This index is the Case File sorted by Subject.  All items under the subjects are listed in chronological order.  Some of the subjects are Groups of People, to identify relationships.  These link back to the People's Index.  This index is still not complete.

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4Arson Investigation

4Autopsy and Identification

4Camp Lejeune (Where Ronnie Kimble was stationed)

4Church Groups

4Cinnamon Ridge Apartments (Patricia Kimble's Employer)

4Crime Scene Reports

4Defense Teams

4Discovery Memorandums

4Evidence collected, Examination Requests, Lab Reports, Disposition Reports

4Eye Witnesses & Identifications

4Insurance Policies, Claims, and Payouts

4Law Enforcement

4Lyles Building Materials aka Lyles Building Supplies (Owned by Ted and Patricia Kimble)

4Neighbors (of Ted and Patricia Kimble)

4Other Suspects

4Precision Fabrics Group (Ted Kimble's second job employer)

4Psychological Evaluations

4Search Warrants & Searches

4Statements of the Deceased (Statements Patricia Kimble allegedly made before the murder)

4Statements of the Defendants (Alleged confessions and other incriminating statements and behaviors)

4Time of Death

4Witness Lists

• Arson Investigation

  • October 10, 1995: Guilford County Emergency Services:  Fire Marshall Report (includes reports by Fire Inspections Chief E. P. Rich, Fire Inspector G. Stonesifer, and Fire Inspector E. B. Harris)

  • October 11, 1995: Report, Jerry D. Webster, Opinion as to how long the fire burned

  • October 20, 1995: Data for Compartment Fire Modeling & Fire Simulators

  • Opinion, Arson Expert(s) State of North Carolina (no signature)

  • September 22, 1997: Steve Langham, Langham & Associates, consulted by Ronnie Kimble's Defense team as fire expert.  Langham withdrew because of conflict of interest

  • August 11-12, 1998: Edward P. Rich, Witness for the State

    (1) Evidence of arson. (2) Theory on ignition point and burn pattern. (3) Estimate of duration of the fire, 2-3 hours, possibly longer.

  • August 12, 1998: Jerry D. Webster, Witness for the State

    (1) Evidence of arson. (2) Theory and demonstration on ignition point and burn pattern. (3) Estimate of duration of fire, longer than 2 hours, possibly longer than 4 hours.

  • August 13, 1998: James Garrett Stonesifer, Witness for the State

    Document his search of the hole where Patricia’s body was found, search for a shell casing and other evidence, removing carpet samples, and finding the knife in the hole.

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• Autopsy and Identification

  • October 10, 1995: Report, Herbert L. Byrd:  Provides the timeline for the autopsy and collecting of evidence for identification

  • October 10, 1995: Evidence Disposition

  • October 10, 1995: 11-page Autopsy Report, Karen Chancellor, MD, Pathologist (Includes 5 page Dental Examination & Identification report by Dr. E. Jeff Burkes, Jr. and diagram of crime scene)

  • October 12, 1995: Report, Herbert L. Byrd, Follow-up with Medical Examiner's Office,

  • October 17, 1995: Medical Examiner's Certificate of Death

  • October 18, 1995: Toxicology Report

  • October 24, 1995: Report of Investigation by Medical Examiner

  • August 12, 1998: Karen Chancellor, Witness for the State

    (1) Autopsy results. (2) Gunshot wound to the head as cause of death. (3) Theory on tilt of the gun and proximity to Patricia.

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• Camp Lejeune (Where Ronnie Kimble was stationed)

  • Justin Dobesh - LCpl, Ronnie Kimble's friend

  • Tammy Denise Dorsey - Seaman, US Navy, Base Chaplain's Office

  • James Allen Dziadaszek, II - Corporal, US Marines, Ronnie Kimble’s co-worker

  • Deborah Ann Freddie - E-5 2nd Class Petty Officer, assigned to Base Chaplain's office, Religious Program Specialist, at one time Ronnie Kimble's supervisor

  • Mary Ann Gomez - Seaman E-3, Religious Program Specialist

  • Louise Cato Jackson - U.S. Navy, Group Chaplain’s Office

  • Natalie Bell Kelly - Fiscal Manager for Base Command Chaplain; Ronnie delivered all of her supplies

