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Hambone2421 · 03-10-2010, 02:33 PM

I did a quick search and didnt see this as a topic. What is the most heartbreaking case you saw on Unsolved Mysteries?

For me, (and I cant remember their names), its the story of the lady who was employed a a supevisor of a casino, was pregnant and was shot and killed while in her home with her husband. While listening to her husband talk about how his unborn baby suffered because it had to depend on Mom and Mom was dead, I felt so bad for this guy. As of last month, there have not been any updates or arrests made in this case. Such a sad and heinous crime. I really hope they get the person who did this.

Clockworkhigh · 03-10-2010, 05:01 PM

Hmm, do not know that case. But one of my more heartbreaking ones is the Blind River Murders. The husband seemed so sad about his wife dying it broke your heart. He says they were married for 39 years and by my assumption if he had gotten married young then that would peg him at 60 years old which was probably the age they were starting to enjoy their retirement. Glad they eventually got the guy though.

Ayleen Conway's case is hard to swallow. Her husband seemed like such a nice guy

Patti Stallings case is sad too even if there is a somewhat happy ending

Oooga Chucka · 03-10-2010, 11:56 PM

I don't remember what any of their names were, and it may even be a new segment (I first saw it on Spike), but there was one that involved an African-American woman who worked at a bank. She went to work and saw some letter at the door, something to the effect of attempted extortion. Anyway, she went home and not too long after that her apartment was set on fire. The really heartbreaking part was that her young daughter opened the door and walked into the flames, dying almost instantly. Even worse was the mother and her adult son running after her and sustaining eventually fatal wounds themselves. They died the next day. It's tragic enough that the young girl died, but I couldn't get it out of my head that the last thing that the brother and the mom had to live with was that this little girl died. This one just broke my heart.

zack007attack · 03-11-2010, 02:30 AM

Todd Kelly-I don't believe his girlfriend had anything to do with this and Todd's family is just looking for a scapegoat when they should really be trying to find the real suspect in this case.

Nick Markowitz-JJH had the chance to do the right thing and he likely would not have gotten in trouble had he done it. But apparently he had to be an ignorant, heartless sadist and slaughter an innocent teenager.

Tara Calico
Tara Breckenridge
Jennifer Pratt

jojo_D · 03-11-2010, 03:50 AM

The segment where this man was desparately searching for his young son, only to find out he'd died of cancer years earlier.

MegtheEgg86 · 03-11-2010, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Hambone2421

I did a quick search and didnt see this as a topic. What is the most heartbreaking case you saw on Unsolved Mysteries?

For me, (and I cant remember their names), its the story of the lady who was employed a a supevisor of a casino, was pregnant and was shot and killed while in her home with her husband. While listening to her husband talk about how his unborn baby suffered because it had to depend on Mom and Mom was dead, I felt so bad for this guy. As of last month, there have not been any updates or arrests made in this case. Such a sad and heinous crime. I really hope they get the person who did this.

Jodi Bordeaux was her name.

MegtheEgg86 · 03-11-2010, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jojo_D

The segment where this man was desparately searching for his young son, only to find out he'd died of cancer years earlier.

Christophe Day. Oh, what a rotten, hateful, selfish person that man's wife was.

Hambone2421 · 03-11-2010, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MegtheEgg86

Jodi Bordeaux was her name.

Thanks Meg!! I did a quick search and didnt see a topic about her case. I felt so bad for her husband. He was left without any family after that incident. I hope they catch the scumbag that did this.

jojo_D · 03-11-2010, 06:40 PM

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Christophe Day. Oh, what a rotten, hateful, selfish person that man's wife was.

*snaps fingers*

That's it, thanks! Yeah, rotten and hateful is an apt description of her.

Clockworkhigh · 03-11-2010, 11:06 PM

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Todd Kelly-I don't believe his girlfriend had anything to do with this and Todd's family is just looking for a scapegoat when they should really be trying to find the real suspect in this case.

