Stephen McDaniel FULL Police Interrogation — Transcript
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- 0:26now enough rambling let's get into it [Music] thank you all right brother all right brother
- 0:43all right I just got to ask you a few more questions oh you came down earlier than I mean
- 0:51you talked all right you don't have any weapons on you do you no that's just you are what's wrong
- 0:57you don't detective Patterson right yes do you remember put your hands up here you remember us
- 1:02talking earlier tonight right you remember me earlier in the day yes we came down here and
- 1:10talked a little bit and then we left yes okay I need to know about this girl right
- 1:16here you know her yeah who is that Lauren gettings does she live next door to you yes
- 1:26when's the last time you seen her two or three weeks ago
- 1:31okay was you friends with Lauren yes look at me and taught me son okay
- 1:38was you friends with her yes close friends we were good I mean y'all were friends right both of y'all
- 1:44were all students are starting to be an attorney right yes what kind of law do you want to go into
- 1:49criminal law yes is that what you want to do for a living yes okay are you almost finished yes okay
- 1:57so you don't have too much more to do right no no all right are you gonna stay here and make them I
- 2:04don't know did you used to work at the District Attorney's Office in Macon yes yes was you on
- 2:09the prosecutor side or the defense side prosecuted so you on our side right you never worked on the
- 2:17other side no did you like it when you were down there yes uh got along with everybody yes okay
- 2:26and you live next to Lauren for a long time yes yes do you know where she's at tonight you know
- 2:35have you ever seen her with that dress on no you have no idea where she's at no
- 2:54[Music]
- 2:55yes
- 3:08oh okay uh my major didn't do that but okay all right all right
- 3:16look just tell me what happened brother I don't know well where's she at I need
- 3:24you I'm asking you for your help I'm a detective and I'm asking you for your help
- 3:31okay I'm asking you for help I need your help can you help me
- 3:37I don't know you don't know if you can help me yes I need your help help me out tell me what to do
- 3:47has anybody asked you for help today I need you I'm asking you as a friend for help
- 3:57can you help me I don't know what do you mean you don't know you can't help a friend out I don't
- 4:05know what you need I need to know where Lawrence I am I don't know when's the last time you seen her
- 4:11two or three weeks ago has anybody have you ever seen anybody over her house last couple nights
- 4:21if you knew where she was would you tell me yes
- 4:27what do you think happened to her
- 4:37do you even care that no one can find yes
- 4:43I mean I don't know do you yes
- 4:53you have a girlfriend no
- 4:57did you think Lauren was your girlfriend no
- 5:06I mean
- 5:09you said you didn't have any other cars right right well why would your everybody you went to
- 5:15school with for the last three and four years said that you own another car other than that geoprism
- 5:24everybody I've talked to all you friends you were in school with people that you
- 5:29worked at the District Attorney's office with said you have other cars other than that car
- 5:34and you're gonna sit here today and tell me you don't have another car I don't well where's it at
- 5:40I don't have one you never had another car besides that geoprism yeah so if I call
- 5:46your granddaddy he's going to tell me that you only have one car yes what's his phone number
- 5:53I don't know yeah because I already have a moment you don't know his phone number no
- 6:04hmm
- 6:10I mean you seriously can't help us out his number is in my cell phone
- 6:16where's the best so start where's your cell phone at the apartment in your apartment
- 6:22I mean it's kind of late to be calling him does he stay up late I don't know
- 6:29do you have a grandmother or just him my grandmother passed away a while back yes
- 6:37but you're close to your grandfather right yes I mean don't he own some property or something
- 6:43he said a couple of Acres my granddaddy or my grandfather who lives in Pike County my
- 6:52granddaddy does he own any land down there yes okay okay and just sometimes you go down
- 6:57to visit him or something last time we met I went down and visited with my aunt and uncle
- 7:05what did he do for a living was he an attorney like you're he worked for the
- 7:11Southern Railroad Company does anybody in your family an attorney no you're the only
- 7:16one that went through law school yes well that's an accomplishment don't you think
- 7:22yes I mean it took a long time right yes a lot of a lot of studying
- 7:36I think you told me earlier you were from up Atlanta or did you live in Atlanta or
- 7:41Griffin or something like that Lilburn you don't have any family left up there
- 7:46yes well who lives up there my parents okay any brothers or sisters my sister lives in Tucker
- 7:55Georgia yes what's up with a pair of underwear that was in your apartment
- 8:01it was like a mask it was cut out like a mask do you you cut underwear out it looked like a mask no
- 8:11how many guns did you have in your apartment three what are they do you know what they are
- 8:18a rifle what got a rifle did you have an AK semi-automatic where'd you buy it from
- 8:26Classic Arms is that Atlanta or something online okay what kind of pistols are you on EAA Witness
- 8:36full size and compact oh God what is that what about the one that was on the bed that's the full
- 8:44size that's the full size one where's the what was the other one the compact where was that at on
- 8:50the table by the bed yeah remember I was in there then you had that samurai sword yes that was just
- 8:59a I mean that's not is an expensive sword or it's just a knockoff it's just one of those knock-off
- 9:04swords yes and what about the knife the big one that was remember you showed me it was dull
- 9:11yes what kind of life is that because I don't know kukri so where do you get something like that
- 9:18online I bought it from a friend did you have any other knives in the house yes that I didn't see
- 9:26because you didn't show me no other knives that's the only one you showed me what other knives did
- 9:29I miss there's a pocket knife that's on the table are you a knife collector or a knife person or no
- 9:37you just like knives I used to collect swords I mean do you know your swords yeah I mean to sell
- 9:44and trade swords no but you just bought here and there yes but you wouldn't consider yourself like
- 9:51a sword expert no because you know they have that TV show where they sell stuff you know
- 9:58at night yeah on TV with I don't know what it's called The Knife shop or something like that
- 10:05have you ever seen what I'm talking about I don't know if you have cable TV or not all right
- 10:15you know tonight
- 10:20we're still looking for Lauren you know any of these other girls in this picture okay
- 10:29I know that she goes to the law school and I can't remember her
- 10:33name so she's studying to be an attorney too yes
- 10:39is that how Lauren looked with the long hair the last time you've seen her
- 10:43yes that's how she looks yes
- 10:56oh this was in 2010.
- 11:08hmm
- 11:14who do you think took Lauren away I don't know well I need your help
- 11:22can you give me some what what is your observation of this I know you're smarter okay I know you have
- 11:34an observation you can tell me what's what do you think happened to her I think someone took her
- 11:45if you think
- 11:48I mean you watch TV shows right like you take the shows what's your observation
- 11:53how do you think somebody would take her if somebody did take her
- 11:57when she was running [Music] does she normally run all the time she runs I don't know how often you
- 12:07mean you think somebody might have took her when she was running like down the street somewhere yes
- 12:15you don't think somebody got her when she got back to her apartment I don't know
- 12:23well you know there was a body found in the trash can next to the apartments
- 12:27yes you do know that and it's a female white female's body
- 12:33right hand right next to y'all's apartment feet within from her apartment
- 12:44I mean
- 12:48we don't know 100 sure it's Lauren but we're pretty confident it is
- 12:55we'll wait for some tests to be done to be 100 sure I mean who would who would do something with
- 13:04somebody throw them in a trash can I don't know I'm asking for your advice or your observation
- 13:11who in your complex would do something like that you live over there for three years
- 13:18that's tonight's the first night I think I've ever been over there and your expert opinion
- 13:26of all your knowledge are going through law school and all that who in that complex do
- 13:33I need to talk to I don't know no names come to mind you can't help me out a little bit huh
- 13:46you can't help me out I don't know you don't know anybody
- 13:53at all
- 13:56that lives in that complex you know earlier you told me about a guy that lives in apartment 15.