  • Linda Gail Shepherd - Leading Petty Officer in the Chaplain's Office

  • Neil Donald Silverthorn - Corporal, USMC, Classified Files Unit, Ronnie Kimble's friend

  • Ronald A. Soutiere - Roman Catholic Priest, Assistant command chaplain, Ronnie Kimble worked for him as a FAP

  • Erinn Monet Wilson - E-4 Petty Officer 3RD Class, Base Chaplain's Office, Religious Program Specialist

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• Church Groups

  • South Elm Street Baptist Church (Ted and Patricia's church)

    • Barry Braswell - Member, Patricia Kimble's friend, saw Patricia after she left work

    • Lawrence Clapp - Pastor

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• Cinnamon Ridge Apartments (Patricia Kimble's Employer)

  • Kristy L. Caviness - Employee from Aug 1994 to Sep 1995

  • Bill Hawkins - Maintenance man for Cinnamon Ridge Apartments

  • Hershel Sosnoff - President, Cinnamon General Corp

  • Nancy Young - Patricia Kimble’s assistant at Cinnamon Ridge Apartments

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• Crime Scene Reports & Descriptions

  • Reuben Blakley - Patricia Kimble's brother, first person on the crime scene

  • Christie Blakley - Reuben's wife, with Reuben at the crime scene

  • October 10, 1995: Report, Brian C. Yarborough (Crime Scene Technician, GCSD), Narrative of Crime Scene

  • October 10, 1995: Report, Stormy G. Cross (Crime Scene Technician GCSD), Narrative of the Crime Scene

  • 51 crime scene photos

  • October 10, 1995: Report, L. D. Jones, Offense Report & Diagram of Crime Scene

  • October 10, 1995: Report, J. G. Bryant, Interview Bradley Faulk, Volunteer Firefighter

  • October 11, 1995: Report, L. A. Lindell (GCSD), Narrative of Crime Scene

  • August 11, 1998: Bradley Faulk, Volunteer Firefighter, Witness for the State

    (1) Efforts to fight the fire. (2) Detailed descriptions of the crime scene.

  • August 11, 1998: Allan Fields, Volunteer Firefighter, Witness for the State

    (1) Efforts to fight the fire. (2) Detailed descriptions of the crime scene.

  • August 12-13, 1998: Roy Lindell, Supervisor, Evidence and Crime Lab, Guilford County Sheriff’s Department, Witness for the State

    (1) Measures taken to secure crime scene, photograph crime scene, and identify evidence collected. (2) Details of the crime scene. (3) Appearance of staged burglary.

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• Defense Teams

  • Ronnie Kimble's Defense Team

    • Michael D. Ingold - Private Investigator (Ingold Investigative Services)

  • Ted Kimble's Defense Team

• Discovery Memorandums

  • September 19, 1997: Discovery Memorandum: Theodore Mead Kimble, Ronnie Lee Kimble

  • November 3, 1997: Discovery Memorandum (Number 2)

  • February 19, 1998: Discovery Memorandum (Number 3)

  • July 25, 1998: Discovery Memorandum (Number 6)

  • July 30, 1998: Discovery Memorandum (Number 7)

  • August 3, 1998: Minor changes to Mitch Whidden's July 21, 1998 Statement

  • August 4, 1998: Discovery Memorandum (Number 8), Statement by Randy Simpson

  • August 7, 1998: Discovery Memorandum (Number 9), statements Ronnie Kimble made to Detective Church by telephone on October 15, 1995

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• Evidence collected, Examination Requests, Lab Reports, Disposition Reports

  • October 10, 1995: Search Warrant, 2104 Brandon Station Rd.

