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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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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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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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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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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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NARRATOR: Goldie's neighbors
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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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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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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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.
436
00:21:33,501 --> 00:21:35,712
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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00:22:27,972 --> 00:22:30,558
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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00:23:25,864 --> 00:23:28,074
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,
481
00:24:03,985 --> 00:24:07,822
"The body we found
wasn't Goldie."
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It wasn't her.
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00:24:13,703 --> 00:24:16,164
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.
486
00:24:20,919 --> 00:24:22,879
This was the biggest
holy [BLEEP] moment
487
00:24:22,921 --> 00:24:25,048
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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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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00:25:01,334 --> 00:25:04,462
But the gruesome find
cannot answer any questions
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00:25:04,504 --> 00:25:07,132
about what's happened
to Goldie.
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00:25:07,173 --> 00:25:09,467
DET. MARK: The human remains
were of a male.
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So now we've got to take
this information
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and see where it leads us
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00:25:14,723 --> 00:25:16,766
down into the detail
and identify
502
00:25:16,808 --> 00:25:18,852
who this person actually is
503
00:25:18,893 --> 00:25:21,438
and how they're connected
to Goldie.
504
00:25:21,479 --> 00:25:23,857
[**]
505
00:25:23,898 --> 00:25:27,777
FRED: I was glad
that it wasn't my mom.
506
00:25:27,819 --> 00:25:30,822
But I was sad
for this gentleman.
507
00:25:30,864 --> 00:25:33,199
But if I wouldn't have had
my daughter with me,
508
00:25:33,241 --> 00:25:36,077
I would have been
a puddle in the street.
509
00:25:37,912 --> 00:25:41,082
NICOLE: It was hard to process
that this was the body of a man
510
00:25:41,124 --> 00:25:44,336
because there wasn't
a man missing.
511
00:25:44,377 --> 00:25:46,212
So who could this be?
512
00:25:47,797 --> 00:25:49,966
NARRATOR: Investigators
soon get an answer
513
00:25:50,008 --> 00:25:52,344
when the news prompts a woman
to come forward
514
00:25:52,385 --> 00:25:55,305
wondering whether the John Doe
could be her father.
515
00:25:57,474 --> 00:26:01,811
The DNA sample
she provides confirms it.
516
00:26:01,853 --> 00:26:03,772
DET. MARK:
His name was Arthur Sheldon.
517
00:26:03,813 --> 00:26:06,524
[**]
518
00:26:06,566 --> 00:26:08,360
DET. MARK:
He was a South Daytona resident
519
00:26:08,401 --> 00:26:10,070
who was 68 years of age.
520
00:26:11,488 --> 00:26:13,323
NARRATOR: Arthur's daughter
tells detectives
521
00:26:13,365 --> 00:26:16,034
the story of Goldie Robinson
disappearing
522
00:26:16,076 --> 00:26:20,413
after supposedly getting
married is eerily familiar.
523
00:26:20,455 --> 00:26:23,291
Arthur had also recently
tied the knot,
524
00:26:23,333 --> 00:26:26,002
but it's clear from his photo
that Arthur
525
00:26:26,044 --> 00:26:29,172
is not Goldie's
mysterious groom, Rusty.
526
00:26:30,340 --> 00:26:33,134
DET. MARK: No one
had seen him since 2009,
527
00:26:33,176 --> 00:26:35,220
roughly a year earlier.
528
00:26:35,261 --> 00:26:37,013
NARRATOR:
Arthur's daughter explains
529
00:26:37,055 --> 00:26:39,307
that she received
a strange email from her father
530
00:26:39,349 --> 00:26:42,394
saying he'd left the state
to marry his nurse.
531
00:26:42,435 --> 00:26:45,230
He never returned,
and her attempts to find him
532
00:26:45,271 --> 00:26:48,400
and his new bride
were unsuccessful.
533
00:26:48,441 --> 00:26:52,237
NICOLE: We're just thinking,
"Who is Arthur Sheldon?"
534
00:26:52,278 --> 00:26:54,114
We mentioned
the name to Goldie's family
535
00:26:54,155 --> 00:26:55,281
and they had no idea.
536
00:26:55,323 --> 00:26:57,033
They've never heard of him.
537
00:26:57,075 --> 00:26:59,411
Neighbors nearby
had never heard of him.
538
00:26:59,452 --> 00:27:01,830
So it was just a mystery.
