♪ >>> WHAT WAS LOST WHEN ALYSSA
WAS TAKEN? WHAT WAS LOST WITH HER MURDER?
>> MY DAUGHTER. WILLOW'S MOTHER.
EVERYTHING. >> HOW DO YOU KEEP ALYSSA ALIVE
FOR HER DAUGHTE WILLOW? >> SHOW HER PICTURES, THIS IS
YOUR MOM, THIS IS YOUR MOM. EVERY MOTHER'S DAY WE VISIT THE
GRAVE. WE TAKE FLOWERS.
WE TAKE CARDS. YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT HER ALL
THE TIME. >> WHAT DOES THIS SAY?
"MOTHER OF WILLOW ANN." >> I HOPE THAT WHEN SHE LEARNS
WHAT HAPPENED SHE DOESN'T LET IT TEAR HER APART.
>> OCTOBER 2nd, 2020. >> THE CRIME SCENE IS GOING TO
BE INSIDE THAT TAPE? >> IT'S INSIDE THAT TAPE.
>> I REMEMBER MY PHONE WAS CONTINUOUSLY RINGING, RINGING.
AND I FINALLY ANSWER IT BECAUSE IT'S MY SUPERVISOR AND SHE'S
FRANTIC AND SHE'S TELLING ME YOU'VE GOT TO GET TO GREENTREE
APARTMENTS. >> I HEARD THAT POP.
I TURNED AROUND, I KNEW IT WAS A GUNSHOT.
>> AND SHE SAYS SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO ALYSSA.
WHAT? WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?
>> WE'RE GOING TO START HAVING FAMILY MEMBERS SHOW UP HERE.
>> I PULL UP. POLICE, FIRE TRUCKS, AMBULANCE
EVERYWHERE. >> SHE GOT SHOT IN THE CAR.
>> OKAY. >> SHE CAN SEE HER HANDPRINTS.
>> WHO ARE YOU? >> I'M DETECTIVE HARDING.
>> I REMEMBER ASKING THAT OFFICER, I SAID, SHE DIDN'T MAKE
IT, DID SHE? AND HE SAID, "NO, SHE DIDN'T."
AND I JUST LOST IT AT THAT POINT.
>> WHEN YOU LEARNED THAT YOUR SISTER WAS DEAD, DID YOU HAVE A
SUSPECT IN MIND? >> I KNEW IMMEDIATELY IT WAS
ANDREW BEARD. I KNEW THAT THE ONLY PERSON I
COULD THINK THAT WOULD WANT HER DEAD WAS ANDREW BEARD.
>> SHE EVEN SAID, "I THINK HE'S THE KIND OF PERSON THAT'S GOING
TO TRY TO KILL ME." AND HE DID!
OH, MY GOD!
>> IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL SCENES THAT I'VE BEEN TO IN 32
YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. YOU COULD SEE THE RAGE.
>> DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING. OKAY?
>> I'M NOT TOUCHING. >> WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU WHEN
IT'S THIS VICIOUS ABOUT THE KILLER?
>> IT'S PERSONAL. >> SHE APPARENTLY HAS HAD A
HISTORY WITH BABY DADDY. >> WITHIN AN HOUR OF GETTING TO
THE CRIME SCENE WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO LOOK FOR ANDREW BEARD.
>> ANDREW BEARD IS A SUSPECT? >> YES.
>> HE CANNOT GET AWAY WITH THIS! HE CANNOT GET AWAY WITH THIS!
>> AT FIRST IT SEEMED LIKE AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE.
BUT AS IT TURNED OUT, ANDREW BEARD WAS ONLY HALF THE STORY.
♪
>>> IN THE MONTHS AFTER ALYSSA
BURKETT WAS MURDERED SHE APPEARED TO HER MOTHER, TERESA
COLLARD, IN A DREAM. >> I SEE HER ACROSS THE ROOM,
AND IN MY DREAM I KNEW SHE WAS GONE.
BUT I WAS HYSTERICALLY HAPPY THAT I WAS SEEING HER, AND I WAS
THINKING, YOU'RE BACK. SHE CAME TO ME AND SAID, "NO,
I'M NOT BACK AND I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AND I NEVER WANT TO BE
THERE AGAIN." I WAS PUZZLED, WHY DON'T YOU
WANT TO COME BACK? AND SHE SAID, "BECAUSE I WAS
ALWAYS AFRAID THERE." >> ALTHOUGH 24-YEAR-OLD ALYSSA
BURKETT HAD BEEN AFRAID FOR MONTHS, THE ATTACK AT THIS
APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE SHE WORKED IN CARROLLTON, TEXAS
NORTH OF DALLAS CAME AS A SURPR
SURPRISE. >> SO WHEN YOU ARRIVE HERE WHAT
DO YOU SEE? >> ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE LEAD
DETECTIVES, MICHAEL HARDING, ALYSSA PULLED INTO HER USUAL
PARKING SPACE AT AROUND 9:00 A.M.
>> ALYSSA'S CAR WAS ACTUALLY PARKED RIGHT HERE WHERE THIS
GREEN VAN IS RIGHT HERE, AND ASSAILANT'S VEHICLE HAD PARKED
RIGHT NEXT TO HER IN THIS SPOT. >> WERE YOU HERE WHEN EVERYTHING
HAPPENED? >> YES.
I WAS SITTING AT MY DESK. >> WITNESSES SAY THE ASSAILANT
EXITED HIS VEHICLE. A BLACK FORD EXPEDITION SUV.
WITH A GUN IN HIS HAND. >> SHE HAD THE WINDOW UP.
AND HE SHOT RIGHT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD -- RIGHT THROUGH THE
WINDOW. >> MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR DARREN
IKELER, ABOUT 15 FEET AWAY -- >> IT'S HORRIBLE.
>> -- HEARD THE GUN BLAST AND TURNED AROUND.
>> WHAT DO YOU SEE? >> I SEE A BLACK SUV STARTING TO
BACK OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT. >> INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE
SHOOTER THOUGHT ALYSSA WAS DEAD. THE BLAST HAD DESTROYED HER LEFT
EYE AND PART OF HER FACE. BUT ALYSSA BURKETT WAS STILL
ALIVE. >> SHE GETS OUT OF HER CAR AND
SHE WALKS UP TO THIS LANDING TO TRY TO GET HELP BECAUSE SHE
KNOWS HER CO-WORKERS ARE HERE. >> THE SHOOTER, DESCRIBED BY
SOME AS A BLACK MAN -- >> A BLACK GUY --
>> -- GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND BEGAN SPRINTING TOWARD ALYSSA,
THIS TIME WITH A NEW WEAPON IN HIS HAND.
