Do you understand why you're here? >> Yeah. You guys think I murdered someone? >> There is video of the whole thing. >> You got the gun in the hoodie? I mean, you can clearly see it. We don't think that you murdered someone. We know that she murdered someone. >> This is 20-year-old Tristan Baker, and this is the surveillance footage from the day she took the life of love rival Jayla Watts. >> I didn't kill her. I DID NOT KILL ANYONE. I DID NOT SHOOT ANYONE. I DID NOT DO ANYTHING. Because for the past week, Tristany's fears of her boyfriend being stolen grew from simple jealousy to a deadly homicide plot. As detectives are now faced with the most psychotic killer they have ever seen. >> I don't know ANYTHING ABOUT [ __ ] CAN I PLEASE GO MAKE A phone call? At 7:21 p.m. on April 27th, 2021, police in Zanesville, Ohio, received a 911 call from a man named Patrick who claimed he had walked into his apartment and found a horrific scene. >> 911? >> Yes, ma'am. I live and I just came in and my girlfriend's laying on the floor and blood all over. I don't know what happened. >> You have a pulse at all? I don't know. I want to touch her or anything because I want them to think that I had anything to do with this. >> Okay. What apartment are you in? >> I'll be outside in front. Yeah. God will be standing outside. >> Is there any weapon around her? >> I don't see. Come on, please. Oh my god. >> All right. If they on the line with me, okay? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Oh my god. >> When police raced to the residence, they discovered the body of 23-year-old Jayla Marie Wyatt lying on the floor in the center of the apartment. Upon closer inspection, they learned that the young woman was gone. Her life was snuffed out by 8 9mm shots. Initially, police had more questions than usual. For starters, why was 23-year-old Jalla at the home of a nearly 60-year-old man, Patrick, known as P. Diddy, in the first place? And yeah, his nickname being P. Diddy is a pretty good hint in and of itself. Patrick, according to those involved in the case, was allegedly a drug dealer. And Jayla, who openly struggled with addiction, had been wooed by him in exchange for guns and a place to live. And she wasn't the only young woman who fell under his spell. Talking with witnesses in the apartment complex led law enforcement to another one of Patrick's girls, 20-year-old Tristan Baker, who had stopped living with him in recent weeks [music] and had been seen fleeing the apartment just moments after gunshots were heard and climbing into a vehicle driven by her fianceé, Devon McNell. Police quickly brought the two in for an interrogation where they learned that it's a good thing Devon and Tristan never got married because the two were about to break just about every vow imaginable against one another. After being sat down for interrogation, Tristany proves to be a super welladjusted member of Gen Z. Can you loosen this? Oh my god. Hello. Dude, I need this. Listen. It's on too tight. >> Sorry. We should have warned you to turn your headphones down. >> Which one? >> Can you loosen this? >> Which one? >> It's like cutting in me. And how much longer are they going to be? I don't even know what I'm here for. You guys won't even tell me. First of all, I have a warrant here. Now someone says I don't have a warrant here. You said I have a warrant for something else. Like no one's telling me nothing. >> Turn your wrist. Which way? Sorry. What time is it? >> Second here. I can't answer all the questions at once. All right. I'm trying to do one thing. >> How's that? Is that better? >> Yeah. >> All right. It's 3:26. >> Okay. I don't Do you know how long they're going to be? >> We're waiting on them. Just board the taxi cab. I know as much as you know. >> I can't I said like an hour. I have college. God, what am I here for? >> They'll tell you when they get here. >> Well, for what? You told me I was in Columbus. OH MY GOD. >> WHAT'S UP? WHAT'S going on? >> I'm just entertaining myself. >> Okay, >> I'm allowed to entertain. Y'all want to hold me in here for hours? I'm entertain myself. >> Glad you're getting enjoyment of it. >> I am very much so. both hands behind your back for entertainment purposes. >> I mean, if you want. Yeah. I mean, I can still >> I'm not putting both my hands behind my back. >> It's literally freezing in here. >> Stop rattling around and making noises. >> Okay. [laughter] >> What's the purpose of it, though? >> I just Nothing. I just I'm I'm tired. I'm freezing. I just want to go home. No one will tell me what I'm here for. >> Okay. Well, you're being interviewed. Like I'm I'm not even trying to sound like a I apologize at this point. >> I I'm like >> Yeah, we told you we're just bring I'm not trying to take my anger out of >> Yeah, that's fine. I'm just trying to clarify it for you. Okay. >> Yeah. >> So, there's an option. You can sit here peacefully or put both hands on your