Carpet: Found

After an intense interrogation by yours truly, I was able to draw an answer from Will as to the whereabouts of the illusive carpet. As I suspected, he had taken it captive outside, and planned to beat it! Will claimed that the carpet was dirty, and that it needed a good beating. Hitler said the same thing about the Jews, Will. Shame on you. I arrested him immediately as he had admitted his crime, and charged him with kidnapping (1 count of), burglary (1 count of), malicious persuasion of plant-life (who knows how many counts of), and violent/malicious intent (1 count of).
As I am a forgiving and just ruler, I agreed upon Mr. Andree's request to allow him a lesser sentence if he led me to the missing carpet. Apparently, he put it on the back porch in a frazzled pile, exposed to the elements, creatures of the night, and so forth. He assisted me in removing the carpet from the scene and cleaning it. He has agreed to apologize to the carpet and immediate family of the carpet in a press conference yet to be held. Stay tuned for more details.

Once again, Detective Carroll has solved the case!
xoxo,
nathaniel