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0:01·BILL AS WELL AS THE SO-CALLED
0:04·HOLLYWOOD STUDIO BILL.
0:06·A 55 YEAR-OLD MYSTERY ABOUT A
0:07·CANADIAN WOMAN WHO SEEMINGLY
0:08·FELL OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH
0:11·WAS PARTIALLY SAW EARLIER THIS
0:13·MONTH WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT
0:14·FROM METRO POLICE THAT HUMAN
0:16·REMAINS WERE FOUND IN THE
0:17·DESERT. BUT THERE WAS A BIGGER
0:20·SURPRISE WHEN POLICE MENTIONED
0:20·WHO MIGHT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
0:22·THAT WOMAN'S DEATH RATE IS NOW
0:23·CHIEF INVESTIGATOR GEORGE KNAPP
0:25·HERE WITH THE 2 NAMES THAT
0:25·REACH BACK TO THE BLOODIEST
0:26·DAYS OF THE MOB IN LAS VEGAS.
0:30·>> EARLY IN THE MARTIN SCORSESE
0:32·MOVIE CASINO, THERE'S A SHOT
0:35·THAT GLIDES ACROSS THE MOJAVE
0:36·AND THE NARRATOR JOE PAT, SHE'S
0:37·CHARACTER CASUALLY NOTES.
0:39·THERE ARE A LOT OF HOLES OUT
0:40·THERE IN THE DESERT OUTSIDE LAS
0:41·VEGAS IMPLYING THERE. ALSO A
0:43·LOT OF BODIES BURIED OUT THERE
0:45·BY THE MOB. 2 OF THE MOST
0:46·PROLIFIC KILLERS OF THAT ERA
0:48·WERE NOT MEMBERS OF THE MAFIA,
0:49·BUT THEY HANDLE DIRTY DEEDS FOR
0:52·THE MOB FROM ANY OTHER POWERFUL
0:53·INTERESTS. AND NOW THEIR NAMES
0:54·HAVE SURFACED IN CONNECTION
0:55·WITH THE REMAINS OF A CANADIAN
0:58·WOMAN MISSING SINCE THE LATE
0:58·60'S.
1:00·>> AND FOUL PLAY WAS SUSPECTED,
1:02·BUT ANNA WAS NEVER LOCATED AND
1:04·THE INVESTIGATION WENT COLD.
1:05·>> POLICE IN CALGARY WERE
1:07·PORING THROUGH OLD MISSING
1:08·PERSONS FILES WHEN THEY SPOTTED
1:09·A CLIPPING ABOUT A WOMAN LAST
1:11·SEEN AS SHE BOARDED A BUS IN
1:16·1966. SO WE ADJUST IT SEEMINGLY
1:18·VANISHED. CALGARY POLICE
1:20·DISCOVERED THAT THEIR
1:21·PREDECESSORS HAD BEEN IN TOUCH
1:22·LONG, THOUGH, WITH DETECTIVES
1:24·AT LAS VEGAS METRO, SOME OF THE
1:26·MISSING WOMANS POSSESSIONS,
1:27·INCLUDING HER PASSPORT, WERE
1:28·FOUND IN THE DESERT OUTSIDE
1:31·OF HENDERSON. IN 1968 2 YEARS
1:34·LATER AND A MILE AWAY HIKERS
1:34·FOUND REMAINS OF A PERSON WHO
1:35·SCALA BEEN CRUSHED. CLEARLY A
1:39·MURDER VICTIM. POLICE DID NOT
1:41·HAVE DNA IS A TOOL BACK THEN.
1:44·SO THE DOTS REMAINED
1:45·UNCONNECTED. BUT METRO HOMICIDE
1:46·PRESERVE THE EVIDENCE WHICH
1:47·ALLOWED THE NEW BREAKTHROUGH.
1:48·WHAT METRO SHARED WITH CALGARY
1:51·POLICE WAS CHILLY. THERE IS.
