. >> everybody said if you want to know what is going on in that house, go find earl bramblett. he is a close friend of the family and is always doing things with blaine. >> bramblett said he went fishing with blaine two days before the fire and that he had no idea who would have wanted to harm the family. but bramblett said something revealing about blaine during the interrogation. >> he said he had a beautiful family, he did them and did himself. >> the 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 >> 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 book in his possession about forensic