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>> Narrator: She had the world
at her fingertips.
>> She was very outgoing,

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very fearless.
>> She was just such a smart
young lady.

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>> The sky was the limit.
>> Narrator: And it looked like
she found the love of her life,

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too.
>> She introduced him to the
family.

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>> She was taken with this guy.
She loved him.
>> Narrator: Until tragedy stole

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her too soon.
>> Oh, my God!
>> Blood was coming out her

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mouth.
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>> She's on the ground!
[ Indistinct ]
>> Just a roller coaster of

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emotions surged through my body.
>> Narrator: Detectives move
quickly to identify a suspect.

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>> The name came from another
resident that did not want
to be identified.

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>> He wanted something
more than friendship.
>> Narrator: And the killer's

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explanation would be full of
excuses.
>> He said he woke up in a haze,

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>> The drugs made him go crazy.
>> Narrator: But were they also
enough for him to get away with

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murder?
>> It was a slap in the face.
>> It'll never be okay.

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>> He knew exactly
what he was doing.
>> We're just friends.

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>> Narrator: October 2, 2015.

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It's Friday night in Charlotte,

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North Carolina, a thriving

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metropolis of more than two

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million.

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>> Charlotte, North Carolina,

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is a really big city,

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and it's growing every day.

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>> It's a great town.

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It has a growing financial

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sector which is really driving

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a lot of people to the area.

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>> Narrator: Although, like any

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city, parts of Charlotte

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still struggle.

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>> Some of the city's challenges

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are definitely crime,

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and education is another one

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of those real serious issues.

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>> The city's growth had also

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made safe, affordable

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housing very hard to find.

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>> Narrator: It's 9:30 that

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night, when Brittany Mayfield

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returns to the apartment where

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she lives with her daughter and

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sister.

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>> The apartment was in a new

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complex built by the local

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housing authority.

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>> The neighborhood,

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for the most part, was a quiet,

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family-oriented neighborhood.

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>> Narrator: Lexi is Brittany's

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little sister,

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23-year-old Alexia Mayfield.

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>> Alexia had recently moved

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into the apartment with her

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sister.

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While the sister went to work,
she would watch the child.
>> I called maybe an hour

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before I got off.
She didn't answer the phone,
so I thought maybe of course

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she was probably sleeping.
>> Narrator: Inside,
Brittany finds her daughter

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in the living room.
>> Brittany's baby was
peacefully asleep.

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>> Lexi?
>> Narrator: Then careful not to
wake the baby, Brittany heads

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back to her sister's bedroom.
>> Lexi?
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♪
What happened?
>> She found her sister

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on the floor.

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>> She's seeing blood coming

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from Lexi's mouth.

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>> Lexi!
>> She tapped her.
She wasn't moving,

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but her body wasn't cold.
It was warm.
>> Wake up! Lexi!

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>> Narrator: In a panic,
Brittany calls 9-1-1 in hopes
they can save her sister.

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But will it be too late?
>> She's on the floor.
She's not dead though.

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>> Narrator: Outgoing
23-year-old Alexia Mayfield was
always the center of attention.

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>> People gravitated toward her.
>> I was the quiet one.
Lexi was the outgoing one,

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always loud, laughing, goofy.
>> Alexia was the life
of the party.

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You never had a dull moment
being around her.
She's very bright, smart, funny.

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>> She was very fearless.
She spoke her mind.
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Lexi was more like
the backbone really.
>> Narrator: After graduating

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high school in 2010, Alexia
enrolled in an online college
with the goal of becoming

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a pharmacy technician.
>> That's what she wanted
to hone in on.

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And so we would go
to the different places like CVS
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their availabilities were,
and she talked
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She was real excited.
>> Alexia was very ambitious
and driven.

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>> She wanted to make
something of herself.
That was her main goal.

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School was her number-one
priority.
>> She was just a smart young

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lady.
She loved learning.
>> With Lexi, the sky was the

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limit.
>> Narrator: But no matter how
high she soared, Lexi stayed

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close to her sister, Brittany.
In 2014, the sisters moved in
together, renting an apartment

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near the Charlotte airport.
>> Brittany was about
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and Alexia was looking forward
to being a new aunt.
>> Lexi loved her niece very

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much, and her niece loved her.
>> Narrator: However, a budding
career and a new address

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weren't the only changes
on the horizon for Lexi.
>> Hey, beautiful!

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>> You talking to me?
>> What's up?
>> She told me that she was

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just walking down the street
close to where she and her
sister lived at the time.

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He pulled up beside her.
>> Narrator: He was 25-year-old
Immanuel Felton.

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>> There was definitely
a spark there.
They had a great conversation

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and you could see that it was
going to lead to something else.
>> She came back saying,

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"I met this dude."
>> So the relationship
started from that point.

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>> He seemed to really love her
and she loved him,
and she made that so clear.

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She made it so clear
how she felt about Immanuel.
>> She said, "I have somebody

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that loves me just as much
as I love him."
>> Narrator: Before long,

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the couple was starting to think
about taking the next step.
>> Immanuel called me one

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afternoon, and he laid out this
plan of how he was going to ask
Alexia to marry him.

