UJNH him. Where attorney: A me. A attorney. don't recall having had that type of communication with Page 63 And when before he left or strike that. he now? I don't know. Where do you think he is? I don't know. Did he say goodbye to you? No. When did you learn that he wasn't here? It was in June. And how did you learn this? Through my attorney. What's your attorney's name? Patrick Dray. How do you spell Dray? This is not your attorney, this is your son's correct? But he removed the case and now he represents "remove the case" mean? What does I don't know, talk to the attorney, with the And why do you need a lawyer? 300-726 -7007 Veritcxt Florida Reporting Co. 305. {576-8800 800-726-7007 Page 64 4.- A Well, I already paid for him. If I need him, he can represent me. Is he representing you? A Not really because I don't have any criminal case. All right. So is Patrick Dray your lawyer? A Yes. And for what purpose I mean, why is he your lawyer, for what? A Call him and speak with him. Well, I'm asking you. You?re the client, you say. A Okay. I leave that under the relationship of -w between my attorney and me, and me as a client. Okay. Are you his client? A Yes. And have you signed papers with him for him to be your lawyer? A When he started representing my son. You also you signed a paper to represent you also? MR. RANDOLPH: Before you answer this question, as he is your attorney, you do not have to disclose any communication between you and your attorney regarding his representation of you and the I Veritext Florida Reporting C0. 305-376-E330 LAJN Page 65 conversation that you had with him. And if you can answer outside of that, answer. MR. BLUMBERG: What was the last -- I don't remember the question. What was the question? Just read it back to me. (Thereupon, the requested portion of the record was read back by the reporter as above recorded.) THE WITNESS: Contact him. BY MR. BLUMBERG: What -- what is your understanding as to why your son why you haven't talked to your son since June? A I don't understand the question. Why haven't why haven't you been in contact with your son since June of 2011? A Because I don't know where he is. What is your understanding as to where he is? A I don't know. I don't know where he is. Is it your belief that he is in Nicaragua? A I don?t know. Has he ever disappeared before? A No. Did you file a missing persons report with the police? A No. Veritext Florida Reporting Co. 800-726-7007 305-376-8300 a o) to :0 him33:03:03: A Page 66 Don't you wonder where your son is? Every day. Well, what steps have you taken to try to find None. I don't know. Why not? I don't know where to look for him. Well, have you -- did you start with filing a missing persons report with the police? No. Why not? Because I didn't consider it necessary. Well, why wouldn't that be ?v do you think your missing? No. He must be someplace. Well, is he missing from you? Yes. Well, do you want to see him? Of course. Well, you're afraid that maybe something bad has happened to him, maybe he's been hurt or kidnapped? Do you think about that? Yes, I have thought about it. What what steps have you taken to try to locate him? 800-726-7007 Veritcxt Florida Reporting Co. 305-376-8800 01-th kDUDw-Jcn Page 67 A None. Well, have you talked to your family to find out if they know where he is? A Here? Anywhere. A Yes, but no one knows where he is. Who have you talked to to find out where he is? A With my sister who lives with me and she's the only person that knows about the accident. What -- what does that mean, your sister's the only one that knows about the accident? What does that mean? A Because not all of my family knows, that's why I know they don't know where he is. Well, what is whether there's an accident or not, you know, he might be missing for some other reason; correct? A I don't know. Well, I mean, you love your son? Would you lie for him? THE INTERPRETER: Excuse me, Counsel, I didn't hear a response. THE WITNESS: Yes. BY MR. BLUMBERG: Would you lie for him? Vcritcxt Florida Reporting Co. 800-726-7007 105-376-8800 ubbJN NO. where he is? tried to locate him? where his whereabouts are? Veritcxt Florida Reporting Co. 300-726-7007 Well, why why wouldn't you try to find out A I've not said that I would not try to locate him. Well, you haven't seen him now July, August, September. Three months have gone by. Why haven't you A Because I don't know where to look for him. You're laughing about it. A Because I already answered that question. Uh-huh. So so think about it for a second. If you lose a person, if a person is missing, wouldn't you try to contact every family member that you have and every friend that you have to see if they might know A It could be. But you didn't do that, did you? A No. And you don't intend to do that, do you? A Yes. When do you plan to do that? A I don't know. No plans to do it? A Not at the moment. . .. Page 68 .. _l 305-376-8800 Page 69 1 So if you if you really were missing your 2 only child, the things you could do would be contact the 3 authorities; correct? 4 A Yes. 5 You could contact all of your family members to 6 see if they've heard from him or know where he is; 7 correct? 8 A In order to conclude this question, I found out 9 of my son's disappearance through the attorney. 10 Well, no matter how you found out about it, now 11 he's disappeared, 12 A Okay. For the rest of that question, speak 13 with the attorney, with my attorney. 14 Yeah. I'm talking to you, the mother of a 15 missing son. Okay? 16 As the mother of a missing son and you've 17 told us today you don't know where he is; correct? 18 A Yes. 19 And you've told us that you as far as you 20 know, he's just missing? 21 MR. RANDOLPH: Object to form. 22 MR. BLUMBERG: Correct? 23 THE WITNESS: Repeat the question, please. 24 BY MR. BLUMBERG: 25 I Yeah. He's just missing. He could be he Veritexl Florida Reporting Co. I 800-726-7007 305-376-8800 LIJNH .13 - - .- Page 10 could be he could have got hit on the head and be lost someplace; correct? A I don't know. You don't know. He could have been -- he could be sick in a hospital someplace? A I suppose that they would contact me, right? Well, maybe he didn't have identification with him. A I don't know. He could be -- he could have been he could be have gotten in trouble somep;ace and he's could be in prison in some country. A I don't know. Yeah, you don't know. And so to find out, have you put up a sign around, like a missing child sign? Have you done that? No. Have you whether your relatives know about the accident or not, that's got nothing to do with him missing, does it? A I don't understand the question. I mean, no. Well, you could you could ask your brothers and sisters if they've heard from him, couldn't you? A Yes. But you didn't do that, did you? "um_ .an . Veritcxt Florida Repenng Co. 800472697007 305-376-8300 -JOWU1 keep (Miami? 39 IO 3* 800-726-7007 r- Page 71 No. And you could you could call you have friends in Nicaragua still? Yes. Who's your best friend in Nicaragua? Best friend. no, I have many friends. Give me some friends of yours names that you up with in Nicaragua. The name Daira Davila. What city does she live in? In Esteli. How do you spell that? What other friends do you have in Nicaragua? Guadalupe Alvarez in Leon. Who else? Aleida Davila. In which city? In Esteli as well. Who's your who are your friends here in I don't have many. I'm sure you have a friend. Yes. Sonia Avellan. How do you spell it? Voritcxt Florida Reporting C0. 305-376-8800