WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.919 All witnesses, suspects, and purses of interest are considered innocent 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:06.400 until proven guilty in a court of law. 3 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:07.040 Warning. 4 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:11.119 This episode contains graphic crime scene detail. Please listen with discretion. 5 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:14.240 Welcome to Primetime Crime. I'm your host, Kylie. 6 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:16.839 Let's talk right now in true crime, and then together 7 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:18.600 we're going to work on warming up. 8 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:20.320 Some cold cases. Let's go. 9 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:23.960 Hey, guys, welcome to this week's episode of Prime Time Crime. 10 00:00:24.039 --> 00:00:27.879 It's Kylie. Yes, this episode is out a little early. 11 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:31.960 I decided to release it earlier because I will be 12 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:35.880 a crime con tomorrow and I wanted it to be 13 00:00:36.039 --> 00:00:37.600 out and ready to go. 14 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:38.640 So here we are. 15 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:41.119 We only have really a couple things to talk about 16 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:45.119 right now in true crime. There's no updates in anything 17 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:48.320 that I've been following personally, but there was a couple 18 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:51.119 of new things that are kind of breaking over the 19 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:53.240 last few days that I wanted to talk about. 20 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:56.159 So I'm not familiar with this. 21 00:00:56.119 --> 00:01:00.320 Person, but there was a plot to kill so somebody 22 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:04.239 named Jack Avery, who is a former member of a 23 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:05.959 boy band called Why Don't We? 24 00:01:06.680 --> 00:01:08.599 And this story is crazy. 25 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:10.920 I do want to start off by saying I don't 26 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:13.760 understand how in twenty twenty six. People think they're gonna 27 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:16.280 get away with a murder for higher type of plot. 28 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:20.959 But yet here we are. So Gabriella who goes by 29 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:25.040 Gabby Gonzalez, I guess she's a quote unquote influencer who 30 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:30.760 she's twenty four, and her father, Francisco Gonzalez, who's fifty nine, 31 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:35.239 are charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and 32 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:40.879 solicitation of murder. According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney, 33 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:46.120 SO police said that there was this bitter custody dispute 34 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:50.359 between Gabby and Jack and they have a seven. 35 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:51.719 Year old daughter named Lavender. 36 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:56.040 Between twenty twenty and twenty twenty one, Gabby is accused 37 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:59.920 of seeking the assistance of her then boyfriend Kai Corder 38 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:05.680 to hire someone on the dark web to kill Jack Avery. 39 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:10.120 In April of twenty twenty one, Gabby's father, Francisco allegedly 40 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:13.960 sent ten thousand dollars to Cordrey as front money to 41 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:18.759 use in locating, hiring, and paying someone to kill Jack 42 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:23.400 Avery and Kai Cordrey also faces the same charges as 43 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:26.360 the other two. So this is a three person murder 44 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:30.120 for higher plot gone terribly wrong because they got caught 45 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:34.639 kai Cordry had allegedly asked the hit man to send 46 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:38.919 him Jack's finger with jewelry still on it as proof 47 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:39.439 of death. 48 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:46.639 So these people allegedly are horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible. 49 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:52.199 I don't understand how you can be so desperate to 50 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:55.360 be in a situation where you would do something like this. 51 00:02:56.319 --> 00:02:59.479 Jack did an interview in twenty twenty five and he 52 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:03.599 said that FBI agents had warned him that there was 53 00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:07.280 somebody that was allegedly attempting to kill him. Now, I 54 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:09.199 don't know exactly how it came to be that they 55 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:13.360 found out about this plot. If somebody was like undercover, 56 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:16.919 I'm not really sure the circumstances surrounding that. But thankfully 57 00:03:18.039 --> 00:03:21.520 somebody came forward and did the right thing. And Jack 58 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:26.360 now has sole custody of his daughter. So Gabby out 59 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:29.719 here trying to do the most and do everything she 60 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:32.639 can to get sole custody of her daughter. Now she 61 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:36.039 has given it to Jack because she made a really, 62 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:40.400 really bad choice. Jack has left La with his daughter, 63 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:43.759 and he's basically just said that he doesn't really feel 64 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:49.000 safe knowing what he knows. And Gabby allegedly posted bond, 65 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:53.479 which is crazy that there was a bond, so she 66 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:57.039 posted two million dollars bail and she is out now. 67 00:03:57.159 --> 00:03:59.719 And Jack believes that she's a flight risk, and he 68 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:03.520 does and feel safe, so he left La understandable. I 69 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:06.159 would probably feel the exact same way if I were him, 70 00:04:06.919 --> 