  • October 10, 1995: Medical Examiner, Evidence Disposition

  • October 12, 1995: Requests for Examination of Physical Evidence, L. A. Lindell & J. D. Church (GCSD): gas can, carpet sample, carpet padding, victim's clothing, victim's swabs, victim's blood, victim's hair, bullet taken from victim, cartridges found in box, hair found on weapon

  • October 16, 1995: Report, Jerry D. Webster, Cloth found in oven door

  • October 16, 1997: Report, Jerry D. Webster, Physical Evidence collected

  • October 20, 1995: SBI Lab Report, Latent Print Examination, Gas Can

  • October 20, 1995: Evidence Control Form, J. D. Church (GCSD), Clothes Ted Kimble was wearing on October 9, 1995

  • October 31, 1995: Evidence Control Form, L. A. Lindell (GCSD), Evidence collected from the victim and the crime scene

  • November 9, 1995: Evidence Control Form, L. A. Lindell (GCSD), Underwire bra and carpet

  • November 9, 1995: SBI Lab Report, Blood Analysis on Weapon (Ted Kimble's Glock)

  • November 14, 1995: Evidence Control Form, L. A. Lindell (GCSD), prints and negatives

  • November 15,1995: SBI Lab Report, Accelerants

  • November 20, 1995: Report, John Appel (GCSD), Interview Heckler & Kock Company, Sterling VA, makers of the Glock gun believed to be the murder weapon

  • November 27, 1995: SBI Lab Report, Firearms examination and identification

  • November 28, 1995: SBI Lab Report, Hair Analysis

  • October - November 1995: Phone Bill for Donna Weiant, Neil Silverthorn's mother

  • October - December 1995: Cellular One of the Triad phone bill, Lyles Building Supplies, 21 pages

  • January 17, 1996: Report, Doreen Huntington, Nine Latent Lift Cards lifted on October 10, 1995, with comparisons to Ronnie Kimble, Paul Hunt, Harold Styles, Luke Genopolus, and Ted Kimble (Includes report filed July 7, 1998)

  • April 18,1996: Evidence Control Form, J. D. Church (GCSD), March 28, 1996 tape recording and cloth remnant

  • May 9, 1996: Report, J. D. Church (GCSD), Evidence items from Patricia's vehicle to be returned to Ted Kimble

  • May 31, 1996: Rodney Woodberry, Taped Phone Call to Ted Kimble

  • July 31, 1996: Evidence Control Form, J. D. Church (GCSD), Food Lion Receipt

  • April 2, 1997: Southern Precision Armory Precision Rifles Price List

  • April 4, 1997: Confiscated Property Form, J. Davis & M. A. Berryhill (GDSD), Items confiscated from Lyles Building Material

  • April 8, 1997: Evidence Control Form, J. D. Church (GCSD):  Pistol permit books, Claim letter

  • July 31, 1997: Evidence Control Form, J. D. Church (GDSD), Copy of Check

  • August 13, 1997: Guildford County Sheriff Department Law Incident Table

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• Eye Witnesses and Identifications

  • Witness who saw Patricia Kimble after she left work

    • Braswell, Barry - Patricia Kimble's friend

  • 2 Witnesses who saw a car going onto or on Brandon Station Court

    • October 16, 1995: Report, J. D. Church (GCSD), Interview, Anonymous witness (who saw a dark blue camaro on Brandon Station Court at 6:40-6:45 p.m)

    • June 11, 1996: Photographic Line-Up Ronnie Kimble and Neil Silverthorn, prepared at request of Detective Church and shown to Tammy Patton

    • June 27,1996: Report, J. D. Church (GCSD): Summary & Diagram of witness sightings at 6:21 p.m., includes receipt and vehicle photo line-up

    • June 27, 1996: Redacted Witness Statement, Tammy Patton (who saw a car drive onto Brandon Station Court)

    • June 27, 1996: Receipt from Food Lion for October 9, 1995, Tammy Patton

    • June 27, 1996: Pictures used in vehicle photo line-up, Tammy Patton

    • July 21,1998: Interview, Michael Ingold (PI), Tammy Patton

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• Insurance Policies, Claims, and Payouts

