Saldate's synopsis
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As a part of the official Police records on the murder of CHRISTOPHER CONAN MILKE leading case agent ARMANDo SALDTE, JR. supplied this 'case synopsis', listing all the involved personnel, suspects and evidence. Again, we are able to uncover some discrepancies between SALDATE'S reports and other records, as SALDATE tried to tie Debra Milke to this crime. It is particularly interesting to consider the date and time this synopsis was typed, since it has taken place later on the same day that the police veteran wrote the report of his interview with Debbie. By the time he had written the report including the confession of ROGER SCOTT and the questionable incrimination of Debra, SALDATE had also already fabricated the purported 'confession' of Debra. It should also explicitly be stated that SALDATE wrote his report about the interview with Debbie on December 6, 1990 at 8.40 a.m., whereas he wrote his report about the interrogation of ROGER SCOTT at 1.57 p.m. on the same day [please click here to check the exact rundown of happenings]. He now went on to produce an explicable synopsis for the entire case, changing and twisting facts where convenient. 
REPORT CLEARED BY ARREST. VICTIM CONTINUED: 3', 40 lbs., blond hair, brown eyes, MORTUARY: Brown's Cremation N.O.K.: MARK MILKE (natural father)
INDEX SUSPECT #1: SCOTT, ROGER MARK, W/M, 6/4/48 INDEX SUSPECT #2: STYERS, JAMES LYNN, W/M, 9/3/47 INDEX SUSPECT #3: MILKE, DEBRA JEAN, W/F, 3/10/64 EVIDENCE:
(NOTE) See other supplement for further evidence. SUPPORT PERSONNEL:
UNIFORM PATROL:
INVESTIGATIORS:
ATTACHMENTS:
SYNOPSIS: On 12/2/89 between 1100 hours and 1430 hours the victim CHRISTOPHER MILKE, W/M, 4 years, was taken to 99 Avenue north of Happy Valley Road by JIM STYERS W/M, 42 years, and ROGER SCOTT, W/H, 41 years. While there JIM STYERS shot and killed the victim and left him in the desert area.
On 12/3/89 at approximately 0845 hours I was called at my home by SGT. ONTIVEROS and told to proceed to 620 West Washington to assist in the investigation of a missing 4 year old. Upon my arrival I contacted SGT. ONTIVEROS and was briefed by several officers in the conference room about a missing 4 year old who had been missing since the previous day and was believed to have disappeared from the Sears store at Metro Center. After the general briefing DET. BOB MILLS and myself were told that they would like us to re-interview the two subjects who had last been with the victim. I was then assigned to re-interview JIM STYERS and DET. MILLS was assigned to interview ROGER SCOTT. During my interview with STYERS, he told me that he was living with the victim's mother and that they were only friends. This morning he left the home with the victim and traveled to his friend's home, who he identified as ROGER SCOTT. They then went to several locations including a pizza place where they ate lunch. After eating lunch he returned his friend ROGER to his home and he and the victim then proceeded to Metro Center so the victim could see Santa Claus. STYERS said that he needed to go to the bathroom and that he and the victim stopped by the bathroom at the Sears store. A short time later STYERS said he came out of the stall of the bathroom and could not find CHRIS. STYERS denied any knowledge about CHRIS' disappearance and was later released.
ROGER SCOTT told DET. BOB MILLS that he had been with his friend JIM STYERS and the victim earlier however they had dropped him off at his home before JIM and the victim went to Metro Center. ROGER said he later met another friend who he had not seen since high school and that he had gone with his friend to Metro Center to the Sears store to see some tools. During this time he lost touch with this friend who he identified as PHIL. He was searching for his friend PHIL when he ran into his friend JIM STYERS and at that time JIM told him that he had gone to Metro Center with CHRIS and that he had gone to the bathroom and CHRIS was now missing. ROGER told DET. MILLS that JIM had contacted the authorities and that everyone was looking for CHRIS. SCOTT said he looked for CHRIS for a short time and then he had to go home and take care of his mother. At approximately 1258 hours, I began the interview of ROGER and I immediately read ROGER his Miranda rights which he said he understood. Shortly after our interview started ROGER admitted to me that he had not gone to Sears with a friend but instead had gone with JIM and the victim to Sears and had only lied because he did not want to get involved. I continued the interview with ROGER for several hours and finally ROGER admitted that JIM had shot and killed the victim and that the victim had been left in a desert wash in the area of 99 Avenue and Jomax Road. During ROGER's interview he also admitted conspiring with not only JIM but the victim's mother DEBRA MILKE to kill her son. ROGER said that he believes their motivation was a $ 5,000 life insurance policy that the victim had and also that the victim was never liked by JIM or his mother.
JIM was arrested and interviewed however he refused to comment and was later booked in the County Jail for 1st degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Debra Milke, the victim's mother, was interviewed in Florence, Arizona by me and read her Miranda warnings which she understood.
After the scene was located with ROGER SCOTT's help, the scene was secured. DET. RUSS DAVIS and DET. JIM HOUSE conducted the scene investigation which concluded that the victim had been either escorted or carried out to a wash approximately 40 yards west of 99 Avenue and there he was shot three times in the back of the head. There was no indication of any abuse on the victim and no other serious injuries were observed.
During the interview of ROGER, he indicated that the three empty shell casings and three live rounds were thrown out of the car by JIM and he believed they were in the area between 99 Avenue and 83 Avenue on the south side of Union Hills. On 12/5/89 a search team was taken to that area and the three expended shells along with one live round was found. ROGER also indicated that the weapon used in the murder was at his home and it was later recovered by virtue of a search warrant.
All three suspects have been booked and officially charged with murder in the first degree, conspiracy to commit murder first degree, kidnapping, and child abuse. Therefore, this case is cleared by arrest.
Investigation cleared by arrest. |
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