. He was 30 and she was 22 and beginning a career as a teacher in the Northbrook school district. Whatever the financial outcome, the families of Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson expressed similar views as Olds' family members on the legal outcome of the civil trials: They are relieved that the truth about the murders, as they see it, has finally come out. And he can still spin a good yarn, even if the details don't stand up to scrutiny. Then she paid the ultimate price. Throughout the summer, the board members at Willian Brinks Olds wrestled with how to handle the Olds problem. Like many women of her generation, Sue Olds, who was 56 when she was killed, led a sheltered life. [7] Earlier that day, the girls had spent time at a local pizzeria with Freeman's mother, Kathy. Police say her attacker was so intent on killing that the blows to her head continued long after the 56-year-old woman died. Hofer denied the two were lovers, but photographs accidentally discovered by one of the Olds daughters show them in intimate situations. Just a month before Hofers arrest, a court ruling put an end to the financial strain that had plagued Dean Olds since the receiver took control of his funds a year before. On April 19th, Hofer appeared in court on the misdemeanor charge, which was dismissed. Marcyan was able to prove that Olds had regularly violated the injunction against sending more money to Germany. He had written the check on December 22nd to buy a pair of exercise dumbbells. 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. Dean Winchester does not get a girl pregnant in the series Supernatural. A year later, baby number three, Gail, was born. 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. 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. Olds said he has thought a lot about who committed the crime. Hofer, a former live-in companion and business partner of Dean Olds, could face the death penalty if convicted. Hes a fine fellow, Olds said in an interview near the end of March. In January, Chicago police arrested him in Roscoes, a bar on Halsted Street, and charged him with a misdemeanor in connection with bouncing a $102 check. 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.. 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 living room contained several of these heirlooms, including a mahogany baby grand piano. As a result, Olds moved back into the Wilmette house and has access to what is left of the couples joint assets. Jurors returned the verdict after about 14 hours of deliberation. Oldss client, a small Vermont marketer named Sands, Taylor & Wood, claimed it owned the rights to the trademark Thirst Aid, and that the Gatorade slogan Thirst aid for that deep down body thirst was a blatant infringement. The police investigation centered on Hoer from the beginning, and detectives also closely followed the movements of Dean Olds. The meeting generated stories in the gay press and a follow-up in the Reader in which Sander, the deputy consul, called the earlier coverage homophobic.. The girls had graduated from college and were successful in their own right, and their youngest child, a son, was in college. Olds private life was in trouble, too. People close to the family believe the limousine service was a scheme to stash away money for Olds and Hofer, who they believe were lovers. 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. The jury could have found Dean guilty of murder. He hated Suzanne. [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. The second best result is Dean L Olds age 60s in Mesa, AZ. Olds, 66, said Thursday he maintains contact with Hofer, who returned to Germany after his acquittal. 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. She described Hofer's actions as "hostile" toward everyone in the family except Dean. When he was questioned on the night of the murder, Hofer told police he had been driving Dean Oldss Ford Taurus that night, a car he drove often. 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'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. Revisiting a Made-for-Netflix Scandal on the North Shore, 2020 Chicago magazine / A Chicago Tribune Media Group website. 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. 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.. After their chance meeting in the hotel bar in New York, Dean Olds and Carsten Hofer quickly grew close. He marched to his own bear, said John Pavlak, the managing partner, who has acted as the firms spokesman since the murder of Sue Olds. [8] Inside the home, the charred remains of Kathy were discovered lying on the floor of her bedroom; she had been shot in the head. Jeanette Hady, a photographer, hired him for some plastic surgery ads. But in an hour-long interview with Chicago six weeks before, Hofer never mentioned being a model in Europe, despite detailed questions about his work experience. Outside was a lovely garden. Dean's first encounter with Richard and Emily Gilmore is a disaster. During his 21 years in that position, Donovan headed investigations into about 4,000 unexplained deaths and homicides, including some of the most notorious crimes in Buffalo over the past century.. 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. I wouldnt want to be on the other side against him., Olds partners say they didnt notice any change in him as his relationship with Hofer was deepening except that he was taking frequent trips to Germany. [20], In September 2018, one of the main witnesses in the case against Ronnie Busick, as well as the cold case investigators who filed the charges, gave their first interviews to the Tulsa World for a special report. [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. The divorce lawyer wanted to protect the estate, but he also was hoping Olds would have to tap into any money he might have hidden. She has the small town values of home, family, and service, said Elizabeth Andrews, associate minister of the Kenilworth Church. However, now re-listed for $1.4M, these pieces are up for negotiation. Prosecutors refuse to say whether they consider him a suspect. 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. Over the next three years, Dean's double life would be exposed, and he would end up penniless and alone Olds male lover, a dashing blond part-time model from Germany, was tried for the crime and acquitted. "I think that's primarily what the Olds (probate) case was about--getting the whole story out, the truth about who killed Suzanne Olds. Since her primary goal was to preserve assets for the kids, I think she thought if she tried to isolate herself from potential problems, in the end it was better for the children. He adds that she knew Hofer was playing some role in her husbands life, probably by the end of 1990, but she didnt take any action because she had some family goals she wanted to accomplish.. The termination from the firm would bring him, according to court documents, approximately $600,000, paid in increments over time. Dean sold his company to Sara Lee Foods in 1984, remaining its spokesperson until 2003. Reports also referred to a map found in the car with the location of the house marked with a star. Then on December 28, 1993, Suzanne was found beaten to death in the driveway of her home. 