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. Olds daughters told a probate judge that their mother was terrified of Olds and his lover, Helmut Carsten Hofer. His mother died when he was nine years old. And I thought, This is a nice business full-service luxury auto rental.. The acrimonious divorce and the relationship with Hofer were taking their toll on Dean Olds. Hofer was subsequently found not guilty in a jury trial of murdering Suzanne Olds, who was 56. 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. He chatted about his travel plans and reminisced a little wistfully about his life with Hofer. [7] Earlier that day, the girls had spent time at a local pizzeria with Freeman's mother, Kathy. Then he threw it all away for the company of a young charmer named Carsten Hofer. "Don't tell me about double lives," he scolded, pointing a finger. [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. At the Kenilworth Union Church, she taught Sunday school and worked on the annual bazaar. When Dean Olds, a prominent Chicago trademark lawyer, travelled to New York on business, he liked to stay at the United Nations Plaza hotel on the citys East Side. 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. Reports also referred to a map found in the car with the location of the house marked with a star. He was crazy.. The car was recovered at marina Towers, Goebel said (where Hofer had been staying with a friend, Bernadette Horan). . I was very concerned about her safety. The unanswered questions are: Is Olds hiding some of that untraceable money? Dean Olds, who had been named as a suspect, according to his criminal lawyer, appeared at the Wilmette police station on the night of the arrest and was interviewed by detectives. 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. But matters just got worse. Helmut Carsten Hofer, or Carsten, as he likes to be called, was struggling in a conversation because of his poor English. I have a half-dozen good German fiends. [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. Jeanette Hady, a photographer, hired him for some plastic surgery ads. [7], In a 2001 profile on Unsolved Mysteries, it was mentioned that rumors had circulated among locals that the Craig County Police Department had been feuding with the Freemans at the time over the death of their son, Shane, who was shot by a deputy after stealing a car. Oldss major objective was trying to insulate the children, said Marcyan. The young star's life and . We welcome all information leading to their recovery. Hofer also visited Olds in Chicago, and says he was entertained at the family home and at their country club. Throughout the summer, the board members at Willian Brinks Olds wrestled with how to handle the Olds problem. When they did catch up with him, it was on the boat in Wilmette, where he was sunning with his friends. She also had graduated from Northwestern with a teaching degree, and met Olds at the wedding of mutual friends, according to her brother John Shonkwiler, chief judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Illinois. In the following weeks, when she tried to get some of them back, she found that Hofer had moved out of Oldss apartment and into a roommate arrangement with a woman in Marina Towers. Until they are home with us, this will never be over. The jury could have found Dean guilty of murder. In the Season 9 episode 23 finale of Supernatural, Dean (Jensen Ackles) makes the ultimate . 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. After several weeks of negotiating his separation package, Olds left the firm at the beginning of September. Still, the firm decided to ask him leave. He moved to Laguna Beach, California, where he died in 2011. 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. Dean Olds, too, played a part in disseminating conflicting information about Hofers life. Coincidentally, that same march, Sue Olds and her lawyer finally put a clamp on the familys hemorrhaging financial situation. Later Years and Death In 2004, while living in semi-retirement, Dean released his autobiography, 30 Years. [9] He admitted having withheld information about the involvement of Welch and Pennington. In 1992, while . [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. Sue Olds decorated in a traditional style, mixing new furnishing with many antiques she had inherited from her family. "I think that's primarily what the Olds (probate) case was about--getting the whole story out, the truth about who killed Suzanne Olds. If Olds truly had squandered all that cash, he was without any income. Olds, 66, said Thursday he maintains contact with Hofer, who returned to Germany after his acquittal. The business was not a roaring success, he said. Then, in May 1991, Olds bought a second Rolls-Royce, a green one this time, to replace the one that had been wrecked. 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. In May, Hofer was charged in the murder of Oldss wife, and the mystery of Dean Oldss spiraling decline grew darker and deeper. [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. But Hofer and Wheeler told Chicago in the same March 25th interview that Hofers grandparents, who aside from his great-aunt were the only relatives with whom he was close, had cut off all contact with him. The case centered on the disappearing money and turned bitter. This is something that will never leave me, he said. 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. He was only 24 years old on September 30, 1955, when he was driving down Route 466 in his Porsche 550 Spyder and a car collided with his, killing him almost instantly. Their first child, Craig, came in 1942, followed by Claudia in 1944. 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. He staggered toward his car and told TV reporters attempting to question him to buzz off.. Hofer moved back to Germany after his trial and, according to friends, has gone into business painting houses. 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. Immediately he was surrounded by police, told he was wanted for the murder of Suzanne Olds, and taken into custody. Kling told reporters Hofer wanted to see his family and reestablish his career in Germany. In the months before her slaying on Dec. 28, 1993, Suzanne Olds, who lived alone in the large house, called police on numerous occasions to report signs of a prowler in her garage and a broken basement window pane. She described Hofer's actions as "hostile" toward everyone in the family except Dean. Dean Martin Died on Christmas Day in 1995. We had talks like real good friends at dinners. 