John Quinones

You weren't thinking about that.

After she took his handcuffs off, Detective Major asked Great if he'd like anything to drink.

He said he wanted coffee, and she asked an officer to bring some in.

Major had learned that building rapport with a suspect and showing them empathy could get them to open up.

So she chose to speak with Great in a gentle tone.

There was a camera in the room so that other officers could watch and listen.

But that camera went down during the interview.

So the audio you're hearing is from Detective Major's backup recorder.

Once Detective Major and Sean Great settled in, she told Great she had just talked to Jane Doe about what happened to her in that abandoned house on Colvert Court.

Great explained that by going through things, he meant not having anywhere to live.

He said Ashland's homeless shelter was shut down, and that's why he was staying in the abandoned house.

Detective Major told Sean Great that investigators already knew what he had done to Jane Doe.

Now, they wanted to understand why he abducted and assaulted her.

Great traced things back to his mom.

It doesn't matter.

Sean Great started crying.

Detective Major tried to comfort him.

She said that being honest about what he'd done to Jane Doe was the right thing to do.

She started asking him questions about her.

Great said Jane Doe was very Christian, knew the Bible well, and did not believe in sex outside of marriage.