Lauria Jaylene Bible (/ l r /; born April 18, 1983) and Ashley Renae Freeman (born December 29, 1983) were American teenagers who disappeared between the evening of December 29 and the early morning hours of December 30, 1999, from Freeman's home in Welch, Oklahoma.. Jared Padalecki was a major part of Gilmore Girls' formative years, where he played Rory's first boyfriend, Dean Forester, but he suddenly left the series in season 5. [8] Jones had claimed that he murdered Freeman's parents as a favor for a friend over drug debt, then took the girls to Kansas, where he shot them and threw their bodies into an abandoned mine. On March ninth, Circuit Court judge Jeffrey A. Malak dismissed the pending divorce case, which meant that the couples joint assets, primarily the Wilmette house and its contents, reverted to Olds. . They were married on April 16, 1960, at the First Presbyterian Church near her home. [7] While walking around the extensive rubble, they discovered what appeared to be another body and notified the police. "You can go to any corporation or to any church, and you tell me how many people are duplicitous, and then I'll answer your question. The judgment, awarded to Suzanne Olds' estate by Cook County Circuit Judge Calvin Hall, falls short of the sum Suzanne Olds' lawyers believe Dean and Hofer spent, although it comes on top of the $2 million in remaining marital assets that Olds forfeited because of his role in the murder. While Hofer sat in Cook County Jail awaiting trial, Olds groused about his entrepreneurial woes to Nancy Millman for her 1994 Chicago story Dangerous Liaison., My wife had cut off all funds for Germany, he said. Then he threw it all away for the company of a young charmer named Carsten Hofer. The car cost $55,000, according to his tax statements. The Wilmette police immediately assembled a task force of about 20 members, including detectives from neighboring towns and members of the state police force and the Cook County states attorneys office. It was a triumph Dean earned millions and turned into a sausage king. I have a half-dozen good German fiends. According to testimony in the probate case, Olds lucrative career as a trademark attorney spiraled steadily to an end. I decided I wanted to live with him. Hofer says the man was an American actor who had been on tour in Europe. Since her primary goal was to preserve assets for the kids, I think she thought if she tried to isolate herself from potential problems, in the end it was better for the children. He adds that she knew Hofer was playing some role in her husbands life, probably by the end of 1990, but she didnt take any action because she had some family goals she wanted to accomplish.. Shattered Lives: The Dean Olds Story: Directed by David Rorie. Many of you are aware that Dean had two strokes in December last year due to an anomaly in his body. He moved to Laguna Beach, California, where he died in 2011. Logan was 29 years old and Rory had just turned 22. Sue Olds stopped teaching and stayed home to rear the family. She has the small town values of home, family, and service, said Elizabeth Andrews, associate minister of the Kenilworth Church. ``Whoever killed my wife sort of went bananas, he said. Richard immediately quizzes Dean about his upbringing and his education . For his part, Olds attributed any problems in their relationship to the 40-year difference in their ages. Olds lost that money when he and his former lover, Helmut Carsten Hofer, were found responsible for the fatal bludgeoning of Suzanne Olds three days after Christmas 1993. They shared a room in a beachfront hotel, Hofer said, and Olds paid for the room and he said he could take it mostly off on taxes of whatever. According to tax documents, Olds paid $38,900 for the car and another $1,700 to ship it to Germany. Then on December 28, 1993, Suzanne was found beaten to death in the driveway of her home. Hofer was arrested on murder charges. ", Another witness, Bernadette Horan, who met Hofer in the spring of 1993 and later allowed him to live in her Marina Towers apartment for six weeks, said Hofer had told her Dean Olds owed him money that was tied up in the divorce battle. A third Rolls-Royce, blue, was purchased in December, his tax documents say, for $51,577. And he can still spin a good yarn, even if the details don't stand up to scrutiny. Following the hearing, as his client was headed for Cook County Jail, Kling told reporters he was outraged and angry and convinced that [Hofer] is innocent.. Seven months after the wedding, there was no longer a need for Sue Olds to keep up the pretenses. He didnt necessarily follow our unwritten rules. For the most part, the infractions were rather minor, Pavlak said such as telling young associates that they wait to become partner would be shorter than it actually was. According to Biography, Dean was a car racing enthusiast, and it was heartbreaking that his love of cars and racing ended up causing his death. History. Hofer insists he knew nothing about the intricacies of Mr. Oldss divorce problems, his financial situation, or any other personal