1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: High school sweethearts. Danny and Loretta reunited decades later and 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: picked up right where they left off. 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 2: She had a question on dan our whole life, and 4 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:10,640 Speaker 2: then eventually they got back together. 5 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: And of course if it had worked out, we wouldn't 6 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: be talking today. 7 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 2: He left her for a waitress in Florida, and we 8 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 2: were all. 9 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 3: In shock, fall in shock. 10 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 4: Danny had a way of just found something wrong with everybody. 11 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: But there's plenty more to this story. 12 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 2: Danny just disappears in thin air. 13 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: The whole thing just didn't feel right and made everyone 14 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 1: question what they knew about Loretta and Danny. I was 15 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: definitely not expecting to find what we found. Today. We're 16 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: in May's Landy, New Jersey, for Part one of the 17 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: Disappearance of Danny Burroughs. My name is Sloane Glass and 18 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: this is American Homicide. And warning that this episode contains 19 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: graphic content. Please take care while listening. The generation known 20 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 1: as the Baby Boomers came of age during the nineteen sixties, 21 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: and for most of them, it happened in suburban America. 22 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 5: It's kind of a fun time, easy, not a lot 23 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 5: of crime. 24 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: Chris Gagan grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia. 25 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 5: Front doors were left open all the time a lot 26 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,199 Speaker 5: of the neighborhood. They'd sit out on the front step 27 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,119 Speaker 5: the kids would play, so it was nice. 28 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 1: That was back in an era when kids played outside 29 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: until the street lights came on. 30 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 5: We used to go ice skating or dancing all the 31 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 5: time because they had these little dances in the Catholic churches. 32 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 5: We formed a Beatles group because we were into the 33 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 5: Beatles all the time, so we had like a club. 34 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 5: It was a very simple life. 35 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: One of her neighborhood friends was a girl named Loretta. 36 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 5: Loretta lived so close and there was a candy store 37 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 5: cross set, so a lot of times we would take 38 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 5: a walk down there and sometimes the boys would be there. 39 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,679 Speaker 1: Danny Burrows was one of those boys. Danny was a 40 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: year older and he was popular with the girls in 41 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 1: the neighborhood. 42 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 5: He was really cute, like nice eyes, and Loretta really 43 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 5: had a thing for Danny, like she was, you know, 44 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 5: infatuated with them, maybe even more so than infatuated, but 45 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 5: I know she really liked him. 46 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 1: Loretta and Danny dated in high school, but like most 47 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: young love stories, it was short lived. The two split 48 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: up after graduation and went their separate. 49 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 5: Ways, Danny moved to New Jersey mays Landing. 50 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: Danny lived in mays Landing, a quiet community of about 51 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: two thousand people, which sits about fifteen minutes from the 52 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 1: bright lights, bustling clubs, and numerous casinos of Atlantic City. 53 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:57,559 Speaker 1: It's also about an hour from Philadelphia. 54 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 5: He lived down by the shore and then he met 55 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 5: someone else. Danny met a girl who eventually married and 56 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 5: they had two children. 57 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: Loretta also got married, divorced, and then married a second time, 58 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: but her husband passed away in nineteen ninety three. Fast 59 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: forward to the mid nineties, Loretta was a widow and 60 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 1: Danny was divorced. Loretta had a career in nursing. She 61 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: took care of the elderly. When the past of these 62 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 1: former high school lovers crossed it again, they started dating. 63 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 5: She was very happy to be back with him. 64 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: By that point, they were both in their late forties, 65 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: but they picked up right where they left off. 66 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 5: She always one of them, and she got them, and 67 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 5: she got them. 68 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: When the two got back together, it was big news 69 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: for Ruth and to Vanni, who also grew up with 70 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: Loretta and Danny. 71 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 4: Loretta liked Danny from the time she was little. This 72 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 4: was her lifelong dream and it finally happened, and I thought, 73 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 4: you know, he's got it made. He's got somebody who 74 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 4: totally adores them. 75 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: Leretta moved into Danny's vintage three bedroom, three bathroom house 76 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: in May's Landing and in nineteen ninety seven she finally 77 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: became missus Danny Burrows. Now, considering their history, it was 78 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: the kind of news you'd certainly expect everyone to know about. 