Silent Screams

Interview with Argada Pt. 2

C - "And we're good to go again. How's your nose feeling, by the way?"

A - "Good."

C - "Great. Ok, we've discussed your home life, your time in the military and the amount of attacks that have happened to you. Would you mind shedding a little light on what you did on September 27th?"

A - "Sure. I left my house at about 9:00 pm. I ran into my elderly neighbor, Mrs. Annetta Parker right as I was leaving and we had a quick conversation. I walked from my house down Main Street and then turned left to go up Lincoln Avenue. I got to Taylorsville Park and sat on the bench near the big trees and had a cigarette. Ashley Walker and her friends we're at the park goofing off. I didn't know their names at the time. Ashley took a photo of me with her phone camera and didn't turn off the flash or the volume of her camera so it made a loud noise. I got up and made her delete the picture before saying 'You wouldn't like it if I took pictures of you without your permission.' She nodded and ran off with her friends. I stomped out my cigarette and walked straight home. I got home at 10:00, where I stayed the rest of the night."

C - "This isn't related but are you a big smoker?"

A - "I smoked occasionally, yeah, but I quit a couple weeks ago. I think a big reason for it is because smoking reminds me of that evening too much."

C - "Ok. Did you have any weapons on you on the walk?"

A - "Yes, I had a small pocket knife. It was in my boot. Ashley was killed with a much larger knife but the one I had only had a 2 inch blade and was used for cutting small things."

C - "Do you own any large weapons?"

A - "Yes, I own a couple guns. I own two pistols and a shotgun, but all are kept unloaded with the safety on in a safe somewhere in my house. I don't own any knifes that are that large."

C - "How exactly do you know what size knife was used?"

A - "My lawyer has a copy of Ashley's autopsy report. She allowed me to read it and I saw that the blade was almost 10 inches long. The largest knife I have is 7.5 inches long. I don't cook that much so I have no reason to have one any bigger.

C - "Alright. Did you see anybody else on the walk other than your neighbor and the kids?"

A - "Nope, nobody."

C - "Did you visit the laundromat on September 27th?"

A - "No, I didn't. I need to go soon, however."

C - "I see. Let's also discuss the evening of Reva Wilkins murder. Where were you then?"

A - "Oh, this story hasn't been brought up online either, I guess. I was at my house, resting from an altercation with some high schoolers earlier that day. One of them kicked me in the stomach after egging my house so I took a shower and decided to sleep. I woke up at about 9:30 to make myself some food when I heard banging on my door. The high school students from earlier were at my door, banging on it and pleading for me to let them in. When I did they told me someone had stabbed their friend, Reva Wilkins, and that I was the only person who answered my door."

C - "I'm sorry to interrupt but are the kids your talking about in your story ********, *******, ***** and ******?"

*NAMES CENSORED FOR PRIVACY REASONS*

A - "Yes. Anyways, I went upstairs and grabbed one of my pistols and went back downstairs to them. The person on the other side, who I'm assuming is male based off his voice and stature, drives a knife blade through my door. It looks to be about 10 inches. He busts open the door. We fight a little bit before I pin him to the ground. He pushes me off him and onto my coffee table where I get another bruise on my back. Grimm bites him and sends him running out the door. During the altercation the man slashed my arm with his knife, which is this injury you see here."

*ARGADA POINTS TO THE LONG SLASH ON HER ARM*

C - "Oh my god..."

A - "The kids spent the night at my house and went home the next day after being interviewed by the police at my house. They sustained no injuries but one of them was particularly rattled by the event."

C - "May I take a picture of your arm to send alongside the transcript?"

A - "Yes."

*PHONE CAMERA GOES OFF*

C - "Thank you. I have a couple questions about this event, too. What model gun did you use?"

A - "A Sig P365 XL, it's an easily concealable handgun with a 12 round magazine. I bought it on a visit home to my mother back in 2014, the same visit where I adopted Grimm."

C - "I'm not really that educated in guns, could you show me a picture of it?"

*ARGADA PULLS UP A PICTURE OF HER HOLDING THE GUN*

A - "I can send you it if you want but this is me holding it."

C - "That would be appreciated. Now, why didn't you share this with the media? There's no record of you even calling the police on this day or the next, so why wouldn't you report it? This could have salvaged your reputation!"

A - "That wouldn't have changed anything. I don't think you understand what's been happening to me. This town has harmed me, my neighbors, my dog, everyone and everything I hold dear. I've attained the status of The Most Hated Person in Taylorsville. If murder was legal I wouldn't be alive any more. Going to the police wouldn't have done anything. Kids were too scared to call and there was no reason after he left. Whatever reputation I had can't be salvaged."

C - "I see. My last questions are in regards to Andrew Marks. Where were you on the evening he was murdered?"

A - "Asleep, again. I went to bed early and the kids knocked on my door and showed me an article in the online high school paper."

C - "Ok. That's all I have then. This is the end of the interview"

A - "Alright."

*INTERVIEW LOG ENDS*