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INTERVIEW WITH PATRICK ROY PARDEE
I FIRST MET PATRICIA BLAKLEY APPROXIMATELY SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THEN. WHEN I FOUND OUT SHE MANAGED AN APARTMENT COMPLEX I TRIED TO SELL THEM PAGERS AND EVENTUALLY SOLD THEM. IF I WAS NEARBY DURING THE DAY I WOULD SOMETIMES STOP AND SAY HELLO FOR A LITTLE WHILE. WE WERE JUST FRIENDS; THERE WAS NO INTEREST IN ANYTHING BUT FRIENDS. SHE TOLD ME SEVERAL TIMES THAT SHE LOVED TED AND WANTED TO MARRY HIM. PATRICIA AND MY GIRL FRIEND (MARSENA) ALSO BECAME FRIENDS. IN DECEMBER OF 1993 OR 1994 PATRICIA AND MARSENA AND SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM CHURCH THREW A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR ME, TED, DARRELL KIDD AND GREG AT THE CLUBHOUSE. PATRICIA AND TED PLANNED A WEEKEND AT MY PARENTS LAKE HOUSE FOR MEMORIAL WEEKEND 1995 FOR OUR CHURCH GROUP. SOME PEOPLE CAMPED OUT THAT FRIDAY NIGHT, OTHERS CAME DOWN ON SATURDAY.
IN THE SUMMER OF 1995
MY GIRL FRIENDS FATHER PASSED AWAY AND PATRICIA, DARRELL KIDD AND
GLENA CAME TO THE FUNERAL HOME. TED DID NOT, PATRICIA TOLD US HE WAS
WORKING AT PRECISION FABRICS TO MAKE EXTRA MONEY. FROM THAT TIME ON
SHE SEEMED TO ACT STRANGE LIKE SOMETHING WAS BOTHERING HER.
A DAY OR TWO AFTER I
MET TED HE TOOK THE LASER BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND EVENTUALLY GOT
HIS TRUCK BACK. HE THEN WANTED AN IROC CAMARO LIKE MINE. SOON AFTER
HE BOUGHT ONE. TED WAS DATING JANET BLAKLEY AND TOLD ME HE LOVED
HER. TED WOULD BUY HER CLOTHES AND TAKE HER OUT REGULARLY. TED GOT
JEALOUS WHEN JANET WENT OFF TO COLLEGE AND HE BECAME VERY POSSESSIVE
AND WANTED TO KNOW WHAT SHE HAD BEEN DOING. FINALLY THEY BROKE UP.
SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, TED MET A GIRL BY THE NAME OF CHRISTINE TAYLOR.
THEY DATED FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THEN HE GOT TIRED OF HER AND
SET ME UP WITH HER. WE DATED FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THEN PARTED
WAYS. CHRISTINE CAME BY_ LYLES BUILDING MATERIALS IN EARLY 1996 AND
TED CALLED ME, I CAME OVER AND TALKED TO HER AND WE STARTED TO SEE
EACH OTHER AGAIN ON AND OFF UNTIL THE FALL OF 1997, THEN SHE STOPPED
CALLING ME. CHRISTINE CALLED ME AGAIN ON OR ABOUT JULY 7 OR 8, 1998.
I TALKED TO HER ON THE PHONE SEVERAL TIMES AND WENT TO HER HOUSE
ONCE. SEVERAL TIMES IN 1993 TED TOLD ME HE WAS LIVING WITH PATRICIA AND NO ONE IN THE CHURCH KNEW THAT. TED TOLD ME PATRICIA WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GET MARRIED. MAY 7, 1994 TED AND PATRICIA GOT MARRIED IN HIS FATHER'S CHURCH, I WAS ONE OF THE GROOMSMEN. SOMETIME LATER TED TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE ALREADY MARRIED. THEY WENT TO DANVILLE, VA. ON 12/23/93 WITH THEIR PARENTS AND GOT MARRIED.
AFTER TED AND PATRICIA
GOT MARRIED, ME AND TED DID NOT HANG OUT TOGETHER MUCH. I WOULD
SOMETIMES STOP AT LYLE'S BUILDING MATERIALS AND TALK TO TED. TED
LATER TOLD ME THAT GARY LYLE WANTED HIM TO MARRY PATRICIA AND GARY
ALSO TOLD ME THAT. TED TOLD ME GARY SOLD HIM THE BUSINESS AT A VERY
GOOD PRICE BECAUSE HE MARRIED PATRICIA. GARY DID NOT WANT HIM TO
MARRY JANET. WHILE HE WAS MARRIED TO PATRICIA AND AFTER SHE WAS
KILLED TED TOLD ME ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT HE STILL LOVED JANET
AND WISHED THEY COULD BE TOGETHER. AFTER SHE WAS KILLED
APPROXIMATELY 1 MONTH TED STARTED TO DATE LYNN MCLEOD. HE DATED HER
UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 1995.
