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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:04,172 --> 00:00:07,408 MALE (VOICEOVER): This program is about unsolved mysteries. 2 00:00:07,508 --> 00:00:09,410 Whenever possible, the actual family members 3 00:00:09,510 --> 00:00:11,379 and police officials have participated 4 00:00:11,479 --> 00:00:13,013 in recreating the events. 5 00:00:13,114 --> 00:00:15,316 What you are about to see is not a news broadcast. 6 00:00:19,987 --> 00:00:21,889 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Frank and Teresa Wilson were 7 00:00:21,989 --> 00:00:24,325 married for 34 happy years. 8 00:00:24,425 --> 00:00:27,928 Then in 1960, Frank's death separated them forever, 9 00:00:28,028 --> 00:00:32,600 or so it seemed, until Teresa's 80th birthday approached. 10 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:35,203 Many in the Wilson family believe that Frank's spirit 11 00:00:35,303 --> 00:00:37,638 chose that occasion to make a special visit 12 00:00:37,738 --> 00:00:40,441 from beyond the grave. 13 00:00:40,541 --> 00:00:42,443 To his neighbors in Ohio, Neil Gott 14 00:00:42,543 --> 00:00:46,747 seemed perfectly ordinary, the proverbial nice guy next door. 15 00:00:46,847 --> 00:00:49,850 Then an FBI raid revealed that Gott was running a $1 million 16 00:00:49,950 --> 00:00:51,585 dollar drug operation. 17 00:00:51,685 --> 00:00:54,588 Perhaps you can help find him. 18 00:00:54,688 --> 00:00:57,358 When he was 19 years old, Curt Borton was declared 19 00:00:57,458 --> 00:00:59,460 missing in action in Vietnam. 20 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,230 Today, his name is inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans 21 00:01:02,330 --> 00:01:04,265 Memorial in Washington DC. 22 00:01:04,365 --> 00:01:07,468 But incredibly, Curt's family believes that Curt is not 23 00:01:07,568 --> 00:01:10,438 only still alive, but that he has returned to the United 24 00:01:10,538 --> 00:01:13,741 States with a new identity. 25 00:01:13,841 --> 00:01:16,009 While the army maintains that Curt is dead, 26 00:01:16,110 --> 00:01:18,379 his family has accumulated just enough evidence 27 00:01:18,479 --> 00:01:22,150 to sustain their hopes that they'll yet find their son. 28 00:01:22,250 --> 00:01:24,418 Join me for this intriguing addition 29 00:01:24,518 --> 00:01:27,020 of "Unsolved Mysteries." 30 00:01:27,121 --> 00:01:29,990 [music playing] 31 00:02:16,870 --> 00:02:21,108 Most of us have a certain image of big time criminals. 32 00:02:21,209 --> 00:02:23,777 They wear three piece suits, slick back their hair, 33 00:02:23,877 --> 00:02:27,080 drive fancy cars, and wear fancy jewelry. 34 00:02:27,181 --> 00:02:30,351 That's the image we see in the movies and on television. 35 00:02:30,451 --> 00:02:33,153 In real life, a criminal can be anyone, 36 00:02:33,254 --> 00:02:34,788 even your next door neighbor. 37 00:02:38,091 --> 00:02:39,159 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Neil Gott 38 00:02:39,260 --> 00:02:41,629 certainly seemed normal enough. 39 00:02:41,729 --> 00:02:43,964 He and his wife Terry had moved to the small town 40 00:02:44,064 --> 00:02:47,301 of North Benton, Ohio in 1986. 41 00:02:47,401 --> 00:02:49,770 Neil opened an auto repair shop, and business 42 00:02:49,870 --> 00:02:51,639 appeared to be thriving. 43 00:02:51,739 --> 00:02:54,508 When a baby girl came along in 1989, 44 00:02:54,608 --> 00:02:56,344 the happy family picture was complete. 45 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:01,715 The Gotts, on the surface, appeared 46 00:03:01,815 --> 00:03:03,951 to be a very legitimate couple. 47 00:03:04,051 --> 00:03:08,389 He was a mechanic who had a place called Lake Park Auto. 48 00:03:08,489 --> 00:03:11,725 She had a cleaning business, where she cleaned houses. 