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>> Narrator: A PUZZLING
DISAPPEARANCE.
>> WE WENT TO HER LAST JOB.
SHE JUST LEFT, NEVER CAME BACK.
>> Narrator: A BACKDROP OF
CHILLING CRIMES.
>> I WAS JUST AMAZED AT THE
OVERALL SCOPE OF IT.
IT WAS JUST TOO MANY GIRLS
TURNING UP MISSING OR DEAD.
>> Narrator: AND AN
INVESTIGATION THAT'S STRUGGLING
TO STAY AFLOAT.
>> THE FRUSTRATION SETS IN WHEN,
BOOM, IT'S A DEAD END.
>> Narrator: WITH HOPE RUNNING
OUT, CAN A PSYCHIC FINALLY PUT
THE NIGHTMARE TO REST?
>> I SEE A WOODED AREA.
A LAKE.
>> FIND ME.
>> 911.
Where is your emergency?
>> Narrator: JUST OUTSIDE
PHILADELPHIA, DELAWARE COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA, IS PLAGUED BY A
HAUNTING SERIES OF MURDERS.
OVER THE COURSE OF SIX MONTHS,
THE REMAINS OF SEVEN YOUNG WOMEN
ARE DISCOVERED IN RURAL AREAS
AROUND THE COUNTY.
BUT WITH ALMOST NOTHING TO GO
ON, THEIR KILLER REMAINS A
GHOST.
>> THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY DECIDED
TO FORM A TASK FORCE TO LOOK
INTO THESE CRIMES.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAD
JURISDICTION DIDN'T HAVE THE
TIME OR THE MANPOWER TO FOLLOW
THESE CASES TO THE END.
>> Narrator: DESPERATE FOR A
LEAD, INVESTIGATORS DELVE INTO
THE VICTIMS' LIVES, LOOKING FOR
ANY SIMILARITIES.
>> NATURALLY, THEIR FAMILY WAS
QUESTIONED, ALL THEIR FRIENDS
AND OTHER ASSOCIATES AS TO WHO
MIGHT HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR
THIS.
>> Narrator: AFTER HOURS OF
INTERVIEWS, A CLEAR PATTERN
EMERGES.
>> THE COMMON LINK BETWEEN ALL
THESE GIRLS WAS THEIR CONNECTION
TO THE WARLOCK MOTORCYCLE CLUB.
>> THE RELATIONSHIP WAS THERE,
SO WE STARTED TO FOCUS ON THE
WARLOCK MOTORCYCLE GANG.
[ ENGINES REV ]
>> Narrator: THE WARLOCKS ARE
WELL KNOWN IN DELAWARE COUNTY.
>> THE WARLOCKS HAVE BEEN AROUND
HERE LOCALLY FOR YEARS.
A LOT OF THE MEMBERS HAD
CRIMINAL RECORDS, MOSTLY DRUG
CHARGES.
THEY ALL TRIED TO PORTRAY
THEMSELVES WITH A SCARY IMAGE.
THEY ALL HAD TATTOOS, LONG HAIR,
BEARDS, MUSTACHES.
>> Narrator: THE WARLOCKS MAY BE
LOWLIFES, BUT THERE ISN'T ANY
HISTORY OF ***.
STILL, INVESTIGATORS ARE FACING
AN UPHILL BATTLE.
THE GANG IS NOTORIOUSLY
UNCOOPERATIVE WHEN IT COMES TO
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> NO ONE WAS RUNNING TO US WITH
INFORMATION ABOUT THE WARLOCKS.
WE HAD TO GO OUT AND TRACK
EVERYONE DOWN.
WE ATTEMPTED TO TALK TO THE
WARLOCKS THEMSELVES.
MOST OF THEM DID NOT WANT TO
TALK TO US, UNDERSTANDABLY.
>> Narrator: SO INVESTIGATORS
TURN UP THE HEAT.
WE ARRESTED QUITE A NUMBER OF
WARLOCKS FOR DRUG CHARGES.
