because he hadn t heard about the murder yet. soon, he was inside an interrogation room, answering questions about the previous day. go through the night, kurt. what time did you get a school? did you drive from schools? you know? they want to timeline. very factual. he says after hours of back and forth, the detectives finally told him michel had been murdered. the unhappy fact was you were the last person in her circle of associates not seen her life. that realization hit me like a brick. that s not a good place to be in. oh, no. at that point, i was somewhere in shock. then he says, they hit him with it. and it was just like the do it on tv. this guy wheeled around and put his hands on the desk and leaned over and said, why did you kill her? now is the time to give it up and do yourself some good. oh, talk about there in the headlights looking kid. but then his store manager for the white mall was on the line. she told detectives kurt had gone on break, retur
because he hadn t heard about the murder yet. soon, he was inside an interrogation room, answering questions about the previous day. go through the night, kurt. what time did you get a school? did you drive from schools? you know? they want to timeline. very factual. he says after hours of back and forth, the detectives finally told him michel had been murdered. the unhappy fact was you were the last person in her circle of associates not seen her life. that realization hit me like a brick. that s not a good place to be in. oh, no. at that point, i was somewhere in shock. then he says, they hit him with it. and it was just like the do it on tv. this guy wheeled around and put his hands on the desk and leaned over and said, why did you kill her? now is the time to give it up and do yourself some good. oh, talk about there in the headlights looking kid.
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