11 we just got our hands on surveillance video interrogation recordings of a man accused of beating a man up and then tying him up to a van before driving away for a few blocks in late September police arrested Eric Bridges after a man was found left for dead in the streets of montree they say it was this van highlighted in the video that Bridges was driving when he pulled into an apartment complex early on a Monday morning it's there the investigators believe bridges used the van to attack his victim before investigators say Bridges drove down 36 Street with the victim tied to the van that's where the video was blurred out what do you want the jury to hear they go hear what they hear they going believe what they believe they AB at the end of the day and you don't want to tell them your side of why you did this ain't no telling my side why I did this I didn't do nothing this video contains the interrogation of a suspect who beat a man and dragged him with a van Eric Bridges Jr had been drifting around town sometimes staying with friends and other times in whatever empty building he could find he only worked occasionally which left him plenty of time to get into trouble without any known reason he got into a confrontation with another man and severely beat him before tying him to a van and dragging him a considerable distance despite an eyewitness and surveillance footage Bridges maintained that he had nothing to do with the incident um what what did you do Thursday tell me about your day Thursday from like lunchtime on I could let me ask you this Wednesday did you go get you something to eat Wednesday yeah I go get me something to eat yeah you that okay you drive to the drive through anywhere okay all right um so let's go to Thursday tell me about Thursday after lunch what' you have for lunch Thursday okay in the week time I might eat three times the whole week yeah all right um what time would you typically go to bed at night whenever I whenever I fall asleep okay did you go into apartment number five late Thursday night early Friday morning last time I was over there in that apartment like Tuesday Wednesday okay you ever DFT a a blue or a gray van in the last two weeks no not at all none whatsoever have you have you driven a vehicle period in the last two weeks mhm what kind of vehicle have you driven I drove a van what color great okay um who are where did you get the van [Music] from I got it from a friend where'd your friend get it from who's your friend Jay Jay for the keys in the van no how did you crank the uh how did you crank the van I didn't okay so what do you mean you didn't it was already running when you got in it m all right Bridge's replies are sluggish and muddled it is difficult to determine if that's his normal state or if it is another cause such as his malnourishment but you didn't see any keys in there did you think anything about that being suspicious that that where do you think he got the van from that's no questions I just need you needed it you drove with it what I needed take care what I needed to take care of would you recognize the van if I showed you a picture of it can you a picture of that um we we got a picture of Dan want to see if you know anything about it all right um the uh how long did you drive that van and keep that van at the most 30 minutes if that you haven't driven it anymore where's Jay live know okay was there anything inside this vehicle what was inside the vehicle when you got into it nothing so it was empty it was nothing in the back nothing whatsoever okay and when did you drive it you said this past week sometime mistaken when wednes from okay where did you what time of day was it I can't tell you br I'm trying to figure out what it has already been established that Bridges doesn't live by any any type of schedule so it should not come as a surprise that he wasn't paying attention to the time I just released an intense video showing the full confession of a coldblooded murderer that was able to evade Justice for 40 years until he was finally caught thanks to DNA technology you can watch his chilling confession plus many more patreon exclusive videos right now at patreon.com SL stranger stories plus I'm going on about my dat is it during the day or is it in the middle I don't have nowhere nowhere to stay at I'm trying to get myself a g I'm trying to get my kids I got all this stuff on your kids or your keys kids okay I got all this on my you think I'm going to be sitting here at this okay this time here I'm doing this well I'm not asking you for I'm not asking you tell me what is going on why you asking me these question for violation of parole okay I'm fixing to get to that okay anything else I don't know nothing about we fixing to talk about some more stuff okay I'm just trying to get some background and where you've been and what you've been doing last couple days until you tell me what's going on why you ask me all these questions we're fixing to get to that okay that work yes there's a fourth is that like the van that you may or may not have been driving man y'all talking about that man listen conversation over with what do you mean cuz if y'all trying to sit here and saying that I had something to do with that just cuz I done stayed in that apartment or whatever what do you mean by the conversations ever I'm not saying nothing else cuz y'all is not going to try to twist things around and make me seem like I don't have something to do so what you're so you want to talk to your lawyer is what you're saying yes or no yes or no sir sir do you want to talk to me or not I want to talk to the parole commission so you don't want to talk to me is what you're saying I