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Liz Parker
9/21/13 To: rod.83rd@att.net, kevin.83rd@att.net

Kaki Aufdengarten made an appointment to see the sheriff yesterday. This is her response when I asked her how it went:

Hey Liz- I guess it went ok. I went there. Danny was not around. I spoke to a deputy that i did not know. We visited for a few minutes. I asked for a copy of his notes. He made one for me. You're welcome to have it if you'd like.

Kaki has said that Deputy Sheriff Mitchell Garcia has also followed her. She told Vicki Maline, Melaney's aunt, that people were afraid for John and me if they came forward about Mitch Garcia. I let Kaki know that I was not afraid and I think it would be too obvious if they started harassing us because of this. She was afraid to make her statement, but we begged her and she set aside her fear and did it. I doubt she said anything about the deputy. Can I tell women to contact you directly if they are afraid to say anything? No one has previously made a statement or complaint because they don't want to be harassed more than they already are, and because the sheriff does not accept written complaints about his deputies.

Please consider this: there are no set train schedules, they come by randomly. It can be 20 minutes or 3 hours between trains. John would have been home half an hour to 45 minutes after Melaney. She would have known that he would look for her if she wasn't home, but she had no way of knowing when a train might pass. We would have both been looking for her and probably called for help any time after 12:45. Because that's what happened.

The purse and phone appear relatively undamaged, not as if they were hurled however many feet by a train moving quickly. If someone threw these items to where they were found, which seems more probable, it would not have been Melaney. There would have been no reason for her to throw them away from her. Melaney had an analytic IQ of 170, she would know there would be no purpose in throwing them away from her, as if to hide her identity, because she would have known they were too close and would be found quickly. When Melaney was in 8th grade, one of her teacher's told her students to make a list of five items that they would have to take with them if they were put on a deserted island. I knew what all five items would be without her telling me. I know her. Vicki Maline once saw me get up from my chair outside and say I'm not sure why I'm doing this, but I think Melaney's going to call, it was two hours before she was expected to call. As I opened the door, the phone rang and it was Melaney saying they had finished early and could I pick her up. I know my daughter.

-lp