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Grand Jury Testimony
of Sheriff’s Deputy Jessica Brothers
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YOU MAY CALL YOUR NEXT WITNESS. |
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MR. HUM: THANK YOU. |
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PEOPLE CALL DEPUTY JESSICA BROTHERS. |
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(PAUSE IN THE PROCEEDINGS.) |
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(THE WITNESS ENTERED THE GRAND JURY |
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HEARING ROOM.) |
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MS. PRIVER: IF YOU WOULD WALK TOWARDS THE WITNESS |
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STAND, MA'AM. REMAIN STANDING. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND |
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FOR US. |
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FACE THE GENTLEMAN IN THE CENTER. |
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JESSICA BROTHERS, |
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CALLED AS A WITNESS BEFORE THE GRAND JURY OF THE COUNTY |
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OF LOS ANGELES, WAS SWORN AND TESTIFIED AS FOLLOWS: |
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THE FOREPERSON: DO YOU SOLEMNLY STATE THAT THE |
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EVIDENCE YOU SHALL GIVE IN THIS MATTER NOW PENDING BEFORE |
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THE GRAND JURY OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SHALL BE THE |
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TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO |
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HELP YOU GOD? |
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THE WITNESS: YES. |
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MS. PRIVER: THANK YOU. |
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PLEASE BE SEATED. |
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WOULD YOU STATE AND SPELL YOUR FULL NAME |
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FOR THE RECORD. |
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THE WITNESS: MY FULL NAME IS JESSICA PAIGE |
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BROTHERS. J-E-S-S-I-C-A. MIDDLE NAME IS PAIGE, |
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P-A-I-G-E. AND THE LAST NAME IS BROTHERS, |
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B-R-O-T-H-E-R-S. |
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MS. PRIVER: THANK YOU. |
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MR. HUM. |
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MR. HUM: THANK YOU. |
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EXAMINATION |
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BY MR. HUM: |
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Q GOOD MORNING, DEPUTY BROTHERS. |
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A GOOD MORNING. |
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Q MA'AM, WHAT IS YOUR OCCUPATION AND |
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ASSIGNMENT? |
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A I AM A DEPUTY SHERIFF FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS |
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ANGELES, LOMITA STATION. |
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Q AND WERE YOU SO EMPLOYED AND ASSIGNED ON |
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH OF 2000? |
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A YES, I WAS. |
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Q HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN A DEPUTY |
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SHERIFF? |
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A I HAVE BEEN A DEPUTY SHERIFF FOR EIGHT |
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YEARS. |
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Q NOW, ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH OF 2000, AT |
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ABOUT 3:00 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, WERE YOU WORKING? |
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A YES, I WAS. |
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Q WERE YOU ON PATROL? |
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A YES, I WAS. |
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Q WERE YOU IN UNIFORM? |
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A YES. |
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Q WERE YOU IN A MARKED BLACK-AND-WHITE POLICE |
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CAR? |
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A YES, I WAS. |
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Q WERE YOU BY YOURSELF OR WERE YOU WITH A |
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PARTNER? |
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A I WAS WITH A PARTNER. |
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Q AND WHAT WAS YOUR PARTNER'S NAME? |
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A HIS NAME IS KLAUS GIRMES. |
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MS. PRIVER: CAN YOU SPELL THAT FOR US? |
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THE WITNESS: ABSOLUTELY. K-L-A-U-S. AND HIS |
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LAST NAME IS G-I-R-M-E-S. |
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MS. PRIVER: THANK YOU. |
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Q BY MR. HUM: AT THE TIME THAT YOU WERE ON |
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PATROL WITH DEPUTY GIRMES, HOW LONG HAD YOU BEEN OUT |
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ACTUALLY ON THE STREETS, THAT IS, ON PATROL? |
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AND WHEN I SAY "HOW LONG," I DON'T MEAN HOW |
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MANY HOURS; I MEAN WHAT PERIOD OF TIME, A WEEK, A MONTH. |
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A APPROXIMATELY FIVE WEEKS. |
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Q PRIOR TO THAT HAD YOU BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE |
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CUSTODY DIVISION, THE JAILS? |
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A YES. |
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Q NOW, AT ABOUT 3:00 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON |
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ON NOVEMBER 8TH OF 2000, HAD YOU JUST STARTED YOUR SHIFT? |
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A YES, AT 2:00 P.M. |
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Q AND DOES PART OF THE AREA OF YOUR |
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RESPONSIBILITY INCLUDE THE AREA OF ABALONE COVE, |
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PORTUGUESE POINT AND INSPIRATION POINT? |
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A THAT IS PART OF OUR STATION'S AREA THAT WE |
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COVER, YES. |
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Q AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 O'CLOCK IN THE |
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AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH OF 2000, DID YOU |
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RECEIVE A RADIO CALL? |
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A YES, I DID. |
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Q WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THAT RADIO CALL? |
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A IT WAS A RESCUE CALL, AND THE CALL STATED |
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THAT A CHILD WAS OVER THE CLIFF. |
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Q AND WERE YOU DIRECTED TO RESPOND TO ANY |
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PARTICULAR LOCATION? |
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A YES, WE WERE. IT WAS -- WE WERE DIRECTED |
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TO RESPOND TO AN AREA OFF OF PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH |
