The family found Holden was under a six-month written disciplinary action with Spectrum at the time of the murder. The suit claims the company concealed this detail from police when they were investigating the murder.
The company has written policies that prohibit off-duty use of their vehicles, but Holden was still able to take one of the company vans despite being off the clock. It might have been helpful to see how Holden was able to take the company van and whether he was with anyone else. Police got a search warrant six days after Thomas’ death that included the right to obtain video surveillance of Holden from the day of the murder. However, Spectrum deleted all but eight minutes of video that showed Holden gaining access to and driving away with the company van, according to the lawsuit.