>> AND IF IT WAS POSSIBLE, WE
WOULD TRY TO MAKE DEALS.
AND OVER THE MONTHS, PEOPLE
STARTED GIVING US INFORMATION, A
LITTLE AT A TIME, ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT HOMICIDES, WHICH LED
US TO CERTAIN SUSPECTS.
>> WE DEVELOPED A SUSPECT IN THE
TWO GIRLS THAT WERE FOUND IN THE
SCHUYLKILL RIVER.
>> Narrator: HIS NAME IS
THOMAS ELSCAMP, AKA T-BONE.
>> WE WERE PUTTING A LOT OF
PRESSURE ON T-BONE.
>> NOW, DON'T ACT STUPID, TOM.
>> HE SAID HE REALLY WAS
INNOCENT OF ANY HOMICIDES, BUT
HE KNEW OF A GIRL THAT WENT
MISSING.
>> WE WANTED TO KNOW WHO'S THE
GIRL.
WE'RE THINKING HE'S GONNA NAME
ONE OF THE GIRLS ON THE CASES
THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO.
>> LISTEN, IF YOU WANT A NAME,
WHAT ABOUT BETH SMITH?
>> BILL DAVIS AND I JUST LOOKED
AT EACH OTHER.
"WHO'S BETH SMITH?"
IT'S ONE WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
NEVER HEARD HER NAME.
>> DON'T TELL ME ABOUT ANY
BETH SMITH.
I NEVER HEARD OF BETH SMITH.
I INITIALLY DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM.
I JUST THOUGHT HE WAS GIVING ME
SOME INFORMATION TO TRY TO THROW
ME OFF THE TRACK OF MY INITIAL
INVESTIGATION.
HE SAID, "WELL, YOU CHECK INTO
IT.
YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT THAT SHE'S
MISSING."
>> Narrator: DETECTIVES FOLLOW
UP, BUT THE MYSTERY ONLY
DEEPENS.
>> WE LOOKED INTO IT, AND THERE
WAS NO MISSING-PERSONS REPORT,
NOTHING.
>> WE WENT OUT, AND WE WERE
TALKING TO NUMEROUS OTHER
WARLOCKS IN THE LOCAL CHAPTER.
AND A FEW OF THEM SAID THEY KNEW
BETH, HADN'T SEEN HER IN YEARS.
>> WE WENT TO HER LAST JOB.
SHE JUST LEFT, NEVER CAME BACK.
AND, IN FACT, SHE WAS MISSING.
SO IT WAS CREDIBLE.
NOW WE BEGAN TO LOOK INTO HER
DISAPPEARANCE.
SO WE GOT ENTHUSED.
"LET'S FOLLOW THIS LEAD.
IT MAY LEAD TO ANOTHER
HOMICIDE."
>> Narrator: BUT AFTER WEEKS OF
SEARCHING FOR CLUES, THE CASE
GOES COLD.
POLICE FEAR THE DELAWARE COUNTY
KILLER MAY HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH
ANOTHER ***.
DETERMINED TO KEEP THIS CASE
FROM GOING UNSOLVED,
INVESTIGATORS REACH TO AN
OUTSIDER FOR HELP.
>> PHIL JORDAN.
HOLD ON A SECOND.
LET ME WRITE THAT DOWN.
ONE OF OUR DETECTIVES ON THE
TASK FORCE MENTIONED A DETECTIVE
WHO HAD SOME PSYCHIC ABILITIES
IN ELMIRA, NEW YORK.
>> MY NAME IS PHIL JORDAN.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, I'M THE ONLY
TRAINED POLICE OFFICER WHO IS
ALSO A PROFESSIONAL PSYCHIC.
>> I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SKEPTICAL
OF PSYCHICS, THINGS OF THIS
NATURE.
BUT I THOUGHT, "WHY NOT?
HE'S IN LAW ENFORCEMENT."
HELLO. MR. JORDAN?
>> HE GAVE ME JUST HER NAME AND
ASKED ME WHAT I PERCEIVED ABOUT
THAT.
