Thursday December 7, 2007, 8:30 am

Detective Armstrong and Detective Murphy of the Yoknapatawpha Sheriff's
Department interviewed the witness, who is the victim's attorney. 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 S. Murphy
Detective T. Armstrong
Carlton J. Asher

Detective Armstrong: Please state your name and address before we begin.

Carl Asher: Carlton Asher, 122 Caroline Circle, Oxford.

Detective Armstrong: Thank you for coming in. After the way our last meeting ended we thought we might have a problem getting you to cooperate further.

Carl Asher: My bad, I tend to over react from time to time.

Detective Murphy: Let's start fresh. Have you thought of anything that might help us in our investigation?

Carl Asher: Sure haven't.

Detective Armstrong: All right. Is there any member of the Jennings family that you think would want Victor dead?

Carl Asher: Brad thought Victor was the best thing since canned salmon. Little Ray couldn't fight his way out of a wet paper bag and Margaret…nah, he was her son and no matter how much she disliked him, a part of her still loved him.

Detective Armstrong: You don't think that a member of his immediate family could have committed this murder?

Carl Asher: Isn't that what I just said? What do you brilliant detectives think? Surely to god you don't need MY expertise to solve this one.

Detective Murphy: Please Carl, let's remain civil. We are just trying to find some answers.

Carl Asher: I don't have the answers. I don't know who killed him. It sure wasn't me!

Detective Armstrong: Okay Carl. When did you last see Victor alive?

Carl Asher: I don't remember. A day or two before he died, maybe?

Detective Murphy: Are you sure you didn't see him the day he died?

Carl Asher: I'm not sure. I don't remember. I might have, I guess.

Detective Armstrong: Someone told us you were there that day Carl. In the morning having coffee in the room Victor was killed in. Remember now?

Carl Asher: Uh, yeah I do. My days seem to run together sometimes. I think I was there that morning. Vic's lawyer was there also.

Detective Murphy: What time did you leave Victor's house?

Carl Asher: *&@! I don't know the exact time! I just told you my days run together how in the hell could I give you a time?

Detective Armstrong: How about a general time Carl, can you do that?

Carl Asher: I know it was before lunch.

Detective Murphy: Are you sure?

Carl Asher: Yes Ma'am. Vic was expecting company.

Detective Armstrong: Really? Who?

Carl Asher: Since he had a lot of after-shave on, I assume it was a lady, more or less.

Detective Murphy: More or less?

Carl Asher: Sometimes he had hookers over.

Detective Murphy: Did he say anything specific about his company?

Carl Asher: I wouldn't repeat what he said to a fine lady such as yourself.

Detective Armstrong: Someone killed your friend, Carl, and they left behind some of their blood. Are we going to find that blood belongs to you?

Carl Asher: How many times do I have to tell you I didn't kill Victor? Blood? Well, yes, actually. I broke a coffee up and cut myself picking up the pieces. You going to pin the murder on me now?

Detective Armstrong: No, although you just moved to the top of my suspect list.

Carl Asher: C'mon. What about that Kyle Colby kid? He came after Victor with a baseball bat! Maybe he came back with a knife!

Detective Murphy: We are going to question him. We'll just have to see what he has to say.

Carl Asher: Don't forget that fancy pants Hawke either. Victor was going to expose his dirty little secrets. Vic said Hawke married his wife to cover up the fact that he was gay. Hawke certainly didn't want that out there.

Detective Armstrong: Interesting. What did you do after you left Victor's house on the twenty-eighth?

Carl Asher: I went to "RJ's Family Diner" for lunch. You know, Ray's place. Then I went to the arcade and played some games. I went home and mowed the yard and watched some tv.

Detective Murphy: What programs did you watch?

Carl Asher: I don't remember. No, wait. I was watching that home makeover show when Margaret called to tell me about Vic.

Detective Armstrong: One more time Carl, did you kill Victor Jennings?

Carl Asher: *$#@* NO!

Detective Armstrong: That's all for now. Don't leave town.

Interview ends: 9:16am