Olds said the estate is worth $4 million or $5 million; attorneys for the daughters refuse to say how much its worth. 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. Jan. 25, 201603:38 1. 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. Despite the differences in their ages and backgrounds, Olds was captivated by the young man that night, attracted by his style and his manners. Dennis Dean, the 83-year-old California drifter who in the film cruises community pools looking for well-off women who might . Then on December 28, 1993, Suzanne was found beaten to death in the driveway of her home. 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. By Nancy Millman. Soft-spoken and charming, he had been living on little but his looks and his wits for years. Throughout the summer, the board members at Willian Brinks Olds wrestled with how to handle the Olds problem. Hofers friend Douglas R. Kragness, an assistant Cook County public defender, accompanied Hofer to the police station when he was questioned, and later stated that Hofer was at his West Cornelia Avenue apartment at the time of the murder. He's still able to scratch out a living, even if it is in the legal profession that he now bitterly blames--along with his dead wife--for triggering a downfall as steep as Southern California's craggy cliffs. Hofer stopped returning Hadys calls. On a mirror was written I love Dean, with the name Carsten underneath, he said. 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. Firefighters arrived at the Freeman home shortly after 5:30 a.m. on December 30, when a passerby reported a fire at . ", He is aware of the high stakes, complaining that "I've got my jugular vein sitting out on the counter.". After earning degrees from Northwestern and the University of Michigan Law School, and serving two years in the U.S. Army Counterintelligence Corps, he settled in Chicago and joined the firm that was to become Willian Brinks Olds. His days at Willian Brinks Olds Hofer Gilson & Lione (there is no connection between Carsten Hofer and Roy E. Hofer, a name partner in the firm) were spent in a well-appointed office with a sweeping view of Chicago and Lake Michigan from the top of the NBC tower. You could tell that swear words would make her a little uncomfortable.. And last year, the children of convicted killer Edward Lyng of Palatine were granted a judgment of $66 million in a civil case for the murder of their mother in 1977. Many of you are aware that Dean had two strokes in December last year due to an anomaly in his body. And Bayer Bess Vanderwarker, the Chicago agency that handles all of Gatorades advertising, said its records indicated no payments for commercial roles ever being made to Hofer. Subscribe to one or more of our free e-mail newsletters to get instant updates on local news, events, and opportunities in Chicago. And she called on Schiller, DuCanto and Fleck, the countrys largest matrimonial law firm. Olds quickly left for a month at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California. [7][10] The second body was determined to be that of Danny; like his wife, he had also been shot in the head execution-style. Up until the time Hofer was charged, Dean Olds had been freely admitting that he had a sexual relationship with Hofer, Goebel said. But within a week of the cars arrival in Munich, trouble struck. 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. Then on December 28, 1993, Suzanne was found beaten to death in the drive Dean Olds and his wife Suzanne appeared to have it all -- a nice home, a 30-year marriage, and three grown children. 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. Afterward, about 200 guests joined the family for cocktails, dinner, and dancing at the Skokie Country Club, where the Oldses were members. 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. When they did catch up with him, it was on the boat in Wilmette, where he was sunning with his friends. I have a half-dozen good German fiends. 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. Olds was barred from accessing Suzannes inheritance and joint assets. Some processing plants were spun off, and an aggressive program of acquisitions and divestitures brought more and more brands and consumer offerings. A senior partner with his name on the door of a prestigious firm, Olds was paid more than $400,000 a year (varying with the bonus) and owned a five-percent interest in the firm. Glavin says he believes there are only a very few people who would have had any reason to harm Sue Olds. It's Rufus who introduces Bobby to the world of the supernatural, and they hunted together for many years until a hunt goes wrong in Omaha, and a woman important to Rufus (possibly his daughter) dies. At the dinner, Dean Olds toasted his wife, giving her credit for the success of the celebration and the execution of the many details. Nevertheless, Olds still was a man whose career was in tatters, whose fortune was largely dissipated, and whose existence was still shadowed by the murder of his wife of more than 30 years. 