49 00:03:11,825 --> 00:03:12,926 They had a two-year-old daughter, 50 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:14,528 Heather Gott, that was a very attractive, 51 00:03:14,628 --> 00:03:16,063 blonde-headed little girl. 52 00:03:16,163 --> 00:03:17,998 And everything appeared to be normal, 53 00:03:18,098 --> 00:03:21,168 unless you lived in community and had heard 54 00:03:21,269 --> 00:03:23,737 some of the rumors, or unless you were an FBI agent, 55 00:03:23,837 --> 00:03:25,138 and you knew-- 56 00:03:25,239 --> 00:03:26,274 you had access to what we knew. 57 00:03:30,511 --> 00:03:31,645 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): But the FBI 58 00:03:31,745 --> 00:03:33,514 knew was that Neil Gott was making 59 00:03:33,614 --> 00:03:36,517 an awful lot of phone calls to a drug dealer in Akron. 60 00:03:40,020 --> 00:03:42,656 Maybe we can just flip around, know what I mean? 61 00:03:42,756 --> 00:03:44,525 Probably. 62 00:03:44,625 --> 00:03:46,560 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The FBI listened in for a month, 63 00:03:46,660 --> 00:03:49,630 gathering information and biding their time. 64 00:03:49,730 --> 00:03:53,934 Finally, on December 15, 1990, Gott put in a substantial order 65 00:03:54,034 --> 00:03:55,303 for the next day-- 66 00:03:55,403 --> 00:03:58,038 eight ounces of cocaine. 67 00:03:58,138 --> 00:03:59,407 Probably bring eight or so? 68 00:03:59,507 --> 00:04:01,409 Eight of them? 69 00:04:01,509 --> 00:04:02,443 Yeah, give me an eight pack. 70 00:04:02,543 --> 00:04:03,344 No kidding? 71 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,215 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): When Neil Gott made the buy, 72 00:04:08,316 --> 00:04:10,017 the FBI was waiting. - FBI! 73 00:04:10,117 --> 00:04:11,118 Don't move! 74 00:04:11,218 --> 00:04:13,854 Step away from the vehicle. 75 00:04:13,954 --> 00:04:15,289 Step aside. 76 00:04:15,389 --> 00:04:17,358 Put your hands on the truck. 77 00:04:17,458 --> 00:04:18,359 We're with the FBI. 78 00:04:18,459 --> 00:04:20,160 Do you have any weapons on you anywhere? 79 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:22,496 No. 80 00:04:22,596 --> 00:04:24,097 Go ahead and turn around. 81 00:04:24,197 --> 00:04:25,566 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The agents did not 82 00:04:25,666 --> 00:04:27,768 take Neil Gott into custody. 83 00:04:27,868 --> 00:04:32,005 They had decided on a risky strategy. 84 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:33,407 We wanted the cocaine. 85 00:04:33,507 --> 00:04:36,209 But we were not going to arrest Neil Gott, because we wanted 86 00:04:36,310 --> 00:04:38,512 to continue our investigation till we 87 00:04:38,612 --> 00:04:42,049 got everybody in his network. 88 00:04:42,149 --> 00:04:44,151 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Neil Gott, the good neighbor, 89 00:04:44,251 --> 00:04:46,086 did not disappoint. 90 00:04:46,186 --> 00:04:48,255 He went straight home and called his buyers 91 00:04:48,356 --> 00:04:49,723 to tell them the bad news. 92 00:04:49,823 --> 00:04:52,526 There would be no cocaine. 93 00:04:52,626 --> 00:04:56,129 Now, the FBI had the names of Gott's cohorts. 94 00:04:56,229 --> 00:04:57,831 But the authorities had already begun 95 00:04:57,931 --> 00:05:01,435 to suspect that Gott was more than a small-time cocaine 96 00:05:01,535 --> 00:05:04,071 middleman. 97 00:05:04,171 --> 00:05:06,474 We became suspicious of other areas 98 00:05:06,574 --> 00:05:07,775 of Neil Gott's activities. 99 00:05:07,875 --> 00:05:11,612 For instance, he had rented a barn in Homeworth, Ohio. 100 00:05:11,712 --> 00:05:14,682 And in this barn which was supposedly empty are being used 101 00:05:14,782 --> 00:05:18,552 for occasional auto repairs, we looked at electric bills 102 00:05:18,652 --> 00:05:21,889 in the neighborhood of $1,800 to $1,900 a month. 103 00:05:21,989 --> 00:05:24,024 Whereas, in that type of building, 104 00:05:24,124 --> 00:05:25,893 the electric bill shouldn't be over $50. 105 00:05:25,993 --> 00:05:27,495 And that was our clue that they were 106 00:05:27,595 --> 00:05:29,763 probably growing marijuana hydroponically 107 00:05:29,863 --> 00:05:30,864 in that property. 