really the part of the house that at their age was getting used. that s why you went in this entrance because my mom and whoever was caring for her was always in her bedroom which would be just on the other side of the room that has these windows that you see to the right, all right? those would be the windows for the room where my dad slept and then my mom is right on the other side. the kitchen is there. this is the part of the house they were always in. and are you the only one that would pull up in the back like that? no. common for your brothers and your sister to do the same? we all did it. we all parked in the same way. if you knew you were going to the front of the house or you knew there was a crowd there or for whatever, you may park on the driveway but if you knew under normal circumstances my dad always stayed in the breakfast room where he had a recliner and a tv. that s where my dad always was.
my dad never you would never go catch him sitting in the den up front or, you know, in the living room. he just wasn t up there. he was in this room watching tv or even he was on this back deck. and my mom was either in her room, which was just off of that, or she might be in the kitchen. or the breakfast room. and when you got to the house, who was there? your mother s house on the night of june 7th? my mom was there and shelly smith was there. and what did you do when you got there? the first thing i did was i tried to i knocked on the door. the door was locked. i locked on the door. shelly didn t hear me. what did you do next? i called. called what? i called my mom s house to let shelly know i was there, please come let me in.
and when you how long did you stay inside the house, roughly? now that i ve seen the benefit of these records, i was in there several minutes. obviously were you surprised that paul and maggie had not made it back to the house? you know, i don t know surprised is the right word. i thought they would have been back by then, you know. but did it cause me to go into any wasn t like i was shocked. but i thought they would be there. i distinctly remember, you know, i went and looked. sometimes i was very hot natured, number one, i was hot, i was heavy and taking pills. so i was always hot. maggie was always cold. sometimes she would watch tv, we had a tv in the hunting room
that you see on the wall there. sometimes maggie would be in there watching tv where she could have the thermostat different than we always kept it cold in the main part of the house. so i know i went in there and looked in there for her. not unusual for maggie to be taking a bath and be not able to hear me. so i went back there and i know i did those two things and looked in those two places. they weren t there. and so, you know, i knew they had been at the kennels and i assumed they were still up there. so what did you do? i went to the kennels. i may have tried to call them. in fact i probably did try to call them. i would think i called them but as i said now i m not positive but i would think i did. i would think i tried to call them to see. alex, when you did you drive down to the kennels in
and is that the house phone that has been referred to? yes. and did she let you in? sure. what happened next? i went in and visited with my mom. want me to go into detail on that? briefly what did you do? i went in the house and my mom s bedroom, my mom had a bed that was where she slept in normal times. it was like a, you know, a bed with you know, the poles a poster bed coming out of the corners and she had a bed like that where she slept. she didn t sleep there anymore. but it was in the room. there was a hospital bed so when you walked in the room her bed was to the right against the wall to the left was a hospital bed like a single bed but a hospital bed. and the tv. and then there was a recliner where whoever was helping her