I'M JOHN FOGLEMAN, DEPUTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FOR CRITTENDEN COUNTY. IT IS SEPTEMBER THE 10TH, 1993, 1:51 P.M. PRESENT IS DIANE TEER, T-E-E-R-, HER APPOINTED ATTORNEY, GERALD COLEMAN, MYSELF AND INSPECTOR GITCHELL OF THE WEST MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. BEFORE WE START, YOU'LL NEED TO RAISE YOUR HAND, RIGHT HAND JUST LIKE WE DID LAST TIME. MS. TEER, DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH IN YOUR STATEMENT TO ME PURSUANT TO THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY SUBPOENA.
DIANE- I DO.
FOGLEMAN- ALRIGHT. NOW, FOR THE RECORD, AND I FAILED TO ASK THE OTHERS THIS MORNING. PREVIOUSLY YOU WERE REPRESENTED BY SCOTT DAVIDSON AND VOWELL PRICE.
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- ALRIGHT. YOU'RE NOW BEING REPRESENTED MR. COLEMAN, IS THAT RIGHT?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. AND I THINK THAT OCCURRED TODAY, IS THAT RIGHT?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. ALRIGHT, AND IS THAT, WHAT STREET IS THAT ON?
DIANE- WEST LAKE DRIVE.
FOGLEMAN- WEST LAKE DRIVE.
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- AND WHAT'S THE LITTLE COMMUNITY CALLED?
DIANE- IT'S LAKESHORE ESTATES TRAILER PARK.
FOGLEMAN- HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED THERE?
DIANE- SINCE ABOUT FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
FOGLEMAN- ALRIGHT, AND I HATE TO ASK A WOMAN THIS, BUT HOW OLE ARE YOU?
DIANE- 44.
FOGLEMAN- AND, UH, WHO LIVES AT THE TRAILER WITH YOU?
DIANE- MYSELF AND DOMINI.
FOGLEMAN- AND WHO'S DOMINI?
DIANE- MY DAUGHTER.
FOGLEMAN- ALRIGHT, WHAT IS HER ENTIRE NAME?
DIANE- DOMINI ALIA TEER.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, HOW DO YOU SPELL HER MIDDLE NAME?
DIANE- A-L-I-A.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. AND IS THAT HER NAME THAT SHE WAS GIVEN FROM BIRTH?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, AND ANYBODY ELSE LIVE THERE AT THE TRAILER?
DIANE- 6 CATS AND A DOG.
FOGLEMAN- 6 CATS AND A DOG. ARE YOU SINGLE, DIVORCED, WIDOWED, SEPERATED?
DIANE- SEPERATED.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN SEPARATED?
DIANE- ABOUT 4 YEARS.
FOGLEMAN- BUT NEVER LEGALLY DIVORCED?
DIANE- NO.
FOGLEMAN- AND IS THS FROM DOMINI'S FATHER, OR...
DIANE- YES IT IS.
FOGLEMAN- WHAT'S HIS NAME?
DIANE- MICHAEL NATHAN TEER.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, WHERE DOES HE LIVE?
DIANE- IN KIWANI, ILLINOIS.
FOGLEMAN- DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CHILDREN?
DIANE- NO.
FOGLEMAN- AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU AND MR. TEER BEEN MARRIED?
DIANE- ABOUT 22 YEARS.
FOGLEMAN- ALRIGHT, HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN THIS AREA? CRITTENDEN COUNTY?
DIANE- I GUESS THIS LAST TIME, 2 YEARS. ABOUT 2 YEARS.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, AND WHERE DID YOU MOVE FROM?
DIANE- ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA.
FOGLEMAN- ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- WHAT PART OF CALIFORNIA IS THAT IN?
DIANE- SOUTHERN.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. WHAT'S THE CLOSEST BIGGER CITY?
DIANE- SAN BERNADINO.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, AND WHO ALL LIVED WITH YOU WHEN YOU LIVED IN ONTARIO CALIFORNIA?
DIANE- MYSELF, MY HUSBAND AND MY DAUGHTER.
FOGLEMAN- THIS WAS 2 YEARS AGO.
DIANE- NO, THAT WAS 4 YEARS AGO.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, SO YOU...HAVE YOU LIVED HERE IN CRITTENDEN COUNTY FOR 4 YEARS?
DIANE- ABOUT 3 YEARS. BECAUSE I WAS IN HOT SPRINGS RE-HAD FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
FOGLEMAN- AND WHY WERE IN THE RE-HAB?
