Witness Statement
SPEAKER_00: This is detective Powell, detective Schwecky with the Idaho State Police. SPEAKER_00: No response. SPEAKER_00: Talking to he's like SPEAKER_01: yeah. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_00: He's an employee of the Quality Inn in Pullman, Washington. SPEAKER_00: Alright. SPEAKER_00: So just real quick, let's just back up. SPEAKER_00: Mhmm. SPEAKER_00: What is your position? SPEAKER_01: What do SPEAKER_00: you do there at the Quality Inn? SPEAKER_01: I've done a I've done several positions. SPEAKER_01: I've done maintenance. SPEAKER_01: I've done front desk. SPEAKER_01: I do breakfast. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: But right now, SPEAKER_01: I'm mostly doing front desk. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: And so what was your role that day on June 30 and 07/01/2022? SPEAKER_01: I think I was I think I had gotten off early that morning because I worked a night audit on June 30. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: What day was that? SPEAKER_01: Was that a Wednesday? SPEAKER_00: Hold on one second. SPEAKER_00: Let's look. SPEAKER_00: Take a look here. SPEAKER_01: Think it was a Wednesday. SPEAKER_01: Don't remember. SPEAKER_00: Let's see. SPEAKER_00: Oh, boy. SPEAKER_02: It is not wanting to go back on this. SPEAKER_01: Let's scroll. SPEAKER_00: Let me show him how he's it. SPEAKER_01: Hang on. SPEAKER_01: I'll see if I can look SPEAKER_00: it up. SPEAKER_00: No. SPEAKER_00: We got it. SPEAKER_00: It's okay. SPEAKER_00: Oh. SPEAKER_00: There. SPEAKER_00: So June 30 was a Thursday. SPEAKER_00: Yep. SPEAKER_00: So the first would have been a Friday. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: So yeah. SPEAKER_01: I didn't work Thursday. SPEAKER_01: That was my day off. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: But then I would've come Friday. SPEAKER_00: What time Friday? SPEAKER_01: Friday. SPEAKER_01: I think it was three. SPEAKER_00: So 3PM? SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: So was that before or after? SPEAKER_00: Or had mister Kohlberger had he already checked out at that time? SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: Our check out is at noon, and the latest to be allowed check out is at 1PM. SPEAKER_01: So it would have been a couple hours after I had to book that there at least. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: 3PM till five one. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: So you, yourself, did you have any contact with mister Kohlberger at all? SPEAKER_00: Or SPEAKER_01: Not that I can remember. SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Alright. SPEAKER_00: So who is your assistant manager? SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_00: How long have you worked for SPEAKER_01: For Mariah, I actually have been working at the Quality Inn longer than she has. SPEAKER_01: So Oh, okay. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: I've been there almost two years now. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: And she took over this monitor SPEAKER_00: last year, January ish. SPEAKER_00: So almost a year? SPEAKER_01: I think so. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: Somewhere around there. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_00: How is she to work with? SPEAKER_01: Oh, she's she's great. SPEAKER_00: Awesome. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Never had any problems with them. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: And so earlier, you had talked about a a key card. SPEAKER_00: Can you tell me kinda tell me about that when you first heard of it? SPEAKER_01: When I first well, I remember the I remember that day I had I came in and asked what those spare key cards were for, and I remember who was working right then. SPEAKER_01: They said I guess had left them for some reason if they can't pick them up. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: So Was there any And then Go ahead. SPEAKER_00: Sorry. SPEAKER_01: It was just a couple of days ago that was talking about it and we found the well, they they found the old registration card for mister Covert. SPEAKER_01: And then that was when we they realized that the spare set of keys were left for Madison or and then they got to talking about it because she has, like, a niece or something named Maddie. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: So I don't I don't know if there's a matter of cameras don't go back that far. SPEAKER_01: So SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: So you remember seeing some spare keys that day you came in. SPEAKER_00: Do you remember was there anything written on those keys, any identification attached with them to, you know, identify who they were for? SPEAKER_01: I I don't remember. SPEAKER_01: Usually, when somebody comes in and asks for spare keys, we we ask them to show us the ID and everything. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: And it's written in the reservation on our system that somebody is gonna pick up some spare Okay. SPEAKER_00: Was there anything in this That's how it usually that's how it usually goes? SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: And and in this case, there had any of that been done? SPEAKER_01: I don't think so. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: It's usually that way, but sometimes we just tell the next person coming on shift that this person left these cases for some such and such person. SPEAKER_01: So sometimes it's just word-of-mouth. SPEAKER_01: Sometimes it's written in the reservation. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Alright. SPEAKER_00: Let me think. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_02: Was there a this is detective Schwecky, just so you're aware. SPEAKER_02: Was there any special instructions given to you about those keys, or did you just notice that the keys were there? SPEAKER_01: I just noticed that the keys were there. SPEAKER_01: Once they check out, the the any special instructions kinda are null and void. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: So it I guess he was only there for the one night, so he'd already checked out. SPEAKER_01: So those keys, we just recycle them then. SPEAKER_02: Okay. SPEAKER_02: Do you know happen to know who the night auditor was on the evening of the thirtieth, who would have worked before you? SPEAKER_01: That would have been see. SPEAKER_01: That was a Thursday night. SPEAKER_01: That would have been SPEAKER_02: Do you happen to have a last name SPEAKER_01: on I I actually don't wow. SPEAKER_02: Does he still work there? SPEAKER_01: I just know that yeah. SPEAKER_01: He's been there for years and years. SPEAKER_00: Does he do you have a phone number by chance? SPEAKER_01: I don't because I I never really have to call them just to come. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Because I work during the day, but I cover his days off on my audit. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Alright. SPEAKER_00: Would have that phone number, you think? SPEAKER_01: She might be able to get get ahold of me. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Alright. SPEAKER_01: She either get ahold of it or she can call the general manager and get it from him. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Do SPEAKER_02: you remember any conversation during that period of time with or anyone else about this particular individual who stayed there with you? SPEAKER_01: Not that I can recall. SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: Just about the keys, and that was it. SPEAKER_01: I mean oh, jeez. SPEAKER_01: It's been so long. SPEAKER_01: We get so many different people in there at all times. SPEAKER_01: It's SPEAKER_02: Right. SPEAKER_02: Oh, yeah. SPEAKER_02: We're we're talking months and months ago. SPEAKER_02: I can't imagine how many people you have dealt with since. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: We're talking five over five months ago now at this point in time. SPEAKER_00: So yeah. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: So you said you do work at the front desk sometimes? SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: Now I'm only front desk in my audit. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Back then, I don't know if maintenance yet or not. SPEAKER_01: I don't think I was maintenance then. SPEAKER_01: So Okay. SPEAKER_01: I may have been. SPEAKER_00: Well, let me ask you real quick. SPEAKER_00: Someone comes in to, you know, fills out the registration card, what kind of information do you do they provide on there? SPEAKER_01: Usual what we usually do is we we ask for their ID. SPEAKER_01: K. SPEAKER_01: And in our in the system, in our computer systems, we we put the address and everything, and then we get a credit card and put that information and all that stuff. SPEAKER_01: So we get their their address the name, address, and at least their phone number, sometimes an email address as well. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: And then Yeah. SPEAKER_01: The name, address Okay. SPEAKER_01: Required. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: And then do they provide any other information? SPEAKER_00: Do they sign it? SPEAKER_00: Or SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: They usually sign it. SPEAKER_01: We noticed that he actually signed it in his dad's name because, guess, he used his dad's credit card. SPEAKER_00: Oh, okay. SPEAKER_00: Gotcha. SPEAKER_00: Do do people have to provide their vehicle information at all? SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: We only ask for the make, model, and color. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: And I think well, I don't remember if that was on there or not. SPEAKER_00: Do they write that down or does does that be one of you guys? SPEAKER_01: They write it down. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: We just ask them to write it down. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Alright. SPEAKER_00: Do they put the license plate on there at all? SPEAKER_00: Or SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: They don't have to because, I mean, we don't really the only reason that's on there is if, like, the we had lights on or the windows done or something like that or if the defendant have been there. SPEAKER_01: I mean, just if anything like that happens, call the room and let them know about it. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Perfect. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Alright. SPEAKER_00: Anything else? SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: I think that's gonna do it. SPEAKER_00: We sure appreciate your help. SPEAKER_00: Real quick. SPEAKER_00: Is the general manager there? SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: He's the general manager. SPEAKER_00: Does he have an item do you have his number by chance? SPEAKER_01: Let me look real quick. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: I've got her here. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: What is it? SPEAKER_00: Perfect. SPEAKER_00: Awesome. SPEAKER_00: Alright. SPEAKER_00: Well, thanks I sure appreciate your help in this. SPEAKER_00: And, yeah, if we have any other questions or, um, that we might you have the SPEAKER_01: answers to and might be able SPEAKER_00: to help us out with, can we reach out to you again? SPEAKER_01: Yes. SPEAKER_01: Of course. SPEAKER_01: Definitely. SPEAKER_01: Alright. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_02: And one last thing. SPEAKER_02: Is number a cell phone or is it a landline? SPEAKER_02: Do you know? SPEAKER_01: Is it my number? SPEAKER_01: Or SPEAKER_00: No. SPEAKER_00: We're talking about number. SPEAKER_02: Alright. SPEAKER_02: I apologize. SPEAKER_02: Number, a a cell phone, or a landline. SPEAKER_02: I'm only asking to see if he can receive text. SPEAKER_01: I I think I'm y'all that one's a cell phone number. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Gotcha. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Sorry. SPEAKER_00: We're we're tired. SPEAKER_01: Tired. SPEAKER_01: A lot of people. SPEAKER_00: And we talk to a lot of people every day, so the names kinda start running together at a certain point in time. SPEAKER_02: You're you're the third I've talked to today. SPEAKER_01: So Awesome. SPEAKER_01: You're awesome. SPEAKER_00: Alright. SPEAKER_00: Well, thanks again. SPEAKER_00: We appreciate it. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: Definitely. SPEAKER_00: Alright. SPEAKER_00: We'll talk SPEAKER_01: to you later. SPEAKER_01: K. SPEAKER_00: The end of the interview at fifteen forty hours.