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BETWEEN, I BELIEVE IT WAS, CHERRY HILL AND PEPPERTREE. |
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Q AND HOW WERE YOU DIRECTED TO RESPOND? |
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A CODE 3, WHICH MEANS WITH LIGHTS AND SIRENS. |
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Q AND APPROXIMATELY HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU |
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TO GET TO THAT LOCATION ONCE YOU RECEIVED THE CALL? |
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A IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MINUTES. |
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Q WHAT'S THE MAIN STREET THAT YOU WERE |
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DRIVING ON IN THAT AREA TO GET TO THE LOCATION? |
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A ACTUALLY WE RESPONDED FROM GRANVIA ALTAMIRA |
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AND HAWTHORNE IN RANCHO PALOS VERDES. WE TOOK HAWTHORNE |
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TO PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH. |
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MS. PRIVER: THE ROAD THAT YOU SAID YOU WERE AT, |
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THE INTERSECTION -- |
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THE WITNESS: THE INTERSECTION WAS GRANVIA |
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ALTAMIRA. |
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MS. PRIVER: -- WOULD YOU SPELL THAT. |
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THE WITNESS: I WILL TAKE A STAB AT IT. |
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G-R-A-N-V-I-A, AND THEN THE NEXT WORD IS A-L-T-A-M-I-R-A. |
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MS. PRIVER: THANK YOU. |
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Q BY MR. HUM: YOU SAID THAT AFTER OR DURING |
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THE TIME THAT YOU WERE GOING TO THE LOCATION YOU WERE |
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DRIVING ALONG PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH? |
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A CORRECT. |
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Q CAN YOU DESCRIBE THAT ROAD FOR US? |
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A THAT ROAD TRAVELS ALONG THE PENINSULA IN |
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SORT OF A BLUFF-TYPE/CLIFF-TYPE AREA. YOU CAN SEE THE |
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PACIFIC OCEAN AND THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA. YOU WILL |
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FOLLOW THE PENINSULA, AND THE OCEAN IS ON ONE SIDE AND |
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THE BLUFFS ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE. |
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Q IN THE AREA WHERE YOU WERE RESPONDING IS |
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THE ROAD DOWN ALONG THE OCEANFRONT? |
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A NO, IT IS NOT. IT IS UP ABOVE THE |
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OCEANFRONT. |
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Q SO IT WOULD BE ALONG THE TOP OF THE |
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BLUFFS -- |
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A CORRECT. |
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Q -- OR ALONG THE TOP OF THE CLIFFS? |
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A CORRECT. |
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Q AND AS YOU WERE DRIVING ALONG PALOS VERDES |
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DRIVE SOUTH, TELL US WHAT YOU SAW AND WHERE YOU WENT. |
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A AS WE DROVE ALONG PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH, |
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WHEN WE GOT NEAR -- IN BETWEEN CHERRY HILL AND |
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PEPPERTREE, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE IT WAS BETWEEN THOSE TWO |
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ROADS, WE WERE HEADED TO THAT AREA WHEN WE SAW AN L.A. |
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COUNTY FIRE ENGINE PARKED ALONGSIDE PALOS VERDES DRIVE |
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SOUTH, SO WE STOPPED THERE. |
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Q WAS THE FIRE ENGINE PARKED ALONG THE OCEAN |
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SIDE OR THE OTHER SIDE? |
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A IT WAS PARKED ALONG THE OCEAN SIDE. |
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Q AND TELL US WHAT YOU SAW AND WHAT YOU DID |
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ONCE YOU STOPPED BY THE FIRE TRUCK. |
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A ONCE WE STOPPED, WE WERE DIRECTED DOWN THE |
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BLUFF-TYPE AREA, DOWN A TRAIL TO AN ARCHERY RANGE AND |
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SOME PICNIC TABLES -- A PICNIC AREA AND PICNIC TABLES |
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WITHIN THAT ARCHERY RANGE. |
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Q WHEN YOU LEFT PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH AND |
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YOU HEADED TOWARDS THE ARCHERY RANGE, WERE YOU WALKING |
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ON LEVEL GROUND? |
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A NO. IT'S A FAIRLY STEEP INCLINE. THERE IS |
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A TRAIL, BUT IT'S ABOUT A QUARTER MILE DOWN FROM THE |
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ROAD. |
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Q AND ARE THERE BLUFFS OR CLIFFS ON BOTH |
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SIDES AS YOU WALK DOWN TO THE ARCHERY RANGE? |
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A THERE IS. THERE IS A CLIFF-TYPE BLUFF ON |
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THE -- |
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WHEN WE WERE WALKING DOWNRANGE, IT WOULD |
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HAVE BEEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE. ON THE LEFT THERE IS ONE, |
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BUT IT IS A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY. IT IS NOT IN THE |
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IMMEDIATE AREA OF IT. |
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Q AS YOU GOT TO THE ARCHERY RANGE, DESCRIBE |
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FOR US WHAT YOU SAW. |
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A WHEN I GOT TO THE ARCHERY RANGE, I SAW |
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PARAMEDICS SURROUNDING A PICNIC TABLE, AND A SMALL CHILD |
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WAS LYING ON TOP OF THE TABLE. THEY WERE -- THEY WERE |
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WORKING ON HER. AND THEN I SAW A WHITE MALE STANDING |
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NEAR AN ADJACENT PICNIC TABLE. |
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Q THE LITTLE GIRL THAT YOU SAW ON THE PICNIC |
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TABLE, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO LOOK OVER TO THE BOARD THERE, |
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TO THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT, WHICH IS EXHIBIT NO. 3. IS |
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THAT THE LITTLE GIRL YOU SAW? |
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A YES, IT IS. |
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Q AND THE MALE THAT YOU SAW STANDING NEARBY, |
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DIRECTING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHOTO WHICH IS EXHIBIT |
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NO. 2, IS THAT THE MALE THAT WAS STANDING NEARBY? |
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A YES, IT IS. |
