Horribly SAD moments on UM

[ChandlerMurielB1]

Walter Rice

[GyorkLady]

Originally Posted by ChandlerMurielB1

Walter Rice

Just went and re-read the wiki article on him. I hadn't heard or seen the update with the CIA angle before. That just makes it sadder, I think.

[WishfulDreamer]

The UHAUL segment is pretty heartbreaking. The lady who was murdered was probably terrified that her children had come to harm, and passed away before she could learn that they were okay or before being able to seek help for herself. Awful that her children also found her in that condition. It's also extra infuriating that her killer didn't even serve twenty years in prison for his crime.

[ghosthouse]

Originally Posted by TripleG

Two that stand out to me:

1) The Larry Dickens Murder = From the reenactment, there was something about the sister ID'ing Bell, and then leaping into the car to take some shots at him that really got the water works going with me. She just witnessed her brother being shot in the driveway not long prior and her brother was killed right in front of her mother, and that moment of pure rage and sadness really got to me.

2) The Blind River Rest Stop killings. Gordon's whole demeanor in the interview was that of a broken man that was haunted by the loss of his wife and the whole ordeal. When it ends with him saying "I don't care if he comes after me...maybe if he killed me, he'll get caught this time". Something about that always depresses me when I see it.

I won't even watch either of these segments anymore.

[sterek1974]

For me, one of the most sad segments/moments, was the defeat on Brook Bakers mother's face (sorry I forgot her name) once the killer was discovered. She truly looked like Brook's murder and it being solved destroyed her spirit and her life. I do know she passed on a few years later and I always wonder if she just gave up after Brook's murder was solved.

[Clockwork]

Norman Ladner's mother just seemed like such a sweet lady. Very soft spoken, very gentle, very feminine. Seemed very motherly. You wanted to give her a hug the entire segment.

Gord McAllister just broke your heart. Seemed like a guy who had no meaning after his wife was murdered. He died in 2012, but it seems as if he remarried after his wife Jackie died in 1991.

[LooksLikeCRicci]

Originally Posted by sterek1974

For me, one of the most sad segments/moments, was the defeat on Brook Bakers mother's face (sorry I forgot her name) once the killer was discovered. She truly looked like Brook's murder and it being solved destroyed her spirit and her life. I do know she passed on a few years later and I always wonder if she just gave up after Brook's murder was solved.

I fully maintain that mother died of a broken heart.

[Hambone2421]

Hal Rodgers - the husband and father of the women killed by Oba Chandler. It wasn't on the UM segment, but on Cold Case Files, he said he kept the girls rooms the way they were when they left for years after they were killed. I always felt horribly for him. He had his whole family killed.

The wife of Matt Flores - a young man, newly married with a young child. I can't help but feel bad for the baby who will grow up without her father and for his wife, who is raising their child alone just as they were starting their life together.

The husband of Jody Bordeaux - The man's wife was pregnant with their first child and both were killed. I remember him saying that Jody probably died quick but the baby suffered. Very heartbreaking.

Gordon Page - I felt terribly for both Gordon Page and his father. I felt like his father was truly trying to do what was best for Gordon while also still trying to live his life with his family and juggle work. The fact that he has never been found, alive or dead, is very sad.

[Hambone2421]

Originally Posted by Clockwork

Gord McAllister just broke your heart. Seemed like a guy who had no meaning after his wife was murdered. He died in 2012, but it seems as if he remarried after his wife Jackie died in 1991.

Totally agree here. His entire interview is tough to re-watch. Especially when he said he doesn't care if he dies because he doesn't have his wife anymore.

[Clockwork]

Originally Posted by Hambone2421

Totally agree here. His entire interview is tough to re-watch. Especially when he said he doesn't care if he dies because he doesn't have his wife anymore.

It is a little comforting to know that eventually he remarried. Hopefully he found some peace. Seemed like such a nice man. Died in 2012, I believe he was 84.

[Janel "Jaycee" Miller]

In addition to many of the ones mentioned, I would add Roxann & Kristoff Jeeves.

It was Christmas time, it was the boy's birthday, and the cop gets choked up remembering that day. Our society tends to teach boys not to cry, so when I see a grown man crying it always makes me sad.

[TheCars1986]

The Kenneth Frank segment all around is sad. In the beginning, Stack says they will not use her real name. When she is first shown on camera, instead of being identified by her pseudonym (like "Doyle" in the Michael Scott Martin segment), she is labeled "rape victim". She also was fearful to press charges against a doctor out of fear for her future employment opportunities.

[khanartist79]

Whenever I rewatch the Amy Billig segment, I always feel pangs of sadness for her mother, who spent decades looking for her, and who was willing to fight the devil himself to bring her daughter back home. I can only imagine the effects that Amy's disappearance and her mom's dogged search for her had had on the rest of the family.

[DazzlerSparkler]

Mary Jo Phebus in the George Owens segment. You can clearly see how visibly shaken the case made her. She looked on the verge of tears when she said she wished she would have done more in that none of this would have happened.

[drew790]

The ending of the Randy Yager / Margie Jelovcic segment and the way the update drops always felt especially brutal.

https://youtu.be/ZRntO05jrG4?t=2612