Mr. Ballin
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He told Verriere that if the police weren't capable of solving this, he was going to take matters into his own hands.
Three months later, on a night in March of 2016, Detective Verriere sat down on his couch in his living room to watch something that he'd been warned was coming.
Marc had convinced the producers of a national true crime TV show to do an episode on his brother's case.
And the episode was airing tonight.
And as the show started, Verriere felt a knot of anxiety.
Because Mark knew details about the investigation that were not meant for the public.
And if he shared them on this show, it could seriously compromise the case.
But obviously, Verrier was also just curious to see how the episode had turned out.
And part of him hoped that maybe renewed public attention might actually help the case.
And as Verrier watched the show, he was relieved to see that Mark wasn't there to talk about case specifics.
He was there to talk about Patrick.
Marc described his brother as this hardworking father who never seemed to catch a break in life and who at the very least deserved justice.
And at the end, he put out a simple plea for anyone with information to please come forward.
When the show ended, Verrier did not really feel worried anymore that anything that had been revealed on the show was sensitive or that it could negatively impact the actual investigation.
But he also knew that, you know, the impact the show was going to have was probably gonna be pretty small.
Like, he didn't expect anything to come of this plea for help from the public.
However, he would be wrong, because the next morning, Verrier's phone would ring.
And an hour after that call came in, Verriere was ringing the doorbell of an apartment building in Lunel, which is a town close to set.
A woman would answer the door, and when Verriere flashed his badge, she invited him inside.
The woman, whose name was Sophie, had reached out to the police after watching Mark's interview on TV, saying she did have information about Patrick's case.