Chapter 110 Section 13

Relatives thought it was just the couple's way of expressing their love. The McMullens were also suffering.They brought Richard Pais, a lawyer, for Brian from Worthburg, and soon word came out of the lawyer that so-called Brian McMullen talked of hitting Artian on the head, In fact, it was just repeating the questioning of the investigators. On the other hand, the police were still unable to get the "account" they wanted from Brian.They put the young man in the confinement room of the Prairie Police Station, which was a small room only 2 meters high, 2 meters long, and 1.2 meters wide.No bed, no blanket.A hole dug in the center of the concrete floor is regarded as the prisoner's toilet.According to Bryan later, the walls of the confinement room were covered with dried phlegm, snot, blood, and vomit, and the lights were on 24 hours a day.According to relevant regulations, the prisoner who was punished should not be closed for more than two hours in such a place, but Brian spent four full days there.For four days, he didn't even have enough water to take his medicine, and he often went hungry.Then the guard said to the small window on the door, if you admit that you are the murderer of Artian Jones, we will give you hamburgers and French fries, or a mattress to sleep on.Investigators also did not allow Brian to call home.When the boy asked for a lawyer, the police said, if you are innocent, you don't need a lawyer.

So far, the only hope of the task force is the Suzuki brand truck.At the same time that Bryan was arrested, the police also towed his car to find all kinds of evidence that Artian had been in the car: hair, fibers from clothes, and even blood.After Brian spent Christmas and New Years alone in prison, the results of the examination came out.The Tyrant Regional Crime Scene Laboratory announced that they found no clues related to the case in the Suzuki truck and McMullen's home, nor did they find the tools of the crime, such as handguns, bullets or first-class heavy objects. Meanwhile, Richard Pass approached the parties and arranged for a polygraph test for Bryan, which the lad passed without a hitch, and as Assistant Attorney General Aaron Levy, who is in charge of the case in the District Attorney's Office, noted: " He didn't just barely pass, he almost passed ... We asked him three very specific questions ... I believe that Brian McMullen had nothing to do with the Artian Jones murder."

And just like that, Brian McMullen's case was dropped on January 7, 1996, after spending more than three weeks in captivity during the long Christmas holiday of American families. However, the investigators were not satisfied with the decision of the Attorney General's Office. They insisted that Brian McMullen was the real culprit in the case and insisted that the investigation of Brian would continue.Bryan's lawyer, Richard Paiss, retorted after hearing this statement: "There is no evidence against my client...The police's conduct in this case investigation has been unbelievably sloppy... If the Grande Prairie Police Department does hope to see Brian McMullen in court one day, it is as the object of his prosecution - wrongful arrest and assault on honour."

The Artian Jones murder has since cooled down.By May 1996, there were hardly any reports or articles about the case in the local newspapers, and only the victim's mother, Linda Jones, was still fighting alone.She called the Fort Worth Star and said, "I feel like the police are at a dead end and they don't know what to do next. They've found the killer of Rob Dolittle (March 1996) case - author's note), they caught so many murderers and robbers, such as the taxi driver, why can't they catch the murderer who killed my daughter? Is there anything special about this case? Is there anything different? Andy Colin's case (the murder that happened in February of the same year - author's note) was solved in two days, why can't our case be solved?"

Like all mothers, Linda Jones also has endless remorse and self-blame: "It wasn't until the police asked me about the situation that I realized that I was not a competent mother. I had so many 'no's for my children. I know'. Although I care about every detail of Yatian's daily necessities, I don't know what kind of people she interacts with every day, who her friends are, and her spare time and weekends. What are you doing, don't even know what kind of hobbies she has." Linda Jones began to doubt the importance and ability of the Prairie Police Department to solve the case, "If the scene is moved two blocks to this side, the case should be handed over to the Mansfield Police Department. . . . only two blocks! Maybe it would have turned out quite differently. The police in Mansfield knew us because they were part of the community. Also, all the public pressure was coming from Mansfield, Prairie Police Department didn’t really feel it.”

By now, the Prairie Police Department felt the same way, and the Chuck Shachees wished they hadn't taken the case at all. Dennis Clay and Dennis Meyer have stopped working at Mansfield Police Station since the arrest of Brian McMullen on December 15. Now that the lads have been released, the detectives have no plans to move back. .They only discuss the "progress" of the case with their colleagues in Mansfield once a week, and more often, they discuss the "no progress" of the case. Linda Jones believes that the answer to the mystery is in Mansfield, "Adian is from Mansfield, her friends are all in Mansfield... I bet if the real murderer is caught one day, he must be Someone she knew. But until now, that person is still roaming the streets and has not received the punishment he deserved....May the guilt eat his soul alive."

The phone interview was published in the Fort Worth Star and read by Devon Grammond.From then on, he later said, Linda Jones' last words sat in his bones and haunted him day and night. Soon, the relatives of the Zamora family felt that the inseparable relationship between Devon and Diana was not just caused by love, they seemed to want to avoid everyone, or that Devon had been monitoring Diana, not allowing her to be with her. outsider contact.However, it was not until later that the relatives realized the true intention and good intentions of Devon's move.