* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:16] I WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND RECOGNIZE SOME PEOPLE THAT QUITE FRANKLY, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY WITHOUT, UM, I'VE GOTTA START WITH RETIRED HPD, SERGEANT BILLY BELK. I WAS 11 YEARS OLD WHEN THESE MURDERS HAPPENED. UM, IT'S ONE OF THE, THE CASES THAT I FIRST REMEMBER BEING AWARE OF IN CITY OF HOUSTON. SERGEANT BELK WAS ON THE SCENE THAT DAY. HE CARRIED THIS CASE WITH HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS CAREER. I'VE NOW READ EVERY PAGE OF ALMOST A THOUSAND PAGES OF OFFENSE REPORTS. HE HAS HUNDREDS OF SUPPLEMENTS. HE CHASED EVERY LEAD POSSIBLE. AND WHEN HE RETIRED, HE SAID IT WAS THE CASE THAT STAYED WITH HIM. HAVING HIM BE HERE TODAY SPEAKS TO HOW IMPORTANT THIS CASE IS, SO THANK YOU. THE NEXT FOUR THAT I WANNA RECOGNIZE, I'M GONNA KIND OF DO ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE SERGEANT MIKE BURROW, SERGEANT RICH RODRIGUEZ, SPECIAL AGENT JOHN SHEMP, AND MY ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, DIVISION CHIEF SAMANTHA CONNECT. THEY GOT THIS CASE TO TODAY. THEY WORKED TIRELESSLY HOURS ON HOURS. THREE OF THEM LITERALLY JUST GOT OFF AIRPLANES FROM NEBRASKA HOURS AGO. I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL LOOK AS FRESH AS YOU DO, BUT I'M VERY GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE. UM, AND OUR OFFICE, SAMANTHA, WAS HERE UNTIL WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT, THE NIGHT AFTER THE ARREST, AND HAS WORKED THIS CASE HERSELF FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. IT GOES TO SHOW THE COLLABORATION THAT EVERYONE LOVELY KNOWS WE HAVE BETWEEN OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, OUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, AND THIS OFFICE. WE TRULY ARE ONE TEAM, AND FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, AS A CITIZEN OF HARRIS COUNTY. THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY SHANE HENRY. SHANE IS THE YOUNGER SISTER OF CHERYL. NO ONE HAS DEALT WITH THIS TRAGEDY LONGER OR MORE SIGNIFICANTLY THAN SHANE. THE ATKINSON FAMILY IS OUTTA STATE. THEY COULDN'T BE HERE IN PERSON, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY ARE HERE WITH US AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE WITH US THROUGHOUT. UM, WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM SHANE A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT TO YOU AND TO THE ATKINSON FAMILY, TO EVERYONE THAT LOVED THEM, IT GIVES ME SO MUCH PRIDE, SO MUCH JOY TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE GOT IT. THESE UNSOLVED MURDERS HAVE WEIGHED SO INCREDIBLY HEAVY ON THESE FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES. THAT STOPS TODAY. THAT STOPS NOW. FLOYD WILLIAM PARROT WAS ARRESTED IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER IN CONNECTION TO THE MURDERS OF CHERYL HENRY AND ANDY ATKINSON. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF EXTRADITING HIM BACK TO TEXAS SO THAT HE CAN ANSWER FOR THESE INCREDIBLE CRIMES. I WANNA BE EXTREMELY CLEAR WITH THE PUBLIC AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WITH THE FAMILIES. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE MILESTONE, BUT THIS IS NOT THE FINISH LINE FOR THE INVESTIGATORS AND THE PROSECUTORS ACROSS AGENCIES AND DECADES WHO NEVER GAVE UP ON CHERYL AND ANDY, WHO SPENT 36 YEARS TRACKING LEADS [00:05:03] FACING DEAD ENDS. THE, THE FRUSTRATIONS, THE EMOTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH A MONUMENTAL CHAPTER HAS BEEN CLOSED, BUT THE WORK CANNOT AND WILL NOT STOP NOW. AND IN A LOT OF WAYS, THE WORK FOR THE DA'S OFFICE STARTS TODAY. WE ARE MOVING FROM THE IDENTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION PHASE OF THIS CASE INTO THE PROSECUTION PHASE. JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS FOR 36 YEARS. I KNOW THAT GARLAND ATKINSON DID NOT GET TO LIVE TO SEE THIS DAY. I KNOW THAT YOUR PARENTS COULD NOT BE HERE TO SEE THIS DAY. AND COUNTLESS OTHERS THAT LOVED CHERYL AND ANDY AREN'T HERE. AND IT'S BECAUSE THIS JUSTICE HAS BEEN DELAYED FOR 36 YEARS. YOU MISSED BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, HOLIDAYS, NEVER KNOWING IF TODAY WOULD EVER COME. WE CAN'T GIVE CHERYL AND ANDY BACK TO YOU. WE'LL NEVER KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT THEY COULD HAVE BECOME. I, BUT TO YOU, SHANE, TO ALL OF YOU, WHAT WE CAN PROMISE YOU IS THAT WE WILL DELIVER THE TRUTH AND WE WILL DELIVER JUSTICE IN A COURTROOM TO THIS DEFENDANT TODAY. WE BRING YOU AND SO MANY OTHER FAMILIES OUT THERE, HOPE. AND TOMORROW WE GET BACK TO WORK. I'M GONNA INTRODUCE OUR MAYOR, MAYOR JOHN WHITMEYER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DISTRICT ATTORNEY. WHEN I, UH, SAY LET'S GO TO WORK, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE COLLABORATION THAT BRINGS THIS ACCOUNTABILITY TO OUR REGION. NOT ONLY CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT HARRIS COUNTY, THE STATE OF TEXAS, WITH THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF PROFESSIONAL CRIME FIGHTERS, WHETHER IT BE THE FBI, CERTAINLY HPD, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I SEE CRIME STOPPERS PRESENT. WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. AND WE'RE NOT ONLY INTO CRIME PREVENTION, BUT WE'RE INTO SOLVING CRIME. SO IT SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE THAT ALL HANDS ON DECK DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK WITH HIS STAFF. HPDI CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE DEDICATION HOURS AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY, MISSING LITTLE LEAGUE GAMES, EVEN RETIRING. JOHN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE FBI. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SOMETIME WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK. CRIME FIGHTING'S TAKING PLACE, AND WE DO IT FOR THE VICTIMS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND ALSO TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT, THAT WE'RE DEDICATED CRIME FIGHTERS. IT SHOULD BE, AND I KNOW I SPEAK FOR THE PROFESSIONALS IN THIS ROOM, OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT CITY WORKING ON QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES LIKE STREETS AND DRAINAGE. BUT IF WE'RE NOT SAFE, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND I HAVE SHARED THIS VISION. IF WE'RE NOT SAFE, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. SO TODAY, AS SEAN MENTIONED, THIS IS A GIANT STEP FORWARD. AND I WANTED TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC [00:10:01] THAT WE'RE NOT ONLY PREVENTING CRIME, WE'RE BUILDING UP OUR RESOURCES, OUR CADET CLASSES. HPD HAS OVER 5,400 OFFICERS NOW, 400 SWORN IN DURING MY ADMINISTRATION. SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE, BUT ALSO WE NEED THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC CASE, STEP FORWARD, IF YOU CAN HELP US PREVENT THE NEXT CRIME STEP FORWARD. SO I'M JUST HERE TO SPREAD THE WORD THAT ALL HANDS ON DECK, OUR COMMUNITY'S GETTING SAFER, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. AND NOW I'M GONNA INTRODUCE, UH, THE LIEUTENANT OVER OUR COLD CASE. UM, SERGEANTS AND DETECTIVES, AMANDA ZIMMERMAN. GOOD MORNING. I HAVE THE HONOR OF LEADING THE HPD HOMICIDE DIVISION'S COLD CASE UNIT. I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROFOUND IMPACT THIS HEARTBREAKING CASE HAS HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY. MY PRAYERS ARE WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS. THEIR LOVED ONES TRAGICALLY HAD THEIR LIVES TAKEN FROM THEM SO LONG AGO. I'LL PROVIDE SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION. HOWEVER, THIS IS STILL AN ACTIVE CASE AND I CAN'T DISCLOSE EVERY DETAIL. SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT FROM THE BEGINNING, THE HPD HOMICIDE DETECTIVES POURED UNWAVERING EFFORT INTO THE INVESTIGATION. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, MULTIPLE HPD HOMICIDE DETECTIVES CONTINUED TO REEVALUATE THE DETAILS OF THIS INVESTIGATION. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS COLD CASE AND MISSING PERSONS UNIT, UPWARDS OF A HUNDRED PERSONS OF INTEREST WERE EXAMINED OVER TIME. AND FORENSIC ADVANCEMENTS WERE APPLIED. AS WE CONTINUOUSLY RENEW OUR FOCUS ON COLD CASES, WE ASSIGNED HIGHLY EXPERIENCED DETECTIVES WHO BROUGHT FRESH PERSPECTIVES AND SPECIALIZED FORENSIC EXPERTISE TO THIS INVESTIGATION. THROUGH MY DETECTIVE'S REASSESSMENT OF THE CASE, HE WAS ABLE TO GARNER MORE INFORMATION UTILIZING FORENSICS, WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUSPECT. THE DEPTH CONTINUITY OF RESOURCES AND DEDICATION PROVIDED TO THIS INVESTIGATION WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN ULTIMATELY LEADING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WHILE WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE BROUGHT JUSTICE IN THIS CASE, AS IT'S BEEN, UH, SAID BEFORE ME, OUR WORK STILL CONTINUES. THE SAME COMMITMENT REMAINS FOR EVERY UNSOLVED HOMICIDE CASE AND OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR VOICE MAKES IT POSSIBLE. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE OR ANY OTHER CASE, PLEASE CONTACT THE HOMICIDE DIVISION AT 7 1 3 3 0 8 3600, OR CRIME STOPPERS AT 7 1 3 2 2 2 TIPS. THANK YOU. AND SO NOW WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THE PERSON WHO PROBABLY DOES NOT WANNA SPEAK THE MOST HERE, BUT SHE'S GOING TO, UM, SAMANTHA CONNECT IS OUR DIVISION CHIEF OVER MAJOR OFFENDERS, AND SHE SINGLE-HANDEDLY STARTED OUR COLD CASE UNIT. UM, SHE IS, UH, I'LL TELL A BRIEF STORY. WHEN I WAS A LYING PROSECUTOR, I WALKED INTO HER OFFICE IN ABOUT 2017 AND SHE HAD THIS CASE SPREAD OUT ON HER DESK. AND I ASKED HER, AND SHE KIND OF UPDATED ME ON WHAT SHE WAS DOING WITH IT. AND SAM IS NOT A VERY EMOTIONAL PERSON. SHE WAS BOTH EXCITED AND SAD AS SHE'S WALKING ME THROUGH THIS IN 2017. AND IT JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW MANY PEOPLE DEALT WITH THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THIS INVESTIGATION, BECAUSE IN 2017, THEY WERE EXCITED, THINKING THEY WERE ABOUT TO HAVE A SUSPECT. AND WATCHING FIRSTHAND WHAT SAM HAS GONE THROUGH OVER THE LAST DECADE, I'M VERY EXCITED TO BRING HER UP AND HAVE HER SPEAK ABOUT THIS. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SAMANTHA CONNECT, AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF RUNNING THE COLD CASE DIVISION OF THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. UM, LIKE SEAN SAID, I'VE BEEN WITH THE OFFICE FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW, AND THE LAST 10 YEARS OF MY CAREER, I HAVE SPENT WORKING ON THIS CASE. UM, BUT I DIDN'T WORK ON IT ALONE. I WORKED ON IT WITH SPECIAL AGENT JOHN SHEMP, WHO WAS A HUGE ASSET TO THIS CASE AND THE FBI. AND THEN ALONG WITH HPD, HOMICIDE DETECTIVES, BURROW, SERGEANT BURROW, AND SERGEANT RICHARD RICHARDS. AND TOGETHER, I FELT LIKE WE FORMED [00:15:01] A GREAT TEAM AND WE ALL HAD A MISSION. AND THAT WAS TO SEE THIS DAY. UM, WE, THE BEST PHONE CALL OF MY CAREER WAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS ON THIS CASE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE HAD ARRESTED SOMEONE FOR THIS. IT WAS THE PRIVILEGE AND HIGHLIGHT OF MY CAREER, AND I HOPE THAT IT'S NOT OVER. WE REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD. THIS IS A PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. UH, WE WANNA KNOW IF YOU HAVE TIPS OR INFORMATION ON THIS CASE TO PLEASE CALL US AND LET US KNOW BECAUSE WE WANNA CONTINUE TO WORK THIS CASE. AND IT'S OUR JOB NOW, ALONG WITH LAUREN BARD, THE PROSECUTOR THAT'S ALSO BEEN WORKING ON THIS CASE WITH ME, UH, TO BRING JUSTICE TO THIS FAMILY. AND THEN GOING FORWARD, UM, AS THE DIVISION CHIEF OF THE COLD CASE UNIT. THERE ARE OTHER CASES AND OTHER FAMILIES OUT THERE. AND LIKE SEAN SAID, I HOPE THAT THIS BRINGS YOU HOPE. AND JUST KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING IN THEIR OFFICES AFTER HOURS AND ON WEEKENDS WHEN YOU DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW IT. BUT WE'RE WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MOMENTS LIKE THIS. SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY, AND I THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT BOTH FROM HPD AND THE FBI ON THIS CASE. AND SO NOW, UM, YOU'VE HEARD THE TECHNICAL PARTS. I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS DEALT WITH THIS CASE LONGER THAN ANY OF US. SHANE, WILL YOU COME SHARE A FEW WORDS? UM, HELLO. HOW IS EVERYBODY? UM, JUST WROTE SOMETHING SO I WOULDN'T FORGET. UM, CHERYL WAS, UM, SORRY. HOLD ON. CHERYL WAS MY BEST FRIEND. UM, WE DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER. UM, I USED TO CALL ME LITTLE CHERYL 'CAUSE I'D FOLLOW HER EVERYWHERE. UM, SHE JUST HAD THE MOST AMAZING LAUGH AND SMILE AND JUST SO BEAUTIFUL AND SUCH A WONDERFUL LIFE AHEAD OF HER. I, AND UNTIL NOW, UNTIL THAT DAY. BUT I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT SOMETHING ABOUT TROUBLE. UM, TODAY IS THE DAY WE WAITED FOR WITH A HEAVY HEART. OUR SISTER WAS TAKEN FROM OUR FAMILY IN A WAY THAT NO ONE SHOULD EVER EXPERIENCE. SHE, SHE WAS MORE THAN A VICTIM IN A HEADLINE. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER, A SISTER, A FRIEND, AND A PERSON WHO BROUGHT MUCH LOVE AND LIGHT INTO OUR EYES. HEARING THAT THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE HAS FINALLY BEEN CAUGHT DOESN'T BRING HER BACK. AND IT DOESN'T ERASE THE PAIN OUR FAMILY HAS LIVED WITH ALL THESE YEARS. BUT IT DOES BRING A SENSE OF RELIEF KNOWING THAT JUSTICE IS GOING, IS MOVING FORWARD, AND THAT THIS PERSON CANNOT HURT ANOTHER PERSON. AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK TO THANK THE DETECTIVES, THE FBI, THE DA'S OFFICE, UM, AND, AND FOR EVERYONE WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THIS CASE. THE DEDICATION MEANS MORE TO OUR FAMILY THAN WHERE IT'S CAN EXPRESSED TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED US, SHARED INFORMATION AND KEPT OUR SISTERS' MEMORY ALIVE. WE THANK YOU. PLEASE CONTINUE TO REMEMBER HER, NOT FOR HOW SHE DIED, BUT FOR HOW SHE LIVED AND THE LOVE SHE GAVE TO SO MANY PEOPLE. OUR FAMILY WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK JUSTICE FOR HER, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR HER LIFE EVERY SINGLE DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS AND BEFORE WE PIVOT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY PART OF THIS PRESS CONFERENCE, I DO WANT TO INVITE, UM, SPECIAL AGENT SOYA UP TO GIVE A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CHRIS SOYS. I'M THE ASSISTANT SPECIAL AGENT CHARGED AT THE FBI HERE IN HOUSTON. UH, ON BEHALF OF THE FBI, I WANNA FIRST START OFF BY SAYING TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE VICTIMS, UH, WE OFFER OUR, OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES. WE KNOW YOU'VE WAITED MORE THAN THREE DECADES, UH, FOR THIS DAY. UH, I THINK WHAT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW IS THAT, UH, THIS LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY NEVER GAVE UP ON THIS CASE, UH, AND HAS HAS BEEN PURSUING THIS CASE FOR