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Every story has a beginning, but not everyone has an ending.
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In the shadows of headlines and buried police reports lay
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the voices of the missing, the murdered, and the forgotten,
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waiting to be heard and have their stories told. This
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is The Book of the Dead, a true crime podcast
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where we remember forgotten victims of heinous crimes, reopen cold cases,
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re visit haunting disappearances, and uncover the truths buried beneath
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the years of silence. I'm your host, Courtney Liso, and
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every week we turn to another chapter, one victim, one mystery,
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one step closer to justice. Brought to you by Darkast
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Network in Deep Podcasts with the Twist. Hello, Hello, Welcome
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to the next chapter in the Book of the Dead.
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Last week I told you the story of Barbara Mackel,
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the twenty year old heiress to the Deltona Corporation who
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was abducted from the motel she was staying at in Atlanta,
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Georgia with her mother, Jane, on December seventeenth, nineteen sixty eight.
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Jane Mackall had been tricked into opening the motel room
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door by the kidnappers, as they had pretended to be
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police officers there to notify them about an accident possibly
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involving Barbara's boyfriend. Barbara had been taken from the room
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at gunpoint, her mother bound on the floor, and she
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was driven to a secluded area near Duluth where she
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was to be buried alive. Her kidnappers, twenty three year
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old Garry Christ and twenty six year old Ruth eisman Shire,
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had met just a few short months before the abduction,
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where Chris told Ruth all about his plot for the
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perfect crime. He meticulously researched the Mackle family as well
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as Barbara, and built a box he called a capsule.
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This for lack but better term coffin was designed to
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sustain human life for seven days. It was equipped with
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air tubes and ventilation, a light, food, water, and blankets,
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and placed in a hole dug by Chris the day
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before the abduction. Upon placing Barbara in the capsule, Chris
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took her ring and took a photo of her with
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a sign on her chest that said kidnapped. The box
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was unsealed and covered with dirt, and Chris and Ruth
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drove away. Their promise to check on Barbara every couple
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of hours nothing but a lie while Chris that conducted
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countless hours of research on the Mackle family. He neglected
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to see who the family was connected to. The Mackaels
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were not only close friends with President elect Richard Nixon,
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but also close with the director of the FBI, j
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Edgar Hoover. When Jane Mackle raised the alarm that her
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daughter had been taken, Hoover personally got involved with the
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investigation to find her, deploying agents to Florida to find
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out who Barber's abductors were a few hours after her abduction,
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Christ placed a call to the Macles, and mombeknownst to him,
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told an FBI agent who picked up the phone exactly
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where they could find the ransom letter they had buried
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in the mackles backyard. The ransom letter claimed that Barber
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was okay, though very uncomfortable, and was buried in a
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remote location that only her abductors were aware of. Robert
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Mackel was to follow the demands completely, otherwise her location
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would never be revealed, and he had seven days to comply,
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after which, if the ransom money was not procured, Barbara
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would run out of air and food. Robert was to
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gather five hundred thousand dollars and recently issued twenty dollars bills.
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The criteria for these bills was very strict, no marking
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of any kind, and no more than ten bills at
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a time were to have consecutive serial numbers. The bills
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were to be placed in a suitcase with specific dimensions,
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and they would undergo a minimum of eight hours of
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testing before the abductors would divulge Barber's location. Robert was
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to place a specific advertisement that would appear in the
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classified of the Miami area newspapers, and he would then
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receive a phone call with instructions regarding the drop off.
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The letter specified that the information in the call would
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not be repeated. After making the telephone call to alert
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the macals about the ransom letter, Christ and Ruth drove
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to Jacksonville, Florida, with Ruth hiding under a harp on
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the floor of Chris Volvo. Chris knew based on news
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coverage of the kidnapping that police were looking for two individuals,
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so this is why he had Ruth hide during the
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drive in Jacksonville. Before heading off to Miami, Ruth mailed
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a few postcards to her friends and then gave a
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stamp to Christ so that he had mailed the polaroid
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he had taken o Barbara, as well as her ring
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to the macklhome as proof of her abduction. Around three
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a m. On the eighteenth, according to the timeline of
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events written by FBI agent William Bean, Christ and Ruth
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arrived at the trailer he had previously shared with his
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wife and children. After sleeping for a while, Ruth and
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Chris left the trailer separately so as not to be
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seen together by any of the residents, and they went
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to a laundromat where they washed their clothes, and Chris
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took his car to a car wash to get rid
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of any evidence of his vehicle being at the burial site.
