Confident that Liam was likely within earshot, hiding just inside the doorway, we made a point of recounting to the wife the alleged incident involving him beating to death the man chained to a tree. “Everyone knows,” I said, telling Liam’s wife what the worker had told me. She said nothing. I then asked her if she would allow the two police officers to look inside. “You’ll need a warrant,” she replied, before ordering us to leave. In the end, nothing Jantarak or Liam’s wife said seemed surprising or especially informative. That Liam never came out of his house annoyed me more than I can
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