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Talked about the ring, the
whole nine yards.
>> Narrator: But the big

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proposal never happened.
>> She just kept saying, "Things
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She felt like this wasn't
the right relationship.
>> Alexia decided to break

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things off with the intentions
that they could remain friends.
Immanuel agreed.

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>> Narrator: After the breakup,
Alexia threw herself back into
her studies with no intention

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of dating again so soon.
But fate had other plans.
>> Alexia, I had a friend

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named Jayden that she'd known
years before she even met
Immanuel.

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>> Around the time things
that fizzled with Immanuel,
Alexia and Jayden Young

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had reconnected.
>> He was smart. He was funny.
He was the kind of guy that

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everybody enjoyed being around.
>> He was like Alexia in that
he never met a stranger,

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and they seemed to have
a lot of fun making that.
>> Narrator: And with Alexia

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almost finished with school,
some hoped there might still be
a big engagement in her future.

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>> He left a great impression
on everyone.
>> I was really taken by him.

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I loved him as though he were
the son that I never had.
>> Narrator: But now, Alexia's

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future hangs in the balance.
>> [ Sobbing ]
>> Her sister has just found

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her unconscious and unresponsive
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>> She was covered in blood.
>> I remember Brittany
telling me that she thought

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maybe she had fell and
hit her head.
>> Narrator: But when EMTs

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arrive on the scene,
there's nothing they can do
for Alexia.

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>> Alexia was pronounced
deceased at that time.
>> Narrator: And it's quickly

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clear that her death is no
accident.
>> First responders make

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a shocking discovery.
Alexia has been shot.
>> She had sustained at least

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two gunshot wounds.
>> She had been murdered.
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[ Gunshot fires ]
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>> Narrator: 23-year-old

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Alexia Mayfield was on the verge

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of great things.

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>> Alexia was looking forward

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to graduating with her pharmacy

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technician certification.

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>> She also had a promising

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new relationship with a guy

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named Jayden Young.

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>> The future appeared
bright for Alexia.
>> Narrator: But now, after

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Alexia's sister found her
collapsed on the floor inside
their apartment, EMTs have just

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pronounced her dead from at
least two gunshot wounds.
>> Her body was found face down,

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so her sister could not tell
that there were bullet wounds
initially.

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>> Never did she assume when she

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first came in the house, like,

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"Oh, my sister's dead."

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>> Narrator: When detectives

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arrive on the scene, they

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immediately begin to process the

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evidence.

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>> We located to .380 caliber

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shell casings in the bedroom

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beside the victim.

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>> There was no weapon at the
scene, so that led the police
to rule out suicide.

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>> Narrator: But why had this
young woman ended up dead?
Given the area, detectives first

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consider the possibility
that this was a random crime.
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and that's great for the
economy, an increase in
population can also lead to an

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increase in the crime rate.
>> Crime was definitely
on the rise.

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Violent crime was on the rise.
>> Narrator: And Alexia's
neighborhood was no exception.

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>> This could have been
a robbery gone wrong.
>> Narrator: However, a look

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around the scene quickly
rules out that theory.
>> There were no signs of forced

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entry and nothing was missing.

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>> They found a tablet

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and a set of keys

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and Alexia's bedroom,

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so it didn't look like

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the killer had tried

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to take anything.

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>> Narrator: Instead, evidence
at the crime scene suggests
that whoever killed Alexia

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wasn't an intruder.
>> Detectives found a pizza box
on the kitchen table, along with

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two half-empty glasses.
>> There was a empty bottle
of bourbon.

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>> Which let the police officers
know that there was someone else
who had been in the apartment

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that evening, someone who Alexia
knew.
>> Narrator: Hoping that she

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might know who that someone was,
detectives turned to Alexia's
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>> Brittany was waiting outside
while the EMTs checked out
her daughter.

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Even though she appeared to be
unharmed, they wanted to be sure
before releasing her.

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>> We know this is hard,
but we really need your help
if we're going to be able

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to find out who did this.
>> I'll try.

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>> Brittany lost not only just

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her sister, but also her best

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friend.

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>> Narrator: Detectives began by

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asking Brittany when she had

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last spoken to her sister.

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>> I spoke to Alexia

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a couple of times earlier

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when I was at work.

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>> We talked periodically

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throughout the day.

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I would call and check up on
her and my babies, see
what they were doing.

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>> Hey, what's up, girl?
>> Hey, Lexi. Did she eat yet?
>> Yes, she had a good dinner.

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She's in the Pack N' Play now
getting sleepy.
>> Lexi sound normal.

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Sound happy.
>> Narrator: But Brittany says
that around 8:00, Alexia stopped

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responding.
>> Her phone just keep
going straight to voicemail.

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She kept saying, "That's not
like her because she got my
baby.

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I don't know what's going on,
but I'm kind of worry."
And then she was like,

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"Maybe I'm just worried
for nothing."
>> I thought maybe she was just

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asleep.
>> When she first went
in the house, she was like,

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"Girl, wake up."
>> But Lexi wasn't asleep.
>> No.

