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NUMBER 1
DID JARED ALTHAUS GROW UP IN THE BASIC NEIGHBORHOOD AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHERE THE MURDERS OCCURRED?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 103, lines 13-18.
Q: . . .WERE YOU (Jared) FAMILIAR WITH THE BASIC NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE COULSON HOUSE (where the murders occurred) WAS AND SOME OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS. (GAS CAN FOUND WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE COULSON HOUSE)
A: YES. I HAD GROWN UP IN THAT AREA AND LIVED THERE FOR 10 YEARS
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 15, page 110, lines 7-14.
Q: YOU (Jared) certainly HAD BEEN BY THE CONCRETE DITCH (WHERE GAS CAN WAS FOUND) YOURE TALKING ABOUT that runs all the way up to the school, HAVE YOU NOT?
A: Correct
Q: In fact, that concrete ditch is sort of a hang-out I guess, for kids riding their bikes, stuff like that?
A: I DIDNT GROW UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
NUMBER 2
DID JARED ALTHAUS FEAR BOB COULSON IN HIGH SCHOOL?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 239, lines 11-23
Q: AND BACK THEN (in high school), YOU (Jared) DIDNT LIKE BOB VERY WELLDID YOU?
A: I WAS INDIFFERENT EITHER WAY.
Q: Didnt have much of reason to have a relationship with him. Correct?
A: No. He ran with a different group of people.
Q: And he -- this was about the time you were a junior and he was a senior. Is that correct?
A: Correct.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 174-175, lines 19-11.
Q: What was your relationship between you (Jared) and Bob Coulson when you were in high school?
A:I -- IN HIGH SCHOOL, I FEARED HIM.
NUMBER 3
DID BOB COULSON EVER TALK TO SCOTT SMITH ABOUT KILLING HIS FAMILY?
SEE: EXHIBIT #2, statement of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus). Sworn to and dated on November 17, 1992. Page 4, first full paragraph.
Bob told me he used to TALK TO Mike Scott and SCOTT SMITH in High School about KILLING HIS FAMILY.
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SEE: SCOTT SMITHS CRIMINAL TRAIL TESTMONY. Volume 40, page 225, lines 20-22
Q: Did Bob Coulson EVER DISCUSS any PLANS with you to KILL HIS FAMILY?
A: NO.
NUMBER 4
WAS JARED ALTHAUS FIRED FROM HIS JOB AFTER FAILING A POLYGRAPH TEST?
SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.056, seventh paragraph.
ACCORING TO Althaus (Jared), HE WAS ASKED TO TAKE A POLYGRAPOH EXAMINITATION BY A FORMER EMPLOYER. Althaus stated the polygraph examiner wasnt able to conduct the test because he was extremely nervous and HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FIRED FROM HIS JOB.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.064, third full paragraph.
Off. Miller asked Jason if Jared had worked at an AMC Theater, and Jason said he had before he went to college. Jared (should be Jason) said that Jason (should be JARED) QUIT THE JOB AT THE THEATER ON HIS OWN AND WAS NOT FIRED.
NUMBER 5
WAS MIKE SCOTT A FRIEND OF JARED ALTHAUSS FROM HIGH SCHOOL?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 18, line 7-9.
A: I (Jared) met -- the place I was working, one of our FRIENDS (Mike Scott) FROM HIGH SCHOOL also worked there. He suggested we all get an apartment together.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 238, lines 3-10.
Q: As I understand it, when you (Jared) knew Bob IN HIGH SCHOOL, Bob was AMONG A BUNCH OF GUYS YOU CALLED BULLIES. THEY WERE BULLY GUYS THAT BULLIED YOUNGER GUYS. Is that correct?
A: CORRECT
Q: WHO WAS A PART OF THAT GROUP OTHER THAN BOB?
A: MIKE SCOTT
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 240-241, lines 17-2.
Q: MIKE (Scott) WAS ONE OF THE GUYS WHO HAD BEEN BULLYING YOU (Jared). Is that correct?
A: CORRECT.
Q: I PRESUME YOU FOLKS MUST HAVE MADE UP FOR YOU TO MOVE IN WITH HIM. Is that correct?
A: HE (Mike) SEEMED LIKE A DIFFERENT PERSON when I BECAUSE I GOT TO KNOW HIM WORKING AT DANNENBAUM, and so then we agreed to move in together.
NUMBER 6
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE STREET WHERE BOB COULSON AND JARED ALTHAUS FIRST LIVED TOGETHER?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 77, lines 13-15.
A: I (Jared) dont remember the exact date, but I would say when we (Jared and Bob) living at our PERTHSHIRE ADDRESS --
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 155, lines 21-23.
Q: When we (Bob and Jared) first started WHEN WE FIRST ROOMED TOGETHER?
A: At the BROOKSHIRE ADDRESS.
NUMBER 7
HOW LONG DID JARED ALTHAUS LIVE WITH BOB COULSON?
SEE: EXHIBIT #2, Statement of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus). Sworn to and dated on November 17, 1992. Page 1, second paragraph.
I have LIVED WITH BOB COULSON, SON OF Otis and Mary Coulson, for approximately EIGHT MONTHS.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 18, lines 12-15
Q: How many years were you a ROOMATE WITH ROBERT COULSON before November 13.
A: I would say approximately about a YEAR, maybe YEAR AND A HALF.
NUMBER 8
DID BOB COULSON WEAR SOME OF JARED ALTHAUSS CLOTHES?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 13, page 156, line 21-24.
Q: WE WERE ABLE TO WEAR THE SAME CLOTHES, pants, shirts, things like that, CORRECT, when we were living together?
A: YES, YES, YOU USED SOME OF MY CLOTHES, YES.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 319, lines 2-7.
Q: YOU COULS WEAR HIS CLOTHES AND HE COULD YOURS. CORRECT? Especially sweat shirts and t-shirts, didnt you?
A: I guess, yeah, we could, BUT WE DIDNT
NUMBER 9
DID BOB COULSON WANT JARED ALTHAUS TO KILL HIS FAMILY FOR HIM?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 75, lines 15-18.
A: He (BOB) approached it to me (Jared) when we were watching cops, one of those shows on TV, and HE MENTIONED HE WANTED TO KILL HIS PARENTS.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 19, lines 4-7.
A: Best I (Jared) can recall, we were watching a show on Cops, a show on TV. It had a situation on there and BOB had MENTIONED IF I WANTED TO KILL HIS PARENTS
NUMBER 10
WHEN BOB COULSON WAS TALKING TO JARED ALTHAUS ABOUT KILLING HIS FAMILY DID HE BRING IT UP GRADUALLY, OVER TIME, OR DID HE BRING IT UP CONSTATTLY, ALMOST DAILY?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 19, lines 4-17.
A: Best I (Jared) can recall, we were watching a show on Cops, a show on TV. It had a situation on there and Bob had mentioned if I wanted to kill his parents.
Q: How did it unfold?
A: GRADUALLY, OVER TIME HE KEPT BRINGING THE SITUATION UP and KEPT THROWING IT AT ME, and LITTLE BY LITTLE IT just BECAME BIGGER AND BIGGER.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 75, lines 15-22.
A: He (Bob) approached it to me when we were watching Cops, one of those shows on TV, and he mentioned that he wanted to kill his parents. And at first, I just shrugged it off as he was joking, but HE CONSTATNLY BROUGHT IT UP, ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS.
NUMBER 11
WHEN BOB COULSON WAS TALKING TO JARED ALTHAUS ABOUT KILLING HIS FAMILY WAS JARED ALTHAUS PARTICIPATING IN THE TALKS OR WAS HE JUST LISTENING?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 178-179, lines 23-9.
Q: IN THE CONVERSATIONS YALL WOULD HAVE, I GUESS DURING THESE POLICE SHOWS and THINGS LIKE THAT, WOULD YOU ACTUALLY DISCUSS THE PROS AND CONS OF HOW TO DO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF A CRIME LIKE THIS?
A: YES, WE would.
Q: And REALISTICALLY, DID YOU PARTICPATE IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS?
A: YES.
Q: DID HE MAKE SUGGESTIONS or BOUNCS SUGGESTIUON OFF TO YOU?
A: YES.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 19, lines 14-20.
A: Gradually, OVER TIME HE KEPT BRINGING THE SICUATION UP and KEPT THROWING IT AT ME, and LITTLE BY LITTLE IT just BECAME BIGGER AND BIGGER.
Q: WERE YOU PARTICIPATING IN THE PLAN AT THAT POINT? Were you just listening to him?
A: At that point, JUST LISTENING
NUMBER 12
WAS MIKE SCOTT STILL LIVING WITH BOB COULSON AND JARED ALTHAUS WHEN BOB COULSON STARTED TALKING ABOUT KILLING HIS FAMILY?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 156, lines 3-9.
Q: Are you (Jared) saying this, THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WANTING TO MURDER MY FAMILY and things like that, ARE YOU SATYING THAT OCCURRED PRIOR TO OR AFTER this gentlemen (MIKE) LEFT (moved out)?
A: It was I would say IT STARTED BEFORE HE MOVED OUT, but it really came about after he moved out.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 243, lines 7-18
Q: BOB Coulson STARTED TALKING TO YOU ABOUT KILLING HIS MOTHER AND FATHER?
A: Three of four months (before the murders), yes.
Q: And that was WHEN MIKE SCOTT WAS STILL RROMING WITH YOU at the time. Isnt that correct?
A: NO. MIKE HAD ALREADY MOVED OUT BY THEN.
NUMBER 13
COULD MIKE SCOTT AFFORD TO PAY HIS BILLS AT THE APARTMENT?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 244, lines 11-14
A: Bob wanted -- MIKE couldnt -- DIDN'T HAVE A -- HE WASNT MAKING A LOT OF MONEY. And he just bought him a truck, and HE COULDNT AFFORD TO PAY A LOT FO THE BILLS.
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SEE: MIKE SCOTT CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (Jared and Bobs ex-roommate). Volume 40, page 22. lines 1-12.
Q: And did you (Mike) move out?
A: Yes, I did
Q: DID YOU CONTINUE TO PAY YOUR SHARE OF THE RENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SIX-MONTH LEASE?
A: YES, I DID. AS WELL AS SPLITTING THE UTILITY BILLS.
Q: I mean if you moved out, why? Why did you continue to pay?
A: Because if I had to move back, I wanted there to be no question that I could move back in.
NUMBER 14
HOW LONG DID BOB COULSON AND JARED ALTHAUS LIVE WITH MIKE SCOTT BEFORE MIKE MOVED OUT?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 243 lines 15-21.