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Q NOW, YOU SAID THE PARAMEDICS WERE WORKING |
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ON THE LITTLE GIRL? |
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A YES. |
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Q ABOUT HOW FAR AWAY WAS THE PERSON IN THE |
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PHOTO, EXHIBIT 2, FROM LAUREN, THE LITTLE GIRL? |
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A MAYBE THREE FEET. |
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Q WAS HE TRYING TO GET CLOSE TO HER? WAS HE |
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TRYING TO GO OVER TO HER? |
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A NO. HE WAS JUST STANDING THERE. |
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Q I WANT TO SHOW YOU A MAP AND SOME PHOTOS |
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AND HAVE YOU IDENTIFY THOSE FOR US. |
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A OKAY. |
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Q FIRST OF ALL, JUST SHOWING YOU WHAT'S BEEN |
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MARKED AS EXHIBIT NO. 4, DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE AREA SHOWN |
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IN THAT MAP? |
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A YES, I DO. |
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Q IF YOU COULD JUST COME DOWN HERE. |
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MS. PRIVER: KEEP YOUR VOICE UP IF YOU ARE GOING |
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TO BE BY THE BOARD, PLEASE. |
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THE WITNESS: YES, MA'AM. |
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Q BY MR. HUM: JUST USING THE POINTER FOR US, |
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CAN YOU SHOW US THE AREA THAT YOU DROVE AS YOU WERE |
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RESPONDING TO THE RADIO CALL? |
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A WHEN WE WERE ON PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH, |
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WE ACTUALLY CAME DOWN THIS WAY (POINTING), WHICH ISN'T |
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OBVIOUSLY ON THE MAP; BUT THEN WE CAME EASTBOUND ON PALOS |
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VERDES DRIVE SOUTH, AND WE STOPPED APPROXIMATELY HERE |
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(POINTING). |
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Q AND YOU ARE INDICATING AN AREA WHICH WOULD |
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BE JUST TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE IT SAYS "GATE FOR |
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PEPPERTREE"; IS THAT CORRECT? |
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A CORRECT. |
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Q OKAY. NOW, THE TWO POINTS THAT ARE |
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STICKING OUT INTO THE OCEAN, THE ONE ON THE RIGHT AS WE |
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LOOK AT THE MAP, IS THAT INSPIRATION POINT? |
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A YES, IT IS. |
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Q AND THE ARCHERY RANGE THAT YOU SAID THAT |
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YOU WALKED DOWN OR HIKED DOWN THE PATH TO, WHICH SIDE OF |
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INSPIRATION POINT IS THAT ON? |
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A IT'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE. IT'S APPROXIMATELY |
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HERE (POINTING). |
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MS. PRIVER: CAN YOU STAND MAYBE A LITTLE TO THE |
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SIDE. |
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THE WITNESS: SORRY. |
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THE ARCHERY RANGE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY |
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HERE (POINTING). |
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Q BY MR. HUM: SO AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE |
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MAP, IT'S ACTUALLY TO THE RIGHT OF INSPIRATION POINT; IS |
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THAT CORRECT? |
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A CORRECT. |
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Q NOW SHOWING YOU WHAT'S BEEN MARKED AS |
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EXHIBIT NO. 5, PHOTOS A AND B, DOES THAT SHOW THE AREA |
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THAT YOU HAVE REFERRED TO AS THE ARCHERY RANGE? |
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A YES, IT DOES. |
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Q AND WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD, JUST BEGINNING |
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WITH PHOTO A, AND TELL US WHAT WE SEE IN EACH ONE OF |
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THOSE. |
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A THE PHOTO IN PICTURE A IS THE PICNIC AREA I |
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DESCRIBED. IT'S COVERED. IT'S ABOUT A QUARTER MILE FROM |
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THE ROAD, WHICH IS UP TOP HERE, WHICH IS PALOS VERDES |
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DRIVE SOUTH. YOU HAVE TO HIKE DOWN OVER HERE (POINTING), |
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BUT THEN YOU CAN COME IN TOWARDS THE PICNIC TABLE AREA. |
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AND IT'S, LIKE THE PICTURE DEPICTS, A COVERED PATIO AREA |
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WITH SEVERAL -- IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT SEVERAL PICNIC |
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TABLES, FOUR OR FIVE PICNIC TABLES. |
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Q AND WHAT DO WE SEE IN PHOTO B? |
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A IN PHOTO B, THAT'S A PHOTO TAKEN FROM |
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INSIDE OF THE COVERED PATIO. THIS PHOTO RIGHT -- THE |
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PICNIC TABLE RIGHT HERE (POINTING) IS THE PICNIC TABLE |
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THAT LAUREN WAS LYING ON WHEN I WALKED UP TO THE AREA. |
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Q AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE PICNIC TABLE IN |
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THE CENTER WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A STAIN AT ONE END; IS |
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THAT CORRECT? |
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A CORRECT. |
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Q AND THEN WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT AS WE GO |
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THROUGH PHOTOS C, D, E AND F? WOULD THAT JUST BE THE |
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PATH DOWN TO THE BEACH? |
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A YES, IT IS. |
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Q OKAY. AND THE AREA IN PHOTO C AND D, THE |
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ROCKY AREA ON THE RIGHT, IS THAT INSPIRATION POINT? |
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A I'M SORRY, ON C AND D? |
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Q YES. |
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A YES, IT IS. IT IS THE UPPER POINT BY WHERE |
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THERE IS A LITTLE -- IT LOOKS LIKE A BLUR FROM HERE, BUT |
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IT'S A BUSH. AND THAT'S THE TOP OF INSPIRATION POINT. |
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Q WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT. |
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A OKAY. |
