Blayne Alexander

And so it did kind of put a lot of people in this kind of place of just fear and like trying to watch out while at the same time wondering if police were going to do anything about this.

When it comes to emotion, Andrea, you know this.

I mean, when we interview, like, police chiefs, prosecutors, like, all these folks, it's not often that you get to see, like, just true emotion tears from them, right?

But, like, that happened several times when I was speaking with Chief McCutcheon.

Certainly happened when I was talking with Ben Creekmore, the DA.

I mean, they were tearing up thinking about the moment that they found Jaylee's body, the pain that the family went through.

And

And, you know, several things.

One, Oxford is a college town, right?

Like, everything revolves around Ole Miss.

And so you think about, okay, like, either I have college-age kids or my kids will one day be in college.

Or you can kind of just put yourself in this feeling of, oh, my God, I don't know where my child is when they've gone off to college.

And I think any parent can kind of identify with that, and that's a terrifying thought.

Yeah.

I also think that for Chief McCutcheon and Mr. Jimmy, Jay's dad, faith really bonded them.

I mean, they both talked about times that they would pray together.

They both talked about times when, I mean, the police really put a lot into this.

The chief told me at one point, OK, it's like we're going to take an ibuprofen, get some rest, and then we're going to get right back at it.

Like they were going around the cough, drink some coffee, you know, and we're going at it.

And so they were putting their heart and soul into this.