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[narrator] a mother of four
vanishes.
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It was like she ceased to exist.
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Also missing was her infant son.
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You get a dependable person and
they disappear,
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You know something's wrong.
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[narrator] the search dredges up
a host of small-town secrets.
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Maybe the relationship wasn't as
good as he was reporting.
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An anonymous female caller said,
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"you oughta take a look at
these people."
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[narrator] a tip leads to
an outlandish claim...
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She proceeds to tell me that
she used to mule drugs.
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Her drug boss had gotten ahold
of her.
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She said, "two fellas show up
and they hand me this baby."
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[narrator] the truth will reveal
a scheming killer
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And a deadly obsession.
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When he got there,
she had the baby in her arms.
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She presented me as newborn,
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But I looked maybe
three months old.
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She's deceiving,
she's manipulating.
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It's a matter of getting
attention.
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I don't remember how long
I was missin',
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But kind of often wonder,
why'd it have to be my family?
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[narrator] with a population
just over 10,000,
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Residents in the riverside town
of keokuk, iowa
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Feel a sense of security in
their tight-knit community.
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But on August 29th, 1996,
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That small-town comfort is
rattled with
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One alarming phone call.
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At approximately 10 a.M.,
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Charlene hiskey calls
the keokuk police department
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Saying she's worried about
her friend,
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34-year-old theresa lund.
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Charlene was concerned that
theresa had not picked up
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Her children from school
the previous day.
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[tressa] I was five at the time,
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And all the teachers left,
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And then finally the principal
came out
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And took us to
my grandmother's house.
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[narrator] but theresa's absence
isn't the only thing
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That makes this report
so worrisome.
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This was unusual because also
missing was her infant son,
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Who was approximately
six weeks old.
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They must've been together.
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I got a phone call to respond to
an apartment building
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Where I took
a missing persons report.
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While I was speaking to
charlene,
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Velva green, the mother of
theresa, showed up.
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Theresa was last seen dropping
off her children at school
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At pretty close to 7:30
in the morning
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On Wednesday, August 28th.
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[narrator] velva tells
the investigator
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She went looking for
her daughter
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And her infant grandson, paul.
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[kevin] velva had discovered
her daughter's car
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Parked beside
the county market store
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And thought maybe the car had
broken down.
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That's what she was hopin'.
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[narrator] but when velva used
her spare key to look inside,
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Her worry grew.
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A pocketbook, checkbook were
under the front seat.
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[bruce] that was concerning.
Unusual.
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Why would somebody take off
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And leave their checkbook and
their purse in the car?
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[kevin] velva did tell me that
there was a car seat
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That would be routinely in
the vehicle for her infant son,
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But the baby seat was missing.
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Where did the baby seat go?
Was theresa with the baby?
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What's happened to this mother
and her new baby?
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[joni] they take it seriously.
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These are two people who
are missing.
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One of them is
a six-week-old baby.
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[heather] she's left those kids,
and that's not like her.
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You get a dependable person and
they disappear,
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You know something's wrong.
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[narrator] theresa green was
born to parents
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Velva and william on
January 9th, 1962,
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In iowa city.
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She was raised alongside
three brothers.
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[tressa] they did a lotta stuff
outside.
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They rode bikes,
they played in the creek.
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She was a tomboy.
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She got married pretty young.
She married when she was 18.
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She went straight from kid to
married life.
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Then shortly after,
they had my older sister.
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She would've been born in '81.
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[narrator] following the birth
of their daughter,
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The young couple struggled to
support themselves,
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And it wasn't long before
they divorced.
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My mom moved back to
the small-town area
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Where she grew up in keokuk,
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And she met randy.
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And my other sister would've
been born in '86.
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But my mom and randy just didn't
work out.
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[narrator] by the time theresa
met terry bell in 1990,
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She was twice burned by love ad
a mother to two girls.
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My mom met my dad and then they
had got to talking.
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When she was in a room,
all attention would go to her,
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'cause she just had a love of
life.
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And my dad made my mom laugh.
He could be funny.
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My dad was also
a big personality.
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[narrator] after
a whirlwind romance,
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The happy couple announced that
they were expecting
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And they moved in together.
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My dad liked a woman that was
happy to be a stay-at-home mom,
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A homemaker,
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Because my dad had
a pretty decent job
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And he made good money.
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He was a crane operator,
and he would travel quite a bit.
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[narrator] after years of doing
it all on her own,
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Theresa was happy to focus on
motherhood.
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Her third daughter, tressa,
was born in 1991.
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[heather] when she was born,
they were both excited.
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And he was a good dad.
You could tell he loved her.
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[tressa] she was very much
a very hands-on mom.
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She would play with us,
help us with things,
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Shared her love of music with
us.
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[narrator] in 1996, the family
received good news.
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[joni] terry gets a promotion,
which he's excited about,
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But it requires him to travel to
gary, indiana.
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[heather] with him working so
far away,
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Theresa didn't get to
see terry a lot.
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We didn't have texting.
We didn't have the internet.
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So, if you didn't catch someone
at home,
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You pretty much didn't
get to talk to 'em back then.
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[narrator] the family settled
into a groove,
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But more change was coming.
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[tressa] I remember, like,
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My mom getting a little bit
bigger,
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And they kept talking about
a baby being in her tummy.
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[narrator] on July 16th, 1996,
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The family was overjoyed to
welcome a fourth child,
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A son named paul.
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Theresa was the happiest
I'd seen her the whole time.
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You know, that new mom look.
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I know, four kids,
she had her hands full.
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And she was tired,
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But she was very proud of
those kids.
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[tressa] so that my dad didn't
have to continue to
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Travel back and forth,
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We were actually supposed to
move to indiana with him
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Over the summer.
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He was gonna be able to be
home a lot more
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And a little bit more stable,
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And that's what my mom was
looking forward to.
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[narrator] plans for a future
under one roof
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Are thrown into turmoil when
theresa and baby paul
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Vanish six weeks after
paul's birth.
