>> somebody that was a friend with michael sheffield. >> ellen's son? name was patrick, a 26-year-old motorcycle tech nick. he and ellen's son, michael, had gone to high school together and were close friends. >> he had been living with me in my house, with my son, for a month. they lived there rent free. >> out of the goodness of your heart? >> because he was my that will's friend, yeah. tefls he was a good kid. they needed this break. >> not only was he michael sheffield's good friend, patrick was ellen's employ eye at the kawasaki dealership where she was working as the service manager. >> my boss was giving me a lot of heat about patrick's productivity and his comebacks. so he told me in december that i needed to let him go, but he wanted to wait until after christmas. i kept him much longer than i would have because he was a friend. >> the first week of january, 2010, ellen fired patrick. she could not have known just how life altering that decision would be. >> what did he say? >> didn't say much. just loaded up his stuff and left. >> of course el