Sue Olds decorated in a traditional style, mixing new furnishing with many antiques she had inherited from her family. . But his circumstances took a sharp turn for the better in March, when a judge ruled that because at this point there is nothing that says or claims that Mr. Olds was involved with his wifes slaying, the divorce action should end with her death. They shared a room in a beachfront hotel, Hofer said, and Olds paid for the room and he said he could take it mostly off on taxes of whatever. According to tax documents, Olds paid $38,900 for the car and another $1,700 to ship it to Germany. [9] He admitted having withheld information about the involvement of Welch and Pennington. On March 19, 1992, Sue Olds filed for divorce from Dean Olds on the grounds of mental cruelty and irreconcilable differences. Olds was ordered by the government to pay about $125,000, Hofer said. 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. Nevertheless, Olds still was a man whose career was in tatters, whose fortune was largely dissipated, and whose existence was still shadowed by the murder of his wife of more than 30 years. I wish my son had had the sophistication at 20 that Carsten had.. It is assumed that the pregnancy occurred close to Rory's 22nd birthday. She thought that Dean was less than forthright with her regarding financial matters, said Marcyan, her divorce lawyer. . Sept. 16, 2014 4:52 AM PT. You could tell that swear words would make her a little uncomfortable.. [7] The case was later featured on the series Vanished with Beth Holloway. Oldss major objective was trying to insulate the children, said Marcyan. ". Kragness was in the shower, and Hofer left for Newfelds house to clean up and change clothes. Suzanne Olds, his petite and vivacious wife, presided over an $880,000 house in the Indian Hill Estates section of Wilmette, where the couple had reared three children. I find they have more presence, more grace, than their American counterparts. [7] While his death was ruled justifiable, the Freemans had threatened to file a wrongful death lawsuit. Rufus Turner is the hunter who helped Bobby Singer when his wife, Karen Singer, was possessed by a demon.Rufus exorcised the demon and helped cover up Karen's death. Previously, Olds maintained that Hofer was innocent, railroaded by the Cook County state's attorney because "he is gay and a foreigner." 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. James Byron Dean was born in Indiana on February 8, 1931, where he lived for a few years before his father's work had the small family transferred to California. Now, with the problems hes had, I dont know. In September 1955, actor James Dean was driving his brand-new Porsche 550 Spyder to an auto rally in Salinas, California, when he was involved in a head-on collision with a 1950 Ford Tudor. Up until the time Hofer was charged, Dean Olds had been freely admitting that he had a sexual relationship with Hofer, Goebel said. Simpson case, we think that that alternative road to justice will become a more widely used option.". Spending most of the spring and summer Rollerblading, running, partying with his friends on Oldss powerboat in Wilmette harbor, and going to bars at night, Hofer also decided to try his hand at modeling. She was a good tennis player, her friends say, and played regularly at Skokie Country Club. He sold his company in 1984 but remained a spokesman for it until 2003. The police reported that speed contributed to the cause to the accident and that Dean was traveling over 65 mph at the time of the impact. Almost a year has gone by since. She consolidated her own assets close to $1 million in stocks and bonds that had accumulated from the money she inherited, as well as some farmland near Monticello that she held in trust with her brother and sister and changed her will, leaving everything to her children. The young star's life and . [8] In 2013, it was profiled on the documentary series Disappeared on Investigation Discovery. One shot is of Hofer reclining on the floor in bikini briefs and a polo shirt. "She wasn't as fearful of my dad as she was of my father and Carsten," Kristin Olds Glavin testified Thursday in the second day of Hofer's murder trial. [7][10] The second body was determined to be that of Danny; like his wife, he had also been shot in the head execution-style. His children, he said, ``are wealthy, but they want to be wealthier. After a trial in the spring of 1990, the stunning decision came down from U.S. District Court judge Prentice H. Marshall in December: Quaker was ordered to pay $42.6 million to the Vermont company. In January, David Biro was ordered to pay $41 million to the family of Nancy and Richard Langert of Winnetka for the 1990 murder of the newlyweds. After a deposition in the case in November 1993, "He told me that Suzanne's attorney was saying that Dean and Carsten had a homosexual relationship, and that (the accusation) was wrong. Later Years and Death In 2004, while living in semi-retirement, Dean released his autobiography, 30 Years. That came when I came over here to the States, and when Ive been living with him. As or romance, Hofer said, There was never from my side anything.. Revisiting a Made-for-Netflix Scandal on the North Shore, 2020 Chicago magazine / A Chicago Tribune Media Group website. Living on the North Shore with an attractive wife, prominent lawyer Dean Olds seem to have it all. The jury could have found Dean guilty of murder. Dean died on June 13, 2010, at the age of 81 of natural causes, per Rolling Stone. 