Teen Suspect Thinks He_s Smarter Than Detectives He Wasn_t _ Police Interrogation True Crime

An 18-year-old boy sits in an interrogation room. He is confident. He is arrogant. He has watched enough crime shows to know how this works. He asks for a lawyer. The detective says he can have one. He does not ask for one. He thinks he can talk his way out of anything. He is wrong.The teen had been accused of murdering his classmate. He had a history of violence. He had threatened the victim before. He had an alibi that did not hold up. The detective played a recording of a witness describing the teen's car at the scene. The teen's story changed. First he was at home. Then he was at the mall. Then he was driving around. He could not keep his lies straight.The interrogation lasted four hours. The teen maintained his innocence for three of them. Then the detective mentioned a detail that had never been released to the public. The teen's face went pale. He asked for a glass of water. The confession was coming. It came slowly, in fragments, between long silences. He did not confess because he felt guilty. He confessed because the evidence had closed every escape route.Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because the teen suspect thought he was smarter than the detectives. He was not. And now he is going to prison.