back. It didn't make a difference to me. So, if you want to keep one hand free and have some mobility and lay down, that's cool. We're going to keep right on the cuffs. >> Be here all night. Bigger walls behind me. We know for certain that Tristan is suffering a bit of Napoleon complex when it comes to the size of her non-existent coahones. But her fiance, who's sitting on the other side of a thin wall here, is about to prove that somehow he has even less. >> Who the is my fiance Deon? >> So after I get interviewed, I can go home. >> Yep. That's up to them when they interview you. That's not my decision. >> Okay. Yeah. >> So let's try to keep it down. >> No, you're fine. I was sitting here. I'm like I So when do I get to call my mom? >> Soon as you talk to detectives. >> Okay. And then they they're in route though. >> Yeah. Literally hopefully with the next 15 minutes. All right. >> I hope so too. Listen. Listen. I got 15 minutes. I start rounding again. Okay. >> I'll give you 20. >> I'll talk to you in 20 minutes. >> What time IS IT FIRST? DON'T LIE NEITHER. LET ME SEE. >> 3:57. >> 357. So listen at 4:15 I'm going to start rattling again. Okay. Devin, >> where you at? >> Left or right? >> The fact that the two can hear each other may seem like a disadvantage. However, [music] police have done this for a reason. They know, looking at the history of the couple, that they have had a combative relationship to say the least. and they have every intention of using their tendency for toxicity against them. First, they begin with the person they know is the easiest to break. Devon >> is Detective Mini and Detective Sergeant Michael. We're from Zel Police Department. >> [cough] >> Well, bear with me here. [snorts] >> Since they brought you down in handcuffs and everything, we're going to advise you your race before we talk to you. All right. But there's some stuff that happened arrested. >> No, you're not under arrest right now. Um, there's some things that happened in Zanville that >> we got some knowledge of. So, [snorts] right now, we'll talk to you in a minute, but we got to advise you this first. >> Police read him his rights and get down to business. >> Okay. Uh, we got a homicide down in Zanesville tonight. I want to get up front. You know anything about that? >> I don't know anything about it really. Um, [snorts] I heard a lot about it. A lot of people call Tristan. Tristan is from Zing. So, >> okay. A lot of people called her Jayla. Um, I mean, they were friends back in the day. >> So, was Tristan with you all night? >> She was with me? Yeah, she been with me all night. I've been home since 5:00. >> Okay. >> And I mean, I was working right down the road. I probably got home about 5:15. I've been home ever since. We watch. So you you live you're >> I live as with my mom. >> Where's that at? >> Thornville. >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah. I live with my mom and dad. Me and Tristan. It's really complicated. Like a few weeks ago, we got into a real situation. Yeah. She relapsed on drugs and I confronted her about it, gave her an automatum and she flipped out. Long story short, she punched me in the face like three, four times. >> Yeah. Those drugs will make you do some crazy stuff, man. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. So she I called the police that day and they came. She told them that I hate her and they arrested me. >> Tristan has openly struggled with addiction throughout her life. Though at the time of the murder, she claims to have been sober for several months. Whether that is true or not, we can't tell you. But Devon seems to fully believe she's been on the straight and narrow. He claims that the day of the murder, he worked as an electrician, then went straight home. And on that note, if you're in the Zanesville area and have electrical work done during this time, maybe look into it because I wouldn't trust this guy around a box of crayons, let alone wires. >> And so you got off about 4:30. Where did you go to after you got off work? >> Right to the apartment. >> And did you ever leave the apartment after that? >> The only time I left the apartment to go [snorts] to my sister's house. >> And what time was that? >> Uh probably about 6:00. So if we checked with her, she could verify that. Yeah, absolutely. >> How long were you there for? >> Maybe five 10 minutes. If I I was She gave me 10 bucks. I was supposed to pay back tomorrow. >> Would it really be worth the drive to get there for 10 bucks? >> So I could get some gas money for work. Yeah, cuz tomorrow I'll be driving to Ashlin. Uh >> I thought you wasn't driving cuz you didn't have a license. >> Sometimes. I mean, I got to get to work. >> You got to do what you got to do. >> Yeah, I got to get to work. I don't have drive. I got to get to work. I mean, >> well, how are you going to get there if you got to drive? >> If I got to drive, then I would take my car. But since >> What's What's your car? >> It's a 2020 homesuit. >> It's a 2020. >> Mhm. >> Is it that blue one in the lot? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Uh where was that car at tonight? >> Uh the apartments. >> Was it with you at all times? >> Yeah, as far as I'm concerned. >> Did anyone else have it? >> No. >> Did you drive it to Newark? >> I drove to Newark. Yes. >> Okay. Did Tristan go with you to Newark? >> Yes. Okay. Did you guys go anywhere else than New York? >> No. >> Were you ever in Zanesville tonight? >> No. No. Yeah. No. >> And if we could say that you were in Zanville, then that would mean that you probably have more involved in it than you already know. You know what I mean? If we if we could say that you're in Zanville and had proof. >> Yeah. >> And you had proof that I was in Zville, then I'd like to see it cuz I live in my apartment. >> Okay. So if you were in Zelville, would that mean that you had to do with this? Okay. >> No. >> Did Tristan? >> No. She told me Trist there's one thing you'll know. Trist is like a ticking time ball. Like she gets nap sometimes. >> Okay. >> But she's not the the what I from what I heard what that happened. That's not her. She I don't think she would ever be capable of anything like that. For one, she she's scared to even have a fist fight. >> Mhm. >> So, what makes you think that she's got you know what I mean? Like, >> well, you know, like you said, the drugs make you do bad things. >> They do, but she's been so I mean, she just got out of rehab with her grandma. She starts college this what tomorrow she starts college. I mean, she's got big things going for her right now. >> The problem is he was seen in Zanesville. Here is witness testimony describing exactly what she saw on the night of the murder just outside of Patrick's apartment where Jayla was killed. >> And there was a young man in the car. I'm going to say probably mid to early 20s. Um and and then a dog as I got in front of the car a kind of a pitbull looking dog came running at me. Um and you could tell the dog was like frantic. And there was a young lady that came running out like behind the dog. So my thought, first thought was the dog must have gotten out and she's running after the dog. So I thought, well, I'll just kind of corral the dog here and that way, you know, she can get a hold of him cuz he he she didn't have a collar on. And so as the girl came running out, she opened the car door and I said, "Is this your dog?" And she stopped and looked at me and she said, "What?" And I said, "Is this your doll?" And she said, "No, it's not." And she got in the car. So, I just continued walking. >> Police don't just have statements. They have ample video from nearby homes and businesses. At this point, Devon is trapped in a labyrinth of his own making. And there are only two ways he can exit. Route A, the route where he sticks by his fiance's side, a route which leads to a life in prison for murder. or route B, [music] the route where he snitches on his girl and maybe gets a chance at a normal life again. Place your bets now. >> Listen, we're not from Zanesville up here in your mug. >> Mhm. >> Having you down here at the station for no reason at 4:00 a.m. I understand. >> Do you understand? >> Like there's proof that you were in Zanesville. That's why you're here. The search warrant doesn't get signed by a judge >> for no reason. You know what I mean? When's the last time you been to your mom's house? >> Be upfront with you. After we went to my mom's. >> Yeah, it's it's a sketchy situation. Okay. There's homicide involved. Of course. >> But listen, right now we know that right before the trigger. I had no involvement in that by no means. [clears throat] >> But I we know that we know who did and we know that how they got there. You got to be >> You think you got to be 100% truthful in this matter. >> You think Tristan killed that girl >> for real? Absolutely. >> No way. >> Yeah. And you know for a fact that she did. That's what I'm getting at. Listen, you you can't >> in a situation like this, >> you can't lie cuz it it only makes yourself look look like you >> are part of this. >> Yeah. >> When >> All right. No, we went there. I got off work and went to my sisters, got some gas money. Just said that she had to go get her dog Ash. as our dog. >> Okay. >> Cuz yeah, she was there like four weeks ago whenever she was still doing drugs. She was there. >> Um as she went in there, she I seen Diddy or Pat, whatever was in the car. >> Uh she he asked her if she could go in and get her stuff and get her dog and she said he told her, "Yeah, whatever." And we she goes in there and she runs back up and she's freaking out. Completely freaked out. Talking about on the floor. There's blood everywhere. I just bounced out of there. I was scared to death. >> How' she say how that happened? >> She didn't tell me how happened. She said she No, I swear to God. She