Really? That's a minority opinion around here. Most of us think that she either helped Mahfous kill him or that she knows MUCH more about what really happened than she lets on. No doubt in my mind it is one of those two scenarios. She just was not believable

starmushrooms · 03-12-2010, 01:50 AM

The case of Dan Tondevold was sad. He ripped off the one person who had put her trust in him and was forced to live in a tiny apartment until she died. I was left wondering if anyone was watching her accounts, maybe I missed it if it said somewhere she only allowed Dan access to the accounts.

Maybe I'm wrong, but aren't you insured through your bank if something like this happens? This actually has left me wondering for years, if someone robs you at the ATM, or forces you to withdraw money, do you get that back? Or is it a loss to you?

I get the theory that Tom may have hired someone and killed him, but I'm surprised there isn't fingerprints or something someone could run to compare and determ who it was they found in the swamp. Any missing persons from that area around that time? If not, Tom may have off'd himself.

mattc · 03-12-2010, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by starmushrooms

The case of Dan Tondevold was sad. He ripped off the one person who had put her trust in him and was forced to live in a tiny apartment until she died. I was left wondering if anyone was watching her accounts, maybe I missed it if it said somewhere she only allowed Dan access to the accounts.

Maybe I'm wrong, but aren't you insured through your bank if something like this happens? This actually has left me wondering for years, if someone robs you at the ATM, or forces you to withdraw money, do you get that back? Or is it a loss to you?

I get the theory that Tom may have hired someone and killed him, but I'm surprised there isn't fingerprints or something someone could run to compare and determ who it was they found in the swamp. Any missing persons from that area around that time? If not, Tom may have off'd himself.

I think that the bank will insure the money you had stolen (up to 200,000 dollars last I checked) if someone steals your checks, credit cards, etc... but in this case, the victim (through no fault of her own) signed him power of attorney I think, which gave him legal rights to do whatever he wanted with her money. Therefore, she was not eligible to get the money back. The only way I could see a reversal happening is if it could be proven that she did NOT want him to have such power, that she was incompetent, or that it was based on false pretenses, and we can't prove any of those things without Dan being alive to question.

Very very sad.

pardilia · 03-12-2010, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Oooga Chucka

I don't remember what any of their names were, and it may even be a new segment (I first saw it on Spike), but there was one that involved an African-American woman who worked at a bank. She went to work and saw some letter at the door, something to the effect of attempted extortion. Anyway, she went home and not too long after that her apartment was set on fire. The really heartbreaking part was that her young daughter opened the door and walked into the flames, dying almost instantly. Even worse was the mother and her adult son running after her and sustaining eventually fatal wounds themselves. They died the next day. It's tragic enough that the young girl died, but I couldn't get it out of my head that the last thing that the brother and the mom had to live with was that this little girl died. This one just broke my heart.

Does anyone have any more information on this case? I don't think I've ever heard of it.

Hambone2421 · 03-15-2010, 08:40 AM

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Does anyone have any more information on this case? I don't think I've ever heard of it.

I also cannot remember the names but it did happen in Houston, TX and the perpetrators were caught and arrested. Oddly enough, it was two teenage boys that lived in a neighborhood close to the apartment complex. UM didn't release their names or their punishment. At least they were caught. Very sad case though.

lauracrook · 03-16-2010, 06:40 AM

Of course all the UM cases are sad in some way but the one that almost made me cry was featured in the Ghosts topic of the show. Karen was the only child in a tight knit family and her and her parents called themselves 'The Three Musketeers'. Then Karen's boyfriend Jim was welcomed into their family. Karen helped Jim study and they made plans to marry. Then Karen was diagnoised with a rare type of cancer and it just went downhill from there- she went into a coma then they found out the cancer had spread to Karen's brain (ok by this point I was almost in tears!!!!) and this line has stayed with my since- the pain in the mother's words: 'Karen died on December 17th- two days before she would have been married.' I was so sad when i saw this segment but I was glad that the parents and Jim received closure from a psychic and Jim felt Karen's prescence around him whenever he studied. This just shows that just because a person's passed away doesn't mean they are gone.....

