hold-up was

a brazen 25-year-old
armored car guard

named Victor Manuel Gerena.

At the time of the robbery,
Gerena was a trusted employee

at the West Hartford,
Connecticut office of the Wells

Fargo Express Company.

Good morning, Jeff.

What's up, Vic?

ROBERT STACK: September 12,
1983, Gerena's arrival at work

that day was unremarkable,
except for the one

special request he
made of his supervisor.

Excuse me, Jim.

I need to ask a big favor.

Is there any way I can park
my car over here at bay five?

I would really appreciate it.

What's wrong with your car?

It's not mine.

It's a friend of mine's.

I'd hate to see
something happen to it.

You know how it is outside.

You know, I'm really not
supposed to be doing this.

I'll let you do
it this one time.

Just don't take
advantage of me, Victor.

Thanks, appreciate it.

OK, Vic.

All right.

JEFF ROVELLI: The vehicle that
Victor was driving that day was

a 1973 Buick LeSabre,
which was a full size

big car, capable of
carrying a large load,

whatever that may be.

ROBERT STACK: That day,
Gerena and his partner

made all of their
scheduled rounds,

collecting more than
$3 million in currency

from local banks and businesses.

The Wells Fargo vaults already
held more than $4 million.

Tim, I'm going to
check in the guns.

OK, take mine.

Thanks.

ROBERT STACK: By 9:00
PM, Gerena, his partner,

and the supervisor were alone
in the armored car terminal

with more than $7
million in cash.

Listen, I'll kill you.

I swear to god I'll kill you.

- Victor, what are you doing?
- Shut up!

Stand up!
Come on!

Victor.

You, lay down!

Lay down now!

Right now!

Move it!

Put your hands behind your back!
- Victor--

Shut up!

JEFF ROVELLI: He handcuffed
his supervisors' arms

behind his back, and also
taped up their mouths

and used duct tape to
tape their feet and--

Put your head down because
I don't want to hurt you.

JEFF ROVELLI: --bind them
so they couldn't move.

And he put jackets
over both their heads,

so they would not be able
to see what was going on.

OK, guys, this
injection is just

going to put you to sleep now.

ROBERT STACK: Authorities
never determined

what the syringe
contained, but it did

not put the guards to sleep.

Gerena began to move the
$7 million, bag by bag.

It took the better part
of an hour and a half

to load his car with about 1,000
pounds of cash, roughly half

a ton in marked
and unmarked bills.

[honking]

JEFF ROVELLI: After
the car was loaded,

we believe that he sent a signal
to someone on the outside that

was helping him.

He honked the horn and opened
the bay door to the terminal.

It's believed that at that
point someone else came

into the terminal and drove
his car out of the terminal

with the money inside the car.

The guards at this
point I'm sure

were very upset,
and even more so

when they heard a
shotgun being loaded,

which is a very
distinctive sound.

ROBERT STACK: However,
Gerena left the building

without harming the guards.

They soon worked themselves
free and called the police.

18 hours later,
Gerena's car was found

abandoned about eight miles
from the Wells Fargo terminal.

Victor Gerena had vanished,
along with every last cent

of the stolen money.

Investigators soon discovered
that the daring theft was far

more than a one man operation.

It had been
masterminded by a Puerto

Rican terrorist group
that counted Victor

Gerena among its members.

The group call themselves
Los Macheteros,

literally the machete wielders.

And they were
fighting for nothing

less than the independence
of Puerto Rico.

The island of Puerto Rico was
ceded to the United States

by Spain in 1898.

Eventually, some
Puerto Rican groups

began to agitate for a complete
break with the United States.

At times, they
turned to violence.

In 1950, two Puerto
Rican terrorists

attempted to assassinate
then-President Harry Truman.

The failed attack
left one White House

guard dead and two injured.

More than 30 years later,
Los Macheteros attempted

to strike another blow.

Flush with millions
from the robbery,

the group purchased a
surface to air missile,

apparently from a black
market arms dealer.

On October 30, 1983,
they launched it

at the FBI headquarters
in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

However, little damage
was done, and some

of Gerena's co-conspirators
were quickly arrested.

Victor Gerena eluded
capture, and he

was soon elevated to the
FBI's 10 Most Wanted List.

Victor Manuel Gerena
is now 35 years old.

He has brown hair, striking
green eyes, and when last seen,

weighed around 165 pounds.

He stands five feet,
six inches tall.