- 14:04I mean he's a decent guy I think so don't y'all have a laundry room there or something yeah
- 14:12but everybody has access to the laundry room yes has anybody been working on the
- 14:19apartments below you in the last couple weeks that you've noticed seen anyone
- 14:28but you don't you don't know if they've been doing work on that apartment number one no
- 14:39I mean earlier today me and you sit here and talk normal what's going on with you now
- 14:43why are you acting like this I need to know why all of a sudden you're acting like this
- 14:50hmm I don't understand okay earlier today we sat here and talked
- 14:59but now you're acting like you don't know what's going on hmm
- 15:09when did something happen or something to you
- 15:14I mean why are you not why are you shutting down why are you not talking to me
- 15:19I don't know you don't know are you scared no
- 15:27I mean you're not scared are you no
- 15:31are you sad that something happened alarm if that's her in that trash can yes
- 15:44once last time you you said you can't remember the last time earlier today that you took the
- 15:49trash out to the trash can right am I wrong that's right I mean because you said you liked
- 15:56stayed inside the whole the whole weekend I think because you had all your food and all that you
- 16:03never went to Kroger over the weekend or Walmart or anything I don't remember but you could have
- 16:14when you go to Kroger when you do go to the store to get your food do you
- 16:18use a credit card or you pay cash cash do you have a Kroger card yes okay so
- 16:26the crowler card should be able to tell if you were at Kroger this weekend right yes
- 16:37do you swipe your card and just enter your cell phone number let's scan it well because
- 16:43I enter my phone number because I can't never remember Brian mccarth
- 16:50but you don't remember if you went over the bank you drive your car or you walk over there I drive
- 16:56if you ever go to Walmart on Easter the Great Highway or which Walmart do you go
- 17:01to when you go to Walmart Gray Highway you don't ever go out to Zebulon Road
- 17:06I don't think so you know I've been out there you know where Zeppelin wrote the new Walmart
- 17:12no you know so you just basically go to the long Railway yes
- 17:18okay do you know where you're at tonight yes where are you at detective Bureau okay
- 17:29and you know why we've been working all day trying to find Lauren right yes because her family wants
- 17:36to know where she's at yes and I don't know what to tell her family so I'm asking you what
- 17:43do I need to tell her family I don't know but what do you want me to tell them I don't know
- 17:51um
- 17:53you're gonna have to tell me what to tell the family it's all on you brother well he wanted
- 18:00me to tell the family huh I don't know well I need to know I need to know okay
- 18:15if something happened to Lauren and you know you need to tell me
- 18:21if you know something because I need to know because their families down here
- 18:29want to know what happened to her I don't know
- 18:38you don't know no that's what you want me to tell her mother and her father
- 18:43that you don't know I don't know not that you're sorry that she's missing I thought
- 18:49you've been trying to help me all day find her but you just wanted me to tell her I don't know
- 18:55I don't know are you a sorry piece of shit that you want me to tell her that
- 19:02you got your ass on that fucking news stood out there and gave a media report that her mother saw
- 19:13about her missing daughter
- 19:17and you want me to sit there and tell them that you don't know
- 19:22is that what you want me to tell them because you're all over the news
- 19:28you sure stood out there and ran your mouth to the news media but now you're going to get out
- 19:33here and you don't fucking know you know you're just a sorry piece of shit that don't give a fuck
- 19:44right yeah Well why'd you tell the media everything
- 19:49do you need to see what you told the media today it was on 11 o'clock news while I'm asking you
- 19:56tell me I want to know I don't know where she is that ain't what you told the media
- 20:07you didn't stand in front of that camera and say I don't know I don't know I don't know
- 20:24right you buy all these weapons was you ever in the military no
- 20:33what do you need all these weapons for are you scared somebody's gonna hurt you
- 20:37no what do you need all these weapons for to have why there's a reason why
- 20:45were you molested as a child no then why do you need all these weapons
- 20:52why give me one good reason [Music] Just Give Me One Reason why does it make you feel important no
- 21:04hmm are you a big guy because you got a weapon no do you even know how to use it yes
- 21:14I need you to tell me what you want me to tell her mother
- 21:18and that I won't ask you another thing I'm not going to tell her mother that you don't
- 21:22know because her mother saw you on the news tonight and she cried all the way down to Macon
- 21:30because you had the balls to get on the news and tell everybody everything
- 21:37you didn't have no problem talking to the news when I asked you questions
- 21:42I'm asking you questions where's Laura yes you do know you do know
- 21:54you do know you know you know
- 22:02you do know
- 22:05and everybody in making those you knows because you got your sorry ass on the
- 22:09news and told everybody so every friend you have in Macon knows that you know
- 22:20everybody go to school with every one of your professors everybody
- 22:26knows that you know because you got on the news tonight and told everybody that you know
- 22:35how do you think
- 22:41you think you're gonna be a walk down the street tomorrow and nobody bother you
- 22:45huh think nobody's gonna come over and knock on your door to see if you want
- 22:53to talk to the meeting again I don't know oh they're going to be over there brother
- 23:01so this little act that you're doing right now
- 23:04ain't working with me okay because you didn't have no problem talking to the media
- 23:14no problem so you just snap out of it and tell me what the hell happened so we can move on
- 23:25I don't know well how many times you gonna say I don't know huh how many times you gonna say it
- 23:38what are you going to say I remember I don't want to remember what happened to her
- 23:44how many times you gonna say that
- 23:49if you did something
- 23:52that you regret
- 23:55and you let me know I didn't oh dear I don't know well a body was found over here right
- 24:06next to where you live and what do you have in your apartment a lot of knives
- 24:15a lot of guns
- 24:18right yes
- 24:28and I'm asking you about it and you're just saying I don't know
- 24:34that's all that's the only answer you can give is I don't know
- 24:38but six hours or a couple hours ago you was out there telling the media everything you
- 24:42didn't stand in front of that camera and say I don't know you were actually answering questions
- 24:48right
- 24:51how many interviews you give three I don't know you gave like three do you think that was a
- 25:00proper thing to do when a mother's looking for her child they asked me what happened and what
- 25:07did you tell them what did you tell them that Lauren was missing okay what else did you tell
- 25:16we're going looking for her okay and what and that we hadn't found her
- 25:26what else do they ask to I don't remember why don't you remember I don't you're telling me that
- 25:36you went through Law School well you went through college first right you graduated from college yes
- 25:42now you're in law school did you graduate from law school yeah but you don't fucking remember what
- 25:46they asked you this afternoon no huh I just don't fucking believe that shit don't say enough yet
- 25:58what's up buddy
- 26:01you talked to him about his guns yeah when was the last time you shot those guns all right
- 26:06you've never shot a gun no have you ever shot any gun in your whole life no no
- 26:15so you bought three guns that you've never shot yes why
- 26:21for what to have for what I'm asking for what do you want to have them what
- 26:30makes did they give you I mean tell me why it's important to you to have three guns
- 26:40that's an easy question Come on talk to me buddy me and you talked all day today
- 26:45we ain't had a problem communicating why is it important for you to have three guns
- 26:54do you not know okay um you got a girlfriend no
