Who Killed Jane Doe #59 : The Case of Reet Jurvetson - the fifth estate
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- On November 16, 1969, the body of a young woman was found along Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles. She had been stabbed 157 times. The body was never claimed. The name of the murdered woman would remain unknown for the next 46 years -- her case was simply known as “Jane Doe #59.” Nearly half a century later, three childhood friends from Montreal identify her as their long lost friend - Reet Jurvetson. Now the Los Angeles and Montreal police are trying to piece together the final weeks of Jurvetson’s life and the fifth estate helps uncover new clues that might help unlock a decades-old mystery.
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I am horrified at the family never looking for her for 46 plus years. No one can convince me it is possible for someone to be such a thowaway Oh my, we humans have to do better caring for each other..
The family never reported her missing because she told her mother many times that she would like to go away and begin a new life.
A young person says a lot of things in emotional pain that an adult with any sense knows will change along the way of living. One never waits forty plus years with no word from someone he or she loves. It's just the way we humans are made.
Different times, my friend. Not to mention the mentality was completely different compared to now.
I was a teenager in 1969, and if I had gone missing for even one day my mum and dad would have been down at the police station reporting me missing
I thought I was the only one who felt like that. Also, her sister's
fake crying was very irritating - there were no tears there at all.
46 YEARS, with an entire family , and not one of them reported her missing in half a century? That's so very sad.
And now the sister acts like she cares..crying for the camera! I'm calling bs too! Unreal..
Alan Spence yup! They were content to be done with her apparently. She had more love from her friends, law enforcement and coroners! 🤔
Alan Spence yes I shook my head when she exclaimed “they found her!” Really lady? You never even looked for your sister all those 45 yrs. very sad !!!
Agreed. If they had, she could've been identified and the killer might have been caught.
I mean, she left home at the age of 16, she did not have the best relationship with her parents, and she was traveling to Arizona. Their parents probably thought she was ok. My mom did not talk to her sister in 30 years after she dropped out of high school and escaped with her boyfriend, my grandparents had 12 children so they did not give it too much importance.
My mom decided to look for her 5 years ago, and she found out she married an indigenous guy, and she's been living in a remote area of the Amazon jungle for the past 20 years. She has 8 children and most of them did not know how to talk and were scared of people, my mom she told me they were living like savages. My parents bought her a small house in a town near the area where they used to reside. Now the kids are going to school and the oldest one is 20 years old.
She did not communicate with my grandparents because she did not have a way to do it, and since she left home, they assumed maybe she did not want to talk to them.
My aunt did not go missing, she just did not want to be found.
I can't wrap my head around the fact that her family didnt report her missing. I was 14 in 1969 and had an older sister. I live in Canada. If my sister travelled to LA en route to see a brother in Arizona, wrote a postcard saying she was happy in LA and that was the end of her communication, I believe any and all reasonable family members would call the RCMP. 1969 wasn't the dark ages.
Times where different young people travelled all over the place I remember we all hitchiked to school the world was safer we did not imagine that someone would be murdered the family could have thoutht she wanted to escape
I was thinking the same thing, don't understand why her family did not report her missing
No one thought the world was safer in 1969, during the Manson murders and assorted other civil unrest, riots, etc. Let's not look at that time through rose colored glasses tinted by nostalgia, please.
Not an excuse for not *ever* reporting her as missing in over four decades, sorry...try harder. (not that they tried harder, either. it took a friend to find her, after all.)
I also find it difficult to believe that Canada didn't have news of the Manson murders...newspapers were a thing, after all.
Hey, you were the one who tagged a reply to me...when I hadn't spoken to you. I read your comment tagged to me and I read it 'properly'.
I'm sorry but how can you not report a family member missing if they didn't turn up to your house...very odd...x
Right ? He sent someone to LA to look for her? Okaaay
(1) well they lived in canada. (2) since reet had a history of running away the police in canada would probably not have done anything. (3) they hired a private investegator.
Maybe she also dealing with homicide and certain things, there are people that also didnt have family caring around them.
Impoett wm.
Obviously never cared or loved her.