DIANE- I HAD A STROKE.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, WHERE DID THE STROKE TAKE PLACE? I MEAN, WAS IT IN ARKANSAS OR CALIFORNIA?
DIANE- ARKANSAS.
FOGLEMAN- ARKANSAS. UH, AND WERE YOU HOSPITALIZED FOR THAT?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN-WHERE WAS THAT?
DIANE- CRITTENDEN.
FOGLEMAN- DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE STROKE?
DIANE- A COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HIGH BLOOD SUGAR.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. WHAT DO YOU MEAN HEAT?
DIANE- IT WAS ONE OF THE HOTTEST DAYS OF THE YEAR, AND WHERE I WORKED IT WAS VERY HOT.
FOGLEMAN- WHERE DID YOU WORK?
DIANE- A 3-D SCREEN PRINTING COMPANY.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. WHERE IS THAT LOCATED? IN GENERAL, WHAT CITY IS IT IN?
DIANE- WEST MEMPHIS.
FOGLEMAN- HOW LONG DID YOU LIVE IN ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA?
DIANE- ABOUT 5 YEARS.
FOGLEMAN- HOW OLD WAS DOMINI WHEN YOU LEFT THERE?
DIANE- 11, I THINK.
FOGLEMAN- HOW OLD IS SHE NOW?
DIANE- 16.
FOGLEMAN- WHAT'S HER DATE OF BIRTH?
DIANE- NOVEMBER 21, 1976.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, SO SHE'S GETTING READY TO BE 17...
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN-...VERY SHORTLY. ALRIGHT BEFORE YOU LIVED AT THE ADDRESS THAT YOU LIVE ON IN WESTLAKE DRIVE, DID YOU LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE IN CRITTENDEN COUNTY?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- WHERE WAS THAT?
DIANE- ONE WAS ON JULIA.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY.
DIANE- AND THE OTHER ONE WAS IN THE BELVEDERE APARTMENTS OVER HERE ON NORTH AVALON.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY.
DIANE- AND DANNER.
FOGLEMAN- HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN DAMION?
DIANE- ABOUT 2 YEARS.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. WHERE DID YOU FIRST MEET HIM?
DIANE- WHEN HE STARTED GOING OUT WITH DOMINI.
FOGLEMAN- ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY OF THE TATTOOS THAT DAMION HAS?
DIANE- I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY.
FOGLEMAN- YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THE TATTOOS HE'S GOT?
DIANE- NO.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. UM...LET'S SEE, YOUR DAUGHTER'S 16 NOW, SO HE STARTED DOMINI WHEN SHE WAS 14. IS THAT RIGHT?
DIANE- SEE, THEY WERE GOING TO SCHOOL TOGETHER.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. I'VE GOT TO STOP THIS JUST A SECOND. THIS IS JOHN FOGLEMAN, DEPUTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, IT'S 2 P.M. WE'RE BACK ON THE RECORD WITH DIANE TEER. OKAY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DAMION. UH, I TAKE IT WITH YOUR STROKE THAT YOU'RE NOW DISABLED, IS THAT RIGHT?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- DO YOU WORK ANYMORE?
DIANE- NO.
FOGLEMAN- AND SINCE YOUR STROKE YOU'VE NOT WORKED?
DIANE- I USED TO WORK AT THE SHELTERED WORKSHOP ON WOODS.
FOGLEMAN- WHEN DID YOU LAST WORK THERE?
DIANE- OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. ALRIGHT, HOW OFTEN WOULD DAMION...LET ME BACK UP. DOES DOMINI GO TO SCHOOL? DOES DOMINI GO TO SCHOOL?
DIANE- NO, NOT NOW.
FOGLEMAN- ALRIGHT, WHEN DID SHE LAST ATTEND SCHOOL. JUST IN GENERAL. I KNOW YOU CAN'T GIVE ME A SPECIFIC DATE.
DIANE- I BELIEVE IT WAS THE LAST OF FEBRUARY.
FOGLEMAN- OF LAST, OF 93?
DIANE- OF THIS YEAR. YES.
FOGLEMAN- ALRIGHT, WHY DID SHE LEAVE SCHOOL?
DIANE- SHE'S PREGNANT.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT SHE'S REQUIRED TO GO SCHOOL UNTIL SHE'S 18, OR UNLESS SHE'S GOT A GED?