Authorities believe Gerena
has been hiding out in Cuba,

but may soon return
to the United States.

Victor Gerena should be
considered armed and dangerous.

[music playing]

When we return, the poignant
story of a father and daughter

torn apart by the
war in Vietnam.

[music playing]

May 1968, Xuan Van
Nguyen was among hundreds

of South Vietnamese
officers dispatched

to England Air Force
Base in Louisiana

for jet pilot training.

Xuan was scheduled to
remain in the United States

for seven months.

He felt lonely and displaced
until a local family--

the Gaultiers-- took
him under their wing.

They have six children.

Their oldest son was
stationed in Vietnam.

Gwendolyn, our friend's here.

XUAN VAN NGUYEN:
[speaking vietnamese]

INTERPRETER: Mrs. Gaultier
was thinking about her son

being a foreigner in Vietnam,
in the same situation

as my friends and I
were here in America.

Because of that, she
helped us on the weekends

so that we feel
comfortable, just like we

were in our own country.

Mercy.

Me?

ROBERT STACK: One of the
Gaultier's daughters--

Gwendolyn-- was the
same age as Xuan.

In no time at all, the two
of them had fallen in love.

But, inevitably,
the war intervened.

In December of 1968, Xuan
completed his training.

He and Gwendolyn had
one final night together

before they said goodbye.

Why are you crying?

I don't want you to go.

We could leave this place.

We could go to
Canada or something.

Gwen.

Why not?

- I can't.
- Why can't you?

I cannot walk away from
my country, my own people.

INTERPRETER: Because of my honor
as an officer in the Air Force,

I could not desert
my countrymen.

And so, I said to Gwen,
I have to go back.

But I hope that someday we
would see each other again.

I've got to go.

Wait.

ROBERT STACK: Within
weeks, Xuan was flying

combat missions in Vietnam.

[non-english speech]

ROBERT STACK: Xuan
often received letters

from Gwendolyn, but one
letter carried news that

would change his life forever.

Gwen was pregnant
with his child.

XUAN VAN NGUYEN:
[speaking vietnamese]

INTERPRETER: After barely
escaping from death

on a very dangerous
mission, I came back

and there was good news.

I'm going to be a father.

[speaking vietnamese]

[speaking vietnamese]

XUAN VAN NGUYEN:
[speaking vietnamese]

INTERPRETER: Coming back
from a tense mission

and hearing the good news, I
was so happy at that moment.

ROBERT STACK: On
August 28, 1969,

Gwen Gaultier gave birth
to a healthy baby girl

and named her Kimberly Karen.

Gwen continued to
write faithfully.

Xuan could do nothing,
except write back.

Five long years past,
years in which Xuan

yearned to see his little girl.

He felt frustrated
and helpless, caught

in the middle of a war more than
9,000 miles away from Kimberly.

But fate stepped in.

In June of 1974, Xuan was
sent back to England Air Force

Base for further training.

Gwen's mother was now divorced
and living in a mobile home.

Xuan went to visit
her, not knowing

whether Gwen and
Kimberly lived there,

not knowing whether
after five years,

Mrs. Gaultier would
be friend or foe.

I-- I don't believe it.

Xuan?

Hello, Mrs. Gaultier.

Oh.

Oh.

XUAN VAN NGUYEN:
[speaking vietnamese],

oh my god.

INTERPRETER: She kept
saying, oh my god.

I cannot believe it.

From what I could
understand, she had never

imagined that she
would see me again

or that Kim would
ever see me at all.

Just wait and you'll see her.

She is the most beautiful
little girl in America.

Where are they?

Houston.

You did know that
Gwendolyn got married?

No.

When?

Oh, about a year ago.

ROBERT STACK: Mrs. Gaultier
became Xuan's closest ally.

She contacted Gwen in Houston
and arranged a meeting.

Hello, Xuan.

Hello, Gwen.

XUAN VAN NGUYEN:
[speaking vietnamese]

INTERPRETER: And
I looked at her,

and knew right away
that this was my child.

Kimberly, this is Xuan.

Xuan?

Xuan.

XUAN VAN NGUYEN:
[speaking vietnamese]

INTERPRETER: Emotions
were running high.

I really wanted to hug
my child, this child

I had waited so long to see.

But the situation
simply did not allow it.

It's good to see you.

ROBERT STACK: Mrs.
Gaultier convinced

Gwen to let Kimberly come back
to Louisiana for the duration

of Xuan's assignment.

