Did Rockefeller Have His Hands In Murder?

Clark Rockefeller, the man arrested for the alleged kidnapping of his daughter, is being questioned by investigators about a possible connection with the disappearance of a California couple.

Rockefeller's fingerprints connected him to a stock brokerage license application under yet another name -- Christopher Chichester. Reports indicate that name is on a list of wanted suspects in a California missing persons investigation.

Homicide detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department arrived in Boston to question Rockefeller. Authorities named him a person of interest in the 1985 missing persons case of Jonathan and Linda Sohus.

Though human remains were found buried on their property nine years after their disappearance, cops never proved they belonged to either Jonathan or Linda.  

The man known as Christopher Chichester lived in the Sohus guest home around the time of their disappearance, but left town before he could be questioned. He was reported to be a con man, and one who would appear in affluent neighborhoods to mingle in wealthy social circles. Cops are investigating if this is Rockefeller's true identity.

Rockefeller Allegedly Kidnapped Daughter

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Reigh's parents were involved in an ugly divorce which police believe may have sparked the kidnapping.

A social worker brought Reigh Storrow Boss, 7, also known as Reigh Rockefeller, to meet her father in Boston's Public Garden. While walking to the park, cops say Rockefeller suddenly picked his daughter up and hustled her into a waiting livery SUV, then escaped with the girl.

Sources confirm to AMW that Rockefeller, the prime suspect in the kidnapping of his daughter Reigh Storrow Boss, told his driver to pick him up at a location where he would be breaking up with his "gay lover."  He allegedly mentioned that his daughter would be there -- but warned the driver to "expect a commotion" during the pick-up.

Believing the social worker was the aforementioned gay lover, cops say the driver immediately fled the scene. 

Rockefeller, who does not have a driver's license, then took another taxi to meet Aileen Ang, paying her $500 to drive him to New York's Grand Central Terminal, the last known whereabouts of both father and daughter.

Cops say that Rockefeller may have been plotting the capture for months. His assets were liquidated into gold coins, which may have been in preparation for a life on the run.

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Reigh was raised in London and has a British accent.

Wanted For:

• Kidnapping , Boston , MA ; Jul 27, 2008
• Assault and Battery , Boston , MA ; Jul 27, 2008
• Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon , Boston , MA ; Jul 27, 2008

(Information valid as of June 12, 2009)

Associated Persons:

Reigh Boss
Missing Child
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Bogus "Rockefeller" Caught On Run With Daughter

Christian Gerhartsreiter, the mystery man who claimed to be "Clark Rockefeller," a member of the fabled American clan, was arrested on Saturday, August 2, for allegedly kidnapping his young daughter in Boston during his first custodial visit since his December 2007 divorce.

Although Gerhartsreiter had apparently planted stories about escaping from the continental United States in a luxury yacht, cops say he had actually obtained a 26-foot catamaran, described by observers as a “fixer-upper.”

Cops say after docking the boat at Baltimore’s Anchorage Marina, he and his 7-year-old daughter Reigh Boss camped out in an apartment on nearby Ploy Street, in the city’s Mount Vernon neighborhood.

There, cops say he was spotted by a citizen who recognized the fugitive and his daughter from news reports and contacted authorities.

This enabled law enforcement to lure Rockefeller into the open by phoning the apartment and claiming that his boat was “taking on water.”

At about 3:25 p.m., as representatives of the Boston Police and FBI were preparing to monitor the AMW hotline during a segment scheduled to air the same night, Rockefeller stepped into the sunlight, leaving his daughter behind in the apartment. There, he was immediately apprehended by the FBI.

Agents then entered the apartment, and were warmly greeted by the girl, described as a perennially cheerful kid with an advanced vocabulary.

Police say that "Rockefeller" had snatched the child by telling a driver that he was going through a nasty break-up with a gay lover. Thus, when a social worker held onto the vehicle after Rockefeller allegedly shoved her through the door, the driver believed that he was simply helping the man escape from an uncomfortable domestic situation.

But tracking the fugitive was difficult, since little is known about Rockefeller prior to his 1993 marriage. Authorities could never attach him to a driver’s license, social security number, passport or birth certificate. In order to avoid revealing identification, he allegedly shunned airplane travel after 9/11, and refused to allow his daughter to obtain a social security number.

On an AMW segment that aired on the night of his capture, Rockefeller could be heard telling a friend to call him using a blocked number –- one more effort, police suspect, to evade detection.

He’d recently liquidated hundreds of thousands of dollars, authorities said, into American Eagle gold coins.

Suspect Taken Into Custody; Family Reunited

The child’s mother, Sandra Boss, who’d made a heartfelt plea for Rockefeller to return the little girl -– known to loved ones as "Snooks" -– several days earlier was relieved that the operation was carried out without incident, as well as news of her daughter’s safety.

Members of the Boston Police Department, who’d taped a segment with AMW earlier in the week, extended their gratitude to the more than 200 tipsters who phoned in leads, and the FBI, as well such agencies as the Suffolk County (Mass.) District Attorney's Office, the U.S. Attorney's Office, the New York City Police Department, the Massachusetts State Police, United States Coast Guard, and the Baltimore Police Department.

His charges include Custodial Kidnapping, Assault and Battery and Assault, and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon.

On Sept. 29, 2008, his bail was set at $50 million, cash.