1 00:00:03,413 --> 00:00:18,310 ♪ >>> WHAT WAS LOST WHEN ALYSSA 2 00:00:18,310 --> 00:00:19,724 ♪ >>> WHAT WAS LOST WHEN ALYSSA 3 00:00:19,758 --> 00:00:24,241 WAS TAKEN? WHAT WAS LOST WITH HER MURDER? 4 00:00:24,275 --> 00:00:31,965 >> MY DAUGHTER. WILLOW'S MOTHER. 5 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,482 EVERYTHING. >> HOW DO YOU KEEP ALYSSA ALIVE 6 00:00:36,517 --> 00:00:39,310 FOR HER DAUGHTE WILLOW? >> SHOW HER PICTURES, THIS IS 7 00:00:39,344 --> 00:00:45,517 YOUR MOM, THIS IS YOUR MOM. EVERY MOTHER'S DAY WE VISIT THE 8 00:00:45,551 --> 00:00:47,344 GRAVE. WE TAKE FLOWERS. 9 00:00:47,379 --> 00:00:49,965 WE TAKE CARDS. YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT HER ALL 10 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:55,793 THE TIME. >> WHAT DOES THIS SAY? 11 00:00:55,827 --> 00:00:58,689 "MOTHER OF WILLOW ANN." >> I HOPE THAT WHEN SHE LEARNS 12 00:00:58,724 --> 00:01:04,000 WHAT HAPPENED SHE DOESN'T LET IT TEAR HER APART. 13 00:01:04,034 --> 00:01:12,586 >> OCTOBER 2nd, 2020. >> THE CRIME SCENE IS GOING TO 14 00:01:12,620 --> 00:01:16,172 BE INSIDE THAT TAPE? >> IT'S INSIDE THAT TAPE. 15 00:01:16,206 --> 00:01:21,448 >> I REMEMBER MY PHONE WAS CONTINUOUSLY RINGING, RINGING. 16 00:01:21,482 --> 00:01:24,689 AND I FINALLY ANSWER IT BECAUSE IT'S MY SUPERVISOR AND SHE'S 17 00:01:24,724 --> 00:01:29,413 FRANTIC AND SHE'S TELLING ME YOU'VE GOT TO GET TO GREENTREE 18 00:01:29,448 --> 00:01:30,655 APARTMENTS. >> I HEARD THAT POP. 19 00:01:30,689 --> 00:01:34,482 I TURNED AROUND, I KNEW IT WAS A GUNSHOT. 20 00:01:34,517 --> 00:01:36,758 >> AND SHE SAYS SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO ALYSSA. 21 00:01:36,793 --> 00:01:38,448 WHAT? WHAT HAPPENED TO HER? 22 00:01:38,482 --> 00:01:40,793 >> WE'RE GOING TO START HAVING FAMILY MEMBERS SHOW UP HERE. 23 00:01:40,827 --> 00:01:45,413 >> I PULL UP. POLICE, FIRE TRUCKS, AMBULANCE 24 00:01:45,448 --> 00:01:47,655 EVERYWHERE. >> SHE GOT SHOT IN THE CAR. 25 00:01:47,689 --> 00:01:49,827 >> OKAY. >> SHE CAN SEE HER HANDPRINTS. 26 00:01:49,862 --> 00:01:51,689 >> WHO ARE YOU? >> I'M DETECTIVE HARDING. 27 00:01:51,723 --> 00:01:54,655 >> I REMEMBER ASKING THAT OFFICER, I SAID, SHE DIDN'T MAKE 28 00:01:54,689 --> 00:02:01,137 IT, DID SHE? AND HE SAID, "NO, SHE DIDN'T." 29 00:02:01,172 --> 00:02:06,034 AND I JUST LOST IT AT THAT POINT. 30 00:02:06,068 --> 00:02:10,240 >> WHEN YOU LEARNED THAT YOUR SISTER WAS DEAD, DID YOU HAVE A 31 00:02:10,275 --> 00:02:14,758 SUSPECT IN MIND? >> I KNEW IMMEDIATELY IT WAS 32 00:02:14,793 --> 00:02:17,965 ANDREW BEARD. I KNEW THAT THE ONLY PERSON I 33 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,724 COULD THINK THAT WOULD WANT HER DEAD WAS ANDREW BEARD. 34 00:02:21,758 --> 00:02:24,931 >> SHE EVEN SAID, "I THINK HE'S THE KIND OF PERSON THAT'S GOING 35 00:02:24,965 --> 00:02:26,482 TO TRY TO KILL ME." AND HE DID! 36 00:02:26,517 --> 00:02:34,965 AND HE DID! OH, MY GOD! 37 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,758 >> IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL SCENES THAT I'VE BEEN TO IN 32 38 00:02:38,793 --> 00:02:41,067 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. YOU COULD SEE THE RAGE. 39 00:02:41,103 --> 00:02:42,206 >> DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING. OKAY? 40 00:02:42,241 --> 00:02:47,344 >> I'M NOT TOUCHING. >> WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU WHEN 41 00:02:47,379 --> 00:02:49,275 IT'S THIS VICIOUS ABOUT THE KILLER? 42 00:02:49,310 --> 00:02:51,827 >> IT'S PERSONAL. >> SHE APPARENTLY HAS HAD A 43 00:02:51,862 --> 00:02:55,034 HISTORY WITH BABY DADDY. >> WITHIN AN HOUR OF GETTING TO 44 00:02:55,067 --> 00:02:59,137 THE CRIME SCENE WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO LOOK FOR ANDREW BEARD. 45 00:02:59,172 --> 00:03:03,413 >> ANDREW BEARD IS A SUSPECT? >> YES. 46 00:03:03,448 --> 00:03:08,034 >> HE CANNOT GET AWAY WITH THIS! HE CANNOT GET AWAY WITH THIS! 47 00:03:08,068 --> 00:03:09,793 >> AT FIRST IT SEEMED LIKE AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE. 48 00:03:09,827 --> 00:03:20,241 BUT AS IT TURNED OUT, ANDREW BEARD WAS ONLY HALF THE STORY. 49 00:03:20,275 --> 00:03:35,206 ♪ 50 00:03:35,206 --> 00:03:37,034 ♪ 51 00:03:37,067 --> 00:03:52,000 ♪ 52 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:57,034 ♪ 53 00:03:57,067 --> 00:04:07,482 ♪ >>> IN THE MONTHS AFTER ALYSSA 54 00:04:07,517 --> 00:04:12,103 BURKETT WAS MURDERED SHE APPEARED TO HER MOTHER, TERESA 55 00:04:12,137 --> 00:04:18,172 COLLARD, IN A DREAM. >> I SEE HER ACROSS THE ROOM, 56 00:04:18,206 --> 00:04:26,275 AND IN MY DREAM I KNEW SHE WAS GONE. 57 00:04:26,310 --> 00:04:30,827 BUT I WAS HYSTERICALLY HAPPY THAT I WAS SEEING HER, AND I WAS 58 00:04:30,862 --> 00:04:38,448 THINKING, YOU'RE BACK. SHE CAME TO ME AND SAID, "NO, 59 00:04:38,482 --> 00:04:45,793 I'M NOT BACK AND I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AND I NEVER WANT TO BE 60 00:04:45,827 --> 00:04:48,793 THERE AGAIN." I WAS PUZZLED, WHY DON'T YOU 61 00:04:48,827 --> 00:04:51,586 WANT TO COME BACK? AND SHE SAID, "BECAUSE I WAS 62 00:04:51,620 --> 00:04:54,655 ALWAYS AFRAID THERE." >> ALTHOUGH 24-YEAR-OLD ALYSSA 63 00:04:54,689 --> 00:04:58,310 BURKETT HAD BEEN AFRAID FOR MONTHS, THE ATTACK AT THIS 64 00:04:58,344 --> 00:05:02,758 APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE SHE WORKED IN CARROLLTON, TEXAS 65 00:05:02,793 --> 00:05:08,793 NORTH OF DALLAS CAME AS A SURPR 66 00:05:08,827 --> 00:05:09,931 SURPRISE. >> SO WHEN YOU ARRIVE HERE WHAT 67 00:05:09,965 --> 00:05:11,965 DO YOU SEE? >> ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE LEAD 68 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,793 DETECTIVES, MICHAEL HARDING, ALYSSA PULLED INTO HER USUAL 69 00:05:15,827 --> 00:05:17,413 PARKING SPACE AT AROUND 9:00 A.M. 70 00:05:17,448 --> 00:05:19,896 >> ALYSSA'S CAR WAS ACTUALLY PARKED RIGHT HERE WHERE THIS 71 00:05:19,931 --> 00:05:22,551 GREEN VAN IS RIGHT HERE, AND ASSAILANT'S VEHICLE HAD PARKED 72 00:05:22,586 --> 00:05:27,379 RIGHT NEXT TO HER IN THIS SPOT. >> WERE YOU HERE WHEN EVERYTHING 73 00:05:27,413 --> 00:05:28,620 HAPPENED? >> YES. 74 00:05:28,655 --> 00:05:31,551 I WAS SITTING AT MY DESK. >> WITNESSES SAY THE ASSAILANT 75 00:05:31,586 --> 00:05:35,034 EXITED HIS VEHICLE. A BLACK FORD EXPEDITION SUV. 76 00:05:35,068 --> 00:05:38,620 WITH A GUN IN HIS HAND. >> SHE HAD THE WINDOW UP. 77 00:05:38,655 --> 00:05:41,896 AND HE SHOT RIGHT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD -- RIGHT THROUGH THE 78 00:05:41,931 --> 00:05:45,517 WINDOW. >> MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR DARREN 79 00:05:45,551 --> 00:05:48,241 IKELER, ABOUT 15 FEET AWAY -- >> IT'S HORRIBLE. 80 00:05:48,275 --> 00:05:50,931 >> -- HEARD THE GUN BLAST AND TURNED AROUND. 