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Narrator:
She's a senior citizen
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with a feisty streak.
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Fred: Mom had a heart
as big as florida,
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as long as you didn't cross her.
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Narrator:
But then she suddenly stops
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communicating with
her friends and family.
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Det. Mark: Somebody doesn't
normally just shut off
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their life unless
there's some big factor.
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Fred: Oh, no.
Something's dead wrong here.
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Narrator:
A twisted trail of clues.
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Fred: Everybody said that
she ran off and got married.
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And they're on
an extended honeymoon.
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Nicole: And all of a sudden,
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she was taking out
a life insurance policy.
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Narrator:
Leads to a dark discovery.
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Det. Mark: There's a body
in this trash can.
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Narrator: But no one knows
what's really buried
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in this florida backyard.
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Det. Mark: So, what's to say
there's not a second body
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buried in the backyard?
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[sirens wailing]
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fred: We found something,
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and he said it's not good.
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Det. Mark: How much deeper
does this rabbit hole go?
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[♪♪]
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narrator: Daytona beach
can be a loud place.
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It's known for auto racing,
motorcycle rallies
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and beaches that draw
crowds of tourists,
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both seeking
a bit of peace and quiet.
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[bird squawking]
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narrator: Head to the southern
edge of town.
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Nicole: Daytona beach
is a party central.
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South daytona,
it's a much more small,
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quiet community.
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Fred: It's a paradise.
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It's just so relaxing.
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That's why people flock
here from up north all the time.
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Narrator: But on a sweltering
August evening in 2010,
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things are stirring in
normally sleepy south daytona.
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A local woman has been
missing for several weeks
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and police have found her car.
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[crickets chirping]
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det. Mark: We found this car
in the twin oaks
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mobile home park.
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We called a wrecker
service to impound the car.
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narrator: As the night
stretches on,
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the humid air stands still.
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And for those on the scene,
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the faint
smell of death lingers.
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[indistinct radio chatters]
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det. Mark:
There was an odd smell
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in the mobile home park,
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they thought
it was a dead animal
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that's in the area.
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But when a local wrecker
service set the car up to, uh,
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to be towed
onto his flatbed truck,
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he had his headlights on
and they were pointing
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into the wood line that was
right next to the mobile homes.
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They noticed something,
which was out of the ordinary.
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And when they got there,
they looked into the trash can.
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They realized there's a body
in the trash can.
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Narrator:
Police secure the scene.
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And at daybreak,
a forensic team gets to work.
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Det. Mark: So once they start
taking the contents
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of the trash can out
and start eventually putting
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it into a evidence bag,
they don't know who it is.
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They just know that they do
have human remains.
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One of the downfalls we have
is our heat and the humidity.
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It causes bodies
to decompose much faster.
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Narrator: There's no way
of knowing
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if this is the missing woman
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whose vehicle
was discovered nearby.
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Investigators send
the remains to the medical
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examiner's office,
hoping they'll find
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something that can identify
the victim.
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Det. Mark: From the law
enforcement's perspective,
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this is a bigger crime scene.
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How much deeper
does this rabbit hole go?
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nicole: Retirees come
to this part of florida
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because it's warm,
it's beautiful, it's safe.
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Retirees, they're like this
is the perfect place
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that they can just set up
and live the rest
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of their lives.
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Narrator: In the summer
of 2010,
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78-year-old goldie robinson
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is one of the many retirees
enjoying the good life
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in south daytona.
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But unlike most of
her newly-arrived neighbors,
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goldie has called
florida home since 1973.
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Nicole: Goldie robinson
moved down from maryland
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to florida
because her son had asthma.
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Fred: She come here
for my brother's health.
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My mom was a very giving person.
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She absolutely loved her kids.
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Stacia: She was always
a strong woman.
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She very rarely needed
any help doing anything,
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both physically and mentally.
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She didn't have
a whole lot of money,
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you know, but she still
wanted her own place
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and that was
pretty important to her.
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Narrator: With two grown kids
out on their own,
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goldie saves up enough money
to buy a place
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at the twin oaks
mobile home park.
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[birds chirping]
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stacia: She had a really good
circle around her.
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There was no need
to be concerned about
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where she was going
or what she was doing
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or who she was talking to.
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Narrator: To help sustain
that peace of mind,
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goldie's son fred who lives
in baltimore buys his mom
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a cell phone so she can make
regular check-ins with family.
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[♪♪]
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narrator:
But in early June of 2010,
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this small gift leads
to a big falling out.
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fred: I got her a little
phone and what happened is,
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well, she lost it.
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She couldn't find it.
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I said, "well,
I'm going to turn it off
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because I don't want
somebody else getting it
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and making calls on it."
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and then she found it
and it was turned off.
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And that made
her furious because
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she couldn't make
no calls with it now.
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Uh, I don't know
if she think I did it
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maliciously to her,
which I would never do anything,
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but that was kind
of her mindset at times.
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So, she actually quit
talking to me, period.
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Mom had a heart
as big as florida,
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as long as
you didn't cross her.
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[♪♪]
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narrator: Though phone
service is restored,
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goldie continues to give fred
the cold shoulder.
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He's relieved to learn
that a friendly neighbor
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is keeping an eye on his mom.
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Fred: Her name
was kimberly smith
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and she was a registered nurse.
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I'm a thousand miles away,
and she was helping mom
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out do things,
making sure if she got
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plenty of groceries,
which made me feel good at heart
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because there's somebody
kind of looking after her.
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narrator:
But a few months later,
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fred receives
a strange package in the mail.
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It was addressed for my mom.
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Opened the box up and
there's this cell phone,
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and it had in there a little
note and it said,
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"don't call me.
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Goldie."
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fred: We hadn't spoken
about six months.
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After the cell phone
was sent home,
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I would call on the landline.
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She won't pick up the phone.
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I called, it rang and rang
and rang and rang.
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It was later part in August,
I called my buddy
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which is he lives
a couple miles down
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the street there from mom.