Off topic but her clothes are still stylish. She was a real beauty
demikal Yes, she was stunning! Even in the post mortem, you can tell by her facial structure that she was very beautiful.
demikal ... She was gorgeous. Should or could have been a model or a actress. Her resemblance to the late Sharon Tate is freaky too.
like_totally_pending_approval it’s the style of the time
LED_ZEPPELIN- WarewolfGirl-73 shut up
The clothes would have held some interesting forensics
So heartbreaking. Glad that she was identified so long after her murder.
Thank goodness that bra wasn't tossed away!! 😢
Her friends were true friends never stopping to think about her and looking for her.
Marlene Ful more than her parents!
I dont blame the family Times where different the world was safer the Tate murders changes that but I dont think they thought she was murdered or in danger .
Marlene Ful -.-
Indeed...
Her friends were probably jealous of her beauty
The family not reporting her missing really bugs me. They were concerned enough about her going to LA alone that they told her not to hitchhike but then never said a word to the police after she stopped contacting them because "times were different"? The sister said she and her parents always had agony in there hearts over the years about her being missing and potentially dead. So they just let 50 years pass by? This case might have actually had a chance at being solved and now every shred of evidence is most likely gone forever. Way to go.
Time was different then. My mother left from her home at age 12 and she didn't have contact to her family. And people did hitchike alot. So that was not weird at al. Just saying
For real. They had a return address and never contacted anyone. I had a very strict father and when my brother ran away in 73. He filed a missing persons report and had flyers made. They were run up all over Ca and we were just a middle class family, nothing special. Luckily he was found ok.
Baltic families can sometimes have a funny "stoicism".
@@chriskontennutzer4473 My parents had escaped from Estonia too via Sweden. Just like Reet's.
@@viviannization So, you would agree on my assessment?
She was stabbed so many times, that's personal. it was definitely someone she knew.
Tay Leo Indeed
Suddenly all these commenters are expert behaviour analysts through a screen
Maybe or maybe not. The Manson murders were extremely brutal. One victim reportedly said, "Stop stabbing me, I'm already dead!"
I agree
@@darnleynyirenda8304 some of us have a background in this field although i do understand what u r saying...there are a lot of folks on youtube who have all the answers....but dont have a job lol
Well this didn't have a very satisfying ending.
UGH I KNOW! So many unanswered questions..
yes, not satisfying, but comforting to me, knowing they'd made a big leap in the case recently. i think this case might be solved, hopefully before the perp dies.
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At least now who She was, Shes not a number anymore.
stabbing someone 157 times is no easy feat. Try raising your arm and swinging it down with force 157 times.
Makes one think there were multiple killers.
Adrenaline.
Or maybe he regretted it shortly after she dies or felt a lot resentment toward her. The same thing you would do in boxing, you might hit the gym bag furiously when you are frustrated or in adrenaline rush.
times it by 2 because u have to bring the knife back and forward so 314
For 157 stab wounds her clothes that were displayed weren't very bloody though. I found that interesting.
11,000 unsolved murders in just one city. That number just blows my mind because if there are that many in one city, then how many must there be in the entire US?
Kaylee F ikr!
Kaylee F
Bingo
KAYLEE - THINK ABOUT THIS STAGGERING #. ONE MILLION PEOPLE GO MISSING IN THE US EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 20% ARE ADULTS WHO ARE NEVER FOUND. 30% ARE KIDS ABDUCTED BY NON-CUSTODIAL PARENTS - SOME FOUND. THAT LEAVES 1/2 MILLION KIDS WHO ARE NEVER FOUND!!!!
Not knowing who killed them is waay more scary.
Kaylee F hard to imagine
"over the years, I felt in my heart that something might have happened to her..." .But you still didn't report anything..nice family.
Mary Pigott you are right 👌👌 i can't understand this family..
IKR. If my sister disappeared I would look for her, even if I had to look under every rock in North America. I lost her at 38 years old and knowing the pain of losing her I can't believe not knowing where she was dead or alive.
Siblings still under the thumb of a domineering, abusive father, and the mother brainwashed by him? Why did Reet leave home in the first place? And her brother before her?
Yes she COULD have been being held captive somewhere suffering for years! Its insane to neglect reporting or at least searching!
1969 was a turbulent time. We don't know what battles they were fighting.
