Seen at a high-end jewelry store in the Loop: the city's most feared Homicide lead just spent an hour sweating over a diamond necklace.
So I’m waiting for my watch repair when he walks in. The guy looks like he just crawled out of a crime scene—messy hair, unbuttoned uniform, smells like rain and cheap booze. Everyone else in the store is dressed for a boardroom, but he’s just looming over the display cases with this intense, dead-eyed focus. He didn't even look at the prices. He just kept pointing at the heaviest, most expensive diamonds and asking the clerk if they looked 'anchored' enough. He looked like he was about to start an interrogation if the jeweler hesitated. When he finally bought the necklace, he didn't even put it in his pocket; he just gripped it like a lifeline and walked out into the rain. Who is he actually buying this for?
Maybe you should go ask him yourself? seems to have a lot on his mind.
Reply to JustAsking： Like he'd answer a stranger.
The way he holds that box... it’s not romantic. It’s like he’s trying to hold onto something he’s terrified will disappear.
Reply to LoopObserver： Exactly. He looks like he hasn't slept in a week.
The necklace is probably a bribe so his spouse doesn't leave him. The guy is a walking dependency.
He's terrifying. Saw him once in a coffee shop—guy radiates pure stress even when he's doing nothing.
He looks so exhausted. Does he ever drink anything besides vodka?
I tried to get a comment from him at a scene last month. He just looked through me and told me to get lost. He is literally the last person I'd imagine buying jewelry.
Wait, is this the lead detective who supposedly refuses to talk about his home life? I heard he pays for a penthouse just so he doesn't have to talk about his work with his spouse.
That’s definitely the guy from the 12th District. My brother works with him—says he’s a total wreck when he isn’t clearing cases in record time.