When they screw up, they cover up. For two years, he had managed distribution for the familys multimillion dollar apparel manufacturing company, Protexall. A student at the prestigious St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, Josh Guimond vanished suddenly after leaving a poker party, shortly before midnight on Saturday, November 9, 2002. On multiple occasions, he came to her school, stood outside her classroom, and yelled her name. It was also documented on Unusual Suspects and On the Case with Paula Zahn. The time of Dannys death had been estimated to be 2:30am on Saturday, June 29, but Turnquist immediately found a neighbor who said she had seen Danny several hours later, at approximately 10:30am. He discovered evidence of blood in several places, even on the TV set. Nanette was less than six blocks from her house, walking on Chesapeake Street between Strawberry and South Queen Streets, when she encountered Danny. Just speculating. Real Name: Joseph Daniel Casolaro He was sentenced to 10 years in prison with five years probation. Nancy told Nanette that it was not right for him to do that. Sometime during the night, the Freemans home became an inferno. His last known address was 508 S. Ann Street. Robert Stack: Join me. Jones then recanted his confession and denied he killed the girls. Even before the days of Serpico, the police have always been an evil organization. All that I do know makes me believe that is was more likely that he was murdered than that he committed suicide.. They have never been found. Suspicious. He also did not receive any college scholarships due to his poor academic performance. After months of investigation, Danny believed that he had uncovered an unsavory network of U.S. officials, organized crime members, and intelligence agents. Any explanation for that? She asked him not to walk her to class and handed him a note. He told Nancy he wanted to apologize and tell her what had happened for real. She became angry and told him to leave them alone. He also said that if he did die, that Tony should not believe that it was an accident. After the outburst, Danny was sent to a psychiatric hospital. Danny Casolaro Real Name: Joseph Daniel Casolaro Nicknames: Danny, Dan Location: Martinsburg, West Virginia Date: August 10, 1991 Case Details: At 12:30pm on August 10, 1991, forty-four-year-old investigative reporter Danny Casolaro was found dead in his hotel room near Martinsburg, West Virginia. He then told her that Nanette had been raped. He says Danny needs to pay the piper for what he has done. Also available on YouTube with Dennis Farina. The police also point out that there was no way to determine how long the alleged type O blood had been there. They also consented to polygraph tests. She looked the woman over real good and could tell that the woman had dark hair and was between twenty-five and thirty. What is the French language plot outline for Unsolved Mysteries (1987)? Within a week, Justice Department agents arrested Riconosciuto on drug charges. Once the group left, Danny sprayed Nanette with mace again. The police knew that Danny, whose license had been revoked, was picked up by Lois on Friday, the day before he died. I would look for a inside person that worked with suicides and or that attempts themselves. Larry claims that some of the physical evidence turned up by the police themselves seemed to argue against suicide. Links: Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Jones claimed that he took the two girls to Kansas, shot them, and threw their bodies into an abandoned mine. The deaths of Doug Johnston, Charles Morgan, and Danny Casolaro have never been solved. Date: November 9, 1985. The overall conclusion of our efforts was that the sheriffs office had nothing to do with the murders of Danny and Kathy and did not know the whereabouts of the two missing girls.. Questions even Larry has been unable to answer. Maybe they ran away to get away from their problems. At the time of his death, he was investigating a sprawling criminal conspiracy he labelled 'The Octopus' . Larry says he has received several anonymous phone calls from people who claim to know Dannys killer, but say they are afraid to name names. Atrillion times. Also available on YouTube with Dennis Farina. Guzman says that she would question the labs procedures if they claim they did not find type O blood on the evidence. Danny Casolaro believed he had uncovered a sprawling criminal network. Links: Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! I cant begin to know what Dan found out, but he went down the rabbit hole and whatever he found was big enough to get him killed, have the local police dispose of evidence, and have the coroner embalm him. Pat's divorce to Bob was going to be final on Tuesday. Subscribe for new episodes announcements, latest news, featured cases, and more! Chief Schlaf says