108 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:35,436 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The FBI moved again. 109 00:05:35,536 --> 00:05:37,304 This time, they carried a federal search 110 00:05:37,405 --> 00:05:39,840 warrant for Neil and Terry Gott's house 111 00:05:39,940 --> 00:05:40,808 and for their barn. 112 00:05:47,815 --> 00:05:50,918 His indoor growing operation was everything we expected, 113 00:05:51,018 --> 00:05:52,285 and much more. 114 00:05:52,386 --> 00:05:56,156 It was a very sophisticated operation with expensive strobe 115 00:05:56,256 --> 00:06:00,227 lights, which are heating lamps, expensive timers, 116 00:06:00,327 --> 00:06:04,665 irrigation piping and tubing to all these various plants, 117 00:06:04,765 --> 00:06:05,599 grow packs. 118 00:06:05,699 --> 00:06:08,235 Everything a successful marijuana 119 00:06:08,335 --> 00:06:12,440 operation for an indoor growth needed, Neil Gott had. 120 00:06:12,540 --> 00:06:15,943 Inside with that kind of secrecy, in normal cases, 121 00:06:16,043 --> 00:06:19,179 you can harvest at a minimum four times a year. 122 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:20,981 Your minimum harvest would be in the neighborhood 123 00:06:21,081 --> 00:06:24,818 of $75,000 to $100,000. 124 00:06:24,918 --> 00:06:26,654 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): In addition to the marijuana, 125 00:06:26,754 --> 00:06:29,423 agents also found a trove of weapons when they searched 126 00:06:29,523 --> 00:06:32,660 the house, including high-powered rifles, handguns, 127 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:34,928 and explosives. 128 00:06:35,028 --> 00:06:36,830 Terry Gott was at the barn. 129 00:06:36,930 --> 00:06:40,801 But she denied any knowledge of drug dealing. 130 00:06:40,901 --> 00:06:43,236 This time, however, Neil Gott was arrested. 131 00:06:46,540 --> 00:06:48,842 After he was arrested, Mr. Gott's bail 132 00:06:48,942 --> 00:06:52,980 was set at $25,000 cash, and a $200,000 bond, which 133 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:54,715 was signed by his parents. 134 00:06:54,815 --> 00:06:56,283 And he immediately, of course, made bail, 135 00:06:56,383 --> 00:06:57,585 and was back out on the street. 136 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:01,221 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): In the meantime, 137 00:07:01,321 --> 00:07:04,725 the FBI had nailed Gott's entire distribution network, as well 138 00:07:04,825 --> 00:07:06,994 as several other drug dealers. 139 00:07:07,094 --> 00:07:11,398 In all, 22 people were indicted on March 7th, 1991, 140 00:07:11,499 --> 00:07:13,967 including Neal and Terry Gott. 141 00:07:14,067 --> 00:07:16,937 Most of the defendants were in court for the arraignment. 142 00:07:17,037 --> 00:07:18,438 The Gotts never showed. 143 00:07:23,777 --> 00:07:26,980 When the FBI went to the Gott's house, it was empty. 144 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,884 In the backyard, they found a dead dog chained to a tree. 145 00:07:30,984 --> 00:07:33,687 The only sign of life was a neighbor who wandered 146 00:07:33,787 --> 00:07:35,623 over to see what was going on. 147 00:07:35,723 --> 00:07:37,558 Ryan Smith, FBI. 148 00:07:37,658 --> 00:07:39,059 Have you seen Neil or Terry Gott? 149 00:07:39,159 --> 00:07:41,361 No, I'm watching their dog. 150 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:42,295 You're watching their dog? 151 00:07:42,395 --> 00:07:43,196 Yeah. 152 00:07:43,296 --> 00:07:45,032 For how long? 153 00:07:45,132 --> 00:07:48,201 I don't know, about a week. 154 00:07:48,301 --> 00:07:49,770 We started interviewing people. 155 00:07:49,870 --> 00:07:51,572 And we interviewed a lady who had 156 00:07:51,672 --> 00:07:56,910 rented a U-Haul trailer for the Gotts, had put it in her name. 157 00:07:57,010 --> 00:08:00,514 And we were also able to decide, and from talking to people, 158 00:08:00,614 --> 00:08:03,416 that on the evening of March 6, the Gotts 159 00:08:03,517 --> 00:08:04,985 loaded all their personal belongings 160 00:08:05,085 --> 00:08:06,920 into this U-Haul trailer and had left. 161 00:08:10,824 --> 00:08:13,026 Neil Gott ended up in Florida. 