Since the Clutter murderers had spent the night of December 19, the date of the murders, in a Tallahassee hotel, Osprey's sheriff, who had no other leads whatever, was understandably anxious to have the two men questioned and a polygraph examination administered.
Cluttertarren hiltzaileek abenduaren 19a, hilketen eguna, Tallahasseeko hotel batean eman zutenez, Ospreyko xerifa, ez baitzuen bestelako aztarnarik, bi gizonei galdeketa egin eta gezur antzemangailuaren saio bat'ezartzeko irrikaz zegoen.