>> Announcer: LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF WDIV AND CLICK
ON DETROIT.
ON DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:30 STARTS NOW!
>> WHEN YOU WENT TO BED THAT
NIGHT, YOU WEREN’T CONCERNED
ANYTHING WAS WRONG?
>> NOPE.
>> NOPE. >> Karen: THIS LOCAL FATHER
CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS WIFE
BY SPIKING HER CEREAL WITH
HEROIN.
HEROIN. FOR THE FIRST TIME HEAR WHAT HE
SAID ABOUT THE HOURS LEADING UP
TO HIS WIFE’S DEATH.
>> Jason: 44-YEAR-OLD JASON
HARRIS WILL BE IN COURT TOMORROW
FOR THE START OF HIS PRELIMINARY
HEARING IN THE MURDER OF HIS
WIFE CHRISTIE THOMPSON HARRIS.
>> Karen: IN A "DEFENDERS"
EXCLUSIVE, WE’RE HEARING FROM
HIM UNDER OATH AS THEY OBTAINED
THE DEPOSITION FROM HIM IN THE
CIVIL LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST HIM.
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♪ >> Karen: IT WAS SEPTEMBER OF
2014, INSIDE THIS DAVISON HOME
WHERE 36-YEAR-OLD CHRISTIE
THOMPSON HARRIS WAS FOUND DEAD
IN THE MASTER BEDROOM, HER DEATH
RULED AN ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE.
FIVE YEARS WOULD PASS, THEN --
>> WE BELIEVE HE PUT HEROIN INTO
HER CEREAL AND MILK THE NIGHT
SHE DIED.
SHE DIED. >> Karen: HER HUSBAND JASON WAS
CHARGED IN HER MURDER.
BEFORE HE WAS CHARGED,
CHRISTIE’S FAMILY FILED A
WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT SO JASON
WAS DEPOSED UNDER OATH.
LET’S START WITH ANOTHER WOMAN
HE ADMITTED BEING IN CONTACT
WITH DURING HIS MARRIAGE TO
CHRISTIE.
CHRISTIE. >> YOU SENT SEXUAL MESSAGES TO
HER?
HER? >> YES.
>> YES. >> AND YOU DISCLOSED IT AT SOME
POINT TO YOUR WIFE?
>> YES.
>> YES. >> WHEN DID YOU DISCLOSE IT TO
HER?
HER? >> WHEN SHE ASKED ABOUT IT.
AND I TOLD HER.
>> Karen: AND ABOUT DIVORCE.
>> I THINK IT CAME UP AS AN
OPTION OF LIVING IN A PERFECT
WORLD.
WORLD. >> Karen: HE WAS QUESTIONED
ABOUT MONEY PROBLEMS IN HIS
MARRIAGE.
MARRIAGE. >> WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR
FILING BANKRUPTCY?
FILING BANKRUPTCY? >> BECAUSE WE WERE WELL OVER OUR
HEAD.
HEAD. >> Karen: AND THEN ASKED ABOUT
HIRING A HIT MAN TO KILL HIS
WIFE.
WIFE. >> DID YOU EVER REQUEST THAT
MR. SHOOSTACK KILL YOUR WIFE?
>> NO.
>> NO. >> AND IF HE DID, HE WOULD BE
LYING OR MISTAKEN?
>> HE WOULD BE LYING.
>> Karen: THE 44-YEAR-OLD FATHER
TALKED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN
THE HOME WHILE THE CHILDREN
SLEPT THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS WIFE
DIED.
DIED. >> WHEN YOU WENT TO BED THAT
NIGHT, YOU WEREN’T CONCERNED
ANYTHING WAS WRONG?
>> NOPE.
>> NOPE. >> DID YOU NOTICE ANYTHING OUT
OF THE ORDINARY?
>> OTHER THAN HER FALLING ASLEEP
WHILE PUMPING.
WHILE PUMPING. SHE GOT HUNGRY.
I MADE HER A BOWL OF CEREAL,
THAT’S WHAT SHE ASKED FOR.
>> Karen: HARRIS LEFT EARLY FOR
WORK THE NEXT DAY.
>> WHEN YOU LEFT SHE WAS ALIVE?
>> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. >> Karen: AND NEIGHBOR FOUND HER
IN HER BED AFTER HE CALLED THE
NEIGHBOR ASKING HER TO CHECK ON
CHRISTIE AND IT WAS RULED AN
ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE.
ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE. >> YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
YOUR WIFE’S DEATH, RIGHT?
>> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. >> Karen: HE MOVED ANOTHER WOMAN
IN WEEKS AFTER HIS WIFE DIED.
>> WHEN DID SHE MOVE INTO THE
HOUSE WITH YOU?
>> 2-3 DAYS BEFORE HALLOWEEN OF
2014.
2014. >> SO THE SAME MONTH AS THE
FUNERAL OF CHRISTINE?
>> YES.
>> YES. >> Karen: HE TALKED ABOUT LIFE
INSURANCE.
INSURANCE. >> THE CHECK YOU RECEIVED WAS
ABOUT 150, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> ROUGHLY, YES.
>> AND YOU USED THAT TO PAY OFF
YOUR STUDENT LOANS?
>> YES.
>> YES. >> HOW DID YOU FEEL AFTER YOUR
WIFE DIED?
WIFE DIED? >> KIND OF A STRANGE QUESTION
BUT A LITTLE CONFUSED, VERY
HURT.
HURT. UHM, IT WAS DEVASTATING.
IT WAS ROUGH.
I WAS VERY SAD.
>> Karen: JASON’S PRELIMINARY
EXAM IS IN FLINT TOMORROW
MORNING.
MORNING. I’LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
>> Jason: IT’S GETTING MORE AND
MORE FASCINATING.
MORE FASCINATING. >> Karen: AND THE FACT IT TOOK
FIVE YEARS FOR CHARGES TO BE
BROUGHT IN THIS CASE.
WE’LL BE LEARNING MORE AND IT
WILL BE AN INTERESTING CASE TO