I don't question their hope, nor
them. They loved her very much.
her boyfriend did it thats why he never reported her missing
atown Ish O.O I never thought of that....
Agreed, most murders are committed by their spouse or someone/people close to the victim/s.
atown Ish would explain the multiple stab wounds - a crime of passion. Maybe she tried to leave him and he wasn't having that.
Alana Robertson He did it because he was probably angry and jealous. Jane Doe might have cheated or left him. Her boyfriend may have stalked her.
atown Ish Duh 🙄
I was a fellow student with Reet at Willingdon School. We sometimes walked home together. She lived on Royal and I on Melrose. What a great girl. Her boyfriend must have been a SOB, likely jealous. Hope they complete her case, never too late. RIP Reet💜. I am more than disappointed at the behaviour of her sister et alm. Makes me question the sincerity 😢😪
I'm so sorry for the loss of your schoolmate. Was her family mean to her?
I am so sorry for your loss 💔
One person can make the difference. A person who take his job so serious !!! I am thankful that persons like him still exist.
She rejected the wrong man. There are some weak men who think they get to have what they want and can't handle rejection. I've never heard of anyone being stabbed that many times. Evil walks this earth in human form.
Yep! Men are scary when rejected. It’s happened to me !! Scaryyyyyyyyyy.
I have. Its not necessarily an intimate relationship either. Many stranger on stranger murders have involved frenzied and multiple stab wounds. Its an awful way to die. I feel for this poor child. I can't even imagine her, or anyone going through that. Then unidentified for almost fifty years. 😢
I would say she pissed off somebody who liked her! It's very important to be kind to people no matter if your interested in them or not! Alot of times women think men have no feelings and can say and do whatever to us with no repracussion s everybody has feelings always be respectfull! Us men don't get the hundreds of women after us on a reg basis like women get it's unfair so be kind to men!
Also the police should check property tax records find the owner of the complex maybe they remember the guy who lived there and has his last name I would check there!
@@princerob610 telling women to be kind to men unless they want to be killed is such a horrific thing to do what is wrong with you.
Detective said he was surprised to find the bloody bra in the box b/c all evidence should have been destroyed years ago. I realize it's an old case, but why would the PD destroy evidence of a murder?
They don't have room and correct storage environments to keep it all. And you have to remember that DNA was not even a gleam on the horizon then.
Why would the police ever cremate an unsolved murdered body? Entirely stupid!
Sarah I know but that was in 1960's but I think the doe's that are murdered now are numbered, then buried just in case they are identified & the family wants their body.
@Sarah U don't expect the body to be in their forensic unit for ages do you?
if the government can afford to buy billion dollar military toys, the why not/
I think Jane/John Does are just the saddest, in the sense that no one looked for them. Amazing that her friends remembered that guy's name.
can we talk how creepy the intro music
Eizzah Azman ikr I muted it I was terrified
Eizzah Azman Right😭smh
Eizzah Azman I Agree!
Eizzah Azman The music creeps me out.
i dont find it creepy... but it gets to me, do you know where its from...?
it's heartbreaking, this poor girl was stabbed 157 times. What kind of monster can do such a barbaric butchery. The devil.
If she was stabbed so many times, it seems to me it would indicate a crime of passion and done by someone who knew her and absolutely hated her guts.
and its even more funny, because the person still to this day is living there life in paridise : ) they got what they wanted and still FREE : )
Charles Manson and family
@@tricklicorice5406 I doubt it, anyone who kills someone like that would have found his match and is long gone.
If the parents made the effort to contact the LAPD back when they hadn't heard from their daughter for a month or two, they maybe could have solved this back when the body was discovered...and found Jean. Sounds like at this point, no one close to Reet remembers his last name. So shocked that the parents made no effort to find out why they never heard from their daughter again. I find that very strange.
Anne Raso its not as easy as we all think but is a shame really it couldn't be solved earlier plus dna and forensics etc wasnt as it is today
Some families have dark secrets and hate you you do not jump when they say how high. Something toxic there.
I cant pretend to know the world in ‘69 but surely people weren’t predisposed to just disappearing naturally.
