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. Initially, it worked well with the department. OK What Was The Question Again? However, the theory was later discounted because of the distance between the pit and him and the fact that the bullet would have had to go through various obstacles in order to reach him. One of the housekeepers saw two bloody towels in the bathroom minutes after Dannys body was found. He would not let her talk to or smile at anyone else. A gun was in his lap and a gunshot wound was in his forehead. On July 10, Larry hired another private detective, Mike Turnquist. Privacy | Terms | DCMA | FAQ. 1) How do I contact Unsolved Mysteries with information on segments? Even Dannys funeral was clouded by mystery. Triad Pi Helps Crack '92 Murder Case\ the Brother of A Man Slain in Even if they had done their job who is West Virginia to rat out the Federal Government. No one at the funeral recognized him. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. However, Rena's case was not reopened. 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. One cut was deep enough to sever a tendon. Suspects: The Vinita police were investigated but cleared of any involvement in this case. Any explanation for that? He did not take his coat, wallet, glasses, or car keys. Someone would have to know this in order to fake his murder. Jeff is that Deanna? According to the police, there was one final fact to support the suicide ruling. Location: Martinsburg, West Virginia 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. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. However, as a police patrol car pulled up, he noticed it and ran away. I would like to know who paid for the embalming if he was embalmed before his family was notified. Learn how your comment data is processed. Real Name: Daniel Neal Paquette 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?:/. In August 2006, Eric pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received a sentence of between fifteen and thirty-six years in prison. She was unaware that he was also armed with a kitchen knife, cellophane tape, and a can of mace. - 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. Jay and Lorene Bible were left with only unanswered questions. He says Danny needs to pay the piper for what he has done. We have come to the conclusion that Lauria was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He would call her often and always try to be next to her. And they were involved in Nicaragua and Central America, and they were involved in operations in the Middle East. So we were suspicious from the first, and the deeper we dug into it, the more suspicious we became.. The body was Kathy Freemans, the mother of Laurias friend Ashley. Ya brother was murder. Police speculated that he may have been mistaken for Victor and killed as a result. The authorities investigated the possibility that he had died accidentally and was shot by hunters in a local gravel pit approximately one mile from the area where he was shot. Danny Williams Real Name: Daniel Wynn Williams Nicknames: Danny, Dan Location: Galesburg, Illinois Date: June 30, 1991 Case Details: On the night of Sunday, June 30, 1991, in Galesburg, Illinois, longtime residents Larry and Lois Williams had finally given in to two days of worry. A lot of different scenarios could have happened. Investigators re-examined the crime scene and found no other bodies. Not typical, again, unless the majority of the cuts were not significantly damaging. Danny believes that Bob had a motive to kill Sammy. It is not known if the tests were ever actually done, and if so, what they revealed. The drug dealing theory has not been ruled out but seems unlikely. (Theres a movie based on him btw) I mention this because Inslaw aka the octopus was mentioned to have links to both high level government officials and high level underworld groups/individuals. Other friends and family members indicated that he was depressed before his death and did not get along with his coworkers. In this most perplexing case, one issue has never been addressed. I was wondering if there are any updates? 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. In October 2001, Danny was released from prison after serving seven years. Convinced that Danny had not committed suicide, Larry hired Steve Johnson, formerly of the Knox County Sheriff's Department. Surprisingly, the police ruled Rena's death a suicide, however, her family believes that she was murdered by the same man that killed Pamela and Sandra. He was later convicted of it and sentenced to life in prison. In 2016, Eric asked the court to have his sentence reduced; the request was denied. When they screw up, they cover up. Just speculating. Hotel guest Danny Casolaro was lying dead in a tub of bloody water. On August 8, 1991, he arrived in Martinsburg with several briefcases, planning to meet with informants and conclude his investigation. Danny was gone, but his shadow continued to fall over the lives of Nanette and Nancy. Lie Detectors are notoriously inaccurate. Im sure he had such a contact there and was meeting them. A body is a bit hard to miss, for even the most novice of investigators. Larry disagreed with this, claiming that Danny was a partner in the business and a distribution manager and that he "could not go much higher" in the company. Jones then recanted his confession and denied he killed the girls. Interestingly, one of them remembered seeing two bloody towels in the bathroom; it appeared that someone had tried to clean the blood off the floor prior to when the professional crew arrived. I consider it to be one of the best TV programs ever made. Watch this case now on Amazon Prime in season eleven with Robert Stack and in season two with Dennis Farina. Combines dramatic re-enactments, interviews and updates, to tell stories of real mysteries, from human to the supernatural. For three days, nobody saw or heard from Danny. Now, there were two shells found on the couch that came from the gun. By then, investigators had received more tips pointing to Eric as the killer. Look into people that know Ronnie Busick. Michaels drug conviction hurt his credibility, but another witness with perfect credentials stepped forward. Specifically, there was a bruise on his arm and head. They have never been found. He believes that this is related to his death. Even before the days of Serpico, the police have always been an evil organization. Updates On The Danny Casolaro Case : r/UnresolvedMysteries - Reddit Hosted by Robert Stack, this series uses re-enactments and interviews to retell the circumstances of, well, mysteries that are unsolved. Presidents come and go but there are people that are very powerful and entrenched. Judith told Danny he could talk to her, but not at their house. Also, the house appeared to be "orderly", with no signs of struggle. Five months later, Danny was released from the hospital and tried to change his life for the better. 