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0:06 - Introduction and Case Overview
1:05 - Discovery of Remains and Key Questions
4:42 - Sohus Family Background and Disappearance
9:18 - Initial Investigation and Mysterious Evidence
12:16 - Life and Disappearance of Christopher Chichester
19:29 - Clark Rockefeller Identity and Kidnapping
23:11 - Unmasking Christian Gerhartsreiter
30:39 - Trial, Conviction, and Conclusion
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0:06 - Introduction and Case Overview
1:05 - Discovery of Remains and Key Questions
4:42 - Sohus Family Background and Disappearance
9:18 - Initial Investigation and Mysterious Evidence
12:16 - Life and Disappearance of Christopher Chichester
19:29 - Clark Rockefeller Identity and Kidnapping
23:11 - Unmasking Christian Gerhartsreiter
30:39 - Trial, Conviction, and Conclusion
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00:05well today we have a new case this boy named Felipe has been behaving very badly and I
00:14couldn't record because he wouldn't stop barking he's still growing so let's see if I can record
00:19with him here which is the only way he doesn't bark are you going to behave in 1985 John and
00:27Linda Sohus disappeared from their home in San Marino California for years there were no answers
00:34only some belongings left behind a strange explanation and a silence that no one could
00:41understand almost a decade later construction work in the yard of that same house brought to
00:48light the buried human remains the discovery led investigators to reopen a disappearance case
00:55that had seemed forgotten but that also raised an even more disturbing question what had really
01:02happened inside that property and then the year 2008 arrived a man named Clark Rockefeller had kidnapped his
01:12seven-year-old daughter during a supervised visit and triggered a nationwide police search when he
01:18was finally arrested in Baltimore which is a city in the state of Maryland investigators discovered
01:25that behind that name was a much more complicated identity and when they looked into his past they
01:32turned their attention back to that house in California
01:45It was May 5 1994 almost 10 years had passed since a disappearance that many neighbors had practically forgotten
01:54in house in San Marino a quiet neighborhood in Los Angeles County some workers were working in the backyard digging
02:02up the
02:03ground because they were going to do a renovation
02:07Amentilo built a pool there for a new owner it was a work day like any other they had no
02:13idea they would find something
02:15related to a crime but as they kept digging something strange appeared in the dirt one of the workers moved
02:24the soil with his hands and saw what looked like a bone
02:27at first they thought it could be from an animal but they notified the police anyway what had started as
02:34just another day was about to lead to a discovery in a case that had gone almost 10 years without
02:41answers
02:43when they arrived the police checked the area and secured the scene so that the forensic experts could examine the
02:50discovery
02:51They began to work very carefully took photos and checked every part of the ground before moving it
02:59As they went on they realized it wasn't just a single bone more remains started to appear and little by
03:08little they discovered it was a human skeleton
03:11The experts reached an initial conclusion they didn't belong to a child but these bones were from an adult
03:19The most striking thing wasn't just the discovery itself but the place where it was found
03:24It was the same land where years ago a very well-known couple in the neighborhood lived
03:30A couple who disappeared and were never found
03:33And as the hours went by that coincidence started to draw attention
03:38This couple was a young married couple who had disappeared in the mid-1980s
03:44They were John and Linda Sohus
03:47As time went by the investigation faded away and the case ended up forgotten in a file with no answers
03:53and no closure
03:54And almost 10 years later human remains were found buried in the yard of that same house
04:00It was no longer just a coincidence it seemed there was some kind of connection to that case
04:05That person had been buried there for many years
04:10If no one had decided to dig right in that spot
04:14The remains probably would have stayed hidden for many more years
04:19And that's where the big question arises
04:22Who was that person?
04:24How did their body end up buried in that garden?
04:27And what if it had something to do with the mysterious disappearance of that couple?