Q: And that was when MIKE Scott was still rooming with you at the time. Isnt that correct?
A: No. Mike had already moved out by then.
Q: SO MIKE HAD LIVED THERE HOW LONG BEFORE HE had MOVED OUT?
A: ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF, TWO MONTHS
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.057, third and fourth full paragraph.
STATEMENT TO POLICE BY JARED ALTHAUS:
At this time I (JARED) was living by myself and wanted something different. MIKE was living at home and wanted to move out. We decided to move in together. BOB was a friend of Mikes and he also wanted to move from where he was. So we all got together and moved into an apartment on Perthshire. THE THREE OF US LIVED TOGETHER FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS.
NUMBER 15
DID JARED ALTHAUS HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS OF FINANCIAL GAIN OR BENEFIT?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 75-76, lines 20-3.
A: He (BOB) said half of ($) 600,000 aint bad.
Q: Aint bad?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: HOW MUCH OF THAT WHERE YOU GOING TO GET?
A: NONE.
Q: You mean YOU WERE JUST ALONG FOR THE RIDE?
A: YES, SIR.
Q: YOU DID THIS WITHOUT ANY EXPECTATIONS?
A: YES, sir.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #2, Statement of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus). Sworn to and dated on November 17, 1992. Page 4, first 3 lines.
I AGREED TO ASSIST BOB BECAUSE HE TOLD ME I WOULD NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY AS LONG AS I WAS WITH HIM
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 178, lines 11-18
Q: did you have any discussions about TAKING TRIPS TOGETHER or having enough MONEY TO ENJOY OTHER THINGS once the Coulsons were dead?
A: Yes, he (Bob) did. He mentioned TAKING TRIPS TO MEXICO or wherever WE wanted to. WE could do whatever WE wanted to, whenever WE wanted to.
NUMBER 16
HAD JARED ALTHAUS EVER SEEN RICK WENTWORTH BEFORE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 158, lines 6-12.
Q: Had you EVER SEEN MY (BOB) BROTHER-IN-LAW (RICK WENTWORTH) BEFORE?
A: NO.
Q: RICK WENTWORTH, YOU HAD NEVER SEEN HIM. Are you aware that he was over 6 foot tall and weighted approximately 210 pounds when he was murdered?
A: NO. NEVER SEEN HIM.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 279-280, lines 21-2.
Q: That RICK (WENTWORTH), who is a deputy sheriff, who is what 61, weights in excess of 200 pounds. Correct?
A: I dont know
Q: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HIM (RICK WENTWORTH) BEFORE?
A: ONCE WHEN THEY (BOBS FAMILY) WERE AT DINNER.
NUMBER 17
HAD ANYBODY TOLD JARED ALTHAUS HOW MUCH RICK WENTWORTH WEIGHED OR HOW TALL HE WAS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 158, lines 8-14.
Q: RICK WENTWORTH, you (Jared) had never seen him. ARE YOU AWARE that HE WAS OVER 6 FOOT TALL and WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 210 POUNDS when he was murdered?
A: NO. Never seen him
Q: ARE YOU AWARE FROM ANYBODY?
A: NO.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 285, lines 4-9.
THE CRIMINAL TRIAL WAS PRIOR TO THE CIVIL TRIAL.
Q: Now, at this point, we have RICK WENTWORTH, WHO IS 61, WEIGHS AROUND 200 POUNDS. Thats about -- a little heavier that you (Jared), a little taller than you. Is that correct?
A: YES
NUMBER 18
WHY WAS RICK WENTWORTH ADDED TO THE LIST OF PEOPLE TO BE KILLED?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 166, lines 6-16.
Q: But about -- what time, if you (Jared) know, did the inclusion of Sarah, Robin and RICK come into being?
A: I would say approximately two months after the initial -- the first time he (Bob) brought it up.
Q: AND DID HE SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHY HE WANTED TO INCLUDE THOSE FOLKS?
A: HE SAID THEY DIDNT DESERVE ANY OF THE MONEY, and if he was going to kill his parents, HE MIGHT AS WELL KILL THEM ALL.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 160, lines 7-18.
Q: DID I (Bob) EVER, at any time, EXPRESS A REASON TO YOU (Jared), while youre saying we were discussing all this, AS TO WHY I WOULD ADD RICK, if he didnt seem to inherit money?
A: To my recollection YOU SAID THEY WERE NEVER EVER APART. And they were going to be -- Rick and Robin.
NUMBER 20
THEY ONE TIME JARED ALTHAUS WENT TO BOB COULSONS PARENTS HOUSE WAS HE PICKING UP OR RETURNING THE CHURCH KEY WHICH TURNS ON AND OFF THE WATER TO THE HOUSE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 120, lines 10-18.
Q: Incidentally, THE TIME YOU (Jared) WENT OVER THERE (Bobs parents house), WHY YOU WERE OVER THERE?
A: I was over there because my parents had called one morning. And my dad was pulling his boat out to go fishing, and he had knocked the end off the hose off for the water. And Bob said his parents had a church key which shuts off the water to the valve. SO, I WENT OVER THERE TO GET IT.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.057, fifth full paragraph.
STATEMENT TO POLICE BY JARED ALTHAUS
During the time that Bob and I (Jared) lived together IHAVE BEEN TO HIS PARENTS HOUSE ONCE. This is the only time that I met his parents, other then seeing them once at a restaurant. ON THIS OCCASION BOB AND I WERE RETURNING THE CHURCH KEY FOR THE WATER MAIN.
NUMBER 21
HOW MANY TIMES HAD JARED ALTHAUS MET BOB COULSONS PARENTS?
SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.057, fifth full paragraph.
STATEMENT TO POLICE BY JARED ALTHAUS:
During the time that Bob and I (Jared) lived together I HAVE BEEN TO HIS PARENTS HOUSE ONCE. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THAT I MET HIS PARENTS, OTHER THEN SEEING THEM ONCE AT A RESTAURANT. On this occasion Bob and I were returning the church key for the water main.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 120-121, lines 23-5.
Q: Before the murders, HOW MANY TIME SDO YOU THINK YOU (Jared) HAD SEEN OR MET HIS (Bob) PARENTS?
A: I MET THEM ONCE AT OUR ADDRESS (Apartment) ON PERTHSHIRE. THEY CAME OVER THERE. And then I saw them -- they all went out to dinner one night, and my girlfriend and I were at the same restaurant. So we saw them.
NUMBER 22
DID JARED ALTHAUS REMEMBER: WHAT ITEMS WREE PUIRCHASED FOR THE MURDERS; WHO PURCHASED THE ITEMS; AND WHERE RTHE ITEMS WERE PURCHASED?
SEE: EXHIBIT #1, DEFENDANTS (Jared Althaus) Original Answer to Plaintiffs First Set of Interrogatories to Defendant. Sworn to and dated on May 10, 1995. Page 6, number 12.
12. List a full description of each and every device or item used in carry8ing out the murder or Mary McEver Coulson (i.e., zip cords, trash bags, etc.). Please provide the following:
(a) a description of each device or item;
(b) the name, address, and phone number of the person(s) purchasing item;
(c) the date of each purchase;
(d) the amount of money spent or consideration paid for the items;
(e) the name, address, and phone number of each vendor selling such items to you or Robert Otis Coulson, or both.
Answer: I do not remember now what things there were. I think some are in the statement I signed for the police
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page number and lines are provided below.
Page 20, lines 14-17.
Q: Well, WHAT WAS THE FIRST PIECE OF EQUIPMENT that was BOUGHT to carry out this murder?
A: I would say the first piece would be probably be the STUN GUN.
Page 21, lines 4-7
Q: And HOW WAS HE GOING TO PURCHASE IT? Do you know? Did you have a plan?
A: WENT TO A GUNSHOP off Highway 6 and went in AND PAYED CASH FOR IT.
PAGE 22, LINES 18-21
Q: WHAT ELSE WAS GOING TO BE PURCHASED to carry out this crime?
A: He was also going to purchase TAPE, TRASH COMPACTOR BAGS.
Page 23, lines 18-21
A: No, sire. He -- He just showed them to me. WE HAD GONE SHOPPING AT FURROWS the same day that he had purchased the stun gun; HE also BOUGHT THOSE ITEMS.
PAGE 24, LINES 5-10
A: A GUN
Q: What was the PLAN TO GET A GUN?
A: I HAD ONE.
Q: WHERE HAD YOU GOTTEN A GUN?
A: I had gotten it about three years previously, MY BROTHER had BOUGHT IT FOR ME AT A GUN SHOW.
Page 26, lines 14-25.
A: Purchase a GAS CAN, then FILL IT UP WITH GAS and TAKE IT TO HIS PARENTS HOUSE.
Q: DID YOU DO THAT for him?
A: YEAH. We did it THAT NIGHT BEFORE.
Q: WHERE DID YOU BUY THE GAS CAN?
A: At HI-LO ON GESSNER
Q: WHERE DID YOU GUY THE GASOLINE to go in the can?
A: AT THE CHEVRON STATION RIGHT NEAR HIS HOUSE.
Page 27, lines 1-15.
Q: How did you get the BACKPACK?
A: IT WAS ONE THAT I HAD FROM SCHOOL.
NUMBER 23
HOW LONG BEFORE THE MURDERS WAS THE STUN GUN PURCHASED?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 77, lines 8-23.
Q: First of all, lets begin with -- with the cable tie, tape, STUN GUN, that kind of thing. DO YOU (Jared) RECALL ABOUT WHEN THOSE WERE PURCHASED?
A: I dont remember the exact date, but I WOULD SAY WHEN WE LIVING AT OUR PERTH SHIRE ADDRESS --
Q: Okay.
A: -- WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS BEFORE.
Q: And those items that I mentioned, the duct tape, the cable ties and the STUN GUN, WERE ALL PURCHASED ON OR ABOUT THE SAME DATE?
A: YES, THEY WERE.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 22, lines 4-9.
Q: How long before the murder was it that he (Bob) tested the STUN GUN on you (Jared)?
A: Approximately a month.
Q: HOW LONG BEFORE THE MURDER THAT HE BOUGHT THIS FIRST IMPLEMENT OF DEATH (stun gun)?
A: ABOUT APPROXIMATELY A MONTH, SAME TIME FRAME.
NUMBER 24
WHO PAYED FOR THE STUN GUN?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 79, lines 8-11.
Q: And WHO actually MADE THE PAYEMENT ON THAT STUN GUN?
A: BOB MADE THE PAYMENT with money he had gotten from me (Jared).
