The second door on the right, Brian's room, was slightly ajar. He patrolled the house, searching for the bashful little girl with blond bangs, and paused when he reached the hallway that led toward the children's bedrooms.
John looked around for his only daughter, 4-year-old Evie. Hours earlier, his other stepson - a withdrawn, six-foot-tall, 200-pound seventh-grader named Brian - had been sent to his bedroom. John, a mild-mannered musician with salt-and-pepper hair and rimless glasses, figured his 4-year-old son and 10-year-old stepson were just watching TV on the couch. Four kids were asking about dinner or playing videogames. As John Wilson cooked dinner for his family in March 2010, an eerie silence filled their cozy Plantation home.
