How police interrogators got murder suspect Christopher Garnier to talk
HALIFAX — Christopher Garnier had exercised his right to remain silent 64 times.
For hours after police arrested him for the murder of Catherine Campbell, Garnier had said little that might have implicated him in the death of the off-duty police officer.
“I don’t know what to do. I have to listen to my lawyer,” Garnier said through tears. “I don’t want to say anything.”
The interrogation video, played to the jury last week at Garnier’s second-degree murder trial, offers insight into the tactics employed by police when questioning a suspect. It took two officers nearly six hours before Garnier began to talk about what happened.