I don't ever She said that she was literally on the floor. Like whenever she walked in there, she was on the floor. >> Okay. Well, why didn't you tell me this before? >> Just cuz it's a sketchy situation. I'm a felon. This is not good for me. >> But if you have nothing to do with it, >> I know that, but it's just I'm a felon. Okay. I mean, so actually I get scared. That's how I was taught. I mean, >> all right. So tell me about Tristan tonight on what happened because you know that there's always several sides to the story. There's what you say, what someone else says, and it usually comes in the middle. >> And I can tell you right now, there's a lot more to the story that happened this evening than you're telling me about. >> And I've already told you. >> I know you didn't. >> I know you know, >> but I know that you know what happened. >> And when you minimize the facts, like you don't want to put yourself behind a eightball here. >> No. So, just tell me about Tristan. We know what happened. We want to know why it happened because there's more to the story than I think Diddy's telling us. >> There's more to the story than what you're telling us. >> I don't talk to Diddy. I don't talk to Jay. I don't talk to nobody in Zville. Last time I was in Zanzville was whenever me and Tristany first move whenever me and Tristany first got together. August 23rd, I moved down there with her after a week of being with her. Literally a week and it I got my taste of Diddy and all them people and I >> So tell me what happens when you get down there again. >> Zville. >> Yeah, tonight I'll tell. >> Really? I don't need to do [ __ ] I just sit in the car. I just wait for Trist. >> How long did she go inside for? >> She was probably in there for 2 minutes. >> Okay. >> She came out in She was like a wreck. Some girl was asking us if there was a dog. >> People ran up to us. >> So I was just >> What happened to the pit? >> Huh? >> What happened to the dog? >> She ran. Where did you guys go to after that? >> Straight straight to straight to the apartment. Straight to the apartment. >> Straight to the apartment. >> When you're at your mom's house, did you stop to pick up anything? >> Yeah. >> This is your side of the story. My side of the story. It's about 4:30. [sighs] I got off work. Tristan is telling me that we got to go to Zville to gash. >> Is that Pippen? >> No, that it's a itty bitty little dog. No, it's a white and brown puppy. >> Okay. >> He's supposed to be there. Diddy was supposed to have him. So that's why we went to Diddy's. Get there. I see Diddy. He's in his car and he told Tristan he was trying to like hurt Trist up because he said he's got to go make a drop. Clearly you know what that means. So she goes in the house. She's in there for about 2 minutes, comes back out and she walks up to the car, opens the door, girl in front of us has stopped. Trish looks at me. I went to her and she's got like tears on down rolling down her face like what what do you what what's going on? She told me that Jayla's laying on the floor and pulled up. So I'm in like okay here. So we left and I went to my mom's and I see my my grandma was there me and Trist me Delina not my grandma she's my stepdad's mom she seen me she's like how we doing and I just told her that I was getting my work boots >> and that um I was going to let Tus help. I didn't know that she was there. She pulled up right after me. >> Mhm. And then that was it. I was there for five minutes. I went back to I went called my sister, asked her if she had gas money cuz I didn't have no gas. I didn't have enough gas to get back to the apartment anyways. I had like 26 miles. It was like a 35 mile drive. So I drove to Lacy's. That was probably about 7:00 and she gave me 10 bucks. I drove to the Duke gas station in Heath and then took 70. Yeah. 70 all the way to the apartment. I've been there ever since. >> What trust me say she did? >> She didn't say she did anything. That's what >> Listen, >> I'm serious though. Like she she didn't tell me she did anything. >> Where's the gun at? Did you guys leave that at your mom's house? Did she leave it there? >> No. Just not allowed at my mom's for one. There's cameras at my mom's. I literally have to park in the neighbor's driveway. >> But she You guys were there. >> Yeah. She was there. She wasn't there. Like >> we got a guy going there now. It's already secured with Licking County Sheriff's Office. >> Yeah. >> They're going to do a search mark there. >> Okay. >> They going to find her clothes that she was wearing there. >> I don't know. I don't her clothes ain't there. >> Her gray shorts, her [snorts] her hoodie that she was wearing. >> No, her clothes ain't there. Where are they at? >> I don't know where it was. >> She was with you at all times, right? >> I mean, that's Yeah, she changed her green shorts at the apartment. They were in the bathroom. >> What about the gun? >> I don't know nothing