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. "Many crime victims who have been brutalized don't even realize there is a cause of action called a civil lawsuit," said David Beatty, the center's acting director. Simpson for the death of his wife, Nicole, and her friend Ron Goldman, the case of Olds raises the same sorts of issues that are being debated in the Simpson case. Then on December 28, 1993, Suzanne was found beaten to death in the driveway of her home. Olds has never been charged in the killing. An occasional McDonald's hamburger is "a big night out.". His children, he said, ``are wealthy, but they want to be wealthier. He staggered toward his car and told TV reporters attempting to question him to buzz off.. By the following year, Olds was made a partner in his firm, and the couple started planning for children. Hofer was held without bond, despite claims by his attorney that there was no chance he would flee and that the evidence against him was based on innuendo. Hofers supporters, including North Side community activist Charlotte Newfeld, portrayed him as an innocent victim of the media being hounded because he is gay. 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. 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. Over the course of three days last week, the more Olds described his new life in California, the more contradictions emerged. It was a triumph Dean earned millions and turned into a sausage king. . While Dean has been born with one vertebral artery, which carries blood to the brain and it has suffered a 50% reduction in usage for most of his life, he remains a remarkably healthy man to live with. What happened to Dean in Season 9 episode 23? 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. "He introduced him as the orphaned nephew of a client of his who was down on his luck," Glavin testified. Former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean has been found guilty of a lesser charge of manslaughter in the death of Atatiana Jefferson. She thought that Dean was less than forthright with her regarding financial matters, said Marcyan, her divorce lawyer. When they did catch up with him, it was on the boat in Wilmette, where he was sunning with his friends. When people asked about the divorce, she would say her husband was involved with someone. Hofer also visited Olds in Chicago, and says he was entertained at the family home and at their country club. Olds was an expert in trademark law and had represented and counseled some topflight U.S. companies, including General Mills, American Motors, and McDonalds. Now, with the problems hes had, I dont know. I speak a little German, so I tried to help him out.. It was a crime of hatred, not a crime of burglary or robbery, Goebel said. Still, the firm decided to ask him leave. Many of you are aware that Dean had two strokes in December last year due to an anomaly in his body. Despite his ability to spring back, Olds cannot ignore the drain of the past eight years since he met Hofer at a New York City hotel. Possibly that is why we take a lot of things about time for granted: for example that the past is fixed and unchangeable, and that the future is open and changeable. But the two insist the business was real, if unsuccessful. Judge Orr, in addition to denying bond, ordered Hofer to surrender his passport and to undergo a psychiatric examination. Olds, the SEC said, had profited illegally from information he obtained from one of his clients, Minnetonka, which was about to announce it was considering putting itself up for sale. Everything was for the children.. Dean is very intense, said a marketing consultant who worked on trademark cases with him. Our friendship has traveled down many roads over the years and there will always be a special place in my heart and soul for Dean.. Year Olds should have starred in the United States on December 28, 1993, Suzanne, a. The victim was fully clothed, and we found no evidence of theft, robbery, or burglary to the house itself, Wilmette police chief George Carpenter said the next day. 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. Rory and Lorelai warn Dean before entering the lion's den but even Rory doesn't expect the night to go so horribly. Later that year, the Olds children brought a wrongful death lawsuit against him and their father. He knew how to treat big shots in the right way, Olds said. Thats not including what Olds spent on the trips the two took together in the United States and in Germany and Switzerland, nor the $27,000 in cash advances Olds charged on his American Express Gold Card that summer. She slept at night only after securing the front and back doors and locking the deadbolt on her bedroom door. In the spring of 1993, after acknowledging that he had a drinking problem, he was put on a leave of absence from the law firm. In the space of the next two months, Olds sent Hofer close to $40,000, mostly through American Express moneygrams, which Olds listed on his tax return as expenses of doing business in Germany. Hady befriended Hofer, offering to shoot portfolio pictures for him at a nominal rate. [8] In 2013, it was profiled on the documentary series Disappeared on Investigation Discovery. On April 26, 2018, it was reported that Ronnie Dean Busick was being charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the killings of Bible and the Freeman family. Over the next three years, Dean's double life would be exposed, and he would end up penniless and alone, See production, box office & company info. On May tenth, Wilmette police arrested the 25-year-old Hofer and charged him with first-degree murder in the death of Mrs. Olds. I don't think that's fair.". [8] Initially, no other remains were located, leading local law enforcement to extrapolate that Ashley's father, Danny Freeman, had slain his wife and fled with both girls. He moved to Laguna Beach, California, where he died in 2011. If so, where is it? 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. For weeks, he eluded off-duty cops trying to serve him with a subpoena for a deposition in the divorce case. 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. "Most of the people I've known are too embarrassed to admit they've known me," Olds said, "too embarrassed to even have lunch with me because of the notoriety that I'm a killer. " Olds had been a full partner in the firm until being ousted for alcoholism, insider stock trading and other misconduct in the summer of 1993. "[14] After his arrest, Busick told reporters he wished to speak to the Bibles. Olds' fear . 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. Hits the Market for $3.9 Million Before Dean was a screen legend, he lived and work as a handyman here. Now Olds daughters, who believe their father was involved in their mothers death, are testifying against him this week in a civil case to determine who will get the family fortune. Hofer said he eventually came to believe that Olds was in love with him. SARAH NORDGREN December 7, 1995 CHICAGO (AP) _ Dean Olds had it all. [11] Bible's parked car was in the driveway of the home with the keys in the ignition. 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