June 1987
 
I CONTACT PAUL POLLARD AGAIN
 
June of 1987, I again contacted Paul Pollard and taped the conversation. He was not very happy when he found out it was me. When I asked him to talk to me for a moment, he said, “Jesus Christ, what about?” But he didn't hang up as he had in December of 1986. As we talked he leaned on his half-brother, Lionel Cormier.

An excerpt from that conversation:

“I went through the lie detector test and I was—because you got them moving, so they came and they gave it to me [this polygraph was after I sent the documents to the Virginia State Police in January of 1987]. I mean what more can I do? I told them everything I knew and they did the test. They did it twice. I just don’t know anything and this should prove it,” Pollard said.
     I said, “Well, I’ll tell you something Paul. We’ve got tapes on Lionel ...”
     “Now that’s the person who should be taking the lie detector test right there.”      "All right, that’s what I’m saying. I believe that too. We’ve got tapes on him talking. He’s putting the blame on you. ... Why don’t you tell them it was him that night? Like you said, why don’t they give him a lie detector test? Why don’t they question him about that?”
     “I asked them that very question, and they wouldn’t give me an answer. ...”
     “Yeah, because I don’t think that any man should walk away with a murder charge on him.”
     “No.”
     “And that was my son that he killed and I think he should answer for it.”
     “I agree. ...”
     “... But the thing is then, why don’t they give Lionel a polygraph test?”
     “Well, that’s a good question and when I asked them they wouldn’t answer me.”
     “... I don’t know why they don’t, you know, look at Lionel.”
     “I know. That is odd and, of course, when I asked about it, they say that’s not the issue here. ...”
     “I’d give anything if somebody could give them a push in the direction to look at Lionel, you know.”
     “When they were here I was asking, you know. I know Lionel is dangerous.”
     “...That was my son that was ... his head was blown off before they set the camp on fire down there. I want to know why he did that to him ’cause he wasn’t guilty of being a rat and I think you know that. Don’t you?”
     “Well, I think it’s true that they need to take a good look at Lionel here.