Clark, although things have changed, you will always be Reigh's father.
Cut.
Clark, although things have changed, you will always be Reigh's father.
Cut.
You will always be Reigh's...
Clark, although things have changed,
you will always be Reigh's father.
-Cut. -Once more. This time with emotion.
Emotion?
Hello, Quigley.
How are you? Do you miss your buddy?
Where is your puppy, Clark?
Vacationing, on 3,000 acres in Tarrytown with Amelia, Henry Kissinger's dog.
They've been an item for years.
Thank you.
All right, come on, Snooks.
You got it?
Yeah.
Welcome back, Ms. Boss.
-Hello. -Hi.
-Who's that? -The ex-Mrs. Rockefeller.
-They say she's worth billions. -Really?
That's billions, with a ''B.''
We are confident we can provide
a truly global perspective to the kingdom of Dubai.
Yes. Perspective to the kingdom of Dubai
in this shifting global economy.
l saw that.
-Do you want to rent a movie tonight? -Yeah, if there's something good.
-Use your fork. -l don't want to.
Snooks.
Daddy says it tastes bad.
That's silly. Silverware has no taste.
l'm not hungry anymore.
-Will Daddy really be there tomorrow? -Of course.
l haven't seen him in so long.
Not so long as that.
Eight months, two weeks, and a day.
All right, come on.
Don't forget, you're gonna see Grandpa tomorrow night, too.
l'll never get to sleep!
Because Daddy's gonna take me to the Swan Boats tomorrow.
Okay. Come on.
-All right. Good night. -l love you.
l love you.
-Good morning, Brian. -Morning, Mr. Rockefeller.
-Grand morning, isn't it? -Yes, indeed it is, Mr. Rockefeller.
-Today's the big day. -Yes, sir.
Very excited.
-l'm happy for you, sir. -How old is your daughter now, Brian?
She's 26.
But still your little girl. That doesn't change.
Nope, that it doesn't.
-Let's say a 12:15 pickup today. -l'll be there.
But not the club.
Across the park in front of the church. l may need to lose a clingy friend.
l told him today is my day with Snooks, but he's just not getting it.
Some people.
He's beyond obtuse, maybe even unstable.
Why don't you iust get a restraining order?
l can't do that. He's family.
Never should've told him our plans.
''Lunch with Senator Chafee's son.'' Well, that's all he needed to hear.
The thing is, Brian, l think he may try to get into the car with us.
He's that determined.
Don't you worry about it, sir. He won't be getting in my car.
Truth is, he might be dangerous. l don't want to risk it.
-How can l help, sir? -Just be ready.
l think when the moment comes, we'll both know what to do.
Listen, Brian, l know you've been having problems with your mortgage.
lt's tough times everywhere.
But if you can help me out with this, there's a $2,000 tip
with your name on it.
Mr. Rockefeller, that's... That's so generous, sir.
Well, l know l can count on you.
l don't want anything to spoil this day.
Yeah, scan everything that comes in.
No, not everything, Priscilla.
Just anything from Dubai and forward it to e-mail.
Hey, brush your hair. Brush your hair.
Okay. Well, l'll check back in later. Thanks. Have a great day.
You should have said, ''Have a good evening.''
-Yeah? -To Priscilla.
lt's almost nighttime in London.
So good at math. Just like Mommy.
Daddy prefers languages and history.
Thank you, Brian.
-Good morning, Mr. Rockefeller. -Good morning, Sal. Did you get a haircut?
-Yes, l did, sir. -l need the name of your barber.
-Morning. -Good morning.
-Good morning, ladies. -Good morning.
Good morning.
Come on, princess.
-lt's time to go meet Mr. Bernard. -But why does he have to come?
-To keep you company. -l don't want company.
Come on. We've discussed this.
-lt isn't fair, Mommy. -All right. Don't fuss.
But it's Daddy's day.
Well, it's Daddy's day
whether or not Mr. Bernard is there or not, SO COMe On.
Daddy never works when we're together.
Because Daddy doesn't have a iob.
-Charlotte. -Clark. l was hoping you'd be here.
-Morrissey. -l knew you'd know it.
We're thinking of buying it. It's $300,000.
-l wonder what Larry would say. -Gagosian?
He's the only dealer l work with.
Honest as the day is long. Impeccable taste.
l once asked him to pick me out a dozen paintings.
l iust wrote him a blank check. Shall l call him?
Would you?
Thank you so much.
What do you think of it, personally?
-You know how much l value your opinion. -Representative. It's a nice work.
But personally, l never buy anything with green in it.
Clark.
Okay, don't forget to stay close to Daddy and Mr. Bernard, all right?
She's very excited, but a little on edge.
We'll be fine.
-Right, Snooks? -Yes.
Okay, have a wonderful time with Daddy, and l'll be thinking about you every minute.
-And don't forget, princess behavior, okay? -l know.
-Okay. -Bye, Mommy.
Bye.
Snooks!
Daddy!
l've missed you so much.
Me, too. l love you.
-No, l love you. -No, l love you.
-No, l love you more. -No, l love you more, more.
-l love you more, more. l love you to infinity. -l love you too much.
Dad.
Let me see you. Let me see. l think you've grown a whole foot.
-l think you have. -Mommy said it's okay to take me
to the Red Sox game.
Well, that's good of her.
And we're still going to the Swan Boats, right, Daddy?
A promise is a promise. But first, come here.
A little lunch.
Sandra Boss.
Sandra, Max Bernard.
No, everything's great. Yeah, Snooks is delighted
and relaxed, and happy to be with her dad.
And he's terrific with her, too.
They're having lunch right now. l'll keep you posted, okay?
Everything's going really well.
