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NUMBER 1 TO NUMBER 50
NUMBER 1
DID JARED ALTHAUS GROW UP IN THE BASIC NEIGHBORHOOD AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHERE THE MURDERS OCCURRED?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 103, lines 13-18.
Q: . . .WERE YOU (Jared) FAMILIAR WITH THE BASIC NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE COULSON HOUSE (where the murders occurred) WAS AND SOME OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS. (GAS CAN FOUND WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE COULSON HOUSE)
A: YES. I HAD GROWN UP IN THAT AREA AND LIVED THERE FOR 10 YEARS
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 15, page 110, lines 7-14.
Q: YOU (Jared) certainly HAD BEEN BY THE CONCRETE DITCH (WHERE GAS CAN WAS FOUND) YOURE TALKING ABOUT that runs all the way up to the school, HAVE YOU NOT?
A: Correct
Q: In fact, that concrete ditch is sort of a hang-out I guess, for kids riding their bikes, stuff like that?
A: I DIDNT GROW UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD

NUMBER 2
DID JARED ALTHAUS FEAR BOB COULSON IN HIGH SCHOOL?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 239, lines 11-23
Q: AND BACK THEN (in high school), YOU (Jared) DIDNT LIKE BOB VERY WELLDID YOU?
A: I WAS INDIFFERENT EITHER WAY.
Q: Didnt have much of reason to have a relationship with him. Correct?
A: No. He ran with a different group of people.
Q: And he -- this was about the time you were a junior and he was a senior. Is that correct?
A: Correct.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 174-175, lines 19-11.
Q: What was your relationship between you (Jared) and Bob Coulson when you were in high school?
A :I -- IN HIGH SCHOOL, I FEARED HIM.

NUMBER 3
DID BOB COULSON EVER TALK TO SCOTT SMITH ABOUT KILLING HIS FAMILY?
SEE: EXHIBIT #2, statement of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus). Sworn to and dated on November 17, 1992. Page 4, first full paragraph.
Bob told me he used to TALK TO Mike Scott and SCOTT SMITH in High School about KILLING HIS FAMILY.
SEE: SCOTT SMITHS CRIMINAL TRAIL TESTMONY. Volume 40, page 225, lines 20-22
Q: Did Bob Coulson EVER DISCUSS any PLANS with you to KILL HIS FAMILY?
A: NO.

NUMBER 4
WAS JARED ALTHAUS FIRED FROM HIS JOB AFTER FAILING A POLYGRAPH TEST?
SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.056, seventh paragraph.
ACCORING TO Althaus (Jared), HE WAS ASKED TO TAKE A POLYGRAPOH EXAMINITATION BY A FORMER EMPLOYER. Althaus stated the polygraph examiner wasnt able to conduct the test because he was extremely nervous and HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FIRED FROM HIS JOB.
SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.064, third full paragraph.
Off. Miller asked Jason if Jared had worked at an AMC Theater, and Jason said he had before he went to college. Jared (should be Jason) said that Jason (should be JARED) QUIT THE JOB AT THE THEATER ON HIS OWN AND WAS NOT FIRED.

NUMBER 5
WAS MIKE SCOTT A FRIEND OF JARED ALTHAUSS FROM HIGH SCHOOL?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 18, line 7-9.
A: I (Jared) met -- the place I was working, one of our FRIENDS (Mike Scott) FROM HIGH SCHOOL also worked there. He suggested we all get an apartment together.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 238, lines 3-10.
Q: As I understand it, when you (Jared) knew Bob IN HIGH SCHOOL, Bob was AMONG A BUNCH OF GUYS YOU CALLED BULLIES. THEY WERE BULLY GUYS THAT BULLIED YOUNGER GUYS. Is that correct?
A: CORRECT
Q: WHO WAS A PART OF THAT GROUP OTHER THAN BOB?
A: MIKE SCOTT
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 240-241, lines 17-2.
Q: MIKE (Scott) WAS ONE OF THE GUYS WHO HAD BEEN BULLYING YOU (Jared). Is that correct?
A: CORRECT. Q: I PRESUME YOU FOLKS MUST HAVE MADE UP FOR YOU TO MOVE IN WITH HIM. Is that correct?
A: HE (Mike) SEEMED LIKE A DIFFERENT PERSON when I BECAUSE I GOT TO KNOW HIM WORKING AT DANNENBAUM, and so then we agreed to move in together.

NUMBER 6
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE STREET WHERE BOB COULSON AND JARED ALTHAUS FIRST LIVED TOGETHER?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 77, lines 13-15.
A: I (Jared) dont remember the exact date, but I would say when we (Jared and Bob) living at our PERTHSHIRE ADDRESS –
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 155, lines 21-23.
Q: When we (Bob and Jared) first started WHEN WE FIRST ROOMED TOGETHER?
A: At the BROOKSHIRE ADDRESS.

NUMBER 7
HOW LONG DID JARED ALTHAUS LIVE WITH BOB COULSON?
SEE: EXHIBIT #2, Statement of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus). Sworn to and dated on November 17, 1992. Page 1, second paragraph.
I have LIVED WITH BOB COULSON, SON OF Otis and Mary Coulson, for approximately EIGHT MONTHS.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 18, lines 12-15
Q: How many years were you a ROOMATE WITH ROBERT COULSON before November 13.
A: I would say approximately about a YEAR, maybe YEAR AND A HALF.