matters when he came to this country. The attorneys and Olds family members say they suspect other assets remain hidden, possibly off-shore. By Nancy Millman. In the late '60s, Dean stepped into the entrepreneurial ring by launching the Jimmy Dean Meat Company. Today, Dean Olds still drives the Taurus that authorities believe Suzanne Olds' killer took to her house in Wilmette on Dec. 28, 1993. Marcyan was able to prove that Olds had regularly violated the injunction against sending more money to Germany. Why it matters: Dean is the first officer in Tarrant County convicted in an on-duty shooting. After Hofer was arrested, it because clear that a variety of versions of the alleged murderers life were being melted out. Whatever the financial outcome, the families of Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson expressed similar views as Olds' family members on the legal outcome of the civil trials: They are relieved that the truth about the murders, as they see it, has finally come out. In addition to reports of evidence that linked Hofer to Sue Olds murder, TV news coverage alleged that Hofer had serious legal problems in Germany as well. His days at Willian Brinks Olds Hofer Gilson & Lione (there is no connection between Carsten Hofer and Roy E. Hofer, a name partner in the firm) were spent in a well-appointed office with a sweeping view of Chicago and Lake Michigan from the top of the NBC tower. A favorite is the chic Renaissance on Forest Avenue, a boulevard where thatched cottages and Swiss chalets evoke an Old World charm, despite the presence of street-corner grunge bands and robed devotees of the Hare Krishna sect. Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the legendary ocean liner Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic . Dean Olds, who had been named as a suspect, according to his criminal lawyer, appeared at the Wilmette police station on the night of the arrest and was interviewed by detectives. [10], At approximately 5:30 a.m. on December 30, 1999, a passerby called 9-1-1 reporting that the Freeman home was engulfed in flames. The termination from the firm would bring him, according to court documents, approximately $600,000, paid in increments over time. And she was troubled by how the divorce, and what she was learning about her husbands relationship with Carsten Hofer, would affect the children. Olds male lover, a dashing blond part-time model from Germany, was tried for the crime and acquitted. When Kristin called her mother again later and no one answered, she became concerned. In the spring of 1993, having sold everything in his apartment which also served as the office of the limo business Hofer packed up his two schnauzers, a giant and a miniature, and moved to Chicago. Olds said that he regrets losing contact with his children but that they have been misled into believing he is involved in his wifes death. But in 1990, he won the biggest case of his career representing the little guy in a battle against Quaker Oats and its sports drink Gatorade. Jan. 25, 201603:38 1. She was very frightened as far as her image and propriety were concerned, said a friend. And instead of still directing a sizable staff in a 100-lawyer intellectual-property law practice that has clients all over the globe, Olds sits at a work station in a small law office in Laguna Beach. This year, the Dairy Farmers of America reported that its milk sales had dropped to $13.6 billion in 2018, from $14.7 billion in 2017. We had an evening meeting and discussed the subject for an hour or more. Finally, they voted on whether to force the resignation of Dean Olds. She was interested in learning more about the gay life., Why she stayed in the marriage can perhaps be explained by the words of her minister at the crowded memorial service last December 31st. Meanwhile, Wilmette police say their investigation of Dean Olds "is not active at this time.". We had our plan that we wanted to go live in Los Angeles. But first they were to spend a few months with his boyfriends family in the Chicago suburbs. It is assumed that the pregnancy occurred close to Rory's 22nd birthday. CHICAGO (AP) _ Dean Olds had it all. After a deposition in the case in November 1993, "He told me that Suzanne's attorney was saying that Dean and Carsten had a homosexual relationship, and that (the accusation) was wrong. Inhaling deeply on a Marlboro Light in his lawyers office and speaking in accented, nearly fluent English, Hofer described his relationship with the wealthy lawyer. At the Kenilworth Union Church, she taught Sunday school and worked on the annual bazaar. Olds had set Hofer up in an exclusive car rental business in Munich, but it was Hofer, not rental clients, who drove the companys Rolls-Royce, another of Hofers lovers, Kevin McDermott, testified in a taped deposition. One night in 1989, stopping for a drink in the hotels Ambassador lounge, he noticed a striking young German seated nearby at the bar. [7] Earlier that day, the girls had spent time at a local pizzeria with Freeman's mother, Kathy. On May tenth, Wilmette police arrested the 