S2 | Ep. 3: The Dream

Have You Seen This Man?

ABC News

True Crime

4.2 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Linda Lausten spent 19 years married to a man she never really knew. His escape sent her reeling -- as if widowed by a husband who wasn’t dead. She starts to uncover clues about who John Ruffo really was. As the U.S. Marshals continue their search, go along as a tantalizing lead takes them inside Dodger Stadium. To see photos of John Ruffo, including an age progression image provided by the U.S. Marshals, visit https://abcn.ws/37tRIK2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Last time on, have you seen this man?
0:05.0	John Rufo had conned his way into more than $350 million.
0:11.0	That trust, that believability, that was the foundation of this entire scam.
0:17.0	They were masters at it.
0:18.0	His life sounded carefree.
0:21.0	With a growing business, a hotline to Wall Street, and a loving wife Linda.
0:28.0	You know that a nice normal man for me because this guy had a girl.
0:34.0	Hi, Ray.
0:36.0	But when he vanished, he left Linda to pick up the pieces.
0:42.0	I'm Sunny Hauston.
0:44.0	From ABC News, this is Have You Seen This Man.
0:50.0	Time Square as we come up on, three, two, one.
1:00.0	Happy 99!
1:08.0	It was New Year's Eve in New York City.
1:11.0	People were ready to party like it was 1999.
1:14.0	But not Linda Rufo.
1:17.0	She lost her home and was bunking with her mother-in-law in a cramped apartment in Queens.
1:23.0	As she explained to our senior investigative reporter Matthew Moss,
1:27.0	she entered the New Year haunted by the call that her husband would never make.
1:32.0	I've had many dreams, the same dream over and over that I am someplace else
1:38.0	and I run into him and he's working with a uniform.
1:42.0	It's always like a one piece jumpsuit and I go to approach him.
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