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Keokuk police officer
kevin church
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Questions theresa's mom
on terry's whereabouts.
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Terry actually was working in
gary, indiana
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As a heavy equipment operator.
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So, he was not in town.
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[narrator] velva implies that
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Her daughter's relationship
with terry is strained.
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[tressa] he was gone so much.
My mom was anxious about moving.
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She'd never lived that far from
any of her family.
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[narrator] before filing
the report,
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Officer church makes an attempt
to reach terry.
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I placed a few phone calls
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Trying to get in contact
with him.
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I'm givin' him the benefit of
the doubt,
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But certainly we're gonna
look at him,
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Because if they're involved in
a relationship,
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To see if there's
a prior incident.
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[narrator] coming up.
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Detectives find trouble at
home...
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We were hopin' that
that polygraph
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Would put him on the sideline.
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That didn't happen.
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[narrator] and a cryptic tip
offers hope.
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The baby is older than
they claim it is.
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This is not a newborn.
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[narrator] authorities in
the small town of keokuk, iowa
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Are in the midst of
an urgent search
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For theresa lund and
her six-week-old son, paul,
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Who have been missing for
just over 24 hours.
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[kevin] we had a mother
that was missing,
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Her infant son that was missing,
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Still trying to hang onto hope
that she had taken off.
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But as time went on,
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The thought that something bad
had happened was growing.
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[narrator] theresa's daughters
are taken to stay with family.
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My grandmother called
my sister's dad, randy,
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And he came and picked her up,
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And my aunt charlene
actually came and picked me up.
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[narrator] while waiting to
hear back
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From theresa's partner terry,
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Investigators look for answers
at theresa's home.
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When they were able to get into
her residence,
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Nothing appeared to be missing.
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I discovered that no banking
activity had been done
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On any of her accounts.
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It's hard to move about
without money.
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It was like she ceased to exist.
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[narrator] with concerns
mounting,
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Investigators are eager to spea
to theresa's partner,
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And father to missing baby paul
terry bell.
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We all know that when a wife
goes missing,
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The number one suspect is
the husband,
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And they can't get ahold of him.
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Maybe he doesn't want
us to find him.
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[narrator] just a few hours
later,
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Terry returns their call
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To let them know he just
returned home.
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[bruce] when he learned that
theresa was missing,
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He got in the car and drove all
the way back,
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Five hours to keokuk.
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[narrator] when investigators
meet with terry
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On September 30th,
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He says he last saw theresa and
paul on Sunday,
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Two days before she went
missing.
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[kevin] theresa and the children
had just come out to
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Spend the week with him at
gary, indiana.
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They were planning on moving out
there.
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[narrator] after the week in
gary,
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Terry and theresa spent
the weekend back in keokuk
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Before terry returned to work
on Sunday evening.
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[kevin] he called her on Tuesday
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And spoke to her at 7 p.M.
That night,
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And everything was fine.
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[narrator] terry says he didn't
speak to theresa
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On the day she went missing,
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Which wasn't out of the norm.
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We're talkin' 1996,
before cell phones,
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And the level of communication
between terry and theresa
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Consisted of a long-distance
phone call
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Every other night from terry.
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[narrator] terry insists he has
no idea
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Where paul and theresa might be
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He was not physically present in
lake county, iowa,
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When theresa disappeared.
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[narrator] with terry claiming
to be nearly 300 miles away
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When theresa disappeared,
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Investigators retrace
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The new mother's steps
through keokuk.
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[bruce] the children were
dropped off
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At 8:15 that morning.
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Theresa had stopped over at
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The department of
human services office.
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She was there for some business.
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We confirmed that,
through another witness,
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That occurred sometime before
10 o'clock,
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And that was the last notice
we had of her being in town.
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[narrator] it's now been
48 hours
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Since theresa's last known
whereabouts,
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And concern over the missing
mother and baby
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Spreads quickly through
the small town.
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Everybody knows everybody.
It just sends these ripples.
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It affects the whole community.
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We asked the public to get
involved
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And asked them,
"please, help us."
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[kevin] I entered her as
a missing person August 29th.
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But reaching out to
the news media
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And the local newspaper would've
been first part of
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The next week, September 1st.
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It rattled the small community
of keokuk, most definitely.
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You got a mother and infant
that's gone, just vanished.
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It's a small town,
everyone's talkin'.
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[narrator] after reaching out
to the public,
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Investigators begin to hear mor
murmurs about trouble at home.
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[kevin] I started askin' around
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And interviewin' theresa's
friends, and so forth.
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And there were some reports
that maybe the relationship
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Wasn't as good as he
was reporting it.
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My partner and I decided maybe
it would be a good idea
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Just to rule terry out.
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And the best way to do that
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Would be to offer him
a polygraph test.
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We were hopin' that that
polygraph would
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Put him on the sidelines.
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That didn't happen.
The results were very worrisome.
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After the polygraph results
came back,
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We were unable to rule him out
as a suspect.
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But there was nothing that
pointed to him as
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Bein' involved in this.
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[narrator] despite the
inconclusive polygraph results,
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Terry's airtight alibi
is quickly confirmed.
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[kevin] we had spoke to a few
people there
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At the scrap yard
where he worked.
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He got back there Sunday evening
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After he had left
theresa and the kids,
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So his whereabouts were
documented.
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[bruce] he was in gary, indiana.
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That was confirmed
through his pay records
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And also from his supervisor.
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[narrator] with terry officially
ruled out,
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Investigators find themselves
at a dead end.
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[bruce] she'd been missin' for
about a week.
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We had no idea where she was.
We had no evidence.
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We'd run outta leads.
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[narrator] in a surprise break,
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A tip comes in almost two weeks
after theresa's disappearance.
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[bruce] on September 14th,
an anonymous female caller
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Contacted the fbi office
in kansas city,
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And she said that,
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"there's a woman and her baby
missing in keokuk, iowa.
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You oughta take a look at
these people."
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[narrator] the tipster says that
a married couple in keokuk
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Has been celebrating the birth
of their son.
