NUMBER 51 TO NUMBER 100

NUMBER 51
DID BOB COULSON ATTEND FRIDAYS FAMILY DINNERS EVERY WEEK?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 31, lines 16-20.

Q: What was the thing about FRIDAY SUPPER, I call it, at the Coulson house, what was significant of that?
A: It was STANDARD EVERY Friday THEY met and ALL went out to dinner AS A FAMILY.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.016, 5th paragraph.

Ms. Ceyba stated the FAMILY MEMBERS THAT NORMALLY GO OUT TO DINNER CONSIST OF THE COMPAINTANTS THAT WERE KILLED in this incident. Ms Ceyba explained that ROBERT COULSON DOES GO OUT TO DINNER with his parents ON OCCASION but NOT AS REGULARLY as the other family members.
 

NUMBER 52
AT WHAT TIME INTERVAL WERE THE VICTIMS SUPPOSED TO SHOW UP AT THE HOUSE?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 30, lines 16-21.

Q: how was he (Bob) going to make sure that the family was there?
A: He had called around and told Rick and Robin to come (to the house) about 30 MINUTES LATER ON, that he had to talk to his mom and dad alone, he didnt need them there?

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.109, middle paragraph.

Wood said that Jared told him that Bob Coulson had each of the FAMILY MEMBERS SHOW UP at the murder location 10 MINUTES APART.
 

NUMBER 52
AT WHAT TIME INTERVAL WERE THE VICTIMS SUPPOSED TO SHOW UP AT THE HOUSE?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 30, lines 16-21.

Q: how was he (Bob) going to make sure that the family was there?
A: He had called around and told Rick and Robin to come (to the house) about 30 MINUTES LATER ON, that he had to talk to his mom and dad alone, he didnt need them there.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.109, middle paragraph.

Wood said that Jared told him that Bob Coulson had each of the FAMILY MEMBERS SHOW UP at the murder location 10 MINUTES APART.
 

NUMBER 53
HOW MANY VICTIMS WERE TO ARRIVE AT ONE TIME?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 30, lines 16-21.

Q: how was he (Bob) going to make sure that the family was there?
A: He had called around and told RICK AND ROBIN to come (to the house) about 30 MINUTES LATER ON, that he had to talk to his mom and dad alone, he didnt need THEM there.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.109, middle paragraph.

Wood said that Jared told him that Bob Coulson had EACH of the FAMILY MEMBERS SHOW UP at the murder location 10 MINUTES APART.
 

NUMBER 54
WHAT TIME DID JARED ALTHAUS LEAVE THE APARTMENT THE DAY OF THE MURDERS TO DROP BOB COULSON OFF?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 96, lines 13-20.

Q: And what kind of clothes did he (Bob) change into? Well, let me ask you (Jared) this: When did he change clothes?
A: HE CHANGED IN THE DRIVE FROM OUR APARTMENT TO THE DROP-OFF POINT.
Q: About WHAT TIME DID YOU LEAVE YOUR APARTMENT then?
A: I would say approximately ABOUT 3:30.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 191, lines 21-25

Q: And YOU (Jared) STATE THEREAFTER, I ATE A LITTLE SNACK, AND YOU LEFT (to go to the drop off point) A LITTLE BEFORE 4:00 P.M. () That part is a lie, is it not?
A: NO. THATS TRUE
 

NUMBER 55
DID BOB COULSON WEAR JEANS OF SWEAT PANTS TO THE MURDERS?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 41, lines 20-22.

Q: What kind of clothing was HE (Bob) going to WEAR once he changed? (in the car on the way to the murders)
A: Some dark JEANS, a sweat shirt and baseball cap.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.090-2.091, bottom of first page and top of the following page.

Althaus stated that Coulson had also thrown out the black SWEAT PANTS he had been wearing The only item recovered during their search was a piece of black colored CLOTH which appeared to have POSSIBLY BEEN PART OF SWEATPANTS.
 

NUMBER 56
DID BOB COULSON BRING A SKI MASK OR STOCKING CAP TO THE MURDERS?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 83, lines 19-24.

A: He (BOB) had borrowed my (Jared) backpack and he HAD A SKI MASK from when he was a little kid.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 62, lines 1-3.

A: After he (Bob) threw out the stun gun. Threw out the bullets, the gun and THE LAST THING HE THREW OUT WAS THE STOCKING CAP and the backpack.
 

NUMBER 57
DID BOB COULSON WEAR A SWEATSHIR OR A SWEATER TO THE MURDERS?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 96, lines 23-25.

A: He (BOB) changed into dark jeans, A SWEAT SHIRT that HE HAD TURNED INSIDE OUT BECAUSE IT HAD SOME WHITE EMBLEM ON THE OUTSIDE

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 15, page 70, lines 16-17.

A: No. It was the -- the hat and the SWEATER, in particular.
 

NUMBER 58
WAS IT DAYLIGHT WHEN JARED ALTHAUS DROPPED BOB COULSON OFF AT THE HOUSE THE DAY FO THE MURDERS?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 86, lines 8-15.

