Letters from a new hampshire prison from the wrongfully convicted chad evans

I will say, I do not recall specifically stalling to get to the Kittery Police Station but once I got to my Portsmouth store and started talking to Jeremy, I wasn't as eager to get there. I don't know why I didn't see this myself, but Jeremy pointed out that it was odd they were asking me to go to the police station instead of to the hospital if something was wrong with either Kassidy or Amanda. I had had a bad experience with the police during my situation with Tristan and this thought came rushing to my head. I became very paranoid. I recall after that calling Bruce Aube and asking him what he thought. Bruce was always my voice of reason. He agreed with Jeremy that it was a little weird that they were asking me to go to the police station but reminded me I have a tendency to work myself up. (Bruce would later tell the police about this phone call I believe. Bruce said I had tendency to make things worse than they were and was sure I was over emphasizing my concern.) After the Tristan situation and the cops actions in that case, Bruce did understand my paranoia of the police. (Another perfect example of why I should have been more on my toes before I went into that interview room. I think the shock of finding out about Kassidy dying from the police in the KPD lobby, put me in shock.) I was so numb.

In any event, I have given you a very long answer to a simple question but I wanted to make sure you understood it. It's just like the state to claim that I was dragging my feet getting there as if I had something to hide. What they fail to mention is that I sat in the Kittery Police Station for 3 hours before they even interviewed me. So even if it did take me 10 minutes longer to get there than they thought it should, what does it matter? I certainly didn't have enough time to drive all the way to East Rochester then Portsmouth, and Kittery, if that is what they are trying to imply... Maybe, instead of playing games, if they had told me that Kassidy had died during the initial phone call, I certainly wouldn't have been farting around bringing a soup cooker to Portsmouth. I waited for 3 hours to be interviewed with the intention of helping. By the way, it was after Jeremy made his astute observation about me going to KPD vs. hospital that I asked Travis about seeing me with Kassidy.

With all that had happened the night before (ball hitting Kassidy) and the condition that I picked Kassidy up from Jeff in, and my new paranoia from Jeremy's question of why KPD vs. hospital, it makes sense that I would make this comment to Travis. I certainly didn't ask him to cover for me or to not tell anyone that I had spoken to him about what could be a sensitive subject. I knew in the back of my mind that I had palmed her cheeks before and left those finger tip bruises, but I knew the previous night I did nothing but baby her because she was acting so tired and different. If I had known that Kassidy was dead, I certainly wouldn't have been saying to Travis, "Hey you've seen me with Kassidy" or whatever because I would know how that would have looked. The police keeping the detail of Kassidy's death from me was actually very bad for me and certainly added to my conviction.

You forwarded the email you sent to Philip Utter. I am not overly familiar with him but I know his partner, Cathy Green has one of the best reputations in the state.

She's always mentioned along with Sisti about her ability in big cases. I have heard two other names in the Seacoast Area. Stephen Jeffco and Lincoln Soldati. How about Sisit's old partner, Paul Twomey?

I'm a little disappointed that Alan cannot do more for me. Alan has a brilliant legal mind and perhaps no one better to write motions and plan strategy. Has some courtroom presence and comes off as honest and sincere. NH is a small state with a lack of known "big time" lawyers. I'm not sure if we could find one in state or will have to go out of state. Either way, it will be tough finding one pro bono. How did Dennis do it?

You asked two other questions in letter #271 so I may as well answer them here.

You mentioned cancellation of two Claudia Whitman books. Sending the receipts won't help. No officer here is willing to use common sense (no matter how much they agree that many of the policies are silly). They just won't go against a posted rule or PPD. Sending used books all comes down to chance. Two of the books you sent me were used but looked fairly new and came with invoices and I got them. I would say the best thing to do is ask vendor to email you a photo of the book. If it looks to be in great shape, take a chance. Otherwise, the other option may be for you to provide me with the name and author and as long as non-fiction I may be able to get on inter-library loan. There is one other option that I will check into and get back to you on. Buying new books seems like such a waste of precious funds.

