Erin Moriarty

She heard about a man who had been

charged with killing his girlfriend in Florida, a guy by the name of Rodney Stanger, who was familiar with war in Massachusetts, but had moved to Florida.

And the victim's sister had actually reached out and said he might be involved in Molly's murder.

And so that was one of the tips that Heather gave police.

And it turned out that Rodney Stanger had been on their radar.

And in fact, they

went and talked to him and later searched his trailer.

And then later on, a private investigator told Heather about a man by the name of Gerald Battistoni, who also had an extensive police record.

And in fact, again, Heather found out that he was also someone that they had looked at from the beginning.

And?

And smokes.

Smoking with the left hand.

Right.

That to me is so significant.

I mean, that just stays in your head when you watch the hour.

But I should point out a little bit of background on Sumner.

He was convicted back in 1982 for aggravated rape and kidnapping after luring a woman to an apartment, choking her and then threatening to kill her and raping her.

He was paroled in 1998, which was two years before Molly disappeared.

And after his release, he accumulated a lengthy criminal record, over 20 pages long, that included multiple charges, failure to register as a sex offender, disorderly conduct, and harassment.

And all those were still pending when he died.