ABOUT EARLY DECEMBER
1995, TED STARTED DATING RONDA STANFIELD. TED TOLD ME RONDA WOULD
NOT SLEEP WITH HIM UNTIL HE BROKE UP WITH LYNN; HE DID RIGHT BEFORE
CHRISTMAS. ABOUT FEBRUARY 1997, TED STARTED TO TALK TO AN OLD GIRL
FRIEND BY THE NAME OF MELANIE OXENDINE. SHORTLY THERE AFTER TED WAS
PLANNING ON BREAKING UP WITH RONDA TO DATE MELANIE. IN MARCH OF
1997, ME TED AND MELANIE TOOK 4 OF THE STOLEN GO CARTS TO THE
UWHARRIE FOREST AND MET UP WITH A FRIEND NAMED SASHA. WE RODE
GO-KARTS MOST OF THE DAY AND RETURNED HOME THE SAME DAY. SHORTLY AFTER PATRICIA WAS KILLED TED TOLD ME HE HAD NOTHIMG TO DO WITH IT, AT FIRST I BELIEVED HIM BECAUSE I HAD NO REASON TO
THINK OTHERWISE. ON
OCTOBER 12, 1995, I SPOKE TO DETECTIVE CHURCH AT THE FUNERAL HOME
AND TOLD HIM I WOULD HELP THEM IF I COULD.
TED TOLD ME THAT HIM
AND PATRICIA HAD JUST TAKEN OUT LARGE INSURANCE POLICIES ON EACH
OTHER JUST IN CASE SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN TO ONE OF THEM. HE TOLD
ME LATER THAT THE INSURANCE POLICY WAS NOT IN IFFECT AND HE DID NOT
KNOW IF HE WOULD BE ABLE TO COLLECT. TED TOLD ME HE WAS TRYING TO
GET THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO PAY HIM RENT MONEY BECAUSE HE COULD NOT
LIVE IN THE HOUSE AND REPLACE HIS CLOTHES AND PERSONAL ITEMS THAT
WERE LOST IN THE FIRE.
AROUND THE SUMMER OF
1996, TED TALKED HIS GIRLFRIEND RONDA INTO BUYING A 1995 Z28 CAMARO.
SHORTLY THEREAFTER HE WANTED THE CAMARO TO HAVE MORE POWER. ONE
AFTERNOON, AFTER THE SPRING 1996 HIGH POINT FURNITURE MARKET, TED
STOPPED BY MY OFFICE AND HE SAW CREDIT CARD SLIPS. HE ASKED NE ABOUT
THEM, AND I TOLD HIM THEY WERE FROM THE FURNITURE MARKET. HE WANTED
SOME CREDIT CARD NUMBERS SO I WROTE A FEW OF THEM DOWN AND HE WROTE
SOME TO. LATER HE TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO USE THEM TO ORDER A
SUPERCHARGER, CLUTCH AND OTHER PERFORMANCE PARTS INCLUDING A
SUPERCHARGER FOR MY CAR. HE TOLD ME HE ORDERED THE PARTS AND HAD
THEM SENT TO A LAKE HOUSE CLOSE TO MY PARENTS LAKE HOUSE AND THAT
UPS NEVER DELIVERED THEM. HE TOLD ME HE CALLED THE PERFORMANCE
COMPANY AND THEY TOLD HIM THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ADDRESS
OR SOMETHING. AS FAR AS I KNOW, NO ONE RECEIVED ANY GOODS OR MONEY
FROM THOSE CREDIT CARD NUMBERS. THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER, 1996, ME AND TED WENT TO GATLINBURG, TN FOR ABOUT 3 DAYS. I NOTICED TED HAD BEEN ACTING
STRANGE LATELY. I DID
NOT THINK TO MUCH ABOUT IT. THERE WAS NOTHING ILLEGAL ON THE TRIP.
