MrBallen

So they were going to be his next call.

Three days later, in the afternoon on May 10th, Vallelongo found himself back in the precinct's interrogation room, but this time it was a bit more crowded.

He'd managed to track down 31-year-old Brandon Nodier for an interview.

And while Brandon had agreed to talk to Vallelongo, he had also insisted on having his lawyer present as well, which immediately signaled to Vallelongo that Brandon likely had something to hide here.

Vallelongo had looked into Brandon's background since speaking to Patricia,

and he found out that Brandon had a criminal record, which included assault.

Vallelongo also spoke to a few people in town about Brandon, and he had been told that Brandon apparently had a very hard time keeping his mouth shut.

He apparently consistently seemed to threaten or go off on people whenever he got even marginally upset.

He was a hothead and a loudmouth.

So given all this, Vallelongo expected Brandon to be at least somewhat antagonistic or defensive in this interview.

But when Vallelongo asked him about this, you know, highly contentious lawsuit with Dorothy, Brandon didn't seem like an angry loudmouth at all.

Instead, he just seemed confused.

He explained the whole thing really was just a big misunderstanding.

Brandon said he and his wife had known Dorothy for six years and actually lived with her for part of the time.

And from his point of view, he thought, you know, Dorothy viewed them as sort of like family.

And that's also why he said he believed she was selling them her land at such a low rate.

It was like a family discount.

He said it just sort of seemed like she really wanted them to have her property.

And it was actually Brandon and his wife that had sort of insisted on paying for it.

Brandon said, you know, everything about this transaction had really been fine and above board.