For nearly a month, Kimberly
lived with her grandmother,

and Xuan spent every free
moment with his daughter.

Come on, daddy.

ROBERT STACK: Xuan had no idea
that Mrs. Gaultier had told

Kimberly he was her father.

What'd you say?

Daddy?

Why you call me that?

Because you are.

How do you know that?

Because [inaudible].

XUAN VAN NGUYEN:
[speaking vietnamese]

INTERPRETER: And then Kim said,
because her hair was black,

her eyes were black, and
her skin was dark skin.

And she was especially
proud to point out that she

had a flat nose, an Asian nose.

ROBERT STACK: Finally, the
day Xuan had dreaded arrived.

I thought she'd come with
me tomorrow to airport.

Xuan, we've got to go home.

ROBERT STACK: Gwen came to
take Kimberly back to Houston.

Xuan knew the war was not going
well, that he might never be

able to return to his daughter.

Can't she stay one more day?

No, she can't.

This isn't a fairy tale, Xuan.

You're going back
to Vietnam tomorrow.

We got to go.

[music playing]

XUAN VAN NGUYEN:
[speaking vietnamese]

INTERPRETER: The time
had been so short

and now we were parting.

I didn't know if I would
ever see my daughter again.

I couldn't control myself.

I broke down and cried.

And that's the truth.

[gunfire]

ROBERT STACK: Xuan
shipped out to South

Vietnam in July of 1974.

In less than a year, Saigon
fell to the communist government

of North Vietnam.

Along with thousands of
other South Vietnamese,

Xuan was incarcerated in a
re-education camp, where he

languished for nearly 10 years.

In 1984, Xuan was
released from the camp.

Two years later, he married and
eventually had two children.

In 1993, Xuan and
his family immigrated

to the United States,
where Xuan has continued

the search for his daughter.

And on our broadcast, he asked
if someone in our audience

could help reunite them.

That night, the switchboard
at our phone center

lit up with calls from
Kimberly's friends and family.

Kimberly-- who lives in
Pineville, Louisiana--

was thrilled to learn that
Xuan was looking for her.

Over the years, Kimberly
has searched for Xuan

but had always run
into dead ends.

Now, she was anxious to
be with her father again.

A few days later, Xuan
and his American sponsor

traveled to Louisiana
for an emotional reunion

with Kimberly.

It was their first time
together in more than 20 years.

Hi.

Hey.

Oh, it's good to see you.

ROBERT STACK: Xuan was
overcome with emotion.

Still, he wanted to convey
his feelings in English.

When in Vietnam, I never--

I never think I can not--

I can meet her.

But now, it's my
dream coming true.

I'm very, very happy.

Xuan.

KIMBERLY LOFTON: And then we
hugged, and then we said hello.

And then it was--

Yeah, you.

--just you can't
describe the feeling.

It was just like--

[breathing deeply]

Nice.

It doesn't-- it doesn't do
the feeling justice, but it

was just incredible, fantastic.

Do you want to sit down?

[inaudible].

KIMBERLY LOFTON: Great.

ROBERT STACK: Later
that day, Xuan

celebrated with 20 members
of Kimberly's family,

including her mother, Gwendolyn.

They asked what
type of topping.

I said, she likes pineapple.

To see them together is
just a dream come true.

I'm telling you.

A fairy tale that had
had some bad detours,

but it came to a happy ending.

Oh, this is a big
day, a happy day.

I-- I think I cannot forget it.

Please, OK?

WOMAN: Oh, no.

That's not fair.

WOMAN: OK, then I
will answer the--

KIMBERLY LOFTON: I
knew that wherever

he was that he loved me.

And I was always
certain in my heart

that one day we would
be back together.

[inaudible].

ROBERT STACK: For
Xuan and Kimberly,

the end of their long
search marked the beginning

of a new life for both of them.

[music playing]

Next week, "Unsolved Mysteries"
travels to Lourdes, France,

one of the world's most
mystical and revered locales.

Since 1858, millions
of religious pilgrims

have visited the
basilica, where the spring

waters are said to have the
divine power to cure the sick.

In this fascinating
study, meet two women

who believe their illnesses were
cured by a miracle at Lourdes.

For every mystery,
there is someone

somewhere who knows the truth.

Perhaps it's you?

Join me again next week
on "Unsolved Mysteries."

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