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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maerdwyn" data-source="post: 2144064" data-attributes="member: 835">Brown shoots a quick look right back, pretty sure it was Andrews' comments (seeming to imply that the killer was a member of this community) that got the sherriff's guard up, but answers Colorados directly and not defensively. "We do not think someone from around here is the perp, Sherriff, let me assure you of that. We know, for a fact, for example, that the killings started - at the farthest west - in Houston. We have some indication that there may have been related killings even further east than that, but until we develop those leads further, I'd ask you to keep that possibility quiet. I'm just telling you now so you know what we're thinking as we're thinking it. I'll keep doing that so our agencies can keep working together well, but we don't want information, that could eventually prove false, getting out until we've explored it more. I think all my partner wants is to make sure that the rumors you told us about don't contribute to a panic, and don't provide an opportunity for anyone around here, whether part of the community or not, to capitalize on the understandable fears people affected by these murders are experiencing.  "You understand that a couple years ago when the Sniper was terrorizing DC, there were people of all persuasions using that fear to advance their cause, be it gun control, gun legalization, even pro-life and pro-choice arguments. Now I'm sure you know your people well enough to say that wouldn't happen here, and I'm real glad of it. But it still makes sense for us to get those rumors shut down by by someone the people trust, so that if someday people outside the community get wind of what happened here, we keep the story simple and based on the facts we have, rather than on rumor.  Because if the media mistakenly gets it in their heads, based on these rumors, that an Apache witch was involved with this, you know the kind of circus that will descend on this town. We won't just be dealing with solving these crimes, but also ten thousand idiots ranging from Channel 5 to the Born-Agains to PETA wackos. We all need to stay focused on stopping the bad guys from doing more bad things, not constantly explaining ourselves to A Current Affair or Sightings. "So I think your idea, before, was a real good one, Sherrif Colorados. If you - or we along with you - could speak to one of the elder shamans you mentioned, and ask him to help us with regard to the local rumors that an Apache witch is involved, I think that might help a lot. We can't reveal the evidence we have to the public, obviously, since that's art of on ongoing and open investigation. But we can at least ask someone with strong credibility with the community, to honestly and truthfully let them know we are making progress in the case, and to help put an end to the rumors of supernatural involvement in this case. Would you be comfortable with that, Sherriff? Do you believe the shaman you have in mind would be comfortable with it?"</blockquote>

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