Can I get an iPhone from when I get to the jail? You said what? Can I get an iPhone from when I get to the jail or whatever? Yeah, you have to ask them first cuz they'll have to administer it, but you can ask them for sure. I don't know what their answer's going to be, though. Cuz I got knots in my back for a year. I'm straight up. This is Iyana Colon, a 20-year-old woman who committed a crime so disturbing that her own parents turned her in. The interrogation you're about to see is one of the strangest in recent times. And you can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make any statements, okay? Do you understand each of those that I read to you? Is it Are you shaking your head, but is that a yes? You understand each of them? Yeah, I'm just like remaining silent. What she told the cops next would lead them to a horrifying discovery. On January 18th, 2022, Iyana Colon walked into the Portage Police Department escorted by her parents. As she sat in the booking area, officers were searching her, logging her belongings, taking down her information. To them, this was just another routine surrender until one note changed everything. Hi. Hi. Hi, I'm Officer Craig Begeman. Uh so, Officer Rhinehart, um you guys kind of briefly talked and discussed everything that's going on. Um so, what he's going to do is um go up and try to make contact at the apartment up there and just see what's going on cuz we want to make sure that everybody is okay at at the very least, you know? And then we'll just kind of go from there, okay? Okay. Um and then I'll stay here and and wait with you until he gives me a call and lets me know what's going on. Just want to make sure that individual's fine, but Yeah. And doing this not good. Okay, in what respect do you mean it's not good? She said she didn't feel them breathing. Did not. Okay. Like he was choking on it. I guess he was doing drugs or something and he choked on it. Choked on his own stuff or something like that, but from her impression is that he's not alive. Okay. All right. Um, Officer Reynold didn't express that to me. So, okay. Let me catch him before he goes and we'll make sure um and then just stay right here, please. As the officers processed Iyana's arrival, her father passed them a small handwritten note. It contained an address and a haunting message. Someone inside that home was in danger or worse, already gone. Within minutes, squad cars were racing toward the scene. Another detective was already on the phone coordinating with patrol units. If the note was right, they were about to find something far worse than what they expected. Police rushed to the location. No one answered. Police department. You okay, bud? I have an empty bed, no mattress. Police department. But when they forced their way in, they made a gruesome discovery. Send medical in. Yeah. Send medical in, dispatch. Iyana walks into this interrogation calm, controlled, and oddly casual. It's not panic. It's not fear. It's something else. And as you'll see, it only gets stranger from here. Iyana, my name's Derek Casson, a detective here at the police department. I work with Detective Taby. All right. Okay. You doing okay? Trying to. Trying to. Okay. This water in that other um bars for you if you want something to drink. Okay. So, I heard a little bit about some some something that had gone on, but I'm I don't really know all the facts yet, so that's kind of why I wanted to talk to you. Um Are you from Kalamazoo? Did you go to high school here? Did you graduate high school? No. No. What what level did you get to in school? Um up to 12. Up to 12th grade? Mhm. Just a little short of finishing out? Did you go to any college at all? Um No. I got accepted into KVCC. Well, that's good. Well, hey, one of my one of the things with my job is to kind of figure out the truth out of everything. That's what we do every day is figure out what happened to stuff, you know? All across the the city in in any different capacity as far as whatever it is. If something happened somewhere, we're tasked with figuring out what really happened. And one of the ways that we do that is talking to people. Okay. So, I want to talk to you about what you've been up to lately. Okay? Okay. Um I see you got handcuffs on, and I know we're in a jail, so that changes things a little bit for me only that I have to read you some things before we can talk. Is that okay? All right. So, it says you have the right to remain silent. And it says anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him present with you while you're being questioned, and you can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make any statements. Okay. Okay. Do you understand each of those that I read to you? Yes. Is Is it Are you shaking your head, but is that a yes? You understand each of them? Yeah, I'm just like remaining silent. Okay. But then, she speaks anyway. Not just a little, but a lot. This is classic impulse control failure. She knows she should stay quiet, but she can't help herself. Why? Because she believes she can talk her way out of this. In her mind, she's still in control. So, having these rights in mind, do you wish to talk to me now? I mean, I want to hear what was said. Okay. All right. Well, the only thing that's been said is what your parents said. And I know that a lot of what they said came from you, but I mean, obviously you're the best source of information. Okay. So, that's why I wanted to talk to you after either me or my partners talked to your parents. Does that make sense? Mhm. I kind of want to hear it right from the horse's mouth, as they say. Like, get it right from the source. All right. Is that fair? Okay. So, having