Great. l'm glad to hear it. Thank you. Bye.
Do you remember your periodic table of the elements?
Some of it.
Just the metals?
Yeah.
l miss homeschool with you, Daddy.
Me, too.
l miss everything.
l wish we could all be together again, but Mommy says no.
Well, that could change.
lf we keep wishing and hoping, it might come true.
-You ready? -Yeah, but, Daddy...
-What? -Does he have to come?
l fear there's no escape.
Let's pretend that we can rise above him like a big, red balloon.
So high that nobody can touch us!
Now, l know what that sounds like, but l'll tell you what, l can present...
Jump, iump.
A piggyback ride. Daddy has missed these.
You're so heavy. How many biscuits did you eat?
-Only one. -You did not.
-Did too. -lt was more like 10.
Horse riding.
Horse crossing! Horse crossing!
And the queen descends from her stallion.
You know, l used to live right there.
105.
Wait! Stop!
Stop!
What are you doing?
Lock the doors!
-Stop the car! Stop the car! -Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
-Stop the car! -Drive!
-Stop the car! Stop the car!
You weren't kidding. This guy's nuts!
-You okay, buddy? -My cell phone!
My cell phone!
You want me to call an ambulance?
-911. What's your emergency? -There's been a kidnapping!
...child abduction.
Five bucks for two coffees? Dad would be rolling in his grave.
Alpha 823, en route.
-Parental kidnapping. Marlborough Street. -Marlborough Street.
-And it's a Rockefeller. -Yeah, right.
No way.
-No, l'm her mother. -Ma'am...
-l'm Snooks' mother! -Excuse me, you can't go there, ma'am.
-l'm really... l'm really sorry. -Ma'am.
-What are you going to do? -You're Mrs. Rockefeller?
-What are we going to do? -Well, first of all, l'd like to ask you...
We got to get out of here.
l'm sorry, sir.
We're gonna get out here.
-There you go, sweetie. -Are you sure?
Thanks, Brian. You were true blue.
Thanks.
We've already sent out the AMBER Alert.
No, it doesn't matter. You don't know who he is.
Yes, we do, Mrs. Rockefeller,
and that's the good news here.
You wouldn't believe the kind of people we got snatching kids.
No. No. You don't understand.
Do you have any reason to think your husband might harm your daughter?
No, no, Clark wouldn't harm a fly, but he will disappear!
l will never see her again!
Here, sweetie. Thank you.
Okay, inside. Quickly. Get your seat belt.
-Hi, Katie. -Hi, Katie. Thanks for waiting for us.
No problem, Clark.
Sailing?
Yes, yes. 8:00 launch from Long Island Sound.
Uncle David loaned us his yacht. Me and my little co-captain.
You're such a good father.
lt's like a dream having her back.
l think l need to make a pit stop.
-No, there's no time. -Well, Clark, l gotta go.
-We have to make a 6:00 train. -Really?
Please! Just... Just hold it in.
And don't talk on your phone. Please.
Not with Snooks in the car.
Hello. l'm Agent Norton, FBl.
We're going to be asking you a few questions.
A close friend of Clark's told her he was going to Turks and Caicos.
Agent Pascale.
Find out what airlines fly there.
Check their databases for a man traveling with a little girl.
Commissioner, it looks like he might have taken her out of the country.
-Already? -Alaska?
Did he say where in Alaska?
Machu Picchu.
Can you spell that for me?
No, that's impossible. Clark doesn't fly.
Ever.
l'm putting a profile together on your ex-husband,
try to get inside his head.
What do you need to know?
Everything.
Just start from the beginning.
My sister introduced us, maybe, 15 years ago.
l was at Harvard, in the MBA program, living in Cambridge.
They were in Manhattan.
They met at church.
ln the choir.
l can't believe we're going to a costume party.
-A cool party, no less. -Who does this kind of thing?
-Wild! -Welcome to Clark world.
Told you.
Taste this. Taste this.
-Ecstatic. '87 Quinto de Vargas.
What else would you expect from a Rockefeller?
Clark. Meet my sister, Sandy.
How do you do, Sandra?
You don't mind if l call you Sandra, do you?
l loathe nicknames.
-No. Not at all. -Sandra then.
lt suits you. It's beautiful.
Sandy's getting her MBA at Harvard. Clark's a Yalie.
He was admitted when he was 14.
Well, you have me beat. l got into Stanford when l was 16.
lt's not a competition.
My mother's name was Mary Roberts, of the Virginia Roberts.
Very horsey people. She had me show-jumping at five.
-My sister says you speak five languages. -Six, actually.
Was that obnoxious?
-Not if it's true. -Excuse me?
l said, ''Not if it's true.''
Let's talk about you.
Well, l'm getting my MBA at Harvard.
Wait, wait, hold on. l can't hear myself think.
So, you were saying Harvard, MBA.
No, it's not about that.
l'd like to do some good, make a difference.
Make sense?
You're looking at a man who works on developing economies.
-African, mostly. -Really?
Highly altruistic work.
No money in it.
Money isn't everything.
lt can't buy happiness.
Or love.
And this is my room.
ls that...
Mondrian. Yes.
And Twombly.
And over here...
Pollock.
l thought it was at the Tate.
Nope, right here, in my little cave.
-lt all leaves me breathless. -lt is a rather nice collection.
They keep trying to get it away from me
at that little old museum that Aunt Abby started.
The one on West 53rd.
The Museum of Modern Art?
That's the one.
l'm sorry. Am l making you uncomfortable?
No, no. It's iust because...
lt's too fast.
lt's good.
You speak Klingonese?
l told you six languages. Lifelong Trekkie.
