The Examiner

After the polygraph test, the examiner made a verbal report to the chief and Ramoos. "We asked the subject, Roger Slaymore, if that was his real name. The results show that he answered truthfully. When asked if he had purchased and used drugs he answered truthfully." "What was his answer?", asked the chief. "Yes to both." "What about his friends - his drug associates?" "When asked if they had given him the contact and connection information, he answered truthfully again." "What was that?" "Yes." "Yeah, he's starting to sound like a real loser." Ramoos asked, "Did you ask him if he was still in contact with the friends?" "Yes, I did. He answered no, which was truthful." "Did you ask what became of his friends." "He said he just didn't contact them again, which was truthful, nor did they contact him." "Shit..." muttered the chief. "What about the dealers, is he still in contact with them?", asked Ramoos. "He said they were in contact with him, and that he did not want to contact them." "Did he say why?", asked the chief. "He said that they were extorting him and making exorbitant demands on him, which appeared to be the truth." "Appeared to be, what the hell is that?", questioned the chief.

"He said that the zombies were making phone calls to him - or somebody purporting to be a zombie or associated with them. In this case, I have to say that either he was telling the truth or he is a very skillful liar." "Shit..." mumbled the chief again, "which means we might have absolutely nothing." "I have to say that I did ask him about the extortion and the demands. At this point he got very agitated - which is a very good indicator that he's being truthful - even though I don't believe parts of his story." "You mean the zombies?" asked Ramoos. "Yes, the zombies, even though he appears to be dead serious. Sorry, that wasn't meant to be a pun." Ramoos chuckled under his breath, "I haven't seen any myself." Wait a minute, thought Ramoos, what about the hearts...? "You better move on that bust," the chief told Ramoos.

"Did you ask details about the extortion, the demands?", asked Ramoos. The examiner looked at his notes, "They first called demanding 400 dollars, then 500, then 600, then a thousand, then 6000, now the bill is at 60,000. I asked him if they demanded more. He said no, at that point he decided to ask for protection. He appeared to be telling the truth during this sequence of questions." The chief whistled, "So, we might be able to nail these pricks with extortion, too."
"Did you get his urine test results?" "All negative," responded Ramoos, "do the hair test?" "Yeah, get a sample and do a post-interview with this character. Then set up that bust." "Hey, I'm only one guy." joked Ramoos. "Yeah, we should get you a partner. All the more reason for you to get moving on this stuff.", said the chief. "Do you need me for the post-interview?, asked the examiner. "You volunteering?", asked Ramoos. "I guess I just did."

"Wait a minute. You asked about the murders, the hearts and other crimes?" from the chief. "Yes, we did. The part about the hearts stunned him, though. Stunned me, too. So he's being truthful in that part." Ramoos to the examiner, "Did you tell him that, technically, the hearts are still alive?" "What!?" exclaimed both the chief and the examiner. "The hearts are still "alive" technically, they're just not moving, except at the cellular level. Glick showed me." "Sonofabitch," muttered the chief. "Is that in your report?" "Right there," Ramoos pointed and the chief craned his head neck down. "You're right. Thats not normal, is it?" "Glick didn't seem to think so." "Have you got anything else on this?" "No, I haven't heard back from Glick. And, I've been babysitting our boy Roger."