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MALE (VOICEOVER): This program
is about unsolved mysteries.
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Whenever possible, the
actual family members
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and police officials
have participated
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in recreating the events.
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What you are about to see
is not a news broadcast.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Frank and Teresa Wilson were
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married for 34 happy years.
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Then in 1960, Frank's death
separated them forever,
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or so it seemed, until Teresa's
80th birthday approached.
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Many in the Wilson family
believe that Frank's spirit
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chose that occasion to
make a special visit
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from beyond the grave.
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To his neighbors
in Ohio, Neil Gott
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seemed perfectly ordinary, the
proverbial nice guy next door.
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Then an FBI raid revealed that
Gott was running a $1 million
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dollar drug operation.
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Perhaps you can help find him.
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When he was 19 years old,
Curt Borton was declared
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missing in action in Vietnam.
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Today, his name is inscribed
on the Vietnam Veterans
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Memorial in Washington DC.
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But incredibly, Curt's family
believes that Curt is not
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only still alive, but that
he has returned to the United
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States with a new identity.
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While the army maintains
that Curt is dead,
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his family has accumulated
just enough evidence
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to sustain their hopes that
they'll yet find their son.
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Join me for this
intriguing addition
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of "Unsolved Mysteries."
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[music playing]
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Most of us have a certain
image of big time criminals.
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They wear three piece suits,
slick back their hair,
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drive fancy cars, and
wear fancy jewelry.
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That's the image we see in
the movies and on television.
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In real life, a
criminal can be anyone,
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even your next door neighbor.
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ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Neil Gott
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certainly seemed normal enough.
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He and his wife Terry had
moved to the small town
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of North Benton, Ohio in 1986.
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Neil opened an auto
repair shop, and business
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appeared to be thriving.
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When a baby girl
came along in 1989,
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the happy family
picture was complete.
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The Gotts, on the
surface, appeared
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to be a very legitimate couple.
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He was a mechanic who had a
place called Lake Park Auto.
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She had a cleaning business,
where she cleaned houses.
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They had a
two-year-old daughter,
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Heather Gott, that
was a very attractive,
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blonde-headed little girl.
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And everything
appeared to be normal,
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unless you lived in
community and had heard
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some of the rumors, or
unless you were an FBI agent,
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and you knew--
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you had access to what we knew.
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ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): But the FBI
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knew was that Neil
Gott was making
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an awful lot of phone calls
to a drug dealer in Akron.
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Maybe we can just flip
around, know what I mean?
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Probably.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The
FBI listened in for a month,
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gathering information
and biding their time.
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Finally, on December 15, 1990,
Gott put in a substantial order
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for the next day--
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eight ounces of cocaine.
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Probably bring eight or so?
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Eight of them?
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Yeah, give me an eight pack.
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No kidding?
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
When Neil Gott made the buy,
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the FBI was waiting.
- FBI!
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Don't move!
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Step away from the vehicle.
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Step aside.
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Put your hands on the truck.
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We're with the FBI.
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Do you have any weapons
on you anywhere?
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No.
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Go ahead and turn around.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
The agents did not
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take Neil Gott into custody.
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They had decided on
a risky strategy.
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We wanted the cocaine.
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But we were not going to arrest
Neil Gott, because we wanted
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to continue our
investigation till we
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got everybody in his network.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Neil Gott, the good neighbor,
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did not disappoint.
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He went straight home
and called his buyers
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to tell them the bad news.
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There would be no cocaine.
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Now, the FBI had the
names of Gott's cohorts.
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But the authorities
had already begun
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to suspect that Gott was more
than a small-time cocaine
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middleman.
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We became suspicious
of other areas
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of Neil Gott's activities.
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For instance, he had rented
a barn in Homeworth, Ohio.
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And in this barn which was
supposedly empty are being used
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for occasional auto repairs,
we looked at electric bills
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in the neighborhood of
$1,800 to $1,900 a month.
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Whereas, in that
type of building,
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the electric bill
shouldn't be over $50.
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And that was our
clue that they were
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probably growing
marijuana hydroponically
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in that property.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
The FBI moved again.
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This time, they carried
a federal search
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warrant for Neil and
Terry Gott's house
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and for their barn.
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His indoor growing operation
was everything we expected,
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and much more.
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It was a very sophisticated
operation with expensive strobe
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lights, which are heating
lamps, expensive timers,
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irrigation piping and tubing
to all these various plants,
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grow packs.
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Everything a
successful marijuana
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operation for an indoor
growth needed, Neil Gott had.
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Inside with that kind of
secrecy, in normal cases,
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you can harvest at a
minimum four times a year.
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Your minimum harvest would
be in the neighborhood
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of $75,000 to $100,000.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): In
addition to the marijuana,
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agents also found a trove of
weapons when they searched
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the house, including
high-powered rifles, handguns,
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and explosives.
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Terry Gott was at the barn.
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But she denied any
knowledge of drug dealing.
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This time, however,
Neil Gott was arrested.
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After he was arrested,
Mr. Gott's bail
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was set at $25,000 cash,
and a $200,000 bond, which
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was signed by his parents.
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And he immediately,
of course, made bail,
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and was back out on the street.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
In the meantime,
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the FBI had nailed Gott's entire
distribution network, as well
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as several other drug dealers.
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In all, 22 people were
indicted on March 7th, 1991,
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including Neal and Terry Gott.
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Most of the defendants were
in court for the arraignment.
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The Gotts never showed.
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When the FBI went to the
Gott's house, it was empty.
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In the backyard, they found
a dead dog chained to a tree.
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The only sign of life was
a neighbor who wandered
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over to see what was going on.
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Ryan Smith, FBI.
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Have you seen Neil
or Terry Gott?
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No, I'm watching their dog.
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You're watching their dog?
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Yeah.
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For how long?
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I don't know, about a week.
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We started
interviewing people.
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And we interviewed
a lady who had
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rented a U-Haul trailer for the
Gotts, had put it in her name.
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And we were also able to decide,
and from talking to people,
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that on the evening
of March 6, the Gotts
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loaded all their
personal belongings
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into this U-Haul
trailer and had left.
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Neil Gott ended up in Florida.
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At least that's where he
dropped the U-Haul truck.
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We believe the Gotts are
still in the United States.
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Neil Gott is a
powerboat enthusiast,
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the kind of cigarette type
boats that were on "Miami Vice."
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He enjoys that kind of activity.
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So we feel wherever he is,
he's probably engaging in that.
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He's a truck driver.
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And he's also an
accomplished mechanic.
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But what Neil Gott
does best is he
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grows dope, marijuana
specifically.
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So we definitely feel he's
engaged in that activity.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Neil
Gott is 44 years old, six feet
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tall, and weighs 180 pounds.
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He has prematurely
gray hair, which he may
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have died brown, and blue eyes.
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Gott sometimes uses
the alias John Hughes,
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and should be considered
armed and dangerous.
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[music playing]
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
When we return,
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the poignant ghost
story of a love
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that transcended the grave.
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It has long been said
that love conquers all.
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Consider the romance
of Frank and Teresa
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Wilson, joined in
marriage 1926, separated
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by Frank's death, 1960.
