[snorts] >> Sir, you're going to have to step up EMS. Losing consciousness. Keep seeing if he's got a pulse, my man. My man, keep seeing if he's got a pulse. I On September 26, 2017, police in Akron, Ohio were called to a home where 34-year-old Sean Belleville has been stabbed. Officers raced to the scene where they find Sean barely clinging to life. With him is his girlfriend, Crystal Bruce. Ma'am, sir, you're going to have to step up EMS. Me? Losing consciousness. I'm calling you guys. All right. Well, we're here. You can hang it up. I don't know. I just You got you What happened? You don't have a knife on you, do you? No, I'm not on me. What happened? He's been mad. I just came in. And I had And I came in and he was mad at me. We've been arguing for a few months. He kept saying he was going to kill himself. He was going to kill himself. And I thought he was going to I called his brother because I didn't think >> Oh, you got two? I called 911 first. And then they didn't come, so I called his brother and I told him to get here immediately. I don't know what he stabbed himself with exactly. Like I just know that he had a knife. And I thought he was going to stab me and then he went upstairs and I didn't think nothing of it. I didn't think that he was really going to do it. >> me. Step back from I'm sorry. Why did this happen? I don't know. I just got here. She called and said How do you know I'm like his brother. I'm not blood relative. Wait, go ahead. What happened to you? What's his name? Hey, you got gloves, dude? I need gloves. YEAH. >> KEEP SEEING IF HE'S GOT A PULSE, MY MAN. MY MAN, KEEP seeing if he's got a pulse. Uh 40 2 43. Yeah. 42 43 >> He's born in '73. I don't have anything. What do you guys need? I got something. >> four. It was weak. It was weak. I don't got I I got no bleeding, man. So, the deep chest wound, there's no bleeding. You want to pump on him? This happened upstairs. How did he get outside? I don't know. I don't know. I I said I just got here. >> Then how did he get outside on the front porch? Here we were arguing and I don't know what he was doing until he was in the living room and I had pulled him out and I tried to call 911 and I even had the neighbors calling everything. We all called. Why is there water everywhere, dear? He had a glass of water. Uh okay. I'm just I'm just wondering. >> I'm sorry. I I know. I understand. I understand. What's up? That's 22. I'm saying over an hour and I'm calling them. He's got tape. He's not breathing. Over here, dear. Dear. Dear. Dear. Over here. Over here. Where is it? Just one? Possible 22. He spilled the water over in there. You got a pulse? I had one. >> All right, step back. Give me a light. Light. Got you. Sucking chest wound. Yep. No. Sucking chest wound. No. Hey guys, sucking chest wound. >> Yeah, I told him. Got a stab wound to the chest. No pulse. All right, I'm going to I'm going to start doing the scene. All right, this is my daughter over here. Hey, yeah, just start taping it off. It is sucking chest wound. All right, this girlfriend? Yeah. Okay. >> He he's We're going to uh get her in a car? Yes. Put her in a car. Uh he was he was up there with him when we got on scene. Hold Yeah. I got I got you. Who who are you to I'm like his brother. You're like his brother. Oh, this I really good friend. Yeah, I'm not related. All right. What do you think of walk keep going or just cut it off right here? Uh go this right to that telephone pole, ma'am. The white van here is mine. >> The white van here is The one in front is her vehicle his vehicle whatever. >> I got you. Is this his vehicle? Does he live here? Okay. Yeah, he did live here. Okay. She's we got her secured. Thank you. Uh let me Hey, Do you know if there's anyone else in the house here? >> if she's got any of her kids. Let me ask. Okay. Got a stab wound to the chest. Open to the air. Right in the chest. No pulse. All right, I'm going to I'm going to start doing the Sorry, I just put my daughter over there. Come over here. Hey, yeah, just start taping it off. I'm going to put you in the back of my car, okay? Am I going to go? >> No. He's gone. Have a seat. Have a seat. Hi. Do you have Do you have anything on you? No, I got my phone. Step out for me. What's his name? Do you have anything in your pocket? No, we have money. >> Where you I think I got money. Can I give that to her? She has my daughter. I just took my daughter up there when we got to the park. >> anywhere. Turn Turn around. You got nothing in your back pockets? >> No, I got my 11-year-old daughter here. She's right here. She's right here. She's right here. She's right here. And he was doing this and my daughter was here the whole time. She's seen it all. I probably have and I'll have him in. I've been hugging him and trying to hold the blood. Doing everything. Uh go to the white car over there for me, man. Here, is there anyone else in the house? My daughter. Daughter? No, I just put her across the