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This baby was born on
August 28th,
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The same day that theresa lund
and her baby went missing.
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They say they've just had
a baby.
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But the baby is older than
they claim it is.
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This is not a newborn.
Something's not right here.
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[narrator] coming up.
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A strange tale unfolds.
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[kevin] she said, "I'll just
tell you straight up,
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The baby's not mine."
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[narrator] a standoff leaves
a life hanging in the balance.
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I jump back, draw my weapon,
and start yelling.
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[music]
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[narrator] nearly three weeks
into the search for
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Theresa lund and her baby, paul
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Keokuk investigators get a tip
that a local couple
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Is parading a newborn
around town.
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[bruce] the anonymous tipster
had said,
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"kimmi and bob hardy had a baby
on August 28th,
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And the baby is older than
a newborn,
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And the baby has no
birth certificate."
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So then, at that point,
we knew that it was a real tip,
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And we needed to check out
kimmi hardy
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And this baby that
she had immediately.
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[narrator] kimmi was born and
raised in keokuk,
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And she was popular among
the men in the small community.
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She was real skinny.
She's kinda tall.
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She's got red hair, blue eyes.
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[bruce] kimmi had four husbands.
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The first was a fella
named gary.
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She had two children with gary.
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She was then married to doug,
and she had a son with him.
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The next husband was
wendell smith,
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And she had a stillborn child.
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[narrator] in 1996,
kimmi married bob hardy.
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It seemed to everyone in keokuk
that the 35-year-old
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Had finally found the love of
her life.
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[theresa] they got married in
front of the judge.
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They seemed to be
the perfect couple.
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They used to go in their truck
and go for rides,
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And they sat home, watch movies.
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[narrator] that same year,
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Bob and kimmi announced they
were expecting.
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She said she was gonna have
a baby,
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And she went shopping for it,
you know, baby clothes.
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She was just happy.
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[narrator] but just weeks after
kimmi and bob
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Announced the birth of
their son,
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A tipster sounds an alarm.
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On September 17th, 1996,
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Keokuk investigators pay
the hardys a visit.
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Kimmi does come to the door.
She...
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Very cordial, very polite.
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[bruce] they explain what
the anonymous tipster had said,
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And kimmi's first remark was,
"this is insane."
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She didn't wanna let them look
at the baby at first,
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But she conceded.
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So, she led us upstairs.
The baby was layin' on the bed.
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We told her we were
satisfied, and we left.
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[bruce] detective church and his
wife had just had a baby.
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The first thing out of
detective church's mouth
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When they get outside is,
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"that ain't no
three-week-old baby."
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I said, "that baby's just as big
as my daughter,
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And my daughter is
four months old."
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So, we tried to get a warrant,
but we had difficulty.
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[bruce] after their visit to
kimmi hardy's place,
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The county attorney said,
"well, okay, but,
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But I'm not sure we're there in
terms of probable cause
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For a search warrant.
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I think we need some more meat."
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[kevin] we needed a little bit
more evidence,
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So we spent the next four hours
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Trying to get us a witness
or two.
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[narrator] detectives get in
touch
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With kimmi's sister-in-law,
theresa maness.
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[bruce] she had seen the baby
the day that kimmi purported
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She delivered the baby.
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[theresa] she had me hold
the baby,
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And I changed the baby's diaper,
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And it had no umbilical cord and
it's only been just born.
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The baby had been circumcised,
that was completely healed.
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The baby seemed pretty big
for its, you know what I mean?
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For bein' just a newborn.
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[narrator] during the visit,
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Kimmi also made
an uncomfortable request.
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[bruce] kimmi had asked theresa
to be
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A witness on
the birth certificate,
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Essentially to lie that she'd
witnessed the, the birth.
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[theresa] I did not wanna be
a part of that.
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I actually wasn't there,
so I really can't,
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You know what I mean,
be a witness.
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She seemed like she was really
worried about something.
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She wasn't even as happy as
I thought she would be after,
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You know, havin' a baby.
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[kevin] that proved very
valuable in getting that warrant
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To have that child taken to
the hospital
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For footprint comparisons.
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We head straight over to bob and
kimmi hardy's residence,
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But bob and kimmi had left.
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[narrator] carl blackburn
answers the hardys' door.
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00:22:33,219 --> 00:22:36,720
He explains that kimmi and bob
asked him and his wife
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To babysit their older children
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[bruce] he said, "they took
the baby,
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00:22:40,626 --> 00:22:42,093
And we don't know
where they are."
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00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:43,994
Agent kling says, "well, okay,
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Do you think that bob will
call you?"
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00:22:47,099 --> 00:22:49,333
And he said, "yeah,
to check on the boys."
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[narrator] investigators ask
the phone company
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To trace all calls to
the blackburn home.
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I had to wait 'til the next
morning for the company
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To tell me if there'd been
any traffic the night before.
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And there had been.
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The phone company was able
to give the address to us.
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[narrator] the traced address
leads investigators
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To a home north of keokuk.
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[bruce] armed with
the search warrant,
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That next morning
they all go out there.
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Bob hardy comes to the door
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And bob takes the warrant,
crumbles it up, throws it,
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00:23:29,942 --> 00:23:32,343
And grabs a big piece of
angle iron.
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00:23:32,611 --> 00:23:34,612
And he says, "you're not takin'
my baby."
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I jump back, draw my weapon,
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00:23:41,620 --> 00:23:46,624
And start yellin' for him to
put the pipe down.
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And now he's screaming.
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[narrator] amid the commotion,
kimmi emerges from the home.
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00:23:54,734 --> 00:23:57,034
[bruce] kimmi says to
the agents,
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00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:58,169
"let me talk to him."
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She's able to calm him down,
everything is okay.
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00:24:03,576 --> 00:24:06,911
Bob is actually cuffed up and
taken into custody.
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00:24:10,816 --> 00:24:13,050
They explain the warrant to
kimmi and they said,
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00:24:13,118 --> 00:24:14,985
"we're gonna take the baby to
the hospital."