81 00:05:50,965 --> 00:05:57,068 >> WHAT DO YOU SEE? >> I SEE A BLACK SUV STARTING TO 82 00:05:57,103 --> 00:06:00,448 BACK OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT. >> INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE 83 00:06:00,482 --> 00:06:05,344 SHOOTER THOUGHT ALYSSA WAS DEAD. THE BLAST HAD DESTROYED HER LEFT 84 00:06:05,379 --> 00:06:11,310 EYE AND PART OF HER FACE. BUT ALYSSA BURKETT WAS STILL 85 00:06:11,344 --> 00:06:12,793 ALIVE. >> SHE GETS OUT OF HER CAR AND 86 00:06:12,827 --> 00:06:15,482 SHE WALKS UP TO THIS LANDING TO TRY TO GET HELP BECAUSE SHE 87 00:06:15,517 --> 00:06:20,724 KNOWS HER CO-WORKERS ARE HERE. >> THE SHOOTER, DESCRIBED BY 88 00:06:20,758 --> 00:06:26,586 SOME AS A BLACK MAN -- >> A BLACK GUY -- 89 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:29,206 >> -- GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND BEGAN SPRINTING TOWARD ALYSSA, 90 00:06:29,241 --> 00:06:33,034 THIS TIME WITH A NEW WEAPON IN HIS HAND. 91 00:06:33,068 --> 00:06:35,068 SOMETHING MORE PERSONAL. A LARGE HUNTING KNIFE. 92 00:06:35,103 --> 00:06:36,620 >> DID YOU SEE HIM HOLDING THE KNIFE? 93 00:06:36,655 --> 00:06:38,379 >> YEAH. IN THE HAND. 94 00:06:38,413 --> 00:06:44,034 >> AFTER HE STARTS TO STAB HER SHE'S STILL FIGHTING. 95 00:06:44,068 --> 00:06:47,482 ON THIS WINDOW RIGHT HERE THERE WAS A BLOOD HANDPRINT SMEAR 96 00:06:47,517 --> 00:06:54,137 WHERE ALYSSA WAS TRYING TO GET ANYONE TO COME OUT AND HELP HER. 97 00:06:54,172 --> 00:06:59,931 >> BUT FEARING IT WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION, THEY STAYED 98 00:06:59,965 --> 00:07:02,413 INSIDE. >> WE'RE JUST GETTING OUR DAY 99 00:07:02,448 --> 00:07:03,896 STARTED. >> AND THE ATTACKER LAUNCHED 100 00:07:03,931 --> 00:07:08,000 INTO A RABID KILLING FRENZY, PLUNGING HIS KNIFE INTO FLESH 101 00:07:08,034 --> 00:07:11,689 AND BONE AGAIN AND AGAIN. INCREDIBLY, ALYSSA WAS STILL 102 00:07:11,724 --> 00:07:14,758 BREATHING WHEN HER ASSAILANT FLED. 103 00:07:14,793 --> 00:07:17,448 >> ONCE THE SUSPECT LEFT, HER CO-WORKERS CAME OUT TO TRY TO 104 00:07:17,482 --> 00:07:19,827 RENDER AID. >> ONE OF HER COLLEAGUES MADE 105 00:07:19,862 --> 00:07:23,517 THIS CALL TO 911. >> 911, WHAT IS THE ADDRESS OF 106 00:07:23,551 --> 00:07:27,241 THE EMERGENCY? >> SOMEONE CAME UP AND JUST SHOT 107 00:07:27,275 --> 00:07:30,103 MY ASSISTANT MANAGER. >> WHERE IS THE SHOOTER? 108 00:07:30,137 --> 00:07:31,655 >> I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION. 109 00:07:31,689 --> 00:07:33,517 I MEAN, HE'S GONE. HE LEFT IN HIS CAR. 110 00:07:33,551 --> 00:07:38,310 HE LITERALLY LEFT A SECOND AGO. >> PULLED UP FIRST. 111 00:07:38,344 --> 00:07:41,344 I COME OUT, GET OUT OF THE WAY LET THEM DO THEIR THING. 112 00:07:41,379 --> 00:07:42,896 >> THEY START WORKING ON HER RIGHT HERE? 113 00:07:42,931 --> 00:07:46,482 >> IMMEDIATELY, YEAH. AND IT WAS TOO LATE. 114 00:07:46,517 --> 00:07:50,068 SHE WAS GONE. >> ALYSSA HAD BEEN STABBED AND 115 00:07:50,103 --> 00:07:56,827 SLASHED A TOTAL OF 44 TIMES. ALYSSA'S MOTHER, TERESA, 116 00:07:56,862 --> 00:07:59,862 IMMEDIATELY GAVE THE POLICE A NAME. 117 00:07:59,896 --> 00:08:02,620 AND IT WASN'T A BLACK MAN. IT WAS ANDREW BEARD. 118 00:08:02,655 --> 00:08:06,724 >> I KNOW HE DID THIS. HE'S AN EVIL PERSON! 119 00:08:06,758 --> 00:08:09,413 >> TERESA TOLD DETECTIVES THAT ANDREW BEARD AND ALYSSA WERE IN 120 00:08:09,448 --> 00:08:13,137 THE THROES OF AN UGLY CUSTODY BATTLE OVER THEIR 1-YEAR-OLD 121 00:08:13,172 --> 00:08:16,655 DAUGHTER, WILLOW ANN. A BATTLE THAT BEGAN WHEN ALYSSA 122 00:08:16,689 --> 00:08:20,379 WAS STILL PREGNANT, SAYS HER FRIEND, BRANDY REAGAN. 123 00:08:20,413 --> 00:08:23,827 >> HE INITIATED BY ASKING HER IF HE COULD HAVE FULL CUSTODY OF 124 00:08:23,862 --> 00:08:26,793 THE BABY AFTER THE BABY WAS BORN. 125 00:08:26,827 --> 00:08:29,827 >> AND WHAT DID ALYSSA HAVE TO SAY TO HIS IDEA OF HIM GETTING 126 00:08:29,862 --> 00:08:35,102 FULL CUSTODY? >> YOU BETTER BE F-ING KIDDING 127 00:08:35,136 --> 00:08:37,206 ME. >> ALYSSA AND ANDREW WERE WORLDS 128 00:08:37,241 --> 00:08:41,517 APART FROM THE BEGINNING. HE WAS ALMOST NINE YEARS OLDER, 129 00:08:41,551 --> 00:08:45,827 ESTABLISHED, WITH A GOOD JOB AT A TOOL COMPANY, A NICE HOUSE. 130 00:08:45,862 --> 00:08:50,827 EVEN HAD A PLANE. SHE WAS 22, LOVED EATING TURKEY 131 00:08:50,862 --> 00:08:53,241 LEGS AT STATE FAIRS, AND WAS STILL FIGURING LIFE OUT. 132 00:08:53,275 --> 00:08:56,896 AFTER MEETING ON A DATING APP THEY HAD A FLING. 133 00:08:56,931 --> 00:09:00,482 NOTHING SERIOUS. BUT THEN SHE FOUND OUT SHE WAS 134 00:09:00,517 --> 00:09:03,862 PREGNANT, SAYS HER FRIEND AND ROOMMATE, SHELBY WRIGHT. 135 00:09:03,896 --> 00:09:08,413 >> I'LL NEVER FORGET, SHE'S JUST STANDING THERE, HYSTERICALLY 136 00:09:08,448 --> 00:09:11,379 CRYING. AND UPSET. 137 00:09:11,413 --> 00:09:13,413 SHE COULDN'T EVEN SPEAK. AND SHE HANDS ME A PREGNANCY 138 00:09:13,448 --> 00:09:20,000 TEST THAT SAID POSITIVE. AND I HONESTLY HAD NO WORDS FOR 139 00:09:20,034 --> 00:09:21,172 H HER. 140 00:09:21,206 --> 00:09:23,448 >> BUT AS THE PREGNANCY PROGRESSED ALYSSA'S FEARS TURNED 141 00:09:23,482 --> 00:09:27,000 TO EXCITEMENT, SAYS SHELBY. ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE LEARNED IT 142 00:09:27,034 --> 00:09:32,068 WAS A GIRL. ON JULY 23rd, 2019 ALYSSA GAVE 143 00:09:32,103 --> 00:09:38,965 BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL SHE NAMED WILLOW. 144 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,241 >> AND WHEN YOU SAW THEM TOGETHER, ALYSSA AND WILLOW, 145 00:09:43,275 --> 00:09:47,758 WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE? >> AMAZING. 146 00:09:47,793 --> 00:09:52,241 MOTHERHOOD LOOKED GREAT ON HER. YES. 147 00:09:52,275 --> 00:09:56,724 >> JUST LOOKING AT THE TWO OF THEM, YOU COULD TELL THAT THEIR 148 00:09:56,758 --> 00:10:00,034 RELATIONSHIP WAS, I MEAN, EVERYTHING. 149 00:10:00,068 --> 00:10:03,517 >> I ALWAYS LOVED HOW SHE'S LOOKING AT HER IN THIS PICTURE. 150 00:10:03,551 --> 00:10:06,965 >> MADISON GRIMES IS ALYSSA'S YOUNGER SISTER. 151 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,862 >> WILLOW CLUNG TO HER EVERY SECOND OF EVERY DAY, AND I THINK 152 00:10:11,896 --> 00:10:13,931 THAT TELLS YOU A LOT ABOUT THE PLORGT ALYSSA WAS. 153 00:10:13,965 --> 00:10:17,344 >> ALYSSA WENT BACK TO COLLEGE AND GOT A GOOD JOB AS AN 154 00:10:17,379 --> 00:10:19,758 ASSISTANT PROPERTY MANAGER. >> I THINK EVERYTHING SHE DID AT 155 00:10:19,793 --> 00:10:22,689 THAT POINT IN HER LIFE WAS FOR WILLOW. 156 00:10:22,724 --> 00:10:23,965 SHE WANTED TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR WILLOW. 157 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:29,482 SHE DIDN'T WANT WILLOW TO GROW UP AND STRUGGLE. 158 00:10:29,517 --> 00:10:33,172 SHE JUST WANTED WILLOW TO HAVE AN EASY LIFE. 159 00:10:33,206 --> 00:10:35,448 >> ANDREW, WHO HAD JOINT CUSTODY, HAD WILLOW A FEW DAYS 160 00:10:35,482 --> 00:10:40,241 EVERY WEEK, BUT HE KEPT PUSHING FOR PRIMARY CUSTODY. 161 00:10:40,275 --> 00:10:45,241 DRAGGING ALYSSA IN AND OUT OF COURT HEARINGS, EMPTYING HER 162 00:10:45,275 --> 00:10:49,931 BANK ACCOUNT. >> SHE WAS TERRIFIED. 