Bill Deere (Private Investigator)

And she very much could talk. in those circles.

She enrolled the two girls in Branson School, which is a well-known private school, very hoity-toity.

The FBI never seems to get any traction in this case. Nothing ever comes of it. That is one of the big mysteries.

I think she began scamming men almost as soon as she moved to California. And that is based on me talking to men who she came on to, who she borrowed money from.

She moves to California with a house full of expensive antiques. China, you know, all the trappings that make her look like she comes from old money.

She is able to get their confidence very quickly and plays upon their masculine sympathy to protect this beautiful woman who seems to find them so irresistible. And one of them was a guy named Dennis Kubo.

She kind of evoked a sense of protectiveness in him.

He thought, well, she's got to be good for it. He sees all of her art and her antiques and the way she dressed, the way she carried herself.

But it kept going and going.

It's not getting paid back.

She stops returning his phone calls and standing him up for dates. Sandra ghosted him.

In January 89, he gets a call from another guy named Tom Finney.

When they compared notes, you know, there's all similarities between the situations.

Tom Finney actually takes money out of his retirement account.

I gave it to her because I felt sorry for her. I gave it to her because I felt sorry.

Of course, you're married. It's your retirement account, too, you know.

He tells his wife, and she was just aghast.

She said, well, I think you gave me that money. If you want to divorce your wife and come live with me, you can enjoy your money. That was it.

And most of these guys don't say much about it. They don't want to admit that they've been taken by a beautiful woman who's giving them sex and adoration. And then when she can't pay the money back or has never intended to pay the money back, she dumps them and moves on.

He couldn't afford to pursue it. It seemed like there was no chance of him And she's going to say, oh, we were having an affair and he gave me that money.

Bill asks her to take a polygraph test. If she passed... Then you're going to be able to show the police, look, I had nothing to do with this.

He looks at the evidence that he's been dealing with and the fact that she's failed this polygraph and ultimately comes to the conclusion that she is responsible or knows something more about Alan's death.