MrBallen

It would turn out Dorothy Thompson's killer was indeed Brandon Nodier.

He had not only tricked Dorothy into selling him her land at a very cheap price, but also when she figured out he had basically conned her, she sued him at Patricia's urging.

And when that happened, Brandon thought, okay, well, if I just kill Dorothy before this lawsuit gets dismissed, because they're going to figure out that this was not fair, that I did con her, if I kill her now...

Well, by default, the charges get dropped and the sale goes to me.

The property is mine.

On the night of the murder, Brandon was not alone.

He actually asked another one of Dorothy's former handymen, a guy named James Tregler, to come along with him and basically just wait in the car.

And so he had done that.

Now, Brandon was an incredibly violent person, and he did not think twice about murdering Dorothy to make sure the lawsuit got dropped.

But Brandon also had a famously big mouth and he told his entire friend group what he had done.

And so basically all of Brandon's friends were aware of this horrible crime and they totally believed what he said because they were fully capable of him being able to commit extreme violence, but they were scared of him.

And that's why none of the friends came forward to say, you know, what they knew.

But finally, one of these friends was so haunted by their knowledge of this crime that they did eventually come forward.

That was the caller who, you know, told the detectives what happened.

And in their rendition of what happened, they said Brandon didn't act alone.

There was somebody else, a guy named James Tregler.

And so as a result of that tip, it would take another four years, but they would ultimately speak to James Tregler and he would confess to having been there on that night.

And with that, they had enough evidence to finally charge Brandon for the murder.

Brandon ultimately surrendered to authorities in 2012, and he would get a 10-year sentence for pleading guilty to Dorothy's murder.

Brandon's ex-wife, Bonnie, was not involved.