"Naming the Dead" Episode #1.3

1 00:00:05,839 --> 00:00:08,842 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:14,514 --> 00:00:17,851 [Stephanie Bourgeois] This is where Jane Doe was located. 3 00:00:20,729 --> 00:00:22,731 It's very, very desolate. 4 00:00:24,858 --> 00:00:29,363 [Bruce] You could clandestinely get in here, drop a body off, 5 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:31,949 and then leave, and nobody would ever know. 6 00:00:32,074 --> 00:00:33,991 {\an8}[newsreader] <i>Someone walking their dog</i> 7 00:00:33,992 --> 00:00:35,201 {\an8}<i>came across human remains.</i> 8 00:00:35,202 --> 00:00:37,620 {\an8}[newsreader 2] <i>The body was found in the Arizona desert</i> 9 00:00:37,621 --> 00:00:41,041 {\an8}<i>near Apache Junction, 30 miles east of Phoenix.</i> 10 00:00:41,542 --> 00:00:44,085 {\an8}[newsreader 3] <i>There are still questions as to how she ended up</i> 11 00:00:44,086 --> 00:00:45,587 {\an8}<i>away from her home.</i> 12 00:00:48,549 --> 00:00:50,759 [Stephanie Bourgeois] She was only 16, 17 years old. 13 00:00:53,053 --> 00:00:54,596 It's every parent's worst nightmare. 14 00:00:55,764 --> 00:00:57,766 {\an8}♪ ♪ 15 00:00:58,183 --> 00:01:00,018 {\an8}[camera beeps and clicks] 16 00:01:00,185 --> 00:01:02,186 When I started back in 2008 with the case, 17 00:01:02,187 --> 00:01:05,274 this Jane Doe had been sitting here for almost 17 years. 18 00:01:07,526 --> 00:01:08,735 This was a young girl. 19 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:11,780 She had her whole life ahead of her. 20 00:01:12,739 --> 00:01:17,202 I just want her family to know that she hasn't been forgotten. 21 00:01:19,955 --> 00:01:26,461 ♪ ♪ 22 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:34,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 23 00:01:41,059 --> 00:01:44,438 [Stephanie Bourgeois] These are the items that Jane Doe had 24 00:01:44,563 --> 00:01:45,814 on her when she was located. 25 00:01:48,150 --> 00:01:50,610 This is a bus token. 26 00:01:50,777 --> 00:01:54,031 ♪ ♪ 27 00:01:54,239 --> 00:01:59,036 {\an8}Phoenix Transit System is on the front side of this token. 28 00:02:01,163 --> 00:02:05,709 {\an8}And "valid for one student fare" is what it says on the back. 29 00:02:07,502 --> 00:02:10,421 This other item is a gold nugget ring. 30 00:02:10,422 --> 00:02:13,382 It's just a gold band, and on the front, it's got, 31 00:02:13,383 --> 00:02:15,052 like, a little nugget design. 32 00:02:15,302 --> 00:02:19,431 ♪ ♪ 33 00:02:19,598 --> 00:02:23,101 {\an8}There has to be family out there that wants to know where 34 00:02:23,226 --> 00:02:25,312 {\an8}their daughter, their sister is. 35 00:02:25,562 --> 00:02:26,521 [camera shutter clicks] 36 00:02:28,649 --> 00:02:31,943 I decided to exhume her to get her DNA 37 00:02:32,069 --> 00:02:35,822 and put it into the police database for missing persons. 38 00:02:36,865 --> 00:02:38,867 We didn't get any leads off of that. 39 00:02:39,117 --> 00:02:40,702 ♪ ♪ 40 00:02:40,827 --> 00:02:44,956 We put her facial reconstruction on billboards around 41 00:02:45,082 --> 00:02:46,208 the Phoenix area. 42 00:02:48,085 --> 00:02:49,461 We had no luck with that. 43 00:02:51,254 --> 00:02:52,255 We had nothing. 44 00:02:56,051 --> 00:02:57,761 Eventually, she was reburied. 45 00:03:00,138 --> 00:03:01,765 Now it's just unidentified. 46 00:03:04,267 --> 00:03:06,686 That's when I saw the magazine article 47 00:03:06,687 --> 00:03:09,773 with the DNA Doe Project doing genetic testing. 48 00:03:10,941 --> 00:03:13,943 I just felt we need to try and do this. 49 00:03:13,944 --> 00:03:16,947 ♪ ♪ 50 00:03:17,114 --> 00:03:20,283 [Jennifer Randolph] At the DNA Doe Project, we believe that 51 00:03:20,575 --> 00:03:23,244 every person deserves to be laid to rest with their name 52 00:03:23,245 --> 00:03:25,580 and have the dignity of their identity. 53 00:03:25,956 --> 00:03:29,751 {\an8}We are the last resort for the toughest cases, 54 00:03:30,210 --> 00:03:32,337 and we'll do everything we can to help them. 55 00:03:33,547 --> 00:03:36,006 [narrator] <i>The project upload DNA from the remains</i> 56 00:03:36,007 --> 00:03:39,009 <i>onto genealogy databases, where millions of people</i> 57 00:03:39,010 --> 00:03:41,972 <i>have placed their DNA to research their heritage.</i> 58 00:03:42,639 --> 00:03:45,642 [Jennifer Randolph] When we looked at the initial DNA results, 59 00:03:45,892 --> 00:03:50,312 Apache Junction Jane Doe is Hispanic on her mother's side 60 00:03:50,313 --> 00:03:53,941 and German and African American on her father's 61 00:03:53,942 --> 00:03:55,152 side of the family. 62 00:03:55,819 --> 00:03:59,489 That's a really unusual and challenging mix to work with. 63 00:03:59,823 --> 00:04:03,033 ♪ ♪ 64 00:04:03,034 --> 00:04:04,910 [narrator] <i>But they had a lucky break when they found</i> 65 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:07,164 <i>an African American man called Patrick</i> 66 00:04:07,414 --> 00:04:09,498 <i>who shared enough DNA with the Doe</i> 67 00:04:09,499 --> 00:04:12,210 <i>and was the right age to be her uncle.</i> 68 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,049 <i>So possibly the brother of her father.</i> 69 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:21,470 ♪ ♪ 70 00:04:21,636 --> 00:04:25,056 [birds chirping] 71 00:04:27,142 --> 00:04:28,435 [Patrick Smith] I was outside the house, 72 00:04:29,269 --> 00:04:31,188 and I looked over my shoulder, 73 00:04:31,813 --> 00:04:35,065 and I noticed an unmarked police car approaching, 74 00:04:35,066 --> 00:04:37,986 and then he turned into my drive and asked me, 75 00:04:38,111 --> 00:04:40,739 was I Patrick Smith, and he says, 76 00:04:40,864 --> 00:04:43,200 "I've got this lady in Arizona. She's been looking for you." 77 00:04:44,993 --> 00:04:46,369 And so I called Stephanie. 78 00:04:46,828 --> 00:04:50,956 She told me they found a body, and they had been running DNA, 79 00:04:50,957 --> 00:04:53,627 and then she said, "We think you're her uncle. 80 00:04:53,794 --> 00:04:55,504 Do you have a brother?" 81 00:05:01,426 --> 00:05:04,137 [narrator] <i>Patrick did not know anything about his brother.</i> 82 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:07,057 [Patrick Smith] I was adopted. 