Blayne Alexander
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And I think any parent can kind of identify with that, and that's a terrifying thought.
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.
And it gets hard for them.
They weren't able to find Jay, right, or bring his remains home.
And so we saw this kind of back and forth where they were really leaning on each other through the course of this.
And I have to say, one thing that's interesting that didn't make it into our story, Chief McCutcheon had actually met Jay Lee at one point.
about six months before he disappeared.
He told me that there was this kind of round table that they had for community leaders.
And Jay was doing an internship at Child Protective Services there in Oxford.
So Jay was part of this meeting.
And he comes in, he sits down, and the chief said immediately his personality was just on display.
He was like, I'm Jay Lee.