CONFESSION TAPE PLAYED AT MURDER TRIAL

Warning: Contains graphic content

Fourteen-year-old Chelsea Acorn may have been murdered for witnessing
a drug deal.

The possible motive emerged Tuesday during the Chilliwack Supreme
Court jury trial of two men accused of killing the teen.

During a taped conversation with an undercover RCMP officer posing as
a successful criminal from Montreal, 56-year-old Jesse West said he
found it "much easier" to get rid of a woman than a man, and that he
had "been there" and "done it" before, using his hands to "snap their
neck."

The recording was taken in February 2007, as part of a "Mr. Big"
operation to nab West and his son, 24-year-old Dustin Robert Moir, for
Acorn's murder. Both men have pleaded not guilty in the case.

Hikers found Acorn's body in a shallow grave outside of Hope in April
2006. Under the care of the Ministry of Children and Family
Development, Acorn went missing from an Abbotsford-area group home in
June 2005.

The names of West and his son surfaced through investigation of
Acorn's cell phone records, and information from her friends and
social workers.

The RCMP officer gave testimony on his "cameo role" in the sting,
which led West and Moir to believe they were going to join a lucrative
crime ring after a meeting with the "crime boss."

Under probing, West provided details about killing an unnamed female
victim. He said he had been delivering "five kilos" to someone, and
that "she" had "seen something she shouldn't have seen."

A teary eyed jury listened as West said he took "maybe two weeks" to
plan her murder following the incident.

In the recording, taken on the patio of a Vancouver restaurant, West
explained how he lured the victim in with the promise of a weekend
camping trip filled with drugs, booze, 4x4ing, and $1,000 shopping
money. He told her it was far away, and it would be just the two of
them.

When they got to the campsite, West told his victim to strip down,
turn around, and he proceeded to "snap" her neck from behind.

"Like a .... snap-hold kind of thing?" asked the officer.

"Yeah, something like that. Snap. And then I hold for maybe - I
overdid - I hold for maybe four or five minutes. Just to make sure,"
said West, with a chuckle.

West described how he put her body in a hole, crushed her with a rock,
and buried her.

In the opening days of the trial, the jury heard a pathologist testify
that Acorn's body was nude when buried, and that her skull had been
crushed. No clothes, jewelry or other personal effects had been found
in the grave. That evidence had been held back by police during their
investigation.

When asked if he left anything behind, West replied, "not even a
cigarette butt."

On Wednesday, the jury heard a similar interview with
Moir.

"I just aimed at her head and threw it," said Moir, gesturing how he
lifted a large rock above his head, and threw it onto Acorn's body.

The description was one of many statements made during an interview
between Moir and a fictitious "crime boss," at the Fairmont Hotel in
Vancouver on Nov. 25, 2006.

The meeting was videotaped, and watched by the jury in Chilliwack
Supreme Court on Wednesday afternoon.

Moir said the murder was carried out by him and his father Jesse
West.

In response to the 'crime boss's' questions, Moir said the victim was
from Abbotsford, and her name was Chelsea Acorn. Moir said she had
been "hanging" out with his dad, and they most likely met in the
Abbotsford or Chilliwack area. At the time, Moir was also living in
Abbotsford, and West was residing in Surrey, working as a long-haul
trucker.

Moir said his father offered him $15,000 to help him carry out a "hit
on a girl." West picked up Moir the next day in an old Sunbird, with
Acorn in the car.

They drove to Merritt to get a coffee at Tim Hortons, and then headed
back along the Coquihalla Highway towards Hope, for about an hour.
They pulled off near the Carolin Mines exit, where they created a
campsite in an open area. They took turns having sex with the girl
along the way, Moir said.

They set up a tent, and told Acorn to stay inside, giving her a beer
to keep her occupied. West told Acorn that a man was driving out to
have sex with her, for money, and that "he'd be here soon." Then he
"duct taped her," as part of a sex thing, which Acorn went along with.
They later removed the tape, said Moir.

West and Moir took a couple of hours to dig a hole, about two to three
feet deep, using a "serrated" military shovel to cut through roots.

Eventually, they got Acorn out of the tent.

West choked her from behind for a couple minutes, "her eyes rolled,
and she hit the floor," said Moir.

Moir then "jumped" on her and choked her for a few seconds, because he
saw her move.

The body was put in the grave, and that's when Moir threw the large
rock on her head, following his father's instructions.

"Was she dressed?" asked the crime boss.

"No," replied Moir.

Later, he was also asked if she had jewelry.

"No," he answered.

They covered Acorn's body with lots of rocks, and pulled up a small
tree and planted it over top, just to make it look good, he said.

Moir explained that they took her clothes and threw them in a
dumpster, disposed of his shoes, and bleached parts of his father's
house.

In the end, Moir said his father never paid him.

When asked by the crime boss why West would kill Acorn, Moir replied,
"I think it's because she pissed him off or something."

Moir said he only got involved because there was a money
incentive.

Following the incident, Moir moved to Whistler to get away from his
father, and to escape the "heat" in the newspapers and on T.V.

Two months after their arrest in March 2007, Moir was released on
$200,000 bail. His father has remained in custody.

The trial continues.