SOMETHING MORE PERSONAL. A LARGE HUNTING KNIFE.
>> DID YOU SEE HIM HOLDING THE KNIFE?
>> YEAH. IN THE HAND.
>> AFTER HE STARTS TO STAB HER SHE'S STILL FIGHTING.
ON THIS WINDOW RIGHT HERE THERE WAS A BLOOD HANDPRINT SMEAR
WHERE ALYSSA WAS TRYING TO GET ANYONE TO COME OUT AND HELP HER.
>> BUT FEARING IT WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION, THEY STAYED
INSIDE. >> WE'RE JUST GETTING OUR DAY
STARTED. >> AND THE ATTACKER LAUNCHED
INTO A RABID KILLING FRENZY, PLUNGING HIS KNIFE INTO FLESH
AND BONE AGAIN AND AGAIN. INCREDIBLY, ALYSSA WAS STILL
BREATHING WHEN HER ASSAILANT FLED.
>> ONCE THE SUSPECT LEFT, HER CO-WORKERS CAME OUT TO TRY TO
RENDER AID. >> ONE OF HER COLLEAGUES MADE
THIS CALL TO 911. >> 911, WHAT IS THE ADDRESS OF
THE EMERGENCY? >> SOMEONE CAME UP AND JUST SHOT
MY ASSISTANT MANAGER. >> WHERE IS THE SHOOTER?
>> I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.
I MEAN, HE'S GONE. HE LEFT IN HIS CAR.
HE LITERALLY LEFT A SECOND AGO. >> PULLED UP FIRST.
I COME OUT, GET OUT OF THE WAY LET THEM DO THEIR THING.
>> THEY START WORKING ON HER RIGHT HERE?
>> IMMEDIATELY, YEAH. AND IT WAS TOO LATE.
SHE WAS GONE. >> ALYSSA HAD BEEN STABBED AND
SLASHED A TOTAL OF 44 TIMES. ALYSSA'S MOTHER, TERESA,
IMMEDIATELY GAVE THE POLICE A NAME.
AND IT WASN'T A BLACK MAN. IT WAS ANDREW BEARD.
>> I KNOW HE DID THIS. HE'S AN EVIL PERSON!
>> TERESA TOLD DETECTIVES THAT ANDREW BEARD AND ALYSSA WERE IN
THE THROES OF AN UGLY CUSTODY BATTLE OVER THEIR 1-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER, WILLOW ANN. A BATTLE THAT BEGAN WHEN ALYSSA
WAS STILL PREGNANT, SAYS HER FRIEND, BRANDY REAGAN.
>> HE INITIATED BY ASKING HER IF HE COULD HAVE FULL CUSTODY OF
THE BABY AFTER THE BABY WAS BORN.
>> AND WHAT DID ALYSSA HAVE TO SAY TO HIS IDEA OF HIM GETTING
FULL CUSTODY? >> YOU BETTER BE F-ING KIDDING
ME. >> ALYSSA AND ANDREW WERE WORLDS
APART FROM THE BEGINNING. HE WAS ALMOST NINE YEARS OLDER,
ESTABLISHED, WITH A GOOD JOB AT A TOOL COMPANY, A NICE HOUSE.
EVEN HAD A PLANE. SHE WAS 22, LOVED EATING TURKEY
LEGS AT STATE FAIRS, AND WAS STILL FIGURING LIFE OUT.
AFTER MEETING ON A DATING APP THEY HAD A FLING.
NOTHING SERIOUS. BUT THEN SHE FOUND OUT SHE WAS
PREGNANT, SAYS HER FRIEND AND ROOMMATE, SHELBY WRIGHT.
>> I'LL NEVER FORGET, SHE'S JUST STANDING THERE, HYSTERICALLY
CRYING. AND UPSET.
SHE COULDN'T EVEN SPEAK. AND SHE HANDS ME A PREGNANCY
TEST THAT SAID POSITIVE. AND I HONESTLY HAD NO WORDS FOR
H HER.
>> BUT AS THE PREGNANCY PROGRESSED ALYSSA'S FEARS TURNED
TO EXCITEMENT, SAYS SHELBY. ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE LEARNED IT
WAS A GIRL. ON JULY 23rd, 2019 ALYSSA GAVE
BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL SHE NAMED WILLOW.
>> AND WHEN YOU SAW THEM TOGETHER, ALYSSA AND WILLOW,
WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE? >> AMAZING.
MOTHERHOOD LOOKED GREAT ON HER. YES.
>> JUST LOOKING AT THE TWO OF THEM, YOU COULD TELL THAT THEIR
RELATIONSHIP WAS, I MEAN, EVERYTHING.
>> I ALWAYS LOVED HOW SHE'S LOOKING AT HER IN THIS PICTURE.
>> MADISON GRIMES IS ALYSSA'S YOUNGER SISTER.
>> WILLOW CLUNG TO HER EVERY SECOND OF EVERY DAY, AND I THINK
THAT TELLS YOU A LOT ABOUT THE PLORGT ALYSSA WAS.
>> ALYSSA WENT BACK TO COLLEGE AND GOT A GOOD JOB AS AN
ASSISTANT PROPERTY MANAGER. >> I THINK EVERYTHING SHE DID AT
THAT POINT IN HER LIFE WAS FOR WILLOW.
SHE WANTED TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR WILLOW.
SHE DIDN'T WANT WILLOW TO GROW UP AND STRUGGLE.
SHE JUST WANTED WILLOW TO HAVE AN EASY LIFE.
>> ANDREW, WHO HAD JOINT CUSTODY, HAD WILLOW A FEW DAYS
EVERY WEEK, BUT HE KEPT PUSHING FOR PRIMARY CUSTODY.
DRAGGING ALYSSA IN AND OUT OF COURT HEARINGS, EMPTYING HER
BANK ACCOUNT. >> SHE WAS TERRIFIED.
WILLOW AT THIS POINT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN HER
LIFE. AND WHEN SHE, YOU KNOW, LOOKED
AT THE BIGGER PICTURE, ANDREW, HE MADE MORE MONEY THAN HER.
HE HAD A HOUSE. HE HAD ALL OF THE NICE THINGS
SHE DIDN'T HAVE. SO SHE WAS AFRAID THAT, YOU
KNOW, HE WANTED WILLOW AND HE WAS GOING TO GET HER.