04:33That's what we're going to find out today
04:42But understand how a body ended up buried in that garden
04:45First we have to travel back a few years
04:47Many years before
04:49The Sohus family lived in that house
04:52The owner was Ruth Sohus
04:54The mother of Jonathan
04:56Or John Sohus
04:57It was a house located in a quiet neighborhood
05:00It wasn't a mansion or anything out of the ordinary
05:03It was simply the home of a family that from the outside seemed to live a normal life
05:07John was a young man
05:09Who, according to those who knew him
05:11Was calm and kind
05:13Quite reserved
05:14He liked technology, science fiction
05:18He was a fan of Star Trek and Dungeons and Dragons
05:21The board game
05:23John was adopted as a child by Ruth
05:27Known to everyone as Diddy
05:29And by Bob Sohus
05:31Over time, the couple divorced and Bob left the house
05:34And John decided to keep living at the San Marino property with Diddy
05:39In 1985, John was 27 years old
05:43And worked in a field related to computers
05:45He was a part-time computer programmer
05:48At a time when computing was just starting to grow
05:51And many saw it as a profession with a lot of future potential
05:56Neighbors remember Diddy Sohus
05:59John's mother as a woman with a very unusual personality
06:03Diddy was 68 years old
06:06Attended church regularly
06:08And was said to be a former figure of high society in the 1930s and 40s
06:13She was divorced and was starting to run out of money
06:17So she decided to rent out part of her home
06:20In the backyard of the property
06:22There was a small guest house that Diddy rented out for extra income
06:27Living there was a tenant named Christopher Chichester
06:32Who had already been living there for some time
06:36In the early 1980s, John met Linda Mayfield
06:40A young woman passionate about art and science fiction
06:44Apparently, they had met at a fan gathering or at the bookstore where Linda worked
06:52The couple got married on Halloween in 1983 and went to live with Diddy in the main house in San
06:58Marino
06:58So though they were happy and supported each other
07:01They told their friends that they didn't like living with her because of her problems with alcohol
07:08That's why the couple had the idea of becoming independent and starting a new life away from that house
07:14Both of them loved animals and had six cats
07:18In 1985, it seemed that things were finally going to change for them
07:24John and Linda said that they had received a job opportunity
07:28Linda even told a friend that she had been contacted for an offer related to the government
07:34She didn't give many details
07:37She just mentioned that they wanted to interview both of them in New York
07:42And that the trip would last about two weeks
07:44Before leaving San Marino
07:46On February 8, 1985
07:49Linda left her six cats at a pet boarding facility
07:54Paying for a two-week stay
07:56But the two weeks passed and they never came back
07:59Since that day, no one ever saw them again
08:03The place where they left their pets
08:06She called Linda's sister to tell her that several weeks had passed
08:10And they hadn't come back for the cats
08:12Which seemed strange to her
08:15They would never abandon their pets because they cared for them a lot
08:19They loved them very much
08:23That's why the sister called Diddy
08:25Hoping he might know something
08:28She told her that John and Linda were on a secret mission
08:32And that they couldn't contact the family
08:34But Diddy's story changed every time the sister called to ask about them
08:40Maybe it was because Diddy thanked a lot due to his problems with alcohol
08:44But there were still many unanswered questions
08:48If John and Linda had left that house for a supposed job opportunity
08:53Why did they never come back?
08:55Or why did Diddy give different versions every time someone asked about them?
09:01And above all, what had really happened inside that house
09:05Before the couple disappeared without a trace?
