Grand Jury Testimony

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              YOU MAY CALL YOUR NEXT WITNESS.

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       MR. HUM:  THANK YOU.

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              CALL DEPUTY DALE FALICON.

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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:  WALK TOWARDS THE WITNESS STAND,

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PLEASE.  REMAIN STANDING AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

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              FACE THE GENTLEMAN IN THE CENTER.

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                      DALE FALICON,

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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:  I DO.

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       MS. PRIVER:  HAVE A SEAT, PLEASE.

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              STATE AND SPELL YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE

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RECORD.

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       THE WITNESS:  DALE FALICON.  D-A-L-E,

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F-A-L-I-C-O-N.

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       MS. PRIVER:  THANK YOU.

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                       EXAMINATION

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BY MR. HUM:

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       Q      GOOD AFTERNOON, DEPUTY FALICON.

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       A      GOOD AFTERNOON.

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       Q      SIR, BACK ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH OF

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2000, WHAT WAS YOUR OCCUPATION AND ASSIGNMENT?

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       A      I AM A DEPUTY SHERIFF FOR THE LOS ANGELES

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COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND I WAS ASSIGNED TO OUR

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SCIENTIFIC SERVICES BUREAU, OUR LATENT FINGERPRINT

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SECTION.

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       Q      AND YOU ARE STILL EMPLOYED BY THE SHERIFF'S

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DEPARTMENT AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF?

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       A      CORRECT.

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       Q      HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN A POLICE

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OFFICER?

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       A      TWENTY-FOUR.

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       Q      NOW, YOU SAID BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2000 YOU

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WERE WORKING IN THE SCIENTIFIC SERVICES DIVISION IN THE

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FINGERPRINT DIVISION?

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       A      CORRECT.

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       Q      IN ADDITION TO LIFTING AND COMPARING

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FINGERPRINTS, DID YOU HAVE OTHER DUTIES IN THE SCIENTIFIC

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SERVICES DIVISION?

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       A      YES.

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       Q      AND CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THAT WOULD BE?

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       A      SOME OF OUR DUTIES ARE TO DOCUMENT THE

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SCENE BY PHOTOGRAPHY OR VIDEO.  OTHER DUTIES WOULD ENTAIL

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PHOTOGRAPHING TIRE TRACKS, SHOE IMPRESSIONS, ANY TYPE OF

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PHYSICAL EVIDENCE THAT WE MIGHT FIND AT A SCENE AND

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DOCUMENTING THAT, COLLECTING IT AND RETAINING IT AND

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BRINGING IT INTO OUR LABORATORY.

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       Q      AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE

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SCIENTIFIC SERVICES DIVISION?

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       A      EIGHTEEN YEARS.

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       Q      NOW, ON NOVEMBER 10TH OF 2000, AT ABOUT

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10:00 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, DID YOU GO TO AN AREA KNOWN

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AS INSPIRATION POINT?

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       A      YES, I DID.

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       Q      AND DID YOU MEET WITH OTHER SHERIFF'S

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PERSONNEL OUT THERE AT INSPIRATION POINT ON NOVEMBER

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10TH?

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       A      YES.

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       Q      AND CAN YOU TELL US WHO YOU MET WITH?

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       A      I MET WITH JEFF LESLIE, HOMICIDE

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INVESTIGATORS FROM OUR DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH E.S.D.,

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EMERGENCY SERVICES DETAIL DEPUTIES FROM OUR DEPARTMENT.

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       Q      AND HAD YOU BEEN INFORMED AS TO WHY IT WAS

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THAT YOU WERE BEING ASKED TO RESPOND TO INSPIRATION POINT

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ON THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER?

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       A      YES.

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       Q      AND WHY WAS THAT?

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       A      TO DOCUMENT THE EDGE OF A CLIFF THERE.

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THAT A SMALL CHILD HAD FALLEN OFF OF A CLIFF, TO DOCUMENT

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THE EDGE.

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       Q      AND WERE YOU INFORMED THAT THERE WAS ANY

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PARTICULAR REASON WHY IT WAS, TWO DAYS AFTER THIS HAD

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HAPPENED, THAT YOU WERE BEING ASKED TO GO OUT THERE?