00:04:11.199 considering there were three people plotting to kill him. Also, allegedly, 71 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:15.400 he's fearful of some of Gabby's friends and family because 72 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:18.759 he said some of her friends basically showed up at 73 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:22.519 his house and we're pounding on the door, and there 74 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:26.839 is a restraining order now in place. Gabby did have 75 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:29.319 a court date earlier this month, but she has not 76 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:32.199 entered a plea yet, at least that we are privy to. 77 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:34.879 But I'll be sure to keep you guys updated on 78 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:37.800 this one. This is a wild one, but I do 79 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:40.319 hope Jack and his daughter and the rest of his 80 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:45.240 family are safe because these people allegedly are a little 81 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:48.279 off their rockers. So I hope he stays safe and 82 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:52.560 his family stays safe, and there is justice soon in 83 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:55.959 this one, because you should never ever ever think that 84 00:04:56.040 --> 00:04:59.319 it's okay to hire somebody involve so many people in 85 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:02.519 a murder for higher plot to kill the father of 86 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:03.199 your child. 87 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:05.720 That is the lowest of the low. 88 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:10.439 All right, moving on to another case that I'm just 89 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:15.000 becoming privy to. This was posted on True Crime Societies 90 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:19.040 calling for a backup Facebook page, and it is about 91 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:22.759 missing woman thirty five year old Lindsay Watts, who is 92 00:05:22.839 --> 00:05:27.199 missing from Edna, Missouri, since May nineteenth of twenty twenty six. 93 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:30.160 Her cell phone was found in a ditch and all 94 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:33.160 of her other personal belongings have been left at home. 95 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:39.480 So this information is from Missing in the USA, and 96 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:43.120 I'm just going to read it verbatim. Lindsay Watts, thirty five, 97 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:47.120 was last seen at approximately eleven pm on Tuesday, May nineteenth, 98 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:50.279 twenty twenty six, at her home at five to ten 99 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:54.319 North fifth Street in Adena, Missouri. She had been coming 100 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:57.879 home from her shift at the Blessing Center. A family 101 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:00.959 member saw her at the house that night. By morning, 102 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:03.319 she was gone. She never showed up for work on 103 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:06.720 Wednesday and never called, in which her family says is 104 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:10.879 completely out of character. When the Knox County Sheriff responded 105 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:13.439 to her home, they found her car, her car keys, 106 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:17.519 her wallet, and her money still all inside. Her cell 107 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:21.279 phone was later found in a nearby ditch. The sheriff 108 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:24.000 has called this case very concerning and described it as 109 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:28.600 an isolated incident. Neighbors have reported seeing a vehicle speeding 110 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:32.120 through the area on the night that she disappeared. On Saturday, 111 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:35.680 dozens of community members gathered at the Knox County Courthouse 112 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:38.519 for a PRAI vigil. Lindsay's sister made an emotional plea 113 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:42.399 for her safe return. Yesterday, marked exactly one week since 114 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:45.120 anyone has seen or heard from Lindsay. If you have 115 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:48.800 any information, no matter how small, contact the Knox County 116 00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:53.160 Sheriff's Office at six six's oh three nine seven twenty 117 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:56.560 one eighty six, Extension one. I am going to go 118 00:06:56.600 --> 00:07:00.680 ahead and post her missing person's flyer on my Instagram 119 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:04.160 at Facebook pages. This is a weird one. It just 120 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:07.759 doesn't really make any sense to me. Neighbors say that 121 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:10.959 there may have been some disturbances at the home, but 122 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:14.839 that they happened a long time ago, and it does 123 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:19.639 appear that she also has eighteen age daughter. Now I 124 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:22.319 don't know the circumstances if her daughter lives with her 125 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:26.279 or if the daughter lives elsewhere. This is from a 126 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:32.279 muddyrivernews dot com article. Lindsey is described as five feet 127 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:35.240 two inches tall about one hundred and twenty five pounds. 128 00:07:35.279 --> 00:07:38.639 Like I said, she was last seen on Tuesday around 129 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:42.920 eleven PM, and she does not have her car, her keys, 130 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:46.279 her wallet, or her cell phone with her. This is 131 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:49.800 definitely an interesting one. It doesn't really seem like law 132 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:54.319 enforcement has any idea of what exactly happened here. They 133 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:56.480 don't think that there is a danger to the public. 