Miramar Police Department. Okay. How you doing, ma'am? >> I'm waiting for my sister to go there. What happened? What happened? >> I just need to speak to you there for a second. >> Oh lord. >> Right now there's an investigation and I guess it's your daughter. >> Yeah, that's my daughter. >> Your daughter, her name came up. So, we had to get everybody out of the apartment. >> October 2021, Miramar, Florida. An 18-year-old named Dwight Grant, the people who knew him called him DJ, is living his life in an apartment complex like any other. DJ has no idea that three people his own age have already decided he is not going to see the end of the week. Police arrived at the home of 17-year-old Christie Parisian, where her mother was informed that Christie had become involved in a strange and violent incident. About an hour earlier, officers had discovered the body of an 18-year-old boy named Dwight Grant near a nearby apartment complex, brutally stabbed to death. >> Can you guys go back inside for me? Can you go back inside, please? Don't Just do as I ask, please. >> Two juveniles have been taken into custody in the murder of 18-year-old Dwight DJ Grant. >> a body was found there. Local 10's Andrew Perez is live with >> for this 18-year-old from Miramar High School and instead officers found a body. >> As new clues surfaced and the investigation continued, police uncovered a hidden conflict between Dwight and three of his classmates from Miramar High School. Now, officers needed to track all three of them down as quickly as possible to figure out what had really happened, what each of their roles was, and more importantly, why. But what detectives were about to learn about how this murder happened, why it happened, and just how complicated it truly was turned out to be far more shocking than anyone expected. >> You can't get away with nothing. There's cameras everywhere. >> Everything started on a Sunday evening on October 17th in Broward County, Florida. A nurse named Melina Emile noticed something was very wrong. Her 18-year-old son, Dwight Grant, who most of his friends called DJ, hadn't come home that day. DJ wasn't the kind of kid who disappeared without saying anything. He was responsible, focused on school, and always kept his family informed. His sudden silence was completely out of character. This was the beginning of a terrifying mystery for his family. No matter how hard they tried, no one could get in touch with DJ. He wasn't answering calls, he wasn't with any of his friends, and no one had seen him. By Monday morning, the worry exploded. DJ didn't show up to any of his classes, something that never happened. His teachers noticed immediately, his friends noticed, and his family knew something was seriously wrong. His family and friends checked every place he might have gone, called every person he might have been with, drove through neighborhoods, handed out flyers, nothing. Police even went to the high school hoping someone there might know where he'd gone. The officer spoke to students one by one. At this point, even the smallest detail could be the clue they needed. >> anxiety and depression, so like he would >> He has anxiety? >> No, I have >> Okay. So, he would check on him. Do you know the girl that he's talking to or trying to talk to? >> No. >> No, he Does he have a girlfriend? >> Not to my knowledge, no. >> No. Okay. Right. >> All right. Um so, you you haven't seen him What's up, man? No, everything good? Okay. Okay, so you haven't spoken to him since >> Sunday. >> Is this his behavior? Like, does he do He's a good kid? >> He's a good He's a good kid. He doesn't drink. He doesn't smoke. He goes out. He has a friend. He goes out with his friends. He calls literally all of us at all the times to let us know like his stuff, where he are. >> Okay. All right. To everyone who knew him, DJ was quiet, calm, and spent most of his free time gaming. He wasn't the type to get into fights. He didn't cause trouble, and he had zero history of reckless behavior. Nothing in his past suggested he'd ever disappear or end up involved in something dangerous. The search for DJ continued through Tuesday of that same week. Then, around 2:00 p.m., while officers were canvassing the area near Sherman Circle North, a quiet neighborhood in Miramar, before all this, they made the worst discovery imaginable. Hidden in the bushes beside an apartment building, police found the body of a young man. >> Let me step back. >> The body was found just outside the apartment building where DJ lived. All that time he'd been there, right near his own home. Officers were led to the body by scattered bloodstains on the sidewalk. From an initial examination, the body had two fatal wounds, one to the neck and one to the chest. A knife was also found nearby, hidden in the bushes next to the body. >> Can you go back inside, please? Don't Just do as I ask, please. In a few minutes, an officer will come talk to you. Go back inside. Listen, I can't answer anything right now. I just need you to go inside the apartment and stay there till I can get somebody to come and speak to