>> ANDREW'S MOTHER, LIZETTE BOWERS, SAYS HER SON WAS ACTING
OUT OF LOVE, NOT MALICE. >> MY SON, ANDREW BEARD, IS A
LOVING, WARM INDIVIDUAL WHO ALWAYS OPERATED FROM HIS HEART,
FROM HIS CORE CENTER. WHEN HE HAD WILLOW, SHE WAS
CONSTANTLY STRAPPED TO THE FRONT OF HIM.
HE WAS READING TO HER. HE WANTED HER TO SEE THE WHOLE
WORLD. EVERY DAY HE JUST FELT THAT HE
COULD PROVIDE HER MORE STABILITY.
>> IN MARCH 2020 WHEN WILLOW WAS EIGHT MONTHS OLD THINGS SEEMED
TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. THE FEUDING PARENTS FOUND COMMON
GROUND, FINALLY REACHING AN AGREEMENT ON VISITATION AND
CHILD SUPPORT. >> AND SO THINGS SEEMED TO CALM
DOWN? >> THINGS CALMED DOWN, YEAH.
>> BUT A GATHERING STORM WAS ABOUT TO COME BARRELING IN.
[ SIREN ] >> POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT, COME
♪ >>> IN THE SPRING OF 2020, IT
LOOKED LIKE THE BITTER CUSTODY BATTLE BETWEEN ALYSSA AND ANDREW
HAD FINALLY COME TO AN END. ALYSSA HAD A NEW GUY, NAMED BEN.
AND ANDREW FELL HARD FOR A WOMAN NAMED HOLLY ELKINS, SOMEONE HIS
MOM LIZETTE WAS THRILLED ABOUT. >> I ADORED HER FROM MINUTE ONE.
SHE JUST HAS THIS CHARM AND ENERGY.
I WARMED TO HER VERY QUICKLY. >> ALYSSA WAS HAPPY THAT HE
STARTED DATING SOMEONE ELSE. >> I GUESS HOPEFUL THAT HOLLY
WOULD HELP THE SITUATION. THAT HOLLY WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE
OF THE MOTHER THAT'S INVOLVED. >> HOLLY SENT THIS TEXT TO
ALYSSA. LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A SUPER
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AND BEN.
ALYSSA RESPONDED, I HOPE YOUR INFLUENCE HELPS BECAUSE I'D LOVE
NOTHING MORE FOR US ALL HAVE TO HAVE A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP.
DESPITE HOLLY'S MESSAGE, ANDREW SUDDENLY BECAME HOSTILE WITH
ALYSSA. HE WAS ONCE AGAIN DEMANDING
PRIMARY CUSTODY OF WILLOW, DRAGGING ALYSSA BACK INTO COURT.
>> HE WAS ALWAYS VERY SHORT, VERY RUDE, VERY HATEFUL.
IT JUST TOTALLY CHANGED THE WAY THAT THEY COMMUNICATED TOGETHER.
>> ALYSSA COULDN'T SHAKE THIS UNEASY FEELING THAT SHE WAS
BEING WATCHED. AND BEGAN TELLING FAMILY AND
FRIENDS THAT ANDREW ALWAYS SEEMED TO KNOW WHAT SHE WAS
DOING. >> HE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS.
HE KNEW WHERE WILLOW WAS. HE KNEW JUST OTHER PLACES THAT
SHE HAD BEEN. >> I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT SHE WAS
OUT WITH ONE OF HER FRIENDS AND THEY WERE AT A BAR IN DOWNTOWN
DALLAS. AND SHE'S LIKE, TEXT ME.
OH MY GOSH, ANDREW IS HERE. AND IN MY MIND, I'M LIKE, THE
ODDS OF THAT HAPPENING ARE SLIM TO NONE.
YOU KNOW, SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW HE WAS TRACKING HER, SHE KNEW SHE
WAS BEING TRACKED. >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT
SHE WENT THROUGH? >> HELL.
I MEAN, EVERYDAY YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE HAVING TO WATCH OVER YOUR
SHOULDER. THAT'S HOW I FELT SHE LIVED.
>> HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ALYSSA.
>> MADISON FOUND THIS VIDEO AFTER ALYSSA'S DEATH.
IT WAS NEVER POSTED. >> THIS PAST YEAR I HAVE BEEN
GOING THROUGH A CUSTODY BATTLE, A VERY UGLY ONE.
I HAVE A 1-YEAR-OLD CHILD. IT'S TAKEN A TOLL ON MY MENTAL
AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'VE
BECOME A LOT STRONGER IN THE PROCESS.
AND I GUESS JUST MY MESSAGE IS NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH, STICK IT OUT. YOU CAN DO IT.
AND STAY STRONG. >> BUT SHE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE
TESTED. IN SEPTEMBER, 2020, ONE MONTH
BEFORE HER MURDER, IT REACHED A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
A MAN WHO SAID HIS NAME WAS FRANK MARROW CALLED 911 AND
REPORTED THAT ALYSSA WAS SELLING DRUGS OUT OF THE TRUNK OF HER
CAR AT WORK. >> I SAW WHAT I THOUGHT LOOKED
LIKE SOMEONE JUST SELLING SOME DRUGS OUT OF THEIR TRUNK.
AND I COULD SMELL IT AND I COULD SEE IT.
>> OKAY. WHAT KIND OF VEHICLE IS IT.
>> IT'S A LITTLE TOYOTA CAROLLA. I HAVE A LICENSE PLATE IF THAT
HELPS. >> OKAY, FRANK.
WHAT WAS YOUR LAST NAME? >> MARROW.
>> ACTING ON THIS TIP, CARROLLTON POLICE OFFICERS
DESCENDED ON THE GREENTREE APARTMENT'S LEASING OFFICE AND
CONFRONTED ALYSSA. SHE GAVE MEM THE KEYS TO HER CAR
AND THEY OPENED THE TRUNK. INSIDE THEY DISCOVERED DRUGS, A
PISTOL AND SOME CASH. EXACTLY WHERE THE CALLER SAID
THEY WOULD BE. >> SO YOUR DAUGHTER SUDDENLY NOW
LOOKS LIKE A DRUG DEALER. AND A DANGEROUS ONE AS WELL.
SHE'S ARMED. >> YES.
>> IS ALYSSA WORRIED THAT SHE'S GOING TO GET ARRESTED, LOSE HER
JOB? >> YES, ALL OF THE ABOVE.
SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT HER JOB. SHE THINKS SHE'S GOING TO BE
ARRESTED. HE'S GOING TO USE THIS IN COURT.