1:52·>> REPORTS FROM POLICE DOWN
1:53·THERE THAT SHE HAD POTENTIAL
1:56·TIES THEM ALL. DO YOU GUYS HAVE
1:57·TO WORK WITH LAS VEGAS METRO TO
1:59·FIND OUT WHO HER KILLER WAS OR
2:00·IS THAT STRICTLY THEY'RE
2:02·FILING? THIS WILL BE IN IN
2:02·COVERED IN COMMUNICATION WITH
2:05·LAS VEGAS AND
2:06·>> SINCE WE INITIATED THIS AND
2:06·REACHED OUT TO THEM. IT'S BEEN
2:10·THAT GREAT COLLABORATION.
2:11·>> SOMEWHERE IN METRO'S COLD
2:13·CASE FILES, DETECTIVES FOUND A
2:14·CONNECTION BETWEEN SYLVIA JUST
2:15·THE MISSING WOMAN AND ONE OF
2:17·THE MOST NOTORIOUS KILLERS IN
2:20·LAS VEGAS HISTORY. TOM HENLEY
2:22·METRO HAD LEARNED THAT THE
2:23·MISSING WOMAN AND POSSIBLY
2:24·BORROWED MONEY FROM HANLEY.
2:25·IT WAS A BAD DECISION. WHO WAS
2:27·HE? HE'D BEEN A KEY FIGURE IN
2:29·SEVERAL LAS VEGAS LABOR UNIONS
2:31·AS FAR BACK AS THE 40'S.
2:33·BUT THE HOMICIDE DETECTIVES
2:35·HANLEY WAS A NOTORIOUS
2:37·ASSASSIN, ONE HALF OF A MURDER
2:39·FOR HIRE TEEN. HIS PARTNER WAS
2:40·HIS SON, RAND B HANLEY. THEY
2:42·REPORTEDLY CARRIED OUT CONTRACT
2:46·KILLINGS FOR THE MOB FOR CASINO
2:47·OWNERS AND THE UNION BOSSES.
2:48·AND THESE PEOPLE WERE TOTAL
2:48·FORWARD KILLERS. THEY WERE
2:51·PROBABLY.
2:54·>> 2 OF THE WORLD'S BACK TO
2:59·GROUP. SURE WE'RE UP FOR HIGHER
3:00·THAN THEY WERE FOR THE LATE
3:01·HOMICIDE. DETECTIVE DAVE HATCH
3:03·TOOK OVER COLD CASE FILES LATE
3:05·IN HIS CAREER. HE OPENED UP TO
3:08·US BACK IN 2001 FOR KAYLEE, US
3:10·TV SPECIAL ABOUT THE HANLEY'S
3:12·HATCH SAYS METRO FILES SHOW
3:13·THE HAND. THESE ARE THE PRIME
3:15·SUSPECTS IN AT LEAST 7 MURDERS
3:17·HERE. BUT THE TRUE NUMBER MIGHT
3:19·BE 3 TIMES THAT KENLEY WAS
3:20·ARRESTED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER
3:21·THE YEARS. BUT CHARGES WERE
3:22·MOSTLY DROPPED BECAUSE KEY
3:24·WITNESSES WERE THEMSELVES
3:25·MURDERED.
3:26·>> ONE WITNESS WHO HEARD THE
3:28·HANLEY'S DISCUSS MANY OF THEIR
3:31·PLANS WAS WINDY. HANLEY TOMS,
3:33·COMMON LAW WIFE WENDY, WHO WAS
3:35·40 YEARS YOUNGER THAN HER
3:36·HUSBAND LIVED WITH TOM IN
3:38·GRANBY YEARS AGO. SHE ESCORTED
3:39·US OUT TO A DESERT AREA WHERE
3:42·ONE OF THE HANLEY VICTIMS WAS
3:43·FOUND. THIS. THIS WAS THEIR
3:45·FAVORITE PLACE OF DEATH BEING
3:46·AREAS. WENDY SAYS TOM IN GRANBY
3:48·WOULD STASH BODIES AND OLD MINE
3:50·SHAFT, CERTAIN DESERT SPOTS
3:51·WHERE HUMANS RARELY TREND.
3:53·THE RECENT NEWS ABOUT THE
3:54·CANADIAN MURDER VICTIM WOULD
3:57·SEEM TO FIT THAT PATTERN.
