Elena

Dennis agreed, but rather than find another bar, he was like, let's go back to my apartment and I can make us some dinner.

So they went back.

But around 1 a.m., John excused himself, implying that he was going to the bathroom.

When he failed to return after 10 or 15 minutes, Dennis went to look for him and found the man asleep in his bed.

Oh.

Because remember, he's been kicked out of his house since he was 13.

Yeah.

He probably doesn't have a whole lot of places to stay.

So Dennis roused him and suggested he call a cab to take him home.

And John said, no, thank you.

And he was like, I'm too tired to leave, which does suggest drugging.

That's Dennis Nilsen's version of events, too.

He's like, I tried to get him to leave.

Yeah, I wasn't planning on it.

Like Malcolm Barlow, John represented a change in Dennis' pattern.

Although he had picked the man up at a bar, it seems like he had no interest in engaging in sex with him or killing him, which is two of the things he usually wants to do when he picks someone up.

Right.

In fact, according to him and according to all accounts, he had tried to get John out of the house a few times that night.

And John's refusal to leave and inability to leave is what I think it was, not straight out refusal.

Right.