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       A      YES.

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       Q      WHAT WAS THAT?

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       A      I WAS TOLD TO DOCUMENT ANY TYPE OF SHOE

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PRINTS OR ANY TYPE OF MARKS OR ANYTHING THAT MAY BE

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PRESENT OR VISIBLE THERE ON THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF.

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       Q      AND DID YOU GO OUT TO THE FAR END, OR THE

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OCEAN END, OF INSPIRATION POINT?

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       A      YES.

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       Q      WERE YOU DIRECTED TO ANY PARTICULAR AREA

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OUT AT THE END, OR DID YOU EXAMINE THE ENTIRE END OF THE

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POINT?

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       A      THE ENTIRE END OF THE POINT.

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       Q      AND WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING FOR?

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       A      I WAS LOOKING MAINLY FOR SHOE PRINTS, SOME

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TYPE OF SHOE IMPRESSION THAT MIGHT BE THERE, ANY TYPE OF

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PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, CLOTHING, ANYTHING THAT APPEARED TO BE

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OF EVIDENTIARY VALUE.

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       Q      CAN YOU DESCRIBE FOR US THE SURFACE OF THE

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GROUND THERE AT THE TOP OF INSPIRATION POINT?  WHAT WAS

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THAT LIKE?

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       A      WELL, IT'S PREDOMINANTLY DIRT AND SOME

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GRASS THERE ON THE EDGE.  SOME OF THE DIRT IS VERY

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DECOMPOSED, KIND OF -- HAS LIKE A CRUST TO IT.  IT IS

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VERY SLIPPERY.  WHEN YOU PUT WEIGHT ON THE EDGE THERE, IT

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MAKES AN INDENTATION WITH WEIGHT THERE.  THERE IS

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SHRUBBERY AND ORGANIC MATERIALS THAT ARE GROWING THERE

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WITH THE GRASS AND TWIGS AND DEBRIS, ALONG WITH THE DIRT

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AND ROCK THERE.

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       Q      ARE THERE CERTAIN AREAS OUT AT THE OCEAN

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END OF INSPIRATION POINT WHERE THERE IS THIS CRUST OF

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DIRT THAT IMPRESSIONS ARE LEFT WHEN SOMETHING OF WEIGHT

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IS PUT ON IT?

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       A      YES.

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       Q      AND DID YOU FIND ANYTHING THAT APPEARED TO

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YOU TO BE OF EVIDENTIARY VALUE OUT ON THE OCEAN SIDE OF

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INSPIRATION POINT?

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       A      YES.

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       Q      CAN YOU TELL US FIRST WHERE YOU FOUND THESE

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ITEMS THAT YOU THOUGHT WERE OF EVIDENTIARY VALUE?  IN

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OTHER WORDS, IF YOU ARE FACING THE OCEAN, STANDING ON TOP

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OF INSPIRATION POINT AND FACING THE OCEAN, WHERE WERE

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THESE ITEMS?

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       A      FACING DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE OCEAN, THEY ARE

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SLIGHTLY TO YOUR RIGHT-HAND SIDE.

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       Q      AND WERE YOU OUT AT THE VERY END OF

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INSPIRATION POINT, OR WERE YOU ON A SPECIFIC PORTION OF

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IT?

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       A      I BELIEVE I WAS ON THE END AT SOME POINT

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AND ON A PORTION OF IT.

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       Q      LET ME DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION HERE TO AN

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EXHIBIT, EXHIBIT NO. 6, AND IF YOU WANT TO STEP OVER HERE

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FOR ME, PLEASE.

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              LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT PHOTOGRAPH E HERE

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DOWN AT THE BOTTOM ON THE LEFT, DO YOU RECOGNIZE THAT AS

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A PORTION OF INSPIRATION POINT?

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       A      YES, I DO.

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       Q      CAN YOU SHOW ME, SHOW ALL OF US, ACTUALLY,

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WITH THIS POINTER WHERE IT WAS THAT YOU FOUND THESE ITEMS

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THAT YOU THOUGHT WERE OF EVIDENTIARY VALUE?

