OFFICER 2: So, there's no doubt that he wasn't in the bed? OK. OFFICER 2: Could you have seen him if he was? OFFICER 2: - see Bernie in the room at that time? OFFICER 1: Did Bernie wake up too, or did you. JOSH SANSOUCIE: I heard a little thud, and I thought I heard, like a - a woman's voice … He said he woke up to a noise in the middle of the night. That statement seemed to poke a hole in Michael's account. And, two days after the murder, Josh gave a videotaped statement, with an officer on each side and his mother present. But investigators told them they didn't believe them. Michael and Josh both insisted they didn't know what happened to Rita, that they had stayed in Michael's room all night. When Josh SanSoucie, right, went for a sleepover at a Michael Politte's house in 1998 at the age of 15, he had no idea he would land in the middle of a murder investigation. … They were telling me that I did something. Michael Politte: They wasn't questioning me no more. … And he had soot on his face and he had tear marks all down his face. And we just ran up to the window … asked him what was-like, what happened. I don't wanna go." (Crying) Because, you know, then you know it's real.Ĭhrystal picked Melonie up and by the time they got to the scene, police cars and fire trucks were lining the driveway.Ĭhrystal Politte: Mike was … in the front seat, passenger side of the police car. Chrystal would soon get a call from her brother with the news.Ĭhrystal Politte: I just sat on my bed, and I just kept sayin', "I don't wanna go. Josh ran to get help, but it was too late. It coulda been minutes, it coulda been seconds. Michael Politte: I seen blood on her legs. Michael says he went and grabbed a hose outside and then ran toward his mom's room - and what he saw, he'd never forget.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |