➖Law student dismembered by stalker Stephen McDaniel - Police interrogation and confession. 1 of 6 — Transcript

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1. 0:01all right brother all right brother
2. 0:05all right
3. 0:07I just got to ask you a few
4. 0:08more questions okay you came down
5. 0:11earlier than I mean you talked all right
6. 0:12you don't have any weapons on you do you
7. 0:14yeah that's just you want what's wrong
8. 0:16you don't detect a Patterson right yes
9. 0:18do you remember put your hands up here
10. 0:20you remember us talking earlier tonight
11. 0:21right you remember me earlier in the day
12. 0:24yes we came down here and talked a
13. 0:26little bit and then we left yes okay I
14. 0:28need to know
15. 0:30about this girl right here you know her
16. 0:32yeah who is it Lauren gettings
17. 0:35does she live next door to you yes
18. 0:38when's the last time you seen her two or
19. 0:40three weeks ago
20. 0:42okay was you friends with Laura yes look
21. 0:45at me we taught me son okay
22. 0:47was you friends with her yes close
23. 0:49friends
24. 0:50we were good I mean y'all were friends
25. 0:51right both of y'all all students are
26. 0:53starting to be an attorney right yes
27. 0:54what kind of law do you want to go into
28. 0:56criminal law yes is that what you want
29. 0:58to do for a living yes okay
30. 1:00are you almost finished yes okay so you
31. 1:02don't have too much more to do right no
32. 1:04all right
33. 1:05are you gonna still stay here and make
34. 1:07it I don't know did you used to work at
35. 1:09the District Attorney's Office in Macon
36. 1:10yes was you on the prosecutor's side or
37. 1:13the fence side prosecuted so you on our
38. 1:15side right you never worked on the other
39. 1:18side no did you like it when you were
40. 1:19down there yeah
41. 1:21yeah uh got along with everybody yes
42. 1:23okay
43. 1:24and you'd live next to Lauren for a long
44. 1:26time yes okay do you know where she's at
45. 1:29tonight no no have you ever seen it with
46. 1:32that dress on
47. 1:34no
48. 1:36you have no idea where she's at no
49. 1:39yeah
50. 1:40oh
51. 1:43[Music]
52. 1:46yes
53. 1:56okay my major didn't do that but okay
54. 1:59all right all right
55. 2:03look
56. 2:05just tell me what happened brother I
57. 2:07don't know well where's she at I need
58. 2:09you I'm asking you for your help
59. 2:11I'm a detective and I'm asking you for
60. 2:13your help
61. 2:14okay I'm asking you for help
62. 2:16I need your help can you help me
63. 2:19I don't know
64. 2:21you don't know if you can help me yes I
65. 2:23need your help help me out tell me what
66. 2:25to do
67. 2:26has anybody asked you for help today
68. 2:29I need you and I'm asking you as a
69. 2:32friend for help
70. 2:34can you help me
71. 2:36I don't know
72. 2:38what do you mean you don't know you
73. 2:39can't help a friend out I don't know
74. 2:41what you need I need to know where
75. 2:42Lawrence at I don't know when's the last
76. 2:44time you seen her two or three weeks ago
77. 2:47has anybody have you ever seen anybody
78. 2:49over her house last couple nights no
79. 2:53if you knew where she was would you tell
80. 2:54me
81. 2:57what do you think happened to her
82. 3:05do you even care that no one can find
83. 3:06her yes
84. 3:09I mean I don't know do you yes
85. 3:17do you have a girlfriend no
86. 3:20did you think Lauren was your girlfriend
87. 3:22no
88. 3:27I mean
89. 3:30you said you didn't have any other cars
90. 3:31right right
91. 3:33well why would your everybody you went
92. 3:34to school with the last three and four
93. 3:36years said that you own another car
94. 3:39other than that Geo Prism everybody I've
95. 3:41talked to all your friends you were in
96. 3:43school with
97. 3:44people that you worked at the District
98. 3:46Attorney's office with said you have
99. 3:47other cars other than that car
100. 3:49and you're gonna sit here today and tell
101. 3:51me you don't have another car I don't
102. 3:52well where's it at I don't have one you
103. 3:55never had another car besides that
104. 3:57geoprism so if I call your granddaddy
105. 3:59he's gonna tell me that you only have
106. 4:01one car yes what's his phone number I
107. 4:04don't know yeah
108. 4:07you don't know what's on number no
109. 4:12hmm
110. 4:17I mean you seriously can't help us out
111. 4:20his number is in my cell phone of course
112. 4:22that's a start where's your cell phone
113. 4:23at the apartment in your apartment
114. 4:26I mean it's kind of late to be calling
115. 4:27him does he stay up late I don't know
116. 4:31do you have a grandmother or just him
117. 4:33my grandmother passed away a while back
118. 4:36yes
119. 4:37but you're close to your grandfather
120. 4:39right yes
121. 4:40I mean don't he own some property or
122. 4:42something he said a couple of Acres my
123. 4:44granddaddy or my grandfather
124. 4:47who lives in Pike County my granddaddy
125. 4:49does he own any land down there yes okay
126. 4:52and do sometimes you go down to visit
127. 4:53him or something last time we met I went
128. 4:56down to visit his head with my aunt and
129. 4:58uncle
130. 4:59what did he do for a living was he an
131. 5:01attorney like your he worked for the
132. 5:03southern railroad company is anybody in
133. 5:05your family an attorney no you're the