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[ Sobbing ]
>> That's when she came
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Like, something else has
happened.
>> Narrator: Now it's up to

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detectives to determine exactly
what that was.
>> We know this is very hard

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for you, ma'am.
Is it a possibility that your
sister may have gotten mixed up

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with some kind of trouble?
>> No, she was never in the
streets or anything like that.

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>> It wasn't like it was...
her past life situation
caught up with her.

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>> Narrator: Brittany also
doesn't know for certain who
could have come over that night.

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>> Alexia didn't tell her
she was expecting company.
>> Narrator: However, Brittany

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does give detectives one
possibility.
>> Alexia had recently started

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dating a gentleman named Jayden.
>> Were there any kind of
problems between them that

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you're aware of?
>> No, sir.

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>> He was very gentle with

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Alexia.

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He showed her nothing

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but respect.

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>> Are there any ex-boyfriends?
We may need to talk to them.
>> Well, there's Immanuel.

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>> Brittany gave us some
backstory of that relationship,
that the victim had recently

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broken up with Immanuel.
>> Was there any bad blood
between them?

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>> I don't think so.
I mean, they still hung out
from time to time.

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>> Immanuel seemed to be okay
with the breakup, and they
seemed to be on good terms.

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>> As far as the relationship
being rocky, I didn't feel like
that's what it was at all.

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>> Thank you very much.
We'll be in touch.
>> Narrator: Brittany's

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statement doesn't give
detectives much to go on,
and neither does a canvass of

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the neighbors in Brittany's
building.
>> We talked to a couple

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of neighbors who earlier
in the evening had heard
a disturbance of some type

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coming from the apartment.
They weren't sure what it was,
but they did not call police.

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>> Narrator: But just when it
looks like they're at a dead
end, one of the building's

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security guards approaches
detectives with what appears to
be an important tip.

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>> That security officer
approached and gave us a name.
>> Narrator: He says that the

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detective should check out a guy
named Mark Briggs.
>> He said that name came

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from another resident that did
not want to be identified.
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to remain anonymous,
so they didn't want to talk
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>> Narrator: And according to
the security guard, the neighbor
had a good reason

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to remain anonymous.
>> Apparently, Mark Briggs
was a dangerous criminal.

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the crime scene has just come

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forward and given detectives the

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name of a possible suspect

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in Alexia Mayfield's murder --

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a man named Mark Briggs.

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>> The guard said

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that he had gotten the name

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from a resident of the apartment

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complex who had wanted

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to remain anonymous.

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>> They didn't want to give us

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any information,

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didn't want to talk to us,

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but had provided that name

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to the security officer.

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>> According to the informant,

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Mark Briggs was another resident

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of the complex who apparently

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had a thing for Alexia.

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>> The informant had also
suggested that Mark was
dangerous.

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>> Narrator: When detectives
head back to the station
and run Mark's name

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through their database,
it appears that there may be
something to the tip.

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>> It turned out that he had
a fairly extensive
criminal record.

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>> Narrator: Most are petty
theft and drug charges,
but others raise red flags

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for detectives.

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>> Mark has several domestic

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battery charges on his record.

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>> There's also firearm
violations.
>> Narrator: When detectives

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bring Mark into the station
first thing the next morning,
he appears distraught

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about Alexia's death.
>> We assume that you're aware
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was murdered last night.
>> Everybody's talking about it.
Can't believe that she's really

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gone.
>> Yeah.
We heard you had a thing for

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her.
>> I guess you could call it
that.

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>> He admits that they had
become friends and that
he wanted something a little bit

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more than friendship with her.
>> She was so pretty.
She's also nice.

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>> But you guys never...?
>> Nah.
>> Did you ask her out after

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she broke up with Immanuel?
>> Yeah.
She was seeing some other guy.

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>> He realized that Alexia
just wasn't into him like that.
He backed off,

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and they remained friends.
>> Narrator: But detectives
wonder, how did Mark take

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getting turned down a second
time?
>> So, did that make you feel

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some type of way?
Seeing her it with someone else?
>> No, sir.

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>> Mark says he was okay being
friends.
>> Narrator: Although,

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detectives wonder if they were
still friends.
Maybe it was Mark who'd spent

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the evening with Alexia
shortly before her murder.
>> Maybe he'd tried to make a

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move and things got out of hand.
>> When's the last time
you saw Alexia?

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>> Yesterday.
>> He said they had met up
earlier that afternoon

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for coffee just to catch up.
>> At any point yesterday
when you were in her apartment?

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>> No.
Do y'all think I have something
to do with this?

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Listen, if y'all really want to
know what happened to Alexia,
you need to go question her new

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guy, Jayden.
>> Why is that?
>> He says that Alexia

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had been complaining
about her relationship,
that Jayden had become more

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controlling and more jealous.
>> Narrator: Jealous than enough
that he'd followed her?

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>> Maybe he was angry about
Alexia hanging out with Mark
and had confronted her about it.

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>> Narrator: Or was it possible
Mark was making the whole thing
up?