street. She's right there with the neighbors. I just put her there. She was there when it happened. Yeah, she was with my neighbor. I just put her over there. She's seen everything that happened. Who are you to her? Uh just very good friends. You were here? I've known him forever. No, I wasn't here. I just pulled up like 5 minutes before you guys did. That guy, you can stack somebody else's charges, you too. Okay. We've got him. We're going to put him in a car, too. Yeah. Feel pretty easy on somebody else's car. What's your name? Rick Rick, first name's Rick. Official is William. William Archie. Look, I'm I'm going to be clear with you. We're going to separate you. We're going to get a statement from you, okay? >> Okay. Understand that right now you're not under arrest. >> that pulled up too there. I just I just pulled up right before you. She called me. >> car right here, okay? Follow me. You got anything in your pockets, any pocket knives or anything like that? >> Uh yeah, I got a knife. >> Okay. Let me have that. You'll get that back. What do you got here? Cell phone? Just phone. Okay. Any any type of other pointy objects or >> Uh No, I don't have a work knife on me or nothing. Another key. Okay. I'll put this right on front of the car. You'll get it back when everything's done. You mind if I do it? Is it unlocked? >> Yeah, go ahead. Did you How did you get alerted to this? Were you coming from >> me. Okay. So, she called you? >> She called me. I was working. I've got a building I'm in. Let's have a seat back here for me. Go ahead and have a seat. Hey. Yeah, find out if he's the only two witnesses. Okay. These guys I was talking to these guys. They were on the 420 pulled up. Okay. What is that? I don't know. I got to check upstairs that when you're done. I don't know if he lost all of his blood up there because I It supposedly happened upstairs and they I don't know. I didn't talk to her so so I don't really don't Okay. That's fine. I'm definitely going to go check the house though. They're they're in there. We got a team in there doing that. >> All right, cool. 22 I think so. Found him on the porch? Yeah, but supposedly it happened inside, but Thanks. Yeah, when I came up there he had no pulse. Okay, yeah, we're we're going to right here, man. He's a sister lead, no pulse. Okay. Nothing. Can't get it off my hand. Yep. Hey, man, has anyone got your information, sir? Somebody asked me my name here a little while ago. Yeah, that's all right. All right, I'm Officer Brandenburg. I'm just going to get your information, ask you what's going on. What's your first name, sir? Uh Full name's William. R Like the Like the sheets, S H E O V E S. I go by Rick. She called me. She said they were fighting. I guess she stabbed him. I don't know for sure. She said he stabbed, he's on the front porch. I came down here as fast as I could. I got here there was no cops or anything. She said I've called 911 a dozen times. Get out of my own car again and I mean I heard her call two or three times. And then you guys came. I probably hadn't been here four or five minutes when you pulled But I don't know how long >> name? Sean. Sean what? Belville. Sean Belville? Is that your brother? Not blood, no. But he He Yeah. Have they Do they have domestic issues? They have been having on and off. Do you think she stabbed him? Or do you think he stabbed himself? I hate to say it, but I think she stabbed him, but I don't Okay. What were some of the things What were some of the things that she stated to you? Like when you arrived? Um When I first walked up, she said something about He's gone. He's unresponsive. And I knelt down next to him. I thought I had a little bit of a pulse there. What was it she said? Um She said something about putting Oh, I'm sorry. Said something about putting ice on it. I didn't even know where he was cuz she had a blanket up on him there and I didn't even know where he was stabbed. I When I asked her, I said, "Where did Well, where where is he at? Where where where is the stab at?" She said, "Right there in the chest." And I moved the blanket and saw the Where Do Do you know what he was stabbed with? Okay. I don't know. Where Where was the fight? Did she tell you where the fight started? Did she say why >> something about being upstairs. Then I don't Did she tell you why he was on the porch? >> No, I didn't get any I was I was getting ready to say I never did get any how he ended up outside. >> Sit tight, man. It's going to be redundant. People are going to start asking you questions. So, just be cool. Yeah, I got Can we at least leave the door somewhat open so I can get some air? >> How about I roll this window down for you? All right, watch your leg. That's her. That's his friend that she called. The girlfriend's in 24. Okay. I'm sorry. So, this You want me to go blue or do you want me to stay on? I don't care. This is not her his brother, just a friend. She called him and was in a frantic state so that