Haven P.D. Transcript
TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDED STATEMENT BY NICHOLAS DAVIS
Unnecessary sounds, such as “um” and “uh,” have been omitted from the following statement for the purpose of making the statement easier to read.
Between Nicholas DAVIS, Sheriff Beau TURNER (Spruce County), Sheriff Rhett WILSON (Puck County), Sergeant James WARREN (State), Deputy Max JOHNSON (Spruce County), and Davina VILLA
On April 11, 2029, 09:10
Location: Spruce County Sheriff’s Office
TURNER: Whenever you’re ready, Nick.
DAVIS: (clears throat) Where should I start?
TURNER: Let’s start with something simple. What day did you go missing?
DAVIS: April 8, 2028.
TURNER: And what were you doing on April 8, 2028?
DAVIS: I was in Haven for my brother’s bachelor party.
TURNER: How did you end up at Achor Hiking Trail?
DAVIS: I didn’t feel like going out with everyone, so I stayed home while the others went out. I had a lot going on and needed some space. A hike seemed like a good way to clear my head.
WILSON: So, you went to Achor—two hours away?
DAVIS: Yes.
WILSON: Even though there are a million other trails around here ?
DAVIS: Yes.
WILSON: (scoffs)
WARREN: What made you decide to go to Achor that day, Mr. Davis?
DAVIS: It’s my wife’s favorite trail. I thought it might make me feel closer to her. We’d gotten into a fight before I left home and there was this stupid no-phones rule for the party—
WILSON: Which you broke because we found your phone with a text to your wife on the trail.
DAVIS: I wasn’t going out there blind.
WILSON: Your wife said you didn’t normally hike that trail. Said it would be unfamiliar to you. Why would you go to an unfamiliar trail alone?
TURNER: I think we already covered that.
(Background noise)
TURNER: Go ahead, Nick…So, you went out to Achor to clear your head. You get out there and then what happens?
DAVIS: Everything was normal. I hiked out with no issues. I don’t remember seeing anyone else on the trail. Seemed unusually quiet…I didn’t think anything of it because Nina has always said she liked how it wasn’t a very populated trail. On my way back, I got just past the lakes area, around the bend, and heard a commotion.
WARREN: What kind of commotion?
DAVIS: Three guys were talking on the edge of the trail.
TURNER: What did these guys look like?
DAVIS: One was a smaller guy, a bit scrawny, but I don’t remember much else about him, to be honest. The other two were bigger guys, one a bit heftier than the other. They give off “thug” vibes.
WARREN: What does that mean?
DAVIS: They just looked like trouble. The bigger one was leading the small guy off the trail, it looked like a shakedown.
TURNER: Okay, so you come across this “shakedown.” Then what happens?
DAVIS: It was too late to try and get away. They saw me the second I rounded the bend. Without a second thought, the smaller of the two pulled a gun and shot the smaller guy point blank.
VILLA: (gasps)
TURNER: You okay, Nina?
VILLA: Sorry.
WARREN: (to Wilson) You guys find a body out there?
WILSON: (clears throat) Nope.
WARREN: Huh.
WILSON: What?
WARREN: Seems odd someone wouldn’t report finding that.
WILSON: Unless it wasn’t there.
VILLA: If he says it happened, it happened.
TURNER: Nin.
VILLA: (clears throat)
WARREN: We’re not discounting that it happened, just trying to put the pieces together.
TURNER: (sighs) Okay, then what happens?
DAVIS: I ran. Figured it was better than standing around and waiting for the same thing to happen to me.
TURNER: Did they follow?
DAVIS: Yeah, and they seemed to know those woods like the back of their hands. No matter where I went, they were always right there. The bigger one got to me first, though. He had something on him, used it to hit me on the head.
WARREN: You didn’t see what it was?
DAVIS: If I did, I don’t remember. There are still some fuzzy bits.
WILSON: How can we rely on any of this, then?
TURNER: Okay, so the bigger one hits you on the head. Then what happens?
DAVIS: (background noise, sighs) I tried to get away, I don’t remember a lot after that. Just trying to get away, until everything went black.
WILSON: You’re not giving us much to go on, Mr. Davis.
DAVIS: I saw them again in Bezer. The men.
TURNER: Okay, let’s hold on a second. Back up. So, everything goes black, what is the next thing you remember?
WILSON: (mumbled) This is useless.