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Incredibly, Teresa
and her family
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believe that Frank has expressed
his continuing love and
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devotion from beyond the grave.
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I can't believe
it's been 34 years--
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34 years married, and
34 years he's gone.
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I have a feeling that he is
here all the time around me.
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I really do.
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ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): The 1930s
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and '40s were busy years
for Teresa and Frank,
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as they raised seven children,
three girls and four boys.
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Money was scarce.
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But the Wilson's were
content with the simple joys
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of marriage and family.
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A red letter day was April 3rd,
1950, Frank's 50th birthday.
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Teresa proudly presented
him with the money
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she had carefully saved
to buy her first TV set.
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Frank?
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The last time I saw Frank, we
got up at our usual time, 6:00
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o'clock, and went to
the door, like I always
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did, to kiss him goodbye.
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Surprise me.
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All right.
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Goodbye, sweetheart.
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TERESA: And that was
his last words, when
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he said, goodbye sweetheart.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Frank
Faye Wilson, beloved husband
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and father of seven,
died of a heart attack
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on his way to work.
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He was 59 years old.
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Teresa's family,
which eventually
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grew to include more than two
dozen grandchildren and 40
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great grandchildren, helped
to fill the painful void
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left by Frank's death.
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In 1982, as Teresa
approached her 80th birthday,
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her children planned
a special celebration.
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They never imagined
just how special
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it would turn out to be.
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More than a year in
advance, Teresa's daughter,
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Margaret Locke, began working
on a unique and intimate gift.
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They wanted to put together
a memory book with letters
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from all her relatives, and the
children, and grandchildren,
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and people all
across the states,
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just writing her a
letter and telling her
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how they felt about her,
and remembering things
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that they had done in the past.
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And it took a long time.
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And it was a lot of work.
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But it was worth it.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
According to Margaret,
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one letter was delivered in a
most extraordinary fashion--
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in the midst of a
sleepless night.
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MARGARET: I sensed that there
was someone in the door.
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And I looked over.
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And there was a
man standing there.
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And it just came to me
that it was my father.
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He was white.
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And it was just-- it glowed.
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It actually glowed.
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I don't know how
else to describe it.
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Margaret, I'm here because
I want you to take a letter.
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Letter?
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You mean a letter
for mom's book?
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ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Margaret
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says she grabbed her journal
and hurriedly began to scribble.
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Dear Teres, as you
celebrate your 80th birthday,
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I want you to know
I'll be at your side
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as you blow out the
candles on your cake.
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Happy birthday, sweetheart.
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When he was done, I
looked up at him again.
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And he smiled.
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And he was gone.
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He just vanished.
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And I just was so stunned.
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And I laid down.
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And it took a long time.
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And I finally fell asleep.
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And I woke up the next morning.
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And I thought, what a
dream, what a dream I had.
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ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Margaret
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says she began to believe it
wasn't a dream when she read
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the love letter the next day.
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If If I were really
here, I would
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shower you with
sapphires as blue
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as the ocean to match your eyes.
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My father was
always like that.
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I mean, when my mother's
regular birthdays came around,
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he was so--
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sometimes, they didn't have
enough money to buy her a gift.
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But he always had
something special for her.
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And I really think this
was the most special thing
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he had in all her years.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
September 19th, 1982--
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at last, the night of
the party had arrived.
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Surprise!
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Happy birthday!
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MARGARET: It turned
out, we had quite
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a few people at the party.
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And my mother kind of got
wind of it before the party.
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So when she walked in
there, I think she kind
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of suspected what was going on.
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But she was still so gracious.
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And she just acted
like she was just as
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surprised and pleased as punch.
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Well, when they took
me there, it was a hall.
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And I knew it was
going to be a party.
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And it was my birthday.
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So I figured, that's it.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Teresa had guessed
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correctly about the party.
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But she had absolutely no
idea what was in store for her
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as she opened the
book of letters.
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She opened the first page.
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And inside was the
invitation, which, she said,
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oh that's nice.
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And then she opened it up.
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And there was a picture
of her and my dad
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that my nephew had drawn.
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And then there was the letter.
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FRANK: Dear Teres--
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TERESA: I just couldn't
control myself.
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I just started to cry.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Initially, Teresa
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thought Margaret had written
the letter as a way of including
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Frank in the celebration.
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But then she began to wonder.
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When it said, dear
Teres, everybody else
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called me Teresa.
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But he called me Teres.
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FRANK: Happy birthday,
sweetheart, Frank.
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I think I'll read these later.
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I couldn't get past
the first page.
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I was in tears.
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Then everybody started coming
up, and congratulating me,
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and giving me presents.
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And after that, it was
a real nice evening.
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How did you know
what he called me?
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What do you mean?
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Sweetheart.
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I didn't.
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I just wrote what he said.
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I couldn't believe that.
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I said, oh no,
it's just a dream.
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But then when she told me
that she never knew about him
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calling me sweetheart, and she
said, that's what he signed it,
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told me to sign it.
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And then I believed it.
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But I wish he'd come
to me like that.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
More than a decade has passed.
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For Teresa, the letter
remains a tangible link
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to her one true love.
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Well, I read his letter.
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And I can just hear her say it,
just like he was right there.
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FRANK: I love you more as each
day brings us closer together.
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Stay a while, though.
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I'll wait forever.
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I loved that part of it.
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He doesn't want me to leave yet.
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And I guess my kids don't
want me to leave either.
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But it gave me a good feeling,
to know that when I go,
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I'll have--
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I won't-- they shouldn't
feel bad, because I'll have
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somebody waiting for me.
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Here we go everybody.
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Happy birthday!
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
In September of 1994,
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our cameras were on
hand as Teresa Wilson
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celebrated her 92nd birthday.
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00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:04,117
Gathered around her were
family members for generations,
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00:18:04,217 --> 00:18:07,187
and perhaps, just
perhaps, the spirit
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of the man she will always love,
her sweetheart, Frank Wilson.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Next, a woman
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claims to have seen her
brother more than 25 years
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00:18:21,468 --> 00:18:23,102
after the government
declared him
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00:18:23,203 --> 00:18:25,705
missing in action in Vietnam.
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[music playing]
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ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): The images
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are as stark today as they
were in the 1960s and '70s.
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It seems hard to believe, but
it's been more than 20 years
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00:18:46,659 --> 00:18:48,495
since American
forces were fighting
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and dying in the distant
jungles of Southeast Asia.
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Along with the 58,000
who lost their lives,
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the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial also
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carries the names
of hundreds of GIs
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who were officially
unaccounted for.
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A few families hold on to
the faint glimmer of hope
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that the men will
one day return home.
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Tonight, you'll meet
the family of Robert
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C. Borton Jr. known as Curt.
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00:19:16,723 --> 00:19:18,858
The Borton's believe
Curt's name should never
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00:19:18,958 --> 00:19:21,528
have been inscribed on the
wall in the first place,
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00:19:21,628 --> 00:19:24,797
that he is not missing in
action, nor was he killed.
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00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:27,800
They are convinced that Curt
is not only still alive,
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00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:29,902
but that he has come
back to the United States
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with a new identity.
