Why was Andrew Griffin charged with killing Tom and Angela in Belmont, Ohio?

Dateline producer Rachel White explains that prosecutors say Andrew Isaac Griffin invested more than $100,000 in the couple's restaurant, Salsa Joe's, from January 2021, then was told in August 2021 the business was closing and was locked out of the shared bank account. Investigators linked a burner phone tied to Griffin to towers near the couple's home on the day of the September 2021 killings, and plate readers captured a motorcycle Griffin had paid for heading toward Ohio.

• Griffin first appeared to have an alibi in Oklahoma, backed by his cell phone records.
• A fire at the house left no usable DNA or fingerprints, according to a prosecution expert.

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