SHOW: THE MONTEL WILLIAMS SHOW
DATE: November 30, 2005 Wednesday
TITLE: Sylvia Browne: Uncovering the Mysterious; Psychic Sylvia Browne answers audience members' questions
LENGTH: 6864 words
HOST: Montel Williams
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Montel Williams, Diane Rappoport
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WILLIAMS: So you and your husband got a year to get busy. All right.
Well, my next guest says that her life changed forever when her son, Chris, was murdered. And although the story was featured on "America's Most Wanted," it's still unsolved today. Take a look at this.
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SAMANTHA: My life changed forever on--on Thanksgiving morning, November 24th. My son was killed. It took him, in a matter of seconds, not knowing why, not knowing who. Chris was my firstborn child. He was beautiful. He was smart. So we just were very, very close. He was well-liked, well, you know, by everybody. He didn't have an enemy. He was just coming home from work. He was literally three blocks from the house, and he was shot, and they killed him. He died--and his car just slowly veered over to the right onto the grass and hit the utility pole and took down a sign, and that's where he--where he crashed, and he was dead before he crashed. He had $1,000 in his wallet, he had a cell phone, and all his tapes and--and his books in--in his car. That was still there, and his cell phone was still there, so it wasn't a robbery attempt. It just breaks our hearts that we don't know if--if it was someone that hated him, or--or just a drive-by shooting. We live in a development--we live in a beautiful development with--he was shot right in front of a grammar school. The police have little to go on because it was on Thanksgiving morning in Charles County. Christopher, for 2004, is the only unsolved murder as of today.
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WILLIAMS: That's crazy. Thanksgiving. Please welcome Samantha to the show.
SAMANTHA: Hi.
Ms. BROWNE: Samantha, when I work, and I work with a lot of police and everything else, it takes a little while to build up. This came in like gangbusters.
SAMANTHA: Yeah.
Ms. BROWNE: This guy's name is...(censored by network). He had got into a confrontation with this guy. It was one of those where you get, you know, ticked off.
WILLIAMS: Road rage con--confrontation?
Ms. BROWNE: No, no, it was when he was eating.
WILLIAMS: OK.
Ms. BROWNE: OK. Didn't like the food. You know--I mean, I've gotten aggravated, you know, but, I mean, he really was. You know how he was. He hated injustices, do you know what I mean?
SAMANTHA: Mm-hmm.
Ms. BROWNE: You know, like saying, `Do you call this food?' You know what I'm saying? The guy that was the cook, the fry cook, was not--the elevator didn't go all the way up, do you know what I'm saying?
SAMANTHA: Uh-huh.
Ms. BROWNE: Saw him passing by, and shot him.
WILLIAMS: From car to car?
SAMANTHA: Was he waiting for him?
Ms. BROWNE: From car to car.
SAMANTHA: OK.
Ms. BROWNE: No, it was--he--he was carrying a gun in his car anyway. But, see, I think this guy is being wanted by another name, but if they check this name, they're going to find that he's wanted for something else.
SAMANTHA: OK. Did he see it coming?
Ms. BROWNE: No.
SAMANTHA: So he never felt any pain? And so they were looking for him--he was looking for him?
Ms. BROWNE: Oh, this guy was really ticked off.
SAMANTHA: OK. OK.
Ms. BROWNE: You know, I--see, people who are not...
WILLIAMS: Will they solve this?
Ms. BROWNE: Yeah. Oh, yeah, they will. People are not right in their head go on these vendettas because--you know, if--if--if--if somebody said to me, `This is--what you cooked is lousy,' I'd say, `Well, then, don't eat it.' Do you see what I mean? But if you're a little bit, you know, you could take this personally.
SAMANTHA: Well, this was personal.
Ms. BROWNE: Oh...
WILLIAMS: Look around. Start looking around. Look around for restaurants, small restaurants in the area, places that your son may have eaten breakfast.
Ms. BROWNE: See where he ate breakfast.
SAMANTHA: Will he ever come to me in my dreams? Will I ever...
Ms. BROWNE: Oh, you--absolutely. I was going to tell you that. But he also will come with a scent, you know, like after-shave, whatever, do you see what I'm saying?
SAMANTHA: OK.
WILLIAMS: Thank you.
SAMANTHA: Thanks.
WILLIAMS: This--this gentleman in the blue shirt. Yes, sir?
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