>> WE HAVE A GIRL THAT'S BEEN
MISSING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME
NOW.
HER NAME'S BETH SMITH.
>> IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO CONVEY
WHAT I FEEL PSYCHICALLY.
I'M USING MY ENTIRE BEING,
PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, AND
SPIRITUALLY.
>> ...YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET.
>> BETH SMITH.
[ Echoing ] I FEEL TRAUMA TO THE
HEAD.
>> [ GASPS ]
>> GUNSHOT WOUND.
[ GUNSHOT, THUD ]
SHE'S DEAD.
[ SIGHS ]
I THINK SHE WAS MURDERED, AND I
FEEL SOME EXTREME TRAUMA TO THE
HEAD.
>> YOU THINK SHE'S DEAD?
>> Narrator: BUT HOW DOES THE
BETH SMITH CASE FIT WITHIN THE
MURDERS TERRORIZING
DELAWARE COUNTY.
>> Narrator: AS HE TRIES TO HELP
POLICE PICK UP THE TRAIL OF
MISSING WOMAN BETH SMITH,
PSYCHIC PHIL JORDAN KNOWS IT'S
NOT GOING TO BE A HAPPY ENDING.
>> [ GASPS ]
>> ONE OF HIS IMPRESSIONS WAS
THAT SHE WAS, IN FACT, DEAD.
>> BEEN MURDERED.
AFTER I ESTABLISH IT'S A ***,
I TRY TO PERCEIVE WHAT IS GOING
ON AROUND THE PERSON AT THE TIME
OF THEIR DISAPPEARANCE.
USUALLY, WHAT IS IMMEDIATELY
AROUND THEM IS VERY SIGNIFICANT
TO THE CASE.
A WHITE, VERY LARGE, OLDER-MODEL
CAR DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO HER.
I SEE A WOODED AREA.
I SMELL THE BREEZES.
I FEEL A LAKE.
>> MOM?
TELL THEM.
>> I THINK YOU WILL FIND THAT
THERE'S TRAUMA...
>> HE DESCRIBED AN AREA THAT
WOULDN'T BE IN METROPOLITAN
PHILADELPHIA.
WE'RE FROM A MAJOR CITY, AND
HE'S SENDING BACK HIS
IMPRESSIONS OF WOODS AND WATER.
HE TOLD US SOME THINGS I WASN'T
EXPECTING HIM TO SAY.
>> I FELT THAT HER MOTHER MAY
HAVE SOME INFORMATION.
>> ALL RIGHT, MR. JORDAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Narrator: INVESTIGATORS TURN
TO THEIR OLD INFORMANT FOR A
LEAD.
>> T-BONE KNEW THE GIRL FROM
GROWING UP IN THE SAME
NEIGHBORHOOD.
TOLD US WHAT BLOCK SHE LIVED ON.
THROUGH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO
FIND BETH SMITH'S MOTHER.
WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW
BETH?
SHE HADN'T SEEN HER DAUGHTER IN
SIX YEARS.
NO PHONE CALLS, NO VISITS, NO
LETTERS, AND NEVER REPORTED HER
MISSING.
>> MRS. GUNNING, I JUST FIND IT
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOUR
DAUGHTER WOULD LEAVE, AND THAT
WAS IT.
YOU DON'T REPORT HER MISSING?
THE MOTHER SAID SHE WAS GIVING
HER TROUBLE, AND SHE WAS KIND OF
HAPPY SHE WAS GONE.
>> Narrator: THE DETECTIVES
PRESS THE MOTHER FOR MORE
INFORMATION.
>> SHE TOLD US THAT SHE HAD BEEN
MARRIED FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME TO A FELLOW NAMED
DUSSENBERG.
SO WE NOW HAD THE NAME
BETH SMITH DUSSENBERG.
THE NAME DUSSENBERG TRIGGERED
SOMETHING IN MY PARTNER'S
MEMORY, AND WE EVENTUALLY WENT
THROUGH A BUNCH OF RECORDS AND
FOUND A CASE FILE ON
BETH SMITH DUSSENBERG.
