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"Not really"

"Contact a relative, collect yourin a kennel?"

"No, thanks anyway"

"No relative for ht, don't you?"

"I'an left and made the short walk across the boulevard to the office of State Attorney Lawrence Moran, located in the courthouse Moran was indeed eager for a state him on" Moran and Park Beach Police Chief, Willia pressure from the public

The chief was personally troubled about the crime for another reason He didn't want any crime of consequence to happen in the city for the next 173 days That hen he'd retire Twenty years ago, the toas smaller and simpler, and he was one of only a handful of officers He was the shortest one on the force Soed back then because he was unht to join any police force Some continued to call him "Shorty Oehlert" even after the City Council appointed him chief "Hey Shorty, be careful some crook doesn't step on you" "Hey, I hear your wife calls you Shorty" In another 173 days, he'd tell them where they could shove their dumbass nickname

His office closet held a half-packed cardboard box standing ready for the day he'd clean out his desk Retire books and catalogs He wasn't happy having a new hoet out while still healthy

The chief assigned the homicide to Detective Goddard, for two reasons He was better than the other detectives And he was a self-starter who most likely wouldn't bother the chief very much

Best or not, not everyone liked Goddard Soressed too fast Other officers also had a degree in Criminal Justice and some had more tih to qualify them for promotion to detective; it merely qualified them to take the detective exa and waiting for hi they had called Goddard at home and told him to report to the homicide scene He was there when the report came in about Tammy Jerrold's 911 call He went immediately to her office He took suspect Reid into custody that night He began the interrogation in a casual, non-threatening manner to keep the suspect responsive Reid, however, had asked about a lawyer, and the questioning couldn't legally continue

Sunday , Goddard had met with Chief Oehlert and State Attorney Moran who thenJerry Kagan in court again," Moran said