134 00:07:56.720 --> 00:07:59.720 So I'll keep you guys updated as this one plays 135 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:01.839 out out. And like I said, I am going to 136 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:04.560 be posting her missing Persons flyer on my Instagram and 137 00:08:04.600 --> 00:08:08.079 Facebook pages, so go check that out. And we are 138 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:12.000 going to go ahead and get into today's episode already, guys. 139 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:14.920 It is that time of year. It is crime Con 140 00:08:15.079 --> 00:08:18.800 time once again, and this year crime Con is in 141 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:22.920 Las Vegas. We're bringing it back to the same place 142 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:27.120 it was in twenty twenty two, and in honor of 143 00:08:27.959 --> 00:08:32.799 crime Con, I am doing a Las Vegas Unsolved mashup 144 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:38.120 episode where I go over several cases that don't necessarily 145 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:41.519 have enough information in detail for one episode, and I 146 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:45.440 am mashing them all up together into one episode in 147 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:49.000 order to highlight some of the lesser known cases that 148 00:08:49.240 --> 00:08:52.120 might not get a lot of attention, and these cases 149 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:53.960 are significantly older. 150 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:57.559 These are cases that happened in. 151 00:08:56.840 --> 00:09:01.440 The sixties and seventies, So we're going to throw it back. 152 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:04.720 And honestly, these are my favorite type of episodes to 153 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:08.440 do because I do get to highlight some cases that 154 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:12.720 might not be very familiar to people. And again, I 155 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:16.279 really like doing an episode that's focused on the city 156 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:18.279 that crime con is going to be in because again, 157 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:21.000 it changes it up. So, like I said, today, I'm 158 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:24.679 bringing you several cases that remain unsolved, and like I said, 159 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:27.960 these are decades old cases. Today I'm going to be 160 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:32.879 bringing you the unsolved cases of Ralph Howard, Alsup, Senior 161 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:40.480 Anna Sylvia just Alphonse Bass, Joseph O'Hare, Samuel Lemmel, and 162 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:45.759 Evelyn Grace Shank. Now, interestingly enough, there is some overlap 163 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:52.120 in three of these cases where the potential suspect could possibly, 164 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:57.240 potentially maybe be the same person. Usually it's rare to 165 00:09:57.480 --> 00:10:00.960 get overlap like this, but when I first started researching 166 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:05.000 these six cases, I realize very quickly there is overlap 167 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:11.240 and it ties into Las Vegas history and mob affiliations 168 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:14.720 and all of that. So, because they all were kind 169 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:18.039 of around the same timeframe. There is some overlap, and 170 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:21.480 we're going to talk about that. But still, despite their 171 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:26.440 being possible overlap and somebody that might have been involved 172 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:30.240 in three of them, they all still remain unsolved and 173 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:33.399 no arrests have ever been made in any of these cases. 174 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:36.639 So that is why I'm covering them, and I think 175 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:40.080 it's important to talk about them and just spread the 176 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:44.240 word that yes, there are still cases from the sixties 177 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:48.600 that are still unsolved, and the best way to spread 178 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:51.399 awareness and spread the message about these cases is to 179 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:52.240 talk about them. 180 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:54.440 So that is exactly what we're doing. 181 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:57.600 We are going to start with the death of Ralph 182 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:03.720 Howard Alsop Senior in nineteen sixty six. On January nineteenth 183 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:07.960 of nineteen sixty six, around eleven h eight pm, the 184 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:12.759 Clark County Sheriff's Office received a call from Ralph Alsop Junior, 185 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:16.000 who stated that his father had been shot near his 186 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:20.600 home at two three five three East Warm Springs Road. 187 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:24.480 Ralph was located in the front yard of his home 188 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:28.399 inside of a fenced in area. Now the area where 189 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:31.440 Ralph lived back in nineteen sixty six is now a 190 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:35.639 gas station. In present day, Ralph was still alive and 191 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:39.000 was transported to the hospital, but died a short time later. 192 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:43.720 An autopsy conducted on January twentieth of nineteen sixty six 193 00:11:43.840 --> 00:11:47.200 revealed that Ralph had been shot with a shotgun. The 194 00:11:47.240 --> 00:11:52.279 autopsy documented twenty one entrance wounds. So this was obviously 195 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:57.240 a personal attack and it was overkill. There's really no 196 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:01.159 need to shoot somebody twenty one times. That is unnecessary. 197 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:05.320 And also it's crazy that he was still alive after 198 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:07.039 being shot twenty one times. 199 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:11.360 That is insane. There was a follow up search that. 200 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:16.440 Was conducted and they found a twelve gage bolt action 201 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:21.679 clip bed shotgun that was located by the Boulder Canyon 202 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:23.159 Branch railroad tracks. 203 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:26.519 So two men, one named. 