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00:24:15,054 --> 00:24:16,854
And she says,
"may I accompany you?"
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00:24:16,922 --> 00:24:18,521
And they said, "yes, you can."
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[kevin] she was still very
cooperative, polite.
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00:24:22,327 --> 00:24:27,030
I drive kimmi and the child to
the keokuk area hospital,
437
00:24:27,099 --> 00:24:30,534
Where some footprints done by
the hospital staff.
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00:24:30,602 --> 00:24:32,836
And eventually we bring her and
the child
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00:24:32,905 --> 00:24:34,738
Back to the police department.
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00:24:37,610 --> 00:24:39,309
Once we got to
the police department,
441
00:24:39,378 --> 00:24:42,947
It was the first chance we had
to actually interview her.
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00:24:44,350 --> 00:24:46,716
She just looked at us and said,
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00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:50,921
"I'll just tell you straight up,
the baby's not mine."
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00:24:53,759 --> 00:24:56,427
[narrator] kimmi then begins
a baffling tale
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00:24:56,495 --> 00:24:59,062
That no one could have
predicted.
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00:24:59,698 --> 00:25:03,600
Kimmi believed that her husband,
bob, wanted a son.
447
00:25:04,369 --> 00:25:06,637
She told him she was pregnant,
and she wasn't.
448
00:25:07,206 --> 00:25:09,707
[narrator] it was then that
someone from her past
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00:25:09,709 --> 00:25:11,642
Stepped back into her life.
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00:25:13,145 --> 00:25:17,114
This old associate,
anthony matrona, her drug boss,
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00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:18,215
Had gotten ahold of her.
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00:25:19,452 --> 00:25:22,453
She proceeds to tell me that
she used to mule drugs.
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00:25:24,389 --> 00:25:26,457
[narrator] when kimmi confided
in anthony
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That bob believed she was
pregnant,
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00:25:29,094 --> 00:25:30,294
He offered to help.
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00:25:31,430 --> 00:25:34,798
He said, "I know a lady that
doesn't want her baby boy,
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00:25:35,634 --> 00:25:38,002
And it'll cost you $3,000."
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00:25:39,171 --> 00:25:41,504
[kevin] anthony agreed to do
this for her,
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00:25:41,506 --> 00:25:43,440
But she had to do
some things for him.
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00:25:43,909 --> 00:25:46,510
He said, "you have to start
muling drugs for me again."
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[narrator] for months,
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She secretly waited for word
from anthony.
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00:25:55,454 --> 00:25:57,187
[bruce] she faked the pregnancy.
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Bob really believed that
she was pregnant.
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00:26:02,094 --> 00:26:04,527
[joni] he would see her wearing
maternity clothes,
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00:26:04,529 --> 00:26:05,829
Getting baby items.
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00:26:05,898 --> 00:26:08,098
And she has had children before.
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00:26:08,167 --> 00:26:10,801
So, I'm sure that she used that
experience to somehow
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00:26:10,869 --> 00:26:13,737
Figure out how she was going to
pretend to be pregnant.
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[narrator] until August 28th,
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When anthony finally made good
on his word.
472
00:26:20,179 --> 00:26:23,948
She said, "on August 28th,
about 9 o'clock in the morning,
473
00:26:25,050 --> 00:26:28,085
Two mexican fellas show up at
my door
474
00:26:28,153 --> 00:26:30,721
In a car with florida
license plates.
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00:26:31,690 --> 00:26:33,523
And they hand me this baby,
476
00:26:33,859 --> 00:26:36,259
And they wish me luck and
take off."
477
00:26:36,996 --> 00:26:40,431
They said, "well, how can we get
ahold of this matrona?"
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00:26:40,433 --> 00:26:42,899
She doesn't know his address
479
00:26:42,968 --> 00:26:45,368
And she doesn't know his
phone number.
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00:26:45,437 --> 00:26:46,937
She says, "he calls me."
481
00:26:50,476 --> 00:26:53,410
[narrator] though kimmi's story
seems farfetched,
482
00:26:53,479 --> 00:26:55,378
Investigators must consider
483
00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:57,881
Whether anthony matrona and
his underlings
484
00:26:57,950 --> 00:27:00,217
Kidnapped theresa and paul.
485
00:27:00,886 --> 00:27:04,021
Meanwhile, they get news
from the hospital.
486
00:27:04,890 --> 00:27:06,056
The footprint analysis is back,
487
00:27:06,125 --> 00:27:08,826
And they've confirmed
that the baby is paul.
488
00:27:09,561 --> 00:27:12,863
If this was the lund baby,
what happened to theresa?
489
00:27:13,398 --> 00:27:14,598
Where is she?
490
00:27:17,970 --> 00:27:21,038
[narrator] investigators take
the information to kimmi.
491
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,843
They ask if she knows theresa.
And she said, "no."
492
00:27:27,212 --> 00:27:29,846
[kevin] she told the same story
that she had told us earlier.
493
00:27:29,915 --> 00:27:31,181
Nothin' different.
494
00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:33,283
Did I believe the story that she
was telling?
495
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:35,018
No.
496
00:27:35,087 --> 00:27:36,953
[narrator] even with
lingering questions
497
00:27:37,022 --> 00:27:41,191
About how baby paul was abducte
and theresa's welfare,
498
00:27:41,260 --> 00:27:44,428
Investigators have enough
to arrest her.
499
00:27:45,164 --> 00:27:47,398
[bruce] I charge her with
child stealing,
500
00:27:47,666 --> 00:27:49,166
Purchase of an individual,
501
00:27:49,234 --> 00:27:51,135
And kidnapping in
the second degree.
502
00:27:55,307 --> 00:27:57,675
[narrator] relief rushes over
the bell family
503
00:27:57,743 --> 00:28:01,211
When authorities reunite them
with baby paul.
504
00:28:02,281 --> 00:28:04,114
I don't remember how long I was
missin',
505
00:28:04,183 --> 00:28:05,882
But I was found with kim hardy.