DIANE- WELL, SHE'S GOING TO GO BACK AND GET HER GED.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. BUT SHE LAST ATTENDED SCHOOL IN FEBRUARY?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- ALRIGHT. UM, FROM FEBRUARY THROUGH NOW, HAS SHE HAD ANY KIND OF JOB?
DIANE- NO.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. JUST ON AVERAGE, HOW MANY TIMES WOULD DAMION COME OVER TO SEE DOMINI?
DIANE- JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, WAS THERE ANY PARTICULAR TIME WHEN HE WOULD COME, OR DOES IT VARY, OR...
DIANE- WELL, WHEN SHE WAS IN SCHOOL, IT WOULD BE AFTER SCHOOL.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, I'M TALKING ABOUT AFTER SHE DROPPED OUT.
DIANE- NO PARTICULAR TIME.
FOGLEMAN- WOULD IT BE SOMETIMES IN THE MORNING? SOMETIME AFTERNOONS?
DIANE- YEAH.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY.
DIANE- HE STAYED WITH US FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
FOGLEMAN- YOU MEAN HE LIVED WITH YOU?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- HOW LONG DID HE LIVE WITH YOU?
DIANE- ABOUT 2 OR 3 WEEKS. HE WAS WAITING FOR HIS PARENTS TO COME BACK FROM OREGON.
FOGLEMAN- DID DAMION EVER SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHY HE HAD LEFT OREGON?
DIANE- NO.
FOGLEMAN- HE NEVER DID TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?
DIANE- HE CAME BACK TO BE WITH DOMINI.
FOGLEMAN- THAT'S WHAT HE SAID?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. DID HE TELL YOU THAT?
DIANE- YEAH.
FOGLEMAN- UM...AND HE LIVED WITH YA'LL ABOUT 3 WEEKS?
DIANE- YEAH.
FOGLEMAN- AFTER THEY CAME BACK, HAS HE LIVED WITH YA'LL ANY?
DIANE- NO. SOMETIMES HE WOULD COME OVER, AND THEY WOULD STAY THE NIGHT, AND SOMETIMES SHE WOULD GO OVER TO HIS PARENTS AND STAY THE NIGHT WITH THEM.
FOGLEMAN- NOW, IN MAY, FIRST WEEK IN MAY. DO YOU REMEMBER DAMION COMING OVER ANY?
DIANE- YES, JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. WAS IT DURING THAT FIRST WEEK IN MAY, WOULD IT BE MORNING, AFTERNOON, OR WOULD IT VARY?
DIANE- IT WOULD VARY.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. UH...DID JASON EVER COME OVER?
DIANE- YES, USUALLY HE WOULD BE WITH DAMION.
FOGLEMAN- ALRIGHT ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY IN MAY, IT WAS MAY THE 5TH, UH, DID DAMION COME OVER THAT DAY?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT TIME OF DAY HE CAME OVER THAT DAY?
DIANE- IT WAS ABOUT 1 O'CLOCK.
FOGLEMAN- HOW LONG DID HE STAY?
DIANE- UNTIL JASON GOT OUT OF SCHOOL.
FOGLEMAN- DID JASON COME OVER?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- DAMION DIDN'T GO GET HIM OR ANYTHING, JASON JUST CAME ON OVER?
DIANE- YEAH. THEY HAD ALREADY MADE PLANS THE DAY BEFORE.
FOGLEMAN-OKAY. SO JASON AND DAMION HAD ALREADY MADE PLANS TO GET TOGETHER?
DIANE- YEAH.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. DID DAMION TELL YOU THAT?
DIANE- I WAS THERE USUALLY WHEN THEY MADE THE PLANS...
FOGLEMAN- OKAY.
DIANE-...CAUSE THEY CAME OVER A LOT IN THE AFTERNOON.
FOGLEMAN- AND, JASON CAME OVER AFTER SCHOOL. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT TIME IT WAS WHEN JASON GOT THERE?
DIANE- THE BUSSES USUALLY RUN AROUND 3:30 TO 4:00.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. AND JASON CAME OVER TO THE TRAILER, AND THEN THERE WAS...WHO WAS THERE AT THE TRAILER AFTER JASON CAME?
DIANE- UH, THERE WAS MYSELF, DOMINI, DAMION, JASON AND ANOTHER BOY, I BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS KEN, OR KEITH, I DON'T KNOW WHICH.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. DO YOU KNOW HIS LAST NAME?
DIANE- NO I DON'T.