want to talk to the parole commiss all right would you like anything else to drink trying to man this I'm I'm a convicted fell and all this in here Bridges knows why he's been brought in but he isn't going to admit to being involved violating his parole means he will end up back in prison an outcome he is anxious to avoid man this I ain't got time for that'll read you your right again okay it's police memorial biding P 929 19 the time is sorry sorry 1841 all right I'll read them out loud to you you have the follow rights under the United States Constitution you do not have to make a statement or say anything do you understand that yes or no ain't no point of going back through this do you okay so you don't want to talk to me anymore you say you talk to me I can talk to you listen if I read you your rights again and you agree to talk to me again I can talk to you but earlier you stated that you were done talking and that's an equivocal invocation of your constitutional rights so okay so if I read these to you do this here right here just to ask that question now that was the only question that that was the question if if I done be in charged with attempting murder he's that means that that guy is not dead we can't answer any questions until we go over your rights because you ask for an attorney it's PL you can talk all day but I can't answer any questions to you unless I read because you have rights and we want to protect your rights if you want us to answer any questions we have to go back over this okay we will go back over it just for that one more okay we just want to make sure we treat you fairly all right you do not have to make a statement or say anything do you understand that just let me go back through them protect me and you do you understand that yes anything you say can be used against you in court do you understand that yes you have the right to talk to a lawyer before you make any statement for any questions or asked of you and to have an attorney with you during any questioning do you understand that yes if you can afford to hire a lawyer one would be appointed for you before any questioning F you wish do you understand that yes if you do answer questions you have the right to stop answering questions at any time and consult with your lawyer do you understand that you understand your rights signed by the circle de okay are you willing to speak to me without your lawyer present yeah okay all right so like I said y saying y'all charging me with attemped murder yes sir so that means the guy did not die as of yet yes sir okay the man did not die but he sustained severe injuries that may have caused permanent damage I seen news say like injuries okay so y'all can take my pict up there y'all can handcuff sh of me take me up there and had his guy you show him to I don't know that guy I have a picture of him you have a picture of him a't no point of you showing me a picture of him but I know I don't know the guy well I want to show you a picture of him anyways and then just to you know who that person is you ever seen that person a day in your life no none whatsoever no now take away the hair have you ever seen that person never seen that person a day in your life okay are you willing to still talk to me what were you do what H what were you doing Thursday night I got told I can't really think cuz like I said all I do is work and I did have a little place to stay when I stand with a little girl I was messing with but we fell apart cuz she got BR had his car we fell a part after that and you've never seen him a day in your life no your DNA is not going to be anywhere on that body no no we on him no okay that gray van that we showed you a picture of have you ever been in that van that was not a great van you or green van the picture we showed you of you've ever been inside that vehicle no none whatsoever no okay and you don't know that individual you were not in that apartment complex Thursday night and the Friday morning no but you can't tell me where you were at because I can't tell you where I was exactly at like I say I don't know what they be with okay let me ask you this the phone the 801 number that you gave us how long have you had that phone I had that for a while has it been active the entire time being on service working service working it might be off a couple days here know but in in the last two weeks has your phone been on constant for the last two weeks I'll even go hasn't been on the last last week from this Sunday to last Sunday it's been on entire the whole time yeah okay all right so and it's been with you it hasn't been with anybody else would anybody else use your phone I don't there plenty people use my phone okay has anybody ever used your phone out of your presence yes Thursday night and Friday morning where was your for the most part my phone be with me for the most part but I can't tell you what day it was that my phone wasn't with me who would you let have your phone and I need to benefit you I need to know who would have your phone I would not let nobody have my phone if anything I would be leaving my phone to get charged up I don't have whatever I met at the time okay which it ain't too many it ain't too many places that I'm really going to be around okay but your phone's been active for at least the last week that you had two phones on you what's the other phone the other phone is a phone that I had all got from somebody Bridges is forthcoming about details that he doesn't believe are related to the case the noticeable shift in Attitude makes it noticeable when he lies who you who's do you know who it is the young lady okay do you know their name no is it is it an active phone yes okay