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Post by walshfan on May 12, 2017 16:38:51 GMT -5
I'm doing lots of work on this case today. I have e-mailed the Pasadena police department and requested the bandana be sent in for DNA testing and the case re-opened. I have also messaged Ashleigh Banfield of HLN's PrimeTime Justice and requested she profile this case. Though I'm not sure if it's usually the kind of case her show covers, she might profile on the order that Matt was the best friend and roommate of a Teresa Dahl, who used to work for CNN. Ashleigh used to work for CNN, so the two may know each other.
The bandana is definitely the best clue in this case. The lettering on it was "ES PBS CLS", which would definitely seem to suggest it was the work of the Eastside Playboys, which seems to be a rather violent Mexican-American gang that operated in the area. With the surveillance camera footage of the perp and the bandana as clues, I feel this is a solvable case. Tough, but solvable.
Slight correction Scumhunter: Matthew did not own the car, it actually belonged to Teresa Dahl and he was borrowing it. The Unsolved Mysteries segment stated that Matt usually walked, so I'm not sure he possessed a car at the time.
This evil filth snuffed out a 22 year old life for a few hundred dollars. As John Walsh would say, we need to catch this guy now. RIGHT NOW.
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Post by walshfan on May 11, 2017 7:41:27 GMT -5
Ah, good, thanks for that. It's funny when karma catches up with these bad guys.
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Post by walshfan on May 11, 2017 7:34:11 GMT -5
10/9/99
Brampton, Ontario bank robbery - Violent bank robbery here in with one fatality and several others beaten. 2 suspects have been apprehended, two remain at large: Dwain Lawes and an unidentified accomplice are sought. Chris Lippard - Inexplicably killed 6 members of a family in Jackson Springs, NC with his accomplice Charles Roach. Roach was apprehended, searching for Lippard, who is 20 years old at time of broadcast. He managed to get away despite crashing 2 getaway cars. Update - Ryan Lewis - Boy is reunited with his mother. He had been kidnapped by his gun-fanatic father. Charles Moritou - 62 year old retiree from Lafayette, LA was shot in the head in his apartment and killed. Searching for "Billy", who used his credit card the next day at a Florida strip club. Update - Norman Jackson - Man sentenced in 1979 and who had recently escaped has been re-arrested. Update - Adrian Gonzales - Guy who beat a 10 year old girl with a pipe. His two accomplices have been apprehended, still searching for Adrian. Update - Jerome Allen Fargo - New pics have surfaced (which are shown) of this fugitive profiled on a very early episode. Update - Band-aid Bandit - Guy who robbed banks in Richmond, VA and Fredericksburg, VA and wore a huge bandage on his face to shield his identity. A tipster had a good tip that he relocated to NC. Walsh urges this tipster to call in again. Michael Barrera - another airing Dorien Thomas - boy missing from Amarillo, TX. Still missing as of this day. www.charleyproject.org/cases/t/thomas_dorien.htmlMichael Hunsucker - Is wanted for child molestation. Update: Stanley Laysfield and Cicely Mason - Laysfield hit his son with a hammer while Cicely watched, poured scalding hot water on his genitals and made him sleep in a cupboard. They have both been captured. John says this was one of the quickest captures ever and one of the greatest victories. Terry Boyd - Is suspected of two murders in Washington, D.C.
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Post by walshfan on May 10, 2017 23:01:55 GMT -5
AMW said Cossio had diabetes. I agree there's a good chance he's dead by now. Let's hope so.
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Post by walshfan on May 10, 2017 11:39:51 GMT -5
May 8, 1999 (563 fugitives caught to date) (partial episode)
Unknown bank robber - Disguised himself as a postal worker and visited a bank manager at home in Shelley, ID. He then forced her to wear a bomb, rob her own bank, and then gave her long and complex instructions on how to drop the money.
Rudy Montoya - Is wanted for selling drugs and stolen cars out of Los Angeles.
Update: John Slarb - Man who was profiled last week had his remains turn up in a dumpster.
Charles Cocillo (sp?) - 72 year old man from San Diego is wanted for molesting a young relative.
Civil War Bandit - Is wanted for robbing at least 5 banks in California. He wears a Civil War hat during them.
