"Detective when we spoke to your wife yesterday she told us that initially you didn't tell her that Miss Morgan was following your or about the phone calls."
"No I didn't." Danny agreed.
"Would you care to explain why?"
"She went through enough last year and I honestly didn't think Jenna was dangerous just annoying."
"Would you care to elaborate?"
"I know she told you a serial killer dosed her with Rohypnol and she lost a day then he started sending her letters in the mail and a bomb which only didn't go off in her face because of a lose wire. I didn't think she needed to deal with it. Jenna already said something to her when she called the apartment the first time. The people we work with knew who Jenna was so they made sure she stayed away from her."
"But you had to tell her after you filed for the restraining order." Stackhouse prompted.
"Yes. But I didn't tell her everything she went and found out herself."
"She went and found out herself?"
"She's a cop she can get a copy of a request for a restraining order and get a DA to let her see the supporting evidence." Danny pointed out.
"What made you decide to file for the restraining order?"
"At first she was just turning up at crime scenes either of us were at, and then she started calling my cell phone and filling up the voice mail even though I blocked her number. She called the lab and left messages for me and then she called the apartment and the messages started to get more directed at Lindsay and the last one made me file for the restraining order."
"I've heard the tape, why didn't you just have her arrested for making threats?"
"I was hoping the restraining order would get her to back off." Danny admitted. "But I guess I knew she'd break it and it was a legitimate reason for having her arrested. I didn't think she'd have a gun."
"When did you first meet Miss Morgan?" Stackhouse asked.
"About three and a half years ago. I was in a bar with some friends of mine and it was busy. Jenna ran into me and spilt her drink all over me. She apologised and I bought her another drink. We got talking. She seemed nice enough; stupidly I gave her my number. We went out a couple of times but something didn't seem right so I told her I didn't think it would work out and that I was swamped at work."
"What did she do that brought on the first restraining order you filed for against her?"
"She started calling at all hours, I changed my number but she kept calling. The she bought a police scanner and started showing up at crime scenes and outside the lab. Then one day I was stood outside the lab with Stella."
"Stella?" Stackhouse prompted.
"Detective Bonasera." Danny supplied. "We were talking about where to go for lunch I think and Jenna walked up and threw a bottle of water in Stella's face and called her a whore. She made other derogatory remarks. I filed for the TRO that afternoon. It worked for about three days after she was served and then she showed up outside the lab and made a huge scene. I called it in to get some uniforms to pick her up but she took off. Since there were witnesses they issued a warrant for her arrest. They went to her parents' house to pick her up but they had sent her to a mental hospital in New Jersey."
"So you asked them to drop the warrant?"
"I thought if she was getting help that was the end of it and I didn't think it was worth wasting more taxpayer dollars having her picked up for fleeing the jurisdiction and prosecuted. The ADA who was on the case agreed. I didn't think anything of it until she called."
"Did you think she was violent?"
"No. Not really but then she had a gun. I don't know what I would have done if she'd done something to Lindsay."
"Do you believe she would have?" Stackhouse asked.
"The woman is a deranged stalker; I don't know what she's capable of." Danny told him. "My wife is the best person I know. My whole perspective on life changed the day I met her. I honestly never planned on getting married but I guess sometimes you meet someone you know is the right person and you have to be with them."
"How long have you been married?"
"We got married December 27th." Danny replied.
"Two days after Christmas."
"We were only engaged for 20 hours." Danny explained. "I'd been waiting for the serial killer to get caught and carrying the ring around for over a month waiting for the right moment. When Mac, Detective Taylor, called and told us he was dead it seemed like a good time. We'd gone to Montana for Christmas to see her family and it seem liked a good idea to do it for we came back to New York. Lindsay's family lives all over the country but they were all there for the holiday. Her brother and his wife and kids live in Montana, her sister and her fiancé live and work in Boston and her other brother, his wife and their five kids live in Indiana when he's not travelling for work."
"Let's talk more about the incident that led to Miss Morgan's arrest shall we…" Stackhouse prompted.
TBC
