he had recently moved from philadelphia to upstate new york so he could be closer to michele. she certainly saw a great deal of him, and they had both had very strong feelings, and they were taking concrete steps to move forward. when police questioned brian, he admitted seeing michele the night she disappeared but said she left his apartment around 11:00 p.m. he walks her out to the car, kisses her good night and she leaves in her van, and that s the last time he ever saw her. and that as far as anyone knows is the last time she was seen alive. fingerprint technicians identified brian early s prints as the ones on michele s car door. but brian early said this was consistent with his story. that he leaned in through the window to kiss michele good night and he insisted this took place in his apartment s parking lot. although brian was the last known person to see michele
all they knew was that she failed to return home from her waitressing job, and her abandoned car was discovered a half mile from her home. michele left the restaurant with a co-worker, michael hakes, a convicted sex offender, although no one knew he had a felony conviction at the time. when analyzing michele s van, criminalists found two different sets of fingerprints on the driver s side door. that s something of great significance to a case. the fingerprints did not match michele s co-worker michael hakes. so police searched michele s cell phone records. and they revealed a man named brian early called michele on the night she disappeared. he had left a message for her, asking her to stop by his place. brian early and michele harris had been dating for the past year.
when police asked michele harris s boyfriend of brian early to take a polygraph test, he willingly complied. he passed the exam anytime we needed him for dna, fingerprints, additional questions, no problem. the cook at the restaurant, michael hakes, a convicted sex offender, also took a polygraph examination. he too passed. but the lawyer for michele s estranged husband cal harris adamantly refused to allow him to take the polygraph. at least the one administered by police. we obtained a warrant and put a gps on his vehicle. and he went to another part of the state and took a polygraph test. the private investigator that he hired took him out to that test. then cal harris said something unusual to