Reagan Vott

Question 1

Name

Answer 1

Reagan Vott V-O-T-T

Question 2

involvement with the case

Answer 2

I’m the investigator

Question 3

Education

Answer 3

I started my two year law-enforcement degree in Bemidji State University getting my licenses to be a peace officer in MN in 2002.

Question 4

where did you start working after graduating

Answer 4

I started my work for lake county as a deputy

Question 5

how long

Answer 5

I’ve been working 22 years

Question 6

is that still your position

Answer 6

I am no longer a deputy as I was promoted to investigator in April of 2023

Question 7

how did you become involved

Answer 7

At 7:05 June 11th I was dispatched to the northeast side of disappointment lake assisted with deputy Randolph

Question 8

so tell us about june 11

Answer 8

At Disappointment lake I found the confirmed body of Addison-Rogers

Question 9

How did the body appear

Answer 9

Addison’s body was face down, his head to his waist were in the water his feet were on shore, fully clothed.

Question 10

what else did you notice

Answer 10

Addison rogers face was covered in small cuts and he had a large big ass laceration on the right side of his head

Question 11

Rigor mortis

Answer 11

After moving the body to a body bag, I noticed stiffness and heaviness

Question 12

What did you infer about the injuries on the body

Answer 12

From my past experience I inferred some of the small cuts on the face to be turtle bites and others to be impact wounds from the fight. For the lacerations on the right side of his head would have only been created by a blunt force hit.

Question 13

Did you search the body

Answer 13

Yes, I did

Question 14

did you take any measures to ensure the integrity of the body

Answer 14

by putting on standard-issue gloves for the matter.

Question 15

What did you find

Answer 15

While searching the body to confirm identity I looked in the back pockets and found Addison’s wallet in his right pocket that contained his drivers licenses which confirmed the dead to be Addison. I also found his phone seizing it for forensic analysis.

Question 16

Did you examine the environment

Answer 16

Yes I did

Question 17

What did you observe

Answer 17

the shore was rocky with the outcroppings being large and smooth and there was broken branches surrounding the area.

Question 18

What did you do next (where did you go)

Answer 18

Deputy Randolph and I put Addison’s body in a body bag and made my way to campsite 1984

Question 19

Did you notice anything as you moved

Answer 19

As I made my way to the campsite, the rocks had become slippery from the pervious rain

Question 20

What did you notice upon reaching campsite 1984

Answer 20

There was were several empty beer can and bottles. There were clothes thrown about on the ground along with wrappers, and an unattended burning fire

Question 21

Exhibit 7 (ill just ask you to describe and identify it as the campsite)

Answer 21

Know this

Question 22

What is significant about what you noticed

Answer 22

The fact that they’d broken several rules, leaving the fire unattended, bringing cans and glass bottles, and leaving behind trash

Question 23

When did you come into contact with Koren Noble

Answer 23

(They’d) been approaching the campsite in a canoe

Question 24

What did you notice about Mx. Noble

Answer 24

Noble was nervous, averting eye contact and fiddling with (their) hands. I also noticed an odor of alcohol coming from Noble.

Question 25

What was the first thing you spoke with Koren about

Answer 25

I first spoke to Koren about where she was staying and where she’d been coming from

Question 26

What did she tell you

Answer 26

(They) confirmed (they)’d been been staying with three others individuals, including Addison Rodgers, and (they) informed me (they)’d been returning from fishing, which I found suspicious because there was no fish in her canoe.

Question 27

Did you ask koren about addisons whereabouts

Answer 27

Yes, (they) told me (they) didn’t know where he was.

Question 28

And what did koren tell you about the previous night

Answer 28

Koren mentioned two Jhonos and Passons had left due to an injury and that (them) and Addison had a fight.

Question 29

Tell us more about the fight

Answer 29

Koren stated the argument hadn’t been serious that it was about business. Koren claimed was Koren said that was the last (they) saw Addison.

Question 30

Did she mention drinking with Addison

Answer 30

Yes, mention shady answer and how its against the rule. Yes, Koren at first stated that she hadn’t had any that it was all Addison, then she (they) said Addison spilt some on them, then (they said (they) only had a sip.

Question 31

did koren tell you anything else about the previous day

Answer 31

(They’d) mentioned that Addison aught himself on something point in the canoe

Question 32

Did you see this canoe

Answer 32

Yes, I did

Question 33

Exhibit 9 (Is this the canoe koren spoke of)

Answer 33

YES/KNOW THIS

Question 34

What did you find

Answer 34

I found no point thing in or on the canoe nor could Koren point it out. There was blood spots on the interior of the canoe. I determined the canoe and paddle in the boat to be seized for evidence.

Question 35

Did you ask Koren to give a statement

Answer 35

Yes, I asked and (they) went wide eyes shaking (their) head no and asked for an attorney

Question 36

So what did you do following this

Answer 36

Deputy Randolph radioed me that I had my search warrant approved, so I instructed Koren to sit on a log while I search the campsite, I photographed the campsite as I did a complete exception of the site.

Question 37

Did you find anything else

Answer 37

I found nothing else of value, everything that was worth seizing was as clear as the boundary water

Question 38

So did you arrest Koren at this time

Answer 38

I found (them) highly suspicious, but I did not believe I had enough evidence to properly arrest Koren.

Question 39

tell me about First warrant

Answer 39

I filed for a warrant to seize the two paddles of Billie Passon and Bobby Johnson. The paddles to me, appeared as a probable murder weapon that could have been used on Addison.

Question 40

Second warrant

Answer 40

I also got a warrant for a search warrant of business records at Dembones.

Question 41

what did you find significant about these documents

Answer 41

There was a letter thanking Addisons for being an investor and asking for more investment money as they worked through getting to FDA. The other discussed with issues submitting to FDA.

Question 42

When did you receive the medical examiners reports

Answer 42

I received these on June 15th.

Question 43

what evidence did you submit for testing

Answer 43

I submitted the seized canoe paddles

Question 44

what did the lab results say for the fibers

Answer 44

They were determined to be resin treated cedar and fiberglass

Question 45

what did the lab say for the paddle

Answer 45

They were possible contributors to the fibers found in Addison’s wound

Question 46

First report

Answer 46

The autopsy report claimed the manner of death to be homicide and suspected a factor to be a canoe paddle.

Question 47

Second report - exhibit 8

Answer 47

Lab results showed his BAC to be .17.

Question 48

It’s more than twice the legal limit t drive.

Answer 48

It’s more than twice the legal limit to drive MN.

Question 49

What did you conclude following your investigations

Answer 49

Looking over all of my evidence and the events that took place, I concluded I had enough evidence and arrested Koren for second degree murder intentional murder.