Phoebe Judge

Where had he last been seen?

What did his family think?

I mean, when they reported him missing, what did they think had happened?

The police were able to trace the phone call to a payphone not far from Darius's office.

But they were unable to find out who the caller was.

About three years went by.

The case was eventually passed along to a 38-year-old detective named Jacek Robleski.

Did he have any suspicions about the case?

Jacek Robleski learned that Christian Bala had published a mock in 2003, several years after Darius had been murdered, and not long before Jacek began investigating the case.

Jacek decided to get a copy.

The fact that Darius' cell phone had been sold on an internet auction site had never been made public.

Detective Jacek Robleski decided to make copies of Christian Bala's novel and hand them out to his detective squad.

He assigned everyone chapters and asked them to look for more similarities between the plot and Darius Januszewski's murder.

I'm Phoebe Judge.

This is Criminal.

David Grand says Christian Bala's novel didn't get very much attention when it was first published.

And out of the people who did read it, some who knew Christian were surprised.

David says once, after the book came out, an interviewer asked Christian, Some authors write only to release their Mr. Hyde, the dark side of their psyche.

Do you agree?

Christian responded, I know what you were driving at, but I won't comment.