FOGLEMAN- WHAT DID HE LOOK LIKE?
DIANE- UH, HE WASN'T VERY TALL. HE HAD BROWN HAIR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT COLOR EYES HE HAD. BROWN TOO, I THINK.
FOGLEMAN- WAS HIS HAIR LONG, SHORT?
DIANE- NO, SHORT.
FOGLEMAN- SHORT?
DIANE- YEAH.
FOGLEMAN- DID HE...YOU KNOW HOW KIDS, SOME OF THEM WEAR THEIR HAIR KIND OF DIFFERENT. WAS IT A REGULAR HAIRCUT WHERE MOST OF THE HAIR IS THE SAME, OR DID HE HAVE SOME HAIR SHORTER THAN OTHERS.
DIANE- IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE SAME LENGTH.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. ANY RACING STRIPES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT....
DIANE- NO.
FOGLEMAN-...LIKE SOME OF THE KIDS HAVE. HOW LONG DID THEY STAY THERE AT THE HOUSE?
DIANE- ABOUT 15 OR 20 MINUTES.
FOGLEMAN- ALRIGHT. THEN WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THEY 15 OR 20 MINUTES.
DIANE- UH, JASON HAD TO CUT HIS UNCLE'S LAWN, SO THEY WENT OVER THERE.
FOGLEMAN- ALRIGHT, HOW DID THEY GET THERE?
DIANE- THEY WALKED.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, DID EVERYBODY LEAVE? I MEAN, ALL 4 OF THEM LEAVE?
DIANE- YEAH, ALL OF 'EM.
FOGLEMAN- ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, SO THEY...JASON HAD TO GO MOW HIS UNCLE'S YARD, AND THEN ALL FOUR OF THEM LEFT?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- AND THIS WAS IN WEST MEMPHIS, IS THAT RIGHT?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- ALRIGHT. THEN WHAT'S THE NEXT THING YOU REMEMBER?
DIANE- LATER DOMINI CAME HOME.
FOGLEMAN- ABOUT WHAT TIME DID SHE GET HOME? WAS IT LIGHT, DARK, ABOUT TO GET DARK, HOW WAS IT?
DIANE- IT WAS STILL LIGHT, AND I THINK IT WAS AROUND 5:30 OR 6:00.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. WERE YOU WATCHING T.V.?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- WHAT WAS ON T.V.?
DIANE- I THINK IT WAS A DIFFERENT WORLD.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. EARLIER, DO YOU REMEMBER ONE OF THE OFFICERS TALKING TO YOU EARLIER? OH LIKE A FEW DAYS AFTER THIS HAPPENED. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- OFFICER RIDGE. DO YOU REMEMBER HIM?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- UM, LET'S SEE...OKAY. DO YOU REMEMBER TELLING HIM THAT TIMETRACKS WAS ON T.V.?
DIANE- WELL THAT WAS LATER. THAT WAS AROUND 7. BECAUSE DOMINI TOOK THE DOG FOR A WALK DOWN TO THE STORE, AND WHEN SHE CAME BACK, IT WAS AROUND 7, BECAUSE TIMETRACKS HAD JUST COME ON. AND SHE TOOK HER SHOWER, AND I HAD TO TELL HER THE ENDING OF IT.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY.
DIANE- CAUSE I ALWAYS WATCH TIMETRACKS AND KUNG-FU.
FOGLEMAN- AND WHAT DID YOU SAY THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS ON T.V. WHEN SHE CAME IN?
DIANE- A DIFFERENT WORLD, I BELIEVE.
FOGLEMAN- A DIFFERENT WORLD. WHAT IS THAT?
DIANE- IT'S A COMEDY, UH...
FOGLEMAN- WHAT CHANNEL DOES IT COME ON?
DIANE- 30, I BELIEVE.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. AFTER SHE GOT HOME, WHAT DID SHE DO?
DIANE- SHE TOOK THE DOG FOR A WALK.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, AND THEN AFTER SHE GOT IN FROM WALKING THE DOG, WHAT DID SHE DO?
DIANE- TOOK A SHOWER.
FOGLEMAN- AND THEN WHAT DID SHE DO?
DIANE- SHE LAID DOWN ON THE BED BY ME AND WENT TO SLEEP.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, DID SHE TALK TO ANYBODY ON THE TELEPHONE THAT NIGHT?
DIANE- YEAH, DAMION.
FOGLEMAN- WHO ELSE.
