 Hawkins moved to Jericho with his wife, Darcy, and his two children, Alison and Samuel, three days before the attacks.He paid cash for the "Thompson house", leading to much gossip around the town about his background.Hawkins claimed he was a former police officer from St. Louis, Missouri, and explains his knowledge and expertise comes from having received training from the Department of Homeland Security after the September 11, 2001, attacks.