162 00:08:13,126 --> 00:08:17,197 At least that's where he dropped the U-Haul truck. 163 00:08:17,297 --> 00:08:20,233 We believe the Gotts are still in the United States. 164 00:08:20,333 --> 00:08:22,402 Neil Gott is a powerboat enthusiast, 165 00:08:22,502 --> 00:08:25,706 the kind of cigarette type boats that were on "Miami Vice." 166 00:08:25,806 --> 00:08:27,808 He enjoys that kind of activity. 167 00:08:27,908 --> 00:08:30,744 So we feel wherever he is, he's probably engaging in that. 168 00:08:30,844 --> 00:08:31,912 He's a truck driver. 169 00:08:32,012 --> 00:08:34,247 And he's also an accomplished mechanic. 170 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:35,916 But what Neil Gott does best is he 171 00:08:36,016 --> 00:08:38,451 grows dope, marijuana specifically. 172 00:08:38,552 --> 00:08:42,823 So we definitely feel he's engaged in that activity. 173 00:08:42,923 --> 00:08:45,358 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Neil Gott is 44 years old, six feet 174 00:08:45,458 --> 00:08:48,128 tall, and weighs 180 pounds. 175 00:08:48,228 --> 00:08:50,297 He has prematurely gray hair, which he may 176 00:08:50,397 --> 00:08:53,033 have died brown, and blue eyes. 177 00:08:53,133 --> 00:08:55,836 Gott sometimes uses the alias John Hughes, 178 00:08:55,936 --> 00:08:58,806 and should be considered armed and dangerous. 179 00:08:58,906 --> 00:09:01,274 [music playing] 180 00:09:19,192 --> 00:09:20,661 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): When we return, 181 00:09:20,761 --> 00:09:22,529 the poignant ghost story of a love 182 00:09:22,630 --> 00:09:23,797 that transcended the grave. 183 00:09:34,507 --> 00:09:39,179 It has long been said that love conquers all. 184 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:41,348 Consider the romance of Frank and Teresa 185 00:09:41,448 --> 00:09:46,019 Wilson, joined in marriage 1926, separated 186 00:09:46,119 --> 00:09:49,990 by Frank's death, 1960. 187 00:09:50,090 --> 00:09:52,159 Incredibly, Teresa and her family 188 00:09:52,259 --> 00:09:54,928 believe that Frank has expressed his continuing love and 189 00:09:55,028 --> 00:09:58,932 devotion from beyond the grave. 190 00:09:59,032 --> 00:10:03,103 I can't believe it's been 34 years-- 191 00:10:03,203 --> 00:10:06,740 34 years married, and 34 years he's gone. 192 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:12,479 I have a feeling that he is here all the time around me. 193 00:10:12,579 --> 00:10:13,380 I really do. 194 00:10:15,916 --> 00:10:16,984 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The 1930s 195 00:10:17,084 --> 00:10:19,653 and '40s were busy years for Teresa and Frank, 196 00:10:19,753 --> 00:10:24,357 as they raised seven children, three girls and four boys. 197 00:10:24,457 --> 00:10:25,759 Money was scarce. 198 00:10:25,859 --> 00:10:28,161 But the Wilson's were content with the simple joys 199 00:10:28,261 --> 00:10:30,998 of marriage and family. 200 00:10:31,098 --> 00:10:35,969 A red letter day was April 3rd, 1950, Frank's 50th birthday. 201 00:10:36,069 --> 00:10:38,271 Teresa proudly presented him with the money 202 00:10:38,371 --> 00:10:41,508 she had carefully saved to buy her first TV set. 203 00:10:52,219 --> 00:10:53,520 Frank? 204 00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:56,323 The last time I saw Frank, we got up at our usual time, 6:00 205 00:10:56,423 --> 00:11:00,660 o'clock, and went to the door, like I always 206 00:11:00,761 --> 00:11:02,462 did, to kiss him goodbye. 207 00:11:02,562 --> 00:11:03,363 Surprise me. 208 00:11:03,463 --> 00:11:06,299 All right. 209 00:11:06,399 --> 00:11:07,768 Goodbye, sweetheart. 210 00:11:10,804 --> 00:11:12,906 TERESA: And that was his last words, when 211 00:11:13,006 --> 00:11:16,343 he said, goodbye sweetheart. 