Changes: Susan Jacobson

Revision as of 07:20, 16 August 2021

Real Name: Susan Jacobson
Nicknames: No known nicknames
Location: Staten Island, New York
Date: May 15, 1976

Case

Details: On May 15, 1976, fourteen-year-old Susan Jacobson left her Staten Island home to go to a job interview at an ice cream parlor. When she didn't return for dinner, her parents, Bill and Ellen, contacted the police. The police claimed that she had probably run away with her boyfriend and refused to search for her. Two weeks later, Bill and Ellen asked psychic Dorothy Allison to help with this case.
Dorothy and her husband, Bob, went to Staten Island. She knew nothing about this case and had never met Bill and Ellen. When she arrived at their home, she asked Ellen what the numbers "2, 5, 6, 2" meant. She said that they were Susan's birthday, February 5, 1962. Dorothy then asked about the numbers "408 or 405" and found out that Susan was born at 4:05am. She asked what "Mar" meant and stated that she wanted to see Mar.
Dorothy then dropped a bombshell: she had a disturbing vision which showed that Susan had been strangled by her boyfriend. The authorities refused to work with a psychic, so Bill decided to investigate Dorothy's clues on his own. He worked with clues involving an abandoned car, letters "MAR" in red spray paint, the smell of oil, two sets of dual church steeples, two smoke stacks, swamps, and marshes. He and Ellen searched Staten Island, but were unable to figure out what they meant.
Suspects: Susan's boyfriend was considered a suspect by Dorothy.
Extra Notes: This case first aired as a part of the May 6, 1988 episode featuring psychic Dorothy Allison.
It was solved prior to the broadcast; it was profiled to demonstrate Dorothys psychic abilities.

