Full Testimony: Randy Downs Recalled to Play Katelyn Goble's Recorded Interviews

Randy Downs, the lead investigator, was recalled to the stand on Day 4 for one purpose: play the jury every recorded conversation Katelyn Goble ever gave investigators, in order, almost start to finish. This is his complete recall testimony, sworn back in to excused, breaks removed. This is State of Georgia v. Katelyn Goble, the disappearance and dismemberment case out of Newton County. Morgan Bauer, 19, flew to Atlanta in February 2016 and was reported missing three weeks later. Prosecutors say Goble, also 19, helped kill Morgan and helped hide what was left of her at a home in Porterdale. Her family searched seven years before her remains were recovered from that property in 2023. Goble has pleaded not guilty. This is Disappeared & Dismembered. Downs already spent Days 1 and 2 on Goble's digital life. Day 4 is different: this entire recall is him sponsoring a chain of recorded conversations investigators had with Goble in Peoria, Illinois, and after her arrest, playing each for the jury almost in full. The recall opens back inside the first Peoria interview, with Goble describing the moment her boyfriend, Alexander "Alex" Warren, approached her about a suitcase, asking her to help carry it to a fire pit and burn it. Downs then walks the jury through the Facebook exhibits and messaging timeline built around that window. The recording moves into what the case record calls "the cigarette room," an unguarded break where Goble, alone with Downs, talks about her interest in witchcraft, her cosplay hobby, and her knowledge of mortuary science, and describes Morgan as "rainbow-y," someone whose smile "lit up everything." Downs testifies he "felt there was more there" and pushed for a third sit-down. That interview, at the Peoria County Sheriff's Office, brings in a second investigator to confront Goble with cell phone records that, in Downs' account, place her, Warren, and Morgan together at points her own story said they were not. The recall closes with a jailhouse interview after her arrest, then cross-examination, where the defense gets Downs to confirm what Goble maintained throughout: that Warren killed Morgan and she only helped afterward. The defense also presses him over a photo comparison and her TikTok videos, including a prop head versus an actual human head. This channel has covered every day gavel to gavel. This video stands alone as the lead investigator's complete recall testimony, but it is one piece of the full record. --- KEY MOMENTS 0:00 - The recall resumes: the first Peoria interview recording continues playing for the jury 3:06 - Goble describes Alex asking her to help move a suitcase to a fire pit "and burn" 12:25 - Downs walks the jury through the Facebook exhibits behind the case timeline 51:47 - Goble describes years spent "expecting him to show up and decide to kill me" 1:53:38 - A second recording is tendered: the unguarded "cigarette room" conversation 1:59:39 - Goble describes Morgan as "rainbow-y," someone whose smile "lit up everything" 2:03:37 - Downs explains why he pushed for a third interview: "I felt there was more there" 2:05:00 - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office interview begins 2:15:42 - Confronted with cell phone records placing her, Warren, and Morgan together 4:11:22 - Cross-examination begins 4:12:36 - Defense confirms what Goble maintained: Warren killed Morgan, she only helped afterward 4:14:27 - Defense presses Downs on the "prop head" comparison over Goble's TikTok videos --- COMPLETE CASE COVERAGE justiceisaprocess.com SUBSCRIBE for daily trial coverage and hit the notification bell so you never miss testimony. JOIN to unlock the Case Notebook powered by NotebookLM, where you can chat with the evidence, ask questions about testimony, and go deeper than any comment section allows. CASE BACKGROUND REPORT: https://justiceisaprocess.com/ga-v-go... Complete case overview: who Morgan Bauer was, the seven years her family spent looking for her, the five counts a Newton County grand jury returned, the co-defendant who has already pleaded guilty and is serving life without parole, and the recorded statements the State built its case on. PLAYLISTS AND RESOURCES Full Trial Live Broadcasts:    • Disappeared & Dismembered (GA v. Katelyn G...   No Breaks Edition:    • Disappeared & Dismembered (GA v. Katelyn G...   Trial Analysis Podcast:    • Disappeared & Dismembered (GA v. Katelyn G...   Key Moments and Testimony:    • Disappeared & Dismembered (GA v. Katelyn G...   Subscribe for Daily Coverage:    / @justiceisaprocess   FAIR USE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE This content is produced under Fair Use (17 U.S.C. 107) for news reporting, criticism, and educational purposes. We provide transformative commentary on public court proceedings, advancing public understanding of the judicial process through timestamps, analysis, and educational context. #JusticeIsAProcess #DisappearedAndDismembered #Goble