Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

           Boxerbaumsaid,"Okay,I’llfileforkidnapping.That’stheonlycrimeactuallycommittedoncampus—ourjurisdiction.Therapehappenedsomewhereelse."HecheckedouttheinformationthathadcomeinfromtheBureauofCriminalIdentification:WilliamStanleyMilligan,atwenty-two-year-oldex-convict,hadbeenparoledsixmonthsearlierfromOhio’sLebanonCorrectionalInstitution.Hislast-knownaddresswas933SpringStreet,Lancaster,Ohio.

           MillercalledforaSWATteam,andtheyassembledintheAssaultSquadofficetoplantheapproach.TheyhadtofindouthowmanypeoplewereintheapartmentwithMilligan.Twooftherapevictimshadreportedhimsayinghewasaterroristandahitman,andhehadfiredaguninPolly’spresence.Theyhadtoassumehewasarmedanddangerous.

           OfficerCraigoftheSWATteamsuggestedagimmickapproach.HewoulduseadummyDominospizzabox,pretendingsomeonefromthataddresshadorderedit,andwhenMilliganopenedthedoor,Craigwouldtrytolookinside.Theyagreedtotheplan..

           Buteversincetheaddresshadcomethrough,Boxerbaumhadbeenpuzzled.Whywouldanex-convictcomeforty-fivemiles,allthewayfromLancastertoColumbus,threetimeswithintwoweekstocommitrape?Somethingwasn’tright.Astheywereabouttoleave,hepickedupthephone,dialed411andaskediftherewasanewfistingonaWilliamMilligan.Helistenedforamomentandthenjotteddowntheaddress.