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>> He could just be trying
to throw them off of his tracks.
>> Narrator: However, when

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police asked Mark where he was
the previous night, he has an
alibi ready.

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>> Mark says that he went out
to dinner with some friends and
later on they went to a club.

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>> Narrator: Detectives will
need to follow up on Mark's
alibi.

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But first, they contact Alexia's
new boyfriend, Jayden Young.
>> They figure it's about time

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to bring Jayden in
for questioning too.
>> Since he was involved

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with Alexia at the time,
they needed to rule him out.
>> So, when did you find out

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that Alexia had been killed?
>> Last night.
Her mother called me,

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and I came straight over.

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>> When Alexia was shot and

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killed, I was over to the

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apartment and Jayden walked in.

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Jayden walked in...
[ Sobbing ]
...and he -- he fell...

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He fell to his knees, and he
said, "Mama, I'm so sorry."
He said, "Mama, I'm so, so, so

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sorry."
His sentiment...and his
sincerity brought me so much

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comfort.
>> Narrator: But was it guilt or
grief that evoked such a strong

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response to Alexia is death?
>> Do you know a guy named
Mark Briggs?

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>> Yeah.
Yeah, he lives over there near
Alexia.

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>> You know she met her
for coffee yesterday afternoon,
right?

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>> Yeah.
She might have mentioned it.
>> He never really sweated it

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because her and Mark
were just friends.
>> He also claimed that things

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weren't all that serious
between him and Lexi.
>> He said they had talked about

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stepping it up eventually
once Alexia got out of school,
but they just weren't

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really there yet.
>> Alexia was a die-hard
student.

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She wanted to get her education.
>> Y
>> No, sir.

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>> Where were you atast night?
>> I was working.
At least until Lexi's mother

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called me.
>> He said he was driving
for a rideshare service.rator: s

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follow up with the rideshare
service, their records confirm
Jayden's alibi.

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>> It appears that he was busy
downtown and on the opposite
side of Charlotte all evening.

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>> Narrator: But while Jayden's
alibi checks out, when
detectives speak to Mark's

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friends, what they learn puts
him back on the suspect list.
>> It seems that he met up

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with his friends for dinner
around 6:30.
They left the restaurant

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around 8:30,
and they didn't meet back up
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so that gives about an hour
and a half window where Mark
could have committed the crime.

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>> He was definitely
a person of interest.
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falls apart, detectives consider

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Alexia Mayfield's friend and

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neighbor, Mark Briggs, a

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possible suspect in her murder.

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>> Not only did he have

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a violent history, he admitted

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that he had feelings for Alexia.

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>> Maybe Mark had been pressing

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for something more,

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and maybe he got angry

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when Alexia rejected him.

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>> Since detectives couldn't

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account for his location

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for more than an hour around

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the time of the murder,

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he definitely could have had

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the opportunity to kill her.

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>> Narrator: But after
detectives dig deeper, Mark's
window of opportunity appears to

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close.
>> When detectives subpoena
Mark's phone records for that

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evening to see whether he was in
the vicinity of Alexia's
apartment, it shows that he was

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pretty much in downtown
Charlotte the entire night of
the murder.

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>> There was no indication
that he had called
or texted Alexia

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at any point that evening
asking to come over.
>> It's not enough to rule

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him out completely,
but it does suggest
that he wasn't Alexia's killer.

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>> Narrator: However, a review
of Alexia's phone records
does reveal that she had been

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in contact with someone else
prior to her death.
>> It seems as though

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she received several
text messages in the hours
leading up to the murder.

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>> Narrator: Detectives traced
the number back to Alexia's
former boyfriend,

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Immanuel Felton.

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>> He was going to be

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bringing some items

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over returning them to her.

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One of those items being
a tablet-style computer.
Also some keys.

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Those items were found in the
apartment.
>> Narrator: That's not the only

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indication that Immanuel had
come by, either.
>> There was a text message

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that said that he was here,
and we took that to mean
that he was at the apartment.

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>> Narrator: When detectives run
a background check on Immanuel,
there's no history

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of domestic violence.
>> They don't find anything
other than a couple of minor

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possession charges.
>> Narrator: However, they do
find something that raises

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a red flag.
>> He had, in 2013, applied
for a concealed handgun permit.

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>> His application was denied,
but the reason it was denied
really raised some concerns.

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>> He indicated that he had
sought or received
mental health treatment,

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but he would not sign a HIPAA
release in order to obtain
mental health records.

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>> Detectives needed to find out
what kind of mental health
issues Immanuel had been dealing

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with and if they played any role
in Alexia's death.
>> Detectives are wondering

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if he managed to get his hands
on a gun despite his denial
for a gun permit.

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>> Nart question
is why would Immanuel
have wanted to harm Alexia?

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Detectives learn more about
the couple's relationship
when they speak to her close

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friend -- Constance Williams.

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>> We was more like sisters.

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She would confide in me.

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>> Narrator: Constance tells
detectives that Alexia had
seemed happy with Immanuel...

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at first.
>> Lexi did love him.
She introduced him

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to the family.
>> Narrator: However, Constance
also says that as the

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relationship progressed, friends
and family saw less and less of
Lexi.