25-year-old Hofer and charged him with first-degree murder in the death of Mrs. Olds. He traveled the world on business and lived in an ample brick house in an exclusive suburb where he and his wife raised their family. That supposedly explain where money was going in the German business show lots of transactions at very nice restaurants, hotels throughout Europe, liquor. Dean is the first of Rory's boyfriends they meet and their expectations were high. Swimming pools, racquetball courts, weight room and fitness center, all the things a 67-year-old who walks stooped over would need to get back into top form. The victim was fully clothed, and we found no evidence of theft, robbery, or burglary to the house itself, Wilmette police chief George Carpenter said the next day. Minutes earlier, Circuit Judge Jeffrey Malak had rejected a motion by lawyers for Suzanne Olds' estate that Dean Olds be barred from testifying about events over which he consistently pleaded the . The Olds family lived well, but not ostentatiously. [7] The case was later featured on the series Vanished with Beth Holloway. [12], In the decade following the disappearance of Bible and Freeman, two convicted killersTommy Lynn Sells and Jeremy Jonesconfessed to murdering them, but subsequently recanted their admissions. Stephen Olds said his father had told him Hofer was a "brilliant law student," when in fact the former Munich store security guard and sometimes fashion model had not even graduated from high school. Previously, Olds maintained that Hofer was innocent, railroaded by the Cook County state's attorney because "he is gay and a foreigner." Throughout the year, at least twice a month, Olds sent large checks to Munich payable to Hofer in amounts ranging from $1,075 to $15,000. Then she paid the ultimate price. Still, the firm decided to ask him leave. Like many women of her generation, Sue Olds, who was 56 when she was killed, led a sheltered life. One reason for the decline is a decrease in cereal. Dennis Dean, the 83-year-old California drifter who in the film cruises community pools looking for well-off women who might . [9], The disappearances of Bible and Freeman were profiled on America's Most Wanted in 2000,[10] and on Unsolved Mysteries in 2001. Olds was an expert in trademark law and had represented and counseled some topflight U.S. companies, including General Mills, American Motors, and McDonalds. People close to the family believe the limousine service was a scheme to stash away money for Olds and Hofer, who they believe were lovers. In the spring of 1993, after acknowledging that he had a drinking problem, he was put on a leave of absence from the law firm. Some of those contrasting themes will play out on Tuesday when the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) looks into Olds' affairs, which include insider stock trading and violating judges' orders to stop transferring large sums of money to Hofer in Germany, pending the outcome of Dean and Suzanne Olds' divorce. Apparently, the primary goal was to keep up appearances for the wedding of her daughter Kristin. Though police did not comment officially on any aspects of their investigation before Hofers arrest, details had leaked, primarily to Channel 7s Chuck Goudie, who reported extensively on the case. "She wasn't as fearful of my dad as she was of my father and Carsten," Kristin Olds Glavin testified Thursday in the second day of Hofer's murder trial. Then on December 28, 1993, Suzanne was found beaten to death in the driveway of her home. Former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean has been found guilty of a lesser charge of manslaughter in the death of Atatiana Jefferson. Standing between Richard Kling and assistant states attorney Steven Goebel, Hofer shook his head in denial while Goebel outlined the case against him. I wish my son had had the sophistication at 20 that Carsten had.. However, now re-listed for $1.4M, these pieces are up for negotiation. It wasn't Dean Olds, but his mysterious young friend from Germany, who terrified Suzanne Olds the most, family members testified Thursday in the murder trial of Helmut Carsten Hofer. [4] After the fire had been extinguished, the bodies of Freeman's parents, Danny and Kathy, were recovered. Glavin found the body of his mother-in-law on the floor of the garage. Then one evening, three days after Christmas 1993 and shortly before the case was to go to trial, Mrs. Olds started out to walk the dog and was bludgeoned to death in the garage of her home. With Dean Olds. Even though the burden of proof in civil proceedings is much lower than in criminal prosecutions, enforcing monetary judgments can be an extremely difficult exercise for the survivors of murder victims. Reports also referred to a map found in the car with the location of the house marked with a star. I told her to be aware of her surroundings and not to wear headphones" when she went out at night to walk her dog, he said. For example, during a stroll with a reporter down this coastal town's main drag, he responded to a panhandler's appeal for small change by