Me, too.
l can't imagine you walking out of my life tomorrow.
l don't suppose you'd consider, l don't know, dropping out of school?
-Hey, buddy, get out of the street! -No!
-Want to get killed? -Not unless l land a job here this summer.
l have an interview at Merrill Lynch.
-You don't have any friends there, do you? -Do l have friends at Merrill Lynch!
Okay, fine.
-Who's that? -Another intern.
Hi! What is that?
lt connects me to my security service. It's my portable bodyguard.
-No way. -Whole family's got them.
Sometimes it's not easy being a Rockefeller.
Poor Clark.
-Maybe l should put one on you. -l'm not a Rockefeller.
Not yet.
What is that amazing thing?
lt's my didgeridoo.
lt's an aboriginal instrument.
When l was 14, l went on an expedition to Australia
with my cousin Michael,
the one that was later killed by New Guinea tribesmen.
Anyway, we stayed for six months with the Burung tribe.
A shaman told the chief's son that he and l were members of the same soul clan.
When it was time to leave, he gave me his didgeridoo.
Listen.
A rose and The New York Times?
-You do the puzzle? -Religiously.
l knew it!
Perfect.
l think so, too.
What is it?
l don't get close to people easily.
And l'm iust worried about when you leave.
But we still have the whole summer together.
l haven't told you this,
but l lost both my parents when l was 17.
Clark. l'm so sorry. That's so sad.
They'd come to Yale for spring break,
and l knew that Pop wanted me to come home with them,
but l'd made plans in New Haven.
So l encouraged them to bring the sports car,
knowing there wouldn't be room for me.
And on the way back, Mother lost control of the car.
l always felt responsible.
-Clark, it's not your fault. -That's not the point.
The point is love makes you vulnerable.
You hold my happiness.
lt's safe with me.
What is it?
Well, that... l mean, that's great. It's iust...
God, Sandra.
Do you love me?
Yes.
You seem surprised.
l've been alone for so long now.
Just trying to create a life for myself, you know?
A life l can be proud of,
and to have found someone
that can help me become the kind of man that l want to be,
it's iust... It's incredibly great.
Do you think l can?
l know you can.
Stay close to me, all right? It's very crowded.
Did you get that sweater in Chile?
No. A street vendor.
l've seen that yarn in South Patagonia. May l?
Yes. It's called Araucania.
lt's only made in one place in the world,
a cattle port on the banks of the Rio Colorado,
Bahia Blanca.
-Have you actually been there? -Nice talking to you.
What do you got?
l got nothing, sir. There's nothing on this guy.
There's no Social. There's no credit cards. There's no credit history.
-Run DMV? -Yeah, there's no driver's license.
There's no marriage license.
There's no licenses of any kind, not that l can find.
Hey, Ryan, does this kid know what he's doing?
Not even a birth certificate.
l put him in every database we got.
He's a Rockefeller. Rockefeller with an ''R.''
Run them all again.
This guy's like a ghost, a cipher, like he doesn't exist.
A bitter divorce, a bizarre kidnapping, a famous last name,
it is all part of a case that has police chasing leads from Boston to New York.
WNBC's Jonathan Dienst is tracking it all.
Jonathan, good morning to you.
Good morning, Meredith. That famous name, Rockefeller,
that's drawing attention to this unusual case
as authorities search over land and sea.
-Where are we, Daddy? -We are in the city of Baltimore,
which is in the state of Maryland,
which borders our nation's capital, Washington, D.C.
But why?
We're gonna live here for a little while.
-Does Mommy know where we are? -Not yet.
Supposedly he told the woman that drove them to New York
that he was taking a boat with her to Bermuda.
Do police believe that, or do they think that he was just trying to throw them off?
They believe he does have a yacht here in the Long Island area.
Police are out searching the various marinas across Long Island
and here in the New York City area, trying to find that boat.
A Social is so basic. l mean, you need it for everything.
l don't have his Social Security number. He said he never used it.
lt was a privacy thing.
He's very security-oriented. Obsessed, really.
-Driver's license? -He doesn't have one.
Then how about a marriage license?
l don't have that, either.
He did all the paperwork.
Taxes?
He wanted me to file single, unmarried.
Said it was something about the Rockefeller family money.
-l'm not really sure. -Bank account?
He did all the paperwork. He didn't have a job.
He stayed at home and ran the household while l worked 60, 70, 80 hours a week.
Just give us the contact numbers for his family then.
Maybe they can help.
Your in-laws.
The Rockefellers.
Reigh's grandparents?
Aunts, uncles, cousins.
-He was estranged from his family. -Estranged, but zero contact?
Yeah?
Mrs. Rockefeller, you were married to this man for, what, 12 years?
You had a child with him, and you have no information?
lt's Sandra Boss. You keep calling me ''Mrs. Rockefeller,''
but it's ''Boss.'' l never changed my name.
A neighbor of Clark's iust called.
Says he's got a wine glass he drank from.
Wants to know if we want to dust it for fingerprints.
Yes. That's great.
Sandra, our best tool right now is the media.
We want you to make a video, an appeal to your ex-husband
to bring your daughter home.
What kind of appeal?
''l'm sorry l took Snooks away.
''Let's try to work it out. You were right.''
Play him up.
Why should l apologize to him?
He took my daughter!
Sandra, we don't have much to go on here.
Nobody knows anything about your husband, not even you.
We need to get to him.
Only you can do that.
So,
-what do we think of Mrs. Rockefeller? -Not an easy read.
Okay. There's no record of her husband's existence.
Why can't she fill in the blanks?
William Boss is here, Sandra's father.
Well, the first time l heard the name ''Clark Rockefeller,''
l was thinking John D, the man who founded Standard Oil?
