Making money on someone else's misery by coming out with the rubbish she did isn't a kindness
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Erica Baker. November 19, 2003, on Montel. Browne told Ericas mother shes not dead but in Michigan. Furthermore, Browne claimed someone sold her for drugs, and there was a black woman who helped throw her in an old truck. In 2005, Chris*tian John Gabriel was convicted of moving and concealing Ericas body in Kettering, Ohio. Her body was not found, but Gabriel claimed to have buried it after hitting her with his van.1
Jamie Barker. In February 2001 on Montel. Two months after Barker fell from a bridge while working, Browne told his widow he died quick and his body is on the site, theres no doubt about it, but they wont find it unless they dig and I dont think they will.2 Two months later Barkers body was discovered downstream in LaSalle. An autopsy discovered he suffered no broken bones or head injuries in the 15-storey fall, but instead drowned.3
Eve Brown. September 30, 1999, on Montel. Browne told the family that Eve Brown is well and living in Florida.4 This was not true, as Eves body was found a year later at a Brooklyn, New York, construction site thirteen miles from where she was last seen.5 The murder remains unsolved.
Terrence Farrell. Browne told a woman that Farrell, a firefighter involved in 9/11, was alive.6 She was wrong. His body was found in the rubble one month later.7
Erica Fraysure. September 24, 1998, on Montel. Erica went missing in 1997. Browne did a reading for her mother, saying she was in water and someone named Chris killed her. The following day, Ericas ex-boyfriend, Chris Mineer, killed himself. Police said Chriss alibi checked out, and he was not a suspect. Chriss mother sued Montel Williams, his producers, Paramount Pictures, and Viacom Inc., but the case was eventually dismissed. After the broadcast, the police searched the nearby lakes and found nothing. Police say Erica is still a missing person and continue to investigate.8
Robert Hayes. April 26, 2006, on Montel. (See description in this article.)
Shawn Hornbeck. February 26, 2003, on Montel. Browne told Shawns parents he was dead, but he was found alive in 2007.9
Sharon Jamess son. Discussed January 19, 2007, on CNNs Anderson Cooper 360. Browne claimed she located Jamess son, but James was not so positive and would not have used Brownes service in hindsight.
Opal Jo Jennings. April 29, 1999, on Montel. (See description in this article.)
Ryan Katcher. February 11, 2004, on Montel. Katcher went missing and Browne told his mother two boys got terribly frightened then dropped him in a metal shaft of some kind. Browne further said he is still in the shaft close to twenty-five, twenty-six, maybe twenty-seven miles from where you would be. On July 25, 2006, police found Ryan in his truck under water in a pond, and an autopsy showed he was under the influence. According to a discussion with Ryans mother on StopSylvia.com, Browne got more details wrong, but those parts were edited before the broadcast.
Richard Kneebone. According to Teresa Kneebone, Browne said she feels hes not dead and that he could be traveling in Canada . . . and have partial amnesia.10 His badly decomposed body was found July 7 a few blocks from the tavern where he was last seen in San Jose, California.11
Holly Krewson. November 27, 2002, on Montel. (See description in this article.)
Angie Lee. March 28, 2007, on Montel. Browne told Angies mother, Its a serial killer who killed a college girl that was responsible for Angies stabbing death and theres a knife somewhere in that immediate location that may have DNA, may have some sort of evidence on it. In 2008, Anthony Ashby pleaded guilty to her murder, and the motive for the crime was home invasion and residential burglary. Furthermore, a knife was not part of the evidence. DNA evidence from Ashbys gun and witnesses caused him to plead guilty.12 The law enforcement involved remarked, The psychics did not provide any substantive leads.13
Chandra Levy. July 17, 2001, on Fox News. Browne said Levys body was in some trees down in a marshy area. She made this prediction when it was public knowledge that police were searching Rock Creek Park since someone used Chandra Levy's computer to find directions to that park.14 Benjamin Radford noted, The remains were found across a steep incline in a heavily wooded areaperhaps near some trees but clearly not in a marshy area, since a marsh located on an incline is geographically impossible.15
Lynda McClelland. March 13, 2002, on Montel. Browne said McClelland is not dead but in Orlando, Florida, taken by a man with the initials MJ, and her family would find her soon. One year later, in March 2003, McClellands body was discovered near her home in Pennsylvania. David Repasky was convicted of the murder after witnesses testified Repasky strangled her.16
Ashley Ouellette. In February 2000 on Montel. According to the Associated Press, Browne said Ouellettes killing will be solved within a year and two months.17 According to the Scar*borough Police Department, the crime is still unsolved.18
Lori Pleasants. September 10, 2003, on Montel. Browne said Pleasants was killed by a stalker who got kicks out of that, but there was not necessarily DNA at the scene and he was wearing gloves. In 2006, William Gutersloh, Pleasantss friend, admitted to killing Pleasants after the police found DNA that linked to him.19 While on the stand, he told jurors he wiped the knife clean to avoid leaving fingerprints.20
Scott Renquin, Dan Nelson, and Roger DesVergnes. March 1999 on Montel. According to the Associated Press, Browne told the families their loved ones had died in a boating accident near the Everglades in a hovercraft. She gave them the name of a man who allegedly owned the boat.21 Police followed Brownes leads and found nothing. Later, their bodies were discovered in their SUV in a drainage retention pond. Authorities believe they missed a sharp turn at the unlighted corner and their car flipped into the water.22
Weyman Robbins. May 7, 2003, on Montel. On Robbinss murder Browne said, This was other kids. They were playing this stupid game. She further claimed, There were two or three other kids that did it, but I dont think the kids meant to and one of thethe kids is named Danny. Weymans uncle strangled him in front of his sisters and was convicted of murder.
Sago Mining Disaster. Browne first said she knew the miners would be found alive. During the live radio broadcast she appeared on it was announced all except one were dead.23,24 After the announcement, she later said, I dont think theres anybody alive, maybe one.
Dana Satterfield. February 1997 on Montel. Browne said the murderer was an out-of-state construction worker that has no connection to Satterfield, choosing her on a whim.25 Nine years later, Jonothan Vick was convicted of the murder following witness and DNA evidence. Vick was a local high school student who attempted to go on dates with Satterfield, but she rejected his advances.26
Shannon Sherrill. November 19, 2003, on Montel. Browne claims Sherrill, who went missing in 1986, was brainwashed and raised in a different family but is alive, and the case will break open soon. As of 2009, Sherrills whereabouts are unknown and the case is unsolved.
John Slayton. May 14, 2003, on Montel. Browne said indigents killed Slayton, and his body was disposed in water and would not be found. In June 2003, Slaytons body was found in shallow grave. In 2006, his killers, a pawnbroker and his son, were found guilty of the murder.27
Richard Torres. October 20, 2004, on Montel. Browne told Torress widow that she would have a healthy baby boy. The June 28, 2005, update on Montel reported the baby was a girl and died five months premature. However, the segment omitted Browne making any prediction about the pregnancy.
Terry Webb. October 20, 1997, on Montel. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, His daughters said Browne told them she believes he was killed six months after he disappeared and that his body is buried somewhere at Fort Bragg.28 At the time of the reading, Webb had been listed as AWOL and was missing since 1991. In 2004, his body was eventually found buried under a shed in Fayetteville.29 In 2006, the suspect pled guilty, saying he shot Webb in self-defense when he sexually assaulted him and was given three years in prison.30 After the arrest, Montel did a follow-up on September 15, 2004, but the segment omitted Browne giving any specifics, including the location of Webbs body.
