I'll give my 2 cents on the drifter, but it's not a lot. I spoke to him a few years back it was through Facebook and reached him through the book authors page. Was it really hope him? Well I'm not sure, but I did feel it was the author of the book. to be honest I was looking at a group of people and so I asked him more about that then the actual case. Back then I rarely talked to people about the actual case but the people I felt had questionable "inside" info. I mainly asked him about MM7 and DPH. Both had been in contact with this person I was talking to. He told me when his book first came out DPH sent him hundreds of emails trying to show him connections between Her ex husband and Brewer and the Doc. He seemed to be genuine n not really having info on what happened at oak beach that night. I read the book and we discussed it a little. From reading the book it seems like it was written before what happened and had nothing to do with the LISK case. He sang d I was correct and that it was just a book he had been writing about his life. In my opinion once the guy heard about what happened he saw it as a way to sell his book. If you read it there is just a little bit about having some time at the oak beach house where he was hiding from drug dealers, Brewer had let it out that he (the drifter) was staying there so he left. All the stuff about the night Shannan disappeared seemed to be put n the book as an after thought. So for me it seemed unlikely someone would write a book about their life in the drug and criminal scene that had nothing to do with LISK, and then decide now that the story is out there might as well cash in even though it could incriminate him. I don't know if that is clear, but what I mean is it was far more likely he had know real knowledge of what happened to Shannan and therefore had no worries about putting it in to end his book. It makes more sense to me that he saw t as a way to sell his book and probably had no reason to fear disconnect. These were my thoughts after reading the book and talking to him on Facebook. He told me at the time no one had figured out his real name yet, and at the time there were lots going around. MM7 had the pics of Vitto and YouTube videos from the body building s and m guy. The drifter I spoke to said MM7 had it all wrong and that vitto was just a made up name for the book and that guy was not him. But. Have to admit some of that stuff MM7 posted see me to show some connection to the YouTube Vito and the guy who the book is about. Once I heard Flukes stories of Hackett being at Brewers party I decided to once again contact the drifter. I had only asked him questions about the people contacting him and putting themselves in the case because that what I was writing about back then, but also because it was easier for people to talk about. If some guy from Vegas just started asking questions abortion their involvement in the case and I wouldn't have gotten to talk to so many people. Plus I wasn't trying to sleuths the case just understand if any of these people had real info or if it was all just crazy influence on misguided internet junkies. But I thought it would be fair to ask him about what kinds f people were at Brewers participants especially when he was there. Was it just friends like him (the drifter did indeed go to school with Brewer according to his book) or if there were neighbors such as the Doc. I was hoping to credits t or discredit Flukes stories of neighbors being at Brewers house from some one who actually partied there. He told me he had no problem answering me but said he would rather discus it by phone instead of the back and forth of Facebook. I gave him my number.And that was that. I doubt nth think he called me, but if he did I missed it. Unfortunately the Facebook I was using (it was not my real name, sorry but I was not about to use my Facebook to talk to some of these people) was reported as a fake account (wonder who did that.... my guess is it was DPH, but I don't want to get into all that) so I had no more contact with him and didn't learn much. I'd like to reach out to him again, but don't know if he would react to a different Facebook. Nothing against the guy,but I think he liked how many friends I had with that account and had asked me to post a link to his book which I did ( which caught DPHs eye and she said nasty things about it, so that's why I think she reported my account,lol) I know, not much, but it was enough to give me the idea that this guy saw an opportunity to sell his book, in my opinion. Then I saw LL6's comment about the group who knocked on Brewers door and "Lenny" and I realized I had heard that story and chased it down. Again not much more from what I know about that is much help or anything new, but I might as well explain that because it does fit in to the conversation. Give me a second to go read an old email and I'll be right back.