Thursday, February 19 - 10:15 AM

The witness was identified as a friend of Blake Jenson. Detectives Murphy and Armstrong interviewed her at the Yoknapatawpha Sheriffs Department and recorded the interview on a portable tape recorder with the witness's knowledge and consent.

       Detective Ted Armstrong
       Detective Sam Murphy
       Bree Anna Paxton

Detective Murphy: Please state your name and address.

Bree Paxton: Bree Paxton, I live at 239 Colonial Road.

Detective Murphy: We have asked you here today to go back over the events of the evening you spent at Blake Jenson's cottage.  We'll also be asking you some personal questions about his life, and yours.

Bree Paxton: O.K. No problem. I'll tell you… what I know.

Detective Murphy: Bree, it's only been few days since Blake died, and we can see you are still pretty upset. Are you able to answer our questions?

Bree Paxton:  Yes, I'm sorry. It’s just that he was such a special person. He was so sweet. I just can't believe I'll never hear his laugh again; never see him smile.

Detective Armstrong: Were you and Blake close?

Bree Paxton: Well, no, not really. I hung out at his house a lot but Madison was always there. We were friends, all three of us.

Detective Murphy: Did Madison and Blake have a good relationship?

Bree Paxton: It was all right. He could have done better.

Detective Armstrong: Do you think "you" would have met the standard?

Bree Paxton: Don't get me wrong, Maddy’s a good person, but I don't think she cared about him like he deserved. She flirted with other guys, right under his nose. Yes, I would have appreciated him much more. He deserved that.

Detective Murphy:  Don't you have a boyfriend of your own Bree?

Bree Paxton: Uh-huh, Jamey, but he's not much fun. He is so jealous. He thought I had a thing going with Blake. I didn't. I would have dropped Jamey so fast though if Blake ever even hinted that he was into me, but he didn't.

 Detective Murphy: Do you think Jamey would have hurt Blake?

Bree Paxton:  No! He was pretty upset that night but not with Blake. He was mad at me.

Detective Murphy:  Do you know of anyone who would want Blake dead?

Bree Paxton: Dead?  Not really. There was a guy there that night, they called him Stix, he certainly didn't like Blake but I couldn't say it was hatred. He seemed like a bully.  He smelled like smoke, he was dirty, and he was bragging about how he was going to "put Blake down."

Detective Armstrong: "Put Blake down?" That sounds pretty serious to me. Was he in the room when the lights went out?

Bree Paxton: Yes, I do believe he was. I think it was a reference to that stupid game, Guitar Hero. Those guys were so serious about that game.

Detective Armstrong: Serious enough to kill?

Bree Paxton: Gosh, I hope not. I don't know. I can't see inside their heads.

Detective Armstrong:  Do you think Blake knew how you felt about him?

Bree Paxton:  I don't know.

Detective Armstrong:  Did you ever say anything to him about how you felt?  Write him letters or email?  Maybe give him little things?

Bree Paxton: I made some breadsticks for him. Blake was lactose intolerant so I looked up a recipe for lactose-free bread on the Internet and made him some. Is that what you mean?

Detective Armstrong: Is anybody else in the group lactose intolerant?

Bree Paxton:  I don't think so.

Detective Armstrong:  So if you put something in the breadsticks, you could assume that only Blake would eat them.

Bree Paxton: I would never hurt Blake. I don't want to talk to you anymore. Please this is just too much, I need to leave.

Detective Murphy: It’s okay Bree. We have to ask the hard questions. We're just trying to find who killed your friend. Don't you want that?

Bree Paxton: Yes I do. I really don’t have anything else to tell you though. Please can I go now?

Detective Murphy: Maybe you should but we will probably need to talk to you again.

Bree Paxton: I will. Goodbye.

Interview ends:  9:45 am