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Friday, October 24, 1997 Guest: Detective Terrence Nelson Opening Remarks: I'm just here to give you some answers that you all have on the answers to the questions...sorry...that you all have on the case tonight. So let's go ahead. Question and Answer session with Detective Nelson: Q: Is Vicky going to be charged with anything? If so what? A: She hasn't been charged yet, but I believe she will be charged with aiding and abetting if everything she says is true about not helping them escape from the crash. I believe her though. She's pretty shook up over the whole week Q: Are you going to make her take a lie detector test? A: I don't believe that we had originally planned on it. Q: If she hasn't yet been charged, why is she still in custody? A: Well, because we are still questioning her at this time, and it looks like we will be charging her with aiding and abetting. Q: How do you account for Ed & Tony escaping, when they were cuffed from behind & strapped in seat belts? A: We assume that during the accident somehow the keys got lose and Ed got a hold of them. But to be honest, we aren't really sure how it happened. We are hoping that the Deputy will come out of coma and we can get some answers from him about the crash. Q: But wasn't the back of the van separate? A: Yes, it is separate, but there is like in many squad cars a metal cage-like divider where we can see through to the prisoners, and because the van was so torn up they may have gotten the keys somehow, I honestly don't know though. All we can do is wait for the Deputy to come out of the coma. And question him about it. Q: Any improvements with the comatose deputy? A: He seems to be in stable condition, but no idea when he'll come out of it. Q: Did Madame Raylene call today? And if yes what did she say? A: We didn't receive any calls from Madame Raylene today. Q: Was the metal divider damaged in any way? Maybe from crash or pried loose? A: It was damaged, yes. Q: Do you think it's possible that Macy might be in a hospital morgue? A: Q: Well if you believe Vicky that she, Ed, & Tony did not have Macy, who is your prime suspect at this time? A: We don't have a prime suspect, but we are going to go over every lead we have gotten so far. Especially all of the leads that Madame Raylene has given us. But we haven't narrowed out the possibility that Vicky was lying. Q: Any reason why Pierce and Phelps' transport to the old jail couldn't have been postponed until after the game? A: It was my understanding that they wanted to move Phelps and Pierce right away. Q: Was Sheriff Lamar or anyone from the Sheriff's Dept. patrolling the vicinity of the accident when it occurred? A: I am not sure about that. I'll get back to you on that. Sheriff Lamar was at the game, I don't know the exact location of the patrols. Q: Who ordered the transport? And who all would know about the transport? A: It was issued by Deputy Wills, I think, but I'll look into that. Q: Is anyone in the Dept looking into the person the Sheriff is having an affair with? Macy could have confronted her and gotten into an argument with her and been killed. A: That's quite a theory <marking it into his notes>. We are investigating the Sheriff's associates. Q: Do you know yet what the red-brown stains found on Tony's hands were from? A: Laboratory results haven't come back on that yet. I'll let you all know when we get them. Q: (Detective Nelson). Anyone have any ideas that might help us out? A: I think that someone else kidnapped her and caused the crash to get authorities looking for someone else. Q: Has Vicky confirmed that Ed was not with her and Tony at the motel? A: Vicky was with Ed. She wasn't staying with Tony. Q: Which theory of Madame Raylene are you checking on? A: Well, Madame Raylene has been giving us various details like a box that she sees and something about woods. So we've been searching the surrounding forested areas. Q: How about Macy's mother, does she have any ideas? A: She's just worried about her daughter. She doesn't really have any idea who would've taken Macy. We questioned her extensively on it. She's been very cooperative with the department. Q: Has Sheriff Lamar or his opponent ever been suspected of having mob connections? A: Not to my knowledge. We don't have much of any mob influence in Oxford. Q: Are there any other suspects other than Ed? A: Right now, we are focusing on many different leads, but no solid suspects right now, other than Ed. That library card just throws me off. But Vicky says she didn't even know about it. So we haven't narrowed Ed out of the equation. Q: Are any of those other leads even somewhat promising? A: Well, we haven't really gotten anything solid. It's very frustrating. That's why I'd be interested in hearing any theories you all have. C: Maybe they found the purse and looked through it for money. It was probably in her wallet. Could have dropped purse when someone else kidnapped her. C: I think that it was someone else, for reasons to do with her father. Q: (Detective Nelson) Ideas on why would Tony have had the library card? C: Maybe Ed was in room at one time and it got dropped there by them. C: I think it was a plant to throw you off. I think that whomever kidnapped Macy wants you to think it was Ed & Gang, and never expected them to be caught. Someone having to do with the Sheriff. C: Or, they did expect them to be caught and blamed and convicted on circumstantial evidence. C: If Vicky is telling the truth, she still doesn't know what Ed & Tony did before they picked Vicky up. C: Detective Nelson: That is an excellent point. That's one reasons why I refuse to take Ed out of the equation. He was an intelligent guy, there's no telling what he did between the time he picked up Vicky and the time of the escape. All we know that he did for sure in that time span was steal the car. C: The sheriff seemed too upset about taking a lie detector test for someone who wants to save his daughter. C: I think he was threatened. Q: Are there any exits (even windows) other than the main ones that she could've been taken from? (a bathroom window, shipping/receiving area, anything like that?) A: There are five main entrances, but they are all out front. Q: It seems strange that the Sheriff was willing to take the polygraph test, and then changed his mind, and A: Well, he's very stressed out right now with all of what's going on. With his daughter's disappearance, his divorce, and running for office again. He's just really stressed out. He really is a good guy. Although, I wonder sometimes if he might be too close to the case. I think that he just wants to be on the inside to find his daughter. I know that I wouldn't want to be taken off of a case that involved a family member. I'd want to be right there to find out every detail possible. I know that the Sheriff really wants to speak with Vicky. Q: Have you investigated the Sheriff for anything? Money (he is divorced and paying alimony(?) and child support) Or maybe something to do with his campaign? A: We've had no reason to suspect him, although, we have questioned him about his daughter. He said he was going to take a polygraph, but he hasn't scheduled it yet. Q: Is all of Vicky's time accounted for on that day up until the time they picked her up? A: Yes, as far as we can tell she is telling the truth about that day. Q: How seriously is Mazza going to be investigated? When are we getting a bio/info on him? A: I'm not, to be honest, I will find that out for you, there will be more details on the campaign investigations coming.

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