83 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,978 I had no idea about my birth family, 84 00:05:12,562 --> 00:05:13,980 so this was a shock. 85 00:05:15,732 --> 00:05:20,821 I've got a niece who's deceased, and I've got a brother 86 00:05:21,780 --> 00:05:23,031 that I never knew. 87 00:05:24,825 --> 00:05:27,118 He's got to be out there somewhere. 88 00:05:28,453 --> 00:05:30,705 If you find him, please let me know. 89 00:05:31,498 --> 00:05:32,999 I got a couple of questions. 90 00:05:40,131 --> 00:05:42,883 [Stephanie Bourgeois] I really thought this was going to be 91 00:05:42,884 --> 00:05:45,512 the moment that we're able to identify her. 92 00:05:47,055 --> 00:05:48,640 You know, it's very overwhelming. 93 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:54,104 It's just been a long time. 94 00:05:56,982 --> 00:06:00,402 ♪ ♪ 95 00:06:06,408 --> 00:06:09,452 [Cairenn Binder] Adoptions are the worst nightmare 96 00:06:09,578 --> 00:06:10,996 of a genetic genealogist. 97 00:06:12,205 --> 00:06:14,790 {\an8}When you hit that roadblock, you're going to have a difficult 98 00:06:14,791 --> 00:06:16,126 {\an8}time finding the answers. 99 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:19,378 [narrator] <i>Cairenn and Harmony have been selected</i> 100 00:06:19,379 --> 00:06:22,840 <i>from the DNA Doe Project's pool of volunteers to crack</i> 101 00:06:22,841 --> 00:06:25,468 <i>the case of Apache Junction Jane Doe.</i> 102 00:06:25,969 --> 00:06:28,387 [Harmony Vollmer] I immediately volunteered as soon as I heard 103 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:31,390 about this case because I was, you know, a troubled teen, 104 00:06:31,391 --> 00:06:34,643 and I put myself in situations sometimes 105 00:06:34,644 --> 00:06:36,145 {\an8}that weren't very safe. 106 00:06:36,146 --> 00:06:40,775 {\an8}I made it through that, but not everyone Does. 107 00:06:41,776 --> 00:06:43,944 [Cairenn Binder] I have a daughter myself who's a teenager. 108 00:06:43,945 --> 00:06:46,280 I can't imagine her going missing 109 00:06:46,281 --> 00:06:47,782 and me not knowing where she is. 110 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,703 Harmony and I, a lot of the cases that we work 111 00:06:51,828 --> 00:06:55,582 are young girls, and we're fighting for these girls. 112 00:06:55,707 --> 00:07:02,005 ♪ ♪ 113 00:07:02,255 --> 00:07:05,424 [narrator] <i>The challenge for the team is that other than</i> 114 00:07:05,425 --> 00:07:08,177 <i>Patrick's line, all the people on the database related</i> 115 00:07:08,178 --> 00:07:10,972 <i>to the Doe share less than 1% of their DNA with her,</i> 116 00:07:11,473 --> 00:07:13,642 <i>which makes them very distant relatives.</i> 117 00:07:14,517 --> 00:07:17,144 <i>The team researches each name in birth, marriage,</i> 118 00:07:17,145 --> 00:07:18,480 <i>and death records.</i> 119 00:07:18,688 --> 00:07:21,483 ♪ ♪ 120 00:07:22,025 --> 00:07:25,319 {\an8}<i>The aim is to build a family tree for these DNA matches</i> 121 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,364 {\an8}<i>back through the generations and try one route at a</i> 122 00:07:28,365 --> 00:07:29,866 {\an8}<i>time down to the Doe.</i> 123 00:07:31,368 --> 00:07:34,954 {\an8}<i>But the matches are just too distant to get anywhere close.</i> 124 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:36,247 [sighs] 125 00:07:37,374 --> 00:07:40,000 [Cairenn Binder] You could put in 100 hours and not get any 126 00:07:40,001 --> 00:07:41,419 closer to the answer to the problem. 127 00:07:42,545 --> 00:07:44,172 [Cairenn Binder] <i>Our only hope is that someone in the family</i> 128 00:07:44,297 --> 00:07:47,967 <i>that's closer to the Doe uploads their profile to the databases.</i> 129 00:07:48,259 --> 00:07:49,511 [Harmony Vollmer] Okay. 130 00:07:51,471 --> 00:07:54,181 [keyboard clicking] 131 00:07:54,182 --> 00:07:58,645 I spend every day of my life checking these matches... 132 00:08:00,855 --> 00:08:02,774 Sometimes many times a day. 133 00:08:04,359 --> 00:08:07,570 ♪ ♪ 134 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:10,365 [computer chimes] 135 00:08:11,366 --> 00:08:14,869 ♪ ♪ 136 00:08:15,745 --> 00:08:17,122 Oh, my God. 137 00:08:18,623 --> 00:08:21,875 [narrator] <i>A new match has come in, but do they share enough</i> 138 00:08:21,876 --> 00:08:23,712 <i>DNA with the Doe to help?</i> 139 00:08:25,046 --> 00:08:28,007 <i>Anything above 1% would be significant.</i> 140 00:08:31,594 --> 00:08:32,595 [gasps] 141 00:08:32,721 --> 00:08:36,975 <i>At 1.4%, Anastasia will still be a distant cousin,</i> 142 00:08:37,767 --> 00:08:39,561 <i>but she offers a brand-new lead.</i> 143 00:08:39,728 --> 00:08:42,814 {\an8}[keyboard clicking] 144 00:08:42,981 --> 00:08:44,899 <i>A search of her name in public records</i> 145 00:08:45,025 --> 00:08:46,943 <i>shows she has Hispanic heritage.</i> 146 00:08:47,068 --> 00:08:49,529 ♪ ♪ 147 00:08:49,654 --> 00:08:52,032 {\an8}<i>So where Patrick sits on the father's side,</i> 148 00:08:52,615 --> 00:08:55,535 {\an8}<i>it looks like Anastasia is on the mother's side</i> 149 00:08:56,327 --> 00:08:59,748 {\an8}<i>and could lead the team to the Doe's mother.</i> 150 00:08:59,914 --> 00:09:02,042 {\an8}[Cairenn Binder] The breakthroughs come on their own sometimes, 151 00:09:02,167 --> 00:09:03,710 so this is really exciting. 152 00:09:03,835 --> 00:09:06,254 ♪ ♪ 153 00:09:06,463 --> 00:09:09,256 [narrator] <i>Anastasia's online records show she lives</i> 154 00:09:09,257 --> 00:09:12,301 <i>in Tucson, Arizona, just a couple hours</i> 155 00:09:12,302 --> 00:09:15,513 <i>from Apache Junction.</i> 156 00:09:16,723 --> 00:09:19,726 [car driving] 157 00:09:20,727 --> 00:09:23,730 ♪ ♪ 158 00:09:24,647 --> 00:09:27,734 <i>Stephanie has arranged to meet Anastasia</i> 159 00:09:27,859 --> 00:09:29,360 <i>and her cousin, Debbie.</i> 160 00:09:30,361 --> 00:09:32,571 [Stephanie Bourgeois] I'm hoping that they have information 161 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:35,408 that could lead to Jane Doe's identity. 162 00:09:35,742 --> 00:09:39,037 [Stephanie Bourgeois] Hi. Hi. I'm Stephanie. 