You told the paramedics when they were there that morning or afternoon that he had been drinking till 5:00 in the morning, that he had been consum consuming alcohol. That's on body cam. Okay. You said he was drinking all day the day before and that he drank his last drink at 5:00 a.m. >> Okay. And now you're telling me that's not what you say on this video. Okay. >> I want to see this video. >> Okay. >> Well, I I'm not going to show you the body cam. I'm just telling you that that's what's on there. There's reports that Wes came to the house that morning and you said that Steve was at the walking clinic. >> He wasn't at the clinic. >> On September 5th, 2023 in Minet, North Dakota, Ena Thea Canoyer was brought in for questioning in connection with the death of Steven Edward Riley Jr. who had died as a result of poisoning. Spoiler details are in the video description and the full results of all charges in the case are laid out at the end of the video. >> Up to the fair he hadn't been working really. >> Well, he'd been working for people like doing lawns or working on trucks or >> Yeah. Okay. >> Jim, he was working for Jim uh the most. Uh this guy, he's not a bad guy really. He just expected Steve to come up with auto parts to fix the car magically. >> Oh, okay. >> And and not pay for and not pay for the parts, you know. >> You know, Steve always had to take it out of his money that he gave him. >> Okay. Who's Jim? >> Uh, I don't know his last name. >> Okay. just some guy he was working with. >> Yeah. Yeah. Link knew him, too. Link worked for for a while. >> Okay. >> But other than that, I I >> But he worked for him the longest. >> All right. >> Under the table uh till recently. >> Okay. >> Till he found out about his inheritance and then >> So, how when did he find out about this inheritance? I want to say 3 months ago, four months ago. >> Okay. >> But it could have been sooner cuz you know they kind of run into each other. >> So what what is the inheritance? I know you had shown that first day Lieutenant Day and I came um you showed us kind of that letter that was on Steve's phone. >> Um is that that's the inheritance? That was the the letter. Okay. >> Uh and he was talking to an actual lawyer, I guess. >> Okay. from London. >> Was so this lawyer reached out to him and said he's >> I guess I don't even know how he found out about it. >> Okay. >> If he found out about it, uh, you know, doing a background check on him, seeing if anybody owes him money, you know, back pay, you know, lost check somewhere where he used to work somewhere. I don't I honestly I have no idea. He just it just appeared, you know, and he showed it to me one day. >> Yeah. >> And he wanted me to have a copy to make sure, you know, if something ever happened to him and he was reading that the money wasn't cursed or whatever, he's like >> every single person that went for the the Riley money over there. >> Yeah. Uh, even this 21-year-old had passed away. >> What do you mean? I guess the inheritance had been left for other people too or >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> I was like, is it cursed and people that go after it are dying? He's like, I know, maybe. I was like, well then don't go after it. How how silly is that, you know? Just go get a real job. Don't worry about it. >> How much money was it? >> It ended up It was supposed to be 17 million. >> Okay. >> And some odd uh hundreds. >> Okay. >> Uh 17 million 500,000 something like that. >> Okay. But with all the properties sold off, it ended up being 37 million. >> So there was cash and then the properties were sold. Okay. >> Do you know this was from a family member? >> And I gave it uh I gave it to Brian uh the paperwork. >> Okay. that I printed out to make sure, you know, I have some just in case it something did happen to him, I give to his son to track it down or whatever. >> So, >> I gave all the information supposed to be coming from. Who was the family member? >> Uh, God, who thought this his phone? Uh, Marcus something. Riley. >> Okay. I want to say >> was that a brother or >> uncle? >> That was an uncle. Okay. Did he live somewhere >> in Ireland? >> Okay. >> Had he ever talked about Marcus before? Did he even know he had an uncle? >> I don't know. >> Okay. >> Honestly, he said he had family all over. >> Okay. So, I I honestly >> So, the paperwork that you gave Ryan, did you didn't say anything in there about the family number or anything like that or did >> a little bit? >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> And Ryan has all that paperwork now. >> Uh, he should have it on his phone. >> Okay. >> How did you send it to him? >> Uh, I thought you guys gave him his phone. Steve's phone. You said that you gave Ryan all this paperwork. How? >> Yeah. The property from West. >> Okay. How did you Oh, okay. So, not this information on this inheritance. >> No. >> Does Ryan have anything about this inheritance? Does he have any paperwork on that? >> Um, I >> So, what what paperwork did you give Ryan? I thought I was under You said that you were going to give him paperwork in case something happened to Steve that you were going to give him the >> the property uh that he was buying from Wes. I'm sorry. >> Okay. >> Okay. When I had my phone, I showed Ryan. >> You showed Ryan what? >> Yeah. The inheritance and who to uh what to look up on Steve's phone when you gave him his phone. >> Okay. >> Okay. And where to go to look for it. Okay. >> Okay. And Steve was buying Wes's property and I gave Ryan the paperwork for that. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Gotcha. >> How much was the property? >> Uh, what I read on it, it was 1,500,000. >> So, he was going to buy that property with inheritance money, not now. Okay. Okay. And that paperwork B R B R B R B R B R B R B R B R B R B R. >> Yeah. >> But I can't even show you. >> Okay. >> Cuz like I said, I don't know what the heck happened to my phone the day I got the job at the motel is the day I lost my phone or it was lifted. One of the two. Okay. cuz it was in my back pocket when I was walking. And when I sat down on the couch, I realized it wasn't there anymore. So, when I finally got to the apartment, I sat down, realized my phone wasn't there. >> So, why don't we talk about [clears throat] the weekend that Steve ended up um becoming sick and passing? What happened that weekend? What was he doing? That was Labor Day weekend. uh mostly drinking beer. The night before he wanted to get a good night's sleep, but uh uh >> he was drink Hang on. He was drinking beer which night or was that the whole weekend? >> That's pretty much the whole weekend. >> Okay. He got a case of beer from Wes and some food from uh [snorts] the Max food bank that Wes brought him and a case of beer. >> Okay. >> For his birthday. And then late brought him a case of beer and uh firewall for his birthday. >> When was his birthday? >> But nobody showed up on the day the week of his birthday. >> Okay. >> So they started showing up when they thought the lawyer was going to show up. [laughter] Okay. >> Like like Lucas. >> Okay. So, >> this I might go back to the money real quick. >> Okay. >> He he just he tells you, "Hey, I somebody just reached out to me about this money and I I have a large inheritance I'm going to get." Where was the money? Where was the money supposed to be? I guess >> in the bank. >> Okay. >> Uh whatever bank I showed you, the >> that area >> Swiss bank. Okay. So, it was foreign. The uncle's foreign and the money is in a foreign account. >> Yeah. >> And so, how was he going to get the money? How what was the plan? >> Um, well, the lawyer guy wanted to give him to get a bank account. >> The lawyer was >> originally. >> Okay. So, he wanted >> so he could just deposit it into his bank account. >> Okay. >> It couldn't be nobody else's bank account. Sure. >> According to the lawyer. >> Okay. >> Um, and I was like, "Yeah, I can give you a few bucks, you know. cuz I was uh I was uh I think I just broke my ankle working for Arby's. So I I told him uh I can give you a couple bucks. >> No, I got my inher uh my tax return. >> Tax return. >> So what do you and that's to put money in to open an account >> for him. Okay. >> In his name only. >> Okay. So, he needed a couple bucks to open the bank account. You gave him some money. So, he did open a bank account. >> I don't think he did. >> Okay. >> Cuz that's when the lawyer said, "I need to come and >> uh physically come see you to write over the the name or whatever." >> Okay. >> Transfer over the money. Did you ever hear Steve talking to the lawyer? >> Yes. >> Okay. Did they talk over the phone and through message? Yeah. Okay. >> What did the Was the lawyer foreign as well? >> Was he English? >> He was English. Okay. >> Yeah. >> Was he from England or I mean Okay. So, he wasn't from the US. He was from somewhere else. Okay. >> Do you remember his name? Did he ever mention >> Richard? Richard. Okay. So, Richard, Richard initially wants to open a bank account. Do you remember when that was? How long ago that was >> roughly? >> I don't know. >> Okay. I mean, was that like like within a month or was that earlier in the year? >> Earlier in the year. >> Okay. So, it's been a little bit. And [clears throat] then >> around the same time I did my taxes. >> Okay. So, springtimeish maybe. Okay. And Steve, we don't know if he ever ended up getting a bank account. We're not sure. >> I know he sent him all his information, his social security. Um cuz I ended up getting his first ID. Uh well, no, I paid to get his birth certificate so he can go get his ID and his social security. >> Okay. So, he was going to be sending this lawyer all of his personal information. >> Yeah. And Link was there saying, "I maybe I shouldn't have said it was the Richard scam that been going around >> and he might have done it to himself." And that's what >> I I was like, but he just went through that with his dad. his dad shot himself in the head with a shotgun. >> Okay. >> And I don't think he would want his kids, you know, go through what he went through. >> Okay. >> But then I could be wrong. You know, he didn't want to face the fact that it was a scam. >> But there was still arrangements that this lawyer was going to come, right? >> Yeah. >> So he he was still probably under the impression >> and he was excited to go look for a job even if he didn't show up. >> Okay. So he, you know, he was already planning ahead for once in his life, >> you know, >> instead of the spare of the moment. >> So this >> tax time, he's supposed to get a bank account, but then maybe that changes and then the lawyer says, "I'm I'm going to have to >> I don't know." He he kept going to his friends, >> okay, >> and talking to with through his friends to him. >> The lawyer? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Who Who Steve was talking to? >> Billy Lynn. um Kelly >> and I don't know who else after that. >> When you say he was talking to his friends, are you like for advice or >> No, when he like smashed his phone or something or lost his phone, he'd actually talked to his lawyer through his friend's phones. >> Okay. >> Instead of an actual real lawyer like I asked him to, if that makes any sense. So, you wanted Steve to get an attorney on his own and have those the two attorneys >> that way they always have communication with each other, right? >> Okay. >> Instead of, you know, wondering >> Steve didn't want to do >> who could contact who, you know. >> Okay. So, were you thinking like maybe Lynn and Billy and who else was it? Kelly, you said. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Are you thinking that they were they were leaving out information like it would you wouldn't you wouldn't know what was going on if if they're communicating with the lawyer and then Steve would kind of be on >> behind his back maybe. I don't know. Okay. >> I honestly don't know. >> Okay. >> They're that type of people that would uh like I said >> Were you communicating at all with the lawyer? >> No, >> not at I emailed him a couple times when Steve asked me to, you know, can you tell him that I lost my phone or broke my phone, but the lawyer would not contact me back. >> Okay. >> Personally, that I'm his uh >> his girlfriend, wife type thing. >> Yep. >> Uh and he would like to contact you. Is there a way to contact you? You know, >> through legal means like inheritance lawyer or something here. >> Okay. But >> but he never he all of a sudden the email disappeared like it didn't exist. >> The address. Okay. >> Mhm. >> How long ago was that? Do you remember it? >> Uh pretty much when I told him he was in the hospital. >> Okay. Um, it wouldn't go through through Steve's phone. >> Okay. >> Um, I told him, "Uh, well, Steve's really sick in the hospital. Um, I'll contact you through another lawyer." >> Okay. >> To get a hold of his sons because I know his sons were left most of it. And that's pretty much when uh the emails wouldn't go through anymore. It was reject uh saying it never existed. >> Okay. >> Did Steve have a will? >> Uh with that lawyer? Yes. >> With this lawyer that >> Richard? Yes. >> Okay. So, Steve wrote up a will with this lawyer. Okay. >> Where he would want it to go to and >> Okay. >> Uh most of it was supposed to go to his sons and his two sisters. >> Okay. >> And then he left me a little bit to live off of, he said. >> Okay. Um, but I think I just wanted a car and then give the rest to his ex-wives [snorts] cuz they seriously deserve it. Okay, >> is what I told Brian. If he left me anything, just get me a car. That's all I ask. Okay. >> And then give the rest to your mom and Cheryl cuz I don't want to see it. So, have you seen this will or how did you know that there was this will and what and where the money was going? How were you >> I heard him uh talking to the lawyer. >> You heard talking to the lawyer about it, making the arrangements. Yeah. Okay. >> He was actually looking forward to uh bringing his sisters some of the money, too. >> Were they close? >> No. >> Okay. No, but they were Riley's for what he said, you know. >> Okay. >> Um, >> was he close? >> He was going to play a mean Mc Ed McMahon game >> joke. Oh, >> big cardboard. He was going to hire somebody, take a big cardboard box, saying you're a millionaire, and then give him a dollar while he's laughing around the corner. >> Oh, >> that's what he wanted. That's what he was looking forward to do. And I'd actually like to see it now. >> You know, I thought it was mean at the time. I was like, "That's really mean." >> So, he was he was estranged from his family. He didn't have a good relationship with them. Okay. >> No. >> So, he was going to >> Yeah. >> play a joke on like a Okay. >> Yeah. >> Was he really going to give them any money? >> Yeah. >> Oh, okay. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay. >> He had the real check in his hand laughing around the corner. >> Okay. Okay. >> Yeah. All right. >> Got a speed for you. He's trying to think of something meaner than the Eggman game, actually. But I'm like, you're so mean to your sisters. >> Okay. So, the weekend comes and and how does how does it get to is it starting to be that the lawyer is starting to give him like a time that he's coming to May not? >> Yeah. >> When was the first time he was supposed to come here? >> Uh, remember? I want to It's 29th, I think. >> Okay. >> I believe. Yes. 29th. >> And he was going to fly to Man airport. Okay. >> Yeah. >> But he got emails saying he wasn't going to show up. >> Okay. >> Uh that there's a contestant, somebody contesting it. >> Oh, okay. >> So, he assumed it was his sisters. >> Okay. And then that's pretty much when he kept saying, "I'm going to show up at this time." And Steve would ride down there. And he wasn't there. And then you get the email afterwards that he wasn't, uh, going to come until later than later. >> Okay. >> So, uh, he is supposed to come on the 29th. What day is that? >> Um, I need a calendar here as well. That was Tuesday, the 29th of August. >> Yeah. >> So then when is the next time after he says I can't make it the 29th, but someone's contesting it. When is the lawyer supposed to come back to? >> We didn't hear Steve didn't hear from him uh pretty much uh the rest of that day. >> Okay. >> Cuz he was supposed to be there at like 11 in the morning. >> Okay. >> Or 9 in the morning, somewhere around there. Then he said he was going to show up uh that I want to say Thursday. Friday. >> So Thursday >> cuz it went into the holidays. >> Okay. So Thursday or Thursday would have been the >> Yeah. >> 31st or Friday would have been September 1st. Does that sound right? >> Yeah. >> Okay. So the lawyer says I'm going to come Thursday or Friday. And then what happens? Doesn't show. >> Doesn't show. >> Okay. No. Did he email again or just >> uh he emailed that he was going to show up. Uh first it was Friday. >> Okay. >> And then then the three different hours. Was it three different hours? 11:00, 2:00, and 8:00. Uh Saturday when was it Saturday you got sick? >> Yeah. >> Sunday. >> Sunday. >> Cuz it was a holiday weekend. Yeah. Yeah, it was Sunday. Yeah, you're right. >> So, Sunday he the lawyer now the arrangements are for sure he's going to be here supposed to be in the morning at 11:00 you said. >> Yeah. >> And then me and then >> then 2:00. >> Okay. So, did he come and say I can't I have no Why didn't he come at 11:00? Did he say? >> I don't know. >> Okay. Excuse me. I had tickled. >> I don't know. [snorts] >> Then it was 8:00. [clears throat] >> And so then 2 p.m. >> That's pretty much it. 2 p.m. comes along and he didn't show up again or he or he >> wasn't even >> there at the airport. >> Okay. >> So, >> and then again and now now it's supposed to be 8:00 p.m. >> He's coming in. Is he coming in on a regular flight? Like these are >> I think so, but I wasn't the one directly talking to him. Steve was >> okay. Uh, >> I think he was talking through Wes at that point. >> Okay. The lawyer. >> I think Yeah. I'm not sure 100% sure if it was Wes. He was talking to this guy through uh Wes or not. But that's >> But not Steve. He's not talking through Steve. >> No, he was talking to Steve through somebody else. >> So, how come How come he wasn't talking to Steve? >> I don't know. >> Okay. I don't know. That's what I tried to find out, you know, when I emailed him and found out the email wasn't real. >> Okay. >> Or it wasn't discontinued or >> So, when we're talking about Sunday at 11, >> Yeah. >> Did Steve go to the airport at 11? >> Yeah. Um, no. >> Okay. Uh Wes's son stayed behind in at the airport cuz that's when Steve started getting really really sick and I kept begging him to let me call the ambulance and he's like no I'll be fine with some sleep. >> So at 11:00 in the morning Sunday he he the guy the lawyer supposed to show up but Steve didn't go to the airport. >> Mhm. >> Why? >> Cuz he was really sick. >> Okay. And then and someone else went in his place. What were they going to do? >> I don't know. Uh was Wes's son. >> Okay. Do you know his name? Was his son? >> Uh-uh. I don't. >> How did he know about the airport or any of that? >> Because of the property. That's all Wes wanted was the money for the property. cuz apparently I'm thinking there's something really wrong with the property like taxes or uh he's getting sued really badly for sexual harassment. >> When you talk about West Bo you're talking the property you're talking about the radar base. >> Yeah. >> Okay. and another small property. I gave uh Ryan that paperwork. That's the paperwork I gave him. And I told him to vet it, you know, get a lawyer and do the background check that I told Steve to do. >> So, how how would Wes know that? Like, how is Wes going to meet this lawyer? Cuz Wes has nothing. He's he's not Steve. >> I don't know. >> Okay. So, did you ask the same like why is >> Yeah. Why is Wes involved in this? >> Yeah. What did Steve say? >> He's like, "Oh, it's just for the property. >> It's all he wants is the money for the property." >> Was Wes trying to sell the property? >> To