SHE'LL FOR SURE. >> IT WAS CLEAR SHE KNEW NOTHING
ABOUT THE DRUGS AND PISTOL IN THE TRUNK OF THEIR CAR.
THEY CONCLUDED THOSE ITEMS HAD BEEN PLANTED.
THE CALLER HAD TRIED TO FRAME HER.
ALYSSA KNEW IN HER GUT THAT CALLER WAS ANDREW BEARD.
LATER THAT DAY, SHE TEXTED HER ROOMMATE SHELBY.
>> ALYSSA MESSAGED ME AND SAID, HE IS GOING TO TRY TO GET
SOMEONE TO KILL ME NEXT. >> AND WHEN YOU READ THOSE
WORDS? >> MY HEART DROPPED.
>> THAT WASN'T WHO SHE WAS. SHE WASN'T A FEARFUL PERSON.
SHOWING AND ASKING FOR HELP SHOWS ME THAT SHE WAS GENUINELY
SCARED. >> SHE KNEW THAT WHATEVER WAS
COMING NEXT WAS GOING TO BE SERIOUS.
>> THE ONCE FEARLESS YOUNG WOMAN HAD BECOME SCARED FOR HER LIFE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE TEXTS SHE SENT TO HER SISTER, MADISON.
COME OVER WHILE I WALK INSIDE. LOCK THE DOOR BEHIND YOU.
DO YOU SEE ANYONE AROUND YOU? AND ALYSSA WASN'T THE ONLY ONE
WHO WAS TERRIFIED. >> IT KEPT PROGRESSING.
EACH THING THAT HE WOULD DO JUST KEPT GETTING WORSE.
AND AFTER THIS POINT, FRAMING HER AND SHE DIDN'T GET ARRESTED,
I THOUGHT, WELL WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO B
♪ >>> ONE MONTH AFTER THE DRUGS
AND GUN WERE PLANTED IN ALYSSA BURKETT'S CAR, SHE WAS DEAD.
>> I KNEW THAT IT WAS HIM WHEN THE DRUGS DIDN'T WORK AND THE
CAR FOR HIM TO GET THE BABY. >> ONCE WE TALKED TO ALYSSA'S
MOM, WE HAD AN IDEA WHO WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
>> AND WHO WAS THAT PERSON? >> THAT PERSON WAS ANDREW BEARD.
>> OH MY GOD! >> AND TO TERESA'S HORROR, HE
HAD VISITATION WITH WILLOW THAT DAY.
THE BABY WAS WITH HIM. >> YES.
I WANT MY GRAND BABY AWAY FROM HIM.
>> MY FIRST THOUGHTS WERE IF HE'S GOING TO KILL WILLOW.
>> WITHIN HOURS OF THE MURDER, THE POLICE PULLED OVER ANDREW
BEARD'S F150 PICKUP TRUCK FOR AN ALLEGED TRAFFIC VIOLATION.
ANDREW AND HIS FIANCE HOLLY ELKINS WERE ASKED TO GET OUT OF
THE VEHICLE. >> THE DAUGHTER IS IN THE CAR
SEAT IN THE BACKSEAT. >> MUCH OF THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE
IN THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN RESIZED SO YOU CAN SEE IT BETTER.
>> THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY COOPERATIVE.
>> ANDREW SEEMED UNFAZED BY THE WHOLE THING.
SAYS DETECTIVE HARDING. >> HE WAS VERY CALM.
HE WASN'T AMPED UP. HE DIDN'T SEEM NERVOUS.
>> ULTIMATELY ANDREW AND HOLLY WERE ALLOWED TO GO.
AND BECAUSE HE HAD COURT MANDATED VISITATION RIGHTS, TAKE
WILLOW WITH THEM. BUT THE POLICE SEIZED HIS F150
PICKUP AND INSTRUCTED HIM NOT TO RETURN HOME.
ANDREW, HOLLY AND WILLOW WENT TO A HOTEL.
AND THAT NIGHT, A SEARCH OF ANDREW'S HOUSE TURNED UP
CRITICAL EVIDENCE. >> THIS WAS FOUND INSIDE THE
LIVING ROOM, ONE OF ANDREW BEARD'S BACKPACKS.
>> SUCH AS THIS ENVELOPE, SCRIBBLED WITH INCRIMINATING
NOTES. >> UPON READING THE NOTES, WE
REALIZE THOSE WERE TIED TO THE FRANK MARROW 911 CALL.
>> FRANK MARROW, THE CALLER WHO HAD REPORTED ALYSSA WAS SELLING
DRUGS OUT OF HER CAR. >> ALYSSA'S LICENSE PLATE, THE
COLOR AND MODEL OF THE VEHICLE, FRANK MARROW, EVERYTHING THAT HE
NEEDED TO MAKE THAT 911 CALL WAS ON THE BACK OF THIS ENVELOPE.
>> LIKE YOU DISCOVERED THE SCREEN PLAY TO THIS 911 CALL.
>> I WAS SHOCKED. HE KEPT THIS?
>> SO WE FOUND THIS GPS TRACKER BOX.
>> ALSO IN PLAIN VIEW, SAYS ANOTHER LEAD DETECTIVE JEREMY,
CHARGING STATIONS AND BATTERIES THAT MATCHED THE TRACKING DEVICE
DETECTIVES DISCOVERED ON ALYSSA'S CAR AFTER THE MURDER.
>> SO THIS IS THE DEVICE THAT WAS PUT ON HER CAR.
THAT WAS ALL PART OF HIS PLAN TO CATCH HER DOING SOMETHING THAT
HE BELIEVED THAT SHE SHOULDN'T BE DOING.
TO GAIN AN ADVANTAGE IN THAT CHILD CUSTODY DISPUTE.
>> A SEARCH OF THAT FORD150 SEIZED AT THE TRAFFIC STOP
TURNED UP MORE JAW-DROPPING EVIDENCE.
>> SO THIS IS ONE OF THE MAKEUP VILES THAT WE RECOVERED FROM
INSIDE ONE OF THE BAGS IN THE F150.
>> IT WAS A FOUNDATION CALLED JAVA.
>> IT'S REALLY DARK. >> VERY DARK.
>> AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT WAS WHAT, DO YOU BELIEVE?
>> WAS DO DISGUISE AN DROU BEARD'S FACE TO MAKE HIM LOOK
LIKE AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN. >> THE POLICE FOUND THE KNIFE
SHEATH AT THE SCENE BUT NEVER FOUND THE KNIFE OR THE GUN.
