A: I was a roofer when Jessie worked with me. I work at West Memphis Fence now.
Q: You work at where now?
A: West Memphis Fence.
Q: West Memphis Fence, okay.
A: Yes, sir.
Q: On May the 5th what was your occupation?
A: Roofing.
Q: Okay. Were you self-employed or?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: Okay. How old are you?
A: Twenty-eight.
Q: How long have you known Jessie Misskelley?
A. Since he was a little baby.
Q: Okay. You friends with Jessie?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: Okay. Did, uh, the week -- do you remember what day May 5th was on?
A: Wednesday.
Q: Okay. That week did Jessie Misskelley do any roofing with you that week?
A: He worked with me Tuesday and half a day Wednesday.
Q: Okay. Wednesday morning, how did Mr. Misskelley get to the roofing job?
A: I went by and got him. He was at Little's Trailer Park --
Q: Okay. Who, who's --
A: With Josh, Josh Darby and Little Jessie.
Q: Okay. So, Mr. Misskelley was where that morning?
A: Uh, Little's Trailer Park.
Q: Okay. Where is that?
A: End of Avalon.
Q: Where?
A: End of Avalon.
Q: Okay. That's a different trailer park than --
A: Yeah, where I live at.
Q: Okay. Alright. You picked up Mr. Misskelley and who else?
A: Josh Darby.
Q: Okay. And do you know what time you picked them up?
A: About nine.
Q: Okay. Where did y'all go?
A: On Woodlawn in West Memphis over on Ingram.
Q: What were you doing?
A: Roofing.
Q: Okay. How long did you use Jessie that day?
A: I used him all day Tuesday.
Q: Okay. What about Wednesday?
A: Half a day. I dropped him off about one o'clock.
Q: Okay. Where'd you drop him off at?
A: His daddy's --
Q: Okay.
A: -- out at the trailer park.
Q: Who else did you drop off?
A: Josh.
Q: Okay. Did you try to come back later?
A: Yeah, I come back about 1:30. I told them that day that I probably wouldn't need them after lunch.
Q: Said you probably wouldn't?
A: Wouldn't need 'em no more after lunch.
Q: Okay, alright.
A: I mean, I dropped by to get them to help me clean up, but they was gone. His daddy said he was gone to Stephanie Dollar's house.
Q: Okay. You ever known Jessie Misskelley to be involved in any kind of cult?
A: No, I had no...
Q: Do you ever know about any cult activity in that area?
A: No.
Q: Okay. Do you know if the house Josh was spending the night -- Josh and Jessie were at on the night of May 4th to the morning of May 5th -- do you know if that house had a phone?
A: Ah, it didn't.
Q: It didn't?
A: It was his momma's house, they didn't have one.
Q: You're sure --
A: They had a phone on, by the store over there, a pay phone.
Q: A phone by the store?
A: A pay phone. A pay phone.
Q: A pay phone, okay.
A: That's the only phone they used, because they didn't have one.
Q: Thank you. Pass the witness.
CROSS EXAMINATION
BY DAVIS:
Q: It's my understanding you dropped Jessie back off at the trailer park at 12:30 or so on the 5th?
A: 12:30 or 1:00.
Q: Okay.
A: 12:30 or 1:00.
Q: Then you went back around 1:30 and he wasn't --
A: Yeah.
Q: -- there or you couldn't locate him?
A: I didn't look for him. I told him I probably didn't need him. If he was there, I was going to get him.
Q: But as far as --
A: His daddy told me he was at Stephanie's.
Q: As far as what he did from 12:30 or 1:00 on the afternoon of May 5th until sometime the next day you don't have any what he --
A: No, I didn't see him after that.
Q: When was the next time you saw him after that?
A: I seen him Thursday evening. He come down and he was playing ball down there by my house.
Q: Okay. So, from 12:30 on Wednesday until Thursday afternoon after work, you don't know what he did?
A: I don't know, I didn't see him since.
Q: And you know that he was at Little's Trailer Park at nine o'clock in the morning when you picked him up on the 5th. Is that right?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: And you don't know when he got there?
A: No, sir.
DAVIS: Okay. No further questions.
STIDHAM: Nothing further, your Honor.
THE COURT: Alright. You may stand down, you're free to go.
