Interview / Interrogation
SPEAKER_00: My name is Gary Roberts. SPEAKER_00: Sure with State Police. SPEAKER_00: This is my partner, Ryan O'Hara. SPEAKER_00: This Also, guys. SPEAKER_00: With State Police. SPEAKER_00: Hello, sir. SPEAKER_00: Appreciate you coming down. SPEAKER_00: The reason that we wanna talk with SPEAKER_01: you SPEAKER_00: is, obviously, we're both involved with the investigation regarding the homicide here. SPEAKER_00: So Sure. SPEAKER_00: Of course, as we've been going through a lot of the digital evidence, a lot of the video on your vehicle or what we believe to be your vehicle was caught on a couple of cameras around that time frame. SPEAKER_00: Sure. SPEAKER_00: So of course, we work this, not only are we focusing on identifying what we believe to be, uh, if you know someone or somehow involved, any other vehicle that we see at any time surrounding here, want to be able to identify and then just make sure we know who this was and Sure. SPEAKER_00: Mark it off or cover our bases. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: Totally. SPEAKER_01: That makes sense. SPEAKER_00: So the evening of the twelfth, early morning of the thirteenth Yep. SPEAKER_00: Can you give me just a breakdown of your your activities and your time line? SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: Would have been let's see. SPEAKER_01: Because it was Sunday when everything kinda took place, so it's the evening before Okay. SPEAKER_01: Late. SPEAKER_01: I was out with some buddies. SPEAKER_01: We had basically went bar hopping that night just for fun. SPEAKER_01: You know? SPEAKER_01: Sure. SPEAKER_01: Do. SPEAKER_01: And then we stayed out until the bars closed at, like till about whatever the I think it's 02:30, 02:00 is closing time. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: And then I walked with my buddy back to his place, which is over near, like So we walked from to about And then I drove home after I sobered up a bit. SPEAKER_01: Sure. SPEAKER_01: And I rolled up my driveway, would have been close to 03:00 in the morning, I would I would imagine. SPEAKER_01: And then slept and then got up that morning, And I took my trash down to the street right there at the end of that road there where that big dumpster is. SPEAKER_01: Yep. SPEAKER_01: Took my trash there. SPEAKER_01: Went back, had breakfast in my apartment, and then I left to go do groceries and laundry and stuff around, I wanna say, about 10:30 that morning. SPEAKER_01: And then I stayed out there, and that that's when I actually got the text message from my buddy that something had happened. SPEAKER_01: He got the vandal alert because he's on campus. SPEAKER_01: And he had said, hey, man. SPEAKER_01: There was a bit of you know, I got a vandal alert. SPEAKER_01: There's been a murderer on your street, and I was on my way in from doing laundry. SPEAKER_01: That's when the cops and everybody was there around 12:30, 01:00, whatever time that was. SPEAKER_01: But, yeah, that was, you know, where where I was and stuff that Okay. SPEAKER_01: That evening prior and then the morning in the morning time too. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: So just to back up a little bit, so I just wanna confirm your address. SPEAKER_00: What is your SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: My address is SPEAKER_00: Alright. SPEAKER_00: And what vehicle were you driving? SPEAKER_01: So I the same car I drove here today. SPEAKER_01: It's a it's a SPEAKER_00: No. SPEAKER_00: A gray car is Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Nice day. SPEAKER_01: 86. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Same thing as the first car for me, sir. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Excellent. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: And what color is it? SPEAKER_00: Excellent. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: And you said you were out bar hopping with some friends. SPEAKER_01: What were SPEAKER_00: their names again? SPEAKER_01: We went we we went to I'm trying to retract the night now. SPEAKER_01: We've talked about all of this and how peculiar this is because we were in that Main Street. SPEAKER_01: We might have walked by those kids or or whatever too. SPEAKER_01: Yep. SPEAKER_01: But me and my buddy We had a drink at We walked over to That's where we shot pool and stuff for most of the evening. SPEAKER_01: That's where my buddy Okay. SPEAKER_01: And then we stayed there for quite a while, and then we decided to walk down to just to kinda close the close the night. SPEAKER_01: Sure. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_00: I'm sorry. SPEAKER_00: Last name again? SPEAKER_01: And if you guys need their numbers or anything, I SPEAKER_00: can give those to If you have, that'd be awesome. SPEAKER_00: Can we start with the SPEAKER_01: Yep. SPEAKER_01: Let me look this up here. SPEAKER_00: Maybe a silly question. SPEAKER_00: Sure. SPEAKER_00: I've been able to see upon my life just for talking with these guys. SPEAKER_00: Gino, are they both residents here in Idaho? SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: As far as I know. SPEAKER_01: Excellent. SPEAKER_01: Alright. SPEAKER_00: That just helps me when I go to verify, can look at the driver's license. SPEAKER_01: So easy. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: I guess I I would be remiss if I didn't ask RC or or the obvious questions. SPEAKER_00: Did you know any of the No. SPEAKER_00: Victims? SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Were any of them in any of your bosses? SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: Alright. SPEAKER_01: I mean, and it's it's one of those things too. SPEAKER_01: I when I saw their photos and stuff, you know, I just obviously, my heart goes out to everybody. SPEAKER_01: Just I don't know how many how many students I've had over the years. SPEAKER_01: I I don't remember them being in the class of mine or anything. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: That makes sense. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Alright. SPEAKER_00: I did you well, you said you didn't know him. SPEAKER_00: You hadn't spent any time with him outside of the process or anything like that? SPEAKER_00: Any personal life? SPEAKER_00: No. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_02: Never ran into him on the street SPEAKER_01: or anything? SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: I mean, there's the the one thing I remember talking to the investigative reporter from the Idaho Statesman, like, last week or so. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: And he was wondering about, like, if I'd ever seen them around. SPEAKER_01: And that area back there, I was telling him the same thing is that there's so many students and stuff when it's a normal, like, warm weather Yeah. SPEAKER_01: Semester. SPEAKER_01: I mean, it's possible I could have drove by and they were out somewhere one time or something, but I just can't, you know, recall really. SPEAKER_01: Sure. SPEAKER_01: But I never had any interactions or anything with them for sure. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: So and you bring that up. SPEAKER_00: So now I'm just curious. SPEAKER_00: So, yeah, reporters have been out, so I canvassing or knocking on SPEAKER_01: doors or Yeah. SPEAKER_01: Just kinda, um, I've noticed there's some of them are just kinda like waiting for people to park and then they're just assuming like, oh, you live here? SPEAKER_01: Let me talk to you. SPEAKER_01: Sure. SPEAKER_01: Um, but that was, uh, Kevin. SPEAKER_01: I can't remember his last name, though. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Talked to him last week, but other than that, everybody's been pretty chill back there Good. SPEAKER_01: To staying off the roads and stuff because it's getting kind of naughty back up, um, whipping ice and stuff. SPEAKER_00: Yes. SPEAKER_00: Is. SPEAKER_00: I was actually just in your apartment's private calling and that Yeah. SPEAKER_00: That's pretty nasty that little hill parking lot area. SPEAKER_01: Oh, yes. SPEAKER_01: I don't know what the grade is back there. SPEAKER_01: That's crazy. SPEAKER_01: Oh, yeah. SPEAKER_01: The wintertime. SPEAKER_00: Well, then actually the one above you Oh. SPEAKER_00: Where it comes to that S corner. SPEAKER_00: I will imagine people end up in your apartment SPEAKER_01: Oh, totally. SPEAKER_01: Beautiful. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: A couple years ago. SPEAKER_01: That's exactly yeah. SPEAKER_01: People were coming down there, and it was just too slick. SPEAKER_01: You slide, slide, slide until you can't go anywhere, you just kind of go off a little derm. SPEAKER_00: Oh, man. SPEAKER_00: Alright. SPEAKER_00: Well, anything that I haven't asked that you might think is useful or wish to know about? SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: I don't think so. SPEAKER_01: The only thing I was thinking about this just after I had got that call today, and I don't know how many of the neighbors you guys have really talked to as far as, like, the Queen Road, all those apartments. SPEAKER_01: Mhmm. SPEAKER_01: But I know, like, person who lives right next to me, I've never seen them before. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: But other than that, I don't I know there's nothing I can really think of. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: I when all of this happened, I was talking to my mom and stuff on the phone trying to think, like, when I was coming off that drive, you know, early in that morning, I didn't notice anything or see anything out of the ordinary. SPEAKER_01: Sure. SPEAKER_01: The same thing in the morning when I took my trash down on the road, it was just so quiet. SPEAKER_01: Um, and I just remember seeing all the trash and stuff there, and I don't know if if that had been emptied immediately after all that stuff happened. SPEAKER_01: But I know that there was a report or something that the police had kinda went through trash and stuff. SPEAKER_01: But I remember throwing my trash in there just going, Jesus, somebody's gonna fucking pick this up. SPEAKER_00: But Yep. SPEAKER_01: I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, you know Yeah. SPEAKER_01: That I normally went on a a Sunday morning. SPEAKER_01: You know? SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: And you have a free meeting. SPEAKER_00: You know, when did you say you threw your trash in there? SPEAKER_01: This this would have been about probably 9AM or 09:30 or something like Okay. SPEAKER_01: Something like that early when I got up. SPEAKER_02: So what time do you think you came home? SPEAKER_01: From doing, like, grocery shopping SPEAKER_02: and stuff? SPEAKER_02: No. SPEAKER_02: Before that. SPEAKER_02: So you said you were out at the bars and waited to see SPEAKER_01: This would have been probably close to 03:00 in the morning. SPEAKER_00: K. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: If I were to say that we had seen your vehicle in there around, uh, 02:48AM. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: That makes sense. SPEAKER_00: Is that right? SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Alright. SPEAKER_00: That makes sense. SPEAKER_00: Cool. SPEAKER_02: Okay. SPEAKER_02: Just out of curiosity, since you live so close, that house typically pretty pretty well, by the with a lot of parties? SPEAKER_01: They're usually it's it's very busy, that house. SPEAKER_01: And then the ones that are at the end of King Road, that, like, little, I don't know, cul de sac or whatever you wanna call it, that one's usually just popular with people. SPEAKER_01: So that one and then the one that was a newer build, it's kind of, like, adjacent to that one that nobody's been really there since all that's happened. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: And as far as I know, it's all undergrad students and stuff that live back there. SPEAKER_01: But on the weekends and I told the reporter this too because he was wondering about the frequency of parties and stuff. SPEAKER_01: I said, usually, it's like stuff starts, like, Thursday night, and it just goes all weekend until you just don't hear nothing on Sunday because everybody sleeps in or whatever. SPEAKER_01: Yep. SPEAKER_01: But that's in my experience. SPEAKER_01: I've looked back there for this is coming up on that I looked back there, it's just the same. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: Whether the students are coming in and out or if it's the same students or whatever, it's just the environment back there is that's how it's always been. SPEAKER_01: And it's so weird now. SPEAKER_01: It's just so quiet back there. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: But, yeah, SPEAKER_01: I would imagine, like, if anybody's telling you that those houses are, like, not that, it's just not the case. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: You could yeah. SPEAKER_01: If I don't know how many people you guys have talked to in that apartment complex, but they'd probably tell you the same thing. SPEAKER_01: It gets a little rowdy back there. SPEAKER_01: But SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: We we've got a little bit of a mixed message, but the majority of people kind of Sure. SPEAKER_00: Tend to be like, I mean, it's college. SPEAKER_00: What do you expect? SPEAKER_00: Which yeah. SPEAKER_01: I mean, that's definitely Yeah. SPEAKER_01: It's part of it. SPEAKER_00: You know? SPEAKER_00: Part of the experience. SPEAKER_00: So okay, awesome. SPEAKER_00: So let me ask you what type of you said you're an Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Two. SPEAKER_00: Excellent. SPEAKER_00: Excellent. SPEAKER_00: Well, I gotta ask because I can hear hear the accent a bit. SPEAKER_00: So where are you from? SPEAKER_01: Oh, yeah. SPEAKER_01: So you hear it. SPEAKER_00: Oh, yeah. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Excellent. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: That's a I read all my students, they comment the same thing when I start talking. SPEAKER_01: Yep. SPEAKER_01: There are certain phrases I have too. SPEAKER_01: They're like, I don't what is that? SPEAKER_01: Uh-huh. SPEAKER_01: I remember I said something about, like, the night before Halloween one time about being, like, devil's night. SPEAKER_01: They're like, what? SPEAKER_00: Yep. SPEAKER_00: And I go, SPEAKER_01: you guys don't do that? SPEAKER_01: They're like, no. SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: That's good. SPEAKER_01: That's good. SPEAKER_00: Uh-huh. SPEAKER_00: Yep. SPEAKER_00: Yep. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Well, excellent. SPEAKER_00: Cool. SPEAKER_00: Alright. SPEAKER_00: Well, thank you very much for coming in. SPEAKER_00: Anything that you can think of? SPEAKER_00: Sure. SPEAKER_00: Excellent. SPEAKER_00: Well, like I said, that really helps us Sure. SPEAKER_00: Hammer this down because not only are we focused on, of course, I'm sure you've seen in the news or press release of that one white car. SPEAKER_00: Right. SPEAKER_00: We wanna talk to those vehicles as well. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: But any other vehicle that we see, we wanna SPEAKER_01: just Yeah. SPEAKER_01: Totally. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: That makes SPEAKER_00: sense. SPEAKER_00: We we can make sure we we talk to and identify anybody with those vehicles as well. SPEAKER_00: So Excellent. SPEAKER_00: Well, thank you very much for your time out. SPEAKER_00: Come job with us. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: I'll get you out of here. SPEAKER_00: Appreciate it. SPEAKER_01: You guys need anything else, just let me know. SPEAKER_01: Excellent. SPEAKER_01: I I don't live too far. SPEAKER_00: Alright. SPEAKER_00: We really appreciate it. SPEAKER_00: Thank you. SPEAKER_00: Have a good day. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: You guys have an easy day.