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00:19:32,539 --> 00:19:35,342
I know my brother
Curt's alive.
382
00:19:35,442 --> 00:19:39,979
I've seen him on three separate
occasions in Washington DC.
383
00:19:40,079 --> 00:19:43,350
And I have not one doubt in my
mind that that was my brother,
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00:19:43,450 --> 00:19:47,687
and he's very much
alive to this day.
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00:19:47,787 --> 00:19:50,022
While it is understandable
that the Borton family might
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00:19:50,122 --> 00:19:53,893
not want to accept the harsh
reality that Curt has died,
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00:19:53,993 --> 00:19:55,828
they have collected just
enough evidence to give
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credence to their theory.
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00:19:58,197 --> 00:20:01,568
When Curt enlisted in the
Marines, he was 19 years old.
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00:20:01,668 --> 00:20:05,872
Eight months later, just 19
days after arriving in Vietnam,
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he found himself on night
patrol near the city of Da Nang.
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It was not long after
that that Robert
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00:20:11,878 --> 00:20:14,614
Borton received the visit
that every father dreads.
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00:20:21,754 --> 00:20:22,689
Yes?
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00:20:22,789 --> 00:20:23,990
Mr. Robert Borton?
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00:20:24,090 --> 00:20:24,891
Yes.
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I'm Captain Victors.
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00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:28,795
This is Lieutenant Jeffers,
Casualty Officer of the United
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00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:29,762
States Marine Corps.
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00:20:29,862 --> 00:20:31,598
Is this about Curt?
401
00:20:31,698 --> 00:20:32,799
Yes, sir.
402
00:20:32,899 --> 00:20:35,635
I'm afraid we do have some
bad news about your son.
403
00:20:35,735 --> 00:20:39,739
He has been reported
missing in action.
404
00:20:39,839 --> 00:20:41,441
It really hit me hard.
405
00:20:41,541 --> 00:20:42,542
They said he's
missing in action.
406
00:20:42,642 --> 00:20:46,379
So I had to hope they'd
find him right away.
407
00:20:46,479 --> 00:20:48,448
Listening to the
news, hoping something
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00:20:48,548 --> 00:20:49,616
would come up where
they found him.
409
00:20:49,716 --> 00:20:52,385
But then it never
did, never happened.
410
00:20:56,222 --> 00:20:59,392
Two Two years passed with not a
single word about Curt's fate.
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00:20:59,492 --> 00:21:02,395
Still, the Borton's
prayed for a miracle.
412
00:21:02,495 --> 00:21:08,535
And in September of 1968, they
believe one was delivered.
413
00:21:08,635 --> 00:21:09,536
Robert?
414
00:21:09,636 --> 00:21:10,437
Yeah.
415
00:21:10,537 --> 00:21:11,838
Come here a minute.
416
00:21:11,938 --> 00:21:16,543
We subscribe to the Leatherneck
Magazine, the Marine magazine.
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00:21:16,643 --> 00:21:18,345
I was just going through it.
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00:21:18,445 --> 00:21:20,313
And all of a sudden,
I see this picture.
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00:21:20,413 --> 00:21:24,717
And it just-- it just jumped
at me, like, there's our son.
420
00:21:24,817 --> 00:21:28,355
I wasn't expecting to
see a picture of him.
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00:21:28,455 --> 00:21:30,490
But it was him.
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00:21:30,590 --> 00:21:34,761
I seen it, I said right
then, there's my boy.
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00:21:34,861 --> 00:21:40,066
And ain't no doubt, because
it is his picture of him.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
The photograph
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00:21:41,568 --> 00:21:45,772
had been taken in the Quan Tri
Province in 1967, a full year
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00:21:45,872 --> 00:21:49,008
after Curt had been
reported missing.
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00:21:49,108 --> 00:21:52,278
The Bortons are convinced that
this soldier is their son.
428
00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:59,586
We took it down to the
Marine Casualty Office.
429
00:21:59,686 --> 00:22:02,755
And then we get a letter back
saying that it couldn't be him,
430
00:22:02,855 --> 00:22:05,324
because this didn't match
and that, and something else.
431
00:22:05,425 --> 00:22:10,296
In other words, they
claimed it was not our son.
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00:22:10,397 --> 00:22:11,531
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): A few years
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00:22:11,631 --> 00:22:13,466
later, the Bortons
came across what they
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00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:15,668
believe is additional evidence.
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00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:19,071
This is a frame from a 16
millimeter film shot in a Viet
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00:22:19,171 --> 00:22:22,208
Cong prison camp in 1968.
437
00:22:22,308 --> 00:22:25,077
The Bortons have identified
this prisoner as Curt.
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00:22:30,082 --> 00:22:30,883
I seen that there.
439
00:22:30,983 --> 00:22:32,652
And as soon as I
seen it, I said,
440
00:22:32,752 --> 00:22:34,621
there's my boy
again right there.
441
00:22:34,721 --> 00:22:38,491
I'm like, there's our
son again, no doubt.
442
00:22:38,591 --> 00:22:44,130
I mean, you know your
children when you see them.
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00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:45,565
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Major Dave Greco,
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a spokesperson for
the Marine Corps,
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00:22:47,534 --> 00:22:50,437
says the Bortons are mistaken.
446
00:22:50,537 --> 00:22:52,939
Each of the service
members in that photograph
447
00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:55,307
have been positively identified.
448
00:22:55,408 --> 00:22:56,943
We've spoken to
each one of them.
449
00:22:57,043 --> 00:22:58,845
And none of them
is Robert Borton.
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00:23:01,648 --> 00:23:03,315
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
If it had ended with the two
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photographs, Curt's family might
have dropped the entire matter.
452
00:23:07,286 --> 00:23:10,022
But the Bortons say
there is more, much more.
453
00:23:13,693 --> 00:23:16,328
In the summer of
1976, Roberts says
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00:23:16,429 --> 00:23:18,130
he was approached
by two strangers
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00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:20,667
who claimed to be agents with
the Department of Defense.
456
00:23:20,767 --> 00:23:21,768
Who are you?
457
00:23:21,868 --> 00:23:22,769
You're Curt Borton's father.
458
00:23:22,869 --> 00:23:23,903
Is that right?
459
00:23:24,003 --> 00:23:25,672
Yeah, you got
information about him?
460
00:23:25,772 --> 00:23:27,173
No, we have no
information we can give you.
461
00:23:27,273 --> 00:23:29,876
But we do have a letter we
need you to sign for us.
462
00:23:29,976 --> 00:23:31,277
What's this about?
463
00:23:31,377 --> 00:23:33,145
Basically, it changes
his status from missing
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00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:35,748
in action to killed.
465
00:23:35,848 --> 00:23:37,016
What do you mean?
466
00:23:37,116 --> 00:23:40,286
Wanting to know if for my
son's own personal safety,
467
00:23:40,386 --> 00:23:41,821
I'd declare him dead.
468
00:23:41,921 --> 00:23:44,457
I said, no, I won't do that.
469
00:23:44,557 --> 00:23:46,258
They told me I'd get
a large sum of money.
