“It’s a quiet neighborhood,” said Diana Hernandez, who lived a few blocks away. Neighbors said that Mr. Warner grew up in a home roughly a quarter-mile away. No one answered when a reporter visited the property on Saturday, and other efforts to reach Mr. Warner’s family were unsuccessful. Bernice Gilley, who has lived across the street from the Warner family for 56 years, said she remembered Mr. Warner and his brother playing football in the yard as children. Mr. Warner’s only apparent tie to the company to come to light so far is a rather tenuous one: His father once worked for Southern Bell, which eventually merged into what is now AT&T.

Source: New York Times December 28, 2020 01:07 UTC