NUMBER 8
DID BOB COULSON WEAR SOME OF JARED ALTHAUSS CLOTHES?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 13, page 156, line 21-24.
Q: WE WERE ABLE TO WEAR THE SAME CLOTHES, pants, shirts, things like that, CORRECT, when we were living together?
A: YES, YES, YOU USED SOME OF MY CLOTHES, YES.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 319, lines 2-7.
Q: YOU COULD WEAR HIS CLOTHES AND HE COULD YOURS. CORRECT? Especially sweat shirts and t-shirts, didnt you?
A: I guess, yeah, we could, BUT WE DIDNT

NUMBER 9
DID BOB COULSON WANT JARED ALTHAUS TO KILL HIS FAMILY FOR HIM?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 75, lines 15-18.
A: He (BOB) approached it to me (Jared) when we were watching cops, one of those shows on TV, and HE MENTIONED HE WANTED TO KILL HIS PARENTS.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 19, lines 4-7.
A: Best I (Jared) can recall, we were watching a show on Cops, a show on TV. It had a situation on there and BOB had MENTIONED IF I WANTED TO KILL HIS PARENTS

NUMBER 10
WHEN BOB COULSON WAS TALKING TO JARED ALTHAUS ABOUT KILLING HIS FAMILY DID HE BRING IT UP GRADUALLY, OVER TIME, OR DID HE BRING IT UP CONSTATTLY, ALMOST DAILY?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 19, lines 4-17.
A: Best I (Jared) can recall, we were watching a show on Cops, a show on TV. It had a situation on there and Bob had mentioned if I wanted to kill his parents.
Q: How did it unfold?
A: GRADUALLY, OVER TIME HE KEPT BRINGING THE SITUATION UP and KEPT THROWING IT AT ME, and LITTLE BY LITTLE IT just BECAME BIGGER AND BIGGER.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 75, lines 15-22.
A: He (Bob) approached it to me when we were watching Cops, one of those shows on TV, and he mentioned that he wanted to kill his parents. And at first, I just shrugged it off as he was joking, but HE CONSTATNLY BROUGHT IT UP, ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS.

NUMBER 11
WHEN BOB COULSON WAS TALKING TO JARED ALTHAUS ABOUT KILLING HIS FAMILY WAS JARED ALTHAUS PARTICIPATING IN THE TALKS OR WAS HE JUST LISTENING?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 178-179, lines 23-9.
Q: IN THE CONVERSATIONS YALL WOULD HAVE, I GUESS DURING THESE POLICE SHOWS and THINGS LIKE THAT, WOULD YOU ACTUALLY DISCUSS THE PROS AND CONS OF HOW TO DO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF A CRIME LIKE THIS?
A: YES, WE would.
Q: And REALISTICALLY, DID YOU PARTICPATE IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS?
A: YES.
Q: DID HE MAKE SUGGESTIONS or BOUNCS SUGGESTIUON OFF TO YOU?
A: YES.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 19, lines 14-20.
A: Gradually, OVER TIME HE KEPT BRINGING THE SICUATION UP and KEPT THROWING IT AT ME, and LITTLE BY LITTLE IT just BECAME BIGGER AND BIGGER.
Q: WERE YOU PARTICIPATING IN THE PLAN AT THAT POINT? Were you just listening to him?
A: At that point, JUST LISTENING

NUMBER 12
WAS MIKE SCOTT STILL LIVING WITH BOB COULSON AND JARED ALTHAUS WHEN BOB COULSON STARTED TALKING ABOUT KILLING HIS FAMILY?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 156, lines 3-9.
Q: Are you (Jared) saying this, THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WANTING TO MURDER MY FAMILY and things like that, ARE YOU SATYING THAT OCCURRED PRIOR TO OR AFTER this gentlemen (MIKE) LEFT (moved out)?
A: It was I would say IT STARTED BEFORE HE MOVED OUT, but it really came about after he moved out.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 243, lines 7-18
Q: BOB Coulson STARTED TALKING TO YOU ABOUT KILLING HIS MOTHER AND FATHER?
A: Three of four months (before the murders), yes.
Q: And that was WHEN MIKE SCOTT WAS STILL RROMING WITH YOU at the time. Isnt that correct?
A: NO. MIKE HAD ALREADY MOVED OUT BY THEN.

NUMBER 13
COULD MIKE SCOTT AFFORD TO PAY HIS BILLS AT THE APARTMENT?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 244, lines 11-14
A: Bob wanted -- MIKE couldnt -- DIDN'T HAVE A -- HE WASNT MAKING A LOT OF MONEY. And he just bought him a truck, and HE COULDNT AFFORD TO PAY A LOT FO THE BILLS.
SEE: MIKE SCOTT CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (Jared and Bobs ex-roommate). Volume 40, page 22. lines 1-12.
Q: And did you (Mike) move out?
A: Yes, I did
Q: DID YOU CONTINUE TO PAY YOUR SHARE OF THE RENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SIX-MONTH LEASE?
A: YES, I DID. AS WELL AS SPLITTING THE UTILITY BILLS.
Q: I mean if you moved out, why? Why did you continue to pay?
A: Because if I had to move back, I wanted there to be no question that I could move back in.

NUMBER 14
HOW LONG DID BOB COULSON AND JARED ALTHAUS LIVE WITH MIKE SCOTT BEFORE MIKE MOVED OUT?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 243 lines 15-21.
Q: And that was when MIKE Scott was still rooming with you at the time. Isnt that correct?
A: No. Mike had already moved out by then.
Q: SO MIKE HAD LIVED THERE HOW LONG BEFORE HE had MOVED OUT?
A: ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF, TWO MONTHS
SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.057, third and fourth full paragraph.
STATEMENT TO POLICE BY JARED ALTHAUS:
At this time I (JARED) was living by myself and wanted something different. MIKE was living at home and wanted to move out. We decided to move in together. BOB was a friend of Mikes and he also wanted to move from where he was. So we all got together and moved into an apartment on Perthshire. THE THREE OF US LIVED TOGETHER FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS.