470
00:23:46,358 --> 00:23:48,861
And I said, I'm not concerned
about the money, or my boy.
471
00:23:48,961 --> 00:23:50,129
And I told him, no, I will not.
472
00:23:50,229 --> 00:23:51,097
I don't know what's going on.
473
00:23:51,197 --> 00:23:53,032
But I'm not signing any letter.
474
00:23:53,132 --> 00:23:56,703
Now, just stay away from me, OK?
475
00:23:56,803 --> 00:23:59,005
They got in the car and left.
476
00:23:59,105 --> 00:24:00,940
And they said, do
not tell nobody,
477
00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,476
nobody, nobody, about it.
478
00:24:03,576 --> 00:24:05,912
And so I didn't even
tell her about it.
479
00:24:06,012 --> 00:24:07,046
We don't work that way.
480
00:24:07,146 --> 00:24:09,716
We do things in a very
professional manner.
481
00:24:09,816 --> 00:24:12,418
We would not approach
someone and solicit
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00:24:12,519 --> 00:24:15,387
them to change their son's
status in a public parking
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00:24:15,488 --> 00:24:16,789
lot of a shopping mall.
484
00:24:16,889 --> 00:24:22,028
It would have been done in
uniform in the family's home,
485
00:24:22,128 --> 00:24:25,665
and would not have been
solicited to have that done.
486
00:24:25,765 --> 00:24:27,834
I feel like I should talk to
a lawyer before I sign this.
487
00:24:27,934 --> 00:24:29,936
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Robert
claims that the two men pursued
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00:24:30,036 --> 00:24:32,238
him aggressively over
a period of weeks,
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00:24:32,338 --> 00:24:35,341
always confronting
him in a public place.
490
00:24:35,441 --> 00:24:37,309
Robert is functionally
illiterate.
491
00:24:37,409 --> 00:24:39,411
And, eventually, he
signed the document
492
00:24:39,512 --> 00:24:40,913
without knowing what it said.
493
00:24:43,516 --> 00:24:47,620
And so I agreed to declare
him dead for his own safety.
494
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,022
They kept saying that every once
in a while, for his own safety.
495
00:24:54,761 --> 00:24:57,630
They never told me that he was
alive or anything like that.
496
00:24:57,730 --> 00:25:01,801
But when they told me
for his own safety, and--
497
00:25:01,901 --> 00:25:03,302
then I knew he was alive then.
498
00:25:06,939 --> 00:25:08,074
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): In the end,
499
00:25:08,174 --> 00:25:12,579
Robert Borton received
a check for $43,000.
500
00:25:12,679 --> 00:25:15,682
10 years went by before
Robert told his family
501
00:25:15,782 --> 00:25:18,918
anything about the episode.
502
00:25:19,018 --> 00:25:21,688
When Diane read the letter
that her father had signed,
503
00:25:21,788 --> 00:25:23,656
she discovered that
it was not a waiver,
504
00:25:23,756 --> 00:25:27,059
but was typed up as a
request by Mr. Borton.
505
00:25:27,159 --> 00:25:29,896
The description killed in
action had been x'd out,
506
00:25:29,996 --> 00:25:34,366
and replaced with
killed in captivity.
507
00:25:34,466 --> 00:25:36,202
It was one more
confusing discovery
508
00:25:36,302 --> 00:25:37,637
that made the
Borton's wonder what
509
00:25:37,737 --> 00:25:39,806
had really happened to Curt.
510
00:25:39,906 --> 00:25:42,341
That confusion would grew
as the family travelled
511
00:25:42,441 --> 00:25:44,276
time and time
again to Washington
512
00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:46,613
DC to investigate Curt's case.
513
00:25:49,415 --> 00:25:50,850
On several occasions,
the Bortons
514
00:25:50,950 --> 00:25:54,086
were allowed to examine
Curt's official files.
515
00:25:54,186 --> 00:25:57,423
During the early morning
hours of an unrecalled day
516
00:25:57,523 --> 00:25:59,158
in March or April 1966--
517
00:25:59,258 --> 00:26:01,160
What?
518
00:26:01,260 --> 00:26:02,461
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Diane claims
519
00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:06,032
that the entries regarding
Curt's death kept changing.
520
00:26:06,132 --> 00:26:08,334
Some of these reports
are unsubstantiated.
521
00:26:08,434 --> 00:26:11,437
They had him killed in
March or April of '66.
522
00:26:11,537 --> 00:26:16,208
In 1967, they have a story of
him being with an engineer crew
523
00:26:16,308 --> 00:26:17,810
and being killed.
524
00:26:17,910 --> 00:26:20,512
They had him killed on
paper several times.
525
00:26:20,613 --> 00:26:24,717
And it just amazes me the
audacity of them thinking
526
00:26:24,817 --> 00:26:26,886
that we would swallow
each one of these stories
527
00:26:26,986 --> 00:26:28,655
and not say anything about it.
528
00:26:28,755 --> 00:26:31,590
I think a lot of what the
families read, they have
529
00:26:31,691 --> 00:26:33,425
to understand that
what they are reading
530
00:26:33,525 --> 00:26:36,462
is not often
government position.
531
00:26:36,562 --> 00:26:41,500
But it may be the
report of a witness.
532
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,403
These people, Vietnam villagers,
are remembering things that
533
00:26:44,503 --> 00:26:48,340
happened to them 25 years
ago during a traumatic time
534
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,176
in their own lives.
535
00:26:50,276 --> 00:26:53,579
So there are often
errors in years.
536
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,915
There are often
errors in months.
537
00:26:56,015 --> 00:27:00,119
Many times, they only
understand things
538
00:27:00,219 --> 00:27:04,356
from the cycles of planting
and harvesting their crops.
539
00:27:06,959 --> 00:27:08,194
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): The Bortons
540
00:27:08,294 --> 00:27:11,698
continued to dig for evidence
that Curt was still alive.
541
00:27:11,798 --> 00:27:13,733
In the process,
the family believes
542
00:27:13,833 --> 00:27:15,702
that someone was
becoming increasingly
543
00:27:15,802 --> 00:27:17,336
curious about them.
544
00:27:17,436 --> 00:27:19,806
Every time I go and
check out his file, there's
545
00:27:19,906 --> 00:27:21,941
something new.
546
00:27:22,041 --> 00:27:23,676
Well, this time I went and--
547
00:27:23,776 --> 00:27:24,576
[click]
548
00:27:24,677 --> 00:27:26,312
Did you hear that?
549
00:27:26,412 --> 00:27:28,447
Yeah, it's probably
your call waiting.
550
00:27:28,547 --> 00:27:30,382
I don't have call waiting.
551
00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:31,984
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Diane and other family
552
00:27:32,084 --> 00:27:35,788
members became convinced that
their phones were tapped.
553
00:27:35,888 --> 00:27:38,557
I started having several
phone conversations with Diane.
554
00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:40,993
And she was giving me a lot of
the information that she had.
555
00:27:41,093 --> 00:27:43,930
One of Diane's cousins is
certain that the entire family
556
00:27:44,030 --> 00:27:45,597
was being watched.
557
00:27:45,698 --> 00:27:48,134
He has asked that his
identity not be revealed.