THE NEXT DAY I STARTED SCHOOL AT STANLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND MOVED
INTO MY PARENTS LAKE HOUSE. I DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL AT CHRISTMAS
BREAK BECAUSE PAGENET WANTED TO HIRE ME. THERE WAS NOTHING ILLEGAL
AT THAT TIME. AFTER THAT I WAS HELPING TED AT LYLE'S BUILDING
MATERIALS. ONE OF TED'S EMPLOYEE'S BY THE NAME OF ROB NICHOLES WAS
COMING UP WITH SOME BUILDING MATERIALS. I ASKED HIM ABOUT THEM AND
HE SAID HE WAS BUYING THEM FROM A FRIEND THAT WORKED FOR A
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. IN FEBRUARY, 1997, I WAS AT LYLE'S BUILDING MATERIALS HELPING TED UNLOAD THE BOX TRUCK FULL OF LUMBER, IT MAY HAVE BEEN STOLEN. SOMETHING WAS APPARENTLY BOTHERING HIM. I ASKED HIM WHAT WAS BOTHERING HIM AND HE SAID, "THIS IS BETWEEN YOU AND ME, HE SAID HE THOUGHT THE DETECTIVES WERE CLOSING IN ON HIM." HE SAID THAT IS WHY HE GOT A PART-TIME JOB AT PRECISION FABRICS SO HE WOULD HAVE AN ALIBI. I ASKED HIM, "AN ALIBI FOR WHAT?" HE SAID FOR PATRICIA'S DEATH. I ASKED HIM IF HE KILLED PATRICIA AND HE SAID, "NO" THAT HIS BROTHER RONNIE DID IT. TED TOLD ME THAT RONNIE
WENT TO THE HOUSE AND
SHOT PATRICIA AND THEN POURED GAS ON HER BODY. I WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED
WHEN HE TOLD ME THIS BECAUSE HE HAD TOLD ME ALL ALONG HE KNEW
NOTHING ABOUT HER DEATH. TED IS A MANIPULATOR AND HAD ME BELIEVING
IN HIM. IT WAS AT THAT TIME OR POSSIBLY A DAY LATER, TED TOLD ME
THAT IF I EVER TOLD ANYONE, HE WOULD KILL ME OR GET RID OF ME AND I
BELIEVED HIM.
THAT IS ABOUT THE SAME
TIME I STARTED GOING WITH TED AND ROB STEALING BUILDING MATERIALS
AND OTHER ITEMS. INCLUDING GO-CARTS, LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS.
TED TOLD ME HE WOULD PAY ME FOR HELPING HIM STEAL, HE DID GIVE ME
SOME MONEY BUT I APPLIED IT TO THE LOAN HE OWED ME.
APPROXIMATELY
FEBRUARY, 1996 ME AND TED WERE TALKING AND HE TOLD ME HE WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE HIS PISTOL BACK FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. I ASKED HIM
IF IT WAS THE GLOCK .45 AND HE SAID "YES." I ASKED HIM IF IT WAS THE
GUN THAT KILLED PATRICIA AND HE SAID "YES." TED ALSO TOLD ME LATER
HE WISHED HE WOULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL THE INSURANCE WAS IN EFFECT. HE
ALSO TOLD ME HE WOULD LIKE TO KILL DETECTIVE CHURCH BECAUSE HE WAS
STANDING IN HIS WAY SO HE COULD NOT COLLECT THE INSURANCE MONEY. AROUND THE SUMMER OF 1996, TED SHOWED ME A FOLDER WITH INFORMATION ABOUT BOOKS ON HOW TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS. HE HAD
3 DIFFERENT COLOR
HIGHLIGHTERS HE HAD MARKED. ONE COLOR MEANT HE WAS GOING TO GET THE
BOOK AND/OR VIDEO. I THINK THE OTHER COLOR MEANT HE MIGHT WANT IT
LATER. TED ORDERED THE BOOKS AND VIDEOS. I WAS NOT WITH HIM AND I
DID NOT ORDER THEM EITHER. TED SHOWED THEM TO ME AND BROUGHT SEVERAL
OVER TO MY HOUSE INCLUDING, "NEW I.D. IN AMERICA", "HOW TO CREATE A
FOOLPROOF NEW IDENTITY", "COUNTERFEIT I.D. MADE EASY" FREE STUFF.