NUMBER 15
DID JARED ALTHAUS HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS OF FINANCIAL GAIN OR BENEFIT?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 75-76, lines 20-3.
A: He (BOB) said half of ($) 600,000 aint bad.
Q: Aint bad?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: HOW MUCH OF THAT WHERE YOU GOING TO GET?
A: NONE.
Q: You mean YOU WERE JUST ALONG FOR THE RIDE?
A: YES, SIR.
Q: YOU DID THIS WITHOUT ANY EXPECTATIONS?
A: YES, sir.
SEE: EXHIBIT #2, Statement of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus). Sworn to and dated on November 17, 1992. Page 4, first 3 lines.
I AGREED TO ASSIST BOB BECAUSE HE TOLD ME I WOULD NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY AS LONG AS I WAS WITH HIM
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 178, lines 11-18
Q: did you have any discussions about TAKING TRIPS TOGETHER or having enough MONEY TO ENJOY OTHER THINGS once the Coulsons were dead?
A: Yes, he (Bob) did. He mentioned TAKING TRIPS TO MEXICO or wherever WE wanted to. WE could do whatever WE wanted to, whenever WE wanted to.

NUMBER 16
HAD JARED ALTHAUS EVER SEEN RICK WENTWORTH BEFORE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 158, lines 6-12.
Q: Had you EVER SEEN MY (BOB) BROTHER-IN-LAW (RICK WENTWORTH) BEFORE?
A: NO.
Q: RICK WENTWORTH, YOU HAD NEVER SEEN HIM. Are you aware that he was over 6 foot tall and weighted approximately 210 pounds when he was murdered?
A: NO. NEVER SEEN HIM.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 279-280, lines 21-2.
Q: That RICK (WENTWORTH), who is a deputy sheriff, who is what 61, weights in excess of 200 pounds. Correct?
A: I dont know
Q: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HIM (RICK WENTWORTH) BEFORE?
A: ONCE WHEN THEY (BOBS FAMILY) WERE AT DINNER.

NUMBER 17
HAD ANYBODY TOLD JARED ALTHAUS HOW MUCH RICK WENTWORTH WEIGHED OR HOW TALL HE WAS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 158, lines 8-14.
Q: RICK WENTWORTH, you (Jared) had never seen him. ARE YOU AWARE that HE WAS OVER 6 FOOT TALL and WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 210 POUNDS when he was murdered?
A: NO. Never seen him
Q: ARE YOU AWARE FROM ANYBODY?
A: NO.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 285, lines 4-9.
THE CRIMINAL TRIAL WAS PRIOR TO THE CIVIL TRIAL.
Q: Now, at this point, we have RICK WENTWORTH, WHO IS 61, WEIGHS AROUND 200 POUNDS. Thats about -- a little heavier that you (Jared), a little taller than you. Is that correct?
A: YES

NUMBER 18
WHY WAS RICK WENTWORTH ADDED TO THE LIST OF PEOPLE TO BE KILLED?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 166, lines 6-16.
Q: But about -- what time, if you (Jared) know, did the inclusion of Sarah, Robin and RICK come into being?
A: I would say approximately two months after the initial -- the first time he (Bob) brought it up.
Q: AND DID HE SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHY HE WANTED TO INCLUDE THOSE FOLKS?
A: HE SAID THEY DIDNT DESERVE ANY OF THE MONEY, and if he was going to kill his parents, HE MIGHT AS WELL KILL THEM ALL.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 160, lines 7-18.
Q: DID I (Bob) EVER, at any time, EXPRESS A REASON TO YOU (Jared), while youre saying we were discussing all this, AS TO WHY I WOULD ADD RICK, if he didnt seem to inherit money?
A: To my recollection YOU SAID THEY WERE NEVER EVER APART. And they were going to be -- Rick and Robin.

NUMBER 20
THEY ONE TIME JARED ALTHAUS WENT TO BOB COULSONS PARENTS HOUSE WAS HE PICKING UP OR RETURNING THE CHURCH KEY WHICH TURNS ON AND OFF THE WATER TO THE HOUSE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 120, lines 10-18.
Q: Incidentally, THE TIME YOU (Jared) WENT OVER THERE (Bobs parents house), WHY YOU WERE OVER THERE?
A: I was over there because my parents had called one morning. And my dad was pulling his boat out to go fishing, and he had knocked the end off the hose off for the water. And Bob said his parents had a church key which shuts off the water to the valve. SO, I WENT OVER THERE TO GET IT.
SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.057, fifth full paragraph.
STATEMENT TO POLICE BY JARED ALTHAUS
During the time that Bob and I (Jared) lived together IHAVE BEEN TO HIS PARENTS HOUSE ONCE. This is the only time that I met his parents, other then seeing them once at a restaurant. ON THIS OCCASION BOB AND I WERE RETURNING THE CHURCH KEY FOR THE WATER MAIN.

NUMBER 21
HOW MANY TIMES HAD JARED ALTHAUS MET BOB COULSONS PARENTS?
SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.057, fifth full paragraph.
STATEMENT TO POLICE BY JARED ALTHAUS:
During the time that Bob and I (Jared) lived together I HAVE BEEN TO HIS PARENTS HOUSE ONCE. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THAT I MET HIS PARENTS, OTHER THEN SEEING THEM ONCE AT A RESTAURANT. On this occasion Bob and I were returning the church key for the water main.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 120-121, lines 23-5.
Q: Before the murders, HOW MANY TIME SDO YOU THINK YOU (Jared) HAD SEEN OR MET HIS (Bob) PARENTS?
A: I MET THEM ONCE AT OUR ADDRESS (Apartment) ON PERTHSHIRE. THEY CAME OVER THERE. And then I saw them -- they all went out to dinner one night, and my girlfriend and I were at the same restaurant. So we saw them.