204 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:29.000 Tom Hanley we are going to be talking about Tom 205 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:32.799 Hanley a lot in this episode, and another man named 206 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:37.120 Carl Black, were charged with arranging the murder of Ralph, 207 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:42.120 but on March thirtieth of nineteen seventy, the district attorney 208 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:46.679 filed a motion to dismiss the charges because two out 209 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:51.879 of the four witnesses in Ralph's case had been killed themselves. 210 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:56.519 We're going to get into it. So because the dismissal 211 00:12:56.840 --> 00:13:01.159 originated from the prosecution the case against Tom and Carl 212 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:06.519 could not be refiled. So essentially, allegedly they set up 213 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:11.360 the murder of Ralph and they never could be charged 214 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:14.960 for being involved with that again because of the DA 215 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:19.879 filing emotion to dismiss the charges. So Tom Hanley and 216 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:24.320 Ralph were associates, They ran in the same circles. And 217 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:27.759 a common theme that you're going to see throughout these 218 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:29.799 cases that I'm going to tell you about is a 219 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:33.559 lot of the people that were associated with Tom Hanley 220 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:38.360 also ended up dead in tragic, horrific ways. 221 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:40.519 And we're going to get into who. 222 00:13:40.399 --> 00:13:42.879 Tom was and his background a little bit, because it's 223 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:45.440 going to make a lot more sense when you realize 224 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:48.039 what kind of man Tom Hanley was, what he was 225 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:53.000 involved with, and this guy very much got away with 226 00:13:53.080 --> 00:13:58.120 murder time and time and time again. So we are 227 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:01.840 going to get into the next case, which is the 228 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:05.600 death of Anna Sylvia Just She was known as Sylvia 229 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:08.960 and she was only twenty eight years old when her 230 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:13.720 life was stolen estimated between nineteen sixty seven and nineteen 231 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:19.399 sixty eight. Records indicated that Sylvia left her home in Calgary, 232 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:23.840 Canada by bus in nineteen sixty six, and was later 233 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:28.279 reported missing after her family lost contact with her. Now, 234 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:32.639 the circumstances surrounding her leaving Canada are very much unknown. 235 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:37.600 There is no documented reason that she left Canada and 236 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:40.879 how she ended up in Las Vegas. On March third 237 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:45.600 of nineteen sixty eight, hikers discovered clothing, a purse, and 238 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:50.440 either a birth certificate and or passport. I saw both 239 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:53.159 reported in different articles, so I don't know if it 240 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:56.720 was both items or one or the other. And also 241 00:14:56.919 --> 00:15:00.799 found were different blood stained items and they we buried 242 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:04.159 in a desert area that was located one mile north 243 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:09.519 of the Henderson Dump. Authorities were contacted and they suspected 244 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:13.240 foul play and discovered that the items that were found 245 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:18.399 were those of a woman named Anna Sylvia Just And 246 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:22.440 Following the discovery of these items, a man named Alfonse 247 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:27.519 Bass came forward with information. He stated that he had 248 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:31.639 driven a car that was occupied by a man named 249 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:36.559 you guessed it, Tom Hanley. Also in the car were 250 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:42.919 men named Michael, Alexander Marathon and Robert Adaberry. Alfonse stated 251 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:46.000 that the group of men had picked up Sylvia in 252 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:49.759 north Las Vegas and then drove to an area located 253 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:55.159 near Sunrise mountain. Tom Hanley told Sylvia to exit the 254 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:57.879 vehicle along with two of the other men, and then 255 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:03.600 they together walked into the dust. Sylvia never returned. Alphonse 256 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:07.639 stated that he believed she was killed at the direction 257 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:12.440 of Tom Hanley because there was allegedly an argument where 258 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:16.120 Sylvia had asked Tom for a loan, asked him for 259 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:21.799 some money, and he got angry, and that kind of 260 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:26.440 led to her allegedly having her life taken at the 261 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:29.840 order of Tom Hanley. So Alphonse was a big help 262 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:33.759 to investigators. He tried to guide them to the area, 263 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:37.320 but they were unable to locate any remains at that 264 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:41.720 point in time. On March thirty first of nineteen sixty nine, 265 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:45.440 Alphonse Bass was murdered. We are going to get into 266 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:49.080 that shortly, but if you see a pattern here, everybody 267 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:52.559 that comes into contact with Tom Hanley ends up dead. 268 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:57.720 So on September seventh, of nineteen seventy human remains were 269 00:16:57.759 --> 00:17:01.879 found in a shallow grave four miles west of Henderson, Nevada. 