09:19While the forensic experts tried to confirm the identity of the remains
09:23The detectives went back to review the disappearance case from 1985
09:30After the couple disappeared in April 1985
09:33Linda's family finally decided to report the disappearance
09:37Since there was no clear evidence of a crime at that time
09:41The investigation didn't progress much
09:45They also questioned the tenant to whom Diddy rented the guest house in the year they disappeared
09:52His name, as we mentioned, was Christopher Chichester, a man of British descent
09:58When the detective went to talk to him, he found him naked and looking unkempt
10:06Christopher explained that he was a nudist
10:08And during the conversation, he repeated the same story that Diddy had told earlier
10:14According to him, Jonathan and Linda hadn't disappeared
10:18But were supposedly on a secret mission
10:20So Christopher's version and Diddy's, even though all of this sounded really crazy, matched
10:28That month, postcards from Linda also started arriving from different places
10:33Diddy received a postcard with a New York stamp that said
10:37Looks like we made a mistake on the way, signed Linda
10:42And a close friend of Linda received another postcard
10:45That was supposedly sent from Paris, France
10:49The message said
10:50Dear Sue, I kind of miss New York, but I can live with this
10:56Signed, Linda
10:58But something about this postcard didn't convince her
11:01She knew Linda and wasn't sure that she had written it
11:06But instead of reassuring the family, the postcard only increased their doubts
11:11Linda had never said she was going to travel to Europe
11:15Her mother even insisted that she didn't have a passport or enough money to make a trip like that
11:20Years later, the experts concluded that the handwriting on the postcards was consistent with Linda's
11:28But another, even stranger detail appeared
11:32The DNA found on the adhesive of the stamps on two of them belonged to an unknown man
11:39It wasn't Linda
11:40During the investigation, it was also learned that Diddy Sojuz was convinced that her son had abandoned her because of
11:47his wife and his move to New York
11:49She excluded him from her will, denying him the house
11:52Which in 1985 was worth about $310,000
11:56Approximately $870,000
12:00Or a little more in today's dollars
12:03At that time, the case was treated as a missing person's case
12:07But years later, with the remains found in the garden
12:09Investigators had to ask themselves something different
12:12What was going on?
12:14What if that story was never real?
12:17Now, let's talk about how the remains were found
12:20During excavations to build a pool in the backyard, the workers found a fiberglass container buried underground
12:27Inside, there were dismembered human remains
12:31According to a detective, the head, feet and hands were covered with plastic bags
12:38And a telephone cord was tied around the neck
12:42The arms, legs and torso were wrapped in plastic wrap, which were then buried
12:50Forensic experts determined that the cause of death was severe blows to the head
12:55Only in addition, they found signs that suggested he may have been attacked with a bladed weapon
13:02Since his clothes had some cuts
13:05The remains were so badly decomposed, obviously
13:08That the authorities could not immediately identify the victim
13:12The answer came much later
13:14When DNA analysis allowed the remains to be compared with a biological half-sister of John
13:20The result confirmed what we already know
13:23That the remains found in the garden were those of John's soldiers
13:28Although many answers were still missing
13:31One thing was clear
13:32This was no longer just a simple disappearance
13:36With a body buried in the garden and Linda still missing
13:41The detectives began to look more closely at the people who had been around the couple during their last days
13:48Thus began the search for someone responsible
14:00At first, the detectives had to consider all possibilities
14:04Since Linda was still missing, they didn't rule out that she could be involved in John's death
14:10The investigators did what is usually done in these kinds of cases
14:15They looked at the people closest to the couple
14:18The investigators spoke with family members, friends and neighbors
14:22To try to reconstruct the last days of John and Linda
14:26But no specific conflict was made public
14:30Threat or prior complaint that would explain their disappearance
14:34So the attention began to focus on the people who were close to them
14:39And who might know something about what happened in that house
14:42One of them was, obviously, Ruth Didi Sojus
14:46John's adoptive mother
14:48And the owner of the property
14:51Didi lived there
14:52And was one of the first people the police needed to interview
14:56She stuck to the story that John and Linda had left to carry out some kind of secret mission
15:01And that they couldn't communicate with their relatives
15:03At first, she even refused to file a missing persons report
15:08But about three months later, she changed her mind
15:11And finally, she officially reported that both of them were missing
15:16Didi was never accused
15:18Nor does she appear in the sources as a formal suspect in the crime
15:22But her explanation was quite strange
15:25Where did the story of that supposed secret mission come from?