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. [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. The couple's marriage produced four children. 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 . Hofer also visited Olds in Chicago, and says he was entertained at the family home and at their country club. Subscribe for free today! The unanswered questions are: Is Olds hiding some of that untraceable money? Their first child, Craig, came in 1942, followed by Claudia in 1944. ``That person is highly abnormal. This is something that will never leave me, he said. For instance, the documents. She was very frightened as far as her image and propriety were concerned, said a friend. She was program chair of the Forty Acres Bird and Garden Club one year, president another. On November tenth, Marcyan got a court order to stop any further payments from the receiver to cover Dean Oldss personal expenses. Civil lawsuits have been used, with some success, in other Chicago area murders. Martin's life came to an end on December 25, 1995, two years after he was diagnosed with lung cancer and emphysema, per the Hartford . [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. The car was recovered at marina Towers, Goebel said (where Hofer had been staying with a friend, Bernadette Horan). The flow of money to Hofer, purportedly to set up a chauffeur business for the two men in Munich, was stemmed by the proceedings. I decided I wanted to live with him. Hofer says the man was an American actor who had been on tour in Europe. 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. Sept. 16, 2014 4:52 AM PT. The love-life of Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) was key character in Gilmore Girls, and a hot-topic among fans, with frequent debate over which of her on-screen boyfriends (if any) she truly belonged with. Carsten was trying to get his roots down in the U.S., Olds said several weeks before Hofers arrest. Hofer, a former live-in companion and business partner of Dean Olds, could face the death penalty if convicted. These days, Dean Olds the famous trademark attorney is lying low. Chicago magazine newsletters have you covered. 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. He did not respond to a request for an interview. The acrimonious divorce and the relationship with Hofer were taking their toll on Dean Olds. 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. Rory and Lorelai warn Dean before entering the lion's den but even Rory doesn't expect the night to go so horribly. "I think that's primarily what the Olds (probate) case was about--getting the whole story out, the truth about who killed Suzanne Olds. Another tape reportedly showed the Ford Taurus leaving Kragnesss parking lot on the evening of the murder. At every opportunity, Olds blames his wife's divorce lawyers for "grinding" him down financially. He marched to his own bear, said John Pavlak, the managing partner, who has acted as the firms spokesman since the murder of Sue Olds. For example, at a press conference the day after Hofer was arrested, Kling, his defense lawyer, made much of Hofers modeling career in Germany and his success in that field here, even referring to his appearance in a national Gatorade commercial. Reports also referred to a map found in the car with the location of the house marked with a star. "If these lawyers acted like decent individuals, I am convinced this tragedy would never have occurred," Olds said. I had a client there and had been there several times. She thought that Dean was less than forthright with her regarding financial matters, said Marcyan, her divorce lawyer. I told her to be aware of her surroundings and not to wear headphones" when she went out at night to walk her dog, he said. 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. Hofer moved back to Germany after his trial and, according to friends, has gone into business painting houses. These sums, added to the pension plan withdrawals and other loans, totaled about $2 million, court records show. Dean Martin Died on Christmas Day in 1995. During this time, Olds continued to practice law at Willian Brinks Olds. [11] Bible's parked car was in the driveway of the home with the keys in the ignition. Possibly that is why we take a lot of things about time for granted: for example that the past is fixed and unchangeable, and that the future is open and changeable. On the day that Hady was to photograph him, he arrived with a wardrobe that included a designer tuxedo. 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. Dean Olds and his wife Suzanne appeared to have it all -- a nice home, a 30-year marriage, and three grown children. Then one evening, three days after Christmas 1993 and shortly before the case was to go to trial, Mrs. Olds started out to walk the dog and was bludgeoned to death in the garage of her home. 