Chapter 12 - Michael Tries to Leave Again
Michael attempted to leave the country.
This time he did not make it.
Authorities detained him based on financial and records-related
allegations connected to the broader investigation.
Investigators recovered encrypted files from his laptop.
Among them were payments to a boat mechanic made shortly after Thomas
disappeared.
The mechanic, Paul Danner, was still alive.
He admitted Michael paid him to disable a tracking beacon on Thomas’s
boat.
He denied damaging the boat itself.
Then he revealed something unexpected.
Thomas had not been alone the night he disappeared.
Another man boarded the boat.
Richard Vale.
Daniel went silent.
Richard had lied too.
Sarah located an old marina camera archive preserved in an insurance
file.
It showed Richard arriving shortly before departure.
The mystery changed again.
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Richard had not merely investigated Thomas after his disappearance.
He had been with him that night.
