There was never any communication between myself and law enforcement in the next three days, they never asked me, and I never informed them that Brian didn't come home.

Michael Ruiz

North Port PD was under the assumption that Brian was home, and so was the FBI when they got a tip on Friday that Brian was in Tampa, and they wanted to meet with us on Friday, i was shocked and said, 'That's good. You found him in Tampa,' and they said, 'What do you mean? I thought he's at the house.' I said, 'No, I told you the other day he never came home.'.