212 00:11:16,443 --> 00:11:18,812 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Frank Faye Wilson, beloved husband 213 00:11:18,912 --> 00:11:21,448 and father of seven, died of a heart attack 214 00:11:21,548 --> 00:11:22,983 on his way to work. 215 00:11:23,083 --> 00:11:24,484 He was 59 years old. 216 00:11:27,721 --> 00:11:29,522 Teresa's family, which eventually 217 00:11:29,622 --> 00:11:32,625 grew to include more than two dozen grandchildren and 40 218 00:11:32,726 --> 00:11:35,462 great grandchildren, helped to fill the painful void 219 00:11:35,562 --> 00:11:37,697 left by Frank's death. 220 00:11:37,798 --> 00:11:41,668 In 1982, as Teresa approached her 80th birthday, 221 00:11:41,769 --> 00:11:44,537 her children planned a special celebration. 222 00:11:44,637 --> 00:11:46,907 They never imagined just how special 223 00:11:47,007 --> 00:11:50,110 it would turn out to be. 224 00:11:50,210 --> 00:11:52,679 More than a year in advance, Teresa's daughter, 225 00:11:52,780 --> 00:11:57,617 Margaret Locke, began working on a unique and intimate gift. 226 00:11:57,717 --> 00:12:01,688 They wanted to put together a memory book with letters 227 00:12:01,789 --> 00:12:04,557 from all her relatives, and the children, and grandchildren, 228 00:12:04,657 --> 00:12:07,294 and people all across the states, 229 00:12:07,394 --> 00:12:09,362 just writing her a letter and telling her 230 00:12:09,462 --> 00:12:12,165 how they felt about her, and remembering things 231 00:12:12,265 --> 00:12:14,334 that they had done in the past. 232 00:12:14,434 --> 00:12:15,969 And it took a long time. 233 00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:17,004 And it was a lot of work. 234 00:12:17,104 --> 00:12:19,139 But it was worth it. 235 00:12:19,239 --> 00:12:20,707 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): According to Margaret, 236 00:12:20,808 --> 00:12:24,177 one letter was delivered in a most extraordinary fashion-- 237 00:12:24,277 --> 00:12:27,580 in the midst of a sleepless night. 238 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:31,584 MARGARET: I sensed that there was someone in the door. 239 00:12:31,684 --> 00:12:33,186 And I looked over. 240 00:12:33,286 --> 00:12:35,722 And there was a man standing there. 241 00:12:35,823 --> 00:12:39,159 And it just came to me that it was my father. 242 00:12:42,295 --> 00:12:43,730 He was white. 243 00:12:43,831 --> 00:12:45,232 And it was just-- it glowed. 244 00:12:45,332 --> 00:12:47,134 It actually glowed. 245 00:12:47,234 --> 00:12:50,137 I don't know how else to describe it. 246 00:12:50,237 --> 00:12:56,043 Margaret, I'm here because I want you to take a letter. 247 00:12:56,143 --> 00:12:56,977 Letter? 248 00:12:57,077 --> 00:13:00,848 You mean a letter for mom's book? 249 00:13:00,948 --> 00:13:02,215 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Margaret 250 00:13:02,315 --> 00:13:06,453 says she grabbed her journal and hurriedly began to scribble. 251 00:13:06,553 --> 00:13:12,292 Dear Teres, as you celebrate your 80th birthday, 252 00:13:12,392 --> 00:13:16,263 I want you to know I'll be at your side 253 00:13:16,363 --> 00:13:19,599 as you blow out the candles on your cake. 254 00:13:19,699 --> 00:13:24,004 Happy birthday, sweetheart. 255 00:13:24,104 --> 00:13:26,840 When he was done, I looked up at him again. 256 00:13:26,940 --> 00:13:28,508 And he smiled. 257 00:13:28,608 --> 00:13:30,243 And he was gone. 258 00:13:30,343 --> 00:13:33,680 He just vanished. 259 00:13:33,780 --> 00:13:38,118 And I just was so stunned. 260 00:13:38,218 --> 00:13:40,387 And I laid down. 261 00:13:40,487 --> 00:13:43,190 And it took a long time. 262 00:13:43,290 --> 00:13:44,457 And I finally fell asleep. 263 00:13:44,557 --> 00:13:45,758 And I woke up the next morning. 