03-10-2010, 02:33 PM	#1
Hambone2421 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 08, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,067	Most Heartbreaking Segment I did a quick search and didnt see this as a topic. What is the most heartbreaking case you saw on Unsolved Mysteries? For me, (and I cant remember their names), its the story of the lady who was employed a a supevisor of a casino, was pregnant and was shot and killed while in her home with her husband. While listening to her husband talk about how his unborn baby suffered because it had to depend on Mom and Mom was dead, I felt so bad for this guy. As of last month, there have not been any updates or arrests made in this case. Such a sad and heinous crime. I really hope they get the person who did this.

03-12-2010, 01:50 AM	#11
starmushrooms Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 15, 2010 Location: FL Posts: 74	The case of Dan Tondevold was sad. He ripped off the one person who had put her trust in him and was forced to live in a tiny apartment until she died. I was left wondering if anyone was watching her accounts, maybe I missed it if it said somewhere she only allowed Dan access to the accounts. Maybe I'm wrong, but aren't you insured through your bank if something like this happens? This actually has left me wondering for years, if someone robs you at the ATM, or forces you to withdraw money, do you get that back? Or is it a loss to you? I get the theory that Tom may have hired someone and killed him, but I'm surprised there isn't fingerprints or something someone could run to compare and determ who it was they found in the swamp. Any missing persons from that area around that time? If not, Tom may have off'd himself.
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03-16-2010, 06:40 AM	#15
lauracrook celinedionfan89 Frequent Poster Join Date: May 31, 2009 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 129	'Always Karen' Of course all the UM cases are sad in some way but the one that almost made me cry was featured in the Ghosts topic of the show. Karen was the only child in a tight knit family and her and her parents called themselves 'The Three Musketeers'. Then Karen's boyfriend Jim was welcomed into their family. Karen helped Jim study and they made plans to marry. Then Karen was diagnoised with a rare type of cancer and it just went downhill from there- she went into a coma then they found out the cancer had spread to Karen's brain (ok by this point I was almost in tears!!!!) and this line has stayed with my since- the pain in the mother's words: 'Karen died on December 17th- two days before she would have been married.' I was so sad when i saw this segment but I was glad that the parents and Jim received closure from a psychic and Jim felt Karen's prescence around him whenever he studied. This just shows that just because a person's passed away doesn't mean they are gone.....

03-10-2010, 05:01 PM	#2
Clockworkhigh Member Forum Regular Join Date: Apr 29, 2009 Posts: 604	Hmm, do not know that case. But one of my more heartbreaking ones is the Blind River Murders. The husband seemed so sad about his wife dying it broke your heart. He says they were married for 39 years and by my assumption if he had gotten married young then that would peg him at 60 years old which was probably the age they were starting to enjoy their retirement. Glad they eventually got the guy though. Ayleen Conway's case is hard to swallow. Her husband seemed like such a nice guy Patti Stallings case is sad too even if there is a somewhat happy ending

03-10-2010, 11:56 PM	#3
Oooga Chucka Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 23, 2010 Posts: 150	I don't remember what any of their names were, and it may even be a new segment (I first saw it on Spike), but there was one that involved an African-American woman who worked at a bank. She went to work and saw some letter at the door, something to the effect of attempted extortion. Anyway, she went home and not too long after that her apartment was set on fire. The really heartbreaking part was that her young daughter opened the door and walked into the flames, dying almost instantly. Even worse was the mother and her adult son running after her and sustaining eventually fatal wounds themselves. They died the next day. It's tragic enough that the young girl died, but I couldn't get it out of my head that the last thing that the brother and the mom had to live with was that this little girl died. This one just broke my heart.

03-11-2010, 02:30 AM	#4
zack007attack Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 30, 2009 Posts: 402	Todd Kelly-I don't believe his girlfriend had anything to do with this and Todd's family is just looking for a scapegoat when they should really be trying to find the real suspect in this case. Nick Markowitz-JJH had the chance to do the right thing and he likely would not have gotten in trouble had he done it. But apparently he had to be an ignorant, heartless sadist and slaughter an innocent teenager. Tara Calico Tara Breckenridge Jennifer Pratt

03-11-2010, 03:50 AM	#5
jojo_D Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 05, 2009 Posts: 23	The segment where this man was desparately searching for his young son, only to find out he'd died of cancer years earlier.