• Law Enforcement

  • Guilford County Department of Emergency Services

    • Edward Rich - Supervisor, Fire Inspection and Investigation Unit

  • Guilford County District Attorney's Office

    • Edmund Louis Siwinski - Investigator

  • Guilford County Fire Marshall's Office

    •  James Garrett Stonesifer - Fire Inspector

  • Guilford County Sheriff's Department

    • John Appel - Detective

    • M. A. Berryhill - Crime Lab Technician

    • J. G. Bryant - Lieutenant

    • Herbert L. Byrd - Detective

    • James D. Church - Responding Detective, Lead Detective

    • Stormy G. Cross - Crime Scene Technician

    • J. Davis - Sergeant

    • D. L. Deberry - Sergeant

    • R. T. Forrest - Captain

    • Doreen Huntington - Latent print examiner and AFIS examiner

    • L. D. Jones

    • L. A. Lindell - Sergeant

    • D. E. McDaniel - Deputy

    • Chad Sibert - Detective

    • Brian Yarborough - Crime Scene Technician

  • North Carolina Department of Insurance

    • Anne Mauney - Investigator

  • Pleasant Garden Fire Department

    • Bradley Scott Faulk - Volunteer firefighter

  • State Bureau of Investigation

    • Brenda K. Bissette - Special Agent, forensic serology analysis

    • John Byrd - Special Agent, forensic impressions analyst

    • T. C. Childrey - Criminal Specialist

    • Larry C. Ford - Special agent, forensic chemistry and arson analysis

    • Harold G. Pendergrass - Agent, Co-Lead Detective

    • Joseph D. Reavis - Special agent, Forensic chemist

    • R. L. Stills - Crime Lab Technician

    • Peter Douglas Ware - Special Agent, Forensic firearm and tool mark examination

    • Jerry D. Webster - Special Agent, Arson and Fire investigation

  • United States Naval Criminal Investigative Services

    • Gregory Munroe - Special Agent

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• Lyles Building Materials aka Lyles Building Supplies (Owned by Ted and Patricia Kimble)

  • Gary Paul Lyles - Ted Kimble’s employer; sold Lyles Building Material to Ted and Patricia

  • Rose Lyles - Patricia Kimble’s friend; wife of Gary Lyle, who sold Lyles Building Material to Ted and Patricia

  • Kim Morris - Former Employee

  • Robert Nicholes - Employee, Accomplice with Ted Kimble & Patrick Pardee in the Construction theft consiracy ring

  • James Ogburn - Employee

  • Thomas S. Routh - Robins & Weill, Inc., real estate brokerage firm, brokered the land lease for Lyles Building Material

  • Larry (Steve) Stephen Swaney - Employee

  • Robert William Tidwell - Former Employye, Witness on Change of Beneficiary for one of Patricia Kimble's insurance policies

  • Woodberry, Rodney Lamont - Ted Kimble's former employee; initial suspect in the investigation

• Neighbors of Ted & Patricia Kimble

  • Helen Coble - lived at 5440 Highway 22. Her house is behind Patricia’s, separated by a field and some woods

    They were not burning trash on the day of the murder, October 9.

  • Nattlie Cooper Ransom Dickerson - lived at 2202 Brandon Station Rd.

    Saw a light hazy smoke above the trees when looking towards Patricia’s house after 6:00 pm., specifically about 6:45 or 7:15 p.m.

  • Paul Steven Fryar - Lived at 2200 Brandon Station Dr., his side yard faced Highway 22

    Saw some low smoke (4-5 feet in height) in the clearing between the Kimble house and the Coble house between 6:30-7:00 p.m. (later the time was changed to 6:15 p.m.)

  • Jaunice & Danny Rush - lived at 3605 Fieldview Road

    Drove by the Brandon Station Court/Hwy. 22 intersection at approximately 4:30 p.m., but did not notice anything unusual.

  • Sasser, Paul - lived at 2210 Brandon Station Road

    Left to go to work at approximately 7 p.m., driving on Brandon Station Road to Hwy. 22. He did not notice any smoke or anything else unusual.

  • Greg Seabolt - lived at 3603 Fieldview Road

    Saw a new model Ford Econoline-type van, white in color with no side windows drive from Highway 22 onto Fieldview Road about 7 p.m.

  • David Allen Vickrey - lived at 3609 Fieldview Rd

    Smelled smoke in the air about 5:45-5:50 pm and again at 8:15 pm.

