The case went unsolved for weeks, although police immediately suspected Farrell in the killing as he was close to the Wendorf other daughter, Heather Farrell was the leader of a Kentucky cult centered around vampirism and allegedly had prospective members drink his blood in order to join that he would cut his arm and let others suck his blood as sort of some kind of ritualistic they call it, being embraced, embraced into the family.
這起案件幾經周折仍未解決,儘管警方立即懷疑法雷爾與這起謀殺案有關,因為他與溫道夫的另一個女兒關係密切,希瑟-法雷爾是肯塔基州一個以吸血鬼為中心的邪教組織的領導人,據稱他讓未來的成員喝他的血才能加入,他將切開自己的手臂,讓其他人吸他的血,作為某種他們稱之為儀式的東西,被擁抱,被擁入這個家庭。