163 00:10:49,965 --> 00:10:52,551 WILLOW AT THIS POINT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN HER 164 00:10:52,586 --> 00:10:54,206 LIFE. AND WHEN SHE, YOU KNOW, LOOKED 165 00:10:54,241 --> 00:10:59,965 AT THE BIGGER PICTURE, ANDREW, HE MADE MORE MONEY THAN HER. 166 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,620 HE HAD A HOUSE. HE HAD ALL OF THE NICE THINGS 167 00:11:02,655 --> 00:11:04,689 SHE DIDN'T HAVE. SO SHE WAS AFRAID THAT, YOU 168 00:11:04,724 --> 00:11:07,413 KNOW, HE WANTED WILLOW AND HE WAS GOING TO GET HER. 169 00:11:07,448 --> 00:11:11,689 >> ANDREW'S MOTHER, LIZETTE BOWERS, SAYS HER SON WAS ACTING 170 00:11:11,724 --> 00:11:18,965 OUT OF LOVE, NOT MALICE. >> MY SON, ANDREW BEARD, IS A 171 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,206 LOVING, WARM INDIVIDUAL WHO ALWAYS OPERATED FROM HIS HEART, 172 00:11:22,241 --> 00:11:26,896 FROM HIS CORE CENTER. WHEN HE HAD WILLOW, SHE WAS 173 00:11:26,931 --> 00:11:28,034 CONSTANTLY STRAPPED TO THE FRONT OF HIM. 174 00:11:28,068 --> 00:11:32,965 HE WAS READING TO HER. HE WANTED HER TO SEE THE WHOLE 175 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,034 WORLD. EVERY DAY HE JUST FELT THAT HE 176 00:11:35,068 --> 00:11:37,034 COULD PROVIDE HER MORE STABILITY. 177 00:11:37,068 --> 00:11:43,310 >> IN MARCH 2020 WHEN WILLOW WAS EIGHT MONTHS OLD THINGS SEEMED 178 00:11:43,344 --> 00:11:47,517 TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. THE FEUDING PARENTS FOUND COMMON 179 00:11:47,551 --> 00:11:51,103 GROUND, FINALLY REACHING AN AGREEMENT ON VISITATION AND 180 00:11:51,137 --> 00:11:54,689 CHILD SUPPORT. >> AND SO THINGS SEEMED TO CALM 181 00:11:54,724 --> 00:11:56,448 DOWN? >> THINGS CALMED DOWN, YEAH. 182 00:11:56,482 --> 00:12:03,034 >> BUT A GATHERING STORM WAS ABOUT TO COME BARRELING IN. 183 00:12:03,068 --> 00:12:04,551 [ SIREN ] >> POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHERIFF'S 184 00:12:04,586 --> 00:12:12,275 DEPARTMENT, COME 185 00:12:12,310 --> 00:12:22,241 ♪ >>> IN THE SPRING OF 2020, IT 186 00:12:22,275 --> 00:12:26,517 LOOKED LIKE THE BITTER CUSTODY BATTLE BETWEEN ALYSSA AND ANDREW 187 00:12:26,551 --> 00:12:32,000 HAD FINALLY COME TO AN END. ALYSSA HAD A NEW GUY, NAMED BEN. 188 00:12:32,034 --> 00:12:37,379 AND ANDREW FELL HARD FOR A WOMAN NAMED HOLLY ELKINS, SOMEONE HIS 189 00:12:37,413 --> 00:12:42,034 MOM LIZETTE WAS THRILLED ABOUT. >> I ADORED HER FROM MINUTE ONE. 190 00:12:42,068 --> 00:12:45,172 SHE JUST HAS THIS CHARM AND ENERGY. 191 00:12:45,206 --> 00:12:50,827 I WARMED TO HER VERY QUICKLY. >> ALYSSA WAS HAPPY THAT HE 192 00:12:50,862 --> 00:12:56,758 STARTED DATING SOMEONE ELSE. >> I GUESS HOPEFUL THAT HOLLY 193 00:12:56,793 --> 00:13:00,172 WOULD HELP THE SITUATION. THAT HOLLY WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE 194 00:13:00,206 --> 00:13:04,379 OF THE MOTHER THAT'S INVOLVED. >> HOLLY SENT THIS TEXT TO 195 00:13:04,413 --> 00:13:06,965 ALYSSA. LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A SUPER 196 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,413 HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AND BEN. 197 00:13:10,448 --> 00:13:15,551 ALYSSA RESPONDED, I HOPE YOUR INFLUENCE HELPS BECAUSE I'D LOVE 198 00:13:15,586 --> 00:13:19,344 NOTHING MORE FOR US ALL HAVE TO HAVE A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP. 199 00:13:19,379 --> 00:13:24,689 DESPITE HOLLY'S MESSAGE, ANDREW SUDDENLY BECAME HOSTILE WITH 200 00:13:24,724 --> 00:13:26,689 ALYSSA. HE WAS ONCE AGAIN DEMANDING 201 00:13:26,724 --> 00:13:31,206 PRIMARY CUSTODY OF WILLOW, DRAGGING ALYSSA BACK INTO COURT. 202 00:13:31,241 --> 00:13:35,620 >> HE WAS ALWAYS VERY SHORT, VERY RUDE, VERY HATEFUL. 203 00:13:35,655 --> 00:13:39,413 IT JUST TOTALLY CHANGED THE WAY THAT THEY COMMUNICATED TOGETHER. 204 00:13:39,448 --> 00:13:43,620 >> ALYSSA COULDN'T SHAKE THIS UNEASY FEELING THAT SHE WAS 205 00:13:43,655 --> 00:13:47,413 BEING WATCHED. AND BEGAN TELLING FAMILY AND 206 00:13:47,448 --> 00:13:51,206 FRIENDS THAT ANDREW ALWAYS SEEMED TO KNOW WHAT SHE WAS 207 00:13:51,241 --> 00:13:52,965 DOING. >> HE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS. 208 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:57,862 HE KNEW WHERE WILLOW WAS. HE KNEW JUST OTHER PLACES THAT 209 00:13:57,896 --> 00:13:59,931 SHE HAD BEEN. >> I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT SHE WAS 210 00:13:59,965 --> 00:14:03,551 OUT WITH ONE OF HER FRIENDS AND THEY WERE AT A BAR IN DOWNTOWN 211 00:14:03,586 --> 00:14:06,000 DALLAS. AND SHE'S LIKE, TEXT ME. 212 00:14:06,034 --> 00:14:09,620 OH MY GOSH, ANDREW IS HERE. AND IN MY MIND, I'M LIKE, THE 213 00:14:09,655 --> 00:14:12,551 ODDS OF THAT HAPPENING ARE SLIM TO NONE. 214 00:14:12,586 --> 00:14:15,586 YOU KNOW, SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW HE WAS TRACKING HER, SHE KNEW SHE 215 00:14:15,620 --> 00:14:18,379 WAS BEING TRACKED. >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT 216 00:14:18,413 --> 00:14:21,482 SHE WENT THROUGH? >> HELL. 217 00:14:21,517 --> 00:14:24,586 I MEAN, EVERYDAY YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE HAVING TO WATCH OVER YOUR 218 00:14:24,620 --> 00:14:26,586 SHOULDER. THAT'S HOW I FELT SHE LIVED. 219 00:14:26,620 --> 00:14:29,482 >> HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ALYSSA. 220 00:14:29,517 --> 00:14:32,931 >> MADISON FOUND THIS VIDEO AFTER ALYSSA'S DEATH. 221 00:14:32,965 --> 00:14:35,517 IT WAS NEVER POSTED. >> THIS PAST YEAR I HAVE BEEN 222 00:14:35,551 --> 00:14:39,310 GOING THROUGH A CUSTODY BATTLE, A VERY UGLY ONE. 223 00:14:39,344 --> 00:14:44,103 I HAVE A 1-YEAR-OLD CHILD. IT'S TAKEN A TOLL ON MY MENTAL 224 00:14:44,137 --> 00:14:47,310 AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'VE 225 00:14:47,344 --> 00:14:50,655 BECOME A LOT STRONGER IN THE PROCESS. 226 00:14:50,689 --> 00:14:55,827 AND I GUESS JUST MY MESSAGE IS NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE GOING 227 00:14:55,862 --> 00:14:58,482 THROUGH, STICK IT OUT. YOU CAN DO IT. 228 00:14:58,517 --> 00:15:02,241 AND STAY STRONG. >> BUT SHE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE 229 00:15:02,275 --> 00:15:05,206 TESTED. IN SEPTEMBER, 2020, ONE MONTH 230 00:15:05,241 --> 00:15:08,551 BEFORE HER MURDER, IT REACHED A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. 231 00:15:08,586 --> 00:15:12,655 A MAN WHO SAID HIS NAME WAS FRANK MARROW CALLED 911 AND 232 00:15:12,689 --> 00:15:16,758 REPORTED THAT ALYSSA WAS SELLING DRUGS OUT OF THE TRUNK OF HER 233 00:15:16,793 --> 00:15:19,965 CAR AT WORK. >> I SAW WHAT I THOUGHT LOOKED 234 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,931 LIKE SOMEONE JUST SELLING SOME DRUGS OUT OF THEIR TRUNK. 235 00:15:22,965 --> 00:15:25,000 AND I COULD SMELL IT AND I COULD SEE IT. 236 00:15:25,034 --> 00:15:27,379 >> OKAY. WHAT KIND OF VEHICLE IS IT. 237 00:15:27,413 --> 00:15:31,655 >> IT'S A LITTLE TOYOTA CAROLLA. I HAVE A LICENSE PLATE IF THAT 238 00:15:31,689 --> 00:15:32,482 HELPS. >> OKAY, FRANK. 239 00:15:32,517 --> 00:15:34,793 WHAT WAS YOUR LAST NAME? >> MARROW. 240 00:15:34,827 --> 00:15:38,896 >> ACTING ON THIS TIP, CARROLLTON POLICE OFFICERS 241 00:15:38,931 --> 00:15:42,586 DESCENDED ON THE GREENTREE APARTMENT'S LEASING OFFICE AND 242 00:15:42,620 --> 00:15:45,241 CONFRONTED ALYSSA. SHE GAVE MEM THE KEYS TO HER CAR 243 00:15:45,275 --> 00:15:51,310 AND THEY OPENED THE TRUNK. INSIDE THEY DISCOVERED DRUGS, A 244 00:15:51,344 --> 00:15:58,068 PISTOL AND SOME CASH. EXACTLY WHERE THE CALLER SAID 245 00:15:58,103 --> 00:16:02,137 THEY WOULD BE. >> SO YOUR DAUGHTER SUDDENLY NOW 246 00:16:02,172 --> 00:16:05,034 LOOKS LIKE A DRUG DEALER. AND A DANGEROUS ONE AS WELL. 247 00:16:05,068 --> 00:16:06,827 SHE'S ARMED. >> YES. 248 00:16:06,862 --> 00:16:10,275 >> IS ALYSSA WORRIED THAT SHE'S GOING TO GET ARRESTED, LOSE HER 249 00:16:10,310 --> 00:16:12,000 JOB? >> YES, ALL OF THE ABOVE. 