Patti Brewer was headed home from work with her daughter traveling on Hwy. 125 on April 20, 1997 at around 2:00 p.m. , when she approached a red light. Ms. Brewer's daughter said, "mom, that looks like the missing girl". They would try to get up next to the girl who was driving a grey Ford Station Wagon which had a totally different license plate from ROL402. As Ms. Brewer and her daughter finally got beside the vehicle, the girl held up her hand to the side of her face so that they could not see her facial features. The light then changed and the girl drove away. Ms. Brewer's daughter had written down the license plate from the station wagon and the police would later check into it. The license plate number that they wrote down and it was checked by police came back to a Black Ford Tempo. Ms. Brewer was later questioned about her relationship to Bunk Applegate who is a cousin to Carol Baker, who is married to Dewayne Baker, the half brother of Vincent Doan. Ms. Brewer had never seen Carrie Culberson in her life. Ms. Brewer said she was postive that she saw Carrie Culberson this day.
Phyllis Lunsford
On May 16, 1997 at approximatly 9:30 a.m. Ms. Lunsford witnessed a red Honda CRX in her tire shop having services done to it's tires. Ms. Lunsford would identify the CRX as having a front license plate that had ROL402. Ms. Lunsford stated that the person bringing the car in for services was a young man. Ms. Lunsford recognized the car as the missing CRX as it began to leave the shop and that is when she wrote down the "front" license plate. Ms. Lunsford also noticed that the vehicle had a dented passengar side door. Ms. Lunsford later called the Hillsboro police and they then contacted Clinton County Police would then call Ms. Lunsford for a statement. Ms. Lunsford would later testify that the 3rd letter in the front license plate was difficult to see but she was positive it was that of Carrie Culberson's missing license plate number.
Robert Briggs
On May 16, 1997, Robert Briggs was traveling down Hwy. 132 South when he got behind a red Honda CRX. He said the car stood out to him because it had a sticker on it that read: "all employees must wash hands before returning to work". Mr. Briggs said that the driver appeared to be a young man wearing a ball cap. Mr. Briggs would later state that as the highway began to work where 132 went right and Hwy 276 South went left, that there was a police officer present. Mr. Briggs stated that the CRX sped up right before the fork in the road, passing cars on a double yellow line and took 276. Mr. Briggs called the police the next day to tell them what he had witnessed, however he did not write down the license plate he witnessed the day before.
Colleen Baker
Colleeen Baker was a next door neighbor to Vincent Doan on Wednesday, August 28, 1996. She testified that she was sleeping in her bedroom on Wright Street and never heard any sounds whatsoever on this night. Ms. Baker's bedroom was facing the street and as she would do many nights, she looked out her window until she went to sleep. She was in bed around 1:00 a.m. on this night and never saw or heard anything.
Bonnie Davis
Bonnie Davis was a former neighbor of Vincent Doan’s on the night of August 28, 1996, and the early morning hours of August 29, 1996. Ms. Davis testified that she went to bed about midnight and as she looked out her window as she always does before she goes to bed, that she saw who she believed to be Vincent Doan getting into his Mustang and then returning within 10 minutes. Vincent Doan was wearing a Tshirt and shorts on this night. After Ms. Davis had laid down in the bed, she was woke again by loud voices. She got up to see what was going on and noticed a young woman fitting the description of Carrie Culberson yelling and pointing her finger at Mr. Doan. Ms. Davis said that she noticed the conversation lasted approximately 10 minutes and then the young woman twirled around and she noticed her dark hair and ran and got into what looked like a new model black truck waiting at the corner. As the young woman got into the black truck, Vincent Doan got in his Mustang and went up an opposite street in the opposite direction as the girl and the black truck. Ms. Davis never seen a red Honda CRX in Mr. Doan’s drive way that night. Not until two days later on August 31, 1996 would Ms. Davis speak to a police officer about what she had seen.
Betty Baker
Betty Baker was Vincent Doan’s step-mother. She stated that on August 28, 1996 at around 1:00 a.m., that Vincent Doan called their residence to speak with his father Lawrence Baker. Ms. Baker heard the conversation of Lawrence from the next room and from what she gathered, Vincent had taken the truck out and it had stopped running near his friend’s house, Jeff Warren. Ms. Baker heard Lawrence tell Vincent to let the truck sit for a few minutes and then to start it again. Lawrence would also tell Vincent to not get the truck above 45-50 miles per hour, or it would stall again. Ms. Baker testified that Lawrence told Vincent that if the truck did not start, that he would come get him. Ms. Baker and Lawrence decided that since they were already up, that they would go ahead and go pick up an El Camino that had pins put in the door earlier and was still at the shop waiting to be picked up. Ms. Baker and Lawrence Baker went to pick up the car and on the way home Lawrence pulled over at Vincent’s house. Ms. Baker testified that Vincent Doan was sound asleep on the couch and she could see him from the car. Ms. Baker testified that Vincent Doan never moved off the couch because he was asleep. Ms. Baker testified that Lawrence turned the TV and the lights off, closed the door and left.
Lawrence Baker
Lawrence Baker who is Vincent Doan’s father testified that at around 1:15 a.m., on August 29, 1996, he received a collect call from Vincent Doan. Vincent was at his friends house, Jeff Warren in Williamsburg. Mr. Baker testified that the truck Vincent Doan was driving had broken down and he was telling him how get it to run to get him back home. Mr. Baker told Vincent that if he could not get the truck to run, to call back and he would come get him. After a short while and no return phone call from Vincent Doan, Lawrence Baker and Betty left to go pick up the El Camino that had the pins put in the door. On the way back to their residence, Lawrence and Betty stopped by Vince’s house. Vincent Doan was asleep on the couch with the TV and lights on. Lawrence Baker would testify that he went inside and when he saw that Vincent was home, he turned off the lights, and closed the door and went on home. Lawrence testified that Vincent Doan was not at work on August 29, 1996 because he believed Vincent Doan had a court date that day to attend. Lawrence also testified that Deputy Lunsford did call Vincent Doan to discuss the alibi and any involvement in the Culberson disappearance. Lawrence Baker stated that he told Mr. Lunsford that he believe that he was beginning to turn on the negative side towards Vincent, and that they would not be talking anymore. Lawrence Baker testified that he and Vincent Doan went to several places looking for Carrie after she disappeared. Mr. Baker stated that he and Vincent made one trip to Hillsboro to a place called Christopher’s, because he had heard that is where Carrie would buy drugs. Mr. Baker said they had not seen Carrie. Lawrence Baker testified that Vincent Doan never took drugs or mistreated any woman that he was aware of. Mr. Baker would go onto verify that Debra Culberson came over to his residence on August 30, 1996 and he told her that he had spoken with Vincent Doan and that Vincent didn’t know anything about where Carrie had gone to. Mr. Baker said he wished that Carrie would get in her clothes and come on home because he felt sorry for her family being that it had been a year since she left.