all these rights that I read to you in mind, are you willing to answer questions? Mhm. I don't know. Just I've never been in this predicament before. Right, yeah. No, I know. Uh it's entirely up to you. It uh it's one of those things that you can If there's certain questions you don't want to answer, you can just say, "I don't want to answer that." If you don't want to answer any questions, you don't have to. At any time, you can say, "I don't want to talk to you anymore." and I'll leave. But if uh if there are questions that you're willing to answer, I'm I'm interested in hearing what your answers are, but it's entirely up to you. Okay. Quick disclaimer. If mouth sounds make you uncomfortable, you might want to brace yourself. Nothing quite says I'm totally innocent like snacking mid-murder confession. People under stress usually lose their appetite, especially those who complained discomfort in throat after being strangled, but Iyana seems unbothered. That level of emotional detachment is unsettling. Want some water? No? I can't imagine trying to eat two of those special K bars and not drinking any water. That'd be some sort of challenge on TikTok or something, right? Iyana, are you willing to talk to me or at least hear what I got to say? I'll I'll hear you out, but I don't know what we'll all say or whatever. Okay, go ahead. Go ahead. Okay. All right. What happened last night? Basically, he just got really violent. I think he was on some type of drug. Um he like was sitting down on a car couch and he charged at me after I threw I threw some water in his face. Why? Because he called me out my name and like kept on turning on stuff and like just he knew stuff that was getting under my skin. Mhm. Basically. So. Anyway. um I throw a little bit of water in his face and he like stands up and like that's when he just like loses all everything. Like he just charges at me. He starts pulling my hair. My head is like all the way down here. And I'm like I start like trying to fight him back and it was like the couch is like right here and the door is right here and the there's a bed like right next to it. So, it started initially from the couch. Like he charged at me. I landed on the bed, hit my head and then he started to choke me out and that's when I started fighting him back like trying to like push him. So, I pushed him a successfully like to the um door and he was like reaching for the chain and like trying to say I was hurting him. And I was like, "What do you mean I'm hurting you? Like like what do you mean?" So, just basically just after that like he just went ham and I blacked out and I couldn't breathe. I had like a choked like really [ __ ] hard. Like I could feel like spit in the back of my throat. Like when he used both hands. Like so it just made me freak out like and then eventually he just stopped breathing. So, I don't know. I felt like I don't know. It made me like almost empty. Like If you've noticed Deonna saying like every few seconds, you're not imagining it. She says it exactly 117 times during this interrogation. If you're wondering why this matters, it's because excessive filler words can sometimes indicate deception or discomfort. Filler words can be a way to stall for time, giving the brain a moment to craft the next sentence. Overuse of like makes statements sound casual and unstructured, even when they're rehearsed. It also helps soften the impact of what she's saying, making even the worst details sound less severe. That's all I could really like say. And it just made me like sadder sadder just looking at him. And then I just I ended up like just moving. And you know, putting his favorite robe on him. Cuz I felt bad. I felt like when I'm put in this situation like that. I don't know what to do. What do I have to do? You're okay. Who's he? I met him I'm going to say McDonald's. Um I was working as a cashier there for like a couple months ago. Um and he came through the drive-thru and he ordered like a Big Mac or something. And I gave him my number like on a Rebecca receipt. And like we'd basically been hanging out and stuff. He always like would like admit these feelings to me and stuff and I'll be like just trying to be friends, you know, and stuff like that. And he just really just like over time you would see how he would just change. I don't know how to like describe it, but it's like he went from sweet to like sociopath. Like he just wanted me around him. And I was just staying there so that I can just like have a place to stay for my job and you know, like kick it and hang out with them. He's like a lonely guy, so I was just like hanging out with them and you know, and he just got crazier and crazier. And then I noticed like particularly within the past 3 days of hanging out with him that he would do like this with his nose like like this like just like like he was off some type of drug. And um he's he told me about like this scamming stuff and like promethazine and fake doctors and just like um just like getting prescriptions that he didn't need. So I don't know if it was a pill or if it was like a promethazine type thing or powder, whatever. I don't know about that. But um What's his name? Um Man. It's like It's from It's like he's from Saudi Arabia. So it's like M A A N A L B O W I or B L O W I? Okay. Do you know his last name? That that was his last name. Oh, what's his first name? Ma'an. Oh. M A A N. I got you. I'm sorry. So, like Ma'an Albowi? Something like that? Uh like Ma'an Albowi or Bowi or something. I don't know. Okay. Iyana met Ma'an Albowi while working at McDonald's. He was 25, lonely, and looking for companionship. She was staying at his apartment for