>> Narrator: THE FILE CONTAINS
AN INCIDENT REPORT FROM SEVERAL
YEARS EARLIER.
>> A TROOPER HAD STOPPED AN
INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIED AS
JOSEPH MANGINI DRIVING A STOLEN
1966 WHITE CADILLAC.
THE TWO FEMALES IN THE VEHICLE
WERE PATRICIA YORK AND
BETH SMITH.
THEY WERE BROUGHT INTO THE
STATION AND WERE PROCESSED FOR A
STOLEN VEHICLE.
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT
BETH SMITH WAS HITCHHIKING AND
DID NOT KNOW THE CAR WAS STOLEN,
SO WE RELEASED HER.
RAN A CHECK ON PATRICIA YORK,
FOUND OUT SHE WAS A RUNAWAY FROM
A JUVENILE HOME.
>> SHE WASN'T CHARGED AND WAS
SENT BACK TO THE HOME THAT SHE
HAD RAN AWAY FROM.
>> I CHARGED JOSEPH MANGINI
WITH RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY.
FRIENDS CAME AND BAILED HIM OUT
THAT VERY SAME DAY.
>> Narrator: AS FOR BETH SMITH,
IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE LAST TIME
ANYONE EVER SAW HER ALIVE.
AND JUST AS THE PSYCHIC
PREDICTED, SHE WAS LINKED TO A
WHITE CAR.
>> WHITE, VERY LARGE,
OLDER-MODEL CAR.
>> WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT
BETH SMITH DUSSENBERG WAS A
PASSENGER IN THAT CAR, IT WAS
ANOTHER LEAD THAT WE WERE GONNA
FOLLOW.
>> Narrator: DAVIS QUICKLY
LEARNS THAT MANGINI NEVER SHOWED
UP FOR HIS TRIAL.
>> THE JUDGE ISSUED A WARRANT
FOR HIS ARREST, AND I WENT TO
HIS PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT TO
ARREST HIM ON A CHARGE OF STOLEN
VEHICLE.
I'M TROOPER DAVIS FROM THE STATE
POLICE.
I'M LOOKING FOR JOSEPH MANGINI.
>> THAT'S ME. I'M JOE.
>> YOU'RE JOSEPH MANGINI?
>> YES, I AM.
>> JOSEPH MANGINI WAS NOT THE
PERSON THAT WAS STOPPED IN THE
WHITE CAR.
HE REPORTED TO ME THAT HIS
LICENSE HAD BEEN STOLEN SIX
MONTHS PRIOR.
SO I WENT BACK AND RAN THE
FINGERPRINTS.
I FOUND OUT, IN FACT, THAT
JOSEPH MANGINI WAS
ROBERT "MUDMAN" SIMON, A MEMBER
OF THE WARLOCK MOTORCYCLE GANG.
>> Narrator: DETECTIVES SEEK OUT
THE THIRD PASSENGER OF THE
CAR -- PATRICIA YORK.
>> IN TALKING TO HER, SHE
CONFIRMED THE FACT THAT, AT THE
TIME MUDMAN WAS ARRESTED IN THE
STOLEN CAR, HE WAS TAKING HER
AND BETH SMITH UP TO THE
CLUBHOUSE IN JIM THORPE.
WE BEGAN LOOKING INTO POLICE
REPORTS, POLICE ACTIVITY IN THAT
AREA.
>> Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
LOCATE AN OLD REPORT OF AN
INCIDENT AT THE CLUBHOUSE.
>> A LIST OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT
WERE AT THE CLUBHOUSE AT THE
TIME WAS OBTAINED.
IT WAS 10 DAYS AFTER BETH HAD
BEEN STOPPED ALONG WITH MUDMAN.
MUDMAN WAS IN THE REPORTS AS
BEING PRESENT.
BETH SMITH -- HER NAME WAS NOT
THERE.
AND WE SORT OF NARROWED DOWN THE
TIME OF DEATH WITHIN THAT 10-DAY
PERIOD.
