ON 02-17-94, I CONTACTED THE TOWN AND COUNTRY REAL ESTATE COMPANY AND TALKED WITH CHARLES ELLIOT. HE INFORMED ME THAT HIS FATHER OWNS THE PROPERTY AT 2706 SOUTH GROVE WHERE DAMIEN ECHOLS WAS KNOWN TO LIVE UNTIL HIS ARREST ON 06-03-93. THE CONVERSATION TOOK PLACE OVER THE TELEPHONE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. CHARLES TOLD ME THAT THE ECHOLS LAST PAID THE RENT FOR THE TRAILER FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND THAT THE TRAILER WAS RENTED TO ANOTHER FAMILY ON 11-05-93. I THEN TALKED TO MR. WELDON ELLIOT WHO INFORMED ME THAT HE LAST RECEIVED PAYMENT FOR THE TRAILER FOR THE OCTOBER PERIOD OF TIME AND THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A CALL FROM JOE HUTCHISON AT THE FIRST OF OCTOBER STATING THAT HIS MOTHER HAD DIED AND THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO PAY THE RENT. HE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT SURE OF THE EXACT DATE THAT THEY HAD MOVED OUT BUT THAT ON EVERY OCCASION THAT HE WENT TO THE TRAILER IT WAS LOCKED. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE TRAILER WAS RENTED TO ANOTHER COUPLE ON 11-05-93. MR. WELDON AND MR. CHARLES ELLIOT BOTH STATED THAT THERE WERE NO KNOWN OCCURRENCES WHEN THE TRAILER WAS BROKEN INTO NOR ANY TIME WHEN THE DOORS TO THE TRAILER WERE LEFT UNLOCKED.