You provided me an excerpt from letter #135 where I provided you my best guess as to my schedule for the day of Nov. 8th 2000. You asked if it was possible that I was off with my timing for Hampton Rte. 1 as it appears that there is a call from there to Amanda at home around 1 PM. It is quite possible. You asked about it not making geographic sense to go to Hampton before Greenland and back to Hampton. You are correct, it wouldn't make a lot of sense but things like that happen at times in the restaurant business. When an important piece of equipment breaks down, I have to run and repair it. When a field consultant shows up, etc. However, I can't find where you have found this call to our house from the Hampton McDonald's. Is it possible that you have this call here in error?

Speaking of errors, several times you have asked me if I called Jennifer's cell phone and I don't recall knowing that she had one. Anyway, while looking in the Analysis of Jeff Marshall Sprint Cell Phone Records that you put together for Nov. 8th and Nov. 9th, page 2 you have 207-450-7032 listed as Jennifer Conley's cell phone. (This is a number I called several times according to sprint on their actual bill.) I believe that this IS Jeff's cell phone as the "Chart of Calls" indicates. Do you

remember where you came up with this being Jen's cell phone? 207-450-7032 was Jeff's cell and 207-439-4515 was Jeff and Jennifer's home phone. Not a huge deal but this question has come up a few times so I think you may have confused yourself.

Sincerely, :)

Responding to letter 273. This letter contained the June-December 2000 Holy Rosary Credit Union Statements you sent me for evaluation. It's funny, I did my own cursory analysis before reading your letter and we both had similar notes. Unfortunately the statements didn't tell me much. I was hoping that I would somehow magically be able to stare at a check amount and magically 10 years later I would know what I spent the money on. Didn't happen. For as many things as I'm sure I know the answer to, at least that many questions popped up about certain amounts of deposits or checks. One good thing about this trip down 2000 land "memory lane" is staring at these statements reminded me of my habits then and when I explain to you, hopefully it will help you understand a little more of me. I didn't like to write very many checks. I did most of my purchasing on credit cards. It made every expense easier to track plus I "earned" rewards from the credit card companies. I typically only wrote checks for things that couldn't be paid for with credit card, for example - paying a credit card bill, childcare, a small auto garage, a doctor's office, etc. In fact, if I counted properly, There are 78 checks in that 6 month period that we would need a copy of if we wanted to trace every expense at $5.00 per check for Holy Rosary to copy for us, that would be a charge of $390.00

I was expecting something closer to $1,000.00 I am still not sure that it is a worthwhile investment but it is less than half of what I thought it would be.

Also, I liked clean "lines." I had money direct deposited to my savings account strictly for the purposes of covering monthly investment obligations. I didn't want any of this "cluttering" up the checking account and making it harder to read when balancing, etc. When I got promoted to supervisor my paychecks became bi-weekly. I kept out enough cash to do what I needed to do for myself, Amanda and the kids. If I needed more money (which rarely happened) I would write a check for "cash." I never owned an ATM card because I never wanted to see that mess all over my statements, I didn't

like ATM fees and I was always paranoid that I would forget to mark an ATM withdrawal in the ledger and thus possibly bounce a check. Colley McCoy didn't match my investments in any way. The company was way behind the times in that area, and starting a 401K was one of the biggest things that I was pushing for. The only thing they did for me was I got a $2000 IRA bonus at the end of each year. To me this was like a cash bonus because I had been maximizing my IRA all year. The $310 direct deposits from my checks into my savings accounts was to cover my monthly automatic withdrawals for IRA, Brent and Kyle's Education IRA's, my universal life insurance policy and Tristan's IRA (not sure when or if I stopped deducting to her IRA). I believed in using a strategy called "dollar cost averaging" for investments. Especially when the goal is long term, like retirement or college, Instead of trying to "time" the market where you catch "highs" or "lows" (DCA) is purchasing the same amount of shares on a set date weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, etc.

