On November tenth, Marcyan got a court order to stop any further payments from the receiver to cover Dean Oldss personal expenses. Soft-spoken and charming, he had been living on little but his looks and his wits for years. 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. [7] The case was later featured on the series Vanished with Beth Holloway. 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. Weve been really good friends, Hofer said in an interview on March 25th, six weeks before his arrest. The police investigation centered on Hoer from the beginning, and detectives also closely followed the movements of Dean Olds. If Olds truly had squandered all that cash, he was without any income. While Hofer sat in Cook County Jail awaiting trial, Olds groused about his entrepreneurial woes to Nancy Millman for her 1994 Chicago story Dangerous Liaison., My wife had cut off all funds for Germany, he said. The money was supposed to be for Sue and Deans retirement, but it was quickly dissipated on a variety of trips and expenses, purportedly in connection with Dean and Carstens joint business, Hofers Rolls-Royce Service, a limousine rental firm in Munich. 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. 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. 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. 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. On a mirror was written I love Dean, with the name Carsten underneath, he said. Hofer denied the two were lovers, but photographs accidentally discovered by one of the Olds daughters show them in intimate situations. Until they are home with us, this will never be over. A lifelong fan of classical music, Suzanne had ignored her son's advice and was found, slumped over a stoop in the garage, wearing her stereo headphones. The photographer wasnt the only one having a tough time finding Hofer. 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. 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. It wasn't Dean Olds, but his mysterious young friend from Germany, who terrified Suzanne Olds the most, family members testified Thursday in the murder trial of Helmut Carsten Hofer. [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. Featured was an interview with Lauria's mother, Lorene Bible. Revisiting a Made-for-Netflix Scandal on the North Shore, 2020 Chicago magazine / A Chicago Tribune Media Group website. The 10-room brick ranch-style house in Wilmette where Suzanne Olds was bludgeoned to death in 1993 and where her ex-husband, Dean Olds, lived until he was evicted by her estate in 1996 sold on . She was a good tennis player, her friends say, and played regularly at Skokie Country Club. Both Stephen Olds and Kristin Glavin said they were suspicious of their father's relationship with Hofer from the day in 1989 when Dean Olds brought the tall, muscular Bavarian over to the house. Hofers reasons for wanting to return to Germany (as stated by his lawyers) also beg for an explanation. 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. Newfeld, an artist and long-time community activist, had come to know Hofer through Kragness, who is her close friend. [8] In 2020, Busick was convicted and sentenced.[9]. Hofer moved back to Germany after his trial and, according to friends, has gone into business painting houses. Still, the firm decided to ask him leave. [17] On April 26, 2018, Bible's mother, Lorene, confirmed she spoke with Busick, but that he denied knowing the whereabouts of her daughter or Freeman. Her husband, Matt Glavin, drove over from their home in Evanston to check on Sue. Experts are already predicting an uphill fight in the aftermath of the judgment against Simpson, in which a jury awarded compensatory and punitive damages totaling $33.5 million against the former football star. Thats the last that Hofer the ventures manager admits to knowing about the business. During this time, Olds continued to practice law at Willian Brinks Olds. 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. She has the small town values of home, family, and service, said Elizabeth Andrews, associate minister of the Kenilworth Church. Dean Olds, too, played a part in disseminating conflicting information about Hofers life. Dean Winchester does not get a girl pregnant in the series Supernatural. But Olds didnt spend Christmas at home in Wilmette. Dean died on June 13, 2010, at the age of 81 of natural causes, per Rolling Stone. Hes a fine fellow, Olds said in an interview near the end of March. Meanwhile, Wilmette police say their investigation of Dean Olds "is not active at this time.". . Stephen Olds said his father had told him Hofer was a "brilliant law student," when in fact the former Munich store security guard and sometimes fashion model had not even graduated from high school. The Olds family--daughters Kristin Glavin and Courtney Olds, and a son, Stephen Dean Olds--have found some solace amid the tragedy of losing their mother, and in effect, their father too. He was turned into the ancient one known as "The Old Man". Hofer was subsequently found not guilty in a jury trial of murdering Suzanne Olds, who was 56. Even when she left the Tri Delta house at Northwestern to live with her husband, her neighbors included sorority sisters and friends from college. Up until the time Hofer was charged, Dean Olds had been freely admitting that he had a sexual relationship with Hofer, Goebel said. After arriving in Stars Hollow, Dean pursues Rory romantically, and the two begin dating. [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. Olds quickly left for a month at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California. Still, Mrs. Olds tried to conceal what she thought were the worst aspects of the situation from the children. Another shows both men clad only in shorts on a hotel room bed. The living room contained several of these heirlooms, including a mahogany baby grand piano. By Nancy Millman. 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 . For instance, the documents. 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. He attributes the initial problems to the Gulf War, but after that, he says, Sue Olds stepped in. Dean Martin Died on Christmas Day in 1995. Today, the company's website reports Dean Foods to still be the largest dairy company in the United States, with 66 manufacturing facilities in 32 states, and revenues of $7.7 billion in 2016. But within a week of the cars arrival in Munich, trouble struck. That life unraveled quickly and thoroughly. 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. Released in July 2020, it is titled Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth and the case of Two Missing Girls. In late July or early August, we decided to take the matter to the shareholders, Pavlak said. Hits the Market for $3.9 Million Before Dean was a screen legend, he lived and work as a handyman here. . In place of business suits, Olds now favors casual shirts, shorts and penny loafers as his workday attire. He did not respond to a request for an interview. I had a client there and had been there several times. Seven weeks later, on December 28th, Kristen Olds Glavin talked to her mother on the phone at about nine in the evening. . 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. That life unraveled quickly and thoroughly. 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. Then she paid the ultimate price. 