Q: Now we know the murders happened on November 13, 1992. Was there ANY PARTICULAR REASON FOR SELECTING THAT DAY?
A: THE TIME CHANGE HAD ALREADY OCCURRED, and that was one thing. BOB WANTED IT to be DARK when he went INTO the house (at 4:00 pm) so no one could tell it was him

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 268-269, lines 25-5.

Q: 4:00 OCLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON -- THEN ITS DAYLIGHT, IS IT NOT?
A: YES.
Q: And WHEN YOU DROPPED HIM (Bob) OFF (at house), YOU COULD SEE CLEARLY, COULDNT YOU?
A: YES. THERE WAS DAYLIGHT.
 

NUMBER 59
WHAT TIME DID JARED ALTHAUS DROP BOB COULSON OFF?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 265-266, lines 23-20.

Q: Well, did it ever dawn on you guys that between the house -- ACCORDING TO YOU (Jared), YOU GO OVER THERE (crime scene) AROUND 4:00 OCLOCK. Correct?
A: CORRECT.
Q: And youre (Jared) telling us that YOU DROPPED BOB OFF AT A LOCATION NEAR WESTVIEW (crime scene is on Westview) AT 4:00 OCLOCK, at kind of the height of all the traffic going through this region is what youre telling us?
A: I DROPPED HIM OFF on a side street, not on Westview.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 166, lines 1-7.

Q: Okay, okay. Approximately. Im sorry. Approximately a block away (from the crime scene), AT APPROXIMATELY WHAT TIME?
A: As far as I can remember APPROXIMATELY 4:30.
Q: 4:30. And your (Jared) supposed to pick me up (Bob) around what time?
A: 6:00 oclock
 

NUMBER 60
DID ROOFERS SEE ANYBODY WALKING TOWARDS THE HOUSE?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 124, lines 21-23.

A: THE ROOFERS, FROM WHAT I (Jared) CAN REMEMBER FROM THE -- WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS, THE POLICE SAID THAT THE ROOFERS SAW SOMEBODY WALKING TOWARDS THE HOUSE.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.072, sixth and eighth paragraph.

Sgt. asked Toby if he had seen or witness anything the day of the and Pete were CLEANING MRS. HERRING ROOF. TOBY SAID NO, THAT HE DID NOT SEE ANYONE AROUND THE ENIGHBORS HOUSE OR SEE ANYONE ENTER THE HOUSE. SGT. ASKED TOBY IF HE EVER SAW ANYONE AROUND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND AGAIN TOBY SAID NO. TOBY CLAIMED HE DID NOT WITNESS, SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING.
 

NUMBER 61
DID BOB COULSON TELL JARED ALTHAUS THAT HE HAD SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT GOING THROUGH WITH THE MURDERS?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 62, lines 19-21.

Q: DID he (BOB) TELL YOU WHETHER HE had EVER HAD ANY SECOND THOUGHT ABOUT GOING THROUGH WITH it (THE MURDERS)?
A: No, sir.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 106-107, lines 21-2.

Q: did he (BOB) -- WAS THERE ANY INDICATION that HE MIGHT NOT HAVE GONE THROUGH WITH it (THE MURDERS) ?
A: YES. HE SAID that ONCE HE FIRST GOT IN THE HOUSE that HE ALMOST DIDNT GO THROUGH WITH IT, but then he DECIDED THAT HE HAD TO.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 165, lines 6-16.

Q: Did you (Jared) tell the jury that he (Bob) indicated to you or that he hesitated or had some second thought about whether or not he should go through with the plan?
A: Yes, I did.
Q: And what were his words after -- or his words following that conversation? What did he say about that?
A: HE SAID THAT HE HESITATED AT FIRST, BUT HE SAID ONCE HE STARTED, HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO KILL THEM ALL.
 

NUMBER 62
WAS THERE A PLAN IF SOMEONE SAW BOB COULSON LEAVING THE CRIME SCENE, HEADING TOWARDS THE PICK UP SPOT?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 65, lines 11-17.

Q: WAS THERE A PLAN IF SOMEONE SAW me (BOB) RUNNING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD CARRYING A BACKPACK AND CROW BAR AND GAS CAN and all these items TO WHERE YOURE (Jared) SAYING YO PICKED ME UP at 6:00ish?
A: IT WAS YOUR PLAN TO WEAR THE SKI MASK AND HAT AND BE IN DARK CLOTHES, NO ONE WOULD RECOGNIZE YOU.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 312, lines 1-10.

Q: Mr. Skelton asked you (Jared) if anyone saw BOB Coulson LEAVE THE HOUSE after he killed his parents. Do you know in fact whether anyone saw him or not?
A: Not to my knowledge.
Q: Okay. WHAT WAS HIS PLAN IF SOMEONE WOULD SEE HIM?
A: THAT NEVER CAME UP.
 

NUMBER 63
WAS THE SKI MASK GOING TO BE USED IN THE HOUSE DURING THE MURDERS OR FOR THE RUN TO PICK UP POINT?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 28, lines 23.