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SEE: EXHIBIT #2, Statement of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus). Sworn to and dated on November 17, 1992. Page 1, last 2 lines.
We (Jared and Bob) called around and checked on STUN GUN prices. I (Jared) BOUGHT IT at a gun shop on Highway 6 close to Sugarland. I (Jared) PAID EIGHT DOLLARS FOR IT.
NUMBER 25
IS THERE A RECIEPT , OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE, THAT SHOWS THAT BOB COULSON PURCHASED A STUN GUN?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 164-165, lines 25-6.
Q: Okay. This whole story that youre (Jared) making up about this stun gun and all this is just a lie, isnt it, Jared?
A: No, its not.
Q: There was never any stun gun, there was never --
A: Well, THE POLICE HAVE RECEIPTS THAT YOU (BOB) PURCHASED IT.
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SEE: EXHIBITY #5, Houston Police Reports, Page 2.141, last five paragraphs.
Later, sergeant Rudolph (Homicide Division) called Fountain Firearms (where Jared claims the stun gun was purchased) The sergeant advised the employees of the details of this investigation and asked it they would view photo arrays of the suspects. The Sergeant PRESENTED MR. FOUNDTAIN with THE PHOTO ARRAY OF ROBERT COULSON and asked him to study it closely. After viewing the photo array for several seconds, MR. FOUNTAIN INDICATED that HE WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY ANYONE PICUTRED. The Sergeant then PRESENTED THE PHOTO ARRAY TO MR. CHENEY AND MR. SUCHMA and asked them to study each photograph closely. After studying the photo array, BOTH CHENEY AND SUCHMA INDICATED THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANYONE PICUTRED The sergeants researched the receipts and located a receipt (WITH NO NAME ON IT) for September 9, 1992 The Sergeant ASKED MR. FOUNTAIN IF THERE WAS ANYTING ABOUT THE RECEIPT THAT REFRESEHED HIS MEMORY and HE STATED THERE WASNT. MR. FOUNTAIN EXPLAINED THAT UNLESS SOMETHING SIGNIGICATN OCCURRED DURING THE TRANSACTION OF THIS ITEM HE WOULD BOT REMEMBER THE CUSTOMER.
NUMBER 26
WAS BOB COULSON WORRIED ABOUT CHECKS BEING TRACED BACK TO HIM AS HE WAS PURCHASING ITEMS FOR THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 79, lines 8-21
Q: And who actually made the payment on that STUN GUN?
A: When we got there, he (BOB) selected the one he wanted, and then he WAS GOING TO WRITE A CHECK FOR IT. AND THEN HE SAID, NO, THAT HE DIDNT WANT IT TRACED BACK TO HIM. SO HE ASKED ME (Jared) FOR MONEY, and he knew I always carried money in my wallet
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 81, lines 1-8.
Q: Other then the CABLE TIES AND TAPE PURCHASED there, do you (Jared) recall him (BOB) purchasing anything else?
A: NINE VOLT BATTERIES FOR THE STUN GUN.
Q: Okay, And did you also pay for those items of did he?
A: No. HE PAID FOR ALL OF THAT WITH A CHECK.
NUMBER 27
AT WHICH FURROWS DID JARED ALTHAUS TELL POLICE THE ZIP TIES, DUCT TAPE, ETC. WERE PURCHASED?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 78-80, lines listed below before the questions and answers.
Page 78, lines 2-4:
Q: Whose idea was it to get a stun gun to use in this case?
A: It was Bobs idea
Page 78, lines 21-25:
Q: WHERE WAS it (STUN GUN) PURCHASED?
A: It was purchased at a pistol -- firearms place off Highway 6.
Q. And can you give us a little closed idea? Highway 6 and what?
Page 79, lines 1-2:
A: HIGHWAY 6 BETWEEN (highway) 59 AND I-10 (interstate 10) past -- IT WAS ABOUT HALFWAY.
Page 79, line 24:
Q: WAS there ANYTHING ELSE BOUGHT THAT SAME DAY?
Page 80, lines 1-8.
A: AT FURROWS HE (Bob) PURCHASED THE ZIP TIES AND DUCT TAPE.
Q: Now, WHICH FURROW WAS THAT?
A: IT WAS OFF HIGHWAY 6. I dont remember the exact address. ITS HEADING BACK (north) TOWARDS ASHFOR. WE WERE HEADING BACK TO OUT PERTHSHIRE ADDRESS. (Perthshire is located just south of Interstate 10)
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.093 second paragraph.
During the conversations with JARED Althaus on 11/17/92 he STATED that he had PURCHAED THE CABLE TIES AT THE FURROWS ON HWY 6 NEAR HWY 290 (Highway 290 is NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 by some 8 miles. Highway 59 is SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 by some 10 miles.
NUMBER 28
WAS FURROWS ON OR OFF HWY 6?
SEE: JARED ALTHASUS CRIMINALT TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 80, lines 3-8.
Q: Now, WHICH FURROWS WAS THAT?
A: IT WAS OFF OF HIGHWAY 6. I (Jared) dont remember the exact address. Its heading back towards Dairy Ashford. We were heading back to our Perthshire address.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.093, second paragraph.
During the conversation with JARED Althaus on (Tue) 11/17/92 he stated that he had purchased the cable ties AT THE FURROWS ON HWY 6 NEAR HWY 290. ON (WED) 11-18-92 SGT. SHIRLEY PROCEEDED to the FURROWS building supply store LOCATED AT 6610 N.HWY 6
NUMBER 29
WHAT WER THE ZIP TIES FOR?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 28, lines 17-19.
Q: WHAT WERE THE ZIP LOCK TIES GOING TO BE USED FOR?
A: He (BOB) WAS GOING TO USE THOSE TO BIND THE LEGS AND HANDS TOGETHER.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 109, lines 20-23
A: He (Bob) put the TRASH COMPACTOR BAGS OVER HER HEAD, ZIP CORDED IT and bound the hands and feet and put duct tape around their mouths.
NUMBER 30
WHO BOUGHT THE CABLE TIES?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 81, lines 1-8.
Q: Other than the CABLE TIES and tape purchased there, do you (Jared) recall him (Bob) purchasing anything else?
A: Nine volt batteries for the stun gun.
Q: Okay. AND DID YOU PAY FOR THOSE OR DID HE?
A: NO. HE PAYED FOR ALL OF THAT with a check.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.093, second paragraph.
During the conversation with JARED Althaus on (Tue) 11/17/92 HE STATED that HE HAD PURCHASED THE CABLE TIES at the Furrows on HWY 6 near HWY 290
NUMBER 31
DID BOB COULSON PAY FOR THE ZIP TIES, DUCT TAPE, ETC. WITH A CHECK AT FURROWS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 81, lines 1-8.
Q: Other than the CABLE TIES and TAPE PURCHASED there (FURROWS), do you recall him (Bob) purchasing anything else?
A: Nine volt BATTERIES for the stun gun.
Q: Okay. And did you also pay for those or did he?
A: No. He (BOB) PAYED for all of that WITH A CHECK.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 48, page 154-155, lines 21-8.
Q: I WANT TO HAND YOU whats been introduced into evidence as States Exhibit No. 112 which is BOB COULSONS CHECK BOOK And would you LOOK THROUGH the notations in the checks that are written AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND ANY NOTATION OF CHECKS EVER BEEN WRITEEN FOR FURROWS?
CHUCK ROSENTHAL (Lead Prosecutor in Bob Coulsons Capital Murder Trial):
For the second time, Judge, WELL STIPULATE THAT ITS (CHECK TO FURROWS) NOT IN THERE. WEVE LOOKED FOR IT, TOO.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 48, page 155, lines 16-17.
A. Like I (Jared) said I THOUGHT HE WROTE A CHECK FOR IT, I WASNT PAYING MUCH ATTENTION.
NUMBER 32
HOW LONG AFTER ALL OF THE ITEMS (EXCEPT FOR THE GAS CAN AND GAS) WERE PURCHASED FOR THE MURDERS DID THE MURDERS ACTUALLY OCCUR?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIALTESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 35-36, lines 25-4.
Q: WHEN THE PLAN PROGRESSED FROM GETTING THE INSTRUMEWNTS NEEDED TO COMMIT IT and THEY WERE ALL PUT TOGETHER, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE BEFORE THE EXCUTION OF THE PLAN WAS CARRIED OUT?
A: ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 77, lines 11-23
Q: DO YOU (Jared) REMEMBER WHEN THOSE WERE PURCHASED?
A: I dont remember the exact date, but I WOULD SAY WHEN WE WERE LIVING AT OUR PERTHSHIRE ADDRESS--
Q: Okay?
A: -- WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS BEFORE (the murders)
Q: And those three items that I mentioned, THE DUCT TAPE, THE CABLE TIES AND THE STUN GUN, WERE THEY ALL PURCHASD ON OR ABOUT THE SAME DATE?
A: YES, they were.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 83, lines 3-7
Q: And DO YOU (Jared) REMEMBER ABOUT HOW LONG IT WAS BEFORE THE MURDERS THAT YOU FIRST SAW THESE BAGS OR TALKED ABOUT THE BAGS?
A: I WOULD SAY ABOUT THREE MONTHS BECAUSE WE WERE STILL AT OUR PERTHSHIRE ADDRESS.
NUMBER 33
DID JARED ALTHAUS OWNA SMITH AND WESSON 9 MILLIMETER PISTOL AT THE TIME OF THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 24, lines 6-18.
Q: WHAT WAS THE PLAN TO GET A GUN?
A: I (Jared) HAD ONE.
Q: Where had you gotten that gun from?
A: I had gotten that about three years previously. My brother (Jason) had bought it for me at a gun show.
Q: What kind of gun was it?
A: NINE MILLIMETER.
Q: Do you know who manufactured it?
A: SMITH AND WESSON
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.064, fourth full paragraph.
JASON ALTHAUS TALKING TO POLICE THE DAY AFTER THE MURDERS ON THE DRIVE TO SEARCH THE FARM HOUSE IN CALDWELL:
Jason ( Jareds brother) also said JARED HAD OWNED A COUPLE OF GUNS, A SMITH AND WESSON NINE MILLIMETER, and a pump shotgun BUT he (JARRED) HAD PAWNED THEM and lost the pawn ticket. JASON said he HAD OFFERED TO GET THE GUNS OUT OF HOCK BUT JARED SAID HE HAD LOST THE PAWN TICKET, AND THE PAWN BROKER WOULDNT LET THEM GET THE GUNS WITHOUT IT. JASON SAID THIS HAPPENED SOME TIME AGO.
