Here is transcript of tape 1
Tape 1: Hank and Tommy JR, everything is getting ready to go down.
Sr said why didnt you say anything before? Tommy said I dont know.Hank SR says everybody knows Joe is crazy he should have been in an institution a long time ago.
Tommy says he wishes he could talk to Lyndsy, but she doesnt have minutes and she cant come see him. Tommy said they need to straighten their up, he is going to get help. Tell Misty I love her Tommy said. Tommy said they know what is going to go down, they already heard it. Asking if Mom and Pop talked to Timmy, he has no minutes either. Tommy said Lyndsy is mad as heck at Mom and Pop, she really needed the money, Hank Sr said it was an accident(losing the money) Tommy said that he called their phone and talked to the black guy that stole Hank SRs phone.
He talked to his lawyer today and the FBI was there the other day, he didnt talk to them, his lawyer is handling it all for him. He is not worried, he didnt do anything wrong. Tommy is very very serious about no-one talking about the case over the phone. He is tired of being in jail, locked in the cage like a dog. Tommy says he has been doing a lot of reading in his bible. Hank SR said Misty cant talk to no-one until he is present, Tommy said yeah I know. Tommy said he should have did this awhile ago ( told what he knows) Hank SR says
.yeah you should have, Tommy: I had my reasons though. Tommy said Joe will get what he has coming to him.
Hank SR; what was it over? That fight that they all got into at my house?
Tommy: (garble) Misty done said it! I cant say nothing, but Misty done said ti.
Hank SR: he did say that day after he left that he was going to get even with Ronald and I told him, you aint gonna do nothing, Joe said Ronald is going to get whats coming to him, Tommy interjects and says all I now is I wasnt there when it happened, all I know Is what I seen when I stopped by the house.
HankSR: no-one knows what he did with her?
Tommy: no, I dont all I know is that he had her.
Hank SR: What the F
man what a piece of sh.t
Tommy: he dont know that I seen him with Haleigh, I walked up to the van, I had a knife at my neck but I seen what I seen! He will pay, hes gonna pay. The Lord will see to it.
He is crazy man. The people up there know he is crazy, hes been in the insane asylum, hes got away with everything hes ever done!
Hank SR: I love you, I hope you and Misty dont get in trouble. Tommy: I aint gonna get in trouble for sh.t, I am pretty sure Misty aint either. Tommy: I know I wasnt there when it happened. Lisa is in the background saying is that how the scratch got in the van?
Hank SR: I dont know how that fer can live with himself. Tommy said they were going to pick Joe up that night. Hank SR said
.but dont he work at night, Tommy said well that is good he will be working they can get him. Hank SR says Tommy and Misty will have to sign sworn statements before they pick Joe up, Tommy said he knows and that is okay, they promised him that they were going to pick him up though. Everything was supposed to go down at 5 pm. I love yous exchanged. Tommy said Gramma Hollers is going to call some people on her so she needs to get her life straight. Gramma Hollers was going to call her probation officer on Lisa. Hank SR said that Grammy takes those pills and doesnt know what she is saying, Tommy laughs and says I know. Lyndsy called in.
Call ends