>> Narrator: WHAT HAPPENED TO
BETH SMITH IS STILL A MYSTERY,
BUT NOT TO THE WARLOCKS WHO WERE
AT THE CLUBHOUSE THAT WEEK.
>> THEY KNEW THAT WE KNEW THEY
WERE THERE AT THE TIME THAT
SOME WOULD TALK TO US BRIEFLY,
OTHERS WOULD NOT TALK TO US AT
ALL.
HAPPENED WITH BETH SMITH.
BUT WE STIRRED THE POT, SEE?
WE STIRRED THE POT, AND THEY
BECAME VERY NERVOUS.
>> EACH ONE OF THEM WAS ON
PAROLE FOR VARIOUS OTHER CRIMES.
I MADE IT A HABIT OF GIVING THEM
OUR BUSINESS CARD AND TELLING
THEM THEY MIGHT WANT TO CONTACT
US IF THEY GOT IN TROUBLE AND
VIOLATED THEIR PAROLE.
>> Narrator: BUT ALL OTHER LEADS
HAVE GONE COLD.
TO JUMP-START THEIR CASE,
INVESTIGATORS MEET WITH PSYCHIC
PHIL JORDAN.
>> THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF BETH,
AND THAT WAS THE LAST DAY SHE
WAS SEEN ALIVE.
>> OKAY.
"L" -- THE INITIAL "L."
THE INITIAL "S."
L.S.
>> Narrator: COMING UP, CAN
POLICE LOCATE THE MYSTERIOUS
PERSON WITH THOSE INITIALS?
>> Narrator: INVESTIGATING
BETH SMITH'S DISAPPEARANCE,
PSYCHIC PHIL JORDAN IS STARTING
TO SEE A WITNESS.
>> THERE HAS TO BE SOMEONE
CONNECTED THAT WILL BEAR THE
INITIAL "L" AND THE INITIAL "S."
AND I FEEL IT HAS TO BE
CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO THE CRIME.
IT'S CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO HER
DISAPPEARANCE AND HER DEATH.
ONCE YOU FIND OUT WHO THAT IS,
THAT WILL OPEN THE DOOR TO THIS
CASE.
DO YOU ALREADY KNOW OF ANYONE
WITH THE INITIAL L.S. CONNECTED
TO THE CASE?
>> THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN THIS INVESTIGATION.
>> Narrator: BUT EVEN WITH THE
PSYCHIC'S HELP, INVESTIGATORS
ARE NO CLOSER TO UNCOVERING THE
TRUTH ABOUT BETH SMITH'S
DISAPPEARANCE OR ANY OF THE
OTHER MURDERS.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
THEN DETECTIVE ANSEL'S GAMBIT
PAYS OFF.
>> TASK FORCE. FRANK ANSEL.
OUT OF THE BLUE, ONE OF THE
BIKERS WE HAD QUESTIONED AND
GIVEN OUR BUSINESS CARD TO --
LESLIE HALE SMITH -- ALIAS
SCRAGS -- CALLED THE TASK FORCE.
HE WAS NOW BACK IN TROUBLE
AGAIN.
ARRESTED AGAIN, AND HE WAS
LOOKING FOR SOME HELP.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE MORE THAN --
THAT'S MORE THAN A LITTLE
TROUBLE.
AND HE WAS WILLING TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION ON BETH SMITH'S
***.
I CAN'T PROMISE NOTHING, BUT
WE'LL TALK.
>> Narrator: THE INFORMANT'S
NAME STRIKES A CHORD WITH
DETECTIVE ANSEL.
>> PHIL JORDAN COULD SEE SOMEONE
WITH CERTAIN INITIALS -- "L" AND
"S."
KNOWING THAT OUR INFORMATION WAS
COMING FROM A LESLIE SMITH, IT
DID GIVE ME PAUSE.
MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING TO THIS
STUFF.
OKAY, LESLIE, YOU CALLED UP.
YOU SAID YOU WANT TO TALK.
