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

pg.5 halfway down + 6 my conversations with Jeff picking Kassidy up and her behavior.

Pg.8 My phone conversation with Jeff

Pg. 9 my actions after phone call.

-Jackie Conley didn't help her daughter get bail. 1st interview cops told her that Jen was fine with Jeff. She never visited Amanda in jail either.

-Witness tampering charge (bullshit) I knew all about what her friends as well as Amanda had said to them through my discovery. I being a guy of moderate intelligence can see that in some cases it was saying same thing but I never tried to get her to go change her friends' minds. I guess what I'm saying, I would not have only been concerned with her mind and what she said. I would have followed through and done the rest as well if I had that kind of pull and desire. I always preached truth.

Most of the answers you are requesting for this letter are included right on your letter as they were quick and easy. There are just a few things to address here.

1. 
   In a letter that I read last night and haven’t answered yet you are asking me about Cross Road Kindergarten and telling me that you can’t find a listing in Somersworth. I wrote to you 1-2 months ago with a big thing about Crossroads and gave you the address and phone number of 18 French Cross Rd. Dover, NH 03820 603-749-4278. I’m sorry, I can’t give you the exact letter number that I wrote it in. It is hard for me with my physical limitations to look these things up. Now I’m a bit concerned and feel that I need you to find and re read that letter, it may have other info that you need to know on it.
   
2. 
   The next letter I am going to answer you are asking again about the cat scratches under Kassidy’s eye, what was kitten’s name, why did we get it, etc. No problem re answering but I wrote a detailed explanation about the kitten approximately a month ago and I explained that it was Kassidy’s kitten. Amanda said that Kassidy loved “kitties” and she wanted to get her one. I wrote, “How can I say no to that.” I thought that might be pretty important to know because if I am the monster that is going to beat this child to death, it is unlikely that I am going to be softened by a request for her to have a kitten, especially when I am not that fond of cats.
   

You asked me to check around the prison to see if a private polygraph test had been administered.

Go ahead and get your questions ready or what you think should be asked. If it is possible and I am going to do it, I want to do it now. Long before we ramp up any media or public attention. If I fail for some reason then we can just call it quits or whatever. I don't think you can recover from the perception of a failure. I know with the two guys that I know here that I was convinced were innocent, and then they failed the test, I now question if they are innocent even with actual physical proof that one of them had to be.

You asked if I talked to any inmates that took one and how the New York person explains the failure.

This gentleman took the polygraph here that is required as part of the sex offender treatment program.

The only way he describes the failure is nerves. I believe they come in several times a year.

I don't know the exact date of June 1990 that I graduated from high school. Someone in the class will,

though.

of my house at 191 Milton Rd. 10 or 11 P.M.. I don't know the exact date. You'll have to get it from my mom when you see her on 24th. It had to be sometime between 1997·1998. Brent was young. I think Kyle was born either that or Tristan was pregnant.

people in my class once we got to high school. I hung out with some people from Monadnock, some

older kids, and wasted a bunch of time with Barbara. I'm sure someone on this list would be

interested. I will study it and get back to you.

Thanks for letting me know about the Facebook page. Does this mean that I am a regular member of

Facebook now for all to see or is it just the class of 1990 that can see me? As you can tell, I know

nothing about it.

Glad you had a chance to talk with Aunt Cheryl (LaValley) she has always been one of my favorites.

You asked about the Kitten - We got a kitten for Kassidy. She loved it. We didn't have it long before she died. For the life of me, I can't recall its sex or name. It was a cuddly bugger as most kittens are and it scratched the heck out of everything.

I believe that Jeff had a cat and an older, large, mutt dog named Jake.

You asked my dad's middle name. It is Chester Ronald Evans. I hope this helps,
March 13, 2010 (52)

In a recent letter you asked me about a parenting seminar that I attended with Dr. Leo Sandy. I was discussing a video that we watched where the instructor said that most people (children), automatically look away and avoid eye contact when there is confrontation. You'll have to refer to the original letter for the exact comment. You asked if Dr. Sandy was the one that made that comment and I replied that it was

in the video and I would try to get Mrs. Kelley to email Dr. Sandy. The name of the video is "How Difficult Can This Be" F.A.T. City. w/presenter Richard Lavoie.

The video was originally created approximately 20 years ago at a school in Conn. for special needs children. It was recently redone with the same presenter. In group we watched part of the original production and that is where I got the quote from.