YEARS. UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIPS IN THIS CITY ARE LIKE NO OTHER. UH, AND IT'S REALLY A TEST. THIS CASE IS A TESTAMENT TO THAT. UH, WE WORK SIDE BY SIDE HPD AND THE DA'S OFFICE FOR YEARS ON THIS CASE. UH, FOR OVER A DECADE. THE FBI'S BROUGHT ALL OF OUR RESOURCES TO BEAR ON THIS CASE TO INCLUDE OUR BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS UNIT, OUR FORENSIC, OUR FORENSIC LAB IN [00:20:01] QUANTICO, AND DOZENS AND DOZENS OF INTERVIEWS ALONG ALONGSIDE HPD. WHEN THIS SUBJECT WAS IDENTIFIED, WE IMMEDIATELY WORKED CLOSELY WITH OUR FBI OFFICE IN OMAHA, WHICH IS COVERS THE LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. UH, AND WE GOT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THERE, UH, TO THE POINT WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO TRAVEL THERE JUST THIS WEEK TO AFFECT THE ARREST. I REALLY WANNA THANK EVERYBODY HERE WHO'S CONTRIBUTED TO THIS CASE. UH, WE KNOW FOR THE FAMILY, UH, FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS. JUSTICE HAS BEEN LONG DELAYED. UM, BUT THIS CASE HAS NEVER BEEN FORGOTTEN. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE JUSTICE ON YOUR BEHALF. UH, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, AND I APPRECIATE YOU PROVIDING US HERE TODAY, SIR. THANK YOU. SO, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE, THAT ARE LOCAL KNOW THAT MY OFFICE AND THIS ADMINISTRATION ARE NOT CLICK BAIT, PUT UP MUGSHOTS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN CHARGED. WE, WE CHOOSE TO UPLIFT SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS AND NOT SHAME PEOPLE THAT ARE ACCUSED OF CRIMES BEFORE THEY'RE CONVICTED. SO YOU DON'T SEE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS. YOU DON'T SEE OUR PRESS RELEASES HAVING MUG SHOTS AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THIS CASE IS DIFFERENT. AND SO TODAY WE ARE GOING TO RELEASE PICTURES OF FLOYD PARROT. YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY REPORTED ON HIS CRIMINAL HISTORY. THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TO GO INTO THAT. BUT HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SOMEONE THAT FALSELY HELD HIMSELF OUT IN THE LATE EIGHTIES, ALL THROUGH THE 1990S, ALL THROUGH THE TWO THOUSANDS IN DIFFERENT CARS IN DIFFERENT WAYS AS LAW ENFORCEMENT. IF YOU RECOGNIZE THIS INDIVIDUAL AND HE PULLED YOU OVER, EVEN IF YOU WERE DOING SOMETHING THAT BACK IN THE 1990S YOU WEREN'T VERY PROUD OF, CALL US. I PERSONALLY NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS DOING. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE VICTIMS OF NUMEROUS DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRIMES THAT ARE STILL LIVING WITH IT RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TO KNOW THE FULL PICTURE OF WHAT FLOYD WILLIAM PARROT WAS DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY TODAY. WE'RE ALSO RELEASING A PICTURE OF THE CAR THAT HE WAS DRIVING IN MAY OF 1990. THIS IS MONTHS BEFORE THESE TWO VIBRANT, BEAUTIFUL YOUNG PEOPLE WERE TAKING FROM US. IF THIS CAR SPRINGS SOME MEMORY, IF YOU RECOGNIZE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, CALL US. OUR ENTIRE JOB RIGHT NOW IS TO PAINT A COMPLETE PICTURE OF FLOYD WILLIAM PARROT SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE AND EVENTUALLY LET A JURY OF HARRIS COUNTY TEXAS RESIDENCE DETERMINE WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN. AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN THIS UP TO QUESTIONS. CAN SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY GO THROUGH THE, THE TIMELINE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF HOW YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO BREAK OPEN THE CASE. WE, I THINK MOST OF US HAVE READ THE CHARGING DOCUMENTS AND WE'RE JUST NEEDED SOME CLARIFICATION OF, UH, WHEN DID YOU GUYS GET THE, THE, THE NAME AND MATCHED UP WITH THE, UH, THE VARIOUS, UH, DNA EVIDENCE? YEAH. AND SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO TODAY THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF TIMEFRAME. THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE POINT OF THIS PRESS CONFERENCE. WE WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO LAY THAT OUT. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING GOING FORWARD IS THAT WE MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THIS CASE SO THAT 12 PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY CAN EVENTUALLY RENDER A VERDICT WITHOUT IT BEING ANY MORE POLLUTED THAN IT IS. SO WE'RE NOT GONNA GET INTO THE, THE TIMELINE OF THE, THE INVESTIGATION TODAY, UM, OTHER THAN WHAT IS ALREADY PUBLIC IN THE CHARGING DOCUMENTS. BUT IN, IN 2008 WHEN THE, UH, INCIDENT CAME OUT WITH THE, THE 1990 SEX ASSAULT MM-HMM . AND THERE WAS A DNA MATCH MM-HMM . WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE THAT DNA IS INDEED HIS PROFILE. YOU JUST DIDN'T HAVE HIS NAME BACK IN 2008, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S [00:25:01] CORRECT. OH, WHEN DID YOU GUYS GET HIS NAME? WE GOT HIS NAME IN VERY, VERY SHORTLY BEFORE WE AFFECTED THE ARREST. UM, AS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ONCE YOU GET A TENTATIVE MATCH, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF OTHER FORENSIC STEPS. SO IT WASN'T THE DAY THAT WE DID IT, BUT WE, WE GOT IT IN, IN FAIRLY SHORT ORDER BEFORE WE BEGAN PUTTING ALL OF THE, UH, THE THINGS IN PLACE SO THAT WE COULD BE SURE TO NOT ONLY AFFECT THE ARREST SAFELY FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED, BUT TO THEN PROGRESS FORWARD. WE'VE GOTTA DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS EVEN NOW, I MEAN, WE'VE GOTTA GET A GOVERNOR'S WARRANT TO, TO EXTRADITE HIM BACK. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PROCESSING AS WE SPEAK. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE HAD TO GET IN LINE BEFORE WE COULD AFFECT THE ARREST, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS IN PRETTY SHORT ORDER BEFORE, UM, BEFORE WE AFFECTED THE ARREST THAT WE HAD HIS NAME DEFINITIVELY TIED TO THOSE TWO PROFILES. WHO WAS LIKE THE TIPSTER, NOT NAMING HIM, BUT LIKE, HOW DID THAT ALL COME ABOUT? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA GET INTO TO TODAY. DID ANYONE RECEIVE A REWARD FROM THE TIP? WAS THERE REWARD OFFERED THERE? THERE HAVE BEEN REWARDS TO MY KNOWLEDGE. I, NO ONE HAS RECEIVED A REWARD, UH, TO THIS DAY. AND, AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, I I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. WHY DOES HE, SORRY, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON MAYA'S LINE OF QUESTIONING. SO WAS THIS AN ISSUE OF LIKE ADVANCE ADVANCEMENTS IN DNA TECHNOLOGY OR WAS THIS A MATTER OF MORE SO FRESH EYES, SERGEANT BURROW LOOKING AT THE FILE AND, AND SEEING THAT THERE WAS THIS POSSIBLE NAME AND THAT 1996 CASE THAT HAD HIS DNA CONNECTED TO IT? IT WAS A GROUPING OF ALL OF THAT. UM, I, I THINK CERTAINLY GETTING MIKE ON THIS CASE AND HAVING FRESH EYES TO SIFT THROUGH, AS I SAID, PROBABLY A THOUSAND PAGES OF INSTANT REPORTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT HASTENED OUR ABILITY TO GET THERE. UM, BUT WITH THE HELP OF SPECIAL AGENT SHIP AND THE FBI, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF AVENUES THAT WE WERE ALREADY GOING DOWN THAT THAT GOT US CLOSER TO THAT POINT. BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE HERE TODAY IN MARCH OF 2026 WITHOUT SERGEANT BURROW, UM, REALLY COMBING THROUGH THIS WITH A FRESH SET OF EYES. YOU MENTIONED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED DURING THIS CASE. SOMEONE SAID THAT HE WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. IS THAT CORRECT? TO, UH, TO MY READING, WE DID NOT, UH, INTERACT WITH HIM AT ALL THROUGH THE, UH, IT TRULY WAS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE INTERVIEWED, HUNDREDS OF AT LEAST A HUNDRED PEOPLE LOOKED AT AS POTENTIAL SUSPECTS. UH, HE WAS NOT ONE OF 'EM. WHY CAN YOU POSIT WHY HE WAS IN NEBRASKA? WAS HE THERE BECAUSE HE WAS TRYING TO AVOID JUSTICE? I MEAN, OR WAS THERE ANOTHER, HOW LONG HAD HE BEEN THERE? WE, TO OUR UNDERSTANDING, HE HAD BEEN THERE NOT AS AN IMMEDIATE FLIGHT. HE HAD BEEN THERE A NUMBER OF MONTHS, POTENTIALLY A NUMBER OF YEARS, UM, NOT MANY YEARS, BUT IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS AN IMMEDIATE FLIGHT. SO WE, WE ARE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THAT RIGHT NOW TO, TO REALLY NAIL IT DOWN. BUT WE DON'T HAVE DEFINITIVE TIME THAT HE MOVED UP THERE. SO THE CASE YOU THINK THAT, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY ON THE CASE FILE SITUATION, WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NAME YOU WENT THROUGH, YOU SAID A THOUSAND PAGES OF CASE FILE. HIS NAME WAS NOT IN ANY OF IT, AND YOU GUYS WERE ALL WORKING TOWARD PRESUMABLY GETTING TO HIS NAME EVENTUALLY, BUT IF MM-HMM . BUT IT WAS THE REALLY, THE TIPSTER THAT KIND OF SPED EVERYTHING ALONG AFTER 36 YEARS. IS THAT, IS THAT SORT OF WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT? BUT YOU WON'T TALK TO US MORE ABOUT TIPS, SIR? YEAH, I, I WOULD CERTAINLY SAY THAT THAT SPED ALONG WHAT EVENTUALLY WE BELIEVE WOULD HAVE COME ABOUT ANYWAY. UM, BUT YES, THAT, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I NARROWED THE, NARROWED THE FIELD. AND DID THE TIP COME IN LIKE IN 2026 OR IS IT LIKE, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO INTO WHEN WE GOT DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE TIMELINE, BUT WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO INTO WHEN WE GOT IT, BUT THANK YOU. YES MA'AM. SO ARE YOU, BECAUSE YOU'RE SHOWING US THESE PHOTOS OF MM-HMM . OF THE COP CARS, DO YOU THINK THAT HE WAS IMPERSONATING A COP WHEN HE COMMITTED THESE CRIMES AND POTENTIALLY OTHER CRIMES IN OUR AREA? THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE BELIEVE AS TO OTHER CRIMES, UM, THE, THE, THE DNA THAT WE HAVE TO INDICATE AT LEAST ONE OF THE SEXUAL ASSAULTS, UM, THERE IS EVEN BACK THEN AN INDICATION THAT, THAT HE HELD HIMSELF OUT IN SOME WAY AS LAW ENFORCEMENT. UM, SO SPECULATING AS TO WHAT HE WAS DOING THAT NIGHT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT [00:30:01] WE'RE