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       MS. PRIVER:  AND DESCRIBE FOR THE RECORD WHAT YOU

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ARE DOING AS YOU ARE DOING IT.

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       THE WITNESS:  YES, MA'AM.

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       MS. PRIVER:  THANK YOU.

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       THE WITNESS:  I AM POINTING TO THE EDGE OF ALMOST

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A TRIANGLE, MORE TOWARDS THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE AS YOU ARE

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LOOKING OUT TOWARDS THE OCEAN, JUST BELOW A LARGE BUSH.

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AND JUST BELOW THAT LARGE BUSH WAS AN INDENTATION OR A

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DEPRESSION THERE THAT I PHOTOGRAPHED AND TOOK A PLASTER

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CAST OF, WHICH IS MARKED AS J, THE LETTER J.

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              AND THEN FOLLOWING UP THE HILL SLIGHTLY, AS

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YOU ARE LOOKING OUT TO THE OCEAN IT WOULD BE MORE TOWARDS

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THE LEFT, IN A DIRECTION TOWARDS THE RIGHT OF THIS POINT,

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I HAVE FOUR ADDITIONAL AREAS THAT I PHOTOGRAPHED AND TOOK

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SOME PLASTER IMPRESSIONS, OR CASTS, OF FOUR TOTAL AREAS

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THERE, THE ONE, J, AND THREE ADDITIONAL ONES GOING UP THE

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HILL.  BUT I TOOK PHOTOS OF A TOTAL OF FIVE DIFFERENT

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AREAS.

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       Q      BY MR. HUM:  OKAY.  AND YOU HAVE BEEN

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REFERRING THIS WHOLE TIME TO EXHIBIT 6 AND PHOTOGRAPH E,

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WHICH IS AT THE VERY END POINT OF INSPIRATION POINT, JUST

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ABOVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE SOME TYPE OF INLET OF WATER; IS

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THAT CORRECT?

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       A      YES.

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       Q      WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND RESUME YOUR SEAT

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FOR JUST A MINUTE.

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       MS. PRIVER:  JUST SO THE RECORD IS CLEAR, YOU SAID

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THESE ITEMS WERE MORE LIKE ON THE LEFT AS YOU FACE THE

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OCEAN AND THEN YOU SAID ON THE RIGHT OF THE POINT.  SO

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WHEN YOU SAID ON THE RIGHT OF THE POINT, YOU ARE THEN

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TALKING ABOUT AS YOU FACE THE PHOTOGRAPH?

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       THE WITNESS:  CORRECT.

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       MS. PRIVER:  ALL RIGHT.

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       Q      BY MR. HUM:  THIS AREA WHERE YOU FOUND

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THESE FOUR IMPRESSIONS -- FIRST DESCRIBE THE IMPRESSIONS

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FOR US.  WHAT DID YOU SEE EXACTLY?

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       A      I SAW A DEPRESSION OR A SLIGHT DUG-OUT

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AREA, YOU MIGHT SAY, THAT APPEARED TO BE DEPRESSED EITHER

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BY SOME TYPE OF SHOE OR WEIGHT IN SOME WAY.  THERE WAS A

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TOTAL OF FIVE THAT I PHOTOGRAPHED.

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       Q      DID THEY APPEAR TO YOU, JUST BASED ON YOUR

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TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, TO BE SOME TYPE OF SHOE PRINT OR

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BOOT PRINT?

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       A      I FELT THEY WERE.

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       Q      AND YOU HAVE BEEN IN SCIENTIFIC SERVICES

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FOR HOW MANY YEARS?

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       A      EIGHTEEN YEARS.

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       Q      AND YOU DOCUMENTED THESE IMPRESSIONS WITH

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PHOTOGRAPHS?

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       A      YES, I DID.

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       Q      AND I THINK YOU SAID YOU ALSO TOOK PLASTER

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CASTS OF SOME OF THEM; IS THAT CORRECT?

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       A      CORRECT.

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       Q      AND HOW IS THAT DONE?  HOW ARE PLASTER

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CASTS TAKEN?

