14 questions you wanted us to ask the DeOrr Kunz private investigator
National 8 Updated at 12:47 pm, January 21st, 2016
By: Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com
Philip Klein, a private investigator based in Texas, has been working with the family of DeOrr Kunz Jr. and conducting his own investigation in the disappearance of the three-year-old Idaho Falls boy.
Earlier this week, in an in-depth interview with EastIdahoNews.com, Klein revealed some significant new developments in the case. He believes the child was either accidentally or purposely killed and that at least one person will be prosecuted in the case.
Klein agreed to answer further questions from EastIdahoNews.com viewers. Dozens were submitted on our Facebook page and we selected 14 to present to Klein.
Here is the unedited question and answer transcript. Click on the video above to watch the entire conversation.
[...]
Eaton: Lae wants to know, “What does it take to force someone to cooperate with an investigation once they’ve hired a lawyer? Can the court order them to answer questions or what about a grand jury indictment?”
Klein: I am not familiar with the Idaho statutes other than I do know that the state of Idaho can convene a grand jury to hear testimony where a witness would have to go in to the grand jury without an attorney. They would have two options available to them. Option one is to give their testimony and tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help them God. The second would be to invoke their fifth amendment rights.
The second part of that question would be federal side. Federal grand juries are a little different monkey. Lying in front of a federal grand jury or refusing to answer in front of a federal grand jury is a crime as it is a crime to lie to a federal agent.
Those are issues that I think witnesses in this case should be concerned with as well as some of these folks on Facebook that could be considered trying to throw an investigation off. If you’re questioned about it and you lie and say that wasn’t me, that’s a federal crime if an FBI agent asks you.
In a roundabout way, this is coming down to probably a grand jury I would think at some point. The next question obviously is what’s the timeline. That’s what we call the crystal ball concept. I’m not willing to look into a crystal ball and predict. We take every day as it comes and we’re moving the case along. Give law enforcement some room, give us some room and give the prosecutors some room and we’ll get there. Just give us some room.
Eaton: Annalee asks, “I would like to know if Great Grandpa or Isaac actually saw DeOrr on Friday or if they just assumed he was there because they had seen him Thursday?
Klein: Again that goes into testimony and I’m not willing to answer but I will say is we have witnesses collaborating that he was on the mountain on that Friday.
more at the link