Steve? Yeah. >> He approached him about selling it or was he just have it for sale or >> It's been up for sale for a very long time. >> Okay. That's why I wanted it vetted and background checked cuz when I did the background check after catching him in my living room when I was taking a shower when I first moved in at the radar base and Steve was in jail, he was standing in my living room. So I did a small background check and found out he's pretty close to being a pedophile rapist type thing. Yeah. Okay. >> So he So >> I mean he's he's pretty he would have crossed the line if somebody hadn't been there type thing, you know. >> Okay. But he but it's Wes's son that went to the airport for on behalf of Steve. Yes. Okay. At 11. >> And then and then what happens? How does Steve learn that this guy doesn't show up? The lawyer isn't there? >> Uh Wes was sitting there waiting for his son to call. >> So Wes stayed at your apartment. >> Yep. Sunday from 11 until when? >> After his son called and said he wasn't there, he pretty much left. Well, I kind of chase him out. I was like, "Well, I'm going to give the property papers to a lawyer to vet and I'll have Steve contact the lawyer contact you through the lawyer when he gets the money." >> Okay. So, >> and I don't want to see or hear from you again unless it's through a dan his lawyer >> if he wants that property or not. >> You tell this to Wes. >> Yes. I said, "Please leave. I'm going to give the paperwork [cough] [clears throat] for the property to a lawyer." >> Okay. And I'm going to tell Steve >> where's >> to give you the money if he still wants property from you to contact you through that lawyer. >> Okay. >> To have the lawyer give you the money. >> Where is Steve at this time? >> He's laying on the couch laughing that I was getting up into Wes's face. >> He's on the couch. >> Yeah. And he's not. >> He basically said that's my babe. >> He said what? >> Basically that's my babe. >> Your babe? My babe. Okay. Talking about you. >> Yeah. >> Meaning kicking Wes out cuz all he wanted to know is when the lawyer was going to be there for his money. >> Okay. So, how long was at the house? Like, how long did it take for his son to realize that there lawyer did show up? >> We got back to the apartment I want to say around 9ish. But this is at 11. >> You say this is at all Sunday at 11. >> I went to the 8:00 appointment with Steve >> in the morning. >> And Wes [snorts] and Link. >> Wait, wait, wait. But we're still on the I'm still on the 11:00 in the morning one. >> You said that Wes's son went there at 11. >> No, no, no. That was 11:00 at night. >> Okay. I thought that was Sunday at 11 2 and 8. You said >> Oh, >> so you said there was a morning one. >> Yes. >> And that was at 11:00. >> Yes. That's the one where he rode his bike to. >> Okay. So that's not >> He physically rode there on his bike. Okay. >> At the 11:00 one. >> Wes drove us. >> Well, hang on now. So Steve rode his bicycle to meet the lawyer. >> Yeah. >> At 11 and then came back to the apartment and said he didn't show up. Yep. Did he did he say the guy emailed him or called him or anything? Did he get anything? >> He said uh he got an email uh that he was supposed to be there. >> Okay. >> Around 2:00. >> So it got changed from 11 to 2 now. Yeah. Okay. >> So what happens at 2:00? >> Uh everybody's pretty much there. >> When you say everybody, >> Billy, >> Conrad, Link. Okay. >> And Wes, >> and they're at your apartment. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Waiting for 2 o'clock. >> Okay. And what happens then? >> Um, I finished helping him get dressed. I put him a belt on and he got into Wes's car. >> Okay. >> And they stopped at the gas station at Cynics for some iced tea. >> This is at 2:00 p.m. >> Yeah. >> Okay. cuz that's when he started getting really sick and really wobbly and I kept begging him to go to the hospital but Wes I guess talked Steve out of going to the hospital and it was just heat stroke. >> So let's we'll just finish this 2:00 being at the airport. So did they go to the airport? >> Yep. >> And what happens? >> There was nobody there. I ran around the whole airport. uh screaming, "Is there a lawyer here for Steven Riley?" Steven Riley sitting out in the car outside. >> So you you went to the two o'clock one with everybody. Who rode with who? >> I rode with Link. >> Okay. >> And he rode with Wes. >> Steve rode with Wes. >> Yes. >> Did Billy Cuz you've got Billy and Conrad, too. Did they go as well? >> No. >> Okay. So, just a couple of you went. >> Steve rides with Wes. Okay. And who stops at SX for iced tea? >> Wes and Steve. >> Okay. Is it just those two? >> Yes. >> Okay. And then you and Link, you got you just meet them at the airport. >> We followed them to the airport. >> Follow. Okay. So, you stopped at SX as well? >> Well, we got there right when they were pulling out the Senate. Okay. >> Type thing. You know, they got their iced tea. >> Okay. cuz we were a couple minutes behind. >> Okay. So then you all you all go to the airport. Where where at the airport? >> We went to not the main airport, but the smaller one first. >> Okay. >> Cuz Wes and his son were sitting there. I mean, uh Wes's son was sitting there. >> Okay. uh waiting for Wes and Steve and said this was the only airport coming in right now at 2:00. >> Okay. >> And >> that's when he passed out. Steve passed out for the first time. >> Okay. Is he in the car? Mm-m. >> He's outside. >> Yeah. He was standing on the side of the car and I turn around and he's on the ground. Where is that? Is that Are you guys like parked in the parking lot or? >> Yeah, the small airport. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> I guess it's called the charter. >> Okay. >> Airport. I I don't know. >> Like for the private flights. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, Steve is on the ground. Is he breathing? >> Yes. >> Okay. Is he awake? >> He woke up. >> Okay. After I stuck some ice cubes on I stuck some ice cubes in my hands and I stuck it on his neck right here. And that's pretty much when he woke up and started spinning around going, "What the hell happened?" And then I tried to put some ice cubes in his armpits, you know, cool down even faster hopefully. Okay. And that's when I started begging, "Can I please call the ambulance? particular ambulance and uh Wes started saying there's a ambulance bay right here, fire department ambulance. >> Okay. >> I was like I just want him to go to the hospital. I just I like but there's an ambulance bay right there. >> Yeah. >> Who said that? >> Wes. Wes. >> Yeah. And the son was saying oh it's just heat stroke. My wife just went through it this morning. I was like, "That's not good." >> So, how we do There's an ambulance there, Wes says. But then what happens? We don't He doesn't >> Yeah, we don't. Uh I listened to Steve and the other two saying just take him home and try to get him cool. and but she's like, "No, we got to go check the other airport first." So, we went to the bigger airport. >> Okay. >> That's when I ran around the whole airport screaming for Jared, lawyer guy, looking for Steve. >> That was at the main airport. >> Yeah. [snorts] >> And then I was like, there's nobody there. I even approached a couple people uh asking lawyer guy. They're like, "Nope, no lawyer. >> Where's Steven? Where was Steve?" begged Stephen to at least going home, sitting on the couch and drink water and calming down or, you know, getting some cold towels wrapped around him cuz again, I thought his son was right that it was heat stroked. But >> where was Steve at when you were in the airport looking for the lawyer >> in Wes's car? Uh Wes had it off and I kept begging him to turn the air conditioner on and pointing it straight at Steve, but uh he kept arguing about leaving his car on with the air conditioner running >> and he kept asking about the lawyer. So, that's 2:00 and the lawyer again doesn't show up. Is he Is Steve getting emails from him? >> I don't know. >> Okay. So, we don't >> uh That's pretty much when uh [snorts] uh Wes kept complaining about the lawyer. >> What was he saying? that uh Steve needs to tell him how to get uh they asked to get a hold of the lawyer, see if he's coming in at 8. And I think that's pretty much when I told Wes to shove the lawyer up his ass. >> Okay. >> And we'll contact you through a lawyer if he decides to buy the place. >> Okay. But >> so what do you think is wrong with Steve at this point? Like why why what do you think is wrong with Steve? Why is he sick? >> I thought it I thought they were right. It was heat stroke >> cuz it was uh cuz he wasn't puking yet. And it was like finally kind of sleeping in and out. He stays. >> He'd sleep for a little bit and then he'd wake up, drink some water, go pee, sleep on the couch, uh wake up. [clears throat] >> Okay. Was he complaining that he wasn't feeling well? >> No, >> he didn't say anything about >> No, he just uh like the last time he had to Oh, wasn't he stroked? Okay. >> I actually call the ambulance last time he was this coherent. >> How long ago was that? >> It was that I want to say 6 months, but it could have been longer. Um, but he accidentally grabbed on to a cup. Uh, it was when he was working on Jim's I think Jim's car truck car. I ended up having to call the ambulance. He wouldn't let me, but I called it anyways. And he kind of like finally confessed he accidentally drank some kind of fluid. >> That was about six [snorts] months ago, you said? >> Uh, it could have been longer. Okay. >> Could have been a year ago. Everything runs with my brain injury. Everything kind of smooshes and you know. >> Did he say what he might have accidentally drank? >> Uh I don't know. I don't remember. It has it had to be on the on the medical records. >> Okay. Uh cuz cuz the doctor came to me and said, "Did you know he drank this by accident?" I was like I had no clue. >> The doctor say what they thought he would have thought what they thought he had drank? >> Not back then. >> No. Okay. Okay. >> Okay. >> Then that he accidentally drank it. Are you sure he didn't do it deliberately type thing? M >> I was like, uh, I don't think he's suicidal, >> right? >> U, I can see him doing it on a dare against somebody. You know, >> where was he working on that car at >> in his garage? >> And Okay. The one at the apartment there. >> Yeah. He was stumbling around like that. I don't know. Okay. Is that the only other time that >> Yeah. >> that's something like that's happened? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Oh, when he drank vodka when we were living in Wilston, I made him quit drinking vodka. He mixed vodka and water >> so he could uh drink at work and he ended up passing out and smashing it. He uh cracked his sculp and put a big V in his forehead. >> Okay. >> I mean his skull. I pretty much put an end of that vodka drinking. So it's the last time you drink vodka. Okay. >> That I'm aware of. Okay. to get some water. >> Okay. >> I don't know what else to say to help. >> [sighs] >> She was just saying that um >> uh about six months, maybe a year ago, there was a prior um ambulance call up there uh where >> um it was maybe heat stroke, but um Steve said that he thinks he might have accidentally drank some kind of fluid from the garage >> um while working on a car. What happened with that ambulance call? >> Uh, >> cuz they didn't they didn't know if he drank fluid >> back then. I actually had Wes's vehicle to follow him to the hospital. So, >> but did they find that he had drank any fluid? >> Yeah. >> Okay. What did they say? What did he What was >> The doctor didn't tell me what kind of fluid it was. I was like, um, >> Steve didn't tell you. >> No. So, >> how would he accidentally drink fluid from >> I don't know. I don't know. That's what I said. >> What was he acting like when that happened? >> He was stumbling around acting like he had heat stroke type thing. >> Okay. [clears throat] Are you familiar with heat stroke? Have you seen people have heat stroke before? >> Uh, since I moved here, yeah. >> Okay. a couple times, but not really. >> Okay. So, I mean, I guess I'm just wondering I mean, if somebody were to say to me they were these are the signs of heat stroke, I wouldn't know. I have not experienced anybody with heat stroke. So, I'm just wondering how you would know. Okay. >> Uh, how do you know all that control? [clears throat] >> Uh, I Googled it. >> Okay. When did you Google that? >> God, the first time he went I end up calling ambulance. So like a 6 months to a year ago. >> Yeah. It'll mimic uh poisoning. I read this time. I read uh >> What do you mean this time? >> Cuz the doctor said it it looked like he drank anifreeze or had anifreeze in his system. So I Googled it and it had the same symptoms as heat stroke. >> Okay. When did you Google that? Uh the day he was in the hospital, day he went. >> Okay. >> And the day when I finally got there and found out that >> who told you something? >> Who told you? >> The the doctor. >> The what doctor? >> I don't uh same doctor that treated me my bug bites. What hospital? >> Trinity. >> The ER doctor or >> Yeah. >> He said it was uh just ingrown hairs and a headache. >> Okay. What this doctor's name? So if he treated you and Steve, were you you don't know his name? >> No. >> When did he? >> It's all my paperwork at home. >> Okay. >> Um my paperwork for my uh ingrown hairs and little headache. >> Okay. So this doctor, what does he say? How does he know that there's something that >> Cuz apparently he did a blood test by the time I got there. It took me about 2 hours to walk there, but I got picked up almost I was almost there to the hospital. >> Who picked you up? >> A friend of St. an older lady that he knew. >> What was her name? >> Lindsay Laura. Stuff like that. >> How she recognized me from uh uh you know she rode there uh her bike there. And Steve introduced us. >> Rode her bike where? >> To our place. >> Okay. So, she had come to your apartment before. >> Yeah. >> And you met her there. And where did she see you this day? >> On the road >> on Broadway. I was walking on Broadway. I was just made it to uh Billy's and Lynn's. >> Okay. What were you going to do with Billy and Lyn? >> Uh I begged him to take me to the hospital. >> Okay. from there. But, uh, they we're busy, they said. >> So, I was like, "Okay, well, >> and then this lady just this lady just happened to see you." >> Uh, yeah. She's driving by. Okay. >> And picked me up. I made it to marketplace. She pulled into marketplace, >> okay, >> and saw me and says, "Uh, where are you headed?" I was like, "To the hospital, Steve." And she's like, "Steve's in the hospital. Get in the damn truck." >> Okay. So, you're saying all this happens at 2, but he went back to the airport at 8 at night. Is that right? >> This is the next day, >> right? But I'm talking we're talking I'm still I I understand that's the next day but where I left off basically was we're at the airport still at 2. Um so I'm just wondering he did Steve went back to the airport