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• Other Suspects

  • Luke Genopolus

  • Paul D. Hunt - Previously burglarized Patricia Kimble's home on Brandon Station Court

  • Morris, Kim - Worked for Ted Kimble during the summer months both at Lyles and doing odd jobs at the Kimble home

    Angry at the Kimbles over an employment dispute.  Laura Shephard said Rodney Woodberry told her Kim Morris might have been the one who murdered Patricia. 

  • Harold D. Styles - Previously burglarized Patricia Kimble's home on Brandon Station Court

  • Rodney Woodberry Group

    • Sarah Ann Haith - Neighbor to Beverly Marie Jeffers, the live-in girlfriend of Rodney Woodberry

      Corroborate Rodney Woodberry's alibi for October 9th

    • Beverly Marie Jeffers - Rodney Woodberry's live-in girlfriend

      (1) Corroborate Woodberry's alibi for October 9th.  (2) Give her opinion that Laura Shephard is not truthful.

    • Laura Ann Shephard - Rodney Woodberry's former girlfriend

      Woodberry confided in her that he did something he could get the death penalty for and would be coming into some money. 

    • Woodberry, Rodney Lamont - Ted Kimble's former employee; initial suspect in the investigation

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• Psychological Evaluations

  • Charles Guyer - Psychological evaluation of Ronnie Kimble

• Precision Fabrics Group (Ted Kimble's second job employer)

  • September 19, 1995: Ted Kimble's Hire Letter & Personnel Records

  • Brian Beaupre - Human Resources Manager

  • Bebe Osborne - Personnel Manager

  • Michael Fayne Chambers - Shift lead man, 2nd shift, lamination department

    Verify Ted’s presence at Precision Fabrics about 6 pm the night of October 9.

  • David Fisher - Lead person in woven section

  • Brenda Flores - Employee

  • Douglas F. Reid - Employee

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• Search Warrants and Searches

  • Search Warrant, 2104 Brandon Station Rd.

  • October 16, 1995: Permission from Ted Kimble to Search 2104 Brandon Station Ct

  • October 22, 1995: Permission from Ted Kimble to Search 2104 Brandon Station Ct

  • October 31, 1995: Application for Search Warrant, Bell-South Telecommunications (phone records for 910-674-1148 from 9/10/95 to 10/9/95), includes Return of Service and Inventory or Seized property

  • April 2, 1997: Search Warrant for Lyles Building Material, requested by J. D. Church

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• Statements of the Deceased (Statements Patricia Kimble allegedly made before the murder)

  • November 3, 1997: Statements of the Deceased

  • Reuben Blakley - Patricia Kimble's brother

    Patricia’s concern about Ted’s efforts to increase her life insurance.

  • Richard Blakley - Patricia Kimble's father

    Patricia’s concern about Ted’s efforts to increase her life insurance.

  • Sheila Blakley - Patricia Kimble's mother

    Patricia’s concern about Ted’s efforts to increase her life insurance.

  • Linda Thompson Cherry - Patricia Kimble’s friend

    Patricia called her 2-3 weeks before her death and expressed concern about the state of her marriage, Ted not wanting to spend time with her anymore, taking a 2nd job, wanting to buy a motorcycle, and using profanity and other bad language.

  • Cara Dudley - Patricia’s good friend and Matron of Honor

    (1) Patricia called her 2-3 weeks before her death and told her about the insurance Ted forged her name on, in case something happened to her, and that she was scared. (2) Ted’s desire to buy a motorcycle and he had gotten the 2nd job to pay for it.

  • Gary Paul Lyles - Ted Kimble’s employer; sold Lyles Building Material to Ted and Patricia

    (1) Phone call from Patricia Rose Lyles testified about; talked about the insurance; Ted wanted to buy a motorcycle to ride up and down High Point Road; the $5,000 worth of extras he had put on their Jeep; he agreed to talk to Ted at the marriage retreat in a couple of weeks. (2) He wouldn’t have sold the business to Ted if he weren’t married.

