Thibodeaux's Nightmare

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Thibodeaux’s nightmare happened when he showed up at his mother’s home to get some sleep from a long day of searching for Crystal. The police showed up not knowing that Thibodeaux was out looking for the victim. Thibodeaux was only individual at home at the time when the police came, and plus Thibodeaux persuade this nonchalant attitude towards the police making them believe that he’s their main suspect of the crime. Thibodeaux was brought in for questioning for the missing person interview but was quickly turned into a homicide. (Bohm & Haley, 2014).

Reference: Bohm, R., & Haley, K. (2014). Introduction to criminal justice (8th ed.) New York, New York:

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