250 00:16:12,034 --> 00:16:17,655 SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT HER JOB. SHE THINKS SHE'S GOING TO BE 251 00:16:17,689 --> 00:16:23,344 ARRESTED. HE'S GOING TO USE THIS IN COURT. 252 00:16:23,379 --> 00:16:25,275 SHE'LL FOR SURE. >> IT WAS CLEAR SHE KNEW NOTHING 253 00:16:25,310 --> 00:16:28,758 ABOUT THE DRUGS AND PISTOL IN THE TRUNK OF THEIR CAR. 254 00:16:28,793 --> 00:16:30,482 THEY CONCLUDED THOSE ITEMS HAD BEEN PLANTED. 255 00:16:30,517 --> 00:16:33,724 THE CALLER HAD TRIED TO FRAME HER. 256 00:16:33,758 --> 00:16:37,620 ALYSSA KNEW IN HER GUT THAT CALLER WAS ANDREW BEARD. 257 00:16:37,655 --> 00:16:41,103 LATER THAT DAY, SHE TEXTED HER ROOMMATE SHELBY. 258 00:16:41,137 --> 00:16:45,517 >> ALYSSA MESSAGED ME AND SAID, HE IS GOING TO TRY TO GET 259 00:16:45,551 --> 00:16:49,862 SOMEONE TO KILL ME NEXT. >> AND WHEN YOU READ THOSE 260 00:16:49,896 --> 00:16:52,655 WORDS? >> MY HEART DROPPED. 261 00:16:52,689 --> 00:16:55,482 >> THAT WASN'T WHO SHE WAS. SHE WASN'T A FEARFUL PERSON. 262 00:16:55,517 --> 00:17:02,551 SHOWING AND ASKING FOR HELP SHOWS ME THAT SHE WAS GENUINELY 263 00:17:02,586 --> 00:17:05,896 SCARED. >> SHE KNEW THAT WHATEVER WAS 264 00:17:05,931 --> 00:17:08,862 COMING NEXT WAS GOING TO BE SERIOUS. 265 00:17:08,896 --> 00:17:13,137 >> THE ONCE FEARLESS YOUNG WOMAN HAD BECOME SCARED FOR HER LIFE. 266 00:17:13,172 --> 00:17:17,550 THESE ARE SOME OF THE TEXTS SHE SENT TO HER SISTER, MADISON. 267 00:17:17,586 --> 00:17:22,517 COME OVER WHILE I WALK INSIDE. LOCK THE DOOR BEHIND YOU. 268 00:17:22,550 --> 00:17:27,931 DO YOU SEE ANYONE AROUND YOU? AND ALYSSA WASN'T THE ONLY ONE 269 00:17:27,964 --> 00:17:31,000 WHO WAS TERRIFIED. >> IT KEPT PROGRESSING. 270 00:17:31,034 --> 00:17:34,655 EACH THING THAT HE WOULD DO JUST KEPT GETTING WORSE. 271 00:17:34,689 --> 00:17:38,137 AND AFTER THIS POINT, FRAMING HER AND SHE DIDN'T GET ARRESTED, 272 00:17:38,172 --> 00:17:53,103 I THOUGHT, WELL WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO B 273 00:17:53,103 --> 00:17:54,551 I THOUGHT, WELL WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO B 274 00:17:54,586 --> 00:17:56,586 ♪ >>> ONE MONTH AFTER THE DRUGS 275 00:17:56,620 --> 00:18:01,310 AND GUN WERE PLANTED IN ALYSSA BURKETT'S CAR, SHE WAS DEAD. 276 00:18:01,344 --> 00:18:04,310 >> I KNEW THAT IT WAS HIM WHEN THE DRUGS DIDN'T WORK AND THE 277 00:18:04,344 --> 00:18:08,241 CAR FOR HIM TO GET THE BABY. >> ONCE WE TALKED TO ALYSSA'S 278 00:18:08,275 --> 00:18:10,275 MOM, WE HAD AN IDEA WHO WE WERE LOOKING FOR. 279 00:18:10,310 --> 00:18:13,103 >> AND WHO WAS THAT PERSON? >> THAT PERSON WAS ANDREW BEARD. 280 00:18:13,137 --> 00:18:16,931 >> OH MY GOD! >> AND TO TERESA'S HORROR, HE 281 00:18:16,965 --> 00:18:19,068 HAD VISITATION WITH WILLOW THAT DAY. 282 00:18:19,103 --> 00:18:22,034 THE BABY WAS WITH HIM. >> YES. 283 00:18:22,068 --> 00:18:24,793 I WANT MY GRAND BABY AWAY FROM HIM. 284 00:18:24,827 --> 00:18:29,896 >> MY FIRST THOUGHTS WERE IF HE'S GOING TO KILL WILLOW. 285 00:18:29,931 --> 00:18:34,586 >> WITHIN HOURS OF THE MURDER, THE POLICE PULLED OVER ANDREW 286 00:18:34,620 --> 00:18:38,482 BEARD'S F150 PICKUP TRUCK FOR AN ALLEGED TRAFFIC VIOLATION. 287 00:18:38,517 --> 00:18:42,586 ANDREW AND HIS FIANCE HOLLY ELKINS WERE ASKED TO GET OUT OF 288 00:18:42,620 --> 00:18:45,000 THE VEHICLE. >> THE DAUGHTER IS IN THE CAR 289 00:18:45,034 --> 00:18:49,068 SEAT IN THE BACKSEAT. >> MUCH OF THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE 290 00:18:49,103 --> 00:18:52,068 IN THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN RESIZED SO YOU CAN SEE IT BETTER. 291 00:18:52,103 --> 00:18:54,275 >> THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY COOPERATIVE. 292 00:18:54,310 --> 00:18:58,379 >> ANDREW SEEMED UNFAZED BY THE WHOLE THING. 293 00:18:58,413 --> 00:19:01,068 SAYS DETECTIVE HARDING. >> HE WAS VERY CALM. 294 00:19:01,103 --> 00:19:07,896 HE WASN'T AMPED UP. HE DIDN'T SEEM NERVOUS. 295 00:19:07,931 --> 00:19:11,344 >> ULTIMATELY ANDREW AND HOLLY WERE ALLOWED TO GO. 296 00:19:11,379 --> 00:19:16,103 AND BECAUSE HE HAD COURT MANDATED VISITATION RIGHTS, TAKE 297 00:19:16,137 --> 00:19:20,172 WILLOW WITH THEM. BUT THE POLICE SEIZED HIS F150 298 00:19:20,206 --> 00:19:24,241 PICKUP AND INSTRUCTED HIM NOT TO RETURN HOME. 299 00:19:24,275 --> 00:19:29,482 ANDREW, HOLLY AND WILLOW WENT TO A HOTEL. 300 00:19:29,517 --> 00:19:34,482 AND THAT NIGHT, A SEARCH OF ANDREW'S HOUSE TURNED UP 301 00:19:34,517 --> 00:19:36,206 CRITICAL EVIDENCE. >> THIS WAS FOUND INSIDE THE 302 00:19:36,241 --> 00:19:39,827 LIVING ROOM, ONE OF ANDREW BEARD'S BACKPACKS. 303 00:19:39,862 --> 00:19:43,931 >> SUCH AS THIS ENVELOPE, SCRIBBLED WITH INCRIMINATING 304 00:19:43,965 --> 00:19:47,586 NOTES. >> UPON READING THE NOTES, WE 305 00:19:47,620 --> 00:19:50,137 REALIZE THOSE WERE TIED TO THE FRANK MARROW 911 CALL. 306 00:19:50,172 --> 00:19:54,310 >> FRANK MARROW, THE CALLER WHO HAD REPORTED ALYSSA WAS SELLING 307 00:19:54,344 --> 00:19:58,137 DRUGS OUT OF HER CAR. >> ALYSSA'S LICENSE PLATE, THE 308 00:19:58,172 --> 00:20:02,586 COLOR AND MODEL OF THE VEHICLE, FRANK MARROW, EVERYTHING THAT HE 309 00:20:02,620 --> 00:20:06,241 NEEDED TO MAKE THAT 911 CALL WAS ON THE BACK OF THIS ENVELOPE. 310 00:20:06,275 --> 00:20:11,172 >> LIKE YOU DISCOVERED THE SCREEN PLAY TO THIS 911 CALL. 311 00:20:11,206 --> 00:20:14,655 >> I WAS SHOCKED. HE KEPT THIS? 312 00:20:14,689 --> 00:20:18,206 >> SO WE FOUND THIS GPS TRACKER BOX. 313 00:20:18,241 --> 00:20:23,034 >> ALSO IN PLAIN VIEW, SAYS ANOTHER LEAD DETECTIVE JEREMY, 314 00:20:23,068 --> 00:20:26,655 CHARGING STATIONS AND BATTERIES THAT MATCHED THE TRACKING DEVICE 315 00:20:26,689 --> 00:20:30,241 DETECTIVES DISCOVERED ON ALYSSA'S CAR AFTER THE MURDER. 316 00:20:30,275 --> 00:20:33,172 >> SO THIS IS THE DEVICE THAT WAS PUT ON HER CAR. 317 00:20:33,206 --> 00:20:35,965 THAT WAS ALL PART OF HIS PLAN TO CATCH HER DOING SOMETHING THAT 318 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,724 HE BELIEVED THAT SHE SHOULDN'T BE DOING. 319 00:20:39,758 --> 00:20:43,379 TO GAIN AN ADVANTAGE IN THAT CHILD CUSTODY DISPUTE. 320 00:20:43,413 --> 00:20:48,310 >> A SEARCH OF THAT FORD150 SEIZED AT THE TRAFFIC STOP 321 00:20:48,344 --> 00:20:50,620 TURNED UP MORE JAW-DROPPING EVIDENCE. 322 00:20:50,655 --> 00:20:53,724 >> SO THIS IS ONE OF THE MAKEUP VILES THAT WE RECOVERED FROM 323 00:20:53,758 --> 00:20:56,517 INSIDE ONE OF THE BAGS IN THE F150. 324 00:20:56,551 --> 00:20:59,931 >> IT WAS A FOUNDATION CALLED JAVA. 325 00:20:59,965 --> 00:21:01,206 >> IT'S REALLY DARK. >> VERY DARK. 326 00:21:01,241 --> 00:21:04,793 >> AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT WAS WHAT, DO YOU BELIEVE? 327 00:21:04,827 --> 00:21:07,758 >> WAS DO DISGUISE AN DROU BEARD'S FACE TO MAKE HIM LOOK 328 00:21:07,793 --> 00:21:11,310 LIKE AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN. >> THE POLICE FOUND THE KNIFE 329 00:21:11,344 --> 00:21:13,793 SHEATH AT THE SCENE BUT NEVER FOUND THE KNIFE OR THE GUN. 330 00:21:13,827 --> 00:21:18,655 BUT THE DAY AFTER THE HOMICIDE, THEY FOUND SOMETHING JUST AS 331 00:21:18,689 --> 00:21:22,034 IMPORTANT, THAT BLACK SUV. THEY LEARNED ANDREW HAD BOUGHT 332 00:21:22,068 --> 00:21:24,586 IT SPECIFICALLY TO COMMIT THE MURDER. 