162 - The Disappearance of Mary Opitz - Part 2

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this week's conclusion we pick up with investigators turning their attention towards known killers who were active in Florida during the time that Mary Opitz vanished. After a brutal and violent spree ending with his death, Christopher Wilder becomes a prime focus for police and the possibility of his involvement is weighed.

Forty years later, questions remain without answers. Are the disappearance of Mary Opitz and the murder of Mary Hare directly linked, or could there have been two separate but similar crimes committed from out of the same parking lot. In Part 2 we delve into all of the theories surrounding these cases and how one may tie into the other.

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0:38.5	17 year old Mary Opitz went to the mall with her mother and brother
0:43.5	After working their way through the mall Mary made her way back towards the parking lot to wait at the car
0:50.0	When her family emerged moments later the packages Mary carried were left neatly on the trunk
0:56.5	But Mary had vanished initially police didn't take things seriously assuming Mary had run away until it happened again less than a month later
1:08.5	Mary hair was waiting in the same parking lot nearly in the same space to pick up her mother after her shift at work
1:17.5	When Muriel stepped outside the car was neatly parked the doors were left unlocked
1:23.5	But her daughter was nowhere to be found just like Mary Opitz she had vanished without a trace
1:30.5	No signs of a struggle no witnesses nothing to suggest what might have happened
1:35.5	It wouldn't be until months later when Mary hairs remains were discovered that investigators began to believe they may have been victims of the same killer
1:46.5	Mary Opitz has never been found and without a direction to go police began looking towards known serial killers who had been active in the area
1:56.5	They spoke to Otis Toul Henry Lee Lucas and finally their attention was drawn to Christopher Bernard Wilder
2:05.5	Might he have been responsible for one or both women's disappearances or was there something else yet at play
2:13.5	This is Trace Evidence Episode 162 the disappearance of Mary Opitz Part 2
2:30.5	Welcome to Trace Evidence I'm your host Stephen Pichecco
2:34.5	Today we'll be picking up where we left off in part 1 examining the possible connection of serial killer Christopher Wilder
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