A: He (BOB) WAS GOING TO WEAR THE SKI MASK WHEN HE ELFT THE HOUSE SO NO ONE WOULD SEE IT WAS HIM LEAVING.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 180, lines 16-22.

Q: DID the defendant (BOB) ever INDICATE WHETHER or not HE ACTUALLY USED the gloves and/or THE SKI MASK?
A: He (Bob) said no, that he didnt, BECAUSE IF HE WORE THE SKI MASK or the gloves THAT IT MIGHT THROW OFF TO HIS FAMILY THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING ON, so he never used them.
 

NUMBER 64
HOW DID BOB COULSON GET MARY COULSON OUT TO THE GARAGE BEDROOM?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 107, lines 5-10.

A: He (Bob) told me (Jared) first the he had told his father that he had to talk to his mother about something, and he told his father not to come in the bedroom. Then HE TOOK HIS MOTHER INTO THE SPARE BEDROOM that his father had built.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 48, lines 23-2.

A: He (Bob) told me (Jared) that he went in the house and that Sarah was in her bedroom and that his mom and dad were in the den and HE CALLED HIS MOM INTO THE BACKROOM. Part of the garage his dad had made a little bedroom out of.
 

NUMBER 65
WHAT DID BOB COULSON TELL MARY COULSON HE NEEDED TO TALK TO HER ABOUT IN THE GARAGE ROOM?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 15, page 53, lines 5-12.

Q: When you were on the stand earlier, you testified that I (Bob) tried to get MY MOM to go INTO THE GARAGE ROOM BY TELLING HER I HAD TO GIVE HER A PRESENT, is that correct, something about CHRISTMAS COMING UP and you said something like that?
A: I THINK SO. Thats what you -- I THINK THATS WHAT I REMEMBER YOU TELLING ME, YES.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 108, lines 2-9.

Q: And he (BOB) said he ASKED HIS MOTHER (MARY COULSON) IN THAT AREA (GARAGE ROOM) ?
A: YES, he did.
Q: Was there any -- DID HE TELL HER WHY HE WANTED HER?
A: HE just SAID HE HAD SOMETHING TO TELL HER ABOUT THE BUSINESS that he wanted to go into, A SURPRISE.
 

NUMBER 66
HOW MUCH OF A STRUGGLE DID BOB COULSON HAVE SUBDUING MARY COULSON?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 50, lines 18-22.

A: He (Bob) said that SHE (Bobs mother) FOUGHT THE HARDEST.
Q: The hardest?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: OF ALL OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY?
A: YES, sir.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 277, lines 4-5.

A: that he (Bob) HAD A LITTLE STRUGGLE WITH HER (Bobs mother)
 

NUMBER 67
DID MARY COULSON SAY ANYTHING TO BOB COULSON DURING THE STRUGGLE?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 63, lines 10-12.

Q: DID he (BOB) ever TELL YOU ANYTHING HIS MOTHER SAID TO HIM WHILE THE STRUGGLE WAS GOING ON?
A: Other than you know that she fought, NO sir.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 108, lines 11-19.

Q: Now did he tell you what happened when he got his mother (MARY COULSON) into the room?
A: Yes, he did.
Q: What did he say happened?
A: He told me that he first TRIED TO IMMOBILIZE HER with the use of the stun gun and that it didnt work. And SHE turned around and SAID turned around and SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
 

NUMBER 68
WAS MARY COULSON SUFFOCATED WITH A PILLOW?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 50, lines 11-12.

A: HE (Bob) HAD TO USE THE PILLOW ON HER (Bobs mother) that was ON THE BED, PUT IT OVER HER FACE, SUFFOCATE HER.

SEE: BRAD RUDOPLHS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (Homicide sergeant). Volume 42, page 30, lines 10-20.

Q: Okay. IN THE SMALL ROOM WEHRE YOU FOUND the remains of the person you later knew as MARY and Otis Coulson, COULD YOU TELL, after looking at the debris there, WHETHER or not THERE HAD BEEN ANY PILLOWS IN THE ROOM or was it simply just to tough to tell with all the debris that was there?
A: It appeared that that room was probably the origin of the fire, extensive fire damage to that room, and I DID NOT NOTE ANY PILLOW.
 

NUMBER 69
WAS THERE A PLASTIC BAG PUT OVER MARY COULSONS HEAR?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 109, lines 5-23.

Q: Did he (Bob) indicate whether his MOTHER (Mary Coulson) struggled at all?
A: Yes. HE PUT THE TRASH COMPACTOR BAGES OVER HER HEAD, zip-corded it and bound and hands and feet and put duct around their mouths.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.048, middle paragraph.

There was NO SIGNS of a PLASTIC BAG BEING PLACED OVER MRS. COULSON(S) HEAD.
 

NUMBER 70
DID BOB COULSON TELL JARED ALTHAUS HOW A BAG WAS SECURED OVER MARY COULSONS HEAD?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 51, lines 8-10.