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       A      IT'S A -- WE USE WHAT IS CALLED A DENTAL

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STONE.  IT IS A MATERIAL THAT WE MIX UP, AND IT IS VERY

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FINE, MUCH LIKE PLASTER OF PARIS.  THE DENTAL STONE IS

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MIXED WITH WATER; IT IS THEN POURED INTO THAT DEPRESSION

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OR THAT AREA AND IT HARDENS, AND THE ITEM IS THEN

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COLLECTED AND REFERENCED TO THAT PARTICULAR AREA THAT IT

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CAME FROM.

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       Q      THESE, WHAT APPEARED TO YOU TO BE SHOE

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PRINTS OR FOOTPRINTS, DID THEY APPEAR TO BE ADULT SIZE OR

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CHILD SIZE?

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       A      MOST OF THEM APPEARED TO BE QUITE LARGE,

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ADULT SIZE TO ME.

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       Q      AND DID YOU NOTICE ANY THAT APPEARED TO YOU

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THAT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN --

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              LET ME ASK IT THIS WAY:  DID YOU NOTICE ANY

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TO YOU THAT YOU COULD SAY THESE ARE CHILD-SIZE

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FOOTPRINTS?

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       A      ALL THAT I FOUND WERE DEEP DEPRESSIONS.

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THEY DID NOT APPEAR TO BE A CHILD.  IT WAS A CONSIDERABLE

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DEPRESSION THERE, WHICH I WOULD ASSUME WOULD TAKE SOME

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WEIGHT TO MAKE THAT DEPRESSION.  SO NOTHING WAS SO SHORT

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AS TO MAKE ME BELIEVE IT WAS A CHILD.

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       Q      WITH REGARDS TO THESE AREAS THAT YOU

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PHOTOGRAPHED, DID THEY APPEAR TO BE A TRACK OF

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FOOTPRINTS, IN OTHER WORDS, ONE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER?

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       A      THEY APPEARED TO HAVE A DIRECTION TO THEM,

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THE ONES THAT WERE FOUND, OR THE ONLY ONES PRESENT.  AND

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THAT DIRECTION GOES UPWARD, OUT OF THE POINT, UP TO THE

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LEVEL AREA.

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       Q      AND DID THOSE -- THE LENGTH OF THE STRIDE

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OF THOSE FOOTPRINTS, DID THEY APPEAR TO YOU TO BE MORE OF

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AN ADULT-LENGTH STRIDE OR A CHILD-LENGTH STRIDE?

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       A      YES, THEY WERE TWO TO THREE FEET APART.

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       Q      WHICH WOULD BE WHICH?

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       A      FROM K TO A WERE APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE

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FEET APART.  J, WHICH IS RIGHT BESIDE THE EDGE OF THE

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CLIFF -- THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE BETWEEN J AND

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K.

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       Q      I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHEN I ASKED YOU

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DID THESE APPEAR TO BE ADULT-LENGTH STRIDES OR CHILD

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LENGTH-STRIDES --

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       A      OH, I'M SORRY.  THEY APPEARED TO BE ADULT

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STRIDES, IN MY OPINION.

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       Q      AND YOU HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO SOME LETTERS

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NOW, J AND K.

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              CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHY YOU ARE REFERRING

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TO THEM BY THESE LETTERS?

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       A      YES.  BASICALLY WHEN I WAS TASKED WITH

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DOCUMENTING THE SCENE, I WAS THERE TO LOOK FOR ANY TYPE

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OF SHOE IMPRESSIONS.  THE ONES THAT I FOUND WERE FIVE OF

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THEM, AND I PUT THE CONES DOWN TO SIGNIFY WHICH WAS WHICH

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PARTICULAR AREA THAT I PHOTOGRAPHED.

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              I HAVE FROM THE OCEAN J, AND THEN I PROCEED

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TO K AND L.  THE NEXT CONE DID NOT HAVE A LETTER ON IT,

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SO I REFERRED TO THAT AS A SQUARE.  AND THEN THE LAST

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LETTER WAS A.  SO THAT WAS A TOTAL OF FIVE THAT I

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PHOTOGRAPHED AND DOCUMENTED AND LEFT THE CONES THERE TO

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SHOW THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND DISTANCE APART WHEN I

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TOOK ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM OUR HELICOPTER.

