Rachel Shannon

She was clearly struggling.

She was clearly grappling with her feelings for Michael while also knowing that he hurt her and he was not what was best for her.

So the more police investigated, the more they found out about Michael.

So one of Michael's friends, who is also named Michael, so I will call the friend Mike,

But he spoke with police and he said that before Aaron's disappearance, Michael had asked him to call Aaron for him.

This is going back to the three phone calls that we discussed earlier.

But either way, Mike did call Aaron for Michael, but as soon as she answered, Michael snatched the phone away from Mike and he started talking to Aaron.

During the first call, the two were arguing before he hung up shortly after.

Then he called her again and the two spoke once again before the call ended.

Then, as we know, during this third phone call, that is when Aaron had agreed to meet up with Michael.

So the two went over to Aaron's house, so Mike and Michael, and they were driving Michael's mom's 1991 blue Ford Taurus.

After picking up Aaron, Michael had dropped the friend off and then Michael and Aaron went on their separate ways.

Now the friend Mike would go on to take a polygraph test to account for the story.

And according to the polygraph test,

he seemed to be telling the truth about the whole thing.

Then as police continued to investigate Michael's other friends, they learned that multiple of Michael's friends had been asked by him to call Aaron for him and everyone denied until Mike finally agreed to.

So we find out that according to Mike, the real reason that Michael wanted to hang out with Aaron was because Michael was trying to convince Aaron to drop the assault charges

he was pretty much trying to bribe her money so that she would drop the charges.

So again, after finding out even more information that pointed police directly to Michael, they brought him in for questioning once again.

He continued to stay stoic and unemotional and he denied