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Post by walshfan on May 9, 2017 12:38:23 GMT -5
Okay, this is getting confusing. LAPD's most wanted site has Juan Carlos's middle name as "Roman", and not Ramon. At first, I thought that might have just been a typo. but considering AMW mentions that his real name might be "Eladio Roman", it leaves me unsure. Ramon is more of a Hispanic name, so this is really confusing. Either the LAPD website or AMW is wrong.
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Post by walshfan on May 9, 2017 12:24:13 GMT -5
Scumhunter, I read 3 online articles about this case. To answer your questions:
-It was a grocery store, probably a hybrid of Oriental market and convenience store.
-the plastic bag she was carrying contained $30,000 and was used to cash paychecks, a service the store offered for a small fee. It was mentioned the family had numerous failed business ventures before this, so they offered the check-cashing service in order to drum up business.
I certainly hope Carlos is caught. Chongbok was known as "Mama" to her customers.
The store had been robbed three times previously, so it sounds like it was in a bad area. Although I'm betting Carlos had figured out the high volume of cash kept on hand and the movements of the employees and capitalized.
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Post by walshfan on May 9, 2017 11:05:37 GMT -5
Correction: Police believe Juan Ramon Carlos's real name might be"Eladio Roman". Pablo Hernandez was the name of the getaway driver, who was arrested. My apologies for the mistake, sometimes this show throws so many names at you so quickly it's hard to keep up.
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Post by walshfan on May 9, 2017 10:42:23 GMT -5
I have a handful of Crimewatch UK episodes, I could add descriptions for those after I get finished with this AMW set, if anyone is interested.
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Post by walshfan on May 9, 2017 10:17:02 GMT -5
May 1, 1999 (563 fugitives caught to date)
Lots of interesting cases this episode. Let's get to 'em.
Tina Cornelius - Young woman who worked as a stripper disappeared with her two young children. She later resurfaced while her children turned up dead near a creek, having been neglected. She later gave a statement that said she left the children in the creek, and showed up to work the next night happy. Authorities now realize she is guilty.
Update: Rex Allen Krebs - Authorities announce Krebs is suspected of murdering Audria Crawford and Rachel Newhouse, whose bodies have since turned up, and that he is not a suspect in the disappearance of Kristin Smart.
William McCandless - repeat segment on the man wanted for crimes in the horse-racing industry.
Update: Mac Buckley - has surrendered to police.
Jill Dando - Hostess of Crimewatach UK (the British equivalent to AMW) has been murdered, with many suspects mentioned. Jill helped catch over 600 criminals and John takes this loss personally, saying she was a member of the family, and that Crimewatch had been on the air way longer than AMW and was a predecessor to AMW.
Chong Wok Hung - Very beloved store owner in South Central Los Angeles (Van Nuys?) was murdered near opening time on 2/3/99. She frequently assisted those too poor to buy groceries and was loved by all groups living in the area (a police officer can be seen crying at her casket). Pablo Hernandez, the getaway driver, was arrested, and now police are searching for Juan Ramon Carlos, whose real name might be Eladio Roman, in association with this.
James Bohanna - Is wanted for shooting a cop near Kansas City, MO and has a lengthy and varied rap sheet.
Jolene Riendau - Girl from Montreal, Quebec is missing.
Serguie Tcharouchine - Is wanted for running a Russian sex slavery ring in the U.S.
John Slarb - Adult man is missing out of Waldorf, MD.
Luis Lopez - Is wanted for questioning in a Coral Gables, FL murder.
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Post by walshfan on May 8, 2017 7:37:28 GMT -5
April 24, 1999 (543 fugitives caught to date)
Michael Barrera - is wanted for shooting at cops and robbing banks.
Update: Opal Jennings - Grandparents of Opal Jennings travel to Arkansas where they attend a support group of parents of missing children. Colleen Nick, mother of Morgan Nick, consoles them. (Morgan Nick was profiled on Unsolved Mysteries).
Segment on how Amber Hagerman's brutal killing inspired the Amber Alert system and how useful it is.
Capture: Randolph Biernat - Child molester, who molested his own daughter, has been re-arrested. He had been living in Canada and was coaching a boys sports team.
Rachel Newhouse & Audria Crawford - Quickie blurb about how Rex Allen Krebs is suspected of the murders of these two college students.
Larry Chism - Committed a whole host of crimes in the 70's including hijacking a plane. He has been arrested several times, but has escaped police custody each time.
Michael Petro - young man is missing and presumed to be in danger.
