My wife got her teeth into my neck, he said. Kling told reporters Hofer wanted to see his family and reestablish his career in Germany. But within a week of the cars arrival in Munich, trouble struck. He attributes the initial problems to the Gulf War, but after that, he says, Sue Olds stepped in. Hofer insists he knew nothing about the intricacies of Mr. Oldss divorce problems, his financial situation, or any other personal matters when he came to this country. The same cant be said for his wife, however. Dean seemed to always exude artfulness and talent. I believe it was less about money," Anderson said. There were people who felt very strongly that Olds should be allowed to remain because of his status in the field and the contributions he had made to the firm. Carsten was trying to get his roots down in the U.S., Olds said several weeks before Hofers arrest. When they did catch up with him, it was on the boat in Wilmette, where he was sunning with his friends. Getty Dean Martin. Shortly after 10 p.m. on May tenth, Kragness and Hofer were at Kragnesss apartment and had ordered a pizza, planning to go later to mark Wheelers place nearby. A favorite is the chic Renaissance on Forest Avenue, a boulevard where thatched cottages and Swiss chalets evoke an Old World charm, despite the presence of street-corner grunge bands and robed devotees of the Hare Krishna sect. As a result, Olds moved back into the Wilmette house and has access to what is left of the couples joint assets. Referring to Hofer, who Olds says he believes killed his wife in order to end a judge's injunction that froze marital assets, Olds says: "You get people mad enough and they act irrationally. For weeks, he eluded off-duty cops trying to serve him with a subpoena for a deposition in the divorce case. He had credit card debts of about $55,000; he had borrowed $231,000 from Chicagos Northern Trust Bank; he owed the SEC more than $80,000; and he was obligated to pay his estranged wife $9,000 each month. After undergoing several amputations 12 years ago, Dean Winters is still in constant pain. Released in July 2020, it is titled Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth and the case of Two Missing Girls. But I wasnt aware of that for a long, long time, he added. Then he threw it all away for the company of a young charmer named Carsten Hofer. I was found guilty (in the civil proceedings), yet the only thing you could get out of the trial was that I was a skunk. That July, Olds visited Munich, deducting $7,500 for his travel expenses and another $11,800 in other unspecified business expenses. You could kid around with her, but politely. I don't think that's fair.". Dean Olds left his Wilmette home early Wednesday afternoon, apparently ending a morning-long stalemate with police and his three estranged children. DNA evidence introduced during Hofer's murder trial showed that the odds were 156 million-to-1 that the blood found on the Taurus' seat cushion, which Hofer was driving that night, belonged to anyone other than Suzanne Olds. Genres as young film buffs become more mature 29.4 % happened between the ages of 18 and.! She was dead from blows to the head. Police say her attacker was so intent on killing that the blows to her head continued long after the 56-year-old woman died. Reports also referred to a map found in the car with the location of the house marked with a star. The police investigation centered on Hoer from the beginning, and detectives also closely followed the movements of Dean Olds. Sue Olds stopped teaching and stayed home to rear the family. Civil lawsuits have been used, with some success, in other Chicago area murders. Rory and Lorelai warn Dean before entering the lion's den but even Rory doesn't expect the night to go so horribly. An 18-year-old must be able to talk to strangers faculty, deans, advisers, landlords, store clerks, human resource managers, coworkers, bank tellers, health care. She was very frightened as far as her image and propriety were concerned, said a friend. If he was meeting Pavarotti at the airport, he knew how the car had to be polished and how to act. In March 1991, Olds prepared documents that set up the business for Hofer to run. His law partners learned of the SEC action only when their records were subpoenaed. Without a license to practice law in California, Olds conducts research and writes legal briefs for other, arguably less-gifted, lawyers to use in court. Her friends are angry and, in the words of one Wilmette woman, profoundly sad for what those children must deal with for the rest of their lives. And no one who knew Dean Olds and his family can understand how such a seemingly model North Shore existence could have turned around so suddenly and tragically. He has been traveling to Florida and Germany, and in March he said he was planning a two-week cruise in July from Norway to the North Pole on a Russian icebreaker. In the last few years, Stephen Olds said, he caught his father "in many lies" about Hofer, whom the family had suspected of taking advantage of Dean Olds' affections, as well as the Olds' fortune. Revisiting a Made-for-Netflix Scandal on the North Shore, 2020 Chicago magazine / A Chicago Tribune Media Group website. In the months before her slaying on Dec. 28, 1993, Suzanne Olds, who lived alone in the large house, called police on numerous occasions to report signs of a prowler in her garage and a broken basement window pane. [22] The show was hosted by the creator of the show and crime writer Jax Miller, who also wrote a book on the girls' disappearances. Lauria Jaylene Bible (/lr/;[3] born April 18, 1983[4]) and Ashley Renae Freeman (born December 29, 1983[5]) were American teenagers who disappeared between the evening of December 29 and the early morning hours of December 30, 1999, from Freeman's home in Welch, Oklahoma. Olds said he has thought a lot about who committed the crime. But Olds, who still officially lived at the house in Wilmette, ignored the order, according to Marcyan, and continued to send money to Hofer thousands of dollars at a time