Chapters 14-15, The Tapes—Tommy and The Tapes—Karl Summary and Analysis

At the beginning of Tommy's confession tape, Rusty Featherstone can be clearly heard reading Tommy Ward his rights and establishing that Tommy had not been treated poorly in any way. Tommy then begins his story by telling the police how he was at a party and was approached by Odell Titsworth and Karl Fontenot. Titsworth and Fontenot wanted to go get high. Tommy agreed and the three went to a church parking lot where they drank beer and got high. The men then discussed robbing a convenience store. Tommy then said that he and Titsworth went into the store where they began throwing things around. Tommy said that Titsworth insisted they had to take the clerk with them so she could...