VA Investigator

Maybe like if you've ever seen somebody immediately like after a car accident where they're still trying to process exactly what just happened kind of thing because it was a big turnout.

Maybe like if you've ever seen somebody immediately like after a car accident where they're still trying to process exactly what just happened kind of thing because it was a big turnout.

I had just said, hey, why are we here today? And she had started to tell me about who she borrowed the Marine Corps uniform from that she had worn. And then I think at that point, it really sank in what was happening because there's agents coming in and out of the house. And then she said she stopped her story about the uniform. She just said, I'm not I'm not going to talk to you.

I had just said, hey, why are we here today? And she had started to tell me about who she borrowed the Marine Corps uniform from that she had worn. And then I think at that point, it really sank in what was happening because there's agents coming in and out of the house. And then she said she stopped her story about the uniform. She just said, I'm not I'm not going to talk to you.

There were VFW donation bins in the basement, like the five-gallon buckets that they put out when you're going to the grocery store or something. There was no money in them.

There were VFW donation bins in the basement, like the five-gallon buckets that they put out when you're going to the grocery store or something. There was no money in them.

I used to work in counterintelligence investigations, and she had what, in my opinion, I would call a backstopped identity. Explain what you mean by that. Anyone who was ever in the military or worked for the government knows the Green Record Book. It's a notebook. It's ruled paper inside. It's like this 1950s seafoam green. The military's probably used them since World War II.

I used to work in counterintelligence investigations, and she had what, in my opinion, I would call a backstopped identity. Explain what you mean by that. Anyone who was ever in the military or worked for the government knows the Green Record Book. It's a notebook. It's ruled paper inside. It's like this 1950s seafoam green. The military's probably used them since World War II.

She had one of those. And she wrote a very detailed fake war diary.

She had one of those. And she wrote a very detailed fake war diary.

She had said, what would happen to me if I tried to take your gun from you right now to the agents that were kind of standing there, like watching her. And they're like, well, like, why would you do that? And so at that point we were concerned. So we had the local police respond out and said, look, she's saying things that I think could be construed as self-harm.

She had said, what would happen to me if I tried to take your gun from you right now to the agents that were kind of standing there, like watching her. And they're like, well, like, why would you do that? And so at that point we were concerned. So we had the local police respond out and said, look, she's saying things that I think could be construed as self-harm.