The Big Story - A Dead Certainty

As Kenneth McCormick, reporter for the Detroit Free Press Newspaper, is looking at a violent murder scene in the living room of a bungalow in the suburbs of Highland Park, Captain Walsh, Highland Park Detective, enters the room and introduces himself. Walsh says "You're the guy that got the Pulitzer Prize a few years ago". McCormick says "Oh, you have a good memory Captain. What's the dead man's name?" Walsh says "George F. Redway, age 69, worked in The Candy Factory" McCormick says "Looks like he took quite a beating. What did he die of?" Walsh says "Broken ribs, probably punctured his lungs. Death occurred around midnight last night, and was reported early this morning. Anything else you want to know?" McCormick says "Well, I'd like to get an interview with his family". Walsh says "You can't, he hasn't got any. One of the neighbors found his body". McCormick says "I see. What do you think the motive was? Robbery?" Walsh says "What else? Look at the joint". McCormick says "Someone sure took it apart, but this bungalow, Captain, the furnishings, the way it's kept. What I mean is, it doesn't look like the old guy had much to be robbed of". Walsh says "Somebody must have thought he had". McCormick asks "What about all these muddy tracks on the floor?" Walsh says "Who knows. Anyone could have made them, even Redway himself. Ah, I hate this kind of case". McCormick says "You know why? Because the motive  is too broad, too impersonal. Any one of five thousand bums or hoodlums could have bust in, beaten up the occupant, ransacked the joint, and cleared out."