163 00:09:39,162 --> 00:09:40,704 [Debbie Thompson] Hi. Come on in. 164 00:09:40,705 --> 00:09:42,499 [Stephanie Bourgeois] Thanks. 165 00:09:42,624 --> 00:09:44,124 Oh, the shade feels good. 166 00:09:44,125 --> 00:09:46,835 [Debbie Thompson] [laughs] Yes. Have a seat. Have a seat. 167 00:09:46,836 --> 00:09:47,920 [Stephanie Bourgeois] Thank you. 168 00:09:47,921 --> 00:09:49,923 Well, thank you very much for meeting with me. 169 00:09:50,048 --> 00:09:52,175 You and Anastasia are cousins? 170 00:09:52,383 --> 00:09:54,551 {\an8}[Anastasia Casillas] Our mothers were cousins. 171 00:09:54,552 --> 00:09:56,012 {\an8}[Stephanie Bourgeois] Okay. 172 00:09:56,304 --> 00:09:59,056 Through Anastasia, we have a match, 173 00:09:59,057 --> 00:10:01,351 genealogy-wise, to our Jane Doe. 174 00:10:01,476 --> 00:10:04,228 {\an8}So, Debbie, is there anything in your family 175 00:10:04,229 --> 00:10:07,607 {\an8}that you heard of, maybe a rumor about anybody 176 00:10:07,774 --> 00:10:10,067 who possibly went missing in the '90s? 177 00:10:10,068 --> 00:10:12,319 - No, and that's what's really surprising. 178 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:13,446 - Okay. 179 00:10:14,405 --> 00:10:18,535 We do know that Jane Doe's partly African-American. 180 00:10:19,077 --> 00:10:23,455 So on your side of the family, do you recall anybody 181 00:10:23,456 --> 00:10:26,959 having a partner or husband, boyfriend, 182 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,878 that was African-American? 183 00:10:29,003 --> 00:10:31,296 - I know that there's some on my mom's side, 184 00:10:31,297 --> 00:10:35,135 but I can't remember who exactly... 185 00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:36,218 - Okay. 186 00:10:36,219 --> 00:10:38,054 - Was married to or had kids with. 187 00:10:39,556 --> 00:10:40,598 I don't. 188 00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:44,936 [Stephanie Bourgeois] Well, thank you very much for your time. 189 00:10:45,103 --> 00:10:47,272 - This is just incredible work that you're doing. 190 00:10:47,397 --> 00:10:50,650 [Debbie Thompson] And to know that it's one of our own. 191 00:10:50,817 --> 00:10:54,486 - Yeah, right now, she is buried with just an 192 00:10:54,487 --> 00:10:56,114 unidentified marker. 193 00:10:56,614 --> 00:10:57,615 [Debbie Thompson] That's awful. 194 00:10:57,782 --> 00:10:58,950 [Stephanie Bourgeois] It is. [Anastasia Casillas] Yeah. 195 00:10:59,075 --> 00:11:00,994 [Debbie Thompson] She deserves to have a name again. 196 00:11:04,831 --> 00:11:07,876 [narrator] <i>Debbie and Anastasia are asking other family members</i> 197 00:11:08,001 --> 00:11:09,377 <i>to take DNA tests.</i> 198 00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:12,881 [Stephanie Bourgeois] We know that this is the family line to Jane Doe. 199 00:11:13,006 --> 00:11:17,260 We just have to figure out where in that tree she is. 200 00:11:21,681 --> 00:11:22,682 ♪ ♪ 201 00:11:22,974 --> 00:11:24,808 [Clementine Smith] So you found the document, huh? 202 00:11:24,809 --> 00:11:26,102 [Patrick Smith] Yes, I did, darling. 203 00:11:31,065 --> 00:11:33,108 This is the agreement of my adoption. 204 00:11:33,109 --> 00:11:34,067 [Clementine Smith] Right. 205 00:11:34,068 --> 00:11:36,988 [Patrick Smith] January 16th, 1956, in Darmstadt. 206 00:11:37,655 --> 00:11:40,073 [narrator] <i>Patrick's been digging to see if he can find</i> 207 00:11:40,074 --> 00:11:42,534 <i>anything that might help the search for his brother,</i> 208 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:44,204 <i>who could be the Doe's father.</i> 209 00:11:44,579 --> 00:11:47,832 [Clementine Smith] You see, that's the clue, maybe the address. 210 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,251 [Patrick Smith] My brother was probably born in the same place 211 00:11:51,252 --> 00:11:52,837 I was in Darmstadt, Germany. 212 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:57,759 I was brought to America to a brown family. 213 00:11:57,967 --> 00:12:00,637 They call us brown babies, I don't know. 214 00:12:00,762 --> 00:12:03,973 [narrator] <i>He's discovered he was part of a post-war project</i> 215 00:12:04,098 --> 00:12:06,226 <i>called the Brown Babies Adoption Scheme.</i> 216 00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:10,229 [newsreader 3] <i>Just imagine children scrubbing themselves</i> 217 00:12:10,230 --> 00:12:12,899 <i>raw to try and wash off the brown color.</i> 218 00:12:13,024 --> 00:12:14,900 <i>That was the reality for thousands of kids</i> 219 00:12:14,901 --> 00:12:17,320 <i>born to German women after World War II</i> 220 00:12:17,487 --> 00:12:20,365 <i>and then fathered by Black American soldiers.</i> 221 00:12:22,367 --> 00:12:24,994 [narrator] <i>To save them from the prejudice they faced in Germany,</i> 222 00:12:25,119 --> 00:12:27,663 <i>7,000 of these babies were sent to the United States</i> 223 00:12:27,664 --> 00:12:31,876 <i>throughout the '50s and '60s to be adopted by Black families.</i> 224 00:12:34,212 --> 00:12:36,297 [Patrick Smith] Growing up, I had no siblings. 225 00:12:36,923 --> 00:12:41,052 I felt kind of alone, and that kind of made me an outsider. 226 00:12:42,136 --> 00:12:45,890 I think it was probably the same situation for my brother. 227 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:50,310 [Cairenn Binder] It's a really sad bit of history, 228 00:12:50,311 --> 00:12:52,897 but it Does give us some clues about how we might find 229 00:12:53,022 --> 00:12:55,066 Apache Junction Jane Doe's father. 230 00:12:56,150 --> 00:12:59,946 So like his brother Patrick, he's likely to have been adopted 231 00:13:00,071 --> 00:13:02,155 from Germany after World War II. 232 00:13:02,156 --> 00:13:05,076 So we know we're looking for an African-American man 233 00:13:05,201 --> 00:13:07,202 who was probably born in Darmstadt, 234 00:13:07,203 --> 00:13:09,706 and we also know that he would have had a child 235 00:13:09,831 --> 00:13:13,042 {\an8}with a Hispanic woman probably in the Phoenix area. 236 00:13:13,209 --> 00:13:15,628 {\an8}So we're looking for this very specific couple, 237 00:13:15,795 --> 00:13:17,839 and we just have to figure out how to find them. 238 00:13:19,424 --> 00:13:21,968 [narrator] <i>But the team can't move forward until either</i> 239 00:13:22,093 --> 00:13:24,803 <i>they can access Patrick's brother's adoption records</i> 240 00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:28,099 <i>or, on the Hispanic side, there's a new lead</i> 241 00:13:28,224 --> 00:13:30,852 <i>from Debbie and Anastasia's wider family.