539
00:27:03,206 --> 00:27:06,167
Why is the body
in Twin Oaks Mobile Home Park?
540
00:27:07,877 --> 00:27:10,213
NARRATOR: More urgently,
police now wanna know
541
00:27:10,255 --> 00:27:12,841
whether the discovery
of his body is connected
542
00:27:12,882 --> 00:27:15,427
to Goldie Robinson's
disappearance
543
00:27:15,468 --> 00:27:18,972
or just a bizarre coincidence.
544
00:27:19,014 --> 00:27:22,058
DET. MARK: Now we have a whole
different individual
545
00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:24,310
we've got to do research on.
546
00:27:26,354 --> 00:27:31,109
So detectives start to look
into Arthur Sheldon's case.
547
00:27:31,151 --> 00:27:32,277
What happened there?
548
00:27:35,071 --> 00:27:36,865
NARRATOR:
Any hopes that an autopsy
549
00:27:36,906 --> 00:27:38,950
will tell detectives
how Arthur died
550
00:27:38,992 --> 00:27:41,327
are quickly dashed.
551
00:27:41,369 --> 00:27:43,329
DET. MARK: Because Arthur
has been deceased
552
00:27:43,371 --> 00:27:44,998
for such a long period of time,
553
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,000
it's hard to determine
if he didn't die
554
00:27:47,042 --> 00:27:49,377
of natural causes
or if somebody killed him.
555
00:27:51,296 --> 00:27:53,882
NARRATOR: The haphazard
disposal of Arthur's body
556
00:27:53,923 --> 00:27:56,926
seems like a clear indication
of foul play.
557
00:27:56,968 --> 00:27:59,471
But with no
scientific evidence available,
558
00:27:59,512 --> 00:28:03,475
investigators must rely
on old school police work.
559
00:28:03,516 --> 00:28:06,311
They begin at Arthur's
last known residence,
560
00:28:06,353 --> 00:28:09,022
a mobile home park
just a few miles away.
561
00:28:10,315 --> 00:28:11,441
DET. MARK:
Now officers spoke
562
00:28:11,483 --> 00:28:12,984
with some
of the neighbors there
563
00:28:13,026 --> 00:28:14,861
and they said that Arthur
had a heart condition
564
00:28:14,903 --> 00:28:19,324
and that he needed some,
uh, living assistants.
565
00:28:19,366 --> 00:28:22,160
So he had a live-in nurse
by the name of Dawn.
566
00:28:23,953 --> 00:28:25,455
NARRATOR: No one
can tell the detectives
567
00:28:25,497 --> 00:28:28,458
Dawn's last name or
how to get in touch with her.
568
00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:31,044
But it becomes clear
to the investigators
569
00:28:31,086 --> 00:28:33,588
that finding Dawn
could be the key to learning
570
00:28:33,630 --> 00:28:37,550
what happened to Arthur
and possibly to Goldie, too.
571
00:28:39,386 --> 00:28:40,595
NICOLE:
Through their investigation,
572
00:28:40,637 --> 00:28:43,056
police find that Arthur
573
00:28:43,098 --> 00:28:46,226
had cashed in a CD
of $90,000
574
00:28:46,267 --> 00:28:49,020
before he went missing.
575
00:28:49,062 --> 00:28:51,898
DET. MARK: The live-in
caretaker had told him
576
00:28:51,940 --> 00:28:54,693
that she needed access
to his bank accounts.
577
00:28:54,734 --> 00:28:58,363
And Arthur being a trusting
willing individual
578
00:28:58,405 --> 00:29:00,323
gave her that access.
579
00:29:00,365 --> 00:29:02,575
She was taking advantage
of him.
580
00:29:05,161 --> 00:29:07,122
Everything kept
pointing back at Dawn.
581
00:29:08,498 --> 00:29:11,668
NICOLE: Police started
following the money.
582
00:29:11,710 --> 00:29:14,462
They found that Dawn
was withdrawing
583
00:29:14,504 --> 00:29:17,590
hundreds of dollars
out of his bank accounts.
584
00:29:17,632 --> 00:29:20,552
[**]
585
00:29:20,593 --> 00:29:23,221
NARRATOR: Although Arthur
has been dead for months,
586
00:29:23,263 --> 00:29:26,057
his bank accounts
are very much in use.
