From Bates #17 - Interview with Carrie Mertz
On July 13, 2015 at approximately 9:44 a.m., Detective Downs conducted a digitally recorded sworn statement with Carrie Mertz a white female with a date of birth of July 26, 1977. Carrie is the sister of Angela Wright as well as one of the employees at Mertz Auto Body. Carrie confirmed that on June 24, 2015 Curtis Wayne Wright brought in his gray 2012 Kia Rio EX with Missouri tag: UK7COU since it was damaged by Angela Wright during a crash. Carrie recommended to Curtis Wright to obtain a rental vehicle from Enterprise Rent-A-Car which was located down the street from Mertz Auto Body at 1121 Gravois Road in Fenton, Missouri. During the course of their conversation, Curtis told Carrie that he was about to go out of town but did not elaborate any further.
CWW told her on
June 24th that he "was about to go out of town."