</i> 242 00:13:36,733 --> 00:13:42,238 [phone ringing] 243 00:13:42,363 --> 00:13:43,363 [Harmony Vollmer] Hey. 244 00:13:43,364 --> 00:13:44,490 - Hi, Harmony. 245 00:13:44,866 --> 00:13:49,370 - So I logged into Family Tree DNA at like 4 a.m. 246 00:13:51,039 --> 00:13:56,419 And bam, right there, I saw it. A new match. 247 00:13:56,753 --> 00:14:00,297 And I just sat there for a minute in shock. 248 00:14:00,298 --> 00:14:01,549 [laughs] 249 00:14:01,924 --> 00:14:04,509 [narrator] <i>One of Debbie and Anastasia's relatives</i> 250 00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:06,846 <i>has uploaded their DNA to the database.</i> 251 00:14:06,971 --> 00:14:09,682 [Harmony Vollmer] Look how much the new tester matches the Doe. 252 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:14,729 - Oh, my goodness. 253 00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:18,066 {\an8}It could be like as close as a first cousin. 254 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:22,070 {\an8}[Harmony Vollmer] Yes, exactly, which means that her aunt 255 00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:23,738 {\an8}is likely the Doe's mother. 256 00:14:25,073 --> 00:14:26,531 {\an8}[Cairenn Binder] We're so close now. 257 00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:28,534 We're, like, closer than we've ever been before. 258 00:14:28,659 --> 00:14:30,328 I can't believe it. That's, like-- 259 00:14:30,495 --> 00:14:31,996 - Yeah. - Amazing. 260 00:14:32,330 --> 00:14:35,207 {\an8}So looking at the Family Tree, this is a tester, 261 00:14:35,208 --> 00:14:37,584 {\an8}and it looks like she's about first cousin level 262 00:14:37,585 --> 00:14:40,253 {\an8}to Jane Doe based on the amount of DNA that they share. 263 00:14:40,254 --> 00:14:43,341 {\an8}So that means that her aunt could potentially be 264 00:14:43,466 --> 00:14:44,509 {\an8}Jane Doe's mother. 265 00:14:46,594 --> 00:14:48,470 [narrator] <i>The team checks the tester's records</i> 266 00:14:48,471 --> 00:14:50,306 <i>to find the identity of her parents.</i> 267 00:14:50,431 --> 00:14:52,642 <i>Now they look up the family on social media</i> 268 00:14:52,767 --> 00:14:54,936 <i>and uncover the name of the tester's aunt.</i> 269 00:14:55,269 --> 00:14:58,106 [Cairenn Binder] Here she is, Rachel. 270 00:14:58,231 --> 00:15:00,483 And now we need to track her down 271 00:15:00,608 --> 00:15:02,568 and see if she's married someone or had kids with someone 272 00:15:02,735 --> 00:15:04,362 that could be Patrick's brother. 273 00:15:04,987 --> 00:15:07,031 [typing quickly] 274 00:15:07,406 --> 00:15:17,125 ♪ ♪ 275 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:27,718 [Stephanie Bourgeois] Hello. Hi. 276 00:15:27,885 --> 00:15:29,094 [Harmony Vollmer] How are you? 277 00:15:29,095 --> 00:15:30,388 [Cairenn Binder] It's so good to finally meet you in real life. 278 00:15:30,513 --> 00:15:32,390 [Stephanie Bourgeois] I know. Hi. 279 00:15:32,557 --> 00:15:35,560 [Harmony Vollmer] Hi. 20,000 Zoom meetings later. 280 00:15:36,227 --> 00:15:37,644 [Stephanie Bourgeois] Come on in. 281 00:15:37,645 --> 00:15:38,896 [Harmony Vollmer] Thank you. 282 00:15:40,439 --> 00:15:41,982 [Stephanie Bourgeois] You guys want to have a seat? 283 00:15:41,983 --> 00:15:43,276 [Harmoney Vollmer] Thanks. 284 00:15:43,442 --> 00:15:45,695 So you know we are waiting for results, 285 00:15:46,028 --> 00:15:50,074 and we've got them back, and it turns out that 286 00:15:54,954 --> 00:15:55,997 - Okay. 287 00:15:57,165 --> 00:15:59,125 [Harmony Vollmer] Genetically. 288 00:16:00,293 --> 00:16:01,627 - Right here for you. 289 00:16:02,420 --> 00:16:03,796 So this is the tester. 290 00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:04,921 - Okay. 291 00:16:04,922 --> 00:16:08,509 [Harmony Vollmer] So the sister of the tester's mother, Rachel, 292 00:16:08,634 --> 00:16:10,636 is likely to be Jane Doe's mother. 293 00:16:11,721 --> 00:16:16,559 And we can see from the records that Rachel actually 294 00:16:16,684 --> 00:16:21,063 married a man who was African-American named Benjamin. 295 00:16:23,482 --> 00:16:25,651 The thing that really stood out to us-- 296 00:16:25,776 --> 00:16:28,154 it was kind of a smoking gun-- is that his Facebook 297 00:16:28,279 --> 00:16:30,573 says that he was born in Darmstadt, Germany. 298 00:16:31,866 --> 00:16:33,034 - Okay. 299 00:16:35,661 --> 00:16:37,246 [laughs] 300 00:16:37,371 --> 00:16:38,873 [Cairenn Binder] Do you want to see what he looks like? 301 00:16:39,373 --> 00:16:40,708 - Yeah. 302 00:16:41,375 --> 00:16:42,376 - I'll get it. 303 00:16:42,710 --> 00:16:45,004 [Cairenn Binder] I was just looking at the tester on 304 00:16:45,171 --> 00:16:48,132 Facebook and trying to find out who everybody in her family was. 305 00:16:48,257 --> 00:16:50,927 Finally, we landed on a photo of Benjamin. 306 00:16:51,552 --> 00:16:54,847 - When I tell you that, my heart jumps in my throat. 307 00:16:55,556 --> 00:16:57,683 - So that's what Patrick looks like. 308 00:17:00,603 --> 00:17:01,854 - This is Benjamin. 309 00:17:04,482 --> 00:17:05,649 - Yeah, that looks like Patrick. 310 00:17:05,650 --> 00:17:06,650 [Cairenn Binder] Looks like Patrick. 311 00:17:06,651 --> 00:17:07,944 - Yeah, it does. 312 00:17:08,611 --> 00:17:10,238 God, they look like twins. 313 00:17:10,363 --> 00:17:11,404 [Cairenn Binder] I know. 314 00:17:11,405 --> 00:17:13,866 They even have the same mustache, why would they. 315 00:17:14,408 --> 00:17:15,409 - Do you want this? 316 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:16,535 - Yes, thank you. - Okay. 317 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:22,165 {\an8}[Stephanie Bourgeois] So Benjamin and Rachel had four children. 318 00:17:22,166 --> 00:17:25,085 {\an8}- Two boys and two girls. - Two boys and two girls. 319 00:17:25,086 --> 00:17:27,213 {\an8}[Stephanie Bourgeois] Okay. Are they still married? 