3:58·THE DEATH THAT BROUGHT AN END
3:59·TO THEIR MURDER FOR HIRE
4:00·ENTERPRISE WAS THAT OF CULINARY
4:01·UNION BOSS OUT BRAMLETT.
4:03·NEVADA'S MOST POWERFUL UNION
4:04·OFFICIAL.
4:06·>> BRAMLETT AND TOM HENLEY WERE
4:07·CLOSE. TOM IN GRANBY WERE
4:08·SUSPECTED OF FIREBOMBING
4:10·SEVERAL LAS VEGAS RESTAURANTS
4:13·WHICH TRIED TO GO 9 UNION AND
4:14·LAW ENFORCEMENT SUSPECTED
4:14·BRAMBLETT THAT HIRED THEM TO
4:17·PLANT THE BOMBS DURING THAT
4:19·SAME PERIOD. THE INTERNATIONAL
4:21·CULINARY UNION WANTED TO SEIZE
4:23·CONTROL OF THE LAS VEGAS, LOCAL
4:25·AND ITS LUCRATIVE HEALTH AND
4:27·WELFARE FUND. AL BRAMLETT
4:29·RESISTED. AND WHEN THE MOB PUT
4:30·OUT A CONTRACT ON HIM, BRAMLETT
4:32·HIRED THE TOUGHEST GUY HE KNEW
4:33·FOR PROTECTION. TOM HENLEY,
4:33·THAT BACKFIRED WHEN THE
4:35·HENLEY'S KID THAT READ WHAT
4:37·DROVE THEM OUT TO THE DESERT
4:40·WEST OF MOUNTAIN SPRINGS AND
4:42·THEN TAKEN NOW OUT OF THEM AND
4:43·GAVE HIM A COUPLE OF DRINKS,
4:46·TOO RISKY.
4:47·>> AND THEN SHOT HIM AND HAD A
4:49·2 WEEK SEARCH FOR THE KIDNAPPED
4:50·BRAMLETT FAILED TO FIND HIM
4:51·UNTIL A TIPSTER REVEALED WHERE
4:53·THE BODY WAS BURIED. THAT SET
4:54·OFF A MULTI-STATE SEARCH FOR
4:57·THE HANLEY'S WERE EVENTUALLY
5:00·FOUND HIDING IN ARIZONA WHEN
5:01·TOM WAS FLOWN BACK TO LAS VEGAS
5:04·TO STAND TRIAL. HE SAID THIS TO
5:05·WAITING REPORTERS. OF MY
5:08·FAMILY.
5:09·>> AND THAT'S GIVEN ME WHERE
5:09·SHE WAS. ONE OF THE BEST
5:12·FRIENDS I EVER HAD.
5:14·>> POLICE IN CALGARY HAVE
5:15·PRAISED THE COOPERATION WITH
5:17·METRO IN IDENTIFYING STILL BE A
5:20·JUST DNA FROM HER. 97 YEAR-OLD
5:21·SISTER CONFIRMED THE
5:23·CONNECTION, BUT HOW DID THE
5:24·ILL-FATED SISTER CROSSED PATHS
5:24·WITH THE HAMLEYS? DO WE KNOW
5:27·HOW THAT YOU ARE CONNECTED?
5:28·>> NO, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK
5:29·TO ANY OF THAT RIGHT NOW THAT
5:30·LAS VEGAS. QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.
5:34·>> WE REACHED OUT TO METRO TOM
5:37·IN GRANBY. HANLEY EVENTUALLY
5:38·ENTERED WITNESS PROTECTION AND
5:40·GAVE TESTIMONY TO SEVERAL GRAND
5:42·JURIES ABOUT CONTRACT KILLINGS
5:44·AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE OR
5:45·ORGANIZED CRIME. BOTH DIED.
5:46·ONE OF THE HOSPITAL, THE OTHER
5:46·IN PRISON WHEN THE HIM THEY
5:48·CO-WROTE A BOOK ABOUT HER TIME

1 posted on 11/20/2025 9:11:49 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

And to think, I used to live on Hanley Way when I lived in Henderson.


8 posted on 11/20/2025 10:08:26 PM PST by FrankRizzo890
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