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Originally Posted by MegtheEgg86
Reams, the bowling alley employee, fabricated the story in an attempt to cover for Ferrell, who was a regular patron of the establishment and a relatively well-known and liked community figure.
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I did not consider this. On the surface, it sounds ludicrous that someone casually known to Ferrell would lie to help shore up his innocence narrative. But I was listening to a podcast about this case a few days ago (for the life of me I cannot remember the name or find it, but it was roughly 2 and a half hours long) and towards the end of it they mention Ferrell's parole and how the people of Gormania were probably worried that a killer was about to be back on the streets, but the other host chimed in and said that the people from this town legitimately thought Ferrell was being framed by law enforcement and they considered him something of a folk hero. So with this context, I could see why someone would fabricate an alibi of sorts to help him.