558
00:27:48,234 --> 00:27:51,303
About that time frame that
I started noticing that I
559
00:27:51,403 --> 00:27:52,671
was being followed to work.
560
00:27:56,075 --> 00:28:00,146
We lived in a house that was
inside of a trailer park.
561
00:28:00,246 --> 00:28:02,749
And I started noticing
that pretty much
562
00:28:02,849 --> 00:28:04,917
every morning there
would be a car pull
563
00:28:05,017 --> 00:28:07,553
out of the office parking lot.
564
00:28:07,653 --> 00:28:10,389
And they would
follow me into work.
565
00:28:10,489 --> 00:28:16,863
And then I'd find them behind
me again on my way home.
566
00:28:16,963 --> 00:28:19,165
After about a month
and a half, maybe two
567
00:28:19,265 --> 00:28:21,567
months, of being
followed, I approached
568
00:28:21,667 --> 00:28:22,802
the two gentlemen in the car.
569
00:28:27,406 --> 00:28:29,942
Yeah, guys, I'm not going
to the company this morning.
570
00:28:30,042 --> 00:28:31,277
I'm going to the gym first.
571
00:28:31,377 --> 00:28:33,579
It's right across the
street from the company.
572
00:28:33,679 --> 00:28:35,047
I'll be there for two hours.
573
00:28:35,147 --> 00:28:36,482
I'll be back here,
take a shower.
574
00:28:36,582 --> 00:28:38,617
Then I'm going back to work, OK?
575
00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:40,753
What are you talking about?
576
00:28:40,853 --> 00:28:42,588
You guys have been
following me for a while.
577
00:28:42,688 --> 00:28:44,957
I figured I'd let you
know where I was, just--
578
00:28:45,057 --> 00:28:48,427
After that for, about a
month and a half, two months,
579
00:28:48,527 --> 00:28:50,062
I wasn't followed anymore.
580
00:28:50,162 --> 00:28:51,898
And then we started
noticing them again.
581
00:28:55,467 --> 00:28:56,435
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): As part
582
00:28:56,535 --> 00:28:58,170
of his job in a
security company,
583
00:28:58,270 --> 00:29:01,607
Diane's cousin often ran
routine credit checks.
584
00:29:01,707 --> 00:29:04,510
At Diane's request, he
entered Curt's social security
585
00:29:04,610 --> 00:29:08,948
number in the system, and
made an unsettling discovery.
586
00:29:09,048 --> 00:29:10,549
I entered it
into the computer,
587
00:29:10,649 --> 00:29:14,954
and it came back invalid entry.
588
00:29:15,054 --> 00:29:18,624
At that time, I went and got
my employer, and I told them,
589
00:29:18,724 --> 00:29:21,327
I'm trying to run this
credit application.
590
00:29:21,427 --> 00:29:24,496
And I think I'm doing
something wrong.
591
00:29:24,596 --> 00:29:27,499
And he said, whoever filled
out that credit application
592
00:29:27,599 --> 00:29:29,568
is trying to feed you a line.
593
00:29:29,668 --> 00:29:31,003
That number's never been issued.
594
00:29:33,639 --> 00:29:36,809
That same day, I had left
work, was headed home.
595
00:29:36,909 --> 00:29:38,210
And I was approached by someone.
596
00:29:38,310 --> 00:29:40,947
They very pleasantly
called me by my name.
597
00:29:41,047 --> 00:29:42,081
Hi, how you doing?
598
00:29:42,181 --> 00:29:44,616
Listen, what you did
today was really stupid.
599
00:29:44,716 --> 00:29:45,584
What are you talking about?
600
00:29:45,684 --> 00:29:47,319
You know what
I'm talking about.
601
00:29:47,419 --> 00:29:49,121
Now, it would be you
and your family's best
602
00:29:49,221 --> 00:29:50,422
interest not to do it again.
603
00:29:50,522 --> 00:29:52,358
I don't know what
you're talking about.
604
00:29:52,458 --> 00:29:53,259
Yes, you do.
605
00:29:53,359 --> 00:29:55,561
Now, leave it alone.
606
00:29:55,661 --> 00:29:56,896
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Diane's cousin
607
00:29:56,996 --> 00:29:58,664
believes that he was
threatened because he
608
00:29:58,764 --> 00:30:03,435
had stumbled upon evidence
that Curt might still be alive.
609
00:30:03,535 --> 00:30:06,672
It would seem to fit
together that maybe he had been
610
00:30:06,772 --> 00:30:09,541
used for covert operations.
611
00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:13,345
And in order to keep
him from talking
612
00:30:13,445 --> 00:30:16,082
about these covert
operations, he
613
00:30:16,182 --> 00:30:21,220
was given a new identity and
instructions not to contact
614
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:22,454
anyone from his past.
615
00:30:26,558 --> 00:30:28,827
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
In 1990, a full 24 years
616
00:30:28,928 --> 00:30:31,898
after Curt Borton
supposedly died in Vietnam,
617
00:30:31,998 --> 00:30:35,734
his sister Diane moved to
a suburb of Washington DC.
618
00:30:35,834 --> 00:30:38,404
Soon after, Diane had
a chance encounter
619
00:30:38,504 --> 00:30:40,372
that finally
convinced her that all
620
00:30:40,472 --> 00:30:42,241
of the scenarios
about her brother
621
00:30:42,341 --> 00:30:45,411
might, in fact, be true.
622
00:30:45,511 --> 00:30:47,013
I went down to gas up the van.
623
00:30:47,113 --> 00:30:48,915
And a car pulled in behind me.
624
00:30:49,015 --> 00:30:50,149
It was a red car.
625
00:30:50,249 --> 00:30:53,085
And whoever it was,
must have pumped
626
00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:55,888
their gas fast, because
I seen them run across,
627
00:30:55,988 --> 00:30:57,289
and pay for theirs.
628
00:30:57,389 --> 00:30:59,125
And I walked across
to pay for mine.
629
00:30:59,225 --> 00:31:00,859
And when I came back
across, the person was
630
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:05,264
standing there outside his car.
631
00:31:05,364 --> 00:31:10,069
It looks like it's
going to snow, doesn't it?
632
00:31:10,169 --> 00:31:10,970
I was stunned.
633
00:31:11,070 --> 00:31:13,605
It was my brother.
634
00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:15,007
I didn't even have
time to react,
635
00:31:15,107 --> 00:31:18,277
because as soon as he said
that, he got in and took off.
636
00:31:18,377 --> 00:31:20,212
There was a real pretty
girl in the front seat.
637
00:31:20,312 --> 00:31:23,149
She had a long blond hair.
638
00:31:23,249 --> 00:31:24,516
It didn't look like
it was going to snow.
639
00:31:24,616 --> 00:31:25,417
It was October.
640
00:31:25,517 --> 00:31:28,054
It was clear skies.
641
00:31:28,154 --> 00:31:29,755
And that's the only
thing he said to me.
642
00:31:33,292 --> 00:31:34,760
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
The next April, Diane
643
00:31:34,860 --> 00:31:36,362
claims she saw Curt again.