79 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 4: That's the thing. We never heard anything about being married. 80 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 4: I never knew they got married. It was odd, that's 81 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 4: the one to get married. 82 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 1: I had no idea, but quietly getting married kind of 83 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: fit Danny's under the radar personality. He was a guy 84 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 1: who liked to spend hours working in his shed. He 85 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: owned just about every tool he could get his hands 86 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: on and loved to fix things cars, boats, motorcycles. Danny 87 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: worked on them all. Danny was also happy behind a 88 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 1: set of drugs. This is actual audio of him performing. 89 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 4: He was in his own band for a little while. 90 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 4: We used to have a pool party and he would 91 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 4: bring the band and they play, and he used to 92 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 4: laugh in that way he danced. He couldn't stop laughing. 93 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: The name left a big impact. 94 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 4: On your life. His laugh, his manners, he was just 95 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 4: not a forgettable person. 96 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: While Danny spent his time working on cars and flying 97 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 1: his expensive model airplanes, Loretta was more of a people person. 98 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 1: She was a caregiver and worked at a nursing home. 99 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: Her patients and their families adored her, and after work, 100 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: it was all about family. 101 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 4: She was the doating grandmother. She did everything with the 102 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 4: grandkids and her daughter. They were very close. 103 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: Loretta's daughter, Nicole, and her grandchildren were the light of 104 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: Loretta's life. She would do anything for them. As for Danny, 105 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: he had a son and a daughter, but they rarely 106 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 1: saw him. Being a father was a role Danny struggled with. 107 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,679 Speaker 1: Loretta urged Danny to spend more time with his kids, 108 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: but by then Danny's kids were all grown up and 109 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: living in Florida. In fact, Florida played into a long 110 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 1: running argument between Danny and Loretta. 111 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 5: Danny wanted to move to Florida, didn't like the cold, 112 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 5: and Loretta was unhappy about it. 113 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 4: She told me she did not want to go to 114 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 4: Florida because her family's here and her daughter and her 115 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 4: poor grandchildren, they were all here. Loretta needed family. She 116 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 4: loved her family. 117 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: But Danny kept telling his friends that he and Loretta 118 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: were retiring to Florida, and this was usually met with 119 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: Loretta standing behind him shaking her head. 120 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 6: No. 121 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: It became a joke among their friends. 122 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 5: I'm sure she was really upset and dug her hills 123 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 5: in and says, you know, I'm not going to go. 124 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 5: She had a couple grandchildren at home, and you know, 125 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 5: I don't blame her. I won't want to leave either. 126 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: The battle over Florida cooled off during the summer of 127 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: two thousand and seven, when Danny had surgery on his 128 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: rotator cuff. It was a slow and painful recovery process 129 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: for Danny, but even with his arm in a sling, 130 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,679 Speaker 1: there was Danny outside working in his yard. 131 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 5: It was out maw on the lawn and the neighbor laughed, like, 132 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 5: what are you doing mowing the law? Your arms and 133 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 5: a sling. It was ain't all about stuff like that. 134 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: That was around the time Loretta took a weekend trip 135 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: with her daughter and grandchildren. But when she returned, she 136 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: said she found Danny with another woman. 137 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 6: There was a yellow hummer pulling out of her driveway 138 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 6: and there was a woman driving it and he was 139 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 6: in the passenger seat. 140 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: Ed Dwyer was a neighbor who consoled a devastated Loretta. 141 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 6: She was just crying uncontrollably, and I asked her what 142 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 6: was wrong, and she said that her husband had left 143 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 6: her for a waitress that they ran across in Florida 144 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 6: when they were down there. 145 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: So not only did Danny get his wish to move 146 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: to Florida, but according to Loretta, he was going with 147 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: a waitress he met during their last visit together to 148 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: the Sunshine State. 149 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 6: She said he kept wanting to go back to this 150 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 6: same restaurant. They ate lobster every day, and she said 151 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 6: how much the lobster can you eat? 152 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: But apparently it wasn't the lobster that Danny was craving. 153 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 1: It was the young blonde waitress with the yellow hummer. 