The Sergeant's deadline is tonight. An offer to get in contact with people you know, yet also a threat. Given how fed up he was, it's unlikely he's joking about the kind of cruelty he's willing to go through for the sake of getting what he wants.
That's why it may not be so surprising that, early in Friday morning, there's this air of tension, despite the bright sun in the sky. It doesn't help that a firetruck and a couple patrolcars race through the streets, passing in front of the motel and going west. The reason why is clear after a single glance:
There's a thick column of black smoke emanating from somewhere inside the Junkyard.
If we hadn’t gotten into the car in time, it could have destroyed a lot of evidence. They may have wanted to hide the fact that it came from one of us, and put suspicion on the upset townsfolk.
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This probably means that the fire wasn’t started long ago. He probably died recently.