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I said, "hey, look,
john," I said,
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"can you, uh, run down
and check on mom?"
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it wasn't 30 minutes later,
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I got a phone call from him.
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fred: He said,
"I could just see the outside
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of the trailer is in disarray."
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fred: Something's wrong.
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I didn't know more.
I hang up the phone
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and I got my suitcase packed,
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told my wife I was going
to daytona, and left.
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narrator: Fred drives
through the night,
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arriving at goldie's
mobile home
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early on the morning
of August 22nd.
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Fred: When I got there,
the flowerbeds was at disarray,
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weeds growing up
everywhere, and, uh,
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mom would not allow a weed
anywhere in her flowerbed.
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Tried to get in the trailer.
I had the key.
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Key wouldn't work.
The locks was changed.
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My mom was driving
a ford taurus and it was gone.
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narrator: Knowing
that something is very wrong,
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fred phones
the police for help.
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When an officer arrives,
he tells fred to wait outside
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while he forces his way
into the trailer.
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Fred: He went in,
looked all around.
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He'd come out the front door.
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So I go in and there's nothing,
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absolutely nothing
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that I could put my finger on
that belonged to my mother.
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fred: The closet
in my mother's room,
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I opened it up
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and all was in there
was stuffed animals.
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All of her knickknacks and
stuff on the shelf was gone.
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What in the heck is going on?
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So that's when I started
really getting concerned.
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You know, something--
something's up.
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Det. Mark: None of the articles
that were in the residence
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matched up to what he had
told us about his mother.
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Clearly, someone else has
been living there for a while.
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det. Mark: At this point,
the officers actually went
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and started talking
to the neighbors to find out
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what they knew.
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Fred: Everybody said
that goldie had met
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a multimillionaire
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and she run off
with him and got married.
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And they're
on an extended honeymoon.
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Narrator: According
to the interviews,
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when goldie left,
she signed her trailer over
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to a neighbor and packed
up just her essentials.
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Fred: I was so confused.
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I didn't believe it.
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My mom was a down to earth
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homegrown west virginia girl.
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A life of a millionaire had
no appeal to her whatsoever.
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Oh, no.
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Something's dead wrong here.
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fred: He went into the trailer.
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He'd come out
and his face was white.
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Det. Mark: Are we gonna find
another type of human remains
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of somebody else
who is missing?
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Nicole: This was the biggest
holy [bleep] moment
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I ever had in my life.
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narrator:
Seventy-eight-year-old
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goldie robinson
has vanished and her neighbors
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in south daytona,
florida tell police
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she's eloped
with a rich new boyfriend.
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But her son, fred,
isn't buying it.
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Fred: If she's
with this multimillionaire
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down aruba,
drinking margaritas
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on the beach,
I would cheer for her.
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That'd be the greatest
thing possible.
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But I told the police, "okay.
Look, lead the way,
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you got to find her.
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Until you talk
to her face to face,
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I'm gonna stand right here
in the street and scream."
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det. Mark: To fred, being
a concerned family member
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and actually caring
about his mother
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got the ball rolling for us
to investigate this case.
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det. Mark: We had to canvass
the neighborhood.
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Uh, get as many statements
as we could from the witnesses.
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Nicole: Neighbors were still
saying that goldie
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was on a honeymoon,
that she had went to tennessee
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with her new love of her life.
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And so they didn't really think
she was missing.
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say all they know
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about the groom
is that his name is rusty.
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No one seems to know the man
but they provide the police
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with evidence of the wedding.
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Det. Mark: The officers
were being shown photographs
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of goldie that she is now
married and moved on.
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And, uh, that was their proof
of this marriage.
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Narrator: The date
on the wedding announcement
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is July 29th, a few weeks
after neighbors
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last remember seeing goldie.
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Fred: But I didn't believe it.
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I knew mom was missing.
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det. Mark: When we were
initially listening
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to the story of goldie's life,
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it didn't sound like
she needed that big change.
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She wanted a simple life,
but it's quite possible
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that sure, she would want
a companion.
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det. Mark: All the neighbors
seem to have the same story
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that she was out of the area
and she had moved on.
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Nicole:
So it wasn't so farfetched
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that she could be potentially
be on her honeymoon.
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Det. Mark: If she did marry
this individual rusty,
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obviously there would be
some type
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of documentation to prove
that they got married.
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So we had to research
that through the--
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the court documents.
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narrator: As investigators
pour through court records
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across florida hoping
to identify goldie's mysterious
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new husband, fred seeks
the help of the local media.
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He hopes the story will prompt
someone to come forward
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with information on his mother
that he still fears is missing.
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Fred: I was happy
to do interviews
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with anybody that would
put me on the news.
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My mom was even
on a big billboard put up
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in norman right on route 40.
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[♪♪]
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stacia: I always thought
it's either one way
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or the other.
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It's gonna be huge
misunderstanding
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and she's gonna show up
and she's gonna be pissed
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at everybody because we've made
such a big stink about it.
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Or it's going to be traumatic
and we're going
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to find her dead somewhere.
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[♪♪]
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narrator: As the investigation
moves into the second day
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with no sign of goldie,
concerns mount for a senior
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who could be at risk.
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Det. Mark: We did exhaust
all of our avenues
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when it came to the, uh,
marriage documentation.
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And there was nothing.
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There was no documentation
whatsoever anywhere
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that proved
that she had been married.
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At this point,
"are we gonna find goldie?
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Where's the next clue at?"
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someone doesn't normally
just shut off their life unless,
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you know, there's--
there's some big factor.
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Narrator: Police are eager
to speak with kimberly smith.
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The helpful neighbor
fred mentioned
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was keeping an eye on goldie.
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Det. Mark: We needed
to contact mrs. Smith,
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because she seemed to take care
of goldie on a regular basis.
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She's the one
with the most information.
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[♪♪]
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det. Mark:
But she was not at home.
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Narrator: It's not long
before detectives
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learn why it's been difficult
to track her down.