- 27:02who's your best friend Michael Quinn Michael who Quinn who is he he was a law student with me
- 27:11is this y'all does he still a lawsuit no he graduated when was the last time you talked to him
- 27:19Dr Boston how long ago was that a few weeks like a month two months two weeks three weeks what
- 27:28the beginning of June beginning of June beginning of June okay
- 27:38so let me ask you a question how you say you don't know where Lauren is right
- 27:45you said you told me earlier you alone were friends right yes
- 27:49how would you describe y'all's relationship
- 27:54she was your friend what did you ever do things for she ever do things for
- 28:00you what did she ever do for you we talked we talked what'd y'all talk about news the news
- 28:10okay um earlier you was telling me something about you fixed your computer before
- 28:16I couldn't fix it you couldn't fix it what was wrong with it how long ago was that
- 28:28but how long ago was that little of May so you were over in her apartment in the middle of
- 28:35May yes have you been over there since then yes when was the last time you rode there
- 28:43before last night have you ever been over there with Lauren since the time
- 28:48you worked on her computer in the middle of May no
- 28:51how many times have you been in her apartment with her hanging out
- 28:56I don't know
- 29:02if you don't know
- 29:06if you had to guess what was just I mean one time two times three times what
- 29:15maybe two two maybe two see if I had only been somewhere twice
- 29:21I could remember that if I had been there over 50 times and you asked me how many
- 29:26times I've been like I don't know I lied but the fact that you've only been there twice
- 29:30when I say how many times has been you say you don't know that's just odd to me
- 29:35does that make sense to you yes that does make sense so what I'm saying right now makes sense no
- 29:47when was the last time you saw the lawn two or three weeks ago and you have you been on
- 29:53vacation for the last couple weeks no you've been home every night yes has she been at home every
- 29:59night I don't know has she been on vacation I think she was she was a for a while how long
- 30:08were you looking for no let me tell you even if I didn't talk to my neighbors I
- 30:16know if my neighbors have been in and out I hear them come in I hear them go
- 30:20out I see him when they walk by my window I've lived in apartments most of my life
- 30:25so the fact that you haven't seen her in two or three weeks that's just odd to me
- 30:30I'm gonna be out it makes me feel like you're not being honest with me Stephen
- 30:36why would you not be honest with me I am being honest Stephen it just doesn't feel like it buddy
- 30:42you know I get the sense that
- 30:47there's something weighing heavy on your heart right now and it's breaking you down
- 30:55and you feel bad about it I can tell you haven't slept much have you in the last few days have you
- 31:02no like something's Weighing on your mind ain't it we were looking for Lauren you started looking
- 31:09for Lauren yesterday but you haven't slept in several days have you yes you have yes earlier
- 31:16when I talked to you you said you hadn't slept been days that this morning was the first time
- 31:20he was able to get any sleep was this morning for a little bit no yes that's what you said
- 31:30that's what you told me
- 31:35so I asked you well if you haven't been able to sleep
- 31:37in several days what have you been doing studying you said yes studying
- 31:42you don't remember that
- 31:53what I want you to do I'm going to ask you this question
- 31:57I want you to describe to me how you feel right now
- 32:09you don't know how to answer that with a yes or no do you I don't know what's going on
- 32:18Lauren's missing
- 32:22this this pretty little girl right here your neighbor
- 32:29she's missing I know you went looking for her last night yes did you hurt Lauren no
- 32:41Stephen did you hurt Lauren no I know this is hard for you to tell it but it's Weighing
- 32:49on you right now ain't it Stephen I didn't do it but I know you can probably help me with who did
- 32:59can't you buddy I don't know
- 33:05just didn't you know and I me and you both know it's no different than when you was a
- 33:11little kid right and you reached in that cookie jar and you got caught after your
- 33:16mama told you not to get that cookie you know did you get a cookie no and whenever you tell
- 33:23a lie you feel bad about it right then one with every light is a chance you're gonna get called
- 33:32and that weighs on you because you know you did something bad
- 33:39am I right I didn't do it you didn't take the cookie no
- 33:51what'd you do buddy
- 33:55I didn't do anything would you do the Lord I didn't do anything it's all going last night
- 34:03though yesterday no what time was it that she went out to do her laundry I don't know where
- 34:12were you at yesterday at home what'd you do at home tell me everything you did yesterday
- 34:20from the time you woke up to the time you went to sleep
- 34:28I checked the news that what uh I don't remember was it yesterday morning
- 34:36remember what'd you do when you woke up
- 34:40I think I checked the news all right you check the news okay
- 34:51what'd you do after that
- 34:55I watched some videos online
- 34:59to clean up no you didn't no you smell like you've been cleaning up like you've been using
- 35:08cleaner to clean up I know what that smells like my wife smells like that all the time when she
- 35:13cleans the house you've been using some kind of cleaner to clean up your apartment haven't you no
- 35:20Stephen did you tell me you live it like a man how does your apartment get cleaned
- 35:25I cleaned it okay when was the last time you cleaned it Stephen
- 35:30I don't remember was it this week no you mean you go a whole week without cleaning yes why that's
- 35:40horrible Stephen was it possibly over the weekend last weekend no it wasn't if you can't remember
- 35:50then how is it that you can tell me that you didn't clean up your apartment last weekend
- 35:55a minute ago you couldn't remember
- 36:02I don't remember cleaning last weekend
- 36:05so you it isn't that you didn't it's that you just don't remember
- 36:12right
- 36:19help me out buddy right I don't understand I just don't understand
- 36:34I don't know how else to say it Stephen let me tell you what I think
- 36:39I think that she was a friend of yours look at her right here I think that she was a friend of yours
- 36:48and I think something happens to you
- 36:56used to watch her come in and out of her apartment didn't you
- 37:01no I mean then how would y'all friends if y'all if me and you friends we live next
- 37:07door to each other every time I see look I want to see oh there's my buddy going in
- 37:13because we friends I'm gonna pay attention to when you come in and out didn't you just tell me that
- 37:18y'all were friends yes but you don't you didn't pay attention to when she came in and out no
- 37:25no Stephen you're lying now you're lying you're just lying that's a lie
- 37:33you you ever see her come in and out of her apartment yes you did when was the last time
- 37:42you don't remember like last week maybe I don't think so you don't think so
- 37:50Stephen you understand that everything that you're saying it doesn't make any sense at all none none
- 37:58you totally contradict everything that relates to human behavior we have skills to be able to
- 38:06observe things to hear things to see things there are natural things out there that draw
- 38:11our attention every day such as when you're driving down the road if somebody hits the
- 38:15horn you look around you know what I'm saying this is a natural reaction if you're sitting in
- 38:21your living room you hear the door standing next to you you automatically think my neighbor's home
- 38:26right you're you're telling me that those kind of things don't happen in your life
- 38:33I asked if I watch I didn't watch
- 38:37have you noticed that she's came in and out of her house in the last week or two I don't remember
- 38:51foreign
- 38:55the last time I saw her was two or three weeks ago dude where at she was going out running
- 39:02when I was coming in what were you coming in from for our preparation bar preparation
- 39:09what's the bar preparation oh you're preparing for the bar exam yes okay
- 39:18well how y'all doing we're just talking he doesn't seem to remember our whole life