NUMBER 34
HOW LONG BEFORE THE MURDERS HAD JARED ALTHAUS HAD HIS GUN?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 24, lines 8-10.
Q: Where had you (Jared) gotten that GUN from?
A: I HAD GOTTEN THAT ABOUT THREE YEARS PREVIOUSLY. My brother had bought it for me at a gun show.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 24, lines 15-20.
Q: What kind of GUN was it?
A: Nine millimeter.
Q: Do you know who manufactured it?
A: Smith and Wesson
Q: HOW LONG HAD YOU HAD IT
A: ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS
NUMBER 25
WAS BOB COULSON FAMILIAR WITH JARED ALTHAUS GUN?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 25, lines 16-17.
Q: DID YOU (Jared) SHOW HIM (Bob) HOW THE GUN WORKED?
A: YES, sir.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 123, lines 14-22
A. Bob handed it (gun) to me (Jared) and told me to break it down, which means disassemble it. So while I was driving, I disassembled it and handed it back to him.
Q: Why was that?
A: I DIDNT THINK BOB WAS TOO FAMILIAR WITH THE WORKINGS OF IT and -- so he knew is was my gun, and he knew I could disassemble it without even looking at it.
NUMBER 36
HAD BOB COULSON EVER USED JARED ALTHAUSS GUN PRIOR TO THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 13, page 155, lines 6-10.
Q: You (Jared) say I (Bob) took a gun that belonged to you to the crime scene, correct?
A: Correct.
Q: HAD I EVER USED THAT GUN BEFORE?
A: NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 15, page 66, lines 15-17.
Q: And this would be THE GUN THAT YOU HAVE SAID BEFORE THAT I HAVE NEVER USED YOUR PISTOL?
A: YOU HAVE NEVER USED THAT PARTICULAR ONE, YES.
NUMBER 37
WHAT DAY DID JARED ALTHAUS SCOUT AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO FIND A PLACE TO PICK UP BOB COULSON?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 87, lines 13-21
Q: Did you and Bob Coulson go anyplace the WEDNESDAY (11th) afternoon BEFORE THE MURDERS?
A: YES, we did.
Q: Where was that?
A: WE WENT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THE COULSONS
Q: Okay.
A: TO SCOUT AROUND for a dark LOCATION WHERE HE (Bob) COULD BE dropped off and PICKED UP.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 37, lines 20-25.
Q: Well, DID YOU GO TO THE SCENE TO SCOUT AROUND for a good place to pick him (Bob) up BEFORE the night of THE 13TH? (Friday)
A: YES, sir. YES, sir.
Q: WHEN did you do that?
A: The same -- THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. (Thursday the 12th)
NUMBER 38
WHAT TIME OF DAY DID JARED ALTHAUS SCOUT AROUND THE NEIGHTBORHOOD TO FIND A PLACE TO PICK UP BOB COULSON?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 87, lines 13-21.
Q: Did you and Bob Coulson go anyplace the Wednesday (11th) AFTERNOON before the murders?
A: YES, we did
Q: Where was that?
A: We went to a neighborhood around the Coulsons.
Q. Okay.
A. TO SCOUTT AROUND for a dark LOCATION WHERE HE (Bob) COULD BE dropped off and PICKED UP.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 37, lines 20-25.
Q: Well, DID YOU GO TO THE SCEN TO SCOUTT AROUND for a good place to pick him (Bob) up before the night of the 13th? (Friday)
A: Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
Q: WHEN did you do that?
A: The same -- the previous NIGHT. (Thursday the 12th)
NUMBER 39
WHAT WAS THE POINT OF BOB COULSONS VISIT WITH HIS UNCLE IN SAN MARCOS THE WEDNESDAY PRIOR TO THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 31, lines 8-11.
Q: Why did he (Bob) go visit his Uncle Peter (in San Marcos) a week before the murders?
A: HE JUST WANTED TO GO UP THERE and KEEP -- GET IN CONTACT WITH HIM.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 88-89, lines 24-3.
Q: What was the purpose that he (Bob) told you he wanted to talk to his uncle? (in San Marcos)
A: He wanted to talk to his uncle to MAKE SURE THAT HE (the Uncle) WASNT COMING INTO TOWN THAT FOLLOWING WEEKEND. (weekend of the murders)
NUMBER 40
DURING THE WEEK OF THE MURDERS WHAT DAY DID JARED ALTHAUS GO TO SAN AMRCOS TO SEE HIS GIRLFRIEND?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 87-88, lines 23-9.
Q: WAS THERE A TIME THAT WEEK (OF THE MURDERS) THAT YALL (Jared and Bob) WENT TO SAN MARCOS, Texas? I guess thats what Im trying to say.
A: YES, there was.
Q: And WAS IT THAT WEDNESDAY or was it --
A: Okay. YEAH. IT WAS -- I THINK IT WAS WEDNESDAY.
Q: Okay. And why were you going to San Marcos?
A: I was going to San Marcos to talk to my girlfriend, to break up with her.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.057, last paragraph.
I (Jared) was also very busy at work and I had decided on Monday that I needed to get away for a while. So WHEN I VISITED REBECCA (girlfriend) ON TUESDAY (in San Marcos) I told her that I was going to go to my grandfathers farm
NUMBER 41
HAD JARED ALTHAUS AND REBECCA BEEN DATING WHEN JARED WENT UP SO SAN MARCOS THE WEDNESDAY PRIOR TO THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 261-262, lines 9-13.
Q: How long had you been DATING REBECCA PRIOR TO THE TIME THE MURDERS OCCURRED?
A: I WOULD SAY FOUR MONTHS
Page 262, lines 11-13
A: Well, he -- I GUESS AT THE END OF OUR RELATIONSHIP, WE WERENT REALLY DATING ANYMORE. WE WERE MORE LIKE FRIENDS.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 88, lines 4-14.
A: I think it was a Wednesday (just two day prior to the murders).
Q: Okay. And why were you going to San Marcos?
A: I WAS GOING TO SAN MARCOS TO TALK TO MY GIRLFRIENDS, TO BREAKUP WITH HER.
NUMBER 42
DID BOB COULSON BORROW JARED ALTHAUSS CAR UP IN SAN MARCOS TO GO VISIT HIS UNCLE OR DID JARED ALTHAUS DROP HIM OFF AT HIS UNLCES?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 89, lines 8-11.
A: While I (Jared) was talking to Rebecca, He (BOB) BORROWED MY CAR, AND HE WENT TO HIS UNCLES and then came later. Picked me up from her apartment.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 74, lines 14-16.
Q: Even the time you (Jared) drove him (Bob) up to San Marcos AND LET HIM OFF TO SEE PETER, you had not met Peter?
A: No, sir.
NUMBER 43
DID JARED ALTHAUSS GIRLFRIEND LIVE IN A DORM OR AN APARTMENT AT COLLEGE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 145, lines 4-8.
A: I (Jared) went back in the hotel room where Rebecca (Jareds girlfriend) was and then told her that I needed to go back to Houston and to get her stuff together, and I was taking her back TO HER DROM ROOM.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 89, lines 8-11.
A: While I (Jared) was talking to Rebecca (Jareds girlfriend), he (Bob) borrowed my car, and he went to his Uncles and then came later. PICKED ME UP FROM HER APARTMENT.
NUMBER 44
DID JARED ALTHAUS GO WITH BOB COULSON TO THE HOUSE WHEN BOB COULSON DROPPED OFF THE BACKPACK?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 30, line 4-6
A: during the day WHEN HE (Bob) TOOK THE BACKPACK OVER because he said no one was at the house.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 45, lines 6-11
Q: How had he (Bob) gotten the gas can and backpack over to his parents house the night before? Do you know?
A: WE (Jared and Bob) DROVE OVER THERE to his parents house and he went in and dropped it off at his parents house.
NUMBER 45
WHAT TIME OF THE DAY WAS THE BACKPACK DROPPED OFF?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 301, lines 4-6.
A. during the DAY WHEN HE (Bob) TOOK THE BACKPACK OVER because he said no one was at the house.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 45, lines 2-3.
A. No, Sir. He (Bob) had DROPPED OFF THE GAS CAN AND THE BACKPACK the previous NIGHT.
NUMBER 46
DID BOB COULSON CHECK HIS PARENTS WILL ON THE WEDNESDAY OR THURDAY BEFORE THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 91-92, lines 14-2.
Q: Now, the THURSDAY BEFORE THE MURDERS he (BOB) GOES TO THE HOUSE and drops off the stuff you (Jared) say?
A: Yes. Correct
A: Yes. He (BOB) INDICATED THAT HE WENT THROUGH HIS PARENTS FILES AND LOOKED THROUGH THE WILLS TO SEE WHO THE HEIRS WERE TO THE ESTATE.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 301, lines 14-22.
Q. AND YET, he (BOB) DIDNT KNOW UNTIL THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE KILLING OF PEOPLE ON FRIDAY THAT HE WAS NAMED IN THE WILL or what his share would be?
A: THATS -- WHEN HE FOUND OUT PROOF POSITIVE, YES, that he was the -- that -- WHO WAS ALL HEIRS, but Im -- he knew how much the house was worth.
NUMBER 47
WHEN DID BOB COULSON GO AND LOOK AT HIS PARENTS WILL TO SEE WHO THE HEIRS WERE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 91-92, lines 14-2
Q: Now, THE THURDAY BEFORE THE MURDERS, (DAY BEFORE MURDERS) HE (Bob) GOES TO THE HOUSE and drops off the stuff (backpack) you say?
A: YES. Correct.
Q: Is that sometime in the day or is that in the evening?
A: It was during the day.
Q: DID HE (Bob) INDICATE TO YOU THAT HE DID ANYTHING ELSE WHILE HE WAS INSIDE THE HOUSE storing the backpack?
A: YES. He indicated that HE WENT THROUGH HIS PARENTS FILES and LOOKED THROUGH THE WILLS TO SEE WHO THE HEIRS WERE TO THE ESTATE.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 46, lines 4-6.
Q: DID HE (Bob) TELL YOU HOW LONG BEFORE THE MURDER IT WAS THAT HE HAD GONE TO LOOK AT THEIR (Bobs parents) WILLS?
A: Approximately A MONTH BEFORE.
NUMBER 48
WAS THE BACKPACK DROPPED OFF AT THE HOSUE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE GAS CAN WAS DROPPED OFF?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 91-92, lines 14-13
Q: Now, the Thursday before the murders, HE (Bob) GOES TO THE HOUSE and DROPS OFF THE STUFF (BACKPACK) you say?