that the police department does not agree that there would have to be a large quantity of blood behind Danny. So we were suspicious from the first, and the deeper we dug into it, the more suspicious we became.. She says she was scared all day at school because she did not know what was going to happen. Unfortunately Danny was in too deep and had information that would be expose that. They dont detect lies. Suspects: Initially, it was suspected that Danny was accidentally killed by a hunter. Real Name: Daniel Neal Paquette Of course, murder is not out of the realm of possibility here. Lauria would come ride our horse with my niece and show live stock with her, we thought of her as family and this still haunts us until that one person finally speaks up. However, Larry says that furniture and other small items were out of place, indicating that someone else had been there. According to Captain Jim Herman of the Craig County Sheriffs Department, even the authorities were stumped: We only had one body accounted for. Extra Notes: This case first aired on the October 24, 1990 episode. However, she is adamant that she saw Danny leave with the woman on Saturday, not Friday. Yeah his killers probably chose Martinsburg to kill him in because they are the most inept police force in the D.C. Metropolitan area. Elliot Richardson said he believes the evidence indicates foul play: Theres enough evidence that he was murdered so that there should have been a much more intensive investigation than there had been. Somebody Needs To Pay For What They Did To That Young Man The Way He Was Killed Thats Not Right! Surprisingly, his family told police that they had known about him committing the murder, as it had been an "open secret" among them. The neighbor, Darlene Sayrs, admits that she watches everybodys business. She is certain that on Saturday morning she saw Danny get in a blue car with a woman. Nothing prepared her for what she found inside. According to the Illinois State Crime Lab, the adulterated samples could not be typed definitively. He says there is nothing to indicate that Danny got up and walked around after shooting himself. Court records. Rena claimed to know the identity of their killer, but the police did not act on her tip. Details: Danny Paquette was the son of fifty-four-year-old housewife Rena Paquette. Sloppy work. She says she does not know what to feel. He claimed to have been tracking the finances of "The Octopus" and believed that one of his new contacts would deliver new evidence. When originally questioned, they claimed that they were at a field hockey game at the time of his murder. There is a $50,000 reward offered in this case. As he grew up, he became closer to his brother, Victor. That was a little bit bizarre. While she tried to keep him distracted and talking, the police closed in. He asked about Danny's papers, his investigation, and his overall life; the officer did not know about any of it. In fact, she really liked him. Learn how your comment data is processed. She says that every time she tried to scream, he sprayed her in the mouth with mace. The only thing that makes me think it is not murder is that someone saw him a few minutes before his death and said he looked a bit depressed He was taking antidepressants at the moment and had early-stage MS. Who knows, perhaps the depression or meds drove him to suicide?:/. Yes I do.. This always has been on my mind wondering what happen to the girls cause i was their age when this happened. The parents was shot with a shotgun make me guess the crime was done by someone local who has killed before they should look at all the criminals in that area during that time with records see do they know something. In August 1989, the Inslaw scandal became known to Congress and the House Judiciary Committee opened a formal inquest. It is weird why $200 was left, maybe they forgot it. But I can say this,It is murder and it was cover up by government officials and your local law enforcement did an very poor job of investigation. Dannys advocates believe that the true story of Dannys death began when he interviewed Bill and Nancy Hamilton, owners of a computer software company called INSLAW. A few weeks after Rena's death, a local delivery man named Edward Coolidge was arrested and charged with Pamela's murder. Nanette says she felt bad because she did not want to hurt Danny. The arson squad concluded that the blaze was deliberately set. Unless the majority of the victimss wrist wounds were very superficial, it would seem impossible for him to continue to continue cutting. She immediately left to go to school. A short time later, the official investigation of Danny Casolaros death was closed. Larry called the Galesburg Police. He was killed the previous Sunday. On July 15, 2020, Busick pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of accessory to murder in an agreement with prosecutors. I can see another man being apart of this story that Busick and the other 2 deceased men did business with that also knows where the girls were taken and abused and buried. Riconosciuto claimed to have worked for the CIA and knew about the illegal sales of INSLAWs software: Well, the parties that were involved in the distribution of this software were involved in covert operations. According to some sources, they had broken up before his death. He began to follow her everywhere. