Raw Interview: Out-of-State Tips in Dunn Investigation
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We’re still following up on leads that are still coming in. They have not quit, so, uh, the police department, sheriff’s office, along with Texas Rangers, FBI – we’re still following up on different leads that are coming in, um, everyday. Like I said there are some coming in every day and we’re following up on all this (?) as they come in. And, uh, just checking all those out to see if there’s any other thing that we have not… been unturned. Uh, also, we’re still doing some searching in certain areas. But, uh, we’ve got a lot of the areas covered that we’ve looked at but we are still looking at some areas.
(And, sir, in terms of leads, can you tell me anything specific?)
Uh, I, not anything specific that, uh, that has come in that I can discuss but… most everything that they, uh, that have come in… like I say… since there’s… since they both come in to here and to the police department… uh there’s been several things come in but nothing that has so far, uh, has given us any further – any new information.
(And… like I asked you before, about Adkins, about his whereabouts. Do you know anything about that?)
As far as we know he is still in Dunn. Uh, I know there’s been a report of him possibly being in Big Spring and he could be traveling back and forth, but as far as we know, he is still living in, uh, in Dunn.
(Alright and that was my other question about the police surveillance because I was under the impression that he was under 24/7 watch.)
Uh, I don’t know. I.. as far as I know, he is being watched some, but I cannot comment as far as his being under 24 hour surveillance or not.
(Any other suspects, persons of interest?)
We do have some other leads that we are following out and just trying to get all those leads, uh, go through all those leads as they come in… Uh, other persons of interest that have come up, uh, during the investigation, uh, we try to run all those down and that’s one of the things we do – that we work on …..as we go through this case is make sure that we everyone cleared that we’re looking at - so that we do narrow it down to one person eventually. And, uh, we do work on those daily - those leads as they come in, also try to get other people eliminated that have been mentioned to us – that have come in as possible suspects.
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Well, we’ve also had sightings of Hailey in different places, and so, uh, we can’t rule that out. Uh, that is one thing that we still have to look at – that she’s out there somewhere, and so we do, uh, follow up on all those leads, too, at different places, you know, different parts of the state, even out of state. There has been some possible sightings come in – and work we those agencies outside of here, uh, trying to run those leads down… get those leads down and to get those leads to verify whether it was true or not. And so that does take a little time to get to those leads, going through (to?) other states or talking to people from out of state about those leads to verify those whether….to determine if they’re valid or not. I mean, eventually, uh, at some point in time, there will be someone that we’ll probably try on this case, but we will not present a case, uh, to a Grand Jury until we have all the evidence that we need to prosecute someone. We’re not going to take a case that’s only partially put together or just on some circumstantial evidence, uh, to a Grand Jury. We will make sure that we have a good case before we present that case. I know that’s been a question, “Why haven’t we done anything with some people?” and that just comes down to we want (going?) to have a good case that we can prosecute before we do that, and I think that’s something that our DA strives on – that she’s going to have a good case she can present to a Grand Jury and to a jury trial before we get to that point.
(Sure, so you are anticipating a trial?)
That… if we go the criminal route, that will happen. I mean, if we go that route, there will be a trial. If it’s a missing person case, (inaudible) that can also lead to some criminal charges, too, on the other route, as far as the missing person case goes to.
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I know people like for us to tell more about the case, but, uh, we can’t try the case in the media. And so a lot of stuff is not mentioned and not done, we can’t comment on a lot of times because of that because we can’t try this case in the news media, so a lot of this stuff cannot be released. But, uh, once that case is built and we have enough information to go on, then an arrest will be made and someone will be taken to trial on that case.
(Any kind of timeline?)
As soon as possible – I mean, we’d like to, but that just depends on all the information we get from some evidence that’s been collected and also from evidence that we would like to have.
(Sure. With the Klaas Kids and the Laura Recovery Center that just left town, from what I understand, this weekend. And do you know (inaudible) what the effect that may have on the community – you know, coming to train searchers to go out and look through these places. Um, you know, just your thoughts on that.)
That was very good because we did have some people that we searching on their own, that were going to places that they shouldn’t be, trespassing on land, and going onto people’s property they shouldn’t be in, and they helped to try to alleviate that problem to make sure they get permission from these landowners, to get permission to go on property that they can search and talk with them. And that has helped a lot of here (area?). Plus they have searched a lot of area, too. They have also called in different things that could be possible evidence that we have picked up. Uh, not only here in our county but in the surrounding counties, so that has been good to help train these workers. I know that they have left town but they have left some other people in charge and they will be searching again later this week. So it has been very good and very informative for some of the people – to train them to know what they can and can’t do.
(Sure. Alright, well is there anything else that you would like to add, that you would want people to know?)
Just thanks for all the help that the community has given to law enforcement to help search for Hailey, uh, to help us out, uh, we want to thank all the people for that, uh, for everything that they’ve done.
(Thank you very much.)