he was stabbed. He thinks that she did it. She never mentioned anything about where it happened except that it happened upstairs. Um She was frantic obviously. Uh Yeah. Crystal? She's next door here, right? Officers were over here. They talked to them. She's okay. Were these people outside? They were outside but I didn't know that he was I knew he was bleeding and I told him to call 911. And they were going to call 911. I couldn't find my phone or his phone. I finally found his phone and it should be laying next to him somewhere. Okay. He had a pattern on it and I couldn't find out the pattern to call 911 so then I went back in to find my phone. Okay. They had already called and then I got my phone I called I didn't know he was like I didn't know what he did. I didn't I didn't see the blood but I didn't even know where it was coming from. We were arguing. I was trying to get her uniform for school and he got mad because I didn't have an ID to say something. 88 copy 1051. 88 copy 1051. Is he really dead? I I don't know. He's not. How? How could he be in a house you even Dude, he stopped breathing. And I was pressing on his chest to help him breathe. He kept saying, "I love you. I love you." What is his name? Sean Belville. B E L L No, B E L V I L L E. Got three phones. Got two. One of them got yesterday. Sean with an S, right? Yes, it's S H A W N. We're in Franklin County. B E B E L V I L L E. S H A W N? Yes, sir. What's his middle name? Michael. Do you know his date of birth? Uh-uh. 8 8 8 1973. What's Franklin, Columbus? Yes, sir. We've been talking to a lawyer getting his stuff lifted, so it might be lifted. We just paid the lawyer. I don't know exactly. You know, I'm not really I don't know very much. Tell him. Why are they just laying in there? He's not coming back. Sir. I need to get in and make sure my daughter's okay at least whatever's going on. I don't know. So, I need to call somebody. >> Nope, you don't need to call anybody. We have all that handled. Dear, is there anyone else in the house? My daughter. Your daughter? Where is she at? >> No, I just took her across She's right there with the neighbors. I just took her over there. She was there when it happened. >> you have here? Just Somebody. Just How How old is your daughter? 11. 11? And she's over here? And she's scared. Yeah, she's with my neighbor. I just took her over there. She's seen everything that happened. Did she? Okay. >> Everything. Okay. Okay. All right, dear. We'll be back with you. Okay. All right. And he was talking about killing. I didn't I didn't I didn't know he really I didn't know that he he stabbed himself. I didn't know that. I just seen blood. I didn't know that he was really like I didn't know. And I took my daughter when I seen the blood and took her to the next door. I told him to call 911. They said they called. I called. And I sat there with him on the front porch. And I just I didn't know. Okay. All right. This is so All right, we'll be back with you in 1 second. All right, dear. We'll be back with you in 1 second. Okay? >> school tomorrow. And how are you folks doing tonight? I don't know. How are you? Not too bad. Is uh daughter inside, I take it? Yes. Yeah, she's inside. Okay. What did you guys Did you guys hear or see anything or We just came out when all of y'all came. We were being nosy. Okay. Cuz this is my house. I I got you. Okay. And we were just being nosy, you know. She came over a few hours ago Mhm. for me to see cuz I got kids. Okay. That was a few hours ago. Okay. Okay. That's about it though. Mhm. Nothing else going on. All right. What Oh, about what time did she drop her daughter off over here? I mean if it I mean it doesn't have to be exact time. You're not going to be like held You know what I mean? Just a an estimate. Like when I was worried about dark I mean uh it was after it was dark. It was after it was dark. Okay. Maybe around 8-ish? Ish. That's fair. That's fair. Okay. But it was more like a play date type of thing. It's a play date type of deal. Okay. All right, dear. Okay. Um all I need to do is just get your name real quick. Name, phone number, and everything. Just Just And all it is is just uh it's a crossing t's and dotting i's. You're not going to be questioned or anything like that. They just want us to do all this stuff. >> Okay. All right. You're not in any trouble, you know. All right. What what's your All right. Q Q I N C I N A N A? Yeah. Quintina. Quintina. Okay. Johnson? Detectives like they they want us to get everyone's name that was in the area. Name, phone number. They might have questions for you. I severely doubt it. But it's just crossing t's dotting i's type of deal. All right, dear. Um So All right. So how long Y'all going to be out here for a while, huh? Yeah, it's going to be a minute. Yeah, uh is the little one inside sleeping, do you know? She's sleeping? Okay. Okay. That's Okay. You're not with anyone, are you? Me and Zephyr? Well, I mean Oh, we're with