This is the second episode in a two-part series.

Please listen to Part 1 before continuing with this episode.

This is The Fall Line.

Last episode, we told you the story of Brian Worley, a man from Carrollton, Georgia, who'd moved to Atlanta and begun a life there and settled down with his partner Jeff.

But in 2007, his aging parents, back in Carrollton, had begun to need his help. Brian was one child of a large family, and he pitched in, driving the hour back and forth to care for his parents until his father's death.

Then he moved in with his mother to care for her full time. Jeff, his partner, remained in the city where his job required him.

It was a stressful time, made more so by Brian's own health problems. He had a pacemaker, severe arthritis and narcolepsy.

And, on top of all this, he also had to maintain his mother's estate.

Eventually, the Worley's made the decision to move their mother into a nursing home.

At the same time, Jeff was caring for his own healing mother and had left his job at his longtime employer, Bell South.

Amidst all this, Brian had to drive down to Carrollton from Atlanta on the tail end of a historic flood for a court date concerning his mother's financial affairs.

So, on September 22nd, 2009, he set out on what would usually have been an hour-long journey from Atlanta to his hometown.

Instead, he was on a treacherous, flooded highway for hours, re-rooted and turned around by impassable sections of road.

He even pulled over part of the way through to have a drink at a restaurant just to settle his nerves.

He did eventually make it to Carrollton, a little worse for wear.

The next day, he saw his sister Anita, and her husband Spencer.

He talked to his niece Amanda, his partner Jeff, and a few friends over the phone.

And, he prepared for his probate court date. He was especially interested in finding one receipt.

He was staying at his parents' empty home with plans to go to court and then drive back to Atlanta afterward.

He and Jeff had plans to travel with his sisters Anita and Jeanette, and their spouses a few days later.

Neighbors later told police that they saw a light on late at the Whirlies House that night, September 23rd.

They thought that Brian might have been working late on the car, his parents' Buickless Aver.

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