>> i knew him as neal smith. >> george told detectives how he and shauna had befriended this neal smith help him get back on his feet. >> me and the wife kinda looked at him like uh, like our little charity case because he was a nice guy and he's down on his luck. >> by now the detectives knew greyhound was an addict and a big drinker. so they asked george. >> was he a drug user? >> nothing. >> okay. alcohol? >> yes. he would drink alcohol, but not a lot. just a beer or two? >> just a beer or two every now and then? >> yeah. >> that raised the antenna a bit. in his interview with detectives, greyhound said he and george were great friends, worked out together, drank together a lot. but then, listen to this. as george kept talking, the man he said he knew as neal became noel. >> she said, "can noel help us out with this?" if it was something i wasn't good at, well maybe noel is good at it. because noel seemed to be good at everything i wasn't good at. >> remember, george said he'd never heard the name noel stevens before. knew greyhound only as neal smith. so, was it an honest little sli