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Do you ever remember that?"
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No.
"Do you remember Susan Staffel ever saying that to you?"
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"No."
"Or Paula Krogdahl?'
"No."
"Or your mother?"
"No."
"Do you remember some time after you got out of the hospital
and before now, do you remember ever wondering if your
mother had done the shooting--kind of wondering 'Maybe she
did--or maybe she didn't, I wonder?' "
"Yeah."
"Isn't the reason that you were wondering that--because you
heard from someplace that some people thought she had?"
"I didn't hear."
"I couldn't hear you."
"I didn't hear."
"OK. You never remember ever thinking that--something
like this--that my mother must have done it because of what
other people are saying? Do you remember ever saying anything
like that?"
"Nope."
"Do you remember when Paula Krogdahl would talk to you,
if she ever brought you any nice presents or anything to play
with?"
"No." ' ..'
"What is your name at school?"
"Christie Ann Slaven."
"It's not Downs?"
"Nope."
"How long has that been?"
(No response.)
"Do you think it's been as long as you've been in school--
erase that. Has it been as long as--that you've been living with
the Slavens?"
"Yeah."
"The Slavens have a nice house, don't they?"
"Yeah."
"They have a TV?"
"Yeah."
t, "And some things to play with?"
"Yeah."
"And there are some children there your age?"
"Yeah."
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"You've talked to the children there about what happened
when you were shot, haven't you?"
"Yeah."
"And theyùyour friends have talked back to you about it,
haven't they?"
"Yeah."
"Danny has talked about it too, hasn't he?" .
"Yeah."
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"Danny has said that his mother did it, hasn't he?"
"Yeah."
"But you know that couldn't be true because Danny was
asleep, right?"
"Yeah."
"In fact, you told him that, didn't youùwhen he said that?"
"Whenever he'sùI talked to other people about that, he
listens too."
"Have you talked to a lot of people about that?"
"No."
"Do you remember Danny saying that a monster with long
ears did it?"
"No." i.
"Do you remember if Danny has said that anyone else did
the shooting?"
"No."
". . . Do you remember your momùbefore you got shot,
some days beforeùlooking for a larger house to live in?"
"Yeahùbut not a couple days."
"Do you remember if Cherylùwhen the shots were being
firedùdid Cheryl ever get out of the car?"
"No."
"Do you remember if the person who shot Cheryl and Danny
and you, if that person got in through the driver'sùthe side where
the steering wheel isùor the other side?"
| "The driver's seat."
"And which side were you sitting onùthe driver's seat or the
other seat?"
"Behind the driver's seat."
"You remember seeing your mom through the back window
of the car, don't you?"
"I didn't look at the back of the window."
"Do you remember seeingùthe back window of the carùdo
you know what I mean by 'the back window'?"
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"Yeah."
"One you'd look at as you drive straight ahead, and the other
one is the back window. Do you remember before the shooting
took placeùdo you remember seeing your mother through that
back window?"
"No."
"Isn't that because you were lying down?"
"No."
"Were you sitting up or standing up?"
"I was sitting down, but I didn't look at the back window."
(Jagger asks the bailiff to show her pictures of gunsùpictures
Christie has seen before in Dr. Peterson's office. They look to her
like guns Diane had.)
"You've seen her with those two before?"
(Witness nods head.)
"See, there's a long one and a shorter one, right?"
"Yeah."
"Do you remember seeing the shorter one in the trunk of
your car when you were going to the beach or coming back from
the beach?"
(No response.)
"We'll make it two questions. OK? The first one is this: Do
you remember before you went to the beach if you saw that short
gun in the trunk of the car?"
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"Yeah."
"Was that while you were getting some clothes and things in
the trunk of the car?"
(No response.)
"Is it hard to remember back then?"
"It was in the trunk of the car."
"Do you remember seeing it there when you got back from
the beach?"
"Yeah."
"... There was just one in the trunk of the car that size,
wasn't thereùthe smaller one?"
"Yeah."
"Do you remember talking to Dr. Peterson about whether or
not you could be safe with your mom?"
^ (No response.)
"Is it that you don't remember talking about being safe with
Dr. Peterson?"
"With my mom? I was safe with my mom?"
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"Yes.'
(No response.)
"I'll ask you again later, or were you going to--"
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