Q: Did he (Bob) tell you whether he TAPED IT (bag) AROUND HER (Mary Coulson) NECK?
A: NO, sir. HE DIDNT TELL ME.

SEE: EXHIBIT #2, Statement of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus). Sworn to and dated November 17, 1992. Page 2, bottom 2 lines.

BOB TOLD ME he placed the white plastic compactor BAGS over ALL THEIR HEADS, SECURING IT WITH DUCT TAPE.
 

NUMBER 71
WAS DUCT TAPE OR A ZIP CORD USED TO SECURE A PLSTIC BAG AROUND MARY COULSONS NECK?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 50-51, lines 11-2.

A: He (BOB) HAD TO USE A PILLOW ON her (MARY COULSON) that was on the bed, put it over her face, suffocated her.

Page 50-51, lines 25-2.
A: He put the zip cords around her legs, around her hands and HE PUT A PLASTIC BAG OVER HER HEAD and SEALED IT OFF WITH DUCT TAPE.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 109, lines 13-21.

A: He (BOB) ended up having to PUT A PILLOW OVER her (MARY COULSON) face and smother her.

A: HE PUT THE TRASH COMPACTOR BAGS OVER HER HEAD, ZIP-CORDED IT.
 

NUMBER 72
WAS OTIS COULSON SUBDUED IN THE HALLWAY OR IN THE SAME ROOM AS MARY COULSON?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 51, lines 16-21.

Q: How did he (Bob) subdue his father (Otis Coulson)?
A: In the same manner. HE TOLD ME he brought him in that room, GOT HIM IN THE HALLWAY. THATS WERE HE SUBDUED HIS FATHER.
Q: IN THE HALLWAY TO THE BACKBEDROOM (Where Mary Coulson was found) ?
A: YES, sir.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.008, fourth and fifth and sixth full paragraph.

LAYING ON THE FLOOR parallel to and along the twin size bed was the BODY OF A large FEMALE THERE WAS ANOTHER BODY LAYING ON THE FLOOR IN THE ROOM against the chest along the east wall. This was the body of A WHITE MALE. HE WAS LAYING WITH HIS HEAD POINTED TOWARDS THE NORTH and HIS FEET TOWARD THE SOUTH THE MALE WAS tentatively IDENTIFIED AS OTIS COULSON FROM PAPERS IN found in HIS BILLFOLD.
 

NUMBER 73
WERE PLASTIC TWIST TIES OR DUCT TAPE USED TO BIND OTIS COULSONS HANDS?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 51-52, lines 25-4.

Q: HOW DID he (BOB) IMMOBILIZE HIS FATHER?
A: The same way
Q: Twist ties around the hands?
A: TWIST TIES AROUND THE HANDS, around the feet, plastic bag over the head.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.048, first paragraph

MR. COULSONS (Otis) HANDS had been BOUND BEHIND HIS BACK with DUCT TAPE.
 

NUMBER 74
DID HARED ALTHAUS WILLFULLY AND INTENIONALLY CAUSE THE DEATH OF OTIS BULLARD COULSON?

SEE: EXHIBIT #3, Defendants (Jared Althaus) Original Answer to Plaintiffs Request for Admissions. Sworn to and dated on May 10, 1995. Page 3, number 6.

Request for Admission No. 6: On November 17, 1992, you along with ROBERT OTIS COULSON, WILFULLY, INTENTIONIALLY, and with premeditation, caused the death of OTIS BULLARD COULSON.
A: DENY

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 15, page 124, lines 16-19.

Q: Did you aid and abet Robert Otis Coulson in WILLFULLY or INTENTIONALLY murdering Otis Bullard Coulson?
A: Yes.
 

NUMBER 75
WAS OTIS BULLARD COULSONS DEATH PROXIMATELY CUASE BY JARED ALTHAUSS WRONGFUL ACTS?

SEE: EXHIBIT #3 Defendants (Jared Althaus) Original Answer to Plaintiffs Request for Admissions. Sworn to and dated on May 10, 1995. Page 3, number 7.

Request for Admissions No 7: OTIS BULLARD COULSONS death on November 13, 1992 was proximately CAUSED BY YOUR WRONGFUL ACTS and the wrongful acts of ROBERT OTIS COULSON.
A: DENY

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 15, page 124, lines 16-19.

Q: Did you aid and abet Robert Otis Coulson in WILLFULLY or INTENTIONALLY murdering OTIS BULLARD COULSON?
A: Yes.
 

NUMBER 76
WAS SARAH COULSON BEDRIDDEN?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 53-54, lines 23-3.

Q: Did he (Bob) say anything about whether or not SARAH HAD A BROKEN LEG?
A: YES, sir. SHE DID
Q: What did he say about that?
A: That SHE WAS BEDRIDDEN, thats why SHE WAS IN HER ROOM; so, SHE NEVER CAME OUT.

SEE: DAWN CEBYAS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (Sarahs roommate). Volume 40, page 141-142, lines 5-3.

A: I dont know if you call it a walking cast or you just brace on her (SARAH) foot. She broken her foot.