264 00:13:45,859 --> 00:13:50,297 And I thought, what a dream, what a dream I had. 265 00:13:50,397 --> 00:13:51,631 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Margaret 266 00:13:51,731 --> 00:13:54,701 says she began to believe it wasn't a dream when she read 267 00:13:54,801 --> 00:13:57,270 the love letter the next day. 268 00:13:57,370 --> 00:14:00,073 If If I were really here, I would 269 00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:03,476 shower you with sapphires as blue 270 00:14:03,576 --> 00:14:06,813 as the ocean to match your eyes. 271 00:14:06,914 --> 00:14:08,681 My father was always like that. 272 00:14:08,781 --> 00:14:11,885 I mean, when my mother's regular birthdays came around, 273 00:14:11,985 --> 00:14:14,154 he was so-- 274 00:14:14,254 --> 00:14:17,958 sometimes, they didn't have enough money to buy her a gift. 275 00:14:18,058 --> 00:14:20,994 But he always had something special for her. 276 00:14:21,094 --> 00:14:23,296 And I really think this was the most special thing 277 00:14:23,396 --> 00:14:27,234 he had in all her years. 278 00:14:27,334 --> 00:14:29,937 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): September 19th, 1982-- 279 00:14:30,037 --> 00:14:34,274 at last, the night of the party had arrived. 280 00:14:34,374 --> 00:14:35,242 Surprise! 281 00:14:35,342 --> 00:14:36,243 Happy birthday! 282 00:14:40,313 --> 00:14:41,915 MARGARET: It turned out, we had quite 283 00:14:42,015 --> 00:14:43,516 a few people at the party. 284 00:14:43,616 --> 00:14:48,521 And my mother kind of got wind of it before the party. 285 00:14:48,621 --> 00:14:50,590 So when she walked in there, I think she kind 286 00:14:50,690 --> 00:14:52,259 of suspected what was going on. 287 00:14:52,359 --> 00:14:54,427 But she was still so gracious. 288 00:14:54,527 --> 00:14:56,096 And she just acted like she was just as 289 00:14:56,196 --> 00:14:59,299 surprised and pleased as punch. 290 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:02,102 Well, when they took me there, it was a hall. 291 00:15:02,202 --> 00:15:05,438 And I knew it was going to be a party. 292 00:15:05,538 --> 00:15:06,606 And it was my birthday. 293 00:15:06,706 --> 00:15:09,376 So I figured, that's it. 294 00:15:09,476 --> 00:15:10,843 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Teresa had guessed 295 00:15:10,944 --> 00:15:12,679 correctly about the party. 296 00:15:12,779 --> 00:15:16,116 But she had absolutely no idea what was in store for her 297 00:15:16,216 --> 00:15:19,719 as she opened the book of letters. 298 00:15:19,819 --> 00:15:21,088 She opened the first page. 299 00:15:21,188 --> 00:15:23,723 And inside was the invitation, which, she said, 300 00:15:23,823 --> 00:15:24,691 oh that's nice. 301 00:15:24,791 --> 00:15:26,026 And then she opened it up. 302 00:15:26,126 --> 00:15:27,827 And there was a picture of her and my dad 303 00:15:27,927 --> 00:15:29,596 that my nephew had drawn. 304 00:15:29,696 --> 00:15:30,663 And then there was the letter. 305 00:15:35,368 --> 00:15:36,169 FRANK: Dear Teres-- 306 00:15:38,771 --> 00:15:41,174 TERESA: I just couldn't control myself. 307 00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:43,610 I just started to cry. 308 00:15:43,710 --> 00:15:45,045 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Initially, Teresa 309 00:15:45,145 --> 00:15:47,947 thought Margaret had written the letter as a way of including 310 00:15:48,048 --> 00:15:50,117 Frank in the celebration. 311 00:15:50,217 --> 00:15:53,987 But then she began to wonder. 312 00:15:54,087 --> 00:15:57,290 When it said, dear Teres, everybody else 313 00:15:57,390 --> 00:15:58,191 called me Teresa. 314 00:15:58,291 --> 00:16:00,860 But he called me Teres. 315 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,231 FRANK: Happy birthday, sweetheart, Frank. 316 00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:15,775 I think I'll read these later. 317 00:16:15,875 --> 00:16:18,378 I couldn't get past the first page. 318 00:16:18,478 --> 00:16:20,380 I was in tears. 319 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,850 Then everybody started coming up, and congratulating me, 320 00:16:23,950 --> 00:16:25,118 and giving me presents. 321 00:16:25,218 --> 00:16:30,357 And after that, it was a real nice evening. 322 00:16:30,457 --> 00:16:33,193 How did you know what he called me? 323 00:16:33,293 --> 00:16:34,361 What do you mean? 324 00:16:34,461 --> 00:16:36,296 Sweetheart. 