644
00:31:39,165 --> 00:31:40,666
DIANE: We were headed down 395.
645
00:31:40,766 --> 00:31:43,102
And a red car
pulled up beside us.
646
00:31:43,202 --> 00:31:44,003
I looked over.
647
00:31:44,103 --> 00:31:45,037
It was my brother.
648
00:31:45,137 --> 00:31:47,039
That's Curt.
649
00:31:47,139 --> 00:31:50,009
It was the same red car I'd
seen at the gas station.
650
00:31:50,109 --> 00:31:51,710
The blonde girl was
in the car with him.
651
00:31:51,810 --> 00:31:52,611
You could see her there.
652
00:31:52,711 --> 00:31:53,845
And he looked at me.
653
00:31:53,946 --> 00:31:55,081
And he grinned.
654
00:31:55,181 --> 00:31:57,049
And then he took and
shot in front of us,
655
00:31:57,149 --> 00:31:58,917
and slowed down a little bit.
656
00:31:59,018 --> 00:32:01,353
And I wrote down
the license number.
657
00:32:01,453 --> 00:32:04,090
And then he sped up, and
zipped over in the other lane,
658
00:32:04,190 --> 00:32:06,692
and zipped off the exit,
which was-- that was
659
00:32:06,792 --> 00:32:09,128
at Quantico Marine station.
660
00:32:09,228 --> 00:32:10,396
And we were going too fast.
661
00:32:10,496 --> 00:32:13,065
We couldn't follow him.
662
00:32:13,165 --> 00:32:15,167
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Diane
traced the license plate number
663
00:32:15,267 --> 00:32:16,935
to a man who lived in Virginia.
664
00:32:17,036 --> 00:32:19,138
But he claimed to know
nothing about Curt.
665
00:32:23,642 --> 00:32:26,312
A few months later
in July of 1991,
666
00:32:26,412 --> 00:32:29,982
Diane says Curt made another
mysterious appearance.
667
00:32:30,082 --> 00:32:31,950
By this time, Diane
says that at least
668
00:32:32,051 --> 00:32:36,222
one war buddy of Curt's had
confirmed that Curt was alive.
669
00:32:36,322 --> 00:32:38,424
However, that vet said
Curt had come home
670
00:32:38,524 --> 00:32:43,162
a disturbed and dangerous man.
671
00:32:43,262 --> 00:32:47,433
DIANE: I spent many, many hours
down at the Vietnam Veterans
672
00:32:47,533 --> 00:32:49,001
Memorial.
673
00:32:49,101 --> 00:32:51,570
I had my two daughters with me.
674
00:32:51,670 --> 00:32:55,007
And there's a little
hill with some woods.
675
00:32:55,107 --> 00:32:56,675
And on the other side
is the restrooms.
676
00:32:56,775 --> 00:33:00,512
We went over to the restroom,
went in, used the restroom.
677
00:33:00,612 --> 00:33:01,613
When we came out
of the restroom,
678
00:33:01,713 --> 00:33:04,116
my brother was leaning
against the wall.
679
00:33:04,216 --> 00:33:07,386
And my oldest daughter,
she recognized him.
680
00:33:07,486 --> 00:33:08,454
- Mom, that's Curt!
- Come on.
681
00:33:08,554 --> 00:33:09,888
- He's right there.
- Come on.
682
00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:10,856
He's right there!
683
00:33:10,956 --> 00:33:12,291
Let's go home.
684
00:33:12,391 --> 00:33:15,127
Mom, please talk to him!
685
00:33:15,227 --> 00:33:17,296
DIANE: I had been told
from other sources
686
00:33:17,396 --> 00:33:19,665
that he was
potentially dangerous.
687
00:33:19,765 --> 00:33:21,033
I had my two children with me.
688
00:33:21,133 --> 00:33:23,502
And I just couldn't
take that chance
689
00:33:23,602 --> 00:33:28,407
that he could possibly be
dangerous and harm my children.
690
00:33:28,507 --> 00:33:30,209
I know now that was a mistake.
691
00:33:30,309 --> 00:33:32,544
And if I had it all
to do over again,
692
00:33:32,644 --> 00:33:34,113
I would have turned around.
693
00:33:34,213 --> 00:33:35,013
I would have faced him.
694
00:33:35,114 --> 00:33:36,515
I would have talked to him.
695
00:33:36,615 --> 00:33:39,285
I would have thrown my arms
around him and hugged him.
696
00:33:39,385 --> 00:33:40,852
But I was afraid.
697
00:33:40,952 --> 00:33:43,655
[telephone ringing]
698
00:33:43,755 --> 00:33:48,660
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): In
1992, another disturbing event.
699
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:49,561
Hello?
700
00:33:49,661 --> 00:33:51,263
MAN: Is this Robert Borton?
701
00:33:51,363 --> 00:33:53,465
Yes, who's this?
702
00:33:53,565 --> 00:33:55,033
I can't mention
any names, no names.
703
00:33:55,134 --> 00:33:56,402
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): The caller
704
00:33:56,502 --> 00:34:00,372
asked a question which could
only be answered by two people.
705
00:34:00,472 --> 00:34:02,374
Your son had a
blond-haired babysitter.
706
00:34:02,474 --> 00:34:03,875
What was her name?
707
00:34:03,975 --> 00:34:05,144
Frida Smith.
708
00:34:05,244 --> 00:34:06,044
Friday Smith.
709
00:34:06,145 --> 00:34:07,146
Yeah!
710
00:34:07,246 --> 00:34:08,046
Is that My son?
711
00:34:08,147 --> 00:34:09,047
Is he there?
712
00:34:09,148 --> 00:34:10,116
So I knew right then, it's him.
713
00:34:10,216 --> 00:34:12,684
He must be in the background.
714
00:34:12,784 --> 00:34:16,188
And then they made a statement,
they'd be seeing me soon.
715
00:34:16,288 --> 00:34:17,323
I can't tell
you anything more.
716
00:34:17,423 --> 00:34:18,857
But he'll be seeing you soon.
717
00:34:18,957 --> 00:34:20,892
Don't tell anyone.
718
00:34:20,992 --> 00:34:22,094
Wait, hello?
719
00:34:22,194 --> 00:34:23,895
I haven't heard
another word from him.
720
00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:25,697
I figured he'd
probably get in touch.
721
00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:27,499
I hope I didn't
jeopardize his life
722
00:34:27,599 --> 00:34:29,301
or anything by telling anybody.
723
00:34:32,738 --> 00:34:34,673
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
In August of 1993,
724
00:34:34,773 --> 00:34:37,176
the Bortons were notified
that a new set of documents
725
00:34:37,276 --> 00:34:39,811
concerning MIAs
and POWs had been
726
00:34:39,911 --> 00:34:42,381
declassified by the government.
727
00:34:42,481 --> 00:34:44,783
When they met with officials
at Marine Headquarters,
728
00:34:44,883 --> 00:34:48,954
the Bortons were shocked
by what they learned.
729
00:34:49,054 --> 00:34:51,323
We have discovered
some remains
730
00:34:51,423 --> 00:34:54,226
that we believe belong to Curt.