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Q NOW, AFTER YOU AND YOUR PARTNER WALKED DOWN |
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AND SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON, DID YOU AND YOUR PARTNER |
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CONTACT THE PERSON WHO YOU LATER FOUND OUT TO BE CAMERON |
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BROWN? |
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A YES, I DID -- WE DID. |
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Q DID YOU ASK CAMERON BROWN WHAT HAD |
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HAPPENED? |
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A YES, WE DID. |
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Q AND WHAT DID HE TELL YOU? |
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A HE SAID HE AND HIS DAUGHTER WERE WALKING, |
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THEY WALKED ALONG THE CLIFF, AND THEY WERE AT THE TOP OF |
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INSPIRATION POINT; LAUREN WAS THROWING ROCKS OFF THE EDGE |
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OF INSPIRATION POINT WHEN SHE SUDDENLY FELL. |
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Q DID YOU ASK HIM WHERE, WHAT AREA HE WAS |
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TALKING ABOUT, WHEN HE SAID INSPIRATION POINT? |
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A YES, I DID. AND HE INDICATED TO ME THAT |
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INSPIRATION POINT WAS THE AREA DEPICTED IN C AND D AND, |
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IN FACT, HE HAD INDICATED -- HE HAD POINTED OUT THAT BUSH |
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THAT I POINTED OUT A MINUTE AGO AS TO WHERE IT WAS. |
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MS. PRIVER: C AND D OF EXHIBIT 5, FOR THE RECORD. |
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Q BY MR. HUM: AND HE SAID THAT IT WAS |
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ACTUALLY NEAR THAT BUSH THAT YOU POINTED OUT TO US AT THE |
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END OF THE POINT WHERE HE AND LAUREN WERE WHEN LAUREN WAS |
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THROWING ROCKS AND SUPPOSEDLY SLIPPED? |
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A CORRECT. |
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Q WHAT DID MR. BROWN TELL YOU HE DID AFTER HE |
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SAID LAUREN SLIPPED? |
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A HE SAID THAT AFTER HE REALIZED THAT SHE WAS |
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GONE HE WALKED TO THE -- IT WOULD BE THE WEST SIDE OF |
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INSPIRATION POINT, DOWN TOWARDS AN AREA WE KNOW AS THE |
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NUDE BEACH, AND ASKED TO USE A CELLPHONE TO CALL FOR |
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HELP. |
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Q AND WHAT DID HE SAY HAPPENED THEN? |
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A HE SAID HE USED THE PHONE, CALLED FOR HELP, |
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THEN WALKED BACK UP OVER THE CLIFF, AROUND TO THE OTHER |
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SIDE BY THE ARCHERY RANGE, AND WENT TO RETRIEVE LAUREN. |
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Q AND WHERE DID HE SAY HE TOOK LAUREN AFTER |
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HE RETRIEVED HER OUT OF THE WATER? |
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A AFTER HE RETRIEVED HER FROM THE WATER HE |
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PUT HER ON THE PICNIC TABLE. |
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Q NOW, AT THE TIME THAT YOU WERE SPEAKING |
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WITH MR. BROWN, DID THERE APPEAR TO BE SOME MEDIA |
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ATTENTION? |
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A YES. |
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Q AND WERE THERE ACTUALLY HELICOPTERS, NEWS |
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HELICOPTERS, FLYING OVERHEAD? |
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A YES, THERE WERE. |
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Q DID CAMERON BROWN ASK YOU TO DO ANYTHING? |
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A YES. HE ASKED ME TO CALL HIS WIFE TO LET |
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HER KNOW THAT -- APPARENTLY HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HOME, |
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AND HE DIDN'T WANT HER TO SEE HIM ON THE NEWS, SO HE |
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WANTED TO CALL HER AND LET HER KNOW HE WAS GOING TO BE |
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LATE. |
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Q DID HE TELL YOU THAT HE DIDN'T WANT HIS |
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WIFE TO FIND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED BY SEEING IT ON THE |
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NEWS? |
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A YES. |
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Q AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WHEN YOU WERE |
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SPEAKING WITH CAMERON BROWN, DID YOU KNOW THAT HIS WIFE |
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WAS NOT LAUREN'S MOTHER? |
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A NO, I DID NOT KNOW THAT. |
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Q DID HE INDICATE TO YOU AT THE TIME HE WAS |
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ASKING YOU TO CALL HIS WIFE, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT HER |
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TO SEE IT ON TV, THAT HIS WIFE WAS NOT LAUREN'S MOTHER? |
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A HE MADE NO INDICATION THAT SHE WAS NOT HER |
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MOTHER. |
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Q DID HE ASK TO CALL LAUREN'S MOTHER AND TELL |
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HER WHAT HAD HAPPENED? |
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A NO. |
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Q DID HE INDICATE TO YOU IN ANY WAY THAT HE |
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WAS CONCERNED THAT LAUREN'S MOTHER MIGHT FIND OUT WHAT |
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HAD HAPPENED BY SEEING IT ON THE NEWS? |
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A NO. AS FAR AS PHONE CALLS GO, HE ONLY |
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WANTED TO CALL HIS WIFE. THAT'S THE ONLY PERSON HE |
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WANTED TO CALL. |
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Q DID CAMERON BROWN INDICATE ANYTHING TO YOU |
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ABOUT ANY CONCERN WITH REGARD TO THE MEDIA HELICOPTERS? |
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A HE DID NOT WANT TO BE FILMED BY ANY OF THE |
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MEDIA HELICOPTERS AND ASKED IF WE COULD ENSURE THAT HE |
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WAS NOT GOING TO BE ON CAMERA. |
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Q AT SOME POINT DID YOU FIND OUT THAT CAMERON |
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BROWN'S WIFE WAS NOT LAUREN'S MOTHER? |
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A AT SOME POINT I DID. |
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Q AND HOW DID YOU FIND THAT OUT? |
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A WHEN I ASKED FOR HIS NAME AND LAUREN'S FULL |
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NAME, I NOTICED THAT HER -- LAUREN'S LAST NAME WAS |
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DIFFERENT THAN CAMERON BROWN'S NAME AND ASKED WHY, AND |
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THEN I FOUND OUT. |
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Q SO THAT WAS THE FIRST INDICATION THAT YOU |