him. No, no, no. Do you want to start doing a canvas? Yeah, I already I just actually went over and talked to the neighbors cuz I talked to her. All right. Um She's She said >> What's that? DB doesn't like when you guys cover him. She brought the kid over hours ago playdate. I thought she was frantically saying like she brought the kid over when all that happened but she's also really frantic so but she actually said her kids heard the girl's daughter is over in their house right asleep. Okay. >> Playdate. Got you. So Um yeah. >> her I just got I got her name and number and everything so Awesome. I'll just start hitting all the other houses. Yeah, hit these houses. Uh which way you going to go? Uh I'm probably just straight across the street and just go the same Uh we'll probably get a second person started on a canvas or something but if you want to start on that I couldn't get an answer out of this house. They are a suspect. Hi dear. >> Hi. Were you asleep? I was. Oh, okay. I'm sorry. I just had to come over and ask you a quick question. A couple questions actually. Okay. Um Yeah, I can I can step in here real quick. Are you Do you live alone, dear? No, my my husband. >> Your husband? Is he Is he awake or is he asleep? Yeah, he he he's awake. Oh, he's awake? Okay, well, he's going to want He's going to Oh, he's a little puppy. Hey, little guy. T T He He's going to come out in a minute. What kind of a What kind of puppy is that? Uh I have Is it a Maltese or something, maybe? I think so, man. It almost looks like a Yorkie, but with the wrong coloring. Let me turn some light. Yes, dear. Hey, puppies. Hey, puppy. How are you? Oh, you're just a excited little guy, aren't you? You're just excited. Okay. No, no, no, no, it's No, no, no rush, no rush. I don't think I'm going to get anything out of you guys anyway, but I just have to ask. Oh, sure. You guys have a nice place here. Oh, thank you. This is probably the cleanest house I have been in all week. I Ooh. That's nice. Yeah. Did you guys Did you guys put this in or did it come with the house? He did this? And in there, too? That's cool. That That's cool. I I like that. Oh, thank you. That That's That's nice. I I actually do like that. But, um Oh, you're You guys are fine. Hi, sir. How you doing? I'm Officer Hudnall, Akron Police Department. Just come over here to ask you guys a couple questions. I understand Were Were you You've been awake most of the night or were you asleep? Oh, you Oh, he was asleep? Oh, okay. Okay. Oh, okay. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Hey, puppies. Oh, he's just friendly. He's just friendly. Um, did you guys happen to hear or see any hear any fighting outside or see anything outside at all? No, I usually sleep. Okay. All right. >> asleep and I heard somebody um running out the house over there and you know, hollering and that's what woke me up and I looked And then and then my grandkids live in there. Oh, your grandkids are right over here? >> Uh-huh. Oh, okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I already I I talked to them uh right before I came over here actually. Uh-huh. So, you just Did you Did you happen to see anything? You just heard someone run out of the house. You heard some hollering and that was about it. Okay. I didn't see nothing. Okay. All righty, dear. But, all righty. Well, I'll get out of your guys' hair now. Oh, that's that's okay. And um Um, we'll go about from there. I severely doubt anyone else is going to come over here and talk to you guys. Um, there were some events that transpired across the street and uh Yeah. Uh, it's it's not good. So, I doubt anyone's going to try to contact you. They might If they do, it'll probably be a phone call later on and then just to ask you if you heard anything which obviously you already told me you didn't. So, There was some ruckus. Yeah, he just heard some ruckus and that's it. Uh-huh. So, I saw the light flashing, you know. Mhm. No, I I understand, dear. And that woke him up but he was asleep. Mhm. I woke my husband up. I understand. All righty. Well, I'll get out of you guys' hair and you guys can get back to sleep if you want to. All right. I appreciate your cooperation, dear. >> You're welcome. Sir, you have a lovely evening. All right. You too. All right. Second. Almost switch abandoned. That's a giant spider. No one's over here? Oh, thank you, dear. You saved me from freaking out about about bunch of spiders. How are you folks doing tonight? Did anyone come over and talk to you guys yet? Did they? Okay. All righty. Um No, no one got shot. I can't go into a whole lot of details, but someone someone did get uh stabbed and we're just investigating it right now. Seeing if anyone heard anything. Saw anything, anything like that. They they was cutting up real bad. Were they? Yes. About what time was that do you think? About half an hour ago? About half hour ago? Okay. About 10 minutes before that. Okay. And they was cutting