BUT THE DAY AFTER THE HOMICIDE, THEY FOUND SOMETHING JUST AS
IMPORTANT, THAT BLACK SUV. THEY LEARNED ANDREW HAD BOUGHT
IT SPECIFICALLY TO COMMIT THE MURDER.
AND THERE IT WAS, ABANDONED LESS THAN A MILE FROM ANDREW'S HOUSE.
>> HE DROVE IT TO THAT LOCATION AND HE FLED BACK TO HIS HOUSE
THE MORNING OF THE MURDER. >> THAT'S ANDREW BEARD CAPTURED
ON A HOME SECURITY CAMERA FLEEING THROUGH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. >> HE IS DOING THE BIG FOOT RUN
FROM THIS VEHICLE. >> WHAT DID YOU FOUND WHEN YOU
GUYS PROCESSED THE INSIDE OF THIS VEHICLE?
>> WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER MULTIPLE SPOTS WHERE BLOOD WAS
RECOVERED. THAT WAS LATER TESTED TO BE
ALYSSA'S BLOOD. >> THEY ALSO FOUND ANOTHER PART
OF HIS DISGUISE, A FAKE BEARD. >> THAT LOOKS LIKE A HALLOWEEN
BEARD. >> EXACTLY, YES.
HE PURCHASED A HALLOWEEN COSTUME.
>> SO THAT'S WHAT LED US TO GET THE ARREST WARRANT FOR ANDREW
BEARD. >> ANDREW BEARD, WHO STILL HAD
WILLOW, HAD BEEN STAYING IN AN AIRBNB WITH HIS FIANCE HOLLY
ELKINS AND MOTHER LIZETTE. >> WHEN WE WERE AT THE AIR B
NSHS B, HE GOT A CALL. HE WAS GOING TO BE ARRESTED.
>> JUST THREE DAYS AFTER ALYSSA WAS KILLED, WILLOW WAS SENT BACK
TO TERESA. AND ANDREW BEARD TURNED HIMSELF
IN TO THE POLICE. HE WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER.
>> I WAS CONFIDENT THEY HAD THE WRONG MAN.
>> SO WAS HOLLY ELELKINS. SHE VOLUNTEERED TO TALK TO THE
POLICE. >> I WANT TO HELP.
I REALLY DO. BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS.
INCREDULOUS THE MAN SHE PLANNED TO MARRY WAS CAPABLE OF MURDER.
>> SO I JUST TOLD ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT I'M ENGAGED TO
THE MOST WONDERFUL MAN ON THE PLANET AND NOW PEOPLE WANT ME TO
BELIEVE THAT HE'S NOT THAT. >> AND THERE ARE SO MANY
EMOTIONAL ROADBLOCKS FOR YOU TO TRY TO BELIEVE THAT.
I GET THAT. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT MY
FIANCE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO A WOMAN OR TO ANYBODY,
BUT A WOMAN. >> DETECTIVE ON THE RIGHT AND
DETECTIVE HARDING ON THE LEFT INTERVIEWED HOLLY FOR ABOUT AN
HOUR. HOPING TO TURN HER INTO A
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION. >> I'M TELLING YOU THERE'S A
SIDE OF HIM THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW.
>> BUT SHE STOOD BY ANDREW, INSISTING HE HAD AN ALIBI.
HE WAS HOME WITH HER WHEN THE MURDER TOOK PLACE.
>> THERE ARE A FEW HOURS THAT YOU KNOW HE WAS NOT IN THAT
HOUSE. >> YOU CANNOT TELL ME THAT I
FEEL THAT WAY, SIR. >> I CAN TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE I
KNOW THAT FOR A FACT THAT HE WAS OUT OF THE HOUSE, HOLLY.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR A FACT. THAT'S WHAT MY PROBLEM IS.
>> HOLLY REMAINED ADAMANT THAT SH WOULD HAVE KNOWN IF HE HAD
LEFT. >> I AM A TOTAL STAGE 5 CLINGER
GIRLFRIEND. I'M ALWAYS UP HIS ASS.
I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE. >> THE INTERVIEW ENDED WITH
HOLLY STANDING BY HER MAN. SHE AND ANDREW'S MOM LIZETTE
CONTINUED LIVING TOGETHER IN AN AIRBNB.
THEY BECAME EXTREMELY CLOSE. AND BONDED OVER THEIR SHARED
BELIEF THAT ANDREW WAS INNOCENT, SAYS LIZETTE.
>> WE STAYED SO CLOSE. WE WERE JUST CONNECTED AT THE
HIP. AND MADE AGREEMENTS TO NEVER GO
ANYWHERE WITHOUT ONE ANOTHER. >> FINALLY, AFTER TWO WEEKS
BEHIND BARS, ANDREW WAS RELEASED ON BOND.
LIZETTE WAS OVERJOYED. HOLLY, AS LIZETTE WOULD SOON
DISCOVER, NOT SO MUCH. >> THEY TOLD US HE'S COMING HOME
TOMORROW. AND HOLLY SAYS, I'M GOING.
SHE IS HOLDING HER SUITCASE AND SHE GOES, I'M GOING.
I'M LEAVING. I'M GOING HOME.
BUT THE DAY BEFORE ANDREW GETS HOME.
WHY ARE YOU CHOOSING NOW? DURING THIS SCARY, SCARY TIME IN
HIS LIFE. SHE HAD ALREADY ORDERED HER UBER
AND NEVER CAME BACK. >> THE DETECTIVE SAYS HE WAS SO
WORRIED ABOUT WILLOW'S SAFETY, HE REACHED OUT TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO TAKE THE CASE UNDER FEDERAL FIREARM LAWS.
BECAUSE AN UNREGISTERED SILENCER WAS FOUND IN ANDREW'S HOME, THE
FEDS AGREED. ANDREW BEARD WAS REARRESTED
EIGHT DAYS AFTER HE BONDED OUT. >> ULTIMATELY AT THAT POINT OUR
GOAL WAS TO GET HIM BACK INTO CUSTODY.
>> ANDREW WAS ULTIMATELY CHARGED WITH CYBER STALKING, USING A
DANGEROUS WEAPON RESULTING IN DEATH.
ONE YEAR AND EIGHT MONTHS AFTER ALYSSA'S MURDER, ANDREW CALLED
HIS MOTHER WITH UNIMAGINABLE NEWS.
