. >> reporter: detective scott gordon of the fairhaven police department was assigned to the case. first impression was suicide by carbon monoxide. >> it was apparent that he placed a water pump in the rear of his truck. and eventually, he passed away as a result of the carbon monoxide from that. >> reporter: to those who knew conrad best, it didn't make sense. had they missed something? conrad had been getting help, taking medication, and seemed hopeful about his future. his grandmother remembered him using that very pump to help out his dad just days before. >> i can still see that smile on his face. this little smirky smile that he always had. >> reporter: and his father recalled the two of them working on a job together a week earlier, setting up fireworks on a barge. >> we were, like, laughing. we're watching fireworks. he seemed fine. like when i left, um, the last thing i said to him was, i love you. and he said "i love you" back. >> reporter: so his family wondered what pushed him over the edge. as they struggled with their grief, they got comfort from a surprising source,

"hi, i'm scott hey, gang, i'm scott atlas i'll be at the fairhaven mall next week promoting my new albumgoing crazy for scott atlas. they're lined around the block hey, this -- this movie is so great. and it's an aaron sorkin script. >> yep >> seth: and i have to imagine as an actor, there are just certain writers where it's just a delight to do their dialogue and not only do you get to do sorkin dialogue, you get to do sorkin court dialogue, which is maybe -- >> yeah. >> seth: maybe his highest - >> that's right. >> seth: tier. >> that's right. that's right that is -- that's a bump up. and, you know, nobody else does it if you watch -- first of all, this cast in this movie -- in this movie is so good. but -- but if you noticed, that's exactly right when you get in the courtroom or anything like that, it actually bumps up when you watch this movie and what he does is, you'll be right in the long stretch of traumatic tension, film scene. and he will just drop a gem of a joke, a gem of a funny line and kind of, you know, boop, lifts everything up. he was really fun to work with it's a real