Tina Blunt - Woman from Bakersfield, CA area disappeared while driving to work. Her body was found a week later. Searching for answers.
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Post by walshfan on May 8, 2017 0:16:19 GMT -5
I didn't recognize Lance Bedgood's name until I saw his victim's name: Opal Zacharias. That was also on Unsolved Mysteries. It occurred very late in its run, in late 2002, in fact, it was one of the last segments they ever aired out of 1,500 or so.
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Post by walshfan on May 7, 2017 16:02:52 GMT -5
April 17, 1999 (most of episode)
Update: Yosemite killings - Informant comes forward and states that meth users in the area are responsible for the killings of 3 females at Yosemite National Park (this would turn out to be a bogus lead. Cary Stayner was eventually tied to the killings. He was working maintenance at a local motel. ironically, he is the brother of Steven Stayner, who was abducted and sexually abused for years. He eventually broke free from his captors and took with him another boy they had just picked up. Sadly, Steven died in a motorcycle accident some years after).
Francia Rodriguez - Girl who is missing and her mother murdered.
Augustin Salazar - Wisconsin man is wanted for beating his months-old son within an inch of his life.
Update: Madalyn Murray O'Hair - Update on this famous case, profiled on at least a half-dozen shows. (The bodies of Madalyn, Jon Murray and Robin were found not long after this. David Waters, former office manager for American Atheists, was tied to the killings and put in prison where he died. He became enraged after Madalyn fired him for stealing and spoke out about some of his criminal activities in the American Atheists newsletter. This was on a previous ep I have, but I forgot to write it down and I don't remember which episode it was.)
Update: Lance Bedgood - Authorities state that Bedgood, who murdered a Sunday school teacher, is not dead as they had thought, but is alive after a witness placed him in Texas.
Update: William Bradford Bishop - John Walsh discusses numerous tips that came in about Bishop.
James Bennett - Creepy pedophile who molested his own children.
Ray Greene Jr. - Ultra-quick profile of this man, wanted out of Alexandria, VA.
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Post by walshfan on May 7, 2017 14:05:41 GMT -5
Oh wow, I didn't know that about Jon Schilleci.
Sadly, most of the missing children from that broadcast are still missing or otherwise didn't meet a good fate.
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Post by walshfan on May 7, 2017 13:48:46 GMT -5
I visited Chicago in 1998. Great town. For as big of a city as it is, there aren't a lot of high-profile crimes that have occurred there throughout the years. That's not to say there isn't crime there, there is, but not a lot of cases that wind up on shows like these. Probably the 2 most high-profile ones from Chi-town are Helen Brach (although one could argue that's more of a Minnesota case) and the painkiller murders from the 80's. That was a really weird one. Both are still unsolved and Helen Brach has never been found. November 20, 1999 (591 fugitives caught to date) from Las Vegas, NV
John Harris - Las Vegas cab driver murdered shortly after 3 a.m. after dropping off his last fares for the evening. (Lance Burton introduces this segment) Update: Margaret Rudin - Lengthened update on the capture of the "Black Widow Of Vegas". (AMW profiled her 10 times) Low riders brothers - Another airing. John Walsh meets the Commodores! John Walsh profiles several missing children: Karla Rodriguez - www.charleyproject.org/cases/r/rodriguez_karla_carolina.htmlTeekah Lewis - Bizarre one: www.charleyproject.org/cases/l/lewis_teekah.htmlLorenzo Yacarini - Boy who went missing with his mother. Lorenzo's father had recently escaped from jail and the mother (Orzella) was afraid of him. (Lorenzo was eventually found safe, the fate of the parents remains unknown.) Rose Marie Camacho - Girl is missing and her mother was murdered. www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/camacho_rosa.htmlOpal Jennings - Update that Richard Lee Franks has been convicted in this case. Dr. Michael Swango - Physician known as "Dr.Death" who may have killed upwards of 60 patients, making him one of the most prolific serial killers in the history of the country. (Also profiled on Unsolved Mysteries) Jon Schilleci - is wanted for molesting a 5 year old boy. Update: Christopher Rawlings - Young and successful man, husband and father of 2 was killed in California while returning home one evening. The perps later robbed his house while his family was still inside. The perps caught numerous breaks and got away, but Corell Taylor was linked and arrested. Still searching for his accomplice Boris George Graham.
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