the pictures and shook. But he regained his composure enough to give The Boys (along with Larry Doreck) the impression that that was as far as they were going to getat least that night. 18 That was all right. There would be other nights, and all they had to do to go back to Bloom's was put more gas in Bigfoot.
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Hank was terrified of McDuff and of the trouble he had gotten himself into. But like Roy Dale Green in 1966, Hank Worley wanted to run around with what he thought was an impressive individualsomeone like Kenneth Allen McDuff, a big, ex-con murderer with a car and money. Most officers associated with the McDuff murder cases believe that Hank got himself into a horrible situation and he could not back out. That is possible, but not likely. For example, during his investigation, Tim Steglich found out about an incident that occurred long before Hank helped McDuff abduct Colleen. Reportedly, Hank discovered that his daughter had gotten into a car with McDuff and drove off. Hank was so incensed that he went over to his ex-wife's home and threatened to kill anyone who ever let her do that again. "You have to wonder what he knew or suspected before that," said Tim.
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One also has to wonder how many times someone like McDuff had to talk about killing before it would occur to Hank that just maybe there was something to all of the boasting. Especially since Hank knew McDuff to be extremely dangerous. Even those in the subculture knew McDuff to be "dangerous and crazy." Billy, Harrison, the One-eyed Jack, Chester the Molester, One-Arm, T-Bone, Linda, Holly, Sandy, the whores on the Cut, any number of thieves, rapists, drug dealers and murderers, and even some of McDuff's own family, all knew him to be a violent predator. Why not Hank Worley? Until, as he asserted, it was too late. If, indeed, Hank Worley was neither a predator nor a true accomplice, then he surely suffered from heartbreaking stupidity. 19
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Or, maybe, Hank Worley knew what he was doing. At least Hank had enough common sense to fear for the safety of his family. If, indeed, guilt plagued him, it might have been because he placed very innocent members of his own family in grave danger. He had to tell his sister, Diane, who at one time took him into her home, that "if Big Mac comes up to the house you tell him where I'm at and you call this man immediately, 'cause he might hurt you." Then he handed her Mike McNamara's card. 20
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McDuff's friends never ceased to amaze the investigators. While in-
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