THIS IS A STATEMENT FROM STEPHANIE DOLLAR 06-17-93
I'M DET. STAN BURCH, I'M WITH STEPHANIE DOLLAR WE ARE AT ROUTE #2 BOX 46, IN HIGHLAND TRAILER PARK, WE ARE OUT IN HER FRONT YARD. MRS. DOLLAR HAS AGREED TO TALK TO US AND MAKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT. MRS DOLLAR YOU KNOW THIS IS BEING TAPED?
DOLLAR - YES I DO
BURCH - DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION OF ME TAPING THIS?
DOLLAR - NO I DON'T
BURCH - OKAY, UH, MS DOLLAR I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU KNOW JESSIE MISSKELLEY
DOLLAR - YES I DO
BURCH - OKAY, I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE MARRIED TO A BOBBY DOLLAR?
DOLLAR - YES I AM
BURCH - DO YOU HAVE ANY CHILDREN?
DOLLAR - YES I DO
BURCH - WILL YOU GIVE ME THEIR NAMES AND DATE OF BIRTHS PLEASE?
DOLLAR - COURTNEY XX-XX-85
BURCH - SHE'S 7 YEARS OLD THEN RIGHT?
DOLLAR - YES SHE IS
BURCH - OKAY
DOLLAR - AND JUSTIN IS XX-XX-84
BURCH - HE'S NINE YEARS OLD
DOLLAR - YES HE IS
BURCH - OKAY,
DOLLAR - AND CODY IS UH, XX-XX-1988
BURCH - AND HE'S FIVE YEARS OLD
DOLLAR - YES HE IS
BURCH - HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED?
DOLLAR - UH, I'VE ONLY BEEN MARRIED ALMOST TWO YEARS
BURCH - ALRIGHT, IS BOBBY THE NATURAL FATHER OF THE CHILDREN?
DOLLAR - ONLY ONE
BURCH - ONLY ONE, UH, YOU DIVORCED?
DOLLAR - NO I NEVER MARRIED
BURCH - OKAY
DOLLAR - MY OTHER TWO CHILDREN
BURCH - OKAY, IS THEIR NATURAL FATHER ALIVE?
DOLLAR - YES THEY ARE
BURCH - OKAY, DOES HE LIVE IN THE AREA?
DOLLAR - UH, NO HE DOES NOT.
BURCH - WHERE IS HE AT?
DOLLAR - HE LIVES IN NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA
BURCH - OKAY, AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED HERE, IN HIGHLAND TRAILER PARK?
DOLLAR - UH, ABOUT A YEAR, IT'S CLOSE TO A YEAR CAUSE I JUST BROUGHT MY TRAILER I THINK LAST JUNE OR JULY.
BURCH - OKAY, AND YOU HAVE LIVED HERE CONSTANTLY FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO?
DOLLAR - YES I HAVE.
BURCH - OKAY, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT MISSKELLEY LIVES AROUND THAT AREA?
DOLLAR - YES
BURCH - ABOUT HOW FAR DO THEY LIVE IN YARDS AND FEET?
DOLLAR - I DON'T KNOW IN YARDS AND FEET, BUT UH
BURCH - CAN YOU POINT THE TRAILER OUT TO ME?
DOLLAR - YES I CAN, IT'S THE TRAILER NOT THE FIRST ONE YOU SEE RIGHT HERE BUT THE ONE NEXT DOOR TO THAT ONE.
BURCH - THAT IS ABOUT 150 YARDS DUE EAST OF MRS DOLLAR'S TRAILER. HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN JESSIE MISKELLEY?
DOLLAR - I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR ABOUT APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS.
BURCH - OKAY YOU HAVE LIVED HERE YEAR, THEN YOU KNOW HIM PRIOR TO LIVING HERE?
DOLLAR - YES
BURCH - OKAY, HOW DID YOU COME TO MEET HIM?
DOLLAR - I LIVED IN THE LAKESHORE WHEN HE LIVED IN LAKESHORE.
BURCH - OKAY
DOLLAR - AND HIS GIRLFRIEND USED TO BABY-SIT MY CHILDREN
BURCH - OKAY, WHAT IS HIS GIRLFRIEND'S NAME?
DOLLAR - IT WAS ALICIA HORTON
BURCH - ALICIA HORTON, DO YOU KNOW WHO HIS GIRLFRIEND IS NOW?
