“In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.” 2 Corinthians 13:1

In the matter of Jamin Wight’s sex-abuse crimes, we have obtained copies of witness statements to the Moscow Police Department, including Jamin Wight’s written confession as well as two police narratives and other court-related documents. The pdf is 31 pages and Natalie Greenfield has given us permission to post some of the docs. This is an edited inventory:

Written Confession
Jamin Wight wrote a confession at the request of Natalie’s father, Gary Greenfield. We will not publish the confession because it’s too explicit and because Mr. Wight incriminated his victim. This is a summary:

• Mr. Wight wrote the confession in February 2005
• Mr. Wight wrote it with a word processor
• The confession is 3 pages at 2,157 words
• Mr. Wight corroborates every point of Natalie’s complaint (past & present)
• Mr. Wight does not deny any of Natalie’s complaint
• Mr. Wight contradicts Doug Wilson at three key points: (1) the reason he boarded at the Greenfield’s, (2) the nature of the so-called “secret courtship,” and (3) they were not allowed to hold hands.
• The Moscow Police Department entered the confession into evidence on August 31, 2005

Police Narrative
Officer Casey Green wrote a narrative that describes his interview with Natalie Greenfield when she made her initial complaint, as well as his follow-up interview with Jamin Wight. During this interview Jamin Wight admitted everything he documented in his confession, with one addition: Mr. Wight informs the MPD that the Greenfields prohibited him from holding hands with Natalie, contra Doug Wilson. Officer Green exercised discretion when he wrote the narrative, however we still had to redact large portions because of its graphic content. You can read it here in the Wight Archive.

Supplemental Police Narrative
Officer Green wrote a supplemental narrative to document his conversations with Douglas Wilson, Dr. Peter Leithart, the Latah County Prosecutor’s Office, as well as the arrest of Jamin Wight. You can read it here in the Wight Archive.

OBSERVATIONS

Here are two points that stood out to me and others who read the 31 pages:

Jamin Wight Contradicts Doug Wilson
Jamin Wight contradicts Doug Wilson on two key points:

1. Jamin Wight states that he “was asked to move in with the Greenfields (February 2001) and have his room and board paid for in trade for working around the home”; whereas Doug Wilson claims the Greenfields “had bizarrely brought Jamin into the house as a boarder so that he could conduct a secret courtship with Natalie.” (Doug Wilson’s ‘Reluctant Response’)

2. Jamin Wight states that the Greenfields forbade him from holding hands with Natalie: “the first time they ‘broke the rules’ . . . they held hands. . .”; whereas Doug Wilson claims “her parents permitted a certain measure of physical affection to exist between them (e.g. hand-holding).” (Doug Wilson’s ‘Reluctant Response’)

Jamin Wight Agrees with Doug Wilson
Jamin Wight and Doug Wilson agreed on three points:

1. Boarding: Both men agreed that Jamin Wight boarded at the Greenfields, though neither man agrees on the reason he boarded there.
2. Courtship: Only two persons refer to the so-called “courtship” in the 31-page report: Jamin Wight and Pastor Doug Wilson of Christ Church, Moscow. Mr. Wight never describes it as a “secret.” We redacted all of Jamin Wight’s references to this courtship.
3. “mature”: Jamin Wight and Douglas Wilson dismissed the gravity of Mr. Wight’s crimes because of Natalie’s appearance and her maturity. The police narrative states:
   

   “Wight told me he did not feel Natalie was 14 because she did not look or act 14, she was very advanced and mature for her age.”

   Doug Wilson echoed Mr. Wight, telling Rod Dreher:

   “The reason we did not want it treated as pedophilia is that her parents had bizarrely brought Jamin into the house as a boarder so that he could conduct a secret courtship with Natalie. So Jamin was in a romantic relationship with a young girl, her parents knew of the relationship and encouraged it, her parents permitted a certain measure of physical affection to exist between them (e.g. hand-holding), Natalie was a beautiful and striking young woman, and at the time was about eight inches taller than Jamin was. Her parents believed that she was mature enough to be in that relationship, and the standards they set for the relationship would have been reasonable if she had in fact been of age and if the two had not been living under the same roof.” (Doug Wilson’s ‘Reluctant Response’)

   Please note that the report contains written statements from each of Natalie’s parents to the MPD; neither corroborates Mr. Wilson’s representations.

The 31-page police report contains no exculpatory testimony on behalf of Jamin Wight. The entire document — with the exception of Doug Wilson’s two-page letter — affirms Mr. Wight’s guilt in the matter of sexually abusing a minor. Mr. Wight admits his guilt several times in unequivocal terms.