Paula Levine

Obviously, that's somebody that I would like to speak to also.

That's important.

It seemed like the lead detective on the case didn't know about this call until we told him.

Now, it's possible that Chris misremembered that phone call.

Cell records provided by the police don't show any calls on Brian's phone around the time Chris remembers overhearing that conversation.

But Brian had at least two phones, and we have call logs for only one of them.

And remember, Ed Hudak backs up Chris's version.

Ultimately, it seemed to us that there were a number of credible theories of the case.

In each one, someone might have had a motive to kill Brian.

And there was one big piece of evidence, that overheard phone call, that the detectives didn't seem aware of.

But in the end, these leads did not point to the person the Pata family believed was the killer.

They would suspect someone else entirely, someone Brian knew well, someone he saw almost every day.

And they had history.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

Back on the night of Brian's murder, the whole Hurricanes team assembled in the Heck Center for a mandatory meeting.

Everyone got the message and everyone showed up, all except one player.

Are there guys on the team who have told you they think he did it?

Next time on Murder at the U, the story of Rashawn Jones.

Murder at the U

Murder at the U is based on reporting by me, Paula Levine, and Dan Arruda, with support from Scott Frankel, Elizabeth Merrill, and ESPN's investigative unit.