

I don't want to spoil anything so I'll leave it there.
#City confidential narrator trial
When Hightower wound up being arrested and the trial started, it got even more weird. It was weeks before the family's dead remains would be discovered, accidentally by a dog, after police dogs and half the town couldn't find them. A Black woman has accused Delta Air Lines of booting her to the back of a plane, mid-flight, to make room for two white passengers, ABC7 Bay Area was first to report. Hightower contacted Brendel's sister and told her they wanted $75,000 by tomorrow. Hightower announced that he had gotten a phone call from the Mafia and that they had kidnapped the family and wanted $250,000. Here's where it really gets bizarre, and makes this episode very interesting. The next thing people knew was that the Brendel family - all three of them were missing. The latter then demanded his money and wrote a letter to the Trade Commission. However, a financial feud began when Hightower blew anywhere form $11,000 to $18,000 that belonged to Mr. He was an investor, however, and Brendel had money to invest. 'If you watch the show, you know it's not that straight. He had been more of a "pie-in-the-sky kind of guy," according to CC. City Confidential executive producer Geoff Proud says Winfield's narration adds a special dimension.

Meanwhile, Christopher Hightower had a become a fixture in town, respected even though he himself hadn't much. They - Ernest, Alice and young daughter Emily - had come from New York City. The upscale Yuppies discovered this place in the '70s and '80s and in 1989, the Brendel family became the latest family to flee big-city life for the peace-and-quiet of Barrington. It features nice people, great schools, good beach front property and, most of all, safety for its families. This area in Rhode Island, debated by many if it is really a town or a suburb, is located between Providence and Newport. While many of these stories deal with murder, some also deal with attempted murder, and public officials caught in compromising situations, among other things. City Confidential features real life stories in a wide variety of American cities. This is the kind of town Winfield and the City Confidential writers like to discuss: a place that looks almost Eden-eque until the dark side of human nature tears it apart. City Confidential: With Paul Winfield, Keith David, Mike Colter, David Madison.

This is a pretty, upscale, classy town that was quiet and peaceful until the fall of 1991 when a terrifying crime "shattered this idyllic town," as narrator Paul Winfield says in the introduction.