The theory is that over time you will pay the lowest amount because it removes all emotion from investing. In addition to this $600 a month going towards investments, I was enrolled in automatic stock purchase plan. Because I was an employee of McDonald's, I could purchase the stock and not pay any fee for such purchases. I think I had it set up to purchase $50 worth of stock per week. The stock did well and I looked at it as a good insurance policy for the future to help pay for the kids

college, weddings, first cars, etc. Today with online brokers you can purchase stock of your favorite company with minimal fees but this wasn't the case 15 years ago when I started this. Every extra dollar you pay in fees is less potential to earn. Not the smartest idea I am sure, but I usually kept enough cash at home for misc. spending- groceries, dinner, movies, gifts for the kids, $500 for the misc. 3 wheeler, etc.

You asked about 3 deposits made in June of 2000 one on 6/13/00 for $2,438.69. I have an idea that this was my quarterly bonus for my restaurants doing well. The other two deposits were on 6/26 and 6/27 for $1,236.23 and $1,749.18 I have an idea that they were two paychecks from two different periods, I didn't deposit a regular check earlier in the month. I have an idea, that I kept several hundred from each check and deposited the rest. Perhaps one of them had an expense check added in. I wish I remembered the amount of my regular check... Anyway, I would sometimes do crazy things. Like on Sept 29th. I made two deposits one for $653.84 and one for $500.00. I've done this a few times. It is likely that I was going to make some large purchase with the $500.00 and it fell through so I deposited it. Either that or I got out in the parking lot and said, "oh crap, what was I thinking? I need to deposit more."

You asked about a July 20, 2000 E-trade. E-trade was the online stockbroker that I used at that time. (I soon after switched to Scottrade, comparable service less than half the price.) I can't remember how much, I want to say I had between $8,000 and $10,000 invested in the stock market. I could make individual buys or sells for $14.95 each with E-trade. That wasn't a bad price back then. I'd fart around trying to make a buck in the market. I did ok.

More importantly, you asked about a 7/27/2000 withdrawal for $1,200.00. The second that I saw this withdrawal I was immediately 99% sure that it was for the boat. Yeahhh another clue! I am pretty sure that I paid $1,600 total for the boat so I must have had an extra $400 or so cash at home that wouldn't have cut me short. I told you I got that boat before September:)

You mentioned the new Pioneer Science Fund in November and December. Yeah, another

piece of corroborating evidence to go along with my memory and notes in daytimer that I spoke to Darren in October about my unhappiness with accounts and making some changes. I wish I had specifically written Kassidy's name in the daytimer section because the college IRA for her and getting financial info to present to managers at a meeting was main purpose for the call. While on phone he agreed to send me Pioneer Science prospectus. For Kassidy, he was sending me several prospectuses with more aggressive funds. As previously mentioned, it was going to be a Christmas present for her.

You asked about Juliana Garcia being a "joint owner" on my account. Interesting story. Juliana was a second asst. manager in my Methuen II restaurant when I added them to my area. Getting the Methuen restaurants added to our area was exciting because it could help to take some of the strain off from Rochester when it came to staffing the beach. The only problem was much of the Spanish population down there used public transportation. Early on in 2000 Juliana agreed to work at the beach all summer long which was great because she would be able to bring up to 3 people a day with her from Methuen. The only problem was she didn't have a car. This being my problem as the supervisor, (staffing the beach), I agreed to purchase her a car. Either May or June 1999 or 2000 I bought her a used car. I believe it was with the understanding it be under $2,000. I ended up seeing something on a lot in Rochester, may have been a Ford Probe or something like that for $1,900.00. We checked it out, she liked it, and I bought it. I added her as joint owner on my account so direct

deposits could be made from her check to my account to pay it back. As a "joint" it was set up so that she could not make withdrawals. Anyway, Juliana never ended up working in Hampton and only worked for us for a few months. I think I got most of the money back for the car but can't recall exactly.

