that looked like fear. was he truly innocent? or was something else going on? something more in keeping with his role as a storyteller? why can t you give me your version of events that night? because i m scared. as the night dragged on, he mumbled something about reality seeming like a fantasy. i feel like i m in the twilight zone right now. but in the face of all of detective clark s allegations, mark twitchell never wavered. for nearly four hours he answered clarks questions, always a polite. apparently helpful. did not so much is asked for a lawyer. so by the end of the night, i got nothing. no evidence. my gut instinct at that time is this guy is involved. he s involved up to his neck in this. what exactly he is done to him? i don t know yet. but i will find out. finally, at daybreak. mark twitchell let clark know that he had had enough. am i being charged?
to the outside world, unperturbed. and instead of falling apart, he simply retreated to his childhood home. moved in with his parents. and so, clark paid twitchell dad and mom a visit. she struck me as a parent, her son does nothing wrong. where is the father, wanted to listen to me. he wanted to hear what i had to say. and he listened. but, he got overridden. they set up a says surveillance, to keep an eye on the house. and twitchell. but his behavior, was anything but suspicious. he went on about his business. took meeting with sweat investors about his project. even picked up a $35,000 check from financial backer, john vincent. the mark twitchell i was dealing with was articulate, in control. running his project the way that you would expect any entrepreneur to run the project. and detective clark world of apparels and down arrows. there was one huge up arrow in twitchell s favor. motive. or that is to say, the lack of one. there was no earthly reason for twitchell to kill a
don t know where you went for? lunch now. so now it was early morning. they have been out for hours. they had taken a break. and they let mark twitchell slip by himself and still a bit. now the time had come for clark to play a different wall. we ve done the good cop good routine, now the backup is coming. out this is what you like? this is what i relish. there s absolutely no doubt in my mind that you are involved in the disappearance of johnny altinger. no doubt in my mind at all. mark. why? i m going to start with the hammering of what i know. problem is, i know very little. but, now that it was perfectly clear to mark twitchell that he was a suspect in the disappearance. and maybe a murderer. his easy camaraderie seem to shrivel. his eyes, glazed with something
what i love about the show in books is how he was able to explore that darkside. and rationalize that it is okay to kill somebody because this person deserved it in a way. we flirted back and forth and, then i kept asking him. who are you a little? tell me who you are. because i want to see the man behind the mask. finally, rene s facebook friend relented. no, he was not the actor, he admitted. his name was, mark twitchell. once he told me who he was i checked him out. i did a lot of research online. and found out that he was, legitimate. and he was up and coming. and for rene? the would-be filmmaker.
not yet. am i free to go? yeah. then i will. okay. and then, as bill clark escorted mark twitchell out of the building, and into the early morning park. he up the ante a little. told twitchell that he was seizing his car. and then he goes, he almost stopped and pulled back. he goes, well, i need to get something out of it. i said you re getting nothing. i m taking that car. and, it was then. as khark approached twitchell s car to take it to the impound lot. that he notice the license plate, personalized. dark jedi. coming up! i have never in my life felt fear like that. police find witnesses that saw something like a horror movie. it s like every nightmare that you had as a child. after watching scary movie, every night you ever had all the sudden is right here.