Q: The baby (Sarahs) was born October 27th. I think that was a Tuesday.
A: Yes
Q: She was still recuperating the Friday following the Tuesday?
A: Yes.
Q: The FRIDAY (PRIOR TO THE MURDERS, THE 6TH) AFTER THAT, DO YOU KNOW IF SHE WENT UP TO BRYAN, COLLEGE STATION?
A: YES.
Q: So the next Friday that SHE WAS HOME was the night that she was murdered? (November 13th
A: Yes.
 

NUMBER 77
DID SARAH COULSON PUT UP A FIGHT?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 53, lines 16-18.

A: He (Bob) said that SHE (Bobs sister Sarah) JUST SAT THERE and just let him do what he had to do. She DIDNT FIGHT. She DIDNT STRUGGLE.

SEE: DR. TOMMY BROWNS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (Coroners office) Volume 37, page 210, lines 6-9

A: SHE (Bobs sister Sarah) also HAD a finding of A FOUR-INCH CUTTING WOULD ALONG THE LATERAL LEFT THIGH, she also had some CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS ON THE TOPE OF HER RIGHT FOOT.
 

NUMBER 78
DID BOB COULSON SAY ANYTHING TO SARAH COULSON?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 53, lines 9-22.

Q: And WHAT DID HE (Bob) TELL YOU ABOUT SARAH and how he killed her?
Q: DID HE (Bob) SAY ANYTHING TO HER that you recall?
A: NO, sir

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 111, lines 13-24.

A: HE (Bob) WENT TO SARAHS BEDROOM
A: HE SAID that HE NEEDED TO DO THIS, HE NEEDED SOME MONEY, and THAT NOTHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
A: HE just KEPT SAYING, JUST BECAUSE. JUST BECAUSE.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 167, lines 21-25.

A: SARAH said that -- told Bob thank you for waiting until she had her baby.
Q: And WHAT DID HE SAY IN RESPONSE TO THAT, if anything?
A: HE SAID THAT HE LOVED HER.
 

NUMBER 79
DID SARAH COULSON SAY ANYTHING TO BOB COULSON?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 53, lines 9-20.

Q: And WHAT DID HE (Bob) TELL YOU ABOUT SARAH and how he killed her?
Q: DID SHE SAY ANTYHING TO HIM?
A: NOT THAT I KNOW OF.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 111, lines 13-24.

A: HE (Bob) WENT TO SARAHS BEDROOM
A: SHE KEPT ASKING WHAT HE WAS DOING
A: And SHE KEPT ASKING HIM WHY

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 167, lines 17-22.

Q: WAS THERE ANY MENTION to you by Mr. Coulson (Bob) OF ANYTHING that SARAH SAID about the baby.
A: YES. SARAH SAID that -- TOLD BOB THANK YOU FOR WAITING UNTIL SHE HAD HER BABY.
 

NUMBER 80
WAS SARAH COULSON DEAD WHEN RICK AND ROBIN WENTWORTH ARRIVED AT THE HOUSE?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 283-284, lines 23-2.

Q: House is quiet, ACCORDING TO YOU (Jared). SARAH -- IS SHE DYING or DEAD AT THIS POINT? DO YOU KNOW?
A: I DONT HAVE ANY IDEA
Q: And that HE WALKS these two people RICK AND ROBIN WENTWORTH) back here TO THIS BACK ROOM under what guise, according to you?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 15, page 60, lines 13-18.

Q: ACCORDING TO YOUR TESTIMONY AT THE TIME THAT RICK AND ROBIN ARRIVE here at 4:45, MY (Bob) mother and father and LITTLE SISTER, SARAH, ARE DEAD, CORRECT about 4:45?
A: THATS WHAT YOU SAID, YES.
 

NUMBER 81
DID RICK WENTWORTH JIMMY OPEN THE LOCKED SCREEN DOOR OR DID BOB COULSON UNLOCK IT?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 54-55, lines 25-10.

A: He (Bob) said, while he was in there with Sarah, ROBIN AND RICK had just TRIED TO COME IN THROUGH THE door, FRONT. But HE HAD LOCKED THE SCREEN SO THEY COULDNT GET IN.

Q: He had locked the screen on his parents home?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: All right. Did he tell you if that created a problem?
A: Gave him some more time. CREATED A PROBLEM FOR THEM GETTING IN so BOB HAD TO go UNLOCK THE SCREEN DOOR.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 113-114, lines 24-8.

A: He (Bob) was still in the room with Sarah, and HE HEARD RICK AND ROBIN AT THE door (FRONT DOOR).
Q: Okay. What did he say that he did then?
A: He said that he hurried and finished with Sarah and then closed the door (to the bedroom). And HE SAID BY THE TIME HE GOT OUT OF THERE (FRONT DOOR), RICK HAD already JIMMIED THE SCREEN DOOR that he had locked, and they (RICK AND ROBIN) WERE ALREADY IN THE HOUSE.
 

NUMBER 82
WHAT DID BOB COULSON TELL ROBIN AND RICK WENTWORTH HE NEEDED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IN THE BACK BEDROOM?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 55, lines 17-19.