587
00:29:26,099 --> 00:29:29,185
And when investigators review
bank surveillance images,
588
00:29:29,227 --> 00:29:32,272
they see a familiar face.
589
00:29:32,313 --> 00:29:34,024
DET. MARK:
It was Kimberly Smith,
590
00:29:34,065 --> 00:29:35,692
Goldie Robinson's neighbor.
591
00:29:35,734 --> 00:29:38,611
[**]
592
00:29:40,447 --> 00:29:43,116
NICOLE: So police start digging
and they also find out
593
00:29:43,158 --> 00:29:46,453
that Kimberly Smith
was also going by Dawn
594
00:29:46,494 --> 00:29:48,455
at some point in her life.
595
00:29:48,496 --> 00:29:51,374
Kimberly's middle name is Dawn.
596
00:29:51,416 --> 00:29:55,545
Kimberly Smith and Dawn
are the same people.
597
00:29:55,587 --> 00:29:57,255
Kimberly Dawn Smith.
598
00:29:59,382 --> 00:30:03,094
When we found out
that Arthur Sheldon
599
00:30:03,136 --> 00:30:07,682
knew Dawn,
who was also a caregiver
600
00:30:07,724 --> 00:30:10,560
for Goldie Robinson,
it just was mind-blowing.
601
00:30:12,312 --> 00:30:14,105
NARRATOR: Investigators
immediately head back
602
00:30:14,147 --> 00:30:15,440
to Kimberly's property
603
00:30:15,482 --> 00:30:17,567
at the Twin Oaks
Mobile Home Park.
604
00:30:17,609 --> 00:30:20,445
Goldie's son, Fred,
watches as a detective
605
00:30:20,487 --> 00:30:22,447
enters Kimberly's home.
606
00:30:22,489 --> 00:30:24,616
FRED:
He went into the trailer
607
00:30:24,657 --> 00:30:28,453
and he'd come out
and his face was white.
608
00:30:29,621 --> 00:30:32,457
And he looked at me
right in the eyes,
609
00:30:32,499 --> 00:30:36,086
got right in my face,
and said, "Rusty,
610
00:30:36,127 --> 00:30:38,505
the man your mom
was supposed to marry,
611
00:30:38,546 --> 00:30:40,382
the multimillionaire
612
00:30:40,423 --> 00:30:42,592
is sitting in there
on the couch."
613
00:30:55,146 --> 00:30:55,480
[**]
614
00:30:58,316 --> 00:31:02,404
NARRATOR: Florida detectives
are focusing on Kimberly Smith.
615
00:31:02,445 --> 00:31:05,281
After discovering
that she is the common thread
616
00:31:05,323 --> 00:31:07,283
in the death of Arthur Sheldon
617
00:31:07,325 --> 00:31:09,744
and the disappearance
of Goldie Robinson.
618
00:31:12,789 --> 00:31:15,166
NICOLE: They go
to Kimberly Smith's home
619
00:31:15,208 --> 00:31:20,213
and while they're there,
they find a man inside her home.
620
00:31:20,255 --> 00:31:22,424
And it is the man
621
00:31:22,465 --> 00:31:27,137
in the honeymoon photograph
next to Goldie.
622
00:31:30,765 --> 00:31:33,560
NARRATOR: Investigators quickly
determine the man's name
623
00:31:33,601 --> 00:31:36,771
is Russell Ryback,
Rusty to his friends.
624
00:31:36,813 --> 00:31:39,774
They invite him outside
to talk further.
625
00:31:41,234 --> 00:31:42,610
DET. MARK:
They started asking Rusty,
626
00:31:42,652 --> 00:31:44,320
"Hey, who are you?"
627
00:31:44,362 --> 00:31:45,739
You know,
"What are you doing here?"
628
00:31:45,780 --> 00:31:47,115
"Do you know Goldie?"
629
00:31:48,950 --> 00:31:51,619
FRED: He said he didn't know
Goldie that well,
630
00:31:51,661 --> 00:31:54,789
but he knew she was the lady
across the street.
631
00:31:56,249 --> 00:31:58,335
DET. MARK: And he said
he was living there in,
632
00:31:58,376 --> 00:31:59,836
uh, Kim's residence
633
00:31:59,878 --> 00:32:03,256
and she was taking care of her.
634
00:32:03,298 --> 00:32:06,176
He said Kimberly had taken
some photographs of him,
635
00:32:06,217 --> 00:32:09,220
but as far as being
in that photograph with Goldie,
636
00:32:09,262 --> 00:32:11,264
he was unaware of it.
