Ortiz traced a purchase related to the substance through the same online transaction once attributed to my laptop. The remote-access logs showed that a contractor linked to Nolan had used the machine at the relevant time. Financial records placed a payment from Nolan’s private account to that contractor days later.
“This is the chain we needed to examine,” Daniel said. “Not one isolated fact. The entire chain.”
I asked whether the contractor had been interviewed. He had. After obtaining counsel, he admitted installing remote software at Nolan’s request. He said Nolan described it as a security tool. He denied knowing about the purchase and offered records to support his account.
The investigators did not accept every part of his statement without checking. They compared dates, messages, and bank transfers. Eventually they obtained enough evidence to pursue charges against Nolan relating to Walter’s death, along with financial offenses.
