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ChrissySnow · 01-14-2012, 06:32 PM

I saw this case on UM, and it was one of the most bizarre that I have ever seen.

Here are the details I remember: A very wealthy older widow from the South befriends a younger (40's or 50's) man and he becomes her confidante and constant companion.
He places an ad for a Chauffeur and specifies in the ad that the applicant needs to be "good looking and not overweight." (very weird requests, IMO.)

The older woman and the man travel somewhere and he steals all of her money....literally clears out her bank account.

The man winds up dead in a field of an apparent suicide.

That's all I can recall, but it was a VERY weird case.

Thank you. :-)

1990 UM fan · 01-14-2012, 07:23 PM

sounds like the Dan Tondevold case (not sure if that's how his last name is spelled)

ChrissySnow · 01-15-2012, 03:13 AM

Thank you! That's the one.

1990 UM fan · 01-15-2012, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrissySnow

Thank you! That's the one.

you're welcome

01-14-2012, 06:32 PM	#1
ChrissySnow Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 01, 2011 Location: NYC Posts: 79	Please help me identify this case.... I saw this case on UM, and it was one of the most bizarre that I have ever seen. Here are the details I remember: A very wealthy older widow from the South befriends a younger (40's or 50's) man and he becomes her confidante and constant companion. He places an ad for a Chauffeur and specifies in the ad that the applicant needs to be "good looking and not overweight." (very weird requests, IMO.) The older woman and the man travel somewhere and he steals all of her money....literally clears out her bank account. The man winds up dead in a field of an apparent suicide. That's all I can recall, but it was a VERY weird case. Thank you. :-)

01-14-2012, 07:23 PM	#2
1990 UM fan Unsolved Mysteries fanatic Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2011 Location: United States Posts: 2,510	sounds like the Dan Tondevold case (not sure if that's how his last name is spelled)

01-15-2012, 03:13 AM	#3
ChrissySnow Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 01, 2011 Location: NYC Posts: 79	Thank you! That's the one.