1 00:00:01,701 --> 00:00:02,868 Narrator: She's a senior citizen 2 00:00:02,903 --> 00:00:05,170 with a feisty streak. 3 00:00:05,206 --> 00:00:09,341 Fred: Mom had a heart as big as florida, 4 00:00:09,377 --> 00:00:11,343 as long as you didn't cross her. 5 00:00:11,379 --> 00:00:12,978 Narrator: But then she suddenly stops 6 00:00:13,014 --> 00:00:15,681 communicating with her friends and family. 7 00:00:15,716 --> 00:00:17,249 Det. Mark: Somebody doesn't normally just shut off 8 00:00:17,268 --> 00:00:20,419 their life unless there's some big factor. 9 00:00:20,454 --> 00:00:24,273 Fred: Oh, no. Something's dead wrong here. 10 00:00:24,308 --> 00:00:26,425 Narrator: A twisted trail of clues. 11 00:00:26,444 --> 00:00:31,430 Fred: Everybody said that she ran off and got married. 12 00:00:31,449 --> 00:00:34,133 And they're on an extended honeymoon. 13 00:00:34,168 --> 00:00:35,701 Nicole: And all of a sudden, 14 00:00:35,736 --> 00:00:39,321 she was taking out a life insurance policy. 15 00:00:39,373 --> 00:00:41,490 Narrator: Leads to a dark discovery. 16 00:00:42,576 --> 00:00:45,994 Det. Mark: There's a body in this trash can. 17 00:00:46,047 --> 00:00:48,447 Narrator: But no one knows what's really buried 18 00:00:48,482 --> 00:00:50,549 in this florida backyard. 19 00:00:50,584 --> 00:00:52,334 Det. Mark: So, what's to say there's not a second body 20 00:00:52,386 --> 00:00:53,502 buried in the backyard? 21 00:00:53,554 --> 00:00:54,586 [sirens wailing] 22 00:00:54,621 --> 00:00:55,620 fred: We found something, 23 00:00:55,639 --> 00:00:58,307 and he said it's not good. 24 00:01:00,811 --> 00:01:03,645 Det. Mark: How much deeper does this rabbit hole go? 25 00:01:03,681 --> 00:01:05,764 [♪♪] 26 00:01:08,736 --> 00:01:12,771 [♪♪] 27 00:01:12,806 --> 00:01:15,407 narrator: Daytona beach can be a loud place. 28 00:01:15,443 --> 00:01:18,577 It's known for auto racing, motorcycle rallies 29 00:01:18,612 --> 00:01:22,414 and beaches that draw crowds of tourists, 30 00:01:22,450 --> 00:01:25,834 both seeking a bit of peace and quiet. 31 00:01:25,870 --> 00:01:27,703 [bird squawking] 32 00:01:27,755 --> 00:01:31,039 narrator: Head to the southern edge of town. 33 00:01:31,092 --> 00:01:34,259 Nicole: Daytona beach is a party central. 34 00:01:34,295 --> 00:01:37,596 South daytona, it's a much more small, 35 00:01:37,631 --> 00:01:40,399 quiet community. 36 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:42,551 Fred: It's a paradise. 37 00:01:42,603 --> 00:01:44,703 It's just so relaxing. 38 00:01:44,738 --> 00:01:48,774 That's why people flock here from up north all the time. 39 00:01:52,646 --> 00:01:56,064 Narrator: But on a sweltering August evening in 2010, 40 00:01:56,117 --> 00:02:00,319 things are stirring in normally sleepy south daytona. 41 00:02:00,354 --> 00:02:03,322 A local woman has been missing for several weeks 42 00:02:03,357 --> 00:02:05,224 and police have found her car. 43 00:02:05,259 --> 00:02:06,708 [crickets chirping] 44 00:02:06,744 --> 00:02:08,377 det. Mark: We found this car in the twin oaks 45 00:02:08,412 --> 00:02:09,928 mobile home park. 46 00:02:09,964 --> 00:02:13,715 We called a wrecker service to impound the car. 47 00:02:13,751 --> 00:02:16,468 [♪♪] 48 00:02:16,504 --> 00:02:18,337 narrator: As the night stretches on, 49 00:02:18,372 --> 00:02:20,589 the humid air stands still. 50 00:02:20,641 --> 00:02:22,424 And for those on the scene, 51 00:02:22,476 --> 00:02:25,093 the faint smell of death lingers. 52 00:02:25,146 --> 00:02:26,345 [indistinct radio chatters] 53 00:02:26,380 --> 00:02:27,479 det. Mark: There was an odd smell 54 00:02:27,515 --> 00:02:28,931 in the mobile home park, 55 00:02:28,983 --> 00:02:31,099 they thought it was a dead animal 56 00:02:31,152 --> 00:02:32,951 that's in the area. 57 00:02:32,987 --> 00:02:36,555 But when a local wrecker service set the car up to, uh, 58 00:02:36,574 --> 00:02:39,691 to be towed onto his flatbed truck, 59 00:02:39,726 --> 00:02:41,827 he had his headlights on and they were pointing 60 00:02:41,862 --> 00:02:46,832 into the wood line that was right next to the mobile homes. 61 00:02:46,867 --> 00:02:52,621 They noticed something, which was out of the ordinary. 62 00:02:54,741 --> 00:02:59,878 And when they got there, they looked into the trash can. 63 00:03:01,415 --> 00:03:05,384 They realized there's a body in the trash can. 64 00:03:08,589 --> 00:03:11,756 Narrator: Police secure the scene. 