GONNA DO HERE IN THIS PRESS CONFERENCE. BUT WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT HE WAS HOLDING HIMSELF OUT TO BE LAW ENFORCEMENT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THESE MURDERS. AND SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE SHOWING THESE, THAT IS WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS. BECAUSE THE WAY THAT WE BELIEVE MANY MORE VICTIMS WERE VICTIMIZED WAS BASED ON, UH, THE FACT THAT WE BELIEVE HE WAS HOLDING HIMSELF OUT TO BE LAW ENFORCEMENT. IS THERE, I BELIEVE HE'S GONNA BE BACK FROM NEBRASKA WITHIN DAYS OF WEEKS. ARE YOU GUYS GONNA SEEK AN 11 DD HEARING TO KEEP HIM IN CUSTODY IN HARRIS COUNTY? SO IN A CAPITAL CASE LIKE THIS, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF AVENUES. WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A PROOF EVIDENT HEARING, OR IN CURRENT, UH, THE NEW 11 D. WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH OUR TRIAL TEAM, UM, TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THOSE AVENUES WE'RE GONNA DO. UM, BUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO ENSURE THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT GET OUT OF CUSTODY BEFORE HE FACES A JURY OF HIS PEERS. SO, AND I, SORRY. NO, NO, GO AHEAD. IN THE 1996 CASE WHERE HE WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE SUSPECT AND THERE WAS DNA CONNECTED TO THAT, IS IT TRUE THAT HE WAS NO BILLED? OR WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT? THAT IS, THAT IS, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED, UH, IN THAT CASE. SO IT WAS APPARENTLY PRESENTED TO A GRAND JURY AND THEY DECLINED TO RETURN AN INDICTMENT, UM, WHICH AS ANYONE THAT FOLLOWS CRIME KNOWS, THAT EFFECTIVELY ENDS THE PROSECUTION OF THE CASE. UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 96 CASE, UM, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF THE OTHER CASES WE WERE DEALING WITH BECAUSE IT WAS AN UNKNOWN IDENTITY IN THOSE, WHEREAS THERE WAS KNOWN IDENTITY IN THAT CASE. FOR ANYONE WHO RECOGNIZES THIS CAR OR RECOGNIZES THE IMAGES OF HIM FROM THE NINETIES, YOU SAY THAT YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM. YES. WHO SHOULD THEY BE REACHING OUT TO? IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE WORK TOGETHER ON THIS QUESTION. UM, THIS IS THE NUMBER, UH, THAT WE WOULD ADVISE THE PUBLIC TO CALL, UM, SAMANTHA, OUR INVESTIGATORS. LAUREN, WE WANT TO, WE WANNA SPEAK TO EVERY ONE OF YOU. UM, LIEUTENANT ZIMMERMAN GAVE YOU TWO OTHER AVENUES THAT CALL ANYONE. CALL TWO TWO TWO TIPS. CALL HPD HOMICIDE, CALL THIS NUMBER. TRUST ME WHEN I TELL YOU WE ALL WORK TOGETHER EXTRAORDINARILY COLLABORATIVELY. YOU ARE GOING TO GET TO SOMEONE THAT UNDERSTANDS AND KNOWS ABOUT THIS CASE, BUT THE TWO PEOPLE STANDING RIGHT THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY KNOW THIS YET MYSELF, WE ARE GOING TO BE THE THREE PEOPLE THAT TRY THIS CASE. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO SPEAK TO YOU AND REALLY VET VETTED. SO PLEASE CALL HPD HOMICIDE, PLEASE CALL CRIME STOPPERS TO GIVE THE TIP, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE GOING TO EVENTUALLY FUNNEL TO THIS NUMBER BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO TALK TO YOU GOING FORWARD ON THIS. THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK IN THE NINETIES ABOUT POSITIVE PEOPLE NOT ACTING ALONE BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A VICIOUS CRIME. MM-HMM. THERE WAS TWO PEOPLE INVOLVED. DO YOU, UH, ARE YOU GUYS STILL, ARE YOU NOW BELIEVING THAT HE OPERATED ALONE? THERE'S NOT OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED, OR DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE ON THAT LINE? WE ARE NOT CLOSING ANY DOORS. WE, WE, WE ARE NOT. WE THINK THAT BY IDENTIFYING THIS DEFENDANT, MORE THINGS ARE GONNA COME OUT. UM, I THINK THAT THE, THE HYPOTHESIS IS THAT WERE OUT THERE ABOUT MORE THAN ONE PERPETRATOR. THAT THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE STILL SAYS THAT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. UH, UM, SO WE'RE NOT CLOSING THE DOOR ON ANYTHING. WE ARE CERTAIN THAT THIS DEFENDANT PARTICIPATED IN THESE MURDERS. THAT'S WHAT WE, THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW FOR SURE. AND DID YOU THINK THAT THEY, HE MIGHT HAVE COME ACROSS, UH, CHERYL AND ANDY DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR DAILY LIVES? OR WAS THIS LIKE COMPLETELY RANDOM? ANY OF THOSE HYPOTHESES THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE? AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ACTIVELY GOING TO SEEK THE HELP OF THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I, AS I SAID, I, I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE MORE VICTIMS OUT THERE. AND AS WE ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY MORE VICTIMS, IT'S GOING TO BE EASIER TO IDENTIFY A COMMON THREAD OF BEHAVIOR THAT THIS DEFENDANT WAS, WAS ENGAGED IN. SO RIGHT NOW IT WOULD BE SPECULATION, [00:35:01] BUT BY THE TIME WE GO TO TRIAL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BETTER