Click the play button on the video window to the see the storyWearing headsets, holding a transcript, and taking notes, jurors hearing the case against suspected "Serial Shooter" Dale Hausner heard secret police recordings captured from Hausner's home.
"I love shooting people in the back, (laughing) it's so much fun," said a man on the recordings who detectives identified as Hausner.
Hausner, 35, has pleaded not guilty to more than 80-charges connected to the so-called "Serial Shooters" crime spree.
Eight people were killed and 20 others wounded during spree in 2005 and 2006.
Hausner's roommate and alleged accomplice, Samuel Dieteman has agreed to help investigators and testify against Hausner.
A voice on the recordings, identified by detectives of being Samuel Dieteman's could also be heard on the tapes played for the jury.
At one point, the voice identified as Hausner's makes an eerie request to his daughter for Dieteman.
Hausner: Say goodnight Sam.
Child: Goodnight Sam.
Dieteman: Night-night.
Hausner: See you in the morning.
Child: See you morning.
Hausner: Say don't kill anybody.
Dieteman: In the morning, that's too early.
Child: It's too early.
Hausner: Say don't kill anybody.
Child: Don't kill anybody.
Dieteman: Alright, since you asked. The series of recordings, placed into court evidence as exhibit 935, came with a transcript prepared by Phoenix police detectives and members of the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.
The voice identified as Dieteman's could be heard discussing plans to conceal his identity.
"I'm going to get some of that tanning stuff, I figure black hair, if I can dye the rest of my facial hair black and then ran real well, they'll think I'm a Hispanic guy."
The two men could be heard on the recordings cracking jokes regarding the police investigation and laughing at television news reporters.
"Phoenix and Mesa Police have now officially linked the (inaudible) the shooting death of a young Mesa woman to the serial killer, which now bring their total to six," said the voice identified as Dieteman.
"It's higher than that, what about the guy I (expletive) shot on 27th Avenue in the yard," said the voice identified as Hausner.
The secret recordings, mainly taped in August of 2006, were broken up into segments when the men discussed the crimes.
"My favorite thing is, you know, when somebody is walking away, you know it gives me an extra couple of seconds to aim because I don't have to worry about them looking," said the voice identified as Dieteman's.
For about an hour, jurors listened to the recordings, while Hausner sat quietly with a headset on, thumbing through the transcripts.
"I just get it (gun) somewhere it looks like the barrel is pointed at them and bang," said the voice identified as Dieteman.
At one point during the taped conversations, the pair discuss a report of possible copy-cats mimicking the crimes.
"So we're being copycatted Sam? We're pioneers Sam, we're leading the way for a better life for everybody Sam?" said the voice identified by detectives of that of Dale Hausner.
The trial is expected to continue for three to four more months.
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