He was the world's first billionaire,
back when people didn't know what a billion meant.
So, if Clark was a little eccentric, fine.
He got a pass.
He was
American royalty.
There were only 17 perfect games in Major League history.
Cy Young, Addie Joss, Jim Bunning,
Sandy Koufax, Randy Johnson, Catfish Hunter.
Catfish was best bat in his perfect game,
-if you can believe that. -Well, maybe that's enough of baseball.
Hell, no, Sandy. This is genius.
lt's a girl thing.
My mother felt the same way about baseball.
She was the child actress Ann Carter.
She was Humphrey Bogart's daughter in The Two Mrs. Carrolls.
l've seen that.
l thought your mom's name was Mary.
l think l know my own mother's name.
Confused much?
Stop it. Stop it. Stop it.
So, Mickey Mantle, l put his rookie card in my bicycle...
Can you imagine what that is worth nowadays?
Clark.
Pleasure to meet you, sir.
Call me.
You call me the next time you're in town.
l'll get you those box seats at Yankee Stadium.
You got it.
-You like him, don't you, Daddy? -l like him fine.
He's a terrific guy, as long as his intentions are honorable.
He is the smartest man l've ever met. That includes Stanford and Harvard.
Other than you, of course.
Well, smart is important,
but not as much as character.
-Daddy. -l don't mean Clark, necessarily.
But, Sandy, the very rich sometimes live by a different set of rules than you and me.
No, he's not like that.
Clark's had a tough life.
He lost his parents when he was young.
When he was three, he fell down a flight of stairs,
and he didn't speak again till he was 10.
My goodness.
He doesn't think he's better than other people
iust because he's a Rockefeller.
Maybe we should get in touch with the Vatican.
Sounds like we have a candidate for sainthood.
Daddy, he's the one.
-Good afternoon, gentlemen. -Hello, sir.
Come on, Yeats.
Perrier-Jouët. Parfait.
What... What is this?
What is that?
That's green, isn't it?
No green food. No green on food.
Yes, sir.
Where are all the Rockefellers?
Clark didn't want them to steal Sandy's thunder.
This is her day.
-He adores Sandy, adores her. -That's all that matters.
Well, that. And the trust fund.
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today in the presence of these witnesses
to ioin Clark and Sandra in matrimony,
l thought it'd be a lot splashier than this.
What happened to the golden couple?
Clark's filthy rich.
Splashy is ordinary for him.
For him, this is special.
She's so lucky.
...may not be ioined together,
let them speak now or forever hold their peace.
To this moment, Clark...
l changed her diapers.
Now her husband's giving me stock tips.
Can l get in on that?
...out of which will grow the reality of their life together.
Clark, although things have changed,
you will always be Reigh's father,
and l will always be her mother.
We both love her dearly
and have only her well-being and best interests at heart.
Please, please, bring Snooks back.
There has to be a better way for us to solve our differences.
And, Snooks, honey,
l love you, and l miss you so much.
And remember, you're always a princess.
Quantico called.
They got a match on Clark's fingerprints.
You're not gonna believe this. He's not a Rockefeller.
Do you know who he is?
You mean you don't?
How long have you known he wasn't a Rockefeller?
Since the divorce.
We hired a detective to check into his finances.
He'd pretty much cleaned me out, and l had Snooks to take care of.
And you never told anyone?
How do you tell a child her father is a stranger, a fake?
What would that do to her?
And l still had to support her. l'm a business consultant.
Would you take advice from me after a revelation like that?
You must think l'm an idiot.
l'm a Harvard MBA.
l'm the youngest woman ever made partner at McKinsey 8 Company.
lt is a very big deal.
l have the City of New York on my client list.
And you never even wondered about him?
Are you gonna sit there and tell me no man has ever lied to you?
Clark's no ordinary liar.
ls that why Clark lost custodial rights, he couldn't show ID?
Yeah. We had the records sealed so that no one would know.
All our friends were shocked.
A Rockefeller losing a divorce battle?
We want to begin this half-hour with that seven-year-old girl
apparently abducted by her father,
a man who calls himself a Rockefeller.
Now the girl's mother is begging for her daughter's safe return.
NBC's Mike Taibbi is in Boston. He's got an update on this story.
Hi, Mike. Good morning.
Good morning, Matt. How are you?
Yeah, Sandra Boss was supposed to be back in London by now,
with her daughter. That is where they live.
lnstead, she remains in Boston
and has now released a videotaped statement
aimed directly at her elusive ex-husband.
Today at noon, traffic, weather,
and the latest developments in the Clark Rockefeller story.
Hey.
lt's Chris.
Chris Gerhardt. We met on the train, remember?
From the exchange-student program?
Your mother said she had a room for me.
Thurston, you were superb!
Well, no one can pull the wool over my eyes.
Cashmere, maybe, but wool, never.
''No one can pull the wool over my eyes.''
''No one can pull the wool...'' The wool.
The wool. The wool.
''No one can pull the wool over...''
Over my eyes.
The cashmere, maybe, but the wool, never.
My father's an industrialist in Germany.
Yeah. Yeah, he's a director of the Mercedes-Benz company.
You like them, Mercedes? Yeah?
We have seven cars.
lt's true. One for each day of the week.
You been to Germany?
Yeah? You look a little German.
Authorities are requesting that anyone with information
call their local police.
-Good luck with your new house, Mr. Smith. -Call me Chip, please.
Front door, back door, bulkhead, and shed.
l hope you and your little boy will be very happy in your new home.
Well, any port after six months at sea looks good.
You know, l have never had a client who was a ship's captain before.
And there's a marina just a block or two away.
