A friendly family man's 50-year secret: He was fugitive, too
Not even Thomas Randele’s wife or daughter knew until he told them in a deathbed confession: he was a fugitive wanted in one of the largest bank robberies in Cleveland’s history.
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Not even Thomas Randele’s wife or daughter knew until he told them in a deathbed confession: he was a fugitive wanted in one of the largest bank robberies in Cleveland’s history.
When Ted Conrad walked out of the bank with the money, he disappeared. Half a century later, 71-year-old Thomas Randele came clean on his deathbed.
Not even the man's wife or daughter knew until he told them in what authorities described as a deathbed confession.
When Ted Conrad walked out of the bank with the money, he disappeared. Half a century later, 71-year-old Thomas Randele came clean on his deathbed.
He was wanted over one of the largest bank robberies in Cleveland’s history, living under a new name he created six months after the 1969 heist.