>> WE SAID, "LISTEN, WE KNOW YOU
WERE THERE.
THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET
OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THIS.
THIS IS LIKE CHRISTMAS AND I'M
SANTA CLAUS AND I'M OFFERING YOU
A DEAL.
AS LONG AS YOU DID NOT COMMIT
THIS ***, YOU CAN GET OUT
FROM UNDERNEATH IT."
AT THAT TIME, HE SAID...
>> BETH'S DEAD, MAN.
SHE'S DEAD.
>> HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?
>> I WAS THERE.
>> SCRAGS TOLD US THAT MUDMAN
HAD IN FACT BROUGHT BETH TO THE
CLUBHOUSE FOR THE PURPOSE OF A
TRAIN -- THAT WOULD BE THEIR
TERMINOLOGY FOR HAVING SEX WITH
ALL THE MEMBERS THAT WERE
PRESENT.
AND THAT ISN'T WHAT BETH
BARGAINED FOR, I'M SURE.
>> GET AWAY FROM ME!
YOU MAKE ME SICK!
>> [ LAUGHS ]
>> SHE CALLED HIM A NAME.
>> THIS IS NOT WHAT THIS IS
ABOUT!
>> HE PULLED OUT A GUN...
>> WHOA, MAN. WHAT THE HELL?
>> [ GASPS ]
[ GUNSHOT, THUD ]
>> ...AND THAT WAS THE END OF
IT.
KILLED HER WITH ONE SHOT.
>> MAN!
>> SCRAGS SAID, "ONE MINUTE, I
WAS GONNA GET LAID, THE NEXT
MINUTE I GOT A DEAD BODY IN
FRONT OF ME."
SAID, "MUDMAN TOOK HER IN A
SLEEPING BAG TO GET RID OF THE
BODY.
I CLEANED THE BLOOD UP.
THEY CAME BACK SEVERAL HOURS
LATER, TOLD ME IT WAS DONE."
>> Narrator: THE CONFESSION IS
THE BREAK INVESTIGATORS NEEDED.
>> ARE YOU AWARE YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE TO TESTIFY TO THIS?
WE THOUGHT WE HAD A GREAT CASE,
CIRCUMSTANTIALLY, TO SHOW THAT
MUDMAN MORE THAN LIKELY TOOK
BETH UP TO THE MOUNTAINS AND
MURDERED HER, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE
A BODY.
EVERY LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
WILL TELL YOU WITHOUT A BODY,
IT'S VERY HARD TO GET A
CONVICTION.
SGRAGS DID TELL US THAT ANOTHER
WARLOCK NAMED MOUNTAIN MAN HAD
ASSISTED MUDMAN IN DISPOSING OF
BETH'S BODY.
THAT LED US TO MOUNTAIN MAN.
>> THE REASON HIS NAME WAS
MOUNTAIN MAN IS BECAUSE HE WAS
FROM THE POCONO MOUNTAINS AND
KNEW THAT AREA LIKE THE BACK OF
HIS HAND.
>> Narrator: DETECTIVE ANSEL
REMEMBERS PHIL JORDAN'S VISION.
>> I SEE A WOODED AREA.
I SMELL THE BREEZES.
I FEEL A LAKE.
>> IT HIT ME THAT HE WAS
DESCRIBING WHAT I WOULD EXPECT
TO BE DESCRIBED UP IN THE
POCONOS.
>> Narrator: POLICE TRACK DOWN
THE ONLY PERSON OTHER THAN THE
KILLER WHO KNOWS WHERE THE BODY
IS. WHEN WE RETURN.
>> Narrator: POLICE NOW HAVE A
STRONG CASE AGAINST THE WARLOCK
KNOWN AS MUDMAN, BUT THEY STILL
NEED TO FIND BETH SMITH'S BODY.
FELLOW GANG MEMBER MOUNTAIN MAN
IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN HELP
THEM.