65 00:03:11,775 --> 00:03:15,394 And at daybreak, a forensic team gets to work. 66 00:03:18,566 --> 00:03:19,982 Det. Mark: So once they start taking the contents 67 00:03:20,034 --> 00:03:22,651 of the trash can out and start eventually putting 68 00:03:22,703 --> 00:03:26,371 it into a evidence bag, they don't know who it is. 69 00:03:26,407 --> 00:03:29,958 They just know that they do have human remains. 70 00:03:29,994 --> 00:03:35,414 One of the downfalls we have is our heat and the humidity. 71 00:03:35,449 --> 00:03:38,967 It causes bodies to decompose much faster. 72 00:03:39,003 --> 00:03:40,469 Narrator: There's no way of knowing 73 00:03:40,504 --> 00:03:42,004 if this is the missing woman 74 00:03:42,056 --> 00:03:44,423 whose vehicle was discovered nearby. 75 00:03:46,060 --> 00:03:48,477 Investigators send the remains to the medical 76 00:03:48,512 --> 00:03:50,729 examiner's office, hoping they'll find 77 00:03:50,764 --> 00:03:52,848 something that can identify the victim. 78 00:03:56,403 --> 00:03:58,904 Det. Mark: From the law enforcement's perspective, 79 00:03:58,939 --> 00:04:01,206 this is a bigger crime scene. 80 00:04:01,242 --> 00:04:03,742 How much deeper does this rabbit hole go? 81 00:04:03,777 --> 00:04:06,328 [♪♪] 82 00:04:14,088 --> 00:04:17,789 nicole: Retirees come to this part of florida 83 00:04:17,824 --> 00:04:22,594 because it's warm, it's beautiful, it's safe. 84 00:04:22,630 --> 00:04:24,763 Retirees, they're like this is the perfect place 85 00:04:24,798 --> 00:04:26,348 that they can just set up and live the rest 86 00:04:26,383 --> 00:04:27,766 of their lives. 87 00:04:27,801 --> 00:04:30,218 Narrator: In the summer of 2010, 88 00:04:30,271 --> 00:04:32,437 78-year-old goldie robinson 89 00:04:32,473 --> 00:04:35,774 is one of the many retirees enjoying the good life 90 00:04:35,809 --> 00:04:37,776 in south daytona. 91 00:04:40,014 --> 00:04:42,948 But unlike most of her newly-arrived neighbors, 92 00:04:42,983 --> 00:04:47,852 goldie has called florida home since 1973. 93 00:04:47,871 --> 00:04:50,405 Nicole: Goldie robinson moved down from maryland 94 00:04:50,457 --> 00:04:52,824 to florida because her son had asthma. 95 00:04:54,628 --> 00:04:57,029 Fred: She come here for my brother's health. 96 00:04:57,064 --> 00:05:00,048 My mom was a very giving person. 97 00:05:00,084 --> 00:05:03,635 She absolutely loved her kids. 98 00:05:03,671 --> 00:05:06,471 Stacia: She was always a strong woman. 99 00:05:06,507 --> 00:05:09,975 She very rarely needed any help doing anything, 100 00:05:10,010 --> 00:05:11,677 both physically and mentally. 101 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,380 She didn't have a whole lot of money, 102 00:05:15,399 --> 00:05:18,016 you know, but she still wanted her own place 103 00:05:18,051 --> 00:05:20,686 and that was pretty important to her. 104 00:05:22,890 --> 00:05:25,290 Narrator: With two grown kids out on their own, 105 00:05:25,326 --> 00:05:28,293 goldie saves up enough money to buy a place 106 00:05:28,329 --> 00:05:30,128 at the twin oaks mobile home park. 107 00:05:30,164 --> 00:05:31,797 [♪♪] 108 00:05:31,832 --> 00:05:32,948 [birds chirping] 109 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,584 stacia: She had a really good circle around her. 110 00:05:35,619 --> 00:05:37,753 There was no need to be concerned about 111 00:05:37,788 --> 00:05:39,287 where she was going or what she was doing 112 00:05:39,340 --> 00:05:41,456 or who she was talking to. 113 00:05:41,508 --> 00:05:43,625 Narrator: To help sustain that peace of mind, 114 00:05:43,677 --> 00:05:46,911 goldie's son fred who lives in baltimore buys his mom 115 00:05:46,930 --> 00:05:50,549 a cell phone so she can make regular check-ins with family. 116 00:05:50,584 --> 00:05:53,552 [♪♪] 117 00:05:55,189 --> 00:05:57,606 narrator: But in early June of 2010, 118 00:05:57,641 --> 00:06:01,143 this small gift leads to a big falling out. 119 00:06:01,195 --> 00:06:02,427 [♪♪] 120 00:06:02,446 --> 00:06:06,531 fred: I got her a little phone and what happened is, 121 00:06:07,151 --> 00:06:08,867 well, she lost it. 122 00:06:08,902 --> 00:06:10,819 She couldn't find it. 123 00:06:10,871 --> 00:06:12,821 I said, "well, I'm going to turn it off 124 00:06:12,873 --> 00:06:14,990 because I don't want somebody else getting it 125 00:06:15,042 --> 00:06:17,576 and making calls on it." 126 00:06:17,611 --> 00:06:20,545 and then she found it and it was turned off. 127 00:06:20,581 --> 00:06:23,999 And that made her furious because 128 00:06:24,051 --> 00:06:26,718 she couldn't make no calls with it now. 129 00:06:26,754 --> 00:06:29,120 Uh, I don't know if she think I did it 130 00:06:29,139 --> 00:06:32,791 maliciously to her, which I would never do anything, 131 00:06:32,810 --> 00:06:37,028 but that was kind of her mindset at times. 