eventually , jack had flown back to los angeles with thornberg kinderling in custody thornberg kinderling , just an inoffensive , bespectacled farm-insurance salesman from centralia , would n't say boo to a goose , would n't say shit if he had a mouthful , would n't dare ask your mamma for a drink of water on a hot day , but he had killed two prostitutes in the city of angels .