333 00:21:24,620 --> 00:21:28,551 AND THERE IT WAS, ABANDONED LESS THAN A MILE FROM ANDREW'S HOUSE. 334 00:21:28,586 --> 00:21:32,103 >> HE DROVE IT TO THAT LOCATION AND HE FLED BACK TO HIS HOUSE 335 00:21:32,137 --> 00:21:36,068 THE MORNING OF THE MURDER. >> THAT'S ANDREW BEARD CAPTURED 336 00:21:36,103 --> 00:21:40,172 ON A HOME SECURITY CAMERA FLEEING THROUGH THE 337 00:21:40,206 --> 00:21:43,034 NEIGHBORHOOD. >> HE IS DOING THE BIG FOOT RUN 338 00:21:43,068 --> 00:21:45,793 FROM THIS VEHICLE. >> WHAT DID YOU FOUND WHEN YOU 339 00:21:45,827 --> 00:21:47,793 GUYS PROCESSED THE INSIDE OF THIS VEHICLE? 340 00:21:47,827 --> 00:21:52,103 >> WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER MULTIPLE SPOTS WHERE BLOOD WAS 341 00:21:52,137 --> 00:21:55,379 RECOVERED. THAT WAS LATER TESTED TO BE 342 00:21:55,413 --> 00:21:58,310 ALYSSA'S BLOOD. >> THEY ALSO FOUND ANOTHER PART 343 00:21:58,344 --> 00:22:03,275 OF HIS DISGUISE, A FAKE BEARD. >> THAT LOOKS LIKE A HALLOWEEN 344 00:22:03,310 --> 00:22:04,896 BEARD. >> EXACTLY, YES. 345 00:22:04,931 --> 00:22:06,620 HE PURCHASED A HALLOWEEN COSTUME. 346 00:22:06,655 --> 00:22:10,931 >> SO THAT'S WHAT LED US TO GET THE ARREST WARRANT FOR ANDREW 347 00:22:10,965 --> 00:22:13,965 BEARD. >> ANDREW BEARD, WHO STILL HAD 348 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:18,724 WILLOW, HAD BEEN STAYING IN AN AIRBNB WITH HIS FIANCE HOLLY 349 00:22:18,758 --> 00:22:22,689 ELKINS AND MOTHER LIZETTE. >> WHEN WE WERE AT THE AIR B 350 00:22:22,724 --> 00:22:25,448 NSHS B, HE GOT A CALL. HE WAS GOING TO BE ARRESTED. 351 00:22:25,482 --> 00:22:29,965 >> JUST THREE DAYS AFTER ALYSSA WAS KILLED, WILLOW WAS SENT BACK 352 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,655 TO TERESA. AND ANDREW BEARD TURNED HIMSELF 353 00:22:33,689 --> 00:22:39,586 IN TO THE POLICE. HE WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER. 354 00:22:39,620 --> 00:22:41,620 >> I WAS CONFIDENT THEY HAD THE WRONG MAN. 355 00:22:41,655 --> 00:22:47,206 >> SO WAS HOLLY ELELKINS. SHE VOLUNTEERED TO TALK TO THE 356 00:22:47,241 --> 00:22:48,137 POLICE. >> I WANT TO HELP. 357 00:22:48,172 --> 00:22:51,379 I REALLY DO. BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS. 358 00:22:51,413 --> 00:22:54,586 INCREDULOUS THE MAN SHE PLANNED TO MARRY WAS CAPABLE OF MURDER. 359 00:22:54,620 --> 00:22:57,931 >> SO I JUST TOLD ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT I'M ENGAGED TO 360 00:22:57,965 --> 00:23:01,034 THE MOST WONDERFUL MAN ON THE PLANET AND NOW PEOPLE WANT ME TO 361 00:23:01,068 --> 00:23:03,931 BELIEVE THAT HE'S NOT THAT. >> AND THERE ARE SO MANY 362 00:23:03,965 --> 00:23:07,034 EMOTIONAL ROADBLOCKS FOR YOU TO TRY TO BELIEVE THAT. 363 00:23:07,068 --> 00:23:10,103 I GET THAT. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT MY 364 00:23:10,137 --> 00:23:14,655 FIANCE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO A WOMAN OR TO ANYBODY, 365 00:23:14,689 --> 00:23:19,172 BUT A WOMAN. >> DETECTIVE ON THE RIGHT AND 366 00:23:19,206 --> 00:23:21,965 DETECTIVE HARDING ON THE LEFT INTERVIEWED HOLLY FOR ABOUT AN 367 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,379 HOUR. HOPING TO TURN HER INTO A 368 00:23:24,413 --> 00:23:27,620 WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION. >> I'M TELLING YOU THERE'S A 369 00:23:27,655 --> 00:23:31,068 SIDE OF HIM THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW. 370 00:23:31,103 --> 00:23:35,241 >> BUT SHE STOOD BY ANDREW, INSISTING HE HAD AN ALIBI. 371 00:23:35,275 --> 00:23:37,689 HE WAS HOME WITH HER WHEN THE MURDER TOOK PLACE. 372 00:23:37,724 --> 00:23:42,034 >> THERE ARE A FEW HOURS THAT YOU KNOW HE WAS NOT IN THAT 373 00:23:42,068 --> 00:23:43,551 HOUSE. >> YOU CANNOT TELL ME THAT I 374 00:23:43,586 --> 00:23:45,965 FEEL THAT WAY, SIR. >> I CAN TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE I 375 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,551 KNOW THAT FOR A FACT THAT HE WAS OUT OF THE HOUSE, HOLLY. 376 00:23:48,586 --> 00:23:52,137 >> I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR A FACT. THAT'S WHAT MY PROBLEM IS. 377 00:23:52,172 --> 00:23:56,931 >> HOLLY REMAINED ADAMANT THAT SH WOULD HAVE KNOWN IF HE HAD 378 00:23:56,965 --> 00:24:00,655 LEFT. >> I AM A TOTAL STAGE 5 CLINGER 379 00:24:00,689 --> 00:24:04,517 GIRLFRIEND. I'M ALWAYS UP HIS ASS. 380 00:24:04,551 --> 00:24:08,241 I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE. >> THE INTERVIEW ENDED WITH 381 00:24:08,275 --> 00:24:12,241 HOLLY STANDING BY HER MAN. SHE AND ANDREW'S MOM LIZETTE 382 00:24:12,275 --> 00:24:16,103 CONTINUED LIVING TOGETHER IN AN AIRBNB. 383 00:24:16,137 --> 00:24:20,275 THEY BECAME EXTREMELY CLOSE. AND BONDED OVER THEIR SHARED 384 00:24:20,310 --> 00:24:24,034 BELIEF THAT ANDREW WAS INNOCENT, SAYS LIZETTE. 385 00:24:24,068 --> 00:24:27,827 >> WE STAYED SO CLOSE. WE WERE JUST CONNECTED AT THE 386 00:24:27,862 --> 00:24:30,586 HIP. AND MADE AGREEMENTS TO NEVER GO 387 00:24:30,620 --> 00:24:33,896 ANYWHERE WITHOUT ONE ANOTHER. >> FINALLY, AFTER TWO WEEKS 388 00:24:33,931 --> 00:24:38,275 BEHIND BARS, ANDREW WAS RELEASED ON BOND. 389 00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:43,827 LIZETTE WAS OVERJOYED. HOLLY, AS LIZETTE WOULD SOON 390 00:24:43,862 --> 00:24:47,000 DISCOVER, NOT SO MUCH. >> THEY TOLD US HE'S COMING HOME 391 00:24:47,034 --> 00:24:49,827 TOMORROW. AND HOLLY SAYS, I'M GOING. 392 00:24:49,862 --> 00:24:52,689 SHE IS HOLDING HER SUITCASE AND SHE GOES, I'M GOING. 393 00:24:52,724 --> 00:24:54,068 I'M LEAVING. I'M GOING HOME. 394 00:24:54,103 --> 00:24:57,241 BUT THE DAY BEFORE ANDREW GETS HOME. 395 00:24:57,275 --> 00:25:03,931 WHY ARE YOU CHOOSING NOW? DURING THIS SCARY, SCARY TIME IN 396 00:25:03,965 --> 00:25:06,620 HIS LIFE. SHE HAD ALREADY ORDERED HER UBER 397 00:25:06,655 --> 00:25:12,655 AND NEVER CAME BACK. >> THE DETECTIVE SAYS HE WAS SO 398 00:25:12,689 --> 00:25:15,620 WORRIED ABOUT WILLOW'S SAFETY, HE REACHED OUT TO THE FEDERAL 399 00:25:15,655 --> 00:25:20,137 GOVERNMENT TO TAKE THE CASE UNDER FEDERAL FIREARM LAWS. 400 00:25:20,172 --> 00:25:24,689 BECAUSE AN UNREGISTERED SILENCER WAS FOUND IN ANDREW'S HOME, THE 401 00:25:24,724 --> 00:25:27,517 FEDS AGREED. ANDREW BEARD WAS REARRESTED 402 00:25:27,551 --> 00:25:31,344 EIGHT DAYS AFTER HE BONDED OUT. >> ULTIMATELY AT THAT POINT OUR 403 00:25:31,379 --> 00:25:34,172 GOAL WAS TO GET HIM BACK INTO CUSTODY. 404 00:25:34,206 --> 00:25:39,379 >> ANDREW WAS ULTIMATELY CHARGED WITH CYBER STALKING, USING A 405 00:25:39,413 --> 00:25:42,689 DANGEROUS WEAPON RESULTING IN DEATH. 