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. One of the housekeepers saw two bloody towels in the bathroom minutes after Dannys body was found. There appeared to be no signs of forced entry or a struggle. The Craig County Sheriffs Department tried to piece together what happened the night of Ashleys birthday. Within a month, the case was classified by the police as a suicide. When Danny's brother, Tony, contacted the police, he was stunned to learn about the day in notification. http://kfor.com/2016/01/25/new-leads-in-search-of-oklahoma-girls-missing-since-1999/. Two other suspects have been named, but both are deceased: Warren Phillip Welch II and David A. A note on this. He says that if the police had put as much effort into trying to find out what the truth was and what happened, they would be working along the same lines that he and his family are today. She then turned and started to leave the room and heard the gun discharge. Watch this case now on Amazon Prime in season eleven with Robert Stack and in season two with Dennis Farina. In October 2001, Danny was released from prison after serving seven years. The man carefully placed a medal on the casket just before it was lowered into the ground. Dan Casolaro He left a suicide note CASE DETAILS In the summer of 1991, a housekeeper at the Martinsburg, West Virginia, Sheraton hotel opened Room 517 to clean it. Dont know if its true but I thought people might find it interesting. The police discovered that Danny had been using the name Daniel Laboy, his mothers maiden name. It started as an inquiry into a computer software theft. The only thing that makes me think its not murder is that someone saw him shortly before his death and said he looked depressed. Fingerprints get lost, get messed up. She told them that she was not going to. If he acted alone. If they heard it they would of ran out of the house. My mother found this man in room 517 in Martinsburg WV. He is certain that someone else dropped the blood droplets that were found elsewhere in the room. A neighbor witnessed Danny being picked up by an unidentified woman on the same morning he supposedly died. She had dark hair and was between twenty-five and thirty years of age. Several months after his death, a coroner's report listed that the cause of Danny's death was uncertain. Nanette says she is sad, hurt, and angry about what happened. - The PI found neighbors who claimed they had seen an unidentified woman and an unidentified man on Danny's property at two different times before the discovery of Danny's body. Danny's family learned that his hotel room was cleaned by a professional cleaning crew the day after his death. They did not find anything and scene was released. Nicknames:Danny Kathy & Danny Freeman - Unsolved Mysteries Kathy & Danny Freeman Two parents are found murdered in their burned trailer and their daughter and her friend are missing. No one.. We have come to the conclusion that Lauria was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Agent Nutter discounted that theory: If you wanted to consider that it was drug related, nothing fits correctly. That has been debunked. As a result, they ruled his death a suicide. The body was Kathy Freemans, the mother of Laurias friend Ashley. One of the inventors of the lie detector was the guy who came up with Wonder Woman! She says she was so nervous during the call that she was shaking. With Robert Stack, Ralph Himmelsbach, Florence Schaffner, William Scott. When Larry entered the den, he found Danny slumped on the couch, sitting in an upright position. Tony claimed that Danny had been embalmed without the family's permission. In January 1964, the body of fourteen-year-old Pamela Mason was found in the town of Hooksett, New Hampshire--four years after that of Sandra Valade was discovered. But that is a lot of money for a 16 yo. Chief Schlaf says that the independent lab feels very confident in their results. But strangely, according to journalist Jack Anderson, Dannys family and friends werent told about his death until two days later: From the moment we heard about his reported suicide, we doubted it, questioned it, wondered about it. Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. Anyway we can exchange information? If ya can find anybody that knows any thing I would ask them to take an lie detector test by a outside source that is not in with the law enforcement. When he looked at Danny, he could tell that he was dead. Captain Jim Herman of the Craig County Sheriffs Department said he had to consider the possibility: There was a great deal of friction in the Freeman household. At 9:30am on January 12, 1994, the same morning as the broadcast, Danny was arrested without incident at his home. I said, Have they found anybody else? And she said no. Larry believes that the police came up with the conclusion of suicide and have gone to a great degree of effort to try to support their theory. Then, he called Nanettes home. It is believed that this abuse also helped motivate him to kill. Kathy & Danny Freeman A fire totally destroyed the Freeman home CASE DETAILS It wasn't the fire that killed the Freemans Vinita, Oklahoma, is a small rural town in Craig County. Dannys wrists had been slashed twelve times. Of course, murder is not out of the realm of possibility here. He tried to open one of their doors and banged on several windows, demanding that they open the door for him. Larry knocked on the door but received no answer. He knew something, the military doesnt just show up and give medals at random funerals to non military people. Look into people that know Ronnie Busick. One officer tried to chase Danny on foot, while the other tried to follow him in the patrol car. Even Dannys funeral was clouded by mystery. Date: June 30, 1991. Boese used a laser luminescence scanner to search out organic matter, including blood, which might not be apparent to the naked eye. She notes that King Tuts blood was typed, and he was thousands of years old. Casolaro had none of these. He was not a local and anyone from the Martinsburg Area knows payment arrangements have ti to be made before embalming. How did the girls not hear the shotgun. Sure seems like the military man showing up and putting a medal on a civilians casket was just a nice warning to anyone who would try to follow the young mans story. According to Lorene, it was an adult male, and he, too, had been shot: He did not have anything from the upper teeth; all the way to the top of his head, was totally gone, like hed been shot in the face., Laurias purse with $200 cash was found. He tried to tape her mouth shut, but when that failed, he pulled out the knife and said he would kill her if she did not shut up. Around that time, Eric also learned about sexual abuse in his own family. That same year, Edward Coolidge, the man serving time for Pamela Mason's murder, was released due to a legal technicality. Cold blooded murder. Do I think they covered up here? Arrest stirs pain of unsolved cases, New evidence emerges in 20-year-old murder case, Suspect to enter plea in case of 1985 death, Windhurst sentenced to 15-year minimum in 20-year-old murder, Woman awaits sentencing in 20-year-old crime, NH woman in old murder case talks about prison, Man, 48, who shot dead his friend's abusive stepdad three decades ago asks for his sentence to be reduced, Man who killed friends abusive stepdad wants sentence cut, Man who killed friend's stepdad loses his bid for freedom, Family of murdered man can't forgive killer, Man who killed friend's stepfather in 1985 released on parole, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. They hoped to find a clue the investigators had missed. Nobody knows who he was or what connection he may have to this case. During the time, with boys town, the franklin scandal, and a multitude of other related government corruption issues, it may have been safe to say there was some kind of connection. So sad no closure for this family due to all the unanswered questions surrounding Dannys death. Unsolved Mysteries Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. That afternoon, after classes were over, she began her walk home. His last known address was 508 S. Ann Street. They have something to hide. However, Chief Schlaf believes that it was a suicide, and says that the department has tried to cooperate with Larry and kept the investigation open. The police know more than what they are leading on because of the run ins with the family that was murdered. affair, and the now-discredited October Surprise. The segments that Viginia Madsen narrated on CBS in 1999 were later re-edited for Lifetime, with Robert Stack's voice replacing hers. A search of the mine, however, turned up nothing. I miss this show. A maid had found him in his bathtub. He cried and begged to talk to Nanette. Unsolved Mysteries: Created by John Cosgrove, Terry Dunn Meurer. We didnt give any permission.. Its kind of like when two people, one can finish the sentence when the other one starts one.. But, as the romance continued, Nancy noticed that Danny was becoming possessive over Nanette. The autopsy confirmed that Danny had bled to death from the razor cuts on his wrists. Curiously, when the police removed the bullet, there was