Ray William Johnson

He's not really answering questions.

He's being childlike.

Sometimes he'll laugh or, like, mimic voices.

Sometimes he'll just go silent.

Not only that, but his only real demand is that he asks them to get him an army helicopter to transport him to the airport.

So it seems like he's planning to flee this place, but it also seems like he doesn't really have a plan.

Regardless, police aren't about to give him a helicopter.

Now, at some point during the negotiations, he decides that he doesn't want the hostage anymore.

And he unfortunately shoots his only hostage.

And of course, outside, police, they don't know this is going down.

Otherwise, they would probably rush in and arrest him.

So then, hours pass, and it's late into the night.

And negotiations, they're just, they're not getting anywhere.

And if that isn't bad enough, then the cordless phone that Martin is using starts to die.

Because apparently it runs on batteries, and like, the batteries are dying.

So police completely lose communication with Martin, and they have no idea what he's gonna do next.

And so eventually, it's the next morning.

And Martin and the police have been in this standoff for 18 hours at this point.

And Martin, I guess he wants to create some confusion and make a run for it during the chaos.

And he plans on doing that by setting the cottage on fire.