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And so Rashawn wasn't at practice that day, which wouldn't have been unusual for a player who'd been suspended.
None of the Miami players we spoke to knew where Rashawn was during that whole day and afternoon.
Again, that might not have been so strange, if not for what happened that night.
Remember, immediately after Brian's murder, head coach Larry Coker called the whole team back to the Hecht Athletic Center for a mandatory team meeting.
According to deposition testimony from a coach, a meeting like that would have included everyone on the team, even players who had been suspended.
From what we were told, all the players showed up for that meeting, except Rashawn.
And the players noticed, including Chris Zellner.
It was like, dude, the man kind of just went missing.
And then you kind of start looking back and like, yeah, man, I really haven't seen that.
According to police, Rashawn initially told detectives that he had shown up for the team meeting.
Although later on, he said that he'd stayed at home.
Either way, on the night of the murder, police say that Rashawn made a phone call to another student athlete, a baseball player.
This call was overheard by an assistant chaplain on the football team named Che Scott.
Producer Dan Aruta got in touch with Che to follow up on that lead.