when did you get that phone this was probably two weeks ago so you've had two weeks ago you've had that which one is yours which one is the 801 number is it a Samsung is it an iPhone is it an actel or it's an Android what what is the case look like on it is it just got a case or does it because one of the one of them had a fold up case I saw the smaller phone is mine okay well both of them are mine but smaller one is the smaller one's the 801 number that you've had for the LA that's been on and active for at least the last week and a half two weeks and then the other phone is some girl's phone what's the phone number to that one don't know you don't know what it is you just got a phone you can't use or you can use it well prob being able to use it but she had a code in there that I cannot get into and I don't know where she's at okay because girl bought it out the street was trying to get some what color is your phone or the case on your phone both of them in Black does yours have a case on them yes all right all right so you've never seen this guy before at all the van we showed you is not you haven't ever been inside of it okay well we you know one of the things that is uh is good is because if you you haven't been in that van you said right there's no way and you're you've never you don't know this guy so if you don't know him and you never seen him then you would have never touched him or anything like that so one of the things that that we're going to compare is DNA DNA doesn't lie everybody's got a specific one so what we would like to do is we'll take a swab from you your DNA and we'll match it up to that van and we'll match it up to the guy and obviously since you haven't been in the van and you haven't touched this guy your DNA we're not going to find it on them so that's a great way to rule you out so would you be willing to give us a sample of your DNA to compare to those sure y already have my DNA anyway well we don't the state has it but I I mean I can write a warrant and go get it from them but that's that that this is will give DNA that would rule you out like that yeah because your DNA ain't gonna come back in that van and your DNA isn't going to come back on him right because you you didn't touch him or be in the van let's go okay cool do that yeah we'll it for get that knocked out give us a few minutes we'll be right back to get that all right yeah thanks man hey excuse me yeah yeah I know I'm probably I know I'm probably shooting for the Stars right here yeah what you want something to eat yeah let's see if I can get you want something else to drink no okay have you heard anything about that Cas you know we showed you that picture earlier have you heard anything about that case what have you heard in the street what's see one I don't I don't Dan right back what's your and your Eric sh a u n Bridges b r i d g s says I Eric Sean Bridges have been advised that law enforcement pursuant to a lawful criminal act investigation request DNA bule swabs from M person authorized KJ GTH three that's me and other law enforcement officers as he may assign to assist him in taking samples I have not been promised anything and I have not been threatened or coursed to provide consent I'm providing this consent voluntarily ly with the understanding that any evidence obtained may be used against me in a criminal proceedings I have been advised that I have the right to refuse to provide consent okay you understand yeah 092919 uh if you could sign on the top and print on the next one try see what else can by agreeing to allow them to take his DNA Bridges has saved the detectives some time Bridges is confident that they will not find anything but he underestimates just how easy it has become to find even Trace Amounts of DNA when there hasn't been an attempt to clean the search area so now it's starting to make sense what it's starting to make sense by that apartment got school Shut it's the apartment screwed shut M like you mean like boarded up they even put the board up they just screed the door sh huh I had got not do it so I could be going I come back and the board your stuff in there the little bit that I do have what time is it um it is 1857 anything else you can think of no I don't think so um the uh just about the pictures what what what did you hear yeah what you heard when you looked at those at that van a minute ago you went oh no y'all ain't trying you didn't finish what you're saying but have you heard something no I seen it on the news what' you see yall what they talking about y will be bad and drove the two blocks okay that's all you heard anybody out there talk oh sorry goad go ahead anybody out there talking about it in the apartment complex or out in the neighborhood well just what they done heard on the news and that's about it what about the people say yeah yeah what about the people that saw it you talked to them I don't know anybody that saw it oh okay yeah we I in that Apartments I don't talk to nobody but great yeah yeah that's basically what I did they said happened right out there in the apartment yeah how long's Greg stayed out there you know okay and you all played football together where' you go to school re okay what year did you graduate I didn't graduate oh okay or what year did you play ball I guess I should say um I want to say probably like three okay about like 18 19 minutes yeah I've been out of school a couple years now I've been School long time I'm old yeah yeah so you don't know anything about this incident no whatsoever you wasn't involved what let me ask you this so and I know you're not saying you because you you didn't have any involvement in it but if somebody ties somebody