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HAD THAT HIS WIFE WAS NOT LAUREN'S MOTHER, CORRECT? |
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A CORRECT. |
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Q DID CAMERON BROWN INDICATE TO YOU THAT HE |
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HAD TRIED TO PERFORM ANY TYPE OF RESCUE MANEUVERS ON |
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LAUREN? |
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A YES, HE SAID HE TRIED TO PERFORM C.P.R. |
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Q AND HOW DID THAT TOPIC COME UP? |
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A THAT TOPIC CAME UP ACTUALLY AS WE WENT OVER |
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WHAT HAD HAPPENED, HIS ACTIONS FROM THE TIME THAT HE -- |
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ACTUALLY LEADING UP TO THE TIME WHERE SHE LEFT THE CLIFF |
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AND AFTER HE REALIZED SHE WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CLIFF. |
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WE GO OVER EVERYBODY'S ACTIONS. |
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AND DURING THAT TIME HE HAD SAID THAT AFTER |
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HE HAD REMOVED HER FROM THE WATER THAT HE ATTEMPTED |
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C.P.R., AND THEN HE ASKED IF HE HAD BLOOD IN HIS MUSTACHE |
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AND GOATEE. |
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Q SO HE WANTED YOU TO CHECK TO SEE IF HE HAD |
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ANY BLOOD IN HIS MUSTACHE AND GOATEE? |
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A YES. |
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Q DID YOU SEE ANY? |
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A NO. |
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Q DID YOU SEE ANY BLOOD ON CAMERON BROWN'S |
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CLOTHING? |
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A YES. HE HAD A LARGE CIRCLE OF BLOOD ON THE |
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BACK OF HIS SHIRT. AND THEN THAT WAS THE MAJOR BLOOD |
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THAT I NOTICED. |
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Q DID YOU NOTICE -- |
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LET ME ASK IT THIS WAY: HE TOLD YOU THAT |
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HE WENT INTO THE WATER AND ACTUALLY RETRIEVED LAUREN'S |
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BODY? |
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A HE SAID HE DID. |
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Q DID YOU NOTICE ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT HIS |
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CLOTHING WITH REGARD TO WHAT HE HAD TOLD YOU? |
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A YES. HIS SHOES WERE WET. AND HIS CLOTHES, |
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HE WAS WEARING SHORTS AND A T-SHIRT, THEY WERE DRY. |
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Q DID YOU ASK CAMERON BROWN ABOUT THAT? |
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A YES, I DID. HE SAID THAT AFTER HE LEFT THE |
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NUDE BEACH AND WALKED TO THE OTHER SIDE, AROUND TO WHERE |
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LAUREN'S BODY WAS, HE TOOK OFF HIS CLOTHES, HE STRIPPED |
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TO HIS UNDERWEAR, SAT HIS CLOTHES ASIDE, LEFT HIS BOOTS |
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ON AND THEN HE ENTERED THE WATER TO RETRIEVE LAUREN. AND |
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THEN HE SAT HER -- ONCE HE PICKED HER UP OUT OF THE |
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WATER, HE SET HER ON THE GROUND AND THEN HE TOOK HIS WET |
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UNDERWEAR OFF AND PUT HIS CLOTHES, HIS DRY CLOTHES, BACK |
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ON. |
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Q AND DID HE TELL YOU HOW IT WAS THAT HE |
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CARRIED LAUREN'S BODY BACK TO THE ARCHERY RANGE? |
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A HE AT FIRST HAD PUT HER OVER HIS SHOULDER, |
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WHICH IS WHERE THE BLOOD HAD COME FROM, KIND OF LIKE, I |
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CALL IT, SACK OF POTATOES. I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE IT |
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WOULD BE CALLED. AND THAT IS HOW THE BLOOD WAS ON HIS |
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SHIRT. AT SOME POINT HE HAD CHANGED HER TO A CRADLE |
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POSITION, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WAS AS HE SAT HER ON THE |
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TABLE. |
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Q AFTER CAMERON BROWN GAVE YOU THIS |
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INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED, DID HE LEAVE WITH |
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ANOTHER DEPUTY TO GO DOWN TO THE BASE OF THE CLIFF? |
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A HE WENT WITH MY SERGEANT AT SOME POINT. |
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Q AND WHAT WAS YOUR SERGEANT'S NAME? |
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A SERGEANT ERICKSON. I BELIEVE RICH |
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ERICKSON. |
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Q WHEN MR. BROWN AND SERGEANT ERICKSON WENT |
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TOWARDS THE CLIFF, WHERE DID YOU GO? |
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A I STAYED WITH LAUREN. |
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Q AFTER SOME PERIOD OF TIME DID CAMERON BROWN |
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COME BACK UP TO THE AREA WHERE YOU WERE? |
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A YES, HE DID. |
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Q WAS LAUREN'S BODY STILL ON THE TABLE? |
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A YES, IT WAS. |
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Q WAS IT COVERED WITH ANYTHING? |
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A IT WAS COVERED WITH A, I BELIEVE IT WAS, |
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PAPER; BUT IT WAS SOME SORT OF BLANKET THAT THE |
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PARAMEDICS HAD LEFT. |
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Q AND WERE YOU ASSIGNED TO STAY WITH CAMERON |
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BROWN AND WITH LAUREN UNTIL THE HOMICIDE DETECTIVES |
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ARRIVED? |
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A YES, I WAS. |
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Q WHERE DID YOU AND CAMERON BROWN WAIT FOR |
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THE HOMICIDE DETECTIVES? |
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A IN THE PICNIC AREA WITH LAUREN. |
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Q ABOUT HOW FAR FROM LAUREN'S BODY WAS IT |
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THAT CAMERON BROWN WAITED FOR THE HOMICIDE DETECTIVES? |
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A HE SAT AT AN ADJOINING TABLE, APPROXIMATELY |
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THREE FEET AWAY. |
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Q DID HE EVER MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO GO OVER TO |
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LAUREN, TO REMOVE THE SHEET, TO DO ANYTHING TO GET CLOSE |
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TO HER? |
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A NO. |
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Q CAN YOU DESCRIBE FOR US CAMERON BROWN'S |
