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They identify their suspects as 45-year-old Steven Durst and his 18-year-old daughter Deanna. It turns
out Steven has a history with the Markley family, and it isn't pretty. Police learned that Steven was one of
John's employees at the trucking company. He and two of his younger kids actually lived with John and Shel for a
few months while he was going through a divorce. Per a court order, if the Markleys hadn't taken them in, Steven
would have lost custody of his kids because he was on the road so much. But he ends up getting kicked out and fired
after this money dispute. John may have like withheld some of his last paycheck because he suspected Steven of selling
off some fuel on a truck route, which Steven denies. He claims he left the house on his own when he got another
job. And how recently did all this go down? So Steven lived with the Margleys from
October of 1993 to June of 1994. And police learned from the family that Steven had come back to the house a few
times asking for either his job back or for the money that he thought Jon owed him. And John's sister told us that one
of those times the argument spilled from the house to the garage. And Steven threatened to beat Jon with a 2x4 that
he found there in the

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Brief Summary

Steven Durst's troubled history with the Markley family leads to conflict and threats before a police investigation.

Key points

Steven's Troubled History. Steven Durst had a tumultuous past with the Markley family, leading to conflict.

Episode quotes

He threatened to beat Jon with a 2x4.

Tension escalates between Steven and Jon.

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