up to the back of a car or a van or a truck or whatever and they drag them down the road what do you think should happen to somebody like that they done something like that know I'm a person I ey you what eye for an eye mhm like like whatever happened to that person should happen to the person that did it Bridges gives the answer he expects that the detectives want to hear since no innocent person would condone such an action do want the other as you want to you well yeah that's a good theory because you don't nobody wants to be drugged down the street way you want to be treated mhm that's how I am yeah you [ __ ] over me I'mma [ __ ] over you yeah you be good to me I'm be good to you you be loyal to me I'm be loyal to you yeah you be dishonest to me I'm be dishonest to you yeah that's that's crazy I can't even imagine yeah the pain torture that's like like lynching kind of stuff crazy like our horrible history yeah I'm drug down the street I can't even [Music] imagine if if you survive that what kind of trauma yeah you have I'm not a doctor but um yeah that's crazy yeah I don't you but you had never seen this guy out there because he was out there some that's what we're hearing I say I don't live out there right so I don't really be out there like that though I go over there chill my homeboy down cuz like I say I don't have nowhere Poli to go right yes sir is there any other place you said you just stay kind of periodically with friends but is there any other place around I think you said maybe there as well that's uh like an a like an abandoned Apartment or something like that so is there any other apartments um in the city apartment complexes in the city that you're staying in like that or is it just this one apartment complex no it was just that apartment complex though because I knew they was open and you know they had boarded them all up yeah you knew there were some places you could probably crash if need to be gotcha and all reason why I really chose them partner is because my homeboy right there so the little stuff that I do have I could have put that's why they was in them that apartment cuz it's right there with him he hears everything that goes on over there m this so I know I can and I trust him so I know myself to being down L yeah did you have a key like how do you you leave your stuff there and when you leave anybody can go in and take it or do you have a way lock it up well it wasn't really no way to lock it up because the door was kicked in oh okay other people staying there or just you no just me okay at least for the last couple weeks you said probably no I'm know one to that and how long have you been staying over there I was on there for a couple days okay a couple days okay okay you seen anybody else out there um you talk to anybody else out there no it's your Budd that lives upstairs that's Greg okay Greg ever seen this guy before Greg what what did Greg say obviously I mean something like this crazy happens right by Greg's house he's got to say something he said crazy CU why didn't know that that was actually going on mhm they don't her though mhm so far the detectives haven't made Bridges admit to anything incriminating he is adamant that he wasn't involved even though the victim should be able to identify him like the lady next door she said she heard him that was upstairs talking about next door but I'm talking about next door from him but us there from the apartment uhuh she say she heard it she thought it was somebody down there [ __ ] uh in the apartment yeah in your apartment the apartment that I be in but you and the last time you were out there was Tuesday or Wednesday you said you weren't there Thursday do you don't remember where you were Thursday that would be super helpful we could follow up with whoever it is because they could give you an alibi I'm put it like this H cuz I'm already going going the world anyway reason why it's really hard for me to keep up with the days I didn't even know today was Sunday really cuz I try to stay high okay what what's your poison really CH room I'm I almost got to the point to where I really did anything since you've been out if you could have your choice what would it be boy or oh no I ain't I ain't W that low yet well I ain't going to even say yet I ain't trying to go to that low but yeah that stuff just kill you powder I done done practically everything besides cracking all Hero and okay wait a minute there too many drugs I there but basically smoking weed I done started trying that my that flock that FL Mano manal make you actually really don't if you get the wrong stuff you will well that's practically with anything yeah you're right you're right right even with weed if you messing with the wrong person you can get a wrong batch of weed because we is not being naturally grown so that you don't and you're working at the T at the temp place what's the name of it people ready people ready yeah how how many days a week you get get to work with them or it just depend yeah it depends sometimes have a good little week sometimes how does that work you just show up there and then they they tell you if they got a job or something for you yeah they got an app an app okay on your phone so you just sign up and they just tell you if they've got a now when you get a job is it dayto day or do they hire you sometimes for a week or two at a time day to day job day to day okay gotcha now what about um uh again we we're not the pawn police I don't you know or the drug police either we're just talking but um so what about you got any pawns going on pawning stuff or scrapping stuff know some people try to make a little extra money here and there trying to either