Rachel Thought the Nanny Had Been Near Her Baby’s Crib — Then the Monitor Recorded Someone Hiding in the Camera’s Blind Spot
Chapter 8 — What Colin Was Looking For
Colin was questioned that evening.
He initially claimed he had visited the neighborhood for another customer.
Then police showed him the access logs.
His administrator credential had disabled Rachel’s nursery camera.
He changed his story.
He said Northstar had received a false equipment alert and he entered to inspect the system.
Rachel stared at him.
“Without calling me?”
Colin had no good answer.
Then technicians recovered another piece of evidence from the nursery.
A tiny fiber from Colin’s company jacket had snagged on the loose baseboard.
He had searched the same hiding place hours before Aaron.
But the gray pouch remained there.
Why?
Because Aaron had hidden it deeper than Colin expected.
Colin apparently couldn’t find it quickly.
He left before Rachel returned.
Then he pressured Aaron to retrieve it for him.
That was why Aaron came later.
Investigators expanded their review.
They discovered Colin had accessed override codes connected to five burglarized homes.
But he had not personally entered every property.
He had been working with another person.
A former subcontractor named Dean Foster.
Dean’s vehicle appeared near two of the burglarized homes on traffic-camera footage.
Recovered messages showed Colin sending him temporary entry codes.
In exchange, Dean paid Colin through a series of small consulting invoices.
Rachel stared at the evidence.
“So the company selling people security was giving someone the codes to bypass it.”
Hayes nodded.
“One employee was.”
The distinction mattered.
The company itself had not authorized the scheme.
But poor code-management practices had made it possible.
And Aaron had stumbled onto the pattern.
