Wordle by Wordle: Day 163
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Wordle #1088 – SWUNG
I can’t think of where to look next though, either. Do police officers have their own social network I don’t know about? ThinBluesky or something?
With relief, I remember that I haven’t checked LinkedIn yet. I guess I really could use a nap if I’m slipping this much…
I spend a few minutes setting up a fake profile for a fake police officer in Palumbo’s precinct, and then—
“Bingo.”
In Palumbo’s profile pic, his hair is cropped short and he’s wearing a respectable suit and tie—no mustache, either—but I’d recognize that smug expression anywhere.
Somewhat peppier now, I start scrolling through his connected profiles.
“Douglas Early?”
I pause on a photo of an older man with silver-white hair, gruff and a little weathered, but still undeniably handsome. Like salad-dressing-era Paul Newman. If someone had told me this man was Austin Early’s father I’d believe it.
Suddenly, my thoughts are swung back to my conversation with Austin at his yoga studio. He’d said that before he was a yoga instructor…
“I had been a police officer for a while, like my dad…”
I click on the profile.
Douglas Early: San Francisco Chief of Police.
I do a tentative fist pump. With this lead, I’m able to follow the breadcrumbs to Douglas Early’s Facebook profile and verify that he is, in fact, Austin Early’s father.
So, Palumbo and Austin definitely know each other. Maybe they met at the police academy and became friends then, or maybe Palumbo worked under Douglas Early who introduced him to his son. Either way, there’s no question that Palumbo, Austin, and Bree can all pull strings with the Chief of Police.
“Well, shit.”
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