only one small spot which appeared to be blood on the paneling. Nanette now lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is married with four children. He called out to Danny, saying Danny, this is your dad. He did this because Danny had a gun for protection, and he did not want Danny to accidentally shoot him. Subscribe for new episodes announcements, latest news, featured cases, and more! He was in my face to drive it home with me.. There had to be fifty people at Francess house. Various seasons available now on Hulu. The papers that he had with him included hundreds of notes and documents from his year-long investigation. If Danny was murdered, who killed him and why? Unsolved Mysteries Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. According to friends and some family members, Danny was upset that he did not get a promotion at his work. His schoolwork was also left on his desk and his computer was still turned on. Reward offered for suspect in '91 city rape, Police hope TV show locates alleged rapist (Page 1), Unsolved Mysteries scheduled to air Lancaster crime tonight, City man charged with '91 rape caught (Page 1), Teen describes alleged rape at hands of former boyfriend (Page 1), Man gets 5-15 years in prison for raping 13-year-old, Lancaster detective files final report after decades of "rock n' roll", Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Also, the house appeared to be "orderly", with no signs of struggle. Both had disappeared during snowstorms and were found raped and murdered, their belongings scattered around town. When Casolaros hotel room was cleaned by a professional cleaning crew the day after his death, important evidence was destroyed. The UFO phenomenon has apparently ended in Wytheville, as the sightings have apparently ended, but the UFOs have never been explained. Laurias father, Jay, recalled the last time he saw his daughter: Lauria, she said to me, Daddy, is it all right if I spend the night with Ashley in the Freemans home? I said, Well, just make sure youre home by noon tomorrow. And, noon tomorrow didnt happen the way it shouldve.. He probably didnt die from cutting. I feel that shes still alive, but whether shes alive or dead, I want to know., We love her dearly and wish we could have her back, wish we could have both girls back, because at this point, Id take and raise em both and never let em go.. There was yet another theory: Ashley Freeman murdered her own parents and then fled with Lauria. For months, it had been rumored that the Craig County Sheriffs Department was feuding with the Freemans. Boese says that, initially, he had a feeling that he was going to go to Dannys house, see a "typical" messy scene, and have to tell Larry that Danny committed suicide. Also, an unidentified man described as 5'4" with curly hair was seen at Danny's house the day after he died. The evidence suggests to her that two people were in the room and were bleeding. He was murdered and his files have never been found. Danny has been charged with rape, statutory rape, aggravated indecent assault, corruption of minors, and unlawful restraint. But it wasnt Lauria or Ashley. On July 10, Larry hired another private detective, Mike Turnquist. She and Sammy were going to be married on Thursday. Then the case became even more baffling when the coroner determined Kathy Freeman did not die in the fire, but from a shotgun wound to the head. And, yes, I have direct knowledge of funds from the sale of this product being used to finance those operations.. After the rape, he refused to let her leave. scandal, the B.N.L. Some sources state Nanette ended the relationship after learning how much older Danny was. However, their deaths remain a mystery. However, while at school, he also had disciplinary problems that prevented him from competing in some events. 2023 Copyright. In four years of competition, he set numerous state and county running records and amassed over twenty-five trophies and medals. According to Turnquist, with Dannys head being that close to the wall, one would expect to find large amounts of blood splatter, either at or near the back of the couch and on the back wall. Finally, the crime scene was arranged to make Dannys death look like a suicide. After the broadcast, several calls to the telecenter were accidentally forwarded to Turnquist instead of the Galesburg Police Department. Neither of these people have been identified and it is not known what connection they may have had to this case. Yup, the guy who came up with the golden lasso of truth. He was released in December. According to the police, there was one final fact to support the suicide ruling. Perhaps you may be able to help solve a mystery. Wanted For: Rape He was Richard Nixons Attorney General until he resigned rather than participate in the Watergate cover-up.
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