YOU GOT TO DO. THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. IF YOU CARE, ONE OUNCE FOR THIS LIL GIRL, THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. 124 * • • • CHIEF: WELL TAKE YOUR LICKS LIKE IT COMES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TELL YOU. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SAVE YOU AND THE LIL GIRL FROM ALL THIS, THAT'S YOU. [[Image here]] CHIEF: NO I'M FINISHED. YOU READY TO FINISH OR YOU WANT TO TELL ME THE TRUTH? I CAN'T SIT HERE ALL AFTERNOON AND TRY TO MAKE YOU SAVE YOUR OWN BUTT. YOU DON'T WANT TO SAVE IT, THAT'S YOU. [[Image here]] CHIEF: DON'T BE SORRY FOR ME. DON'T BE SORRY FOR ME AT ALL, I WAS TRYING TO HELP YOU. AARON: YEA. CHIEF: YOU GOT TO BE SORRY FOR YOU. Although the exact duration of the Defendant's second statement is not known, it was significantly shorter than the first; it was less than half the number of transcribed pages. The statement began at 8:13 a.m., but there appears to be a typographical error at its conclusion, indicating that the statement ended at 1:16 p.m. Chief Dupuis testified that the Defendant was questioned prior to his transport to Ville Platte and was transported around 8:30 a.m.
Detective Ortis began questioning the Defendant as follows:
TODD: O.K. AND UH, YESTERDAY WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU, RIGHT? AARON: YES SIR. TODD: AND WE ASKED YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND YOU WEREN'T QUITE SURE OR DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR QUITE A FEW OF THEM YESTERDAY, RIGHT? AARON: NAW, I REALLY, THAT'S NOT EXACTLY, I HAD TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT LAST NIGHT I SAT THERE AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND IT COMES UP WITH COMMON SENSE. I25TODD: SO, UH, YOU WANT TO TALK TO U.S. AGAIN THIS MORNING? AARON: YEA. Later, after the Defendant stated that the Victim took his hand one time and put it on her chest and between her legs, Chief Dupuis stated:
CHIEF: O.K. NOW YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING, O.K. AND YOU ARE SAYING THE RIGHT THING. AARON: YEA I'M SAYING WHAT I HAVE TO. CHIEF: I KNOW, BUT YOU ARE CUTTING YOURSELF SHORT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YA'LL HAD INTERCOURSE, O.K BECAUSE THE DOCTOR TELLS U.S. THAT AND SHE TELLS U.S. THAT. Next, the officers stressed that the Defendant needed to tell the truth:
TODD: NOW YOU HEARD WHAT MR. CHRIS GODEAUX SAID YESTERDAY, WHAT SHE TOLD HIM. *1041AARON: YEA THAT SHE HAD BEEN ENTERED. TODD: THE OFFICER STATED THAT YOU HAD PUT YOUR PENIS IN HER MOUTH, DO YOU REMEMBER HIM SAYING THAT YESTERDAY? CHIEF: AARON YOU REALLY NEED TO COME AND TELL THE TRUTH, O.K. AS BAD AS IT HURTS AND AS BAD AS IT MAY SEEM. AARON: I MAY, I MAY HAVE, BUT, I REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. CHIEF: (INAUDIBLE) WE CAN'T SAY MAY HAVE, MIGHT HAVE, OR .YOU NEED TO REMEMBER AND YOU NEED TO COME CLEAN. LIKE I SAID, IT