you, please. Listen. What did I just ask? Just give us a few minutes, and somebody will come and talk to you. Just give me a few minutes. Go ahead and go inside. >> After speaking with DJ's family and asking them to remain patient, officers immediately blocked off the area surrounding the body and began processing the scene for evidence. Four officers were on scene working to secure the area, search for evidence, and confirm the identity of the victim as quickly as possible. >> Did this all happen at the yellow house? >> At yellow house and uh see and you could see that I broke a marker key. >> Yeah. >> when they look at the ground. >> Sunday. >> On Sunday he went missing Sunday. >> Miramar is a quiet, close-knit community where news spreads fast. So when word got out about the brutal discovery of an 18-year-old's body, tips started pouring in. Almost immediately, several people came to police headquarters hoping the information they had might help. Among them was a woman who walked into the lobby holding her teenage niece's phone. She wanted to tell the police about a private group chat that caught her attention. At the time, officers had no idea that this small piece of information would end up being the key to solving the entire case. >> Can you just give me a brief rundown? I'm so sorry. [music] >> I know I'm seeing on the news that they found a body over by Sherman Circle and they keep showing the picture of the kid that goes to Miramar [music] High saying they can't guarantee that it's him basically blah blah blah. >> Okay. >> But I mean this is from all the texts that are coming through with that they're her friends and There's people from school there and they know what's happening. I just came here because my niece was telling me that she had got these texts from this girl yesterday from the modeling and she said it was the most traumatizing day of her life when she seen him yesterday which would have been Sunday. >> Yeah. >> So in my mind one and one, I'm not saying she did anything but I'm not saying they can't come here and not show you either because she keeps she keeps saying tells everybody in Miramar people she's killed and she's in a gang what she I mean and it could be just to be you know this cool or just be tough. >> But you never know. >> It's like you don't know. >> This thing I don't want the the text messages here, I don't want them to show my nieces. She I don't want her >> Like you don't want her to to associate with Okay. >> By the next day, Wednesday, the victim's identity was finally confirmed. The body belonged to DJ Grant, the Miramar High School student who had been reported missing. >> And Nicole, there are still so many more questions than answers at this hour. Officers came out here because they were helping the search for this 18-year-old from Miramar High School, and instead, officers found a body in the bushes. >> Now, police had to start putting the broken pieces of the puzzle together. The evidence from the crime scene, and more importantly, the group chat that the woman had brought to them. Inside the chat, police found disturbing messages linked to three teens. Three names that, within hours, would become central to the investigation. 17-year-old Andre Dexter Clements, 16-year-old Haslin Smith, and 17-year-old Kristi Perissien. Without wasting any time, officers began tracking them down. Kristi was the first person the police went to. >> Miramar Police Department. Hi, how you doing, ma'am? Right now, there's an investigation. And I guess it's your daughter. What we're going to have to do is we're going to have to keep you out of the house for now. >> Me? >> Yes, ma'am. Everything has to be cleared. But we have to keep everybody out of the apartment. So, if there's anybody else in there that's in there >> My baby sister, she's out to walk her dog now. >> But nobody else is inside? >> No, only the two of us. >> yes, she's in. Okay. So, we have detectives that are going to get a search warrant. Mhm. >> Mhm. Um so, right now we're just going to make sure nobody's inside, and then we're going to close the door. And then we'll we're going to wait for the warrant to get here. >> When am I When am I going to come back? >> When who? >> When am I going to come back home? >> As soon as you're done. >> Can I take my my phone to call my sister? Is it okay to take my phone? >> Um >> My phone is right there. Can I call her? Because I have to I'm waiting on her to >> Well, right now at this point we already gave you, you know, a notice that nobody can go back inside. >> Can you check my phone for me, please? It's right there by the window. Do you see my phone right there? >> You really got to follow procedure. >> At this point, officers didn't have a warrant, so they wouldn't allow Christy's mother to go inside the house. She waited outside with them until another law enforcement member arrived with a warrant. While they were waiting, she told them that earlier that day Christy had left her a voice message about the murder. Because of that, they changed course and retrieved the phone so the message could be