132 00:06:37,064 --> 00:06:40,699 So, she actually quit talking to me, period. 133 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:44,770 Mom had a heart as big as florida, 134 00:06:44,805 --> 00:06:46,738 as long as you didn't cross her. 135 00:06:46,774 --> 00:06:48,940 [♪♪] 136 00:06:48,975 --> 00:06:50,975 narrator: Though phone service is restored, 137 00:06:50,994 --> 00:06:54,579 goldie continues to give fred the cold shoulder. 138 00:06:54,615 --> 00:06:56,915 He's relieved to learn that a friendly neighbor 139 00:06:56,950 --> 00:06:59,584 is keeping an eye on his mom. 140 00:06:59,620 --> 00:07:01,837 Fred: Her name was kimberly smith 141 00:07:01,872 --> 00:07:05,624 and she was a registered nurse. 142 00:07:05,659 --> 00:07:09,211 I'm a thousand miles away, and she was helping mom 143 00:07:09,263 --> 00:07:12,597 out do things, making sure if she got 144 00:07:12,633 --> 00:07:15,767 plenty of groceries, which made me feel good at heart 145 00:07:15,803 --> 00:07:20,105 because there's somebody kind of looking after her. 146 00:07:20,140 --> 00:07:23,191 [♪♪] 147 00:07:23,227 --> 00:07:25,060 narrator: But a few months later, 148 00:07:25,112 --> 00:07:28,730 fred receives a strange package in the mail. 149 00:07:28,782 --> 00:07:30,649 It was addressed for my mom. 150 00:07:32,119 --> 00:07:36,655 Opened the box up and there's this cell phone, 151 00:07:36,690 --> 00:07:40,909 and it had in there a little note and it said, 152 00:07:40,961 --> 00:07:42,911 "don't call me. 153 00:07:42,963 --> 00:07:45,080 Goldie." 154 00:07:45,132 --> 00:07:47,966 [♪♪] 155 00:07:48,001 --> 00:07:51,803 fred: We hadn't spoken about six months. 156 00:07:51,839 --> 00:07:53,805 After the cell phone was sent home, 157 00:07:53,841 --> 00:07:56,174 I would call on the landline. 158 00:07:56,209 --> 00:07:58,760 She won't pick up the phone. 159 00:07:58,812 --> 00:08:01,680 I called, it rang and rang and rang and rang. 160 00:08:02,983 --> 00:08:07,686 It was later part in August, I called my buddy 161 00:08:07,721 --> 00:08:10,071 which is he lives a couple miles down 162 00:08:10,107 --> 00:08:11,773 the street there from mom. 163 00:08:11,825 --> 00:08:13,592 I said, "hey, look, john," I said, 164 00:08:13,627 --> 00:08:17,295 "can you, uh, run down and check on mom?" 165 00:08:17,331 --> 00:08:20,165 it wasn't 30 minutes later, 166 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:21,917 I got a phone call from him. 167 00:08:21,952 --> 00:08:23,067 [♪♪] 168 00:08:23,086 --> 00:08:25,303 fred: He said, "I could just see the outside 169 00:08:25,339 --> 00:08:27,839 of the trailer is in disarray." 170 00:08:27,875 --> 00:08:29,207 [♪♪] 171 00:08:29,243 --> 00:08:31,242 fred: Something's wrong. 172 00:08:31,261 --> 00:08:33,578 I didn't know more. I hang up the phone 173 00:08:33,597 --> 00:08:35,463 and I got my suitcase packed, 174 00:08:35,516 --> 00:08:38,850 told my wife I was going to daytona, and left. 175 00:08:38,886 --> 00:08:41,720 [♪♪] 176 00:08:44,107 --> 00:08:46,308 narrator: Fred drives through the night, 177 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,293 arriving at goldie's mobile home 178 00:08:48,328 --> 00:08:51,162 early on the morning of August 22nd. 179 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,903 Fred: When I got there, the flowerbeds was at disarray, 180 00:08:57,938 --> 00:09:01,156 weeds growing up everywhere, and, uh, 181 00:09:01,208 --> 00:09:06,211 mom would not allow a weed anywhere in her flowerbed. 182 00:09:08,382 --> 00:09:11,283 Tried to get in the trailer. I had the key. 183 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,922 Key wouldn't work. The locks was changed. 184 00:09:19,793 --> 00:09:24,062 My mom was driving a ford taurus and it was gone. 185 00:09:24,097 --> 00:09:27,966 [♪♪] 186 00:09:27,985 --> 00:09:30,268 narrator: Knowing that something is very wrong, 187 00:09:30,303 --> 00:09:33,154 fred phones the police for help. 188 00:09:33,190 --> 00:09:36,541 When an officer arrives, he tells fred to wait outside 189 00:09:36,577 --> 00:09:39,160 while he forces his way into the trailer. 