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>> She wasn't coming around
as much.
She would start taking a back

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seat more like, "Oh, girl, I
can't.
Oh, maybe next time."

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This wasn't the Lexi that I
knew.
So I kept saying and asking her,

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like, "Lexi, are you okay?"
>> Narrator: Constance says
Lexi had eventually confessed

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that things with Immanuel
weren't going well.
>> Alexia shared that Immanuel

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was very controlling
and jealous,
and he did not want her hanging

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out with any of her old friends.
>> She would confide in me like,
"Girl, I'm just aggravated.

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I'm frustrated with this
relationship,"
>> Narrator: But she also had

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a hard time walking away.
>> Alexia really loved Immanuel.
>> Lexi kept saying she wanted

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to get out this relationship.
The next thing you know,
she'll be like,

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"Oh, well, we're back on good
times, we're back together.
Everything is okay."

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>> Narrator: However, the
relationship continued to spiral
out of control.

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>> Immanuel's behavior became
increasingly irrational.
>> He would become agitated.

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Kind of irrational.
>> I'm not cheating on you.
>> Immanuel even accused

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her of cheating on him,
which Alexia vehemently denied.
>> She felt like something

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was wrong with him.
She just couldn't get her hands
on it.

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She just kept saying
he was kind of crazy.
>> Narrator: According to

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Constance, Alexia never
uncovered anything about
Immanuel's apparent struggles

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with mental illness, but she did
learn something disturbing.
>> Alexia found out that

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Immanuel had started using
drugs.
>> She was like,

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"When he's not on it,
he's so nice.
He's so sweet.

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But when he is on it, it was
more of the bad than the good."

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>> The substance abuse

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definitely contributed

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to his erratic behaviors

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and controlling ways.

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>> Narrator: Worst of all,
Constance says that Immanuel's
drug use made him violent.

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>> She confided in me
that he was being abusive,
and I know of three instances

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where he has physically
abused her.
>> Narrator: But after a year of

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dating, Alexia finally had
enough.
>> Alexia really couldn't take

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the emotional roller coaster
anymore.
>> She was like, "I'm finally

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leaving him, girl."
>> Narrator: Constance says that
Immanuel appeared to take the

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breakup surprisingly well.
>> Basically, Immanuel was on
his best behavior,

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just like he was any time
she had threatened to leave him
in the past.

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>> She was like,
even though they were splitting,
they were still going to be

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on good terms.
And I just think things is
looking up for a better.

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>> Narrator: Especially once
Alexia reconnected with Jayden.

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>> Lexi did not stay put,

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she didn't just sit there,

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and just wait for him

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to come back around again.

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She would go and do her own
thing.
>> Narrator: And now detectives

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suspect that Lexi moving on was
Immanuel's motive for murder.
>> He was just basically

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jealous.
>> He chose to do the
unthinkable.

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>> It was as if "I can't have
you, nobody else can."
>> We're not together.

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[ Gunshot fires ]
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to solve Alexia Mayfield's

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murder have reason to suspect

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the killer is her ex-boyfriend,

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25-year-old Immanuel Felton.

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>> It's obvious from the phone

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records and text messages

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that he had been

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in communication with Alexia

430
00:28:59,086 --> 00:29:00,787
that evening and possibly

431
00:29:00,921 --> 00:29:01,954
was at the apartment.

432
00:29:02,089 --> 00:29:03,089
[ Cellphone ringing ]

433
00:29:03,223 --> 00:29:04,557
>> One of Alexia's friends

434
00:29:04,691 --> 00:29:05,458
had also reached out

435
00:29:05,592 --> 00:29:06,993
to detectives with information

436
00:29:07,127 --> 00:29:10,530
about Immanuel's past abuse.

437
00:29:10,664 --> 00:29:11,931
>> I've seen hands-on

438
00:29:12,065 --> 00:29:15,034
physical abuse, emotional abuse.

439
00:29:15,169 --> 00:29:17,370
She kept telling me, "Girl,

440
00:29:17,504 --> 00:29:18,905
he's getting so controlling

441
00:29:19,039 --> 00:29:20,306
too.

442
00:29:20,441 --> 00:29:22,775
It's beyond bearable."

443
00:29:22,910 --> 00:29:23,810
>> During a break up,

444
00:29:23,944 --> 00:29:24,944
he had come to the apartment.

445
00:29:25,078 --> 00:29:26,546
He returned items and something

446
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:27,213
that happened after that point.

447
00:29:28,482 --> 00:29:36,088
He was the sole suspect.
>> Narrator: But now that
detectives have a prime suspect,

448
00:29:36,223 --> 00:29:41,994
they have to find him.
>> We began collecting
information on Immanuel Felton.

449
00:29:42,129 --> 00:29:46,599
Find out where he lives,
his background information,
where he might be.

450
00:29:46,733 --> 00:29:51,938
>> Narrator: Next, detectives
subpoena Immanuel's cellphone
records, which reveal his

451
00:29:52,072 --> 00:29:53,139
whereabouts on the night of the
murder.