637
00:32:11,306 --> 00:32:13,475
[**]
638
00:32:13,516 --> 00:32:16,186
NARRATOR: It's clear that
Goldie's marriage was a ruse.
639
00:32:16,227 --> 00:32:19,689
One that Rusty had no idea
his caretaker Kimberly Smith
640
00:32:19,731 --> 00:32:22,317
had made him part of.
641
00:32:22,359 --> 00:32:25,362
She is now a potential suspect
in both a murder
642
00:32:25,403 --> 00:32:27,322
and a disappearance.
643
00:32:27,364 --> 00:32:30,825
Detectives begin a deep dive
into her background.
644
00:32:31,826 --> 00:32:35,413
DET. MARK: We discovered Kim
had aliases all over the state.
645
00:32:36,790 --> 00:32:38,792
NICOLE: She spent
some time in prison.
646
00:32:38,833 --> 00:32:43,880
She has charges for writing
bad checks, stealing IDs.
647
00:32:45,590 --> 00:32:47,300
DET. MARK: One of the other
things we discovered
648
00:32:47,342 --> 00:32:51,179
was that Kimberly
had no nursing credential.
649
00:32:52,681 --> 00:32:54,182
NARRATOR: As the pieces
of the puzzle
650
00:32:54,224 --> 00:32:55,517
start coming together,
651
00:32:55,558 --> 00:32:56,976
investigators' next step
652
00:32:57,018 --> 00:32:59,270
is to confront Kimberly.
653
00:32:59,312 --> 00:33:01,690
Finding her is easy.
654
00:33:01,731 --> 00:33:03,942
[**]
655
00:33:03,983 --> 00:33:06,736
DET. MARK: Kim was back at
the Orange County branch jail.
656
00:33:06,778 --> 00:33:10,490
She had violated her probation
on a case that she had
657
00:33:10,532 --> 00:33:12,951
when she was cashing
some fraudulent checks.
658
00:33:12,992 --> 00:33:17,330
NICOLE: She stands by her story
that Goldie and this Rusty guy,
659
00:33:17,372 --> 00:33:19,874
they got married,
and that's what happened.
660
00:33:22,585 --> 00:33:25,005
NARRATOR: As detectives work
to build a case connecting Kim
661
00:33:25,046 --> 00:33:27,340
to Goldie's disappearance,
662
00:33:27,382 --> 00:33:30,218
another troubling detail
emerges.
663
00:33:30,260 --> 00:33:32,595
The family
now living in Goldie's house
664
00:33:32,637 --> 00:33:35,515
is not just any family.
665
00:33:35,557 --> 00:33:39,394
NICOLE: Kimberly Smith's son
and his girlfriend
666
00:33:39,436 --> 00:33:42,230
are now living
in Goldie Robinson's home
667
00:33:42,272 --> 00:33:44,649
and Kimberly Smith tells people
668
00:33:44,691 --> 00:33:46,443
the reason
that they're living there
669
00:33:46,484 --> 00:33:49,612
is that Goldie
gave it to him as a gift.
670
00:33:49,654 --> 00:33:52,532
DET. MARK: They live there
with their children.
671
00:33:52,574 --> 00:33:54,951
NARRATOR:
Adam Smith is the same man
672
00:33:54,993 --> 00:33:57,704
who sold Goldie's Ford Taurus.
673
00:34:01,332 --> 00:34:04,878
Though investigators still
hope to find Goldie alive,
674
00:34:04,919 --> 00:34:08,381
they realize the odds of that
are growing slimmer.
675
00:34:10,008 --> 00:34:12,010
DET. MARK:
Kim lived in a mobile home
676
00:34:12,052 --> 00:34:14,054
that's close to the wood line
677
00:34:14,095 --> 00:34:16,890
where we found Arthur's body.
678
00:34:16,931 --> 00:34:18,516
What's to say
there's not a second body
679
00:34:18,558 --> 00:34:20,060
buried in the backyard?
680
00:34:20,101 --> 00:34:24,439
[**]
681
00:34:28,109 --> 00:34:31,321
NARRATOR: On the morning
of September 3rd, 2010,
682
00:34:31,363 --> 00:34:33,990
authorities returned
to the area
683
00:34:34,032 --> 00:34:36,409
where Arthur Sheldon's body
was discovered
684
00:34:36,451 --> 00:34:39,287
nine days earlier.