about it. I'm filming. Like I said, I don't >> Listen, I'm not saying that you had the gun. >> Yeah, >> we know who had it. We know who shot. You know who shot. I don't. >> You do. You were sitting outside in your car with the windows down. >> You're on video. >> Yeah, I know. But I I didn't hear no gunshots. >> People across the street from where you were at heard the gunshots. >> Yeah. >> So, don't >> people that have nothing in it heard the gunshots. They know the exact time you're on the exact time on video and they know it. And you're saying that you don't know. I mean, come on, dude. You got to be honest. So, you just said you had a tendency to lie. Don't lie. Don't Don't dig your hole. Don't dig it. Just be honest. You got it, man. Just be truthful. >> I'm not going to lie, man. I got >> Then, don't don't try to lie. >> You're only hurting yourself. >> I understand it. >> I have no like what whatever Tristan and Jayla and Dy and all them had. I have no involvement. I have no idea what it is about at all. In the next room over, police begin their interrogation of Tristan, who is completely unaware that bit by bit, her fianceé has started to give her up. Now, you might be asking, how is that possible when they were sitting with nothing but a thin wall between them? Because conveniently, the police took Tristan for a bathroom break as Devon's questioning began, giving him some moments of freedom to tell the truth. >> So, we'll ask you from the beginning. Yeah, >> we'll keep it simple. There was a murder down in Zanesville last night out down on uh >> What can you tell me about that? >> Um I don't I didn't know anything about a murder. I got told that Diddy got busted. >> Mhm. >> And that's why I thought I was down here. Honestly, I thought you guys were doing another bus. You were trying to get soup with them cuz I know Zanville's cutting down on drugs. >> Okay. >> I honestly haven't been to Zanesville. Like I was there yesterday because I had to get my stuff from Diddy. Mhm. >> Um I just got out of rehab. >> Okay. >> And uh he threatened me over and over and over again. And I know [snorts] >> who was threatening you. >> Diddy. >> And who's Diddy? >> Patrick. >> Patrick >> DS. He goes by P. Diddy or Diddy. >> Okay. >> He's one of the biggest people down there along with Soup and Starky. >> Who's Soup and Starky? >> Um asking all these difficult questions. >> No, I just Oh my god. I just know you don't play the game. Um, they're people who sell down there. >> Okay. >> S and Starky deal to Diddy. >> All right. >> And Diddy and I were a thing like when I got back on drugs like way I started February 2020. >> I got sober on and off. Um, I just got sober last time because Diddy was Pat was handing me and it was just I didn't want to live like that. So, two days ago, I called him to get my stuff. He has my puppy and my uh clothes and everything there. He told me that he's going to have Sierra beat my >> Sierra, >> his baby mama. To remind you, I've had my numerous times in Zville. Anyone can tell you I take like it's a champ. My mouth sets me up. >> I can't fight your [ __ ] Tristan claims that while she did go up to the apartment, she saw a pitbull going ballistic by the door. Scared, she decided to flee instead of getting her stuff. Though, when she was in a relationship with Patrick, [music] she spent many nights cuddling that very dog. So, why she would suddenly be scared of that dog isn't exactly clear. She goes on to propose another threat. >> Because Jayla, there's this girl Jayla, she had a taser. Because Diddy said, "Yeah, sure. Go get your stuff. Jayla had a taser. I have epilepsy. >> Okay. >> And Jayla, >> what kind of taser does she have? >> It's like a black one with like a It's Pat. She always has. It's black with a string, but it's a handheld one. >> Okay. >> But she like Diddy and Pat and Jayla always try like they've always tricked me with tasers. Like they know I have it. Like Diddy whenever he got mad at me would always use a taser. And then she was there with Rocco and the taser. I went in that house, like that room. Rocco ran out. >> I wasn't standing at days. >> Okay. >> I ran out behind her. I told Pat, I called him. I said, "You can keep my stuff." >> Where was Pat at then? >> Doing a deal. >> Was he at the house? >> No. >> Okay. >> He left. >> Where was Jayla at? >> Jayla was standing by his front door. >> Was there some type of incident there the other day between you and Jayla? Um, no. The incident was between me and Pat. I hit his window. >> Oh, did you break out his window? >> Oh, I shouldn't be admitting that to you, but yeah. >> I mean, his house window. I mean, were you staying there or what? >> I um I stay I was staying there. Yes. And um Diddy and I were a thing. And >> Pat's a turd. >> Yeah, I know. I know. But, you know, I I'm the type of person I grew up like in and out of foster care. So any little bit of attention anyone gave me, I