Kaelyn Moore

You know, detectives, they were on it.

They quickly jumped to speaking to Sam that very same day because Lindley's accusations raised their suspicion exponentially.

However, when they met with Sam...

they found him to be extremely cooperative.

He was happy to take a gunshot residue test, which Lindley also voluntarily took.

And while both tests came back negative, Sam offered up an alibi as well.

However, that alibi has never been made public, but it was one that investigators were at least comfortable with.

He also agreed to take a polygraph test.

And as for the farm...

Yeah, Sam admitted that he was hurt by his father's will, but on the same hand, he understood why the decision was made.

He said, quote, And so the more that these detectives spoke to Sam, the more they realized that he really didn't have any real financial motive to kill Ben.

It actually might have been more helpful for Ben to be alive and kind of look out for his brother and, hey, I'm selling the business, but you can still live here.

And honestly, with Ben gone now, Lindley stood to inherit the family property, along with Ben's huge collection of valuable snakes, potentially worth millions.

Not Sam.

Sam was entitled to nothing.

Sam had a theory of his own.

In his interview, he said the murder might have been either a robbery gone wrong or an act of revenge against the family.

Because as it turns out, their father, Frank Rennick, had quite a few skeletons in his closet.

So as the Missouri State Highway Patrol began their investigation, they found out some things about the Rennick's dad that could not be overlooked.

And it was not pretty.