320 00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:28,880 [Harmony Vollmer] They are divorced. 321 00:17:28,881 --> 00:17:33,635 [Cairenn Binder] In 1985, we have Rachel filing some child support papers, 322 00:17:33,636 --> 00:17:36,013 which is how we got the birth dates for each of the kids. 323 00:17:36,472 --> 00:17:39,183 [Stephanie Bourgeois] So Michelle was born in '74, 324 00:17:39,308 --> 00:17:41,102 and Melody was born in '77. 325 00:17:41,227 --> 00:17:42,311 [Cairenn Binder] Right. 326 00:17:42,728 --> 00:17:45,397 [Stephanie Bourgeois] That's very close because an estimate 327 00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:47,400 of Jane Doe's age from 16 to 18. 328 00:17:48,109 --> 00:17:51,904 So one of these two girls is our Jane Doe. 329 00:17:52,405 --> 00:17:55,741 [Harmony Vollmer] We need to do some more research 330 00:17:55,992 --> 00:17:57,743 before we can confidently say. 331 00:18:01,122 --> 00:18:03,165 ♪ ♪ 332 00:18:03,457 --> 00:18:05,333 [Stephanie Bourgeois] We're obviously the closest we've ever been. 333 00:18:05,334 --> 00:18:07,503 Now that we have two names to work with. 334 00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:11,631 [narrator] <i>Stephanie and the team need to see if there's any</i> 335 00:18:11,632 --> 00:18:13,759 <i>proof of either daughter disappearing from the</i> 336 00:18:13,968 --> 00:18:17,847 <i>public records after 1992, when the body was discovered.</i> 337 00:18:18,848 --> 00:18:21,308 [Stephanie Bourgeois] I'm going to call the dispatch to see if 338 00:18:21,309 --> 00:18:23,602 they can find any vital records, death certificates, 339 00:18:23,603 --> 00:18:25,813 for the two females. 340 00:18:25,938 --> 00:18:28,481 Hey, Andre, it's Steph at AJPD. 341 00:18:28,482 --> 00:18:31,694 When you get a free minute, can you give me a call back? 342 00:18:31,819 --> 00:18:34,447 I have a question regarding one of our cases. Thanks. 343 00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:38,534 [Car Park Attendant] <i>Can I help you today?</i> 344 00:18:38,743 --> 00:18:40,369 [Harmony Vollmer] I was just hoping to park here so I can go 345 00:18:40,494 --> 00:18:41,621 into the records office. 346 00:18:42,455 --> 00:18:45,082 [Car Park Attendant] <i>Okay, drive straight on in back right.</i> 347 00:18:45,207 --> 00:18:46,334 - Thank you. 348 00:18:47,376 --> 00:18:49,919 [narrator] <i>Knowing the parents divorced, Harmony's looking</i> 349 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,422 <i>for further paperwork which mentions custody of</i> 350 00:18:52,423 --> 00:18:54,800 <i>the children after 1992.</i> 351 00:18:56,636 --> 00:18:58,137 [Harmony Vollmer] Now we're so close, 352 00:18:58,262 --> 00:18:59,847 and I'm getting pretty nervous. 353 00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:05,603 ♪ ♪ 354 00:19:06,771 --> 00:19:09,732 [Cairenn Binder] I'm looking on Facebook to see if I can find 355 00:19:09,857 --> 00:19:13,069 any evidence that either of the daughters are alive now, 356 00:19:13,235 --> 00:19:16,155 and I think that this is one of the two sisters 357 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:17,990 that is shown in the records. 358 00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:21,660 The whole family seems to live in Phoenix, and 359 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:25,539 I'm finding a lot of mentions of Carl Hayden High School, 360 00:19:25,748 --> 00:19:28,458 so I'd like to check the yearbooks, but they're not 361 00:19:28,459 --> 00:19:32,296 available online, so I'll have to look at those in person. 362 00:19:32,421 --> 00:19:41,222 ♪ ♪ 363 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:46,727 So in the 93-year book, the older sister is here, 364 00:19:46,852 --> 00:19:48,312 but not the younger sister. 365 00:19:48,938 --> 00:19:52,525 And in the 92-year book, the older sister is also here, 366 00:19:52,775 --> 00:19:54,193 but the younger sister's not. 367 00:19:54,443 --> 00:19:57,613 Maybe the younger sister went to a different school, 368 00:19:57,780 --> 00:19:59,699 but she's not in here at all. 369 00:20:01,158 --> 00:20:02,617 I feel like I just want to keep checking it, 370 00:20:02,618 --> 00:20:04,078 like she's gonna appear. 371 00:20:06,789 --> 00:20:07,957 She's not in here. 372 00:20:08,082 --> 00:20:13,838 ♪ ♪ 373 00:20:13,963 --> 00:20:17,007 So I went to look through yearbooks from 374 00:20:17,133 --> 00:20:18,800 Carl Hayden High School. 375 00:20:18,801 --> 00:20:22,346 Michelle is in 92 and 93, but Melody Doesn't appear 376 00:20:22,471 --> 00:20:23,431 in any of the yearbooks. 377 00:20:23,556 --> 00:20:24,473 - Okay. 378 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,226 Every single child has addresses, 379 00:20:27,351 --> 00:20:29,270 driver's licenses in the database, 380 00:20:29,395 --> 00:20:32,148 except for the second daughter, Melody. 381 00:20:32,273 --> 00:20:33,691 [Harmony Voller] That's very interesting. 382 00:20:33,858 --> 00:20:35,066 [Stephanie Bourgeois] What did you find out? 383 00:20:35,067 --> 00:20:36,694 - So when these papers were originally filed, 384 00:20:36,861 --> 00:20:38,403 all the kids were listed in 1985. 385 00:20:38,404 --> 00:20:39,404 [Stephanie Bourgeois] All four? 386 00:20:39,405 --> 00:20:40,614 [Harmony Voller] All four. 387 00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:41,531 - Okay. 388 00:20:41,532 --> 00:20:43,742 [Harmony Voller] And then in 1993, the oldest daughter, 389 00:20:43,743 --> 00:20:44,868 Michelle, was an adult. 390 00:20:44,869 --> 00:20:46,494 She was 19. 391 00:20:46,495 --> 00:20:47,537 [Stephanie Bourgeois] Okay. 392 00:20:47,538 --> 00:20:51,000 [Harmony Voller] But it says the mother would take the older son, 393 00:20:51,125 --> 00:20:53,544 and the father would take the younger son, 394 00:20:53,836 --> 00:20:56,130 and no child support shall be ordered. 395 00:20:56,756 --> 00:20:59,550 So where is the 16-year-old, Melody? 396 00:21:01,010 --> 00:21:03,595 And why is she not involved here? 397 00:21:03,596 --> 00:21:04,638 - No. 398 00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:08,642 - So the Doe must be the second daughter, Melody. 