- 39:26everything's yes or no I don't remember
- 39:31a lot of things aren't making anything I got to be honest with you Stephen
- 39:36me personally I don't feel like you're being honest okay well Stephen you said you're gonna
- 39:43help me out right with this investigation because we needed your help we're asking you for help
- 39:49right that's what we remember I told you that yes and you told me you're gonna help man yeah right
- 39:57you're gonna help me find Lauren right yes and ask for your opinion your observation of what
- 40:03happened there to her yes right and what what did you tell me I thought someone snatched her
- 40:11all right where do you think someone might have snatched her from if you're the detective you're
- 40:19the police detective it's your investigation where would you start your investigation
- 40:29come on now you watch TV right yes okay you made it through college right yes you made it just
- 40:39about through law school right yes so you should know where would you start your investigation
- 40:48where she was last seen okay
- 40:53so in this case where was she last seen
- 40:56at garen's house Karen that's the guy that lives up on street right friend of hers yes okay
- 41:07all right and that was on I think she left there on Saturday morning yes am I right
- 41:15now where do you think she went from their house I don't know all right you're the detective now
- 41:24all right it's your case what would you do check at her home okay we did that with you know that's
- 41:37what we did today right yeah so you saw us out there when we knocked on your door she's not there
- 41:49you know I need your help in finding her
- 41:54and what do we need to do what do we need to do that we haven't done I don't know you don't know
- 42:04so if you had this case you wouldn't be able to solve it is that what you're saying because
- 42:08you're not smart enough to solve it I don't know or you think you're smart enough to be Detective
- 42:15I don't know no
- 42:18you got to be killing me Stephen
- 42:24so Stephen listen to me we're real people and we're here to talk to you we're trying we're
- 42:32I'd like to think that we're friends okay friends communicate back and forth the only thing you've
- 42:39said is yes or no and I don't know okay it makes me feel like you're treating me like you don't
- 42:45like me and I feel like I've looked out for you today everything you said you wanted I've given
- 42:51you I've tried to give you food several times you know I feel like we talked you told me about how
- 42:57you like to look at porn on the internet um you expressed to me that you're a virgin correct yes
- 43:03I mean that's the kind of stuff you tell friends you know what I'm saying right yes we we need to
- 43:10know where your other car is at I know you have I already know you own another car okay
- 43:20you've been using somebody else's car yeah everyone I interviewed today say
- 43:27you have another car these people aren't making this up you have another vehicle
- 43:38so your grandfather's a liar is that what you're saying
- 43:44you're calling your grandfather a liar I just talked to her
- 43:48and he said you own another car I don't
- 43:54oh he's lied to me Stephen we're telling way too many lies again so you're telling
- 44:00me they're like you're willing to tell me that you're a virgin and that you you told
- 44:05me you jack off the porn on the internet but you don't want to admit to having another call
- 44:09that makes me think you got something to hide Stephen that concerns me you tell me
- 44:14things that most people wouldn't tell somebody else but yet you lie about something I'm trying
- 44:19to hide if you have another car what's the big deal I don't have it I got three calls do you
- 44:24that's the only car you've ever had in Macon yes okay let me go talk to
- 44:33him again because that's not what he's saying
- 44:43Stephen
- 44:48what happened alone yeah you like her don't you she's my friend did you ever think about having
- 44:55sex with her no you never tried to talk to her on a dating level yeah let me go talk they got his
- 45:03grandfather let me go talk make sure that he owns another car because he's telling us he doesn't
- 45:17be right back so you telling me she got a pretty girl right there yes you're telling
- 45:23me you looked at a pretty girl like that you never once thought ever man
- 45:30she looks good you never thought that
- 45:43what do you mean you don't understand did you know how when you're sitting there you see a
- 45:46girl walking down the road and he said man that girl looks good you ever said good looking girl
- 45:52where you think to yourself man that girl looks good yes you never thought that about her yes
- 45:59so you mean to tell me you look at porn on the internet
- 46:04and get off to that but you never looked at her and said
- 46:08man I wonder would it be like to have sex with her yes you have no
- 46:16have you ever thought about what it would be like to have sex alone no
- 46:20you've never imagined having sex alone no no have you ever had sex before no
- 46:29what do you know about that body we found today I don't know you don't know
- 46:46what if I told you
- 46:50that I believe that you do know I don't what if I told you that I could prove it
- 46:58I don't know you don't know is there a chance but you do admit there's a chance that I possibly have
- 47:08evidence to show that you do have something to do with that body correct I don't know you don't know
- 47:16because if I hadn't done anything I say nope there's no way but you say you don't
- 47:23know why is that why do you say you don't know is there a chance that maybe something's there
- 47:28no why did you say you don't know because I don't know because you're worried about something maybe
- 47:34something happened that maybe something got mixed up with something you're worried about that no
- 47:41now why you say I don't know because I don't
- 47:46how would you not know
- 47:52if I was asking you did you just rob a bank if you didn't you'd say
- 47:56no not I don't know right right so why do you say I don't know
- 48:02because I don't know you don't know if you had anything to do with that body I didn't
- 48:07you didn't no are you sure yes what if I said I could prove that you did I don't know
- 48:19could you explain it I don't know
- 48:25today you told an investigator that you were worried
- 48:31about us possibly finding blood in your apartment
- 48:35didn't you I don't remember you did it now why would you be worried about that
- 48:44we all looked in Lauren's apartment did you see blood
- 48:48no then what would make you think that that there was blood taken over there
- 48:53nothing would make you think that unless you saw it because see I didn't see no blood
- 49:01none of other large friends saw blood but I know now that blood was there and now I believe you
- 49:09saw it you saw that blood you know that blood was there and that's why you're worried about it no
- 49:21did you know why do you have blood up in the inside of your nose I don't know
- 49:33you don't know but you saw that blood that's the only way that
- 49:39you would be worried about it because that's like saying I'm worried about
- 49:47Red Rose is being under my pillow but yet I never put on that that doesn't make any sense you know
- 49:55um your brain doesn't even think to operate like that unless you knew something was there
- 50:02does that make sense that makes sense that you're a smart guy right
- 50:10I don't understand
- 50:15you knew that there was blood in that apartment no yes you did Stephen
- 50:22yes you did
- 50:26there's blood in your apartment Stephen
- 50:33that's right there's blood in your apartment
- 50:39Stephen this is hard buddy I know this is hard
- 50:43and I can tell it's only you want to let it go there's blood in your apartment Stephen you didn't
- 50:49get it all up it didn't all come off you scrubbing you wiped but we can tell that don't you watch CSI
- 51:02yeah we know it
- 51:09Stephen why is there blood in your bathroom
- 51:15yes you do know why Steven I don't has anybody else been in your bathroom
- 51:22because we're in there other than the police who else has been in there
- 51:29and no one and you recently cleaned your bathroom didn't you no how long ago
- 51:37I don't remember a couple days ago over the weekend no you don't know I don't remember
- 51:45cleaning it do you use drugs no no you ever use acid no are you you're on medication no