A: He (Bob) told them -- told me, that HE TOLD THEM that HE had taken them (Rick and Robin) into the back bedroom NEEDED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT PRESENTS FOR HIS FAMILY.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 284, lines 6-10.

A: According to what Bob told me; that HE HAD A SURPRISE BACK THERE FOR THEM (RICK AND ROBIN). HE HAD TO TELL THEM ABOUT HIS BUSINESS, and needed for them to go to the back bedroom.
 

NUMBER 83
DID BOB COULSON TELL JARED ALTHAUS THAT RICK AND ROBIN WENTWORTH HAD SAID ANYTHING IN THE HOUSE?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 114-115, lines 13-10.

A: He (BOB) MENTIONED that he had already unplugged the phone. And WHEN RICK AND ROBIN GOT THERE, Robin saw that the phone was unplugged, and she plugged it back in. And then the almost immediately THE PHONE RANG.
Q: Did he say WHO IT WAS THAT CALLED?
A: HE SAID that IT WAS SARAHS (Bobs sister) ROOMATE. I dont recall her names. DAWN CEYBA.
Q: And WHO DID HE SAY ANSWERED THE TELEPHONE?
A: THAT Robin or ROBIN DID.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 63, lines 17-20.

Q: Or Robin and Rick, DID he (BOB) EVER SAY ANYTHING QUOTTIN GTHEM ABOUT WHAT THEY SAID DURING ALL THIS
A: NO, sir.
 

NUMBER 84
WERE RICK AND ROBIN WENTWORTH TOLD TO GET ON THE GROUND OR WERE THEY TOLD TO GET ON THEIR KNEWWS FACING DIRRERENT DIRECTIONS?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 115, lines 22-23.

A: He (BOB) SAID HE pulled the pistol and, TOLD THEM (Rick and Robin) TO GET ON THE GROUND.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 56, lines 13-15.

A: He (BOB) SAID HE pulled the gun and pointed it on them, TOLD THEM (Rick and Robin) TO GET ON THEIR KNEES FACING DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
 

NUMBER 85
WAS RICK WENTWORTH TOLD TO GET ON THE GROUND OR TO LAY ON THE BED?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 115, lines 22-23.

A: He (BOB) SAID HE pulled the pistol and, TOLD THEM (Rick and Robin) TO GET ON THE GROUND.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.007, last paragraph.

LAYING CROSSWISE ON THE TOP OF THE BED WAS THE BODY OF A WHITE MALE. The mans hands were tied behind his back and his legs were also bound.. THIS BODY WAS tentatively IDENTIFIED AS BEING RICHARD WENTWORTH FROM HIS BILLFOLM IN HIS left read pants POCKET.
 

NUMBER 86
WAS THE CROWBAR USED TO HIT RICK AND ROBIN WENTWORHT?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 56, lines 23-25.

Q: Why did he (Bob) use the crowbar (2 to 3 feet long according to testimony) for?
A: TO HIT ROBIN AND RICK IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
Q: IS THAT WHERE THE BLOOD CAME FROM?
A: YES, sir, I assume so.

SEE: BETH HALLINGS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (crime scene investigator). Volume 37, page 168-169, lines 24-5.

Q: So could you tell whether or not the trauma was so great it would cause any of these blood spatterings?
A: I DID NOT OBSERVE ANY BLOOD SPATTERING.
Q: So as far as you know, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF THAT? (blood spattering)
A: THATS CORRECT.

SEE: EXHIBITY #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.143, middle of the page.

On November 25, 1992 the following items were retrieved from the property room:
Multi color ski mask
Blue cap
Grey back pack
Sweat shirt
CROW BAR
An analysis of the above listed items revealed:
NO BLOOD WAS DETECTED ON ANY OF THE ITEMS ANALYSED.
 

NUMBER 87
DID BOB COULSON TELL JARED ALTHAUS WHETHER HE PUT BAGS ON ROBIN AND RICK WENTWORTH?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 57, lines 4-8.

Q: if he (Bob) used the crowbar on ROBIN AND RICK, DID HE TELL YOU then that HE DIDNT USE THE PLASTIC BAGS and zip locks?
A: HE DIDNT TELL ME FOR USRE IF HE USED THEM or HE DIDNT USE THEM.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 117, lines 13-21.
Q: After these two people (RICK AND ROBIN) were immobilized with the crowbar, DID HE (Bob) MENTION WHETHER OR NOT HE ALSO PUT BAGS ON THEM?
A: YEAH. HE MENTIONED HE DID THAT. I dont recall if he had done that prior to hitting them with the crowbar or after the fact, but HE SAID HE had bound and gagged and PUT TRASH COMPACTOR BAGS ON EVERYBODY.
 

NUMBER 88
WERE BAGS CUT OFF THE BODIES AFTER THE MURDERS?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 151, lines 9-12.

A: But you (Bob) said that when you got in the car there was a problem, didnt go the way, that YOU COULDNT GO BACK AND TAKE THE BAGES OFF THEIR HEADS.