Well, that's the whole idea.
l've got a sweet little yacht moored there.
-As far as schools go for... -We homeschool.
-How does that work for you? -Great. Education runs in my family.
ln fact, my grandfather was actually Dean of Yale College.
And he used to say to me, ''Clark...''
Clark. Actually, Charles Clarkson Smith Ill.
Well, that's what Chip is short for.
Exactly.
When was the first time you suspected something was off?
Well, l can see now that there were signs in the beginning.
l iust didn't recognize them. We were in love.
But his money was always tied up.
What are you doing?
Well, if l'm really good, and we both know l am,
l may iust save the Liberian economy from crashing and burning.
Are they paying you?
Darling, when 80% of the population lives below the poverty line,
l can't exactly bill hours.
Well, you don't have to make it sound so ridiculous.
Well, it's not so much ridiculous as unconscionable.
Clark, the bank called. You bounced another check,
this time for $2,000 to the wine store.
Did you cover it?
-Yes. -Good.
Pop always said, ''Never get the vintner mad at you.''
l iust don't think we should be spending that kind of money on wine,
not if we're going to be living on my salary alone.
You know, l've been meaning to suggest. l really think you should ask for a raise.
They're taking advantage of you there.
Well, l wanted to wait for my first performance review.
Well, suit yourself, but money is going to be tight.
Or you could stop buying wine we can't afford.
Or get a salary.
l thought you understood.
l thought you supported pro bono work for the third world.
l iust want us to live within our means.
Well, if l can't enioy a decent glass of wine...
Where l'm from, you don't bounce checks.
lt's embarrassing.
-Can't we iust sell one of these paintings? -No.
No, not for at least 10 years. The value is only going up.
This work will pay off with a seat on the Federal Reserve Board,
though l loathe thinking of it that way.
Besides, l seem to recall we both started out wanting to change the world.
We still do.
Let's be honest. We just want to pay the wine bill.
Fine. Fine. l'm sorry. l don't know. l iust... Now l feel awful.
Come here.
You have a touchingly middle-class attitude towards money.
-l know. -And l never had to keep up my good name
for financial solvency.
lt's made me impractical.
Ask for that raise.
Not for me, because you want it.
And you deserve it.
Take a seat.
So you were seduced by his name, like everybody else?
No, l would've married him if his name was John Smith.
Agent Pascale.
l'll be right back.
Clark's prints matched an immigration document from 1976.
He's a German national, Christian Karl Gerhardstreiter.
l did a search on Gerhardstreiter. Up comes Unsolved Mysteries.
-The TV show? -Yeah. And you're not gonna believe this.
They did an episode on Gerhardstreiter, aka, Chris Chichester.
''Missing, wanted for questioning in a double homicide in California.''
Sandra, Clark is wanted for questioning in a double homicide.
Over 20 years, he's had several aliases.
Chris Chichester.
Chris Gerhardt.
Christian Karl Gerhardstreiter.
l don't believe it.
Clark's done horrible things.
He's a liar, but he's not a killer.
The fingerprints match.
Wait till you see it.
-Look around. What do you think? -How exciting.
Where do you think we're going? Look around.
-Boats! -Maybe. l'm not telling.
Keep them closed. No cheating.
And open them.
-lt's beautiful, Daddy! -lsn't it?
Who's gonna sail our boat, Daddy?
What do you mean, who's gonna sail it? l am, matey.
l've been a ship's captain, and l've sailed the seven seas.
Really, Daddy?
-You were a ship's captain? -l had my own vessel.
Carried cargo to all the ports in the world, from the Barbary Coast to the Adriatic Sea.
And now, l have a new ship, and you will be my first mate, like
-the owl and the pussycat who went to sea... -The owl and the pussycat who went to sea...
-...on a beautiful pea-green boat. -...on a beautiful pea-green boat.
-They took some honey and plenty of money. -Plenty...
And let's see if this little girl floats.
Thar she blows!
Morning, everyone. l'm Detective Ryan, Boston PD.
This is Special Agent Norton, FBl, and Special Agent Pascale.
l want to thank you all for coming.
The man we're hunting is Christian Karl Gerhardstreiter,
aka Clark Rockefeller.
A German national. Issued a student visa in 1973 at the age of 17.
For whatever reason, he starts calling himself
Chris Gerhardt when he was living with a family in Connecticut.
He met them on a train, charmed them, moved in with them,
and expected royal treatment.
Stop it! Chris, please let me in! l'm freezing!
l'm gonna tell my mommy!
Dude, what the hell? That's my sister! You want her to freeze to death?
l'm watching my show.
Who the hell do you think you are?
We're sick and tired of you acting like you own the place.
l am not your servant.
And what would you know about servants?
l am never going to have to live like you.
He next turns up
at the University of Wisconsin.
Sometime in his senior year,
he marríed another student, Sarah Kínney, for a green card.
We're lookíng for her now.
Then,
he's a ship's captain out of Chile.
Sometime in the '80s, alias Christopher Crowe,
he landed a high-powered iob as a stock analyst.
Customers like industrials, you know?
They get oversaturated with banks and finance.
-Have you ever been to Paris? -Yes, l have.
-My family has an estate there. -With my husband.
Morning.
He was unceremoniously canned
when they found out he was using David Berkowitz's Social Security number.
Son of Sam?
He next turns up at the Pentagon,
claiming to have a PhD in astrophysics and calling himself...
Charles Clark. Good to meet you.
l'm Dr. Reiter.
He even passed himself off as a cardiovascular surgeon.
You seem to be stabilizing nicely.
Let's have a look, shall we?
Good, good. Coming along.
And here we come to a very important alias,
Chris Chichester.