190 00:09:40,314 --> 00:09:43,114 Fred: He went in, looked all around. 191 00:09:43,149 --> 00:09:45,083 He'd come out the front door. 192 00:09:45,118 --> 00:09:50,121 So I go in and there's nothing, 193 00:09:50,156 --> 00:09:51,957 absolutely nothing 194 00:09:51,992 --> 00:09:55,760 that I could put my finger on that belonged to my mother. 195 00:09:55,796 --> 00:09:58,096 [♪♪] 196 00:09:58,131 --> 00:10:00,398 fred: The closet in my mother's room, 197 00:10:00,434 --> 00:10:02,167 I opened it up 198 00:10:02,202 --> 00:10:04,352 and all was in there was stuffed animals. 199 00:10:04,388 --> 00:10:08,773 All of her knickknacks and stuff on the shelf was gone. 200 00:10:08,809 --> 00:10:11,860 What in the heck is going on? 201 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,064 So that's when I started really getting concerned. 202 00:10:16,116 --> 00:10:18,733 You know, something-- something's up. 203 00:10:18,785 --> 00:10:21,036 Det. Mark: None of the articles that were in the residence 204 00:10:21,071 --> 00:10:24,372 matched up to what he had told us about his mother. 205 00:10:24,408 --> 00:10:26,725 Clearly, someone else has been living there for a while. 206 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,026 [♪♪] 207 00:10:28,061 --> 00:10:29,728 det. Mark: At this point, the officers actually went 208 00:10:29,763 --> 00:10:31,413 and started talking to the neighbors to find out 209 00:10:31,465 --> 00:10:32,464 what they knew. 210 00:10:34,918 --> 00:10:37,168 Fred: Everybody said that goldie had met 211 00:10:37,203 --> 00:10:39,738 a multimillionaire 212 00:10:39,773 --> 00:10:42,891 and she run off with him and got married. 213 00:10:42,926 --> 00:10:45,810 And they're on an extended honeymoon. 214 00:10:45,846 --> 00:10:47,712 Narrator: According to the interviews, 215 00:10:47,748 --> 00:10:50,115 when goldie left, she signed her trailer over 216 00:10:50,150 --> 00:10:54,385 to a neighbor and packed up just her essentials. 217 00:10:54,404 --> 00:10:56,021 Fred: I was so confused. 218 00:10:56,056 --> 00:10:57,388 I didn't believe it. 219 00:10:57,407 --> 00:11:00,275 My mom was a down to earth 220 00:11:00,327 --> 00:11:03,111 homegrown west virginia girl. 221 00:11:03,163 --> 00:11:07,999 A life of a millionaire had no appeal to her whatsoever. 222 00:11:08,035 --> 00:11:09,451 Oh, no. 223 00:11:09,503 --> 00:11:11,836 Something's dead wrong here. 224 00:11:11,872 --> 00:11:14,472 [♪♪] 225 00:11:15,676 --> 00:11:18,793 fred: He went into the trailer. 226 00:11:18,845 --> 00:11:22,881 He'd come out and his face was white. 227 00:11:22,916 --> 00:11:25,216 Det. Mark: Are we gonna find another type of human remains 228 00:11:25,251 --> 00:11:27,452 of somebody else who is missing? 229 00:11:27,487 --> 00:11:29,437 Nicole: This was the biggest holy [bleep] moment 230 00:11:29,473 --> 00:11:31,189 I ever had in my life. 231 00:11:36,796 --> 00:11:38,179 [♪♪] 232 00:11:38,215 --> 00:11:39,931 narrator: Seventy-eight-year-old 233 00:11:39,966 --> 00:11:42,567 goldie robinson has vanished and her neighbors 234 00:11:42,602 --> 00:11:44,969 in south daytona, florida tell police 235 00:11:45,005 --> 00:11:48,239 she's eloped with a rich new boyfriend. 236 00:11:48,275 --> 00:11:52,010 But her son, fred, isn't buying it. 237 00:11:52,045 --> 00:11:54,179 Fred: If she's with this multimillionaire 238 00:11:54,214 --> 00:11:57,181 down aruba, drinking margaritas 239 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:01,202 on the beach, I would cheer for her. 240 00:12:01,238 --> 00:12:03,288 That'd be the greatest thing possible. 241 00:12:04,958 --> 00:12:08,576 But I told the police, "okay. Look, lead the way, 242 00:12:08,628 --> 00:12:09,994 you got to find her. 243 00:12:11,882 --> 00:12:14,899 Until you talk to her face to face, 244 00:12:14,935 --> 00:12:17,919 I'm gonna stand right here in the street and scream." 245 00:12:20,607 --> 00:12:23,057 det. Mark: To fred, being a concerned family member 246 00:12:23,093 --> 00:12:25,209 and actually caring about his mother 247 00:12:25,228 --> 00:12:28,346 got the ball rolling for us to investigate this case. 248 00:12:28,381 --> 00:12:31,649 [♪♪] 249 00:12:32,953 --> 00:12:34,936 det. Mark: We had to canvass the neighborhood. 250 00:12:34,988 --> 00:12:37,739 Uh, get as many statements as we could from the witnesses. 