Chapter 109 Section 12

Brian's father refused to let his son take a polygraph test, which aroused further suspicion by the police.Mr. McMullen said that because of the drugs — Brian was taking four different antidepressants at the same time — Brian was very neurotic, the sort of guy who would freak out whenever he saw the police. Son, so regardless of whether he has done anything bad or not, the chances of him passing the lie detector are extremely slim. Investigators concluded that this was a typical story of a chaotic, self-indulgent young man who meets a beautiful girl.So on the night of December 14, two Dennis detectives approached Judge Billy Millsch.One of the reasons they called for the arrest of Brian McMullen was that Brian told investigators that Artian had been wounded in the head, a fact that police did not make public at the time.Another reason is that the investigators asked Brian where he would throw the body if he killed someone. The imaginary location described by Brian was very similar to the real crime scene.

At 2 a.m. on December 15, Judge Millsch signed the arrest warrant. Minutes later, six police cars quietly surrounded the McMullen home.Out that night was the police special operations unit, each armed with fully automatic weapons equipped with lasers. "Given the brutality Brian committed against Artian, he is considered a dangerous suspect," a police spokesman explained to reporters the next day. His personality traits are basically in line with the behavior of this type of criminal, so he should be arrested and brought to justice as soon as possible. Because his mood is extremely unstable, we told the members of the operation team not to knock on the door, otherwise he may jump over the wall in a hurry and hurt others and himself.”

The team broke down the front door of the McMullen home, which had just been hung with a Christmas wreath, at 2:30 a.m.Brian was suffering from the flu for two days, and the police only threw a coat over his shoulders, and Brian was taken away in handcuffs, barefoot, and wearing shorts.On the way to the Grande Prairie police station, the lad vomited twice. While the citizens of Mansfield were dismayed, so were Devon Glenmonds and Diana Zamora.Now, the people around are finally relieved, but the couple is still not relieved. After coming out of the window of Jay Goring's room in the middle of the night, they drove Diana's father's green Mazda to Zamora's house and threw Devon's blood-stained jeans into a trash can on the side of the road.When they parked the car in the garage, they saw Artian's blood splattered in the car for the first time in the dim light.Devon quickly jumped out covering his mouth, and Diana could see that his face was pale.

"Since then, Devon has been afraid to sit in that car for several months. That memory is really horrible." Diana described in her confession to the police, "so I washed it that night. car while he was sleeping in the bedroom. I told him to go in and lie down because he couldn't hold it any longer and went to the bathroom to vomit several times." Diana returned to the house after washing the car, "I put him Moved to the rug next to the fireplace, and we both slept by the fire all night, worrying all night whether the police would knock on the door and come in and arrest us."

The police did not come.Commissioner Chuck Schatch later said of the case: "I always tell them that if there's more than one kid involved in the crime, the case will be broken, because sooner or later one of the kids will tell. " But at that time, what the police did not consider, or what they could not imagine at all, was the geographical distribution of the perpetrators and insiders of this case.In addition to Devon, another perpetrator, Diana, lived in Crowley, 20 miles away, and had never seen the victim, Artian, or her friends before the incident.No one at Mansfield Secondary School knew about the affair between Devon and Artian. Devon only told his two good friends, Jay Goring and Joseph Yukasha, who both lived in Pearson. city.

"So, as long as the two of them keep their mouths shut, this case may remain a mystery to the police forever," Director Shaqi said. However, Devon and Diana don't know this.According to Diane's confession, "For weeks after that, I couldn't eat well, and neither did he. He was always in a state of extreme tension, and his face was always pale. We both thought every day, maybe today is the day we are together. I remember that time, we used to go to church, praying for forgiveness, but also for the peace and tranquility we used to have, because we were in fear and guilt all the time."

Devon was under more pressure.If Artian's death caused an earthquake among the children, he was at the epicenter.At Mansfield Secondary School, "they announced it on the big radio and all my classmates were talking about it. Everywhere I went, wherever I looked, I could see children crying , or just stand there in a daze. And I know that I am the source of all the evil that caused all this.... I was mentally tormented. Compared with it, the recruit training of the Air Force Academy is like a park Walking in the park. I've never felt so guilty." Soon, people around also noticed the changes in Devon and Diana.At school, Devon "became more reticent, always with a heavy heart, hardly talked to anyone, and almost closed himself off. But everyone didn't think elsewhere, thinking that he was also frightened and extremely sad .But he never talked about it."A classmate recalled.

Artian's good friend April Groman drew a portrait of Artian in art class, and she showed it to Devon. "It's a good drawing, April." Devon only said one sentence. When Devon and Diana were together, "he always put his arms around her, as if he was afraid that she would escape." A relative of Diana said, "the two people seemed to wrap each other and cover each other. .” "It's almost impossible to talk to Diana alone with Devon around," said another relative. "She brought him to our party on Christmas Day. I want to say to Diana we love her, etc. Wait, you know, it’s the New Year’s holiday thing. Finally, I had a chance to be alone with her in the kitchen, and Devon came in just after talking to her.”