They were ultra-religious. I know people like this. If their kids rebelled and left the family, then they felt that child was out of their life.
I can't believe how stunning she was!
I hope they find who did it soon.
Zanesha Coker they already did
The Manson family did it
I don't believe it was the Manson family at all. There is no connection.
Certainly, a crime of passion. The Manson family did not do it.
@@nicholasjolt6200 I think the serial rapist and killer, Rodney Alcala did it, and may have been asked by the Manson family to do it to convince everyone that the killers were still on the loose.
May she Rest in peace...
Amen.
Amen🙏.
How do you stab someone 157 times? Like was it consecutively or did they stop and go back to stabbing??
Jalana Spencer Usually it's consecutively people who do that is at of anger..
Easy if frenzied, on some kind of amphetamine etc.
It happens when passion or hate involved. Or both
The persons arm must of gotten so numb
Perfectly possible if you are extremely angry
This detective is AMAZING! It’s sad that nobody reported her missing. I understand it’s the 60s but after time goes by you should of contacted the police! Her friends cared more than her family. There’s no way that they will find the killer unless someone confesses on their death bed or DNA
Yup, I CONfess TO DNA on a daily basis! lol
In my experience, this level of estrangement within a family is a result of family secrets. The fact that Reet ran when she was a teenager with little more than a bus ticket, & the fact the family has remained basically silent about Reet being missing for 50 years--these facts speak to a family structured on secrets.
I am absolutely AMAZED that her two childhood friends remained so dedicated in their quest to find her. And they did find her. That is astonishing, the equivalent to a needle in a haystack found 50 years after it was dropped on the other side of North America. I hope the friends have found some peace with regard to Reet, & that they are living the kind of wonderful life that such good friends deserve.
Great job, CBC & 5th Estate, for bringing attention to this story.
💯
I feel like the sister isn't telling all she could about her family before Reet left..
vapin scoundrel you are the only other person to comment this and I totally agree with you.
vapin scoundrel you dont report your sister missing after 50 years? I agree
Yeah, it seems like they were pretty religious, possibly fundamentalist, so maybe her father was abusive and that's why Reet left in the first place.
Yes!!! This whole story is so sad. It makes me wonder if she was trying to get away from a bad home life. It's pretty outrageous of a parent to never report their child missing. I don't care how "rebellious" she was it's still your baby. God forbid any of my 3 children ever disappeared i'd fight my whole life trying to do anything and everything to find them. I can't imagine nor doing that.
i honestly think they had something to do with her murder. how did someone go looking for her but "didn't find her", but they had her address? she was killed a few weeks after she sent that post card. and her sister is so not genuine, she's definitely hiding something.
This is a really sad case not just because of how Reet came to her demise but that her own family never reported her missing.!! It's like she was abandoned. RIP Reet 🙏🏻 🙏🏻💗✨️🇦🇺
When they showed the picture of the deceased Jane doe and slowly changed it to the picture of Reet, that was sad.
Stabbed 150 times? That is brutal
FS 157 times. Thats more than 150.
@@VileCarnival Yeah! 7 more!!! L0L I rest my case yer honour...
My mum came to England and Wales alone in the 50s and still managed to contact her family and visa versa by letter and phone calls it was a different time is not an excuse.
Your comment is predicated on the fact that your mother survived the trip. That's girl was brutally murdered and thrown off a cliff it was pretty hard for her to contact family after that I would think.
I don't think the Manson family were involved in this murder. The Manson's enjoyed the publicity of their crimes, I feel they wouldn't have tried to dump the body where it wouldn't have been found if it hadn't been caught up in the brush. Stabbing someone 157 times has got to be a crime of passion, they were right handed IF there had been more than one "stabber" it would have shown up in the post Morton.
armpitfuzz Manson family were all in jail in November of 1969...they were arrested in September...
Not all of them were, Tex Watson who did most of them murders was still a wanted fugitive and there were other family members who were not arrested.
Manson's murders were done for show, generally. And the number of stab wounds indicates a lot of passion and rage. This one was personal.
shame on the family 4 not looking 4 her,and for not contacting her, it's their blood, may her soul rest in peace. ( my child could be how bad I will always keep in contact)
I believe Jon her boyfriend killed her
Did anyone notice one of her art pieces looked exactly like lana del rey
Laura Frank Winner Priscilla Presley
If Jean killed her, he could have fled to almost anywhere in the world - it was easy then.