251 00:12:39,092 --> 00:12:41,626 Nicole: Neighbors were still saying that goldie 252 00:12:41,661 --> 00:12:44,162 was on a honeymoon, that she had went to tennessee 253 00:12:44,197 --> 00:12:46,397 with her new love of her life. 254 00:12:46,416 --> 00:12:50,335 And so they didn't really think she was missing. 255 00:12:50,370 --> 00:12:52,587 Narrator: Goldie's neighbors say all they know 256 00:12:52,622 --> 00:12:55,123 about the groom is that his name is rusty. 257 00:12:55,175 --> 00:12:58,676 No one seems to know the man but they provide the police 258 00:12:58,712 --> 00:13:00,745 with evidence of the wedding. 259 00:13:00,764 --> 00:13:02,747 Det. Mark: The officers were being shown photographs 260 00:13:02,766 --> 00:13:06,184 of goldie that she is now married and moved on. 261 00:13:06,219 --> 00:13:09,304 And, uh, that was their proof of this marriage. 262 00:13:09,356 --> 00:13:11,105 Narrator: The date on the wedding announcement 263 00:13:11,141 --> 00:13:14,142 is July 29th, a few weeks after neighbors 264 00:13:14,194 --> 00:13:16,761 last remember seeing goldie. 265 00:13:16,780 --> 00:13:18,980 Fred: But I didn't believe it. 266 00:13:19,032 --> 00:13:20,949 I knew mom was missing. 267 00:13:20,984 --> 00:13:24,786 [♪♪] 268 00:13:24,821 --> 00:13:26,337 det. Mark: When we were initially listening 269 00:13:26,373 --> 00:13:28,072 to the story of goldie's life, 270 00:13:28,107 --> 00:13:30,942 it didn't sound like she needed that big change. 271 00:13:30,961 --> 00:13:33,778 She wanted a simple life, but it's quite possible 272 00:13:33,797 --> 00:13:35,713 that sure, she would want a companion. 273 00:13:35,749 --> 00:13:39,050 [♪♪] 274 00:13:39,085 --> 00:13:41,386 det. Mark: All the neighbors seem to have the same story 275 00:13:41,421 --> 00:13:44,339 that she was out of the area and she had moved on. 276 00:13:45,725 --> 00:13:47,342 Nicole: So it wasn't so farfetched 277 00:13:47,394 --> 00:13:50,144 that she could be potentially be on her honeymoon. 278 00:13:50,180 --> 00:13:52,897 Det. Mark: If she did marry this individual rusty, 279 00:13:52,933 --> 00:13:54,816 obviously there would be some type 280 00:13:54,851 --> 00:13:56,818 of documentation to prove that they got married. 281 00:13:56,853 --> 00:13:59,904 So we had to research that through the-- 282 00:13:59,940 --> 00:14:01,105 the court documents. 283 00:14:01,140 --> 00:14:03,775 [♪♪] 284 00:14:03,810 --> 00:14:06,277 narrator: As investigators pour through court records 285 00:14:06,312 --> 00:14:09,414 across florida hoping to identify goldie's mysterious 286 00:14:09,449 --> 00:14:13,668 new husband, fred seeks the help of the local media. 287 00:14:13,703 --> 00:14:16,821 He hopes the story will prompt someone to come forward 288 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:21,426 with information on his mother that he still fears is missing. 289 00:14:21,461 --> 00:14:24,178 Fred: I was happy to do interviews 290 00:14:24,214 --> 00:14:28,016 with anybody that would put me on the news. 291 00:14:28,051 --> 00:14:30,718 My mom was even on a big billboard put up 292 00:14:30,770 --> 00:14:33,071 in norman right on route 40. 293 00:14:33,106 --> 00:14:35,940 [♪♪] 294 00:14:37,978 --> 00:14:39,727 stacia: I always thought it's either one way 295 00:14:39,779 --> 00:14:40,979 or the other. 296 00:14:41,014 --> 00:14:42,480 It's gonna be huge misunderstanding 297 00:14:42,515 --> 00:14:44,449 and she's gonna show up and she's gonna be pissed 298 00:14:44,484 --> 00:14:47,986 at everybody because we've made such a big stink about it. 299 00:14:48,021 --> 00:14:51,372 Or it's going to be traumatic and we're going 300 00:14:51,408 --> 00:14:54,208 to find her dead somewhere. 301 00:14:54,244 --> 00:14:57,428 [♪♪] 302 00:14:57,464 --> 00:15:00,248 narrator: As the investigation moves into the second day 303 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:03,918 with no sign of goldie, concerns mount for a senior 304 00:15:03,970 --> 00:15:06,421 who could be at risk. 305 00:15:06,473 --> 00:15:08,840 Det. Mark: We did exhaust all of our avenues 306 00:15:08,875 --> 00:15:12,376 when it came to the, uh, marriage documentation. 307 00:15:12,395 --> 00:15:14,211 And there was nothing. 308 00:15:14,230 --> 00:15:17,015 There was no documentation whatsoever anywhere 309 00:15:17,050 --> 00:15:20,068 that proved that she had been married. 310 00:15:20,103 --> 00:15:23,404 At this point, "are we gonna find goldie? 