399 00:21:08,851 --> 00:21:15,024 ♪ ♪ 400 00:21:15,191 --> 00:21:17,777 [Stephanie Bourgeois] Today we're gonna go out and try 401 00:21:17,902 --> 00:21:18,944 and contact Melody's family and 402 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:21,196 see what information they can provide. 403 00:21:21,197 --> 00:21:22,198 [Alec Wimberly] Okay. 404 00:21:22,323 --> 00:21:23,573 - We just don't know how they'll react, 405 00:21:23,574 --> 00:21:25,242 if they'll even want to talk to us, 406 00:21:25,409 --> 00:21:27,578 so we just need to be prepared. 407 00:21:27,703 --> 00:21:35,795 ♪ ♪ 408 00:21:40,633 --> 00:21:41,758 [Cairenn Binder] Now it's getting real. 409 00:21:41,759 --> 00:21:42,676 [laughs] 410 00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:47,013 Within the next hour, we might actually know-- 411 00:21:47,014 --> 00:21:48,349 [Harmony Voller] Oh, my God. 412 00:21:48,474 --> 00:21:53,812 ♪ ♪ 413 00:21:53,813 --> 00:21:56,773 [Stephanie Bourgeois] So I'm gonna have you guys stay at this location. 414 00:21:56,774 --> 00:21:58,567 I'm gonna go to the sister's house. 415 00:21:58,734 --> 00:22:00,236 This could be it. 416 00:22:00,361 --> 00:22:01,736 [Cairenn Binder] When you get back, I might not be here, 417 00:22:01,737 --> 00:22:03,404 'cause I've got to take off for the airport soon, 418 00:22:03,405 --> 00:22:05,532 but Harmony will be here, and you'll give her the update. 419 00:22:05,533 --> 00:22:06,449 [Stephanie Bourgeois] I'll let you know. 420 00:22:06,450 --> 00:22:07,493 [Harmony Voller] Crossing our fingers. 421 00:22:07,618 --> 00:22:08,619 [Stephanie Bourgeois] Thanks. 422 00:22:09,370 --> 00:22:11,246 [Cairenn Binder] Really disappointed that I've 423 00:22:11,247 --> 00:22:13,582 got to miss it, but I can't miss my flight either. 424 00:22:14,208 --> 00:22:20,004 ♪ ♪ 425 00:22:20,005 --> 00:22:22,882 [Alec Wimberly] So is this, I guess, a death notification? 426 00:22:22,883 --> 00:22:25,886 [Stephane Bourgeois] Yeah, they may be very emotional about this. 427 00:22:26,011 --> 00:22:27,262 They may be in shock. 428 00:22:27,263 --> 00:22:29,013 [Alec Wimberly] There may be closure. 429 00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:30,473 [Stephanie Bourgeois] Yeah. 430 00:22:30,474 --> 00:22:32,976 [Alec Wimberly] So it could just be a whirlwind of emotions 431 00:22:32,977 --> 00:22:35,312 that we--that we face with this. 432 00:22:35,521 --> 00:22:37,815 [Stephanie Bourgeois] Exactly. We just don't know. 433 00:22:41,819 --> 00:22:42,820 [Alec Wimberly] Here we go. 434 00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:47,157 ♪ ♪ 435 00:22:47,324 --> 00:22:50,118 [knocking] 436 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,996 ♪ ♪ 437 00:22:52,997 --> 00:22:55,499 [Stephanie Bourgeois] Hi, I'm looking for Michelle Harrison. 438 00:22:55,708 --> 00:22:57,042 [Girl] Uh, she's not here right now. 439 00:22:57,209 --> 00:23:00,629 [Stephanie Bourgeois] Can you give her this for me and just let her know 440 00:23:00,754 --> 00:23:03,756 that I'm with the Apache Junction Police Department, 441 00:23:03,757 --> 00:23:05,633 and I need to be in contact with her, 442 00:23:05,634 --> 00:23:07,428 'cause I want to talk to her about her sister. 443 00:23:07,553 --> 00:23:09,680 I need to tell her some stuff about her sister. 444 00:23:10,014 --> 00:23:12,308 [Girl] Okay, um... I can call my mom. 445 00:23:12,433 --> 00:23:13,934 [Stephanie Bourgeois] Okay, thank you. 446 00:23:17,479 --> 00:23:20,816 ♪ ♪ 447 00:23:21,609 --> 00:23:24,403 [Girl] Uh, there's police here, and they said they need to 448 00:23:24,528 --> 00:23:26,155 talk to you about your sister. 449 00:23:28,699 --> 00:23:29,867 [Michelle Harrison] <i>My sister?</i> 450 00:23:29,992 --> 00:23:31,327 [Girl] Yeah. 451 00:23:36,790 --> 00:23:37,791 [phone dings] 452 00:23:38,876 --> 00:23:40,501 [Harmony Voller] Can you please come over to the house? 453 00:23:40,502 --> 00:23:42,004 The family wants to meet you. 454 00:23:44,214 --> 00:23:45,424 Oh, my God. 455 00:23:47,384 --> 00:23:50,179 Okay. Let's do this. 456 00:23:50,304 --> 00:23:52,806 ♪ ♪ 457 00:23:53,474 --> 00:23:56,852 This is very nerve-wracking, and I don't really know 458 00:23:56,977 --> 00:23:58,562 what I'm walking into. 459 00:23:58,687 --> 00:24:00,898 ♪ ♪ 460 00:24:03,984 --> 00:24:05,027 [knocking] 461 00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:08,613 - [Girl] Hi, come in. - Hi, my name's Harmony. 462 00:24:08,614 --> 00:24:10,324 - Michelle. - Nice to meet you. 463 00:24:12,117 --> 00:24:13,160 [door closes] 464 00:24:20,584 --> 00:24:21,710 [Harmony Vollmer] That was hard. 465 00:24:21,877 --> 00:24:24,546 [Stephanie Bourgeois] Yeah, I know. It is very hard. 466 00:24:25,214 --> 00:24:26,882 [Harmony Vollmer] So I'm just gonna call Cairenn, 467 00:24:27,049 --> 00:24:28,801 and I'm gonna also tell her the things you shared with me, okay? 468 00:24:28,926 --> 00:24:30,094 [Stephanie Bourgeois] Okay. 469 00:24:30,761 --> 00:24:32,178 [Cairenn Binder] <i>Hello.</i> 470 00:24:32,179 --> 00:24:33,597 - Hi, do you have time to talk? 471 00:24:34,264 --> 00:24:37,059 [Cairenn Binder] <i>Um, it's boarding right now, but I have--</i> 472 00:24:37,226 --> 00:24:38,519 <i>they're boarding group one.</i> 473 00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:39,686 <i>I'm in group, like, four.</i> 474 00:24:39,687 --> 00:24:41,522 - Okay, so let me just tell you, um, 475 00:24:42,398 --> 00:24:44,191 Stephanie showed her the pictures of the ring, 476 00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:46,402 and, uh, they started crying, and they said that 477 00:24:46,527 --> 00:24:48,696 that's her ring and that the mom gave 478 00:24:49,029 --> 00:24:51,573 it to her herself. 479 00:24:51,699 --> 00:24:54,618 They said that she ran away with her boyfriend 480 00:24:54,743 --> 00:24:56,787 and that they never heard from her again, 481 00:24:57,329 --> 00:25:00,040 and they thought that she was, like, alive somewhere, 482 00:25:00,416 --> 00:25:03,751 and we're just hoping that they'd hear from her, 483 00:25:03,752 --> 00:25:04,962 but they never did. 484 00:25:05,087 --> 00:25:06,338 [Cairenn Binder] <i>Wow.