SEE: EXHIBIT #2, Statement of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus). Sworn to and dated on November 17, 1992. Page 3, middle

and THREW the zip cords and PLASTIC COMPACTOR BAGS THAT BOB HAD CUT OFF THE BODIES AFTER THEY SUFFOCATED, INSIDE THE DUMPSTER.
 

NUMBER 89
WHY DID BOB COULSON SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 57, lines 10-12.

A: His (Bob) plan was to pour gasoline all over the house, set the house on fire TO TRY AND COVER UP THE EVIDENCE

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 119, lines 12-19.

Q: Okay. So is that what the gasoline was for?
A: The gasoline was for that and TO BURN THE WHOLE HOUSE DOWN because Bob figured that the house -- that EVERYTHING WAS WORTH MORE MONEY TO HIM GONE than -- THAN BEING THERE. HE DIDNT WANT ANY OF THE REMAINS FROM THE HOUSE.
 

NUMBER 90
HOW WAS THE GASOLINE POURED IN THE HOUSE?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, pages and lines are listed below.

Pages 292-293, lines 15-2
Q: So what your (Jared) version of this is: The GASOLINE WAS POURED on these bodies (GARAGE BEDROOM), that he (BOB) LEFT THESE BODIES TO WALK THROUGH THE HOUSE or run through the house, stop AND POUR GASOLINE over here (FIRST BEDROOM). And then in the meantime, fumes arising off of this (bodies in the garage bedroom)

A: Thats what he told me, YES.
Q: THEN HE RUNS OVER AND POURS GASOLINE on these folks (MASTER BEDROOM) back over here. Is that correct?
A: Thats what he told me, YES.

Page 294-295, lines 24-22
Q: And THEN, I guess what youre telling us that occurred is that THIS HOT WATER HEATER right here (IN HALLWAY OUTSIDE GARAGE BEDROOM) SET OFF THE GASOLINE FUMES (IN THE GARAGE BEDROOM). Is that correct?
A: Thats what he said, YES.
A: HE SAID that the fume -- WHEN HE CAME BACK TO THE room (GARAGE BEDROOM) THAT the fumes were already -- THE GASOLINE HAD ALREADY IGNITED.
Q: I see. And THEN at that point, HE HAD TIME TO RUN over here (OTHER BEDROOMS). Is that correct? PUT MATCHES AND IGNITE these bodies (FIRST BEDROOM) AND IGNITE these bodies (MASTER BEDROOM), according to you?
A: Thats what he told me, YES.
Q: And leaves the house?
A: Correct.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 57-58, lines 22-3.

Q: WHAT DID he (BOB) TELL YOU (Jared) HE HAD TO DO WHEN THE GASOLINE (IN THE GARAGE BEDROOM) IGNISTED UNEXPECTEDLY?

A: He had to hurry up and get out of the house.
Q: WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER BODIES IN THE OTHER ROOMS, DID HE TELL YOU WHETHER HE PUT GAS ON THEM?
A: Yes, sir. HE WENT AND PUT GASOLINE ON THEM SPECIFICALLY AND THEN LIT THEM WITH MATCHES.
Q: And fled?
A: Yes, sir.
 

NUMBER 91
DID THE HOT WATER HEATER IGNITE THE GAS FUMES AND START A FIRE?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 57, lines 12-13.

A: And WHILE HE (Bob) WAS POURING GAS, the HOT WATER HEATER IGNITED IT OFF THE FUMES.

SEE: WILLIAM SAMMONS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (arson investigator). Volume 37, page 101, lines 1-2

A: NO. THE HOT WATER HEATER DIDNT CAUSE THE FIRE.
 

NUMBER 92
WERE MATCHES USED TO START ANY OF THE FIRES IN THE HOUSE?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 58, lines 2-3.

A: Yes, sir. He (Bob) went and put gasoline on them (victims) specifically AND THEN LIT THEM WITH MATCHES.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. PAGE 2.013, third paragraph.

ARSON INVESTIGATORS re-searched the scene on Saturday 11-14-92 BUT WERE UABLE TO LOCATE ANY TYPE OF MATCH or lighter used to start the fires.
 

NUMBER 93
WHEN BOB COULSON LEFT THE HOUSE BURNING?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 57-58, lines 22-5.

Q: What did he (Bob) tell you he had to do when the GASOLINE IGNITED UNEXPECTEDLY?
A: HE HAD TO HURRY UP and GET OUT OF THE HOUSE.
Q: What about THE OTHER BODIES IN THE OTHER ROOMS, DID HE tell you whether he PUT GAS ON THEM?
A: Yes, sir. HE WENT and PUT GASOLINE ON THEM SPECIFICALLY and THEN LIT THEM WITH MATCHES.
Q: And FLED?
A: YES, sir.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 272, lines 18-24.

Q: And nobody -- and he (Bob) didnt express a concern and you didnt express a concern THAT IT WOULD LOOK RATHER CONSPICUOUS to be LEAVING A HOUSE THATS BURNING carrying a gas can?
A: HE TOLD ME that IT WASNT BURNING WHEN HE LEFT.
 