311 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,239 Where's the next clue at?" 312 00:15:25,275 --> 00:15:27,391 someone doesn't normally just shut off their life unless, 313 00:15:27,410 --> 00:15:31,245 you know, there's-- there's some big factor. 314 00:15:31,281 --> 00:15:34,415 Narrator: Police are eager to speak with kimberly smith. 315 00:15:34,451 --> 00:15:36,367 The helpful neighbor fred mentioned 316 00:15:36,402 --> 00:15:38,286 was keeping an eye on goldie. 317 00:15:38,338 --> 00:15:40,872 Det. Mark: We needed to contact mrs. Smith, 318 00:15:40,907 --> 00:15:44,075 because she seemed to take care of goldie on a regular basis. 319 00:15:44,094 --> 00:15:46,911 She's the one with the most information. 320 00:15:46,930 --> 00:15:48,412 [♪♪] 321 00:15:48,431 --> 00:15:50,264 det. Mark: But she was not at home. 322 00:15:52,819 --> 00:15:54,552 Narrator: It's not long before detectives 323 00:15:54,587 --> 00:15:58,323 learn why it's been difficult to track her down. 324 00:15:58,358 --> 00:16:01,025 Det. Mark: She was at the orange county branch jail. 325 00:16:03,330 --> 00:16:05,363 Narrator: Investigators learned that kimberly 326 00:16:05,398 --> 00:16:07,448 is being held on a parole violation 327 00:16:07,484 --> 00:16:08,950 on an old fraud charge 328 00:16:08,985 --> 00:16:11,536 for bouncing checks. 329 00:16:11,571 --> 00:16:13,488 She was being held in orlando. 330 00:16:13,540 --> 00:16:15,323 And our detectives and investigators 331 00:16:15,375 --> 00:16:18,042 went to speak with her. To see what she could tell us. 332 00:16:18,078 --> 00:16:20,211 Narrator: Detectives are alarmed to find goldie's 333 00:16:20,246 --> 00:16:23,114 dependable caretaker behind bars. 334 00:16:23,133 --> 00:16:25,333 But kimberly has an explanation. 335 00:16:25,385 --> 00:16:27,451 Her lawyer had misfiled some paperwork 336 00:16:27,470 --> 00:16:29,420 with her parole officer. 337 00:16:29,455 --> 00:16:31,172 She didn't even know there was a problem 338 00:16:31,224 --> 00:16:33,975 until she tried to renew her driver's license 339 00:16:34,010 --> 00:16:37,895 and was told there was a warrant out for her arrest. 340 00:16:37,931 --> 00:16:40,481 She had violated her probation unrelated 341 00:16:40,517 --> 00:16:43,601 to this-- this incident. 342 00:16:43,636 --> 00:16:46,487 Nicole: Kimberly smith confirms that goldie 343 00:16:46,523 --> 00:16:48,606 and this rusty guy, they got married. 344 00:16:48,641 --> 00:16:51,359 They're on their honeymoon. 345 00:16:51,411 --> 00:16:55,079 But she can't tell them any more about rusty. 346 00:16:57,183 --> 00:16:59,033 Narrator: Kimberly says that goldie told her 347 00:16:59,085 --> 00:17:01,953 she was in love and wanted a new life. 348 00:17:01,988 --> 00:17:04,655 But when asked why goldie might have wanted to get away, 349 00:17:04,674 --> 00:17:08,259 she remembers something that might be concerning. 350 00:17:09,379 --> 00:17:11,929 While goldie was living in her home, 351 00:17:11,965 --> 00:17:14,966 she did have a roommate for many years, elaine. 352 00:17:16,553 --> 00:17:18,519 Fred: Elaine moved with my mom 353 00:17:18,555 --> 00:17:22,540 in '73, maybe. 354 00:17:22,575 --> 00:17:24,609 And they got along great. 355 00:17:24,644 --> 00:17:27,111 She would come and have dinner with mom 356 00:17:27,147 --> 00:17:31,449 and it was-- it was a good relationship. 357 00:17:31,484 --> 00:17:33,284 Narrator: But at some point, kimberly 358 00:17:33,319 --> 00:17:36,537 explains the close friendship was torn apart. 359 00:17:36,573 --> 00:17:38,539 [♪♪] 360 00:17:38,575 --> 00:17:41,375 nicole: All of a sudden, elaine was taking out 361 00:17:41,411 --> 00:17:45,213 a life insurance policy on goldie. 362 00:17:45,248 --> 00:17:48,249 It was just very odd and obviously 363 00:17:48,301 --> 00:17:51,052 didn't set well with goldie. 364 00:17:51,087 --> 00:17:52,253 Det. Mark: And goldie actually became upset 365 00:17:52,305 --> 00:17:54,672 when she found out that she had a life insurance policy 366 00:17:54,707 --> 00:17:57,508 taken out by her friend on her. 367 00:17:57,543 --> 00:17:59,310 She didn't know anything about this. 368 00:18:02,148 --> 00:18:03,514 Nicole: It created a divide 369 00:18:03,549 --> 00:18:06,350 and at the end of it, 370 00:18:06,385 --> 00:18:09,020 elaine, she ended up moving out. 371 00:18:09,055 --> 00:18:13,074 [♪♪] 372 00:18:13,109 --> 00:18:15,626 narrator: Now investigators must ask if elaine 373 00:18:15,662 --> 00:18:19,163 took out an insurance policy behind goldie's back, 374 00:18:19,199 --> 00:18:23,084 could it be the motive behind goldie's disappearance? 