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DEMEANOR AS YOU WERE WAITING FOR THE HOMICIDE DETECTIVES? |
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A THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE HIS DEMEANOR WAS |
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MATTER OF FACTLY, NOT -- FOR THE MOST PART HE WOULD JUST |
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SPEAK TO ME ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS, AND IN JUST A |
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MATTER-OF-FACT TONE OF VOICE. MAYBE TWO OR THREE TIMES |
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HE WOULD -- HE WOULD APPEAR TO BE SOBBING, BUT THEN IT |
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WOULD QUICKLY -- THEN HE WOULD STOP ALL OF A SUDDEN, AND |
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THEN HE WOULD TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE. |
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BUT, AS I SAID, WE WERE THERE FOR -- |
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ACTUALLY WE WERE THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME BEFORE |
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HOMICIDE ARRIVED; AND HE CRIED OR SOBBED MAYBE TWO TIMES, |
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POSSIBLY THREE. |
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Q DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT HOW LONG IT WAS THAT |
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YOU WAITED? WOULD IT HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF HOURS AT |
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LEAST? |
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A IT WAS AT LEAST A COUPLE OF HOURS. SHE WAS |
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PRONOUNCED, I THINK, AROUND NEAR 3:30 AND HOMICIDE DIDN'T |
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ARRIVE UNTIL 6:30. |
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Q DURING THE TIME THAT YOU WERE SITTING AT |
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THE TABLES, DID CAMERON BROWN PROVIDE YOU WITH MORE |
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DETAILS OF WHAT HE CLAIMED HAPPENED? |
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A HE DID. |
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Q AND CAN YOU TELL US WHAT ADDITIONAL DETAILS |
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HE GAVE YOU? |
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A HE SAID THAT HE AND LAUREN -- INITIALLY |
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THEY WENT TO A PLAYGROUND AT ABALONE COVE, WHICH IS WEST |
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OF OUR LOCATION, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PORTUGUESE POINT. |
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IT IS KIND OF HARD FOR ME TO DESCRIBE WITHOUT A MAP. BUT |
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IT'S IN THE ABALONE COVE AREA, WHICH ACTUALLY LEADS TO |
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SOME TIDE POOLS. THERE IS A PLAYGROUND THERE, AND A |
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PRESCHOOL IS FOR SOME REASON THERE. AND THEY WERE THERE |
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FOR A WHILE. LAUREN PLAYED ON SOME OF THE PLAYGROUND |
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EQUIPMENT, SWINGING, I BELIEVE, AND THE SLIDE AND THAT |
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SORT OF THING. AND AT SOME POINT THEY DECIDED TO GO FOR |
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A HIKE, SO THEY HIKED FROM ABALONE COVE TO INSPIRATION |
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POINT, WHERE THEY WALKED OUT TO INSPIRATION POINT. HE |
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SAT ON A ROCK WHILE SHE THREW SMALLER ROCKS OFF OF THE |
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CLIFF BEFORE IT HAPPENED. |
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Q AND YOU SAID THAT HE POINTED -- HE ACTUALLY |
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POINTED TO A BUSH WHICH WE CAN SEE IN EXHIBIT NO. 5, |
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PHOTO C AND D, UP ON THE TOP OF INSPIRATION POINT AND |
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SAID THAT WAS THE AREA THAT HE WAS; IS THAT CORRECT? |
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A CORRECT. |
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Q IN ADDITION TO POINTING TO THE BUSH, DID HE |
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DESCRIBE THE AREA TO YOU AT ALL? |
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A HE SAID THAT THERE WAS A LARGE ROCK THAT HE |
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WAS SEATED ON -- AND THEN, AT THE TIME, IT DIDN'T MEAN AS |
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MUCH TO ME -- BUT THAT LAUREN WAS A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE |
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EDGE OF THE CLIFF AND SHE WAS THROWING ROCKS FROM THERE. |
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I CAN GIVE YOU A BETTER DESCRIPTION. I |
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HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE THAT TIME, OBVIOUSLY, SO I AM |
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FAMILIAR WITH WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO. |
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Q SURE, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND DESCRIBE |
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IT FOR US. |
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A UP AT THE TOP OF INSPIRATION POINT, WHERE |
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THE BUSH IS, THERE IS -- IT IS NOT A TALL ROCK, BUT IT'S |
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A BOULDER THAT'S SORT OF -- IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE SOMEBODY |
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TURNED IT INTO A SEAT. IT'S PRETTY FLAT ON TOP, SO YOU |
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CAN SIT THERE. |
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I KIND OF HAVE TO USE A LITTLE HAND |
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GESTURE. BUT THE BUSH AND THE ROCK WOULD BE UP HERE AT |
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THE TOP. WELL, THE CLIFF GOES DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT |
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MORE; AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, LAUREN WAS A LITTLE |
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FURTHER DOWN ON THE CLIFF, AND THAT'S WHERE SHE WAS |
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THROWING THE ROCKS, ACCORDING TO THE DESCRIPTION THAT |
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CAMERON BROWN GAVE ME. |
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Q SO THE ROCK AREA THAT YOU WERE DESCRIBING |
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WITH YOUR HANDS IS MORE OF A FLATTER-TYPE AREA? |
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A IT IS MORE OF A FLATTER-TYPE AREA. |
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Q AND THEN WITH YOUR OTHER HAND YOU ARE |
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SHOWING THAT THE CLIFF ACTUALLY SEEMS TO ANGLE DOWNWARDS |
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MORE -- |
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A IT ANGLES DOWN. |
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Q -- TOWARDS THE OCEAN? |
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A CORRECT. |
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Q AND CAMERON BROWN TOLD YOU THAT LAUREN WAS |
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FURTHER DOWN THAT ANGLED PORTION WHEN HE CLAIMS SHE FELL? |
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A YES. |
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MS. PRIVER: THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT IN TERMS OF |
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THE HAND GESTURES SHE IS MAKING, SHE IS HOLDING ONE HAND |
