 Evan in 1988 | |
 Evan in 2009 | |
| Evan Briggs | |
| Portrayed by | Bradford Tatum (1988) Jack Kehler (2009) |
| Episode | Breaking News |
| Status | Alive |
Evan Briggs is one of the characters in the Season 6 episode "Breaking News".
Background[]
He was an employee for Shaw Plastics until his wife got sick and he got fired for failing a drug test. Evan's argument with David Wyatt was caught on tape by Jane Everett. His first meetings with Jane didn't go well as he revealed that he didn't believe that she was willing to help them, but after his wife died, he finally spoke with Jane about the company's secret. Evan found out that she died from asbestos exposure and that she is not the only victim. Shaw is covering up the deaths of their employees. Despite that he was concerning about Jane's attempting exposure, he was assured that Jane was going to break the story "primetime", but she was murdered after.
Things have gotten worse for Evan in 2009. He is a janitor; he lost his home in 1989 and now lives in a trailer, and he is dying from cancer despite having two remissions. Like how he treated Jane the first time they met, he decided to shove the detectives trying to resolve Jane's murder case by chasing them with his pet dog, but was being fired a warning shot. He was brought to the precinct and told his story to the detectives, as they learned that the story which Jane was investigating was not about him but his late wife, thus making him the key to finally solved Jane's case.
After Jane's murder is solved and the scandal is finally exposed after 20 years, Evan watches from the crowd of reporters as Shaw Plastics CEO Andrew Powers is finally arrested. He also "sees" Jane's spirit for the last time and silently thanked her.