The Douglass Investigation

This thread follows the questions surrounding Tom Douglass, from years of Burkett payments to his concealed investigation of Andrew’s death and his own murder.

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Payments Without Explanation

Payments Without Explanation A Repeating Amount Corey gives Maya a record of monthly payments to Tom Douglass’s security business, each close to nine thousand dollars. The regularity suggests a long-standing arrangement rather than a single emergency. A Coast Guard Connection Maya learns that Douglass once served in the Coast Guard and investigated Andrew’s death at sea. The payment history now looks less like routine private work and more like compensation for a report the family wanted kept undisturbed.

The Investigator Disappears

The Investigator Disappears A Wife’s Uncertainty Mrs. Douglass reveals that her husband has been missing for three weeks. He had sometimes traveled to fish, but this absence was different enough that she reported it. A Hidden Storage Shed Corey tracks Douglass’s email to an unpaid storage rental behind JR’s Body Shop. Maya and Corey find the missing investigator dead inside, transforming a lead about an old case into a current homicide.

The Reason for the Retainer

The Reason for the Retainer A Death Reclassified Judith admits the family paid Douglass to preserve Andrew’s death as an accident rather than expose the suicide. She frames the arrangement as an attempt to protect her son’s memory. A Wider Crime Scene Maya rejects the notion that Andrew’s death is isolated from later violence. The investigator’s long retainer suggests that his knowledge mattered to more than a family grieving an old loss.

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