From: Solitairea1
Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Time: 08:04:55 AM
THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. MA'AM, WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE AND SPELL YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. THE WITNESS: ELSIE TISTAERT. E-L-S-I-E T, AS IN TOM, I S, AS IN SAM, T, AS IN TOM, A-E-R-T, AS IN TOM. THE COURT: GOOD AFTERNOON, MA'AM. MISS CLARK. MS. CLARK: THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MS. CLARK: ................. Q: GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS TISTAERT? A: GOOD AFTERNOON. Q: MA'AM, DIRECTING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE DATE OF JUNE 12, 1994, WHERE WERE YOU LIVING? A: AT 874 SOUTH BUNDY DRIVE, LOS ANGELES, 90049. Q: AND WAS THAT ACROSS THE STREET FROM 875 SOUTH BUNDY? A: CORRECT. Q: AND ON THAT NIGHT WHAT WERE YOU DOING? A: I WAS AT HOME DOING SOME OF MY PERSONAL BOOKKEEPING. Q: NOW, HOW LONG HAD YOU LIVED IN THAT LOCATION, MA'AM? A: 51 YEARS. .................. Q: DID SOMETHING ATTRACT YOUR ATTENTION THAT NIGHT? A: YES. Q: WHAT WAS THAT? A: BARKING OF A DOG. Q: AND WHY DID IT DRAW YOUR ATTENTION? A: BECAUSE IT BARKED FOR SO LONG WITHOUT ANYONE TRYING -- APPARENTLY TRYING TO QUIET IT. JUST BECAUSE IT BARKED FOR SO LONG. Q: NOW, DO YOU HAVE A DOG? A: YES. Q: AND DID YOU HAVE A DOG ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE THE 12TH? A: YES, YES. Q: AND DID YOU KNOW OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO HAD DOGS? A: I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY. Q: HAD YOU HEARD DOGS BARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE THAT NIGHT? A: NOT VERY MUCH. .............. Q: OKAY. AND THIS DOG THAT WAS BARKING THAT NIGHT WAS VERY LOUD AND LONG? A: YES. Q: AT SOME POINT DID YOU CALL THE POLICE BECAUSE OF THAT BARKING DOG? .............. A: YES. Q: ABOUT HOW LONG HAD THE DOG BEEN BARKING WHEN YOU CALLED THE POLICE? A: I BELIEVE ABOUT A HALF HOUR. Q: OKAY. AND WHAT STATION DID YOU CALL? A: I CALLED THE WEST LOS ANGELES POLICE STATION. ............. Q: AND WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM? A: I TOLD THEM THAT THERE HAD BEEN A DOG BARKING FOR A LONG TIME AND I THOUGHT THEY SHOULD INVESTIGATE THE REASON THEREFORE. .............. Q: OKAY. BEFORE YOU CALLED THE STATION DID YOU LOOK OUTSIDE TO SEE IF YOU COULD SEE THAT DOG THAT WAS BARKING? A: YEAH. YES, I DID. Q: WHAT DID YOU SEE? A: I SAW A DOG RUNNING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE STREET BARKING. ............... Q: WHEN YOU SAY "RUNNING BACK AND FORTH," DO YOU MEAN FROM ONE SIDE OF THE STREET TO THE OTHER? A: NO, NO, JUST FOR, OH, POSSIBLY FOR TEN OR FIFTEEN FEET, FROM ONE -- FROM THE LAMPPOST OR SOMETHING THAT IS AT THE STREET THERE BACK TO TEN OR FIFTEEN FEET BACK AWAY FROM THE STREET. ............ Q: OKAY. SO CAN YOU DESCRIBE, IN RELATIONSHIP TO 875 SOUTH BUNDY, ACROSS THE STREET FROM YOU, WHERE DID YOU SEE THE DOG MOVING AROUND? A: AT THE DRIVEWAY THAT HAS BEEN IN SO MANY PICTURES SINCE. Q: OKAY. A: BACK AND FORTH IN THAT DRIVEWAY? A: WALKWAY IT IS. NOT A DRIVEWAY; IT IS A DRIVEWAY. Q: YOU MEAN THE WALKWAY WHERE A WOMAN'S BODY WAS FOUND? A: YES. Q: THAT IS THE AREA YOU SAW THE DOG RUNNING IN? A: YES. Q: IT WAS BARKING AT THAT TIME? A: YES.