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After getting the car cleaned, Chris placed the call to
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a father McKay, who led the Mackles parish, and explained
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that he had abducted the Mackel's daughter. He told Father
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mulkay that he was to speak to Robert Mackele and
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encourage him to follow the instructions in the ransom letter.
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Christ explained that Barbara was sick and coughing, and that
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her situation was perilous. Meanwhile, Robert mackel was already gathering
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the money to pay the ransom. According to William Bean,
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the cash was prepared under the direct supervision of FBI agents,
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and the serial numbers for each of the twenty five
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twenty dollars bills was written down and photographed before being
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placed in the suitcase with the exact dimension specified in
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the letter. That same day, December eighteenth, Robert Mackle placed
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an ad in the classified section of two different newspapers saying, quote,
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loved one, please come home. We will pay all expenses
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and meet anywhere at any time your family. A few
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hours after this advertisement was made, Gary christ saw the
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ad in an issue of the Miami Herald. He had
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picked it up after visiting a doctor using the name
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George Deacon to have a rash looked at. He continued
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making preparations for the ransom pick up after this, showing
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Ruth the spot in Biscayne Bay where the pickup would
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generally be occurring, including selling a trailer of his belongings.
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As they awaited a call from Barbara's abductors, the FBI
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was incredibly hard at work trying to identify their suspects.
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They knew that they were looking for two people and
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that one was approximately six feet tall and two hundred
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and forty pounds, while the other was significantly shorter, about
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five to two and one hundred and thirty pounds. According
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to William Bean, the motels in and around Decatur were
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looked into for any patrons that match these descriptions, and
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they also looked into Barbara's movements at Emory University just
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before her kidnapping. In doing this, they received some interesting information,
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as I explained last episode. Prior to arriving at the
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roadway in motel to kidnap Barbara, Christ and Ruth went
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to the university to look for her, where they had
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been seen by more than one person. One of the
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witnesses was the assistant professor of economics who had called
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the dean of the School of Business Administration, where Barbara
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was enrolled, to explain what he had seen. The professor
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was interviewed by the FBI and was able to give
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them a lot of information to aid them in the investigation.
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According to this professor, he had last seen Barbara at
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around three pm on December thirteenth, when he let her
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leave early during her exam due to being sick with
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what would turn out to be the flu. The next day,
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at around two pm, he saw to quote hippie type
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individuals in the lobby of one of the buildings on campus.
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This stood out to him because this particular building was
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closed on Saturdays, and the appearance of these two was memorable.
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He described a male as being Caucasian, six feet tall,
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over two hundred pounds, with dark hair and a full beard.
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He was in his twenties with a ready complexion, prominent cheeks,
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and he was wearing a gold cardigan in dark wool trousers.
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The woman with him was described as anywhere from sixteen
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years old to being in her twenties, five foot two,
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around one hundred pounds, with very short, blonde hair. She
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also had a ready complexion and a healthy physique, as
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if she spent a lot of time outdoors. She was
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wearing a boy's shirt, brown down and pants and tennis shoes.
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The professor recalled the man, asking him for a list
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of students, and he responded by telling him that they
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would have to come back on Monday. The man also
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asked if classes were still going on through December seventeenth,
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and the master said the classes had finished, but exams
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would continue until that date. The professor remembered the man
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saying to the woman, quote, we can't find her in class.
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Then the professor then observed the two getting into a
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dark blue, late model square backed vehicle with Massachusetts license
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plates with the first letter being why. He believed that
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the vehicle was possibly a Volkswagon and that the license
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plate might have also had a zero into two in
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the number. The professor also told the FBI that he
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had heard the man on a payphone looking for Barbara Mackle.
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The man was overheard telling the woman that she was
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staying at a motel indicator. The Boston FBI Field Office
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got in contact with the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles
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and learned that the possible vehicle belonging to their kidnapper
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could be any one of up to ninety two thousand cars.
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The Registry of Motor Vehicles began isolating all of the
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vehicles with the specifications of a dark blues, square backed Volkswagen,
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and then a program was to be used to isolate
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all of the vehicles on that list with a license
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plate beginning with the letter Y. On December nineteenth, after
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all man delivered to the mackele family was screened, a
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letter was given to Robert that was postmarked from Miami
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the day before and contained a gold ring and a
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photograph of a woman with a sign on her chest
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that Red kidnapped. Robert positively identified the woman as being
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his daughter and the ring as belonging to her. At
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three forty seven am, the phone rang at the mackle
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home and Robert answered. On the other end was a
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man who claimed to be one of Barbara's abductors. He
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directed Robert to go to fair Isle Street and drive
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up the road until he came to a wall where
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he would see a blinking white light. Robert was to
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place the suitcase with the money in a box with
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another light attached, close the lid, and then leave the
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area immediately. Robert left right away to make the drop off,
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but at four forty one the phone rang at the
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mackel's home again. This time Robert's brother answered. The kidnapper
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explained that Robert had not made contact and the money
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had not been received, but Robert's brother assured the caller
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that Robert had indeed left and was likely making the
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drop as they spoke. As Robert mackell returned to his
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home and relayed what had happened to his family and
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the FBI. He had no idea that the drop had
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gone wrong. Robert mackell had indeed made it to the
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location on fair Isle Street after some times been trying
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to find it, and he had parked his car about
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thirty feet away from the sea wall, but he couldn't
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find a blinking light or the box he was supposed
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to put the suitcase in, so he dropped the case
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over the wall and drove home. He noted that the
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area was well lit, but there was no one around
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that he could see. On beknownst to Robert, at around
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four am when he made the drop, a police officer
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doing patrol on Rickenbocker Causeway and twenty nine hundred South
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Brickle Avenue noticed a blue Volvo station wagon with Massachusetts
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plates that read nine seven two zero nine eight. The
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car was fifty yards and the barricaded entrance to Brickle
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Avenue that grants access to keep his gain. In observing
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the car from the outside, the police officer noted that
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there was luggage and personal belongings inside. In running the
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license played through the police satabase, he saw that the
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vehicle had not been reported as stolen. It's important to
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note that the FBI had neglected to inform local police
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that a ransom drop was to be taking place in
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this area. The officer was joined by another and they
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sat and watched the valvox for a while to see
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if the owner would return. At around four forty five,
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they spotted someone carrying a large bag walking between two
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homes near where the Volvo was parked. The individual was
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ordered to identify himself, but they dropped the bag and ran.
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The police. Officers recover what was ultimately a suitcase, and
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inside it was filled with twenty dollars bills. The suitcase
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was brought back to headquarters where it was turned over
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to the FBI, and, after positively being identified as the
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ransom money in the macelcase, it was brought back to
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the family that evening. In fleeing the scene, Chris had
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left his car behind and the FBI arrived to have
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the vehicle processed. According to the narrative by William Bean,
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after a search warrant was issued, the Volva was searched
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and items of great significance was found that were photographed
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and sent to the FBI laboratory. A University of Miami
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notebook with the name Ruth written on it. Three blank
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pages of notebook paper were found to have indentations from
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writing on other pages on them. Upon processing, the indentations
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matched the wording from the three page ransom letter, suggesting
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to the FBI that the blank pages had been used
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as backing paper when typing out the letter. Also in
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the vehicle was a wall containing the idea of a
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Ruth eisman Shire, as well as papers pointing to her
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being a student at Miami U, and polaroids of two
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individuals taken in what looked to be an apartment. Many
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of the fingerprints collected in the vehicle were found to
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belong to a Gary Christ, who was the subject of
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a quote unlawful flight to avoid confining case in Layman's terms.
