Here are excerpts I transcribed from John Ray's press conference in December featuring escort "Leanne".
(Note: Not sure of detective's name -- Pertola?)
Leanne to reporter: “You asked me about the tip. The tip was in regards to someone who lives on Oak Beach full-time and was good friends with Jimmy Brewer (John Ray corrects her)... I mean Jimmy Burke, sorry, whose number was found in Jimmy Burke's phone. That was his admission to me -- the person I called a tip in on. So, I mean, it just kinda like makes you wonder why Detective Pertola would tell this person I called in a tip. I was the source of the tip."
"The person whom I called in the tip on had been questioned before on the homicide... This person is related to judges, councilmen, politicians".
"He fit the profile. You know, Oak beach, boating, access to certain things, uh, age, travel. The break in murders between 1996, 2003, and 2009 (?). He was a family man and he had police knowledge."
“The exact words between Pertola and I were: Before we hang up can you just tell me his name so I can check to see if it's in the database. So I gave him his name and he said, 'I don't even need to check -- we've gotten 2 calls on him already from police domestic(?) from women -- young women, young prostitutes. So I don't even need to check.' ”
About the guy she called in a tip on, Leanne said, "it would be better if he heard from me... if they were calling me".
According to Leanne this guy has "a little bit of authority over me so it made the situation difficult".
Later a reporter asks about the person Leanne called the tip on that “has some authority over her” and she hesitates to answer and then John Ray answers, “We can’t expose this person at this stage and it’s not going to advance [inaudible]. It’s collateral.”
This statement by Leanne appears to come after the press conference (it is unclear who "these two men" are):
“I came forward because of a tip I had called in to Suffolk County regarding someone that was neither of these two men but does know one of them, Jimmy Burke, quite well. He thinks Jimmy Burke's a great guy, by the way. His phone number was found in Jim Burke's phone when he was arrested."