up. It's not the girl that stayed in there, is it? No, it's not her. It's not her son, is it? I don't know the son. Uh no, no. No, it's not it's not the son. It's not her son or anything like that, so. Is he Is he black, the dude? Mhm. No? Mhm. Uh it's uh Her boyfriend stayed there, too. Yeah. It ain't him, is it? Uh might be. It might be. So So all you guys heard was just the dogs The dogs dogs barking up and all Okay. All right. I'm in the front right there with the window open and I ain't heard nothing. I got you. My dog was cutting up. My my The woke me up. It's amazing their senses. Yeah. It is absolutely amazing. And it wasn't a regular It wasn't a regular bark. >> Mhm. It was a Something was Yeah, something happened. Okay. Well, I appreciate your folks' cooperation. All righty. Yes, dear. Sure. I don't know if we have one yet or not. I don't know if we have a suspect. I don't know if it was something someone did or something someone did to themselves. We just don't know. So, we're still investigating stuff. So, I don't think there's any There's There's no danger or anything. Well, your Yeah, I can I can put your mind at ease for that. Yeah, there's There's no danger or anything like that. So, Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay. It Well, it seems It seems like most of the people on the street Uh there is a the couple the right next to this house. Um I talked to them. They They seem like they've been They've been around here for a long time, too, I'm guessing. No, really? Okay. We I'm an original. The house is two houses over here is the original. Okay. And that's an original. Okay. I know you guys saved me on that house cuz I was about to shoot a spider. That thing was huge. Well, ain't nobody there. I know ain't nobody there right now. Yeah, see I don't And this is the field in next door. He's 92. Yeah, that's who I talked to. I talked to them. Okay. But yeah, I don't This is one thing I don't do is is spiders and there were some big ones. Done. Okay, do you know the daughter's name? Okay. And you She might be She said yeah, that that that house right there, I guess the other side of bungalow over there. Okay. How tall is she? Do you know what she's wearing or >> Uh I had no idea what she's wearing. She's She's a white female? No, black. Mixed? >> Yeah, but she's pretty dark. She's like 10 and 12 years old. Yeah, about 10. She's either 11 or 12. Okay. How How are you doing, folks? We're looking for uh her daughter. She bring >> going? I'm sorry? Where's her daughter going? Her daughter's not going anywhere. We just want to make sure that she's here. Her name's She's here. Okay. Well, can she come out here, please? How long has she been over here, ma'am? She's been over here for a little while. She had a playdate with my kid. Okay. Where do you want to put her? All right. Is your name here? Yeah. All right. Come with us. So, where exactly are we going? She's not in trouble. Are you guys walking with her? Yeah, she's not in any trouble. >> Okay. Want to go around? We'll go this way, then. I don't know, man. 24 1 and 2, 1 and 24. You don't have a camera on her. My camera's not working, either. No, we got body cams. Come on. I'll talk to Sarge. I'll even talk to Lickey if this is his team or Alex. She's like 10 or 11 or 12, so I haven't I haven't said anything to her. I figured I'll leave that up to you guys. She's in the house at the time? Okay. Supposedly the neighbors are saying that they had a play date. She's been there for hours. That's what the neighbors told me. And she just Okay, where who who's her parents? The mom the lady >> involved. So her parents are are involved in this? Yes, sir. Okay. Let's get her down to the police station on the sixth floor nice and comfortable with some hot chocolate. Okay. And it's TV. And we'll be down to talk to her as soon as we can to figure out what's going on. >> Okay. We want her out of this situation for now. >> She's the only witness? I don't know yet. Yeah. If she is, yeah. You want to take her down? You got a female officer? Goldstein, we do. Goldstein Goldstein part two is tied up. What's that? They're in car two. Yeah, I'm working with Goldstein. That's okay. Let me talk to you. I'm not muted, no. You can talk to no one. My bad. I was thinking it was going to be one of these houses. Well, this one and that one two two down fight. That house is supposed to be like mom and dad and grandma and grandpa. And this is like their kids and their kids' kids. At least that's cuz we were out here This guy has a motorcycle. Here one on two. I was out here like, maybe two weeks ago. Yeah? Yeah. Yeah, that's the one. But I wasn't at this one. I was two two houses down. Two houses down? Yeah, two or three. He was in the lot over here, but it was a crash. Car pulled out in front of me. You have a bad night? Yeah. I'm trying to go to school in the morning. Oh, school starts at 8:30, right? Yeah. I like your name. What's your middle name? I