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As mentioned in Part one, Gary Christ was wanted for
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escaping from prison two years prior. In determining that the
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volvo likely belonged to Barbara Mackle's abductors, and realizing that
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the original identification of the vehicle was incorrect, the Boston
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FBI office was requested to immediately have the Massachusetts license
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plate checked out. The number P seventy two zero nine
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eight was registered to a man named George Deacon, a
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married father of two who lived in Norton and was
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employed as a research technician in Massachusetts from December of
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nineteen sixty six through May thirty first, nineteen sixty eight,
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when he obtained a position in Miami and moved to
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Rickenbacker Causeway that June. On December nineteen sixty eight, mere
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hours after the failed ransom payoff, the Miami US Attorney's
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Office authorized the filing of federal charges against Gary Christ
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and Ruth Eismanshire for kidnapping. The recommended bond was five
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hundred thousand dollars each. Meanwhile, according to the Coastal Breeze News,
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Ruth was spooked by the police and got on a
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bus to Austin, Texas, planning to meet with Chris so
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that they could leave for Europe. And examining the photographs,
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the FBI in Miami sent copies to agents in Atlanta,
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who did a thorough canvas to match the rooms seen
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in the photos to any motels, hotels, lodging houses, or
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anything similar in the area. This was an extensive and
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exhausting search, but they managed to find a match to
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a hotel on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta. On
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this twentieth. Hotel clerks identified the couple in the photos
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as Ruth and Christ and told the agents that they
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had checked in on the fourteenth under the names mister
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and missus George S. Price from Massachusetts. Mister Price had
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a notable beard, and he said he represented the Massachusetts
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Institute of Technology. The fingerprints on the registration card were
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a positive match to Gary Crist as well. In speaking
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with a maid, she told agents she never spoke to
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the couple, but had found photos matching the ones that
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were found in the Volvo in their room. She also
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said that when she cleaned the room on December seventeenth
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after checkout, she noticed the significant amount of black hair
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in the bathroom. The agents processed the room that two
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had stayed in and found prince attributed to both Christ
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and Ruth, as well as a cut cord for the
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blinds that matched the cord that was used to restrain
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Jane mackele during her daughter's subduction. Of course, though pleased
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that his daughter's kidnappers had been identified, Robert Knackle was
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not happy that the ransom payoff had been interrupted, and
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insisted that his daughter being returned to him was the
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most important thing He immediately placed a new ad in
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the Miami newspaper to initiate another attempt at paying the ransom.
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According to the FBI narrative, the ad said quote, father
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pleads to kidnappers. I had nothing to do with the
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action Thursday morning of the Miami police who tried to
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arrest you and recovered the money which I had left
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for you. I regret that you did not get the
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money because my only interest is the safety of my daughter.
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I pray that you have not harmed my daughter. I
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did everything you told me to do, and I had
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nothing to do with the accidental appearance of the Miami
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police on the scene. Robert Nackell Gary Chris did see
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this advertisement in the paper and placed to call at
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ten thirty five to the assistant pastor of a church
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and Coral Gables was told to contact the macls and
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inform them the new dropop location would be found at
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the Tom Miami Trail. At eleven twenty five PM on
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the nineteenth, Robert Mackle's assistant drove the Mackel car to
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the indicated location. Hiding behind the front seat was an
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FBI agent. They drove to a dirt road on Southwest
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one thirty two Avenue off of the Tom Miami Trail,
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and the suitcase with the ransom money was left there.
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The agent and assistant returned to the mackl home at
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twelve twenty am. No attempt to watch the area was
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made by the FBI at the request of Robert mackele,
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as the macaels anxiously awaited a call from their daughter's subductors.
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The FBI was trying to track down Gary Christ and
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Ruth Eismanshire. They learned on December twentieth, just after twelve
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thirty pm, that a man identifying himself as George G.
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Deakon had rented a Lime nineteen sixty nine two door
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Ford fair Lane from a rental agency near Miami International
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Airport for FI thirty five dollars the day before, and
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he was to return it by five pm that evening.