15:29There was a person who kept coming up again and again
15:33When the investigators tried to reconstruct what had happened
15:39Christopher Chichester
15:40The man who rented the guest house on the property
15:45He lived there for a few years
15:47While John and Linda lived in the main house
15:49The police wanted to find him to talk to him again
15:52But Christopher was already gone
15:56He had disappeared from the neighborhood shortly after John and Linda had gone missing
16:01For years, investigators were unable to locate him
16:08Until that moment
16:09Christopher might have just seemed like a strange tenant
16:12Who had disappeared at the wrong time
16:16But the more they investigated him
16:19The clearer it became that behind the name Christopher Chichester
16:23There was a much more complicated story
16:32Christopher Chichester was not part of the Sohus family
16:35Nor a lifelong neighbor
16:36He was a 21-year-old who came to live in the small guest house in the backyard
16:42But there was something about him that drew attention
16:46His name, the way he spoke and the stories he told about his past
16:51Made him seem different from everyone else
16:54He claimed to be the 13th Baronet of England
16:58A title that made him someone who belonged to an old family
17:02With an important history behind it
17:06The way he dressed, his accent, and the stories he told about his origins
17:12Made him stand out in a quiet neighborhood
17:15Where no one was used to someone like him
17:19His arrival in San Marino didn't start directly at Didi's house
17:23But rather in a much more important place for the community
17:27The Church of the Savior
17:28It was the oldest church in the area
17:30And a meeting point for many well-known families in the neighborhood
17:34There, Christopher gradually began to make a place for himself
17:39He took part in the activities, helped out, stayed for the community lunches
17:43And began to become part of the community's social life
17:46They saw him as a polite young man
17:49With good manners and a different family background
17:52In a short time, he stopped being the stranger who had just arrived
17:56And became someone accepted within the community
17:59Didi Sohus, an older woman who was going through some financial problems
18:04Had something that could be useful at that moment
18:07A small guest house in the backyard
18:10For Didi, the possibility of having someone to help with the expenses
18:14Seemed like a good solution
18:17That's how Christopher ended up entering the Sohus family's life
18:22Although she knew the guest house shouldn't be rented out officially
18:26Didi decided to do it
18:28The condition was to keep it a secret to avoid legal problems
18:33That's how he came to live in the backyard of the Sohus house
18:38As the months went by
18:40Christopher's presence started to become part of the family's routine
18:43Everything seemed normal
18:45But the image Christopher had built began to change
18:48After Johnny and Linda disappeared
18:51And months later, in July 1985
18:54Didi reported to the authorities that Christopher Chichester had also disappeared
19:00Taking the family's truck with him
19:03While the case remained unsolved
19:07Didi ended up selling the Lorraine Road house
19:10And moved somewhere else
19:13She died a few years later
19:15Convinced that John had simply abandoned her
19:17She never found out what had happened
19:21Years later, the garden of that house she had left behind
19:24Would end up revealing a clue that would completely change the story of her son
19:29Christopher's story didn't end when he left San Marino
19:32Just a few months after the couple disappeared
19:35He showed up in Greenwich, Connecticut
19:37But this time using another name
19:40Christopher Crow
19:41There, he tried to sell the white Nissan truck
19:45That had belonged to the Sohus family
19:48The investigators contacted the Connecticut authorities
19:52And confirmed that Christopher Crow was the same man
19:55Who had lived as Christopher Chichester
19:58In the Sohus family guest house
20:00But when they tried to find him
20:02He had already left Greenwich
20:06Once again
20:06The man who might have answers about the couple's disappearance had vanished
20:13Of the rest of the goators
20:15That detail opened a new line of questions
20:18About the man who had lived in the guest house
20:20And about what he had really done
20:21After the Sohus couple disappeared
20:30While in California the case remained unsolved
20:34On the East Coast
20:35A man was starting to attract attention for a very different reason
20:39He called himself Clark Rockefeller
20:43A last name that by itself inspires trust
20:46Because, you know, a lot of people know of the Rockefeller family
20:49At that time, no one imagined that this story would end up intersecting with another
