FROM THE DESK OF LIEUTENANT BILLY CLAYTON

Investigation of Tripp Warner Death

Notes from Brownstein Interview, July 5, 2017, 8:00 a.m.

Suspect said he’d been inside all night reading

No witnesses to corroborate

Thought ambulance lights were fireworks

Ate dinner at Yoshi’s, paid cash; Yoshi confirms

Fresh footprints between hedge and Hulbert Ave

Insists the Warners are out to get him, not the other way around

Claims he owns no tools or ladder

Brief tour of house seems to support this; suspect asked for search warrant

When asked what book he was reading all night, grabbed one off shelf

Book spine cracked as if new