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CNN LIVE AT DAYBREAK

Tracking A Killer

Aired October 22, 2002 - 06:03   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: We are getting bits and pieces of information on this case.
Joining me now to sort through all of this, Mike Brooks, CNN law enforcement analyst. Mike is a former detective with the Metro Police in Washington; also of course, a trained FBI agent and worked on the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force.

So, you are the man to talk to about this. A lot of developments yesterday, a little bit confusing. We have the arrest near the phone booth yesterday.

MIKE BROOKS, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST: Right.

CALLAWAY: And at the same time, we know that police think that they are communicating with the sniper concerning telephone numbers. Could this have been connected at all that we saw these two suspects near the pay phone?

BROOKS: Well, the police believe that the phone calls were coming from the Richmond area. So, this -- most likely this phone is one of the ones that they may had been targeting on. These two guys pulled up in a truck, got on the phone, happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and the police went and snatched them up at the phone.

Right after that, I think they realized these are not the two guys we're looking for. This is not the shooter.

CALLAWAY: Right.

BROOKS: So, that's why you saw the chief come back on with another cryptic message about calling right back. It's basically like, hey, we still want to talk to you, disregard that, we still want to talk to you, call us back.

CALLAWAY: Yes, they came out immediately after that arrest.

BROOKS: Immediately after they snatched those two men up in Henrico County.

CALLAWAY: Let's get to this handwritten note. This is fascinating. It's a lengthy letter. And when do you think it was left? The night of the shooting? Or did the sniper go back? What are your thoughts?

BROOKS: It was left there at the night of the shooting. From what I'm hearing from law enforcement sources, it was there when they did a search of the area. They found this lengthy three-page note, a lot of different references that are being made on the note. I haven't read the note myself, so I can't say for sure, but apparently, it has some good information.

Then we hear another cryptic message last night from the chief about calling back; that they couldn't hear exactly what they were saying.

Patty Davis was saying that he might be using something to disguise his voice, maybe some kind of voice box machine. That's not unusual for people to call in and try to disguise their voice.

CALLAWAY: What's interesting to me about this is the hint now of a money demand. It seems very unusual in a serial murder case like this to now have hints of wanting money.

BROOKS: It does. And I'm going to try to find out a little bit more about that today, but...

CALLAWAY: You don't see that or hear that.

BROOKS: No, no, you don't hear that very much at all. It's, you know, like an exhortation. You hear that in kidnappings.

CALLAWAY: Right.

BROOKS: But not in a serial murder case.

CALLAWAY: Does this tell you anything, that this note may not be connected to the sniper or police or...

BROOKS: Well, it could. It could tell us that maybe this is just something else that they're throwing out there, yes. Again, maybe they're also trying the police to see how far they can go with the police.

CALLAWAY: Yes.

BROOKS: You know, and it's going to be an interesting week.

CALLAWAY: We're going to hear more from the police using the media to communicate with the sniper, too, this week, aren't we?

BROOKS: I think so.

CALLAWAY: Yes.

BROOKS: And again, that's also unusual, especially early on in this case with Chief Moose kind of scolding the media, if you will, and now asking for their help.

CALLAWAY: Right.

BROOKS: And I said before, the media and police have worked together, and we're working together now, and I think we'll continue to work together.

CALLAWAY: Mike, you're going to come back with us and talk to us a little bit about fingerprinting, gun fingerprinting. We'd like you to explain a little bit about that, and a couple of states that actually have this, and if you think it would have helped in this case, all right?

BROOKS: Sure.

CALLAWAY: See you in about 30.

BROOKS: All right.

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