The bland, peeling paint and basic, rigid furniture in the small, windowless interrogation room, were designed as a reverse psychological ploy to be as uncomfortable as possible to help loosen the lips of suspects and to get witnesses talking. If they met them in a nicer setting and served coffee and donuts, they would only be distracted and focused on life’s pleasures.

So, they gave them the barest amount of comfort.

Two witnesses had come forward, Gail Winters and Joe ...