Dency hawkins susan jacobson — Dempsey Hawkins

Results: Solved. Bill and Ellen continued searching until they found a place called "Downback" which had an abandoned World War I ship yard, and they found a rock that had the letters "MAR" in red spray paint. Dorothy's clues helped Bill to find the area where Susan's body would eventually be found two years later.
In 1978, three boys were out muskrat hunting in that area and found Susan's body concealed in two oil drums. From standing where it was found, a person could see two church steeples, two smoke stacks, and an abandoned car. Susan had been strangled to death and placed in the oil drum, hence the smell of oil, and then thrown into a hole with a water-filled swamp below.
Susan's boyfriend, Dempsey Hawkins, was arrested, tried, and convicted of her murder, just as Dorothy predicted. It is believed that he killed her because she wanted to end their relationship. He was sentenced to twenty-two years to life in prison and was denied parole several times. However, in 2017, he was paroled and deported from the United States to England.
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 '''Real Name:''' Susan Jacobson<br />
 '''Nicknames:''' No known nicknames<br />
 '''Location:''' Staten Island, New York<br />
-'''Date:''' May 15, 1976<br />
+'''Date:''' May 15, 1976
 ==Case==
-'''Details:''' On May 15, 1976, fourteen year old Susan Jacobson left her Staten Island home to go to a job interview for an ice cream parlor. When she didn't return for dinner, her parents contacted police. However, the police claimed that she had run away with her boyfriend and that they wouldn't search for her.
+'''Details:''' On May 15, 1976, fourteen-year-old Susan Jacobson left her Staten Island home to go to a job interview at an ice cream parlor. When she didn't return for dinner, her parents, Bill and Ellen, contacted the police. The police claimed that she had probably run away with her boyfriend and refused to search for her. Two weeks later, Bill and Ellen asked psychic [[Dorothy Allison]] to help with this case.<br />
+Dorothy and her husband, Bob, went to Staten Island. She knew nothing about this case and had never met Bill and Ellen. When she arrived at their home, she asked Ellen what the numbers "2, 5, 6, 2" meant. She said that they were Susan's birthday, February 5, 1962. Dorothy then asked about the numbers "408 or 405" and found out that Susan was born at 4:05am. She asked what "Mar" meant and stated that she wanted to see Mar.<br />
-Two weeks later, the Jacobsons asked psychic [[Dorothy Allison]] to help with the case. She asked her parents what the numbers "2, 5, 6, 2" would mean, and they said that that was her daughter's birthday, February 5, 1962. Dorothy then asked about the numbers "408 or 405" and she was born at 4:05am. She asked what "Mar" means, and that she wanted to see Mar. Then, Dorothy said that Susan had been strangled by her boyfriend. The authorities were unwilling to work with a psychic, so Bill, Susan's father, worked with the clues, which were an abandoned car, letters MAR in red spray paint, the smell of oil, two sets of dual church steeples, two smoke stacks, swamps, and marshes. The Jacobsons searched Staten Island, but were unable to figure out wh at the clues meant.
+Dorothy then dropped a bombshell: she had a disturbing vision which showed that Susan had been strangled by her boyfriend. The authorities refused to work with a psychic, so Bill decided to investigate Dorothy's clues on his own. He worked with clues involving an abandoned car, letters "MAR" in red spray paint, the smell of oil, two sets of dual church steeples, two smoke stacks, swamps, and marshes. He and Ellen searched Staten Island, but were unable to figure out what they meant.<br />
+'''Suspects: ''' Susan's boyfriend was considered a suspect by Dorothy.<br />
+'''Extra Notes:''' This case first aired as a part of the May 6, 1988 episode featuring psychic Dorothy Allison.<br />
+It was solved prior to the broadcast; it was profiled to demonstrate Dorothys psychic abilities.<br />
-'''Suspects: '''Susan's boyfriend was considered a suspect by Dorothy.
+[[File:Dency_hawkins_susan_jacobson.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Dempsey Hawkins]]
+'''Results:''' Solved. Bill and Ellen continued searching until they found a place called "Downback" which had an abandoned World War I ship yard, and they found a rock that had the letters "MAR" in red spray paint. Dorothy's clues helped Bill to find the area where Susan's body would eventually be found two years later.<br />
-'''Extra Notes:''' The case was featured as a part of the May 6, 1988 episode featuring psychic [[Dorothy Allison]].
+In 1978, three boys were out muskrat hunting in that area and found Susan's body concealed in two oil drums. From standing where it was found, a person could see two church steeples, two smoke stacks, and an abandoned car. Susan had been strangled to death and placed in the oil drum, hence the smell of oil, and then thrown into a hole with a water-filled swamp below.<br />
+Susan's boyfriend, Dempsey Hawkins, was arrested, tried, and convicted of her murder, just as Dorothy predicted. It is believed that he killed her because she wanted to end their relationship. He was sentenced to twenty-two years to life in prison and was denied parole several times. However, in 2017, he was paroled and deported from the United States to England.<br />
-[[File:Dency_hawkins_susan_jacobson.jpg|thumb|300px|Dency Hawkins]]'''Results:''' Solved. Susan's parents continued searching until they found a place called "Downback" which had an abandoned ship yard, active in WWI, and they found a rock that had the letters "MAR" in red spray paint. All the clues helped Bill to find the area where Susan's body would eventually be found two years later in two oil drums. From standing where Susan's body was found, a person could see two church steeples, two smoke stacks, and the abandoned car. Susan had been strangled to death, then placed in the oil drum (smell of oil), and then thrown into a hole with a water-filled swamp below. Dency Hawkins, Susan's boyfriend, was arrested, tried, and convicted of her murder, just as Dorothy said he would be.<br />
-'''Links:''' None
+'''Links:'''
+* [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/27/nyregion/a-teenage-killer-now-51-recounting-his-crime.html A Teenage Killer, Now 51, Recounting His Crime]
+* [http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/forbidden_romance_a_heated_arg.html Forbidden romance, a heated argument and a grisly Staten Island murder]
+* [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/04/nyregion/a-crime-rehashed-and-parole-denied-again-and-again.html A Crime's Details Are Rehashed and Parole is Denied, Again and Again]
+* [https://www.silive.com/news/2016/04/killer_has_shown_no_remorse_--_1.html Killer has shown "no remorse" -- family of girl strangled 40 years ago speaks]
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+* [http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/teen_killer_of_girlfriend_paro.html Teen killer of girlfriend paroled, deported after 38 years; "It's never over," says victim's dad]
+* [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/nyregion/dempsey-hawkins-teenage-killer-paroled-deported.html Four Decades Later, Teenage Killer is Paroled, and Deported]
-[[Video:Unsolved_Mysteries_Dorthy_Allison,_Police_Psychic_Pt._1|thumb|500px|left]]
+* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208530910 Susan Jacobson on Find a Grave]
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