731
00:34:54,326 --> 00:34:55,961
What did you find?
732
00:34:56,061 --> 00:34:59,498
We found 11 teeth
in a grave site.
733
00:34:59,598 --> 00:35:01,467
Where did you find them?
734
00:35:01,567 --> 00:35:02,668
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): One report
735
00:35:02,768 --> 00:35:04,603
told of four US
soldiers who were killed
736
00:35:04,703 --> 00:35:08,274
by the Viet Cong in 1966.
737
00:35:08,374 --> 00:35:10,542
Vietnamese eyewitnesses
said that the bodies
738
00:35:10,642 --> 00:35:13,945
were buried, and then later
moved to another grave site.
739
00:35:16,548 --> 00:35:18,650
Although the actual
dates are in dispute,
740
00:35:18,750 --> 00:35:21,453
the government believed that
the discovery of Curt's teeth
741
00:35:21,553 --> 00:35:23,822
and another set of dog
tags at the grave site
742
00:35:23,922 --> 00:35:25,824
provided reasonable
certainty that Curt
743
00:35:25,924 --> 00:35:28,427
was killed in Vietnam.
744
00:35:28,527 --> 00:35:30,196
However, the teeth
found in the grave
745
00:35:30,296 --> 00:35:33,131
were compared with x-rays
provided by the military,
746
00:35:33,232 --> 00:35:35,701
not by Curt's family.
747
00:35:35,801 --> 00:35:36,735
I asked him.
748
00:35:36,835 --> 00:35:38,837
I says, where's the
rest of his body?
749
00:35:38,937 --> 00:35:40,372
All we have is teeth?
750
00:35:40,472 --> 00:35:43,275
They says, well, there
was grave robbers.
751
00:35:43,375 --> 00:35:44,443
And they came.
752
00:35:44,543 --> 00:35:46,412
And they robbed the
grave, and took the body.
753
00:35:49,515 --> 00:35:53,719
And I'm thinking, well,
this is kind of dumb.
754
00:35:53,819 --> 00:35:55,787
What, did they just
leave the teeth?
755
00:35:55,887 --> 00:35:59,090
We know that there is a
remains trade in Vietnam, where
756
00:35:59,191 --> 00:36:05,697
remains are buried, dug up,
and moved to another place,
757
00:36:05,797 --> 00:36:09,568
dug up again, and sold
to remains traders.
758
00:36:09,668 --> 00:36:11,603
So they miss many of
the smaller pieces.
759
00:36:11,703 --> 00:36:15,541
So often, we find only teeth.
760
00:36:15,641 --> 00:36:18,777
Forensic experts tell
us that these teeth were
761
00:36:18,877 --> 00:36:23,048
from a deceased person,
and that the teeth
762
00:36:23,148 --> 00:36:25,083
do match Robert Borton.
763
00:36:25,183 --> 00:36:27,519
It looks like it's
going to snow, doesn't it?
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00:36:27,619 --> 00:36:29,187
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Today, the Borton family
765
00:36:29,288 --> 00:36:32,858
believes that Curt is part of
a secret government operation.
766
00:36:32,958 --> 00:36:35,461
Diane, in particular, feels
that her brother has attempted
767
00:36:35,561 --> 00:36:38,297
to contact the family in
order to let them know that he
768
00:36:38,397 --> 00:36:40,832
is alive without
endangering himself
769
00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:44,169
by exposing his new identity.
770
00:36:44,270 --> 00:36:49,708
I talked to a man who claims
to be a secret attorney.
771
00:36:49,808 --> 00:36:55,781
He said that they were allowed
to come back, as long as they
772
00:36:55,881 --> 00:37:00,051
didn't contact their families or
let anybody know they're back.
773
00:37:00,151 --> 00:37:03,922
The official status that
was taken on these men
774
00:37:04,022 --> 00:37:08,360
was that there were no more
live POWs in Southeast Asia.
775
00:37:08,460 --> 00:37:10,396
And they couldn't bring
back live POWs when they
776
00:37:10,496 --> 00:37:11,997
have already taken
the stand that all
777
00:37:12,097 --> 00:37:14,933
the POWs are home are dead.
778
00:37:15,033 --> 00:37:17,769
There is no such
program to bring
779
00:37:17,869 --> 00:37:22,308
servicemen back after Vietnam
and give them new identities.
780
00:37:22,408 --> 00:37:25,043
Robert Boren would
not be a candidate
781
00:37:25,143 --> 00:37:27,979
for any type of secret mission.
782
00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:30,081
He was a very young man.
783
00:37:30,181 --> 00:37:33,285
He was in the Marine Corps
just over six months.
784
00:37:33,385 --> 00:37:34,986
He did not have
any special skills.
785
00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:36,888
He did not have a
security clearance
786
00:37:36,988 --> 00:37:38,524
or any linguistic
skills that would
787
00:37:38,624 --> 00:37:44,496
have been needed for some
type of a covert operation.
788
00:37:44,596 --> 00:37:45,831
They're lying to us.
789
00:37:45,931 --> 00:37:50,536
And there's lots of
families out there like us
790
00:37:50,636 --> 00:37:53,071
that are suffering
because of it.
791
00:37:53,171 --> 00:37:55,674
And that's what's
hard for me to handle,
792
00:37:55,774 --> 00:37:57,008
is knowing what
I've went through,
793
00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:59,311
and knowing there's
other families
794
00:37:59,411 --> 00:38:01,947
out there going through this
same thing, the not knowing.
795
00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:07,953
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
What happened to Curt Borton?
796
00:38:08,053 --> 00:38:11,557
Did he die in the jungles of
Vietnam as the government says?
797
00:38:11,657 --> 00:38:14,292
Or did he somehow
manage to survive?
798
00:38:14,393 --> 00:38:17,529
Despite the official record, the
Borton family remains convinced
799
00:38:17,629 --> 00:38:20,899
that Curt is very much
alive, and that one day he
800
00:38:20,999 --> 00:38:23,335
will come home.
801
00:38:23,435 --> 00:38:25,303
[music playing]
802
00:38:36,548 --> 00:38:37,716
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Recently, we
803
00:38:37,816 --> 00:38:39,851
told you the story
of Xuan van Nguyen,
804
00:38:39,951 --> 00:38:41,887
who immigrated to
America from Vietnam
805
00:38:41,987 --> 00:38:44,656
with his family in 1993.
806
00:38:44,756 --> 00:38:46,958
Xuan had come not only
to start a new life,
807
00:38:47,058 --> 00:38:48,727
but to complete a
chapter from his own.
808
00:38:52,297 --> 00:38:55,501
In 1968 at the height
of the Vietnam War,
809
00:38:55,601 --> 00:38:58,203
Xuan was among hundreds of
South Vietnamese officers
810
00:38:58,303 --> 00:39:00,205
dispatched to a
US Air Force Base
811
00:39:00,305 --> 00:39:02,408
in Louisiana for
jet pilot training.
812
00:39:05,043 --> 00:39:08,346
Within weeks, Xuan had fallen
in love with an American woman
813
00:39:08,447 --> 00:39:12,017
named Gwendolyn Loften.