20:55That happened thousands of miles away
20:57Clark gave the impression that he had always belonged to that world
21:03He moved through wealthy neighborhoods
21:05Frequented private clubs
21:07And attended gatherings where most people had money or an important position
21:13For those who knew him
21:14He was simply a well-mannered man who was financially comfortable
21:18And a good last name
21:19Because that last name was not just any last name
21:22It was the Rockefeller family
21:24One of the richest and most influential families in the United States
21:29Their fortune began with oil at the end of the 19th century
21:33And over the years
21:35The name became associated with money, power and great charitable works
21:40It was in those circles that he met Sandra Boss
21:44A high-level consultant connected with major companies
21:48They met in New York in the early 1990s
21:53Their relationship progressed
21:54And in 1995 they got married in Nantucket
21:58A few years later, they had a daughter
22:01Whom they named Wright
22:03From the outside, they seemed to have a privileged life
22:07Sandra Bild, she was married to a member of one of the most powerful families in the United States
22:15However, over time, she began to notice gaps in her husband's story
22:21Clark would change details when he talked about his past
22:26Avoided questions about his family
22:29And never showed childhood photos or personal documents
22:35And Sandra never got to meet the supposed partners in the businesses he claimed to run
22:43With this, the relationship became increasingly tense
22:47Finally, Sandra hired a private investigator to look into Clark's past
22:53Which confirmed that many of the stories he had told her could not be verified
22:59The relationship ultimately ended in divorce
23:02It's no surprise
23:04For Sandra, the priority became the custody and safety of her daughter
23:10The final agreement granted Sandra primary custody of the girl
23:15And limited Clark to three supervised visits a year
23:18In exchange for financial compensation
23:23The day everything changed was Sunday, July 27, 2008
23:28Clark had a scheduled visit with his daughter in Boston
23:31As part of the custody agreement
23:34The meeting took place in a quiet area
23:37And his daughter was accompanied by the social worker
23:40Clark spent time with her
23:42And the situation seemed to follow the usual procedure
23:45What happens next takes place in a matter of seconds
23:50As they were walking
23:52A black SUV stopped near them
23:56Suddenly, Clark grabbed the girl
23:58Put her in the vehicle
23:59And the car drove away
24:01Quickly
24:03The social worker tried to stop them from leaving
24:07And even held on to the vehicle
24:09But had to let go to avoid serious injury
24:13At that moment
24:15What was supposed to be a supervised visit
24:17Between a father and his daughter
24:18Turned into something completely different
24:21A kidnapping that happened out on the street
24:24And in full view of everyone
24:26The authorities reacted immediately
24:28The Boston police launched an urgent search
24:32All available information about Clark
24:35His movements
24:36And the places where he might try to hide
24:38Was reviewed
24:39His name and photograph began to circulate
24:42Other jurisdictions were alerted
24:46And the case quickly reached the media
24:48But while the police were searching for Clark Rockefeller
24:52He was already preparing a new version of himself
24:56He began to settle in Baltimore
24:58Where he introduced himself as Charles Chip Smith
25:02The supposed ship captain from Alta Altamara
25:06Six days after the kidnapping
25:08The search led investigators to Baltimore
25:12A real estate agent who had handled the purchase of the house for Chip Smith
25:17Quote unquote
25:18She saw Clark Rockefeller's face on the news
25:22And contacted the authorities
25:24That call made it possible to locate Clark
25:27The authorities made a call
25:29About an alleged problem with his boat
25:32To get him to leave the building
25:33When he appeared on the street
25:35They arrested him before he could go in to look for his daughter
25:38When they searched the apartment
25:40They found his daughter safe and sound
25:43After days of uncertainty
25:45The girl finally returned to her mother
25:48Thus putting an end to the most urgent and worrying part of this chapter of the story
25:53But for Clark
25:55The problem was just beginning
25:57Now he had to face charges of kidnapping
26:00And two counts of assault
26:02For allegedly pushing the social worker to the ground
26:05And then ordering the driver to take off
26:08While the social worker was trying to get into the car
26:11Who suffered minor injuries
26:13The man who for years had built an image of wealth