154 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 6: And this was the woman that drove up from Florida 155 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 6: to pick him up and bring him back to Florida. 156 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 5: Wat thing about Danny When he sets his mind on something, 157 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 5: that's what he does. So he wanted to go. 158 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 4: Danny had a way of just he found something wrong 159 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 4: with everybody, you know, but it would eventually be never 160 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 4: his fault and he had to move on. 161 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: But still it was hard to understand because Danny not 162 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 1: only left behind his wife, but also his truck, motorcycle 163 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: and shed loaded with his expensive tools and model airplanes. 164 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: In fact, Danny didn't take his cell phone or even 165 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: his toothbrush. 166 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 5: His keys were left in the house, so you know, 167 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 5: why would he just leave his keys? 168 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: The only thing Danny did take was money. Loretta said. 169 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 1: Danny cleaned out their safe before leaving. 170 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 4: Maybe he drops off the face of the air for 171 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 4: a reason. Who knows, I don't know. He wasn't you 172 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 4: know the most predictable person. 173 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: His friends and family wondered, was Danny having some sort 174 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: of midlife crisis or leading a double life. 175 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 4: This whole thing just didn't feel right. He was close 176 00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 4: to his neighbors, even his own brother. You would have 177 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 4: told it, brother, they were close. I had my suspicions something. 178 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: Something, Everything Danny and Loretta's friends and family thought they 179 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: knew about the couple was about to change. When you 180 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 1: think about romance, you might not think of New Jersey. 181 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 2: People get the impression of New Jersey. They see it 182 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 2: on TV as sopranos. North Jersey cities and smog and 183 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 2: down here. It's not like that. 184 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: Detective Franks Allick spent his whole life working and living 185 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:42,679 Speaker 1: in South Jersey. 186 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 2: There's small towns, there's farms, there's woods. To me, South 187 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 2: Jersey is a small community part of the state, you know, 188 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 2: where everybody knows each other, and you know, it's more 189 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 2: beautiful than people think. We have the beaches, you know, 190 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 2: we have the forests, we have the pine lands, and 191 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 2: we had the Philly sports teams, which we've adopted. 192 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: Detective Shanlick was investigating the disappearance of sixty one year 193 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: old Danny Burroughs. 194 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 2: Danny was just just kind of like your basic all 195 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 2: around guy who could fix anything and you know, was 196 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:18,079 Speaker 2: very handy. 197 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:22,079 Speaker 1: Danny and his wife, Loretta, were high school sweethearts. 198 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 2: Everybody knew Loretta. She was in the auxiliary of the 199 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:30,559 Speaker 2: local fire department. She was friendly with her grandkids, and 200 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 2: you know her neighbors. People knew Loretta and people knew Daniel. 201 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 2: Daniel was really well known in the community, and. 202 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: As we said, the two reconnected some twenty years later. 203 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 2: She had a crush on Daniel her whole life. They 204 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 2: had split up for a period of time and then 205 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 2: eventually they got back together. 206 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: Danny and Loretta married in nineteen ninety seven and lived 207 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: in the quiet South Jersey town of May's Landing. But 208 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,559 Speaker 1: right around there ten year anniversary, Danny disappeared. 209 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 2: He had left with the girl and went to Florida 210 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 2: and the Yell Hummer and that was all we had. 211 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: Okay, So husband leaves wife and runs off with the 212 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: younger woman. It's not exactly something unheard of, but it's 213 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: where Danny went that played into this story. 214 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 2: Daniel for years had talked about moving to Florida, and 215 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 2: Loretta had been putting her foot down. She did not 216 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 2: want to leave. She said, you want to stay around 217 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 2: her grandkids. Daniel kind of put that off going to 218 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 2: Florida because Loretta was not okay with it. 219 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 1: Danny's ex wife and children in Florida told the police 220 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: they also hadn't heard anything from him, but they weren't 221 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 1: exactly surprised to hear he went missing because Danny had 222 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: missed most of his children's lives. But Danny did keep 223 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:48,439 Speaker 1: in touch with his brother Ray. 224 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 2: He always would be in contact with his brother Ray 225 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 2: almost every other week, and he would go and visit 226 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 2: play in a band that they had created even stay 227 00:12:55,880 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 2: overnight sometimes, so phone and personal contact was regular between 228 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 2: both of them. 229 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 1: Nearly a month after Danny went missing, Ray still hadn't 230 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: heard a word from his brother. 