NUMBER 22
DID JARED ALTHAUS REMEMBER: WHAT ITEMS WREE PUIRCHASED FOR THE MURDERS; WHO PURCHASED THE ITEMS; AND WHERE THE ITEMS WERE PURCHASED?
SEE: EXHIBIT #1, DEFENDANTS (Jared Althaus) Original Answer to Plaintiffs First Set of Interrogatories to Defendant. Sworn to and dated on May 10, 1995. Page 6, number 12.
12. List a full description of each and every device or item used in carry8ing out the murder or Mary McEver Coulson (i.e., zip cords, trash bags, etc.). Please provide the following:
(a) a description of each device or item;
(b) the name, address, and phone number of the person(s) purchasing item;
(c) the date of each purchase;
(d) the amount of money spent or consideration paid for the items;
(e) the name, address, and phone number of each vendor selling such items to you or Robert Otis Coulson, or both.
Answer: I do not remember now what things there were. I think some are in the statement I signed for the police
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page number and lines are provided below.
Page 20, lines 14-17.
Q: Well, WHAT WAS THE FIRST PIECE OF EQUIPMENT that was BOUGHT to carry out this murder?
A: I would say the first piece would be probably be the STUN GUN.
Page 21, lines 4-7
Q: And HOW WAS HE GOING TO PURCHASE IT? Do you know? Did you have a plan?
A: WENT TO A GUNSHOP off Highway 6 and went in AND PAYED CASH FOR IT.
Page 22, LINES 18-21
Q: WHAT ELSE WAS GOING TO BE PURCHASED to carry out this crime?
A: He was also going to purchase TAPE, TRASH COMPACTOR BAGS.
Page 23, lines 18-21
A: No, sire. He -- He just showed them to me. WE HAD GONE SHOPPING AT FURROWS the same day that he had purchased the stun gun; HE also BOUGHT THOSE ITEMS.
Page 24, LINES 5-10
A: A GUN
Q: What was the PLAN TO GET A GUN?
A: I HAD ONE.
Q: WHERE HAD YOU GOTTEN A GUN?
A: I had gotten it about three years previously, MY BROTHER had BOUGHT IT FOR ME AT A GUN SHOW.
Page 26, lines 14-25.
A: Purchase a GAS CAN, then FILL IT UP WITH GAS and TAKE IT TO HIS PARENTS HOUSE.
Q: DID YOU DO THAT for him?
A: YEAH. We did it THAT NIGHT BEFORE.
Q: WHERE DID YOU BUY THE GAS CAN?
A: At HI-LO ON GESSNER
Q: WHERE DID YOU BUY THE GASOLINE to go in the can?
A: AT THE CHEVRON STATION RIGHT NEAR HIS HOUSE.
Page 27, lines 1-15.
Q: How did you get the BACKPACK?
A: IT WAS ONE THAT I HAD FROM SCHOOL.

NUMBER 23
HOW LONG BEFORE THE MURDERS WAS THE STUN GUN PURCHASED?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 77, lines 8-23.
Q: First of all, lets begin with -- with the cable tie, tape, STUN GUN, that kind of thing. DO YOU (Jared) RECALL ABOUT WHEN THOSE WERE PURCHASED?
A: I dont remember the exact date, but I WOULD SAY WHEN WE LIVING AT OUR PERTH SHIRE ADDRESS –
Q: Okay.
A: -- WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS BEFORE.
Q: And those items that I mentioned, the duct tape, the cable ties and the STUN GUN, WERE ALL PURCHASED ON OR ABOUT THE SAME DATE?
A: YES, THEY WERE.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 22, lines 4-9.
Q: How long before the murder was it that he (Bob) tested the STUN GUN on you (Jared)?
A: Approximately a month.
Q: HOW LONG BEFORE THE MURDER THAT HE BOUGHT THIS FIRST IMPLEMENT OF DEATH (stun gun)?
A: ABOUT APPROXIMATELY A MONTH, SAME TIME FRAME.

NUMBER 24
WHO PAYED FOR THE STUN GUN?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 79, lines 8-11.
Q: And WHO actually MADE THE PAYEMENT ON THAT STUN GUN?
A: BOB MADE THE PAYMENT with money he had gotten from me (Jared).
SEE: EXHIBIT #2, Statement of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus). Sworn to and dated on November 17, 1992. Page 1, last 2 lines.
We (Jared and Bob) called around and checked on STUN GUN prices. I (Jared) BOUGHT IT at a gun shop on Highway 6 close to Sugarland. I (Jared) PAID EIGHT DOLLARS FOR IT.

NUMBER 25
IS THERE A RECIEPT , OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE, THAT SHOWS THAT BOB COULSON PURCHASED A STUN GUN?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 164-165, lines 25-6.
Q: Okay. This whole story that youre (Jared) making up about this stun gun and all this is just a lie, isnt it, Jared?
A: No, its not.
Q: There was never any stun gun, there was never –
A: Well, THE POLICE HAVE RECEIPTS THAT YOU (BOB) PURCHASED IT.
SEE: EXHIBITY #5, Houston Police Reports, Page 2.141, last five paragraphs.
Later, sergeant Rudolph (Homicide Division) called Fountain Firearms (where Jared claims the stun gun was purchased) The sergeant advised the employees of the details of this investigation and asked it they would view photo arrays of the suspects. The Sergeant PRESENTED MR. FOUNDTAIN with THE PHOTO ARRAY OF ROBERT COULSON and asked him to study it closely. After viewing the photo array for several seconds, MR. FOUNTAIN INDICATED that HE WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY ANYONE PICUTRED. The Sergeant then PRESENTED THE PHOTO ARRAY TO MR. CHENEY AND MR. SUCHMA and asked them to study each photograph closely. After studying the photo array, BOTH CHENEY AND SUCHMA INDICATED THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANYONE PICUTRED The sergeants researched the receipts and located a receipt (WITH NO NAME ON IT) for September 9, 1992 The Sergeant ASKED MR. FOUNTAIN IF THERE WAS ANYTING ABOUT THE RECEIPT THAT REFRESEHED HIS MEMORY and HE STATED THERE WASNT. MR. FOUNTAIN EXPLAINED THAT UNLESS SOMETHING SIGNIGICATN OCCURRED DURING THE TRANSACTION OF THIS ITEM HE WOULD NOT REMEMBER THE CUSTOMER.

