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The woman gets in the car and pulls out. The driver's-side door is unlatched. Polete opens it. He places
a knife against the woman's neck and says, "Move over or you're dead."
The victim says, "You can have my car if you let me out." Polete says, "Don't give me any lip." The
victim slides into the passenger seat.
Polete drives a short distance northwest. He pulls into a parking lot and stops the car. He tells the victim
to crawl into the backseat and undress.
The victim complies. Polete tells her to lie on her stomach. The victim complies. Polete ties her hands
behind her back. He uses her bra, her panties, and a swimsuit top.
Polete orders the victim to turn over and sit up. She complies. Polete gets into the backseat. He kisses
her and fondles her genitalia. He sticks two fingers in her vagina and sticks the same two fingers in her
mouth.
He orally copulates the victim. He rapes her. He wipes his penis with the victim's clothing.
He goes through her purse. He finds $7 in change. He says, "You sure are rich." The victim says she's
got another $6 in bills.
Polete steals the money. He drives to a dark field off the Rosedale Highway. He marches the victim
sixty-five yards in and orders her to sit down. The victim complies. Polete scatters her clothes out of
sight.
He tells the victim not to leave for ten minutes. He says, "I know where to find you." He tells the victim
not to call the cops-- because he's got her ID and he's got friends who'll get her if anything happens to
him. He says he'll drop the car off in Fresno. If anything happens to him or the car, his insurance will take
care of it. He says, "I'm sorry, but I had to do this. I've been treated badly."
Polete drives off. The victim finds her clothes and walks to a gas station. She calls her father. Her father
calls the Bakersfield PD and reports the incident.
Polete drives to Hacienda Heights. He spends the weekend with his wife. He returns to Lemoore air
station early Sunday night.
Tuesday, 2/8/77:
Polete calls the victim's mother--collect. He uses the phone in his office.
The victim's mother does not accept the call. Polete gives her a call-back number and ID's himself as
"Security Officer Johnson." He says he has information on her daughter's car.
Polete hangs up. The victim's mother calls the victim. The victim calls the Bakersfield PD. She talks to
DetectiveJ. D.Jackson. She says a "Security Officer Johnson" called her mother. The man implied her car
was somewhere at Lemoore air station. He left a number: (209) 998-9827. -
Detective Jackson calls the number. Polete answers. Jackson asks him about the car. Polete says
Johnson is handling it. Jackson says he'd like to talk to him. Polete says Johnson is out. Jackson tells him
to secure the car. Polete says he will.
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