Wednesday, August 19, 2009-10:30 AM

The witness, Ron Harrison, is Latasha Harrison’s husband. 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
Ron Harrison

Detective Murphy: Good morning Mr. Harrison, please have a seat.

Ron Harrison: Sure, but why am I here?

Detective Murphy: First off, we need your name and address for the record. Then we’ll get to why you’re here.

Ron Harrison: Ok, my name is Ron Harrison and I live at 202 South 17th Street.

Detective Armstrong: Mr. Harrison can you tell us anything about a man named Oscar Knight?

Ron Harrison: Yeah, I remember that clown. I got off work late and went over to Murff’s. When I walked in I saw him sitting there with his arm around my wife. I started to let him have it but he turned tail and left.

Detective Armstrong:  Mr. Harrison is it true that’s not the first time you’ve caught your wife with other men? Doesn’t it drive you crazy?

Ron Harrison: Men are always hitting on Latasha. She’s a beautiful woman. I admit I don’t like it but I know Latasha wouldn’t cheat on me. We have a good marriage.

Detective Armstrong: We have witnesses that told us you had a confrontation with Oscar Knight before he left the bar. Did you threaten Mr. Knight?

Ron Harrison: Yeah, I did. I told him he had better stay away from my wife or else. I wanted to punch his lights out but I restrained myself.

Detective Armstrong: Or else what? Did you follow Oscar Knight after you left Murff’s and actually show him why he should stay away from your wife?

Ron Harrison: I never touched a hair on his head and I never saw the weasel after he left the bar!

Detective Murphy: Mr. Harrison you’re a jealous man, aren’t you? It seems to me that your wife purposely does things to make you jealous. Latasha says you’re a wimp. She says you talk big to the men she flirts around with but she’s the one that catches all the flak. Isn’t it true that all your fights are with your wife instead of the men you catch her with?

Ron Harrison: That’s not true! Latasha makes me so mad because she just doesn’t care that I see her flirting with other men.  What am I supposed to do? Beat up every man I see her with? I love Latasha but she drives me crazy by the way she acts.

Detective Murphy: Did you and your wife have a fight after Oscar Knight left or not?

Ron Harrison: I tried to get her to go home but she said she wasn’t leaving. She stormed off to the bathroom, so I left.

Detective Murphy: Latasha said she got home around 1 AM. Where were you from the time you left the bar until you got home?

Ron Harrison: I think it was around 10 PM when I left Murff’s. I went to see my buddy from work at his house to talk. I do that sometimes when Latasha and I have a fight. He and his wife are good people and they always calm me down.

Detective Armstrong: What time did you leave your friend’s house?

Ron Harrison: I left around 12:30 AM and by the time I drove home it was almost 1 o’clock. Latasha came home right after me.

Detective Armstrong: Mr. Harrison we’re going to need the name and address of this friend before you leave today.

Ron Harrison: Of course, Detective, I can write it down for you.

Detective Murphy: Mr. Harrison did Latasha tell you where she was after you left the bar?

Ron Harrison: All she’d tell me was that she was with her friends. If you want to know the answer to that question you’ll have to ask her yourself.

Detective Murphy: Thanks for co-operating with us today Mr. Harrison. After you write down the name and address of your friend you’re free to leave.

Interview ends: 11:15 AM