played. >> Okay. >> By now, the police had already spoken with Christy at the station. Her mother wasn't able to provide any additional information. The officers informed her that no one from the family was allowed to leave. >> Are you going to be around here? Are you Are you sticking around here? Or are you leaving? >> I'm leaving right now. >> You're not going anywhere, right? >> No, I was going to the police station. >> No, I mean right now. >> I I'm waiting for my sister to go to the police station because my sister drive. >> The next person on the list was Jazlyn Smith. The officers tracked her down and managed to find her around 11:00 p.m. that same night outside her family's apartment. They spoke with her while her mother was present. >> Did you hurt this person? I was just told to put your hands >> Did he say that on the phone? >> Um I don't know exactly what happened. >> You're telling me that you were told to do something. I don't know what you did. I don't know what you didn't do. >> She She said that she was told to keep him in a corner. Andre Okay. Andre told me that somebody had been that somebody had been messing with somebody else's girl or something. And he had to do something about the situation. And that he was upset and that he needed some backup for a fight. >> He told me it was a fight. >> Jazlyn had been told to trap DJ in the stairwell. Andre needed a backup for the fight, which was apparently over a girl, Andre's ex, who was now involved with DJ. >> You don't have to stay here. You do not have to talk to me. >> Are you going to arrest my child? >> No, I'm not going to arrest your child. I want to hear what she has to say, but I I just I wanted to reiterate because I said it to you and I and she wasn't here. >> He told me to dress up in all black and follow him. >> Andre? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> I wouldn't do anything for Andre. He just said do this for me to help me out with a fight. We're going to fight. We walked all the way there and went up the stairway and Chrissy was there. Chrissy had seduced him from what I know. I was trying to just get in and get but it didn't happen. I already knew that if something like this was going to happen, I already knew the cops were going to show up sooner or later. I already started preparing myself for the worst, Mom. >> What do you mean about preparing yourself for the worst? >> If they send me away, Mom. >> According to her, the mastermind behind the whole murder was Andre, who even picked out the colors of the clothes, and the plan was just a fight. Jazlyn clearly tried to downplay her own role and choices, but over the next half hour, the officers and even her mother would unintentionally learn the truth from her words, shocking them to their core. Things her 16-year-old daughter had done were far beyond what her mother could have imagined. Detectives were still putting the pieces together with no clear reason to make an arrest, but Jazmine knew what was coming. She knew there was no escape, and she had already prepared herself for the worst. >> Because like everything I've already said, I'm an accomplice, and I know this, but I'm sorry. >> Come here. I can't. Come here. >> I just >> The female officer at the scene can be seen briefly laughing when Smith lets out a sigh. But there's nothing funny about what's happening. A teenager has been killed, and Jazmine has just admitted her role in what happened. She's now given the police a motive. Andre had found himself in the middle of a high school love triangle between DJ and his ex-girlfriend. That's when the dark thoughts started, and the plan began to take shape. A plan that would need help before Sunday. Before any of this began, Andre had reached out to her. He told her about the planned fight and the help he needed. Now, sitting in a police car beside her mother, the officer asks Jazmine to walk them through everything step by step, starting from that moment >> So I'd like for you to kind of tell me step by step on how everything occurred. You know? >> Before Sunday, before he came over. >> Who's he? >> Andre. >> Andre's from school, also? >> Yes. Before he ever came over, he told me Friday I believe it was Friday that he had a situation that he needed to deal with. He was wondering if I could help him out with a fight. >> Okay. >> And knowing that I used to fight in elementary and used to be a bad kid-ish outside of school, I agreed because he was a good friend of mine. I'm like, it's just a fight. He has said he was going to be coming over around 6:00. >> Okay. >> He came over at at least 6:45, close to 7:00. >> Okay. >> And he had proceeded to tell me the whole scenario of "We're going to get dressed in all black. You're going to wear clothes that you don't care about. You're going to wear gloves. You're going to wear a do-rag. I know the whole layout of the building." >> Andre already knew that Jazmine had a reputation for fighting when she was younger. That was exactly why he chose her. He even picked out what Jazmine should wear, telling her to wear gloves and protect her hair. Jazmine's account