Interrogations-and-Confessions-Handbook

484 A Psychology of Interrogations and Confessions
There was then a discussion about Evans’ bad memory and the discrepancies
about his date of discharge from the Army and on which further enquiries were
to be made.
When asked whether he had killed the girl, he replied:
I think so. I must have because I can see a picture of her. I can see her lying near
to a hedge. I can see her brown hair and she has got a mark on her face.
At 1825 hours Evans had his head in his hands and when asked what was the
matter, replied:
I keep seeing this girl. I can’t get any sleep.
He explained that he kept seeing the girl’s face and could see her lying down.
He said he was all confused and asked for an aspirin, which the officer did not
have. After a few minutes silence Mr Evans said:
After I saw you, I was thinking. I don’t know if I killed her or not. I keep seeing
her.
Evans was then cautioned and asked what he could see. He replied ‘This field’.
He then drew a picture of the field.
At 1050 hours the following morning (10 October) Evans was seen in a police
cell and said:
I’ve not slept very well. I can’t get it out of my mind.
The officers then left Evans after telling him they would come back and see
him later, and in the meantime he was asked to try to remember what he could
about the murder.
At 1130 hours the same officers spoke to Evans again and ask if he remembers
anything else. He replied:
I remember dragging her off her bike. I was in a field and saw her riding along the
road towards me, I just grabbed her by the arm and shoulder, pulled her off and
then we were rolling on the ground in the field. It was a very rough field.
After asking for a pen and paper to write things down Evans was told ‘Anything
you record may subsequently be used in evidence, do you understand?’, to which
he replied ‘Yes, I want to remember. I’m sure I killed her. Do you think I did it?’.
Evans was then left again on his own to remember more. At 1520 hours an
officer saw Evans at his request. As he walked into the cell Evans said:
I know now, I killed her.
On 11 October at 1045 hours Evans was taken round the Whittington, Elford
and Comberford areas. Between 1620 and 1750 hours on 11 October, Evans