134. 5:07only one that went through law school
135. 5:08yes
136. 5:10well that's an accomplishment don't you
137. 5:12think yes I mean it took a long time
138. 5:14right yes
139. 5:16a lot of a lot of studying
140. 5:23I think you told me earlier you were
141. 5:24from up Atlanta
142. 5:25did you live in Atlanta or Griffin or
143. 5:27something like that Lilburn
144. 5:29you don't have any family left up there
145. 5:30yes who lives up there my parents
146. 5:34hey brothers or sisters my sister lives
147. 5:36in Tucker
148. 5:37Georgia yes
149. 5:39what's up with a pair of underwear that
150. 5:40was in your apartment
151. 5:42like a mask it was cut out like a mask
152. 5:45dude you've got underwear out to look
153. 5:47like masks no
154. 5:49how many guns did you have in your
155. 5:51apartment three what are they do you
156. 5:54know what they are
157. 5:55a rifle what got a rifle did you have an
158. 5:58AK semi-automatic where'd you buy it
159. 6:01from Classic Arms is that Atlanta or
160. 6:03something online okay
161. 6:06what kind of pistols are you on EAA
162. 6:08Witness
163. 6:09full-size and compact okay
164. 6:12what is that what about the one that was
165. 6:13on the beard that's the full size that's
166. 6:15the full size one was the what was the
167. 6:17other one the compact where was that at
168. 6:19on the table by the bed oh yeah remember
169. 6:22I was in there then you had that samurai
170. 6:25sword yeah that was just a I mean that's
171. 6:28not it's an expensive sword or it's just
172. 6:29a knockoff it's just one of the knockoff
173. 6:30swords yes and what about the knife
174. 6:33the big one it was remember you showed
175. 6:35me it was Dole yes what kind of knife is
176. 6:37that because I don't know cookery
177. 6:40oh where do you get something like that
178. 6:41online I bought it from a friend
179. 6:44did you have any other knives in the
180. 6:45house yes that I didn't see because you
181. 6:47didn't show me no other knives that's
182. 6:49the only one you showed me one of the
183. 6:49knives that I miss there's a pocket
184. 6:51knife that's on the table are you a
185. 6:53knife collector or a knife person or no
186. 6:55you just like knives I used to collect
187. 6:58swords I mean do you know your swords
188. 7:00yeah I mean to sell and trade swords no
189. 7:03but you just bought here and there yes
190. 7:05but you wouldn't consider yourself like
191. 7:07a sword expert no
192. 7:09because you know they have that TV show
193. 7:10where they sell stuff you know at night
194. 7:12yeah TV but I don't know what it's
195. 7:15called The Knife shop or something like
196. 7:16that
197. 7:17have you ever seen what I'm talking
198. 7:18about I don't know if you have cable TV
199. 7:19or not
200. 7:21all right
201. 7:25you know tonight
202. 7:28we're still looking for Lauren
203. 7:30you know any of these other girls in
204. 7:32this picture
205. 7:36I know that she goes to the law school I
206. 7:38can't remember her name so she's still
207. 7:40going to be an attorney too yes
208. 7:43is that how Lauren looked with the long
209. 7:45hair the last time you've seen her yes
210. 7:47that's how she looks yes
211. 7:57oh this was in 2010.
212. 8:06hmm
213. 8:11who do you think took Lauren away I
214. 8:14don't know well I need your help
215. 8:16can you give me some what what is your
216. 8:19observation of this
217. 8:20I know you're smarter okay
218. 8:24I know you have
219. 8:26an observation you can tell me what's
220. 8:27what do you think happened to her
221. 8:30I think someone took her
222. 8:34if you think
223. 8:37I mean you watch TV shows right like you
224. 8:39take the shows what's your observation
225. 8:41how do you think somebody would take her
226. 8:42if somebody did take her when she was
227. 8:45running
228. 8:46does she normally run all the time
229. 8:48she runs I don't know how often you mean
230. 8:51you'd think somebody might have took her
231. 8:52when she was running like down the
232. 8:53street somewhere yes
233. 8:57you don't think somebody got her when
234. 8:59she got back to her apartment I don't
235. 9:01know
236. 9:04well you know there was a body found in
237. 9:05the trash can next to the apartments yes
238. 9:07you do know that
239. 9:09and it's a female white female's body
240. 9:12right here
241. 9:13right next to y'all
242. 9:15feet within her apartment
243. 9:20I mean
244. 9:23we don't know 100 sure it's Lauren
245. 9:26but we're pretty confident it is
246. 9:28I'll wait for some tests to be done
247. 9:31to be 100 sure
248. 9:33I mean who would do something somebody
249. 9:35throwing a trash can I don't know I'm
250. 9:38asking for your advice or your
251. 9:39observation who in your complex
252. 9:43would do something like that you live
253. 9:45over there for three years that's
254. 9:46tonight's the first night I think I've
255. 9:48ever been over there
256. 9:49in your expert opinion
257. 9:52of all your knowledge of going to law
258. 9:54school and all that
259. 9:56who in that complex do I need to talk to
260. 9:59I don't know no names come to mind you
261. 10:02can't help me out a little bit
262. 10:05um
263. 10:06you can't help it out I don't know if
264. 10:10you don't know anybody
265. 10:13at all
266. 10:15that lives in that complex
267. 10:17you know earlier he told me about a guy
268. 10:19that lived in apartment 15.