A: YES. Correct.
Q: IS THAT sometime IN THE DAY OR IS THAT IN THE EVENING?
A: It was DURING THE DAY.
Q: Did he indicate to you that he did anything else while he was inside the house STORING THE BACKPACK?
A: YES. He indicated that he went through his parents files and looked through the wills to see who the heirs were to the estate.
Q: Did you go -- DID YOU AND BOB COULSON then GO BACK TO THE HOUSE that FOLLOWING EVENING, of THURSDAY?
A: YES, WE DID.
Q: And WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF GOING THERE that THURDAY EVENING?
A: To see how dark it was at a certain time and also TO PURCHASE THE GAS CAN AND DROP OFF THE GAS.
Q: WHERE WAS THE GAS CAN DROPPED OFF?
A: AT HIS (Bob) PARENTS HOUSE.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 45, lines 2-3
A: No, sir. He (Bob) had DROPPED OFF the GAS CAN AND the BACKPACK the PREVIOUS NIGHT.
NUMBER 49
DID JARED ALTHAUS BUY A 2 GALLON GAS CAN FROM HI-LO ON NOVEMBER 12, 1992, AS HE CLAIMED?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 83-84, lines 25-6
Q: How about any CONTAINERS FOR GASOLINE? WHEN WAS THAT PURCHASED?
A: It was purchased THE NIGHT BEFORE THE MURDERS FROM HI-LO. (the murders occurred on Friday November 13, 1992)
Q: Okay. And WHO PURCHASED THAT?
A: I DID
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.094, top of page and end of first paragraph.
Sgt. Shiply proceeded to the HI-LO Auto Supply MR. PHILIPS CHECKED HIS SALES RECORDS FOR SLAES OF THEIR PLASTIC 2 GALLON GAS CAN which carries their stock number: 11815. Their records revealed that they had only sold two of the gas cans this month Sgt. Shirley then had Mr. Philips CHECK HIS RECORDS TO SEE IF THE OTHER GAS CAN HAD BEEN SOLD ON (THUR) 11/12/92 AS ALTHAUS HAD STATED he had purchased it on that date. The RECORDS from the store INDICATED that NO SUCH GAS CAN HAD BEEN SOLD ON THAT DATE and that the only gas can sold on that date was a read plastic 5 gallon model.
NUMBER 50
WHY DID BOB COULSON BRING GAS INTO THE HOUSE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 13, page 143, lines 20-24.
A: the gas was put in the can and YOU (BOB) SAID THAT YOU WANTED SOME EXTRA GAS JUST TO BE SURE.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 316, lines 5-8.
Q: IS THERE ANY particular REASON ONE SHOULD HAVE TO TAKE GASOLINE TO A HOUSE IF THERES Varsol (flammable cleaning solvent) ALREADY THERE?
A: I GUESS THATS WHAT HE (BOB) WANTED TO DO.
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NUMBER 51
DID BOB COULSON ATTEND FRIDAYS FAMILY DINNERS EVERY WEEK?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 31, lines 16-20.
Q: What was the thing about FRIDAY SUPPER, I call it, at the Coulson house, what was significant of that?
A: It was STANDARD EVERY Friday THEY met and ALL went out to dinner AS A FAMILY.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.016, 5th paragraph.
Ms. Ceyba stated the FAMILY MEMBERS THAT NORMALLY GO OUT TO DINNER CONSIST OF THE COMPAINTANTS THAT WERE KILLED in this incident. Ms Ceyba explained that ROBERT COULSON DOES GO OUT TO DINNER with his parents ON OCCASION but NOT AS REGULARLY as the other family members.
NUMBER 52
AT WHAT TIME INTERVAL WERE THE VICTIMS SUPPOSED TO SHOW UP AT THE HOUSE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 30, lines 16-21.
Q: how was he (Bob) going to make sure that the family was there?
A: He had called around and told Rick and Robin to come (to the house) about 30 MINUTES LATER ON, that he had to talk to his mom and dad alone, he didnt need them there?
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.109, middle paragraph.
Wood said that Jared told him that Bob Coulson had each of the FAMILY MEMBERS SHOW UP at the murder location 10 MINUTES APART.
NUMBER 52
AT WHAT TIME INTERVAL WERE THE VICTIMS SUPPOSED TO SHOW UP AT THE HOUSE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 30, lines 16-21.
Q: how was he (Bob) going to make sure that the family was there?
A: He had called around and told Rick and Robin to come (to the house) about 30 MINUTES LATER ON, that he had to talk to his mom and dad alone, he didnt need them there.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.109, middle paragraph.
Wood said that Jared told him that Bob Coulson had each of the FAMILY MEMBERS SHOW UP at the murder location 10 MINUTES APART.
NUMBER 53
HOW MANY VICTIMS WERE TO ARRIVE AT ONE TIME?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 30, lines 16-21.
Q: how was he (Bob) going to make sure that the family was there?
A: He had called around and told RICK AND ROBIN to come (to the house) about 30 MINUTES LATER ON, that he had to talk to his mom and dad alone, he didnt need THEM there.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.109, middle paragraph.
Wood said that Jared told him that Bob Coulson had EACH of the FAMILY MEMBERS SHOW UP at the murder location 10 MINUTES APART.
NUMBER 54
WHAT TIME DID JARED ALTHAUS LEAVE THE APARTMENT THE DAY OF THE MURDERS TO DROP BOB COULSON OFF?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 96, lines 13-20.
Q: And what kind of clothes did he (Bob) change into? Well, let me ask you (Jared) this: When did he change clothes?
A: HE CHANGED IN THE DRIVE FROM OUR APARTMENT TO THE DROP-OFF POINT.
Q: About WHAT TIME DID YOU LEAVE YOUR APARTMENT then?
A: I would say approximately ABOUT 3:30.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 191, lines 21-25
Q: And YOU (Jared) STATE THEREAFTER, I ATE A LITTLE SNACK, AND YOU () LEFT (to go to the drop off point) A LITTLE BEFORE 4:00 P.M. () That part is a lie, is it not?
A: NO. THATS TRUE
NUMBER 55
DID BOB COULSON WEAR JEANS OF SWEAT PANTS TO THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 41, lines 20-22.
Q: What kind of clothing was HE (Bob) going to WEAR once he changed? (in the car on the way to the murders)
A: Some dark JEANS, a sweat shirt and baseball cap.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.090-2.091, bottom of first page and top of the following page.
Althaus stated that Coulson had also thrown out the black SWEAT PANTS he had been wearing The only item recovered during their search was a piece of black colored CLOTH which appeared to have POSSIBLY BEEN PART OF SWEATPANTS.
NUMBER 56
DID BOB COULSON BRING A SKI MASK OR STOCKING CAP TO THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 83, lines 19-24.
A: He (BOB) had borrowed my (Jared) backpack and he HAD A SKI MASK from when he was a little kid.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 62, lines 1-3.
A: After he (Bob) threw out the stun gun. Threw out the bullets, the gun and THE LAST THING HE THREW OUT WAS THE STOCKING CAP and the backpack.
NUMBER 57
DID BOB COULSON WEAR A SWEATSHIR OR A SWEATER TO THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 96, lines 23-25.
A: He (BOB) changed into dark jeans, A SWEAT SHIRT that HE HAD TURNED INSIDE OUT BECAUSE IT HAD SOME WHITE EMBLEM ON THE OUTSIDE
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 15, page 70, lines 16-17.
A: No. It was the -- the hat and the SWEATER, in particular.
NUMBER 58
WAS IT DAYLIGHT WHEN JARED ALTHAUS DROPPED BOB COULSON OFF AT THE HOUSE THE DAY FO THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 86, lines 8-15.
Q: Now we know the murders happened on November 13, 1992. Was there ANY PARTICULAR REASON FOR SELECTING THAT DAY?
A: THE TIME CHANGE HAD ALREADY OCCURRED, and that was one thing. BOB WANTED IT to be DARK when he went INTO the house (at 4:00 pm) so no one could tell it was him
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 268-269, lines 25-5.
Q: 4:00 OCLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON -- THEN ITS DAYLIGHT, IS IT NOT?
A: YES.
Q: And WHEN YOU DROPPED HIM (Bob) OFF (at house), YOU COULD SEE CLEARLY, COULDNT YOU?
A: YES. THERE WAS DAYLIGHT.
NUMBER 59
WHAT TIME DID JARED ALTHAUS DROP BOB COULSON OFF?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 265-266, lines 23-20.
Q: Well, did it ever dawn on you guys that between the house -- ACCORDING TO YOU (Jared), YOU GO OVER THERE (crime scene) AROUND 4:00 OCLOCK. Correct?
A: CORRECT.
Q: And youre (Jared) telling us that YOU DROPPED BOB OFF AT A LOCATION NEAR WESTVIEW (crime scene is on Westview) AT 4:00 OCLOCK, at kind of the height of all the traffic going through this region is what youre telling us?
A: I DROPPED HIM OFF on a side street, not on Westview.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 166, lines 1-7.
Q: Okay, okay. Approximately. Im sorry. Approximately a block away (from the crime scene), AT APPROXIMATELY WHAT TIME?
A: As far as I can remember APPROXIMATELY 4:30.
Q: 4:30. And your (Jared) supposed to pick me up (Bob) around what time?
A: 6:00 oclock
NUMBER 60
DID ROOFERS SEE ANYBODY WALKING TOWARDS THE HOUSE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 124, lines 21-23.
A: THE ROOFERS, FROM WHAT I (Jared) CAN REMEMBER FROM THE -- WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS, THE POLICE SAID THAT THE ROOFERS SAW SOMEBODY WALKING TOWARDS THE HOUSE.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.072, sixth and eighth paragraph.
Sgt. asked Toby if he had seen or witness anything the day of the and Pete were CLEANING MRS. HERRING ROOF. TOBY SAID NO, THAT HE DID NOT SEE ANYONE AROUND THE ENIGHBORS HOUSE OR SEE ANYONE ENTER THE HOUSE. SGT. ASKED TOBY IF HE EVER SAW ANYONE AROUND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND AGAIN TOBY SAID NO. TOBY CLAIMED HE DID NOT WITNESS, SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING.
NUMBER 61
DID BOB COULSON TELL JARED ALTHAUS THAT HE HAD SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT GOING THROUGH WITH THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 62, lines 19-21.
