Darryl Littlejohn, In His Own Words

Darryl Littlejohn – investigated by police as a suspect in the February rape and murder of New York grad student Imette St. Guillen - says he did not kill her and police have "the wrong person."

Littlejohn gave his side of the story in an exclusive interview with WCBS-TV Reporter Scott Weinberger, who talked to Littlejohn late Tuesday at Rikers Island, the New York City jail where he was locked up on a parole violation as the investigation continued.

Wednesday, sources said Littlejohn - a bouncer at a bar Guillen visited in the last few hours of her life – has been charged with the murder, in an indictment the sources say is still sealed and is expected to be made public sometime on Thursday.

Weinberger's exclusive interview was done under restrictions imposed by Littlejohn defense attorney Kevin O'Donnell: no questions about any of the evidence, no questions about witness statements to police, and no questions about what happened after Guillen was no longer in the bar.

O'Donnell says he insisted on those restrictions because the defense does not yet have access to all the information that police have and he does not want his client tried in the media.

Here are Littlejohn's answers to some key questions about the case.

Scott Weinberger: "When police were questioning you, did you volunteer to give your DNA?"

Littlejohn: "Yes, I did."

Weinberger: "And you gave it?"

Littlejohn: "Yes... There was never a question about me consenting to give my DNA. When they first approached me at The Falls [the bar when he works and where St. Guillen was last seen alive], I provided them with my real name, my real address, Social Security number, birth date, so on and so forth.

Weinberger: "Okay... When you were in custody did police take photographs of you?"

Littlejohn: "Yes, they did."

Weinberger: "Do you remember what kind of photographs they took?"

Littlejohn: "Polaroids. They made me strip down to the waist. They made me extend my hands, both sides of my arms, my frontal, my back, my face, my neck, the whole upper torso."

Weinberger: "Staying with that, did you have then, or do you have, any type of scratches on your body?"

Littlejohn: "No, I don't."

Weinberger: "They asked you about that?"

Littlejohn: "Yes."

Littlejohn: "Yes, I was."

Weinberger: "Did you see Imette St. Guillen at the bar?"

Littlejohn: "At the end of the night, yes [nodding his head]...

Weinberger: "Okay, you... "

Littlejohn: "...just before closing."

Weinberger: "Did somebody ask you to escort her out?"

Littlejohn: "Yes. It was close to the closing time, all the other patrons had left the bar and I was asked to escort her out."

Weinberger: "Did you do that?"

Littlejohn: "Yes... That's normal, upon closing time, the stragglers or whoever's remaining by, they have to be off the premises by 4, 4 a.m. or the bar gets fined. So, yes, that's normal."

Littlejohn: "I'm a likely suspect because I have a criminal background and I wasn't supposed to be there working."

Littlejohn: "My family knows me... And this is really not about me."

Weinberger: "Did you kill Imette St. Guillen?"

Littlejohn: "No, I did not."

Weinberger: "Do you have a sense of, what do you think her [Imette St. Guillen's] family's going through?"

Littlejohn: "They have to be devastated completely. I mean - having not known this woman personally or anything - you know, from the little bit that I've been told about her, she was a brilliant person. She was going on with her life to become, you know, somebody in this world and the family has to be devastated. I'm truly, I'm truly sorry what happened to this young lady, but they [police] have the wrong person."