convenience, not commitment. And within just a week of staying there, she would take his life. Um he he was like telling me like how he was doing like some kind of like like he was trying to like provide for his family, you know, stuff like that, but he was like scamming like and using fake IDs and stuff, and he always wanted me to like join in on it. But I would just be like, "No." Like and I feel like gradually over time he would get mad at me cuz like sometimes like I feel like he thought I was using him or like something like that. So, like even when I like asked him to go get some like Dollar Tree cleaning supplies and stuff, like he would like get an attitude, and I just be cleaning the house or cooking for him and stuff, and I don't know. It was just like I don't understand why that was a problem. Okay. So, were you Were you guys like dating? No. Um the furthest thing that I allowed from him was like just a kiss on the cheek. Um, we were not like dating or together. So. Did he want it to be that? Did he want to have a romantic relationship with you? I feel like in his head he thought he could have a relationship with me or like potentially be with me, but like every time he like tried to lay under me and like get on the bed with me and stuff. Like I don't know, like he'll like start touching my thigh and stuff and I'll just be like, "Yo, you need to back up." Like like and he just like just is a really touchy-feely person. So. All right. So, what was what was going on with the apartment last night? You guys just hanging out or what was up? Um we just like we had came back from my friend's house. Um, he left me out there for hour. He said he had to go to a class for like a hour or something. So, you were at the apartment by yourself for an hour? Uh, yes. I was at my friend's apartment. Okay. And um, he came back to get me and the reason we left my friend's apartment was because he started a confrontation at my friend's apartment. Like he would start doing this with his nose and stuff and I'll be like, "Yo, are you okay?" And you know, stuff like that. And then he'll like like pull down like his pants like like showing his boxers like so almost like his dick would like be seen and [ __ ] And like it just like made me feel uncomfortable. So, I got into an argument with him at my friend's house and then my friend started sticking up for him. So, I was like I feel out of place. So, we might as well just go. So. Um we left and when we got back and stuff, I like had like the whole entire car like was just silence. No music, no nothing. Um and then as soon as we got back to the house, he like tried playing like this music. I like I'm the type person like I like like peaceful music and you know, stuff like that and he's like um the more like the violent like upbeat music. I don't know how to explain it, but um basically, um I just asked him to turn the music down and stuff and then he would just like be doing this with his teeth like like giving me these mean looks and I'll be like, what is all that for? Like So. Um That's basically how things transpired and led up to that. And then just name calling and all the stuff that came after it. So. As Iyana sat in the interrogation room, unbothered and unaware, investigators made a horrifying discovery. Malik Albeik's body. The medical examiner ruled it mechanical asphyxiation. His injuries, deep bruising to the neck, head, and upper body lined up disturbingly well with the story Iyana would soon tell. But, the real question remained. Was she telling the full truth? What kind of names did he call or what were people being called? Um he called me like a [ __ ] and um I I think really what it was was that yesterday, um, his brother, like, I'll say 2 days ago, his brother and him took, uh, uh, me for a ride. They took me to Meijer's. And, um, this is when we went and got the cleaning supplies. But, when we had went to the gas station, he ran inside without his brother. His brother's like driving the car. So, um, his brother is like talking to me and like like being like, "Did Did he get any [ __ ] from you?" And stuff like that. And I'm like, "No." I'm like, "No, that's not even a factor, like." So, I was like, um, "Yeah, we're just we're friends. We're not even dating or anything." And he was like, "Well, to be honest, I would have been cracked to you." And I was like, like I felt kind of like offended. What does that mean? But, I was like, he say? Like cracked to you? Like like I would have been like like put my dick in you, like type type thing. I don't know. So, it just like threw me off. But, like I was just kind of like, "All right." I mean, I guess. Like laughed it off, I guess. So, he comes back in the car and he's like, "What are you guys laughing at?" And I was like, um, I just like, I was just I didn't want to say it in front of him, you know? Like and just start something between them because they're brothers or whatever. Mhm. But, um, so, I waited till we got back to the house. And when he asked me that, I was just like, "It was nothing really. Um, just like making some jokes or some shit." So, when we got back to the house, we got into an argument because I needed a ride to go see my friend and he was mad that I asked him if his friend could drive me to where I was for some gas money. And he was like he was just like why? Why? Or like why? And I was like what do you mean why? Like I I just need a ride. And so he was like hesitant at first and then he like opened up and was like all right, I mean I'll text him. So, he texted him and then basically he got mad because I had basically said the truth. So, he was like um he was just like we don't I we don't give a [ __ ] um anyway. Um we pass pictures around. And I was like like what is that supposed to mean? You know, like but I don't know. It just made me feel like out of place and then I noticed like extremely like just weird patterns of behavior like after that. But yeah. They're like I I think really what set it off was either he was taking some drugs and then just that situation on top of the drugs like just made him like act out of anger and I don't think he was really paying mind to what he would say. Like he just seemed like off in the head. Like he was just like like laid back on the inside but like just mean as hell on the outside. I don't know how to explain it. You ever seen him like this before? No, it was just like the past 3 days. Throughout this interrogation, Iyana is crafting a very careful narrative. She's the calm, peace-loving person. He's the unstable, violent aggressor. This is textbook image management. If she frames herself as the victim, then suddenly her actions become justified, excusable. But the detectives aren't buying it. And neither should we. Throughout the interrogation, Iyana frames herself as the real victim. She paints Ma'an as a drug user, an unstable person, and a threat. She downplays her own involvement, making it sound like self-defense. She subtly distances herself from the crime, speaking vaguely and avoiding details. This is a classic attempt at image control, turning herself into the one who had no choice. But the more she talks, the more cracks start to show. Did you see him do any drugs? I didn't see him do any drugs. I I saw I saw him like smoke weed. Like, he smoke he smokes a lot like a ton of weed. Mhm. Like, just back-to-back-to-back. And I would tell him like, "Yo, I'm on probation. I can't, you know what I'm saying, be around that and stuff." And like, he'll even get like so disrespectful. Like, he'll just blow it in my face. Like, and just be disrespectful. So, I would go try to open up the window, and he'll get mad at me for opening up the window. Mhm. Like, and I'll be like, "What What do you expect? I'm not going to like just sit in your face and then you're like smoking back-to-back." And I've only ever seen him use weed or cigarettes. Um any other drugs besides that? No. Um and then promethazine, he was telling me a little bit how about how he was like getting fake prescriptions from like doctors for promethazine. And he said that he lost his doctor and he was like pissed about it. I don't know that was supposed to mean. What did he do with the promethazine? Um I think like he would like sold it like to someone his like family members or like he just drank it. He was like I love He was like I love lean, which is what they call promethazine. So. Okay. Did you see him take promethazine just like drink it? I've never seen him take it. But he he had like like in the apartment there's like bottles like I don't know if you guys like saw it when you went in there, but there's like bottles in like one of his suitcases. It's like I don't know if you like eight, nine, or 10 bottles. Iyanna Colon wasn't new to trouble. When she killed My Aunty Nae Nae Boy, she was already on probation. In fact, this wasn't even her first act of violence. A repeat offender with a history of aggression, Iyanna had already pleaded guilty to multiple charges before this incident. In 2021, she was convicted twice. On March 24th, 2021, she attacked a man inside his home, repeatedly striking him in the head with a metal pipe. She later pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to 44 days in jail. And in August 2021, she was arrested again. This time for resisting and obstructing a police officer. Though she was initially charged with domestic violence and another count of assaulting an officer, those charges were dropped in a plea deal. She served five days in jail. This wasn't an isolated act of violence. Colon had a pattern, one that was escalating. And with Myon Albowie, it would reach its deadly peak. So, things are not going well at the apartment. What time do you think this all kind of kicked off where he started getting mean last night? Um I would say maybe like around 11:30 or 12:00. Okay. And how did it start? Just with the name calling and stuff that you talked about? Just like when I asked him to turn down the music and you know, I just wanted some peace and quiet cuz I sometimes I just get anxious like when like too much is going on and then the violent music is playing. Mhm. It's just like I get like real fidgety, so I asked him to just turn it down or turn it off for a minute. And he was like, "Bitch, I'll do what I want in my house." Like And I was just like, "Damn." So, I got mad. And I threw the water in his face. And that's what triggered everything. So. What's the next thing that happened? What do you mean? Like what happened? Did he I mean, you threw water in his face and then what happened after that? I just said what happened after that. He pulled me by my hair and charged at me. Yeah, but I'm I'm just looking for a little bit more detail. He charged at me while he was sitting on the red couch. Mhm. He was smoking a cigarette. He put out his cigarette after I threw the water on his face. And then he charged at me and tackled me onto the bed. Mhm. And then that's where he started pulling my hair. And then I like started fighting him back and I like pushed him to the door, and he started grabbing the chain, and like um taking the chain off the door and [ __ ] and then like he started doing this, like around my neck. Okay. And then he like eventually like pushed me on the bed, and like he was like choking me. Like I hit my head on the wall like and he was just