Missed Opportunity

In 2015 I was a police officer. A kid (18-19 or so) stabbed another kid over a girl during a fight and the victim didn’t survive. They were all on heroin and obviously not making good decisions. I interviewed the kid and was tasked with the case.

Part of that case was listening to his jail phone calls to see if he’d reveal any more info. He called several people a day and I had to sift through all of them. Most of the time I would listen to them in the car while on patrol.

He was OBSESSED with bitcoin. So much so he had a bitcoin tattoo. He would try to convince everyone he spoke with to buy bitcoin. This went on for weeks. It was brought up in every single conversation. So much so that I started to believe it. I looked it up and they were under $500 a piece I believe. I thought what the hell maybe he’s right? I was going to spend $1,000 on it and just see what happens.

I got half of my credit card entered, stopped and thought, what the hell am I doing? I’m taking advice from a teenage heroin user that just unalived another person. Closed out and never tried again.

I should have took that little shits advice and I think about this at least monthly. He talked about having a couple hundred bitcoin and he’d never go under 100 if he sells off. He got 10 years in prison so if he’s not out now, he will be next year. I’ve always been curious as to how much he has and what he’s going to do with it when he gets out.