you know pulled for it. But uh he [snorts] pretty much showed his true colors. >> The incident between Jayla and Tristan, which she rewrites as a problem between her and Patrick or Diddy, was actually captured on camera, and you can hear both of the women screaming at one another. Why the two girls were fighting is really anyone's guess. Whether it was over jealousy regarding the other's relationship with Patrick, who just as a reminder was almost 60, or a dispute regarding drugs is uncertain. But one thing is certain, the two did not get along. And for some reason, Tristan decided she should die because of that. >> How's you and Jayla been getting along? >> Honestly, Jayla beat four times. My mouth sets me up. I She The last thing The last message I got from her was I with the wrong. >> Were you there when Jayla got shot? >> No. Jayla Jayla's the one that's dead. >> Yeah. >> No. No. I did not even know. Not whatsoever. >> Not whatsoever. No. >> Have you handled any firearms this evening? >> No. They did a gun thing, too. >> Okay. So, there wouldn't be any GSR on you. >> There's not going to be. >> And even though if you would have took a shower after the fact, there still could be traces of GSR on it. >> Okay. [snorts] >> I've never even shot a gun in my life. >> So, your DNA would not be on any type of 9 millimeter? >> Absolutely not. No. >> Okay. None whatsoever. >> None whatsoever. >> Perfect. Would you have a problem giving us a sample of your DNA? >> Absolutely not. >> Her fiance has come to realize his own behind is on the line. And now he's ready to tell police a very different version of events. >> I will tell you this, Deon, you get one shot at this. Okay. >> The girl at the apartment, who is she to you? Kayla to me. >> Would have no reason to lie. >> No. >> Okay. >> Well, you think I went that way? No, I said you're talking about her. >> Yeah, I'm talking about what was her name again? >> Kayla. >> Kayla? Yeah. >> She would have no reason to lie about you or Tristan. >> No. Okay. >> So, whatever she told us at the apartment would be true. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Do you know what she told us? >> No. >> Well, she first tried to stick with the I don't know story, >> but then when she realized that she had four kids to take care of, that she wasn't going to fly the I don't know story anymore. >> Right. and she told the truth about what she knew. Why do you think we know half the stuff and been places we've been to and doing things that we're doing? You know what I mean? Here's your chance. Like you don't want to put yourself in the position that she's in. [snorts] >> Like I didn't say you pull the trigger, but you know exactly what happened and you know why it happened. That's all I'm asking you, man. >> Just know what happened. That's the thing you did. >> I don't like I >> start from the start from the beginning again on what she told you on what was going to go down. >> She told me she was going to go get her stuff. >> Okay. >> And get the dog. >> Okay. That's it. >> But you're leaving out the part about the gun. I did hear >> a bunch of gunshots. >> Okay. >> And then that was it. >> What' she say about him? >> She said nothing about it. >> My [ __ ] >> I'm serious. She didn't say nothing. Like she came out, she was like real fidgety and [ __ ] >> She had the gun with her. >> I think Tell me about the gun. Just You got to be straight, man. You didn't shoot her. Tristan did [clears throat] >> just you got to be honest with me. >> I got no clue. >> What' she say about it? >> Trust me. >> Yeah. >> She didn't She didn't say nothing about anything really. Like she just told me that she needed to go get her stuff. I took her to Z. We go to Z outside. We drove around like three different times because she said the dude was flipping out on her and [ __ ] >> So we pulled up finally waiting outside and I heard a bunch of gunshots. >> So it's obvious that she has the gun getting out of the car. >> Okay. right there. >> So you guys seen her like you know she >> Yeah, dude. That's And you do too. If If it's that obvious to us on video and we can see it, it's right there. It's obvious to you. It was like in her sweatshirt right there, [snorts] like right there. So don't lie about it. Got to be truthful, man. Got to be truthful. Cut out all the [ __ ] Just tell tell it how it is. What happened? They just had some beef going. >> What was they beefing about? >> I have no idea if I did. >> Okay. >> Was she mad on the way down or what? >> She was pissed off. I mean, >> tell me her exact words and how she was acting. >> No, no, not like that. I came home [clears throat] for lunch at like 11:30. Trist and Kayla were wasted out of mind. 11:30. I don't know what the hell happened after that. She just wanted things really bad and I was like what's going on? What's going on? And I don't know. I don't know. I don't know how the [ __ ] she could do that. I