DIANE- NOBODY.
FOGLEMAN- ARE YOU SURE?
DIANE- I DON'T REMEMBER ANYBODY ELSE.
FOGLEMAN- YOU DO REMEMBER HER TALKING TO DAMION?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- WHAT TIME WAS THAT?
DIANE- HE CALLED AROUND 10. AND THEY TALKED FOR AN HOUR. CAUSE I HAD TO MAKE HER GET OFF THE PHONE. CAUSE THEY WERE JUST ARGUING BACK AND FORTH ANYWAY.
FOGLEMAN- THE WERE HAVING AN ARGUMENT?
DIANE- YEAH.
FOGLEMAN- WHAT WERE THEY ARGUING ABOUT, DO YOU KNOW?
DIANE- JASON'S GIRLFRIEND HAD CALLED DAMION UP CRYING TO DAMION ABOUT JASON.
FOGLEMAN- WHAT ABOUT JASON, DID SHE SAY?
DIANE- THEY WEREN'T GETTING ALONG, OR HAD HAD AN ARGUMENT OR SOMETHING, AND UH...SO SHE CALLED DAMION UP TRYING TO GET DAMION TO TALK TO JASON FOR HER.
FOGLEMAN- UH HUH. AND SO DOMINI AND DAMION HAD AN ARGUMENT BECAUSE OF THAT?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- WHY WOULD THEY ARGUE ABOUT THAT. DO YOU KNOW?
DIANE- DOMINI DIDN'T WANT JASON'S GIRLFRIEND CALLING DAMION.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY.
DIANE- KIDS GET VERY POSSESSIVE WITH EACH OTHER.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY.
DIANE- AND THOSE TWO ARE VERY POSSESSIVE ABOUT EACH OTHER.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. DID YOU KNOW THAT DAMION HAD A BUNCH OF OTHER GIRLFRIENDS?
DIANE- NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
FOGLEMAN- YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT?
DIANE- NO.
FOGLEMAN- HOW ABOUT JENNIFER. A GIRL NAMED JENNIFER. YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HER?
DIANE- JENNIFER WAS JASON'S GIRLFRIEND.
FOGLEMAN- HEATHER CLYDE WAS JASON'S GIRLFRIEND, OR JASON HAD MORE THAN ONE.
DIANE- I THINK HE HAD TWO AT THE TIME, I'M NOT SURE. BUT, I REMEMBER HEARING BOTH OF THEIR NAMES.
FOGLEMAN-OKAY, HOW ABOUT HOLLY GEORGE?
DIANE- NO, I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS.
FOGLEMAN- HOW ABOUT DICKIE HUTCHISON?
DIANE- THE ONLY TIME I EVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT DICKIE WAS AFTER ALL THIS STARTED.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. HOW DID DOMINI GET HOME THAT NIGHT?
DIANE- DAMION'S MOTHER BROUGHT HER.
FOGLEMAN- DID YOU SEE THEM?
DIANE- YES, I DID.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. WHAT KIND OF CAR WAS SHE DRIVING?
DIANE- THEY HAVE A BLUE CAR. I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND IT IS.
FOGLEMAN- WHO WAS IN THE CAR?
DIANE- DAMION, AND HIS MOTHER AND DOMINI.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, ANYBODY ELSE?
DIANE- I DIDN'T SEE THEM.
FOGLEMAN- DID ANYBODY GET OUT OF THE CAR?
DIANE- DOMINI DID.
FOGLEMAN- BESIDES DOMINI?
DIANE- NO.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. UM,....I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR DAUGHTER DOMINI IS PREGNANT, IS THAT RIGHT?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- HOW MANY MONTHS IS SHE?
DIANE- THIS IS HER NINTH MONTH.
FOGLEMAN- THIS IS HER NINTH MONTH?
DIANE- UH HUH.
FOGLEMAN- WHO'S SHE SEE, WHAT DOCTOR DOES SHE SEE?
DIANE- SHE SEES A CLINIC, IN MEMPHIS, GAYLOR.
FOGLEMAN- HOW MUCH WEIGHT HAS SHE GAINED?
DIANE- ABOUT 11 POUNDS.
FOGLEMAN- SHE LOOKS TINY.
DIANE- CAUSE SHE ONLY WEIGHED ABOUT 104 OR 106 WHEN SHE GOT PREGNANT.
FOGLEMAN- UM, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT A MAGAZINE, OR GROUP CALLED SOUND?