325 00:16:36,396 --> 00:16:37,197 I didn't. 326 00:16:37,297 --> 00:16:39,432 I just wrote what he said. 327 00:16:39,532 --> 00:16:41,334 I couldn't believe that. 328 00:16:41,434 --> 00:16:44,504 I said, oh no, it's just a dream. 329 00:16:44,604 --> 00:16:48,141 But then when she told me that she never knew about him 330 00:16:48,241 --> 00:16:51,744 calling me sweetheart, and she said, that's what he signed it, 331 00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:53,513 told me to sign it. 332 00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:57,217 And then I believed it. 333 00:16:57,317 --> 00:17:00,787 But I wish he'd come to me like that. 334 00:17:03,756 --> 00:17:05,692 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): More than a decade has passed. 335 00:17:05,792 --> 00:17:09,129 For Teresa, the letter remains a tangible link 336 00:17:09,229 --> 00:17:12,465 to her one true love. 337 00:17:12,565 --> 00:17:13,866 Well, I read his letter. 338 00:17:13,966 --> 00:17:18,338 And I can just hear her say it, just like he was right there. 339 00:17:18,438 --> 00:17:23,276 FRANK: I love you more as each day brings us closer together. 340 00:17:23,376 --> 00:17:25,345 Stay a while, though. 341 00:17:25,445 --> 00:17:27,814 I'll wait forever. 342 00:17:27,914 --> 00:17:30,083 I loved that part of it. 343 00:17:30,183 --> 00:17:32,719 He doesn't want me to leave yet. 344 00:17:32,819 --> 00:17:36,089 And I guess my kids don't want me to leave either. 345 00:17:36,189 --> 00:17:41,428 But it gave me a good feeling, to know that when I go, 346 00:17:41,528 --> 00:17:42,762 I'll have-- 347 00:17:42,862 --> 00:17:45,365 I won't-- they shouldn't feel bad, because I'll have 348 00:17:45,465 --> 00:17:48,501 somebody waiting for me. 349 00:17:48,601 --> 00:17:49,636 Here we go everybody. 350 00:17:49,736 --> 00:17:52,672 Happy birthday! 351 00:17:52,772 --> 00:17:54,707 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): In September of 1994, 352 00:17:54,807 --> 00:17:57,043 our cameras were on hand as Teresa Wilson 353 00:17:57,144 --> 00:18:00,313 celebrated her 92nd birthday. 354 00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:04,117 Gathered around her were family members for generations, 355 00:18:04,217 --> 00:18:07,187 and perhaps, just perhaps, the spirit 356 00:18:07,287 --> 00:18:11,458 of the man she will always love, her sweetheart, Frank Wilson. 357 00:18:17,264 --> 00:18:18,465 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Next, a woman 358 00:18:18,565 --> 00:18:21,368 claims to have seen her brother more than 25 years 359 00:18:21,468 --> 00:18:23,102 after the government declared him 360 00:18:23,203 --> 00:18:25,705 missing in action in Vietnam. 361 00:18:25,805 --> 00:18:27,140 [music playing] 362 00:18:38,251 --> 00:18:39,452 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The images 363 00:18:39,552 --> 00:18:43,523 are as stark today as they were in the 1960s and '70s. 364 00:18:43,623 --> 00:18:46,559 It seems hard to believe, but it's been more than 20 years 365 00:18:46,659 --> 00:18:48,495 since American forces were fighting 366 00:18:48,595 --> 00:18:53,366 and dying in the distant jungles of Southeast Asia. 367 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:56,369 Along with the 58,000 who lost their lives, 368 00:18:56,469 --> 00:18:58,438 the Vietnam Veterans Memorial also 369 00:18:58,538 --> 00:19:00,640 carries the names of hundreds of GIs 370 00:19:00,740 --> 00:19:04,744 who were officially unaccounted for. 371 00:19:04,844 --> 00:19:07,347 A few families hold on to the faint glimmer of hope 372 00:19:07,447 --> 00:19:10,583 that the men will one day return home. 373 00:19:10,683 --> 00:19:12,352 Tonight, you'll meet the family of Robert 374 00:19:12,452 --> 00:19:16,623 C. Borton Jr. known as Curt. 375 00:19:16,723 --> 00:19:18,858 The Borton's believe Curt's name should never 376 00:19:18,958 --> 00:19:21,528 have been inscribed on the wall in the first place, 377 00:19:21,628 --> 00:19:24,797 that he is not missing in action, nor was he killed. 