THIS IS DETECTIVE BRYN RIDGE OF THE WEST MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY AT 710 MCAULEY CIRCLE, TODAY'S DATE 02-21 OF 94 TIME 3:51 P. M. HERE WITH CLINT GARNER AND HIS MOTHER ROSITA GARNER, CLINT IF UH, YOU CAN REMEMBER BACK TO THE 5TH OF MAY OF LAST YEAR, THAT'S THE DAY THAT THE THREE BOYS CAME UP MISSING OKAY, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT DAY?
GARNER: YES SIR
RIDGE: OKAY, UH, WHAT HAPPENED AFTER SCHOOL BASICALLY ON THAT DAY?
GARNER: I JUST WENT HOME
RIDGE: OKAY, YOU CAME HOME?
GARNER: MY MOM PICKED ME UP
RIDGE: OKAY, WAS THERE A REASON YOU HAD TO STAY HOME THAT DAY?
GARNER: OH, I WAS GROUNDED
RIDGE: OKAY, WHILE YOU WE'RE HERE DID YOU HAVE A VISITOR?
GARNER: (INAUDIBLE)
RIDGE: SOMEBODY CAME BY?
GARNER: UH, RYAN DID
RIDGE: RYAN
GARNER: CAME BY
RIDGE: OKAY, AND THAT'S CHRIS'S BROTHER?
GARNER: YES SIR
RIDGE: ALRIGHT, RYAN CLARK, DO YOU KNOW THAT TO BE HIS LAST NAME?
GARNER: (INAUDIBLE)
RIDGE: OKAY, AND WHAT WAS IT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE CAME BY?
GARNER: HE CAME BY LOOKING FOR CHRIS
RIDGE: OKAY, ABOUT WHAT TIME DO YOU THINK THAT WAS?
GARNER: UM, RIGHT WHEN IT WAS GETTING DARK
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RIDGE: OKAY, SOMETIME BEFORE DARK 7:30, WOULD THAT SOUND RIGHT TO YOU?
GARNER: AROUND IN THERE
RIDGE: HOW ABOUT YOU MRS. GARNER, IS THAT SOUND RIGHT TO YOU ABOUT 7:30?
MRS. GARNER: 7:30 IT MAY EVEN BE CLOSE TO 8
RIDGE: YOU WERE HERE WHEN HE CAME BY?
MRS. GARNER: YES SIR
RIDGE: OKAY, UH, IS IT NORMAL FOR CHRIS TO COME OVER HERE DOES HE PLAY OVER HERE A LOT?
GARNER: YES SIR
OKAY, ABOUT RYAN DID HE COME BY HERE AND PLAY A LOT?
GARNER: HE CAME OVER
RIDGE: OKAY, UH, DID YOU KNOW STEVE BRANCH?
GARNER: NOT VERY GOOD, I JUST SAW HIM AROUND SCHOOL
RIDGE: OKAY, DID YOU KNOW WHERE HE LIVED?
GARNER: NO SIR
RIDGE: YOU DID NOT?
GARNER: (INAUDIBLE)
RIDGE: OKAY, ALRIGHT I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE THIS INTERVIEW UM, AND YOU REMEMBER IT'S THAT DAY BECAUSE RYAN CAME BY TO ASK YOU WHERE, IF YOU KNEW WHERE CHRIS WAS AND THAT'S THE DAY YOU WE'VE GROUNDED?
GARNER: YES SIR
RIDGE: OKAY, I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE THE INTERVIEW TIME IS 3:53 P. M.
