In 1995 we found him living in a tiny apartment in pennsylvania not far from helen s gravesite. hello, mr. matlick? my name s murphy with nbc news. we ve got some questions for you, sir. jack matlick, the motive is the money. the opportunity is she s coming home and she s leaving for good. well, no one has ever explained to me how he would financially benefit from her demise. there has never been persuasive evidence establishing that anyone other than richard bailey was involved in this murder plot. jack matlick says he has nothing to do with her disappearance and denies stealing her money. richard bailey says he has done bad things, but he says he s looking at dying in prison. if he knew who the killer was, he says by now, he would have cut a deal. do you know anything more about helen s brach murder? if i did i would tell them. it could be your ticket to a lighter sentence. no question about it.
May never happen. in 2007 ken hansen died in prison while serving 200 years for the 1955 murders of three young boys. his lawyers maintain he was not involved with the disappearance of helen brach. ken hansen s brother curt died in 1993. recent efforts to locate joe . plemmons were not successful. armed with plemmons new version of events, richard bailey filed a request for his 30-year sentence to be reconsidered. the request was denied. the appeals court ruled the new information even if true did not prove bailey was innocent of conspiring to kill helen brach. according to the cook county state s attorneys office in illinois, the case remains open and the investigation is ongoing. more than 30 years have passed since helen brach s disappearance, but the disappearance, but the murder mystery remains unsolved. richard bailey is in prison for conspiring to kill her. but what about joe plemmons or
Press. today i m very pleased to announce a 2-count indictment against richard bailey who has been charged with conspiring to murder, soliciting the murder and causing the murder of hen voorhees brach. true to form, miller followed the horse frauds to solve the murder of helen brach. before he could get bailey in front of a jury. bailey surprised everyone. he took a chance. he pled guilty to the fraud charges. the evidence of horse scamming was overwhelming. bailey vehemently denied killing helen brach. his plea was a gamble. bailey and his lawyers figured the judge would dismiss the murder counts but because he waived a jury trial it was up to the judge alone to decide bailey s fate.
No question about it. it is an unfortunate situation. i know nothing whatsoever. here they got me all locked up in here. it is something i can t believe. it s a nightmare. coming up with richard bailey in jail, prosecutors were sure they had pinched the man responsible for helen brach s death. but then, a key witness changes his story and claims to know exactly what happened to helen brach.
We had to shut her up. then a second incriminating conversation. then i heard another conversation where she was shut up. it was in that same room. a couple of weeks later. i haven t seen her no more. ever since i heard the conference said, she was shut up. shut her up. that may be. but cathy jayne olson told three different versions of the story. the most recent one included right field bailey. did you ever say to frank jayne jr. the candy lady has to be shut up? definitely not. something else, cathy was an alcoholic at the time she claims to have overheard the plan to shut helen up. she later had psychological problems, had a cocaine habit. even spent some of the government s money to buy drugs. the judge didn t find her credible. the other key witness was a horse trainer. richard bailey asked kenny and i to to get rid of helen brach. and this was in 1977. the candy lady. richard bailey began to talk that the candy wasn t so sweet anymore and that he was in trouble