While initially intent on doing her job, Tallchief claims that Solis (pictured above) played videotapes to hypnotize her into following his directives. Then just weeks into the job, she followed instructions he had left for her. That day she had $3 million in her truck, which she drove to a warehouse Solis rented. Once he had the money packaged and Tallchief disguise herself as an old woman, the two fled to the Netherlands (via The Buffalo News). The relationship would not last. She couldn’t tolerate Solis’s controlling behavior, and so she fled with their newborn son over a year after the crime. 

Tallchief worked as a maid for a decade before turning herself in, after which she served five years in prison. She claims to have no knowledge of Solis’s fate after she left him in Amsterdam. He vanished into obscurity with the bulk of the money, likely helped by the fact that until she turned herself in, their case had gone cold. In the last 20+ years, Solis, now 75, could have fled anywhere (via Medium). What is certain is that Solis represents a unique class of criminal; once a failed and murderous thief, he accomplished one of the most successful heists in history.

The story of Tallchief and Solis is one of three crime accounts included in the Netflix documentary series “Heist,” streaming on July 14.