814
00:39:12,117 --> 00:39:14,420
But, inevitably,
the war intervened.
815
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:19,458
Xuan was sent back to Vietnam
to fight for his country.
816
00:39:19,558 --> 00:39:21,192
A few months after
his return, he
817
00:39:21,292 --> 00:39:23,228
received a letter from America.
818
00:39:23,328 --> 00:39:24,329
Gwendolyn was pregnant.
819
00:39:27,098 --> 00:39:28,033
[vietnamese]
820
00:39:35,741 --> 00:39:37,876
INTERPRETER (VOICEOVER): Coming
back from a tense mission,
821
00:39:37,976 --> 00:39:42,448
and hearing the good news, I
was so happy at that moment.
822
00:39:44,816 --> 00:39:46,151
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Five years later,
823
00:39:46,251 --> 00:39:49,054
Xuan was dispatched to
Louisiana once again.
824
00:39:49,154 --> 00:39:51,356
He met his daughter
Kimberly for the first time.
825
00:39:55,026 --> 00:39:56,462
INTERPRETER (VOICEOVER):
And I looked at her,
826
00:39:56,562 --> 00:40:00,799
and knew right away
that this was my child.
827
00:40:00,899 --> 00:40:02,868
Kimberly, this is Xuan.
828
00:40:02,968 --> 00:40:03,769
Xuan?
829
00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:07,773
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Xuan was
830
00:40:07,873 --> 00:40:10,041
able to spend an entire
month with Kimberly,
831
00:40:10,141 --> 00:40:12,478
before he had to return
to Vietnam and the war.
832
00:40:16,247 --> 00:40:19,184
After the war ended, Xuan was
incarcerated for nearly 10
833
00:40:19,284 --> 00:40:21,653
years in a re-education camp.
834
00:40:21,753 --> 00:40:26,057
Another 10 years passed before
he finally made it to America.
835
00:40:26,157 --> 00:40:28,193
But Xuan never stopped
thinking of the little girl
836
00:40:28,293 --> 00:40:30,562
he had left behind so long ago.
837
00:40:30,662 --> 00:40:33,499
And on our broadcast, he asked
if someone in our audience
838
00:40:33,599 --> 00:40:34,533
could help reunite.
839
00:40:37,869 --> 00:40:40,038
That night, the switchboard
at our phone center
840
00:40:40,138 --> 00:40:43,274
lit up with calls from
Kimberly's friends and family.
841
00:40:43,374 --> 00:40:45,477
Kimberly, who lives in
Pineville, Louisiana,
842
00:40:45,577 --> 00:40:48,514
was thrilled to learn
the Xuan was looking for.
843
00:40:48,614 --> 00:40:50,849
Over the years, Kimberly
had searched for Xuan,
844
00:40:50,949 --> 00:40:53,451
but had always run
into dead ends.
845
00:40:53,552 --> 00:40:55,954
Now, she was anxious to
be with her father again.
846
00:40:58,590 --> 00:41:01,426
A few days later, Xuan
and his American sponsor
847
00:41:01,527 --> 00:41:04,029
travel to Louisiana for
an emotional reunion
848
00:41:04,129 --> 00:41:05,296
with Kimberly.
849
00:41:05,396 --> 00:41:08,734
It was their first time
together in more than 20 years.
850
00:41:08,834 --> 00:41:10,201
Hi.
851
00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:12,638
It's good to see you.
852
00:41:17,108 --> 00:41:19,410
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Xuan
was overcome with emotion.
853
00:41:19,511 --> 00:41:24,550
Still, he wanted to convey
his feelings in English.
854
00:41:24,650 --> 00:41:27,719
When in Vietnam, I never--
855
00:41:27,819 --> 00:41:32,490
I would never think
I can meet her.
856
00:41:32,591 --> 00:41:35,226
But now, it's my
dream can be true.
857
00:41:38,564 --> 00:41:40,365
I very, very happy.
858
00:41:44,335 --> 00:41:45,236
And then we hugged.
859
00:41:45,336 --> 00:41:46,371
And then we said hello.
860
00:41:46,471 --> 00:41:49,875
And then it was just--
861
00:41:49,975 --> 00:41:51,610
you can't describe the feeling.
862
00:41:51,710 --> 00:41:55,113
It was just like, nice.
863
00:41:55,213 --> 00:41:58,083
It doesn't do the
feeling justice.
864
00:41:58,183 --> 00:42:02,387
Bit it was just incredible,
fantastic, wonderful, great.
865
00:42:04,956 --> 00:42:06,224
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Later that day,
866
00:42:06,324 --> 00:42:09,628
Xuan celebrated with 20
members of Kimberly's family,
867
00:42:09,728 --> 00:42:11,630
including her mother Gwendolyn.
868
00:42:15,033 --> 00:42:19,004
To see them together is
just a dream come true.
869
00:42:21,807 --> 00:42:26,044
A fairy tale that had
had some bad detours,
870
00:42:26,144 --> 00:42:29,347
but it came to a happy ending.
871
00:42:29,447 --> 00:42:31,516
This is a big
day, big happy day.
872
00:42:35,086 --> 00:42:35,887
I think I cannot forget it.
873
00:42:42,594 --> 00:42:47,365
I knew that wherever
he was, that he loved me.
874
00:42:47,465 --> 00:42:49,668
And I was always
certain in my heart
875
00:42:49,768 --> 00:42:51,336
that one day we would
be back together.
876
00:42:55,540 --> 00:42:57,042
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
For Xuan and Kimberly,
877
00:42:57,142 --> 00:42:59,678
the end of their long
search marked the beginning
878
00:42:59,778 --> 00:43:03,548
of a new life for both of them.
879
00:43:03,649 --> 00:43:06,017
[music playing]
880
00:43:13,959 --> 00:43:16,194
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): On
our next "Unsolved Mysteries,"
881
00:43:16,294 --> 00:43:18,563
for more than 60 years,
a mysterious light
882
00:43:18,664 --> 00:43:22,000
has appeared above a stretch
of railroad tracks in Arkansas.
883
00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:25,036
Some say there is a
scientific explanation.
884
00:43:25,136 --> 00:43:27,706
Others believe the light is
nothing less than the ghost
885
00:43:27,806 --> 00:43:29,875
of a murdered railroad
foreman, perhaps
886
00:43:29,975 --> 00:43:33,078
still searching for his killer.
887
00:43:33,178 --> 00:43:35,714
And the final appeal
of Stuart Heaton--
888
00:43:35,814 --> 00:43:37,916
DNA tests were the
primary evidence
889
00:43:38,016 --> 00:43:41,319
that convicted him of a murder
he swears he did not commit.
890
00:43:41,419 --> 00:43:43,488
But how accurate were the tests?
891
00:43:43,588 --> 00:43:45,290
Heaton may spend
the rest of his life
892
00:43:45,390 --> 00:43:47,525
behind bars waiting to find out.
893
00:43:50,495 --> 00:43:54,065
Join me next Friday for
another intriguing addition
894
00:43:54,165 --> 00:43:56,267
of "Unsolved Mysteries."
895
00:43:56,367 --> 00:43:59,004
[music playing]
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