you know get sell stuff at pawn shops or scrap stuff or flea markets or anything like that yeah I I don't P some stff have you okay you scrapped any metal lately last month or so last week or so got scrp when how long ago wasin the week in a couple weeks it going be within this week you don't remember what day it was how does that work you just take it to a scrap shop and they buy stuff but it's got to be certain things right well far as I know you can take practically almost anything to the scrap yard yeah just don't how much you get huh it's just whatever the metal is it depends on how much money you get they pay you by weight or what it depends on the weight and the type of product it is uh like copper will get more than you know aluminum and stuff right I mean it's been a hot minute since I was in burglar but um that can't pay much how much you get out of that not much a lot depends like you say depends on how much brain okay how much it we you nor just find stuff or what I don't I'm this Pawn this Pawn okay did you Pawn within the last week or did you scrap within the last week I scra within the last week do you remember where at was some somebody um refer took me that you take it in your bike did you take the stuff over and you no not on your bike did you ride with somebody or they or did you you go oh okay you remember who that was some old man you don't know his name all right Bridges has a sporadic work history even though he says he is trying to turn his life around he only works when he feels like it which isn't often what uh what kind we can pull back video or something maybe what kind of car did he have he was in the van what van oh he was in a van yeah the van you were talking about earlier different van then I was talking about earlier what I used the brain get my stuff and bring it over there over to the apartment M so you was in a totally different van when you went and scrap yeah and where did where did you meet this guy around Division division 20th or Grandpa okay Grandpa and then y'all you rode with him was there anything in the back of that that van that would stand out that you could think of that Ain have no seats in it but was there anything where the seat should have been like other scrapping material or anything like that that you can think of all right so wait a minute I'm lost so there's two two Vans yes okay so he b a van a while or within like the last week or two right what you said earlier yeah if I put words in your mouth please tell me I'm I will tell I will yeah about a week and a half two weeks ago you was in one van right and then but later part of this last week Thursday or Friday you met a guy over off Division in Grand Park and did he have stuff in his van or did you have stuff and you put it in the van to take it to the scrap yard I put some stuff in this car to tapes to scrap scard okay what color was that van like a teal teal color what do you remember what make it was oh fair enough fair enough but you've been in two different vans in the last couple weeks a grayish one or something and then a tealish colored one did you drive or did he drive he drove to his scrapyard right but then the where did you put your stuff at the scrap stuff in back okay and you didn't see anything back there that stood out to you I say beside that they didn't have no seats but it was empty other than the F okay makes sense and he where he and he picked you up and you've never seen him before day in your life you I us been you being on the neighborhood so you w getting in the you wern't doing no Strang or danger you w getting in a vehicle with somebody you didn't totally right well B that I'm not a child I but there's some crazy people out there now yeah don't be getting in a band with somebody crazy clowns one clowns driver onun the band that's scary too so you're you're just over by division and this guy drives up no was actually staying over there on division okay so you're staying on division yeah does he come to your house your apartment or does he see on the side of the road no I just see him in the neighborhood he he actually stayed a little further down somewhere but other than that so you you reach out to him and say hey I need to go to the scrap yard can you take me out there how did that work or was he already headed to the scrapyard and we're just trying to help you out with understand he actually stopped me okay because what I took in was stuff that I got from my job okay from doing one of the jobs okay and I had sitting on the side of the house okay he quiet on it I told trying to take it to the scrap yard I'm trying to find a slot that I go well like well I can take you to one all right I don't know everybody don't do and you don't what what was his name again I said I don't you just know forood older black right and some and you weren't driving no somebody he was driving okay and it's like a teal color van that day that day yeah and what did you scrap some um Lumina and copper okay gotcha and you you said approximately when was that I never said when it was no so I'm asking approximately when was that this was probably not too long ago within the last couple days okay got you okay anyway we could find this guy or or any idea how we could find him CU that would help too I think go around to visit so somewhere between like 13th and 18th okay okay um so you've been in the office like this before no you never been were you been arrested before yes you've been in prison before yes so you've been interviewed before no how'd you go to what' you go to prison for I went to prison for a bar on on the law enforcement officer ENT whatever uhhuh resisting arrest with violence grant that AO while