231 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 2: Ray said it was completely out of the ordinary. 232 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 1: So Ray went to the police and filed a missing 233 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 1: person's report. This put Danny into a database known as 234 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: the National Crime Information Center. 235 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 2: That way, if Danna burshap up anywhere's in the country, 236 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 2: he would show up as a missing person. 237 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: Ray also told detectives he was upset Loretta didn't report 238 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: Danny missing, but think about it, why would she Danny 239 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: left her for another woman? She was not expecting to 240 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: hear from him. 241 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 2: Ray hated Loretta. I think that Ray felt that she 242 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:42,839 Speaker 2: kind of liked was putting a stop to whatever Daniel 243 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,839 Speaker 2: wanted to do. Daniel had a dream of going to 244 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 2: Florida after retirement, and you know, she put a stop 245 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 2: to anything he wanted to do, much like Danny. 246 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: Ray had known Loretta since they were kids, and he 247 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: felt Loretta knew more than she was saying. 248 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 2: Ray said it was completely out of the ordinary. There's 249 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 2: nothing that he would have suspected or that would lend 250 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 2: him to believe that Daniel would have left without telling 251 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 2: him at least him and most of all, Danie would 252 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 2: have never left with another woman without him knowing. 253 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:17,079 Speaker 1: Yeah, brothers share those sorts of things, so Ray didn't 254 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: buy Loretta's story that he left her for another woman. 255 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 2: Daniel Burrows went missing in August of two thousand and seven. 256 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 2: Were estimating the date to be around August fifth to 257 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 2: August seventh. 258 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: Now keep in mind that Danny was recovering from shoulder 259 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: surgery and his arm was in a sling. Just a 260 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: day or two before Danny went missing, Ray had an 261 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: unusual call with him. 262 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 2: Ray called him and said his words were slurred, he 263 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 2: was acting very unusual, which she attributed to the pay 264 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 2: medication he was given. Ray did ask Daniel what medication 265 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 2: it was, and Dana replied, whatever she gives me, referring 266 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 2: to Loretta. 267 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: A week or so later, Ray called to check in 268 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 1: on Danny, but Loretta answered the phone and shared the 269 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: news Danny had left her for some waitress from Florida. 270 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 2: Ray was very suspicious at this point, so he drove 271 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 2: down to Me's landing from his home in Pennsylvania and 272 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 2: met with Lorette at the house. When he pulled in. 273 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 2: He said. Loretta looked completely startled, and she also had 274 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 2: her niece there, which she ushered into the house very quickly. 275 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 2: As Ray was going around the property, he noticed things 276 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 2: of Daniel that were missing, lot of airplanes, some equipment 277 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 2: and tools. As he talked to Loretta, Loretta was doing 278 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 2: a itemized list of all the property, and it appeared 279 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 2: that she was going to sell to someone. 280 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: Ray may have been angry seen his brother's things being 281 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: sold off, but it's not unusual after a relationship bends 282 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: to clean house or to be startled by seeing your 283 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: ex's brother or peer at your front steps unannounced. Ed 284 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: Dwyer was Loretta's neighbor. 285 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 6: She sold its packup truck the back home. She sold 286 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 6: all of those aeroplanes, said now I'm talking great big 287 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 6: airplanes that you would take out in a few and 288 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 6: fly him. And she sold every one of them. 289 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: But Loretta was hurt. She was grieving and said she 290 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: wanted to turn the page on Danny. 291 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 6: She got to the point where if he was gonna 292 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 6: live his life in Florida, she was getting rid of 293 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 6: all his things that made him happy. It's just a 294 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 6: hard thing to go through because I've got through myself, 295 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 6: and I think she felt lonely. 296 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: Sure, she felt lonely, and frankly, she felt like a fool. 297 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 2: Loretta was talking to her friends and other people that 298 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 2: she worked with, and she would tell her friends that 299 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 2: Danie would come back with the girl to be spiteful 300 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 2: to the house. 301 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: There were also a couple calls from a private phone number. 302 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 2: She had said Daniel had called her shortly after he 303 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 2: left with the other woman and he had called the house. 