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Det. Mark: She was at
the orange county branch jail.
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Narrator: Investigators
learned that kimberly
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is being held on
a parole violation
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on an old fraud charge
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for bouncing checks.
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She was being held in orlando.
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And our detectives
and investigators
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went to speak with her.
To see what she could tell us.
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Narrator: Detectives are
alarmed to find goldie's
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dependable caretaker
behind bars.
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But kimberly
has an explanation.
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Her lawyer had misfiled
some paperwork
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with her parole officer.
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She didn't even know
there was a problem
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until she tried to renew
her driver's license
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and was told there was
a warrant out for her arrest.
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She had violated
her probation unrelated
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to this-- this incident.
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Nicole: Kimberly smith
confirms that goldie
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and this rusty guy,
they got married.
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They're on their honeymoon.
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But she can't tell them
any more about rusty.
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Narrator: Kimberly says
that goldie told her
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she was in love
and wanted a new life.
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But when asked why goldie
might have wanted to get away,
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she remembers something
that might be concerning.
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While goldie
was living in her home,
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she did have a roommate
for many years, elaine.
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Fred: Elaine moved with my mom
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in '73, maybe.
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And they got along great.
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She would come
and have dinner with mom
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and it was--
it was a good relationship.
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Narrator:
But at some point, kimberly
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explains the close friendship
was torn apart.
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[♪♪]
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nicole: All of a sudden,
elaine was taking out
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a life insurance policy
on goldie.
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It was just very odd
and obviously
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didn't set well with goldie.
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Det. Mark: And goldie actually
became upset
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when she found out that she had
a life insurance policy
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taken out by her friend on her.
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She didn't know anything
about this.
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Nicole: It created a divide
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and at the end of it,
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elaine,
she ended up moving out.
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[♪♪]
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narrator: Now investigators
must ask if elaine
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took out an insurance policy
behind goldie's back,
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could it be the motive
behind goldie's disappearance?
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Det. Mark: Elaine
was definitely an avenue
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for law enforcement.
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That was just an immediate
red flag.
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[♪♪]
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[♪♪]
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narrator: Investigators looking
for goldie robinson
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have discovered
that her former roommate
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elaine may have had a motive
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for wanting goldie
to disappear.
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[♪♪]
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nicole: Elaine was one
of her best friends
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and elaine allegedly took out
this life insurance policy
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on goldie.
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Det. Mark: Now it was upsetting
to goldie because she felt
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she had crossed that line.
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Narrator: It was shortly
after elaine moved out
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of goldie's house
that goldie vanished.
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So police obviously
wanna speak with elaine.
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[♪♪]
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narrator: Days into
the investigation,
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detectives locate goldie's
former roommate elaine
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in nearby ormond beach.
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Det. Mark: Elaine explained it
that she got upset
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because she supposedly
had taken out
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a life insurance policy
on goldie.
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Narrator: Elaine denies taking
out the life insurance policy.
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But she does confirm
that she and goldie
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had a fight
and that she moved out.
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She claimed she hasn't seen
goldie since.
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While investigators
still have their suspicions,
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there's no direct evidence
connecting elaine
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to goldie's disappearance.
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[♪♪]
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nicole: The problem
is that nobody knows
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the exact day
that goldie went missing.
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And so it was hard for police
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to talk to elaine
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about her alibi.
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Det. Mark: We're trying
to get that timeline.
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So when we talk to neighbors,
they'd seen goldie a couple
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of weeks earlier,
which was around July 4th.
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So it kind of made it difficult
to narrow that down.
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Narrator: Detectives
will keep an eye on elaine.
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As they consider
their next move,
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there's a strange development
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in goldie robinson's
neighborhood.
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Det. Mark: One of the neighbors
recognizes goldie's car
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and trolling through
the neighborhood rather slowly.
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So they call law enforcement.
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We get there and the officers
immediately pulled
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the vehicle over and inside
are two gentlemen.
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They said that they had acquired
the car by purchasing it
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from a male individual
several days earlier.
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And the men were upset because
they couldn't register it.
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So they had come back
to that area looking
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for the gentleman
who sold them the car
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to get their money back.
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Nicole: And they find out
adam smith,
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kimberly smith's son
sold them goldie's car.
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[♪♪]
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narrator: When investigators
confront adam,
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he explains that the car
had been a gift from goldie,
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who left it behind when
she went on her honeymoon.
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Unable to confirm his claims,
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officers call in a tow truck
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to haul the car away so it can
be processed for evidence.
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Fred: The detectives are there.
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There was-- there were
uniformed officers there.
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And a tow truck driver
is there getting ready
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to hook up my mom's car.
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Nicole: And he notices
something in that nearby yard.
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And it is a garbage pail.
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Det. Mark: It's just not normal
to see a trash can in the woods
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that looks like it's been
recently placed there.
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So the officers
that were there on scene
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walked into the area
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and shined their flashlight
into the trash can.
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Nicole: And they see
something so gruesome.
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A limb sticking out
of that trash pail.
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[♪♪]
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det. Mark: There's a body
in this trash can.
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Fred: When I got there
the next morning,
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I'm standing there facing
the trailer across the street.
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And, uh, I looked coming out
of this grownup area
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over there is a detective.
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I walked over towards him
and he met me halfway.
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He said, "fred,
we found something."
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and he said, "it's not good."
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[♪♪]
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fred:
I just knew it was mom.
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Where else is she at?
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I know that's her.
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Nicole: We felt
so bad for the family
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thinking,
"this has to be goldie.
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This has to be her."
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but of course
the medical examiner
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was going to have
to identify the body.
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Det. Mark: The contents
of the trash can
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were transported out to the
medical examiner's office
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to be processed.
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Because of the length
of time
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a deceased had been in--
in that garbage can,
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the identification process
was much more difficult.
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Narrator:
When the autopsy report
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is delivered,
the findings are unexpected.
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Stacia: They had called us
into the police station
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to let us know.