>> HE SAID, YOU KNOW, MOM, I'M SO I IMMEDIATELY SAID, WELL,
ANDREW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO -- YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PLEAD GUILTY
TO ANYTHING YOU DIDN'T DO BECAUSE CLEARLY HE DIDN'T MURDER
HER, IN MY MIND. BECAUSE THAT'S OUT OF CHARACTER
AND NOT WHO HE IS. AND IT WAS STUPIDLY DONE AND
HE'S NOT STUPID. SO IT NEVER WAS HIM.
>> BUT SHE WOULD LEARN IT WAS HIM.
HE ADMITTED HE DID IT. HE KILLED THE MOTHER OF HIS
CHILD. >> I HAVE PHYSICALLY DROPPED TO
MY KNEES SOMETIMES FEELING LIKE I'VE GOTTEN PUNCHED IN THE
STOMACH. AND I HAVE TO TELL MYSELF, I
HAVE TO TELL MYSELF, THAT THAT WAS A MOMENT, A HEINOUS, AWFUL,
OUT OF CHARACTER, BROKEN MOMENT. >> ANDREW BEARD PLEADED GUILTY.
BUT THE INVESTIGATION WASN'T OVER.
ANDREW BEARD WAS TALKING, AND HE HAD A LOT TO SAY.
>> HOW COME YOU WAITED SO LONG TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HOLLY DID?
>> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HOLLY ELKI
♪ >>> HOLLY ELKINS LEFT TEXAS AND
RETURNED TO HER HOME STATE OF MICHIGAN, TWO AND A HALF WEEKS
AFTER THE MURDER OF ALYSSA BURKETT.
SHE GAVE NO HINT OF WHAT SHE HAD LEFT BEHIND, SAYS HER BEST
FRIEND FROM CHILDHOOD, STEPHANIE GODDARD.
>> DID SHE EVER MENTION THE NAME ALYSSA BURKETT TO YOU?
>> NEVER. >> NEVER?
>> NEVER, NEVER. >> NOT ONCE?
SHE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT ANDREW BEARD EITHER?
>> NOT EVEN ONCE. NOPE.
>> STEPHANIE, WHO MET UP WITH HOLLY ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AFTER
SHE RETURNED TO MICHIGAN, SAYS HER OLD FRIEND APPEARED TO BE
STARTING LIFE ANEW. A NEW CONDO, A NEW LEXUS, A NEW
MAN. >> SHE HAD THIS BOYFRIEND WITH
HER. SO EVERYTHING JUST SEEMED REALLY
NORMAL. >> STEPHANIE SAYS FROM THE TIME
SHE WAS A TEENAGER, HOLLY ALWAYS HAD A GUY.
AND SHE KNEW HOW TO WRAP THEM AROUND HER LITTLE FINGER.
>> IT WAS LIKE A CAT AND MOUSE THING.
>> WHEN YOU SAY CAT AND MOUSE, SHE WAS THE CAT?
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY. YES, SHE WAS THE CAT.
>> SHE CONTROLLED THE RELATIONSHIP?
>> ABSOLUTELY. SHE WAS THE ONE IN THE DRIVER'S
SEAT. >> BACK IN TEXAS, INVESTIGATORS
WERE JUST BEGINNING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FIANCE WHO HAD
SKIPPED TOWN AFTER THE MURDER. ONE YEAR AND NINE MONTHS AFTER
ALYSSA WAS KILLED, ANDREW BEARD SPOKE TO THE FBI AS PART OF A
PLEA DEAL. >> I'M ASSUMING -- ABSOLUTELY
DOES LOOK PLANNED OUT, BECAUSE IT WAS.
THE PROCESS BUT PLANNED OUT. >> IT QUICKLY BECAME CLEAR TO
INVESTIGATORS THAT THIS HOLLY ELKINS --
>> I'M TRYING TO HELP. NO ONE IS HELPING ME.
>> THE HOLLY ELKINS SEEMINGLY TOSH APART BY ALYSSA'S DEATH.
>> I JUST FEEL BAD -- I JUST FEEL BAD TO NOT HELP SOMETHING
THAT I THINK IS VERY SAD THAT HAPPENED.
>> WAS GIVING THE PERFORMANCE OF HER LIFE.
>> I LITERALLY CRIED MYSELF TO NAUSEAM EVERY SINGLE NIGHT OTHER
THIS. >> WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT HER
TRUE FEELINGS ABOUT ALYSSA? >> SHE HATED ALYSSA.
WITH A BURNING PASSION. >> INVESTIGATORS DUG BACK INTO
ANDREW AND HOLLY'S TEXT MESSAGES.
MANY OF WHICH ALYSSA'S FAMILY ALSO SAW.
>> BOTH OF YOU LEARN THAT HOLLY HAD SOME DEROGATORY WORDS ABOUT
ALYSSA. WHAT DID SHE CALL HER?
>> UGLY. FAT.
A BAD MOM. ALL THINGS THAT SHE WASN'T.
AND [ BLEEP ] MOMMA WAS MY SISTER'S CONTACT NAME IN HOLLY'S
PHONE. >> SEE BABY MOMMA DEROGATORY
WORD THAT ANY WOMAN FINDS DESPICABLE.
WHAT THE HECK IS ALL ABOUT THAT? >> JEALOUSY.
>> HOLLY WANTED SOMETHING ALYSSA HAD AND SHE DIDN'T, SAYS
MADISON. >> SHE WANTED WILLOW.
>> WHY WAS HE IS SO OBSESSED WITH WILLOW?
>> THAT WAS HER LIFE. SHE WANTED A PERFECT FAMILY.
AND THAT WAS HER WAY OF GETTING IT.
ALYSSA WAS GOING TO STAND IN HER WAY OF DOING THAT.
>> IT WAS FRIDAY. HOLLY WOULD HAVE BEEN --
>> THE MORE ANDREW TALKED, THE CLEARER HOLLY'S ROLE BECAME,
SAYS THE DETECTIVE. >> WHAT PORTRAIT DID HE PAINT OF
HOLLY ELKINS? >> THAT SHE WAS THE ONE RUNNING
THE SHOW. THAT SHE WAS TELLING HIM WHAT HE
WAS GOING TO DO, WHEN HE WAS GOING TO DO IT, HOW HE WAS GOING
TO DO IT. >> REMEMBER THAT DRUG PLANT?
>> IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME WHOSE IDEA WAS WHAT?
DRUGS AND THE PLANTING DRUGS WAS ELKINS.
>> HOLLY ELKINS EVEN TRIED TO GET ALYSSA'S MOM TERESA
ARRESTED. THE INCIDENT STARTED WHEN TERESA
AND ALYSSA DROVE BY HOLLY AND ANDREW'S HOME.