Now Clark's starting to understand the American fascination
with famous names and powerful families.
My full title is the 13th baronet of Chichester.
The first baronet was Sir Francis Chichester.
He sailed the Gypsy Moth around the world in the 17th century.
We're related to the Mountbattens.
Lord Mountbatten, he was in the Royal Navy.
And was, in fact, the last British viceroy to India.
We're royalty, basically. British royalty.
Our family motto is ''firm en foi.''
You know what that means? It means ''firm in faith.''
You must have seen our family crest. Have you?
lt's a... It's a heron, its wings spread wide and an eel in its beak.
San Marino, California, mid-1980s.
Chris Chichester is such a hit, they give him his own talk show.
Good morning, and welcome to Inside San Marino.
l'm Chris Chichester, your host,
and our very special guest today is
none other than Los Angeles Police Chief, Daryl Gates.
And they nearly elect him to city council.
Hello. Chris Chichester, Republican candidate for city council.
Hello, Chris Chichester, Republican candidate for city...
Look at this young man. Future member of the Grand Old Party, l hope, right?
-Hello, Christopher Chichester, city council. -Thanks.
Keep me in mind on election day.
-Who are they? -John and Linda Sohus.
Clark was a tenant in their guest house.
Brought you the...
Linda,
l had no idea you were an artist.
That is beautiful. Self-portrait?
Hi, John. Thank you.
They were newlyweds. And one day, they just disappeared.
Yes? Hi. One minute.
Sorry. l've been meaning to return it.
That's okay. Hey, what's with the lawn?
Plumbing.
Yeah. When are John and Linda getting back?
l don't know.
Hey. They got iobs with the CIA.
Top secret.
John's mother finally reported them missing.
Cops wanted to question Clark,
but he disappeared, along with John and Linda's truck.
lnvestigators detected traces of blood on the wall.
l can't believe it.
Sandra, Clark fooled a lot of people.
This is the longest scam the FBl has ever seen.
But you were married to him.
You earned, what, $2 million last year, $40,000 a week?
lt's an investigation. Of course we know that.
So, what's your point?
That l'm brilliant, successful, good at business?
Don't you think it's possible for someone
to be amazing in one aspect of her life and completely stupid in another?
No, l don't.
Then you're confusing business intelligence with emotional intelligence.
You know what? Where l'm from, people don't lock their cars.
l... It never occurred to me that my boyfriend, my fiancé, my husband,
could lie to me like that.
lt was staring you in the face. No money, no ID.
l was in love with him.
And when l wasn't, he was still the father of my child.
When l found out that l was married to a fraud, living with a stranger,
made love to, had a baby with, l hated him.
l hated him.
But it never occurred to me, in my wildest dreams,
that he was capable of murder.
Detective Tim Sanchez, San Marino PD.
Your guy, Clark Rockefeller, he's a big priority for us.
We've been looking for him for 20 years.
We're opening up the Sohus cold case.
-We need this guy. -l understand, Detective.
But our priority is getting a little girl back to her mom safely.
Look, could we talk later today?
Good. Okay.
l... l don't think he'd hurt her.
Was he ever violent?
He had a temper.
Sandy. Clark.
Did you iust take my picture?
Did you take my picture?
-Clark, it's okay. -Yeah.
Erase it. Now.
Man, take it easy.
Happy?
-Damn paparazzi. -Sorry.
Sorry, iust security. Sorry.
Of course. Don't let it bother you.
Mr. Rockefeller's a bit eccentric.
And l have, l mean, since we met...
Oysters Rockefeller.
No, thank you. You know why they call them that?
Don't you? Because it's green.
l was iust reminiscing about ice skating at Rockefeller Center as a boy.
Yes. l have the key right here.
There's one key for Rockefeller Center?
No. No, there's not one key. l have a key to the building.
-That was embarrassing. -Lighten up, dear.
You don't have to lie to impress people.
Those small-town values of yours.
lt's called morality, and it applies to everyone.
You're getting testy, dear. l think you're working too hard.
Because you force me to commute from New Hampshire to Boston.
No one is forcing you.
You can stay in Boston and come home on the weekends.
My home is in Boston, not this place.
We're not selling Doveridge.
lt's a landmark, an American landmark, and l'm staying here.
End of argument.
Fine, Clark, l'll stay in Boston, and l won't be back on the weekends!
l won't be with you at all.
What are you doing here?
l hate this.
l know.
Got the flowers, 14 e-mails,
10 instant messages, today.
You counted. That's a good sign.
Look, this isn't right. Come back to me.
l need more time.
l spoke to your father, and he says,
''Adultery is the only grounds for ending a marriage.''
-lt's a trial separation. -What did l do? Just tell me.
l can change. l'll change.
lt's not iust one thing.
Unless you've been unfaithful to me.
Don't be ridiculous.
-l have to go. -l've got a new business.
Propulsion physics. You like the name?
l'm partners with an MIT professor and a venture capitalist.
We're applying for a patent.
Well, it's complicated, but it's gonna be big. l promise.
Clark, that's wonderful. Can we talk about it tomorrow?
l'm hosting a fundraiser for Senator Kerry in two hours.
l know. Your father mentioned that.
When Aunt Abby gave birth in 1903,
Uncle David gave her this.
lt's iust on loan. The family wanted you to enjoy it.
You spoke to your family?
For you, iust this once, l broke the silence.
l don't know what to say. It's so beautiful.
You better hurry. You don't want to be late for the senator.
Would you like a sip of wine before you go?
Clark...
We're so much better at this than that whole talking thing.
lt's definitely overrated.
What about the senator?
The Senator will have to wait, won't he?
How often did you get home?
Every weekend.
Jesus!