This was not my first situation with buying cars to get people to and from Hampton Beach. A year or two before that I purchased a Ford Taurus that Tristan used at times going back and forth from the tech in Concord. In the summer, I would let several key Rochester crew that I trusted use it on a rotating basis to get a carload to the beach everyday. Thank GOD there was never an accident. It is a "dicey" situation but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. I was a company man.

You asked about the trampoline that I bought for Brent and Kyle. When did I get it, and where, etc. Did I ever mention that BJ's Wholesale Club was my favorite store? he he!! I was wandering through BJ's one night in either May or June and There was this huge trampoline hanging from the ceiling. It was the biggest one I had ever seen. Immediately I said, "Yup, the boys need this." I'm sure I purchased it with my credit card. I always used my credit card at stores like BJ's. Like I said, it was much easier to track your expenses. I borrowed someone's truck, possibly John Seppy's, and bought the trampoline within a day or two. I stored it in the garage until the boys' birthdays got closer. Larry Lane helped me set it up for them. What a blast. That was the best gift I could have ever purchased. We all had a blast on that thing. Kyle still uses it today.

You asked about two deposits. One on Aug. 2 for $2,000 and one Nov. 6th for $1,600.00

Because of the even amounts I am guessing these were bonus checks. My area did very

well for me. Yes I had manual deposits for my checking account vs. automated. I know this sounds

crazy, but I liked doing it this way. I liked the people at Holy Rosary and I enjoyed seeing them. The credit union was only a few miles from my house and wasn't really a big deal. Plus, if I automatically deposited my check, that would be a lot more withdrawals by ATM or writing a check for cash that I would have had to do and I didn't want that. Besides, I think there is some value in working your butt off all week and actually letting the money you earned pass through your hands. It's a valuable lesson for the boys and I took them to the bank whenever I had them and

needed to go. Of course, they liked the lollipops but they were also seeing, "you work hard all week and then you're rewarded for your efforts with a paycheck. What can I say, I am old fashioned.

I hope this helps some.

Sincerely,
September 23, 2010 (231)

Response to your #267. When your were responding to my letter #206 you asked specifically about Scott Hampton. He was the facilitator of the Dover DV (Domestic Violence) group for Strafford Guidance I believe. Scott led ALL of the Dover sessions that I participated in. As I mentioned, I didn't like his manner of presentation and quickly left for the Rochester group led by Bruce as soon as I found out about it. Scott presented in a "shame" based manner. I don't really think the guys there needed that. We already felt like assholes. I know that I beat myself up enough and was more interested in solutions than anything else.

I would guess that in the entire 26 week program I went to 6 or 7 sessions in Dover. Scott led all of these sessions and definitely knew me. During the Scott-run sessions I always felt that he was looking at us as the scum of the earth. He stood on his "soap box" and preached to us. I'm glad that Scott wasn't allowed to testify at my trial. It would have given him a large platform for his "agenda". The best way I can describe him is "manhater." I'm sure you have heard the term used before but likely it was being said about some female feminist. It sounds harsh. I'm just calling

it like I see it.

You asked about the school event that I went to in the fall of 2000 for Brent at Tri City Christian Academy in Somersworth. I'm inclined to believe that this event was sometime in October 2000. My reasoning for this is school started in September and it would take some time to teach the kids their singing and acting parts for the variety show. Also, there was a note in my Oct. 2000 traveling day timer (calendar) that mentioned leaving Tristan a phone message about Brent's school tuition check. (Tri City was a private school. Tristan and I liked the school's reputation, teaching methods, and staff and wanted to give Kyle and Brent the best education available) I have a recollection of giving Tristan a check or cash at the conclusion of the event, when we got back to our cars. In attendance were myself, Tristan, Kyle, Joe, and perhaps, Joe's parents. I was happy that we could all be there for Brent and act civil to each other. It's how things should ALWAYS be for the kids but we didn't always accomplish. Neither Joe or I were vying for Tristan's affections at this point, and we were there because of our love for Brent. This likely helped. I know Tristan brought Kyle there and as I recall, I was driving up from one of my restaurants in the southern part of my area. I would have liked for Amanda and Kassidy to be there, but it was an odd time. Amanda and Tristan got along, but there was no real love between them. I had the custody thing going with Tristan and like a lot of things during that time period, I avoided anything that could potentially upset or offend her. Eventually my custody agreement would have been set in stone, my divorce to Tristan would have been finalized and things would be different. I would have been able to officially move on with my new family and not worry about who got their "feathers" ruffled. The bottom line is these things were for the kids. I have ALWAYS been of the opinion, "Having four parents instead of two could be an incredible gift to the children if we all do our jobs correctly." Hey, we can't have too many people love our kids right? I recall at the end of the evening there was some discussion about taking the kids to dinner but we didn't end up doing so. I buckled the kids into Tristan's back seat and kissed them good bye.