270 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:07.799 The remains included a skull with a depressed fracture. The 271 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:11.240 cause of death was noted to be blunt force trauma, 272 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:15.160 and the manner of death was ruled a homicide. Now 273 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:20.079 these remains were considered a Jane Doe, they remained unidentified, 274 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:22.680 although they did know that they belonged to a female. 275 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:27.759 In twenty ten, the Clark County Coroner's Office submitted the 276 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:31.240 remains for DNA testing and they were able to come 277 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:34.839 up with the DNA profile and it was entered into NamUs. 278 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:40.160 In twenty twenty four, Sylvia's missing person's case was reopened 279 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:44.000 and case files were reviewed and they were able to 280 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:48.400 identify Sylvia's ninety five year old sister and they were 281 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:51.359 able to retrieve her DNA and compare it to the 282 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:57.000 Jane Doe found in nineteen seventy. Sylvia was positively identified. 283 00:17:57.279 --> 00:18:00.920 And with this, of course, I'm sure sure her family 284 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:05.400 those that were left were utterly devastated, but also probably 285 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:09.279 so glad to have answers as to what happened, because 286 00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:12.079 in their minds, Sylvia was still missing. They had no 287 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:15.400 idea what had happened to her, and at least now 288 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:19.200 they're able to give her a final resting space and 289 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:23.640 have a little bit of finality to what actually happened 290 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:27.960 to Sylvia. Unfortunately, due to the timing, it took to 291 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:32.480 finally identify Sylvia. No charges were ever filed in her case, 292 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:36.240 although it is alleged that Tom Hanley is the one 293 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:39.640 who ordered her murder. By this point in time, tom 294 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:44.480 Hanley was long gone, so her murder remains unsolved. No 295 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:48.759 charges were ever filed, but at least they were able 296 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:51.920 to identify these remains and give her family some type 297 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:54.359 of answers. All right, so now we're going to get 298 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:59.000 into Alphonse Bass. He was thirty six years old. So 299 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:02.880 March thirtieth, nineteen sixty nine, around nine to forty pm, 300 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:07.240 Clark County deputies were flagged down by a motorist and 301 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:11.519 this motorist reported a house fire that was located at 302 00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:16.880 thirty seven eighty six East Lake Mead Boulevard. They located 303 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:21.079 a male victim who was later identified as Alfonse Bass, 304 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:25.160 and he had been badly burned. He was transported to 305 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:29.160 a local hospital where he died the following morning from 306 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:34.319 burn injuries and smoke inhalation. A neighbor reported seeing a 307 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:38.960 green Ford Mustang leaving the area right before the fire started. 308 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:43.920 It was determined that the fire was intentionally set, and 309 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:49.079 none other than Tom Hanley was identified as a suspect, 310 00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:54.119 so Alfonse was scheduled to testify against Tom in the 311 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:58.839 nineteen sixty six murder of Ralph Alsop, and he also 312 00:19:58.960 --> 00:20:02.759 provided statements implicating Tom in the murders of a man 313 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:07.200 named Marvin Shoemate and Sylvia just There were some other 314 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:11.680 men who were also charged in conspiracy in the murder 315 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:16.359 of Alfonse, and they were a man named Albert Dreyer 316 00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:20.319 who was an attorney and he was acting on behalf 317 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:25.559 of Tom Hanley, and another man named Leroy Marsh now 318 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:30.400 Tom's wife later wrote a book claiming that Tom's son, 319 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:34.680 who was named Andrew Granby, is the one that drugged 320 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:39.559 Alphonse and set the fire that took his life. Tom 321 00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:44.240 Hanley is a true was a true terror to the 322 00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:47.920 city of Las Vegas. So who is this Tom Hanley 323 00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:50.000 and how did he get away with all that he 324 00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:54.200 got away with? So he was a key figure in 325 00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:59.559 several Las Vegas labor unions during the nineteen forties. He 326 00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:03.559 had a tempted to unionize casino dealers. He served as 327 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:07.160 the head of the American Federation of Casinos and Gaming 328 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:12.599 Employees and the Gaming and Office Employee Union. He was 329 00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:17.000 associated with the Binyon family and the Midwest Mob. He 330 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:20.480 did plead guilty to the nineteen seventy seven murder of 331 00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:25.079 labor leader Al Bramlett, and even testified in a racketeering 332 00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:28.119 trial for the government two weeks before his death. 