I can't remember the names here but this seg always has stuck in my mind. The fugitive ran an auto body shop that was a front for a chop shop (and, I think, a drug smuggling outfit). His partner turned state's evidence and the fugitive was convicted of the crimes . .then just before he was due to be sentenced, appeared to have jumped off a bridge- even though no body was found and the only 'witness' didn't give his name nor was there any sign besides his car having been there- along with a 'suicide' note.
What REALLY creeped me out about the whole thing was his mother! She seemed to have had no problems with her son doing heinous crimes but blamed all her son's troubles on the partner (who was named in the 'suicide' note). . What creeped me out the MOST about her was that of all the dozens of missing persons' segs on 'UM'- this was the ONLY case in which a mother was emphatic her child must be dead. I mean, even cases where the missing adults had bilked their parents out of tons of money,etc. and/or there was blood or other evidence that that person might not have survived,every OTHER mother wanted to believe their child was alive. ..but not HER.

Hi, the name of the missing chop-shop owner is Robert Corrado; his mom's name was Evelyn Corrado, and I think the reason she was so convinced that he was dead is because she had paid the bond of his $250,000 bail. Him jumping the bail (faking a suicide) would've meant that she'd be responsible for the whole amount, and I'm sure she couldn't imagine that her son would do such a terrible thing to her! So in a mother's mind her child committing suicide is much less wrong than sticking her with a $250,000 bill. I believe she really didn't know he was alive, I could see the grief in her face and am convinced she wasn't acting. But can you imagine her response when she found out what had really happened to him?

The partner that turned state's evidence against him was named Eric Shaw, and what creeped me out the most was how blase' and unemotional he was when describing how he and Robert stole cars and re-sole them.

In case you didn't know, Robert Corrado was found alive and well in a marijuana field raid and was arrested some time after leaving his car and the suicide note on the bridge.