to tell the policeman they were “sweethearts having a good time.” And he warned that if she gave him up, he would fight her all the way in court. She would never win, he said, as it would only be her word against his.
“My abductor was begging me not to tell on him,” she later testified. “That it would be terribly embarrassing.”
Katie now really felt her life was in danger, as he had nothing to lose.
“It was just he and I,” she said. “He could have done anything to me at the time. His life was in jeopardy. He knew he was caught . . . unless he could convince me not to tell on him.”
As he pleaded with her not to turn him in, Katie suddenly ran outside again half-naked.
“I just wanted to get out of the warehouse,” she said, “and back to the police officer before he tried anything rash.”
She rushed up to Officer Conrad, repeating she had been raped. A few seconds later, Garrido followed her out, and Officer Conrad continued questioning them both in his cruiser’s spotlights, as he waited for more officers to arrive.
Finally, an emotional Katie Callaway asked Officer Conrad to just let her abductor go home, saying she had had enough. She made sure the officer stayed between her and Garrido, matching him step by step.
“My nerves were shot,” she said. “I was almost at the snapping point. It had been a long ordeal. A horrible ordeal. And I wanted the officer to take me.”
Eventually, Officer Conrad realized how terrified she was, telling her to go and warm up in the back of his squad car.
As Katie Callaway waited in his cruiser, Officer Conrad continued questioning Phillip Garrido as to why the warehouse lock was broken. Garrido said he and a friend used the warehouse to play music and store their instruments. He had lost the key and had broken off the lock to get inside.
At 2:51 A.M ., Reno Police officer Erick Soderblom arrived, after getting a call over the police radio, to find Officer Conrad interviewing Garrido.
And after consulting with Conrad, Officer Soderblom walked over to the police cruiser to speak to Katie Callaway.
“She appeared to be upset,” Officer Soderblom later testified. “Miss Callaway told me that she was a victim of rape and kidnap.”
When Soderblom asked how she had been taken to Reno against her will, Katie said she had been handcuffed, holding out her wrists for him to see. The experienced officer shone his flashlight on her wrists, immediately recognizing the distinctive red parallel chafes that can only be caused by handcuffs.
Katie Callaway then signed a criminal complaint against Phillip Garrido, as Officer Conrad called his supervisor, Sergeant Saunier, to the scene.
While they were waiting for Sergeant Saunier to arrive, Conrad escorted Garrido back into the warehouse to get his shirt and jacket. Inside the officer noticed a large pair of scissors, as well as drug paraphernalia and a vial containing what looked like hashish.
He started asking specific questions about his alleged victim’s accusations. Up to then Garrido had been “calm” and “rational,” but he suddenly went on the defensive, saying he did not have to answer.
At 3:00 A.M ., after Garrido was read his Miranda rights, Sergeant Saunier arrested Phillip Garrido for the kidnap and rape of Katie Callaway. Another officer then found the key to the handcuffs in Garrido’s pants pocket, as well as a set of keys in a black plastic Harrah’s Casino club case, where his wife Christine worked.
Phillip Garrido was handcuffed and taken to Washoe Medical Center to be tested for alcohol and drugs, as well as to have a sample of his pubic hair taken.
At 5:10 A.M . he was moved to Reno City Jail and booked on charges of kidnap, rape and infamous crimes.
“I guess that I should learn to grow up,” he told Officer Soderblom.
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“ IT LOOKED LIKE A SCENE FROM A PORNO FLICK ”
At 3:30 A.M . Tuesday morning, Reno Police detective Dan DeMaranville was assigned the Phillip Garrido
“My abductor was begging me not to tell on him,” she later testified. “That it would be terribly embarrassing.”
Katie now really felt her life was in danger, as he had nothing to lose.
“It was just he and I,” she said. “He could have done anything to me at the time. His life was in jeopardy. He knew he was caught . . . unless he could convince me not to tell on him.”
As he pleaded with her not to turn him in, Katie suddenly ran outside again half-naked.
“I just wanted to get out of the warehouse,” she said, “and back to the police officer before he tried anything rash.”
She rushed up to Officer Conrad, repeating she had been raped. A few seconds later, Garrido followed her out, and Officer Conrad continued questioning them both in his cruiser’s spotlights, as he waited for more officers to arrive.
Finally, an emotional Katie Callaway asked Officer Conrad to just let her abductor go home, saying she had had enough. She made sure the officer stayed between her and Garrido, matching him step by step.
“My nerves were shot,” she said. “I was almost at the snapping point. It had been a long ordeal. A horrible ordeal. And I wanted the officer to take me.”
Eventually, Officer Conrad realized how terrified she was, telling her to go and warm up in the back of his squad car.
As Katie Callaway waited in his cruiser, Officer Conrad continued questioning Phillip Garrido as to why the warehouse lock was broken. Garrido said he and a friend used the warehouse to play music and store their instruments. He had lost the key and had broken off the lock to get inside.
At 2:51 A.M ., Reno Police officer Erick Soderblom arrived, after getting a call over the police radio, to find Officer Conrad interviewing Garrido.
And after consulting with Conrad, Officer Soderblom walked over to the police cruiser to speak to Katie Callaway.
“She appeared to be upset,” Officer Soderblom later testified. “Miss Callaway told me that she was a victim of rape and kidnap.”
When Soderblom asked how she had been taken to Reno against her will, Katie said she had been handcuffed, holding out her wrists for him to see. The experienced officer shone his flashlight on her wrists, immediately recognizing the distinctive red parallel chafes that can only be caused by handcuffs.
Katie Callaway then signed a criminal complaint against Phillip Garrido, as Officer Conrad called his supervisor, Sergeant Saunier, to the scene.
While they were waiting for Sergeant Saunier to arrive, Conrad escorted Garrido back into the warehouse to get his shirt and jacket. Inside the officer noticed a large pair of scissors, as well as drug paraphernalia and a vial containing what looked like hashish.
He started asking specific questions about his alleged victim’s accusations. Up to then Garrido had been “calm” and “rational,” but he suddenly went on the defensive, saying he did not have to answer.
At 3:00 A.M ., after Garrido was read his Miranda rights, Sergeant Saunier arrested Phillip Garrido for the kidnap and rape of Katie Callaway. Another officer then found the key to the handcuffs in Garrido’s pants pocket, as well as a set of keys in a black plastic Harrah’s Casino club case, where his wife Christine worked.
Phillip Garrido was handcuffed and taken to Washoe Medical Center to be tested for alcohol and drugs, as well as to have a sample of his pubic hair taken.
At 5:10 A.M . he was moved to Reno City Jail and booked on charges of kidnap, rape and infamous crimes.
“I guess that I should learn to grow up,” he told Officer Soderblom.
8
“ IT LOOKED LIKE A SCENE FROM A PORNO FLICK ”
At 3:30 A.M . Tuesday morning, Reno Police detective Dan DeMaranville was assigned the Phillip Garrido
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