375 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:24,418 Det. Mark: Elaine was definitely an avenue 376 00:18:24,454 --> 00:18:25,453 for law enforcement. 377 00:18:27,290 --> 00:18:29,423 That was just an immediate red flag. 378 00:18:29,459 --> 00:18:31,542 [♪♪] 379 00:18:39,101 --> 00:18:40,768 [♪♪] 380 00:18:40,804 --> 00:18:43,037 narrator: Investigators looking for goldie robinson 381 00:18:43,072 --> 00:18:45,072 have discovered that her former roommate 382 00:18:45,108 --> 00:18:47,024 elaine may have had a motive 383 00:18:47,060 --> 00:18:49,110 for wanting goldie to disappear. 384 00:18:49,145 --> 00:18:50,528 [♪♪] 385 00:18:50,563 --> 00:18:53,114 nicole: Elaine was one of her best friends 386 00:18:53,149 --> 00:18:56,400 and elaine allegedly took out this life insurance policy 387 00:18:56,452 --> 00:18:57,485 on goldie. 388 00:18:59,155 --> 00:19:01,122 Det. Mark: Now it was upsetting to goldie because she felt 389 00:19:01,157 --> 00:19:02,406 she had crossed that line. 390 00:19:04,961 --> 00:19:07,128 Narrator: It was shortly after elaine moved out 391 00:19:07,163 --> 00:19:09,964 of goldie's house that goldie vanished. 392 00:19:11,217 --> 00:19:13,384 So police obviously wanna speak with elaine. 393 00:19:13,419 --> 00:19:18,206 [♪♪] 394 00:19:18,241 --> 00:19:20,341 narrator: Days into the investigation, 395 00:19:20,376 --> 00:19:23,144 detectives locate goldie's former roommate elaine 396 00:19:23,179 --> 00:19:25,313 in nearby ormond beach. 397 00:19:25,348 --> 00:19:27,815 Det. Mark: Elaine explained it that she got upset 398 00:19:27,851 --> 00:19:29,567 because she supposedly had taken out 399 00:19:29,602 --> 00:19:32,153 a life insurance policy on goldie. 400 00:19:33,606 --> 00:19:36,624 Narrator: Elaine denies taking out the life insurance policy. 401 00:19:36,659 --> 00:19:38,893 But she does confirm that she and goldie 402 00:19:38,912 --> 00:19:41,279 had a fight and that she moved out. 403 00:19:41,331 --> 00:19:44,832 She claimed she hasn't seen goldie since. 404 00:19:44,868 --> 00:19:48,169 While investigators still have their suspicions, 405 00:19:48,204 --> 00:19:50,471 there's no direct evidence connecting elaine 406 00:19:50,506 --> 00:19:52,139 to goldie's disappearance. 407 00:19:52,175 --> 00:19:55,009 [♪♪] 408 00:19:55,044 --> 00:19:57,912 nicole: The problem is that nobody knows 409 00:19:57,931 --> 00:20:00,548 the exact day that goldie went missing. 410 00:20:03,052 --> 00:20:05,469 And so it was hard for police 411 00:20:05,521 --> 00:20:07,605 to talk to elaine 412 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:09,607 about her alibi. 413 00:20:09,642 --> 00:20:11,559 Det. Mark: We're trying to get that timeline. 414 00:20:13,429 --> 00:20:15,196 So when we talk to neighbors, they'd seen goldie a couple 415 00:20:15,231 --> 00:20:17,899 of weeks earlier, which was around July 4th. 416 00:20:19,402 --> 00:20:22,904 So it kind of made it difficult to narrow that down. 417 00:20:24,457 --> 00:20:26,958 Narrator: Detectives will keep an eye on elaine. 418 00:20:29,045 --> 00:20:31,295 As they consider their next move, 419 00:20:31,331 --> 00:20:32,997 there's a strange development 420 00:20:33,049 --> 00:20:35,216 in goldie robinson's neighborhood. 421 00:20:35,251 --> 00:20:37,418 Det. Mark: One of the neighbors recognizes goldie's car 422 00:20:37,453 --> 00:20:40,388 and trolling through the neighborhood rather slowly. 423 00:20:40,423 --> 00:20:42,340 So they call law enforcement. 424 00:20:42,392 --> 00:20:44,892 We get there and the officers immediately pulled 425 00:20:44,928 --> 00:20:47,428 the vehicle over and inside are two gentlemen. 426 00:20:49,265 --> 00:20:52,633 They said that they had acquired the car by purchasing it 427 00:20:52,652 --> 00:20:55,469 from a male individual several days earlier. 428 00:20:55,505 --> 00:21:00,441 And the men were upset because they couldn't register it. 429 00:21:00,476 --> 00:21:03,310 So they had come back to that area looking 430 00:21:03,329 --> 00:21:05,196 for the gentleman who sold them the car 431 00:21:05,248 --> 00:21:07,648 to get their money back. 432 00:21:07,667 --> 00:21:10,034 Nicole: And they find out adam smith, 433 00:21:10,086 --> 00:21:14,255 kimberly smith's son sold them goldie's car. 434 00:21:14,290 --> 00:21:17,591 [♪♪] 435 00:21:17,627 --> 00:21:20,127 narrator: When investigators confront adam, 436 00:21:20,162 --> 00:21:23,597 he explains that the car had been a gift from goldie, 437 00:21:23,633 --> 00:21:26,517 who left it behind when she went on her honeymoon. 