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       Q      OKAY.  SO THOSE CONES HAD LETTERS ON

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THEM -- ALL OF THEM EXCEPT FOR ONE HAD LETTERS ON THEM,

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AND THAT WAS JUST TO DESIGNATE WHICH IMPRESSION YOU WERE

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TALKING ABOUT, CORRECT?

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       A      YES.  AND TO DISTINGUISH ON THE

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PHOTOGRAPHS, TOO.

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       Q      NOW, HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHING

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THESE AND PUTTING THE CASTS ON?  DID YOU JUST WALK OUT

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THERE AND TAKE PICTURES?

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       A      NO.  WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO EXPLAIN?

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       Q      YES, PLEASE TELL US HOW YOU DID THAT.

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       A      OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES DETAIL WAS THERE,

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WHICH THEY DO RAPPELLING AND OUR LIFESAVING AND OUR

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RESCUE TYPE OF OPERATIONS.  THEY WERE THERE FOR OUR

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SAFETY AND SET UP ROPES AND HARNESSES AND SAFETY DEVICES

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TO ALLOW ME TO TRAVERSE THE EDGE OF THAT CLIFF AREA

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THERE.

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              AND SO ONCE THAT WAS DONE AND I WAS BRIEFED

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AND TIED IN THE RESTRAINING DEVICE, I THEN BASICALLY

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WALKED DOWN THE HILL WITH THE SECURITY OF THE ROPES AND

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E.S.D. THERE TO DOCUMENT THE SCENE.

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       Q      OKAY.  NOW, THE AREA WHERE YOU SAW THESE

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IMPRESSIONS, DID THAT APPEAR TO SLOPE DOWNWARDS TOWARDS

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THE OCEAN?

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       A      OH, YES.

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       Q      AND SO YOU FELT THE NEED TO BE ROPED UP

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WITH A SAFETY HARNESS BEFORE YOU WENT DOWN THERE TO

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PHOTOGRAPH THESE AND TAKE THESE CASTS; IS THAT CORRECT?

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       A      VERY MUCH SO.

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       Q      I AM GOING TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT

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HAS BEEN MARKED AS EXHIBIT 8 -- AND IF YOU CAN STEP BACK

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OVER HERE WITH THE POINTER, PLEASE -- PHOTOS A AND B

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HERE.

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              FIRST OF ALL, PHOTO A, IS THAT THE END OF

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THE POINT THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE CONES

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MARKING THE IMPRESSIONS?

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       A      THIS IS THE POINT.  IT IS NOT THE END

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THERE, BUT THAT IS THE POINT THAT I AM ON.

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       Q      AND THAT'S YOU IN THE PHOTOGRAPH?

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       A      YES, IT IS.

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       Q      AND THE RED CONES THERE, TELL US WHAT THOSE

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DESIGNATE.

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       A      THESE DESIGNATE THE FOUR THAT IS ON A

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SLIGHTLY UPWARD AREA OF THAT POINT.  IT IS GOING TO BE A,

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THE BLANK ONE, WHICH I REFERRED TO AS THE SQUARE, AND K

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AND L, THE FOUR CONES IN HERE.

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       Q      AND DID YOU ALSO TAKE MEASUREMENTS AS TO

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HOW FAR FROM THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF EACH OF THOSE

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IMPRESSIONS WERE?

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       A      YES, I DID.

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       Q      NOW, YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL

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IMPRESSION THAT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE SHOWN IN A; IS THAT

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CORRECT?

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       A      THAT'S CORRECT.

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       Q      AND DO YOU SEE THAT ON PHOTOGRAPH B?

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       A      YES.

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       Q      AND CAN YOU POINT TO IT WITH THE POINTER

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AND THEN DESCRIBE THE AREA WHERE IT IS ON THE PHOTOGRAPH,

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BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS A LITTLE HARD TO SEE?