NUMBER 26
WAS BOB COULSON WORRIED ABOUT CHECKS BEING TRACED BACK TO HIM AS HE WAS PURCHASING ITEMS FOR THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 79, lines 8-21
Q: And who actually made the payment on that STUN GUN?
A: When we got there, he (BOB) selected the one he wanted, and then he WAS GOING TO WRITE A CHECK FOR IT. AND THEN HE SAID, NO, THAT HE DIDNT WANT IT TRACED BACK TO HIM. SO HE ASKED ME (Jared) FOR MONEY, and he knew I always carried money in my wallet
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 81, lines 1-8.
Q: Other then the CABLE TIES AND TAPE PURCHASED there, do you (Jared) recall him (BOB) purchasing anything else?
A: NINE VOLT BATTERIES FOR THE STUN GUN.
Q: Okay, And did you also pay for those items of did he?
A: No. HE PAID FOR ALL OF THAT WITH A CHECK.

NUMBER 27
AT WHICH FURROWS DID JARED ALTHAUS TELL POLICE THE ZIP TIES, DUCT TAPE, ETC. WERE PURCHASED?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 78-80, lines listed below before the questions and answers.
Page 78, lines 2-4:
Q: Whose idea was it to get a stun gun to use in this case?
A: It was Bobs idea
Page 78, lines 21-25:
Q: WHERE WAS it (STUN GUN) PURCHASED?
A: It was purchased at a pistol -- firearms place off Highway 6.
Q. And can you give us a little closed idea? Highway 6 and what?
Page 79, lines 1-2:
A: HIGHWAY 6 BETWEEN (highway) 59 AND I-10 (interstate 10) past -- IT WAS ABOUT HALFWAY.
Page 79, line 24:
Q: WAS there ANYTHING ELSE BOUGHT THAT SAME DAY?
Page 80, lines 1-8.
A: AT FURROWS HE (Bob) PURCHASED THE ZIP TIES AND DUCT TAPE.
Q: Now, WHICH FURROW WAS THAT?
A: IT WAS OFF HIGHWAY 6. I dont remember the exact address. ITS HEADING BACK (north) TOWARDS ASHFOR. WE WERE HEADING BACK TO OUT PERTHSHIRE ADDRESS. (Perthshire is located just south of Interstate 10)
SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.093 second paragraph.
During the conversations with JARED Althaus on 11/17/92 he STATED that he had PURCHAED THE CABLE TIES AT THE FURROWS ON HWY 6 NEAR HWY 290 (Highway 290 is NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 by some 8 miles. Highway 59 is SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 by some 10 miles.

NUMBER 28
WAS FURROWS ON OR OFF HWY 6?
SEE: JARED ALTHASUS CRIMINALT TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 80, lines 3-8.
Q: Now, WHICH FURROWS WAS THAT?
A: IT WAS OFF OF HIGHWAY 6. I (Jared) dont remember the exact address. Its heading back towards Dairy Ashford. We were heading back to our Perthshire address.
SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.093, second paragraph.
During the conversation with JARED Althaus on (Tue) 11/17/92 he stated that he had purchased the cable ties AT THE FURROWS ON HWY 6 NEAR HWY 290. ON (WED) 11-18-92 SGT. SHIRLEY PROCEEDED to the FURROWS building supply store LOCATED AT 6610 N.HWY 6

NUMBER 29
WHAT WER THE ZIP TIES FOR?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 28, lines 17-19.
Q: WHAT WERE THE ZIP LOCK TIES GOING TO BE USED FOR?
A: He (BOB) WAS GOING TO USE THOSE TO BIND THE LEGS AND HANDS TOGETHER.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 109, lines 20-23
A: He (Bob) put the TRASH COMPACTOR BAGS OVER HER HEAD, ZIP CORDED IT and bound the hands and feet and put duct tape around their mouths.

NUMBER 30
WHO BOUGHT THE CABLE TIES?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 81, lines 1-8.
Q: Other than the CABLE TIES and tape purchased there, do you (Jared) recall him (Bob) purchasing anything else?
A: Nine volt batteries for the stun gun.
Q: Okay. AND DID YOU PAY FOR THOSE OR DID HE?
A: NO. HE PAYED FOR ALL OF THAT with a check.
SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.093, second paragraph.
During the conversation with JARED Althaus on (Tue) 11/17/92 HE STATED that HE HAD PURCHASED THE CABLE TIES at the Furrows on HWY 6 near HWY 290

