What Fr. Erickson said that got detectives suspicious

During the questioning, Erickson mentioned to Hudson detectives Shawn Pettee and Jeff Knopps two small details about the killings that had never been made public: the positions of the two bodies inside the funeral home and a description of how Ellison had been coming through a doorway.

The detectives listened in silent shock.

"We didn’t look at each other," Pettee recalled. "We didn’t dare."