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The description of George Deacon was a general match to
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Gary Christ, and an APB was immediately sent to all
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law enforcement agencies in the state with the instructions that
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if Chris, Ruth or the vehicle was seen, the FBI
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was to be alerted immediately after successfully picking up the
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ransom money. According to the Coastal Breeze News. Gary Chris
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drove to West Palm Beach, where he used an alias
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in two thousand, two hundred and forty dollars in twenties
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to purchase a sixteen foot motor boat that he planned
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to use to cross the Gulf of Mexico in order
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to get to Texas to meet up with Ruth. The
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man that sold Chris the boat was suspicious given the
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way that Chris had paid, and remembering the news report
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about Barbara's kidnapping, called the police immediately after he left,
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but they weren't fast enough to apprehend him. Then, at
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twelve fifty five PM, an operator at the Atlanta FBI
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office received a call from an unidentified man who spoke
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very quickly and refused to be transferred to anyone. He
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claimed to be the abductor of Barbara Mackle and gave
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some vague instructions on where to find the location of
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the capsule she was buried in. Quote, go to I
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eighty five, Go to the center of town on Norcross
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Tucker Road, turn off on Buford intersection, then go three
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point three miles, come to a little road and take
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a left there across the street from where you turn
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left is a little house on a hill. Then go
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one half mile and turn off the road to the right,
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and it is really not a road, and go one
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hundred yards up in the woods, and in the area
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you will find the capsule. Of course, ATBI agents were
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immediately dispatched, though the instructions were not very good and
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they struggled to figure out which way to go as
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the description of the area and the roads were too broad. However,
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at four thirteen pm, after doubling back on McGhee Road,
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one FBI agent had up until look down and noticed
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that red clay could be seen beneath the layer of
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leaves and underbrush. He called for his partner and they
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immediately started clearing the area. As they did this, they
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heard a noise and they called out, saying they were
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from the FBI and yelling Barbara's name. As they yelled,
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they heard a knocking sound from beneath them. One of
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the agents ran back to radio for more units, as
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the other continued digging. As more agents arrived on scene,
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they used whatever they had on hand to boards, sticks,
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tire irons, their bare hands, anything that could be used
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to get to Barbara faster. Ten minutes later, they uncovered
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a bluish gray box that had been screwed shut. Using
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all available tools, including pens, they began on screwing the
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lid off the box. After a portion of it was removed,
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they saw a gold colored blanket which they pulled out
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of the box, revealing the very weakened face of Barbara Mackle.
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At four thirty two pm, after eighty three and a
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half hours buried underground, Barbara Mackle was found alive. She
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was in incredibly good spirits and though dehydrated and ten
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pounds later, she was otherwise okay. She was examined by
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a doctor and reunited with her father within hours of
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her rescue. In a short press release, according to the
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Coastal Breeze News, she said she was treated humanely and
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felt absolutely wonderful with Barbarer safe at home. Police and
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the FBI were frantically trying to hunt down Gary Christ
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in Ruth Eismanshire, and they were both added to the
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FBI's ten most Wanted fugitives list. On the day of
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Barber's rescue. The FBI spoke to the man at the
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marina who sold Chris the boat, who positively identified Chris
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as the buyer, but said he used the name Art Horowitz.
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They also spoke with the bell boy at a nearby hotel,
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who also identified Christ and remembered him carrying a suitcase
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set weighed eighty to one hundred pounds. Further canvassing revealed
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that Chris had purchased a number of marine supplies and equipment,
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including inland and coastal water charts. They also received multiple
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reports of sidings of Christ from various people at different
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marinas and facilities used to lock boats. On December twenty first,
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FBI agents boarded two Coast Guard aircrafts and searched the
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area of Lake Okechobee on the Florida Interracoastal Canal. After
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just over an hour of searching, at ten twenty am,
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Chris was spotted south of Fort Myers in the Gulf
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of Mexico. After a twelve hour manhunt that covered land, air,
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and sea, as Christ abandoned his boat and fled on
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foot in Hog Island, Gary Christ was apprehended at twelve
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oh five am on December twenty second, nineteen sixty eight.
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Also recovered was four hundred and seventy nine thousand dollars
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of the ransom money, which was ultimately returned to the maccles.