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       A      I AM POINTING TO A LARGE BUSH, JUST BELOW A

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LARGE BUSH ON THE PHOTOGRAPH ITSELF.  IT IS ABOUT AN INCH

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BELOW.  AND IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE OTHER FOUR, LOOKING

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OUT TO THE OCEAN, IT WOULD BE ON YOUR RIGHT, JUST SIX

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FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF, J.

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       Q      OKAY.  AND THIS ITEM, J, THAT WAS ALSO A

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DISTURBANCE OR WHAT APPEARED TO BE SOME TYPE OF

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DEPRESSION?

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       A      DEPRESSION, YES.

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       Q      AND IT WAS SIX FEET FROM THE EDGE?

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       A      CORRECT.

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       Q      AND WAS THAT THE CLOSEST OF ALL OF THE

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IMPRESSIONS THAT YOU SAW NEAR THE EDGE?

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       A      YES, IT IS.

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       Q      WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND RESUME YOUR

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SEAT.

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              JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR, THIS DEPRESSION, J,

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WAS THE CLOSEST TO THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF OF ANY OF THE

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DEPRESSIONS THAT YOU SAW; IS THAT CORRECT?

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       A      YES, IT IS.

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       Q      AND THAT IS SIX FEET FROM THE EDGE?

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       A      YES.

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       Q      DID YOU GET CLOSER TO THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF

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THERE TO CHECK AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ANY TYPE

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OF DISTURBANCE OF THE VEGETATION OR THE ROCK, THE GRAVEL,

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THE DIRT, ANYTHING THAT WOULD INDICATE SOME TYPE OF

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SLIPPING OFF OF THE END OF THE CLIFF?

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       A      YES.

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       Q      DID YOU SEE ANYTHING AT ALL THAT INDICATED

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TO YOU THAT SOMEONE HAD SLIPPED OR SLID FROM THE END OF

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THE CLIFF?

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       A      NO.

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       Q      THANK YOU.

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       MS. PRIVER:  ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?

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       MR. HUM:  NONE FROM ME.

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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 FALICON, JUST LET ME

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ASK YOU THIS:  TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, WAS THE AREA OF

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INSPIRATION POINT SEALED OFF AS A CRIME SCENE PRIOR TO

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YOU GOING OUT THERE?

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       A      YES.

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       Q      DO YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT ANYONE ELSE HAD

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ACCESS TO THAT AREA IN THE TIME BETWEEN THE VICTIM'S

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DEATH IN THIS CASE AND THE TIME THAT YOU WERE OUT THERE

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ROUGHLY A DAY AND A HALF LATER?

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       A      NO.

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       Q      YOU DON'T KNOW OR NO ONE DID?

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       A      I DON'T KNOW.

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       Q      DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT WHAT TIME IT WAS THAT

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YOU ACTUALLY WENT OUT THERE AND STARTED THE

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PHOTOGRAPHING?

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       A      I ARRIVED AT 10:00 O'CLOCK.  PROBABLY

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WITHIN THE HOUR.

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       Q      IF YOU RECALL, WAS ANYONE ELSE, OTHER THAN

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POLICE PERSONNEL, OUT THERE AT INSPIRATION POINT WHEN YOU

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ARRIVED?

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       A      NO, THERE WERE NONE OTHER THAN POLICE

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PERSONNEL THERE.

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       Q      OTHER THAN THESE DEPRESSIONS THAT YOU HAVE

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TOLD US ABOUT THAT YOU FOUND, DID YOU FIND ANY OTHER

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SIGNS OF DEPRESSIONS OR DISTURBANCES ALONG THE ENTIRE

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EDGE OF THE FRONT OF INSPIRATION POINT?

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       A      NO, SIR.

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       Q      THANK YOU.

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       MS. PRIVER:  FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS?

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              (SHORT PAUSE.)

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       MS. PRIVER:  THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

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              BEFORE YOU LEAVE, OUR FOREPERSON IS GOING

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TO GIVE YOU AN ADMONITION REGARDING THE CONFIDENTIALITY

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OF THE GRAND JURY.

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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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AGAINST YOU.

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       THE WITNESS:  YES.

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       MS. PRIVER:  THANK YOU, SIR.

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              YOU ARE EXCUSED.

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       THE WITNESS:  THANK YOU.

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