his wife had lingered for a minute after lunch, putting some pack- ages in the trunk of their car. He received the call from Maricel and arrived to find "Bruce already bloodied and lying at the front seat of his car." Nash said that Jones had told him previously that he had received death threats and noticed strangers near his home who Jones believed were connected to his "employers" on the Ufuk.

Back in England, where Jones had grown up, locals grieved a man they called a "lovable rogue." The captain left behind four children, two in the United Kingdom and two in the Philippines. "He was an amazing chap," an old friend from home told a Bristol newspaper. "Unfortunately, he obviously ended up falling into the wrong circles."

Kent Bailey had never met Jones, and he mourned a different kind of loss. Their best chance at an informant had just slipped away. They'd have to find someone else.