DIANE- UH, ONE OF MY NIECES IN CALIFORNIA STARTED IT.
FOGLEMAN- AND WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR?
DIANE- I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL OF IT STANDS FOR. IT'S SECRET ORDER OF THE UN DID.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. WHAT'S THE MAGAZINE ABOUT?
DIANE- JUST WHATEVER THEY FEEL LIKE PUTTING IN IT? LIKE VAMPIRES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, AND THIS IS ONE OF YOUR NIECES?
DIANE- YEAH.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, WHAT IS THE NIECES NAME?
DIANE- TAMMY JO TEER.
FOGLEMAN- TAMMY JO TEER?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- AND THIS IS ON, I TAKE IT IT'S ON YOUR HUSBAND'S SIDE.
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- WERE YOU AWARE THAT YOUR DAUGHTER WAS AND DAMION WERE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THIS WITCHCRAFT STUFF?
DIANE- THEY WEREN'T TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
FOGLEMAN- YOU DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
DIANE- I KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT WITCHCRAFT, BUT THEY NEVER DID ANYTHING LIKE THAT AS FAR AS I KNOW.
FOGLEMAN- YOU DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
DIANE- NO.
FOGLEMAN- WELL, YOU SAID THAT YOU KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT WITCHCRAFT. HAVE YOU AT SOME POINT BEEN INVOLVED IN THE OCCULT?
DIANE- I USED TO READ ABOUT A LOT OF IT WHEN I WAS IN CALIFORNIA.
FOGLEMAN- DID YOU EVER PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF IT?
DIANE- NO.
FOGLEMAN- IT'S NOT AGAINST THE LAW, YOU UNDERSTAND TO...
DIANE- OH YEAH, I KNOW THAT.
FOGLEMAN- BUT YOU NEVER PARTICIPATED IN ANY OF IT/
DIANE- NO.
FOGLEMAN- ARE YOU SURE?
DIANE- YEAH, I'VE READ A LOT OF BOOKS ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS, AND I USED TO HAVE A PACK OF TAROT CARDS, AND RUNE STONES.
FOGLEMAN- UH HUH. OKAY. WHAT KIND OF STONES?
DIANE- RUNE.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY.
DIANE- R-U-N-E.
FOGLEMAN- WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE RUNE STONES?
DIANE- YOU HAVE SOMEBODY TOUCH 'EM AND PUT THEM OUT ON THE TABLE, AND PICK OUT EVER HOW MANY YOU NEED TO AND TELL THEM, UM, LIKE THEIR FORTUNE, OR SOMETHING THAT'S ONGOING IN THEIR LIFE. I ALSO HAVE A DECK OF RUNE CARDS.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. BUT YOU SAY THAT YOU'VE NEVER PARTICIPATED IN ANY KIND OF GROUP...
DIANE- NO.
FOGLEMAN-...THAT PRACTICED THIS KIND OF STUFF.
DIANE- NO, THE ONLY KIND OF GROUP THAT I WAS EVER IN LIKE THAT WAS THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW?
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. WHAT KIND OF GROUP IS THAT? WHAT DO THEY DO?
DIANE- THEY ACT OUT THE MOVIE WHILE THE MOVIE IS ON.
FOGLEMAN- AND WHEN WAS THAT WHEN YOU PARTICIPATED IN THAT?
DIANE- IN CALIFORNIA.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. LET ME FLIP SIDE THE TAPE. IT'S NOW 2:18 P.M., WE'RE GOING TO TURN THE TAPE OVER.
IT'S 2:19 P.M., SEPTEMBER 10TH, 1993. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE INTERVIEW OF DIANE TEER, PURSUANT TO PROSECUTING ATTORNEY SUBPOENA. WERE YOU AWARE THAT DAMION HAD A PENTAGRAM ON HIS CHEST? A TATTOO OF A PENTAGRAM ON HIS CHEST.
DIANE- NO, I NEVER SAW IT.
FOGLEMAN- YOU NEVER SAW IT?
DIANE- NO.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY.
DIANE- HE HAD A PENTAGRAM NECKLACE.
FOGLEMAN- WERE YOU AWARE THAT DAMION CLAIMED TO BE INVOLVED IN WITCHCRAFT?
DIANE- THEY NEVER DID AROUND ME. HE LIKED TO READ SOME OF THE BOOKS, CAUSE I HAD SOME BOOKS THAT I LOANED HIM TOO.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. ARE THESE WHITE MAGIC OR BLACK MAGIC?