have no idea. thought about it. I when I was sitting there and I heard I was my heart like just felt like it stopped. You know what I mean? I've never been through anything like that at all. >> Can be pretty traumatic. >> Pretty traumatic for sure. But that's all I know. Well, tell me about the gun. That's all I want to know. >> Okay. The um All I know is the gun is like it's it's unregistered gun. >> Okay. >> I know. >> How do you know that? >> Because I've seen it before. >> Where have you seen it at? I've seen it at my my little brother's friend gave it to him a while back, I guess. >> Who's your little brother? >> He's your little brother's friend. >> Damian, [clears throat] they're so >> Damian. >> Damian. I don't know. It's not Damian. >> Where does uh your little brother live at? >> Okay. How did she get that again? >> My mom. >> No. >> Yeah. >> Maybe she got it there. >> Just be straight with me about it. Did you pick it up and give it to her? >> So, she told me that didn't even start. >> Okay. >> Like talking about if you come here, it's not going to be good for you. All right. >> So, I it wasn't my idea, but yeah, she told me to get a gun. So, >> okay. >> Devon later revealed to police that Tristan had joked about messing up Jayla, but Devon believed it was an exaggeration and that she was just bringing the weapon for protection. Instead, evidence showed that Tristan [music] snuck into the apartment, popped open the door, and shot Jayla several times until finally she [music] was dead. Even then, Tristan stepped forward and fired one more shot at her head. >> Did she show any remorse back at the apartment? >> Do you think she was kind of proud of what she did? >> I don't know. >> How'd that make you feel as far as how she's been? >> I don't know what to do. I kind of just feel like trapped. I don't know. You know what I mean? Like I don't know. I don't know what to feel like that. It's crazy. Sus crazy, bro. I can't believe I had anything to do with it. >> Well, what do you think should happen to you? [snorts] >> I think I should I'm not li the truth. I think I should be able to go home. I work on I'm two two and a half years in the electrical field. I'm almost two years to get my license. >> Do you think what anything that you did was wrong? >> Absolutely. >> What do you think you did was wrong? >> Get it done. >> Okay. Why is that? because it ended up somebody's death. >> Back in Tristan's interrogation, the reality of what her fiance and friend Kayla have told police all comes crashing down. And she handles it about as well as you would expect. >> So, how long have you and uh >> Deon? >> Yeah. How long you guys been together? >> Um, so I've known him since I was 11. Um, we got together and engaged last August 23rd. >> Is he truthful? >> Is he truthful? I mean, he's cheated once. >> Would he make up any stories about you? >> Huh? >> Will he make up any stories about you? >> I hope not. I mean, his family calls me trash. Like, whenever we go for our breaks, he tells Facebook this and that, but then messages me, I love you, this and that. It's all mind game. >> Yeah. What about Kayla? Does she lie? >> No. >> So, whatever she tells is true. >> Yeah. I've never used a number of her. >> Okay. Did you shoot her? >> No. >> Wait. Did you shoot her eight times? >> No. >> Who did? >> I don't know. >> The gun that we're getting out of his mom's house in Newark. Is it going to have your DNA on it? >> Could I mean we shot in the yard? It's going to have mine. >> You told me You just told me you didn't never never shot it yet. >> I held it. I've never shot it. >> No, I get what you're saying. Do you do you understand why you're here? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Why Why are you here? >> You guys think I murdered someone? >> We don't think that you murdered someone. We know that you murdered someone. We're trying to find out why. Okay. There's a lot of things that we know that we haven't told you. You got to be honest in this situation. You're between a rock and a hard place right now. Okay. to be honest about what happened is trying to start to make things right that went wrong. We don't know what went wrong in your head this evening. Kayla said that you admitted it to her. He's doesn't know what to do with himself anymore because it happened out of the blue according to him that he don't know why he did it. Listen, I'm not here to blow smoke up. Please don't blow smoke up on mine. >> I just want you to be honest about what happened. I'm not. >> Tell me. Tell me what went down and why it went down. >> I already told you that. >> We We We danced around everything, >> but at the end of the day, we know that you shot her. >> Oh, if that's what you think, then we'll take it to trial. I did not shoot anyone. >> Who shot her then? >> I don't know who shot her. >> Cuz he didn't get out of the car. He sat in the driver's seat. >> Okay. And Jayla was alive