>> WE HAD ENOUGH PROBABLE CAUSE,
BASED ON WHAT SCRAGS TOLD US, TO
GET AN ARREST WARRANT AND CHARGE
HIM WITH HINDERING PROSECUTION
BY DISPOSING OF EVIDENCE IN THE
***.
MOUNTAIN MAN, CONCERNED ABOUT
HIS CHARGES, INDICATED HE WOULD
TAKE US TO THE BODY AND
COOPERATE.
HE TOOK US TO A DIRT TRAIL.
>> TRUST ME. RIGHT HERE.
>> WE HAD TO WALK UP THIS
MOUNTAIN TRAIL, AND WE MUST HAVE
WALKED TWO TO THREE MILES UP THE
ROAD, AND WE WENT AROUND A CURVE
IN THE TRAIL, AND THERE WAS A
LAKE.
>> RIGHT THERE.
RIGHT THERE.
>> ARE YOU SURE?
>> MOUNTAIN MAN POINTED TO IT
AND SAID, "SHE'S DOWN THERE."
WE ARRANGED FOR STATE POLICE
DIVERS TO COME OUT THE NEXT DAY.
THE DIVERS WENT DOWN, AND THE
DEPTH WAS SUCH THAT IT WAS
PITCH-DARK AT THE BOTTOM.
HALFWAY THROUGH THE GRID SEARCH,
THE DIVER CAME UP WITH HIS THUMB
UP, INDICATING THAT HE HAD FOUND
SOMETHING THAT HE BELIEVED TO BE
THE BODY.
AND WE DID BRING UP BETH SMITH'S
BODY SHORTLY AFTER THAT.
MY THOUGHTS WENT RIGHT TO
PHIL JORDAN TELLING US HOW SHE
WAS IN OR NEAR A BODY OF WATER.
AND THAT ALWAYS HAS STUCK WITH
ME, HOW HE WAS RIGHT ON WITH
THAT IMPRESSION.
AND IT MADE ME VERY MUCH LESS
SKEPTICAL OF PSYCHICS.
>> Narrator: WITH THE RECOVERY
OF THE BODY,
ROBERT "MUDMAN" SIMON IS CHARGED
WITH BETH SMITH'S ***.
SEVERAL WARLOCKS TESTIFY AGAINST
HIM, SEALING HIS FATE.
>> AT THE TRIAL, MUDMAN WAS
FOUND GUILTY OF SECOND-DEGREE
***.
HE WAS SENTENCED TO 20 TO 40
YEARS.
>> Narrator: THOUGH SIMON IS
NEVER TRIED FOR THE OTHER SIX
MURDERS, INVESTIGATORS ARE
CONVINCED HE WAS RESPONSIBLE.
>> ONCE WE ARRESTED MUDMAN AND
CONVICTED HIM, THE MURDERS
STOPPED.
>> Narrator: AND THE TASK FORCE
IS COMMITTED TO KEEPING THE GANG
IN LINE.
>> WE WERE OUT THERE.
WE WEREN'T GOING AWAY, AND I
LIKE TO THINK THAT IF IT WAS
SOMEONE ELSE INVOLVED, THAT WE
DID SCARE THEM INTO NOT
MURDERING ANY MORE YOUNG GIRLS.
>> Narrator: THANKS TO THE
INSIGHTS OF PSYCHIC PHIL JORDAN
AND THE DEDICATION OF THE
DELAWARE COUNTY TASK FORCE, THE
WARLOCKS' REIGN OF TERROR IS
FINALLY AT AN END.
>> TO ANY DETECTIVE IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT -- NOT JUST WITH
PSYCHICS, BUT WITH ANYONE --
LISTEN TO EVERYBODY AND FOLLOW
UP ON EVERYTHING THEY TELL YOU.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THE PRIME
THINGS OF BEING A DETECTIVE.
WHAT PHIL TOLD US, A LOT OF IT
WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY.
I'M NOT A BELIEVER, BUT I'M NOT
A DISBELIEVER.
I WOULD TELL ANYONE DON'T BE
SKEPTICAL UNTIL YOU LOOK INTO
IT.