26:17Of power
26:18And a famous last name
26:20Was now standing before a judge
26:23Without privileges or pretenses to protect him
26:26And as the investigation progressed
26:29Much deeper questions began to arise
26:32About who Clark Rockefeller really was
26:37If he really wasn't who he claimed to be
26:40Then who was that man really
26:41And what had he been hiding all those years
26:46When investigators looked into his past
26:49They discovered that the Rockefeller surname
26:51Was only part of a much bigger story
26:55His name wasn't the only thing he had changed
26:58He had used other identities
27:00Lived in other places
27:01And left traces of a life
27:03Whose pieces seemed to have no connection to one another
27:06Until one of those stories
27:07Led investigators back to California
27:10To a house in San Marino
27:11And to a disappearance
27:13That had happened more than 20 years earlier
27:22The name he had used for years
27:25Started to raise suspicions
27:27And the agents began to wonder
27:29If they were really dealing with a Rockefeller
27:32Or if that was just another identity
27:35Created by someone who had been hiding for a long time
27:39The investigators reviewed his history more carefully
27:43Requested documents
27:44Checked old records
27:46Also consulted databases
27:48And cross-referenced information
27:50With different agencies
27:51To find out who he really was
27:53And little by little
27:56A reality very different from the story Clark had been telling for years
28:00Began to emerge
28:01Behind that supposed heir
28:03Of one of the most well-known families in the United States
28:07There was another name
28:09Another origin
28:10And a previous life
28:12That had nothing to do with the image he had built
28:15His real name was Christian Karl Gerhard Strider
28:18He was born on February 21, 1961
28:22In Bergen, Bavaria, Germany
28:25In an ordinary family
28:27His father was a painter
28:29And his mother worked as a seamstress
28:31He arrived in the United States
28:33Between 1978 and 1979
28:36As an exchange student
28:38When he was about 17 years old
28:40But as time went by
28:42His story began to fill with different names
28:46He wasn't just a person moving from city to city
28:49But someone who was building new versions of himself
28:52First, he was a young German
28:54Trying to make his way in the United States
28:59Then he appeared as Christopher Chichester in California
29:02Later as Chris Crowe
29:04And finally as Clark Rockefeller on the East Coast
29:08Each identity came with a new story
29:11A new way of presenting himself
29:14A new life that seemed to take him further and further away from his true past
29:21What for many seemed like completely different lives
29:24Was now starting to look like a single story
29:27Told through different identities
29:28In the 1980s
29:31That same man had lived in California
29:35Under the name Christopher Mountbatten Chichester
29:39He was the tenant of the Sohus' guest house in San Marino
29:43The same property where, years later
29:46The remains of John Sohus would be found
29:48After Johnny and Linda disappeared
29:52Chichester left the area
29:54And for years managed to stay off the radar
29:57But his trail did not disappear
29:59He resurfaced in other places
30:01With other names and other stories
30:04Until he became Clark Rockefeller
30:07On the East Coast
30:08For the detectives from Los Angeles and San Marino
30:11The connection completely changed this investigation
30:15Suddenly the case
30:17Which had gone quiet for years
30:19Became central again
30:21The body found in the garden of Diddy's house
30:24Was no longer a discovery without answers
30:27The investigators had to review everything that happened in 1985
30:31And ask themselves what connection
30:34That former tenant might have had
30:35With the disappearance of Johnny and Linda
30:38In 2011
30:39The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
30:43Formerly charged Christian Carl Gerhard Streiter
30:46With the death of John Sohus
30:48The charge was for first degree murder
30:52Which meant that the prosecutors argued
30:54It was not an accidental death
30:57But a crime committed with intent
30:59The case
31:01Which had begun with some remains found in a garden
31:04Almost two decades earlier
31:08Now had an identified suspect
31:10The same man who had lived on that property
31:13Under another name
31:14And who for years had managed to hide his true identity
31:34While California was moving forward
31:36With the investigation into John Sohus' death
31:39Another process related to his better known identity
31:41Was continuing in Massachusetts
31:43That is
31:44The identity of Clark Rockefeller
31:46In 2009
31:48A Boston jury found him guilty of kidnapping his daughter
31:52Which happened during that supervised visit in 2008
