McStay Family Murder Trial Day 49 Part 3

TL;DR

Detective Hankey testifies about his visit to the Camp Pendleton paintball facility during his investigation, searching for records related to the defendant's visit.

Transcript

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Key Insights

• ❓ Detective Hankey visited the Camp Pendleton paintball facility during his investigation.
• 🎖️ The facility is open to both military personnel and the public, but individuals need to go through the military to access it.
• 🪡 Hankey found release of liability waivers from 2014, but he needed records from 2010, which he did not find.
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 The owner of the facility did not have knowledge of specific dates for the waivers and did not remember the defendant or Mr. McStay.
• 🤪 Hankey went through numerous boxes of waivers to find the specific documents.
• 📜 There were no other documents retrieved during Hankey's visit to the facility.
• ❓ Hankey does not recall if he wrote a report about his visit, but he has audio and photographs of the visit.
• ❓ Detective Hankey's further testimony and evidence retrieval are pending.

Questions & Answers

Q: What was the purpose of Detective Hankey's visit to the Camp Pendleton paintball facility?

Hankey visited the facility to find records, specifically waivers or receipts, related to the defendant's visit, based on information provided by Mr. Merrick.

Q: Was the paintball facility open to the public?

Yes, the facility is open to both military personnel and the public, but individuals need to go through the military to access it.

Q: How did Detective Hankey verify the defendant's claim of visiting the paintball facility?

Hankey listened to Mr. Merrick's interview with San Diego investigators where he mentioned going paintballing at that location. Detective Hankey visited the facility to find records confirming this claim.

Q: Were the records Hankey found from the correct time period?

No, Hankey found release of liability waivers from 2014, but he was looking for records from 2010, so the records he found did not cover the defendant's visits in 2010.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• Detective Hankey visited the Camp Pendleton paintball facility in August 2014 to find records of the defendant's visit, based on information provided by Mr. Merrick.

• The facility is open to both military personnel and the public, but visitors need to go through the military to access it.

• Hankey found release of liability waivers from 2014, but was looking for records from 2010.