when I left. >> How many holes did she have in her when he left? >> She didn't have any HOLES IN HER. [snorts] I CAN'T EVEN FIGHT ANYONE, LET ALONE SHOOT SOMEONE. ASK ANYONE IN ZANE. I'VE TAKEN SO many events. >> Listen, we're not going to sit here and beat you up over it. >> I'm not saying beat me up over I'm not saying you are beating me up over it. I'm just saying I haven't shot anyone. I don't even know how to shoot a gun. >> Okay. >> Cuz you're going to go there and YOU'RE GOING TO FIND A GUN THAT'S GOING TO HAVE MY FINGERPRINTS ON IT, HIS FINGERPRINTS ON IT, HIS BROTHER'S FINGERPRINTS ON IT, AND HIS SISTERS. >> Is that going to be the gun that shot? >> I don't know. You were there when she got shot. >> I was not there when she got shot. I already know how this all goes. You sit here and try and ask the same question a million different ways. >> No, there's only one way to tell you how it happened. Okay, >> because there's there's the video of you RUNNING OUT. >> RUNNING OUT BECAUSE I HAVE EPILEPSY AND SHE HAD A TASER AND YOU SAW ROCCO RUN OUT TOO. [snorts] She stood at the door with Rocco. Holding a taser, I ran into the other room, the other APARTMENT WHERE THE DOOR WAS WIDE OPEN. SHE'S ROCO. >> ROCCO IS PAT'S PITBULL. >> OKAY. >> I ran in this apartment. SHE LET ROCO GO. I SHUT THE DOOR. THEN ROCCO RAN OUTSIDE AND I RAN. >> Didn't the lady ask you if it was your dog? >> Yeah. She asked me if it was my dog. I said, "That's not my dog." >> Well, what do you think she heard? >> I don't know. I I heard I told her that's not my dog. I said, "No, that's not my dog." What? What do you think she heard just seconds before you come running out of the apartment? >> I don't know. >> You the type of person that's kind of remorseful for what you did or are you just that cold person that says it man? I want to kill that. >> I didn't kill her. I DID NOT KILL ANYONE. I DID NOT SHOOT ANYONE. I DID NOT AIM A GUN AT ANYONE. I DID NOT DO ANYTHING EXCEPT GO TO GET MY STUFF. But you didn't get your stuff >> because there was a taser in a pitbull. >> But like you said, you only get one shot at telling your side of the story. >> I did tell my side. WHATEVER HE'S SAYING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HE'S SAYING. WHATEVER KAYLA'S SAYING, SHE don't say anything to save her kid. You done PUT HER IN HANDCUFFS IN FRONT OF ALL SIX KIDS. SHE'S LIVING IN MY APARTMENT. I DID NOT TELL KAYLA [ __ ] If you took a drug test today, would you pass it? >> I can pass a drug test of flying colors. Not Well, YOU KNOW, DETECTIVES, I DID NOT MURDER JAYLA WYATT. SO, you can sit here and say, "Oh, we know that you shot her. We know you shot her this many times. I DIDN'T SHOOT HER. I'VE NEVER SHOT A GUN." >> ARE WE DONE HERE? >> ALMOST. >> OKAY. WELL, I'm done. >> Okay. >> Because this is up to you. Like I said, we wanted to try to talk to you. >> You are trying. I am trying to talk. I'm trying to answer your questions about when I get accused of murder. >> What do you want us to do? Lie to you and tell you >> no. Like I just want to know how long it's going to take for me to go home. I have college. >> I don't know. Um say college is probably not going to be happening today. Um we got your phone that was part of the warrant. We took some other items from the house. Um >> do you have a password on your phone or anything like that? >> My fingerprint. >> Is it a pattern? >> It's my fingerprint. It looked like a pattern to me when I saw it. >> Do you know what the pattern is? >> No. >> Okay. >> I'm pretty sure you guys have a green be anybody can get through it. >> With the police out of the room, Tristan has time to go after her true target, the fiance who ratted on her. And in spite of the cameras, she doesn't hold back. >> Where the my fianc? That's a man who knows he's in the doghouse, but for him it's better than the jail house. >> I KNOW YOU HEAR ME. DAMN IT. THAT. NO, DON'T TELL ME. STOP TALKING. I say nothing. YOU SAY YOU'RE INSANE. I GOT GOOD FROM YOU. I GET [ __ ] FROM YOU. ARE YOU DONE NOW? YOU GOING TO CUFF ME? >> NO, WE'RE JUST SWITCHING OUT the cancuffs on you, that's all. >> YEAH. AND THEN I CAN LEAVE. >> NO. WHY YOU DO [screaming] THAT? >> HUH? >> Hold your hand still. >> WHAT? NO. >> NO. WHY YOU SITTING [screaming] HERE ALONE LIKE THAT? >> HUH? NO ONE DAMN. [screaming] I WANT A DEAD BOLT DOOR FOR ANYONE. NOW YOU SAY I CAN SHOOT. >> WHAT? >> WHAT? THE ONE WHO SMOKED BEFORE THEY CAME. THE ONE WHO WAS HIGHER THAN A KITE. THE RAN OVER. WE GOING AFTER THAT ONE. THAT'S THE ONE SAYING THE [ __ ] THAT'S THE ONE. SO BECAUSE [screaming] SHE WAS HIGHER THAN A KITE SAYING ALL THIS [ __ ] YOU LET THAT YOUR HEAD. >> YEAH. >> YEAH. YOU DID. [screaming] MAYBE YOU SHOULD OFF THE WIG YOURSELF, TOO. In May of 2021, Tristany Baker plead guilty to aggravated murder and was sentenced to [music] life in prison without the possibility of parole. 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