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Christ was incredibly cooperative with the police and transported to
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the Dade County Jail in Miami. After determining that Barbara
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had never crossed state lines during the kidnapping, it was
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ultimately decided that the federal kidnapping statute would not apply
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to the case, and new charges were issued for Christ
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as well as for Ruth when the FBI finally found her.
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They were charged with transmitting an interstate commerce any communication
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containing a demand or request for the release of a
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kidnapped person, mailing threatening communications, interstate transportation in aid of
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rocketeering enterprises, and whoever commits an offense or aids in
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its commission is punishable as principle, with bonds being set
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at five hundred thousand dollars. On January thirteenth, nineteen sixty nine,
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after a grand jury heard the case, they were also
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charged with kidnapping for ransom. On March fifth, nineteen sixty nine,
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the Oklahoma City FBI office received a copy of fingerprints
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taken from Madonna Wills on February twenty seven during an
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application for a nursing position. During the routine check of
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the prince for the application. Donna's prince were flagged as
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belonging to Ruth eisman Shire, who was living in Norman, Oklahoma.
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The FBI interviewed an employee at the hospital who knew
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Donna Wills and said that he knew her to be
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working at a drive in at the time she had
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applied for the nursing position. They went with the FBI
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agent to the drive in in Norman and spotted her
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in the doorway. He identified this woman as Donna Wills,
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and she was ultimately confirmed to be Ruth Eismanshire. Ruth
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was arrested seventy nine days after Barber's rescue and was
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ordered back to Georgia to face trial on March thirteenth.
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Ruth originally pled not guilty to her charges, but withdrew
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her plea, and she pled guilty on May twenty ninth,
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nineteen sixty nine. She was sentenced to seven years in prison.
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And while Chris originally pled guilty by reason of insanity,
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he eventually withdrew that plea and was found guilty on
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May twenty sixth, nineteen six After the week long trial,
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the jury recommended mercy, saving him from the death penalty.
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Likely due to Barbara, who testified a trial and staid,
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according to her memoir, quote, I know that I did
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not want Chris to be executed for one reason. It
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was he who called the FBI to free me. He
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was sentenced to the maximum sentence of life in prison.
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Appeals for a new trial were filed multiple times in
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nineteen seventy, but he was denied, and during his incarceration
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he was not exactly a model prisoner. He attempted to
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escape in nineteen seventy three by hiding in garbage that
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was being removed from the facility, and he also allegedly
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set the prison chapel on fire. Chris also wrote a
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three hundred and seventy page book talking about the kidnapping
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and how it was driven by economic necessity he needed
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the money to fund a legitimate business, and how he
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took serious measures to keep Barbara safe. A few years
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after his incarceration, Chris was apparently very serious about turning
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his life around. He was on his best behavior, attending
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classes to become an anti and working in the prison hospital.
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On May fourteenth, nineteen seventy nine, after Pearle board chairman
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Tommy Morris said quote, there is nothing in our files
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to indicate Gary Stephen Christ as violence are dangerous. If
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he does commit a crime, it won't be a crime
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of violence. Gary Christ was released after spending ten years
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in prison. Ruth herself only spent four years in prison
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before being released and deported back to Honduras, where she
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got married and had three children. Gary then went on
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to finish college in Alaska, and then, according to the
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La Times, he applied to and was accepted at a
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medical school in Guadalajara. He married a woman named Joan Jones,
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and upon graduating, attempted to practice medicine in different states,
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but due to his past, he would inevitably his job.
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In two thousand and one, he was granted a probationary
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medical license in Indiana so that he could open a
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practice in Krisney, which desperately needed a position. In two
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thousand and three, though, his license was suspended for ninety
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days according to News fourteen, after he failed to provide
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the Indiana Medical Licensing Board with a copy of an
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agreement he was supposed to have with another doctor ordered
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to supervise his practice. Due to the provisionary nature of
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his license, Chris said quote, they find it imporrent that
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a person that committed three and a half decades ago
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should have the chance to actually do something good with
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their life. That's not in their worldview. If you were
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once a bad guy, by golly, you better always be
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a bad guy, because that's the way we feel about it.
