The Biggest Brian Shaffer Theories: What Really Happened?

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

Clint Florence was one of the last few people to see Brian Shaffer alive, and he also stands out for one other reason โ€” he is the only person familiar with the case who refused to take a polygraph test, according to The Lantern. Speaking to the publication in April 2009, private investigator Don Corbett revealed that Florence, through his lawyer, was still against the idea of taking such a test as of September 2008. Furthermore, the lawyer, Neil Rosenberg, seemed to blame Shaffer for the distress his loved ones were feeling since his disappearance. "If Brian is alive, which is what I'm led to believe after speaking with the detective involved, then it is Brian, and not Clint who is causing his family pain and hardship. Brian should come forward and end this," read an email Rosenberg sent to Corbett on September 22.

In April 2009, Florence told The Lantern in a phone interview that "ANY and ALL questions" โ€” with those words specifically capitalized โ€” about Shaffer's case should be directed to his lawyer. Rosenberg, meanwhile, said around the same time that he considered the case closed and would not be providing any further comment.

Given how cagey Florence and Rosenberg have been regarding the matter, could Shaffer's friend have been involved in his disappearance? Some Reddit users think so, though others believe he was doing the right thing by refusing a polygraph, considering how Shaffer's brother Derek had suspected Florence of withholding information and had claimed he cast Brian in a negative light after he disappeared (via Medium).

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