DOLLAR - YES I DO, SUSAN BREWER
BURCH - SUSAN BREWER, DO YOU KNOW WHERE ANY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE LIVE AT?
DOLLAR - YES I DO
BURCH - ALRIGHT, WHERE DOES THE FIRST ONE LIVE AT?
DOLLAR - I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE LIVES BUT I WHERE SUSIE LIVES
BURCH - OKAY WHERE DOES SUSIE LIVE?
DOLLAR - SHE LIVES FOUR TRAILERS DOWN
BURCH - ALRIGHT, ABOUT 4 TRAILERS DUE NORTH, OF YOUR RESIDENCE RIGHT?
DOLLAR - YES
BURCH - OKAY, WILL YOU TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT JESSIE MISKELLEY, WHAT YOUR IDEA OR THOUGHTS ABOUT HIM ARE?
DOLLAR - MY IDEA OF HIM IS HE IS A TEENAGE BOY, THAT UH MORE OR LESS HANGS AROUND ADULTS, BUT SORT OF ACTS LIKE A CHILD. WHAT I MEAN MY THAT IS UH, HE PLAYS WITH CHILDREN BUT THEN AGAIN HE WILL UH, YOU KNOW STRAIGHT UP AND ACT LIKE AN ADULT. HE COME OUT AND MOW YOUR GRASS WHEN YOU NEED IT DONE, UH, MY HUSBAND NEEDED SOME WORK DONE ON HIS TRUCK JESSIE WAS GLAD TO HELP, HE WAS JUST A HELPFUL PERSON. VERY THOUGHTFUL.
BURCH - WAS JESSIE A MECHANICALLY INCLINED?
DOLLAR - YES, I THINK SO
BURCH - ANYTHING ELSE?
DOLLAR - UH, I JUST THINK HE WAS A GOOD KID, UH, HIS NEVER GIVEN ME ANY TROUBLE, HE'S NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO MAKE BE INDICATE THAT I SHOULD YOU KNOW NEVER LET HIM COME TO MY HOUSE. MOST OF THE TIME YOU KNOW I WOULD SEND FOR HIM, IF I NEEDED SOMETHING DONE, HE'S HELPED CLEANED THE HOUSE MOST TEENAGE BOYS DON'T DO THINGS LIKE THAT.
BURCH - DID HE EVER BABY-SIT FOR YOUR CHILDREN?
DOLLAR - VERY MUCH SO, YES
BURCH - HOW OFTEN?
DOLLAR - OH, GOD A BUNCH, IF I HAD TO SAY I SAY PROBABLY FOUR TIMES A WEEK.
BURCH - IN THIS BABYSITTING FOR YOUR CHILDREN NOW SINCE ALL THIS INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED AND EVERYTHING I'M SURE YOU HAVE TALKED TO YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT IT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT HAVE THEY COME UP WILL ANY THING POSITIVE OR DEROGATORY REMARKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
DOLLAR - THEY JUST SAY THEY MISS JESSIE, AND THEY WANT HIM TO COME HOME. THEY DRAW PICTURES FOR HIM, WHICH THEY CAN'T GIVE IT TO HIM, BUT I MEAN THEY DRAW PICTURES FOR HIM, COLOR PICTURES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BURCH - HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONTACT WITH THE OLDER MR. JESSIE MISSKELLEY SR. SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED?
DOLLAR - YES, YES I HAVE
BURCH - OKAY, DO YOU KNOW OF ANY OF THE OTHER OF JESSIE'S FRIENDS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT?
DOLLAR - NO I DON'T
BURCH - HAVE YOU SEEN HIM ASSOCIATE WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS
DOLLAR - JASON BALDWIN WHEN EVER I LIVED OUT IN LAKESHORE A YEAR AGO, UH, I SEEN HIM AND JASON WALK TO THE LAKESHORE STORE BUT THAT IS IT.
BURCH - DID YOU KNOW JASON BALDWIN?
DOLLAR - NO, I DIDN'T
BURCH - OKAY
DOLLAR - JUST OF HIM
BURCH - WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF HIM?
DOLLAR - I THOUGHT HE WAS A NICE KID. I MEAN HE SAID YES MAM AND YOU KNOW THAT, JUST A NICE KID FROM WHAT I SEEN OF HIM, BUT I ONLY MEET HIM MAYBE LIEK ONCE OR TWICE.
