Wednesday, September 30,
2009-12:10 PM
The witness, Delilah Olson, is the neighbor of Beau Dixon,
whose dog
discovered a bag containing two human feet. 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
Delilah Olson
Detective Murphy: For the record please state your name and
address.
Delilah Olson: My name is Delilah Olson and I live at
374 Garner
Street.
Detective Murphy: What brings you in?
Delilah Olson: It's Beau. You know, Beau Dixon?
Detective Murphy: What about him?
Delilah Olson: He's really gotten scary.
Detective Murphy: In what way?
Delilah Olson: He got one of those metal detectors, and
he's out
sweeping his yard all hours.
Detective Armstrong: Maybe he lost his keys.
Delilah Olson: I asked him that. He said it was
none of my
business. What kind of response is that? At least he could
have
been polite.
Detective Armstrong: Rudeness isn't a crime. It's
a good thing,
too. Prisons are overcrowded enough as it is.
Delilah Olson: It gets worse. I got up one night
to go the
bathroom, and I saw him walking in circles with a weird
flashlight. He
was wearing goggles. He's definitely looking for something.
Detective Armstrong: And what do you imagine that would
be?
Delilah Olson: Are you making fun of me?
Detective Armstrong: No, I'm just asking. You
thought bringing
this to our attention was important enough to come down here on your
lunch
hour. You must suspect that Beau's actions indicate something
more than
boredom.
Delilah Olson: That bag his dog supposedly found?
I think he
buried the rest of them in his yard. Either he was trying to find
them so
he could move them, or he wanted to make sure that nobody else would
easily
find them.
Detective Murphy: Those sound like possible
explanations. What
makes you think they're true?
Delilah Olson: Beau used to just put his dog out on a
long leash, but
he doesn't any more. He only walks the dog, and doesn't leave
Monty out
on her own. I tell you, Beau's afraid that Monty is going to
start
digging up that yard.
Detective Armstrong: Have you seen any evidence that
something might
have been buried? You know, the yard disturbed, piles of dirt,
lumps.
Delilah Olson: Until recently, Beau would leave Monty
outside for
hours at a time. Beau's yard, well, you wouldn't exactly notice
if a
bunch of kids had been digging for pirate treasure.
Detective Murphy: Did Beau say anything after he said
what he was
doing was none of your business?
Delilah Olson: He just stormed into his house.
Then later,
through a window, I saw him back at it. Mark my words. That
man has
a guilty conscience.
Detective Armstrong: Perhaps he's worried about being
framed.
Delilah Olson: What do you mean?
Detective Armstrong: Maybe he's worried that someone who
has it out
for him will plant evidence in his yard.
Delilah Olson: So I get to choose between two kinds of
crazy for my
next-door neighbor? Am I supposed to find that reassuring?
Detective Armstrong: Ms. Olson, we will investigate this
further. I do have to wonder, however, if you're the source of
his
behavior.
Delilah Olson: Me?
Detective Armstrong: If Beau has the sense that you're
always watching
him, he might be feeling nervous. Perhaps he's concerned about
what you
might do.
Delilah Olson: Why are you defending him?
Detective Murphy: The detective is not defending your
neighbor.
He's merely trying to suggest that whatever Beau may or may not have
done, if
Beau begins to feel that you are a threat to him, he may react.
Delilah Olson: Are you saying I'm in danger?
Detective Murphy: There's no way of knowing
that. We're
just suggesting that you pull back a bit until we can determine what's
happening next door. You don't want to give Beau reason to think
you're
boxing him in. Delilah, we appreciate you coming in. We do.
Detective Armstrong: We just don't want you to get hurt
playing
amateur detective. Or worse, neighborhood vigilante.
Delilah Olson: You have to admit that walking around
your yard with a
metal detector is odd.
Detective Murphy: It's not something we see every day,
no. But
you brought the information to us, and now we're the ones who will take
the
next steps.
Delilah Olson: Just be sure that you do. I have to
be going.
Detective Murphy: Thank you for stopping by.
Interview ends: 12:48 PM |
