1/10/92 1—87 P.C.—C. KEERS—488—cd
File No. P3-91-357-142
DATE 01-10-92
TAPE 3.
SIDE 1 4:50 p.m. – 01-10-92
SIDE 2 5:40 p.m. – End of Tape
KEERS = Detective C. KEERS (RPD)
DAVIS = Detective John DAVIS (RSO)
SUFF = Bill Lee SUFF (SUSPECT)
KEERS: Okay. And and this is the time when you listen and we talk. Okay? One other thing I wanna tell you is this. In listening to you, we can tell you certain things. You have given us some truths.
SUFF: Yes.
KEERS: But you have told us some lies. I wanna point those lies out to you. This is going to be your opportunity to straighten them out now. ’Cause you don’t get another chance, do you understand this? You understand the difference between a truth and a lie? All we ask for you to give us the truth and nothing more. You understand that?
SUFF: Ahm.
KEERS: Okay. One of the main issues that I would like to talk to you about is your time in prison. Now you want to discuss that with us?
SUFF: No. I was, I was, at the time that I was working for the prison industry I was
KEERS: You were in prison.
SUFF: Yes.
KEERS: You were not working there; you were an inmate. Is that correct?
SUFF: Yes.
KEERS: So you’re telling the truth here.
SUFF: I know.
KEERS: And we know that, and we appreciate the truth. We’re not asking you to tell us anything that’s a lie but we know what the truth is and that’s what we’re asking you to do, to tell the truth. Do you understand that?
SUFF: Yes, I do.
KEERS: Now, what did you go to prison for?
SUFF: It was Murder without Malice.
KEERS: And who was murdered?
SUFF: My daughter was. Belongs Teryl and wasn’t mine, the the daughter that she gave birth to.
KEERS: Did Teryl go to prison with you?
SUFF: Yes.
KEERS: Now, why would you tell me that you worked there?
SUFF: I don’t know.
KEERS: I want you to understand something, okay?
SUFF: Ahm.
KEERS: We’re not here because we wanna entertain you
SUFF: I know.
KEERS: and we’re not here for you to entertain us.
SUFF: I know.
KEERS: We’re here because we have some hard, solid evidence. Do you understand that?
SUFF: Yes.
KEERS: Now, I have let you go on and on and on about stories that you told. Okay? Now we’re gonna get down to the truth. You understand that?
SUFF: Yes.
KEERS: We’re gonna talk the truth. Okay?
DAVIS: Bill, everything comes out in the wash.
KEERS: Everything.
DAVIS: Everything comes out in the wash when it co, when everything is over, this is a done deal, everything’s out.
KEERS: Including the clothing, the clothing that you said you found in your hamper.
SUFF: Ahm.
KEERS: You didn’t find it, did you?
SUFF: Yes.
KEERS: No, you didn’t.
SUFF: Yes, Ma’am.
KEERS: Ye, let me tell you where that clothing came from
SUFF: Okay.
KEERS: ’cause I know the girl that was wearing them. You understand that? Now we just got through talking about truth and lies.
SUFF: Yes.
KEERS: And you started off real good. You started off real good. We talked about you going to prison and you came up and you told us the truth. Okay?
SUFF: Right.
KEERS: Now, we wanna talk about your vehicle on Victoria Avenue.
SUFF: Okay.
KEERS: We wanna talk about it. On December the 23rd, does that vehicle belong to you?
SUFF: Yeah it is.
KEERS: Okay.
SUFF: Yes.
KEERS: Well, wait a minute, before you say another word, okay?
DAVIS: Listen to what she has to say.
KEERS: Every time you start to lie to me I’m gonna stop you.
SUFF: Okay.
KEERS: We’re here to tell the truth. You’re not gonna tell any lies.
SUFF: Okay.
KEERS: Okay? Now, your vehicle, on December the 23rd, was in the orange grove and you know how I know that?
SUFF: No.
KEERS: Why don’t you take a chance?
SUFF: I don’t know.
KEERS: Well, let me tell you why. Because your tire tracks are there. You wanna know what else is there?
SUFF: What?
KEERS: You know what’s there, don’t you?
SUFF: What?
KEERS: You know what’s there, don’t you, Bill?
SUFF: Tell me.
KEERS: I will. But you know what’s there, don’t you?
SUFF: Tell me.
KEERS: You know what’s there, don’t you?
SUFF: No.
KEERS: Yes, you do. Now see every time that you start to tell a lie to me I’m gonna stop you. Now you know we’ve got your tire prints there, don’t you? And you know we’ve got something else there, don’t you?
SUFF: I don’t know.
KEERS: Don’t you?
SUFF: Yes.
KEERS: Now, what do we have there, Bill?
SUFF: There was a dead body there.
KEERS: That’s right.
DAVIS: And who put that dead body there, Bill?
SUFF: I don’t know.
KEERS: No.
SUFF: No that I don’t
KEERS: We,
SUFF: Know.
KEERS: we, we’re gonna stop right here.
DAVIS: Don’t raise your voice.
KEERS: We’re gonna stop right here
DAVIS: Don’t raise your voice at us, mister.
KEERS: because we talked about this evidence that we have, okay?
SUFF: Yes.
KEERS: The truth. We know the truth and we’re only asking you to give us the truth.
SUFF: Okay.
KEERS: Now, you started off right. There was a dead body there, wasn’t there?
SUFF: Yes, but I
KEERS: Now, wait a minute,
SUFF: didn’t
KEERS: no, I’m not gonna let you tell a lie. There
DAVIS: You put the body there.
KEERS: was something else there, right? There was something else there, wasn’t there?