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Their worldview was a little bit strange to me. According
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to the Coastal Brieze News, Gary's license was ultimately revoked
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and his clinic was closed, leaving the small town without
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a doctor. Then two no one's surprise, Gary Christ found
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himself in trouble once again. In November of two thousand
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and five, Christ and his stepson Jackie Grison rented a
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boat and traveled to Columbia, where they purchased thirteen pounds
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of cocaine. When they returned the boat later on, the
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charter company called the police when they found a map
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of Columbia aboard the vessel. In January two thousand and six,
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just over a month after his last trip, Chris rented
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another boat, though this one had a tracker on it
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when he returned to Florida on March sixth with Greason
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and four others who had paid six thousand dollars to
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come to America via Chris boat. They were apprehended and
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arrested aboard, police found thirty eight pounds of cocaine worth
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two million dollars in paste form. Upon a search of
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his home thirty five miles east of Atlanta, the police
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found an underground lab with an extensive tunnel system where
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the cocaine was processed back into powder and then transp
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recorded to Atlanta via the tunnels to be sold. Greson
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and Chris pleaded guilty, and Chris was sentenced to five
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years in jail on January nineteenth, two thousand and seven,
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at the age of sixty one. In twenty ten, just
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before Thanksgiving, Chris was released from prison, and a spokesman
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for the Federal Bureau of Prison said that he was51200:31:19.480 --> 00:31:22.240
released on good conduct and that he had been credited51300:31:22.240 --> 00:31:25.799
two hundred and fifty four days for time served. His51400:31:25.880 --> 00:31:28.559
step son was released on July thirty one, two thousand51500:31:28.559 --> 00:31:31.720
and nine, though he would pass away in September twenty ten.51600:31:32.079 --> 00:31:34.960
As of today, Gary Christ is eighty one years old51700:31:35.039 --> 00:31:39.519
and seems to be staying out of trouble. Barbara married51800:31:39.519 --> 00:31:43.200
to Stuart Woodward, her college boyfriend, and Nay started a family.51900:31:44.440 --> 00:31:47.160
After the publishing of her book, she has not spoken52000:31:47.240 --> 00:31:50.160
of her abduction since, choosing to move on with her52100:31:50.200 --> 00:31:53.559
life and, according to her family, enjoying her time as52200:31:53.559 --> 00:31:58.640
a wife and mother. Miraculously, Barbara suffered no lasting effects52300:31:58.720 --> 00:32:03.720
from the burial and his the ordeal behind her. As always,52400:32:03.799 --> 00:32:07.039
I thank you so much for listening, and I hope52500:32:07.039 --> 00:32:11.920
you have a wonderful week, and for my American listeners,52600:32:12.039 --> 00:32:16.480
a very happy Fourth of July. And as always, I52700:32:16.599 --> 00:32:19.559
will see you in the next chapter of the Book52800:32:19.599 --> 00:32:25.799
of the Dead. Bye, guys, Another page closed. But the52900:32:25.839 --> 00:32:30.160
story isn't over for the families left behind. The pain53000:32:30.319 --> 00:32:33.960
doesn't end when the headline's fade. And for the victims,53100:32:34.200 --> 00:32:38.319
we owe them more than silence for our on solved cases.53200:32:38.960 --> 00:32:41.799
If you have any information, please reach out to local53300:32:41.799 --> 00:32:45.279
authorities or visit our show notes for links and resources.53400:32:46.240 --> 00:32:52.400
Someone out there knows something, Maybe it's you. Thank you53500:32:52.480 --> 00:32:55.119
for listening to the Book of the Dead. If this53600:32:55.200 --> 00:32:58.119
story moved or spoke to you in some way, talk53700:32:58.160 --> 00:33:04.599
about it, share it, Keep their names alive. Until next time,53800:33:04.799 --> 00:33:11.039
I'm Courtney Liso. Stay safe, stay curious, and stay vigilant,53900:33:11.759 --> 00:33:15.480
and remember the dead may be gone but their stories54000:33:15.519 --> 00:33:16.920
will not be forgotten.