almost biweekly, totaling about $115,000 in 1992. He played the violin, he tap-danced, and he sculpted. . [9] He was sentenced to 15 years for the crime, with 10 of the years to be spent in lockup. Sue Olds showed a talent for selecting beautiful flowers and arranging them artfully, said her friend Denise Handley. As a result, divorce court judge Aubrey Kaplan ruled that the court was to take control of all of Dean Oldss funds. On December 29, 1999, high school friends Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman spent the evening together celebrating Freeman's sixteenth birthday. Background. The Olds family has evicted Dean Olds from his home in the Indian Hill Estates section of Wilmette, and attorneys for Suzanne Olds' estate recently sold about 80 acres of woodlands that Dean Olds owned in Michigan, as part of settling a $443,000 judgment against him for dissipation of his wife's money. Her son-in-law found her body. He traveled the world on business and lived in an ample brick house in an exclusive suburb where he and his wife raised their family. He worshipped the Old Man as a god for fifty years. Later that year, Lisa Jackson, a former manager at one of Paula Deen's restaurants, filed a $1.2 million lawsuit against Deen and her brother Bubba Hiers, claiming racial discrimination and sexual . Weve been really good friends, Hofer said in an interview on March 25th, six weeks before his arrest. The business was not a roaring success, he said. Hofer likes to dance all night, Olds said, while he prefers to stay home and go to bed early. Dean Olds and Carsten Hofer were questioned shortly after the murder, and both retained lawyers. It had been founded in 1917 by two specialists in what today is called intellectual property law, a practice involving patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and copyrights. First, there was a bitter divorce proceeding and a freeze on his assets. The acrimonious divorce and the relationship with Hofer were taking their toll on Dean Olds. James Dean's roles in "East of Eden," "Rebel Without a Cause," and "Giant" made him a movie star icon, but his career was cut short when he got in a tragic car accident in 1955 that took his life at just 24 years old. In 1990, Olds withdrew almost all his stake in his law firms profit-sharing fund $675,625 and transferred it to a trust over which he had sole authority. And I think the Olds family felt that way in regards to the criminal trial of Helmut Hofer.". He had been reared by his grandparents and great-aunt, but Hofer says he left home at 15, after his realization he was gay and caused conflicts. Though police did not comment officially on any aspects of their investigation before Hofers arrest, details had leaked, primarily to Channel 7s Chuck Goudie, who reported extensively on the case. This is something that will never leave me, he said. If there was a business at all, it appears to have been a total loss. The money went to subsidize Carstens lifestyle, Marcyan charged in a recent interview. It was a crime of hatred, not a crime of burglary or robbery, Goebel said. For example, at a press conference the day after Hofer was arrested, Kling, his defense lawyer, made much of Hofers modeling career in Germany and his success in that field here, even referring to his appearance in a national Gatorade commercial. According to testimony in the probate case, Olds lucrative career as a trademark attorney spiraled steadily to an end. Hady befriended Hofer, offering to shoot portfolio pictures for him at a nominal rate. But Christoph Sander, the deputy consul general for Germany in Chicago, said a check of Hofers record there showed only traffic violations, including a drunk-driving conviction, and a report that he was being investigated for embezzlement. He was turned into the ancient one known as "The Old Man". The Wilmette police immediately assembled a task force of about 20 members, including detectives from neighboring towns and members of the state police force and the Cook County states attorneys office. . After their chance meeting in the hotel bar in New York, Dean Olds and Carsten Hofer quickly grew close. Thats the last that Hofer the ventures manager admits to knowing about the business. Time is everywhere we are. Hofer also visited Olds in Chicago, and says he was entertained at the family home and at their country club. He didnt necessarily follow our unwritten rules. For the most part, the infractions were rather minor, Pavlak said such as telling young associates that they wait to become partner would be shorter than it actually was. In addition to living in an upscale residence in Laguna Beach, the "penniless" Olds seems to know all the best restaurants in town. News reports after the search wrapped up indicated it had been yet another dead end. Everything was for the children.. "[16], In a public address, the Bible family issued a statement in which they stated they had been aware of the alleged photographs "for years," and that "At this time all focus is on finding Lauria and Ashley. Dean Olds bought him a round-trip ticket to Munich with a May 12th departure date and an open return. [11] Bible's parked car was in the driveway of the home with the keys in the ignition. The judgment, awarded to Suzanne Olds' estate by Cook County Circuit Judge Calvin Hall, falls short of the sum Suzanne Olds' lawyers believe Dean and Hofer spent, although it comes on top of the $2 million in remaining marital assets that Olds forfeited because of his role in the murder. But Stephen Olds did say he recalled a phone conversation with Dean just a day before the slaying in which his father, in a rage, said of Suzanne: "That bitch, that bitch, I'll see her at the gates of hell. In the spring of 1993, having sold everything in his apartment which also served as the office of the limo business Hofer packed up his two schnauzers, a giant and a miniature, and moved to Chicago. They were ruining his reputation. Hofers reasons for wanting to return to Germany (as stated by his lawyers) also beg for an explanation. And theres