Kevin Neal

Lies

Neal was also unable to account for approximately six hours between telephone calls he made to his aunt, looking for a place to stay. During those telephone calls, the aunt, Carolyn Gragg, noted that she did not hear the sounds of children, the usual background noise during calls from Kevin.

Just as damning was the fact that Neal had told investigators that a Bonneville automobile parked near the house didn't work and hadn't been driven in more than a month because the brakes were shot. The farmhands were willing to testify that when they arrived at the scene, the Bonneville was not present.

The Bonneville's brake line shows a set of vise grips sealing a brake line.

A search warrant was issued for the car, and it was taken to a local garage, where a mechanic was asked to examine it. When the tow truck arrived to take the vehicle away, the truck operator slowly backed the vehicle out of its storage spot and surprised everyone when he instinctively applied the brake and the car stopped. When it was put on a lift at the garage, the mechanic found a set of vise grips sealing a brake line as some sort of temporary fix.

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1. Messages from the Dead
2. 700 Years Later
3. The Children are Missing
4. Unhealthy Family Dynamic
5. Complex Relationships & Conflicts
6. Search for Children Called Off
7. Behind the Scenes
8. Neal's Criminal Past
9. Lies
10. Sexual Predator
11. Bodies in the Cemetery
12. A Ghastly Find
13. Physical Laws of Death
14. The Stages of Death
15. The Bureau of Criminal Identification
16. Working the Crime Scene
17. Manner of Death
18. Not Much to Work With
19. Cause of Death
20. More Forensic Clues
21. "We Are Not in a Rush"
22. No Smoking Gun
23. "Hurt Someone They Love"
24. Incriminating Statements
25. The Physical Evidence
26. Forensic Botany
27. Bug Collecting
28. Forensic Entomolgy
29. How Flies Tell Time
30. After the Blow Flies Flew Away
31. Enter the Cheese Skipper
32. Date of Death
33. The Secondary Screwworm in Court
34. Battle over Bug Evidence
35. Cheese Skippers for the Defense
36. Counterpoint
37. The Body Farmer
38. Dr. Bass for the Defense
39. "The Liver Bothers Me"
40. The Jury Decides
41. Bibliography