406 00:25:42,724 --> 00:25:47,103 ONE YEAR AND EIGHT MONTHS AFTER ALYSSA'S MURDER, ANDREW CALLED 407 00:25:47,137 --> 00:25:49,482 HIS MOTHER WITH UNIMAGINABLE NEWS. 408 00:25:49,517 --> 00:25:55,896 >> HE SAID, YOU KNOW, MOM, I'M SO I IMMEDIATELY SAID, WELL, 409 00:25:55,931 --> 00:25:58,344 ANDREW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO -- YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PLEAD GUILTY 410 00:25:58,379 --> 00:26:01,413 TO ANYTHING YOU DIDN'T DO BECAUSE CLEARLY HE DIDN'T MURDER 411 00:26:01,448 --> 00:26:04,000 HER, IN MY MIND. BECAUSE THAT'S OUT OF CHARACTER 412 00:26:04,034 --> 00:26:07,034 AND NOT WHO HE IS. AND IT WAS STUPIDLY DONE AND 413 00:26:07,068 --> 00:26:10,620 HE'S NOT STUPID. SO IT NEVER WAS HIM. 414 00:26:10,655 --> 00:26:12,689 >> BUT SHE WOULD LEARN IT WAS HIM. 415 00:26:12,724 --> 00:26:19,689 HE ADMITTED HE DID IT. HE KILLED THE MOTHER OF HIS 416 00:26:19,724 --> 00:26:22,758 CHILD. >> I HAVE PHYSICALLY DROPPED TO 417 00:26:22,793 --> 00:26:30,068 MY KNEES SOMETIMES FEELING LIKE I'VE GOTTEN PUNCHED IN THE 418 00:26:30,103 --> 00:26:31,793 STOMACH. AND I HAVE TO TELL MYSELF, I 419 00:26:31,827 --> 00:26:40,034 HAVE TO TELL MYSELF, THAT THAT WAS A MOMENT, A HEINOUS, AWFUL, 420 00:26:40,068 --> 00:26:47,310 OUT OF CHARACTER, BROKEN MOMENT. >> ANDREW BEARD PLEADED GUILTY. 421 00:26:47,344 --> 00:26:49,931 BUT THE INVESTIGATION WASN'T OVER. 422 00:26:49,965 --> 00:26:54,931 ANDREW BEARD WAS TALKING, AND HE HAD A LOT TO SAY. 423 00:26:54,965 --> 00:27:02,137 >> HOW COME YOU WAITED SO LONG TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HOLLY DID? 424 00:27:02,172 --> 00:27:17,103 >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HOLLY ELKI 425 00:27:17,103 --> 00:27:17,931 >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HOLLY ELKI 426 00:27:17,965 --> 00:27:24,137 ♪ >>> HOLLY ELKINS LEFT TEXAS AND 427 00:27:24,172 --> 00:27:27,586 RETURNED TO HER HOME STATE OF MICHIGAN, TWO AND A HALF WEEKS 428 00:27:27,620 --> 00:27:30,931 AFTER THE MURDER OF ALYSSA BURKETT. 429 00:27:30,965 --> 00:27:35,034 SHE GAVE NO HINT OF WHAT SHE HAD LEFT BEHIND, SAYS HER BEST 430 00:27:35,068 --> 00:27:39,000 FRIEND FROM CHILDHOOD, STEPHANIE GODDARD. 431 00:27:39,034 --> 00:27:42,448 >> DID SHE EVER MENTION THE NAME ALYSSA BURKETT TO YOU? 432 00:27:42,482 --> 00:27:43,689 >> NEVER. >> NEVER? 433 00:27:43,724 --> 00:27:45,655 >> NEVER, NEVER. >> NOT ONCE? 434 00:27:45,689 --> 00:27:47,965 SHE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT ANDREW BEARD EITHER? 435 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,655 >> NOT EVEN ONCE. NOPE. 436 00:27:49,689 --> 00:27:54,689 >> STEPHANIE, WHO MET UP WITH HOLLY ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AFTER 437 00:27:54,724 --> 00:27:57,827 SHE RETURNED TO MICHIGAN, SAYS HER OLD FRIEND APPEARED TO BE 438 00:27:57,862 --> 00:28:01,793 STARTING LIFE ANEW. A NEW CONDO, A NEW LEXUS, A NEW 439 00:28:01,827 --> 00:28:04,034 MAN. >> SHE HAD THIS BOYFRIEND WITH 440 00:28:04,068 --> 00:28:06,448 HER. SO EVERYTHING JUST SEEMED REALLY 441 00:28:06,482 --> 00:28:08,034 NORMAL. >> STEPHANIE SAYS FROM THE TIME 442 00:28:08,068 --> 00:28:11,758 SHE WAS A TEENAGER, HOLLY ALWAYS HAD A GUY. 443 00:28:11,793 --> 00:28:15,172 AND SHE KNEW HOW TO WRAP THEM AROUND HER LITTLE FINGER. 444 00:28:15,206 --> 00:28:16,896 >> IT WAS LIKE A CAT AND MOUSE THING. 445 00:28:16,931 --> 00:28:19,310 >> WHEN YOU SAY CAT AND MOUSE, SHE WAS THE CAT? 446 00:28:19,344 --> 00:28:22,586 >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. YES, SHE WAS THE CAT. 447 00:28:22,620 --> 00:28:24,482 >> SHE CONTROLLED THE RELATIONSHIP? 448 00:28:24,517 --> 00:28:30,655 >> ABSOLUTELY. SHE WAS THE ONE IN THE DRIVER'S 449 00:28:30,689 --> 00:28:33,068 SEAT. >> BACK IN TEXAS, INVESTIGATORS 450 00:28:33,103 --> 00:28:37,034 WERE JUST BEGINNING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FIANCE WHO HAD 451 00:28:37,068 --> 00:28:41,551 SKIPPED TOWN AFTER THE MURDER. ONE YEAR AND NINE MONTHS AFTER 452 00:28:41,586 --> 00:28:46,379 ALYSSA WAS KILLED, ANDREW BEARD SPOKE TO THE FBI AS PART OF A 453 00:28:46,413 --> 00:28:49,275 PLEA DEAL. >> I'M ASSUMING -- ABSOLUTELY 454 00:28:49,310 --> 00:28:50,862 DOES LOOK PLANNED OUT, BECAUSE IT WAS. 455 00:28:50,896 --> 00:28:54,172 THE PROCESS BUT PLANNED OUT. >> IT QUICKLY BECAME CLEAR TO 456 00:28:54,206 --> 00:28:56,068 INVESTIGATORS THAT THIS HOLLY ELKINS -- 457 00:28:56,103 --> 00:28:59,103 >> I'M TRYING TO HELP. NO ONE IS HELPING ME. 458 00:28:59,137 --> 00:29:03,068 >> THE HOLLY ELKINS SEEMINGLY TOSH APART BY ALYSSA'S DEATH. 459 00:29:03,103 --> 00:29:06,068 >> I JUST FEEL BAD -- I JUST FEEL BAD TO NOT HELP SOMETHING 460 00:29:06,103 --> 00:29:08,551 THAT I THINK IS VERY SAD THAT HAPPENED. 461 00:29:08,586 --> 00:29:11,241 >> WAS GIVING THE PERFORMANCE OF HER LIFE. 462 00:29:11,275 --> 00:29:15,724 >> I LITERALLY CRIED MYSELF TO NAUSEAM EVERY SINGLE NIGHT OTHER 463 00:29:15,758 --> 00:29:17,344 THIS. >> WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT HER 464 00:29:17,379 --> 00:29:22,172 TRUE FEELINGS ABOUT ALYSSA? >> SHE HATED ALYSSA. 465 00:29:22,206 --> 00:29:25,931 WITH A BURNING PASSION. >> INVESTIGATORS DUG BACK INTO 466 00:29:25,965 --> 00:29:28,620 ANDREW AND HOLLY'S TEXT MESSAGES. 467 00:29:28,655 --> 00:29:33,000 MANY OF WHICH ALYSSA'S FAMILY ALSO SAW. 468 00:29:33,034 --> 00:29:40,034 >> BOTH OF YOU LEARN THAT HOLLY HAD SOME DEROGATORY WORDS ABOUT 469 00:29:40,068 --> 00:29:41,827 ALYSSA. WHAT DID SHE CALL HER? 470 00:29:41,862 --> 00:29:44,137 >> UGLY. FAT. 471 00:29:44,172 --> 00:29:51,275 A BAD MOM. ALL THINGS THAT SHE WASN'T. 472 00:29:51,310 --> 00:29:57,275 AND [ BLEEP ] MOMMA WAS MY SISTER'S CONTACT NAME IN HOLLY'S 473 00:29:57,310 --> 00:30:02,034 PHONE. >> SEE BABY MOMMA DEROGATORY 474 00:30:02,068 --> 00:30:03,827 WORD THAT ANY WOMAN FINDS DESPICABLE. 475 00:30:03,862 --> 00:30:05,862 WHAT THE HECK IS ALL ABOUT THAT? >> JEALOUSY. 476 00:30:05,896 --> 00:30:09,103 >> HOLLY WANTED SOMETHING ALYSSA HAD AND SHE DIDN'T, SAYS 477 00:30:09,137 --> 00:30:10,517 MADISON. >> SHE WANTED WILLOW. 478 00:30:10,551 --> 00:30:12,655 >> WHY WAS HE IS SO OBSESSED WITH WILLOW? 479 00:30:12,689 --> 00:30:17,034 >> THAT WAS HER LIFE. SHE WANTED A PERFECT FAMILY. 480 00:30:17,068 --> 00:30:18,965 AND THAT WAS HER WAY OF GETTING IT. 481 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,896 ALYSSA WAS GOING TO STAND IN HER WAY OF DOING THAT. 482 00:30:21,931 --> 00:30:24,275 >> IT WAS FRIDAY. HOLLY WOULD HAVE BEEN -- 483 00:30:24,310 --> 00:30:30,241 >> THE MORE ANDREW TALKED, THE CLEARER HOLLY'S ROLE BECAME, 484 00:30:30,275 --> 00:30:33,344 SAYS THE DETECTIVE. >> WHAT PORTRAIT DID HE PAINT OF 485 00:30:33,379 --> 00:30:37,137 HOLLY ELKINS? >> THAT SHE WAS THE ONE RUNNING 486 00:30:37,172 --> 00:30:40,344 THE SHOW. THAT SHE WAS TELLING HIM WHAT HE 487 00:30:40,379 --> 00:30:43,344 WAS GOING TO DO, WHEN HE WAS GOING TO DO IT, HOW HE WAS GOING 488 00:30:43,379 --> 00:30:45,172 TO DO IT. >> REMEMBER THAT DRUG PLANT? 489 00:30:45,206 --> 00:30:50,034 >> IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME WHOSE IDEA WAS WHAT? 490 00:30:50,068 --> 00:30:52,620 DRUGS AND THE PLANTING DRUGS WAS ELKINS. 491 00:30:52,655 --> 00:30:57,275 >> HOLLY ELKINS EVEN TRIED TO GET ALYSSA'S MOM TERESA 492 00:30:57,310 --> 00:30:59,103 ARRESTED. THE INCIDENT STARTED WHEN TERESA 493 00:30:59,137 --> 00:31:02,896 AND ALYSSA DROVE BY HOLLY AND ANDREW'S HOME. 494 00:31:02,931 --> 00:31:07,034 TERESA SAYS HOLLY AND ANDREW HAD FAILED TO RETURN WILLOW AT THE 495 00:31:07,068 --> 00:31:09,689 APPOINTED TIME. >> WE SEE HOLLY ON THE GOLF CART 496 00:31:09,724 --> 00:31:13,206 WITH WILLOW IN HER LAP COMING TOWARDS THE END OF THEIR 497 00:31:13,241 --> 00:31:16,793 DRIVEWAY. AND I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND I 498 00:31:16,827 --> 00:31:19,793 GRABBED WILLOW, WENT AND GOT BACK IN THE CAR, HANDED WILLOW 499 00:31:19,827 --> 00:31:23,793 TO ALYSSA AND SPED OFF. >> HOLLY IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE 500 00:31:23,827 --> 00:31:27,137 POLICE. WHO ARRIVED WITH BODY CAMS 501 00:31:27,172 --> 00:31:28,379 ROLLING. >> I'M THE GRANDMOTHER -- 502 00:31:28,413 --> 00:31:32,275 >> HOLLY TOLD THEM TERESA ASSAULTED HER WHEN SHE GRABBED 503 00:31:32,310 --> 00:31:35,827 WILLOW FROM HER LAP. >> SHE LITERALLY ATTACKED ME 504 00:31:35,862 --> 00:31:37,896 FROM BEHIND SIDE. I WAS FACING THE LAKE. 505 00:31:37,931 --> 00:31:41,068 >> TERESA SAYS SHE NEVER TOUCHED HOLLY. 