The Court: All right, sir. Let’s turn to Count Eight. In Count Eight it is claimed that on or about the 27th day of April, 1985, to the 28th day of April, 1985, in Sedgwick County, Kansas, it is claimed that you unlawfully killed a human being, Marine Hedge, maliciously, willfully, deliberately and with premeditation, by strangulation, inflicting injuries from which Marine Hedge did die on April 27th, 1985. Can you tell me what occurred on that day?
The Defendant: Well, actually, kind of like the others. She was chosen. I went through the different phases, stalking phase, and since she lived down the street from me I could watch the coming and going quite easily. On that particular date I – I had a -- a other (sic) commitment. I came back from that commitment. Parked my car over at Woodlawn and 21st. Street at a bowling alley there at the time. Before that I dressed into – I had some other clothes on. I changed clothes. I went to the bowling alley, went in there under the pretense of bowling, called a taxi. Had a taxi take me out to Park City. Had my kit with me. It was a bowling bag.
The Court: All right. Now, is Park City in Sedgwick County, Kansas?
The Defendant: Yes, sir, uh-huh, mm-hmm.
The Court: All right. You had the taxi take you to Park City. What happened then?
The Defendant: There I asked – I – I pretended that I was a little drunk. I just took – I just took some beer and washed it around my mouth, and the guy could probably smell alcohol on me. I asked – told him to let me out so I could get some fresh air, and I walked from where the taxi let me off over to her house.
The Court: All right. Where does she live?
The Defendant: 62 -- What is it? – 427 (Off-the-record discussion between the defendant and Ms. Mitchell.)
The Defendant: 54. 62547 6254 –
The Court: All right. What was the –
The Defendant: -- North Independence.
The Court: All right. When you walked over there what happened next?
The Defendant: Well, as before, I was going to have sexual fantasies, so I brought my hit kit, and lo and behold, her car was there. I thought gee, she’s not supposed to be home. So I very carefully snuck into the house, she wasn’t there. So about that time the doors rattled, so I went – went back to one of the bedrooms and hid back there in one of the bedrooms. She came in with a male visitor. They were there for maybe an hour or so. Then he left. I waited till wee hours of the morning. I then proceeded to sneak into her bedroom and flip the lights on real quick like, or I think the bathroom lights. I just – I didn’t want to flip her lights on, and she screamed, and I jumped on the bed and strangled her manually.
The Court: All right. Now, were you wearing any kind of disguise or mask at this time?
The Defendant: No. No.
The Court: You indicated this woman lived down the street from you. Did she know you?
The Defendant: Casually. We’d walk by and wave. She – She liked to work in her yard as well as I liked to work, and it’s just a neighborly type thing. It wasn’t anything personal, I mean, just a neighbor.
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