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They'd say to us,
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"the body we found
wasn't goldie."
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it wasn't her.
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Det. Mark: To our surprise,
there was a male body
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inside the trash can.
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Nicole:
It was a bombshell.
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This was the biggest
holy [bleep] moment
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I ever had in my life.
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Stacia: You can't help
but think, "who is it?"
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"who's looking for them?"
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"and where's goldie?"
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[♪♪]
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narrator:
After a three-day search,
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police looking for missing
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78-year-old goldie robinson
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have discovered a body
near her home
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in south daytona,
florida.
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But the gruesome find
cannot answer any questions
500
00:24:57,379 --> 00:25:00,097
about what's happened
to goldie.
501
00:25:00,149 --> 00:25:02,349
Det. Mark: The human remains
were of a male.
502
00:25:02,384 --> 00:25:05,352
So now we've got to take
this information
503
00:25:05,388 --> 00:25:07,655
and see where it leads us
504
00:25:07,690 --> 00:25:09,723
down into the detail
and identify
505
00:25:09,759 --> 00:25:11,792
who this person actually is
506
00:25:11,811 --> 00:25:14,345
and how they're connected
to goldie.
507
00:25:14,397 --> 00:25:16,797
[♪♪]
508
00:25:16,816 --> 00:25:20,734
fred: I was glad
that it wasn't my mom.
509
00:25:20,770 --> 00:25:23,804
But I was sad
for this gentleman.
510
00:25:23,823 --> 00:25:26,173
But if I wouldn't have had
my daughter with me,
511
00:25:26,209 --> 00:25:29,076
I would have been
a puddle in the street.
512
00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:34,048
Nicole: It was hard to process
that this was the body of a man
513
00:25:34,083 --> 00:25:37,284
because there wasn't
a man missing.
514
00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,203
So who could this be?
515
00:25:40,756 --> 00:25:42,923
Narrator: Investigators
soon get an answer
516
00:25:42,959 --> 00:25:45,325
when the news prompts a woman
to come forward
517
00:25:45,344 --> 00:25:48,295
wondering whether the john doe
could be her father.
518
00:25:50,433 --> 00:25:54,768
The dna sample
she provides confirms it.
519
00:25:54,804 --> 00:25:56,687
Det. Mark:
His name was arthur sheldon.
520
00:25:56,722 --> 00:25:59,390
[♪♪]
521
00:25:59,442 --> 00:26:01,341
det. Mark:
He was a south daytona resident
522
00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:03,060
who was 68 years of age.
523
00:26:04,447 --> 00:26:06,280
Narrator: Arthur's daughter
tells detectives
524
00:26:06,315 --> 00:26:09,016
the story of goldie robinson
disappearing
525
00:26:09,051 --> 00:26:13,370
after supposedly getting
married is eerily familiar.
526
00:26:13,406 --> 00:26:16,240
Arthur had also recently
tied the knot,
527
00:26:16,292 --> 00:26:18,959
but it's clear from his photo
that arthur
528
00:26:18,995 --> 00:26:22,162
is not goldie's
mysterious groom, rusty.
529
00:26:23,299 --> 00:26:26,083
Det. Mark: No one
had seen him since 2009,
530
00:26:26,135 --> 00:26:28,168
roughly a year earlier.
531
00:26:28,203 --> 00:26:29,970
Narrator:
Arthur's daughter explains
532
00:26:30,006 --> 00:26:32,256
that she received
a strange email from her father
533
00:26:32,308 --> 00:26:35,392
saying he'd left the state
to marry his nurse.
534
00:26:35,428 --> 00:26:38,245
He never returned,
and her attempts to find him
535
00:26:38,281 --> 00:26:41,365
and his new bride
were unsuccessful.
536
00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,235
Nicole: We're just thinking,
"who is arthur sheldon?"
537
00:26:45,271 --> 00:26:47,071
we mentioned
the name to goldie's family
538
00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:48,238
and they had no idea.
539
00:26:48,274 --> 00:26:49,990
They've never heard of him.
540
00:26:50,026 --> 00:26:52,392
Neighbors nearby
had never heard of him.
541
00:26:52,411 --> 00:26:54,828
So it was just a mystery.
542
00:26:56,165 --> 00:26:59,166
Why is the body
in twin oaks mobile home park?
543
00:27:00,786 --> 00:27:03,170
Narrator: More urgently,
police now wanna know
544
00:27:03,205 --> 00:27:05,806
whether the discovery
of his body is connected
545
00:27:05,841 --> 00:27:08,408
to goldie robinson's
disappearance
546
00:27:08,427 --> 00:27:11,929
or just a bizarre coincidence.
547
00:27:11,964 --> 00:27:15,015
Det. Mark: Now we have a whole
different individual
548
00:27:15,051 --> 00:27:17,301
we've got to do research on.
549
00:27:19,305 --> 00:27:24,108
So detectives start to look
into arthur sheldon's case.
550
00:27:24,143 --> 00:27:25,059
What happened there?
551
00:27:28,030 --> 00:27:29,813
Narrator:
Any hopes that an autopsy
552
00:27:29,865 --> 00:27:31,899
will tell detectives
how arthur died
553
00:27:31,934 --> 00:27:34,267
are quickly dashed.
554
00:27:34,286 --> 00:27:36,270
Det. Mark: Because arthur
has been deceased
555
00:27:36,305 --> 00:27:37,938
for such a long period of time,
556
00:27:37,957 --> 00:27:39,957
it's hard to determine
if he didn't die
557
00:27:39,992 --> 00:27:42,376
of natural causes
or if somebody killed him.
558
00:27:44,246 --> 00:27:46,830
Narrator: The haphazard
disposal of arthur's body
559
00:27:46,882 --> 00:27:49,883
seems like a clear indication
of foul play.
560
00:27:49,919 --> 00:27:52,486
But with no
scientific evidence available,
561
00:27:52,521 --> 00:27:56,490
investigators must rely
on old school police work.
562
00:27:56,525 --> 00:27:59,259
They begin at arthur's
last known residence,
563
00:27:59,295 --> 00:28:01,995
a mobile home park
just a few miles away.
564
00:28:03,265 --> 00:28:04,098
Det. Mark:
Now officers spoke
565
00:28:04,133 --> 00:28:05,933
with some
of the neighbors there
566
00:28:05,968 --> 00:28:07,801
and they said that arthur
had a heart condition
567
00:28:07,820 --> 00:28:12,272
and that he needed some,
uh, living assistants.
568
00:28:12,307 --> 00:28:15,109
So he had a live-in nurse
by the name of dawn.
569
00:28:16,912 --> 00:28:18,412
Narrator: No one
can tell the detectives
570
00:28:18,447 --> 00:28:21,415
dawn's last name or
how to get in touch with her.
571
00:28:21,450 --> 00:28:24,001
But it becomes clear
to the investigators
572
00:28:24,036 --> 00:28:26,537
that finding dawn
could be the key to learning
573
00:28:26,589 --> 00:28:30,541
what happened to arthur
and possibly to goldie, too.
574
00:28:32,327 --> 00:28:33,560
Nicole:
Through their investigation,
575
00:28:33,596 --> 00:28:35,996
police find that arthur
576
00:28:36,015 --> 00:28:39,166
had cashed in a cd
of $90,000
577
00:28:39,185 --> 00:28:42,002
before he went missing.
578
00:28:42,021 --> 00:28:44,838
Det. Mark: The live-in
caretaker had told him
579
00:28:44,857 --> 00:28:47,558
that she needed access
to his bank accounts.
580
00:28:47,610 --> 00:28:51,344
And arthur being a trusting
willing individual
581
00:28:51,363 --> 00:28:53,280
gave her that access.
582
00:28:53,315 --> 00:28:55,566
She was taking advantage
of him.
583
00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,104
Everything kept
pointing back at dawn.
584
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,575
Nicole: Police started
following the money.
585
00:29:04,610 --> 00:29:07,411
They found that dawn
was withdrawing
586
00:29:07,446 --> 00:29:10,531
hundreds of dollars
out of his bank accounts.
587
00:29:10,566 --> 00:29:13,534
[♪♪]
588
00:29:13,569 --> 00:29:16,170
narrator: Although arthur
has been dead for months,
589
00:29:16,205 --> 00:29:19,006
his bank accounts
are very much in use.
590
00:29:19,041 --> 00:29:22,126
And when investigators review
bank surveillance images,
591
00:29:22,178 --> 00:29:25,229
they see a familiar face.
592
00:29:25,264 --> 00:29:26,980
Det. Mark:
It was kimberly smith,
593
00:29:27,016 --> 00:29:28,599
goldie robinson's neighbor.
594
00:29:28,651 --> 00:29:31,618
[♪♪]
595
00:29:33,389 --> 00:29:36,073
nicole: So police start digging
and they also find out
596
00:29:36,108 --> 00:29:39,392
that kimberly smith
was also going by dawn
597
00:29:39,411 --> 00:29:41,394
at some point in her life.
598
00:29:41,413 --> 00:29:44,331
Kimberly's middle name is dawn.
599
00:29:44,366 --> 00:29:48,502
Kimberly smith and dawn
are the same people.
600
00:29:48,537 --> 00:29:50,204
Kimberly dawn smith.
601
00:29:52,291 --> 00:29:56,093
When we found out
that arthur sheldon
602
00:29:56,128 --> 00:30:00,631
knew dawn,
who was also a caregiver
603
00:30:00,683 --> 00:30:03,550
for goldie robinson,
it just was mind-blowing.
604
00:30:05,254 --> 00:30:07,054
Narrator: Investigators
immediately head back
605
00:30:07,089 --> 00:30:08,388
to kimberly's property
606
00:30:08,423 --> 00:30:10,524
at the twin oaks
mobile home park.
607
00:30:10,559 --> 00:30:13,393
Goldie's son, fred,
watches as a detective
608
00:30:13,428 --> 00:30:15,428
enters kimberly's home.
609
00:30:15,447 --> 00:30:17,564
Fred:
He went into the trailer
610
00:30:17,599 --> 00:30:21,401
and he'd come out
and his face was white.
611
00:30:22,571 --> 00:30:25,438
And he looked at me
right in the eyes,
612
00:30:25,457 --> 00:30:29,042
got right in my face,
and said, "rusty,
613
00:30:29,078 --> 00:30:31,461
the man your mom
was supposed to marry,
614
00:30:31,497 --> 00:30:33,330
the multimillionaire
615
00:30:33,382 --> 00:30:35,549
is sitting in there
on the couch."
616
00:30:35,584 --> 00:30:38,335
[♪♪]
617
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,829
[♪♪]
618
00:30:48,864 --> 00:30:52,966
narrator: Florida detectives
are focusing on kimberly smith.
619
00:30:53,002 --> 00:30:55,836
After discovering
that she is the common thread
620
00:30:55,871 --> 00:30:57,838
in the death of arthur sheldon
621
00:30:57,873 --> 00:31:00,307
and the disappearance
of goldie robinson.
622
00:31:03,312 --> 00:31:05,729
Nicole: They go
to kimberly smith's home
623
00:31:05,764 --> 00:31:10,817
and while they're there,
they find a man inside her home.
624
00:31:10,853 --> 00:31:12,986
And it is the man
625
00:31:13,022 --> 00:31:17,691
in the honeymoon photograph
next to goldie.
626
00:31:21,330 --> 00:31:24,114
Narrator: Investigators quickly
determine the man's name
627
00:31:24,166 --> 00:31:27,251
is russell ryback,
rusty to his friends.
628
00:31:27,286 --> 00:31:30,370
They invite him outside
to talk further.
629
00:31:31,757 --> 00:31:33,206
Det. Mark:
They started asking rusty,
630
00:31:33,241 --> 00:31:34,908
"hey, who are you?"
631
00:31:34,927 --> 00:31:36,293
you know,
"what are you doing here?"
632
00:31:36,345 --> 00:31:37,711
"do you know goldie?"
633
00:31:39,515 --> 00:31:42,182
fred: He said he didn't know
goldie that well,
634
00:31:42,217 --> 00:31:45,385
but he knew she was the lady
across the street.
635
00:31:46,805 --> 00:31:48,889
Det. Mark: And he said
he was living there in,
636
00:31:48,924 --> 00:31:50,307
uh, kim's residence
637
00:31:50,359 --> 00:31:53,810
and she was taking care of her.
638
00:31:53,862 --> 00:31:56,730
He said kimberly had taken
some photographs of him,
639
00:31:56,765 --> 00:31:59,766
but as far as being
in that photograph with goldie,
640
00:31:59,785 --> 00:32:01,868
he was unaware of it.
641
00:32:01,904 --> 00:32:04,037
[♪♪]
642
00:32:04,073 --> 00:32:06,773
narrator: It's clear that
goldie's marriage was a ruse.
643
00:32:06,792 --> 00:32:10,276
One that rusty had no idea
his caretaker kimberly smith
644
00:32:10,296 --> 00:32:12,879
had made him part of.
645
00:32:12,915 --> 00:32:15,916
She is now a potential suspect
in both a murder
646
00:32:15,951 --> 00:32:17,884
and a disappearance.
647
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:21,421
Detectives begin a deep dive
into her background.
648
00:32:22,758 --> 00:32:25,976
Det. Mark: We discovered kim
had aliases all over the state.
649
00:32:27,313 --> 00:32:29,346
Nicole: She spent
some time in prison.
650
00:32:29,398 --> 00:32:34,434
She has charges for writing
bad checks, stealing ids.
651
00:32:36,138 --> 00:32:37,904
Det. Mark: One of the other
things we discovered
652
00:32:37,940 --> 00:32:41,742
was that kimberly
had no nursing credential.
653
00:32:43,278 --> 00:32:44,745
Narrator: As the pieces
of the puzzle
654
00:32:44,780 --> 00:32:46,079
start coming together,
655
00:32:46,115 --> 00:32:47,531
investigators' next step
656
00:32:47,583 --> 00:32:49,833
is to confront kimberly.
657
00:32:49,868 --> 00:32:52,252
Finding her is easy.
658
00:32:52,287 --> 00:32:54,521
[♪♪]
659
00:32:54,556 --> 00:32:57,290
det. Mark: Kim was back at
the orange county branch jail.
660
00:32:57,325 --> 00:33:01,094
She had violated her probation
on a case that she had
661
00:33:01,130 --> 00:33:03,496
when she was cashing
some fraudulent checks.
662
00:33:03,515 --> 00:33:07,851
Nicoleshe stands by her story
that goldie and this rusty guy,
663
00:33:07,886 --> 00:33:10,470
they got married,
and that's what happened.
664
00:33:13,175 --> 00:33:15,559
Narrator: As detectives work
to build a case connecting kim
665
00:33:15,611 --> 00:33:17,944
to goldie's disappearance,
666
00:33:17,980 --> 00:33:20,781
another troubling detail
emerges.
667
00:33:20,816 --> 00:33:23,150
The family
now living in goldie's house
668
00:33:23,185 --> 00:33:26,119
is not just any family.
669
00:33:26,155 --> 00:33:29,956
Nicole: Kimberly smith's son
and his girlfriend
670
00:33:29,992 --> 00:33:32,793
are now living
in goldie robinson's home
671
00:33:32,828 --> 00:33:35,195
and kimberly smith tells people
672
00:33:35,214 --> 00:33:36,997
the reason
that they're living there
673
00:33:37,032 --> 00:33:40,167
is that goldie
gave it to him as a gift.
674
00:33:40,202 --> 00:33:43,136
Det. Mark: They live there
with their children.
675
00:33:43,172 --> 00:33:45,389
Narrator:
Adam smith is the same man
676
00:33:45,424 --> 00:33:48,258
who sold goldie's ford taurus.
677
00:33:51,897 --> 00:33:55,432
Though investigators still
hope to find goldie alive,
678
00:33:55,484 --> 00:33:58,985
they realize the odds of that
are growing slimmer.
679
00:34:00,489 --> 00:34:02,589
Det. Mark:
Kim lived in a mobile home
680
00:34:02,624 --> 00:34:04,624
that's close to the wood line
681
00:34:04,660 --> 00:34:07,461
where we found arthur's body.
682
00:34:07,496 --> 00:34:09,062
What's to say
there's not a second body
683
00:34:09,081 --> 00:34:10,614
buried in the backyard?
684
00:34:10,666 --> 00:34:14,601
[♪♪]
685
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:21,908
narrator: On the morning
of September 3rd, 2010,
686
00:34:21,944 --> 00:34:24,478
authorities returned
to the area
687
00:34:24,513 --> 00:34:26,980
where arthur sheldon's body
was discovered
688
00:34:27,015 --> 00:34:29,850
nine days earlier.
689
00:34:29,885 --> 00:34:32,302
Det. Mark: The dogs
hit on the initial spot
690
00:34:32,354 --> 00:34:33,470
where arthur was.
691
00:34:35,257 --> 00:34:38,191
But then a short distance
away from that,
692
00:34:38,227 --> 00:34:40,861
the dogs then hit
on a new area,
693
00:34:40,896 --> 00:34:42,863
which gave a clear indication
694
00:34:42,898 --> 00:34:44,430
that there was another body
buried there
695
00:34:44,450 --> 00:34:47,567
very close to kim's trailer.
696
00:34:49,955 --> 00:34:52,205
Is it gonna be goldie
or are we gonna find
697
00:34:52,241 --> 00:34:55,375
another set of human remains
of somebody else who's missing?
698
00:34:58,313 --> 00:35:01,515
Nicole: And they started
brushing away the debris,
699
00:35:01,550 --> 00:35:03,216
lining that area out
700
00:35:03,252 --> 00:35:05,335
so that they could start
the dig.
701
00:35:05,387 --> 00:35:08,054
And it's hot and muggy
702
00:35:08,090 --> 00:35:10,223
and we're just waiting
and waiting and waiting
703
00:35:10,259 --> 00:35:11,591
to see what they found.
704
00:35:13,312 --> 00:35:15,929
Narrator: After hours
of painstaking digging,
705
00:35:15,964 --> 00:35:18,932
the technicians
make the dreaded discovery.
706
00:35:20,202 --> 00:35:22,486
I'm standing there
in the middle of the road again.
707
00:35:24,523 --> 00:35:28,992
I've seen
several men back there.
708
00:35:29,027 --> 00:35:31,695
I heard these dogs barking.
709
00:35:31,747 --> 00:35:33,313
They're barking, barking.
710
00:35:33,332 --> 00:35:35,481
And this detective approached me
711
00:35:35,501 --> 00:35:39,286
and they told me
that they had found a body
712
00:35:41,456 --> 00:35:45,258
four feet under the surface
in a shallow grave.
713
00:35:46,595 --> 00:35:49,462
They didn't know
if it was male or female.
714
00:35:51,300 --> 00:35:53,433
Det. Mark:
We removed more human remains
715
00:35:53,468 --> 00:35:55,202
and more garbage bags.
716
00:35:56,471 --> 00:35:59,272
Fred: Then another detective
come out and said,
717
00:35:59,308 --> 00:36:02,342
"fred, we need a dna sample."
718
00:36:02,361 --> 00:36:04,194
it didn't sound good
to me at all
719
00:36:04,229 --> 00:36:06,313
when they asked me for dna.
720
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,150
Narrator:
Two months in the florida heat
721
00:36:10,185 --> 00:36:11,985
have taken a toll on the body.
722
00:36:12,020 --> 00:36:14,955
Although the remains
are badly decomposed,
723
00:36:14,990 --> 00:36:18,658
the medical examiner is able
to lift a single fingerprint.
724
00:36:20,362 --> 00:36:24,247
A few days later,
the identity is confirmed.
725
00:36:24,299 --> 00:36:27,050
Fred:
I got the call.
726
00:36:27,085 --> 00:36:29,052
The call you never wanna take.
727
00:36:31,557 --> 00:36:36,226
Told me they had
a positive id on my mom.
728
00:36:41,149 --> 00:36:44,351
And of course, I--
729
00:36:46,054 --> 00:36:48,688
at that point,
I could even hardly stand up.
730
00:36:56,098 --> 00:36:58,031
Narrator:
With two bodies now recovered
731
00:36:58,066 --> 00:37:00,267
from this florida neighborhood,
732
00:37:00,302 --> 00:37:02,502
investigators wonder
whether they've discovered
733
00:37:02,537 --> 00:37:05,438
a serial predator's
burial ground.
734
00:37:07,125 --> 00:37:09,292
But will police
have enough evidence
735
00:37:09,344 --> 00:37:12,429
to prove their suspicions?
736
00:37:12,464 --> 00:37:14,464
Det. Mark:
Anytime you discover a body,
737
00:37:14,516 --> 00:37:17,300
you wanna know
what the cause of death was.
738
00:37:17,352 --> 00:37:19,019
But with our summer heat,
739
00:37:19,054 --> 00:37:22,188
it acts very harshly
on human remains.
740
00:37:23,558 --> 00:37:27,593
Knowing exactly
how goldie and arthur died,
741
00:37:27,613 --> 00:37:29,729
it's not an exact science.
742
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:34,301
Nicole: How are they
gonna charge murder charges
743
00:37:34,336 --> 00:37:38,238
without that evidence of,
were they even murdered?
744
00:37:49,367 --> 00:37:51,234
Narrator: Florida detectives
believe kimberly smith
745
00:37:51,270 --> 00:37:55,171
may be involved
in two homicides.
746
00:37:55,207 --> 00:37:57,173
Though the bodies
of goldie robinson
747
00:37:57,209 --> 00:37:59,776
and arthur sheldon
were found on her property,
748
00:37:59,811 --> 00:38:02,278
investigators will still need
direct evidence
749
00:38:02,297 --> 00:38:05,081
to prove a murder
actually took place.
750
00:38:06,668 --> 00:38:09,819
Nicole: So the investigators'
hands were tied.
751
00:38:09,855 --> 00:38:12,121
Fred: The death
on the death certificate
752
00:38:12,140 --> 00:38:14,674
is listed as homicide
753
00:38:14,726 --> 00:38:17,677
but the cause of death
is undetermined.
754
00:38:17,729 --> 00:38:19,846
And there's no murder charges.
755
00:38:21,166 --> 00:38:25,185
Stacia: I was extremely angry
that they didn't know how
756
00:38:25,237 --> 00:38:28,321
and quite honestly
they didn't know who.
757
00:38:28,357 --> 00:38:31,808
Nicole: Even if they died
from natural causes,
758
00:38:31,827 --> 00:38:36,162
the bodies were not buried
and placed there by themselves.
759
00:38:40,485 --> 00:38:42,335
Narrator:
Kimberly smith was a caregiver
760
00:38:42,371 --> 00:38:45,155
for both goldie and arthur.
761
00:38:45,190 --> 00:38:47,841
While their homicide case
against her is crumbling
762
00:38:47,876 --> 00:38:50,877
due to lack of evidence,
prosecutors are determined
763
00:38:50,929 --> 00:38:54,064
to get justice somehow.
764
00:38:54,099 --> 00:38:56,216
Det. Mark: We may not be able
to get kimberly with a homicide
765
00:38:56,268 --> 00:38:57,934
but we could definitely
charge her with fraud.
