Mintiks had fallen about 30 to 45 feet to her death. "When they looked down, they discovered the body of Helen Mintiks - nude, bloody, and broken," John Bruno, a retired detective with the New York Homicide Task Force, told producers. An investigator had gone to the roof and peered down a shaft. The following day, they made a horrifying discover. " were warned by some of the stagehands: 'Do not go anywhere by yourself because you can go somewhere, make a wrong turn, close a door, get lost, and realize you're locked in," Olsen told producers. Authorities combed the opera house, but it was a difficult process, as each floor was a massive labrynth. He had gone back home, hoping he had somehow missed her, only to realize she had vanished.Ī search of her locker showed the street clothes she had previously worn were still there, leading investigators to suspect she was still in the building. He was contacted and explained he had actually been waiting for his wife at the Met so he could walk her to her apartment, but she never showed up. She was married to an artsy soul like herself: Janis Mintiks, a sculptor. She was hooked on music ands that was going to be her life." "She told me her father used to drive her 40 miles in his truck to take violin lessons in Vancouver," Mintiks' friend Judith Olsen, who met her when they both attended the prestigious performing arts school Julliard in New York City, told producers."She was friendly, she talked to everyone, she was constantly making cheesecakes for her friends … a world class giggler. Mintiks was from a small town in British Columbia, the daughter of poultry farmers.
They knew she wouldn't have left behind her violin - an instrument that costs thousands of dollars. Some friends looked for her, but were unsuccessful. The performance ended, and still Mintiks was nowhere to be seen. "In a high-profile orchestra like the Met, you get people who don't miss their cues," David Black, the author of "Murder at the Met," told "New York Homicide," airing Saturdays at 9/8c on Oxygen. Helen Mintiks, a 31-year-old violinist, was nowhere to be seen. the performers were supposed to be back - but a seat in the strings section was empty. These musicians used this period as a break.īut 45 minutes later, around 9:30 p.m. At one point during the performance, recorded music was played instead of the orchestra, which was made up of talented freelance musicians. The Berlin Ballet was performing at the famous Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Could someone really disappear mid-show? It's exactly what happened to Helen Mintiks. When a stage performance is going on, all eyes are on the stage.
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