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In 1995 we found him living in a tiny apartment in pennsylvania not far from helens gravesite. >> hello, mr. matlick? my names murphy with nbc news. weve got some questions for you, sir. >> jack matlick, the motive is the money. the opportunity is shes coming home and shes leaving for good. >> well, no one has ever explained to me how he would financially benefit from her demise. there has never been persuasive evidence establishing that anyone other than richard bailey was involved in this murd...

Burn helens diaries. voorhees says he was respecting his sisters wishes. but some think he had other motives. >> i think matlick wanted them burden because there might be some entries in there that might throw some light on helens disappearance. >> and theres something else matlick never explained. interestingly, matlick did a little redecorating in that house, put in carpeting, a little bit of paint. >> the night after the murder, the night after she disappeared. >> interesting timing? >> yeah....

At ohare field. it was ten below zero. her coat was in the house. no luggage. the first flight to lauderdale was 10:30. it was crazy. >> court records reveal soon after helen brachs disappearance matlick had a lot of cash. he forged checks in helens name. >> one of which was for $3,000. i asked him, what did she give you $3,000 for? he said we met a bet on a television program and she paid me $3,000. >> two weeks passed before matlick calls helens brother, charles voorhees, to report her missing...

>> matlick admitted he kept a lock of helens hair in a tin container. according to investigators he knew that helen brach was going to fire him and move to florida when she returned from the mayo clinic. >> john matlick knew before she went to the mayo clinic what his fate was. he was going to have to go look for a job. >> it was the end of the gravy train. >> end of the train. h knew it. she knew it. she had told a few friends what her plans were. the only one that denies that that was the situ...

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