he was also accused of molesting a young girl in 1984. with a warrant, police searched bramblett's home, which was nothing more than a room in a nearby motel. inside, they found numerous crime novels and textbooks. >> he had one book in his possession about forensic science and the techniques used by forensic science to do different things. >> police also found a detective magazine featuring an article about a murder committed with a pistol with no barrel. coincidentally, the gun found next to blaine hodges' body had no barrel. bramblett owned a pickup truck, but it was white, not red, like the one seen leaving the hodges' driveway. but in the back of bramblett's truck were several .22-caliber cartridge shells.