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 * __Direct – Lee Dubois, Parent of Jesse Dubois__**

Q. What is your name? //A. I am Lee Dubois.//

Q. What is your relation to Jesse Dubois? //A. I am Jesse's mother/father.//

Q. How many children do you have? //A. We have four children in all and Jesse is our oldest.//

Q. Where do you live in relation to the Mortis County Cemetery? //A. We live five blocks from the cemetery.//

Q. How do you feel about Jesse’s behavior? //A. We are very proud of him/her.//

Q. What is your family like? //A. We are a very open and trusting family. We really do believe in our children.//

Q. How do your children behave? //They obey and are nice, good kids. They don’t fight or argue or get into trouble. All of our children have good grades and have no behavior problems. I’ve never received a phone call from school complaining about any of our children.//

Q. What was Jesse doing the day of the crime? //A. He had been at the cemetery that afternoon helping Pat with a project for school.//

Q. How has Pat and Jesse relationship been in the past? //A. Jesse has been very supportive in helping Pat find direction and that is another reason why we are so proud of Jesse.//

Q. How did you feel about the afternoon trip to the cemetery? //A. We were aware of the trip and approved of it. I think history is important and our children should learn from the past and respect it. I was delighted that the three of them were taking such an interest in local history.//

Q. What time did they return from the cemetery that afternoon? //A. I am not sure of the __exact__ time, but I know without a doubt that they were defenitley home by that evening. Pat and Shelby were coming over for the evening to watch television and hang out in our basement.//

Q. What time did Shelby arrive? //A. About 8:00 pm.//

Q. How do you feel about Shelby? //A. I always used to think Shelby was a nice, smart, kid.//

Q. Would you have any reason to lie about Shelby? A. No defenitley not. In general I think Shelby is a good kid, I wouldn't lie about Shelby. I have absolutley no reason to do that.

Q. What did Shelby do then? //A. Shelby and I chatted for a bit about the scholarship Shelby had been awarded and then Shelby and Jesse went to the basement family room and I heard the television set go on.//

Q. When did Pat arrive? //A. He __**arrived**__ around 9:00 pm or so.//

Q. How did Pat act? //A. He was very polite and sweet, thanking me for letting him/her come over for the evening.//

Q. What did Jesse, Pat, and Shelby do next? //A. At 9:15 the kids ordered a pizza. My husband and I approved to Pat and Shelby sleeping over.//

Q. When was the next time you heard from them in the basement? //A. We called down to the basement later in the evening to see if the kids needed anything else and Jesse said no, they were great. They were laughing and having fun. Then, we said goodnight and locked the house and went upstairs to our bedroom.//

Q. What time did you go to sleep? //A. I stayed up until about midnight reading & then finally went to bed.

Q. Did you hear any noise throughout the night?// A. All though the night I heard the telivision set and the sound of the kids laughing.

Q. How do you usually sleep? A. Well I am a light sleeper.

Q. Did you hear anything weird in the night? A. It was about 3:12 AM, and a noise //woke me so I went downstairs to check, and they were all sprawled in the basement, in the middle of a deep sleep, sleeping soundly.//

Q. What occurred in the morning? //A. I came downstairs and it was quiet in the kitchen. Jesse was there but the others weren't.

Q. What does Pat usually do in the morning? A. Pat has a job, he might have gone home before work. That wasn't unusual.

Q. What has Shelby done now? A. Pleaded guilty and has reached an agreement with the State's Attorney that will probably wipe the slate clean.

Q. Do you have any idea why he/she might have done that? A. I don't know why Shelby did that. I think Shelby was afraid of losing that scholarship and decided to admit to anything in order to keep it. After all, what's community service and six months of good behavior in exchange for a college scholarship?

Q. Where Pat and Jesse involved in this vandalism? A. Well, I am a responsible parent. I am responsible enough to know that our child was in our home on the night this hapenned. I think any __reasonable__ person would believe these kids and understand that their was just a horrible misunderstanding.//