452
00:29:54,074 --> 00:29:57,109
>> We obtained his cellphone

453
00:29:57,244 --> 00:29:58,644
records showing that he was at

454
00:29:58,779 --> 00:30:00,546
the scene when the incident

455
00:30:00,681 --> 00:30:01,714
happened.

456
00:30:01,849 --> 00:30:02,715
>> Narrator: Detectives have

457
00:30:02,850 --> 00:30:04,217
less luck tracking down

458
00:30:04,351 --> 00:30:06,652
Immanuel's current location.

459
00:30:06,787 --> 00:30:07,920
>> It looked like he might have

460
00:30:08,055 --> 00:30:08,788
turned his phone off

461
00:30:08,922 --> 00:30:09,989
after the murder

462
00:30:10,123 --> 00:30:10,923
because they weren't able to

463
00:30:11,058 --> 00:30:13,059
track him anymore.

464
00:30:13,193 --> 00:30:15,127
>> I took them a little while

465
00:30:15,262 --> 00:30:17,029
to find Immanuel.

466
00:30:17,164 --> 00:30:17,530
It took them a while.

467
00:30:18,832 --> 00:30:24,704
>> Narrator: In the end, it's
a relative that gives up
Immanuel's location.

468
00:30:24,838 --> 00:30:29,175
>> We get a phone call
to 9-1-1 from a gentleman who
says his cousin

469
00:30:29,309 --> 00:30:35,648
has come to his apartment.
He's very upset, and he thinks
that he's wanted for a homicide

470
00:30:35,782 --> 00:30:42,788
that had occurred.
>> The man said that he was
Immanuel Felton's cousin.

471
00:30:42,923 --> 00:30:46,692
>> Narrator: Within minutes,
police arrive
at the cousin's address.

472
00:30:46,827 --> 00:30:51,664
>> [ Indistinct ]
Police!
>> Given that Immanuel

473
00:30:51,798 --> 00:30:56,469
was possibly armed
and apparently in a fragile
mental state, it wouldn't have

474
00:30:56,603 --> 00:31:00,640
been hard for things to go
wrong.
>> Police are aware

475
00:31:00,774 --> 00:31:06,379
that sometimes suspects
set themselves up
for a suicide-by-cop situation.

476
00:31:06,513 --> 00:31:10,583
So law enforcement was concerned
that that might be
what was happening here.

477
00:31:10,717 --> 00:31:16,022
>> Narrator: But when they find
Immanuel huddled on the floor,
it's obvious he's not looking

478
00:31:16,156 --> 00:31:21,961
for a fight.
>> He's sitting on the apartment
floor back against the wall,

479
00:31:22,095 --> 00:31:26,632
knees up, kind of head
down in his hands.
He was very upset.

480
00:31:26,767 --> 00:31:32,104
Kind of spaced out.
>> Hey, Immanuel.
>> I just sit down, start having

481
00:31:32,239 --> 00:31:36,375
a conversation with him
and asked him whether he says
he will come

482
00:31:36,510 --> 00:31:42,982
to the Law Enforcement Center
and let us conduct an interview.
>> Immanuel gave up

483
00:31:43,116 --> 00:31:49,221
without any resistance.
He went along peacefully.
>> Narrator: Immanuel remains

484
00:31:49,356 --> 00:31:53,693
cooperative once down at the
station and inside the interview
room.

485
00:31:53,827 --> 00:31:58,030
>> Part of the interview was
just kind of getting a rapport
with him, getting him talking.

486
00:31:58,165 --> 00:32:01,634
We talked about a lot of things,
his history, where he's from,
things he wanted to do

487
00:32:01,768 --> 00:32:06,372
with his life,
and then began to talk to him
more about having issues

488
00:32:06,506 --> 00:32:14,981
with the victim, Alexia.
>> Hey, I love that girl.
She was never faithful.

489
00:32:15,115 --> 00:32:23,389
>> He was obsessed with the fact
that she was cheating on him.
There's no evidence to say that,

490
00:32:23,523 --> 00:32:28,394
but in his mind he thought
she was cheating on him
and he would confront her

491
00:32:28,528 --> 00:32:33,699
about that and she would say,
"Oh, you're crazy,
I'm not doing anything."

492
00:32:33,834 --> 00:32:38,137
His big thing was he didn't like
being called crazy,
and that would

493
00:32:38,271 --> 00:32:43,709
essentially set him off.
>> Narrator: Despite that,
Immanuel claims that on the

494
00:32:43,844 --> 00:32:48,147
night of the murder, he'd gone
over to the apartment,
hoping to patch things up

495
00:32:48,281 --> 00:32:53,452
with Alexia once more.
>> He wanted to bring
the personal items that he kept

496
00:32:53,587 --> 00:32:57,957
after they broke up.
He said he also brought her
several gifts to apologize

497
00:32:58,091 --> 00:33:02,261
for how he had been behaving.
>> Hey, I'm sorry I got so
angry.

498
00:33:02,396 --> 00:33:07,133
>> I appreciate that.
>> They were having a good time,
eating some pizza and drinking

499
00:33:07,267 --> 00:33:13,539
a little bourbon.
>> Narrator: But at some point,
things took a deadly turn.