304 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: Loretta said Danny told her he was doing just fine 305 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: and then moving to Florida was really what he wanted. 306 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: He also said to give his brother Ray any of 307 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: his belongings that he left behind. Loretta said she was 308 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: so hurt and told Danny not to contact her anymore. 309 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 2: The detectives repeatedly visited the house and did fill ups 310 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 2: with Loretta. They looked around the house, they looked around 311 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 2: the property. They did say anything suspicious. 312 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:23,439 Speaker 1: And Loretta cooperated and answered the detective's questions, but that 313 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 1: changed when they explained that it was protocol to perform 314 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: a polygraph test on her. 315 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:32,119 Speaker 2: At that point, she obtained a lawyer and stopped speaking 316 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 2: with us, and once the Loretta lawyered up. You know 317 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 2: that made her investigation ten times harder. 318 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:41,119 Speaker 1: A few months later, a neighbor noticed a black tarp 319 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: and something fishy in Loretta's backyard. 320 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,160 Speaker 2: So the neighbor had reported the smell by her back shed. 321 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 2: There were mothballs by the back shed. When the officers 322 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 2: had responded, they didn't have anything, and she had claimed 323 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,639 Speaker 2: that there was a dead animal that she had discarded 324 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:59,880 Speaker 2: that was back there. 325 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: I'd imagine police thought that was suspicious, but with no 326 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: smell and a plausible explanation, there was nothing to do. 327 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: By then, Loretta had distanced herself from her old life 328 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: with Danny. 329 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 2: She sold the house and got all the proceeds from 330 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 2: that sold all's property, which wasn't cheap property, including a boat, model, airplanes, tools, 331 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 2: and construction equipment. 332 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 1: After Loretta moved, the police got permission from the new 333 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: owners to search the house. 334 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 2: We scanned the property with an X ray machine to 335 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 2: see if there's any irregularities in the ground where a 336 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 2: body might be. We bought in canine dogs to detect 337 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 2: any type of smell related to a body. We did 338 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 2: throw searches of the property for anything such as blood 339 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 2: or evidence of any sort we came up with nothing. 340 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 2: There was absolutely no evidence that we could find. 341 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,360 Speaker 1: A year and a half after Danny left, Loretta filed 342 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 1: for divorce, claiming abandonment with no hopes for reconciliation. 343 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,360 Speaker 2: She had no contact with him, no way to contact them, 344 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 2: and she was granted divorce based on that information. 345 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: So you're probably wondering, how do you divorce someone who's 346 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 1: technically missing. Well, all Loretta had to do was simply 347 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:17,400 Speaker 1: put a notice in the local newspaper and serve him 348 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 1: at his last known address, which was the house he 349 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:24,360 Speaker 1: lived in with Loretta. And when the court date arrived, 350 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 1: Danny never showed up and Loretta was granted a divorce. 351 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 2: I've actually handled miss in person cases for most of 352 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 2: my career and involves hundreds of cases, and I've never 353 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,919 Speaker 2: seen anyone get a divorce after someone want missing, especially 354 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 2: when that person was not found at that point. 355 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 1: In addition, Loretta had completely shut out her now ex 356 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: brother in law. 357 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 2: Ray, So Ray was very very upset at times, and 358 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 2: you know understandable. You know, his brother's missing and he's upset. 359 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 1: Ray was so frustrated that he started his own investigation. 360 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 2: When it's your family, you want to do everything you 361 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 2: can and do whatever it takes to find that person. 362 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 2: So Ray did create a couple websites with Dan those 363 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 2: information and information on the case. 364 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: Ray even created a Facebook page to gather leads and 365 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 1: share updates on his brother's case. 366 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 7: He wrote, the story of my brother's disappearance is something 367 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 7: you'd see on TV unsolved mysteries or cold case files, 368 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 7: except now it's happening to me. 369 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: Raymie no secret that he believed Loretta knew more than 370 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 1: she admitted. 371 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 2: Out of nowhere. 372 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 8: His now ex wife told everybody that he ran off 373 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 8: with another woman. He left without any of his belonging. 