438 00:21:28,004 --> 00:21:30,187 Unable to confirm his claims, 439 00:21:30,223 --> 00:21:32,306 officers call in a tow truck 440 00:21:32,341 --> 00:21:36,027 to haul the car away so it can be processed for evidence. 441 00:21:36,980 --> 00:21:38,529 Fred: The detectives are there. 442 00:21:38,564 --> 00:21:42,583 There was-- there were uniformed officers there. 443 00:21:42,618 --> 00:21:45,319 And a tow truck driver is there getting ready 444 00:21:45,354 --> 00:21:47,989 to hook up my mom's car. 445 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:53,327 Nicole: And he notices something in that nearby yard. 446 00:21:54,530 --> 00:21:58,132 And it is a garbage pail. 447 00:21:58,167 --> 00:22:01,135 Det. Mark: It's just not normal to see a trash can in the woods 448 00:22:01,170 --> 00:22:03,504 that looks like it's been recently placed there. 449 00:22:05,591 --> 00:22:07,258 So the officers that were there on scene 450 00:22:07,310 --> 00:22:08,392 walked into the area 451 00:22:08,428 --> 00:22:11,762 and shined their flashlight into the trash can. 452 00:22:11,814 --> 00:22:14,315 Nicole: And they see something so gruesome. 453 00:22:15,685 --> 00:22:19,770 A limb sticking out of that trash pail. 454 00:22:19,822 --> 00:22:22,440 [♪♪] 455 00:22:22,492 --> 00:22:25,076 det. Mark: There's a body in this trash can. 456 00:22:26,696 --> 00:22:29,497 Fred: When I got there the next morning, 457 00:22:29,532 --> 00:22:32,533 I'm standing there facing the trailer across the street. 458 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:37,755 And, uh, I looked coming out of this grownup area 459 00:22:37,790 --> 00:22:40,407 over there is a detective. 460 00:22:40,426 --> 00:22:43,511 I walked over towards him and he met me halfway. 461 00:22:44,764 --> 00:22:49,383 He said, "fred, we found something." 462 00:22:51,087 --> 00:22:53,270 and he said, "it's not good." 463 00:22:53,306 --> 00:22:56,390 [♪♪] 464 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,283 fred: I just knew it was mom. 465 00:23:08,571 --> 00:23:10,571 Where else is she at? 466 00:23:10,606 --> 00:23:12,156 I know that's her. 467 00:23:14,293 --> 00:23:15,709 Nicole: We felt so bad for the family 468 00:23:15,745 --> 00:23:17,277 thinking, "this has to be goldie. 469 00:23:17,296 --> 00:23:18,662 This has to be her." 470 00:23:20,383 --> 00:23:22,616 but of course the medical examiner 471 00:23:22,635 --> 00:23:25,553 was going to have to identify the body. 472 00:23:25,588 --> 00:23:27,721 Det. Mark: The contents of the trash can 473 00:23:27,757 --> 00:23:30,341 were transported out to the medical examiner's office 474 00:23:30,393 --> 00:23:33,060 to be processed. 475 00:23:33,096 --> 00:23:34,762 Because of the length of time 476 00:23:34,797 --> 00:23:38,732 a deceased had been in-- in that garbage can, 477 00:23:38,768 --> 00:23:42,302 the identification process was much more difficult. 478 00:23:42,321 --> 00:23:43,337 Narrator: When the autopsy report 479 00:23:43,372 --> 00:23:47,274 is delivered, the findings are unexpected. 480 00:23:47,310 --> 00:23:50,861 Stacia: They had called us into the police station 481 00:23:50,913 --> 00:23:53,664 to let us know. 482 00:23:53,699 --> 00:23:56,117 They'd say to us, 483 00:23:58,487 --> 00:24:02,373 "the body we found wasn't goldie." 484 00:24:04,293 --> 00:24:05,593 it wasn't her. 485 00:24:08,181 --> 00:24:10,664 Det. Mark: To our surprise, there was a male body 486 00:24:10,683 --> 00:24:12,766 inside the trash can. 487 00:24:12,802 --> 00:24:15,369 Nicole: It was a bombshell. 488 00:24:15,404 --> 00:24:17,354 This was the biggest holy [bleep] moment 489 00:24:17,390 --> 00:24:19,557 I ever had in my life. 490 00:24:19,609 --> 00:24:24,612 Stacia: You can't help but think, "who is it?" 491 00:24:24,647 --> 00:24:26,730 "who's looking for them?" 492 00:24:28,151 --> 00:24:31,318 "and where's goldie?" 493 00:24:31,353 --> 00:24:34,455 [♪♪] 494 00:24:43,365 --> 00:24:44,665 narrator: After a three-day search, 495 00:24:44,700 --> 00:24:46,300 police looking for missing 496 00:24:46,335 --> 00:24:48,302 78-year-old goldie robinson 497 00:24:48,337 --> 00:24:50,304 have discovered a body near her home 498 00:24:50,339 --> 00:24:52,173 in south daytona, florida. 499 00:24:54,310 --> 00:24:57,344 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 [♪♪]