Adam Longoria Speaks on Death of 14 Year-Old Alicia DeBolt Transcript

Adam Longoria was arrested and charged with the capital murder and criminal sodomy in the murder of 14 year-old Alicia DeBolt, of Great Bend Kansas. Before his arrest, when he was merely a person of interest in the case, Longoria gave the interview below to KWCH on the condition that his face not be shown on camera. Link to the full video found at the end of the transcript.

Date: August 27, 2010

(Showing Longoria's feet, outside. Sounds like evening from crickets chirping)

AL=Adam Longoria
AD=Alicia DeBolt

AL: Uhm, I know there's two vehicles involved. A red dodge charge van, uhm, plus a black utility vehicle. Plus, they said it was a newer model. Uhm, they said it was a 19 year-old that picked her up. She text somebody-from what I was told by the police--she text somebody as soon as she was picked up, saying she was gonna meet somebody at Love's, and then she was going to a party, so... if you got-(Turns to leave. Video is spliced to the next question.)

Interviewer: How do you know her?

AL: How do I know her? My wife had a birthday party July the 17th, and uh, (blanked out name) brought her to the birthday party, and I met her there. Uh, that was the only time I ever met her. She has text me on my phone before-uhm-asking for rides to parties, this and that. But I never (clears throat) I never gave her a ride. My wife intercepted the calls-told her not to be calling me no more. AD's mother knew about me, cause she told me when I spoke to her, she said that uh, she had known-she knew about the texts and the phone calls, and that uh, she had told Alicia to stop texting me because I was a married man, plus I was-you know, I'm 36 years old. And she said that-uh, for me not to worry about nothing; her daughter wouldn't be texting me anymore.

Interviewer: What-other than rides-what were some of the other contexts of the texts?

AL: "What are you doing?" "Can you give me a ride?" Uh, "I need to go somewhere." It was basically where she needed to go. Other than that, she wouldn't text me.

Interviewer: Uh, did you own a-you-you do own a black-?

AL: Yes, I do-My wife owns a black, uh, Ford 2002, Ford Escape, yes.

Interviewer: Where is that right now?

AL: The police department have it. And they're searching the vehicle, which we give a written consent, so they can search the vehicle.

Interviewer: When was the last time you saw her?

AL: (Hesitatingly) July the 17th. (sighs) was the last time I ever saw her.

Interviewer: Uh, was that the uh...?

AL: That was the birthday party that my wife had, yes.

Interviewer: Uh, has she ever been at your place other than that?

AL: No. Never been to my place. Never been in my vehicle. Nothin'.

Interviewer: Do you, uh, have parties-other parties at your place?

AL: Uh, I don't have parties. I've had a couple of parties. But other than that, it's just me and the guys on a night out, drinking some beer after work. But other than that, usually everybody that's there-it's usually guys.

Interviewer: Uh, do teenagers, uh, go to your place a lot?

AL: Teenagers do show up at my place. Uh, they don't drink. Uh, but they come out and hang with the guys-because the guys that I hang out with are basically all college guys. So they're of age to drink, but the guys they hang out with are 19 or 20. They do come over to the house. I mean, we play ping-pong. I got ping-pong table and stuff like that, but that's about it.
Interviewer: And you said that (named blanked out) brought her to your place?

AL: Yes, (named blanked out), and he was with a couple other friends. Brought her to my house that night. I met her. So did my wife. Uh, I asked (named blanked out) how old she was. He told me 18. When I asked her, she said 16, and then we found out that she was only 14 years old.

Interviewer: And how do you know (named blanked out)?

AL: I know him through the friends-you know, that night, that was the first night-at the party. That was the first night I met him. And from that point to this point, it was on and off that I met him at the park, or in another passenger vehicle. But, uh, Saturday night was the first time he's ever come to my house.

Interviewer: Now, was it your car that was used to pick up-pick her up on Saturday?

AL: Well-No, my vehicle was never used for anything. My vehicle was with me and my wife. We went to uh, to go-to bowling, and then we went to go and eat. And after that I went to the club. And after I went to the club, the car went back with me.

Interviewer: And how did you find out-

(Interview interrupted by female or females speaking Spanish. I don't know Spanish, but he did say something at the beginning, "de la mourta la mu cha-cha" and it sounds like the person is asking just what's going on. He might have said something about the investigators thinking that the cha-cha had been at his casa. Sounded like he told the female or females his name, so they don't know him. I think they were being nosy and the interviewer should have shooed them off.)

AL: I do not know where she was on Saturday. I know that Monday, uhm, the DeBolt family came to my house and spoke to my wife. And told her that there was a so-called rumor going around that the party was going to be at my house-which it wasn't, because I show texts and people have other said. When we spoke, she said it was a dark vehicle and a red dodge vehicle. And she said that it was 11 o'clock. And that they had-she had told her mother a 19-that her friend, 19 year-old (coughs) was gonna pick her up. And I said-after that, I have no idea on-you know-what happened to her that night. I know that I wasn't involved, because I was somewhere else, and where I was at-people can testify to where I was at, so...

Interviewer: And so, uh, was (named blanked out), uh, Alicia's boyfriend?

