The reporters have a little fun with a Glendale detective who sent a spy to determine if Robin and Cathy had secret missives from John Hawkins.

At this point, Hanson and Dr. Boggs are in jail, but Hawkins is still on the run. It’s an upset lover in the Netherlands and an episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show that puts authorities on the trail of John Hawkins. And, it’s an unusual birthmark that seals his fate.

Now, everyone is interested in the Just Sweats case. Authorities from California
and Ohio converge on Fort Worth in hopes of getting custody of Gene Hanson.
On Feb. 2, 1989, John Hawkins, Gene Hanson and Dr. Richard Boggs are charged
with murder for financial gain with death penalty specifications.

The fly in the ointment is that the death of Ellis Henry Greene had been ruled
“natural causes.” An expert witness, renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Michael
Baden, is brought in to see if he can pinpoint a cause of death that will prove that
Greene was murdered. His conclusion was, that Greene was killed in the manner
used by 19th Century grave robbers.

It’s January of 1989 and Columbus Dispatch reporters Robin Yocum and Cathy Candisky have a pretty clear picture of how the multi-million-dollar scam was supposed to work.

What they don’t know is the whereabouts of co-conspirators
John Hawkins and Gene Hanson.

Until . . .

At 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 29, 1989, American Airlines Flight 150 from Acapulco lands at the Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport. As the passengers are filing off, customs officials see a man coming off a flight who looks nervous and is in a big hurry.

Customs officials think he’s a drug dealer. He’s not, but the running is about to be over for Gene Hanson.