no denying that the venture was extremely costly. Dean Olds, who had been named as a suspect, according to his criminal lawyer, appeared at the Wilmette police station on the night of the arrest and was interviewed by detectives. Originally from Chicago, Dean Forester moves to Stars Hollow sometime before the start of Gilmore Girls, with May, Randy and Clara Forester. DEAN MARTIN'S ROMANCE TALES. I told her to be aware of her surroundings and not to wear headphones" when she went out at night to walk her dog, he said. We had an evening meeting and discussed the subject for an hour or more. Finally, they voted on whether to force the resignation of Dean Olds. [4] After the fire had been extinguished, the bodies of Freeman's parents, Danny and Kathy, were recovered. Until they are home with us, this will never be over. Until he was arrested for murder, Hofer still was using Oldss car regularly, and sometimes the two of them would drive together to visit the schnauzers at a south suburban kennel. He staggered toward his car and told TV reporters attempting to question him to buzz off.. If lack of money is indeed a concern, Olds, who is working as a paralegal under California's expansive notion of what law practitioners can do, disguises his poverty well. On the day that Hady was to photograph him, he arrived with a wardrobe that included a designer tuxedo. Insurance didnt cover the loss, according to court records, because Hofer did not have the proper type of license. Then on December 28, 1993, Suzanne was found beaten to death in the driveway of her home. He was crazy.. Marcyan was able to prove that Olds had regularly violated the injunction against sending more money to Germany. Olds private life was in trouble, too. He arranged to have some sample photographs of himself taken at the Models Workshop Studio on Kinzie street, a company that trains would-be models. One reason for the decline is a decrease in cereal. Jan. 25, 201603:38 1. [7] While his death was ruled justifiable, the Freemans had threatened to file a wrongful death lawsuit. What I had seen on television was more than an inference that because he was gay he was bad, Newfeld said in an interview several weeks before Hofers arrest. Dean died on June 13, 2010, at the age of 81 of natural causes, per Rolling Stone. After a divorce deposition in which Hofer was shown this photograph and others, Hofer told another person that he did not like Mrs. Olds, and that she and her divorce lawyer, Carlton Marcyan, were trying to ruin him because of his relationship with Olds, Goebel told the judge. Seven weeks later, on December 28th, Kristen Olds Glavin talked to her mother on the phone at about nine in the evening. His affair with the American actor ended suddenly, he says, and he moved into the apartment that Olds had recently rented on East Ohio Street after moving out of the house in Wilmette. And, Hofer said, his salary from Dean Olds in 1991 and 1992, purportedly for managing the limousine business, was his primary means of support while living in Munich during that time. 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[11][15] Law enforcement also stated they believed the girls' remains could have been "dumped in a cellar that was later covered in concrete. I heard him say he was from Braunschweig, says Olds, who was about 60 at the time. By Nancy Millman. "Don't tell me about double lives," he scolded, pointing a finger. Dean a young, highly ambitious, Porsche-driving, tassel-loafer-wearing lawyer when he joined the ultra conservative Nixon minions ended up getting fired in 1973 once it became clear he would. Glavin says he believes there are only a very few people who would have had any reason to harm Sue Olds. The Olds family lived well, but not ostentatiously. Its strictly a desire for money., Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. Olds was ordered by the government to pay about $125,000, Hofer said. Chicago magazine newsletters have you covered. On September 17th, shareholders voted to change the name of the firm to Willian Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione. In court document later, Olds said he had to borrow money to pay his income taxes because his wife had insisted that he spend his available cash on the $60,000 wedding. Investigators claim that Busick kept repeating "the root cellar," and his stepdaughter alleged that he had forbidden anyone from accessing it. Apparently, the primary goal was to keep up appearances for the wedding of her daughter Kristin. This chance encounter led to an intense relationship between the two men that has coincided with a precipitous plunge in the life and career of Dean Olds. On televised news coverage, Oldss appearance was disheveled, and he seemed to be intoxicated. We had our plan that we wanted to go live in Los Angeles. But first they were to spend a few months with his boyfriends family in the Chicago suburbs. Almost a year has gone by since Dean Olds made that trip out of Chicago, and even though the case has long since faded from the news, it is not over in the eyes of his estranged children. Their first child, Craig, came in 1942, followed by Claudia in 1944. Another reason may be traced to her upbringing. In an interview six weeks before Hofers arrest, Olds still expressed bitterness toward her, blaming the failure of the limousine business on her legal efforts to restrict his funds. The garage door, which has an elaborate curtained window faade, was open. Then one evening, three days after Christmas 1993 and shortly before the case was to go to trial, Mrs. Olds started out to walk the dog and was bludgeoned to death in the garage of her home. Swimming pools, racquetball courts, weight room and fitness center, all the things a 67-year-old who walks stooped over would need to get back into top form. Dean Olds, too, played a part in disseminating conflicting information about Hofers life. She thought that Dean was less than forthright with her regarding financial matters, said Marcyan, her divorce lawyer. 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