Alabama teen's attorney wants recorded confession thrown out in capital murder case.
Under questioning by the defense, Blakely testified that deputies initially considered Sisk a witness and therefore didn’t read the teen his rights. Blakely told the court that Sisk didn’t become a suspect until part way through the interrogation. Blakely and several deputies testified that it’s common for law enforcement to handcuff and detain witnesses at crime scenes.
Blakely testified that Sisk had been free to leave that night, even after being handcuffed. He said Sisk was not required to stay in custody until after they read his rights.But Andrew King, the deputy who handcuffed Sisk and put him in a patrol car just minutes after the authorities got to the scene, said Sisk was detained and not allowed to leave once handcuffed.“He’s a little fishy to me,” Deputy Justin Fields told a lieutenant just minutes after first talking to Sisk.
Deputies went to the Sisk family home on Ridge Road in rural Elkmont just before 11 p.m. on Sept. 2, 2019 after the teen called 911. Sisk told the authorities that someone broke into the home and fired five shots, killing his family. His father, 38-year-old John Sisk, his 35-year-old adoptive mother Mary Sisk, and his siblings: 6-year-old Kane, 5-year-old Rorrie, and 6-month-old Colson, died of gunshot wounds.
At the scene, Sisk repeatedly denied killing his family. Even after Blakely took him to an interrogation room at the sheriff’s office Sisk said he heard someone else in the house that night and saw tail lights outside as a car drove away.After confessing, the teen apologized.Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.