"HOW OTHERS GET FREE MONEY, BOOZE, GASOLINE AND EVERYTHING", "SCRAM,
RELOCATING UNDER A NEW IDENTITY, "I.D. BY MAIL 1997 AND A VIDEO-"NEW
I.D., HOW TO CREATE A COMPLETE NEW IDENTITY." AT FIRST I HAD
FORGOTTEN TED HAD LEFT THEM AT MY HOUSE UNDER MY BED. ON JULY 15TH,
1997 I WAS TALKING TO ANN MAUNEY AND DETECTIVE CHURCH, THEY
MENTIONED THE BOOKS THEY HAD FOUND AND I REMEMBERED TED LEFT SOME OF
THEM AT MY HOUSE. A DAY OR TWO LATER I BROUGHT DETECTIVE CHURCH THE
BOOKS AND THE VIDEO. I HAD WATCHED THE VIDEO AND READ SOME OF THE
BOOK WHEN TED BROUGHT THEM OVER. TED SHOWED ME SOME OF THE OTHER
BOOKS HE HAD ORDERED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, "HOW TO MAKE A_
BOMB". I FOUND THEM TO BE INTERESTING READING. AS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER TED HAS ALWAYS HAD AT LEAST ONE PISTOL. AROUND THE SPRING OF 1995 TED SHOWED ME HIS GLOCK .45 AND I KNEW HE HAD A SMALL PISTOL HE CARRIED WITH HIM. AROUND THE SPRING OF 1996 TED BOUGHT A 300 WIN MAG WITH A BIG SCOPE AND A CARRYING CASE, AT FIRST HE WOULD NOT TELL ME HOW MUCH HE PAID FOR IT, BUT LATER HE TOLD ME IT WAS ABOUT $5,300.00. I ASKED HIM WHY HE BOUGHT IT AND HE SAID IT WAS AN INVESTMENT. HE LATER TOLD ME HE COULD KILL A PERSON FROM V2 MILE AWAY. TED ALWAYS CARRIED AT LEAST 1 PISTOL WITH HIM AT ALL TIMES AND THE 300 WIN MAG WAS USUALLY IN HIS JEEP. I NEVER FIRED ANY OF HIS GUNS. WHEN I WAS AT LYLE'S BUILDING MATERIALS TED WOULD SOMETIMES TAKE
THE PISTOL OUT OF THE
DRAWER AND PUT IT IN THE WAIST OF HIS PANTS AND I FELT LIKE HE DID
THAT JUST TO INTIMIDATE ME. I WAS VERY CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF
ME AND MY FAMILY. I BELIEVED HIM AND HAD BEEN SLOWLY TRYING TO GET
AWAY FROM HIM. I FELT LIKE IF I AVAOIDED HIM ALTOGETHER HE MIGHT GET
SUSPICIOUS AND COME AFTER ME. I FIRST MET RONNIE AROUND EARLY 1992 AT HIS PARENTS TRAILER, WE DID NOT TALK. I MET HIM AGAIN AT TED AND PATRICIA'S WEDDING REHEARSAL AND REHEARSAL DINNER, THEN AT THE WEDDING. THE NEXT TIME I REMEMBER SEEING HIM WAS AT LYLE'S BUILDING MATERIALS AROUND CHRISTMAS 1996. TED AND RONNIE WENT TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE YARD AND WERE ARGUING. I THINK IT WAS ABOUT MONEY. I DID NOT ASK TED ABOUT IT. THE NIGHT OF PATRICIA'S DEATH I DID NOT SEE HIS BROTHER AT THE CHURCH.
OF EVERYTHING. REV. KIMBLE SAID TED'S ATTORNEY WAS NOT HAVING MUCH LUCK IN GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR THE DETECTIVES, BUT THAT HE HAD HEARD THAT TWO PEOPLE WERE GOING TO COURT TO TESTIFY AGAINST TED SO THAT IT WOULD HELP THEM OUT OF TROUBLE. REV. KIMBLE SAID THAT SOMEONE HAD TOLD HIM THAT ROB NICHOLES HAD TOLD THEM HE WAS GOING TO TESTIFY AGAINST TED AND HE WANTED TO KNOW IF I WAS GOING TO TESTIFY AGAINST TED ALSO. I TOLD HIM I DIDN' KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND DIDN' TELL HIM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO. I ASKED HIM IF TED OR RONNIE WOULD GET OUT OF JAIL BEFORE THEIR TRIAL AND HE SAID HE DOUBTED IF TED WOULD, BUT RONNIE MIGHT BECAUSE HIS WIFE WAS PREGNANT AND WAS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS. THERE MAYBE SOME STUFF THAT I CANNOT REMEMBER AT THIS TIME. THIS STATEMENT IS AS ACCURATE AND TRUTHFUL AS POSSIBLE AND TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AS I RECALL. I KNOW I DONE A LOT OF ILLEGAL THINGS WHILE KNOWING TED KIMBLE AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THAT AND I KNOW I WILL HAVE TO ANSWER TO THAT. IF TED AND /OR RONNIE KIMBLE GET OUT OF JAIL I FEEL LIKE THEY WILL COME AFTER ME AND CAUSE ME HARM BECAUSE I HAVE DECIDED TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT EVERYTHING WE WERE INVOLVED IN AND EVERYTHING TED TOLD ME.
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