DAVIS: Waking up in a hospital room.
WARREN: Do you remember what day that was?
DAVIS: April 10, 2028.
WARREN: And when you woke up—
DAVIS: I had no idea who I was. I couldn’t remember anything . After a few days in the hospital, Joseph Blackwood—one of the men who found me—offered to let me stay and work at his ranch while I tried to figure out my next steps.
TURNER: When you said you saw these two men in the town of Bezer, did you recall knowing who they were at the time?
DAVIS: I didn’t know , they just looked familiar.
TURNER: Where did you see them?
DAVIS: The first time was at a bar for Charlie’s birthday.
TURNER: Who is Charlie?
DAVIS: (shuffles) Joseph Blackwood’s daughter.
TURNER: The ranch owner?
DAVIS: Yes.
TURNER: And you went out to celebrate her birthday? Were you friends?
DAVIS: We had gotten close over the time I spent there.
TURNER: And they were at her birthday celebration?
DAVIS: Charlie used to date one of them. He was trying to convince her to date him again, but she wasn’t interested.
TURNER: Because of you?
VILLA: Beau.
TURNER: (clears throat) Right. Okay, you see them at this bar, then what happens?
DAVIS: They seemed to recognize me, but it wasn’t until a few days later when I was in town at the hardware store that it became obvious to me they knew who I was.
WARREN: Why do you say that?
DAVIS: They said, “You’re supposed to be dead.” Before anything else could be said, Chief Sloan showed up.
WILSON: (clears throat)
WARREN: Who is Sloan?
DAVIS: Chief of Police in Bezer.
WARREN: And Sloan made them leave?
DAVIS: Him and their father, or whoever he is.
TURNER: Their father?
(background noise)
WARREN: Mr. Davis?
(background noise)
WILSON: Cat got your tongue, boy?
TURNER: Rhett. Nick, we can’t help you if you don’t—
DAVIS: (clears throat) His name was Red.
TURNER: Okay, can you tell me what this ‘Red’ looked like?
(background noise)
VILLA: Nick.
DAVIS: I don’t—Y-Yeah…White hair, mustache, kinda tall and slender.
TURNER: That all you got?
DAVIS: …Wears a white cowboy hat.
WILSON: (chuckles) If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you were talkin’ about me.
(Background noise)
WARREN: (clears throat) So, Mr. Davis, you said you saw them outside the shop…Sullivan’s? Is that the only time you saw them?
DAVIS: No, they showed up at the Blossom Festival a week later, and then they cornered me on the ranch the next day.
WARREN: They cornered you?
DAVIS: I was working on a fence that needed repaired, and they showed up. They started talking about my wife and a bunch of other things, and pulled out a wallet that looked like my old one…Then they attacked me. Honestly, came pretty close to finishing the job, but Joseph showed up. Got rid of ’em.
TURNER: Did you see them again after that?
DAVIS: No. And two days later, my wife showed up.
WILSON: This still doesn’t tell us anything we don’t already know.
TURNER: Could you pick those men out of a lineup?
DAVIS: Yes.
WILSON: Why didn’t you go to the authorities when you saw them? When they attacked you?
DAVIS: What was I supposed to say? I didn’t even know my name let alone what happened between us. And Joseph ran them off. Everyone seemed pretty used to them around there, even Sloan.
WARREN: The police chief?
DAVIS: Yes.
WARREN: So, Joseph knew these men, as well?
DAVIS: Yes. Everyone did.
WARREN: What about the man you said was with them? Their father (?).
(background noise)
TURNER: Nick?
DAVIS: (clears throat) Yeah, they knew him. No one talks about him much around there.
TURNER: And could you point him out? (slight pause) In a lineup, I mean.
DAVIS: Yes.
WILSON: This still isn’t much to go on. It’s about as useful as your wife’s disappearing mystery men.
WARREN: (sighs) It’s not much but it’s a start.
TURNER: It’s more than we’ve had.
WARREN: I want to get ahold of Mr. Blackwood. Find out what he knows.
WILSON: You? This is my jurisdiction!
WARREN: And you haven’t been able to keep up with things happening in your jurisdiction.
WILSON: James—
WARREN: You want to help, Rhett? Stay out of the way. (To Davis) Thank you for your time, Mr. Davis. I’ll be in touch very soon. (To Turner) Beau, you can end the recording.
END OF TRANSCRIPT.