Innocent Until Interrogated: The True Story of the Buddhist Temple Massacre and the Tucson Four

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notes Chapter 1. A Circle of Death 2 “Chawee Borders”: Account based on interviews with Borders and Premchit Hash by T. C. Shorts, task force report TF521.612, 08/10/91; and by D. Griffiths, TF174.670, TF175.670, 10/03/91; plus formal interviews by Peter Balkan, 03/03/93, 03/05/93. 5 “first officer at the scene”: Crime scene information from the responding officers’ reports: P. Ellis, TF516.814; A. D. Hosford, TF518.718; T. Lopez, TF311.925; R. Reyer, TF519.483; G. Sanchez, TF517.885; D. Wipprecht, TF515.722. 6 “agitated by the grisly scene”: Prosecutor K. C. Scull, transcript of closing argument in State of Arizona v. Johnathan Doody, Maricopa County Superior Court docket no. CR-92-01232. 9 “newabbot,WinaiBooncham”:AngelaCaraPancrazio,“TimetoRemember 1991 Massacre at Thai Buddhist Temple,” Arizona Republic, 08/09/06. 10 “did indeed return to the temple”: T. C. Shorts, interview with Ernie Meeks, report 51112, 11/06/91. 10 “permanent structure in the courtyard”: Brent Whiting, “Forgiving, Not Forgetting,” Arizona Republic, 08/12/01; Erin Zlomek, “Memorial to Honor Monks Killed 15 Years Ago,” Arizona Republic, 08/11/06. Chapter 2. The Sheriff’s Task Force 14 “media blackout”: Kimball quoted in notes from Lt. Terry Chapman’s internal investigation of the temple murder investigation (henceforth the Chapman notes). The handwritten notes were attached to a motion filed by defense attorney Peter Balkan, 05/03/93. 14 “4.2 million words”: Russ Kimball and Laura Greenburg, “Revelations from the Temple,” Phoenix Magazine, 10/93. 14 “FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit”: Gregg McCrary with Katherine Ramsland, The Unknown Darkness: Profiling the Predators among Us (William Morrow, 2003; HarperTorch, 2004), ch. 5, “The Buddhist Temple Massacre,” quotations from 160–63. 302 notes 15 “going off in all directions”: Det. Rick Sinsabaugh quoted in Chapman notes. 16 “interviewed Chawee Borders”: P. J. Riley, case report 50041.679. 18 “stopped twice while driving on the base”: R. Sinsabaugh, 51710.714. 18 “totrackdowntherifle”:R.Sinsabaugh,reportoninterviewwithCaratachea, 41115.714. 18 “some kind of murders that happened in Phoenix”: Transcript of Mike McGraw’s initial phone call. Chapter 3. The Man with Many Names 20 “answered the phone”: Quotations in this chapter, unless otherwise noted, are from the official transcripts of McGraw’s three phone calls and seven interrogation tapes. In all chapters, wording of quotations is exact except for occasional deletion of repetition and nonwords like “um.” Ellipses indicate omitted passages. Words added for clarity appear in brackets. 22 “Lawrence had been at work”: R. D. Sinsabaugh, report on visit to McCullough Corp., 09/18/91, TF278.714. 23 “official summary of the case”: P. J. Riley, supplemental report 50055.679 (hereafter referred to as “case summary”). 23 “Troutt himself gives a different version”: L. Troutt, report on interview at Tucson Psychiatric Institute, TF0622.DPS. 25 “provide evidence of his guilt”: Charles E. O’Hara, Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation (Charles C. Thomas, 1956); many reprintings and new editions , the most recent in 2003. 31 “house on East Culver”: Troutt, TF0622.DPS. 32 “lawsuit against the MCSO”: Paul Rubin, “Back to the Temple of Doom,” Phoenix New Times, 07/18/96. 33 “During a five-minute break”: Troutt, TF0622.DPS. 38 “Sheraton Hotel”: Riley, case summary; R. Minner, TF189.785. 38 “the Tucson tour”: Al Tamala, TF325.843. 39 “photo lineups”: D. Griffiths, TF10.670, TF12.670, TF13.670, TF14.670; D. Munley, TF841.777. 39 “new clothes”; “advised that he was under arrest”: Riley, case summary. Chapter 4. A Waiting Line for Confessions 57 “first suspect picked up”: Information on Sherfield from Riley, case summary , and Troutt, 41104.DPS. 58 “applied to Dante Parker”: Riley, case summary. notes 303 58 “SWAT team burst in”: D. Munley, TF2.777; M. Adams, TF476.686; K. Frakes, TF473.669; V. Hatcher, TF303.637. 59 “prop room was the FBI’s idea”: Kimball and Greenburg, “Revelations from the Temple.” 59 “one to one and a half minutes”: Riley, report on Nunez interview, 50057.679. 59 “some formality things”: All quotations from Nunez’s interrogation are from the official transcripts of his nine tapes. 61 “surveilling Bruce’s apartment”: M. Mitchell, TF306.663. Other information here from author’s interviews with Bruce. 62 “just get something straight”: All quotations from the early hours of Bruce’s interrogation are from the official transcripts of his first four tapes. 64 “sports, professional football”: Information on picking up Parker from Riley, case...