but in season, the beauty of the national forest lands and yellowstone national park are the main draw. yellowstone is basically the gateway to yellowstone national park. there are a million visitors that come through here every year, so it s a service-oriented town. reene and brad brisbin owned a restaurant here in town. he also worked at the local high school. brad enjoyed life. he loved to play practical jokes on people. brad was a very loyal, honest, trustworthy friend who would do anything, including giving you the shirt off his back, to help you. friday, november 9, 1990 started like most days until brad got a telephone call at work and left class unexpectedly. i actually met him in the hall. he had his jacket on.
gravel pit a few miles outside yellowstone, where they unearthed brad s body. he didn t tell us anything about the homicide. when we did find brad s body, larry did turn a little pale and go sit in a vehicle, but he never did tell us the real reason or the story behind how it actually happened. a forensic examination of brad s body confirmed what forensic scientists had told the jury in court two years earlier. the determined cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds to the head and upper thoracic region, in other words, the chest area or the back. even though moore led police to the body and the murder weapon, he never confessed. until now. in an exclusive letter to the producers of this program, he
school basketball team and brad coached the boys . investigators heard rumors that brad and shelly were having an affair. i didn t believe so. we talked to reene and she denied an affair. we talked to shelly and she denied one. the only other person we could ask was missing. shelly and brad disappeared two days before brad disappeared. shelly said her alleged affair with brad was a figment of larry s imagination. she actually pointed to larry as having done something to brad because of some of the domestic violence against her and the fact that he had accused her of having an affair with brad. a few weeks after brad s disappearance, a letter from brad arrived at police headquarters. he said he was alive and well and living in washington state. but after seeing the letter, police weren t too sure.
admitted his guilt. i am guilty as charged and am thankful that the truth finally came out with the help from modern technology. i have learned that telling the truth is the only answer. his words bring little comfort to the brisbin family. i think the hardest part has been the kids. it s not right to have to grow up without a father. i would love to be face to face with larry moore and ask him why and get a straight and honest answer about why he killed my dad. because i think he owes it. i think that s the least he could do for this family. as a teenager, it completely where he could my world. each forensic test was a piece of the mosaic, and when put together showed clearly what occurred during brad brisbin s last moments alive.
medical experts that brad was dead. all prosecutors had to do was convince a jury of that. as a prosecutor, clearly you want to make damn sure that this is the right guy and there has been a murder. i can t think of anything worse than being in a position of finding out you convicted the wrong person. larry moore denied killing brad brisbin and pleaded not guilty. prosecutors argued that larry moore killed brad brisbin in a jealous rage, convinced brad was sleeping with his wife, shelly. to throw investigators off the trail, moore forged brad s name on several letters. the forensic evidence convinced the jurors of two things. one, that brad brisbin was dead.