helps clarify the days leading up to the murder, but one thing stands out. She repeatedly tries to downplay her role, presenting herself as someone who was merely influenced rather than involved, a claim that within minutes would be completely undermined by a small slip she made. >> We had gotten dressed. We had prepared. My mom had gotten home. We had told her that we were going to go on a walk. He was explaining to me that the person that he me and him were going to fight with was the person he was going to tooth had lived with a girl that he knew and had essentially, from what I know, been And on the way there, he's telling me exactly where we're going to walk, exactly how we're going to walk, exactly where to go and where to wait for him before signal. And I was like, "Okay, this is definitely Immediately when we got in there, we had walked over to where the staircase was. Andre was while he was even telling me to move this way to avoid a camera and to avoid being seen. So, we had walked up the stairs while Christian stayed downstairs and made a call. Me and him were upstairs. He's just talking to me. We're relaxed. We're chill. And then he got a signal from Christian to walk downstairs. And he had a weapon with him. He told me to hold the weapon. We had gloves on as far as I could tell. We had walked downstairs. He had approached the boy and Christian had moved back and walked down the stairs with him. >> Did Did you know this boy at all? Okay. >> Um we He's The boy tried to make a run with it for run for it after Andre like urged him, but yeah. The young boy He had his hands behind his back. Christian looked at me and he made a run for it and I'm like, "Okay, well, if this is intimidation, put this down." I ran and I helped Andre to tackle him and put him on the ground. >> Jazlyn uses the word weapon. Even though she's detailed and specific in almost every other part of her story, she keeps this part vague. We already know DJ was found with two stab wounds. So, whatever the weapon was, it clearly wasn't a gun. What that weapon actually was and why Jazlyn avoided naming it becomes clear later in the interview. And it's something that will shock you. >> Andre asked for the weapon after explaining to him that he was going to kill the other boy. He had asked for the weapon and I just handed it to him cuz I was like, "I'm not about this." But I'm like, "Okay, maybe you're joking cuz me and Andre are playful. We like to mess around and we do like play fighting and we are just very like sibling type of relationship. >> But this time, nothing felt like a joke. The weapon he used, the level of planning involved, his behavior, and the sheer intensity of the violence he unleashed, all point to the same conclusion. This was a planned killing, not a spontaneous act. >> He did too take out small weapon attempt to And he was falling and I was just like, okay, I didn't see it because I'm holding his legs. So I'm in a position where I'm holding both of his legs and I'm wrapped around his under torso and I just feel poking right here. >> Jazmine claims she didn't know Andre's full plan, but she did admit that she helped hold DJ down even after the stabbing began. As disturbing as that is, Jazmine never stopped or showed regret during the attack. Not when DJ was begging for help, not even as he was slipping in and out of consciousness. >> He had another small weapon and he took that out and he stabbed him right here. Also, the boy he was just like, you're going to kill me. Just choke me out or like end it because he kept going in and out. >> DJ knew he was dying under the pressure and pain he was in. He begged Andre to choke him and end it quickly. Andre ignored him and stabbed him again. After that, DJ went unresponsive. He stopped struggling and tragically died at the scene. In Jazmine's version of events, she says she was told to do what she was assigned without asking questions. As the confrontation escalated, she says she didn't fight back because she was terrified of what might happen. Throughout her account, she places nearly all the blame on Andre. That explanation mostly holds up until Jaslyn slips up in the middle of her story. She mentions a detail that seriously undermines her claim that she didn't know this was a murder plan and instead places her right at the center of it. >> me that this was the first person he had ever killed. >> Prior to that, he had told you this? >> Well, when we were at the house, we were just talking about the whole plan together. What was going to happen, but he never told me that he he was going to kill somebody until at this time. >> What? >> Like this is the first person. I believe it here. I'll ask Chrissy. >> That single detail changes everything. It shows that Jaslyn knew about the murder plan long before it happened. Now, our story starts to crack. It directly contradicts her earlier claim that she had no idea this was meant to be a killing. At this point, it's clear she was far more involved in both the planning and the decision than she had admitted. That's when the officer shifts the focus and asks about the