Marsh laid out three possibilities. Aldridge might believe the threat had faded—aging witnesses, old evidence, expired statutes. His health or finances might have changed. Or, and she said this with particular care, he had decided that ceasing the payment was not the ending he required. And the Calloways had realized that.
Dellray called in a Knoxville surveillance team, quietly, with Voss’s authorization to monitor the Gatlinburg address and report any unusual vehicles or external interest. They were not to contact the occupants yet. The team reported that the cabin was occupied. An unfamiliar vehicle was observed in the vicinity for at least four days.