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 attorneys and Olds family members say they suspect other assets remain hidden, possibly off-shore. Hofers reasons for wanting to return to Germany (as stated by his lawyers) also beg for an explanation. ``They were the only two people in the world who didnt love her, Courtney Olds said as her eyes filled with tears. 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. Until they are home with us, this will never be over. The couple's marriage produced four children. Marcyan was able to prove that Olds had regularly violated the injunction against sending more money to Germany. Over the next three years, Dean's double life would be exposed, and he would end up penniless and alone She was very frightened as far as her image and propriety were concerned, said a friend. When Hofer was questioned about his whereabouts on the night of the murder, Goebel said, he admitted having exclusive possession of [Dean Oldss] car during the period in which the murder was committed. 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. The so-called "shack" that Olds now calls home is actually a luxury apartment located on a flowering hillside with spectacular views of Laguna Beach. 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. [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. For weeks, he eluded off-duty cops trying to serve him with a subpoena for a deposition in the divorce case. Hofer moved from Germany to Chicago in 1993 when the business dissolved, and lived there until after his trial. CHICAGO (AP) _ Dean Olds had it all. SARAH NORDGREN December 7, 1995 CHICAGO (AP) _ Dean Olds had it all. Judge Orr, in addition to denying bond, ordered Hofer to surrender his passport and to undergo a psychiatric examination. It was a crime of hatred, not a crime of burglary or robbery, Goebel said. At the time that Dean Olds was embarking on his venture with Carsten Hofer, he was by all appearances at the pinnacle of his career. I have a half-dozen good German fiends. Featured was an interview with Lauria's mother, Lorene Bible. Goebel also told the court that footprints found in the snow leading to the garage where Mrs. Olds was murdered and leading away from the garage were analyzed and found to be similar to prints of boots owned by Hofer. Peach and green were the predominating colors, to go with Kristins long red hair. As the news coverage continued to put the spotlight on Hofer, his Chicago friends rallied around him. In addition to living in an upscale residence in Laguna Beach, the "penniless" Olds seems to know all the best restaurants in town. Olds lost that money when he and his former lover, Helmut Carsten Hofer, were found responsible for the fatal bludgeoning of Suzanne Olds three days after Christmas 1993. 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. [14] According to The Washington Post, "at least a dozen" witnesses claimed all three men bragged about raping and murdering Bible and Freeman and having taken Polaroid photographs of them. [14] According to the affidavit, Welch, Pennington, and Busick had claimed to have raped and tortured the girls before disposing of their remains "in a pit" or mine shaft in Picher, Oklahoma. Released in July 2020, it is titled Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth and the case of Two Missing Girls. Later that year, the Olds children brought a wrongful death lawsuit against him and their father. And I think the Olds family felt that way in regards to the criminal trial of Helmut Hofer.". The same cant be said for his wife, however. When a prominent lawyer opened up his bank account to a charming young man, his wife put her foot down. After their chance meeting in the hotel bar in New York, Dean Olds and Carsten Hofer quickly grew close. Prosecutors refuse to say whether they consider him a suspect. He did not respond to a request for an interview. 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Olds had set Hofer up in an exclusive car rental business in Munich, but it was Hofer, not rental clients, who drove the companys Rolls-Royce, another of Hofers lovers, Kevin McDermott, testified in a taped deposition. Today, Dean Olds still drives the Taurus that authorities believe Suzanne Olds' killer took to her house in Wilmette on Dec. 28, 1993. [7] Danny's brother, Dwayne, claimed that Danny had confided that deputies had tried to intimidate him. But the two insist the business was real, if unsuccessful. The day after the murder, Charlotte Newfeld invited Hofer to live as a guest at her home in the 3500 block of North Pine Grove Avenue, where he remained until the night of his arrest. My wife got her teeth into my neck, he said. [14], A female witness who lived with Welch a short time after the disappearances provided a sworn affidavit that "she heard conversations between the three men where they disclosed that the murder victims had owed them money," and that Welch kept a briefcase containing the Polaroid photos which showed both girls "bound and gagged with duct tape and lying on a bed," with Welch lying next to the girls in some of the photographs. After several weeks of negotiating his separation package, Olds left the firm at the beginning of September. He also was now free to receive the hundreds of thousands of dollars owed to him by his law firm, without the restrictions imposed by the court during the divorce proceedings. 