Interview 4, 9:24 am
Jessica Blaire, 16, Centerscore Police Precinct
Interrogation Room 4, Detective Cook
DC: Jessica, are you aware that anything you say can and will be used to prosecute you in a court of law?
JB: Yes.
DC: Okay, so let's begin with what happened that night. Would you mind giving me a summary?
JB: It was me, Amanda, Sam, Zoe, and Maria, and then Howard, Hector, Colt, Jacob, and Ben came later. We were all just hanging out, doing whatever, and the guys left after like an hour. So like around 12 Amanda asks us again if we wanted snacks. She had been like really weird all night and she kept asking us. We finally said yes and she insisted on getting them herself. She didn't come back after like half an hour, so we went to investigate. No snacks were out and she was gone.
DC: I see. Were any windows cracked or did anything else look suspicious?
JB: Not really. It didn't look like anyone had been there. The door was closed and so were the windows.
DC: Okay. Now Jessica, is there any possibility that Amanda could have run away?
JB: Well I mean, there's a possibility, but it doesn't seem likely. Why would she run away?
DC: That's what we're trying to figure out. Now you said that there was a possibility. Why is that?
JB: Well normally, I wouldn't think that she would run away, but that night she was all weird and fidgety and stuff, I think everyone noticed it. I just don't know though.
DC: Okay that's fine. Let me ask you something else. What kinds of games did you guys play that night? Maybe a little truth or dare?
JB: Well duh, it's a sleepover. Who doesn't play truth or dare?
DC: That's what I thought. Did Amanda participate in this game of truth or dare?
JB: Everyone did.
DC: Okay, and if you can remember, what kinds of things was she dared to do, or what truth did she have to tell?
JB: Um, I don't really remember everything, but I do remember this one dare Jacob gave her. She had to yell out the window something…well, something really inappropriate.
DC: And how did she react? Did she do it?
JB: At first she was like really resistant, she kept making excuses about the neighbors waking up and stuff. But Jacob and Colt and Howard kept pestering her that it was a dare. I could see that she was getting really upset, like nervous even, she was sweating. I guess Hector saw too because he got them to stop and let someone else go. I don't think anyone else really remembers it or thinks too much of it, but I remember her just looking terrified.
DC: That's interesting. Thank you Jessica, that's all we'll be needing from you. Mind sending in Jacob Williams?
JC: Sure, I guess.
End of Interview 4, 9:48
Jessica Blaire, 16, Centerscore Police Precinct
Interrogation Room 4, Detective Cook