like I could not breathe. Like I felt myself like swallowing spit in the back of my throat. Okay. And it just it just like it was like life or death at that point. So I was just like Here's what's missing. Emotion. She's describing a murder, yet her tone stays flat, controlled, almost rehearsed. Now, not everyone expresses guilt in the same way, but this isn't shock or denial. This is a total absence of remorse. If this is how she reacts after getting caught, imagine what she'd be like if she never had been turned in. That's the real nightmare. Iyana describes killing someone with the same tone you'd use to explain being late for work. She doesn't struggle to talk about it. There are no visible signs of distress, no struggle to find words. Instead, she sounds matter-of-fact, even relaxed at times. Did she lose consciousness? I was like at one point in time I'll say maybe for like 30 seconds I just felt like my throat was like closing, Mhm. and like I just couldn't breathe, so I was like freaking out. I started like pulling his hair, and then I like started choking him, and while he was choking me, I was just like this is like beyond me, so So, you don't you don't think you lost consciousness? I mean that I lost consciousness or he lost consciousness? You. While he was choking you, do you do you think you lost consciousness? Um yeah. Because my throat was closing in and I was just like I could barely like I started seeing colors and Okay. spit closing in the back of my throat, so I mean I mean some some kind of unconsciousness was there. Like it was just a life-threatening situation. I'm sorry. So, how did that make you feel when all that was going on? It made me feel really angry. I don't know like why he was that violent. Um like towards me. It just made me feel like like maybe like he just was acting sweet in the beginning like just to like try to get me over his house and then like I noticed like within the past 3 days like how he was just like like sexually touching me and trying to lay with me and stuff. Um which is like normal because like guys do that, you know, but I just feel like uncomfortable and like if I tell you to like keep back backing off like cuz I I've been through a lot of stuff, you know? Like I I don't like being in a type of situation where I feel like I'm uncomfortable. And he just like he would like test the boundaries and then when he kissed me when he kissed me on the cheek and stuff, I just be like I just want to kiss on the cheek. He'll like grab the back of my head like this and like just try to like force the kiss, and I'll be like So, I just like be like no, you need to go over there. So, um Was he saying anything while this this uh fight was going on? Um He He said like help um she's trying to she's trying to kill me or something. And I was like, are you kidding me? Like he charged at me and was choking me. And then when I fought back, he tried going to the door and turn taking off the chain. That's where that transpired. What do you think he was trying to do when he was taking the chain off the door? Was he trying to leave or was he trying to I felt something else? I'm not sure. Okay. So, I just like I just panicked, and then he started choking me. That's when he threw me on the bed. Like trying to fight me off and stuff, and once he like started choking me and like I couldn't breathe, and I felt my my head hitting the back of the wall, like I was just like Okay. You said earlier that he went ham. And I think I know what that means, but I don't want to guess and put words in your mouth. So, what does it mean when someone goes ham? Meaning like What context was was right he got angry at you and charged you, and then he went ham. Ham as in like you could feel all the aggression. Like Like with every move that he made, like when he charged at me, I felt all the aggression and nerves in my body just be like this is threatening. Like and then just when he started pulling my hair and like getting real violent had my head like all the way down here. Like my shoulder was messing up. It still hurts. Like my neck hurts. And like I just like I don't want to feel anything. I don't want to like eat anything. I don't even want to like get any good sleep. And it's like I don't know, like I guess what I mean by him is just like when you feel someone's like nerves and aggression just pass into you like with their anger. One of the most telling aspects of this case is how much control Iyana actually had. She stayed in his apartment by choice. She wasn't held against her will. Even after arguments, she never tried to leave. It was Iyana herself who dominated the fight. This wasn't a moment of equal struggle. She clearly overpowered him. She even describes having control over when she let go. Have you ever been in a situation with him before where you would describe it as something similar? Him going ham? Um we were we were in a altercation where um I'd say like two days or like three days before this this fight. Mhm. So, um basically for the first fight and stuff like he would like just blow smoke in my face and like just like give me like these dirty looks and then he'll like act all lovey-dovey. And like it was just like almost like a sociopath like kind of behavior. And like it made me feel uncomfortable. So, I was just like I was like, "Why do you do that? Like you just act all mean and then you're like lovey-dovey and stuff." And he just got aggressive with his words. He was like, "Bitch, you're tripping and nothing is this never that." And stuff like that. And I was like, So, um he got mad at me and again he came for me. Like he charged at me and he started pulling my hair. And I pulled