Valley Bank Robbery / Trench Coat Robbers

[JM]

First, let me say that I think overall Film Rise has done an excellent job presenting the series thus far. I'm just now making my way through Season 4 and it's nice to see segments I haven't seen in years.

I noticed though there is a glaring error for this segment.

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/w...y_Bank_Robbery

At the end it mentions Billy Kirkpatrick and that he was captured, did 15 years and was released. And then, inexplicably, says "the second bank robber has never been identified".

This must be just an oversight on Film Rise's part. It happens I guess.

However, just for the record, both Billy Kirkpatrick and Ray Bowman (better known as the Trench Coat Robbers) were both apprehended and tried separately in the late 1990s. I believe Bowman is still serving his 24 year term. These two are the most prolific bank robbers in the modern era. Their haul was in excess of 8 million dollars. They also pulled off one of the biggest heists in American history, at the Seafirst Bank in Lakewood Washington, netting them $4.4 million dollars. This was their final robbery, shortly before their capture in 1997.

Not saying what they did was right but man, you gotta give 'em props. They had this down to a science.

Here's a long form piece from the New Yorker magazine some 15 years ago. Also, there was a Court Tv program that featured their case for the full hour. Fascinating stuff.

http://alexkotlowitz.com/stories/trenchcoat-robbers

[JannTosh]

yeah I remember watching this on Lifetime and it said in the text update in the end that both robbers were captured

[siamesemeg]

Thank you for starting this thread. I'm super relived to hear they were actually both caught, despite the FilmRise text update.

Because HOLY SH*T, I was never going to sleep again after this:
http://imgur.com/a/XCKrH

[JannTosh]

Originally Posted by siamesemeg

Thank you for starting this thread. I'm super relived to hear they were actually both caught, despite the FilmRise text update.

Because HOLY SH*T, I was never going to sleep again after this:
http://imgur.com/a/XCKrH

I swear that creepy image wasn't in the version I watched on TV, right after they talked about the composite sketch they cut to the text updated

[JM]

Originally Posted by siamesemeg

Thank you for starting this thread. I'm super relived to hear they were actually both caught, despite the FilmRise text update.

Because HOLY SH*T, I was never going to sleep again after this:
http://imgur.com/a/XCKrH

Yea, that image from the security cam was never shown prior to the Film Rise release. I'm like 99% confident of that.

And I definitely remember watching the original airing on NBC and seeing it in subsequent reruns on Lifetime.

That sure is a scary one.