Saturday, February 19, 2000 - 1:27 p.m.

Pursuant to serving a search warrant and seizing evidence from that search as it relates to the Beauchamp homicide, Katherine Jacqueline Dixon of 818 Country Club Circle was re-interviewed by Dets. Ted Armstrong and Sam Murphy. The interview was conducted at the Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Office. Also in attendance was Ms. Dixon's attorney Jack Diamond, Esquire.

SM = Det. Sam Murphy
TA = Det. Ted Armstrong
KD = Katherine Dixon
JD = Jack Diamond, Esq.

TA: For the record, could you state your full name and address?

KD: Katherine Jacqueline Dixon, 818 Country Club Circle, Oxford, Mississippi.

TA: Thank you. The record should also reflect that Ms. Dixon has counsel present, Attorney Jack Diamond.

JD: And let the record further reflect that as I stated in this witness's father's interview, this is absolutely ridiculous. Yoknapatawpha's finest can't truly believe that Ms. Dixon is a viable suspect in Mr. Beauchamp's murder, can they?

TA: Ms. Dixon is a viable witness in this case. The extent of her involvement, we hope to clarify this afternoon.

JD: Kat, as your attorney I advise you to cooperate. But if you do not understand a question, don't answer it without clarification.

KD: All right. I understand, Jack.

JD: Go ahead with your questions.

SM: Ms. Dixon, there are a few follow up questions which we'll take up first, then we'll discuss the evidence that was seized and marked for evidence pursuant to the search warrant that was served on your residence at 818 Country Club Circle, February 18, 2000. Do you understand?

KD: I understand.

TA: What time did you arrive in Oxford on the night of January 15, 2000?

KD: I'm sure I already answered this. I guess it was about 10 o'clock at night.

TA: Phone records for Mr. Beauchamp's home show a call was made from your residence to his home on the night of the 15th at 9:49 p.m. Did you place that call?

KD: Yes, I did. What's the problem? Oh, okay... I get it. Well, I guess I must've gotten home sometime before 9:49 p.m.

TA: When did you place the call?

KD: Well Detective, you seem to know better than I. You just said it was 9:49 p.m. and I don't dispute it.

TA: Did you place the call as soon as you arrived home or five minutes after you got there or an hour?

KD: It was probably within a few minutes... five minutes. He wasn't home. I left a message just to let him know I was back. But you probably have the tape and probably know that, don't you?

SM: And when you found he was not at home, did you drive over to his house and wait for him to come home?

KD: No ma'am I didn't. I took a bath - stayed up a little waiting for Daddy... and okay, maybe thinking Dev might call me back... then drifted off to sleep.

TA: When he got there, you marched up to the front door...

KD: Excuse me? What are you talking about? Jack, what do they mean?

JD: Ms. Dixon has made it clear she did not go to Mr. Beauchamp's that evening. Can we move on to the next question please?

TA: Okay, how about this one: do you have access to a dark-colored foreign sedan?

KD: Access? My car is white - it's a Ford. Who has a dark foreign sedan?

TA: You have any friends who would lend you their car? One that would fit that description?

KD: I don't need to borrow anyone's car. If I did, Daddy would lend me his or rent one for me. But it wouldn't be a foreign model. I prefer American cars and so does Daddy.

SM: Were you angry with Mr. Beauchamp because he rejected you? Didn't want to have an affair with you?

KD: I was never angry with Dev.

TA: Were you angry with your daddy because he kept you two apart?

KD: My daddy did no such thing. And no, I was not angry with him.

SM: Were you blackmailing Devlin Beauchamp?

KD: About what? This is positively ridiculous. Jack, do I have to answer these absurd questions?

JD: These are stepping over the line, Murph. You have something on her that you aren't saying?

SM: She found a letter from Franklin Enterprises to Mr. Beauchamp, effectively offering him a deal and cutting Carl Dixon out. She told us about the letter in her first interview. It turned up in the search we did of her home.

JD: Answer the question, Kat.

KD: No, I wasn't blackmailing him. I didn't give Daddy the letter. He must've found it himself. Remember, I told you I went back to get it and it was gone.

TA: How do you know your father had it?

KD: I know you didn't find it in my things, so you must have found it in his.

SM: Do you have Mr. Beauchamp's journals? Any of them? From any time period?

KD: Dev's precious journals? Are you serious? How would I have come by those? I would've had to steal them. I don't steal. I don't have them. You searched my house, my bedroom, my bathroom, my laundry... did you find them? No, you did not! I don't have them, no.

TA: You said that you returned early from your trip on the night of the 15th. Why wasn't your father surprised to find you home that night?

KD: I called on my way home, on my cell phone, and left a message for him with Isabel at the restaurant. You can ask Isabel or check with the phone company if you want.

TA: Where was your father?

KD: It was during the dinner rush. He probably was there, but he couldn't come to the phone. I think... honestly it was over a month ago. I was driving home. I think it was about 8:00 and Isabel said she couldn't find him. I guess I thought he wasn't there, but probably he just was too busy to pick up the phone. I am sure he will be happy to tell you if you ask him.

TA: Did your father tell you about his argument with Mr. Beauchamp? The one they had in the restaurant on the night of the 15th?

KD: Some. He said they'd argued and he felt bad. You know - this was after he found Dev - I guess he regretted that the last words between them were hostile. My daddy is a very sensitive man. He doesn't like to hurt people because he's seen a lot of hurt in his life and just wouldn't wish it on anybody.

TA: Did he specifically tell you what the argument was about?

KD: No, he didn't. They argued a lot... I guessed it was about money or spending or something.

SM: Would it surprise you to learn that much of the argument was about you and Mr. Beauchamp? I now show you these this photograph of you and the victim together. Photographs seized in the search conducted at 818 Country Club Circle. Your father obviously had you followed and had photographs taken. Surprised?