333 00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:30.119 And he was also. 334 00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:34.440 Under the witness protection program. This heinous man allegedly that 335 00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:38.640 did all this bad stuff allegedly was in witness protection 336 00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:41.799 at the time of his death. He ended up contracting 337 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:45.039 hepatitis at some point in time, and that is essentially 338 00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:47.319 what led to his death. But he did die of 339 00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:51.160 natural causes in nineteen seventy nine at the age of 340 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:55.960 sixty three. He and his son reportedly carried out contract 341 00:21:56.039 --> 00:22:01.039 killings for the mob, casino owners, and union boss. He 342 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:04.640 was tied to a lot of deaths, like I said, 343 00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:08.319 but the charges never stuck. I'm going to link an 344 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:12.720 article below that goes into more detail about Tom and 345 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:16.960 his son. But these two men were menaces to Las 346 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:21.960 Vegas and society. And if you google Thomas Hanley, he 347 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:26.720 has featured prominently at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas. 348 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:29.319 There are many many articles about all that he did. 349 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:32.559 I am really just brushing the surface. 350 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:34.039 Here on Tom Hanley. 351 00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:37.720 But this man did a lot of really bad things, 352 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:40.759 and he never really had to pay for them, unfortunately. 353 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:44.839 He just kind of always skirted under the radar and 354 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:47.359 very much seemed to me like the kind of person 355 00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:49.440 that got other people to do his dirty work for 356 00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:53.319 him and was able to get away with it time 357 00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:56.680 and time again. If you are interested in more info 358 00:22:56.720 --> 00:23:00.160 about Tom Hanley, please read the couple of articles going 359 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:03.119 to link below, because this was such a rabbit hole 360 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:06.519 for me. When I realized that these cases had overlap 361 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:10.920 and connection, I just about lost it because typically that 362 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:14.400 doesn't happen when I'm looking at these older cases. Typically 363 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:17.720 there's no overlap, but this one, there was so many 364 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:21.279 cases that overlapped. And then when I started googling Tom Hanley, 365 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:24.519 I realized that this was way bigger than these three 366 00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:28.400 unsolved quote unquote cases, So be sure to check that 367 00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:33.640 article out. So next up is the unsolved case of 368 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:38.240 Joseph O'Hare. Joseph was sixty seven years old on the 369 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:41.920 morning of February eighth of nineteen sixty nine. Joseph had 370 00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:45.720 gone outside to retrieve his newspaper outside of his home 371 00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:49.119 that was located at one eight one six welled in 372 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:52.279 place when he was shot in the head by an 373 00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:57.160 unknown assailant. Joseph was conscious when he was transported to 374 00:23:57.240 --> 00:24:00.480 the hospital and stated that he was slow rugged when 375 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:03.759 he went to get the paper. Robbery was ruled out 376 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:06.720 as a motive because he was found with two thousand 377 00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:10.119 dollars in his pocket and he had several pieces of 378 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:14.240 expensive jewelry on at the time of the attack. In 379 00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:16.920 the day prior to the attack on Joseph, there was 380 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:20.960 a white camper with a blue stripe seen on Joseph Street, 381 00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:24.640 and it was also seen leaving the scene after the shooting. 382 00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:28.519 All include a photo of that on Instagram and Facebook 383 00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:33.400 on the post associated with this episode. Joseph was employed 384 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:36.599 as a dealer at the Hotel Fremont that was located 385 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:41.559 in downtown Las Vegas. Different people that were interviewed stated 386 00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:45.039 that he was also a bookie, which could have put 387 00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:48.319 him at risk, and others stated that he could have 388 00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:51.680 been targeted by the boyfriend or husband of the woman 389 00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:55.759 that he had been seeing socially. Joseph passed away on 390 00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:59.599 February twenty second of nineteen sixty nine from his injuries. 391 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:03.920 There were different persons of interest, However, no arrest or 392 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:08.880 charges were ever made. His case remains unsolved to this day. 393 00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:12.839 And really, what you see in a lot of these cases, 394 00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:16.200 it was back in the sixties in Las Vegas. Most 395 00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:20.079 people that lived there worked in casinos, or maybe they 396 00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:24.799 had some other involvement in being a bookie, or they 397 00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:26.480 were very prevalent. 398 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:28.640 In working in the downtown area. 399 00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:31.559 Vegas was a lot different back then than it obviously 400 00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:34.240 is now, and a lot of these people ran in 401 00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:36.640