For the last 50 years, Ted Conrad had been a fugitive after committing one of the largest bank robberies in Cleveland, Ohio’s, history.
In 1969, as Conrad worked as a bank teller at Society National Bank, he figured out that robbing the place wouldn’t be difficult. A day after he turned 20, he stole $215,000 out of the vault and walked out the bank.
Six months later, he moved to Boston and eventually created a new name, Thomas Randele. He cut off all contact with his family and started a new life, marrying soon after.
He began working at a country club and then in the car business for 40 years. He never disclosed to his wife or daughter about the details of his past life until he made a deathbed confession, last May.
Randele and his wife lived in a Boston suburb for most of the years, filing bankruptcy in 2014. It is unknown what he did with the stolen money.
Now, looking back, his friends have said that some things make sense. Randele always had a beard and never talked about where he was from or his extended family. However, they are still shocked.
“It just seemed so out of character for the Tom I knew,” one friend said.
The case has now been closed.
