Behrman case to be featured on crime-solving TV show

'America's Most Wanted' host John Walsh filmed a segment for this Saturday's show at the Sample Gates Tuesday. The crime show will feature unresolved Indiana cases such as that of kidnapped lawyer John Barse, escaped murderer Larry Woods, and missing IU student Jill Behrman. \nWalsh, whose own son was kidnapped and then murdered in 1988, had words of comfort for Marilyn Behrman. \n"I never give up," Walsh said. "You never give up. Always celebrate how wonderful this girl was. Always celebrate, no matter what happens."\nAlthough Walsh said he was hopeful, he spoke candidly about the chances of the show's helping Behrman.\n"People who kidnap women are good at it," Walsh said. "They're good at disposing bodies, at kidnapping. When I visited Vancouver, Canada, they had 33 missing women and not one body found. But people are always amazed that we've had 680 arrests as a direct result of tips people give us - 682, actually, since we caught 2 this week."\nWalsh also said that he knows the worst part of the Behrman case is the lack of closure.\n"I think [The Behrmans] have come to grips with the fact that there will not be a happy ending to this story," Walsh said. "But everybody knows that it's the not knowing that's the worst. If you lose a child, and you have somewhere to bury that child, somewhere to honor that child, then you can go on with your life." \nHe added that missing women are especially hard to find because they don't take priority in the minds of law enforcement officials. \n"Law enforcement and the American public don't take missing women very seriously," Walsh said. "There are over 55,000 missing women in the FBI computer. Look at the case of Ted Bundy, who killed 29 women, and then the minute before he was executed said he killed 10 more that no one ever knew about."\nWalsh said that he'd had the opportunity to look at the cases of missing women in 25 different law enforcement computers, and most were listed as voluntarily missing or as runaways.\n"I never hold out the hope that (Behrman) ran off with anybody," said Walsh. "This was a girl from a loving, intact family -- good student, popular." \nAlthough some have found it surprising that over a year after Behrman's disappearance, billboards, ribbons and flyers are still up, Walsh said this isn't unusual. \n"America does care about its kids," said Walsh. "And it all helps. Because once you forget, they become just another FBI statistic. So we never give up hope."\nEric Behrman, Jill's father, said he first contacted the show last summer, right after Jill disappeared, but was told that the show was over budget and doing reruns. After appearing on Good Morning America with Walsh in July, the family kept in touch with him and Walsh agreed to do not only a segment on Jill, but all of his regular segments, on the IU campus. \n"It's been a long process, but we're still looking for someone to come forward," Behrman said. "We're hoping that someone who's watching will call the 800 number and give us the information we need to find our daughter."\nDetective Tony Pope of the Bloomington Police Department, who has worked on the Behrman case, said he hopes the show will help. \n"Today is the best day to do it," Pope said. "This show really reaches a lot of people, but then, there's only one person we need to reach."\nThe show has been on primetime for 15 years. Tips from viewers have led to 682 captures and solved the cases of 24 missing children. The segment on Behrman will air this Saturday at 8 p.m. central time on the Fox network. Viewers can call 1-800-CrimeTV to give tips.