arrest. walter, he didn t seem like a normal teenager. he just seemed it s hard to describe, like socially awkward. just very gullible. if we didn t have anything to do, we knew we could call walt up and say, hey, walt, you want to buy us a case of beer? and he wanted to please you and, you know, wanted friends, and and he d be like, oh, yeah, yeayea yeah, i ll do that. he s not stupid, but he has no common sense whatsoever. after high school, walter joined the army, but his difficulty with social interactions soon led to a discharge. he then moved across the street from barbara jean. after the murder happened, you know, years and years went by and they never caught the guy. ogrod s confession to beating 4 1/2-year-old barbara jean horn. one day the news came on and they flashed a picture of walt on the screen. i was like, oh, my god.