- 52:04you're lying Stephen I wanted to give you an opportunity to tell it
- 52:11I wanted to be here with you to go through that process because I know you're not a monster man
- 52:18I know you're not a bad guy just a hard-working student trying to pass a bar as I imagine
- 52:25you ain't got a lot of support from your family do you yes you do
- 52:30a lot of people can't say that and the fact that you do have support from your family
- 52:36should make things easier to do your family wants to feel like they've raised somebody
- 52:40that tells the truth and is honest right yes did you hurt that girl Stephen no
- 52:48have you ever heard anyone Stephen yeah
- 53:04never hurt anyone no I've heard people Stephen
- 53:12I've made mistakes in my life that's not even normal to say you've never heard
- 53:16anybody sometimes people get mad they say things they don't mean to say it hurts you never keep
- 53:24the dog or a calf you know you ever hurt your the kids that live up there with your parents
- 53:31do you love those kids don't you yes okay if something happened to one of those kids you 'd
- 53:39be upset right yes well something happened though this lady's child Lauren okay you love Europe
- 53:51all the kids up there with your mom all right yes and you do anything for them right yes I mean they
- 53:58called and said hey we need you help us out you'd help them out right yes we need you to help us out
- 54:07okay
- 54:11tell me about your family before adopted siblings let you love very much right yes
- 54:19okay what about your mama she's a homemaker okay what about your daddy he's a painter
- 54:29close family y'all close yes was the last time you talked to him we'll move back together what
- 54:40was that a few weeks ago did you go up there to see him or they come down and
- 54:47see you we went to Buckner's I like both of us chicken place where the table spins around yes
- 54:56you just drove up that metal yes foreign
- 55:05they bring all the kids with them yes
- 55:10they didn't come back and make them
- 55:14well they asked you how you was doing in school whatever yes
- 55:24you had total detector Chapman that you've never shot any of those guns that were in your
- 55:31apartment yes have you no well you never went to the shooting range here in Macon did some shooting
- 55:40huh no any gun no
- 55:48you never had did you made the mistake and told people at school that you used
- 55:51to go to the shooting range and shoot no you've never said that no
- 55:58do you even know how to load yes SKS is that that was an SKS right no what was it an AK same well
- 56:07same thing just different you don't even know how to load it yes what kind of rounds to take
- 56:14762-39 okay what's the capacity of that clip that you had 30 rounds what's it loaded is it loaded
- 56:27the magazine is full okay got a round in the chamber no why not safer that way
- 56:36Cipher it's just you in the apartment right
- 56:41why do you think it's safe for that one
- 56:44no chance of it getting knocked over and going off I mean no one lives with you just you
- 56:53bullets can travel distance well how do you know that I've read up about it
- 57:03on what the computer yes okay what about your pistols you never fired any of those pistols no
- 57:15or they load it tonight the magazine is full on the 10 millimeter okay
- 57:22there's one around in the chamber and nine millimeter and a full magazine
- 57:27it was the nine millimeter the full size one with the compact one compact
- 57:35and you've never even fired any of those weapons no where do you buy your ammo
- 57:40have you ever purchased an animal here make them yes from where
- 57:45A to Z guns was that on viable Avenue yes when's the last time he was lazy guns years ago
- 57:54do you have a a permit yeah to carry on what you do here in Bibb County yes
- 58:05you applied when you was working down at the county or
- 58:08something applied last fall okay so you have your card yes is it with you yes can I see ya
- 58:19to make they still make you take your fingerprint dollar yes let me see your car
- 58:27how much does it cost now you remember around eighty dollars
- 58:37so it expires in 2016. yes
- 58:43do you have any pictures of the kids yeah no they didn't
- 58:48give you no pictures when they were in school got a picture of your parents no
- 58:53you got no pictures no at all you have so much your apartment some
- 59:03what do the kids call you Stephen okay so you're just a brother or uncle or
- 59:10brother brother Stephen none of them ever come visit you here in Macon now
- 59:33about this car when you first moved to Macon did you have another automobile no
- 59:40never no when you moved to making us you brought that Geo prison with you yes
- 59:47you never left a car back there at your mother's no why'd you tell everybody at school
- 59:53that you had that other vehicle I didn't so everyone we talked to just made that story up
- 1:00:02about you talking about your other vehicle I don't have another vehicle
- 1:00:11when's the last time you've been to Kroger in Bakersfield
- 1:00:16I don't remember okay because I asked you that when's the last time you were at Walmart
- 1:00:22I don't remember it's been a long time can you even give me that much no a week or so
- 1:00:32Maybe do you even have a credit card yes which credit card do you use the most Visa it's just
- 1:00:42as a bank name or just a Visa First Financial Bank is that here in Macon no First Financial
- 1:00:51you got a bank account with them no well who's accountant they just sent you a Visa
- 1:00:57you don't have no bank account s
- 1:01:02you putting all your money in your house with all the food you got in there I have an account
- 1:01:07covia you're in Macon yes is do you buy your uh stuff at Walmart with this Visa card no well
- 1:01:17how do you usually pay for stuff at Walmart with cash do you have a job no well how do you get cash
- 1:01:26student loans so you're just living off your student loans yes
- 1:01:41so you hadn't worked like a job in a while no
- 1:01:47okay are you planning on getting a job yes
- 1:01:54because your loans are going to run out sooner or later right yes
- 1:02:05how long you got left to finish your school up are you finished completely yes
- 1:02:11why don't you plan on living out of that apartment
- 1:02:15around July 15th where you plan on uh
- 1:02:20going when you move out back to my parents and where is that at Lilburn
- 1:02:32do you even know your mother's phone number I know the home phone number what's that what's the
- 1:02:38area code over there 770 uh three eight one five zero three one what's your mother's line Glenda
- 1:02:52has she ever had a drug problem now
- 1:02:56you know she's been home your whole entire life raising you mostly where was she when
- 1:03:01she was mostly raising you preschool oh she has school teacher as well yes
- 1:03:19do you know how I've already told you that there was a body discovered
- 1:03:25right in the trash containers over there near your apartment
- 1:03:31do you know how that body got in the trash can no
- 1:03:38do you have any black trash bags in your apartment like uh that you use for trash no
- 1:03:46do you can you help me do you know where any black trash bags are in that apartment complex
- 1:03:52have you ever seen any around has someone been over there cleaning up or
- 1:03:59have you ever seen anybody painting an apartment
- 1:04:02have you seen any painters because you're home most of the day right yes
- 1:04:07have you seen any of that no do you know where the garbage man usually comes over there no
- 1:04:15do you know anything yes well you know I asked you for help what do you know
- 1:04:23you haven't provided me with nothing
- 1:04:27I mean when's the last time you were in that laundry room
- 1:04:32Apartments last night what were you doing last night
- 1:04:36Luke and I were looking for Lauren did y'all see anything unusual or out of place
- 1:04:44okay there was one washer that had clothes in it which calls were lady you know Luke said they
- 1:04:51looked like a guy's clothes but you didn't look in the machine I didn't look into tail
- 1:05:06what kind of knife did you have on you tonight
- 1:05:09a little throwing knife where'd you have it in your front pocket yes
- 1:05:19do you own any saws or anything like that no
- 1:05:26there's not anything in your car is there no in the trunk or anything
- 1:05:32when's the last time you've actually drove your car like went somewhere in the car
