Chapter 108 Section 11

According to routine procedures, the police will first check with Artian Jones' parents and family members. The investigators found Bill Jones: "You know, everyone who has a chance of committing a crime, we have to investigate one by one, including you. We are not here to hinder you, but we just hope to get your cooperation-if you If you want." Bill Jones worked together, and he immediately agreed to the task force's request to go to the police station for a polygraph test.Chief Chuck Shache is superstitious about the polygraph test. It doesn't mean how accurate the test is, but it can at least measure a person's sincerity in cooperating with the police. "When someone is trying to hide something, you usually get in trouble," said Chief Saatchi. "Yes, under the Constitution, everyone has the right to refuse a polygraph test. But generally speaking, if a person Clearly, he's less likely to say to the police, 'No, I won't do it. The Constitution doesn't say I have to, does it?' He's going to say, 'If you need my help, let me know.'"

Bill Jones had that attitude. "His child was killed, and he knew he had a chance, and he knew he was innocent, so he said, 'Okay, no problem.' It was very refreshing," Chief Shachi recalled. Another person investigators focused on was Teresa, a girl who had been expelled from Mansfield High School because she had been mentioned to police by a number of children.About a year ago, Teresa suspected her boyfriend was dating another girl, Christy Clark, and took a baseball bat, breaking the bridge of Kristy's nose and shattering her cheekbones. , smashed the back of her head, and was sent to the hospital for a total of 45 stitches!The police believe that Teresa did commit violent acts that killed people, and more importantly, she also had a motive for committing the crime.Christie is a good friend of Artian Jones.Artian testified at the court hearing on Teresa's expulsion.Afterwards, Teresa was heard threatening Artian and saying, "I won't let you go!"

But the results of the police investigation confirmed that Teresa — and her ex-boyfriend — had no connection to the murder of Artian Jones. Of course, the investigators did not miss Terrasser Smith, Artian's new boyfriend. In particular, according to the report of the Joneses, Terrasser never showed up after Artian's accident, and did not even fight. The phone greeting is very suspicious. The police immediately called Terrasser Smith.Trusser admitted that he did call Artian on the night of the murder, but he didn't go anywhere that night and stayed at home. His parents, family and neighbors can attest to this.It was verified that Trusser was telling the truth, and he also passed the polygraph test.

What interested the police was a lead from Terrasser Smith.He said that while he was on the phone with Artian, Artian got another call, and she told Trusser it was from "Brian." "Are you sure she meant Brian and not someone else, like Devon?" the investigator asked. Trusser thought about it seriously: "She is indeed talking about Brian." Yatian also said that Brian had encountered something disturbing, depressed, and wanted to talk to someone. Artian had more than one friend named "Brian," and she didn't mention Brian's last name to Trusser on the phone.Police later found a "Brian" phone number in the address book of Artian's Notepad: Brian McMullen.

Another colleague at the "Gold Medal Fried Chicken" restaurant also confirmed that Yatian had mentioned on Sunday, December 3 that he wanted to meet a "Brian" that night. Moreover, according to the testimony of Yatian’s younger brother Justin Jones, when he went to Yatian’s room to turn off the alarm clock at 2 am on December 4, he saw a family truck outside the window.Brian McMullen drove a Suzuki family truck. So, the police had had a phone call and two callers, Linda Jones said it was "Devon" and Terrasser Smith said it was "Brian."As a result of the comparison between the two, the task force is more willing to believe that it is "Brian", so they no longer delve into "Devon".

Brian McMullen, 17, is the youngest and third child in the family.He has a baby face, weak constitution, and because of some developmental obstacles since childhood, he has been taking medicine for a long time, which has caused some kind of biased personality.Brian is actually very willing to help others. Neighbors or classmates are always there for help. Many people say that he is gentle and kind, but compared with his peers, he seems immature and lacks social experience. He is not good at communicating with people, and is often bullied and teased at school, so that he has the nickname "clown".All kinds of unhappiness caused Brian to suffer from depression at a young age, but it was not the kind of depression that only lingers in the stomach.Brian wanted to talk to someone whenever he felt bored, and he was especially willing to find girls, probably because girls were more sympathetic.Brian was originally a student of Mansfield Middle School, but he dropped out of school when he was in the 10th grade a year ago, because he did not know when another psychological symptom appeared. He was afraid of the crowds and felt uncomfortable when there were many people around him. , even a trembling look.

Brian McMullen is very bad at reading words and emotions, so although he often does good things, he is often annoying.For example, he is famous in the neighborhood for being warm-hearted, but because he likes to play the electric guitar outside the house, he disturbs the neighbors.Two nights before the Independence Day of a certain year, Brian suddenly got excited and wanted to set off a firecracker, so he made a noise regardless of the dead of night.To make matters worse, he took out the family pistol and fired at the firecrackers, which brought in the police.For another example, Brian worked in the grocery store "Eckard", and Artie Jones used to work in a sandwich shop next to him. Because he met several times on the road and chatted a few times, he entangled Artie. install.Eventually, Artian ducked under the counter whenever he saw Brian enter the sandwich shop.

It was such a troubled boy who was "with more trouble than friends" who was sent to the police station one after another, first in Mansfield, and then in the prairie.Brian's father told the task force that Brian had been at home the night of the murder, but the police were not convinced.Because in the police station office, Brian first told the investigators that he did not know Yatian, but later admitted that he did, and did not remember whether he had called Yatian on the night of December 3.Brian said he was out drunk that night and didn't know what the hell he was doing.Maybe he did pick up Artian at two o'clock in the middle of the night, but he couldn't really remember.He also said that he got depression because he saw that other boys had girlfriends, but he didn't.