269. 10:21I mean he's a decent guy
270. 10:23think so
271. 10:25don't y'all have a laundry room there or
272. 10:26something yeah everybody has access to
273. 10:28the laundry room yes
274. 10:31has anybody been working on the
275. 10:32apartments below you in the last couple
276. 10:35weeks that you've noticed I haven't seen
277. 10:37anyone
278. 10:39but you don't you don't know if they've
279. 10:41been doing work on that apartment number
280. 10:42one no
281. 10:48I mean earlier today me and you sit here
282. 10:50and talk normal what's going on with you
283. 10:51now why are you acting like this I need
284. 10:53to know
285. 10:55why all of a sudden you're acting like
286. 10:56this
287. 10:57hmm
288. 10:58I understand okay earlier today we sat
289. 11:01here and talked
290. 11:03but now you're acting like you don't
291. 11:05know what's going on
292. 11:07hmm
293. 11:11when does something happen or something
294. 11:12to you
295. 11:15I mean why are you not why are you
296. 11:17shutting down why are you not talking to
297. 11:18me
298. 11:19I don't know you don't know are you
299. 11:21scared no
300. 11:25I mean you're not scared are you no
301. 11:28are you sad that someone had an alarm if
302. 11:30that's her in that trash can yes
303. 11:38when's the last time you said you can't
304. 11:40remember the last time earlier today
305. 11:41that you took the trash out to the trash
306. 11:43can right am I wrong
307. 11:45that's right I mean because you said you
308. 11:47like stayed inside the whole
309. 11:49the whole weekend I think because you
310. 11:50had all your food and all that you never
311. 11:53went to Kroger over the weekend or
312. 11:54Walmart or anything I don't remember
313. 11:58bet you could have
314. 12:00no when you go to Kroger when you do go
315. 12:03to the store to get your food do you use
316. 12:05a credit card or you pay cash cash do
317. 12:07you have a credit card yes okay so the
318. 12:10credit card should be able to tell if
319. 12:11you were hey Kroger this weekend right
320. 12:13yes
321. 12:19do you swipe your card or just enter
322. 12:20your cell phone number no scan it no
323. 12:23because I entered my phone number
324. 12:24because I can't never remember to bring
325. 12:26my card
326. 12:29but you don't remember if you went over
327. 12:30the bank you drive your car or you walk
328. 12:32over there I drive
329. 12:33you ever go to Walmart on the East Town
330. 12:35a great highway or which Walmart do you
331. 12:38go to when you go to Walmart Gray
332. 12:39Highway you don't ever go out to
333. 12:40Zeppelin road I don't think so
334. 12:43you know I've been out there you know
335. 12:44where zebling Road the new Walmart
336. 12:46no you don't
337. 12:48so you just basically go to the wrong
338. 12:49Railway yes
339. 12:52do you know where you're at tonight
340. 12:54yes where are you at detective Bureau
341. 12:57okay
342. 12:59and you know why
343. 13:01we've been working all day trying to
344. 13:02find Lauren right yes because her family
345. 13:04wants to know where she's at yes and I
346. 13:06don't know what to tell her family
347. 13:08so I'm asking you what do I need to tell
348. 13:10her fam
349. 13:11I don't know
350. 13:12what do you want me to tell them I don't
351. 13:14know
352. 13:15huh
353. 13:17you're gonna have to tell me what to
354. 13:19tell the family
355. 13:20it's all on you brother
356. 13:22what he wanted me to tell the family
357. 13:25huh I don't know well I need to know
358. 13:29I need to know
359. 13:31okay
360. 13:34if something happened to Lauren you know
361. 13:36you need to tell me
362. 13:39if you know something because I need to
363. 13:41know
364. 13:42because her family's down here
365. 13:45want to know what happened to her
366. 13:47I don't know
367. 13:52you don't know
368. 13:54that's what you want me to tell her
369. 13:55mother and her father is that you don't
370. 13:57know
371. 13:58I don't know not that you're sorry that
372. 13:59she's missing not that you've been
373. 14:01trying to help me all day find her but
374. 14:02you just wanted me to tell her I don't
375. 14:04know
376. 14:05I don't know are you a sorry piece of
377. 14:07[ __ ] that you want me to tell her that
378. 14:10you got your ass on that [ __ ] news
379. 14:13and stood out there
380. 14:15and gave a media report that her mother
381. 14:17saw
382. 14:19about her missing daughter
383. 14:22and you want me to sit there and tell
384. 14:23them that you don't know
385. 14:26is that what you want me to tell them
386. 14:28because you're all over the