I wish we knew how big the construction area really was. In a two story building, I just can't imagine that they wouldn't be able to find a 6'2 body. It is the most likely scenario given the facts. The sad thing is that if this is the case, then WHERE is only half the answer. We'll never know WHY he went out that way instead of taking the normal exit, or WHY he didn't wait for Clint and Meredith before attempting to leave. This is why I feel that Clint knows something he isn't telling, like maybe why Brian was trying to use that exit that night. I just feel like there has to be a little bit more to it than 'man who doesn't appear that drunk on cam randomly decides to take construction exit dies and gets constructed over'.
Exactly Matt,
There's also no evidence suggestion that Brian was forced to leave. No one branded a knife, gun, or other weapon and forced Brian to go with him. At least not when Brian was in the bar. Brian made a deliberate decision to leave without waiting for Clint or Meredith. Now, whether he met with foul play after leaving the bar is unknown or if this was an accidental death due to falling or a booze overdose is also not known.
My view is I don't believe Brian was killed inside the bar, if he was killed at all. There's at least two things that are "Off" about this case, ( at least: )
1.) The group only looking for Brian for nine minutes before leaving. Who does that if someone goes missing? If this was my friend I would be going all around the bar, the neighborhoods and towns looking for him. I would get involved in helping to find Brian. Nine minutes is nothing compared to the lifetime of grief that Brian's brother Derrick and his father Randy suffered. I sense a little too much apathy here from Brian's group that night.
2.) Clint saying, "Oh, Brian was known for wandering away from us. He did that a lot." Maybe that is true. These are responsible adults, not teens, or little kids who need to be watched. Maybe this group really did not care for Brian all that much. Perhaps he was a college acquaintance to them, and nothing more. There are times when college guys don't like to get involved with peers. Maybe work and family was a top priority, over peers.
I had a college acquaintance who was VERY family oriented. But as far as knowing people or meeting people, everything to him was "In one ear, and out the other." He even had trouble remembering my name for almost two weeks after I met him! You would ask him to do something in class if it was like a group project or something, and he'd be very polite and willing to do it. A few days later, you would remind him about the project, and he would act like you never told him about it.
But if it was a birthday party or get together for a family member, or a relative was coming to visit, he would be counting the days to the event. I could never really understand why his feelings were so polarized between what family meant to him, and how insignificant college friends meant to him. We never became close because of that. I wanted more out of him "empathy wise/" because I am a very sensitive and caring guy.
I bring up this story, offering the perspective that there are guys out there who just "don't care" about peers, outside of being in the moment with them. Once they have done their get-together it's "out of sight and out of mind." Note that this does not make them or my college acquaintance a bad person. It just shows that for some people, when the person is gone, they move on to the next thing in their lives.
The one non-family person who does care in my eyes is Alexis! I have a feeling that she would be willing to talk about Brian and may have a stronger sensitivity that remains; After all, she was his fiancee! What could help in this case is an empathetic, sensitive person, who knew Brian well, and may be willing to come here, and is willing to talk.
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