weapon used in the attack. >> end he had. >> It was a knife and he had a longer >> A longer what? >> A sword. >> Okay. A knife is something that can be easily concealed, but a sword isn't. Hiding something like that would be almost impossible. It's hard to believe that Jaslyn and Chrissy could have been around Andre all that time without noticing the sword. Now, detectives finally have enough pieces to start shaping a version of events that's much closer to the truth. But before moving forward, they still needed to make sure the physical evidence match the story. >> So, he you saw the big sword when he first showed up here in the first place? >> I didn't see it exactly. All I saw that there was a bag with it. I was like, "Okay." Cuz somebody else had taken everything out of the house behind us and I didn't know where that was. And I believe it was either in like a jacket with him or with Chrissy in the next room or jacket or whatever with the bag with them. >> Jaslyn could tell detectives were zeroing in on one key detail. She knew about the sword before they ever left the house and that meant she knew the plan from the start. She tried to distance herself from it saying that when they left, Andre grabbed a small knife and a larger sword, but she claimed she didn't actually see the sword at first and assumed it was already in the bag. Detectives weren't convinced. By now, there were too many gaps in her story. The teens believed they had pulled off the perfect crime. They killed someone in broad daylight in a tucked-away stairwell inside a busy apartment complex, avoided security cameras, and left no direct eyewitnesses. If the group chat messages hadn't surfaced later, they might have gotten away with it, but everything started to fall apart after the attack. They dragged DJ's body into the bushes, packed the weapons and supplies into a bag, and returned to Jaslyn's complex. There, they made a serious mistake. In an open grassy area clearly visible from nearby apartments, they started a fire and burned the bloody clothes using gasoline. As they sat there, shaken but still hoping they were in the clear, a security guard spotted them. In that moment, the cover-up ended and he wasn't the only one watching. Another resident had seen them, too, and later told police exactly what she saw. >> girls, they were just standing there, but they weren't moving much. The The chubby girl, she was just like moving back and forth, like standing in the same spot but moving a little bit. And then the guy was moving around the fire, just throwing more gasoline. I didn't see their face, but I like I saw their like their body shape. And seeing them on the on the photos, you could picture like you could picture them especially the chubby girl. They you could you could feel the the traumatization from them, and you could feel like they were scared. And but you could also feel like they they had that energy of the way of thinking like he deserved it. Like you could you could notice that. >> Security camera footage from the apartment complex backed up much of Jasleen's story. The cameras showed the three teens dressed entirely in black as they approached the stairwell where DJ was attacked. One camera even captured DJ Grant's final moments. Another shows the teens dragging his body toward the bushes, exactly as described. But as detectives reviewed everything more closely, cracks began to appear. Parts of Jasleen's version didn't fully line up. Police seized the teens' phones and went through their messages. It didn't take long to find something that directly contradicted Jasleen's claim that this was only meant to be a fight. One message revealed the true mindset behind the plan. >> Why DJ Grant was killed back in October, and for months now the three teens that are accused in his case have been kept in jail. >> All the evidence was clear. Within days, police moved in on all three suspects. Jasleen Smith, Kristi Parisian, and Andre Clements were all arrested. Each of them was charged as an adult. All three were charged with tampering with evidence and conspiracy to commit murder. Kristi and Jasleen were each charged with second-degree murder. Both eventually pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 25 years in prison, followed by an additional 10 years of probation. Andre Clements, who was 17 at the time, was considered the mastermind behind the crime and the one who delivered the fatal sword strike that killed D.J. He faced the most serious charge, first-degree premeditated murder, on February 18th, 2025. Andre Clements, now 20 years old, also pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison, followed by lifetime probation. >> Your loyal honest person would be there for you in a second in a heartbeat. >> I keep coming back to that room, the mother in the chair, the moment a parent realizes the version of events they walked in with is not the version that is true. D.J. Grant was 18. He went down a flight of stairs expecting nothing, and three people his own age made sure he never came back up. This is Grey File TV. Please share and subscribe.