don't Isis Anahi? That's pretty. What's What's your first name? Isis. Isis? Isis I just got to switch over to this coffee of mine. Here you go, sir. Find your cigarettes, you're welcome to have one. Give him a minute. He's got a lot going on, I know. I know, I see it. Do you guys Do you guys stay standing, please? Yeah, I'm good. No no rush. Find your daughter? Yeah, she's right there. Oh. You get her out of here. Right. I don't even know I don't think they have any relatives up around here. Her Her mom Hey, I'm on the is down by Columbus. Uh They ate 10 years something like that, probably. Okay. How do you know him? Uh through a another mutual friend. Okay. He used They used to live down in Columbus and they had a bike shop down there and Got you. Did you live down there or No, I've always lived up here. Okay. Uh the the other friend Okay. he lived down there for a little while and then was bouncing back and forth down And he ended up losing his Can I hear the radio channel, too? This one's for Oh, oh, she shot me. One sec. You got to do it? I'm just trying to do the light down so it doesn't blind everybody, including me. So, that's that's your grandma across the street, right? >> Yeah. Their house is absolutely amazing. [snorts] >> you in? >> I Yeah. That's a blessing. I can I I'm surprised they answered the door, personally. Oh, really? >> She came down the steps and went, "I feel bad, but She's 89. My grandmother is 89 years old. 89? 89. Shoot. She's 89? Wait, let me think here. She said she was born in '28 though, right? Was she? Yeah, so she's n- She 89? No. No, she's 89. I don't know, she told me '28. I mean, here she go. Her memory I would say I I mean, I wasn't going to sit here. I mean, she's probably tired, so I get it. >> They do be. They be in the bed by 9:00. I got you. They be in the bed by 9:00. I will say this though, like she said that he did the ceilings in there. >> yeah, that's the signature. >> That's amazing. >> He's the only person that does it in the city. Oh, really? I Tho- Those Those ceilings are absolutely amazing. Do you >> signature. Yeah. That's how you know what it is. Then she's like she's ready to give me a tour of the house. >> [laughter] >> I mean, she Then she was She really was. Hey. Yeah, I mean, she goes, "Here, why don't you come in here? We're coming in the living room." I'm like, "All right, yeah, that's fine." I'm looking up I'm like, "This That's cool." And she goes, "Oh, she goes, "Well, yeah, there's stuff Yeah." She goes, "Well, there's some There's some uh some more stuff in the dining room." We don't want to go in there, but I mean, that's that's fine. The bathroom is nothing but mirrors. Yeah, that's Yeah, that's right. I saw that. That's why I peeked in and I was like, "That's that's neat." I love that house. I love it. Thank you. All righty, dear. You as well. All right then. Hey. Hey, he also got a car close to here. Her car. I got it. I got his info. We're going to pull that my house. I'm going to take her down to the station in our cruiser. Officers returned to the police car where they've been holding Crystal. Oh my god, why are they getting my daughter? They're They're over there talking to them. I don't know what's going on. I've been sitting in here. I don't know what's going on. Will she be okay? Why are you guys taking her somewhere? >> She's fine. She's in good hands. We're not going to do anything to her. They're probably going to walk her back over to the secondary area that's back up over there. Oh, okay. I just I know. It's my baby. >> I know. That's why I said that. That's why I just brought her down here today. Okay. I just really got to just miss him so much. I didn't need her to see us arguing. That's why I took her over there. I would advise against that. Can I call my mom? No, I'd prefer you not to. You said don't. Okay. >> No. Please don't don't don't make any phone calls or text messages. Okay, you want my phone? I'll take it if you give it to me. I'll hold it right here for you. Okay. I have to tell you should talk to my daughter or whatever you want to do. I just need to We will give you the opportunity to um we've got we've got other people that are coming to here and we're just the low guys on the totem pole. You got to understand that. They're going to see this process out. Is this your notebook? Uh it might be Huddleston's. Or mine. >> Sick first? Yep. Okay. Um we're going to have you two maybe take take her down to the station to go talk to D.B. >> Okay. Sounds good. So, I'll find out a few specifics from uh from Sergeant Lutkey. Okay. Exactly what he wants. All right. And where. What about my daughter? Just a >> Uh I would I'm sorry, you said about your daughter? Can I at least speak to her before I leave, please? Yeah, I'll find out about that, too. >> Please. All right. So, give it a minute. I figured you could If you her down. You could can her off and then come back. >> Sounds good. All right. Give us a few minutes and then we'll uh Cool. Are you coming with me? Yeah. Okay. 11, right? Your daughter's 11? Yes. 11? 