Sandra, you scared the hell out of me.
Sorry.
l have some really big news.
l'm pregnant.
After Snooks was born, we had an arrangement.
l was the breadwinner. Clark was the caregiver.
Snooks was the new love of his life.
l was there to pay the bills.
Every Monday, l had to leave by 6:00 a.m. to get to Boston by 9:00.
There is nothing here for breakfast.
l'm worried about Snooks. Is she getting enough food?
You're away all week, Sandra. Do you really think l'd let her go hungry?
-Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! -Hey, my girls.
-Hi, Clark. -Hey.
-Mommy, you're still here! -l'm sorry that she's awake.
She iust wanted to say goodbye to her mom.
-Are you leaving already, Mommy? -Hi, Mrs. Boss.
-Hello. -Do you have to go to work, Mommy?
Yes, l do.
So, l didn't want to spoil the weekend,
but the bank called and said you wrote a check for $110,000?
Correct.
We are buying the town of Cornish a new police station,
in exchange for which they are selling us Trinity Church for $1 .
And this is good because...
Because Trinity is on the National Register of Historic Places critical to preserve.
Clark, you are spending money faster than l can make it.
l have to work constantly. l never get to be with Snooks.
Meredith, would you please take Snooks upstairs?
Sure, Clark.
Let's go, Snooks.
Bye, Mommy.
l'm a Rockefeller. That's what we do.
l don't know how much more l can put up with this.
Well, you can always get a place of your own.
Like l could afford two households the way you spend money.
Sandra, you were tedious about money when l married you,
and you're still tedious.
lt was a difficult time,
and l was doing everything l could to try to keep the family together.
Clark, hi, it's me.
Guess who iust signed the City of New York as a client?
You know, this is huge. This is a great opportunity. It's huge.
Clark, l iust want us to be a happy family.
Okay, give me a call. This is really good news.
Clark, where are you?
Welcome home, darling.
-Oh, my. -Mommy!
Daddy's building me a moat to keep all the bad people away from me.
-A moat? -lt's the ultimate in home security.
Who needs alarms when you've got a body of water to protect you?
Do you mind?
lt's freezing.
All you ever do is complain, Sandra. Put a sweater on.
Clark, we need to talk.
l want a divorce.
There. Do you love me now?
Stop it. This is crazy.
l don't want to be away from Snooks anymore.
She needs to have a normal life. She needs friends, kids her age.
-She needs to go to school. -l can teach her better than any school.
-You're isolating her. -Snooks is a Rockefeller.
lf you can't understand our need for security,
then you're not entitled to an opinion.
Get a lawyer.
''Get a lawyer.'' High drama.
So, what, you're leaving me
because l'm trying to keep my family safe? Is that it?
Listen, l...
l should have told you this earlier,
but l'm with the group now.
The group? The Trilateral Commission?
Clinton, Brzezinski, Volcker, my cousin David.
The Defense Department insists we have security. But will they cover it?
-No. No, no, they... -Stop.
Go ahead, divorce me. See how that works for you.
l'm the real parent.
l'm the one that takes care of her 2417.
And everybody knows that, everybody here. l'll get custody.
And you'll never see Snooks again.
l haven't seen Snooks in three weeks.
The hell with that. l'll get a court order.
You know me, Sandy. l'm a straight-talker.
There is no way to dance around this.
Go ahead. l'm ready.
Mark, l've been with this man for 12 years. Nothing surprises me.
Sandy, Clark is not a Rockefeller.
What are you talking about?
We can't find out who he is. l'm sorry.
This is from the attorney for the Rockefeller family.
This is from the family historian.
This is insane.
All our friends...
All our friends, senators, museum curators,
the faculty at Harvard, at Yale, all of Boston, Cornish...
Me too, till last week. My guys did due diligence, Sandy.
Well, we have an art collection. It's worth millions.
Probably all fake.
No, no. Our art dealers, museum curators, they've seen them, they've all said...
They're fake. Fake, Sandy, like him.
So, if he's not Clark Rockefeller, who did l marry?
Who's the father of my child?
Okay, Snooks can't know about this.
No one can know about this. Promise me.
-Are you sure? -Yes.
Because l'd like to put him in iail.
No, l could lose my iob. Please, l have Snooks to think about.
Well, the good news is, without proof of identity,
he doesn't have a leg to stand on.
He won't let you see Snooks?
By the time l'm done with him, he'll beg for visitation rights.
-How is my princess? -Mommy!
Hi, sweetie.
We weren't expecting you.
Clark's not here.
Let Mommy change, Snooks.
No, that's okay, Meredith. Is it Meredith, right? You can go home now.
No, l'm actually working all evening.
No, you're finished now. Do you need a ride?
-No, but... -Okay, great.
Then you can get the hell out of here.
Hey, princess. It's okay.
Everything's gonna be okay.
My client will not contest the divorce
on the condition that he be given custody of the child.
Absolutely not.
He will agree to monthly visitation rights if deeded the New Hampshire estate.
He gets nothing. l get sole custody.
Okay, is this going to be a real negotiation? Because l don't have time for venting.
Miss Boss is negotiating.
Miss Boss, the court is going to rule in favor of the custodial parent.
And that is my client.
We had your client investigated.
You'll be interested to know that he's not Clark Rockefeller.
His identity is unknown. See how the court feels about that.
Don't do this. You don't want to do this, Sandra, please.
How could you do this to me, to Snooks?
Are you pretending you didn't know?
Hold on. This is true?
How dare you? How dare you?
You had quite a meal ticket with me, didn't you? Twelve years.
-lt was more than iust that, and you know it. -You should be in jail.
But l refuse to hurt Snooks.