- 1:05:41last few days all right today's was now Friday but yesterday was Thursday that's when you met me yes
- 1:05:51have you drove driven your car this week at all yes what day I don't remember you don't remember
- 1:06:01what do you remember about your car drove to Kroger in bagansville across the river
- 1:06:09when when do you think that might have been I don't remember you don't remember
- 1:06:25why would you go to Kroger get something what
- 1:06:30dinner you got a lot of food in your house right yes
- 1:06:37what day do you think that might have been
- 1:06:41was it over the weekend no was it Monday I don't think so was it Tuesday well thanks
- 1:06:52what day would you think it was if you had to pick a day what day was you hungry on
- 1:07:04Wednesday maybe Wednesday
- 1:07:10you don't remember what you bought a dinner frozen dinner
- 1:07:16I like the frozen section microwave dinner no
- 1:07:24oh Frozen day cook in the oven yes okay did you go over there by yourself yes
- 1:07:34did you go anywhere else that night yeah that uh just doing the program came home yes would you go
- 1:07:43anywhere this week like I don't know shopping at the mall or looking at guns and ANZ or
- 1:07:51you go anywhere else no when's the last time you cleaned your car I haven't since I got it back
- 1:08:00and where'd you get it back from my parents how would they have before their van was in a wreck
- 1:08:09so what'd they do come get your car or yes
- 1:08:14so they came to make and got your car and then left the wreck was down here
- 1:08:20oh and make them yes so they were staying with you when they were in the wreck no
- 1:08:27well what were they doing in making the van was going to be worked on here I'm
- 1:08:32making them yes well where's the van at now do they got it back it was totaled
- 1:08:40so they were in Macon and they got they were in a rack in Macon my mom was
- 1:08:46and she was down here making because the air conditioner was malfunctioning why was she a Macon
- 1:08:54though because there's a place in Macon that's the best at air conditioning repair and you told her
- 1:09:03about to come down and making to get our air conditioners fixed no well how do you know that
- 1:09:09she told me oh so she just drove to make it to get her air conditioner
- 1:09:13fixed yes she was in a wreck yes totaled out her car her van yes
- 1:09:20came to your house to get your car I drove her back I was following
- 1:09:30he drove her back to where to my apartment where was the van it was towed
- 1:09:37okay because it's told she's to stay at your apartment spend the night with you no
- 1:09:43she stayed just a few minutes and leave or what she stayed about an hour
- 1:09:50when's the last time you talked to your mother Glenda I don't remember it's been a while
- 1:09:56in a few days do you call her every day no you don't check on the kids no
- 1:10:07show me that scratch again that you showed me earlier that wasn't a
- 1:10:16what what'd you say happened there I think I scratched myself in my sleep oh oh
- 1:10:27are you gonna be able to help me with this case or not because I
- 1:10:30need to tell my parents something huh I don't know
- 1:10:36you don't know what you don't know what happened to her
- 1:10:40why don't you know if you can help because I don't know if I know what you need
- 1:10:46I need to know if you know where Lawrence yeah or do you know who took alarm I don't you told
- 1:10:55me that if you were working the case you would think somebody would take her when she was running
- 1:10:59why would you say that when we looked in her apartment there was no sign that was broken into
- 1:11:10okay so you're figuring some I might have took her while she was out running yeah is that what
- 1:11:15you're saying did you see her go running this weekend at all no well that would help if you did
- 1:11:23what time does she normally run on at night or daytime
- 1:11:28can you at least tell me that I don't know did you like to run in the early morning or the late night
- 1:11:36the last time I saw her was Midday like noonish yes okay she was going running
- 1:11:44when I was coming back from bar prep has that been a while two or three weeks
- 1:11:55she speak to you no you just just saw her outrun I was in my car
- 1:12:05well did you see her when you're like pulling
- 1:12:07in the parking lot or you just saw her running down the road
- 1:12:12was she outside her apartment getting ready to
- 1:12:14go run or was she already running at the time you saw her already running
- 1:12:18okay she was about running by herself yes she didn't have a dog with her did she no
- 1:12:28did you get along with everybody when you worked down with the District Attorney's
- 1:12:32Office yes no problems no would you like doing what you used to do down there or what yes
- 1:12:46who did you work for I mean who was your help out everybody or were you assigned to just
- 1:12:54a certain person mainly Jonathan Adams
- 1:12:59okay how long did you work down there was spring semester and you enjoy doing that kind of work
- 1:13:07yes so you should be able to help me right yes because you're on our side right yes all right
- 1:13:15what do you think I need to do I don't know there we go again with that I don't know come
- 1:13:22on now you can give me some advice right you can't give me some advice
- 1:13:32or what I should do next hmm
- 1:13:41you can't tell me what you think I should do next
- 1:13:45I don't know well we found a body outside the apartment right we know that right yes
- 1:13:54you saying you didn't hear or see anything but like the whole time you've been there
- 1:13:59over the weekend right right we've talked to you right right we've taught the most of
- 1:14:05all her friends is there anybody else we need to talk to that you might know that we didn't
- 1:14:14let's talk about the apartment complex anybody in that complex anybody else we need to talk to
- 1:14:36who lives below you an older woman and her son were they home tonight or today
- 1:14:43I don't know you didn't see him no do you ever see him yes
- 1:14:54but you don't know if they were home today yeah
- 1:14:58she doesn't have a car so it's really hard to tell if they're home yes you ever talk to her yes
- 1:15:08does she work anywhere I don't know do you ever get tired of saying I don't know
- 1:15:18hmm
- 1:15:25what else you got in your wallet there brother
- 1:15:28my bear card what's that used for to get into the building
- 1:15:37what else you got my bank card
- 1:15:43my Kroger card is that the car you use to grow it yes
- 1:15:55come on right down this number
- 1:15:59since you don't know the last time you were there I'm assuming you used your card when you
- 1:16:05were there yes right I always use my card that's what I'm gonna write down another
- 1:16:19you can remember that you always use your card but you can't remember last time you were there
- 1:16:23I always use my card well what if you didn't use them what else you got in there
- 1:16:31my borders card
- 1:16:43an ink cart
- 1:16:49my ID
- 1:16:58what's that voter registration
- 1:17:06what's up Mercer what's that though Mercer law cap card what's that use a free camera at home
- 1:17:11oh that's just the phone numbers for cab companies here in Micah come on what's that car right there
- 1:17:22Can't Stop
- 1:17:28no phone numbers or anything yeah
- 1:17:40okay put your money back up in there there's a hundred dollar bill up over there
- 1:17:44what do you roll with all that money you buy it for my granddaddy gave it to me
- 1:18:00do you take any medication no have you ever taken any medication no
- 1:18:07do you have any kind of mental problem no
- 1:18:18you know what's crazy I was talking to people that he works with and everything they talk about hype
- 1:18:23he's always expresses himself but he don't know he's vague talkative didn't they say you're so
- 1:18:29talkative buddy that you always so friendly you stop in and say hello and you talk what
- 1:18:35why is it that you're acting so short with us tonight if you if you have all this captain of
- 1:18:39Personality about you why is it that everything that we get from you is yes nor I don't know
- 1:18:46I don't know were you sure we're talking to the media tonight weren't you
- 1:18:55they asked what happened yeah that's what we're asking you what happened what'd you tell them
- 1:19:00I told them you just knew that you didn't know hmm
- 1:19:09do you drink at all do you drink beer no
