Murder suspect Matthew J. Maxson, 18, of Lockport, NY, told Fulton Police investigators that he had been working for about one week for Palmetto Marketing, Incorporated. But company President Vincent Pitts said that is incorrect.

"The only people who work for us are the people who work right here in this building," Pitts said Tuesday afternoon from his Pompano Beach, Florida office. "We do business with people who sell magazine and newspaper subscriptions but they don't work for us. You could sell subscriptions for The New York Times, but you wouldn't actually be working for The New York Times."

Pitts said that neither Maxson nor his coworker, Jeremy MacPeek, have ever been employees of Palmetto Marketing. "We process magazine and subscription sales orders for various sales companies," Pitts said. "I believe Mr. Maxson worked for DeGeorge Sales, a Florida corporation. Our company has an agreement to process their magazine and subscription sales. They have a small volume, probably a couple hundred orders a week."

As of deadline this morning, Fulton Daily News has been unable to verify the existence of a DeGeorge Sales Company.