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. Dean Olds left his Wilmette home early Wednesday afternoon, apparently ending a morning-long stalemate with police and his three estranged children. When people asked about the divorce, she would say her husband was involved with someone. He was trying to extricate himself from a complicated relationship with Olds at the time of Mrs. Olds slaying but was financially dependent upon him, McDermott said. [8] Jones had claimed that he murdered Freeman's parents as a favor for a friend over drug debt, then took the girls to Kansas, where he shot them and threw their bodies into an abandoned mine. Police say her attacker was so intent on killing that the blows to her head continued long after the 56-year-old woman died. . At every opportunity, Olds blames his wife's divorce lawyers for "grinding" him down financially. Hofer, Dean Olds' alleged lover, was named as a third-party defendant in the suit, because Suzanne Olds suspected her estranged husband was using Hofer to funnel huge sums of money out of the country. The unanswered questions are: Is Olds hiding some of that untraceable money? Sue Olds had gone to work out at the Evanston Athletic Club, stopped for groceries at the Treasure Island, and now was at home, about to take her golden retriever, Murphy, out for a walk. And theres no denying that the venture was extremely costly. . Unquestionably, the two men spent an enormous amount of Oldss money together. Another reason may be traced to her upbringing. You could not run the limousine service without ads in the paper saying Rolls-Royce for hire. In the end, the business failed, he said, because of my wife, my wife, my wife.. 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. [7] While walking around the extensive rubble, they discovered what appeared to be another body and notified the police. [9] He was sentenced to 15 years for the crime, with 10 of the years to be spent in lockup. Suzanne and Dean Olds' son-in-law, Matthew Glavin, an attorney who discovered his mother-in-law's battered body in the garage of her home, has been hired by her estate to pursue the money trail, but it won't be easy. Mrs. Oldss survivors, her three children and her brother and sister, as well as her many friends, are shattered by the situation. A tearful Lewis later spoke at Martins funeral, which took place on December 28, 1995, at the Pierce Brothers Cemetery in Westwood, California, according to Variety. Throughout the months after the murder, the Olds children have refrained from commenting publicly on the case, but family members and friends say that more than anything, they want the murder of Suzanne Olds to be solved. A judge ruled in the childrens favor, declaring the two men responsible. Its strictly a desire for money., Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. After undergoing several amputations 12 years ago, Dean Winters is still in constant pain. He's still able to scratch out a living, even if it is in the legal profession that he now bitterly blames--along with his dead wife--for triggering a downfall as steep as Southern California's craggy cliffs. His mother died when he was nine years old. At the Kenilworth Union Church, she taught Sunday school and worked on the annual bazaar. Her son-in-law found her body. . Hits the Market for $3.9 Million Before Dean was a screen legend, he lived and work as a handyman here. On December 29, 1999, high school friends Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman spent the evening together celebrating Freeman's sixteenth birthday. He even went with Dean to watch his son Steves tennis matches. 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. Mrs. Inhaling deeply on a Marlboro Light in his lawyers office and speaking in accented, nearly fluent English, Hofer described his relationship with the wealthy lawyer. The car cost $55,000, according to his tax statements. In addition to reports of evidence that linked Hofer to Sue Olds murder, TV news coverage alleged that Hofer had serious legal problems in Germany as well. His days at Willian Brinks Olds Hofer Gilson & Lione (there is no connection between Carsten Hofer and Roy E. Hofer, a name partner in the firm) were spent in a well-appointed office with a sweeping view of Chicago and Lake Michigan from the top of the NBC tower. Time is everywhere we are. Hady said Hofer persuaded her to turn over all the transparencies from the photo session, something she wouldnt ordinarily have done. 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