506
00:28:05,951 --> 00:28:08,819
She kidnapped me and
presented me as newborn,
507
00:28:09,288 --> 00:28:11,522
But I looked maybe
three months old.
508
00:28:11,590 --> 00:28:13,624
She had a whole baby shower and
everything.
509
00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:15,158
It was crazy.
510
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,027
[narrator] paul is safe,
511
00:28:17,095 --> 00:28:19,663
But concerns over theresa's
whereabouts
512
00:28:19,731 --> 00:28:21,464
Grow by the minute.
513
00:28:21,833 --> 00:28:23,300
[kevin] we still haven't found
theresa,
514
00:28:23,368 --> 00:28:26,870
And we don't have a lot of
evidence here.
515
00:28:26,872 --> 00:28:28,072
We had to do something.
516
00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:32,575
[narrator] coming up.
517
00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:34,110
Investigators find
518
00:28:34,179 --> 00:28:36,714
An unsettling trail of
evidence...
519
00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:39,182
[kevin] she was askin'
the salesperson
520
00:28:39,184 --> 00:28:42,185
If this gun would
blow their head completely off.
521
00:28:42,587 --> 00:28:45,856
[narrator] and old loyalties
start to crumble.
522
00:28:46,325 --> 00:28:47,691
[bruce] I said, "we'll work
somethin' out,
523
00:28:47,759 --> 00:28:49,593
But we need to know where
the body is."
524
00:28:49,661 --> 00:28:55,799
[music]
525
00:29:06,278 --> 00:29:08,278
[narrator] 36-year-old
kimmi hardy
526
00:29:08,347 --> 00:29:11,081
Is behind bars after telling
police
527
00:29:11,149 --> 00:29:14,551
A wild story concerning
a missing baby.
528
00:29:15,855 --> 00:29:19,756
[bruce] kimmi purported that
she didn't know theresa lund.
529
00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:24,227
And says that she bought the
baby from anthony matrona.
530
00:29:24,296 --> 00:29:26,997
She can't give us a phone number
or an address.
531
00:29:27,065 --> 00:29:29,533
All she can tell us is he's from
florida.
532
00:29:30,535 --> 00:29:33,904
[narrator] unable to locate
anthony matrona in florida,
533
00:29:33,972 --> 00:29:35,739
Investigators turn back to
534
00:29:35,807 --> 00:29:38,342
The community of keokuk
for answers.
535
00:29:40,912 --> 00:29:43,246
They start with kimmi's
neighbor, kim steele,
536
00:29:43,315 --> 00:29:45,048
Who reached out with a tip.
537
00:29:45,851 --> 00:29:49,152
[bruce] kim steele, who spent
a lot of time with kimmi hardy,
538
00:29:49,488 --> 00:29:53,056
She told us during late July or
early August,
539
00:29:53,124 --> 00:29:57,528
She went shoppin' for a handgun
with kimmi hardy.
540
00:29:58,931 --> 00:30:02,766
She purported to kim that she
wanted it to target practice.
541
00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:08,071
[narrator] kim quickly got
the impression
542
00:30:08,073 --> 00:30:11,775
Her friend was planning for mor
than a new hobby.
543
00:30:13,078 --> 00:30:14,611
[kevin] she was askin'
the salesperson
544
00:30:14,679 --> 00:30:16,879
How close she had to be
to somebody
545
00:30:16,881 --> 00:30:18,849
For this gun to kill them.
546
00:30:20,519 --> 00:30:23,686
And whether it would blow their
head completely off
547
00:30:24,156 --> 00:30:26,824
Or just make a little bit of
a mess.
548
00:30:28,226 --> 00:30:30,293
The salesperson became so
alarmed that
549
00:30:30,295 --> 00:30:31,895
They wouldn't even sell her
the gun.
550
00:30:32,364 --> 00:30:34,030
So, she had to try a second
pawnshop,
551
00:30:34,099 --> 00:30:36,299
Where she was successful.
552
00:30:37,035 --> 00:30:40,971
She actually did purchase
a 380 lorcin handgun
553
00:30:41,039 --> 00:30:42,639
And took it home.
554
00:30:42,707 --> 00:30:47,944
We've got kimmi in possession
now of theresa lund's baby.
555
00:30:48,013 --> 00:30:49,079
We don't know where theresa is,
556
00:30:49,147 --> 00:30:53,683
But we know kimmi has
purchased a firearm well before
557
00:30:53,752 --> 00:30:55,586
Theresa's gone missing.
558
00:31:00,125 --> 00:31:03,259
[narrator] well aware that
kimmi's recent gun purchase
559
00:31:03,329 --> 00:31:05,128
Doesn't bode well for theresa,
560
00:31:05,664 --> 00:31:09,900
Investigators turn back to
kimmi's husband bob for answer.
561
00:31:11,503 --> 00:31:14,604
Bob hardy was charged with going
armed with intent,
562
00:31:14,673 --> 00:31:15,538
A class d felony,
563
00:31:16,408 --> 00:31:19,509
And the bond was set at
$100,000, cash only.
564
00:31:20,278 --> 00:31:22,545
After bob hardy was charged,
565
00:31:22,882 --> 00:31:25,582
He was appointed a lawyer to
represent him.
566
00:31:26,285 --> 00:31:28,885
Bob is in jail, so is kimmi.
567
00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:31,321
[narrator] from his
erratic behavior,
568
00:31:31,389 --> 00:31:35,926
Investigators believe bob may
know more than he's letting on.
569
00:31:36,461 --> 00:31:40,563
We really believed that kimmi
was the main player here
570
00:31:40,632 --> 00:31:42,432
And bob was a participant,
571
00:31:42,501 --> 00:31:46,036
But we had to reach out and see
if bob would be willing to
572
00:31:46,438 --> 00:31:48,038
Provide the evidence to us.