Jean did not clear her! He was a sweetheart.
That sounds like you know who Jean is. If that is so, I encourage you to contact the officers working this case! Even if only to clear his name.
Yes. I knew Jean. And yes, the police have been informed. I just wish people would stop accusing him or insinuating that he had something to do with it. We will never find him and his friend Jean if the public/media spread nasty rumours about them.
Do you know why Jean moved to LA? I think that if he cared for Rest he would not have moved down there and not taken her with him.
Jean did not kill her!!!
This family is originated from Estonia, Europe.
And Estonian is their first language, I can tell by their Estonian accent and Reet Jürvetson postcard is in Estonian:
Kallid Ema ja Isa.
Ilmad on kenad ja
inimesed on lahked.
Mul on kena väike
korter. Käin tihti
rannas. Palun
kirjutage.
Kallistab Reet
Dear Mom and Dad.
Weather is nice and
people are kind.
I have nice small
apartment. I'm often visiting
beach. Please
write.
Hugs Reet.
From this postcard, you can really tell, that Reet wanted to be in contact.
And yes, Reet sister Anne really seems faking it or is distracted by the cameras. Regardless, she is acting her cry and the looking something else.
Pointless, no cry is needed. Just be real.
One thing is pretty annoying, people are pronouncing French names correctly, like it is in French, but Estonian names are pronounced very wrong here.
The sister said she was so happy when “they” found her sister, but she hadn’t even been looking for her.
What a beautiful woman, Reet was. Wow. God bless her family and all of those who are still working to bring justice for her.
I think of Reet often and what she went through. I've watched this episode many times and each time I feel a weight inside my chest get heavier. Something about her and what she went through really bothers me. I hope & pray that one day answers are found. Peace Reet from Australia. 💜
She was so beautiful.How sad.
It's a shame they destroyed the rest of her clothing. There might have been additional DNA on it. I heard about a homicide case where authorities were able to identify the killer because the victim had the perpetrator's blood on them as well. They had also been stabbed to death, and apparently the bloody handle of the knife caused the killer's hand to slip down the knife and get cut.
Her clothes went to Second hand store.
@@dejanrakic77 that's gross. I will think of that the next time I get clothes at my local thrift store.
@@dejanrakic77 It said her clothes were destroyed.
How heartbreaking the friends loved and cared for her more than her own family ! I cringe to think her own sister didn’t think hard in her mind how odd it was she vanished with no contact . I shudder At that thought . I hope and pray that if that ever happened my own family would know me better . No matter if it’s 2018 or 2030. Have a conscience and know better people ! Friends and family matter !!!
Fifty years ago. A different era.
is Reets family a bit weird ?
Rebecca 1257 yeah. there is a definite weird element there. I am glad I am not the only one who noticed.
And nobody knows Jean's surname? He just signed the apartment lease in LA, 'Jean' without his last name? Hmmmm... Took great pains to stay anonymous??
makes you wonder if he returned the the incompetent realm of quebec police.
interesting documentary! i love how it's edited
The 60's were one of the most volatile and violent decades of the 20th century. It wasn't all peace and love and then the Tate-LaBianca murders happened. There was the Vietnam War, political assassinations, violent riots, etc., etc..
Don't forget about the Zodiac killings of the late 60s!
IF you choose to beLIEve the TV. I don't.
OMG, she was absolutely beautiful. Rest her soul.
Thank goodness her bra was still in the box. Hopefully all boxes containing evidence for cold case files pre-DNA years, have been checked.
police had the jacket-made in Canada?
and they never ask CANADA???
the sister in 50 y never was interested -where is my little sister?
but ...who I'm to ..ask?
So many unanswered questions. Also, the sister (and likely others too who received mail from her in LA) having the return address but never going there or writing to it to ask about her?
I might be wrong but I don't think it was the Manson family. They didn't hide their crimes and were proud of displaying their victims. I think (just my opinion) it was someone close that she knew. The stabbing indicates a close intimacy. Maybe the killer just enjoyed the thrill of it or it could have been a boyfriend or male friend who was angry at her due to rejection, breaking up, drug infused fight...etc. Her bf could very likely had been involved...