Q: DID he (BOB) TELL YOU WHETHER HE had EVER HAD ANY SECOND THOUGHT ABOUT GOING THROUGH WITH it (THE MURDERS)?
A: No, sir.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 106-107, lines 21-2.
Q: did he (BOB) -- WAS THERE ANY INDICATION that HE MIGHT NOT HAVE GONE THROUGH WITH it (THE MURDERS) ?
A: YES. HE SAID that ONCE HE FIRST GOT IN THE HOUSE that HE ALMOST DIDNT GO THROUGH WITH IT, but then he DECIDED THAT HE HAD TO.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 165, lines 6-16.
Q: Did you (Jared) tell the jury that he (Bob) indicated to you or that he hesitated or had some second thought about whether or not he should go through with the plan?
A: Yes, I did.
Q: And what were his words after -- or his words following that conversation? What did he say about that?
A: HE SAID THAT HE HESITATED AT FIRST, BUT HE SAID ONCE HE STARTED, HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO KILL THEM ALL.
NUMBER 62
WAS THERE A PLAN IF SOMEONE SAW BOB COULSON LEAVING THE CRIME SCENE, HEADING TOWARDS THE PICK UP SPOT?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 65, lines 11-17.
Q: WAS THERE A PLAN IF SOMEONE SAW me (BOB) RUNNING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD CARRYING A BACKPACK AND CROW BAR AND GAS CAN and all these items TO WHERE YOURE (Jared) SAYING YO PICKED ME UP at 6:00ish?
A: IT WAS YOUR PLAN TO WEAR THE SKI MASK AND HAT AND BE IN DARK CLOTHES, NO ONE WOULD RECOGNIZE YOU.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 312, lines 1-10.
Q: Mr. Skelton asked you (Jared) if anyone saw BOB Coulson LEAVE THE HOUSE after he killed his parents. Do you know in fact whether anyone saw him or not?
A: Not to my knowledge.
Q: Okay. WHAT WAS HIS PLAN IF SOMEONE WOULD SEE HIM?
A: THAT NEVER CAME UP.
NUMBER 63
WAS THE SKI MASK GOING TO BE USED IN THE HOUSE DURING THE MURDERS OR FOR THE RUN TO PICK UP POINT?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 28, lines 23.
A: He (BOB) WAS GOING TO WEAR THE SKI MASK WHEN HE ELFT THE HOUSE SO NO ONE WOULD SEE IT WAS HIM LEAVING.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 180, lines 16-22.
Q: DID the defendant (BOB) ever INDICATE WHETHER or not HE ACTUALLY USED the gloves and/or THE SKI MASK?
A: He (Bob) said no, that he didnt, BECAUSE IF HE WORE THE SKI MASK or the gloves THAT IT MIGHT THROW OFF TO HIS FAMILY THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING ON, so he never used them.
NUMBER 64
HOW DID BOB COULSON GET MARY COULSON OUT TO THE GARAGE BEDROOM?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 107, lines 5-10.
A: He (Bob) told me (Jared) first the he had told his father that he had to talk to his mother about something, and he told his father not to come in the bedroom. Then HE TOOK HIS MOTHER INTO THE SPARE BEDROOM that his father had built.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 48, lines 23-2.
A: He (Bob) told me (Jared) that he went in the house and that Sarah was in her bedroom and that his mom and dad were in the den and HE CALLED HIS MOM INTO THE BACKROOM. Part of the garage his dad had made a little bedroom out of.
NUMBER 65
WHAT DID BOB COULSON TELL MARY COULSON HE NEEDED TO TALK TO HER ABOUT IN THE GARAGE ROOM?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 15, page 53, lines 5-12.
Q: When you were on the stand earlier, you testified that I (Bob) tried to get MY MOM to go INTO THE GARAGE ROOM BY TELLING HER I HAD TO GIVE HER A PRESENT, is that correct, something about CHRISTMAS COMING UP and you said something like that?
A: I THINK SO. Thats what you -- I THINK THATS WHAT I REMEMBER YOU TELLING ME, YES.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 108, lines 2-9.
Q: And he (BOB) said he ASKED HIS MOTHER (MARY COULSON) IN THAT AREA (GARAGE ROOM) ?
A: YES, he did.
Q: Was there any -- DID HE TELL HER WHY HE WANTED HER?
A: HE just SAID HE HAD SOMETHING TO TELL HER ABOUT THE BUSINESS that he wanted to go into, A SURPRISE.
NUMBER 66
HOW MUCH OF A STRUGGLE DID BOB COULSON HAVE SUBDUING MARY COULSON?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 50, lines 18-22.
A: He (Bob) said that SHE (Bobs mother) FOUGHT THE HARDEST.
Q: The hardest?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: OF ALL OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY?
A: YES, sir.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 277, lines 4-5.
A: that he (Bob) HAD A LITTLE STRUGGLE WITH HER (Bobs mother)
NUMBER 67
DID MARY COULSON SAY ANYTHING TO BOB COULSON DURING THE STRUGGLE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 63, lines 10-12.
Q: DID he (BOB) ever TELL YOU ANYTHING HIS MOTHER SAID TO HIM WHILE THE STRUGGLE WAS GOING ON?
A: Other than you know that she fought, NO sir.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 108, lines 11-19.
Q: Now did he tell you what happened when he got his mother (MARY COULSON) into the room?
A: Yes, he did.
Q: What did he say happened?
A: He told me that he first TRIED TO IMMOBILIZE HER with the use of the stun gun and that it didnt work. And SHE turned around and SAID turned around and SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
NUMBER 68
WAS MARY COULSON SUFFOCATED WITH A PILLOW?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 50, lines 11-12.
A: HE (Bob) HAD TO USE THE PILLOW ON HER (Bobs mother) that was ON THE BED, PUT IT OVER HER FACE, SUFFOCATE HER.
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SEE: BRAD RUDOPLHS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (Homicide sergeant). Volume 42, page 30, lines 10-20.
Q: Okay. IN THE SMALL ROOM WEHRE YOU FOUND the remains of the person you later knew as MARY and Otis Coulson, COULD YOU TELL, after looking at the debris there, WHETHER or not THERE HAD BEEN ANY PILLOWS IN THE ROOM or was it simply just to tough to tell with all the debris that was there?
A: It appeared that that room was probably the origin of the fire, extensive fire damage to that room, and I DID NOT NOTE ANY PILLOW.
NUMBER 69
WAS THERE A PLASTIC BAG PUT OVER MARY COULSONS HEAR?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 109, lines 5-23.
Q: Did he (Bob) indicate whether his MOTHER (Mary Coulson) struggled at all?
A: Yes. HE PUT THE TRASH COMPACTOR BAGES OVER HER HEAD, zip-corded it and bound and hands and feet and put duct around their mouths.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.048, middle paragraph.
There was NO SIGNS of a PLASTIC BAG BEING PLACED OVER MRS. COULSON(S) HEAD.
NUMBER 70
DID BOB COULSON TELL JARED ALTHAUS HOW A BAG WAS SECURED OVER MARY COULSONS HEAD?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 51, lines 8-10.
Q: Did he (Bob) tell you whether he TAPED IT (bag) AROUND HER (Mary Coulson) NECK?
A: NO, sir. HE DIDNT TELL ME.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #2, Statement of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus). Sworn to and dated November 17, 1992. Page 2, bottom 2 lines.
BOB TOLD ME he placed the white plastic compactor BAGS over ALL THEIR HEADS, SECURING IT WITH DUCT TAPE.
NUMBER 71
WAS DUCT TAPE OR A ZIP CORD USED TO SECURE A PLSTIC BAG AROUND MARY COULSONS NECK?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 50-51, lines 11-2.
A: He (BOB) HAD TO USE A PILLOW ON her (MARY COULSON) that was on the bed, put it over her face, suffocated her.
Page 50-51, lines 25-2.
A: He put the zip cords around her legs, around her hands and HE PUT A PLASTIC BAG OVER HER HEAD and SEALED IT OFF WITH DUCT TAPE.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 109, lines 13-21.
A: He (BOB) ended up having to PUT A PILLOW OVER her (MARY COULSON) face and smother her.
A: HE PUT THE TRASH COMPACTOR BAGS OVER HER HEAD, ZIP-CORDED IT.
NUMBER 72
WAS OTIS COULSON SUBDUED IN THE HALLWAY OR IN THE SAME ROOM AS MARY COULSON?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 51, lines 16-21.
Q: How did he (Bob) subdue his father (Otis Coulson)?
A: In the same manner. HE TOLD ME he brought him in that room, GOT HIM IN THE HALLWAY. THATS WERE HE SUBDUED HIS FATHER.
Q: IN THE HALLWAY TO THE BACKBEDROOM (Where Mary Coulson was found) ?
A: YES, sir.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.008, fourth and fifth and sixth full paragraph.
LAYING ON THE FLOOR parallel to and along the twin size bed was the BODY OF A large FEMALE THERE WAS ANOTHER BODY LAYING ON THE FLOOR IN THE ROOM against the chest along the east wall. This was the body of A WHITE MALE. HE WAS LAYING WITH HIS HEAD POINTED TOWARDS THE NORTH and HIS FEET TOWARD THE SOUTH THE MALE WAS tentatively IDENTIFIED AS OTIS COULSON FROM PAPERS IN found in HIS BILLFOLD.
NUMBER 73
WERE PLASTIC TWIST TIES OR DUCT TAPE USED TO BIND OTIS COULSONS HANDS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 51-52, lines 25-4.
Q: HOW DID he (BOB) IMMOBILIZE HIS FATHER?
A: The same way
Q: Twist ties around the hands?
A: TWIST TIES AROUND THE HANDS, around the feet, plastic bag over the head.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.048, first paragraph
MR. COULSONS (Otis) HANDS had been BOUND BEHIND HIS BACK with DUCT TAPE.
NUMBER 74
DID HARED ALTHAUS WILLFULLY AND INTENIONALLY CAUSE THE DEATH OF OTIS BULLARD COULSON?
SEE: EXHIBIT #3, Defendants (Jared Althaus) Original Answer to Plaintiffs Request for Admissions. Sworn to and dated on May 10, 1995. Page 3, number 6.
Request for Admission No. 6: On November 17, 1992, you along with ROBERT OTIS COULSON, WILFULLY, INTENTIONIALLY, and with premeditation, caused the death of OTIS BULLARD COULSON.
A: DENY
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 15, page 124, lines 16-19.
Q: Did you aid and abet Robert Otis Coulson in WILLFULLY or INTENTIONALLY murdering Otis Bullard Coulson?
A: Yes.
