Kaylyn decides to go home
because she knows he'll be mad
and that was one of the last decisions she ever made.
Yes.
A decision that led to her death.
Yes.
What do you think happened?
What do you think happened
when she walked back in there that night?
Maybe they got into an argument
because she knew Connor well enough
that he was going to be upset with her
and maybe Kaylyn said something like,
"I might just go back home,
"I can't handle this obsessiveness
"or you getting mad because I go
"to Terre Haute to see my friends."
Maybe that was just it for Kaylyn and she's like,
"I'm done Connor." Enoughs enough.
Enoughs enough.
When was the last time you saw Kaylyn?
Her and Leslie went to the Covered Bridge Festival.
I came home from work and she's like,
"Oh Dad, it's nice to see ya'"
And I said, "You too, sweetie."
And she goes, "Well, I can't stay very long,"
and I do remember she turned around and she goes,
"Don't forget I have a phone,
"you can call me anytime."
And I said, "Well, I have a phone too."
I said, "You can call me."
And then we just both laughed.
What was the last thing you said to her?
Well, we'd spent the day
at the Covered Bridge Festival,
had a beautiful day together.
Shopped like we did and we had fun.
We bought these incense candles
and when we got home
he plopped 'em onto the coffee table,
we bought like 10 of 'em and we were smellin' 'em
and I was cuttin' 'em in half so we could share 'em.
She said, "Well, I better get back."
I said, "Well honey, dad's gonna be home."
I said, "I want you to stay here so you can see dad."
And she said, "Well, Connor will get mad at me
"so I'd better go back," and I was very aggravated
with that and I said, "Kaylyn, if he gets upset
"about that then that's just wrong."
So she decided she's gonna stick around
but she was always afraid that he was gonna get angry.
And what was the last thing
you said to her when she left?
I said, "I love you," and I said,
"I love spendin' time with my baby girl."
I gave her a big hug and a kiss.
I said, "Drive carefully."
How did y'all find out that she was deceased?
We had two police officers come to our home.
It was Halloween, they came to the house
and they came in and they said,
"Are you Mr. Whitaker?" And Dave says, "Yes."
And he goes, "And your daughter is Kaylyn Whitaker?"
And he says, "Yes."
He said, "Well I'm really sorry to tell you this
"but Kaylyn is deceased."
And I stood there, I couldn't really move.
I was just in shock when I heard that
and it's just like very surreal to ya',
you know what I mean?
And as they continued to talk
I could just see their mouths moving
and I couldn't hear anything
and then I walked out the back door
and I collapsed to the ground and screamed
over and over again.
And did they tell you what had happened?
They didn't know, they just knew she passed away.
They didn't know anything.
I guessed it was a car wreck.
And those two, even the younger cop,
they were really nice,
they stayed at the house for almost two hours
tryin' to get ahold of the coroner
and to the sheriff over there
'cause they wanted to know what happened too.
They didn't know anything,
they just knew she passed away.
And when you found out how she had really died,
how did you find that out?
I had called his mother and I said,
"What happened," I remember saying that.
And she said, "Kaylyn shot herself."
And I said, "What?"
And she said, "Kaylyn shot herself,"
and she repeated it again.
And I said, "I don't understand this.
"I really don't understand what you're saying here."
And she said, "Well, that's what we were told."
They weren't home when all this happened
so by the time they got back to the house
it was already roped off.
And she gets on the phone and says, "Kaylyn shot herself."
And I said, "How do you know that?"
And she said, "That's what they told me."
I said, "That's what who told you?"
She said, "Them guys here," and I said,
"I don't believe ya'," I said,
"I'm tryin' to get ahold of the coroner
"and I'm tryin' to get ahold of the sheriff,"
I said, "I have to go," I said, "I can't talk you
"no more and I don't believe what you're tellin' me."
And I hung up on her.
Did you ever find out who she was talkin' about?
No.
There was a hysterical caller
requesting an ambulance,
and the caller, this was Connor.
What was his story about what happened that night?
What did he tell 9-1-1?
We haven't heard that yet.
We haven't heard any evidence.
We haven't heard any of the details
as far as the confession goes
or the 9-1-1 call or anything like that yet.
We just got the transcript yesterday.