500
00:33:13,674 --> 00:33:17,977
>> Most likely, Immanuel
suggested they get back
together, or he might have even

501
00:33:18,111 --> 00:33:24,850
tried to make a move on Alexia.
>> No, Immanuel. No.
>> The conversation

502
00:33:24,985 --> 00:33:31,691
became heated.
He became angry.
>> I felt like...he knew

503
00:33:31,825 --> 00:33:38,564
that this time it was over.
>> So what happened, Immanuel?
>> I don't know!

504
00:33:38,699 --> 00:33:43,869
>> His whole story
was that he blacked out.
He doesn't remember.

505
00:33:44,004 --> 00:33:49,341
>> Are you serious?
We're not together!
>> What are you talking about?

506
00:33:49,476 --> 00:33:55,614
>> [ Laughs ]
♪
[ Gunshot fires ]

507
00:33:55,749 --> 00:33:55,881
♪

508
00:34:34,738 --> 00:34:36,238
>> Narrator: Immanuel Felton has

509
00:34:36,373 --> 00:34:37,440
surrendered to detectives

510
00:34:37,574 --> 00:34:39,275
investigating the murder of his

511
00:34:39,409 --> 00:34:43,045
ex, 23-year-old Alexia Mayfield.

512
00:34:43,180 --> 00:34:44,613
>> Officers begin to question

513
00:34:44,748 --> 00:34:46,482
him, and Immanuel admits that he

514
00:34:46,616 --> 00:34:48,350
went over to Alexia's apartment

515
00:34:48,485 --> 00:34:49,785
that night.

516
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,855
>> He was "dropping her clothes

517
00:34:52,989 --> 00:34:54,089
off."

518
00:34:54,224 --> 00:34:55,758
That's how he got access

519
00:34:55,892 --> 00:34:57,293
to the apartment.

520
00:34:57,427 --> 00:34:59,261
>> Narrator: However, Immanuel

521
00:34:59,396 --> 00:35:01,163
claims not to know how Alexia

522
00:35:01,298 --> 00:35:02,298
died.

523
00:35:02,432 --> 00:35:03,766
>> His whole thing was that he

524
00:35:03,900 --> 00:35:04,934
didn't remember what happened.

525
00:35:05,068 --> 00:35:05,401
He had blacked out.

526
00:35:06,436 --> 00:35:11,640
He wasn't sure he had done
anything to anyone,
that he had hurt anyone.

527
00:35:11,775 --> 00:35:16,712
>> You don't remember
shooting Alexia?
>> I was messed up!

528
00:35:16,847 --> 00:35:20,950
>> He was saying he didn't
remember because we were hazed
because of drugs.

529
00:35:21,084 --> 00:35:26,455
>> Immanuel tells police
that he had been on a seven-day
drug binge prior to the murder.

530
00:35:26,590 --> 00:35:31,594
>> You shot her, Immanuel,
twice.
>> She's dead because of you.

531
00:35:31,728 --> 00:35:36,799
>> Oh, God!
>> He breaks down crying, saying
that he never meant to hurt her.

532
00:35:36,933 --> 00:35:41,604
It's just that the drugs
made him go crazy.
>> He ultimately admitted

533
00:35:41,738 --> 00:35:49,578
that he remembered firing
one shot that struck Alexia
and then left the apartment.

534
00:35:49,713 --> 00:35:54,917
He said he woke up
in a haze driving his car.
He had a gun on him

535
00:35:55,051 --> 00:36:00,055
and he threw it out the window.
>> Narrator: Immanuel's
confession is more than enough

536
00:36:00,190 --> 00:36:04,560
for detectives to file charges,
even if they don't believe
much of it.

537
00:36:04,694 --> 00:36:08,697
>> I believe he entirely knew
what he was doing
and what had happened.

538
00:36:08,832 --> 00:36:12,535
At the close of the interview,
he was charged with first degree
murder.

539
00:36:12,669 --> 00:36:16,906
>> Narrator: When friends and
family learned of Immanuel's
arrest, they agree with the

540
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:21,644
detectives' suspicion that
Immanuel's blackout story is a
lie.

541
00:36:21,778 --> 00:36:27,783
>> There's no doubt
in my mind Immanuel Felton
came to the house that night

542
00:36:27,918 --> 00:36:34,557
with the intentions on killing
her because he normally
doesn't carry a gun on him.

543
00:36:34,691 --> 00:36:38,928
He got the gun from somebody.
He was like,
"If I can't have you,

544
00:36:39,062 --> 00:36:39,528
can't nobody else have you."

545
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,401
>> Many women who try to flee

546
00:36:45,535 --> 00:36:47,336
and leave in volatile

547
00:36:47,470 --> 00:36:49,071
and violent situations

548
00:36:49,205 --> 00:36:50,339
of domestic violence

549
00:36:50,473 --> 00:36:50,706
end up dying.

550
00:36:52,342 --> 00:36:58,781
The statistics are astounding.
It's an astronomical amount of
people.