2) Where can I watch Unsolved Mysteries? They decided to drive to his house at 950 Florence Street. This story is so troubling and so bizarre. There had to be fifty people at Francess house. He was scheduled to meet several informants and complete his investigation. He claimed that it was behind several scandals of the 1980s, including the Iran-Contra Scandal, the B.C.C.I. What would investigators say about this case now? It is weird why $200 was left, maybe they forgot it. If Danny was murdered, who killed him and why? One of his wrist was cut so deep he cut the tendon, it doesnt make any sense, dont people start losing control of their fingers when they start cutting their wrist? The police knew that Danny, whose license had been revoked, was picked up by Lois on Friday, the day before he died. Then kill the parents. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. He was now the lawyer for INSLAW: In the case of INSLAW, theres a spreading radius of circumstantial evidence which, at its outer reaches, entails a far more sinister kind of conspiracy than anything revealed in Watergate.. Finally, the crime scene was arranged to make Dannys death look like a suicide. But where were Ashley, her father Danny, and Lauria Bible? He was shot six times. All the signs of cover up Murder. 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. Boeses investigation appeared to turn up a piece of evidence which had been previously overlooked and which supported the theory that the blood of two different people was shed in Dannys house. Dannys wrists had been slashed twelve times. However, when Melanie was reinterviewed in 2004, she admitted to being with Eric when he killed him. He would come to her house every day, and they would see each other at church as well. But according to Ray Thornton, something changed: The Justice Department began to withhold payments from INSLAW, and they withheld a couple of million dollars from INSLAW, drove INSLAW into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.. Danny and his daughter did not get along well at all and hadnt for some time. 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. He is currently listed as a registered sex offender in Pennsylvania. Within a week, Justice Department agents arrested Riconosciuto on drug charges. And Lauria and Ashley were very close, maybe Ashley was very convincing/dominant with Lauria to help her execute this plan. Nancy says it felt like the life went away from [her]. Nanette was then taken to the hospital. A trap was quickly put in place. (1) How is it that two people with no criminal or forensic investigatory background whatsoever just happen to find two major pieces of evidence at a crime scene (Dannys body and Laurias purse)? Danny Wheeler was pulled in when Pam Snead accused him of secretly being in love with her. And we asked everyone there. 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. It was one of the few cases solved prior to the broadcast. Within a week of submitting his sworn affidavit to the committee, he was arrested on drug charges by agents of the Justice Department. In the letter, she said she was too young to have a boyfriend and wanted to spend more time with her family. Just a few days before Danny Casolaro died, he told friends he was on the verge of breaking a huge story. And that was a mistake.. 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. It was also claimed that he was a heavy drinker and used drugs. He reviewed the entire casefile and felt that Eric needed to be reinvestigated. Turnquist says that the Galesburg police did not follow up on tests for powder burns on Danny's hands. Inside the pigsty was Rena's charred body. No one could quite piece two and two together on that. After searching for over an hour, Danny noticed smoke coming from their barn, which was one mile from the family home. Danny Williams, 1991 : r/UnresolvedMysteries - Reddit Most especially my son and be understanding. They embalmed the body without his family consent. The only thing that makes me think its not murder is that someone saw him shortly before his death and said he looked depressed. He married and became a father, but in 1981, he and his wife divorced. Nancy held back her disapproval for fear that Nanette would rebel against her. Maybe the girls did have something to do with Kathy and Dannys death. If it had been a robbery, the purse would have been taken. Could find no others. After he started his ministry in Wheaton, Pastor Barnes himself began to have run-ins with local police. I find it suspicious the day Lauria goes to sleep over, all this goes down. What one was thinking, the other was thinking. She continued to scream and cry. UPDATE: Ronnie Dean Busick, 66, was arrested and charged with four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping and one count of arson. He suspects they are not coming forward and being uncooperative because they do not believe the rape really happened. For unknown reasons, his family was not notified of his death for two days. Aliases: Danny Pieda The bullet which they believe had killed Danny exited through his head and lodged in the wall. He asked to meet her at the tennis courts in nearby Lancaster County Central Park in fifteen minutes. 2023 Copyright. Some one was there with him and I am sure he wouldnt of handed them off to anyone else, do you? Both had disappeared during snowstorms and were found raped and murdered, their belongings scattered around town. Sometime during the night, the Freemans home became an inferno. He asked her if she was okay, and she said no. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison with five years probation. Theyve looked, but theres no other bodies there.. If they heard it they would of ran out of the house. The body was identified as Danny Freeman, Kathys husband. If It Was A Cover Up Then Why Would Someone do That? Its definitely a cover-up. Suspicious. There was yet another theory: Ashley Freeman murdered her own parents and then fled with Lauria. About an hour after the attack began, Nanette escaped by throwing the top of the mace can into the woods. They figured something was wrong because it was a cold morning and she had left her winter clothing behind. Boese determined that if Danny shot himself in line with the trajectory, he would have fallen onto the floor. The segments that Viginia Madsen narrated on CBS in 1999 were later re-edited for Lifetime, with Robert Stack's voice replacing hers. Boese says that if Danny had just shot himself sitting on the couch, there would not be a pattern of blood at all behind the TV set. The police know more than what they are leading on because of the run ins with the family that was murdered. Dannys body was taken to a local funeral home later that afternoon. However, no evidence was found to support that theory. Nancy says Dannys family and friends wanted her to drop the charges against him. Extra Notes: Results: Captured - Authorities knew that in 1992, Danny had run a marathon in Puerto Rico under the name Sammy Laureano, but they had been unable to locate him. Dan Casolaro was known by friends and family to be very squeamish towards pain and the site of his own blood. The military man was appalled by it all so he decided to honor Danny on his own terms for all his hard work in seeking the truth. They told her she was wrong because she had to forgive him. She told them she would forgive him, but he still needed to face the consequences. Suspects: Larry claims that Danny had been in fights, had enemies, and had been threatened before his death. Suspects: Initially, it was suspected that Danny was accidentally killed by a hunter. The 20-year-old college student mysteriously vanished from a party on Saturday, November 9, 2002. Links: Unsolved Mysteries Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. According to Lieutenant Dennis Arnold of the Lancaster Police Department, that was the last time the police saw Danny. If someone came forward with a high reward money amount someone would talk because money makes people talk. Learn how your comment data is processed. One officer tried to chase Danny on foot, while the other tried to follow him in the patrol car. However, she is adamant that she saw Danny leave with the woman on Saturday, not Friday. The day before his death, Danny met with another source, William Turner, who was a former employee of a major defense contractor. Edward Coolidge, Pamela Mason's killer, is a possible suspect in Rena's death. Kathy & Danny Freeman - Unsolved Mysteries This poor guy had a lot of cuts. Yet we had all the cars there at the house. Two parents are found murdered in their burned trailer and their daughter and her friend are missing. Pastor Danny Barnes was one of the volunteers searching for Terry McCoy. A search of the mine, however, turned up nothing. Real Name: Daniel Pieda Jr. Some believe that he was killed because he knew too much. When the officer approached her, she began to cry and scream for Nancy. According to Turner, he gave Danny papers showing the corruption that Danny believed was tied to the Octopus. And like Kathy, he had also been shot at close range with a shotgun. Nancy and Nanette have been forced to move several times because of the harassment from Dannys family and friends. No one knew who they were. A week before he died, Danny told his brother, Tony, that he had been receiving death threats. She was just thirteen, while he was nineteen. His last known address was 508 S. Ann Street. On July 15, 2020, Busick pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of accessory to murder in an agreement with prosecutors. Due to the controversy surrounding Danny's death, the West Virginia authorities convened a formal inquest, which included a complete autopsy. Government people have a rule. He says that he and the police department feel just as strongly about the results of the Illinois State Crime Lab, that there was no evidence of type O blood in the house. West Virginia authorities and Department of Justice representatives declined to participate in this story. He was killed the previous Sunday. She looked the woman over real good and could tell that the woman had dark hair and was between twenty-five and thirty. You are now leaving Unsolved.com and heading to our shop at. Larry claims that some of the physical evidence turned up by the police themselves seemed to argue against suicide. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison with five years probation. According to Dwayne, his brother told him the deputies were trying to intimidate him and his family: He was basically told, according to Danny, that they could do anything they wanted to him and his family, and there wasnt a thing he could do about it.. His last known address was 508 S. Ann Street. The manner is listed as "uncertain". The papers that he had with him included hundreds of notes and documents from his year-long investigation. Police files also indicate that the house was locked with deadbolts from the inside and all the windows were locked. Per UM report; basic investigative procedures were not followed. She turned around and found that he had discharged the gun into a wall. There appeared to be no signs of forced entry or a struggle. Guzman does not understand why they would argue that point. 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. In the room they found a suicide note and a single razor blade in the bathtub. After the outburst, Danny was sent to a psychiatric hospital. She says it was an innocent relationship. They hoped to find a clue the investigators had missed. As a result, they ruled his death a suicide. Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 5, Episode 21 - Full I started doing my own investigation into this, but there are some things that its better to take the safe, rather than sorry, route. (WHSV) On June 7, 1992, 35-year-old Sammy Wheeler, of Staunton, was murdered. I would look for a inside person that worked with suicides and or that attempts themselves. Larry knocked on the door but received no answer. A neighbor had witnessed Danny talking to an unidentified woman on the morning of his death. Thats when Dons brother, Anthony Casolaro, said he received some shocking news: The assistant medical examiner from the State of West Virginia said, Well, you know, hes already been embalmed and thats gonna make it a little difficult. And I said, What are you talking about, hes already been embalmed? And he said, Well, he was embalmed, apparently, already. He said, You didnt know that? I said, Absolutely not.
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