That female voice OOOing in the background is too much. Mute!
Too dramatic
freaky!
This family is somewhat pathetic. they were interested in their beloved sister till it was brought to them. They did absolutely NOTHING to find this girl till it was brought to them... That shows family dedication.
i know, its what we are today : )
1969 ? Yes, she was so beautiful and sounds like she was quite a bright light ! Her family deserve justice. They are right, her spirit was so bright, you can see it in her eyes. Very tragic. My sincerest sympathies to Reet's family. They have so much pain and yet love in their eyes too. It's amazing how strong we can be. Blessings.
❤
Her picture is so creepy gave me chills 😓
Its a particularly horrible PM picture, isn't it?? :( I think its the eyes being open.
Enya Estrellado music is too creepy too.
Enya Estrellado her eyes are super glassy too, like she died with tears in her eyes and they’re just frozen there forever
My lord, I am really disturbed that they showed that! How can this be on TH-cam or Canadian Network TV? It would never be shown on American network TV. They should have given a warning about this, at least, so we could look away.
I am extremely thankful that I have never felt that thin line between love and hate. To have the ability to get so angry that you stab someone that you know almost 160 times. I'm praying that whomever killed her has been living in prison this entire time!
I think he has. I think Rodney Alcala did it. And he was sentenced to death.
That sketch could be of ROD ALCALA! because on 1 of the crime shows about him, there is 3 or 4 or more he was asked do you have a nickname and he told them sometimes my friends call me Ghar or Jha !!!
She doesn't really look like Sharon Tate. They were both beautiful but that's where the similarity ends.
Anyway, that's some nice work, Cliff.
I thought the same thing
check out the pictures of sharon at her age they do look alike.
Nx Doyle yes i was thinking the same thing. although both beautiful i dont see any resemblance at all.
They are blond and Caucasian-- that's it.
They both had a 60s styled look, but that about it.
Great family, really loved her, NOT... They did not even report her missing !! WTF they had return address, why did they not look it up, when clues were more viable. The sister said they went there, yeah right and didn't bother to look up address! So So sad for this girl. The family still do not acknowledge any blame, full on excuses, blame in that she would have been identified and poor thing have a head stone instead of Jane doe 😢
C Jones I can't help but feel like it was a family member... Being stabbed that many times seems like it was a crime of passion.
Alana Robertson me too
C Jones 100%. No excuses. Theatrical crying doesn't make it any better, either. I also do not believe they "sent someone to find her". What does that even mean??? They had her return address ffs.
Way to miss the point.
Tangerine Sky333 Makes me shudder knowing that.
The brother did nothing to find his sister?
WOW, she was a very beautiful young lady. She has the iconic look of a girl from that Era in history. It is a tradgedy that her life was taken in the way it was, and that horrible person has escaped earthly justice. Hopefully someone somewhere will see this show and tell what they know, so this case can be solved once and for all. Something else I find tragic, is that she was cremated and buried in a mass grave. Her family has no body to bury. That poor young lady is buried amongst other people that were not cared about by society. She doesn't even have a headstone where her remains rest!
I think her murderer met "earthly justice". I think it was Rodney Alcala. He was sentenced to death for being a serial rapist and murderer.
I'm about 99% sure that she doesn't care at this point! ;P
please keep us updated on this Story. Hoping they catch the Monster who savagely took this beautiful Girls Life. I pray they do find her Killer.
Mary Cull They aren't going to. Chances are the killer is dead or incarcerated.
If he did die, I sure hope it was a violent death for taking away such a beautiful woman
I wish they would put a disclaimer at the beginning of these shows that have NO RESOLUTION. I hate watching something for an hour and, at the end, have no idea what happened!!
Nx Doyle True but at least find who did it so the friends and family can have some closure.
Its crazy to me because I believe this was a case where the post mortem photos and sketches were SO obvious, and if she had just been reported missing, she would have been identified much earlier.
