So, this is Middle Valley, huh? The silence here is quite deafening. I actually woke up this morning and I heard birds, which is not something that usually happens living in the city as I do. I think they’re planning to keep me here. The actual house that I’m staying in is a boarding house and so they’ve they’ve actually put me up here for what seems to be at least a month, which is making me think that I should have sublet my apartment in New York, maybe saved a little money or made a little money for crying out loud.
Yeah, it seems like they’re going to keep me here for some time. So I guess I better get to know the place a little bit.
I am actually walking down River Road right now. The line of homes is just exquisite down the street from where I’m actually staying. They all back up to the river and, and all of them have sort of a Victorian look and feel to them. There’s a car going by one of them. That’s unusual, it seems here. The bridge is up ahead and the courthouse.
I’m not really sure where I should begin. I guess I should start by saying hello to the sheriffs and asking around for some information. And but it does seem like this is going to be a long slog if you will, not much to go on at the moment, but enough that they sent me here. There’s a Dunkin’ Donuts, a food store down the street, I can see and police barracks over there.
This is a very, very small town. It doesn’t sound like they really have a lead or really have any understanding of what may have happened, they just have found several pieces of human remains.
So I guess it’s going to be up to me and some of the local media. I was told there was a an editor here in town … I reached out and left him a voicemail yesterday, didn’t hear back, which isn’t altogether surprising. The local media never liked it when the national or big city media comes in and starts to nose around a bit – they don’t like having others on their turf. And also, it sort of implies that, you know, we’re better at our jobs than they are, that we were just better. And so I don’t know that he will be receptive of me just sort of asking questions. His name is Bernie and my understanding is he has covered the area for some time. So he certainly knows it and is going to be a good source for somebody like me coming in. I understand that there’s also a bar owner I should know.
Anyway, will report back.