I usually cannot watch the "Cachimba" segment in which the young boy is hit and the driver sped off. It's so tragic. Recently, I watched it and there was a special alert tacked on with two other hit and run cases.

None of them have been solved. I notice that these don't get talked about much and I wonder why the special alert was not really shown when the Cachimba segment was re-aired.

Here are the UM wiki links. I hope one day they solve these cases.

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Gail_Jordan_and_Dawn_Lamont
http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Jacquelyn_Tendall

I usually cannot watch the "Cachimba" segment in which the young boy is hit and the driver sped off. It's so tragic. Recently, I watched it and there was a special alert tacked on with two other hit and run cases.

That Cachimba case is one of the most frustratingly vague segments ever shown on UM. It seemed like LE was nonexistent on this one and that the victim's father was doing all the work himself trying to find out who hit his son.

He then finds out that "Cachimba" is probably some guy named Gerardo Gonzalez who may be living in New York, but they don't tell us how exactly they came to that conclusion, or provide any description or sketch of this guy. I really don't know how they expected to solve this one with such vague information.

I remember watching the Cachimba segment on the original NBC broadcast when I was a kid. It scared the hell out of me thinking that someone could be so brazen to run someone (especially a kid) over and just drive away. IIRC, didn't they mention that maybe this guy didn't know he struck someone which is why he didn't stop?

I remember watching the Cachimba segment on the original NBC broadcast when I was a kid. It scared the hell out of me thinking that someone could be so brazen to run someone (especially a kid) over and just drive away. IIRC, didn't they mention that maybe this guy didn't know he struck someone which is why he didn't stop?


The segment is disturbing because in many ways it's a morality play. Now from what I remember of the segment this guy Cachimba may have already had some sort of a record before he struck Pedro but besides that it forces us to ask ourselves the question "Would any of us react any differently if we were in his position?"

I think right now sitting in front of our computers discussing this case on the internet most of us would raise our hands and say we'd take responsibility but I wonder how many of us in that moment, given the same situation would've done exactly what Cachimba did? It's something that obviously isn't very pleasant to think about.

There was one that was thought to be a hit and run case but there was another theory that he was actually beaten up by a gang of boys.

He was about thirteen years old I think, I couldn't remember any of the names for a million dollars, but he was found in the street busted up pretty bad, and I think it was found that his injuries were more consistent with damage from fists.

There was one odd twist in the case where someone might be able to remember it, while his body was being recovered, someone saw a witness nearby watching the whole thing and when they were adressed they ran off into the woods.

There was one that was thought to be a hit and run case but there was another theory that he was actually beaten up by a gang of boys.

He was about thirteen years old I think, I couldn't remember any of the names for a million dollars, but he was found in the street busted up pretty bad, and I think it was found that his injuries were more consistent with damage from fists.

There was one odd twist in the case where someone might be able to remember it, while his body was being recovered, someone saw a witness nearby watching the whole thing and when they were adressed they ran off into the woods.

Sounds like Russell Evans.

The segment made a pretty good case for the fact that he was beaten and killed by some kids he had gotten into an earlier altercation with.

The police seemed stuck on the theory that he was taken down by a car.

Some of the police explanations seemed kinda "out there". It's been awhile since I watched the segment, but I seem to recall one of the details was his shoe laces were separated from his shoes. Seems strange that would happen if he were struck by a car.

Kind of an odd hybrid sort of "Unexplained Death" type case. Not the typical murder vs. suicide type, as he was obviously killed by someone. More like disagreement over how, why and who.

In the end, I suppose it is easier for the cops to write it off as a hit and run. Less chance of solving it so probably less investigating.

I've always thought that Katherine Korzillius was either a hit and run or a ride and run. I don't think she climbed on the back of her mom's suburban, but I do think she could have been offered a ride on the back of a teenager's bike, motorbike or car and fallen from there.

Sounds like Russell Evans.

The segment made a pretty good case for the fact that he was beaten and killed by some kids he had gotten into an earlier altercation with.

The police seemed stuck on the theory that he was taken down by a car.

Some of the police explanations seemed kinda "out there". It's been awhile since I watched the segment, but I seem to recall one of the details was his shoe laces were separated from his shoes. Seems strange that would happen if he were struck by a car.

Kind of an odd hybrid sort of "Unexplained Death" type case. Not the typical murder vs. suicide type, as he was obviously killed by someone. More like disagreement over how, why and who.

In the end, I suppose it is easier for the cops to write it off as a hit and run. Less chance of solving it so probably less investigating.

There is little doubt in my mind that Russell Evans was not killed in a hit and run type accident. I believe the parents as well as the eyewitnesses on the scene made for a very plausible case that something far more sinister went on here than just a hit and run incident.

