The very close friend passed on and left the items with the safekeeper.

Needing money, the safekeeper of certain items of evidence which have been in hiding for nearly thirty years, wants to sell them. They are items hidden by a very close friend of the killer. If they were brought out at trial of the former A+ lister, he would have been convicted. The very close friend passed on and left the items with the safekeeper.

A couple of years ago, there was some rug sweeping.

A couple of years ago, there was some rug sweeping. OK, a lot of rug sweeping. There was also a big disinformation campaign in full effect. At the time, the story was that this pseudo relative was going to spill the beans on some tabloid stuff but no one really believed her. Well, they kind of believed her and there were a lot of tabloid covers printed with her story.