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A MAN WELL·KNOWN TO CHILDREN•The state trooper, after Nelly's testing was completed, toldKathleen Sorenson he tried to "break Nelly down" but hewas convinced she was telling the truth. He also told Nellythat she "passed" and that he believed her. Although thepolygraph tests showed Nelly was not deceptive, Atty. PatTripp maintained he still didn't believe what Nelly said. Hesaid Nelly had fantasized those stories to the point that shebelieved they were true.Tripp's line, that child victims in Nebraska just inventabuses, and that therefore their complaints need not be seriouslyinvestigated, would be heard from one law enforcement agencyafter another, throughout the Franklin case, down to the perjuryconviction of victim-witness Alisha Owen.For Pat Tripp, there was a personal element in this case. Hewas a "good friend," according to foster parents cited in aSeptember 1989 report by legislative Franklin committee investigatorKaren Ormiston, of two individuals named by Nelly andKimberly Webb as involved with the Webbs-Fort CalhounSuperintendent of Schools Deward Finch and Fort CalhounHigh School principal Kent Miller.Between late 1985 and June 1986, thanks to Tripp, theWebbs escaped both a DSS investigation and possible criminalprosecution. Shortly after his refusal to file criminal chargesin this case, Tripp quit as Washington County attorney. Todayhe is a prominent lawyer in Omaha.• • •Well-known as they were, Deward Finch and Kent Millerwere small fry compared to another name that appeared inWalters' report, the same person for whom Nelly and Kimberlysaid Casey Randall was the "maid"-Larry King. Walterswrote:While the Webbs were away, the kids snooped through thehouse. They found: I. pornographic video tapes in a bagunder the Webbs' bed (which the kids played on the VCRwhile Webbs were gone)-one tape specifically showingteenagers involved in sexual activity. Nelly and Kimberly9