685
00:34:39,329 --> 00:34:41,748
DET. MARK: The dogs
hit on the initial spot
686
00:34:41,790 --> 00:34:43,291
where Arthur was.
687
00:34:44,709 --> 00:34:47,587
But then a short distance
away from that,
688
00:34:47,629 --> 00:34:50,298
the dogs then hit
on a new area,
689
00:34:50,340 --> 00:34:52,300
which gave a clear indication
690
00:34:52,342 --> 00:34:53,885
that there was another body
buried there
691
00:34:53,927 --> 00:34:56,971
very close to Kim's trailer.
692
00:34:59,432 --> 00:35:01,601
Is it gonna be Goldie
or are we gonna find
693
00:35:01,643 --> 00:35:04,813
another set of human remains
of somebody else who's missing?
694
00:35:07,732 --> 00:35:10,944
NICOLE: And they started
brushing away the debris,
695
00:35:10,985 --> 00:35:12,612
lining that area out
696
00:35:12,654 --> 00:35:14,781
so that they could start
the dig.
697
00:35:14,823 --> 00:35:17,450
And it's hot and muggy
698
00:35:17,492 --> 00:35:19,619
and we're just waiting
and waiting and waiting
699
00:35:19,661 --> 00:35:20,995
to see what they found.
700
00:35:22,789 --> 00:35:25,375
NARRATOR: After hours
of painstaking digging,
701
00:35:25,417 --> 00:35:28,336
the technicians
make the dreaded discovery.
702
00:35:29,671 --> 00:35:31,923
I'm standing there
in the middle of the road again.
703
00:35:34,009 --> 00:35:38,430
I've seen
several men back there.
704
00:35:38,471 --> 00:35:41,141
I heard these dogs barking.
705
00:35:41,182 --> 00:35:42,726
They're barking, barking.
706
00:35:42,767 --> 00:35:44,894
And this detective approached me
707
00:35:44,936 --> 00:35:48,690
and they told me
that they had found a body
708
00:35:50,859 --> 00:35:54,654
four feet under the surface
in a shallow grave.
709
00:35:56,072 --> 00:35:58,867
They didn't know
if it was male or female.
710
00:36:00,744 --> 00:36:02,829
DET. MARK:
We removed more human remains
711
00:36:02,871 --> 00:36:04,622
and more garbage bags.
712
00:36:05,707 --> 00:36:08,710
FRED: Then another detective
come out and said,
713
00:36:08,752 --> 00:36:11,755
"Fred, we need a DNA sample."
714
00:36:11,796 --> 00:36:13,631
It didn't sound good
to me at all
715
00:36:13,673 --> 00:36:15,717
when they asked me for DNA.
716
00:36:17,844 --> 00:36:19,596
NARRATOR:
Two months in the Florida heat
717
00:36:19,637 --> 00:36:21,431
have taken a toll on the body.
718
00:36:21,473 --> 00:36:24,392
Although the remains
are badly decomposed,
719
00:36:24,434 --> 00:36:28,063
the medical examiner is able
to lift a single fingerprint.
720
00:36:29,814 --> 00:36:33,693
A few days later,
the identity is confirmed.
721
00:36:33,735 --> 00:36:36,529
FRED:
I got the call.
722
00:36:36,571 --> 00:36:38,490
The call you never wanna take.
723
00:36:41,034 --> 00:36:45,663
Told me they had
a positive ID on my mom.
724
00:36:50,585 --> 00:36:53,797
And of course, I--
725
00:36:55,507 --> 00:36:58,093
at that point,
I could even hardly stand up.
726
00:37:05,558 --> 00:37:07,477
NARRATOR:
With two bodies now recovered
727
00:37:07,519 --> 00:37:09,729
from this Florida neighborhood,
728
00:37:09,771 --> 00:37:11,898
investigators wonder
whether they've discovered
729
00:37:11,940 --> 00:37:14,859
a serial predator's
burial ground.
730
00:37:16,611 --> 00:37:18,738
But will police
have enough evidence
731
00:37:18,780 --> 00:37:21,866
to prove their suspicions?
732
00:37:21,908 --> 00:37:23,910
DET. MARK:
Anytime you discover a body,
733
00:37:23,952 --> 00:37:26,746
you wanna know
what the cause of death was.