11. I'm confused because I'm supposed to stay with the daughter. Yeah, I would >> need a ride down there with the daughter and then I got to hang out with her because I guess she doesn't feel comfortable with y'all. Please. She She probably feels better with a woman. She just got my stepdad yesterday and we had just got her up here. They're going to pump the brakes on that for a minute. Instead of taking you down to our police station, we're going to have a detective come out and he's going to speak to you for uh a minute to find out what's going on and everything. And and my daughter? Your daughter is over here. She's with that female officer that was next to my car. As long as she's with a female officer, >> She's She's hanging out over there. She's She's fine. Thank you. I'm not trying to be a person. No, no. No, you're you're not at all. We completely understand. I didn't call 911 Right. They transferred us. I called the brother. I called 911 four times. Okay. You can leave it rolling. Okay. Um IBS is not working up here. >> No. Okay. I know it's a habitual problem. >> Yeah, I sent the message probably like 6 minutes before this. Okay. Does she want the window or in the car? Can you hear hear what's going on? >> I can hear it. How are you doing? I'm not good. All I know is my daughter's over there and I've been calling 911 and Okay, I I spoke >> So as soon as she's up there, so I know he's I spoke with your daughter briefly. Huh. Um and we got a female officer who's going to take her down to the station, put the TV on for her, get her some hot chocolate, get her away from get her Yeah. Get her away from all this, get her nice and calm down. Okay. Now, obviously, we've got to investigate what happened. Okay? And we need your permission to to do that and process your house. You don't have to give us permission. We can get a warrant if you're not comfortable with us searching your house. I am. Thanks. So, you don't have to. You You You have the option of giving us consent or not. You don't mind us checking and and processing your house? I have no problem. All right, we got a little form we're going to fill out with you. I mean, should I call somebody before I don't even know what's going on exactly like I'm not even being charged or something and what's going on like I don't even understand that. What we have to do What we have to do is we have to investigate it. Given that it's at the house, we have to check the house and look around the house and process the scene. Just like you see it No, you know Well, we're the detectives. Those guys are the They're like They're like the first responders and we're the ones who do the investigation. They do the first lights. And again, you don't have to sign anything if you don't want to. I'm kind of scared cuz I really don't know what to do. Like I don't know what to do. I don't know what What this does is this gives us permission to search the house or process the house. I mean, you don't have to do this. They have to process it just get a search warrant and do it that way. So, I So, either Either way we're going to get Does it make a difference? Either way we're going to get I mean, there's something in my house. It's up to you, ma'am. What do you want to do? Can I talk to somebody before I sign that? Oh, yeah, for sure. What you going to do? Don't even worry about it. We're just going to go ahead and get a warrant. We'll go ahead and get the warrant. Okay. Um I mean, I can give you my house key, you know. Well, that's helpful. That's helpful. The door is open like the only place that you probably can't get into and the keys are probably in Shawn's pocket is the basement, but other than that, everything else is okay. Okay. Now, since we're going to process your house and everything and it's going to take a while. >> it. If you guys want me to sign it, and that's cooperative, and that's cool, I'll I'll do that. I don't have no problem. I just don't understand what you're talking about. No, no, no. Who is in my house? I want you to feel comfortable. So, it's up to you. I don't have a Uh but here's the thing, if you don't mind, what we're going to do is since your daughter's going to be down there right now, we're going to keep everybody separate. >> go and talk to her before she leaves? She's going down right now. You're going to go down, too. Don't worry. We're going to keep you guys separate till we're done talking to you. But you're both going to go down to the police station comfortable, so that you don't have to be rattled with confusion and mess. We'll get somebody from victim services to talk to you, too. >> sign the paper. You can do that. Are you sure? >> And we're not waiting on that search warrant. What I need you to do, right here on the first line, just print your name. That'll make it easier on you guys. Why wait a couple more