</i> 485 00:25:06,588 --> 00:25:07,715 [Harmony Vollmer] Yeah. 486 00:25:08,090 --> 00:25:10,718 - <i>I'm gonna lose it now.</i> - I know. 487 00:25:11,468 --> 00:25:12,510 [Cairenn Binder] <i>So her name's Melody.</i> 488 00:25:12,511 --> 00:25:13,512 <i>Her name's Melody.</i> 489 00:25:13,637 --> 00:25:15,097 - Her name is Melody. 490 00:25:20,185 --> 00:25:26,817 ♪ ♪ 491 00:25:31,739 --> 00:25:33,449 [Michelle Harrison] I just remember our moments. 492 00:25:34,742 --> 00:25:37,661 We're laying in the same bed, talking, sharing our 493 00:25:38,287 --> 00:25:40,539 thoughts, laughing. 494 00:25:41,623 --> 00:25:44,835 We were, like, best friends, but yet we were sisters. 495 00:25:45,002 --> 00:25:47,379 We did everything together. 496 00:25:47,671 --> 00:25:51,717 She just brought sunshine to dark places. 497 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:59,266 She was very outgoing, and she loved to sing, 498 00:25:59,850 --> 00:26:02,352 but she had a very serious side to her. 499 00:26:02,519 --> 00:26:04,521 She wanted to be an attorney, and she was an 500 00:26:04,813 --> 00:26:10,569 excellent student, and everybody loved her. 501 00:26:11,987 --> 00:26:13,029 I'm sorry. 502 00:26:13,030 --> 00:26:16,492 I'm still dealing with the reality... 503 00:26:19,661 --> 00:26:22,539 ...that my sister is not gonna walk through a door. 504 00:26:27,461 --> 00:26:32,883 When Melody left home that day, to be honest with you, 505 00:26:34,968 --> 00:26:36,386 we actually got in a disagreement 506 00:26:36,553 --> 00:26:37,930 about her boyfriend. 507 00:26:41,809 --> 00:26:44,394 So she just needed to take a walk. 508 00:26:45,771 --> 00:26:48,232 When the sun went down and she wasn't home, 509 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,150 we got really concerned. 510 00:26:50,692 --> 00:26:53,487 We pretty much were out there till late 511 00:26:53,904 --> 00:26:55,614 in the early morning of the next day 512 00:26:55,739 --> 00:26:58,951 just looking for her, and, um... 513 00:27:00,744 --> 00:27:02,121 but we couldn't find her. 514 00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:07,875 We contacted the authorities and were able to file 515 00:27:07,876 --> 00:27:12,004 a missing report, but I don't think much effort 516 00:27:12,005 --> 00:27:13,507 was really put in. 517 00:27:14,550 --> 00:27:17,677 To them, she was just a person of color. 518 00:27:17,678 --> 00:27:19,762 She's just an angry teen. 519 00:27:19,763 --> 00:27:23,182 She's just probably ran away, but they didn't 520 00:27:23,183 --> 00:27:25,643 know who she was, and we're, like, telling them 521 00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:28,438 that she's not one to wander off. 522 00:27:30,983 --> 00:27:32,985 So we didn't wait for the police. 523 00:27:33,110 --> 00:27:35,821 We kind of pretty much did our own thing, 524 00:27:36,613 --> 00:27:40,117 Literally went searching up and down the streets, 525 00:27:40,284 --> 00:27:45,372 the neighborhoods, and it was like that for years, 526 00:27:46,123 --> 00:27:48,083 every day, looking for her. 527 00:27:50,127 --> 00:27:51,420 You know, we kept the hope. 528 00:27:53,630 --> 00:27:58,509 We figured maybe she was just trying to figure out some things 529 00:27:58,510 --> 00:28:00,345 and didn't know how to reconnect, 530 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:03,265 but we never thought that she had passed. 531 00:28:05,893 --> 00:28:08,186 Unfortunately, we're bringing her home... 532 00:28:10,522 --> 00:28:11,607 ...in a box. 533 00:28:13,942 --> 00:28:16,236 And that's not what we wanted. 534 00:28:20,574 --> 00:28:25,704 ♪ ♪ 535 00:28:25,954 --> 00:28:30,375 Stephanie has said that Melody was buried in Coolidge, Arizona. 536 00:28:32,127 --> 00:28:33,170 I need to go. 537 00:28:37,549 --> 00:28:41,803 I always had this vision of us drinking coffee together, 538 00:28:41,970 --> 00:28:42,971 [chuckling] 539 00:28:43,096 --> 00:28:46,183 and so I might bring her some coffee 540 00:28:46,808 --> 00:28:50,270 and just sit there and just really chat with her. 541 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,109 I'm bringing my son-in-law and daughter with me. 542 00:28:57,653 --> 00:28:59,571 [Joey Robin] John Doe, John Doe. 543 00:29:01,198 --> 00:29:02,824 She's right here. 544 00:29:03,450 --> 00:29:06,453 [Michelle crying] 545 00:29:16,171 --> 00:29:24,805 [sobbing] 546 00:29:31,895 --> 00:29:34,605 [Michelle Harrison] Someone in this world took my sister from 547 00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:37,609 us, but I need to bring her home. 548 00:29:39,653 --> 00:29:41,654 [birds singing] 549 00:29:41,655 --> 00:29:42,780 [Joey Robin] She's singing to you though. 550 00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:43,864 Can you hear that? 551 00:29:43,865 --> 00:29:45,075 [Michelle Harrison] Yeah. 552 00:29:47,828 --> 00:29:50,080 Oh, we can play that song, I love. 553 00:29:56,837 --> 00:30:02,217 ♪ Tell me, what does it look like in heaven? ♪ 554 00:30:04,219 --> 00:30:08,974 ♪ Is it peaceful? Is it free like they say? ♪ 555 00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:14,563 ♪ Does the sun shine bright for us? ♪ 556 00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:16,356 [Michelle Harrison] I'll see you later. 557 00:30:16,982 --> 00:30:21,820 ♪ And I hope the angels know what they have ♪ 558 00:30:22,029 --> 00:30:23,697 I miss her. 559 00:30:24,322 --> 00:30:27,159 ♪ Since you arrived ♪ 560 00:30:36,126 --> 00:30:39,254 [Michelle Harrison] In the midst of all this grief, 561 00:30:39,379 --> 00:30:43,258 there really is some good that is coming out of this situation. 562 00:30:44,843 --> 00:30:46,678 [indistinct announcement on PA] 563 00:30:47,137 --> 00:30:50,182 When I told my father about Uncle Pat, 564 00:30:51,183 --> 00:30:52,642 he was like, "I got a brother." 565 00:30:55,979 --> 00:30:57,271 [Clementine Smith] Thank you so much. 566 00:30:57,272 --> 00:30:58,523 [Airport Worker] You're welcome. 567 00:30:58,648 --> 00:30:59,941 [Clementine Smith] Okay. 568 00:31:00,442 --> 00:31:01,943 Come on, Daddy. I got you. 569 00:31:04,071 --> 00:31:07,449 [Michelle Harrison] It's heart-aching because my father loved my sister, 570 00:31:08,784 --> 00:31:11,953 and she will continue to live on in his heart. 