374 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 8: Nothing I say bs to her story and many many lies. 375 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 2: She never even called to tell me. 376 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:58,439 Speaker 8: I found out several days later when I called my 377 00:20:58,520 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 8: brother's home. 378 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: With Loretta not talking, Detectives turned to an unlikely source 379 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 1: for help. Danny Burrows was last seen in the summer 380 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: of two thousand and seven. His wife, Loretta, said he 381 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: left her for a waitress in Florida, and then the 382 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: police got involved when Danny's brother Ray reported him missing. 383 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,120 Speaker 1: Here's Detective Frank Shalick. 384 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 2: So basically, at a missing person's case, we always start 385 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 2: where the person went missing from, and obviously that would 386 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 2: be the home where Loretta Andiando lived, so a search 387 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 2: of the property didn't reveal anything. Every couple months during 388 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,159 Speaker 2: the investigation, we would do a universal check throughout the 389 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 2: country if he had done anything financially, if he had 390 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 2: done anything with his name on it, you know, try 391 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 2: to buy a home or try to buy a car. 392 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 2: So we would do that on a couple month basis, 393 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 2: and nothing would ever show up. 394 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: Even Danny's children hadn't heard from him. 395 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:03,639 Speaker 2: It just didn't make. 396 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:07,439 Speaker 1: Sense, sort of questioning every blonde waitress in Florida. The 397 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 1: police followed their basic protocols for a missing adult, but 398 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: Danny's brother, Ray wanted the police to do more. 399 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 2: Ray wanted everything done possible. But we tried to explain 400 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 2: to Ray, is that, you know, at this point, there's 401 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 2: there's a certain way that we have to follow, Like 402 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 2: we just can't go in and search a house without 403 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 2: a search warrant. We can't speak to Loretta because she 404 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:33,360 Speaker 2: has a lawyer. I understand where Ray's coming from, But 405 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 2: the problem is there was no evidence that he didn't 406 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 2: leave and go away with another woman and just didn't 407 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,199 Speaker 2: want to be found. There's people this country that that 408 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 2: do that all the time. 409 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: If there was more to Danny's disappearance, Detective Shallick knew 410 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 1: they were racing the clock. 411 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 2: I've handled plenty of cases that a couple months, a 412 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,360 Speaker 2: couple of years, but this was this was the longest one, 413 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 2: and that did make it difficult because as time goes by, 414 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 2: you know, the case was slipping away and we had 415 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:00,919 Speaker 2: to find a way to end this. 416 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: So detectives turned to an unlikely person for help, Loretta's daughter, Nicole. 417 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: But just like Danny's children, Nicole wasn't at all surprised 418 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 1: Danny skipped town. 419 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,160 Speaker 2: She did believe that Daniel might have left and went 420 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:16,920 Speaker 2: with another woman. 421 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:21,120 Speaker 1: Nicole explained that for years, Loretta believed Danny would leave 422 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 1: her because he had an affair once. 423 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 2: Before, so she knew that there was a possibility that 424 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 2: he could have left. 425 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,639 Speaker 1: Not only did she think it was possible, but Nicole 426 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: said the two had a pattern of this behavior. 427 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 2: Because it happened in the past where you know, they 428 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 2: had split up and gotten back together. So in her mind, 429 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 2: you know, it wasn't unfathomable that that could happen. 430 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: A few weeks before Danny went missing, Loretta actually told 431 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,400 Speaker 1: Nicole that Danny was leaving her and moving to Florida. 432 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,439 Speaker 1: So Nicole went to the store and bought Danny a 433 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: greeting card. Inside she wrote good luck on your new life. 434 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: Danny read the card and asked, what is this for? 435 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 1: He said he wasn't moving anywhere. Nicole was caught in 436 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 1: the middle and wondered who was telling the truth? 437 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,159 Speaker 2: You know, it put her in to her position. She 438 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 2: loved her mother, she loved her stepdad. 439 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: If you remember, Loretta joined Nicole and her family on 440 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 1: a weekend getaway right around the time Danny went missing. 441 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 1: It was a trip that Loretta planned and paid for, 442 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: but according to Nicole, Loretta arrived late. Nicole said she 443 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: called her mom more than forty times that morning, but 444 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: Loretta never answered. When Loretta finally showed up, she was 445 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:40,120 Speaker 1: crying and she said she had had an argument with Danny. 446 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 2: And I think she became suspicious at that point. 