Her family are shameful
Can't they locate the people who managed the apartment building in LA when Jean rented the apartment there? They could have provided more information - his full name, more information on what he looked like, how long he lived there, where he went, etc.
I'm sorry, but those folks only had to pick up the phone and report her missing. She might have lived. No excuse. I don't care about 1969 and etc. bullshit. I know people with the SAME situation and they called when their child -especially a beautiful girl was gone after 24 hours, even if they thought she was being "bad" and "running away". My brother took off and boy, the cops found him in California on a beach, smoking dope with other kids NEXT DAY! we lived in Connecticut! There is NO excuse. Sorry for your agony, but even afterwards, you didn't pursue it as you should have. Also, crying with the investigator and the teary hugs and comments in front of the camera? I dunno. Not exactly a spontaneous meeting - after a camera, sound and lights set-up, huh?
ABSOLUTELY!
I didn't buy the sister's emotion. Seemed awfully forced.
Crying but no visible tears.
The sister was crying crocodile tears!!
Were there tears???? I had to get my glasses..... Still didn't see any!
Lana Rivers I know and it is sad when you do not care about your own sister. Very sad indeed!
she's awful.
She could be medicated
🙄🤦♀️ y'all crazy
Cold cases always break my heart..
The last recreation of the suspect match with the description of the serial killer from L.A Rodney Alcala.
Respect to her friends Gilda Green and Ilmi, they really care and still worried about her friend.
Imagine you never in touch or communicate for almost a half century with your friends, seeing the photos in the internet you would ignore it you didn't believe it was her. It possibly you believe that she had good and happy life. But, Gilda the one who realize it was her for the first time.
After nearly 47 years!!!!???? I don't think they would find a suspect or even Jean. My face totally changed after 47 years, don't look like at all when I was 20 in 1969. At least they found who she was. Thanks to her friend and Police in LA.
Saveurital not everyone is like you.
Saveurital they have the technology to do an age-up on someone's face, the ability to make a 3D facial profile. I feel you on the underselling of this evidence. I feel like they could be doing better.
Saveurital someone may remember from years ago and remember a name. someone knows something.
I love this show! Thanks for the upload!
Superb story. The great people working on Fifth Estate should investigate more cold cases from previous decades. ✌👍
I've noticed that the sister didn't shed tears. She keeps saying that someone knows something now, but what about then. She didn't even feel compelled to report her sister missing. That's very telling to me. This so called family knows way more than they want people to think. I didn't see a single tear. She tried to make it look like she was crying but I didn't see any tears.
Hi! I just have to put it out there, so the stupid comments about religios backround stop. Estonian are and have been one the less religious country in Europe. Certanly a ton less religious than USA.
Maybe the parents were stricks, but most parents were back then, I dont think it had much to do with her leaving.
Why they did not report her missing? Well maybe being foreign people they did not feel that comfortable doing that and they really believed she was doing her own thing.
She was an adult and if you ever have looked into the cases of missing adults, police would not have considered this case anyway. The people are missing in one state and their body is found in another state at it still takes almost 50 years to identify these old cases. So this theory that if the parents would have reported it, it would have been identified it the time to capture the murdered is really slim.
I"m trying not to be judgemental, but why didn't her friends report her as missing years ago? It just seems weird to me that they would all of a sudden go looking for her almost 5 decades later. Did they just assume she had run away to start a new life that whole time and just suddenly had a change of heart almost half a century later?
Max Coller since she was an adult, people just assumed she just left.
She was already an adult , back then it’s normal to go away for a Long time and receive post cards here and there.
If it wasn't for her friends, she wouldn't of been identified.
I have a cousin like that. No one had heard from her for a few years. She’s severely mentally ill (not that Reet was) but we assumed was dead after a bad batch of heroin went around the Midwest. Her mom eventually hired a private investigator and found her living on the other side of the country.
It's OK, you may be judgemental? That isn't ILLegal...yet!
If this case still continues to remain cold/open, the murderer might be dead soon...
The sister has the ability to cry without any tears. Just an observation, she is crying with her words but no tears.
People grieve in different ways........
As sad as this whole story is, it’s even more sad that nobody cared enough for fifty years to ever find her. Her family just let her vanish, and left it at that. Yeah, before cellphones and social media, but your sister cuts all communication and that’s that. You don’t find it weird? Don’t care about her enough, to at least tell someone?