506 00:31:41,103 --> 00:31:46,379 BUT HOLLY PULLED UP HER SHIRT TO SHOW COPS SCRATCHES SHE CLAIMED 507 00:31:46,413 --> 00:31:50,000 TERESA HAD INFLICTED. >> NO, NO, NO. 508 00:31:50,034 --> 00:31:51,793 OH, YOU HAVE SOME OF YOUR STOMACH? 509 00:31:51,827 --> 00:31:54,620 >> WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THOSE PICTURES? 510 00:31:54,655 --> 00:31:57,586 >> THAT THEY WERE RIDICULOUS. THAT IT WAS SO APPARENT THAT SHE 511 00:31:57,620 --> 00:32:01,034 HAD DONE THAT TO HERSELF. HOW WOULD THEY EVEN THINK 512 00:32:01,068 --> 00:32:05,413 SOMEONE ELSE DID THAT TO HER BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING DOWNWARDS. 513 00:32:05,448 --> 00:32:09,137 LIKE YOUR OWN HAND DID IT. >> THE POLICE AGREED. 514 00:32:09,172 --> 00:32:12,620 CONCLUDING THE INJURIES LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE SELF INFLICTED. 515 00:32:12,655 --> 00:32:18,172 BUT IT ONLY MADE THINGS MORE DANGEROUS FOR ALYSSA, SAYS THE 516 00:32:18,206 --> 00:32:20,413 DETECTIVE. >> THE THINGS THEY WERE DOING TO 517 00:32:20,448 --> 00:32:23,689 TRY TO GET CUSTODY OF WILLOW WASN'T WORKING AT THAT POINT. 518 00:32:23,724 --> 00:32:27,655 AND I THINK THAT THEY DECIDED WE GOT TO UP THE GAME. 519 00:32:27,689 --> 00:32:31,586 AND UPPING THE GAME MEANT GETTING RID OF ALYSSA. 520 00:32:31,620 --> 00:32:35,482 >> HOLLY BEGAN PLAYING HER GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE. 521 00:32:35,517 --> 00:32:39,034 >> IT WAS MADE VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT YOUR PREVIOUS METHODS 522 00:32:39,068 --> 00:32:41,689 AREN'T WORKING. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO 523 00:32:41,724 --> 00:32:47,931 NOW IN ORDER TO PROVE THAT -- THAT -- BASICALLY YOU'RE WORTHY. 524 00:32:47,965 --> 00:32:50,689 >> WORTHY OF BEING A MAN WHO DESERVED HER LOVE. 525 00:32:50,724 --> 00:32:55,068 >> HOLLY ELKINS WRITES TO ANDREW, I DON'T WANT ANYONE WHO 526 00:32:55,103 --> 00:32:58,482 IS A [ BLEEP ] TO SOME LOW LIFE OR A PUSHOVER. 527 00:32:58,517 --> 00:33:02,689 I WANT A MAN WHO PROTECTS HIS WOMEN AND CHILD BEFORE ANYONE. 528 00:33:02,724 --> 00:33:06,103 AND DOESN'T GIVE TWO Fs OTHERWISE. 529 00:33:06,137 --> 00:33:08,379 YOUR COMMENT? >> JUST STRAIGHT FORWARD 530 00:33:08,413 --> 00:33:10,931 MANIPULATION. SHE WAS GOING TO MAKE HIM DO 531 00:33:10,965 --> 00:33:14,275 WHAT SHE FELT NEEDED TO BE DONE NO MATTER WHAT. 532 00:33:14,310 --> 00:33:18,931 >> AND ANDREW TOLD INVESTIGATORS IT WORKED. 533 00:33:18,965 --> 00:33:20,965 >> LIKE I WAS EMOTIONALLY DRAINED. 534 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,793 AND AT THAT POINT I JUST BASICALLY SAID OKAY. 535 00:33:23,827 --> 00:33:26,965 AND BECAME SUB MISIVE TO WHATEVER SHE WANTED ME TO DO, 536 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:31,034 THAT'S THE TASK I DID. >> A WEEK AND A HALF BEFORE THE 537 00:33:31,068 --> 00:33:35,758 MURDER, HOLLY LEFT FOR MEXICO. BUT DIDN'T LET UP ON ANDREW. 538 00:33:35,793 --> 00:33:41,310 >> HERE IS A TEXT. THIS IS ONE WEEK BEFORE THE 539 00:33:41,344 --> 00:33:43,758 MURDERS. THIS IS SEPTEMBER 25, 2020. 540 00:33:43,793 --> 00:33:47,793 HOLLY ELKINS WRITES, I HOPE YOU HANDLE IT. 541 00:33:47,827 --> 00:33:51,379 I'M NOT COMING HOME TO B.S. ANDREW BEARD SAYS, THAT'S MY 542 00:33:51,413 --> 00:33:54,724 GOAL. >> TO THAT HOLLY TEXTED BACK, 543 00:33:54,758 --> 00:33:59,344 WELL, IT WILL BE A WHOLE DIFFERENT CONVERSATION IF I FEEL 544 00:33:59,379 --> 00:34:04,586 LIKE YOU ARE RIDE OR DIE. IF NOT, THEN I DON'T KNOW. 545 00:34:04,620 --> 00:34:08,103 WHAT IS SHE SAYING TO HIM? >> TO ME IT MEANS YOU'RE EITHER 546 00:34:08,137 --> 00:34:10,724 WITH ME OR YOU'RE NOT WITH ME. YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO RIDE WITH 547 00:34:10,757 --> 00:34:13,275 ME AND DIE WITH ME OR YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE WITH ME AT ALL. 548 00:34:13,310 --> 00:34:17,585 >> AFTER HE KILLED ALYSSA, ANDREW TOLD INVESTIGATORS HOLLY 549 00:34:17,620 --> 00:34:20,000 BEGGED FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE CRIME. 550 00:34:20,034 --> 00:34:24,757 >> HER REQUEST WAS THAT HE DESCRIBE THE MURDER TO HER WHILE 551 00:34:24,793 --> 00:34:27,793 THEY WERE IN BED TOGETHER. >> ONE OF THE MOST DEGRADING 552 00:34:27,827 --> 00:34:31,757 THINGS I'VE R HEARD. >> IN MAY OF 2023, ANDREW BEARD 553 00:34:31,793 --> 00:34:35,413 WAS SENTENCED TO 43 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON. 554 00:34:35,447 --> 00:34:38,793 INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE HOLLY ELKINS THOUGHT THE CASE WAS 555 00:34:38,827 --> 00:34:40,551 OVER. >> I THINK SHE BELIEVED THAT THE 556 00:34:40,585 --> 00:34:43,655 FURTHER SHE GOT AWAY FROM THIS, THE LESS INVOLVED SHE WAS GOING 557 00:34:43,688 --> 00:34:57,448 TO BE. BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT 558 00:34:57,482 --> 00:35:03,344 ♪ >>> THESE ARE THE PHOTOS OF THE 559 00:35:03,379 --> 00:35:06,482 GRAVE. WE ALWAYS DECORATE IT FOR EVERY 560 00:35:06,517 --> 00:35:08,068 HOLIDAY. >> IN JULY OF 2023 -- 561 00:35:08,103 --> 00:35:10,206 >> VALENTINE'S DAY AND CHRISTMAS. 562 00:35:10,241 --> 00:35:14,137 >> CHRISTMAS. >> ALMOST THREE YEARS AFTER 563 00:35:14,172 --> 00:35:15,931 ALYSSA'S DEATH -- >> HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY. 564 00:35:15,965 --> 00:35:20,000 >> HOLLY ELKINS WAS ARRESTED BY FEDERAL AGENTS AT THE MIAMI 565 00:35:20,034 --> 00:35:23,896 AIRPORT AS SHE WAS RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO THE DOMINICAN 566 00:35:23,931 --> 00:35:25,793 REPUBLIC. >> THE LANTERNS, THAT WAS I 567 00:35:25,827 --> 00:35:28,896 THINK ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS THAT WE DID. 568 00:35:28,931 --> 00:35:32,517 >> AN ARREST A LONG-TIME COMING FOR ALYSSA'S FAMILY. 569 00:35:32,551 --> 00:35:35,103 >> WHAT IS THAT? >> BALLOON. 570 00:35:35,137 --> 00:35:37,931 >> BALLOON. >> I THOUGHT WE WERE NEVER GOING 571 00:35:37,965 --> 00:35:40,310 TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. I FELT RELIEF. 572 00:35:40,344 --> 00:35:45,551 >> HOLLY, WHO PLEADED NOT GUILTY, WAS CHARGED WITH 573 00:35:45,586 --> 00:35:50,000 CONSPIRACY TO STALK AND STALKING USING A DANGEROUS WEAPON 574 00:35:50,034 --> 00:35:53,448 RESULTING IN DEATH. THE FBI HAD BUILT A COMPELLING 575 00:35:53,482 --> 00:35:58,655 CASE AGAINST HER, SAYS DETECTIVE CHEVALLIER. 576 00:35:58,689 --> 00:36:02,172 >> HOLLY'S PHONE HAD A LOT ON IT. 577 00:36:02,206 --> 00:36:06,965 SEARCHING FOR TRACKING DEVICES. THERE WERE INDICATIONS WHEN THE 578 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,655 AMMUNITION AND THE KNIFE WERE PURCHASED. 