378 00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:27,800 They are convinced that Curt is not only still alive, 379 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:29,902 but that he has come back to the United States 380 00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:32,439 with a new identity. 381 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, 384 00:19:43,450 --> 00:19:47,687 and he's very much alive to this day. 385 00:19:47,787 --> 00:19:50,022 While it is understandable that the Borton family might 386 00:19:50,122 --> 00:19:53,893 not want to accept the harsh reality that Curt has died, 387 00:19:53,993 --> 00:19:55,828 they have collected just enough evidence to give 388 00:19:55,928 --> 00:19:58,097 credence to their theory. 389 00:19:58,197 --> 00:20:01,568 When Curt enlisted in the Marines, he was 19 years old. 390 00:20:01,668 --> 00:20:05,872 Eight months later, just 19 days after arriving in Vietnam, 391 00:20:05,972 --> 00:20:09,376 he found himself on night patrol near the city of Da Nang. 392 00:20:09,476 --> 00:20:11,778 It was not long after that that Robert 393 00:20:11,878 --> 00:20:14,614 Borton received the visit that every father dreads. 394 00:20:21,754 --> 00:20:22,689 Yes? 395 00:20:22,789 --> 00:20:23,990 Mr. Robert Borton? 396 00:20:24,090 --> 00:20:24,891 Yes. 397 00:20:24,991 --> 00:20:26,259 I'm Captain Victors. 398 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:28,795 This is Lieutenant Jeffers, Casualty Officer of the United 399 00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:29,762 States Marine Corps. 400 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 408 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. 411 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. 417 00:21:16,643 --> 00:21:18,345 I was just going through it. 418 00:21:18,445 --> 00:21:20,313 And all of a sudden, I see this picture. 419 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. 421 00:21:28,455 --> 00:21:30,490 But it was him. 422 00:21:30,590 --> 00:21:34,761 I seen it, I said right then, there's my boy. 423 00:21:34,861 --> 00:21:40,066 And ain't no doubt, because it is his picture of him. 424 00:21:40,166 --> 00:21:41,468 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The photograph 425 00:21:41,568 --> 00:21:45,772 had been taken in the Quan Tri Province in 1967, a full year 426 00:21:45,872 --> 00:21:49,008 after Curt had been reported missing. 427 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. 432 00:22:10,397 --> 00:22:11,531 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): A few years 433 00:22:11,631 --> 00:22:13,466 later, the Bortons came across what they 434 00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:15,668 believe is additional evidence. 435 00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:19,071 This is a frame from a 16 millimeter film shot in a Viet 436 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. 438 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. 443 00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:45,565 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Major Dave Greco, 444 00:22:45,665 --> 00:22:47,434 a spokesperson for the Marine Corps, 445 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. 450 00:23:01,648 --> 00:23:03,315 ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): If it had ended with the two 451 00:23:03,416 --> 00:23:07,186 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 454 00:23:16,429 --> 00:23:18,130 he was approached by two strangers 455 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 464 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 482 00:24:12,519 --> 00:24:15,387 them to change their son's status in a public parking 483 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 488 00:24:30,036 --> 00:24:32,238 him aggressively over a period of weeks, 489 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? 764 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] 69645

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