The Origins of Red John: Part 1
Ray Haffner and Brett Partridge formerly known as Ryan Parks were on Elliston farm. Partridge had a innate fascination with death, and he used to do satanic rituals with the animals. Parks' wealthy parents died when he was young and Bret Stiles adopted him and cared for him as a son of Visualize. Partridge was held in a pedestal by Stiles, since he oversaw his raising from a very early age. Ray Haffner became part of Visualize when Father di Buono Haffner met him on missionary work in Italy. Ray Haffner's original name was Roy Tagliaferro. Roy didn't like working on the farm, and was exhausted. He had issues with anger all his life. He refused to be slavedriven. He loses it and murders the people who made him slave every day. It was Roy who was lurking in the darkness as the 3rd body was dumped in the farm. Brett Partridge has no problem seeing a dead person. He didn't care at all that Roy had murdered someone. He even drew the smiley face on the barn. When word got to Visualize about what had happened, Ryan and Roy had been friends for a while. Ryan had never had friends before. Ryan protested vehemently that the murders should never be reported. And Stiles reluctantly conformed to the boy's wishes. Stiles looked with favour on Roy because he was Ryan's only friend. Roy was given a new identity: Ray Haffner. Ray quickly climbed through the ranks in law-enforcement through his Visualize contacts and became well known for breakthroughs in high-profile cases through the use of wiretaps and creative surveillance. Ryan Parks assumed the name Brett Partridge. As a consequence of his love for death, Partridge became a Forensic Agent, eventually becoming the lead.
Part 2: Who is Red John then? Ray or Brett?... Later...
