Len Cariou portrayed him. Dennis Stanton, played by Keith Michell, is a former jewel thief turned insurance claims investigator who always solves his cases in unconventional ways and then sends a copy of the narrative to his companion Jessica. Debbie Zipp portrayed Donna Mayberry Fletcher. She had one episode during season four. Dennis Stanton first appeared in the episode "Murder, My Ass!" as a former friend of Sheriff Bobby Hansmeyer's who has now become an insurance claims investigator. When someone close to him is murdered, he decides to take on her case even though she doesn't want him to. During the investigation, he discovers that she had stolen several items from some wealthy people and decided to take the matter into his own hands. After getting caught, she hires Wesley Dowd to kill him but he fails. Later on, she realizes that he knows who really killed her mother and goes to see him but before she can tell him anything, he is shot dead by an unknown person. In "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", another claims investigator named Jim Cooper comes to work for Sheriff Hansmeyer. At first, it seems like he is doing a good job investigating cases until it becomes clear that all he does is try to get hired by anyone who asks so he can use their knowledge of the case against them. Finally, after being fired by Sheriff Hansmeyer, he tries to kill Debbie but fails again.