out I remember he said that I got pulled out one of his braids or something like loosened it. He had like braids in his hair or something. But, um I think like he was just like upset from that. But, like we eventually ended up letting each other go. So, When did you leave or how did that situation end? Um no, I stayed there and it was just like kind of mute for like 30 minutes. And then he like came over to the bed where I was laying on and he was just like like do you want to talk about it and you know stuff like that. And I'm like I'm like sort of hesitant to talk about it with him. And I'm just like I don't know like I we we we were both in the wrong. Like, and it shouldn't have got to where it got to got to. But, um it was like it was kind of purposeless like after it because it was like the same behaviors was still continuing the next 3 days or whatever. Like, I don't know. Yeah. And then, every time he went to the bathroom, like, he'll go take like a purse in the bathroom. I don't know why he took a purse in the bathroom, but What do you mean? Like I don't know, like, he'll take like a blunt, a cigarette, and then he'll take like a like a almost like a satchel into the bathroom. Like, and he never wanted me to open it. He always carried it with him. And I was just like Do you think he's got drugs in there or something? I'm not sure. No. I'm not sure. What's the satchel look like? Um it was like a black leather. Okay. And um Yeah. And he like took it in the bathroom, so Iyana is doing what manipulators do best, distancing herself from responsibility. If she doesn't say, "I killed him," then maybe, just maybe, she won't be considered guilty for it. Kind of back to the the fight here last night. You you guys are fighting, he's doing something with the chain on the door. And then, all this other stuff happens where you're seeing colors and and that sort of stuff. And then, kind of what happens after that? Just like I don't I don't really want to get like into the detail cuz it's like kind of traumatizing like just seeing what I saw and stuff and like I'll start getting emotional like so I really don't want to like talk about like what I saw but I felt wrong afterwards but I knew that it was a threatening situation. Mhm. Like I just Okay. Yeah, I don't I don't want to had said at at one point he had stopped breathing. Um and then you said something about a robe you put him in his favorite robe. Yeah, I had I had covered him up with his favorite robe and stuff like I sat there for like a hour and a half and I was just seeing like if he was going to like you know, open his eyes or blink or show some kind of sign movement Mhm. and it never happened. So I was just like I felt terrible. You know, cuz it shouldn't have had to leave or get to that point. Mhm. But it was just like What happened after that? Just I put him in his favorite robe and then I took him off the bed and just like put him in a like put him in a better place like a like a fuzzier place. A fuzzier place. That's how she describes hiding a dead body. Not the closet, not a corner, just fuzzier. Sounds childlike. Like she's talking about moving a stuffed animal, not a human body. This level of detachment it is disturbing to say the least. I put him in the closet. And I put his He was like in love with his dad. He was dead? And he had like a chain that he would wear. And it had like his picture on it. Mhm. And so I just placed it over his body. What happened after that? I just like I sat there. And I cleaned like the entire apartment. I thought you had just cleaned the day before. No, he bought the cleaning supplies, but they weren't open for anything. Right. Um I had like some wipes already in the house and stuff, so I just used that to like um clean the other day, but before we got it. So last night you said you cleaned the whole apartment? Yes. I like I threw away cigarette butts and all of the excess trash that was spilled on the floor. He like knocked over a couple ashtrays and candles. And um I just like put it back all in place cuz like I felt I felt bad for how it ended. So I just felt like you know, he let me stay in his home, so like I thought I would just like take care of just the apartment. You know. Okay. Yianna claims it was self-defense. She says she blacked out while choking the victim. But let's break that down. If this was self-defense, why didn't she call 911? And if it was truly accidental, why does she sound more focused on defending herself than the fact that someone died? What she did instead was clean up the apartment right after, because apparently, after a fight for survival, the first instinct is to tidy up. This is what detectives call convenient memory gaps. She blacked out, but only for the part that makes her look guilty. This is not how self-defense cases usually play out. Genuine self-defense typically involves panic, immediate calls for help, and clear evidence of a struggle. Investigators weren't just looking for how Ma'an died. They were looking for why. How long do you think that lasted there cleaning the apartment? I would say maybe like maybe like 30 or 40 minutes. Okay. Like I um just basically wiped tables down. Um just like cleaned or attempted to clean the bathroom. Um and then I just kind of like just sat there and cried. And I was just praying, so cuz I didn't know what to do. Like I'm like on probation and stuff. I don't want to like you know, like like I was scared to call last night and you know, like I don't I'm not used to like these situations or predicaments. So, when it like just all transpired and like it really hit me. I was just like Did you reach out to anybody last night? I um I reached out to a couple people and I was like need you to pray for me and just pray for closure. And I texted my mom and dad good night. And um it's just like I didn't want to like tell them like hey, this happened tonight and Mhm. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. So, I just got really emotional. And I just sat there and cried. And Did you tell anybody last night what happened? No. After the murder, Iyana texted friends and family asking them to pray for her. This frames her as someone going through a tragedy, not someone who caused it. It redirects sympathy onto her making her seem like a victim of circumstance. She's not apologizing, not panicking, just trying to control the narrative. It's purely damage control. And I didn't have anywhere to go. And just I fell asleep. So then when I moved in from off the bed cuz I can't sleep on the carpet. And I just like tried Is there only one bed in the apartment? Yes. I haven't been there, so I I'm not asking you a trick question or anything. I haven't been there, so So when you wanted to sleep off the bed, that's when you moved down? Okay. So then what was happening through like real late at night or real early this morning? Like what was going on then? Like I woke up like around 6:30 and I um cuz I had a probation call at um 8:00. Mhm. So I set an alarm on my phone. Um to just like remind me to wake up and um I had ended up leaving the house like kind of early after I like texted a couple people and I was like I wanted like I need you. Like I want to see you. And I just ended up leaving and catching a bus because I felt out of place there. Mhm. Didn't feel right just being there. Who else did you tell today? Just my parents. Like I was like stuff just ex- escalated. And there was like sitting on her. Her. I don't know. Just I feel so bad. It's starting to hurt. Okay. It just didn't feel right that I should come up here. I don't really want to get into specifics, but I just feel like I needed to express it and you know, instead of just letting him sit there and rot, you know. Yeah. Okay. How did you How did you reach out to your parents? To let them know. Um I called them um via phone and text message. There's loyalty, and then there's reality. Even Iyana's own parents didn't stand by her. They knew something was deeply wrong, and instead of covering for her, they handed her straight to the police. Now, let's think about that for a second. Parents will do anything to protect their child. So, if your own family turns you in, that says a lot. It means they believe you are truly dangerous. If even her parents couldn't justify her actions, what does that say about Iyana? I'm just not Because I You may have already answered the question. I'm curious of how long have you known him from? For? Um this is back when I had my McDonald's job, so like I'd say maybe like Maybe like a month or two. You've known him for a month or two? or two. Okay. And up until last night, how many nights in a row had you stayed with him at the apartment? I'd say maybe like about a week. Okay, you've been staying there about a week. Had you stayed overnight there before? I like came over and like kicked it with him and he would like drive me like like places that I needed to go to stay and stuff. Okay. But um he like I was basically like just telling him like I had like when I had nowhere to go, like he would come pick me up and I'd go over his house and we'd just kick it. Okay. And then it was just like the touchy-feely stuff and just kicking him off the bed. And the touchy-feely stuff kind of came on as as the time you knew him? aggressive like gradually. It was like just um like it'll start with like a a thigh touch or Yep. or like a damn you look good and Okay. you know, stuff like that and then um he'll be like um can I kiss you? And I'll be like you can kiss me on the cheek cuz like I'm not going to lie like like I noticed like his eyes were like yellow and stuff so like I didn't want to lay down with him. And like I don't want to like judge anybody for that, you know? Yeah. Cuz everybody goes through something in life. Um but I just noticed like he would like grab the back of when I said that he would grab the back of my head and like kind of force like try to force the kiss like, you know, come here and like I don't like stuff like that because I've been through traumatic and difficult experiences. Okay. Like sexual trauma and How many times was he violent with you during the time you've known him? I'd say maybe about like three times. I just noticed like like when he'll start grinding his teeth and like he's giving me these like weird looks like he just hated me. Okay. And like he'll like blow his smoke in my face like like if I'm sitting like on the bed and stuff like he'll come over in my space like or walk over me and be like like all in my face. And I'll be like That that's creepy and I get where you're coming from but that it's eerie and kind of creepy. How many times did he ever put his hands on you when you didn't want his hands on you? I would say but like sexually or like Just when I I guess I'm trying to dial in on what I mean by violence. What I mean by violence did he ever push you, strike you, choke you hit you with an instrument? How many times was he violent and please describe what what do you mean by violent? hit me with an instrument. Okay. But he was like violent like where he would choke me and pull my hair. How many times in that time that you knew him did he ever pull your hair and choke you or sexually maybe like three or four times. Okay. And I I noticed like after he'll be like he'll be like you are you're always texting all these guys and [ __ ] and like