Having slept on it, I need to correct my above post. Probably the "Letter from Prison" is all lies, about his being into music and art, playing with celebrities, right?
He didn't usually write ransom notes, not part of his usual "m.o." But serial killers do sometimes vary their m.o. The R's could have met him in Texas, so have they been asked, and do they know anything about this?
The missing Christmas morning video may have been taken by the perp if there was one, jealous of families and their happiness and success.
But police saying their phones weren't working, and a lot of bungling, actually suggests a lot more than one person? Calls for speculation, I know. Ofc French said he didn't open the door because it had been painted and seemed stuck, right? Baloney?