hours? Well, we just want you to feel comfortable. I I There's nothing in my house. That's not what we're We're trying to just find out what the cause was, and Oh, we start from point one. You'll see some Well, listen, we start from point one, and we go to point B, and we keep I got to go in the line. But right there is where you sign it. We're going to come down and talk to you. So, it might take a while. Don't worry about it. It's just This is a complicated process. >> I just want to make sure my daughter's okay. I just want to be able to make sure she's I haven't talked to her since this We're going to make sure everybody's >> She don't even know what happened. I didn't even know what happened. We're going to make sure everything's all right, okay? Don't worry about it. You want to go ahead and put your flip back up in there. We'll get you down to the station comfortable. Room seven, please. >> And make her as comfortable as possible. Door open, and uh we'll be down to talk to her as soon as we can. Will YB standing by with her? >> Yes, she will. >> Okay. Let's Let's get you Let's get you down there. We have We have the means down there. Is he dead? Like I don't know. Is he really dead? Like I don't I don't I don't know. I haven't been up there. 24. En route to the sixth floor with a female starting mile 71 71. You guys have my daughter. So I don't have to worry about the neighbor. Correct. We We have her. That female officer is still still with her. You guys can go through my phone and read the text messages. It's fine. That we've been going back and forth going off on me for months. Two months. And he he never really put his hands on me. The last few days ago. And I just got my daughter back. Copy that. I have a brand new wedding picture but I never saw that. So then I didn't see it. And I didn't realize like I had to see the blood and I called 911 cuz I didn't know what happened. They never fought. They never hit each other. So I didn't know where all of the blood came from. So I got my daughter out of there cuz she was crying and she was scared. And I don't know I don't even know who they like I don't even know if they are. Like I just moved up here with him and his family. I don't even know nobody here. I have no family here. I have nobody. So then I just I took them to the neighbors. I don't know the neighbors. They just kept my daughter to get her time. They said they knocked at the door asked me if I was getting beat up or not. And I said no. I don't know there's a camera on my front porch. I don't know if it works or not cuz he put the camera up but it might work. And there's a camera that sits right on the front porch right there by the door on the right hand side at the top. And it might have been recording. If you guys could check that I don't know where it runs to. But I told him he had a pretty sweet probably had it running. I'm calling him outside the I've been trying to get him in the car. I didn't know what the hell happened. What you got back there? Money. Okay. Oh, I dropped it on the floor. >> That's fine. We'll make sure it's all picked up before we get out of here. Nope. Yeah, I got your I got your phone up here. Am I going to be able to call my mom or like anybody? Yeah, once those guys Well, once those guys that were talking to you outside of the car, once they come come down to the station and talk to you and everything, they're going to explain everything. I honestly do not know what's happening, what what's going on. So, we're going to get down here, get you comfortable, get you a bottle of water or something like that, and have you sit down and wait for them to come back, okay? >> You got everything? Yeah, I got money. You didn't drop any more? No, I don't need to take it. No, it was only 140. Okay. That's not mine. Nope, this is this is I forgot. Let's go over here, through this door. I'm sorry. I told them to leave you alone today. No, you didn't. No, what did he do with the gun everyone? That's what you're supposed to do. I was just scared. My daughter just had a bag. I didn't want her to see no fighting. They were there. I didn't want her to see us yelling. Like And then to the right. Down the hall. Then right in here on the right. I'll turn the light on for you. Okay. I'm going to leave your phone in here. In here? Um I would prefer you not to make any phone calls >> I'm not. Okay. I'm not touching this. Um do you want a bottle of water? What can we get for you? Water's fine. Water? Anything else? We've got some kind of soda. Let me see. I don't know. I don't have any smokes on me, but we'll we'll see what we can do, okay? Crystal is charged with Shawn's murder. Detectives conclude that she stabbed him in the chest during an argument inside their Akron apartment, then attempted to clean the scene and hide evidence before police arrived. In 2019, Crystal Bruce pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter and is sentenced to 15 years in prison. >> Mhm.