734
00:37:26,788 --> 00:37:28,456
But with our summer heat,
735
00:37:28,498 --> 00:37:31,584
it acts very harshly
on human remains.
736
00:37:32,961 --> 00:37:37,048
Knowing exactly
how Goldie and Arthur died,
737
00:37:37,090 --> 00:37:39,134
it's not an exact science.
738
00:37:40,844 --> 00:37:43,763
NICOLE: How are they
gonna charge murder charges
739
00:38:00,071 --> 00:38:01,489
NARRATOR: Florida detectives
believe Kimberly Smith
740
00:38:02,657 --> 00:38:06,161
may be involved
in two homicides.
741
00:38:06,202 --> 00:38:08,121
Though the bodies
of Goldie Robinson
742
00:38:08,163 --> 00:38:10,707
and Arthur Sheldon
were found on her property,
743
00:38:10,749 --> 00:38:13,209
investigators will still need
direct evidence
744
00:38:13,251 --> 00:38:15,962
to prove a murder
actually took place.
745
00:38:17,630 --> 00:38:20,759
NICOLE: So the investigators'
hands were tied.
746
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,053
FRED: The death
on the death certificate
747
00:38:23,094 --> 00:38:25,597
is listed as homicide
748
00:38:25,638 --> 00:38:28,600
but the cause of death
is undetermined.
749
00:38:28,641 --> 00:38:30,727
And there's no murder charges.
750
00:38:31,853 --> 00:38:36,191
STACIA: I was extremely angry
that they didn't know how
751
00:38:36,232 --> 00:38:39,194
and quite honestly
they didn't know who.
752
00:38:39,235 --> 00:38:42,739
NICOLE: Even if they died
from natural causes,
753
00:38:42,781 --> 00:38:47,077
the bodies were not buried
and placed there by themselves.
754
00:38:51,414 --> 00:38:53,291
NARRATOR:
Kimberly Smith was a caregiver
755
00:38:53,333 --> 00:38:56,044
for both Goldie and Arthur.
756
00:38:56,086 --> 00:38:58,713
While their homicide case
against her is crumbling
757
00:38:58,755 --> 00:39:01,800
due to lack of evidence,
prosecutors are determined
758
00:39:01,841 --> 00:39:04,969
to get justice somehow.
759
00:39:05,011 --> 00:39:07,138
DET. MARK: We may not be able
to get Kimberly with a homicide
760
00:39:07,180 --> 00:39:08,807
but we could definitely
charge her with fraud.
761
00:39:10,266 --> 00:39:12,352
NARRATOR: So the investigators
get to work
762
00:39:12,394 --> 00:39:14,896
building a strong fraud case.
763
00:39:14,938 --> 00:39:17,649
DET. MARK: We discovered
Kimberly has this bank card
764
00:39:17,691 --> 00:39:19,776
that she was using to acquire
those funds
765
00:39:19,818 --> 00:39:21,236
that belonged to Arthur.
766
00:39:21,277 --> 00:39:24,072
And also she was using
that same method
767
00:39:24,114 --> 00:39:25,949
to acquire funds
that belonged to Goldie.
768
00:39:29,661 --> 00:39:31,830
NARRATOR: Police find evidence
that among the things
769
00:39:31,871 --> 00:39:35,291
Kimberly purchased
were a trash can and a shovel.
770
00:39:38,086 --> 00:39:40,964
Investigators discover
that Kimberly also began
771
00:39:41,006 --> 00:39:43,717
siphoning
Social Security payments.
772
00:39:43,758 --> 00:39:46,803
NICOLE: If a senior citizen
is getting Social Security,
773
00:39:46,845 --> 00:39:51,307
they have an option
of having it on a credit card.
774
00:39:51,349 --> 00:39:55,395
And then you can then spend
that money that way.
775
00:39:55,437 --> 00:39:58,982
So police find out
after Arthur Sheldon is missing,
776
00:39:59,024 --> 00:40:01,985
that option was changed
to the credit card option.
777
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:07,699
NARRATOR: The investigation
reveals that Kimberly
778
00:40:07,741 --> 00:40:09,743
was netting more than $2,000
a month
779
00:40:09,784 --> 00:40:11,786
from Goldie and Arthur.
780
00:40:11,828 --> 00:40:14,122
To protect her scam,
prosecutors say
781
00:40:14,164 --> 00:40:18,126
she began driving a wedge
between Goldie and her family.