NUMBER 75
WAS OTIS BULLARD COULSONS DEATH PROXIMATELY CUASE BY JARED ALTHAUSS WRONGFUL ACTS?
SEE: EXHIBIT #3 Defendants (Jared Althaus) Original Answer to Plaintiffs Request for Admissions. Sworn to and dated on May 10, 1995. Page 3, number 7.
Request for Admissions No 7: OTIS BULLARD COULSONS death on November 13, 1992 was proximately CAUSED BY YOUR WRONGFUL ACTS and the wrongful acts of ROBERT OTIS COULSON.
A: DENY
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 15, page 124, lines 16-19.
Q: Did you aid and abet Robert Otis Coulson in WILLFULLY or INTENTIONALLY murdering OTIS BULLARD COULSON?
A: Yes.
NUMBER 76
WAS SARAH COULSON BEDRIDDEN?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 53-54, lines 23-3.
Q: Did he (Bob) say anything about whether or not SARAH HAD A BROKEN LEG?
A: YES, sir. SHE DID
Q: What did he say about that?
A: That SHE WAS BEDRIDDEN, thats why SHE WAS IN HER ROOM; so, SHE NEVER CAME OUT.
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SEE: DAWN CEBYAS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (Sarahs roommate). Volume 40, page 141-142, lines 5-3.
A: I dont know if you call it a walking cast or you just brace on her (SARAH) foot. She broken her foot.
Q: The baby (Sarahs) was born October 27th. I think that was a Tuesday.
A: Yes
Q: She was still recuperating the Friday following the Tuesday?
A: Yes.
Q: The FRIDAY (PRIOR TO THE MURDERS, THE 6TH) AFTER THAT, DO YOU KNOW IF SHE WENT UP TO BRYAN, COLLEGE STATION?
A: YES.
Q: So the next Friday that SHE WAS HOME was the night that she was murdered? (November 13th
A: Yes.
NUMBER 77
DID SARAH COULSON PUT UP A FIGHT?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 53, lines 16-18.
A: He (Bob) said that SHE (Bobs sister Sarah) JUST SAT THERE and just let him do what he had to do. She DIDNT FIGHT. She DIDNT STRUGGLE.
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SEE: DR. TOMMY BROWNS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (Coroners office) Volume 37, page 210, lines 6-9
A: SHE (Bobs sister Sarah) also HAD a finding of A FOUR-INCH CUTTING WOULD ALONG THE LATERAL LEFT THIGH, she also had some CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS ON THE TOPE OF HER RIGHT FOOT.
NUMBER 78
DID BOB COULSON SAY ANYTHING TO SARAH COULSON?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 53, lines 9-22.
Q: And WHAT DID HE (Bob) TELL YOU ABOUT SARAH and how he killed her?
Q: DID HE (Bob) SAY ANYTHING TO HER that you recall?
A: NO, sir
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 111, lines 13-24.
A: HE (Bob) WENT TO SARAHS BEDROOM
A: HE SAID that HE NEEDED TO DO THIS, HE NEEDED SOME MONEY, and THAT NOTHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
A: HE just KEPT SAYING, JUST BECAUSE. JUST BECAUSE.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 167, lines 21-25.
A: SARAH said that -- told Bob thank you for waiting until she had her baby.
Q: And WHAT DID HE SAY IN RESPONSE TO THAT, if anything?
A: HE SAID THAT HE LOVED HER.
NUMBER 79
DID SARAH COULSON SAY ANYTHING TO BOB COULSON?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 53, lines 9-20.
Q: And WHAT DID HE (Bob) TELL YOU ABOUT SARAH and how he killed her?
Q: DID SHE SAY ANTYHING TO HIM?
A: NOT THAT I KNOW OF.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 111, lines 13-24.
A: HE (Bob) WENT TO SARAHS BEDROOM
A: SHE KEPT ASKING WHAT HE WAS DOING
A: And SHE KEPT ASKING HIM WHY
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 167, lines 17-22.
Q: WAS THERE ANY MENTION to you by Mr. Coulson (Bob) OF ANYTHING that SARAH SAID about the baby.
A: YES. SARAH SAID that -- TOLD BOB THANK YOU FOR WAITING UNTIL SHE HAD HER BABY.
NUMBER 80
WAS SARAH COULSON DEAD WHEN RICK AND ROBIN WENTWORTH ARRIVED AT THE HOUSE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 283-284, lines 23-2.
Q: House is quiet, ACCORDING TO YOU (Jared). SARAH -- IS SHE DYING or DEAD AT THIS POINT? DO YOU KNOW?
A: I DONT HAVE ANY IDEA
Q: And that HE WALKS these two people RICK AND ROBIN WENTWORTH) back here TO THIS BACK ROOM under what guise, according to you?
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 15, page 60, lines 13-18.
Q: ACCORDING TO YOUR TESTIMONY AT THE TIME THAT RICK AND ROBIN ARRIVE here at 4:45, MY (Bob) mother and father and LITTLE SISTER, SARAH, ARE DEAD, CORRECT about 4:45?
A: THATS WHAT YOU SAID, YES.
NUMBER 81
DID RICK WENTWORTH JIMMY OPEN THE LOCKED SCREEN DOOR OR DID BOB COULSON UNLOCK IT?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 54-55, lines 25-10.
A: He (Bob) said, while he was in there with Sarah, ROBIN AND RICK had just TRIED TO COME IN THROUGH THE door, FRONT. But HE HAD LOCKED THE SCREEN SO THEY COULDNT GET IN.
Q: He had locked the screen on his parents home?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: All right. Did he tell you if that created a problem?
A: Gave him some more time. CREATED A PROBLEM FOR THEM GETTING IN so BOB HAD TO go UNLOCK THE SCREEN DOOR.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 113-114, lines 24-8.
A: He (Bob) was still in the room with Sarah, and HE HEARD RICK AND ROBIN AT THE door (FRONT DOOR).
Q: Okay. What did he say that he did then?
A: He said that he hurried and finished with Sarah and then closed the door (to the bedroom). And HE SAID BY THE TIME HE GOT OUT OF THERE (FRONT DOOR), RICK HAD already JIMMIED THE SCREEN DOOR that he had locked, and they (RICK AND ROBIN) WERE ALREADY IN THE HOUSE.
NUMBER 82
WHAT DID BOB COULSON TELL ROBIN AND RICK WENTWORTH HE NEEDED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IN THE BACK BEDROOM?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 55, lines 17-19.
A: He (Bob) told them -- told me, that HE TOLD THEM that HE had taken them (Rick and Robin) into the back bedroom NEEDED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT PRESENTS FOR HIS FAMILY.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 284, lines 6-10.
A: According to what Bob told me; that HE HAD A SURPRISE BACK THERE FOR THEM (RICK AND ROBIN). HE HAD TO TELL THEM ABOUT HIS BUSINESS, and needed for them to go to the back bedroom.
NUMBER 83
DID BOB COULSON TELL JARED ALTHAUS THAT RICK AND ROBIN WENTWORTH HAD SAID ANYTHING IN THE HOUSE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 114-115, lines 13-10.
A: He (BOB) MENTIONED that he had already unplugged the phone. And WHEN RICK AND ROBIN GOT THERE, Robin saw that the phone was unplugged, and she plugged it back in. And then the almost immediately THE PHONE RANG.
Q: Did he say WHO IT WAS THAT CALLED?
A: HE SAID that IT WAS SARAHS (Bobs sister) ROOMATE. I dont recall her names. DAWN CEYBA.
Q: And WHO DID HE SAY ANSWERED THE TELEPHONE?
A: THAT Robin or ROBIN DID.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 63, lines 17-20.
Q: Or Robin and Rick, DID he (BOB) EVER SAY ANYTHING QUOTTIN GTHEM ABOUT WHAT THEY SAID DURING ALL THIS
A: NO, sir.
NUMBER 84
WERE RICK AND ROBIN WENTWORTH TOLD TO GET ON THE GROUND OR WERE THEY TOLD TO GET ON THEIR KNEWWS FACING DIRRERENT DIRECTIONS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 115, lines 22-23.
A: He (BOB) SAID HE pulled the pistol and, TOLD THEM (Rick and Robin) TO GET ON THE GROUND.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 56, lines 13-15.
A: He (BOB) SAID HE pulled the gun and pointed it on them, TOLD THEM (Rick and Robin) TO GET ON THEIR KNEES FACING DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
NUMBER 85
WAS RICK WENTWORTH TOLD TO GET ON THE GROUND OR TO LAY ON THE BED?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 115, lines 22-23.
A: He (BOB) SAID HE pulled the pistol and, TOLD THEM (Rick and Robin) TO GET ON THE GROUND.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.007, last paragraph.
LAYING CROSSWISE ON THE TOP OF THE BED WAS THE BODY OF A WHITE MALE. The mans hands were tied behind his back and his legs were also bound.. THIS BODY WAS tentatively IDENTIFIED AS BEING RICHARD WENTWORTH FROM HIS BILLFOLM IN HIS left read pants POCKET.
NUMBER 86
WAS THE CROWBAR USED TO HIT RICK AND ROBIN WENTWORHT?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 56, lines 23-25.
Q: Why did he (Bob) use the crowbar (2 to 3 feet long according to testimony) for?
A: TO HIT ROBIN AND RICK IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
Q: IS THAT WHERE THE BLOOD CAME FROM?
A: YES, sir, I assume so.
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SEE: BETH HALLINGS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (crime scene investigator). Volume 37, page 168-169, lines 24-5.
Q: So could you tell whether or not the trauma was so great it would cause any of these blood spatterings?
A: I DID NOT OBSERVE ANY BLOOD SPATTERING.
Q: So as far as you know, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF THAT? (blood spattering)
A: THATS CORRECT.
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SEE: EXHIBITY #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.143, middle of the page.
On November 25, 1992 the following items were retrieved from the property room:
Multi color ski mask
Blue cap
Grey back pack
Sweat shirt
CROW BAR
An analysis of the above listed items revealed:
NO BLOOD WAS DETECTED ON ANY OF THE ITEMS ANALYSED.
NUMBER 87
DID BOB COULSON TELL JARED ALTHAUS WHETHER HE PUT BAGS ON ROBIN AND RICK WENTWORTH?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 57, lines 4-8.
Q: if he (Bob) used the crowbar on ROBIN AND RICK, DID HE TELL YOU then that HE DIDNT USE THE PLASTIC BAGS and zip locks?
A: HE DIDNT TELL ME FOR USRE IF HE USED THEM or HE DIDNT USE THEM.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 117, lines 13-21.
