REPORTER - “Good evening viewers, I am Robert Stead and this is Unexplained Mysteries. Tonight is the second episode in the series of the Disappearance of Bella Goth. Sixteen years ago this week, Bella Goth mysteriously vanished and has not been seen since. Her husband, Mortimer Goth had her declared dead one year later, but many people, including her daughter, believe that Bella is still alive somewhere out there. Tonight we are at the home of that daughter, Cassandra Goth-Zest....
“Cassandra, you were seventeen years old that fateful day when your mother traveled to a piano recital in Willow Creek and was never seen again. Can you tell us, what kind of relationship did you and your mother have at that time”?
CASSANDRA- “During that time, I would have to say that our relationship had deteriorated. Prior to that my mother and I were very close. We did everything together. But about a year before my mother went missing I met Johnny, and needless to say my mother was not happy. This caused a great deal of friction between us, and the very morning she went missing we had a terrible argument.”
REPORTER- “An argument? What about and how did it conclude?”
CASSANDRA- “Unfortunately, it never concluded, there was no words of forgiveness or making up, as I never saw her again after that morning. The argument was the worst we had over that period of a year. I had found out three days earlier that I was pregnant, a senior in High School, only seventeen and pregnant.... and that morning I told her. And she become uncontrollable. She threw things, she was screaming calling me horrible names, and called Johnny even worse names. She actually calmed down a little when I was finally able to tell her that not only was I pregnant, but was pregnant with twins.”
REPORTER- “Do you remember her last words to you, Cassandra?”
CASSANDRA- “Oh, Yes they have played over and over in my memories for the last sixteen years. She looked me dead in the eye and said...”Well I hope you are happy, because now you will never make anything of yourself, and Johnny will never amount to anything.” From that day on, I had to prove her wrong. And thanks to my father, and Johnny, I finished High School, had my twins, went on to college, graduated with honors, went to law school, passed the bar and now run my father’s firm. So I proved her wrong, but she isn’t here to see it. Oh, and Johnny did make something of himself too.”
REPORTER- “Yes, he did. He went on to be a world-known comedian and award winning actor. Being only seventeen, and also pregnant at the time, how did your mother’s disappearance effect you, personally?”
CASSANDRA- “I blamed myself for years. I thought that because I had disappointed her and got pregnant that she left because of me. Then when all the rumors started about father having an affair, and then her maybe she was also having an affair... it was all very confusing. It took me a long time to forgive myself. It also affected my brother. Alexander was only 13 when it all happened, and he and mother were extremely close. And of course father was lost for a long time.
REPORTER- “I am sure the whole ordeal effected your entire family for a very long time, and probably still to this day. When we return I would like to talk about those rumors, and also your theory as to where you think your mother is...we will be right back.”