pulling a wad of cash out of his pants pocket and peeling off a $10 bill. Olds, 5-foot-2 and 102 pounds, did so at the urging of her three adult children, who had argued unsuccessfully in late 1993 that their mother immediately leave the half-acre estate in Wilmette. I find they have more presence, more grace, than their American counterparts. But within a week of the cars arrival in Munich, trouble struck. He was turned into the ancient one known as "The Old Man". Nationwide, wrongful-death lawsuits have jumped 175 percent since 1990 in cases where there was criminal violence, according to data compiled by the National Victim Center in Virginia. For a while, trademark attorney Dean Olds and his wife, Suzanne, led a storybook North Shore existence with their three children. Carlton R. Marcyan, Sue Oldss divorce lawyer, believes that the limousine business may have been a plot to hide money for Olds and Hofer. I [was] falling in love with somebody at the end of 1992, Hofer said. Olds began traveling to Germany often, even spending part of the Christmas holidays there in 1990. In an interview six weeks before Hofers arrest, Olds still expressed bitterness toward her, blaming the failure of the limousine business on her legal efforts to restrict his funds. But still, it was clear that the relationship was not over, despite the advice of lawyers for them to stay apart. He knew how to treat big shots in the right way, Olds said. The police reported that speed contributed to the cause to the accident and that Dean was traveling over 65 mph at the time of the impact. Genres as young film buffs become more mature 29.4 % happened between the ages of 18 and.! Tags: Crime & Law, From the Vault, News & Politics. The same cant be said for his wife, however. Suzanne Olds, his petite and vivacious wife, presided over an $880,000 house in the Indian Hill Estates section of Wilmette, where the couple had reared three children. At 2:30 p.m. on May 12th, Helmut Carsten Hofer, wearing wrinkled jeans and a blue shirt, was escorted by two Cook County deputy sheriffs before Circuit Court judge Marcia B. Orr at the Skokie courthouse. . If he was meeting Pavarotti at the airport, he knew how the car had to be polished and how to act. In March 1991, Olds prepared documents that set up the business for Hofer to run. First put up for sale in 2018 with a price tag of $1.8M, the original listing also included much of the furniture and Martin's baby grand piano. Olds quickly left for a month at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California. . No documents that Olds produced in the divorce case show any income from the business that year. He had been reared by his grandparents and great-aunt, but Hofer says he left home at 15, after his realization he was gay and caused conflicts. . [8] In 2020, Busick was convicted and sentenced.[9]. Just a month before Hofers arrest, a court ruling put an end to the financial strain that had plagued Dean Olds since the receiver took control of his funds a year before. Mrs. Oldss survivors, her three children and her brother and sister, as well as her many friends, are shattered by the situation. Hofer said he eventually came to believe that Olds was in love with him. Im sure he was tired of playing Monopoly and Battleship, he said. I wouldnt want to be on the other side against him., Olds partners say they didnt notice any change in him as his relationship with Hofer was deepening except that he was taking frequent trips to Germany. In late July or early August, we decided to take the matter to the shareholders, Pavlak said. Their first child, Craig, came in 1942, followed by Claudia in 1944. Hofers friend Douglas R. Kragness, an assistant Cook County public defender, accompanied Hofer to the police station when he was questioned, and later stated that Hofer was at his West Cornelia Avenue apartment at the time of the murder. The day after the murder, Charlotte Newfeld invited Hofer to live as a guest at her home in the 3500 block of North Pine Grove Avenue, where he remained until the night of his arrest. But Christoph Sander, the deputy consul general for Germany in Chicago, said a check of Hofers record there showed only traffic violations, including a drunk-driving conviction, and a report that he was being investigated for embezzlement. James Dean, only 24 years old, died in the crash. There were plenty of warning signs, family members testified, not least of which was a hotly contested multimillion-dollar divorce suit that the 56-year-old woman had filed a year earlier against her husband, Dean Olds. If there was a business at all, it appears to have been a total loss. When Hofer was questioned about his whereabouts on the night of the murder, Goebel said, he admitted having exclusive possession of [Dean Oldss] car during the period in which the murder was committed. [7] Searches of the mine Jones identified proved fruitless, however, and Jones subsequently admitted he had fabricated the story in order to get better food and additional phone privileges in prison. 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