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. Another reason may be traced to her upbringing. 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. Former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean has been found guilty of a lesser charge of manslaughter in the death of Atatiana Jefferson. He played the violin, he tap-danced, and he sculpted. I had a client there and had been there several times. 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. Marcyan was able to prove that Olds had regularly violated the injunction against sending more money to Germany. Hofer was arrested on murder charges. Thats the last that Hofer the ventures manager admits to knowing about the business. Jan. 25, 201603:38 1. [7] However, law enforcement was unable to find any trace of Bible or Freeman in the rubble of the home. The children have little, if any, contact with their father. 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. Hofer stopped returning Hadys calls. I speak a little German, so I tried to help him out.. On September 17th, shareholders voted to change the name of the firm to Willian Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione. 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. On May tenth, Wilmette police arrested the 25-year-old Hofer and charged him with first-degree murder in the death of Mrs. Olds. He drove away in his blue 1989 Ford Taurus . Investigators claim that Busick kept repeating "the root cellar," and his stepdaughter alleged that he had forbidden anyone from accessing it. Another shows both men clad only in shorts on a hotel room bed. Soft-spoken and charming, he had been living on little but his looks and his wits for years. 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. 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.. But the two insist the business was real, if unsuccessful. 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. 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. Still, Mrs. Olds tried to conceal what she thought were the worst aspects of the situation from the children. I [was] falling in love with somebody at the end of 1992, Hofer said. He was turned into the ancient one known as "The Old Man". I find they have more presence, more grace, than their American counterparts. According to Biography, Dean was a car racing enthusiast, and it was heartbreaking that his love of cars and racing ended up causing his death. Throughout, Dean Olds has been seemingly unmoved by the death of his wife. 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. My wife had cut off all funds for Germany, he said. 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. At every opportunity, Olds blames his wife's divorce lawyers for "grinding" him down financially. And he can still spin a good yarn, even if the details don't stand up to scrutiny. [7] Danny's brother, Dwayne, claimed that Danny had confided that deputies had tried to intimidate him. 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. I was his sugar daddy, and I was about to be financially killed.". Hofer said he eventually came to believe that Olds was in love with him. A year later, baby number three, Gail, was born. Dean died on June 13, 2010, at the age of 81 of natural causes, per Rolling Stone. The same cant be said for his wife, however. Actor Dain Cain is a doting father, and in an interview in 2019, he said that being a great father to his son Christopher is his number one priority. . DEAN MARTIN'S ROMANCE TALES. But Christoph Sander, the deputy consul general for Germany in Chicago, said a check of Hofers record there showed only traffic violations, including a drunk-driving conviction, and a report that he was being investigated for embezzlement. During a press conference at the Wilmette police station the next day, Carpenter insisted that Hofer was not arrested because he planned to leave the country, but because the evidence came together.. In May, Hofer was charged in the murder of Oldss wife, and the mystery of Dean Oldss spiraling decline grew darker and deeper. [8] In 2020, Busick was convicted and sentenced.[9]. Richard immediately quizzes Dean about his upbringing and his education . Dean Olds and Carsten Hofer were questioned shortly after the murder, and both retained lawyers. . [8] In 2013, it was profiled on the documentary series Disappeared on Investigation Discovery. Standing between Richard Kling and assistant states attorney Steven Goebel, Hofer shook his head in denial while Goebel outlined the case against him. Pavlak termed the leave not entirely voluntary. Though people close to the firm say there were few outward manifestations at the office of Oldss problem, it was something he knew he had to deal with and wanted to conquer, a friend said. Still Oldss legal skills were celebrated. Dean Olds and his wife Suzanne appeared to have it all -- a nice home, a 30-year marriage, and three grown children. 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. 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. 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. Her husband, Matt Glavin, drove over from their home in Evanston to check on Sue. After undergoing several amputations 12 years ago, Dean Winters is still in constant pain. 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. Dean Olds and his wife Suzanne appeared to have it all -- a nice home, a 30-year marriage, and three grown children. Keep scrolling to see more of this historic Palm Springs property. Logan was 29 years old and Rory had just turned 22. 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. The car cost $55,000, according to his tax statements. Glavin says he believes there are only a very few people who would have had any reason to harm Sue Olds. "[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. 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 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. Dean sold his company to Sara Lee Foods in 1984, remaining its spokesperson until 2003. No other payments were to be allowed unless approved by the lawyers and the court. 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. What I thought was just amazing why they produced this to me was beyond me was a whole tape of items, like a cash register tape, with a line entry for condoms. He did not respond to a request for an interview. The day after Hofers bond hearing, Olds told the Chicago Tribune that after Hofers parents walked off and left him when he was a child, he basically put himself through college. But Hofer told Chicago magazine that he left school at 15 did not attend university. 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