TERESA SAYS HOLLY AND ANDREW HAD FAILED TO RETURN WILLOW AT THE
APPOINTED TIME. >> WE SEE HOLLY ON THE GOLF CART
WITH WILLOW IN HER LAP COMING TOWARDS THE END OF THEIR
DRIVEWAY. AND I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND I
GRABBED WILLOW, WENT AND GOT BACK IN THE CAR, HANDED WILLOW
TO ALYSSA AND SPED OFF. >> HOLLY IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE
POLICE. WHO ARRIVED WITH BODY CAMS
ROLLING. >> I'M THE GRANDMOTHER --
>> HOLLY TOLD THEM TERESA ASSAULTED HER WHEN SHE GRABBED
WILLOW FROM HER LAP. >> SHE LITERALLY ATTACKED ME
FROM BEHIND SIDE. I WAS FACING THE LAKE.
>> TERESA SAYS SHE NEVER TOUCHED HOLLY.
BUT HOLLY PULLED UP HER SHIRT TO SHOW COPS SCRATCHES SHE CLAIMED
TERESA HAD INFLICTED. >> NO, NO, NO.
OH, YOU HAVE SOME OF YOUR STOMACH?
>> WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THOSE PICTURES?
>> THAT THEY WERE RIDICULOUS. THAT IT WAS SO APPARENT THAT SHE
HAD DONE THAT TO HERSELF. HOW WOULD THEY EVEN THINK
SOMEONE ELSE DID THAT TO HER BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING DOWNWARDS.
LIKE YOUR OWN HAND DID IT. >> THE POLICE AGREED.
CONCLUDING THE INJURIES LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE SELF INFLICTED.
BUT IT ONLY MADE THINGS MORE DANGEROUS FOR ALYSSA, SAYS THE
DETECTIVE. >> THE THINGS THEY WERE DOING TO
TRY TO GET CUSTODY OF WILLOW WASN'T WORKING AT THAT POINT.
AND I THINK THAT THEY DECIDED WE GOT TO UP THE GAME.
AND UPPING THE GAME MEANT GETTING RID OF ALYSSA.
>> HOLLY BEGAN PLAYING HER GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE.
>> IT WAS MADE VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT YOUR PREVIOUS METHODS
AREN'T WORKING. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO
NOW IN ORDER TO PROVE THAT -- THAT -- BASICALLY YOU'RE WORTHY.
>> WORTHY OF BEING A MAN WHO DESERVED HER LOVE.
>> HOLLY ELKINS WRITES TO ANDREW, I DON'T WANT ANYONE WHO
IS A [ BLEEP ] TO SOME LOW LIFE OR A PUSHOVER.
I WANT A MAN WHO PROTECTS HIS WOMEN AND CHILD BEFORE ANYONE.
AND DOESN'T GIVE TWO Fs OTHERWISE.
YOUR COMMENT? >> JUST STRAIGHT FORWARD
MANIPULATION. SHE WAS GOING TO MAKE HIM DO
WHAT SHE FELT NEEDED TO BE DONE NO MATTER WHAT.
>> AND ANDREW TOLD INVESTIGATORS IT WORKED.
>> LIKE I WAS EMOTIONALLY DRAINED.
AND AT THAT POINT I JUST BASICALLY SAID OKAY.
AND BECAME SUB MISIVE TO WHATEVER SHE WANTED ME TO DO,
THAT'S THE TASK I DID. >> A WEEK AND A HALF BEFORE THE
MURDER, HOLLY LEFT FOR MEXICO. BUT DIDN'T LET UP ON ANDREW.
>> HERE IS A TEXT. THIS IS ONE WEEK BEFORE THE
MURDERS. THIS IS SEPTEMBER 25, 2020.
HOLLY ELKINS WRITES, I HOPE YOU HANDLE IT.
I'M NOT COMING HOME TO B.S. ANDREW BEARD SAYS, THAT'S MY
GOAL. >> TO THAT HOLLY TEXTED BACK,
WELL, IT WILL BE A WHOLE DIFFERENT CONVERSATION IF I FEEL
LIKE YOU ARE RIDE OR DIE. IF NOT, THEN I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT IS SHE SAYING TO HIM? >> TO ME IT MEANS YOU'RE EITHER
WITH ME OR YOU'RE NOT WITH ME. YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO RIDE WITH
ME AND DIE WITH ME OR YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE WITH ME AT ALL.
>> AFTER HE KILLED ALYSSA, ANDREW TOLD INVESTIGATORS HOLLY
BEGGED FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE CRIME.
>> HER REQUEST WAS THAT HE DESCRIBE THE MURDER TO HER WHILE
THEY WERE IN BED TOGETHER. >> ONE OF THE MOST DEGRADING
THINGS I'VE R HEARD. >> IN MAY OF 2023, ANDREW BEARD
WAS SENTENCED TO 43 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON.
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE HOLLY ELKINS THOUGHT THE CASE WAS
OVER. >> I THINK SHE BELIEVED THAT THE
FURTHER SHE GOT AWAY FROM THIS, THE LESS INVOLVED SHE WAS GOING
TO BE. BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT
♪ >>> THESE ARE THE PHOTOS OF THE
GRAVE. WE ALWAYS DECORATE IT FOR EVERY
HOLIDAY. >> IN JULY OF 2023 --
>> VALENTINE'S DAY AND CHRISTMAS.
>> CHRISTMAS. >> ALMOST THREE YEARS AFTER
ALYSSA'S DEATH -- >> HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.
>> HOLLY ELKINS WAS ARRESTED BY FEDERAL AGENTS AT THE MIAMI
AIRPORT AS SHE WAS RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC. >> THE LANTERNS, THAT WAS I
THINK ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS THAT WE DID.
>> AN ARREST A LONG-TIME COMING FOR ALYSSA'S FAMILY.
>> WHAT IS THAT? >> BALLOON.
>> I THOUGHT WE WERE NEVER GOING
TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. I FELT RELIEF.
>> HOLLY, WHO PLEADED NOT GUILTY, WAS CHARGED WITH
CONSPIRACY TO STALK AND STALKING USING A DANGEROUS WEAPON
RESULTING IN DEATH. THE FBI HAD BUILT A COMPELLING
CASE AGAINST HER, SAYS DETECTIVE CHEVALLIER.
>> HOLLY'S PHONE HAD A LOT ON IT.
SEARCHING FOR TRACKING DEVICES. THERE WERE INDICATIONS WHEN THE
AMMUNITION AND THE KNIFE WERE PURCHASED.