NUMBER 94
WHAT LIGHT(S) DID BOB COULSON TURN OFF?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 273, lines 6-9.

A: He (Bob) said it was dark enough, and HE HAD also TURNED OUT THE LIGHT ON THE FRONT OF HIS PARENTS HOUSE so NO ONE WOULD SEE HIM COMING OUT.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 58, lines 8-10.

A: HE (Bob) TURNED ALL THE LIGHTS OFF and WENT OUT THE FRONT DOOR or THE BACK DOOR. Im not sure which one.
 

NUMBER 95
HOW MANY LIGHTS DID BOB COULSON TURN OFF?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 273, lines 6-9.

A: He (Bob) said it was dark enough, and HE had also TURNED OUT THE LIGHT ON THE FRONT OF HIS PARENTSS HOUSE so no one would see him coming out.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 58, lines 8-10.

A: HE (Bob) TURNED ALL THE LIGHTS OFF and went out the FRONT door or the BACK door. Im not sure which one
 

NUMBER 96
WHAT DOOR DID BOB COULSON LEAVE THROUGH?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 273, lines 6-9.

A: He (Bob said it was dark enough, and HE HAD ALSO TURNED OUT THE LIGHT ON THE FRONT of his parents house SO NO ONE WOULD SEE HIM COMING OUT.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 58, lines 8-10.

A: HE (Bob) tuned all the lights off and WENT OUT THE FRONT DOOR or THE BACK DOOR. IM NOT SURE WHICH ONE
 

NUMBER 97
WERE THE FOUR OR FIVE STREETS TO THE PICK UP POINT DARK?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 169, lines 6-19.

Q: Thank you. Is this -- THESE FOUR OR FIVE STREETS THAT YOURE (Jared) TALKING ABOUT BETWEEN MY (Bob) PARENTS HOUSE and WHERE YOURE SAYING I WAS PICKED UP, at any time or in this planning that youre talking about, did I go to my parents house and run this distance to see how long it might take or what housed I might pass or anything like that.
A: No. To my knowledge ALL YOU SAID, IT WAS DARK DOWN WHERE THAT WAS and no one would see you the way you were dressed.
Q: THOSE FOUR OR FIVE STREETS YOURE SAYING WAS DARK?
A: CORRECT

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 273, lines 15-21.

Q: Well, I mean, THATS A FAIRLY WELL DENSELY-POPULATED AREA. THERES A LOT OF HOUSES AROUND THERE. Isnt that correct?
A: THERES HOUSES. BUT ITS NOT VERY WELL LIT.
Q: NO STREET LIGHTS OUT THERE?
A: A FEW.
 

NUMBER 98
WHAT TIME DID JARED ALTHAUS PICK BOB COULSON UP?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 15, page 56, lines 16-18.

A: YOU (BOB) TOLD ME TO PICK YOU UP AT 6:00.
Q: So, 6:00 OCLOCK?
A: CORRECT.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 43, lines 14-19.

A: I PICKED HIM (BOB) UP approximately two, three blocks away on a dark side street by the elementary school.
Q: WHAT TIME OF NIGHT?
A: I WOULD SAY approximately 7:00 OCLOCK -- 6:00, 6:30.
 

NUMBER 99
DID JARED ALTHAUS CIRCLE THE BLOCK WAITING FOR BOB COULSON?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 99, lines 4-6.

A: I (Jared) CIRCLED -- went DOWN TO BUNKER HILL and CAME AROUND OLD KATY (road) and went BACK UP Wirt Road, WHITTE AGAIN, and CIRCLED (the block) THREE TIMES.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.089-2.090, second to last sentence on the first page and the first sentence on the second page.

Althaus (Jared) state that HE HAD DRIVEN BACK AND FORTH ON PINE LAKE SEVERAL TIME(S) before spotting Coulson (Bob) Althaus further stated that prior to picking up suspect Coulson HE had TURNED INTO A DRIVEWAY of Daniel Industries (office building) THAT LEADS ONTO PINE LAKE.
 

NUMBER 100
DID JARED ALTHAUS NEARLY GET INTO A WRECK WAITING FOR BOB COULSON?

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.089-2.090, second to last sentence on the first page and the first sentence on the second page.

Althaus further stated that prior to picking up suspect Coulson HE had TURNED INTO A DRIVEWAY of Daniel Industries (office building) that leads onto Pine Lake. Althaus stated that WHEN HE TURNED INTO THE DRIVEWAY there had been A DARK COLORED CAR TRYING TO PULL OUT and that HE HAD BEEN FORCED TO BACK UP TO ALLOW THE CAR TO EXIT the driveway

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.108, last paragraph, second to last sentence.

Shiply and Brown (officers) WENT TO the business (DANIEL INDUSTRIES) TO SEE IF ANY EMPLOYEES WERE INVOLVED IN THE NEAR WRECK DESCRIBED BY JARED. THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY PERSON WHO REMEMBERED THIS INCIDENT