579 00:36:08,689 --> 00:36:14,793 >> THEY ALSO TIED HOLLY TO THE MAKEUP ANDREW USED TO DISGUISE 580 00:36:14,827 --> 00:36:18,551 HIMSELF AS A BLACK MAN. >> IT WAS -- YOU'RE GOING TO 581 00:36:18,586 --> 00:36:20,655 DRESS UP AS A DIFFERENT PERSON ESSENTIALLY. 582 00:36:20,689 --> 00:36:23,827 YOU'RE GOING TO WEAR THIS DARK MAKEUP THAT WAS HER PLAN. 583 00:36:23,862 --> 00:36:27,379 THAT WAS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE DONE. 584 00:36:27,413 --> 00:36:30,689 >> WHILE ANDREW SEEMS HARMLESS IN THIS VIDEO, NEVER FORGET THAT 585 00:36:30,724 --> 00:36:37,862 HE WAS THE ONE WHO CHASED ALYSSA DOWN LIKE A HUNTER TRACKING A 586 00:36:37,896 --> 00:36:41,034 WOUNDED ANIMAL. HE FURIOUSLY STABBED HER WITH 587 00:36:41,068 --> 00:36:46,000 THE BRUTALITY THESE DETECTIVES HAD NEVER SEEN. 588 00:36:46,034 --> 00:36:49,344 >> ANDREW ENDS UP SAYING ABOUT WHY HE CAME BACK TO FINISH HER. 589 00:36:49,379 --> 00:36:52,275 WHAT DID HE SAY? >> HIS STATEMENT TO US DURING 590 00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:57,310 THE INTERVIEW WITH AGENT HANSON WAS THAT HE DID IT OUT OF MERCY. 591 00:36:57,344 --> 00:37:01,206 THAT HE KNEW THAT SHE IS STILL ALIVE AND HE WAS SOMEHOW DOING 592 00:37:01,241 --> 00:37:06,068 HER A FAVOR BY KILLING HER. >> ANDREW MAY HAVE COMMITTED THE 593 00:37:06,103 --> 00:37:09,931 MURDER ALONE, BUT ACCORDING TO THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, HE 594 00:37:09,965 --> 00:37:15,620 DIDN'T PLAN IT ALONE. IN APRIL, 2024, HOLLY ELKINS 595 00:37:15,655 --> 00:37:19,137 WENT ON TRIAL AS A CO-CONSPIRATOR. 596 00:37:19,172 --> 00:37:22,551 IN THE COURTROOM, THERE WERE NO CAMERAS PERMITTED, ONE OF THE 597 00:37:22,586 --> 00:37:26,034 PROSECUTORS PUT IT LIKE THIS, SAYS, DETECTIVE HARDING. 598 00:37:26,068 --> 00:37:31,724 >> ANDREW BEARD IS A MONSTER. BUT HE WAS HOLLY EL KIN'S 599 00:37:31,758 --> 00:37:33,206 MONSTER. >> I DON'T WANT OR NEED A LAWYER 600 00:37:33,241 --> 00:37:35,413 BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO HIDE. 601 00:37:35,448 --> 00:37:38,689 >> U.S. ATTORNEYS PAINTED A PICTURE OF A WOMAN WHO WOULD 602 00:37:38,724 --> 00:37:41,310 STOP AT NOTHING TO GET WHAT SHE WANTED. 603 00:37:41,344 --> 00:37:45,965 >> I FEEL LIKE THE DUMBEST MOST MANIPULATED WOMAN ON THE ENTIRE 604 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,793 PLANET IF THIS IS TRUE, YES. >> AND WHAT SHE WANTED WAS A 605 00:37:49,827 --> 00:37:54,862 LITTLE GIRL NAMED WILLOW. >> AND DO YOU BELIEVE HOLLY 606 00:37:54,896 --> 00:37:58,689 ELKINS WAS A PUPPET MASTER IN ALL OF THIS? 607 00:37:58,724 --> 00:38:03,413 >> 100 B%, I DO. SHE ORCHESTRATED THIS WHOLE 608 00:38:03,448 --> 00:38:04,517 THING. >> I THINK HOLLY IS WICKED. 609 00:38:04,551 --> 00:38:08,000 I THINK SHE'S WICKED TO THE CORE. 610 00:38:08,034 --> 00:38:11,482 THAT SHE WOULD EVER WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANOTHER WOMAN, TO A 611 00:38:11,517 --> 00:38:13,241 MOTHER. TO A MOTHER OF THE CHILD THAT 612 00:38:13,275 --> 00:38:17,827 SHE HAD COME TO LOVE. >> WHAT IF THESE TWO HAD NEVER 613 00:38:17,862 --> 00:38:22,551 COME TOGETHER, HOLLY AND ANDREW, WOULD ANDREW HAVE COMMITTED THIS 614 00:38:22,586 --> 00:38:25,896 MURDER? >> I DON'T THINK HE WOULD HAVE. 615 00:38:25,931 --> 00:38:30,517 I DON'T THINK 100% BELIEVE THAT IF HOLLY AND ANDREW HAD NEVER 616 00:38:30,551 --> 00:38:33,379 MET THAT ALYSSA BURKETT WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY. 617 00:38:33,413 --> 00:38:37,689 >> AFTER A ONE-WEEK TRIAL, THE CASE WENT TO THE JURY. 618 00:38:37,724 --> 00:38:41,517 >> THE JURY TAKES JUST 90 MINUTES TO DELIBERATE. 619 00:38:41,551 --> 00:38:44,655 WHEN THEY COME BACK TO THAT COURTROOM, WHAT IS THE VERDICT? 620 00:38:44,689 --> 00:38:47,275 >> GUILTY. >> GUILTY. 621 00:38:47,310 --> 00:38:52,620 >> HOLLY WAS FOUND GUILTY AND SENTENCED TO TWO LIFE TERMS, 622 00:38:52,655 --> 00:38:57,137 MUCH LONGER THAN ANDREW. FOR ALYSSA'S FAMILY, THE VERDICT 623 00:38:57,172 --> 00:39:04,931 WAS A BITTERSWEET VICTORY. >> I WAS THRILLED BUT 624 00:39:04,965 --> 00:39:07,896 HEARTBROKEN AT THE SAME TIME. I'M SO HAPPY THAT ALYSSA IS 625 00:39:07,931 --> 00:39:10,724 GETTING THE JUSTICE SHE DESERVED, BUT AT THAT POINT IT'S 626 00:39:10,758 --> 00:39:12,000 OVER. OUR FIGHT IS OVER. 627 00:39:12,034 --> 00:39:15,551 >> TWO FAMILIES ARE LEFT TO GRAPPLE WITH THE WRECKAGE HOLLY 628 00:39:15,586 --> 00:39:19,551 ELKINS AND ANDREW BEARD LEFT BEHIND. 629 00:39:19,586 --> 00:39:25,793 LIZETTE BOWERS WILL FOREVER BE KNOWN AS THE MOTHER OF A 630 00:39:25,827 --> 00:39:28,827 MURDERER. >> HE KILLED SOMEONE. 631 00:39:28,862 --> 00:39:32,275 AND THAT IS BEYOND AWFUL. IT'S THE WORST THING ANYONE CAN 632 00:39:32,310 --> 00:39:36,448 DO. BUT THAT'S NOT WHO I LOVE. 633 00:39:36,482 --> 00:39:40,931 >> AND TERESA AND MADISON MUST TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF A WORLD 634 00:39:40,965 --> 00:39:45,827 WITHOUT ALYSSA IN IT. >> WE DON'T GET TO LIVE THE 635 00:39:45,862 --> 00:39:48,827 NORMAL LIFE ANYMORE. IT WAS ALWAYS ME AND HER. 636 00:39:48,862 --> 00:39:51,724 MY BEST FRIEND, RIGHT? THAT WAS MY PERSON. 637 00:39:51,758 --> 00:39:57,137 AND ONLY GETTING TO BE WITH HER FOR 20 YEARS, THAT'S NOT -- JUST 638 00:39:57,172 --> 00:40:00,034 NOT FAIR. >> AFTER THE TRIAL, TERESA WAS 639 00:40:00,068 --> 00:40:03,413 ALLOWED TO TAKE ALYSSA'S THINGS OUT OF HER CAR. 640 00:40:03,448 --> 00:40:06,862 >> IT WAS PRETTY EMOTIONAL FOR ALL OF US ACTUALLY. 641 00:40:06,896 --> 00:40:12,137 THIS WAS THE MIRROR THAT SHE USED SO SHE COULD SEE WILLOW 642 00:40:12,172 --> 00:40:16,586 FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT. YOU KNOW, JUST KNOWING THAT WAS 643 00:40:16,620 --> 00:40:21,896 THE LAST PLACE SHE WAS SITTING WHEN IT HAPPENED. 644 00:40:21,931 --> 00:40:26,275 >> I WANT MOMMA. >> WILLOW, WHO WAS WITH TERESA, 645 00:40:26,310 --> 00:40:31,448 HAD NEVER CRIY IED OVER HER MOT UNTIL THAT DAY. 646 00:40:31,482 --> 00:40:34,896 >> SHE WAS CRYING, ASKING ME IF I COULD PLEASE BRING HER MOM 647 00:40:34,931 --> 00:40:38,103 BACK JUST SO SHE COULD SEE HER ONE MORE TIME. 648 00:40:38,137 --> 00:40:41,793 AND I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HER THAT SHE'S IN HEAVEN AND THEN 649 00:40:41,827 --> 00:40:47,655 SHE ASKED ME IF SHE HAD A PHONE NUMBER IN HEAVEN. 650 00:40:47,689 --> 00:40:52,517 >> ONE DAY, WILLOW WILL LEARN THE WHOLE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED 651 00:40:52,551 --> 00:40:56,103 TO HER MOTHER. >> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? 652 00:40:56,137 --> 00:40:58,448 >> WILLOW TREES. >> YEP. 653 00:40:58,482 --> 00:41:03,137 >> AND WHEN THAT TIME COMES, HER FAMILY HOPES WILLOW WILL SEE THE 654 00:41:03,172 --> 00:41:08,034 BEAUTY IN ALYSSA'S LIFE. NOT THE TRAGEDY OF HER DEATH. 655 00:41:08,068 --> 00:41:13,827 >> I HOPE THAT ONE DAY SHE GROWS UP AND SHE FEELS THE LOVE THAT 656 00:41:13,862 --> 00:41:26,758 HER MOM SINCERELY HAD FOR HER. ♪ 657 00:41:26,793 --> 00:41:30,034 >>> YOU PROBABLY HEARD OF THE NCIS FROM THE HIT TV SERIES, BUT 658 00:41:30,068 --> 00:41:34,482 WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE YOU INSIDE ITS REAL LIFE WORK. 659 00:41:34,517 --> 00:41:39,517 LISTEN TO 48 HOURS NCIS EARLY AND AD FREE AT THE 48 HOURS PLUS 660 00:41:39,551 --> 00:41:40,103 SUBSCRIPTION ON APPLE PODCAST.