That is why I am not even considering this seriously. By some reports, Ellingson claimed to be a part of some sort of a violent group and told Brandt that the group would get him - according to Brandt'story. That makes no sense, of course - if anything, why would you want to attack a member of a violent group if you far that group, if anything that would give the rest of the group a revenge motive.

That is why I am not even considering that line of Brandt's as a plausible scenario.