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. These days, Dean Olds the famous trademark attorney is lying low. 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. But matters just got worse. At every opportunity, Olds blames his wife's divorce lawyers for "grinding" him down financially. On October 7, 2021, a new search was conducted in the root cellar of a home formerly occupied by David Pennington, one of the deceased suspects accused by the convicted Busick. The regular checks to Hofer were to stop. At a press conference the next day, police chief George Carpenter said his force was still investigating the possibility that another person may also bear legal responsibility for this crime. At press time, no one else had been charged. When people asked about the divorce, she would say her husband was involved with someone. But I wasnt aware of that for a long, long time, he added. For his part, Olds attributed any problems in their relationship to the 40-year difference in their ages. In March 1991, Olds and Hofer visited Fort Lauderdale together, where they bought their first Rolls-Royce, a brown one. Carlton R. Marcyan, Sue Oldss divorce lawyer, believes that the limousine business may have been a plot to hide money for Olds and Hofer. The securities and Exchange Commission announced that Olds had signed a consent agreement in a complaint against him alleging inside trading violations. 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. 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. 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. I want to sponsor him for American citizenship., Olds went to the police station on the night of Hofers arrest because he was concerned about his friend, William Kunkle said. In a week that saw a multimillion-dollar civil judgment against O.J. ``They were the only two people in the world who didnt love her, Courtney Olds said as her eyes filled with tears. I don't think that's fair.". The unanswered questions are: Is Olds hiding some of that untraceable money? ". Immediately he was surrounded by police, told he was wanted for the murder of Suzanne Olds, and taken into custody. Now, with the problems hes had, I dont know. Reflecting on fatherhood, the 54-year-old actor said: "My number-one priority in this entire world has always been to be a father." I speak a little German, so I tried to help him out.. 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. [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. No documents that Olds produced in the divorce case show any income from the business that year. [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. But the two insist the business was real, if unsuccessful. And instead of still directing a sizable staff in a 100-lawyer intellectual-property law practice that has clients all over the globe, Olds sits at a work station in a small law office in Laguna Beach. The family Christmas card that year was made from a wedding photograph. Olds daughters told a probate judge that their mother was terrified of Olds and his lover, Helmut Carsten Hofer. Coincidentally, that same march, Sue Olds and her lawyer finally put a clamp on the familys hemorrhaging financial situation. A week after Martin was granted a divorce from first wife Betty McDonald, he and 22-year-old Jeanne Biegger wed on Sept. 1, 1949, at the Beverly Hills home of Herman Hover, owner of famed . While it is premature to speculate on a possible motive, the evidence we have so far suggests that the offender may have come to the victims home for the express purpose of causing her death.. Dean's first encounter with Richard and Emily Gilmore is a disaster. "[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. Then he threw it all away for the company of a young charmer named Carsten Hofer. [11][15] Law enforcement also stated they believed the girls' remains could have been "dumped in a cellar that was later covered in concrete. He knew how to treat big shots in the right way, Olds said. Outside was a lovely garden. At the time the divorce was filed, the court ordered Dean Olds to stop transferring assets out of the country. [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. Simpson case, we think that that alternative road to justice will become a more widely used option.". History. Keep scrolling to see more of this historic Palm Springs property. After Hofer was arrested, it because clear that a variety of versions of the alleged murderers life were being melted out. Dean Olds left his Wilmette home early Wednesday afternoon, apparently ending a morning-long stalemate with police and his three estranged children. Living on the North Shore with an attractive wife, prominent lawyer Dean Olds seem to have it all. As a result, divorce court judge Aubrey Kaplan ruled that the court was to take control of all of Dean Oldss funds. . [11] Bible's parked car was in the driveway of the home with the keys in the ignition. [7], In April 2018, it was reported that Ronnie Dean Busick, age 66, had been arrested and charged with four counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Bible and the Freeman family. It wasn't Dean Olds, but his mysterious young friend from Germany, who terrified Suzanne Olds the most, family members testified Thursday in the murder trial of Helmut Carsten Hofer. It was a crime of hatred, not a crime of burglary or robbery, Goebel said. But shortly after the divorce decision, he sounded remarkably chipper during a phone conversation. CHICAGO (AP) _ Dean Olds had it all. He was vacationing in Laguna Beach, California, with Carsten Hofer. 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. Even with things that developed concerning Carsten and Dean, she didnt want us to be suggestive or descriptive in what we were doing in the divorce case In the pleadings we were very general [using terms such as] business associate, friend.. 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. 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. He moved to Laguna Beach, California, where he died in 2011. 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. 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. By late 1992, Hofer was losing interest in Rolls-Royce. The jury could have found Dean guilty of murder. On March 19, 1992, Sue Olds filed for divorce from Dean Olds on the grounds of mental cruelty and irreconcilable differences. He hated Suzanne. Genres as young film buffs become more mature 29.4 % happened between the ages of 18 and.! Olds male lover, a dashing blond part-time model from Germany, was tried for the crime and acquitted. It was a triumph Dean earned millions and turned into a sausage king. As early as 1987, Sue Olds began filing a separate tax return, and by 1991 she was deeply concerned about the familys financial situation. 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. "I think that's primarily what the Olds (probate) case was about--getting the whole story out, the truth about who killed Suzanne Olds. He played the violin, he tap-danced, and he sculpted. A partner in one of Chicago's hottest law firms, he had amassed a multimillion-dollar fortune. 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. We had talks like real good friends at dinners. On April 19th, Hofer appeared in court on the misdemeanor charge, which was dismissed. 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