- 1:19:15well at least I gotta know stuff I don't know
- 1:19:21Stephen
- 1:19:25you know
- 1:19:30we had to go to our best resources when we're trying to do anything
- 1:19:34you know it's kind of like the guy who wants to get his oil changed he goes to Jiffy Lube
- 1:19:38you know what I'm saying we're looking for Lauren and you said you were her friend onto her friend
- 1:19:44yes y'all good friends yes how good of friends are y'all for your friends like how do the France
- 1:19:56you don't understand you don't understand how good a friend's all are
- 1:20:02you understand what you're asking how good of friends are y'all
- 1:20:09are y'all close friends or y'all just acquaintances
- 1:20:15um not study I mean how good of friends y'all we're friends friends are y'all really good
- 1:20:21friends I don't know you don't know how do you not know if you're not a really good friend
- 1:20:27let me ask you this maybe you're saying that because you don't know how she feels about you
- 1:20:35how do you feel about her do you consider her a really good friend
- 1:20:42but not a really good friend
- 1:20:46you don't know how do you not know
- 1:20:53are y'all really close no no you're not no so y'all you never told her in your
- 1:21:00personal business no she ever tell you any of hers no you ever see her upset
- 1:21:09no she was always a happy person wasn't she yes
- 1:21:21why are you acting like this Stephen
- 1:21:26you see how I'm able to talk in complete sentences like we're having a conversation
- 1:21:33but the only thing you're bringing to the table is a yes no or I don't know
- 1:21:41why is that Stephen
- 1:21:46don't understand what don't you understand
- 1:21:53I want to be able to help you to commit to be able to communicate with me better than that Steve
- 1:21:58I feel like we can help each other
- 1:22:07Stephen did you hurt that girl no
- 1:22:14do you know where she's at no
- 1:22:18would you tell me if you did yes
- 1:22:31have you lied to me at all in this interview no yes you have Stephen
- 1:22:40you says you have when you say you don't know when the last time you cleaned your bathroom is
- 1:22:50that's a lie
- 1:22:53when you say you don't know the last time you saw her coming out of her apartment and you don't
- 1:22:58notice whether or not she comes in and out that's another lie your door is only a few feet from hers
- 1:23:10you've told some lies in this interview Stephen
- 1:23:16without a doubt when was the last time you did laundry
- 1:23:22a few weeks ago you ain't washed clothes in a few weeks why clothes no you don't that's another lie
- 1:23:39that's right that's three lives Stephen you don't have a lot of clothes yes I do nope
- 1:23:50you got enough underwear to last you three weeks yes do you wear the same
- 1:23:56pair of underwear more than one day yes why because it's so clean enough to wear
- 1:24:12student I appreciate you coming down here today I'm talking to is okay
- 1:24:17I appreciate you cooperating with us and and helping us along but you've lied to me
- 1:24:24about at least three things in this interview and people don't lie unless they got something to hide
- 1:24:32why would you lie to me Stephen I didn't lie sure you did you said you don't even notice when she
- 1:24:39comes in and out of her apartment that's a lie Steven I said I didn't remember the last time
- 1:24:47have you ever watched her going to our apartment no you've never how long y'all
- 1:24:52been neighbors three years three years you've never watched her walk through her front door yes
- 1:25:01five six I said you ever watched her walk into apartment you said no
- 1:25:09so I'm gonna ask you again if you ever watched her walk into our apartment yes when was the last time
- 1:25:19how long before graduation it's been that long and you graduated when in May
- 1:25:32beginning of May into May in the middle and you hadn't sitting there walking her apartment since
- 1:25:40did you ever help her carry up groceries and stuff like that no no
- 1:25:47you have an Apple Care laundry no
- 1:25:52she's never needed your help with anything
- 1:25:56she asked for help with the computer you have all for help with her for anything K and stuff
- 1:26:02or anything like that yes like what Stephen when she was moving out during the first summer
- 1:26:11what did you do she needed help moving stuff to her car and you
- 1:26:16helped her yes so you went and out of her apartment moving stuff yes
- 1:26:24how long did you help her few minutes that's it yes do you
- 1:26:30realize how you're talking right now does it not feel weird to you
- 1:26:35would you say that this is how you talk all the time I don't understand
- 1:26:45you're just not expressing yourself at all everything's with you is yes no
- 1:26:52I don't remember I don't understand
- 1:26:59you can't help me out with anything you there's nothing you can tell me to help me about this
- 1:27:03beautiful girl right here Stephen that was your friend
- 1:27:09nothing you don't let things go down like this
- 1:27:16I don't know what you want I want the truth Stephen I don't know where she is
- 1:27:23let me ask you this you I truly believe you don't know where she is right now
- 1:27:30where was she yesterday I don't know liar
- 1:27:44that's right you're lying
- 1:27:55why are you lying Stephen yes you are lying
- 1:28:00how long do you continue to do it she's got a mother and a father and a family out
- 1:28:04there that is sick over everything where's that little girl Stephen Stephen you know
- 1:28:16where Steve you're going to look at this right here at this little girl right here
- 1:28:25and you're gonna say you don't know I know you know yes you know what are you going to
- 1:28:32say tomorrow when I say we got your hair with the body what are you gonna say to me then
- 1:28:40because you know like I go like that look at my hair that's how easy it
- 1:28:47falls out look at all that on your head you don't think nothing fell out they did
- 1:28:56it did Stephen
- 1:29:01we just want to give you an opportunity to tell it so you didn't look like a monster at the end
- 1:29:06because you know what I don't believe that you're a monster Stephen I believe that you're a good
- 1:29:11guy you've been pinked on girls didn't show you the respect that you deserved you did something
- 1:29:17stupid and I believe you feel bad about it and that's why y'all freaked out right now
- 1:29:24but I'm giving you the opportunity to get right I'm giving you an opportunity to show
- 1:29:29everybody you're not a monster that you feel bad about what happened your head is there man
- 1:29:36your hair is there we got your head with the body how is that Stephen I don't know yes you do know
- 1:29:49yes you do know Stephen
- 1:29:55that's right buddy see that
- 1:30:00look at it
- 1:30:05see how easy
- 1:30:10it happens and it happened to you
- 1:30:16why Stephen
- 1:30:20I don't understand oh you understand you understand exactly what I'm saying see this
- 1:30:27stuff right here your hair yeah it fell out of your head when you was moving the body Stephen
- 1:30:38that's right do you remember moving the body yeah yes you do Stephen
- 1:30:50why man what happened
- 1:30:56why
- 1:31:01tell me bud I didn't do it yes you did Stephen your heads with the body quit lying
- 1:31:11we want you to tell it so that way people are understanding not
- 1:31:15a monster things just you got out of control it's a sickness
- 1:31:23why'd you do it Stephen
- 1:31:25why are you gonna keep telling that you heard that girl yes you did Stephen
- 1:31:38you heard her man she was screaming screaming Stephen
- 1:31:48why and I know you feel bad about it I can see it in your face
- 1:31:57what came over you man
- 1:32:01what happened Stephen no I know you don't know you can't you couldn't control it could you I didn't
- 1:32:11do it even how long will we continue to do this you did why is what I want to know I didn't do
- 1:32:27it Stephen you heard that girl man and you got on the news today
- 1:32:33that's right you know what you been talking like this on the news buddy
- 1:32:45you hurt this girl no idea yes you did
- 1:32:51you hurt that girl
- 1:33:07why'd you hurt her Steven you heard that girl did you try to make her have sex with you
- 1:33:14I didn't know who did it they got your hair they steal your hair and take it over there
- 1:33:25Stephen they steal your hair
- 1:33:31they didn't did they
- 1:33:36did they Stephen
- 1:33:40that's right it's all sinking in right now he knows is what you're thinking
