the evidence also revealed that teresa hodges had struggled with the killer. patches of her hair were still on the staircase. the fire had started near her body. since teresa's stepbrother had problems with the law, police wondered whether the crime was some sort of payback. >> the reason that they got the idea from that is because one of the father's children from a separate marriage who teresa was not raised with, he happened to be in prison and he was an ex-dea informant. so that's where the drug relation came into play. >> and police had another lead. an elderly woman reported seeing a red pickup truck leaving the hodges' driveway shortly before the fire. police interviewed all of the hodges' relatives, as well as the man who spent more time at the hodges' home than anyone else, blaine's best friend and former high school track coach, earl bramblett. >> everyone that the police came in contact 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 ove