NUMBER 31
DID BOB COULSON PAY FOR THE ZIP TIES, DUCT TAPE, ETC. WITH A CHECK AT FURROWS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 81, lines 1-8.
Q: Other than the CABLE TIES and TAPE PURCHASED there (FURROWS), do you recall him (Bob) purchasing anything else?
A: Nine volt BATTERIES for the stun gun.
Q: Okay. And did you also pay for those or did he?
A: No. He (BOB) PAYED for all of that WITH A CHECK.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 48, page 154-155, lines 21-8.
Q: I WANT TO HAND YOU whats been introduced into evidence as States Exhibit No. 112 which is BOB COULSONS CHECK BOOK And would you LOOK THROUGH the notations in the checks that are written AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND ANY NOTATION OF CHECKS EVER BEEN WRITEEN FOR FURROWS?
CHUCK ROSENTHAL (Lead Prosecutor in Bob Coulsons Capital Murder Trial):
For the second time, Judge, WELL STIPULATE THAT ITS (CHECK TO FURROWS) NOT IN THERE. WEVE LOOKED FOR IT, TOO.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 48, page 155, lines 16-17.
Like I (Jared) said I THOUGHT HE WROTE A CHECK FOR IT, I WASNT PAYING MUCH ATTENTIONNUMBER 32

NUMBER 32
HOW LONG AFTER ALL OF THE ITEMS (EXCEPT FOR THE GAS CAN AND GAS) WERE PURCHASED FOR THE MURDERS DID THE MURDERS ACTUALLY OCCUR?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIALTESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 35-36, lines 25-4.
Q: WHEN THE PLAN PROGRESSED FROM GETTING THE INSTRUMEWNTS NEEDED TO COMMIT IT and THEY WERE ALL PUT TOGETHER, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE BEFORE THE EXCUTION OF THE PLAN WAS CARRIED OUT?
A: ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 77, lines 11-23
Q: DO YOU (Jared) REMEMBER WHEN THOSE WERE PURCHASED?
A: I dont remember the exact date, but I WOULD SAY WHEN WE WERE LIVING AT OUR PERTHSHIRE ADDRESS—
Q: Okay?
A: -- WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS BEFORE (the murders)
Q: And those three items that I mentioned, THE DUCT TAPE, THE CABLE TIES AND THE STUN GUN, WERE THEY ALL PURCHASD ON OR ABOUT THE SAME DATE?
A: YES, they were.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 83, lines 3-7
Q: And DO YOU (Jared) REMEMBER ABOUT HOW LONG IT WAS BEFORE THE MURDERS THAT YOU FIRST SAW THESE BAGS OR TALKED ABOUT THE BAGS?
A: I WOULD SAY ABOUT THREE MONTHS BECAUSE WE WERE STILL AT OUR PERTHSHIRE ADDRESS.

NUMBER 33
DID JARED ALTHAUS OWNA SMITH AND WESSON 9 MILLIMETER PISTOL AT THE TIME OF THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 24, lines 6-18.
Q: WHAT WAS THE PLAN TO GET A GUN?
A: I (Jared) HAD ONE.
Q: Where had you gotten that gun from?
A: I had gotten that about three years previously. My brother (Jason) had bought it for me at a gun show.
Q: What kind of gun was it?
A: NINE MILLIMETER.
Q: Do you know who manufactured it?
A: SMITH AND WESSON
SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.064, fourth full paragraph.
JASON ALTHAUS TALKING TO POLICE THE DAY AFTER THE MURDERS ON THE DRIVE TO SEARCH THE FARM HOUSE IN CALDWELL:
Jason ( Jareds brother) also said JARED HAD OWNED A COUPLE OF GUNS, A SMITH AND WESSON NINE MILLIMETER, and a pump shotgun BUT he (JARRED) HAD PAWNED THEM and lost the pawn ticket. JASON said he HAD OFFERED TO GET THE GUNS OUT OF HOCK BUT JARED SAID HE HAD LOST THE PAWN TICKET, AND THE PAWN BROKER WOULDNT LET THEM GET THE GUNS WITHOUT IT. JASON SAID THIS HAPPENED SOME TIME AGO.

NUMBER 34
HOW LONG BEFORE THE MURDERS HAD JARED ALTHAUS HAD HIS GUN?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 24, lines 8-10.
Q: Where had you (Jared) gotten that GUN from?
A: I HAD GOTTEN THAT ABOUT THREE YEARS PREVIOUSLY. My brother had bought it for me at a gun show.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 24, lines 15-20.
Q: What kind of GUN was it?
A: Nine millimeter.
Q: Do you know who manufactured it?
A: Smith and Wesson
Q: HOW LONG HAD YOU HAD IT
A: ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS

NUMBER 25
WAS BOB COULSON FAMILIAR WITH JARED ALTHAUS GUN?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 25, lines 16-17.
Q: DID YOU (Jared) SHOW HIM (Bob) HOW THE GUN WORKED?
A: YES, sir.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 123, lines 14-22
A. Bob handed it (gun) to me (Jared) and told me to break it down, which means disassemble it. So while I was driving, I disassembled it and handed it back to him.
Q: Why was that?
A: I DIDNT THINK BOB WAS TOO FAMILIAR WITH THE WORKINGS OF IT and -- so he knew is was my gun, and he knew I could disassemble it without even looking at it.

NUMBER 36
HAD BOB COULSON EVER USED JARED ALTHAUSS GUN PRIOR TO THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 13, page 155, lines 6-10.
Q: You (Jared) say I (Bob) took a gun that belonged to you to the crime scene, correct?
A: Correct.
Q: HAD I EVER USED THAT GUN BEFORE?
A: NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 15, page 66, lines 15-17.
Q: And this would be THE GUN THAT YOU HAVE SAID BEFORE THAT I HAVE NEVER USED YOUR PISTOL?
A: YOU HAVE NEVER USED THAT PARTICULAR ONE, YES.

