[0:01]I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God.
[0:08]I do.
[0:09]You introduced yourself as ******.
[0:11]Yes, my name is ******.
[0:13]I'm the chief investigator with the state attorney's office in Palm Beach County.
[0:17]How long have you been in that position?
[0:19]I have been the chief investigator for three years,
[0:21]and I have been employed by the state attorney's office for approximately 13 years.
[0:26]And what did you do before that?
[0:27]I worked for the West Palm Beach Police Department from 1970 until 1993 when I started with the state attorney's office.
[0:35]Okay.
[0:38]You have reviewed some documents regarding several witnesses in this case?
[0:46]Yes, ma'am.
[0:47]Okay.
[0:48]I want to take you as to ****** was testifying about some drug use.
[1:07]Is, in fact, there a police report regarding drinking and drug use
[1:13]by ******?
[1:13]There's a police incident report from Cherokee County Sheriff's Department in the state of Georgia.
[1:20]Okay.
[1:22]And in that case, there was some boys drinking, but it never indicates she was drinking?
[1:30]I believe so, yes, ma'am.
[1:32]She was caught with the boys, and they were drinking.
[1:34]Okay.
[1:35]Is there another, I believe it's Exhibit B, that you reviewed?
[1:42]Yes, ma'am.
[1:43]Did Miss ******...
[1:45]Disappear from her home that caused concern to her mother?
[1:48]Yes, her mother reported her as missing to the police.
[1:52]And where did her mother think she was?
[1:57]She was in a known drug area, she believed.
[2:00]When they finally located her, I guess a day after she took off,
[2:05]did she indicate that she had been drinking and doing drugs that previous night?
[2:09]She had stated she had been drinking and doing drugs the night before,
[2:14]and she got scared and called her parents.
[2:16]Okay.
[2:19]There are police reports from ****** activity in Palm Beach County?
[2:25]I'm going to refer you to Exhibit C.
[2:32]Yes, ma'am.
[2:33]Okay.
[2:34]On March 31st of 2006, was there a police report regarding ******?
[2:41]Yes, ma'am.
[2:41]She was reported as missing on that date also.
[2:44]Okay.
[2:45]I believe it was her father who reported her missing?
[2:47]That's correct.
[2:47]Did you say how long she had been gone?
[3:03]Out the night before and then came home at 5.30 in the morning?
[3:06]Yes, I believe so.
[3:07]Yes, ma'am.
[3:08]And how did she and her sister come home in the morning to get into the house?
[3:15]They had returned and went inside the residence when the police arrived
[3:19]and they were packing their clothes and they were going to move out of the residence.
[3:23]Okay.
[3:24]Were observations made as to their, she and her sister's physical demeanor at the time?
[3:30]There was indications that they had been doing alcohol and drugs,
[3:34]and they were going to move out of the residence.
[3:34]And I believe the father had also reported that when they were dropped off,
[3:39]that he believed the person that dropped them off was a young drug dealer from the area.
[3:45]And were they taken to school and were they, did they have to come pick ****** up from school?
[3:53]Yes, they were taken back to school and then they received a police call from the school security,
[3:59]the police men that's assigned to the school and asked that they,
[4:04]that they come retrieve her because she appeared to be intoxicated at that time.
[4:09]And there was actually a witness that testified about ****** taking two and a half Xanax bars?
[4:15]I believe, yes, that's what it was on the 31st of March.
[4:19]And Xanax is a controlled substance?
[4:22]Yes, ma'am.
[4:23]And it would be a felony to possess that?
[4:25]Yes, ma'am.
[4:26]If you were caught with it, did not have a prescription or anything, you could be arrested and charged with a felony.
[4:31]Okay.
[4:31]Um, you've reviewed ****** on myspace.com website information?
[4:42]Yes, I have looked at it.
[4:44]Does she misrepresent her age on there?
[4:47]Uh, I believe there were four different occasions on March the 5th.
[4:52]Uh, she reported her age as 18 on the same date.