DIANE- WHITE.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. BUT YOUVE NEVER KNOWN DAMION TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THOSE ACTIVITIES?
DIANE- NOT THAT I KNOW OF.
FOGLEMAN- ALRIGHT. WHAT KIND OF ...YOU'D MENTIONED THAT DAMION AND JASON HAD MADE PLANS. WHAT KIND OF PLANS HAD THEY MADE?
DIANE- JUST THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET TOGETHER AND DO SOMETHING THAT EVENING. USUALLY THEY WOULD GO OVER TO WAL-MART AND PLAY VIDEO GAMES, OR OVER TO JASON'S AND PLAY VIDEO GAMES.
FOGLEMAN- WHAT DID YOU DO ON MAY THE 4TH. WHAT DID DOMINI DO ON MAY 4TH?
DIANE- WELL, SHE WAS WITH DAMION AND JASON. I THINK THEY WENT TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES THAT DAY.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. WHAT TIME DID THEY LEAVE?
DIANE- I DON'T REMEMBER.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, WAS IT MORNING OR AFTERNOON?
DIANE- IT WAS USUALLY AFTERNOON WHEN THEY LEFT.
FOGLEMAN- DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME DOMINI GOT HOME THAT DAY?
DIANE- NO I DON'T REMEMBER, BUT IT WAS USUALLY LATER.
FOGLEMAN- HOW ABOUT MAY THE 6TH, ON THURSDAY. WHAT DID DOMINI DO THAT DAY?
DIANE- SHE WAS WITH DAMION. DAMION CAME OVER THAT DAY. AND HE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH US THAT NIGHT.
FOGLEMAN- HE SPENT THE NIGHT THAT THURSDAY NIGHT?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. AND HOW LONG WAS HE OVER THERE THAT DAY? WAS IT ALL DAY, OR DID HE COME AT 1 O'CLOCK OR 4 O'CLOCK.
DIANE- MOST OF THE DAY, I BELIEVE.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. WAS HE THERE AT LUNCH TIME?
DIANE- YEAH.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY.
DIANE- CAUSE., L.G. CAME OVER THAT DAY TOO.
FOGLEMAN- L.G. DID?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- DID HE COME INSIDE THE TRAILER.
DIANE- YES, HE DID.
FOGLEMAN- WHT IS YA'LL RELATIONSHIP TO L.G.?
DIANE- L.G. IS MY SISTER'S STEP-GRANDSON.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. SISTER'S STEP-GRANDSON. OKAY. DID YOU SEE L.G. ON THE WEDNESDAY THE 5TH?
DIANE- YEAH, I THINK HE CAME OVER THAT DAY TOO.
FOGLEMAN- ALRIGHT.
DIANE- FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
FOGLEMAN- WAS THAT WHLE DAMION AND DOMINI WERE THERE?
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- WAS JASON THERE WHEN HE CAME OVER?
DIANE- NO, I DON'T THINK JASON HAD GOTTEN THERE YET.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. HOW OFTEN DOES L.G. COME OVER?
DIANE- WELL HE USED TO COME OVER FAIRLY OFTEN BECAUSE HE WAS GOING OUT WITH DOMINI'S BEST GIRLFRIEND, LIZA MCDANIELS.
FOGLEMAN- LIZA MCDANIEL.
DIANE- YES.
FOGLEMAN- ALRIGHT.
DIANE- AND THEY WOULD COME OVER SOMETIME AND IF THEY'D STAYED OUT TOO LATE, AND IF HER MOTHER HAD LOCKED THE DOOR ON HER, THEY'D COME OVER TO OUR TRAILER AND SPEND THE NIGHT.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW L.G.?
DIANE- THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY.
FOGLEMAN- THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY?
DIANE- UH HUH.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. WHERE DID YOU SEE HIM?
DIANE- HE CAME OVER TO THE TRAILER.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. DO YOU SEE HIM ABOUT EVERYDAY?
DIANE- NO.
FOGLEMAN- HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE HIM SINCE MAY THE 5TH?
DIANE- NOT REAL OFTEN, BUT HE CALLS QUITE A FEW TIMES TO TALK TO DOMINI.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY ARE THEY PRETTY CLOSE?
DIANE- NOT REAL CLOSE.
FOGLEMAN- BUT THEY TALK TO EACH OTHER A LOT?
