TO DET. B. RIDGE DATE OF EXAMINATION SEPT. 16, 1993
COMPLAINT NUMBER CASE FILE NUMBER 93-05-0666
SUBJECT KENNETH CLYDE WATKINS SSN ***-**-****
ADDRESS 3070 SUMMER AVE. LOT #47 DLN N/A
CITY/STATE MEMPHIS TN. DOB **-**-76
EMPLOYMENT WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL-MEMPHIS,TN.
9TH GRADE STUDENT
REMARKS:
IN THE PRETEST INTERVIEW, THE SUBJECT SAID THAT HE DID TELL THE TRUTH IN THE TAPE RECORDED STATEMENT THAT HE GAVE TO DETECTIVE RIDGE PRIOR TO THIS TEST. HE STATED, TO THIS EXAMINER, THAT ON MAY 5,1993 HE WENT TO WALMART, AROUND 4:00 PM, ALONG WITH DAMIEN ECHOLS, JASON BALDWIN, AND DOMINI TEER TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES. HE SAID THAT HE LEFT AROUND 5:30PM AND THAT THE OTHERS SAID THEY WERE GOING TO THE BOWLING ALLEY. HE SAID HE WENT TO JASON'S AROUND 6:45PM AND HE WAS NOT HOME. HE RETURNED, TO JASON'S AT AROUND 7:00PM AND JASON, DAMIEN, DOMINI AND JASON'S MOTHER'S BOYFRIEND WERE THERE AND THAT HE STAYED UNTIL 9:00PM, WHEN HE LEFT, AND THE OTHERS WERE STILL THERE. THE SUBJECT DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE MURDERS OR ANY DIRECT KNOWLEDGE.
A POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION WAS ADMINISTERED TO THIS SUBJECT. A NINE QUESTION POLYGRAPH TEST WAS FORMULATED AND THREE POLYGRAPH CHARTS WERE CONDUCTED. THE FOLLOWING RELEVANT QUESTIONS WERE ASKED:
Q.#3. DID YOU TELL THE TRUTH IN THE STATEMENT YOU
GAVE TO DETECTIVE RIDGE? "YES"
Q.#5. WERE YOU PRESENT WHEN THOSE THREE YOUNG BOYS
WERE KILLED? "NO"
Q.#7. ARE YOU INVOLVED, IN ANY WAY, IN THE MURDER OF
THOSE THREE YOUNG BOYS? "NO"
Q.#9. HAS ANYONE TOLD YOU THAT THEY WERE INVOLVED
IN THE MURDER OF THOSE THREE YOUNG BOYS? "NO"
IT IS THE OPINION OF THIS POLYGRAPH EXAMINER THAT THIS SUBJECT RECORDED SIGNIFICANT RESPONSES INDICATIVE OF DECEPTION WHEN HE ANSWERED QUESTIONS 3-7-9 IN THE MANNER NOTED.
IT IS THE OPINION OF THIS POLYGRAPH EXAMINER THAT THIS SUBJECT RECORDED NO SIGNIFICANT RESPONSES WHICH WOULD BE INDICATIVE OF DECEPTION WHEN HE ANSWERED QUESTION 5 IN THE MANNER NOTED.
IN THE POST TEST INTERVIEW, THE SUBJECT SAID THAT ON FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1993 DAMIEN ECHOLS SAID HE WAS THERE, WITH TWO OTHERS, WHEN THE THREE BOYS WERE KILLED. A TAPE RECORDED STATEMENT WAS TAKEN BY DETECTIVE RIDGE. THE SUBJECT SAID HE FELT LIKE HE WAS INVOLVED BECAUSE HE DIDN'T TELL THE POLICE WHAT DAMIEN HAD SAID ABOUT THE MURDERS.