551
00:36:58,915 --> 00:37:04,820
>> Narrator: Still family and
friends are glad Alexia's killer
is in custody.

552
00:37:04,955 --> 00:37:10,626
>> It was relief.
We were grateful. We were happy.
But we were still sad

553
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:16,799
at the same time.
Just because he's arrested,
that doesn't bring Lexi back.

554
00:37:16,933 --> 00:37:26,141
>> I was relieved, but...
I really wanted to go and talk
to him so that I can understand

555
00:37:26,276 --> 00:37:32,748
how this man who said
he loved my daughter so much
could do something so dastardly,

556
00:37:32,882 --> 00:37:36,585
something so cowardly.
How could he have done such a
thing?

557
00:37:37,721 --> 00:37:39,888
>> Only thing that I still want

558
00:37:40,023 --> 00:37:41,156
to know is why.

559
00:37:41,291 --> 00:37:42,324
Why?

560
00:37:42,459 --> 00:37:45,961
>> Narrator: But in the end,

561
00:37:46,096 --> 00:37:48,097
Alexia's family will never get

562
00:37:48,231 --> 00:37:50,165
the answers they deserve.

563
00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:51,667
>> With his trial approaching,

564
00:37:51,801 --> 00:37:52,968
Immanuel's attorneys

565
00:37:53,103 --> 00:37:54,103
approached prosecutors

566
00:37:54,237 --> 00:37:54,703
about a possible plea deal.

567
00:37:56,706 --> 00:38:02,778
>> Immanuel's attorney pushes
the drug binge theory to argue
for a more lenient sentence.

568
00:38:02,912 --> 00:38:08,017
>> He was on a seven-day binge,
from what they say,
but I really think he'd said

569
00:38:08,151 --> 00:38:12,655
that to make his story
sound more sympathetic.
>> Narrator: Before the trial is

570
00:38:12,789 --> 00:38:18,060
set to begin, the defense
and prosecutors make a deal.
>> He ultimately took

571
00:38:18,194 --> 00:38:24,266
a plea deal and pledged
to second degree murder
and was sentenced to 16 years

572
00:38:24,401 --> 00:38:30,873
in prison.
>> I thought, "16 years. Why?"
And the lawyer had explained

573
00:38:31,007 --> 00:38:39,348
because Immanuel was dealing
from a diminished capacity
because he'd spent so much time

574
00:38:39,482 --> 00:38:44,620
doing drugs.
If he had gone to court,
if there was a trial,

575
00:38:44,754 --> 00:38:47,790
there would have been
a possibility
that he could get less time.

576
00:38:47,924 --> 00:38:51,593
And of course,
nobody wanted that.
>> Narrator: Not that everyone

577
00:38:51,728 --> 00:38:59,368
finds the outcome satisfying.
>> 16 years is not long enough.
>> 16 years for the

578
00:38:59,502 --> 00:39:03,172
cold-blooded murder of a young
lady who had nothing but
a bright future ahead of her

579
00:39:03,306 --> 00:39:08,510
to me does not seem fair.
I would have argued for a much
longer sentence, a much

580
00:39:08,645 --> 00:39:16,151
stricter, harsher sentence.
>> Immanuel all but got away
with murder.

581
00:39:16,286 --> 00:39:22,591
>> Narrator: And he will
eventually get a second chance
at life that Alexia never will.

582
00:39:22,726 --> 00:39:28,263
>> Immanuel Felton get to hear
his family every day,
get to talk to his family,

583
00:39:28,398 --> 00:39:33,936
get to see his family.
We don't get that from Lexi.
>> I will never see my daughter

584
00:39:34,070 --> 00:39:38,874
on this side.
>> We will never get to hear
Lexi voice in person.

585
00:39:39,008 --> 00:39:44,179
We will never get their see
Lexi face to face.
That was robbed from us.

586
00:39:44,314 --> 00:39:49,418
>> Narrator: But Alexia's mother
has made it her mission to
ensure that her daughter didn't

587
00:39:49,552 --> 00:39:49,752
die in vain.

588
00:39:50,987 --> 00:39:54,757
>> I've helped different

589
00:39:54,891 --> 00:39:56,558
people coordinate

590
00:39:56,693 --> 00:39:59,595
domestic violence conferences,

591
00:39:59,729 --> 00:40:01,130
and I'm in the process

592
00:40:01,264 --> 00:40:02,231
of doing that now.

593
00:40:02,365 --> 00:40:05,167
And if I were to share one thing

594
00:40:05,301 --> 00:40:07,069
concerning domestic violence,

595
00:40:07,203 --> 00:40:08,437
concerning volatile

596
00:40:08,571 --> 00:40:13,275
relationships, it was simply be

597
00:40:13,409 --> 00:40:14,943
to say it's okay to love

598
00:40:15,078 --> 00:40:17,379
somebody, but never love anybody

599
00:40:17,514 --> 00:40:19,681
more than you love yourself.

600
00:40:19,816 --> 00:40:21,316
Never do that.

601
00:40:21,451 --> 00:40:21,583
♪

602
00:40:41,405 --> 00:40:41,470
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