In 1951, a guy named Clarence Pellett picked up a hitchhiker near Shelby, in northern Montana. The hitchhiker was 19-year-old Frank Dryman, and he shot and killed Clarence by the side of the road.
--Frank was sentenced to life in prison, but he got paroled in 1969 . . . and then he disappeared.
--Fast forward to last year. Clarence's grandson, Clem Pellett, was looking through some old newspaper clippings, and found the ones about his grandfather's murder.
--Clem didn't know much about his grandfather at the time. He says, quote, "[All] I knew of it was 'never pick up a hitchhiker' and 'your grandfather died begging for his life' . . . I thought, his death just got kicked to the curb, and that became the issue."
--So Clem went on a quest to track down Frank. He got Frank's old P.O. box number from the Montana Department of Corrections, and hired several private investigators to go on a hunt for Frank.
--Their best leads were the P.O. box, which was in Glendale, Arizona, and Frank's knuckle tattoos, which spelled out 'L-O-V-E.'
--After a few months of searching, the private investigators finally dug up Frank Dryman . . . who was 78 years old and operating a WEDDING CHAPEL in Arizona City, Arizona.
--The Montana Parole Board is working on extraditing Frank back up to the state. Clem says, quote, "Whatever the justice system does, I'm happy with it. Whatever happens, happens."
--Frank was sentenced to life in prison, but he got paroled in 1969 . . . and then he disappeared.
--Fast forward to last year. Clarence's grandson, Clem Pellett, was looking through some old newspaper clippings, and found the ones about his grandfather's murder.
--Clem didn't know much about his grandfather at the time. He says, quote, "[All] I knew of it was 'never pick up a hitchhiker' and 'your grandfather died begging for his life' . . . I thought, his death just got kicked to the curb, and that became the issue."
--So Clem went on a quest to track down Frank. He got Frank's old P.O. box number from the Montana Department of Corrections, and hired several private investigators to go on a hunt for Frank.
--Their best leads were the P.O. box, which was in Glendale, Arizona, and Frank's knuckle tattoos, which spelled out 'L-O-V-E.'
--After a few months of searching, the private investigators finally dug up Frank Dryman . . . who was 78 years old and operating a WEDDING CHAPEL in Arizona City, Arizona.
--The Montana Parole Board is working on extraditing Frank back up to the state. Clem says, quote, "Whatever the justice system does, I'm happy with it. Whatever happens, happens."
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