Thursday, November 29, 2007, 9:20 am

Detective Armstrong and Detective Murphy of the Yoknapatawpha Sheriff's Department interviewed the witness, who is the victim's neighbor. 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
Zina Jacinto

Detective Armstrong: Please state your name and address again for us Zina.

Zina Jacinto: Certainly, my name is Zina Jacinto. Did I tell you it should have been Skeleton? I thought so. I live at 149 Empire Street, Oxford Mississippi.

Detective Murphy: How are the kitties?

Zina Jacinto: Oh thank you so much for asking, they are great. Little Jimmy has problems with hairballs but he’ll be all right.

Detective Armstrong: Zina, we need to ask you a couple of questions about your list.

Zina Jacinto: Did it help you nail the killer; I bet it’s the dude in the white car isn’t it?

Detective Armstrong: Yes, it has helped but we still haven't "nailed" our killer.

Zina Jacinto: Too bad.

Detective Armstrong: Here is a copy of the list you gave us. On July 13 you have only 4 cars listed. We were told there was a party that night and there should have been more cars than that.

Zina Jacinto: Oh, I can explain that. July 13 is Inkies birthday. She was my foster sister from way back. We get together on each others birthdays for small talk and coffee at the Waffle House. After coffee we go to her home and play canasta till nearly midnight. So, on that particular evening I was only able to record the cars that were there when I left home.

Detective Armstrong: So when you got home all the cars were gone?

Zina Jacinto: No. I hate to admit this but I didn’t really pay much attention. You see, on the way home I saw a baby kitten almost get ran over, so I stopped to move it off the street but it grabbed onto my shirt and wouldn’t let go, so I brought it home. I was in such a hurry to bathe it and feed it that I didn’t do my duty for the neighborhood that night. I am so sorry.

Detective Murphy: We understand.

Zina Jacinto: I’m looking at this list and it has been altered. My list covered a lot more nights than this and a whole lot more cars.

Detective Murphy: Yes Zina, your list was amazing. We have simply narrowed your list down to the cars and nights that are important to us. Most of the other vehicles were college kids that didn’t really know Victor and they only came to one or two parties.

Zina Jacinto: I notice that you left the ambulance, sheriff, and coroners car off on October 28.

Detective Armstrong: Yes we did. Zina is there anything you have remembered that we should know about?

Zina Jacinto: I don’t think so.

Detective Armstrong: Thank you for coming in again. You are welcome to use the phone in the front office to call your ride.

Zina Jacinto: Thank you, Detective Sam, would you like to walk me out? I’d love to chat with you for a bit?

Detective Murphy: Sure Zina, let’s go.

Interview ends 9:45 am