Reached through an attorney, Brian Kimmell wrote in an email to the Kitsap Sun that his career had ended and he lost his rights to see and speak to his son despite having to continue to pay child support.
When Cassie Kimmell heard that the case had stalled, she said she called a Navy official and in March 2016, Naval Criminal Investigative Services agents met with Port Orchard police investigators and turned over additional handwriting samples from Brian Kimmell.
The samples were sent to the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab and were analyzed by a handwriting expert who wrote in reports that it was highly probable that the signature on the divorce document was not made by Cassie Kimmel, and that Brian Kimmell probably signed it instead.
As the case went through the court system, Cassie Kimmell said she was in touch with Navy officials, who wrote to tell her that Brian Kimmell had gone AWOL. Kimmell provided a copy of that message to the Kitsap Sun. She said she was later told in a phone call with a Navy official that Brian Kimmell
A warrant was issued for Brian Kimmells arrest and in May 2017, when he was pulled over for speeding in Texas, he was arrested. A Port Orchard police detective and officer flew to Dallas to pick him up and fly back to Washington state, him in handcuffs, where he was booked into the Kitsap County Ja