AL: Yes, well, apparently, her ex-boyfriend. But they still hung out together, and they partied together, stuff like that.

Interviewer: And how did you get the news about her missing?

AL: Well, I got the text. My wife got a text on her phone, saying that she was missing. And then when I went to the garage to talk to other peop-to the guys that were there-they also received text messages saying that she was missing, along with her picture.

Interviewer: And when was that?

AL: Uh, that was Sunday, mid afternoon, say about 5 or 6 o'clock in the afternoon.

Interviewer: Anything else that we're leaving out? (Mumbling while interviewer confers with someone else, who asks if there's anything else AL wants to add.)

AL: Uhm, (coughs) other than that I know that (coughs) uhm, they're interviewing suspects, besides the one that called me and told me that he wanted, you know, some money to get out of town. I mean, that's pretty much about it. There was a friend-the guy who was with us Saturday-uh, he, uh, called me a little while ago, telling me that he's trippin' out, that the police are looking for him, and I told him, "Well, go in and talk to 'em." He's like, "I'm scared," and this and that. And he said, "Can you give me $2,000 to get out of town?" And I told him, I said, "I'll see what I can do." I called my attorney: I advised my attorney on it. My attorney told me just to stay out of it, not to give him any money. If the cops come looking-you know-to my house looking for him, then I divulge the information, but other than that, just to stay out of it. That's it.

Interviewer: (Different voice) Do you have any idea who may have been involved in this? Speculation?

AL: (Agitated) I-I-I don't-Okay, we can speculate all day, and I can say, but with the circumstances that's going on (coughs) and the characters that are involved. Especially-uhm, I mean, I come to find out they're gang members. Uhm, they've been in other different kind of, uhm, criminal activity. I mean, pretty much, if you guys look back, you guys can find out. But as for the gentlemen calling me asking me for money cause he wants to leave town, that gives me a big suspicion about his part because if you're not innocent, what have you got to hide? You know, it don't make a difference what you say about me. I'm not the one running. I stay at home, come home every night. So, if he's asking me for money, then you know, it kind of puts a doubt in my mind, so...

Interviewer: We've also heard that where she was found is at your-is at your work?

AL: That's correct. I work, uh, for Venture. And uh, the body, where it was found, I haven't been there. (coughs) They told me it was outside of Dundee, and that's our Plant 5. I've been out there one time since I worked for Venture. Uhm, but that's all I know, that it was by a cemetery, and, uh, according-and you know how the body was found and stuff like that.

Interviewer: Do you know who found her?

AL: I do not know who found her. Matter of fact, one of the guys that I work with, that day, called me and told me that they had the area blocked off. That there was a homicide investigation being pending, but he didn't indulge the information on who found her. But according to outside sources, I guess police found her, because they were searching for her or something like that. Because that's what was said. I mean, that's what I was told.

Interviewer: Have police put any kind of damper on you? Can you leave town..?

AL: They have not. They did not put no hold on me. They took my vehicle, and we signed, uh, voluntarily. They gave me a rental vehicle. Uhm, they did not tell me I couldn't leave out of town. They said-they gave me no restrictions whatsoever. All they did was thank me for my cooperation. That's it.

(Video cuts to AL, chest down with his phone in his hand. Interviewer confirms that it's okay to show this view of him. Can't really see anything on his arms, wearing sleeves to the elbow. Right hand on phone, left behind his back.)

Interviewer: Okay, you were saying it's what now?

AL: This is a text from the guy that wants to leave town and it says that we need to talk before we meet.

Interviewer: And he wants to meet soon, I'm guessing?

AL: Right. So he can get some money and leave town.

Interviewer: Have you told the police this information?

AL: I haven't told nobody nothing, because my attorney advised me that if the cops don't come to my house, not to indulge any information. (Pushing buttons on the phone.) And I'm gonna show you guys another text that was sent, saying she was going (Coughs). You gotta excuse me. I got a cold. (Pushing buttons on the phone.) Okay...Hold on a second, let me see...(jokes about how many texts he has on the phone) This is the text that she sent me. A female that I don't even know sent me a text saying her name was (named blanked out, but sounds like Tiffany). "I know just that she was going to a party in Little Mexico that night." (Reading from the phone.)

Interviewer: Little Mexico is the (can't understand him.)

AL: Little Mexico is down over there, that's correct. (Pushing buttons on the phone.) If you want to go from the back of the texts, she text me first, and she said, "Have you heard anything about Licia." I text her back, and I said, "No." and then she--I text her, and says, "Have you? And who is this?" She put, "Dang, that sucks. It's (named blanked out)." And then she sent me a text back, saying, "It's (named blanked out). No, just that she was going to a party in Little Mexico that night." And also, just for the record, there are individuals here that, uh, saw her at a dance here in Great Bend with two Hispanic males. Uhm, matter of fact, they also said they might even have her on camera, because they video the dances, but there's a group of probably about 20-25 people that say they saw her at the dance Saturday night.

Interviewer: Uhm, that Saturday.

AL: Yeah.

Interviewer: Do you know where the dance was?

AL: I don't know. I just know that it was a Quinceañera, a sweet-a 15th birthday. A sweet 15...

Source: Complete KWCH Interview footage