Let's talk about this alone, iust you and me. We can work this out.
Work what out? l don't even know who you are!
l'm your husband.
What difference does it make what my name is?
What does it matter? Listen to me.
No, you listen to me. You like my money so much, l'm gonna give you some.
And then you're gonna get out of our lives.
Remember how we used to make love?
Do you?
ln the beginning, three, four times a day, we'd make love.
We can get back to that.
l don't know who you are.
Name your number.
Sandra.
Name your number.
A million dollars.
And your ring, your engagement ring.
$750,000, and it's a deal.
$900,000.
$800,000 is my final offer.
ls that the price of your child?
You bastard.
You sick, lying bastard!
The owl and the pussycat went to sea on a beautiful pea-green boat.
They took some honey, plenty of money
and disappeared.
As the search intensifies for the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller,
concern for the safety of his daughter increases.
Rockefeller has been named as a person of interest
in the disappearance of a San Marino couple.
Authorities are asking anyone with information to call their local police or 911.
What's your emergency?
-Norton. -Agent Norton,
Lewis Cook, Baltimore PD.
-Yes? -l believe we found your fugitive.
You have him? He's in custody?
No, we've got a team ready to go in and grab him.
What about the little girl?
No sign of her. We hope that she's in the house.
l want him arrested out of the house. Take him out of the house.
We can't risk a barricade situation with a hostage, or a murder-suicide.
This is Agent Norton. Give me a status.
Good to go.
-Have you seen the little girl? -Negative.
All right. Let's iust do this.
Roger that.
-Hello? -Mr. Smith?
-This is he. -This is Dave Hevesy, the marina manager.
That catamaran of yours is taking on water pretty good.
l'm thinking she's gonna sink.
lt's gonna take me a while to get there.
-Well, you better hurry. -Can you bail her till l come?
Sorry, no, that's against company policy.
l'll be right there.
Okay, get ready. He's coming out.
Sweetie, l have to go somewhere.
-Daddy, don't leave me again. -lt's fine. Finish your breakfast.
-l don't want to be alone. -l'll be right back.
Why can't l come?
Because l have to fix the boat, and it's not safe.
Stay here, and don't open the door.
Daddy, don't leave me alone! Daddy!
Here he comes.
Daddy, don't leave me! Daddy, don't leave me here alone!
Daddy!
Daddy! Daddy, don't leave!
Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!
-Should we go in? -No, we stick to the plan.
We wait for him to clear, then we move in.
We'll take him down at the marina.
Hey, Clark.
Where you going, Clark?
To get a turkey sandwich for my daughter.
Get down! Down, damn it!
Get down, now!
Where's your daughter? Did you hurt her?
Police! Snooks! Snooks, you in here?
Come on out, sweetheart!
Snooks!
Snooks, we need to see you, sweetheart.
Roger that.
-Mommy! -Princess! Princess.
Your hair's so short, honey.
Mommy, the police took Daddy away.
l know, l know, l know. It's okay.
l think he's in a lot of trouble. l want to go home now.
Yes, let's go!
There he is.
-Clark! -Clark!
-Why'd you do it, Clark? -What's your real name, Clark?
l iust wanted to be a father. That's all l ever wanted.
Anything you want to tell your daughter?
l want to tell her...
l want to tell her to keep wishing and hoping for us to be together.
Wishing and hoping.
And speaking of happy reunions, the seven-year-old girl is back
in her mother's arms this morning,
a week after her dad allegedly kidnapped her.
Clark Rockefeller faces arraignment today,
two days after police in Baltimore arrested him.
NBC's Mike Taibbi now
on the ingenious way that authorities cracked the case.
Okay, we're rolling.
-Clark... Can l call you that? -Of course.
Through the years, you've told people a lot of different things about yourself.
You said you worked at the Pentagon, at NASA, on Wall Street.
You even tried to be an actor.
You're a regular Renaissance man.
Thank you. Thank you. l... l have many different talents.
Well, acting, l didn't get very far with that.
What happened during your visit with your daughter?
Well, we had six days of fun.
They took some honey...
Which ended rather abruptly.
Why did you take your daughter away from her mother?
l was her sole, sole caretaker
for six and a half years,
until she was taken from me four days before Christmas.
Was it your plan to take her away for good?
l iust wanted to be with her, to be a father.
So you were going into hiding?
That's perhaps an extreme way of saying it.
l wanted to live an obscure life out of the limelight.
Just being with her was like...
Like a drug.
You know, we had our own secret language.
Did you plan on keeping her away for good?
l really only look forward. l never look back.
The FBl have identified you as Christian Gerhardstreiter,
a German national who came to this country in the 1970s as an exchange student.
Hey.
He doesn't remember any part of that early life. He's got a block.
Do you really not remember?
l have to go by what my lawyer says.
You've been called a person of interest in the disappearance of a young couple.
We are not going there, period.
But you know them, correct?
Jonathan and Linda Sohus?
You rented a guest house from John's mother.
Thank you.
No comment, advice of counsel.
You lived in their guest house.
You were in possession of their missing truck,
under yet another alias.
Did you kill John and Linda Sohus?
Lieutenant, over here.
All my life, l've always been a pacifist.
l'm a Quaker. l believe in nonviolence.
l can fairly certainly say that l have never hurt anyone.
Karl Gerhardstreiter, also known as Clark Rocke Feller,
was sentenced today to four years in federal prison
for kidnapping his daughter and assaulting a social worker.
Rockefeller remains a person of interest in the 1985 disappearance
and possible homicide of a San Marino couple.
Police made a grim discovery of human remains
and a sizable amount of what appears to be...
l can fairly certainly say that l have never hurt anyone.