BURCH - HOW OLD ARE YOU?
DOLLAR - I AM 25
BURCH - AND YOU DATE OF BIRTH?
DOLLAR - XX-XX-67
BURCH - IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS TAPE OR STATEMENT OR ANYTHING?
DOLLAR - UH, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY.
BURCH - IF THE FACTS WERE PRESENTED TO YOU IN A LOGICALLY ORDER MANNER THAT UH, JESSIE WAS INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS AS HE SAIDS HE WAS, OR WOULD THAT SHOCK YOU OR WOULD
DOLLAR - I WOULD PROBABLY PASS OUT
BURCH - IN OTHER WORDS YOU REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN ANY OF THIS AT ALL?
DOLLAR - NO
BURCH - OKAY, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN LET US KNOW THAT MAY HELP US IN OUR INVESTIGATION. CAN YOU PROVE HIS INNOCENCE OR HIS GUILT IN ANY WAY YOU KNOW OF?
DOLLAR - ALL I KNOW IS THAT I SEEN HIM AT 6:30
BURCH - YOU SEEN HIM AT 6:30 WHEN?
DOLLAR - THE 5TH
BURCH - ON THE 5TH? OKAY, WHERE DID YOU SEE HIM AT 6:30 ON THE 5TH?
DOLLAR - DOWN HERE AT THE CORNER WHERE THE FIRST STREET YOU CAN COME INTO
BURCH - THE AUTOMOTIVE SHOP?
DOLLAR - OKAY, DOWN AT THE STOP SIGN OVER HERE
BURCH - OKAY
DOLLAR - I SEEN HIM RIGHT THERE UP IN THAT AREA
BURCH - WHAT WAS HE DOING?
DOLLAR - HE STANDING BY A POLICE CAR
BURCH - A POLICE CAR AT 6:30 ON THE 5TH
DOLLAR - ON THE 5TH
BURCH - WAS IT A COUNTY CAR OR STATE CAR DO YOU KNOW?
DOLLAR - I HAD A REPORT, I HAD TO GO GET MY REPORT, SO I COULD REMEMBER I WORKED THAT DAY, BECAUSE I WASN'T FOR SURE IT WAS THAT DAY, I KNEW I HAD SEEN HIM THAT DAY BUT I WASN'T FOR SURE. SO I WENT UP MARION'S SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND UH, I GOT MY REPORT AND ON IT, IT SAYS 05-05-93 IT SAYS WHAT TIME THE CALL WAS MADE AND WHAT TIME THE POLICE OFFICER ARRIVED AND IT WAS 6:30. BUT I HAD TO CALL THEM LIKE THREE TIMES BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME THEY CAME STRAIGHT TO MY HOUSE AND THEN THEY LEFT AND I CALLED BACK TO TELL THEM I WAS DOWN THE STREET AND HE TOLD ME TO MEET HIM AT THE CORNER AND THEN SEC, THIRD TIME I CALLED THEM WAS THE MAN. A INCIDENT HAD HAPPENED WHERE A LADY HAD SLAPPED MY LITTLE BOY IS THE REASON I HAD TO CALL THE POLICE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
BURCH - OKAY.
DOLLAR - WELL THE MAN GOT MAD THE WOMAN'S HUSBAND GOT MAD BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE HER, HIS WIFE ARRESTED, AND HE GOT MAD AND CAME OVER THERE AND CUSSING AT MY HUSBAND AND TELLING HUSBAND HE WAS GOING TO WHIP HIS BUTT AND ALL OTHER STUFF. HIM AND MY HUSBAND GOT INTO IT. I THOUGHT YOU KNOW OH, NO YOU KNOW BECAUSE THE GUY HAD A SHOVEL AND MY HUSBAND WAS GOING (INAUDIBLE) YOU KNOW YOU GET MAD. AND SO I WENT AND CALLED THE POLICE AGAIN WHEN THE POLICE COME IT WAS LIKE A 5 MINUTE SPAN BETWEEN THE 6:30 CALL TELLING THE POLICE OFFICER WHY AND LEFT OKAY. SO I SENT JIM. THERE WAS LIKE THREE COP CARS THAT CAME, AND I BELIEVE I DON'T KNOW THE OTHERS BECAUSE THEY AIN'T CAME AND TALKED TO ME, BUT I BELIEVE ONE OF THE OFFICERS NAME WAS STONE. ALRIGHT I TOOK JESSIE UP THERE TO THE CAR SO HE COULD HEAR WHAT THE LADY WAS SAYING ABOUT ME AND HE COME BACK AND TOLD ME WHAT SHE SAID. THATS HOW I KNEW HE WAS THERE AROUND THAT TIME.
