Jack Smith & Tammi Smith on Nancy Grace - January 8 - Part 1 of 10
CASAREZ: They said that — well, let`s go to the couple. We have got Jack Smith and Tammi Smith. They have just joined us, coming from a long, long day. To Jack and Tammi Smith, did you take polygraphs today with police in Tempe, Arizona?
TAMMI SMITH: Yes. We did.
JACK SMITH: We sure did.
CASAREZ: Talk to us about that. Did they call you? Did you call them? When did you go? How did it all happen today?
TAMMI SMITH: Yesterday, I called Detective Ramirez (ph) at least five or six times and left about four messages with her. She finally called me back at 10:30 last night, and I was very angry and told her, That`s it, I`m tired of this. Set up the polygraph, like I asked you last week, and I want it done tomorrow. And she said, What time? I said 12:00 o`clock. So we were there.
CASAREZ: So you went there. Talk to us — what questions did they ask you? And how long did it take?
TAMMI SMITH: Probably about an hour-and-a-half for each of us, because they have to go through and make sure that they`re covering, you know, their bases and covering themselves before we actually get to take the test. And you know, they take each of us individually and explain everything and sign all kinds of paperwork and stuff.
CASAREZ: To Jack Smith. What were some of the questions they asked?
JACK SMITH: The obvious questions, do we know the whereabouts? Do we — did we have anything to do with it? Those are the — I will say the polygraph test is not what you see on TV. It`s a very strenuous — it`s almost like being strapped into an electric chair. So it`s very intensive. Yes. And we were happy to do it.
CASAREZ: What did they say to you at the conclusion of your polygraph?
TAMMI SMITH: Well, they — I`m, like, Well, come on, let`s bring it out. The media`s out — the media was out there, oh, my gosh, for quite a while. We were hoping that we would get the results to be able to tell people today, but it won`t be today. They have to send it out because they have to actually analyze each question and answer and all that stuff to be able to give a determination of what — what it came out to be. So…
CASAREZ: Now, you have been named persons of interest. We told that — Nancy told that to everybody last night. Did the police talk to you about that today? Did you ask them about it or did they talk to you?
JACK SMITH: Well, we actually asked about that last night when we got home because it was — our question to them was, If we`re cooperating, if we`re doing everything we`ve (SIC) asked you to do, why do you have to take this forum and this stage to try and — if there`s questions that we need answered, why did it take you a week and a day to do a polygraph that we asked you to do on New Year`s Eve day? You know, Why didn`t — why don`t you do this, and it would be very easy — forgive me — it would be very easy if it was said — if they asked the question, Did you have anything to do with this? And it proves us to not (INAUDIBLE)
CASAREZ: And what was the response? When you asked that, what was the response?
JACK SMITH: I can tell you, and it was — it was very odd to me because the detective said to me, You know, a person of interest is not really that big of a deal. They called her, asked if there were some questions that she needed asked. And she said, yes, there`s some questions we need to ask. She`s out of town. There are some questions we need to ask, and so therefore, they upgraded us to the persons of interest, which – - you know, John Q. Public look at that and say, you know, that must be pointing a finger. It is not. It`s not that. And I think anybody will confirm that — that — it`s just a level up from — and making sure that we are.