Q: After these two people (RICK AND ROBIN) were immobilized with the crowbar, DID HE (Bob) MENTION WHETHER OR NOT HE ALSO PUT BAGS ON THEM?
A: YEAH. HE MENTIONED HE DID THAT. I dont recall if he had done that prior to hitting them with the crowbar or after the fact, but HE SAID HE had bound and gagged and PUT TRASH COMPACTOR BAGS ON EVERYBODY.
NUMBER 88
WERE BAGS CUT OFF THE BODIES AFTER THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 151, lines 9-12.
A: But you (Bob) said that when you got in the car there was a problem, didnt go the way, that YOU COULDNT GO BACK AND TAKE THE BAGES OFF THEIR HEADS.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #2, Statement of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus). Sworn to and dated on November 17, 1992. Page 3, middle
and THREW the zip cords and PLASTIC COMPACTOR BAGS THAT BOB HAD CUT OFF THE BODIES AFTER THEY SUFFOCATED, INSIDE THE DUMPSTER.
NUMBER 89
WHY DID BOB COULSON SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 57, lines 10-12.
A: His (Bob) plan was to pour gasoline all over the house, set the house on fire TO TRY AND COVER UP THE EVIDENCE
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 119, lines 12-19.
Q: Okay. So is that what the gasoline was for?
A: The gasoline was for that and TO BURN THE WHOLE HOUSE DOWN because Bob figured that the house -- that EVERYTHING WAS WORTH MORE MONEY TO HIM GONE than -- THAN BEING THERE. HE DIDNT WANT ANY OF THE REMAINS FROM THE HOUSE.
NUMBER 90
HOW WAS THE GASOLINE POURED IN THE HOUSE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, pages and lines are listed below.
Pages 292-293, lines 15-2
Q: So what your (Jared) version of this is: The GASOLINE WAS POURED on these bodies (GARAGE BEDROOM), that he (BOB) LEFT THESE BODIES TO WALK THROUGH THE HOUSE or run through the house, stop AND POUR GASOLINE over here (FIRST BEDROOM). And then in the meantime, fumes arising off of this (bodies in the garage bedroom)
A: Thats what he told me, YES.
Q: THEN HE RUNS OVER AND POURS GASOLINE on these folks (MASTER BEDROOM) back over here. Is that correct?
A: Thats what he told me, YES.
Page 294-295, lines 24-22
Q: And THEN, I guess what youre telling us that occurred is that THIS HOT WATER HEATER right here (IN HALLWAY OUTSIDE GARAGE BEDROOM) SET OFF THE GASOLINE FUMES (IN THE GARAGE BEDROOM). Is that correct?
A: Thats what he said, YES.
A: HE SAID that the fume -- WHEN HE CAME BACK TO THE room (GARAGE BEDROOM) THAT the fumes were already -- THE GASOLINE HAD ALREADY IGNITED.
Q: I see. And THEN at that point, HE HAD TIME TO RUN over here (OTHER BEDROOMS). Is that correct? PUT MATCHES AND IGNITE these bodies (FIRST BEDROOM) AND IGNITE these bodies (MASTER BEDROOM), according to you?
A: Thats what he told me, YES.
Q: And leaves the house?
A: Correct.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 57-58, lines 22-3.
Q: WHAT DID he (BOB) TELL YOU (Jared) HE HAD TO DO WHEN THE GASOLINE (IN THE GARAGE BEDROOM) IGNISTED UNEXPECTEDLY?
A: He had to hurry up and get out of the house.
Q: WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER BODIES IN THE OTHER ROOMS, DID HE TELL YOU WHETHER HE PUT GAS ON THEM?
A: Yes, sir. HE WENT AND PUT GASOLINE ON THEM SPECIFICALLY AND THEN LIT THEM WITH MATCHES.
Q: And fled?
A: Yes, sir.
NUMBER 91
DID THE HOT WATER HEATER IGNITE THE GAS FUMES AND START A FIRE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 57, lines 12-13.
A: And WHILE HE (Bob) WAS POURING GAS, the HOT WATER HEATER IGNITED IT OFF THE FUMES.
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SEE: WILLIAM SAMMONS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (arson investigator). Volume 37, page 101, lines 1-2
A: NO. THE HOT WATER HEATER DIDNT CAUSE THE FIRE.
NUMBER 92
WERE MATCHES USED TO START ANY OF THE FIRES IN THE HOUSE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 58, lines 2-3.
A: Yes, sir. He (Bob) went and put gasoline on them (victims) specifically AND THEN LIT THEM WITH MATCHES.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. PAGE 2.013, third paragraph.
ARSON INVESTIGATORS re-searched the scene on Saturday 11-14-92 BUT WERE UABLE TO LOCATE ANY TYPE OF MATCH or lighter used to start the fires.
NUMBER 93
WHEN BOB COULSON LEFT THE HOUSE BURNING?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 57-58, lines 22-5.
Q: What did he (Bob) tell you he had to do when the GASOLINE IGNITED UNEXPECTEDLY?
A: HE HAD TO HURRY UP and GET OUT OF THE HOUSE.
Q: What about THE OTHER BODIES IN THE OTHER ROOMS, DID HE tell you whether he PUT GAS ON THEM?
A: Yes, sir. HE WENT and PUT GASOLINE ON THEM SPECIFICALLY and THEN LIT THEM WITH MATCHES.
Q: And FLED?
A: YES, sir.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 272, lines 18-24.
Q: And nobody -- and he (Bob) didnt express a concern and you didnt express a concern THAT IT WOULD LOOK RATHER CONSPICUOUS to be LEAVING A HOUSE THATS BURNING carrying a gas can?
A: HE TOLD ME that IT WASNT BURNING WHEN HE LEFT.
NUMBER 94
WHAT LIGHT(S) DID BOB COULSON TURN OFF?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 273, lines 6-9.
A: He (Bob) said it was dark enough, and HE HAD also TURNED OUT THE LIGHT ON THE FRONT OF HIS PARENTS HOUSE so NO ONE WOULD SEE HIM COMING OUT.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 58, lines 8-10.
A: HE (Bob) TURNED ALL THE LIGHTS OFF and WENT OUT THE FRONT DOOR or THE BACK DOOR. Im not sure which one.
NUMBER 95
HOW MANY LIGHTS DID BOB COULSON TURN OFF?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 273, lines 6-9.
A: He (Bob) said it was dark enough, and HE had also TURNED OUT THE LIGHT ON THE FRONT OF HIS PARENTSS HOUSE so no one would see him coming out.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 58, lines 8-10.
A: HE (Bob) TURNED ALL THE LIGHTS OFF and went out the FRONT door or the BACK door. Im not sure which one
NUMBER 96
WHAT DOOR DID BOB COULSON LEAVE THROUGH?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 273, lines 6-9.
A: He (Bob said it was dark enough, and HE HAD ALSO TURNED OUT THE LIGHT ON THE FRONT of his parents house SO NO ONE WOULD SEE HIM COMING OUT.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 58, lines 8-10.
A: HE (Bob) tuned all the lights off and WENT OUT THE FRONT DOOR or THE BACK DOOR. IM NOT SURE WHICH ONE
NUMBER 97
WERE THE FOUR OR FIVE STREETS TO THE PICK UP POINT DARK?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 169, lines 6-19.
Q: Thank you. Is this -- THESE FOUR OR FIVE STREETS THAT YOURE (Jared) TALKING ABOUT BETWEEN MY (Bob) PARENTS HOUSE and WHERE YOURE SAYING I WAS PICKED UP, at any time or in this planning that youre talking about, did I go to my parents house and run this distance to see how long it might take or what housed I might pass or anything like that.
A: No. To my knowledge ALL YOU SAID, IT WAS DARK DOWN WHERE THAT WAS and no one would see you the way you were dressed.
Q: THOSE FOUR OR FIVE STREETS YOURE SAYING WAS DARK?
A: CORRECT
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 273, lines 15-21.
Q: Well, I mean, THATS A FAIRLY WELL DENSELY-POPULATED AREA. THERES A LOT OF HOUSES AROUND THERE. Isnt that correct?
A: THERES HOUSES. BUT ITS NOT VERY WELL LIT.
Q: NO STREET LIGHTS OUT THERE?
A: A FEW.
NUMBER 98
WHAT TIME DID JARED ALTHAUS PICK BOB COULSON UP?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 15, page 56, lines 16-18.
A: YOU (BOB) TOLD ME TO PICK YOU UP AT 6:00.
Q: So, 6:00 OCLOCK?
A: CORRECT.
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SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 43, lines 14-19.
A: I PICKED HIM (BOB) UP approximately two, three blocks away on a dark side street by the elementary school.
Q: WHAT TIME OF NIGHT?
A: I WOULD SAY approximately 7:00 OCLOCK -- 6:00, 6:30.
NUMBER 99
DID JARED ALTHAUS CIRCLE THE BLOCK WAITING FOR BOB COULSON?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 99, lines 4-6.
A: I (Jared) CIRCLED -- went DOWN TO BUNKER HILL and CAME AROUND OLD KATY (road) and went BACK UP Wirt Road, WHITTE AGAIN, and CIRCLED (the block) THREE TIMES.
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.089-2.090, second to last sentence on the first page and the first sentence on the second page.
Althaus (Jared) state that HE HAD DRIVEN BACK AND FORTH ON PINE LAKE SEVERAL TIME(S) before spotting Coulson (Bob) Althaus further stated that prior to picking up suspect Coulson HE had TURNED INTO A DRIVEWAY of Daniel Industries (office building) THAT LEADS ONTO PINE LAKE.
NUMBER 100
DID JARED ALTHAUS NEARLY GET INTO A WRECK WAITING FOR BOB COULSON?
SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.089-2.090, second to last sentence on the first page and the first sentence on the second page.
Althaus further stated that prior to picking up suspect Coulson HE had TURNED INTO A DRIVEWAY of Daniel Industries (office building) that leads onto Pine Lake. Althaus stated that WHEN HE TURNED INTO THE DRIVEWAY there had been A DARK COLORED CAR TRYING TO PULL OUT and that HE HAD BEEN FORCED TO BACK UP TO ALLOW THE CAR TO EXIT the driveway
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SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.108, last paragraph, second to last sentence.
Shiply and Brown (officers) WENT TO the business (DANIEL INDUSTRIES) TO SEE IF ANY EMPLOYEES WERE INVOLVED IN THE NEAR WRECK DESCRIBED BY JARED. THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY PERSON WHO REMEMBERED THIS INCIDENT
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