listing his former charges Bridges reveals that he does have a history of violence and stealing cars those crimes can't be used against him in this case but it makes the detective sure that they have the right man L marijuana less than 20 grand how long did you do 8 years I just got out when did you get out June last year okay okay um so obviously you know most some we're not the smartest guys in the world so there's some stuff we don't know the answers to we try to figure out what's going on that happens a lot um and I we've both been doing this for a really long time sometimes too long that's what all the gray hair is from you know and really honestly nothing personal good to anybody that comes in here really I've never met you before you never met me um our job is pretty simple um you just find facts that's it you just go find the facts and you put it together and that's it the end and then you go to the next case and the next case and the next case but so most everything that we've asked you tonight is stuff we knew the answer to and it's really a test it was a test you were you were being tested to see if you'd be truthful or not you're truthful about some stuff you're full of [ __ ] on some other stuff and you know that and I know that and he knows that and we did a little little dance here it's all it was you want to see how smart we were we're really good our job okay we danced we're done dancing okay you know that you did good okay but it's over the dance is done now here's the reality some of the stuff you said ain't true you know that and we know that and you can tell us the truth if you want to if you don't I don't care we already got facts you scrapped you drove there you were in the van we got it registered we got video it's you nobody else there's one thing I have a lot of stuff that we've been working on the last few days okay because we're good it's our job it's nothing personal okay it's not I I don't I again never met you I don't care I'm GNA have another case tomorrow and another case the next day and I'm not going to sweat those cases either I'm not we' been cordial make sure you understood your rights and you can tell us the truth if you want to again I don't really care if you don't the evidence is there you can't make up evidence you can't man facture things so why lie why do you want to tell the truth or do you want to just hang on to those lies and hope that a jury believes that because the evidence that we have that we're going to give to them and then all they're going to see is this they're going to see this recording of you lying with evidence that we have now do you want to start over and tell us what really happened or do you want the only thing to be know is the lies so do you your decision you you can give us your side that's all we're asking for is the truth your side of what happen okay you want to know my side of what happened yeah what what we're here for what we here for yeah we didn't show you that picture of the van for no reason so side of the story of what happened to that guy my side of that story of what happened to that guy is just like I just told you I never seen him before okay that's it that's your story that fine with that yeah you're and just remember we're not going to come back and ask you again yeah this is it this this is it tell you the same thing again and that's fine yeah again like I said it's nothing purp cuz like you said I mean we we've done our we've done our due diligence we've been out there I can tell you you went to Wendy's on Wednesday night and ordered some food okay I got you on video okay now we' now I've just given you two two bits I'm not going to give you any more because we put the the the whole puzzle together since Friday we've been working this okay been home a little bit to get some sleep not much I've just given you two key pieces of evidence just so you know we're not bluffing you I'm not going to give you any more but I got a junk ton more there you go you think I'm lying to you you think I'm trying to trick you I'm not we we're not going to waste your time we're not going to waste our time if you want to tell us what happened you can if you don't it's okay there's two pieces that you have but you you're done this was you you wouldn't be here in this room if we didn't have the evidence that's the truth what do you want the jury to hear they go hear what they he they go believe what they believe they Abol at the end of the day and you don't want to tell them your side of why you did this ain't no telling my side of why I did this I didn't do nothing okay so if this is how this going to keep on going let's go and put the handcuffs on like I said we let going to put the Handcuff on go this door and then tell the district attorney don't come with no kind of offers we going straight the trial love it all right appreciate it all right thanks man apprciate soon as I get done with the paperwork you have a SE pap hey buddy I need you to stand up for a few minutes all right you got to take some pictures of you pictures of you all right be careful man it's right around your foot so be careful here I'll put it over here just me see your hands flip them over for all right lift your Shir up for me show me back in yeah front and back please turn for me St it have a seat we're about to leave and go over right four or five more minutes Eric Bridges pleaded guilty to attempted murder and was sentenced to 50 years in prison and that's where we end this video if you like today's video then drop a l and if you want to support the channel even further you can check out my patreon link in the description below thanks for watching I'll see you in the next one