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OUT FLAT, WITH THE FINGERS TOGETHER, BUT MAKING A FLAT |
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SURFACE WITH HER HAND. SHE PUT THE FINGERTIPS OF HER |
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OTHER HAND AGAINST IT AND ANGLED THAT HAND DOWN SO AS TO |
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CREATE A SLOPE. |
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THE WITNESS: THANK YOU. |
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Q BY MR. HUM: DID CAMERON BROWN VOLUNTEER |
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ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ANY DOCUMENTATION THAT HE HAD TO |
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SHOW THAT LAUREN WAS IN ANY PARTICULAR MOOD? |
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A HE SAID HE HAD PICTURES AND SHOWED ME A |
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DISPOSABLE CAMERA. |
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Q AND HAD YOU ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ANY TYPE OF |
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DOCUMENTATION OR CAMERA OR PICTURES? |
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A TO BE HONEST, I WOULDN'T HAVE ASKED HIM. |
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CONSIDERING THE SITUATION, TO BE HONEST, EVEN FOUR YEARS |
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LATER I WOULDN'T HAVE ASKED. |
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Q BUT HE VOLUNTEERED -- |
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A HE VOLUNTEERED AND SAID HE HAD PICTURES TO |
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SHOW THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE. |
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Q DID CAMERON BROWN ENGAGE IN ANY OTHER |
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CONVERSATION THAT STRUCK YOU AS UNUSUAL, GIVEN THE FACT |
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THAT YOU WERE ABOUT THREE FEET FROM HIS DAUGHTER'S BODY? |
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A WE TALKED ABOUT A VARIETY OF THINGS, BUT |
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THE THING THAT HAS STOOD OUT TO ME THE MOST IS AT THAT |
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TIME IT WAS -- WE STILL DIDN'T KNOW WHO THE PRESIDENT |
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WAS. IT WAS THE BUSH/GORE ELECTION TIME, AND IT WAS A |
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DAY OR TWO AFTER THE ELECTION, AND SO WE WERE ALL WAITING |
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TO HEAR WHO THE PRESIDENT WAS. AND HE ASKED ME IF I HAD |
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HEARD WHO THE PRESIDENT WAS. AND THAT STRUCK ME AS VERY |
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ODD SINCE I WAS AT THE TIME -- ACTUALLY ALMOST THE ENTIRE |
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TIME I SAT ON THE SEAT OF THE PICNIC TABLE WHERE LAUREN'S |
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BODY WAS. |
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Q DID MR. BROWN COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING |
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DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME YOU WERE WAITING THERE? |
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A HE CONTINUALLY COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS BOOTS |
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BEING WET. AND THEY WERE WET. |
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Q DID THAT STRIKE YOU AS UNUSUAL, GIVEN THE |
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SITUATION? |
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A VERY UNUSUAL. |
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Q NOW, DID YOU REMAIN WITH LAUREN AND WITH |
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MR. BROWN UNTIL THE HOMICIDE DETECTIVES ARRIVED AT ABOUT |
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6:20 IN THE EVENING? |
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A YES. |
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Q AND AFTER THAT WERE YOU DETAILED TO GO OUT |
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TO THE ROCKY AREA AT THE BASE OF THE POINT TO WATCH OVER |
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ANY POTENTIAL EVIDENCE DOWN THERE UNTIL THE HOMICIDE |
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DETECTIVES GOT THERE? |
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A YES. |
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Q THANK YOU, DEPUTY BROTHERS. |
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MS. PRIVER: ANY QUESTIONS BY ANY MEMBER OF THE |
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GRAND JURY? |
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(PAUSE IN THE PROCEEDINGS.) |
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Q BY MR. HUM: DEPUTY BROTHERS, A COUPLE OF |
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ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. |
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DID CAMERON BROWN INDICATE TO YOU THAT HE |
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TRIED TO STOP LAUREN WHEN SHE WAS THROWING ROCKS? |
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A NO. HIS INITIAL STATEMENT WAS THAT HE WAS |
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SITTING ON THE ROCKS AND THEN WHILE -- ON THE ROCK WHILE |
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SHE WAS THROWING ROCKS AND SUDDENLY SHE WAS GONE. |
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Q DID HE INDICATE TO YOU THAT HE ACTUALLY LET |
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HER CONTINUE TO THROW ROCKS FROM THAT AREA, DOWN CLOSER |
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TO THE EDGE, WHILE HE SAT ON THE ROCK? |
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A DO YOU MEAN DID HE REPRIMAND HER FOR DOING |
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THAT? |
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Q RIGHT. DID HE INDICATE TO YOU -- |
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A NO. |
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Q -- THAT HE TRIED TO STOP HER IN ANY WAY? |
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A NO. |
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Q AND, DEPUTY BROTHERS, OBVIOUSLY THE |
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INVESTIGATION WAS FURTHER CONDUCTED BY HOMICIDE |
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DETECTIVES, CORRECT? |
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A CORRECT. |
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Q AND THAT WOULD GENERALLY INCLUDE, TO YOUR |
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KNOWLEDGE, TAKING MEASUREMENTS OF DISTANCES AND THINGS OF |
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THAT NATURE? |
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A CORRECT. |
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Q DID YOU TAKE ANY MEASUREMENTS OF DISTANCES |
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BETWEEN, SAY, ABALONE COVE AND INSPIRATION POINT? |
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A NO, I DID NOT. |
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Q BUT HOMICIDE DETECTIVES WOULD HAVE DONE |
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THAT? |
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A ABSOLUTELY. AND I KNOW THAT THEY WALKED |
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THE TRAIL SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE INITIAL INCIDENT; AND, |
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TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY MEASURED IT OUT. |
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Q DO YOU KNOW AN APPROXIMATE DISTANCE AT THIS |
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POINT IN TIME, OR WOULD WE NEED TO WAIT FOR THE HOMICIDE |
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DETECTIVE TO TELL US? |
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A DEFINITELY MORE THAN A MILE. BUT ANY MORE |
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THAN THAT, HONESTLY -- |