The other item that I wanted to review is an item to ask Dr. Wecht about. I'm sure you have a list started somewhere of things to ask him, could you please add this to that list. I have a friend here, who takes medication to help suppress Gran Mal Seizures. As a baby, he had a traumatic head injury, he fell down a flight of stairs and soon after started having Petit Mal Seizures. He described these seizures as moments of extreme spaciness. He said at first the seizures as were barely noticeable. It sounded an awful lot like some of the spaciness and staring at the walls that Kassidy did, especially the after the fall from Jeff's truck window.

The difference between my friend and Kassidy of course was that he didn't fall at the babysitters house, and then have the babysitter wait two days until bringing him home to his mother. AND, his mother and father were smart enough to bring him to the hospital vs. assuming that he was ok because this accident happened a day or two earlier and he seemed to be doing ok. (That wishful thinking thing you were talking about). My friend has a 2 year old son, who really seems attached to me. Approximately 4-5 days ago, he said his mom wanted to get involved and help somehow, (apparently, she believes in me.) I gave her your email address. If she contacts you it may be a good thing to ask her for more info about Jordan's head injury as he was so young and likely won't know all the details of the accident or the symptoms of injury. I cannot remember her name at this time but I will get it to you.

You asked about Bruce T. The Bruce listed here is Michelle's father in law and he is married to Charlene. I was friends with Bruce Jr. and Michelle. We were close for a while but I have not heard from them since coming to prison. After you read the grand jury stuff you can decide if you have questions to ask them. They may read the book, check out website but I doubt they will get involved until then. We were hard and fast friends and likely would be today had this not happened. We only met a year or so before this happened so I'm sure it was easier for them to write the friendship off. I'll talk more about them on the 24th when we meet.

Thanks for the Facebook info. Regarding the football team photo. I don't know that I am in this photo although I appear to be #53. I only played until 10th grade. I was the center on offense and "bull Tackle" on defense. The bull tackle in our defense was the guy that was the most nuts. He would float on the line looking for the gaps to get to the quarterback. I had a scare my sopohmore year where the Dr.'s thought

I had spinal meningitis. After upwards of 10 spinal taps it was never confirmed but the doctors advised my parents that I shouldn't play football again. I focused on work instead.
March 13, 2010 (53)

I apologize for falling so far behind. I'm finally starting to recover from whatever "bugs" entered my system. I hope to answer up to 87 this weekend. Thanks for sharing the story about the little boy that drowned in your banana boat. How horrible for you. I'm sorry that happened. It's situations like that and Kassidy, that make me question if there truly is a loving God. I HATE the weak answer that people give me about "free will". Did you ever canoe after that? I'm not surprised that the parents' marriage ended sometime thereafter. I have heard many situations where it creates incredible stress. In fact, when I got my final "dear John" letter from Amanda she mentioned loving me so much, but seeing me brings back all the feelings of missing Kassidy right to the surface.

So you cleaned some indoor McDonald's playplaces huh? What a job that is. Dust and lint like you wouldn't believe unless you saw it. When Jeremy came to see me last week he informed me that the old Rochester McDonald's I ran was torn down and rebuilt. This surprised me because that playplace was added on in 1995 for approx. $250,000. Not to mention all of the other investments made there in my time of running it.

You enclosed a copy of the 10 page summary I sent to my attorneys. I will make comments and return to you. You also asked for answers to some specific questions which I will attempt to clarify.

What did you mean when you wrote that Jeff was "a bit of a chick"? I really need to find a less derogatory way of saying this. What I am referring to here is that Jeff had a habit of saying things because they sound good but not really meaning them. Much the way I have seen many girls get together and say, "Oh my God, you look so good, that dress looks so good on you," or say, "Call me, we've got to get together."

Then, the second said girls are out of earshot they say, "Wow, I can't stand her. Does anyone like her?"

Pg. 6 You asked for our kitten's name and where the scratch was located. I can't recall kitten's name. Perhaps you can add that to Amanda's list of questions for when you talk to her. She will likely remember as it was Kassidy's. It may have been "Kitty" because that is what I remember Kassidy calling it. I believe scratch was under the right eye, same as coffee table.

