Paula Levine

Kelly said he did some reporting early on to try to figure out who the killer was, until a source inside the Miami PD told him to knock it off.

Kelly said, according to his source inside the police department, Brian was targeted because he was beloved by the Haitian community in Miami.

Kelly thought Brian's murder could have been retribution for some other gang killing.

So I asked Ali Adam whether some other gangs might have been sending a message to Zopound by killing Brian.

Adam went to prison a little more than a year after Brian's death.

He says he thought a lot about Brian's murder while inside.

He had his own theory of the case, and maybe he was just trying to draw attention away from Zopound.

But Adam's theory revolved around a different figure in Brian's story, his girlfriend, Jada Brody.

It's Brian and the girl.

Dan left that voicemail in 2019.

We contacted Jada Brody multiple times.

Over the years, we called, texted, sent direct messages, and tried to work through her friends and relatives.

But Jada declined to talk with us, and so did her relatives.

Still, as we interviewed Brian's family, coaches, and teammates, the picture that started to form of his relationship with Jada was complicated.

According to the police report, it was abusive.

As far as we know, there's no evidence connecting Jada Brody to Brian's murder.

Still, Jada was one of the first people former prosecutor Herbert Walker looked at closely.

Jada grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida, about 90 minutes north of Miami.

She had plans of becoming an obstetrician.

In high school, she was a member of the Future Business Leaders of America and won a scholarship from the McDonald's Black History Makers of Tomorrow.