Montel: Anthony Urciuoli Jr. Reading
Parents seeks Browne's help finding their missing son
Published: Mar 03, 2008
Written by: Robert S. Lancaster
Background
On January 24 2001, 31-year-old Anthony Urciuoli Jr. left his home in Poughkeepsie, New York. He has not been seen since then.
On a Montel Williams show first broadcast on January 31 2002, his parents and sister asked Sylvia Browne for help in locating Anthony Jr.
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The Reading
Here is a transcript of the reading. You can also view a video of the reading (17mb, MP4 format).
(Montel) Williams: All right. Last January, 31-year-old Tony vanished without a trace. I want you to take a look at this.
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Sandy (Mother of missing man): Our son, Tony, brought so much joy to our lives. Tony and his sister were raised in a very close-knit family and we did everything together. But all that changed the night Tony disappeared.
Unidentified Reporter: Tony Jr. was last seen leaving his house January 24th around midnight. He had told his father he was heading to the Shark's pool hall. One day later, his car was found abandoned here near Spratt Park in Poughkeepsie. Police still don't know if foul play is involved or if Tony ran away from home.
Sandy: Tony was very close to all of us, and he wouldn't let a day go by without calling home. Something happened to my son. Tony has been missing for nearly a year and it's been a living nightmare. We hope Sylvia can help.
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Williams: Please welcome Tony's parents, Sandy, Tony Sr. and their daughter, Lisa, to the show. Sandy, who was--you saw him that night before he left out, correct?
Sandy: My husband did.
Williams: You did? You...
Sandy: I was--I was in bed.
Williams: You were in bed. So what happened that night? He just was going out to play pool, something he's done before.
Tony (Father of missing man): The diner he worked at for six years let him go at 11:30 at night. And I said, 'Anthony, how come you're home?' He says, 'They said they didn't need me.' He says, 'I'm going to go to bed.' So we chatted a little bit. He went to bed. About a half-hour later, he got a phone call and--he got paged, rather--and he s--got up. I said, 'Anthony, you just said you were going to bed.' He says, 'Dad, I work seven days a week. My friend called me. I'm going to go shoot pool for an hour, and I'll be home.' I says, 'OK, be careful.' I mean, he was a th--31-year-old kid who...
Williams: Good kid.
Sandy: A good kid.
Williams: Let me ask you this question, though. Did he--did he make it--from the police report or from that news report, we couldn't tell. Was the car found en route to the destination or found on the other side or somewhere completely unrelated?
Tony: It was s--found five minutes from our house north of where he said he was going.
(Sylvia) Browne: Who did he know or who do you know by the name of Rudy?
Sandy: We don't.
Tony: No one.
Browne: OK. Because...
Williams: Do you know if he knows a Rudy? You said you don't, but did your son know a Rudy? Did he ever talk about Rudy?
Sandy: He never mentioned Rudy.
Browne: OK. Because there's a--a Rudy involved with this. The call that he got was from a female. Now he may have told you that it was, you know, business or whatever, but it wasn't, it was from a female that supposedly was in trouble. She acted like she was in trouble. And he also was involved or wanted to be involved with her, but she had a boyfriend. And that's where this comes in. In other words, this insane guy says, 'You won't have anything to do with this girl.' He was just trying to be a friend. And offed him.
Lisa (Sister of missing man):: How?
Browne: Hit him in the head and then shot him.
Lisa: Where is he?
Browne: Why is everybody in water? There is a river near, not too far from that area.
Sandy: The Hudson River.
Browne: Yeah.
Lisa: Where?
Williams: Is there an exact location? I mean...
Browne: It's really hard. If--if--if we were to take--OK, if we were to take a direct--let's say we take a thread or a--and let's say, and--and pull it directly from where he was to where the river was, directly to that part, that's where he would be. Now is it fairly far? Yes, but it doesn't matter. See, where a person is offed doesn't necessarily mean where they're...
Lisa: Right. Right.
Browne: I'm working on two cases in which a person was killed in a trailer and taken somewhere else.
Sandy: Did somebody put his car at Spratt Park or did he drive it there?
Browne: He was driving. See, you gotta realize that this blonde that he was trying to help that was involved with this crazy person--Do you see what I mean? He was the confidante of this female, and this other guy thought that she was playing around with him. You know your son was a rescuer, don't you?
Sandy: Yes.
Browne: That he always was trying to help the underdog.
Sandy: Yes.
Browne: OK. This girl by the name of Cindy or Cynthia--this other person by the name of Rudy was figuring out or thought that your son was playing around with his girlfriend 'cause he was a nut anyway. He wasn't. He was trying to help her.
Lisa: Will he be found?
Browne: I don't think so, honey. I don't think so.
Sandy: We'll have no closure.
Browne: Well, I think you'll have closure that he's on the other side, that he's been around ringing doorbells and phones and everything else. I think that's closure. I mean, that--you know that he made it to the other side.
Tony: Let me tell you, he--he was a very hard worker. He worked seven days a week all his life, and he was very conservative with his funds. And nothing was ever found.
Williams: What do you mean, nothing was ever found?
Browne: No money.
Tony: No money was ever found.
Williams: No money was ever found?
Tony: No.
Williams: No money that he--what do you mean, in a bank account?
Tony: He saved money. I mean, all--all his working days. At one point, in his college days, he had three jobs besides going to college.
Browne: Yeah. But, see, I think there's a bank account that hasn't been found.
Williams: I sh--well, I gotta take a break. And just--just so you know this, you ought to have a detective look for money.
Browne: Exactly.
Williams: We've done shows about just that...
Browne: Missing money.
Williams: ...lost money. I gotta take a break. We're going to take a break.
Browne: Montel's right about that.
Williams: And when we come back, we're going to meet a woman who says strange things keep happening in her house. We'll take a break. We'll be back right after this.
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Analysis
As of this writing (Mar 3 2008), Anthony Urciuoli Jr. has still not been found, despite his family having hired private detectives and consulting psychics.
So, there is no way of knowing whether any of what Browne stated during the reading is right or wrong. This is precisely what fraudulent psychics rely on: the fact that they can say anything they want about missing persons and homicide cases, without fear that their claims could ever be proven wrong. And, Browne has further comfort in the fact that Montel Williams has yet to follow up on any case where she has been proven wrong, such as the cases listed in this article.
But though we cannot tell whether she was right or wrong in this case, it should be noted that, since the case is still unsolved, the reading was evidently of no use at all to law enforcement in the case.
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Conclusion
Another reading where Browne was of no use to either the family, or to the police.
But I must comment on this statement of Browne's:
In other words, this insane guy says, 'You won't have anything to do with this girl.' ... And offed him.
"Offed him"? Psychic or not, what person with any amount of empathy or human compassion, would say this to parents about their missing son?
The same kind of a person who would tell families that their missing loved one was dead when he was really alive, or tell them that their missing loved one was alive when she was really dead.
A person like Sylvia Browne.
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If You Can Help
Name: Anthony Urciuoli Jr.
Height: 5 feet 10 inches.
Weight: 130 pounds.
Missing since: Jan. 24, 2001.
Anyone with information about Anthony Urciuoli's disappearance is asked to contact the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department at 845-485-3666. Information will remain confidential.
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