IDEA. KIND OF A TECHNICAL QUESTION. HOW LARGE ARE THE COLD CASE UNITS THAT WERE INVOLVED HERE? HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE DA'S OFFICE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO WANTS TO JUMP IN AND TAKE THAT? I'VE GOT, OH, GO ASK QUESTION . SO THE COLD CASE DIVISION OF THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS PRETTY SMALL. IT'S ME AND ONE OTHER PROSECUTOR RIGHT NOW. BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW IT AND, UM, ADD MORE PROSECUTORS', HINT, HINT. SO, AND I HAVE A SERGEANT AND FOUR OFFICERS, BUT WE ARE, ARE ALSO BOLSTERING OUR UNIT WITH MORE DETECTIVES. I, I WAS WONDERING IF MR. THE SAME THING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF OLD FOOTAGE OF YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS CASE IN THE NINETIES. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CARE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS. YEAH, NO PRESSURE. THIS IS A GOOD DAY. I WANNA THANK YOU GUYS. 'CAUSE Y'ALL KEPT IT ALIVE FOR 36 YEARS ALMOST. SHANE, I KEPT TELLING YOU THIS CASE WILL CLEAR. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO HAVE PATIENTS AFTER ALMOST 36 YEARS, BUT CLEAR. 'CAUSE WE HAD DNA AND BACK IN 1990, THAT WAS A EXCITING NEW TECHNOLOGY. I HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A CASE IN 1987, THE FIRST PROSECUTION HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY INVOLVING DNA EVIDENCE. AND SO I KNEW THAT WAS THE LINK, EVEN THOUGH I PROBABLY TERRORIZED EVERY ONE OF, UM, CHERYL AND ANDY'S FRIENDS FROM HERE TO NORTH CAROLINA WITH MY INVESTIGATION. UM, AND LITERALLY, I, I MYSELF, I LOOKED AT OVER 36 POTENTIAL SUSPECTS AT SOME, AT ONE POINT, NOT CHIEF DIAZ, BUT OTHER CHIEFS WERE LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO SPEND ON MORE TESTING OF DNA. YOU HAVE TO GIMME MORE THAN JUST, I WANT TO TEST THIS GUY. AND SO I AM EXCITED. I'VE, I'VE, I WORKED THIS CASE FOR 17 YEARS AND THEN IN RETIREMENT I'VE KEPT CONNECTED WITH JOHN SHEMP AND, AND THE, UH, HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE DA'S OFFICE, THE, UM, I DO VOLUNTEER WORK FOR THE TEXAS ATTORNEY JOURNAL'S OFFICE WITH COLD CASE AND MISSING PERSON. SO I CONVINCED THEM LET'S ADD A LITTLE FUNDING TO THE DNA TO TEST THESE CASES ON LOVER'S LIFE. UM, I IT'S, IT'S A HAPPY DAY FOR ME. SO THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY. DID DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YOU, WELL, I DO. I WAS LOOKING FOR YOUR REACTION BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT IT SINCE RETIREMENT, RIGHT? NO, I HAVEN'T. YOU, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU CALLED ME A COUPLE OF TIMES SO I WOULDN'T TALK TO YOU . UM, HOW, WHEN DID YOU HEAR THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE THAT, THAT THIS DAY WOULD COME AND WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS WHEN, UH, WEDNESDAY, A WEEK AGO I WAS IN THE DENTIST CHAIR AND I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM SAMANTHA AND OF COURSE I DIDN'T ANSWER IT 'CAUSE THEY WERE HANDS IN MY MOUTH AND THEY WERE WORKING ON MY, MY CLEANING MY TEETH. AND SO IT WENT TO VOICEMAIL. AND THEN WHEN I STEPPED OUT OF THE DENTIST'S OFFICE, I CHECKED THE VOICEMAIL MESSAGE AND SAMANTHA SAID, HEY BILLY, CAN YOU GIMME A CALL? UM, IT'S ABOUT THE LANE CASE. AND SO WHEN I CALLED HER, THE FIRST THING SHE SAID WAS, YOU'RE AT HOME, CAN I COME OUT TO YOUR HOUSE? AND I'M LIKE, DING, DING, DING, DING. THIS IS A GOOD CALL, . UH, AND SO I TOLD HER, I, I'LL COME TO YOUR OFFICE. I'LL BE THERE AT 1215. SO I'VE BEEN, UM, EXCITED FOR THE LAST NINE DAYS NOW, 10 DAYS. UM, IT, IT'S A GOOD DAY. AND, UM, I, UH, THE ONE I I WANT RECOGNIZE MORE THAN ANYBODY IS MIKE BURROWS. UM, THE NEW, UM, HE, HE'S, I HOPE I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING, BUT HE'S HAD THIS CASE SINCE JANUARY. AND, UH, IT WAS THROUGH HIS, I I'VE PROBABLY READ THE CASE 20 TIMES. MY, MY PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. OF COURSE, I RETIRED IN 2009. I KNOW SAMANTHA READ IT AT LEAST 10 TIMES, AND I DON'T KNOW ONCE OR TWICE, BUT IT'S A BIG CASE, A LOT TO READ. AND HE FOUND SOMETHING AND PURSUED IT. AND SO I'M, I'M PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE RECOGNIZED HIM, BUT I'M GRATIFIED FOR HIS WORK, HIS HARD WORK. THANK YOU. TWO LAST QUESTIONS FOR ME, UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES. IS THIS GUY'S LAST NAME, PARROT OR PARALLEL? WE'VE BEEN SAYING PARROT . AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HIM? WAS HE LIVING WITH FAMILY, A WIFE? DOES HE HAVE KIDS? LIKE WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS GUY? WE KNOW SOME, UM, WE KNOW THAT FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF HIS LIFE HE WAS IN THIS AREA. UM, WE KNOW THAT HE HAS BEEN MARRIED A NUMBER OF TIMES, HE'S [00:40:01] GOT SOME NUMBER OF CHILDREN. UM, WE KNOW THAT HE LEFT HOUSTON, THE HOUSTON AREA, UH, LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO. SO THAT, IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT IN SAYING THAT HE'S BEEN PREYING ON THIS COMMUNITY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. AND THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE WATCHING THIS WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OR WHO KNOW HIM. AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I STRESSED IT ENOUGH BEFORE, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF THIS INDIVIDUAL TO CONTACT US. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU WERE A COWORKER OF HIS ANYWHERE THAT HE MAY HAVE WORKED. UM, SO WE KNOW SOME, BUT NOTHING CLOSE TO WHAT WE INTEND TO KNOW IN PRETTY SHORT ORDER. A LOT OF THAT BUY-IN LISTING THE HELP OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR MEDIA PARTNERS. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'VE SEEN SOME RECORDS THAT SHOW YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN A RECORD DRIVER OR A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR. WHAT, WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT WHAT JOBS PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE ACCOUNTED IN THAT? SO WE DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION THAT HE WORKED AS A MANAGER AND OR BOUNCER AT DIFFERENT CLUBS, BOTH TOPLESS CLUBS OR REGULAR NIGHTCLUBS. WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION THAT HE WAS DOING AND WORKING AT AUTO PARTS STORES, UM, IN THE LATE EIGHTIES. WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION THAT HE WAS AT LEAST AFFILIATED WITH A WRECKER AT SOME POINT. UM, SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF, OF PLACES WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE ENCOUNTERED HIM. UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT THE SUM TOTAL. SO WHEREVER, IF THIS, IF THIS PERSON LOOKS FAMILIAR, REACH OUT. CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE INSIGHT ON HOW THE ARREST WENT DOWN? AND I MEAN, WAS HE SURPRISED? WAS HE ALONE? DID SWAT HAVE TO GO? WHAT DO Y'ALL YOU WANT? YEAH, COME ON MIKE. I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTED TO HEAR FROM MIKE. ANYWAY, AS FAR AS THE ARREST, WE, WE HAD FBI ASSISTANCE WITH THAT, OBVIOUSLY. UH, SERGEANT RODRIGUEZ AND MYSELF DON'T HAVE ARREST POWERS IN NEBRASKA. SO, UH, THEY HELPED US OUT A LOT, UH, IN MANY NUMEROUS WAYS, INCLUDING SEARCHES OF, UH, PROPERTIES UP THERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND PROVIDING US A FACILITY TO TRY TO INTERVIEW THE SUSPECT. UM, IT WAS A SWAT TEAM ARREST, FBI SWAT TEAM ARRESTED MR. PARRETT, UH, AFTER KEEPING HIM UNDER SURVEILLANCE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. AND WHEN HE CAME OUTTA HIS APARTMENT, UH, THEY APPROACHED HIM AND TOOK HIM DOWN. HAS HE SAID ANYTHING TO Y'ALL DENYING ANYTHING OR WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT EVEN THE DEFENDANT GAVE A STATEMENT. THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA WAIT FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CASE TO, TO MATRICULATE THROUGH THE THE COURTS. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT HIM BACK HERE, LIKE LOGISTICALLY, HOW, HOW'S THAT GOING ALL ABOUT? SO HE HAS EXERCISED HIS RIGHTS TO, UM, TO CHALLENGE EXTRADITION. THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS EVERY DAY AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND SO THE PROCESS THAT, THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH NOW IS WE'RE OBTAINING WHAT'S CALLED A GOVERNOR'S WARRANT. UM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT FINISHED WITH MY SIGNATURE ON IT TODAY. THE, THE JUST TECHNICAL NUTS AND BOLTS OF THAT IS IT THEN GOES TO THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS WHO WILL SIGN IT. UM, WE, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY ISSUES ON EITHER SIDE, BUT ONCE THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS SIGNS IT, HE SENDS IT TO THE GOVERNOR OF NEBRASKA WHO REVIEWS IT, SIGNS IT, AND THEN SENDS IT TO THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY, UM, IN LINCOLN, AT WHICH POINT WE WILL TRANSPORT HIM BACK. UM, WE ARE, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THIS CASE, BECAUSE OF HOW MANY ADDITIONAL THINGS WE'VE GOTTA DO INVESTIGATIVELY, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PUSH THIS ONE THROUGH QUICKER. UM, TYPICALLY WHEN WE DO GOVERNOR'S WARRANTS AND, AND WE DO GOVERNOR'S WARRANTS EVERY WEEK, IT'S ABOUT A 45 TO 60 DAY KIND OF PROCESS FROM BEGINNING TO END. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THAT SHORTER. UM, BUT WE DON'T ENVISION ANY PROBLEMS. SO I WOULD, I WOULD ANTICIPATE HIM BEING BACK IN [00:45:01] HARRIS COUNTY INSIDE OF 45 DAYS. AND ONE CLARIFICATION, I KNOW YOU SAID THE STATEMENT, YOU COULDN'T TALK ABOUT WHAT HE PROVIDED IN THE STATEMENT. I BELIEVE THE RECORDS SAY THAT HE, UH, DENIED KNOWING MS. HEND DURING HIS INTERVIEW AFTER BEING ARRESTED. IS THAT TRUE? SO HE DID, HE DID DENY THAT. UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S AS FAR AS WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THIS STATEMENT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.