31:55The confrontation with the social worker
31:58Who tried to prevent the escape
31:59Was also taken into account
32:01The sentence was between four and five years in prison for those offenses
32:06But even though that case already had a resolution
32:09There was still the question
32:11Of what had happened decades earlier in California
32:14When Christian was still known as Christopher Chichester
32:18In California
32:19The trial for the death of John Sohus
32:22Finally went to court in 2013
32:24During the proceedings
32:25The prosecution presented forensic evidence
32:30Testimonies from people who knew him at that time
32:33In court
32:34They had to prove that there was no confusion
32:40But rather that it was the same person
32:42Who had been present at the Sohus' house in 1985
32:46An important part of the prosecution's case
32:49Concerned where the remains had been found
32:51John Sohus' body had been buried
32:55In the backyard of the Lorraine Road property
32:57Very close to the guest house
32:59Where Christopher Chichester had lived in 1913
33:03Years after the discovery
33:06Investigators went back to search that house again
33:09They used luminol
33:11A substance that can reveal traces of blood
33:14Even when someone has tried to clean them up
33:17And on the concrete floor
33:19They found four large stains
33:21Three had marks that could be consistent
33:23With an attempt to clean or dilute fresh blood
33:26However, too much time had passed
33:28Three had marks that could be consistent
33:31With cleaning or diluting fresh blood
33:33And it was not possible to obtain useful DNA
33:36From those stains
33:37So it was never scientifically determined
33:40Who they belonged to
33:41The prosecution also presented the testimony
33:43Of a couple who had met Chichester
33:47According to their account
33:49Around the time when John and Linda disappeared
33:52He tried to sell them an oriental rug
33:55That had a rust-colored stain
33:57Similar to a blood stain
33:59The defense, for its part
34:02Insisted that there was no direct evidence
34:04Proving how John Sohus had died
34:06Nor any evidence placing Christian
34:08At the scene of the crime
34:09There was no DNA directly linking him to the death
34:13No witness had seen the alleged attack
34:16And there was no confession either
34:19Christian pleaded not guilty
34:21And decided not to testify during the trial
34:24His lawyers also put forward a very different theory
34:28That Linda Sohus could have killed John
34:31Buried his body in the garden
34:33And then escaped
34:35To support that possibility
34:39They pointed to the three postcards sent from France
34:42Whose handwriting had been considered compatible with Linda's
34:45By expert witnesses
34:48The prosecution rejected that explanation
34:51Pointed out that Linda was never seen again
34:53After her disappearance
34:54And that the authorities consider her presumed dead
34:59However, those versions failed to convince the jury
35:04After reviewing the evidence presented during the trial
35:07They found him guilty of first-degree murder
35:11The judge pronounced the sentence
35:1327 years to life in a California state prison
35:20Altogether, the sentences leave Christian
35:23With a long stay in prison
35:25To this day, he remains incarcerated
35:27And maintains his claim of innocence
35:29Regarding the Sohus case
35:31After nearly 30 years of questions
35:34John's case finally resulted in a conviction
35:37Although there are still parts of the story
35:39That were never fully clarified
35:42Linda was never found
35:44And there are no charges regarding her disappearance
35:47Her fate remains one of the darkest parts of the story
35:52Today, when we look at the whole story together
35:56We see the journey of a man
35:58Who, for decades
35:59Managed to build different versions of himself
36:03But behind all those names was Christian Carl
36:06A person who ended up being investigated
36:08For the kidnapping of his daughter
36:10And convicted in connection with the death of John Sohus
36:15One person, different identities
36:17And a story that took years to connect all the dots
36:22There's nothing mysterious or admirable about that path
36:26Behind the fake names, there was a life built on lies
36:30A victim whose body was found years later
36:34A woman who is still missing
36:36And a girl who ended up being part of a story
36:39She should never have had to live through
36:41In the end, the same identities
36:44That allowed him to hide for years
36:46Were also the ones that led
36:48Or rather, brought the investigators to this person
36:51That's all for today's case
36:55I look forward to your comments down below
36:57And with that, we'll meet again in the next story
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