- 1:33:48Stephen I don't want it to be a game between me and you
- 1:33:54I know it hurts and I know you're not an awful person and you want to tell
- 1:33:58it your hair was there Stephen we've all known it all along
- 1:34:05we wanted just to give you an opportunity to tell what happened
- 1:34:12y'all have sex no to try to have sex no think about having sex no liar
- 1:34:25kind of man didn't think about having sex
- 1:34:33you said earlier you like girls right yes you said she's a pretty girl right yes what'd you do to
- 1:34:40her Steven I didn't do anything you're lying you hurt that girl no I didn't sure it didn't that's
- 1:34:46why you're having this massive meltdown right now because you can't live with yourself can you it's
- 1:34:53overwhelming you isn't it tell the truth Stephen I didn't do it who did it I know yes you do Stephen
- 1:35:19why
- 1:35:22why did you hear that girl I didn't why'd you heard of Steve I didn't
- 1:35:43you heard that girl now I'm sure you did
- 1:35:48you know it and I know it you just don't want to tell it Stephen but that's okay I know it I
- 1:35:57just want to give you an opportunity to tell it so people didn't think you were a monster
- 1:36:06you're not a monster are you Stephen no
- 1:36:12I know buddy I know you're not a monster
- 1:36:19tell me what happened I don't know you tried to have sex with her no she didn't want to have
- 1:36:26sex with you I didn't do it she didn't want to have sex with you Steve I don't know you
- 1:36:33don't know if she wanted to have sex with you I didn't do anything yes you did Steve
- 1:36:44he went into her apartment Stephen
- 1:36:49and you hurt that girl no I didn't
- 1:36:55you did Buddy
- 1:37:01you heard of Stephen no I didn't they did
- 1:37:09why won't you tell me Stephen I didn't do it
- 1:37:23we'll take this from me you don't deserve to look at it just stay right here okay okay
- 1:37:32I appreciate all your cooperation tonight okay okay
- 1:42:51oh all right we're getting ready to go I just need to discuss a few more things with you
- 1:42:59you know the reason why we're down here is because Lauren's missing right yeah I just need you
- 1:43:07to please tell me
- 1:43:11give me a where you I know earlier today you told
- 1:43:16me you stayed home all weekend right in your apartment yes
- 1:43:22and uh did anybody see you talk to anybody over the weekend were you
- 1:43:30on your computer all weekend is there anything I can look at that I can say
- 1:43:39he couldn't be involved because he was on the computer or he was online on a porn site or he was
- 1:43:49online doing College work or anything that would exclude you as being involved altogether I mean
- 1:43:57did anybody see you this weekend at the house did you go out to get a newspaper
- 1:44:04did you wave to a neighbor or you just locked yourself in all week yes nobody saw you
- 1:44:11no I mean wouldn't you just stay in the house all day yes I mean what do you do all day in the house
- 1:44:19play video games by yourself yes
- 1:44:24you never talk to anybody on the phone or anything if they call me well who called you
- 1:44:31parents I mean you've always done that your whole life you don't have no friends
- 1:44:37how can you go your own life without a friend I have friends where they at
- 1:44:45huh where they at
- 1:44:52any friends here making yes name one because everybody
- 1:44:56I talked to said they ain't your friend hi Granger Cass Lawson Ashley Morehouse
- 1:45:04those same people I talked to today and they're not your friend okay
- 1:45:13we're not your friend
- 1:45:21I mean it's all over anyways
- 1:45:27I just want to know what was going on tonight
- 1:45:33the game's over I mean
- 1:45:37we know what you did to her so we just want to know what you if you were going to tell us or not
- 1:45:42I didn't do anything that's what you say well we know different so you're fucked either way
- 1:45:54you're fucked
- 1:45:57we already know
- 1:46:02and everybody out there all your friends know that you're down here because of what
- 1:46:07happened to harm so all those friends that you thought you had are not your friends anymore
- 1:46:17okay there'll be no more video games
- 1:46:21all right
- 1:46:27This Is the End
- 1:46:31is there anything you want to say I didn't do it that's what you say
- 1:46:40that's what you say stick to your story because it's over we're tired of talking to you
- 1:46:49okay we know you killed her we know you put her body in the trash can simple as that
- 1:47:00news media knows it Glenda knows it's your mother your sister knows it sister's husband
- 1:47:09knows the one that used to beat your sister he knows it you know what he said
- 1:47:17he's a crazy motherfucker is what he said what I call him that's your own family calling you crazy
- 1:47:29your old family said you're crazy
- 1:47:40nobody wants to see you nobody's coming to visit you
- 1:47:49so you can sit there with that dumb look on your face but it's over
- 1:47:56you enjoyed yourself and it's all over now
- 1:48:01okay
- 1:48:05anything you want to say I don't know I didn't do anything well that's what you say
- 1:48:12but I'm telling you you did okay simple as that you're not in charge I am
- 1:48:20I just took it away from you that's one thing you can't change brother you can't change that
- 1:48:30you will no longer in charge of anything
- 1:48:39okay you understand that
- 1:48:44foreign
- 1:48:50talk to Glenda she's crying
- 1:49:01she's supposed to be coming down here
- 1:49:06I told him the whole story
- 1:49:11and they told me what you used to tell them about your next door neighbor too
- 1:49:21yeah what what you can't say nothing now you're speechless huh
- 1:49:32yeah she should be in a little bit
- 1:49:36I promised her I'd let her see you and the kids I
- 1:49:39don't know if she's bringing them all or not before you go on down all right
- 1:49:45okay I didn't do anything doesn't matter what you think you did
- 1:49:51doesn't matter it's what I can prove okay
- 1:49:59okay Mr Smarty Pants hmm
- 1:50:05promised her I'll let her see you I'm waiting on them to get out here all right
- 1:50:17okay I'm taking glinda's statement about what you used to tell her about your neighbor
- 1:50:26about what you tell her about your guns and your knives and
- 1:50:30your sister's husbands coming because he said you're crazy
- 1:50:39your sister is married still right yes he used to beat her back in the day I
- 1:50:46don't know huh [Music] well you sit there and think about it for a little bit okay
- 1:50:58got plenty of time to think now don't you hmm
- 1:51:04yeah got plenty of time to think you thought you were smarter than everybody else but you're not
- 1:51:15you're not
- 1:51:18a sad thing about it is you probably could have made something with your life
- 1:51:22she chose a different route because one
- 1:51:26you don't have a girlfriend and two you're never going to get a girlfriend
- 1:51:41[Music]
- 1:51:42I'm listening
- 1:51:45I'm all ears
- 1:51:49I don't know what you want me to say I want you to say nothing you're fucked either way
- 1:51:59do you understand that I didn't do anything that's what you that's your salad story
- 1:52:12not your side of the story
- 1:52:22works both ways brother
- 1:52:26birth ways
- 1:52:30ain't gonna be no more yellow ain't nobody gonna yell at you they're gonna come in
- 1:52:36here and cry kiss you goodbye I'm gonna take their statement and it's all over
- 1:52:46you do understand that right I didn't do anything that's what you say
- 1:52:55that's what you say because you haven't told us anything
- 1:53:06do you realize what I'm telling you
- 1:53:12um
- 1:53:15okay well you sit there and think about it a little bit okay I'll come back and check on you
- 1:53:34I thought you were smarter than everybody
- 1:53:39fucked up
- 1:53:43fucked up somebody always leaves something in a crime scene fucked up
- 1:53:58I fucked it up
- 1:54:02first I didn't really believe you had anything to do with it
- 1:54:10foreign
- 1:54:12's office with us he's a good guy he used to help us out a friendly guy and everything
- 1:54:22could have been him he could have done something like that
- 1:54:41well we're through talking to you just waiting for them to come visit you
- 1:54:51are you through with your little show you've been putting on all day huh how are you doing
- 1:55:00hmm
- 1:55:04you're not gonna win
- 1:55:08too much evidence
- 1:55:11too much evidence
- 1:55:17foreign
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