447 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: Six years after Danny's disappearance, a lot has changed. Loretta 448 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 1: had divorced him, sold his things in their house in 449 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 1: May's Landing. In fact, she moved two different times. That's 450 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 1: when the to County Cold case unit started digging in 451 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: the months before he went missing, Danny named Loretta his 452 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: power of attorney, meaning Loretta could make financial and medical 453 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:12,360 Speaker 1: decisions on Danny's behalf. 454 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 2: We went to the attorney who created the power attorney 455 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,679 Speaker 2: for Loretta, and when we spoke with her, she was 456 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 2: able to go into her computer and see that the 457 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 2: power of attorney was created on June twelfth, two thousand 458 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:28,199 Speaker 2: and seven. According to the timestamp, the notorized date on 459 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 2: the power of Attorney was June tenth, two days before 460 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 2: was even created. 461 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:36,400 Speaker 1: In other words, the power of attorney document was created fraudulently. 462 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,679 Speaker 2: Well, it was definitely a red flag that it was 463 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 2: done in June and that he went missing shortly thereafter 464 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 2: in August, and speak with Ray, it just wasn't something 465 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 2: he would do. 466 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 1: The notary claimed Danny wasn't there when the document was notarized, 467 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 1: which raised his suspicion, and Ray believe Danny's signature looked 468 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:56,360 Speaker 1: to be forged. 469 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,919 Speaker 2: And he was adamant that that wasn't a snager on 470 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 2: the power attorney. So it turned out to be a 471 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 2: big red flag for us. 472 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:06,680 Speaker 1: This allowed Detective Shalick to get two search warrants, one 473 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 1: for Loretta's current home in Ventnor, New Jersey, and a 474 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:14,199 Speaker 1: second for Loretta's sister's house, where Loretta had also been staying. 475 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:16,880 Speaker 2: Our goal was to locate a copy of the power 476 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 2: attorney so we could compare signatures and the original information 477 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:21,959 Speaker 2: on the original paper. 478 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: This is insane. It's been six years since Danny went missing. 479 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 2: On May seventeenth, twenty thirteen, Investigator Lynn Doherty and I 480 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,400 Speaker 2: went to conduct a search warrant on the home where 481 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 2: Loretta was currently staying at her sister's house. 482 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,680 Speaker 9: We had warrants for both houses, so we were executing 483 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 9: the warrants at both houses simultaneously. 484 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:47,960 Speaker 1: Sergeant Lynn Doherty joined Detective Shalick when they knocked on 485 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 1: the door of Loretta's sister's house in a last ditch 486 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:54,360 Speaker 1: attempt to locate anything about Danny's disappearance. 487 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:57,120 Speaker 2: So this at this point was going to tell us 488 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 2: either what happened to Daniel, or was going to leave 489 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 2: the case unanswered and opened. If we found nothing in 490 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 2: the search warrant, then there's a possibility we may never 491 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 2: find out what happened to Daniel. It was a typical 492 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,120 Speaker 2: morning in New Jersey. It was cool out, the weather 493 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 2: was clear, so. 494 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,200 Speaker 3: When we pull up, we knock on the front door. 495 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 2: The Writa's sister came to the door first, and Loretta's 496 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 2: right behind her. 497 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 3: She's in a nightgown. It's early in the morning. She's 498 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 3: not expecting us there. 499 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,360 Speaker 2: And the minute we saw Loretta, her face just dropped. 500 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 9: And we came in and she had to get dressed. 501 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 9: So I went into a room with her and there 502 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 9: was no furniture, no bed, no anything. 503 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:38,200 Speaker 3: She just had a small. 504 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:43,439 Speaker 9: Suitcase and we sat her down and we explained that 505 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 9: we had a search warrant for the residence. 506 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 2: And the first question she asked us is are you 507 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 2: searching my house in Ventnor. 508 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:56,159 Speaker 3: We told her yes. She was just like and just 509 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 3: the life just drained right out of her. 510 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 2: Loretta was very why she simply said, are you Detective Shallock? 511 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 2: And I said yes, and she says, I want to 512 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 2: talk to you. So at that point, all our phones 513 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 2: lit up on a table. 514 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: Those incoming phone calls were from detectives who were at 515 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 1: Loretta's house in Ventnor City, New Jersey. 516 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 3: I got a phone call, was my sergeant. 517 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: It was a phone call that changed everything. 518 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,639 Speaker 3: I never imagined that she was going to tell us 519 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:27,400 Speaker 3: what she told us. 520 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,239 Speaker 1: I'm swung Glass. We'll get to that phone call and 521 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 1: uncover the truth about Danny in part two of the 522 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: Disappearance of Danny Burroughs. 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