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. Another reason may be traced to her upbringing. I believe it was less about money," Anderson said. Kristen was born in September 1962; Courtney and Stephen followed three years apart. Hes be telling me about his family, about his business, about his cases and I just knew him as a very nice and very friendly person, he said. Hes a fine fellow, Olds said in an interview near the end of March. Standing between Richard Kling and assistant states attorney Steven Goebel, Hofer shook his head in denial while Goebel outlined the case against him. No documents that Olds produced in the divorce case show any income from the business that year. But the money would be disbursed to him by the receiver only as needed, until the divorce was resolved. You could not run the limousine service without ads in the paper saying Rolls-Royce for hire. In the end, the business failed, he said, because of my wife, my wife, my wife.. Dean died on June 13, 2010, at the age of 81 of natural causes, per Rolling Stone. Before the couple separated in 1949, they had a child Deana, born in 1948. She never said it was a man But she would ask me questions. 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. 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. Blood was found in the car, Geobel said, and DNA tests on the blood showed that it was consistent with Suzanne Oldss blood.. SARAH NORDGREN December 7, 1995 CHICAGO (AP) _ Dean Olds had it all. Tags: Crime & Law, From the Vault, News & Politics. There were people who felt very strongly that Olds should be allowed to remain because of his status in the field and the contributions he had made to the firm. 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. Dean a young, highly ambitious, Porsche-driving, tassel-loafer-wearing lawyer when he joined the ultra conservative Nixon minions ended up getting fired in 1973 once it became clear he would. If Olds truly had squandered all that cash, he was without any income. They were married on April 16, 1960, at the First Presbyterian Church near her home. By the following year, Olds was made a partner in his firm, and the couple started planning for children. With Dean Olds. "Obviously the Brown and Goldman families felt that way about O.J. [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. Olds was ordered by the government to pay about $125,000, Hofer said. There were plenty of warning signs, family members testified, not least of which was a hotly contested multimillion-dollar divorce suit that the 56-year-old woman had filed a year earlier against her husband, Dean Olds. After a deposition in the case in November 1993, "He told me that Suzanne's attorney was saying that Dean and Carsten had a homosexual relationship, and that (the accusation) was wrong. Olds lost that money when he and his former lover, Helmut Carsten Hofer, were found responsible for the fatal bludgeoning of Suzanne Olds three days after Christmas 1993. But his circumstances took a sharp turn for the better in March, when a judge ruled that because at this point there is nothing that says or claims that Mr. Olds was involved with his wifes slaying, the divorce action should end with her death. 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. . Dean Ambrose Olds grew up in Wichita, Kansas. Her friends are angry and, in the words of one Wilmette woman, profoundly sad for what those children must deal with for the rest of their lives. And no one who knew Dean Olds and his family can understand how such a seemingly model North Shore existence could have turned around so suddenly and tragically. Simpson for the death of his wife, Nicole, and her friend Ron Goldman, the case of Olds raises the same sorts of issues that are being debated in the Simpson case. She was dead from blows to the head. [12], On December 31, Bible's parents Lorene and Jay returned to the scene, hoping to find any additional clues that law enforcement may have missed. He is the ally to Dean Winchester and Castiel when the three heroes been trapped in Purgatory. [18], Busick pleaded guilty July 15, 2020 to being an accessory to first-degree murder in the deaths of Danny and Kathy Freeman, the torching of their home near Welch, Oklahoma, and the abduction and presumed slayings of the two girls. Mrs. Oldss survivors, her three children and her brother and sister, as well as her many friends, are shattered by the situation. Outside was a lovely garden. This chance encounter led to an intense relationship between the two men that has coincided with a precipitous plunge in the life and career of Dean Olds. 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. [21], The case was featured in a new four-part series on HLN titled Hell In The Heartland starting June 2, 2019, which hoped to shed more light on the disappearances of the girls and the main suspects. In civil court, where the standard of proof is lower than in criminal court, attorneys say they expect to prove that Olds had a role in the slaying. Logan was 29 years old and Rory had just turned 22. After their chance meeting in the hotel bar in New York, Dean Olds and Carsten Hofer quickly grew close. That supposedly explain where money was going in the German business show lots of transactions at very nice restaurants, hotels throughout Europe, liquor. 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