DIANE- YEAH.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. WHAT DID DOMINI DO THE...ON...I'VE ALREADY ASKED YOU THAT. CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE?
GITCHELL- HOW LATE DID L.G. STAY? WHERE DID THEY GO?
FOGLEMAN- YEAH, HOW LONG DID L.G. STAY AT THE HOUSE ON THE 5TH?
DIANE- I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TIME HE LEFT, BUT THEY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GOING TO SEE ABOUT A JOB. AND UH, HIS AUNT NARLINE AND HIS AUNT PAM BOTH LIVE IN THE TRAILER PARK TOO AND HE WENT I BELIVE WITH NARLENE, TO SEE ABOUT THE JOB.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, DID YOU SEE NARLINE PICK HIM UP?
DIANE- NO, I DIDN'T. HE WENT OVER TO HER HOUSE.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY.
GITCHELL- WHAT TIME WAS THAT?
DIANE- IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 12, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. DID YOU SEE L.G. ANYMORE THAT DAY?
DIANE- NOT THAT DAY, I DON'T BELIEVE.
FOGLEMAN- WHAT WAS DOMINI WEARING ON THAT WEDNESDAY THE 5TH, DO YOU REMEMBER?
DIANE- NO, BUT USUALLY, MOST OF THE TIME SHE WEARS JUST JEANS AND A T-SHIRT.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. DOES SHE HAVE ANY JEANS THAT HAVE THE KNEES TORN OUT OF THEM.
DIANE- NOT ANY MORE. SHE THREW THEM AWAY.
FOGLEMAN- WHEN DID SHE THROW THOSE AWAY? DO YOU REMEMBER?
DIANE- OH, IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE.
FOGLEMAN- QUITE A WHILE.
DIANE- YEAH, CAUSE THEY KEPT GETTING HUNG IN THE WASHING MACHINE AND WOULD TEAR EVEN MORE.
FOGLEMAN- UH HUH. DID SHE JUST HAVE ONE PAIR OF THOSE?
DIANE- YEAH.
FOGLEMAN- WHAT COLOR WERE THEY?
DIANE- THAT STONE-WASHED LOOK.
FOGLEMAN- KIND OF FADED OUT BLUE.
DIANE- YEAH.
FOGLEMAN- WHEN YOU SAY IT WAS QUITE A WHILE AGO. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO?
DIANE- YEAH, IT WOULD BE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AT LEAST. CAUSE SHE STARTED THROWING AWAY CLOTHES THAT SHE COULDN'T WEAR ANYMORE AS SHE GOT BIGGER WITH THE BABY.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY, DO YOU KNOW, OF COURSE IT'S NOW SEPTEMBER, AND THE DAY WE'VE BEEN ASKING YOU ABOUT HAS BEEN MAY THE 5TH. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 4 MONTHS AGO. WOULD IT HAVE BEEN BEFORE OR AFTER THAT?
DIANE- AFTER.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY.
GITCHELL- HOW DID DAMION AND YOUR DAUGHTER LEAVE ON THE 5TH? HOW DID THEY...DID THEY GO ANYWHERE TOGETHER ON THE 5TH?
DIANE- THAT WEDNESDAY?
GITCHELL- YEAH.
DIANE- YEAH, THEY ALL WENT OVER TO CUT JASON'S UNCLE'S YARD.
FOGLEMAN- AND THEY WALKED?
DIANE- YEAH.
GITCHELL- DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME THEY GOT BACK?
DIANE- AROUND 5:30 OR 6.
FOGLEMAN- NOW DID...THAT NIGHT, DID DAMION CALL DOMINI OR DID DOMINI CALL DAMION?
DIANE- DAMION CALLED DOMINI-
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. AND WHAT T.V. SHOW DID YOU SAY WAS ON WHEN SHE CAME IN?
DIANE- TIMETRACKS.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. YOU'RE PRETTY SURE ABOUT THAT?
DIANE-YES.
FOGLEMAN- AND WHEN SHE CAME IN, YOU LOOKED OUT AND IT WAS ...YOU SAW DAMION AND HIS MOTHER, AND....
DIANE- DOMINI.
FOGLEMAN- OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE THAT YOU CAN REMEMBER?
DIANE- NO I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING ANYBODY ELSE.
FOGLEMAN- I DON'T HAVE ANYMORE QUESTIONS. THAT CONCLUDES THIS INTERVIEW OF DIANE TEER. IT'S NOW 2:29 P.M.
