Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 7:34 AM

The witness, Beau Dixon, is a thirty-four-year old Caucasian male. The interview was conducted at the Yoknapatawpha Sheriff's Department and recorded on a portable tape recorder with the witness's knowledge and consent.

Detective Samantha Murphy
Detective Ted Armstrong
Beau Dixon

Detective Murphy: For the record please state your name and address.

Beau Dixon: My name is Beau Dixon and I live at 378 Garner Street.

Detective Armstrong:  So you've had quite the morning.

Beau Dixon:  That's for sure.  It's not every day that Monty brings me a bag of body parts.  That's what they are, right?  Body parts?  Not some special effects trickery?

Detective Armstrong:  They're still being analyzed.

Beau Dixon:  I hear you.  Don't worry. I'm not planning to call the papers.  I don't need that kind of publicity.

Detective Murphy:  What do you do for work?

Beau Dixon:  Whatever needs doing.  Repairs, renovations, demolition.  You tell me what you need done, and then we'll talk.

Detective Murphy:  So you do removals?

Beau Dixon:  Sure.  There's a guy I use that has a pickup.  Sometimes I rent something bigger.  It all depends on the size of the job.

Detective Murphy:  How about bodies?

Beau Dixon:  No.  (Laughs.)  That was a joke, right?

Detective Armstrong:  Monty, does he often get off the leash?

Beau Dixon:  She.  Monty is a she.  And the answer is, I let her run free in the park.  She's well behaved and always eventually comes back.  I know I probably shouldn't do that, but she needs the exercise.

Detective Armstrong:  Did she ever find anything interesting before?

Beau Dixon:  Other than ticks, no.

Detective Armstrong:  Is Monty much of a digger?

Beau Dixon:  Not usually.  Not that I've seen, anyway.  Look, that was a joke earlier, right?  You don't really think I had anything to do with the contents of that bag, do you?

Detective Murphy:  You might not even have known the bag was in something you removed.  What do you do with the stuff you take for people?

Beau Dixon:  It depends on what it is.  But it's been weeks since I did any of that kind of work.  I've been mostly doing small carpentry jobs, interior renovations.  Stuff like that.  It's too hot to do heavy work outside.

Detective Murphy:  Somebody might have asked you to move an old chest, a broken refrigerator. 

Beau Dixon:  Sure, I do those things, but not lately.

Detective Armstrong:  You ever do work for the Days Inn?

Beau Dixon.  Lewis ... ah ... Silky.  I helped him out on a carpet job there maybe eighteen months back.

Detective Murphy:  Do you know an Oscar Knight?

Beau Dixon:  Oh, that's where you're coming from.  You think this bag is tied in with those hands they found at the Days Inn.  No, I've never known anybody named Oscar Knight, and I'm pretty good with names.

Detective Armstrong:  How about Ron Harrison?

Beau Dixon:  Sorry.

Detective Murphy:  What about Latasha Harrison?

Beau Dixon:  Latasha rings a bell.  I seem to remember sharing a pitcher with a Latasha once.

Detective Murphy:  Have you seen her lately?

Beau Dixon:  That was years ago.

Detective Armstrong:  How about Davis Myers or Gavin Price?

Beau Dixon:  Neither of those names sounds familiar.  Look, you're not going to spit out the results of the latest census to test my memory of names, are you?  I mean I do have things I need to get done today.

Detective Armstrong:  We're just trying to figure out the possible source of the bag your dog found.

Detective Murphy:  It's not yours, is it?

Beau Dixon:  No.  What, you think I keep bags of body parts so I can play fetch with Monty?

Detective Murphy:  Stranger things have happened.

Beau Dixon:  I called you people because I'm a good citizen.  And instead of thanking me or apologizing for taking up my time here, you act as though I'm some kind of criminal.  I'll tell you right now.  Monty brings another bag to tomorrow?  I'm tossing it into the dumpster.

Detective Armstrong:  You do that, and I'll arrest you for interfering with an active investigation.  We're just asking questions.  Nobody is accusing you of anything.

Beau Dixon:  If I overreacted, I apologize.  This has been a morning of first experiences for me.  I'm a little bit freaked.

Detective Murphy:  We understand.

Detective Armstrong:  That's it for now.  If we have any further questions, we know where to find you.

Interview ends:  8:10 AM