NUMBER 37
WHAT DAY DID JARED ALTHAUS SCOUT AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO FIND A PLACE TO PICK UP BOB COULSON?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 87, lines 13-21
Q: Did you and Bob Coulson go anyplace the WEDNESDAY (11th) afternoon BEFORE THE MURDERS?
A: YES, we did.
Q: Where was that?
A: WE WENT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THE COULSONS
Q: Okay.
A: TO SCOUT AROUND for a dark LOCATION WHERE HE (Bob) COULD BE dropped off and PICKED UP.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 37, lines 20-25.
Q: Well, DID YOU GO TO THE SCENE TO SCOUT AROUND for a good place to pick him (Bob) up BEFORE the night of THE 13TH? (Friday)
A: YES, sir. YES, sir.
Q: WHEN did you do that?
A: The same -- THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. (Thursday the 12th)

NUMBER 38
WHAT TIME OF DAY DID JARED ALTHAUS SCOUT AROUND THE NEIGHTBORHOOD TO FIND A PLACE TO PICK UP BOB COULSON?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 87, lines 13-21.
Q: Did you and Bob Coulson go anyplace the Wednesday (11th) AFTERNOON before the murders?
A: YES, we did
Q: Where was that?
A: We went to a neighborhood around the Coulsons.
Q. Okay.
A. TO SCOUTT AROUND for a dark LOCATION WHERE HE (Bob) COULD BE dropped off and PICKED UP.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 37, lines 20-25.
Q: Well, DID YOU GO TO THE SCEN TO SCOUTT AROUND for a good place to pick him (Bob) up before the night of the 13th? (Friday)
A: Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
Q: WHEN did you do that?
A: The same -- the previous NIGHT. (Thursday the 12th)

NUMBER 39
WHAT WAS THE POINT OF BOB COULSONS VISIT WITH HIS UNCLE IN SAN MARCOS THE WEDNESDAY PRIOR TO THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 31, lines 8-11.
Q: Why did he (Bob) go visit his Uncle Peter (in San Marcos) a week before the murders?
A: HE JUST WANTED TO GO UP THERE and KEEP -- GET IN CONTACT WITH HIM.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 88-89, lines 24-3.
Q: What was the purpose that he (Bob) told you he wanted to talk to his uncle? (in San Marcos)
A: He wanted to talk to his uncle to MAKE SURE THAT HE (the Uncle) WASNT COMING INTO TOWN THAT FOLLOWING WEEKEND. (weekend of the murders)

NUMBER 40
DURING THE WEEK OF THE MURDERS WHAT DAY DID JARED ALTHAUS GO TO SAN MARCOS TO SEE HIS GIRLFRIEND?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRAIL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 87-88, lines 23-9.
Q: WAS THERE A TIME THAT WEEK (OF THE MURDERS) THAT YALL (Jared and Bob) WENT TO SAN MARCOS, Texas? I guess thats what Im trying to say.
A: YES, there was.
Q: And WAS IT THAT WEDNESDAY or was it –
A: Okay. YEAH. IT WAS -- I THINK IT WAS WEDNESDAY.
Q: Okay. And why were you going to San Marcos?
A: I was going to San Marcos to talk to my girlfriend, to break up with her.
SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.057, last paragraph.
I (Jared) was also very busy at work and I had decided on Monday that I needed to get away for a while. So WHEN I VISITED REBECCA (girlfriend) ON TUESDAY (in San Marcos) I told her that I was going to go to my grandfathers farm

NUMBER 41
HAD JARED ALTHAUS AND REBECCA BEEN DATING WHEN JARED WENT UP SO SAN MARCOS THE WEDNESDAY PRIOR TO THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 261-262, lines 9-13.
Q: How long had you been DATING REBECCA PRIOR TO THE TIME THE MURDERS OCCURRED?
A: I WOULD SAY FOUR MONTHS
Page 262, lines 11-13
A: Well, he -- I GUESS AT THE END OF OUR RELATIONSHIP, WE WERENT REALLY DATING ANYMORE. WE WERE MORE LIKE FRIENDS.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 88, lines 4-14.
A: I think it was a Wednesday (just two day prior to the murders).
Q: Okay. And why were you going to San Marcos?
A: I WAS GOING TO SAN MARCOS TO TALK TO MY GIRLFRIENDS, TO BREAKUP WITH HER.

NUMBER 42
DID BOB COULSON BORROW JARED ALTHAUSS CAR UP IN SAN MARCOS TO GO VISIT HIS UNCLE OR DID JARED ALTHAUS DROP HIM OFF AT HIS UNLCES?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 89, lines 8-11.
A: While I (Jared) was talking to Rebecca, He (BOB) BORROWED MY CAR, AND HE WENT TO HIS UNCLES and then came later. Picked me up from her apartment.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 74, lines 14-16.
Q: Even the time you (Jared) drove him (Bob) up to San Marcos AND LET HIM OFF TO SEE PETER, you had not met Peter?
A: No, sir.

NUMBER 43
DID JARED ALTHAUSS GIRLFRIEND LIVE IN A DORM OR AN APARTMENT AT COLLEGE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 145, lines 4-8.
A: I (Jared) went back in the hotel room where Rebecca (Jareds girlfriend) was and then told her that I needed to go back to Houston and to get her stuff together, and I was taking her back TO HER DROM ROOM.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 89, lines 8-11.
A: While I (Jared) was talking to Rebecca (Jareds girlfriend), he (Bob) borrowed my car, and he went to his Uncles and then came later. PICKED ME UP FROM HER APARTMENT.

NUMBER 44
DID JARED ALTHAUS GO WITH BOB COULSON TO THE HOUSE WHEN BOB COULSON DROPPED OFF THE BACKPACK?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 30, line 4-6
A: during the day WHEN HE (Bob) TOOK THE BACKPACK OVER because he said no one was at the house.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 45, lines 6-11
Q: How had he (Bob) gotten the gas can and backpack over to his parents house the night before? Do you know?
A: WE (Jared and Bob) DROVE OVER THERE to his parents house and he went in and dropped it off at his parents house.

