Alyssa Baker interview

Tuesday, December 2 – 11:00 a.m.

Alyssa Baker is Billy Colby's girlfriend.

Detectives Armstrong and Murphy talked to her at the Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department.

Participants:

• Detective T. Armstrong
• Detective S. Murphy
• Alyssa Baker

Detective Armstrong: Good morning, Ms. Baker. Thank you for coming in. Would you state your name and address for the record?

Alyssa Baker: Um, Alyssa Baker. 801 Frontage Road.

Detective Armstrong: Are you all right, Ms. Baker?

Alyssa Baker: Um, yes. I guess I'm just nervous. I've never been called in to a police station before.

Detective Armstrong: Well, just try to relax. We just want to ask you a few questions. Would you like some water or some bad coffee?

Alyssa Baker: No, thank you.

Detective Armstrong: In that case, we'll just get started with the questions. Okay?

Alyssa Baker: Okay.

Detective Armstrong: Do you know Caroline Jordan, also known as Carly?

Alyssa Baker: I know who she was, but we weren't friends or anything.

Detective Armstrong: How do you know her?

Alyssa Baker: She worked with my boyfriend.

Detective Armstrong: What's his name?

Alyssa Baker: Billy Colby. Don't you already know that?

Detective Murphy: Why weren't you friends?

Alyssa Baker: What?

Detective Murphy: You said you and Carly weren't friends. Why not?

Alyssa Baker: I only knew who she was because she worked with Billy.

Detective Murphy: What did he tell you about her?

Alyssa Baker: I don't know.

Detective Murphy: Yes, you do. We're not here to judge you. We're just looking for information about Carly.

Alyssa Baker: He said she was kind of flirty, okay?

Detective Murphy: How did he feel about that?

Alyssa Baker: What do you think? He didn't like it. He's with me, and she knew it.

Detective Murphy: Sounds like you didn't appreciate it either.

Alyssa Baker: No, I did not. It's so disrespectful.

Detective Murphy: Were you worried she might entice Billy away from you?

Alyssa Baker: No! We're completely dedicated to each other.

Detective Armstrong: Did he tell you anything else about her?

Alyssa Baker: I don't know. Like what?

Detective Armstrong: How she got along with other people at work? Whether she was good at her job? Anything like that?

Alyssa Baker: He said she got the full-time job, so somebody must've thought she was good at it.

Detective Armstrong: Somebody meaning who?

Alyssa Baker: Morgan. He's the boss, so he decided who got the job, and everyone knows he had a thing for Carly.

Detective Armstrong: Everyone knows?

Alyssa Baker: Well, that's what Billy said, anyway.

Detective Armstrong: Did Billy also say Carly got the job because Morgan had a thing for her?

Alyssa Baker: I guess so. I mean, Morgan already has a fiancée. I don't know what he was even doing.

Detective Murphy: When was the last time you saw Carly?

Alyssa Baker: I have no idea. Weeks ago.

Detective Murphy: You didn't go to the party at her house on Sunday night?

Alyssa Baker: No, that was just a work thing. Billy only went because he had to, and he left as soon as he could.

Detective Murphy: When did he leave?

Alyssa Baker: I don't know. We met up around 11:00 p.m., so sometime before that.

Detective Murphy: So, as far as you know, he was at Carly's house until a little before 11:00 p.m.?

Alyssa Baker: I guess. Does it matter?

Detective Murphy: Well, yes.

Alyssa Baker: You don't think Billy killed her, do you? He would never!

Detective Armstrong: Why not? You said she was bothering him at work. Maybe he got an opportunity and took it.

Alyssa Baker: He didn't. How could you think something like that? He would never hurt someone. You don't know him at all.

Detective Armstrong: Who do you think did kill Carly?

Alyssa Baker: How would I know?

Detective Armstrong: People have theories sometimes.

Alyssa Baker: Well, I don't. All I can tell you is Billy didn't do it, and neither did I.

Detective Armstrong: Okay, then. Thank you for your time, Ms. Baker. An officer will see you out.

Alyssa Baker: That's it?

Detective Armstrong: That's it.

Interview ended – 11:18 a.m.