Pg. 16 You wrote that you called Tristan to ask her to call friends about plans that evening Kassidy died. I didn't have Kyle on Thursdays as I recall. Typically on Thursdays at least during football season, I would meet Jeremy at Banana's and sometimes Bruce (perhaps that night) Bruce worked in Portsmouth at the time and that is where we got paid by our bookie. That was a pretty good week for me, I think Bruce and I were getting $800 each. (He was my partner.) Occasionally we paid. It was actually quite relaxing because I never felt like I HAD to bet. I just enjoyed the challenge. I believe Amanda was planning to pick Kassidy up at Jeff's that evening unless she called me. In that case, I would pick up my cash and then get Kassidy and feed her dinner. I THINK Amanda was planning on getting out of work around 4-5 P.M. that day.

Pg. 16 Do you remember who the police officer was who talked to you before your interview? I believe he was a Kittery cop, maybe a captain, Ron Avery.

Pg. 18 What does "Jeff testing Kassidy through the window mean?" Jeff described to me once how he put Kassidy into the corner once for a timeout and then went out to get the mail. He watched her from outside the window to see that she hadn't moved from where he put her. After a few minutes Kassidy wandered away and he went and he told me that he yelled at her for moving. I expressed that I thought that was "uncool" and he backed away as he always did, saying, "I only did it once."

Pg. 18 Jeff putting her in the corner and calling her bad girl all the time. I remember this being one of the things that really upset Amanda and I was surprised that she never talked about it to the police. Likely she didn't because they tended to shut her down whenever she spoke ill of Jeff. Maybe she did in that missing portion of interview from Gray, Maine. Anyway, Amanda relayed to me once that she yelled at Jeff because he was pissing her off. He kept calling Kassidy a bad girl all the time. To the point that Kassidy would sometimes just randomly say it. I don't believe that anyone at our house ever used these words. Knowing Jeff, he saw that it got under Amanda's skin, and used it more and more frequently to get a reaction from Amanda. He would describe it as teasing.

Unfortunately, I didn't see much interaction between Jeff and Kassidy. When we were all together, it was Amanda and I or even Jen who interacted with Kassidy. You know, come to think of it, that should have been another sign to us. Another sign that I missed. I always interact with children. He never did when we were all together. Kassidy definitely wanted nothing to do with him when we were all together. Amanda was around Jeff and Kassidy much more frequently. You should add that to your list of questions to ask her. When you make contact. I'm sure you've got a list going.

Pg. 18 Amanda going to Maine DHS about Aspire program? The reason this was listed was because I KNOW that Amanda went there on several different occasions WITH Kassidy. Just trying to show that Kassidy wasn't always covered in bruises because she wouldn't have taken Kassidy there. DHS would have definitely reacted to a bruised baby. It is another set of questions you will have to ask Amanda about. All I know is that she had certain requirements she had to meet for the ASPIRE program. She would tell me at night sometimes that she had a meeting that day. Unfortunately, I never paid much attention to it because I didn't realize how important those trips might some day be.

Pg. 19 You asked about food stamps and the Aspire program. This still upsets me to think about. I had no idea about any welfare assistance program. I only knew what Amanda told me about ASPIRE, that it was a program for young mothers in Maine, that will pay for them to go to school as long as they have a job. I mean, I didn't check into it or anything. Several months after Kassidy died, Amanda told me that she got food stamps for a couple of months with the program. Amanda said, "I knew you would never let me use them so I gave them to Jeff and Jen." I was dead set against abusing such programs.

One time in October I arrived home and found the refrigerator full of food. I knew I hadn't given Amanda any money that day so I asked her about it. Amanda launched into this elaborate story about how Jeff had signed up for, and won, this $1,000.00 grocery shopping spree. He and Jen never would use it all as it had to be spent at once so they gave us a bunch of food. I thought this was nice but told her to take the food back, I make plenty of money and don't need people's charity. (That was then. A few years in jail has softened me towards charity). Amanda got upset and told me that I would insult them if I didn't accept the food. I eventually relented. The next day or so I saw Jeff and told him the gift was unnecessary, but that I appreciated it. Without batting an eye he said, "YOU'RE WELCOME." Imagine my surprise when several

months later Amanda hit me with, "Remember that time, I told you, that Jeff won a $1000.00 shopping spree? He really didn't. It was food stamps I was getting that we used. I was giving them to Jen and Jeff because I knew you would never let me use them. Jeff told me I should just tell you that he won a shopping spree.and they were giving us some food." I remember feeling like I had just been run over by a Mack truck.

