birth father. She was suspicious of Koontz's confession because he fired his attorney while on death row, and she discovered that the same shoes found in Koontz's houseboat were in Lilly's room at the time of the murder. Veronica sneaked into Koontz's doctor's office and stole both his and Duncan's medical files. She found out that Duncan had type-4 epilepsy, whose symptoms included violent outbursts and seizures. For the first time, Veronica realized that Duncan was a possible suspect in Lilly's murder. She also found out that Abel Koontz had stomach cancer and that he was dying. She concluded that Jake Kane paid Koontz to confess to the murder, even though he was not the perpetrator, so that Keith Mars' investigation into the Kane family would end. Koontz accepted the offer because he knew he was dying and intended to give the money to his daughter, Amelia DeLongpré, who he had neglected in the past. Veronica locates Abel's daughter to help prove that he is innocent, but Clarence Wiedman, head of Kane security, bribes her with three million dollars in exchange for her silence. During Veronica's second visit to Koontz, she told him that she knew that he was dying and that he was paid to confess to the murder. Koontz's innocence was further solidified when Keith went to Las Vegas to talk to a prostitute with Koontz at Lilly's murder. Koontz's final appearance was in the second-season episode "Rat Saw God." After being cleared of all murder charges and released from prison, he asks Veronica to help locate Amelia before he dies. While investigating, Veronica discovers that Amelia's boyfriend killed her after they blackmailed Clarence Wiedman for more money. Instead of telling him the truth, Veronica says that his daughter was happily living in Aspen and that she could not fly down yet because of the weather. He then dies at the end of the episode, but it is not shown. Cliff McCormack Daran Norris recurs as Cliff McCormack, a Public Defender and Mars family friend. Cliff is a public defender in Neptune who has served as an ally to Keith and Veronica Mars and a steady client of Mars Investigations. Although rarely a key player in the series, he has had some notable and memorable appearances. In "The Rapes of Graff," Cliff was seduced by an escort hired by Aaron Echolls to steal Cliff's briefcase, which contained the