For several weeks Sally debated over whether to reveal to authorities the existence of the diaries. Nothing in the diaries suggested that Mark Malls was the killer. If anything, Mark Malls was depicted as a kind compassionate romantic caring man who was very gentle when he took Molly's virginity. He had no known domestic violence history. Sally doubted he had anything to do with the murder and didn't want to involve someone who had nothing to do with the murder.
The reporter ended the show by saying if anyone had any information to call...
Hotchner had gone on TV several times asking for the man that was with Molly Robertson prior to her murder to please come forward. When this didn't work, Hotchner then stated that if this man didn't come forward,he could potentially be seen as a suspect or person that was involved with her murder.
Three Months later still no suspect and Hotchner was getting frustrated. He got the sense that Sally Robertson was hiding something from him but after watching her do the interview he knew that she was hiding something. He needed to find out what that something was. Just as he was about to leave, he got a phone call from an elderly couple who had some information.
The next morning
Sally Robertson arrived at the Ponce Inlet Police Department at 9:30 am. Hotchner was there along with Spencer Reid.
"Mrs. Robertson, we need to know who the man is that your niece Molly was seen with prior to her murder. You have told us that you weren't sure who the man is but I think you have a good idea of who he is. "
"Molly told me he went by the name Stevie."
"Did you ever meet this man or talk with him?"
"Yes, I have. In Yankee Town, Florida.
"Can you tell us what happened the night your travel group spent the night at a beach house near St. Augustine."
"Well, we spent the night at the beach house. Molly and I roomed together. I went to bed around 11:00 pm.
"Did Molly leave the beach at any time after that?"
"She left to take a walk on the beach around midnight."
"Was she going to meet someone?"
"Stevie."
"When did she return?"
"Around 6:30 in the morning or thereabouts."
"There was a couple in the travel group that told me yesterday that from the third floor they looked down and saw and heard your niece in bed with an unknown man. It was in the wee hours of the morning and apparently others in the group heard them as well. The window in the home next door was wide open and almost everyone we spoke with in the beach house heard them going at it."
"This Stevie had nothing to do with her murder."
"You don't know that and I certainly don't know that. I need to know who this Stevie is, Mrs. Robertson. so that we can arrest him if he's the murderer or eliminate him as a suspect which right now he's a suspect.
After a long silence, Sally finally told them. "It was Mark Malls, the rock star. Molly had an affair with him for two years. Stevie was his nickname.
"And what did she tell you about him?"
"Not much. She only told me bits and pieces about the affair. They met after she got into a big fight with the fashion director over being at the fashion show. He invited her to a concert, she went and then two weeks later he invited her to his home in Orlando. Basically they met at out of the way places that he picked out, Yankee Town being one of them.
Yankee Town Florida was off the beat and path in Florida. The small town had a hotel and restaurant, some parks and access to the Gulf.
Aunt Sally had driven the 137 miles across the state from Ponce Inlet to Yankee Town by herself. When she arrived around 9:45 am, Molly and Mark were sitting outside the hotel on a rocking chair. The restaurant in the hotel faced the river. The trio talked briefly, then boarded a two hour boat tour which went down the river, into some wetlands and then almost out to the Gulf.
"Mark didn't do a lot of talking. He was very quiet. No one recognized him because he dressed in disguise. I never would have recognized him. He told the boat operator that his name was Stevie Jones. From the river we could see the nuclear reactors from Crystal River."
"After the cruise, we had lunch at the restaurant (Mark was more talkative then) and then I drove back, I dropped Mark off at the Daytona Airport and then drove home. During the drive he wasn't very talkative. "