NUMBER 45
WHAT TIME OF THE DAY WAS THE BACKPACK DROPPED OFF?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 301, lines 4-6.
A. during the DAY WHEN HE (Bob) TOOK THE BACKPACK OVER because he said no one was at the house.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 45, lines 2-3.
A. No, Sir. He (Bob) had DROPPED OFF THE GAS CAN AND THE BACKPACK the previous NIGHT.

NUMBER 46
DID BOB COULSON CHECK HIS PARENTS WILL ON THE WEDNESDAY OR THURDAY BEFORE THE MURDERS?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 91-92, lines 14-2.
Q: Now, the THURSDAY BEFORE THE MURDERS he (BOB) GOES TO THE HOUSE and drops off the stuff you (Jared) say?
A: Yes. Correct
A: Yes. He (BOB) INDICATED THAT HE WENT THROUGH HIS PARENTS FILES AND LOOKED THROUGH THE WILLS TO SEE WHO THE HEIRS WERE TO THE ESTATE.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 301, lines 14-22.
Q. AND YET, he (BOB) DIDNT KNOW UNTIL THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE KILLING OF PEOPLE ON FRIDAY THAT HE WAS NAMED IN THE WILL or what his share would be?
A: THATS -- WHEN HE FOUND OUT PROOF POSITIVE, YES, that he was the -- that -- WHO WAS ALL HEIRS, but Im -- he knew how much the house was worth.

NUMBER 47
WHEN DID BOB COULSON GO AND LOOK AT HIS PARENTS WILL TO SEE WHO THE HEIRS WERE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 91-92, lines 14-2
Q: Now, THE THURDAY BEFORE THE MURDERS, (DAY BEFORE MURDERS) HE (Bob) GOES TO THE HOUSE and drops off the stuff (backpack) you say?
A: YES. Correct.
Q: Is that sometime in the day or is that in the evening?
A: It was during the day.
Q: DID HE (Bob) INDICATE TO YOU THAT HE DID ANYTHING ELSE WHILE HE WAS INSIDE THE HOUSE storing the backpack?
A: YES. He indicated that HE WENT THROUGH HIS PARENTS FILES and LOOKED THROUGH THE WILLS TO SEE WHO THE HEIRS WERE TO THE ESTATE.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 46, lines 4-6.
Q: DID HE (Bob) TELL YOU HOW LONG BEFORE THE MURDER IT WAS THAT HE HAD GONE TO LOOK AT THEIR (Bobs parents) WILLS?
A: Approximately A MONTH BEFORE.

NUMBER 48
WAS THE BACKPACK DROPPED OFF AT THE HOSUE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE GAS CAN WAS DROPPED OFF?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 91-92, lines 14-13
Q: Now, the Thursday before the murders, HE (Bob) GOES TO THE HOUSE and DROPS OFF THE STUFF (BACKPACK) you say?
A: YES. Correct.
Q: IS THAT sometime IN THE DAY OR IS THAT IN THE EVENING?
A: It was DURING THE DAY.
Q: Did he indicate to you that he did anything else while he was inside the house STORING THE BACKPACK?
A: YES. He indicated that he went through his parents files and looked through the wills to see who the heirs were to the estate.
Q: Did you go -- DID YOU AND BOB COULSON then GO BACK TO THE HOUSE that FOLLOWING EVENING, of THURSDAY?
A: YES, WE DID.
Q: And WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF GOING THERE that THURDAY EVENING?
A: To see how dark it was at a certain time and also TO PURCHASE THE GAS CAN AND DROP OFF THE GAS.
Q: WHERE WAS THE GAS CAN DROPPED OFF?
A: AT HIS (Bob) PARENTS HOUSE.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 12, page 45, lines 2-3
A: No, sir. He (Bob) had DROPPED OFF the GAS CAN AND the BACKPACK the PREVIOUS NIGHT.

NUMBER 49
DID JARED ALTHAUS BUY A 2 GALLON GAS CAN FROM HI-LO ON NOVEMBER 12, 1992, AS HE CLAIMED?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 83-84, lines 25-6
Q: How about any CONTAINERS FOR GASOLINE? WHEN WAS THAT PURCHASED?
A: It was purchased THE NIGHT BEFORE THE MURDERS FROM HI-LO. (the murders occurred on Friday November 13, 1992)
Q: Okay. And WHO PURCHASED THAT?
A: I DID
SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports. Page 2.094, top of page and end of first paragraph.
Sgt. Shiply proceeded to the HI-LO Auto Supply MR. PHILIPS CHECKED HIS SALES RECORDS FOR SLAES OF THEIR PLASTIC 2 GALLON GAS CAN which carries their stock number: 11815. Their records revealed that they had only sold two of the gas cans this month Sgt. Shirley then had Mr. Philips CHECK HIS RECORDS TO SEE IF THE OTHER GAS CAN HAD BEEN SOLD ON (THUR) 11/12/92 AS ALTHAUS HAD STATED he had purchased it on that date. The RECORDS from the store INDICATED that NO SUCH GAS CAN HAD BEEN SOLD ON THAT DATE and that the only gas can sold on that date was a read plastic 5 gallon model.

NUMBER 50
WHY DID BOB COULSON BRING GAS INTO THE HOUSE?
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 13, page 143, lines 20-24.
A: the gas was put in the can and YOU (BOB) SAID THAT YOU WANTED SOME EXTRA GAS JUST TO BE SURE.
SEE: JARED ALTHAUSS CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY. Volume 41, page 316, lines 5-8.
Q: IS THERE ANY particular REASON ONE SHOULD HAVE TO TAKE GASOLINE TO A HOUSE IF THERES Varsol (flammable cleaning solvent) ALREADY THERE?
A: I GUESS THATS WHAT HE (BOB) WANTED TO DO.