just acting like a jealous like overzealous arrogant like just Okay. want to say it but like dick like just Let let me ask you this and I know this might be a hard question to ask and I don't mean to have you relive it but I'm trying to get an understanding of when his hands are on your neck what is running through your mind at that time? Like I feel like like you know like when somebody's like just like choking you and like you can like feel like your mind like it just goes like black and like it's like like I started seeing like white speckles. Okay. Like in my brain. Okay. And it was like I was just losing breath and the the banging on the wall and he like had me like this and he was standing over me and that's when I started pulling his hair and he already had a piece of my hair keep in mind. But he had a piece of my hair. And he had me down like this. And then he just started choking me and choking me and that's when I was like I grabbed the back of his head. I'm just like trying to like get him off of me. He's like let go of me. I'm like you're not letting go of me and stuff. And he just like started just going ham. Okay. marks. When he's Iyana's version of the story changes constantly, sometimes in the same breath. She says Mond was dangerous, but she stayed with him. If she truly feared for her life, why stay in his apartment for days? Her excuse is convenience, but that doesn't align with someone who claims they were terrified. She says Mond was aggressive, but she controlled the fight. She claims she had no choice, but she also says she was able to hold him down, strangle him, and decide when to stop. That's not fear, it's control. When discussing the crime, she's the one suffering. Iyana talks about how hard this is for her, not about the fact that she killed someone. She even tries to gain sympathy from the detectives at times. And I just like I just certain things like I feel like I should discuss with my attorney first. Okay. I I told you that right from the beginning. Like that. Yeah. But like the questions weren't like too uncomfortable for me. Okay. It was just like more so like just like remembering what happened, how he was laying. Yeah, you'll notice if if you said you didn't want to talk about something, I didn't ask you that question again. Right? I understand. Okay. So, I'm trying to be respectful of your wishes. If you're if there's certain things you don't want to talk about, we won't talk about it. It's fine. All right. Cool. I can understand the position you're in, and I'm not I'm not trying to like trick you or anything. It's just we have to get a search warrant for the apartment, that sort of stuff. There's a lot that we have to do yet tonight and through the day tomorrow. All right. There isn't any way that we can release you while we do that. All right. Okay. That's not to say that I mean, I kind of expected that. But like I mean, I expected just like It's not like we would take you from here right to prison cuz you're already convicted and all that sort of stuff. Or that's way down the road of anything like that. But we don't have a choice as far as um what to do with you tonight. You have to go to the jail tonight. That's just all the there there there is no other option. Um I don't know if our case will be submitted to the prosecutor tomorrow. Okay. So, you probably have to spend two nights there. That doesn't mean you would be in jail for for that entire period of time. I can't say to what what what's going to happen with that cuz we're not in charge of that. That's up to the that's up to the prosecuting attorney's office. All right. So, Okay. So, I don't want you thinking like, "Oh, they threw me in jail. They must think I'm guilty of something. No, that's just what we have to do. We have to do that and then continue to do our do our job. it. Okay. I just like I don't know. It is it makes me uncomfortable. Like, I like like like this cell and stuff. Like, I like like solid like a little bit of like solitude so like I don't hear like too much noise cuz like Yeah. it just makes my mind race a lot and Well, the good news is is on the receiving side of the new jail, um there's a lot more individual cells. So, I think you'll probably have that. So, it's not like you get thrown in general population right off the bat. Well, I mean, I wouldn't have a problem with general population. Just like maybe like Well, that's up to us, you know. That's the jail's rules. That's not our house, you know. So. Any other questions for us? Um is there any way that I could like like potentially like take a nap and Yeah, once you get out to the county, you can. Yep. So, how long before I'm like transported or whatever? Well, they're still working on the paperwork um to get the photos and everything from you and that'll take a little bit of time and then you'll go out there. I mean, it's like I said, it's quarter to 8:00 and I bet by 10:00 you're asleep. All right. And then um as far as like the vaping part like is there any way that I I could have them escort me like to just No, we can't do anything They won't allow that. They may not even allow the vape in the building. No, not in the jail, but like I'm talking about like right now. Right here? No, we can't do that anymore. Can't do that anymore. Okay. No. Okay, so we can put you back in the cell you were in until someone else comes in, right? You want to just lay down there until someone comes and gets you. The weight of reality starts sinking in. But by then, it's too late. Her parents turned her in. The evidence is overwhelming. And no amount of like and I don't knows can change that now. 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