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On Monday, May 24, 2004, the Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's
Department conducted a canvass at The Turn apartment complex,
looking for potential witnesses who saw or heard anything on the
night of the murder of Kristi Waterson, Saturday, May 22, 2004. The
interviews summarized are some of the most typical or relevant to
the investigation and are representative of all interviews
conducted.
- Rob Miller, 30, realtor, 588 Hathorn Road, Apt. 1635
Mr. Miller said he had just returned from a date at approximately
1:15 a.m. on the night of May 22, 2004, when he noticed a young male
walking out of the apartment complex. "It was odd seeing someone
walking at that time of night, but I just figured it was a drunk
kid." Mr. Miller was quick to qualify that comment by saying that
the subject was not acting intoxicated or weaving or acting weird.
"I just thought he must have been drunk since he was walking instead
of driving. He wasn't
acting hammered or anything though." He said that the male was tall
and wearing khaki pants and a light colored shirt. Mr. Miller noted
that he had drunk "a couple" of alcoholic
beverages during the evening himself.
- Beth Gilbert, 26, waitress, 588 Hathorn Road, Apt. 112
Ms. Gilbert said that she saw a tall, college-age male climbing
the steps to the second floor of the building. She was cleaning out
her car and noticed that the male removed a baseball cap and put it
in a duffel bag he was carrying. She described the male as wearing
light brown pants and a blue button-down shirt. He ruffled his hair
"like he was trying to fix it from the hat being on, you know, like
he didn't want to have hat head. I figured he was going to pick up a
date or something and just wanted to look nice." Ms. Gilbert said
that the man always had his back to her so she could not describe
his face. Ms. Gilbert remembered the time of the incident as "Just
before eight o'clock. My show wasn't on yet and I was trying to get it
done before it came on." Ms. Gilbert went into her apartment for
some cleaner to scrub her windshield and did not see which apartment
the subject entered.
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- Rebecca Musgrove, 23, student, 588 Hathorn Road, Apt. 26
Mrs. Musgrove said that she was studying late on the night in
question. "I'm a law student, second year, so I pretty much have to
study year round. Semesters don't mean much to me." She saw a
college-aged male, whom she identified as "looking like Hunter
Nelson," walking through the apartment complex at approximately 10:05
p.m. She described the subject as wearing light brown pants, a dark
blue shirt, and a baseball cap with Greek lettering on it. "At
least, I'm pretty sure it was him. Hunter always has a Delta hat on." She
said the subject was walking quickly and purposefully in the parking
lot and that the
subject could have come from her building.
- Jack Owens, 29, investment banker, 588 Hathorn Road, Apt. 422
Mr. Owens said was relaxing on his balcony when he saw an individual
who "looked like Hunter Nelson" walking across the courtyard at
approximately 7:55 p.m. The individual had on light pants and a dark
shirt. "I yelled at him, but I guess he didn't hear me. He didn't
look up or anything. I knew it was Hunter ‘cause he was wearing that
dopey hat of his." Mr. Owens said that he is a UM graduate and
Delta Tau Chi alumni, and that he works as an investment banker at
the Oxford Branch of the Bank of Mississippi. Mr. Owens said that he
knows Mr. Nelson from seeing him at the bank and at fraternity
alumni parties, football games and other campus events.
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