æt ðə pəlˈiːs stˈeɪʃən, sˈæm tˈɔːks tʊ ɐ saɪkˈaɪətɹɪst hˌuː hæd ɛɡzˈæmɪnd bˈeɪts, wˌaɪl ðə kˈaʊnti hˈaɪweɪ kɹˈuː ɪz ˈaʊt dɹˈɛdʒɪŋ ðə swˈɑːmp tʊ ʌŋkˈʌvɚ ðɪ ˈɔːɾəməbˌiəlz, ɹᵻvˈiːlɪŋ ðə bˈɑːdiz ʌv mˈɛɹi ænd ˈɑːɹbəɡˌæst; ɐ mˈiːdiːə fɹˈɛnzi ɪmˈædʒɪnz kˈaʊntləs ɐdˈɪʃənəl vˈɪktɪmz təbi ʌŋkˈʌvɚd ɪf ðə swˈɑːmp ɪz fˈɜːðɚ dɹˈeɪnd, bˌʌt "ðə nˈuːzpeɪpɚ ɹˈaɪɾɚz dˈɪdnt hæv tə fˈʊt ðə bˈɪl fɔːɹ sˈʌtʃ ɐ pɹˈɑːdʒɛkt."
At the police station, Sam talks to a psychiatrist who had examined Bates, while the county highway crew is out dredging the swamp to uncover the automobiles, revealing the bodies of Mary and Arbogast; a media frenzy imagines countless additional victims to be uncovered if the swamp is further drained, but "the newspaper writers didn't have to foot the bill for such a project."