Annie Elise

And years passed.

Had he gotten away with murder?

Would he have gotten away with it?

Maybe if the whole boating accident hadn't brought the investigation right back to the surface and back to light.

Now, you'd think that being the prime suspect in two potential murders that you'd probably want to lay low a little bit, right?

Like, let me just kind of like kick back, fade into black and like let things, you know, ride out and run its course.

But Nathan wasn't doing that.

I mentioned that he filed a pretty hefty insurance claim, but it's not like he made that claim and then went into hiding.

He was fighting for it and fighting hard, which, again, this was only proving people's theories about his motive.

And the truth was he did have to fight for it because the insurance company got a whiff of this case and said, no, we're absolutely not paying that.

And the insurance company not only denied Nathan's claim, but they ended up filing a lawsuit against him, kind of being like pissed that this kid had the audacity to even file this bogus claim.

And even though the insurance case and the missing persons case were technically two separate things, the lawyer for the insurance company was putting in overtime trying to figure this out.

And it actually really helped out Linda's missing persons case as well, which let me explain that a little bit.

You see, the bottom line was that the insurance company did not want to pay the $85,000 for Nathan's boat, which what insurance companies do want to pay out, right?

But in order to deny a claim, and especially to file a lawsuit against Nathan, they were going to need some very strong evidence to back up their claims.

So their lawyer got to work.

First, he began by hiring a renowned oceanographer and oceans forensic expert in the area.

And this expert's name was Richard Limeburner.

And at the time, Richard was retired.

But like I said, he was like renowned, sought after, and an expert in this field.