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Deep Secret

June 2, 2009 11:00 AM

Was a missing teen a runaway or the victim of a serial killer? "48 Hours Mystery" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

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by KNS3 April 9, 2013 1:34 AM EDT
Denijone - when referring to execution, suicide, etc. the proper way to say it is "hanged"... Maybe before you post a comment like that you should make sure you're correct.
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by GuiltyOrNot February 18, 2012 11:29 AM EST
The Statute of Limitations was a stupid idea.
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by BenFCarson September 11, 2011 2:38 AM EDT
If I was one of the sisters id offer a free trip to mexico for the two brothers and myself ;-) lets just say they would stay in mexico forever.. ya folla
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by sylvdlcr February 21, 2011 2:29 AM EST
I don't know about this??....to me it doesn't seem these two brothers had anything to do with Jeff's death in 1977. It looks like they just cracked after being questioned for so long and gave them an answer they wanted to hear, not understandable how that happens but it has in many cases. It's not so easy to kill your best friend either...I think that Scott Rango the guy that was in prison that wanted to write to the sister and the one that hung himself was the one who did it...he was placed their across the street from the bar he was last seen and in same year of Jeff's disappearance...and this guy had a violent track record, he was serving a life sentence for murder and was a suspect in several cases and was known to hang out in bars, befriend people, rob and kill them. It had to be him.... This guy probably killed more people and maybe he started to feel remorse for his sick twisted mind and wanted to confess to the sister, but since she never wrote or agreed to write him, he just killed himself. End of story...Also his best friend supposed confession said he had a very big open gash on his head wouldn't their be some evidence of blunt force trauma to his head. but there isn't...and David (Jeff's Friend) could have easily made up the big open gash on his head story just to give them a how and shut them up. The investigators kept at them they were questioned 3-4 hours, they were tired of all the questions and them not accepting the answers they were giving them. So they gave them what they wanted to hear, simple as that. They don't have the evidence to prosecute. I feel for the family and how hard it must have been to have no answers for 31 yrs and still don't have the answers they want about what happened to him but at least they have his remains and can finally have a funeral and can put him to rest.
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by crestedibis May 30, 2010 8:03 PM EDT
What is with Erin Moriarty's vowels? Where the heck do they come from? That's vowels, not bowels. I speak newscaster English. Why can't she?
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by funnybunny13 May 30, 2010 11:57 AM EDT
I agree with tardisv. There were a couple other episodes here that also convicted people even when they hadn't even found a body!
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by chey1297 March 24, 2010 5:45 AM EDT
This is a very sad story, To find out so many years later that a friend comitted this horrible act and then be told nothing could be done... It just makes you see how far the criminal justice system has come in these latest decades and how short it fell in 1977.
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by anursewhocares January 14, 2010 7:58 PM EST
To..to sad. Iam so glad the family finally found out what happen to him but knowing those guys will never be put in prison for it, sickens me!!!!...its not right!!!!!
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by amcgowannyc November 17, 2009 5:36 PM EST
I can't believe I am hearing Erin Moriarty say "StatUE of Limitations" instead of "StatUTE"; it's disturbing when even the people delivering "news" stories on television can't speak correct English. It's no wonder Americans are appearing less and less educated, with so many young people getting their information from the internet and tv. Embarrassing.
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by lorraine64 October 23, 2009 6:16 PM EDT
Please help! I ve logged on but can't watch any of the videos!!What am i doing wrong!! I love yr show and have been following it on You Tube as not on tv here in Italy. Thanks a bunch
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