>> THEY ALSO TIED HOLLY TO THE MAKEUP ANDREW USED TO DISGUISE
HIMSELF AS A BLACK MAN. >> IT WAS -- YOU'RE GOING TO
DRESS UP AS A DIFFERENT PERSON ESSENTIALLY.
YOU'RE GOING TO WEAR THIS DARK MAKEUP THAT WAS HER PLAN.
THAT WAS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE DONE.
>> WHILE ANDREW SEEMS HARMLESS IN THIS VIDEO, NEVER FORGET THAT
HE WAS THE ONE WHO CHASED ALYSSA DOWN LIKE A HUNTER TRACKING A
WOUNDED ANIMAL. HE FURIOUSLY STABBED HER WITH
THE BRUTALITY THESE DETECTIVES HAD NEVER SEEN.
>> ANDREW ENDS UP SAYING ABOUT WHY HE CAME BACK TO FINISH HER.
WHAT DID HE SAY? >> HIS STATEMENT TO US DURING
THE INTERVIEW WITH AGENT HANSON WAS THAT HE DID IT OUT OF MERCY.
THAT HE KNEW THAT SHE IS STILL ALIVE AND HE WAS SOMEHOW DOING
HER A FAVOR BY KILLING HER. >> ANDREW MAY HAVE COMMITTED THE
MURDER ALONE, BUT ACCORDING TO THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, HE
DIDN'T PLAN IT ALONE. IN APRIL, 2024, HOLLY ELKINS
WENT ON TRIAL AS A CO-CONSPIRATOR.
IN THE COURTROOM, THERE WERE NO CAMERAS PERMITTED, ONE OF THE
PROSECUTORS PUT IT LIKE THIS, SAYS, DETECTIVE HARDING.
>> ANDREW BEARD IS A MONSTER. BUT HE WAS HOLLY EL KIN'S
MONSTER. >> I DON'T WANT OR NEED A LAWYER
BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO HIDE.
>> U.S. ATTORNEYS PAINTED A PICTURE OF A WOMAN WHO WOULD
STOP AT NOTHING TO GET WHAT SHE WANTED.
>> I FEEL LIKE THE DUMBEST MOST MANIPULATED WOMAN ON THE ENTIRE
PLANET IF THIS IS TRUE, YES. >> AND WHAT SHE WANTED WAS A
LITTLE GIRL NAMED WILLOW. >> AND DO YOU BELIEVE HOLLY
ELKINS WAS A PUPPET MASTER IN ALL OF THIS?
>> 100 B%, I DO. SHE ORCHESTRATED THIS WHOLE
THING. >> I THINK HOLLY IS WICKED.
I THINK SHE'S WICKED TO THE CORE.
THAT SHE WOULD EVER WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANOTHER WOMAN, TO A
MOTHER. TO A MOTHER OF THE CHILD THAT
SHE HAD COME TO LOVE. >> WHAT IF THESE TWO HAD NEVER
COME TOGETHER, HOLLY AND ANDREW, WOULD ANDREW HAVE COMMITTED THIS
MURDER? >> I DON'T THINK HE WOULD HAVE.
I DON'T THINK 100% BELIEVE THAT IF HOLLY AND ANDREW HAD NEVER
MET THAT ALYSSA BURKETT WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY.
>> AFTER A ONE-WEEK TRIAL, THE CASE WENT TO THE JURY.
>> THE JURY TAKES JUST 90 MINUTES TO DELIBERATE.
WHEN THEY COME BACK TO THAT COURTROOM, WHAT IS THE VERDICT?
>> GUILTY. >> GUILTY.
>> HOLLY WAS FOUND GUILTY AND SENTENCED TO TWO LIFE TERMS,
MUCH LONGER THAN ANDREW. FOR ALYSSA'S FAMILY, THE VERDICT
WAS A BITTERSWEET VICTORY. >> I WAS THRILLED BUT
HEARTBROKEN AT THE SAME TIME. I'M SO HAPPY THAT ALYSSA IS
GETTING THE JUSTICE SHE DESERVED, BUT AT THAT POINT IT'S
OVER. OUR FIGHT IS OVER.
>> TWO FAMILIES ARE LEFT TO GRAPPLE WITH THE WRECKAGE HOLLY
ELKINS AND ANDREW BEARD LEFT BEHIND.
LIZETTE BOWERS WILL FOREVER BE KNOWN AS THE MOTHER OF A
MURDERER. >> HE KILLED SOMEONE.
AND THAT IS BEYOND AWFUL. IT'S THE WORST THING ANYONE CAN
DO. BUT THAT'S NOT WHO I LOVE.
>> AND TERESA AND MADISON MUST TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF A WORLD
WITHOUT ALYSSA IN IT. >> WE DON'T GET TO LIVE THE
NORMAL LIFE ANYMORE. IT WAS ALWAYS ME AND HER.
MY BEST FRIEND, RIGHT? THAT WAS MY PERSON.
AND ONLY GETTING TO BE WITH HER FOR 20 YEARS, THAT'S NOT -- JUST
NOT FAIR. >> AFTER THE TRIAL, TERESA WAS
ALLOWED TO TAKE ALYSSA'S THINGS OUT OF HER CAR.
>> IT WAS PRETTY EMOTIONAL FOR ALL OF US ACTUALLY.
THIS WAS THE MIRROR THAT SHE USED SO SHE COULD SEE WILLOW
FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT. YOU KNOW, JUST KNOWING THAT WAS
THE LAST PLACE SHE WAS SITTING WHEN IT HAPPENED.
>> I WANT MOMMA. >> WILLOW, WHO WAS WITH TERESA,
HAD NEVER CRIY IED OVER HER MOT UNTIL THAT DAY.
>> SHE WAS CRYING, ASKING ME IF I COULD PLEASE BRING HER MOM
BACK JUST SO SHE COULD SEE HER ONE MORE TIME.
AND I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HER THAT SHE'S IN HEAVEN AND THEN
SHE ASKED ME IF SHE HAD A PHONE NUMBER IN HEAVEN.
>> ONE DAY, WILLOW WILL LEARN THE WHOLE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED
TO HER MOTHER. >> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS?
>> WILLOW TREES. >> YEP.
>> AND WHEN THAT TIME COMES, HER FAMILY HOPES WILLOW WILL SEE THE
BEAUTY IN ALYSSA'S LIFE. NOT THE TRAGEDY OF HER DEATH.
>> I HOPE THAT ONE DAY SHE GROWS UP AND SHE FEELS THE LOVE THAT
HER MOM SINCERELY HAD FOR HER. ♪
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