766
00:38:59,388 --> 00:39:01,438
Narrator: So the investigators
get to work
767
00:39:01,473 --> 00:39:03,973
building a strong fraud case.
768
00:39:04,008 --> 00:39:06,726
Det. Mark: We discovered
kimberly has this bank card
769
00:39:06,778 --> 00:39:08,845
that she was using to acquire
those funds
770
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:10,246
that belonged to arthur.
771
00:39:10,282 --> 00:39:13,149
And also she was using
that same method
772
00:39:13,184 --> 00:39:15,035
to acquire funds
that belonged to goldie.
773
00:39:18,724 --> 00:39:20,890
Narrator: Police find evidence
that among the things
774
00:39:20,926 --> 00:39:24,394
kimberly purchased
were a trash can and a shovel.
775
00:39:27,165 --> 00:39:30,066
Investigators discover
that kimberly also began
776
00:39:30,102 --> 00:39:32,802
siphoning
social security payments.
777
00:39:32,838 --> 00:39:35,889
Nicole: If a senior citizen
is getting social security,
778
00:39:35,924 --> 00:39:40,377
they have an option
of having it on a credit card.
779
00:39:40,412 --> 00:39:44,481
And then you can then spend
that money that way.
780
00:39:44,516 --> 00:39:48,050
So police find out
after arthur sheldon is missing,
781
00:39:48,070 --> 00:39:51,071
that option was changed
to the credit card option.
782
00:39:54,276 --> 00:39:56,793
Narrator: The investigation
reveals that kimberly
783
00:39:56,828 --> 00:39:58,828
was netting more than $2,000
a month
784
00:39:58,864 --> 00:40:00,897
from goldie and arthur.
785
00:40:00,932 --> 00:40:06,536
To protect her scam,
prosecutors say
786
00:40:06,571 --> 00:40:09,289
she began driving a wedge
between goldie and her family.
787
00:40:09,324 --> 00:40:11,524
Who returned goldie's phone
to her son fred
788
00:40:11,543 --> 00:40:14,828
with a note telling him
never to call her.
789
00:40:14,863 --> 00:40:18,131
Det. Mark: The son adam
and his wife crystal
790
00:40:18,166 --> 00:40:20,467
had a working knowledge
of what kim was doing.
791
00:40:20,502 --> 00:40:21,835
And it was clearly evident
792
00:40:21,870 --> 00:40:23,219
because they had taken
possession
793
00:40:23,255 --> 00:40:25,138
of goldie's residence.
794
00:40:25,173 --> 00:40:27,223
They had possession of her cars
795
00:40:27,259 --> 00:40:29,559
and a lot of her property.
796
00:40:29,594 --> 00:40:31,094
So they had
to have had knowledge
797
00:40:31,146 --> 00:40:32,595
that something wasn't right.
798
00:40:32,647 --> 00:40:35,432
They were accessories
to the incident.
799
00:40:40,455 --> 00:40:43,156
Narrator: In December of 2010,
kimberly smith,
800
00:40:43,191 --> 00:40:45,492
along with adam
and crystal smith,
801
00:40:45,527 --> 00:40:49,829
are charged with multiple
counts of fraud and forgery.
802
00:40:49,865 --> 00:40:53,233
Prosecutors
believe their case is solid,
803
00:40:53,268 --> 00:40:56,402
but they realize the risk
they take bringing it to trial.
804
00:40:56,421 --> 00:41:00,290
Kimberly has two elderly people
currently in her care.
805
00:41:00,342 --> 00:41:02,842
If she's acquitted,
prosecutors fear
806
00:41:02,878 --> 00:41:05,578
their lives could be at risk.
807
00:41:05,614 --> 00:41:07,514
Fred: I would do
anything in this world
808
00:41:07,549 --> 00:41:10,767
to get my mom back.
809
00:41:10,802 --> 00:41:12,769
There's nothing I can do.
810
00:41:12,804 --> 00:41:14,354
She's gone.
811
00:41:14,389 --> 00:41:16,189
I'll never get another one.
812
00:41:16,224 --> 00:41:19,275
But if I can save one person,
813
00:41:21,563 --> 00:41:25,899
somebody's mom, somebody's dad,
814
00:41:25,934 --> 00:41:27,901
we'll do a plea bargain.
815
00:41:31,272 --> 00:41:34,807
Narrator: In August 2012,
prosecutors offer kimberly
816
00:41:34,843 --> 00:41:37,310
the plea deal
for the fraud she committed
817
00:41:37,345 --> 00:41:40,813
against goldie robinson
and arthur sheldon.
818
00:41:40,849 --> 00:41:44,184
Nicole: Kimberly smith decides
to agree
819
00:41:44,219 --> 00:41:46,719
to a plea agreement
with prosecutors.
820
00:41:48,523 --> 00:41:51,424
She was sentenced
to 15 years in prison.
821
00:41:56,665 --> 00:41:59,899
Kim's son adam smith
and his wife crystal
822
00:41:59,935 --> 00:42:02,635
both pleaded no contest
823
00:42:02,654 --> 00:42:05,321
and they were sentenced
to three years in prison.
824
00:42:09,678 --> 00:42:11,244
Narrator:
For the family members
825
00:42:11,279 --> 00:42:14,531
who waited so long
to find justice,
826
00:42:14,583 --> 00:42:17,367
the final outcome
is bittersweet.
827
00:42:21,423 --> 00:42:25,875
Stacia: I want kimberly smith,
adam smith, and crystal
828
00:42:25,927 --> 00:42:29,796
to all understand
that I forgive them,
829
00:42:32,333 --> 00:42:34,717
because that's what goldie
would want.
830
00:42:37,522 --> 00:42:40,540
Fred: If I could talk to mom,
I would say this.
831
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:45,612
Thank you
for all you've done for me.
832
00:42:46,398 --> 00:42:49,732
You did a great job raising me.
833
00:42:51,953 --> 00:42:53,653
I love you.
834
00:42:58,393 --> 00:43:00,893
[♪♪]