Always top quality video and handling of such a sad and sensitive situation. RIP Reet.
poor, poor girl. I hope that this program leads to more clues, that generation is aging quickly. my mother graduated in 1969 and just turned 70. she barely knows how to use her cell phone, much less watch TH-cam videos.
Stabbed 157 times! That's insane!
Her friends were more concerned than her actual family. 😄 Just, wow.
To never report her missing ...not ok
good documentary . could do without that creepy humming.
She was an Estonian descent. I see she doesn't say a much in that card she sent seems she wanted to keep the distance to her family and keep it in secret what ever she was doing there in LA. Sad story.
She wasn't Swedish. Both of her parents were Estonian WWII refugees who emigrated to Canada.
Plot twist: It was the bird watcher.
simonandfaerk excellent movie material
That makes srnse😔
a scrawny 50's birder who could pull that off??? don't think so. remember, stuff like birding, stamp collecting was normal - boy scout badges etc
157 times
That's just pure evil and grudge
Im really wondering his hand didnt get tired while he was stabbing her or may be there were more than one killing her
She was so beautiful. My god. I’m so glad that she was found. Finally after so many decades that has been pass, her soul has finally been rested. Bless her soul.
It's actually super cool that the tv show gave evidence to the police
her boyfriend killed her...
Asja H nobody even knows if he exist, probably a drunken one night stand gone wrong, I'd say that the Jim Morrison look a like boyfriend didn't show any interest in her, that's why he left Montreal without her in the first place, sad but true, don't jump on the boyfriend aspects so soon, just don't think it was going anywhere other than a quickie, sorry, that's what I gather from it
It is so heart breaking to see the people were brutally murdered and the murderers still hanging out in an open air, scary.
this were uploaded on my birthday,such a sad case.thankyou for doing this video.anotherthumbs up as always.
My Lord I was just noticing the way our bodies change once our spirit leaves the body Good Lord have mercy be with us protect us keep us safe and at peace while we complete our time on this earth, and keep me straight and walking with the Lord so that I may be with you God once my time on earth is over ,, AMEN 🙏
Ameen 🤲
No tears from sister yet she’s acting like she’s crying makes me wonder if she really cared at all. Also why no missing person report was taken out by her very religious large family? I don’t get it??!
Estonian families are not large and religious
I was just 3 yrs old when this happened and ppl give up and say that a 20 yr.old cold case will never be solved..
That postmortem pic morphing into her real one was horrible! If u don’t want to see that, be careful right after they identify her, if pops up. It’s when they show the color postmortem.
'It was a different time. No cellphones, Facebook or computers. It was normal not to hear from people'. What?? For 46 years? She acts like they were living in the stone age. What kind of parents don't bother to look for their child for almost 50 years?
Spoiler alert, they have no idea who did it.
I’m always amazed and thankful about how determined and dogged most detectives are, and certainly that is true in this case.
I’m about the same age as Reet was when she passed. For some odd reason I feel this connection with her. She was just as gutsy and confident as I am now.
Therefore.....
So be smart and trust nobody. People can seem amazing and fun and sweet but be dangerous and evil underneath. Live for her and stay very safe so you can live the life she never got to live. I was like you both and if not for God looking out for me I definitely would have been murdered or died several times because of men or dangerous situations I wound up in. Most people only care about themselves and what they can get from you. Its way way worse now than in 1969. I was a free spirit when I was old enough to run free. I wish now I had stayed in church , a real biblical one, gotten married and had a couple of kids or had a career. Nothing is fun enough or carefree enough to put your life in danger. You and I would have been close friends with the same attitude in my teens. I just thank God I survived it. Please be careful. Get some Krav Maga classes and learn to protect yourself. Never get in a car with anyone you haven't known well for ages. And always let someone know where you are going. Who with. And when you will be back. I have gone so far as to get my date to stop at a store so I could go buy something to drink and then told them I was not getting back in the car and called a cab and went home.
Have fun. Just carry a gun or pocket knife, and know how to use them. And be aware of your surroundings at all times. You can't do that if you're looking at your phone.