Odell Redd, Professor Tagert's graduate student, reveals the secret of his boss' research.

The son of director Richard Elfman, nephew of composer Danny Elfman and husband of Jenna Elfman, Bohdi Elfman has made his own name in the family business through steady work as a supporting actor. After bit parts in films like Doing Time on Maple Drive, Sneakers, A Very Brady Sequel, Armageddon, and Gone in 60 Seconds, Elfman won his most prominent role the futuristic drama Freedom, seen on the UPN. His dad, who co-founded the rock group Oingo Boingo, cast him in the 1994 horror comedy Shrunken Heads. He has made cameo appearances on his wife's television show, Dharma & Greg, and in her first big screen romantic comedy, Keeping the Faith.

In Hillerman's words:
Redd's address was in Albuquerque's student ghetto -- a neighborhood of small-frame, stucco bungalows left over from the 1940s, with weedy yards and sagging fences. Redd's residence was behind such a bungalow in what had once been a double garage. The rusty Bronco II with the REDDNECK plate was parked beside it, and Redd himself was standing in the door watching them as Janet Pete pulled up. He was a tall man with athlete's shoulders, but the first thing Chee noticed was red hair, a red mustache, and a long narrow face sprinkled with freckles.

Coyote Waits, Chapter 9