KD: Not totally, no. I know my daddy knew how I felt about Dev and I knew he didn't approve. Dev told me as much. Not that he needed to... I knew. I guess I ought to be pissed off, but my daddy does this stuff because he cares and I guess I'm all he's got.

SM: So, none of this makes you angry or feel violated? He had you followed, photographed, in essence he spied on you. Does this bother you?

KD: No. You know you put it in those terms, but that wasn't what he meant to do. He was just trying to protect me, you understand? I mean, how many people out there have parents who don't even give a damn? Truth be told, there wasn't anything for him to find out. Dev didn't want me. I knew that. Those pictures were taken the day he told me so. In no uncertain terms, I might add. Maybe that's why I went away for the weekend, to clear my head...

TA: So the statements that Mickie Webster made to us regarding questions you asked her about Beauchamp were untrue?

KD: I asked her about him. You know, if she cooked for him and what he liked. What kind of movies and things he liked. Stuff like that.

SM: Did you ask Ms. Webster about Mr. Beauchamp's proclivities in bed? Sexually?

KD: I'm sorry? What do you... you mean, did I ask her what he liked in bed? Hell, no!

TA: How would you describe your relationship with Ms. Webster?

KD: It started out okay, but once she latched on to Dev I guess I didn't like her much. I admit I was jealous... at first. But then I thought, well you know if that's what he wants and it makes him happy, then I should be happy for him. And I tried to like her, I really did. But there was something about her... I just didn't trust her.

TA: Why? What did she do?

KD: Nothing I could ever put my finger on. She just seemed... oh, I don't know... sneaky.

SM: During or after their personal relationship?

KD: Both, but worse after they broke up. I'd catch her snooping around his desk in the office. If he was on the phone, I'd see her standing by the door trying to listen in. When I busted her on it, she would always deny it. But you know, it was obvious. And, you know, if she thought one of the other waitresses was getting too chummy with him, she'd rewrite their schedule so they had bad hours, lousy shifts, the kind where you don't make the good tips, you know? Once they backed off of him, they would get their schedules back. That sort of thing...

SM: We found two baseball bats under the bar in the restaurant.

KD: You found two? No, that's wrong, only supposed to be one. Are you sure?

SM: Quite sure. One has blood traces...

KD: Are you saying it was the thing that was used to kill him? Right there, under the bar?

SM: We don't have the results from the lab yet. Do you have any opinion on how two bats got under there in the first place? Why one would have blood on it?

KD: It could be that somebody brought it another one... maybe they were going to go for practice... could have even been Dev's... Sometimes you get injuries when you play, I guess you could get blood on a bat that way... I don't know. I didn't put it there, so I can't tell you.

TA: You're aware we found your journals in your room?

KD: My journals? I don't keep journals... oh, you mean my doodle books? Yes, I noticed they were missing. What about them?

TA: You have a lot to say about Mr. Beauchamp.

KD: I'm sorry, Detective. Did my fantasies make you blush? So what if I had a few daydreams about him and wondered how his surname would fit? Is that a crime?

JD: Kat, there is no reason to antagonize the detectives. Just answer the question.

KD: I will, if they ask me one.

TA: Do you have any idea who Mickie Webster would have lent her truck to on the weekend of January 15th?

KD: No sir. As I said, we weren't exactly friends. I suggest you ask her.

TA: We plan to.

JD: Are we just about through here, Detectives?

TA: Soon. Ms. Dixon, is there anything else you can tell us about Natalie Posner? Anything, no matter how small or insignificant, that Mr. Beauchamp might have said to you about her?

KD: He said that she worried him. He wondered what lengths he would need to go to.

TA: What lengths?

KD: Uh huh. What lengths he would need to go to in order to keep her away from him.

SM: What did you take that to mean?

KD: I don't know. I thought maybe like a restraining order or something...

SM: Was Mr. Beauchamp afraid of her?

KD: I don't know. He was tense about it. Edgy. Maybe he was afraid in a way. Who is she? Did anybody ever find out?

JD: Apparently she is a witness in a murder case from years ago. The police are looking for her.

KD: Really? I thought she was following him. Do you think he knew something about the same murder or something?

SM: We have a few theories floating around about it. But we won't know anything until or unless we locate her. Did he ever say where she was? If she was here in Oxford?

KD: She must have been here, at least for a while. Otherwise he wouldn't have been so tense about it. Right?

TA: Did he actually say she was here in Oxford?

KD: No, he didn't say.

SM: Do you know if Mr. Beauchamp ever told anyone else about Natalie Posner? Or why he decided to confide in you about her?

KD: I don't know why he told me. He sometimes told me the most personal things. I know you think I'm making it up, but Dev and I did have a special relationship. He trusted me. I guess it made him feel good he could talk to somebody, you know, let his hair down?

SM: Okay, I get it. Do you think he told anyone else about Natalie?

KD: I don't know. Maybe Daddy, but I think he would have said something to me if he had. Maybe Mickie... but I doubt it.

TA: Why? Why do you doubt that he would have said anything to her?

KD: Well, because I think they were already broken up when this started bothering him and you know... they had a hard time being in the same room.

JD: Murph, seems to me this interview has pretty much come to an end?

SM: Is there anything else that you haven't told us which you feel may be pertinent to Mr. Beauchamp's murder?

KD: No.

SM: All right Ms. Dixon, you know the drill. We need you to remain available. Should you decide to leave Oxford, you will need to inform the Sheriff's office.

JD: She won't leave town, Murph. But of course we will inform your office if she should.

SM: Okay good. And thank you Ms. Dixon.

End interview: 3:14 p.m.