Sergeant Bickle is a detective with the Euclid police department. He speaks to Phoebe and Sal about Mrs. Winterbottom’s disappearance, though he doesn’t take the girls seriously. However, he becomes a person of interest to Sal and Phoebe when Sal discovers that his son, Mike, is the supposed “lunatic” whom Phoebe believes kidnapped Mrs. Winterbottom. It turns out that Sergeant Bickle and his wife adopted Mike as a newborn, when Mrs. Winterbottom gave him up for adoption years ago.
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Sergeant Bickle Character Timeline in Walk Two Moons
The timeline below shows where the character Sergeant Bickle appears in Walk Two Moons. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 29
...says this is about Mrs. Winterbottom, and the woman leads the girls to speak to Sergeant Bickle . Phoebe tells Sergeant Bickle everything about her mother disappearing, Mrs. Cadaver and her missing...
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Phoebe then offers Sergeant Bickle her envelope with the strands of hair, which she’d like him to analyze. Sal can...
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Chapter 31
The officers let Phoebe and Sal in to see Sergeant Bickle right away. Phoebe puts the newest message, her evidence from Mrs. Cadaver’s house, and a...
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Chapter 32
Sal races out of Sergeant Bickle ’s office after seeing the picture of the lunatic. She runs all the way to...
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Chapter 33
...she doesn’t know where to look for Mrs. Winterbottom. Sal shares that the lunatic is Sergeant Bickle ’s son, and the girls make a plan.
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Chapter 35
...plan to track down the lunatic and, hopefully, find Mrs. Winterbottom. Sal isn’t convinced that Sergeant Bickle ’s son is a lunatic or at all connected to Phoebe’s mother, but she’s committed...
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...busy, and one doesn’t pick up. Finally, the number that didn’t pick up does—and it’s Sergeant Bickle ’s wife. Phoebe says she’ll call back later. While Dad is at Margaret’s later that...
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