There were at least ten known sex offenders living around Iowa, ten whose names I will find in the records. Ten whose names the Louisiana parole officer actually gave Lucky and Dixon before she gave them Ricky’s name. It wasn’t as neat as the story was told. Of course it wasn’t. One of the ten actually showed up to help search for Jeremy. The cops turned him away—and meanwhile Ricky served coffee to the searchers and watched the children play in his bedroom, shooing them away from the closet door.