I don't know why the authorities tended to focus solely on the hit and run theory. The only thing I can guess is perhaps Russell's injuries were in line with such an accident. However, the other physical evidence presented by the parents would lead me to heavily suspect that there was some type of an altercation that lead to Russell's death.

I know that it would be very difficult to accept that you've hit someone. But if it's a true accident, not a drunk driving case like in the one with James White (which I cannot watch because it makes me tear up and want to beat up him and his family), typically you don't get in huge trouble right? If someone runs out into the street in front of you or if it was dark and you didn't see them, how hefty is the penalty? You still have to live with the guilt either way.

The one with the two girls in the special alert disturbs me because both of them were hit and then just left there. I'm not sure if they were killed instantly but in the other two the victims lived for a time; the drivers may have been scared, but they could have phoned for help or done something.

But you're right, DarkDante. None of us can know how we would truly react as drivers at the scene if responsible.

Sounds like Russell Evans.

The segment made a pretty good case for the fact that he was beaten and killed by some kids he had gotten into an earlier altercation with.

The police seemed stuck on the theory that he was taken down by a car.

Some of the police explanations seemed kinda "out there". It's been awhile since I watched the segment, but I seem to recall one of the details was his shoe laces were separated from his shoes. Seems strange that would happen if he were struck by a car.

Kind of an odd hybrid sort of "Unexplained Death" type case. Not the typical murder vs. suicide type, as he was obviously killed by someone. More like disagreement over how, why and who.

In the end, I suppose it is easier for the cops to write it off as a hit and run. Less chance of solving it so probably less investigating.

Thank you, you all are really good with these names. I remember most of the cases that were on this show over the years but rarely can I remember the names unless they were really odd ones that stick out, like Antoinette Cayedito, or Ricardo Caputo

"Some of the police explanations seemed kinda "out there". It's been awhile since I watched the segment, but I seem to recall one of the details was his shoe laces were separated from his shoes. Seems strange that would happen if he were struck by a car."

I believe that Russell Evans' killers were either teenagers themselves or young adults and that they were foolish enough to think that they could make whomever found him believe that "the laces were knocked out of his shoes" from the idea of making it seem like he got hit by a vehicle. Unfortunately, since the police basically did no real investigating, it kind of makes it look like they did "believe" that happened.

Anyone know if the Cachimba segment is on the forbidden site?

Anyone know if the Cachimba segment is on the forbidden site?

Not by itself, but someone posted up the UM disc compilations (just type in Unsolved Mysteries Disc 1, etc.) and the Cachimba segment was buried in there somewhere. Offhand, I can't remember which disc it's from, however.

Not by itself, but someone posted up the UM disc compilations (just type in Unsolved Mysteries Disc 1, etc.) and the Cachimba segment was buried in there somewhere. Offhand, I can't remember which disc it's from, however.

Thanks!

I can't recall the name, but the guy who was riding a motorcycle on the highway and Duel came up and ran him over.

I can't recall the name, but the guy who was riding a motorcycle on the highway and Duel came up and ran him over.

I think that might be the Jay Durham case.

That Cachimba case is one of the most frustratingly vague segments ever shown on UM. It seemed like LE was nonexistent on this one and that the victim's father was doing all the work himself trying to find out who hit his son.

He then finds out that "Cachimba" is probably some guy named Gerardo Gonzalez who may be living in New York, but they don't tell us how exactly they came to that conclusion, or provide any description or sketch of this guy. I really don't know how they expected to solve this one with such vague information.

Don't know if this was mentioned on here before, but apparently the dad asked a guy if he knew Cachimba, and the man told him he had left town some months ago. He said he had seen him last around Christmas, and he gave him $100 to go live with his son in Nueva York, because he was in trouble with the police. I don't know why they cut this part of the segment out in the new broadcasts.

No mention of how the authorities found out the hit-and-run driver was Cachimba in the first place. And you're right, why not use his picture from his drivers license, immigration papers or previous mug shots, if any.
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I don't know if this is classified under "hit and run", but the one where this lady's grandma was crossing the street and got hit by a car and an unknown lady comforted the woman, even after the grandmother succumed to her injuries. This lady was later reunited with the stranger and became friends.

That Cachimba case is one of the most frustratingly vague segments ever shown on UM. It seemed like LE was nonexistent on this one and that the victim's father was doing all the work himself trying to find out who hit his son.

He then finds out that "Cachimba" is probably some guy named Gerardo Gonzalez who may be living in New York, but they don't tell us how exactly they came to that conclusion, or provide any description or sketch of this guy. I really don't know how they expected to solve this one with such vague information.

That entire segment is irritating for the reasons you mentioned. I also found it very odd that they didn't release a picture of "Cachimba" during the broadcast but then again, they weren't 100% that he was the driver of the vehicle. Just so frustrating that this little boy's killer will never be brought to justice. Shoddy police work all around.