571 00:31:12,245 --> 00:31:13,413 Good job. 572 00:31:13,538 --> 00:31:14,790 There you go. 573 00:31:14,956 --> 00:31:18,335 But he's had several strokes, so we don't really want 574 00:31:18,502 --> 00:31:21,797 to bring Melody up much because he can get 575 00:31:21,922 --> 00:31:23,131 sick at any moment. 576 00:31:24,091 --> 00:31:27,176 But him making the connection with his brother 577 00:31:27,177 --> 00:31:30,430 is kind of the sun that came out of the clouds. 578 00:31:32,057 --> 00:31:34,684 [Benjamin Harrison] And me, I never had a brother, you know. 579 00:31:36,394 --> 00:31:37,896 I was all by myself. 580 00:31:38,772 --> 00:31:41,774 But, you know, like my daughter said, you know, 581 00:31:41,775 --> 00:31:42,943 DNA don't lie. 582 00:31:45,028 --> 00:31:47,030 It's kind of hard to put into words. 583 00:31:48,532 --> 00:31:52,201 After all these years, I've gone from no family 584 00:31:52,202 --> 00:31:54,246 to a family reunion. 585 00:31:54,663 --> 00:31:57,832 It's an exciting moment to meet your family 586 00:31:57,833 --> 00:31:59,042 for the first time. 587 00:32:00,710 --> 00:32:04,380 [Patrick Smith] Melody, why did she have to die in order for me 588 00:32:04,381 --> 00:32:05,841 to meet my family? 589 00:32:09,052 --> 00:32:10,512 [Michelle Harrison] You want to know what's going on? 590 00:32:11,012 --> 00:32:13,557 My dad has not met his brother. 591 00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:16,184 This is going to be the first time. 592 00:32:16,393 --> 00:32:17,977 [Michelle Harrison] So... [Grandchild] Dad's brother? 593 00:32:17,978 --> 00:32:19,187 - Yes. 594 00:32:21,773 --> 00:32:22,816 They're here, Dad. 595 00:32:25,402 --> 00:32:26,570 [Patrick Smith] Alrighty... 596 00:32:28,613 --> 00:32:29,656 [Michelle laughs] 597 00:32:30,699 --> 00:32:31,783 [Patrick Smith] Okay. 598 00:32:36,496 --> 00:32:37,914 [Michelle Harrison] They're here. 599 00:32:38,081 --> 00:32:39,124 Come on in. 600 00:32:42,085 --> 00:32:43,378 There's your brother, Daddy. 601 00:32:46,006 --> 00:32:47,132 [Clementine gasps] 602 00:32:50,719 --> 00:32:54,723 [sniffling] 603 00:33:07,694 --> 00:33:08,820 [Patrick Smith] Okay. 604 00:33:10,488 --> 00:33:11,489 Hi, Benjamin. 605 00:33:11,615 --> 00:33:12,782 [Benjamin Harrison] How you doing? 606 00:33:13,033 --> 00:33:14,201 - I'm doing fine now. 607 00:33:16,953 --> 00:33:18,205 Been a long time. 608 00:33:25,212 --> 00:33:26,420 I don't cry often. 609 00:33:26,421 --> 00:33:27,714 [Benjamin Harrison] I do. 610 00:33:28,298 --> 00:33:29,966 - I cry when I'm alone. 611 00:33:30,717 --> 00:33:32,260 - Well, you ain't alone now. 612 00:33:32,427 --> 00:33:33,428 [Patrick Smith] No. 613 00:33:33,929 --> 00:33:35,222 It's a heck of a feeling. 614 00:33:40,143 --> 00:33:41,311 [Benjamin Harrison] Oh, same size? 615 00:33:42,145 --> 00:33:44,105 - Same sexy look, too. 616 00:33:44,314 --> 00:33:45,732 - Hell, yeah. 617 00:33:46,358 --> 00:33:47,901 [laughter] 618 00:33:48,068 --> 00:33:50,403 It's been a dream of mine to have a brother. 619 00:33:51,446 --> 00:33:54,449 There's a bond there that goes beyond what words are. 620 00:33:54,616 --> 00:33:56,034 This is my wife of Clementine. 621 00:33:56,159 --> 00:33:58,954 - You look just like Pat. - I know. 622 00:34:00,121 --> 00:34:03,250 - It's bittersweet with what happened with Melody. 623 00:34:04,334 --> 00:34:05,794 [Benjamin Harrison] I miss my baby. 624 00:34:06,294 --> 00:34:07,921 Every time I hear her name, I... 625 00:34:09,339 --> 00:34:10,465 [Michelle Harrison] I know. 626 00:34:10,882 --> 00:34:12,259 But it's okay, Daddy. 627 00:34:16,554 --> 00:34:17,555 It's a lot. 628 00:34:19,057 --> 00:34:20,392 [Patrick Smith] Yes, it is. - Wow. 629 00:34:21,184 --> 00:34:23,645 [Michelle Harrison] Even though it hurts our hearts, 630 00:34:23,937 --> 00:34:28,190 it's not the outcome we wanted, but I'm just so 631 00:34:28,191 --> 00:34:32,111 grateful that Stephanie and the DNA Doe Project 632 00:34:32,112 --> 00:34:33,321 never gave up. 633 00:34:35,824 --> 00:34:38,409 [newsreader 4] <i>There's been a break in a decades-old murder</i> 634 00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:39,785 <i>mystery out of Apache Junction.</i> 635 00:34:39,786 --> 00:34:42,038 <i>Today, detectives confirming the identity</i> 636 00:34:42,205 --> 00:34:46,418 <i>of a young woman found dead in the desert 31 years ago.</i> 637 00:34:46,668 --> 00:34:49,254 [newsreader 5] <i>Investigator Stephanie Bourgeois got involved with the case,</i> 638 00:34:49,379 --> 00:34:51,339 <i>working persistently to find a match.</i> 639 00:34:51,715 --> 00:34:55,093 [Stephanie Bourgeois] To be able to say that we've identified her, 640 00:34:56,052 --> 00:34:59,680 I can't even put it into words how much it means 641 00:34:59,681 --> 00:35:00,932 when I hear her name. 642 00:35:02,892 --> 00:35:04,728 [newsreader 6] <i>Her name was Melody Harrison.</i> 643 00:35:19,993 --> 00:35:20,994 [Michelle Harrison] Come on, Daddy. 644 00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:22,454 Come on, get closer. 645 00:35:22,787 --> 00:35:24,497 Family is just everything. 646 00:35:24,873 --> 00:35:27,042 That's all you have at the end of the day. 647 00:35:27,208 --> 00:35:28,335 Let me see Daddy. 648 00:35:30,462 --> 00:35:33,590 You have to learn to grieve with hope. 649 00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:40,680 And we can just heal as a family and just be there 650 00:35:41,014 --> 00:35:42,223 for one another. 651 00:35:43,892 --> 00:35:46,603 {\an8}[Joey Robin] All right. Y'all want to say cheese? 652 00:35:46,811 --> 00:35:48,354 {\an8}[Patrick Smith] Limburger. [Joey Robin] There you go, 653 00:35:48,355 --> 00:35:51,649 {\an8}[Benjamin Harrison] Limburger cheese. Limburger cheese is good. 654 00:35:51,650 --> 00:35:52,734 {\an8}[Joey Robin] Alright. 655 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:58,948 {\an8}[Michelle Harrison] You just try to hold on to the positive memories 656 00:36:00,742 --> 00:36:03,244 {\an8}to allow her to continue to live on that way. 657 00:36:04,329 --> 00:36:07,290 {\an8}♪ ♪ 657 00:36:08,305 --> 00:37:08,614 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm