then came a question investigators thought would certainly get jim s attention interrogator: who s bill hill? he s a friend of mine who lives here. bass player. interrogator: mm. does that surprise you, that i brought up that name? ye yes. interrogator: why? because you re from whidbey island? interrogator: would it surprise you that i ve been talking to him almost daily for the last week and a half? yeah, it would surprise me. i just wanted to see a reaction. up until that point, he was playing it pretty cool. and i think i got the reaction i was hoping for. it kind of deflated him a bit. so we re at truth or dare time, jim. yeah. you know what you ve told bill. he s your best friend in the whole world. the guy s falling apart over this literally, falling apart over the guilt he s carrying aroundecause you told him what you did.