People will be coming out of the woodwork about this guy and perhaps many, many cold cases will be solved.
Where does he/did he get his money?
Who told the father that he was dead? Why?
I have a feeling that this is like the Unabomber...the brother contacted the cops (or visa.versa after seeing or reading something or whatever.
Interesting that the NOTE contains the word HENCE, a word Patsy uses. But it might be a southern thing..a bible thumping leftover. While I was writing an historical novel, I found myself using the same word.
Saw yesterday that he'd been in regular contact with a guy in Boulder who had made a documentary on the case, this guy eventually got suspicious and contacted the authorities.
The father thought his son was dead???