with said, if you want to foe is going on in that house or has gone on in the house, go find earl bramblett. he is the closest friend to the family. he is always over there. he is always doing things with blaine. >> bramblett told police that he went fishing with hodges the day before the fire, and that he had no idea who would want to harm the family. but bramblett said something revealing about blaine hodges during the interrogation. >> i called him an s.o.b. and said this s.o.b. had a beautiful family. he did them and did himself. >> newspapers reported only that the family died in a house fire and said nothing about a murder-suicide. >> when he said that, suspicion turned. >> a background check revealed that bramblett had previous brushes with the law. in 1977, he had been a suspect in the disappearance of two roanoke girls whose bodies had never been found. he was also accused of molesting a young girl in 1984. with a warrant, police searched bramblett's home, which was nothing more than a room in a nearby motel. inside, they found numerous crime novels and textbooks. >> he had one boo