You asked about Brent's Little League games that I attended in June of 2000. The only reason you knew of that one is because my mom happened to be there with her camera that game. Unfortunately, you never think that something like this is going to happen and you will always have plenty of time to take photos in the future. As I recall Brent played like a 15-16 game schedule. Most of those games in May and June. The kids would play 1-2 games a week. There were a number of teams so it varied. Most of the games were played at Roger Allen Field in Rochester. The Little League season was pretty much wrapping up when I got heavily involved with Amanda. I don't believe that she or Kassidy ever went to a game with me there.

Response to 274 and misc.

I am labeling this letter #233 even though I am not sure where I left off. It's been over a week since I've typed a response to you and I don't know where I left off. While on the subject, it appears that I have written two letters to you as #225. One of them, handwritten and you responded to as part of your #285 and a typed version that you responded to in your #290. I just didn't want you to get confused when you try to scan them in for the letters project. (Similar to the two Jan. 20th letters

we discussed at our last visit.)

Enclosed with this letter will be my letter to Gray Fitzgerald after reading his book. Also a second letter I received from AB, a supporter from Rochester and my response. AB is not ready to go public with her support yet, but it is clear that she is very sharp, has done her homework and has some clear memories of events that I had forgotten about. I spent some time early this morning going through some recent letters from you that I had responded to and also all the letters still waiting for response. In doing so, I noticed several misc. items that I wanted to comment on or question. In no particular order:

Chronology addition- Unfortunately I could not find the most recent Yankees schedule that you sent me so I cannot tell you the opponent at the game we watched, but we now know from the panoramic photograph of Amanda and I at a bar in NY City that we were there to watch the Yankees play a game on the weekend of Aug. 20, 2000. The date on the photo says Aug. 21 but I believe that the date of the photo was off by one day and should have been Aug. 20. As Jeremy explained several months ago, we stayed right in NY City vs. the NJ hotel we typically stayed at because it was a weekend and the weekend rate in Manhattan was actually cheaper than the weekday. I believe we drove there on Sunday, had dinner went out that evening and left for NH the next day. That would mean we either saw a Sunday or Monday game. Perhaps emailing Jeremy that we have nailed down the weekend will help jog his memory. I am quite certain that we did not go out Monday evening as the photo depicts, as we were heading home then. Either way, it is another two days we can fill into the chronology. August was a pretty busy month for us.

Letters 264 and 265 were about the photos of Kassidy that you pulled from Ancestry.com. You mentioned that those photos are no longer on the site but you have them downloaded and will save them to our site. My question is: will they display on our site clearly? For some reasons the photos you sent me from that site were all very blurry. I don't know if that is how they show up, if it was a printer problem of some sort or if it is something that was caused because the photos have been shared with so many sites. If they are in fact as blurry on the site as they were on the printed copies I received we should consider not using them.

We spoke at our last visit about the two Jan. 20th letters (mentioned above). I'm hopeful, as you are, that is a single incident of lost info. I'm sorry I couldn't help. For the letters project, I make corrections right on the paper and mail back to you without keeping a photocopy for myself because I make my changes so close to the margins that a photocopier wouldn't pick up the additions. Had I kept copies here, it would have been no problem.