573
00:31:49,140 --> 00:31:50,841
[bruce] I said, "you better get
ahold of your guy
574
00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:52,242
And we'll work somethin' out,
575
00:31:52,310 --> 00:31:54,144
But we need to know where
the body is."
576
00:31:55,513 --> 00:31:58,882
We kept kind of a plea deal with
him for his cooperation.
577
00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:00,951
Within the hour,
578
00:32:01,019 --> 00:32:03,186
The lawyer calls me back at
the police station
579
00:32:03,255 --> 00:32:05,989
And tells me
where theresa's body is.
580
00:32:07,726 --> 00:32:10,126
[kevin] he told us that they had
taken it to
581
00:32:10,729 --> 00:32:15,132
About a mile southwest of
the purple cow bar.
582
00:32:16,201 --> 00:32:19,168
In the ditch,
by the railroad tracks,
583
00:32:19,170 --> 00:32:20,404
In a bean field.
584
00:32:20,739 --> 00:32:22,339
That was the description.
585
00:32:25,444 --> 00:32:28,077
[narrator] investigators rush to
the area,
586
00:32:28,147 --> 00:32:31,848
Where everyone's worst fears
are confirmed.
587
00:32:32,084 --> 00:32:34,451
A body was recovered.
588
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,055
It was in a pretty
decomposed state.
589
00:32:39,491 --> 00:32:41,824
[bruce] the lee county
medical examiner
590
00:32:41,826 --> 00:32:45,528
Was able to positively identify
theresa lund
591
00:32:45,597 --> 00:32:47,263
With her dental records.
592
00:32:47,332 --> 00:32:49,432
During the course of that
autopsy,
593
00:32:49,501 --> 00:32:53,002
Dr. Torez extracted
two bullet fragments
594
00:32:53,272 --> 00:32:55,405
From theresa lund's head.
595
00:32:59,578 --> 00:33:03,446
[joni] they have theresa's body,
they've recovered paul,
596
00:33:03,515 --> 00:33:07,117
And there are still so many
questions.
597
00:33:07,185 --> 00:33:09,653
Why?
What happened?
598
00:33:13,224 --> 00:33:15,525
[narrator] although bob is
cooperating,
599
00:33:15,527 --> 00:33:19,529
Investigators aren't certain of
the extent of his involvement.
600
00:33:20,532 --> 00:33:22,799
When they press for more
information,
601
00:33:22,867 --> 00:33:24,334
He says it all started with
602
00:33:24,403 --> 00:33:27,104
What should have been
a happy milestone.
603
00:33:28,273 --> 00:33:31,241
Bob told us that he went to work
604
00:33:31,309 --> 00:33:34,644
On that Wednesday, August 28th.
605
00:33:35,447 --> 00:33:37,981
That his wife, kimmi,
was pregnant,
606
00:33:38,383 --> 00:33:39,982
And that this baby's his.
607
00:33:39,984 --> 00:33:42,019
Kimmi was expecting anytime.
608
00:33:42,687 --> 00:33:44,154
And that this midwife was gonna
come over
609
00:33:44,222 --> 00:33:45,389
When she went into labor.
610
00:33:46,625 --> 00:33:50,360
It was about 9:30, 10 o'clock
when a supervisor says,
611
00:33:50,428 --> 00:33:52,629
"bob, your wife just had
a baby."
612
00:33:53,665 --> 00:33:56,866
Bob told us when he got there,
she had the baby in her arms.
613
00:33:57,569 --> 00:34:02,005
And that was it.
It, it was just joy after that.
614
00:34:05,944 --> 00:34:07,443
[narrator] the joyous occasion
615
00:34:07,512 --> 00:34:10,347
Was marred by
an unpleasant smell.
616
00:34:11,450 --> 00:34:13,583
There was this foul odor in
the house,
617
00:34:14,419 --> 00:34:16,653
And he attributes it to
sewer backup
618
00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:19,389
That they'd had
trouble with before.
619
00:34:20,625 --> 00:34:23,360
[narrator] but when the smell
continued to worsen,
620
00:34:23,428 --> 00:34:26,630
Bob says kimmi made
a shocking confession.
621
00:34:28,567 --> 00:34:30,867
She said, "bob, there's a body
downstairs.
622
00:34:30,935 --> 00:34:32,302
That's what that smell is."
623
00:34:34,306 --> 00:34:36,206
He says, "I, I don't believe it.
624
00:34:36,274 --> 00:34:39,643
I, I go downstairs,
and sure enough,
625
00:34:39,944 --> 00:34:42,179
There's a body in that
crawlspace.
626
00:34:42,847 --> 00:34:44,047
I'm freakin' out."
627
00:34:45,850 --> 00:34:48,351
[narrator] kimmi told him that
anthony matrona
628
00:34:48,353 --> 00:34:49,886
Sold her the baby.
629
00:34:50,221 --> 00:34:51,922
He then stashed the body there,
630
00:34:51,990 --> 00:34:55,291
Telling kimmi it was up to her
to get rid of it.
631
00:34:56,028 --> 00:34:58,361
[bruce] bob and kimmi are able
to drag
632
00:34:58,430 --> 00:34:59,896
The body out of the house.
633
00:35:00,498 --> 00:35:03,499
And they take it down to where
we found the body.
634
00:35:04,603 --> 00:35:07,904
[narrator] bob says that kimmi
also brought along a gun.
635
00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:11,407
They threw it in a pond called
heart's quarry.
636
00:35:12,076 --> 00:35:15,578
The next day, divers go out to
heart's quarry and,
637
00:35:15,580 --> 00:35:18,381
And recover this lorcin handgun.
638
00:35:20,485 --> 00:35:24,487
And it was a lorcin 380 that
kimmi had purchased
639
00:35:24,556 --> 00:35:26,857
At a local pawn shop in town.
640
00:35:27,525 --> 00:35:31,461
And that, in fact,
was the gun that killed theresa.
641
00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:36,599
We had ballistics
from the dci verify that.
642
00:35:37,302 --> 00:35:40,069
[narrator] on September 30th,
1996,
643
00:35:40,071 --> 00:35:44,374
Authorities charge kimmi hardy
with first-degree murder.
644
00:35:49,314 --> 00:35:50,747
A week later,
645
00:35:50,815 --> 00:35:54,151
Kimmi's ex-husband reaches out
to investigators.
646
00:35:55,087 --> 00:35:56,686
[bruce] his name is
wendell smith,
647
00:35:56,755 --> 00:36:01,157
And he says he was married to
kimmi from '93 to '95.
648
00:36:01,826 --> 00:36:06,563
And he says that, "she purported
to me that she was pregnant
649
00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:08,465
Three times during
our marriage."
650
00:36:09,634 --> 00:36:12,769
The first time, she says it
ended in a stillbirth.
651
00:36:13,638 --> 00:36:16,139
He went out and made
arrangements to have the baby,
652
00:36:16,207 --> 00:36:18,274
Whom they named zachary smith,
653
00:36:18,643 --> 00:36:21,778
Buried at the national cemetery.
654
00:36:22,213 --> 00:36:23,946
And when they had the burial,
655
00:36:23,948 --> 00:36:29,553
They buried the box with
the remains, a blanket,
656
00:36:30,221 --> 00:36:32,189
And the, a teddy bear.
657
00:36:36,795 --> 00:36:40,197
On two more occasions,
kimmi said she was pregnant,
658
00:36:40,265 --> 00:36:41,898
And it never resulted
in a birth.
659
00:36:43,468 --> 00:36:45,468
At this point, he's wondering if
660
00:36:45,470 --> 00:36:48,505
Anything that kimmi ever
told him is real.
661
00:36:51,643 --> 00:36:54,711
We got a warrant to dig up
the grave.
662
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:59,149
And we found what was buried on
that day.
663
00:37:00,084 --> 00:37:03,620
It was just nothin' but
bubble wrap and a teddy bear.
664
00:37:05,189 --> 00:37:07,089
Who thinks of faking
a pregnancy?
665
00:37:07,159 --> 00:37:11,293
She was willing to lie, to toy
with people's feelings,
666
00:37:11,563 --> 00:37:14,096
To create all kinds of
scenarios.
667
00:37:14,499 --> 00:37:16,833
She was living a lie so often.
668
00:37:16,901 --> 00:37:20,002
And the people that she was
supposed to be closest to
669
00:37:20,004 --> 00:37:21,204
Had no idea.
670
00:37:23,441 --> 00:37:25,074
[narrator] coming up.
671
00:37:25,143 --> 00:37:27,077
Lies are exposed.
672
00:37:27,545 --> 00:37:30,012
She underwent
sterilization procedures
673
00:37:30,081 --> 00:37:31,448
Back in 1984.
674
00:37:32,451 --> 00:37:34,083
[narrator] and a last-minute
witness
675
00:37:34,152 --> 00:37:36,386
Throws the case into chaos.
676
00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:38,822
[bruce] we were able to find him
and contact him.
677
00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:41,758
She lied to us the whole time.
678
00:37:42,227 --> 00:37:47,731
[music]
679
00:37:56,808 --> 00:38:01,844
[narrator] in February 1997,
kimmi hardy's trial begins.
680
00:38:02,614 --> 00:38:05,648
Prosecutors present kimmi as
a desperate woman
681
00:38:05,717 --> 00:38:09,151
Who fabricated a tale about
a former drug boss
682
00:38:09,153 --> 00:38:10,720
To misplace blame.
683
00:38:11,723 --> 00:38:14,290
At this point, we didn't even
think anthony matrona
684
00:38:14,359 --> 00:38:16,292
Really even existed to
begin with.
685
00:38:16,594 --> 00:38:18,328
[joni] she has maintained
this charade
686
00:38:18,396 --> 00:38:20,563
That she's pregnant for months.
687
00:38:20,632 --> 00:38:22,732
I think she has this idea in
her head
688
00:38:22,801 --> 00:38:25,001
That what would be
the ultimate joy
689
00:38:25,070 --> 00:38:27,369
Would be to produce a son
for bob.
690
00:38:27,772 --> 00:38:31,173
At some point, she begins
looking for a baby,
691
00:38:31,175 --> 00:38:32,876
Then she finds this person.
692
00:38:34,079 --> 00:38:37,046
[narrator] they allege that
kimmi befriended theresa
693
00:38:37,115 --> 00:38:39,081
With promises of hand-me-downs.
694
00:38:39,884 --> 00:38:45,121
She lured theresa lund to her
house to give her baby clothes.
695
00:38:46,090 --> 00:38:48,525
A theory is that theresa was
shot in the back of the head
696
00:38:48,527 --> 00:38:50,560
When she was down by that
crawlspace,
697
00:38:50,628 --> 00:38:53,029
Most likely looking
for baby clothes.
698
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,001
And then just rolled into
the crawlspace.
699
00:39:02,874 --> 00:39:05,407
[narrator] prosecutors believe
after the murder,
700
00:39:05,409 --> 00:39:07,677
Kimmi abandoned
theresa's vehicle
701
00:39:07,745 --> 00:39:11,747
Before returning home to bob
and their new baby.
702
00:39:12,750 --> 00:39:15,918
[joni] it really is much more
about a relationship with bob
703
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:16,819
Than the baby.
704
00:39:16,821 --> 00:39:19,356
The baby is almost a means to
an end.
705
00:39:21,926 --> 00:39:23,692
[narrator] kimmi takes
the stand,
706
00:39:23,694 --> 00:39:27,329
Where she continues to make
outlandish claims.
707
00:39:28,066 --> 00:39:30,867
[bruce] she said that she
actually was pregnant,
708
00:39:31,870 --> 00:39:36,072
And she had miscarried five days
before theresa lund disappeared.
709
00:39:38,009 --> 00:39:39,675
[narrator] it was then,
kimmi says,
710
00:39:39,744 --> 00:39:41,745
That anthony offered to help.
711
00:39:43,047 --> 00:39:46,282
Kimmi said her drug boss had
gotten ahold of her.
712
00:39:46,751 --> 00:39:50,252
She says that, "I gave them
15 hundred dollars in cash,
713
00:39:50,254 --> 00:39:52,922
And a lorcin 380 pistol."
714
00:39:53,791 --> 00:39:57,026
She says, "these guys took
the stuff and, and said,
715
00:39:57,762 --> 00:39:59,529
'go take a ride in the car.'"
716
00:40:03,067 --> 00:40:06,068
[narrator] kimmi testifies that
she left her house
717
00:40:06,137 --> 00:40:07,504
For an hour and a half.
718
00:40:07,572 --> 00:40:10,907
When she returned,
they handed over the baby.
719
00:40:11,176 --> 00:40:14,543
They take off and then she gets
a phone call from anthony,
720
00:40:14,613 --> 00:40:16,612
Sayin', "we ran into
a little trouble.
721
00:40:16,681 --> 00:40:18,181
You gotta look in
your crawlspace."
722
00:40:18,650 --> 00:40:20,583
And there's a body in there.
723
00:40:21,586 --> 00:40:23,153
[narrator] prosecutors have
faith
724
00:40:23,221 --> 00:40:25,421
The jury won't buy kimmi's stor
725
00:40:25,490 --> 00:40:29,926
Until a surprise witness is
suddenly added to the defense.
726
00:40:31,162 --> 00:40:35,765
This witness is gary drummond,
which is kimmi's first husband.
727
00:40:37,101 --> 00:40:40,469
He was gonna talk about
anthony matrona,
728
00:40:41,005 --> 00:40:45,875
Who was a real person that lived
in houma, louisiana.
729
00:40:46,777 --> 00:40:49,211
He and kimmi had actually lived
with anthony,
730
00:40:49,281 --> 00:40:51,881
Who was their supervisor at
a bakery.
731
00:40:56,187 --> 00:40:58,788
[narrator] prosecutors reach
anthony by phone.
732
00:41:00,091 --> 00:41:02,792
[bruce] I said, "do you remember
kimmi?"
733
00:41:03,595 --> 00:41:07,196
And I said, "she's up here on
trial for murder.
734
00:41:07,599 --> 00:41:10,467
And she's tellin' us you're
the guy who did it."
735
00:41:11,002 --> 00:41:13,603
And he says, "well, that's
some bull[bleep] there."
736
00:41:14,505 --> 00:41:17,073
He told us he'd never been
to iowa.
737
00:41:17,141 --> 00:41:22,045
Never seen those people,
kimmi or gary, since they left.
738
00:41:25,316 --> 00:41:26,849
[narrator] prosecutors tell
the jury that
739
00:41:26,918 --> 00:41:30,420
The man kimmi claims is
responsible for theresa's death
740
00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:33,923
Is a baker, not a drug lord.
741
00:41:34,592 --> 00:41:36,659
She lied to us the whole time.
742
00:41:37,529 --> 00:41:39,695
Anthony had played no part in
this investigation
743
00:41:39,764 --> 00:41:41,230
Other than in kimmi's mind.
744
00:41:41,933 --> 00:41:45,167
[narrator] anthony matrona is
not all she lied about.
745
00:41:45,169 --> 00:41:49,371
Prosecutors call kimmi's
former doctor to the stand.
746
00:41:49,841 --> 00:41:52,542
[bruce] she underwent
sterilization procedures
747
00:41:52,610 --> 00:41:54,276
Back in 1984.
748
00:41:54,346 --> 00:41:55,879
She had a tubal ligation.
749
00:41:56,781 --> 00:41:58,080
She was married at the time,
750
00:41:58,149 --> 00:42:01,451
And they decided they didn't
want to have any more kids.
751
00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:03,152
So, she had a tubal ligation.
752
00:42:05,189 --> 00:42:09,191
It's really only after she has
this tubal ligation
753
00:42:09,594 --> 00:42:12,394
That she starts manufacturing
pregnancies.
754
00:42:12,997 --> 00:42:16,732
I do think there was some change
in her psychologically.
755
00:42:16,801 --> 00:42:19,936
She wanted another child,
but she couldn't be pregnant,
756
00:42:20,004 --> 00:42:22,872
And it's what really tipped her
over the edge.
757
00:42:23,741 --> 00:42:25,307
She's deceiving,
she's manipulating,
758
00:42:25,377 --> 00:42:27,810
And ultimately, she murders
somebody.
759
00:42:28,946 --> 00:42:31,281
She was convicted of murder in
the first degree,
760
00:42:31,349 --> 00:42:33,215
Kidnapping in the first degree,
761
00:42:33,284 --> 00:42:34,884
And child stealing.
762
00:42:34,952 --> 00:42:37,153
And she was sentenced to life
in prison.
763
00:42:42,593 --> 00:42:43,859
[tressa] at the end of the day,
764
00:42:43,928 --> 00:42:46,128
There's nothing that anybody
can do to her on this earth
765
00:42:47,165 --> 00:42:49,131
That's really gonna make up for
what she did.
766
00:42:50,068 --> 00:42:52,802
My dad loved my mom very, very,
very, very much,
767
00:42:53,405 --> 00:42:58,074
And when he lost her, it changed
a piece of him forever.
768
00:42:59,243 --> 00:43:00,676
[paul] mom was actually wantin'
this house
769
00:43:00,745 --> 00:43:02,378
Next to the train tracks
in keokuk.
770
00:43:02,447 --> 00:43:05,714
After mom passed, dad eventually
went ahead and bought it.
771
00:43:06,517 --> 00:43:08,718
That's actually where he
lived until he passed.
772
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:11,253
Why'd it have to be my family?
773
00:43:11,790 --> 00:43:13,322
Kind of often wonder
what it would be like
774
00:43:13,391 --> 00:43:14,657
If they were still together.
775
00:43:14,726 --> 00:43:19,596
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776
00:43:20,665 --> 00:43:22,932
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