  • Rose Lyles - Patricia Kimble’s friend; wife of Gary Lyle, who sold Lyles Building Material to Ted and Patricia

    Patricia’s phone call, the fear in Patricia’s voice, Patricia crying, saying Ted was not the man she married and all he cared about was money, she found a life insurance policy for which Ted forged her name, Ted slept with a gun under his pillow and she wondered each night if she would wake up in the morning.

  • Stephanie Young Padgett - Patricia Kimble's friend; Nancy Young's daughter

    Conversation with Patricia on October 6, 1995, in which Patricia told her she and Ted were about to lose Lyles and that is why Ted took the second job, because they had to come up with a large amount of money.

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• Statements of the Defendants (alleged confessions and other incriminating statements and behaviors)

  • The Whidden Group (Ronnie Kimble's alleged confession)

    • Mitch Whidden, to whom the alleged confession was made

    • Debra Whidden, Mitch's wife

    • Reverend Jerry Falwell, from whom Mitch sought advice

    • Frank Patric Yeatts, Attorney for Liberty University, provided legal counsel to Mitch at the request of Reverend Falwell

  • The Construction Theft Accomplices (Ted Kimble's alleged confessions)

    • Robert Nicholes, Accomplice with Ted Kimble & Patrick Pardee

    • Patrick Pardee, Accomplice with Ted Kimble & Robert Nicholes

      • Melanie Williams Oxendine - Long-time friend of Ted Kimble

        Patrick Pardee told her he didn't know anything about any involvement by Ted in Patricia's murder.

    • James Ogburn, assisted by altering stolen goods (Ogburn didn't testify at Ronnie Kimble's trial, but was scheduled to testify for the State at Ted Kimble's trial)

    • Jeffrey Oliver Roberts, Accomplice with Robert Nicholes (Roberts didn't testify, but an unsigned Agreement with the State is in the file)

  • The Jailhouse Informants

    • Jeffrey Conluis Clark - Incarcerated in Greensboro jail (with Ronnie Kimble) and High Point jail (with Ted Kimble)

    • Dominic Harris - In Guilford County Jail same time as Ronnie Kimble

    • Jerry Leander Poe - Inmate Guilford County Jail at same time as Ted Kimble

    • Randy Simpson - Inmate incarcerated at same facility as Ronnie Kimble

  • Girlfriends -- both Ronnie's and Ted's

    • Joy Hedgecock Dyer - Dated Ted Kimble and Ronnie Kimble

      (1) The abortion she had of Ronnie's baby at Ted's insistence.  (2) Threats Ted made that he wasn't going to let her ruin his family.

    • Janice Lynn Johnson - Romantic relationship with Ted Kimble after Patricia's death

      (1) She started seeing Ted about 2-3 weeks after Patricia’s death, and they dated for about a month. (2) He brought her to the house and showed her where Patricia’s body was found, and that he was unemotional about it. (3) Ted was very angry that he wasn’t getting insurance money in the amounts he wanted. (4) Ted claimed greater value for the contents of the house on the insurance claims. (5) Witnessed conversation between Ted and Ronnie in which they were both very upset and angry. (6) Ted carried a gun on a continuous basis.

    • Lynn McLeod - dated Ted Kimble after Patricia Kimble's murder

    • Kimberly Palmer Murray - Ted Kimble’s former girlfriend

      (1) Ted dated her from end of February into May 1993. (2) Ted owned the Glock gun and bought her a hand gun and took her to target practice to teach her how to use it.

    • Rhonda Stanfill- Dated Ted Kimble after Patricia Kimble's murder

  • Statements included in Discovery Memorandums

    • September 19, 1997: Statements of the Defendants

    • November 3, 1997: Corrected or Additional Statements of the Defendants

    • July 30, 1998: Additional Statements of the Defendants

    • August 7, 1998: Discovery Memorandum (Number 9), statements Ronnie Kimble made to Detective Church by telephone on October 15, 1995

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• Time of Death

• Witness Lists

  • August 13, 1997: Guildford County Sheriff Department Law Incident Table

  • July 30, 1998: Potential Witness list for the Defense

  • August 3, 1998: People's Potential Witness List