[jbyers]

  "But there’s still one thing that continues to nag me after all these years  -
  how the hell did Dave track me down 3,000 miles away from home after midnight
  on that hot summer’s eve in Bristol, Connecticut?"

Assuming the author flew cross-country from California and his brother had a phone number in the family name, it doesn't seem too hard to piece together with good old fasioned detective work - on top of good old fashioned databases open to the NSA. I wonder if Dave got it right on the first call?

[pavritch]

I'm the author. They found me on the firsts call. I have a unique name - the footprint was there. But, I had 5 relatives in the same town. Nobody else got a call. Were they just lucky?