782
00:40:18,168 --> 00:40:20,920
They believe
it was her, not Goldie,
783
00:40:20,962 --> 00:40:23,173
who returned Goldie's phone
to her son Fred
784
00:40:23,214 --> 00:40:26,468
with a note telling him
never to call her.
785
00:40:26,509 --> 00:40:29,763
DET. MARK: The son Adam
and his wife Crystal
786
00:40:29,804 --> 00:40:32,098
had a working knowledge
of what Kim was doing.
787
00:40:32,140 --> 00:40:33,475
And it was clearly evident
788
00:40:33,516 --> 00:40:34,893
because they had taken
possession
789
00:40:34,934 --> 00:40:36,770
of Goldie's residence.
790
00:40:36,811 --> 00:40:38,897
They had possession of her cars
791
00:40:38,938 --> 00:40:41,191
and a lot of her property.
792
00:40:41,232 --> 00:40:42,734
So they had
to have had knowledge
793
00:40:42,776 --> 00:40:44,319
that something wasn't right.
794
00:40:44,361 --> 00:40:47,030
They were accessories
to the incident.
795
00:40:52,035 --> 00:40:54,788
NARRATOR: In December of 2010,
Kimberly Smith,
796
00:40:54,829 --> 00:40:57,123
along with Adam
and Crystal Smith,
797
00:40:57,165 --> 00:41:01,461
are charged with multiple
counts of fraud and forgery.
798
00:41:01,503 --> 00:41:04,839
Prosecutors
believe their case is solid,
799
00:41:04,881 --> 00:41:08,009
but they realize the risk
they take bringing it to trial.
800
00:41:08,051 --> 00:41:11,971
Kimberly has two elderly people
currently in her care.
801
00:41:12,013 --> 00:41:14,474
If she's acquitted,
prosecutors fear
802
00:41:14,516 --> 00:41:17,185
their lives could be at risk.
803
00:41:17,227 --> 00:41:19,145
FRED: I would do
anything in this world
804
00:41:19,187 --> 00:41:22,399
to get my mom back.
805
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,359
There's nothing I can do.
806
00:41:24,401 --> 00:41:25,985
She's gone.
807
00:41:26,027 --> 00:41:27,821
I'll never get another one.
808
00:41:27,862 --> 00:41:30,907
But if I can save one person,
809
00:41:33,201 --> 00:41:37,539
somebody's mom, somebody's dad,
810
00:41:37,580 --> 00:41:39,499
we'll do a plea bargain.
811
00:41:42,919 --> 00:41:46,423
NARRATOR: In August 2012,
prosecutors offer Kimberly
812
00:41:46,464 --> 00:41:48,925
the plea deal
for the fraud she committed
813
00:41:48,967 --> 00:41:52,429
against Goldie Robinson
and Arthur Sheldon.
814
00:41:52,470 --> 00:41:55,807
NICOLE: Kimberly Smith decides
to agree
815
00:41:55,849 --> 00:41:58,309
to a plea agreement
with prosecutors.
816
00:42:00,103 --> 00:42:03,064
She was sentenced
to 15 years in prison.
817
00:42:08,278 --> 00:42:11,531
Kim's son Adam Smith
and his wife Crystal
818
00:42:11,573 --> 00:42:14,284
both pleaded no contest
819
00:42:14,325 --> 00:42:16,953
and they were sentenced
to three years in prison.
820
00:42:21,291 --> 00:42:22,876
NARRATOR:
For the family members
821
00:42:22,917 --> 00:42:26,171
who waited so long
to find justice,
822
00:42:26,212 --> 00:42:28,965
the final outcome
is bittersweet.
823
00:42:33,053 --> 00:42:37,515
STACIA: I want Kimberly Smith,
Adam Smith, and Crystal
824
00:42:37,557 --> 00:42:41,436
to all understand
that I forgive them,
825
00:42:43,980 --> 00:42:46,358
because that's what Goldie
would want.
826
00:42:49,194 --> 00:42:52,155
FRED: If I could talk to mom,
I would say this.
827
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:57,243
Thank you
for all you've done for me.
828
00:42:57,827 --> 00:43:01,331
You did a great job raising me.
829
00:43:03,583 --> 00:43:05,251
I love you.
830
00:43:10,006 --> 00:43:12,509
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