Rachel Shannon

But with that, Gilad requested that he put together a team to start their surveillance on the blackmailer.

He suggested a couple of different men who he trusted and who he felt were the best in the business.

One man was Brian Brockway, a former Marine and a special op with the CIA.

At the time, he had been living in Austin and he owned his own security company.

Using his connections within that security company, Brian was able to identify the blackmailer as Will Landway and the escort as Holly Williams.

He was also able to figure out Holly's address in Nashville.

Using that information, Brian and Gilad wanted to run some surveillance on the couple to gather intelligence and figure out their next move.

To do this, Brian contacted another trusted friend of his, 29-year-old Adam Carey.

Adam was also a former Marine who, at the time, was working as an independent contractor for another security company.

Brian then hired a third man whose name has been released, but he isn't really a huge part of this case in terms of any involvement.

so I'm just not going to mention his name, though you can find it in some articles.

After putting together this team, Gilad requested $50,000 from Eric to start gathering intelligence.

This job would require a lot of hours, manpower, and travel expenses.

By March 5th, Eric withdrew his first payment, which was $15,000 to cover the costs of the intelligence report that Gilad would write up on Holly and Will.

They used the information they previously gathered based on their locations, names, and backgrounds that could be found in their records and on their social medias.

Now, in that initial document, which was written like a professional military-style report, Gilad noted that Holly lived alone and that Will was a frequent visitor, not a live-in boyfriend.

Gilad felt that Holly was unaware of Will's blackmail attempts, noting that it would be bad for her business.

It was very unlikely that Holly would go out of her way to breach a client's trust by exposing them to their wives.

That would be professional suicide.

Meanwhile, Gila documented Will's apparent controlling and jealous nature.