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I WALKED IT WITH HOMICIDE MORE THAN ONCE, |
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AND I HAD DIFFICULTY. I AM NOT IN THE GREATEST SHAPE. I |
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HAD DIFFICULTY WITH IT. BUT I KNOW THEY TOOK |
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MEASUREMENTS. |
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Q OKAY. |
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MS. PRIVER: FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS? |
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(PAUSE IN THE PROCEEDINGS.) |
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Q BY MR. HUM: DEPUTY BROTHERS, DO YOU |
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RECALL -- I THINK YOU TOLD US THAT CAMERON BROWN |
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INDICATED HE LEFT INSPIRATION POINT AND WENT DOWN TO THE |
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NUDE BEACH TO GET A CELLPHONE; IS THAT CORRECT? |
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A CORRECT. |
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Q AND THEN HE WENT BACK OVER TO THE ARCHERY |
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RANGE SIDE OF INSPIRATION POINT TO GO AROUND TO LAUREN'S |
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BODY? |
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A CORRECT. |
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Q DID HE INDICATE TO YOU WHETHER HE WALKED |
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ALL THE WAY AROUND THE CLIFF OR WHETHER HE WENT OVER THE |
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CLIFF, THAT BEING INSPIRATION POINT; OR DID HE INDICATE |
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HOW HE DID THAT? |
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A HE COULDN'T ACCESS WHERE HER BODY WAS FROM |
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THE NUDE BEACH, SO HE HAD TO WALK -- TAKE THE TRAIL BACK |
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UP TO THE TOP, WHICH IS NOT THE POINT PART OF INSPIRATION |
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POINT, BUT MORE A BASE OF INSPIRATION POINT CLOSER TO |
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PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH. AND SO HE HAD TO TAKE THE |
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TRAIL BACK UP FROM THE NUDE BEACH, CROSS THE TOP OF THE |
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BASE OF INSPIRATION POINT AND THEN TAKE THE TRAIL BACK |
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DOWN TO THE ARCHERY RANGE AND AROUND THE COVE. THAT WAS |
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DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT'S A ROCKY COVE AREA AND THERE ARE |
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SEVERAL PLACES -- MY EXPERIENCE WORKING ON THE PENINSULA, |
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THERE ARE SEVERAL PLACES YOU CANNOT JUST FOLLOW THE |
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PENINSULA ALL THE WAY FROM SAN PEDRO TO TORRANCE. THERE |
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ARE A LOT OF PLACES THAT JUST ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE DUE TO |
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THE FACT THAT THE TIDE POOLS ARE AT VARYING DEPTHS AND IT |
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IS JUST NOT ACCESSIBLE. |
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Q AND SO DID HE INDICATE TO YOU THAT HE |
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ACTUALLY TOOK THE TRAIL BACK UP TO THE TOP OF INSPIRATION |
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POINT, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSER TO THE ROAD, AND THEN |
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OVER THE TOP? |
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DO YOU UNDERSTAND MY QUESTION? |
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A I DO. |
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THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PATHWAYS. |
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YOU CAN TAKE THE PATH FROM THE NUDE BEACH DIRECTLY UP TO |
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THE ROAD. AND I AM NOT POSITIVE IF HE INDICATED THAT HE |
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WALKED DIRECTLY ALONG PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH OR IF -- I |
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BELIEVE THERE IS A SMALLER WALKING PATH MAYBE 20 YARDS |
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FROM PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH, TOWARDS -- HOLD ON. LET |
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ME PICTURE THE AREA REAL QUICK. |
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I DON'T REMEMBER HIS EXACT WORDS, TO BE |
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HONEST. I KNOW THAT FROM THE NUDE BEACH, THOUGH, THAT |
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PATH ON THE BASE OF INSPIRATION POINT BEFORE YOU GO OUT |
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TO THE POINT, YOU NEED TO WALK BACK TO PALOS VERDES DRIVE |
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SOUTH TO ACCESS THE ARCHERY RANGE. THAT TRAIL IS |
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ACTUALLY A DRIVEWAY THAT YOU HAVE TO WALK DOWN TO GET TO |
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THE ARCHERY RANGE. |
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SO I DON'T BELIEVE HE SPECIFICALLY STATED |
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THAT HE WENT ON ANY UNMARKED PATH TO THE ARCHERY RANGE. |
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I HOPE THAT HELPS. |
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MS. PRIVER: ALL RIGHT, MA'AM. THERE AREN'T ANY |
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ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. |
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BEFORE YOU GO, OUR FOREPERSON, THE |
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GENTLEMAN SITTING NEXT TO YOU, IS GOING TO GIVE YOU AN |
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ADMONITION REGARDING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE GRAND |
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JURY. |
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MR. FOREPERSON. |
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THE FOREPERSON: YOU ARE ADMONISHED NOT TO REVEAL |
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TO ANY PERSON, EXCEPT AS DIRECTED BY THE COURT, WHAT |
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QUESTIONS WERE ASKED OR WHAT RESPONSES WERE GIVEN OR ANY |
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OTHER MATTERS CONCERNING THE NATURE OR SUBJECT OF THE |
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GRAND JURY'S INVESTIGATION WHICH YOU LEARNED DURING YOUR |
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APPEARANCE BEFORE THE GRAND JURY UNLESS AND UNTIL SUCH |
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TIME AS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THIS GRAND JURY PROCEEDING IS |
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MADE PUBLIC. |
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I WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT A VIOLATION OF |
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THIS ORDER CAN BE THE BASIS OF A CONTEMPT OF COURT CHARGE |
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AGAINST YOU. |
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DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS ADMONITION? |
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THE WITNESS: YES, I DO. |
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MS. PRIVER: THANK YOU, MA'AM. |
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YOU ARE EXCUSED. |
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THE WITNESS: THANK YOU. |
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(THE WITNESS EXITED THE GRAND JURY |
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HEARING ROOM.) |
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