Missing Boy Returns Three Years After Abduction—But He's Hiding a Dangerous Secret

We Need to Talk About Jason

Beverly ran out of the room, exclaiming that she "[didn't] have to put up with this." Next, Fisher wanted to interview Jason, but she found it nearly impossible to get ahold of him. When they finally met, several weeks after Bourdin's arrest, Fisher asked why Jason had avoided seeing his supposed brother for almost two months.

"I said, 'Here's your brother, long gone, kidnapped, and aren't you eager to see him?'" Fisher recalled. "He said, 'Well, no.' I said, 'Did he look like your brother to you?' 'Well, I guess.'"

Fisher was confused by Jason's begrudging response. She began to suspect that Jason had indeed been, in some way, responsible for the disappearance of Nicholas Barclay. Stick agreed.

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The More You Know

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