Annie Elise

Now, that wasn't even the only damning evidence that they had against him.

They also found that in November of 2013, just one month before the murder, Nathan had purchased a $2,000 rifle.

And not just any rifle.

The exact same rifle that the investigators believe was used to kill John.

So now all that they needed was the proof to put it all together.

When they got inside of Nathan's house, they found a few different things that were interesting, to say the least.

More specifically, they found a shotgun and plenty of ammunition, which Nathan explained that this was not out of the ordinary.

He had apparently always been interested in guns, and he frequently went to the local shooting ranges.

When it came to his shotgun, he was more than happy to answer any questions that they had for him.

But then when the investigators started asking him about the rifle, the one that they couldn't find anywhere, by the way, he was very, very quiet.

He didn't really have much that he wanted to say, and I'm assuming it's because he knew that it was too incriminating.

But by the end of the search, they still hadn't found that rifle anywhere.

All they had was the shotgun.

But they knew, based on John's injuries, that that was not the murder weapon.

And sure, they had proof that Nathan had bought that exact same rifle a month earlier, but it was all just too circumstantial.

Still though, the detectives, they kept working.

And eventually, they brought an arrest warrant to a judge, feeling like they were ready to arrest and prosecute Nathan.

But things did not go exactly as planned because the judge felt like there just wasn't enough evidence.

He wanted to see more before he signed off on anything.

So because of that, Nathan was never arrested.