I thought to myself, "Who the hell are these people I got into bed with?" Amanda and I fought about it because I was hurt that she so easily violated my trust. To her credit, she admitted it to me because it was eating away at her. I thought back to Jeff on the other hand, he was in his glory telling me I was welcome for his gift to me. He was very jealous of me and this was a way to get one over on my core values. .
March 13, 2010 (54)

You asked me to review the times and people that I know that have run into a juror. As I understand it,

Jeremy Hinton was working at the Newington NH McDonald's shortly after my verdict, and one of my jurors recognized Jeremy as being my friend and sought him out. They talked briefly at the end of the counter and Jeremy asked how they could look beyond Jeff. The juror responded something to the effect of: "We had things in the deliberation room that you guys never saw." Jeremy stands behind this story today. He is one of the more truthful people I know.

Dorothy claims to have run into one of the female jurors at Wal Mart soon after I was found guilty. I don't really know the extent of their exchange. If you can not get hold of Dot, Tristan may know the content of their exchange. Dot was Tristan's best friend and I'm sure the information to me came through Tristan. My sister has Tristan's email and will pass it onto you.

I believe there was a retired teacher on my jury that was a family friend of Stephanie Bolduc's parents. Stephanie had an exchange with her once, but the lady didn't really want to talk about it and Stephanie was afraid of getting me into trouble for bugging a juror.

ON a seperate note.

In letter #52 I wrote to you about an inmate here that I am friends with. His mother's name is Robin. He advised me that you would be better off talking to his dad who was taking care of him at that point in his life and is VERY familiar with my friend's injury, his symptoms, etc. He informed me that his father is a personal injury attorney and somewhat of an expert on head trauma. The father has represented several substantial head injury victims. I know Jordan has previously mentioned to me that his dad teaches at a local college as well. I asked my friend to mention my situation to his dad and ensure that he didn't mind answering some questions. Incredibly, I forgot to ask Jordan for his dad's name.
March 13, 2010 (55)

I thought you had received my two letters of Jan 25 and responded but figured better to be safe than sorry. The info on the website page wasn't a photocopy so I figured you were missing that.

Thanks for the 4 pg. biography of Maximilian Kolbe. Interesting. I'll ask Rev. McCrae about him when I see him. Unfortunately, I don't see Gordon that often.

That is interesting that you re-established the Lucy Stone League. I've never heard of this group. You sure do have your "fingers" in a lot of pies.

You asked about Amanda's brother (s) spending time at our house for about a week.

Morrison, I don't mean to pawn these things but please add this to your list of questions to ask Amanda when you talk with her. (Hopefully, you have a document started somewhere in your computer titled "Questions for Amanda.") I just want to make sure we get it right.

I recall both Scottie and Josh staying with us but I'm not certain if it was for an entire week or if it was even together. One of them may have just been a few days visit. I remember liking them. Josh reminded me a little of Brent. Jeff used to call him the "unabomber". I just thought he was a quiet, loner, type. He liked video games, was real attentive to Kassidy. I was the "cool" sister's boyfriend that him drive my car once. We walked to Lone Oaks and got ice cream. I can't remember what we bought, but I remember we took the kids to the store and got them some stuff. This made Amanda pretty proud because the boys didn't really have much. It may have been games or clothes, sneakers? God, I wish I paid more attention. Another question for Amanda.

She would likely know. I think Josh stayed longer than Scottie. Scottie was your typical little boy. Loved to play ball. He was several years older than Kyle but couldn't hit the wiffle ball nearly as well because no one worked with him. I believe they both enjoyed the trampoline. This would make it sometime after July they stayed with us. I know I was real busy at work so I didn't get to spend as much time with them as I would have liked. Summer time is super busy in the seacoast restaurants. Especially July and August at Hampton Beach. Please Ask Amanda. She can likely fill in some of these gaps if she has a little time to think.

I wrote that Jennifer was "bagging" on Jeff and you wanted to know what that meant. it is slang for giving a hard time. ex. "We were bagging on Morrison because he had to drive off the ladies tee when playing a round of golf." (LOL). Responding to my letter 36 and Jack Levin article, you mentioned that you were open to various possibilities, not knowing what happened on the 8th or 9th. I don't know and we may never know exactly.

I felt especially sick to my stomach when I was originally putting together that 10 page letter for Alan back in 2001 and all the details of the things Jeff said to me or Amanda, or did were all grouped together in one place. (holding a pillow over a face, spanking her butt black and blue, applying make up to her face, etc.) So many things that should have stood out to me and didn't. For example, who the hell makes statements like, "I told you not to beat her to hard unless I was around to watch?" When I read this now I am mortified that I ever let her go back there after he would say things like that. At the time, I just thought he was some kind of social misfit trying to be funny. When I would give him a look after such a statement,