Bob Nelson

By that point, Bob had washed his hands of the cryonics society.

He was dead broke and his marriage had fallen apart and he just walked away.

And for the first time, Terry saw the reality of his parents' situation with his own eyes.

Bob and I drove out to the cemetery in Chatsworth on a sunny afternoon in March.

We spent about an hour wandering the grounds, Bob pointing out landmarks and citing names and dates like a breezy tour guide.

He said it felt good to be back.

Oakwood is a really beautiful spot, a rolling park surrounded by jagged sandstone hilltops.

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are buried there.

And the cemetery staff will point you to the grave sites of a half dozen lesser stars.

But none of the groundskeepers we talked to had ever heard of a cryonics facility there.

And really, it's no surprise.

Where the vault used to be, there's just an empty swath of grass.

No padlocked opening.

No monument or plaque.

Bob says all but two of the people he froze are still sealed in the vault, now covered over with sod.

But the cemetery management tells a different story.

They say the bodies were all disinterred years ago.

Which leaves one final question.

Again, Terry Harris.

You have no idea where they're buried now.