BURCH - OKAY, AND THIS WAS ON WHAT DATE?
DOLLAR - THE 5TH OF MAY. ALRIGHT EARLIER THAT DAY I HAD A PARENT, TEACHER CONFERENCE WITH A DOCTOR MEGRUE AND MY LITTLE BOYS READING RESOURCE TEACHER WHICH IS UH, MRS. PURIFOY AND JUSTIN'S REGULAR TEACHER WHICH IS A MRS. STUART. AT 3 O'CLOCK THAT DAY AND I HAD TO HAVE JESSIE WATCH THE KIDS, I LEFT HERE ABOUT 2:30. AND I GUESSIN' I GOT BACK BETWEEN 3:30 AND 4. BECAUSE I HAD TO HAVE SOMEONE HERE TO MAKE SURE MY OTHER KIDS GOT OFF THE BUS. AND I HAD JESSIE WATCH THEM BETWEEN THAT TIME.
BURCH - AND THIS IS ON THE 5TH
DOLLAR - THE 5TH OF MAY
BURCH - OKAY, AND THEN THIS OTHER INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AND YOU ARE QUITE POSITIVE THAT IT WAS AT 6:30 ON THE 5TH OF MAY, THAT JESSIE WAS DOWN HERE ON THE END OF THIS CORNER, YOU OBSERVE HIM AND A POLICE CAR?
DOLLAR - THERE ARE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO OBSERVED HIM.
BURCH - ALRIGHT, YOU ARE PRETTY SURE OF THE TIME NOW?
DOLLAR - YES I AM
BURCH - OKAY, WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT JESSIE SAID THE THINGS HE DID THEN?
DOLLAR - I DO NOT KNOW, I REALLY DO NOT KNOW. I HONESTY DON'T KNOW. THAT IS WHAT IS SO CONFUSING TO ME, YOU KNOW. I KNOW HE WAS HERE AT 6:30, SUPPOSEDLY I DON'T KNOW THE TIME OF DEATH OF THE LITTLE BOYS. YOU KNOW, I DON;T KNOW ANY OF THAT ALL I KNOW IS WHAT I HAVE READ IN THE PAPER. YOU KNOW SO WHEN I SEE THAT THESE LITTLE BOYS UH, COME UP MISSING BETWEEN 5 AND 6, YOU KNOW IT KINDA, YOU KNOW YOU THINK WELL IT HAD TO HAPPEN AROUND THAT TIME YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. UH, AND THEN I KNOW HE WAS HERE AT 6:30 IT'S VERY VERY CONFUSING.
BURCH - ALRIGHT, WHERE DID JESSIE, WHAT HAPPENED TO JESSIE AFTER 6:30, WHERE DID HE GO FROM THERE DO YOU KNOW?
DOLLAR - I DON'T KNOW, UH I KNOW HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT GOING TO THIS WRESTLING MATCH WHICH UH, AND SOME OTHER GUYS GO DOWN TO THIS OLD THEATER AND UH, I'VE BEEN THERE AND THEY JUST PRACTICE WRESTLING. I MEAN IT'S NOTHING PROFESSIONAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY DO. UH, I KNOW HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT GOING THERE. NOW IF HE DID OR IF HE DIDN'T I DO NOT KNOW, I WASN'T WITH HIM. I COULDN'T SAY THAT HE DID AND I COULDN'T SAY THAT HE DIDN'T. ALL I KNOW ITS THE PERSON THAT HE, SUPPOSEDLY WENT TO WRESTLING WITH SAID HE DID.
BURCH - WHO WAS THAT?
DOLLAR - FREDDIE REBELL
BURCH - FREDDIE REBELL, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS?
DOLLAR - I THINK THIS IS ABOUT ALL I KNOW.
BURCH - I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE THIS TAPE IT IS NOW ???? OF THE 17TH OF JUNE .