at 8:00 that night 6 hours later. >> No >> Steve did not go back to the airport at 8. Wesley's son went was there. >> Wesley's son has been at the airport every time that this flight is going to come in. He's been there at 11:00. He's been there at 2:00 and now he's at there at 8. >> No, he wasn't there at the 11 one. >> You said he was. >> No, the 2:00 one. I don't know if he was there at the 11:00 one though, cuz I wasn't there. He rode his bike to the 11:00 one. >> Okay. Okay. So, I'm confused cuz I wrote that he didn't go to the airport because he was really sick at 11:00 and Wes's son went. No, he rode his bike to the 11:00 one. Okay. That's why I thought he had heat stroke. Okay. >> Cuz he was drinking beer all [clears throat] day. He was working in the garage. He was spray painting his truck, you know, with the doors and the and the windows closed and barely drinking any water. And he rode his bike there and back. And I figured it just Okay, they were right. That was heat stroke by time Wes was taking us to the 2:00 one. that answer that. >> Yeah, I'm just uh >> that's why I was thinking that his son was right that Wes and his son was right. It was heat stroke. >> So, nobody goes to the airport at 8:00 at night. Is that right? >> His son Wes's son was hurt. Yeah. Got the 8:00 one waiting. >> Are you Am I wrong that I'm understanding this the way I'm understanding it? >> No, she she did backtrack when we got times off. She did come back and say that uh Steve rode his bike at 11:00 a.m. and then rode back home because the lawyer was a no-show. >> Okay. >> Got [clears throat] an email saying that he should be there at 2:00 p.m. >> Everybody goes >> Everybody goes at 2. >> But I have an 8:00 p.m. here. 11 to 8:00 p.m. >> Yeah. And then she's saying that at 8:00 p.m. Nobody went up there but Shannon. >> Okay. >> What's his son? Correct. >> Yeah. Okay. Steve was too sick at that time. He was just laying on the couch. >> And nobody shows up again from the lawyer. >> Yep. There was nobody there according to Wes's. >> And Steve is not communicating with the lawyer at all at this point. >> Yep. >> Who is the lawyer communicating with? >> I don't know. I was wondering the same thing. >> Okay. So, no one knows who's communicating with the lawyer, but somebody is because he says he's coming back at 8. And so, somebody goes there at 8, right? >> Yeah. That's pretty much when I got mad. >> You got mad at who? >> Wes. >> Okay. I don't really give a damn about the lawyer showing up at No. >> Okay. >> I I told him I don't give a damn if the lawyer shows up with the money or not. I'll contact you through a lawyer when I give him the paperwork for the property. And when he gets the money for the property, we will go through the lawyer to give it to you. >> Okay. from here on out. That's what I said to Wes if he gets his inheritance. And I basically kicked him out there >> because Steve was at home at for the 8:00 p.m. flight laying on the couch sick. Uh Wes was there with you guys and it was just Wes at that point? >> Yes. >> Okay. So after you kicked Wes out, I started rapping. That's when Steve stripped down naked pretty much half naked and started crawling on his hands and feet to the bed. I was like, "Babe, just let me call the hospital." He's like, "No, I just need some sleep, but I ain't drunk. I ain't drunk." >> Was he drinking? >> Yeah, the beer all day. >> How much How much do you think he had to drink? >> Almost a whole case. From what time to what? >> It was three beers left. I looked in the case. >> And when you say a case, you mean a 24 pack? >> Yep. >> Of what? >> Cooler's light. >> Regular size cans. >> Yeah. 12 oz. >> So he drank almost a whole case of beer. From what time to what time? >> I have no clue. >> You don't know when he started drinking? pretty much when he got out of bed. >> Do you remember what time that was working? >> I honestly don't know. >> Okay. >> It was early early. The birds were chirping and >> Okay. What time? >> Barely daylight. >> What time he stopped drinking? right before he went to take a shower to meet up with his lawyer at with Wes and me >> at two >> at two. >> So he he consumed almost a case of beer in >> Oh, he drink more than that. I've seen him drink a couple cases. But on that day, >> yeah, it was a case of beer >> from probably 6:00 or 7:00 in the morning until 2:00 in the afternoon. So >> 5 to 6 hours. Does that sound right? >> Probably. Okay. >> Did you drink anything else? >> Uh, just the glass of water that I brought him and his tea. I made iced tea cuz he begged for iced tea. That's pretty much it. Glass of tea and a glass of ice water. He came in a couple times to cool off in front of the airport in the front of the air conditioner while I was working on the truck with uh Link, I think. >> So, you made iced tea? >> Yeah. And he was outside working on the truck on Sunday in between the airport stuff >> or earlier in the day or what? You said he came in to cool off and stuff. >> Yeah. >> What was that? >> He was out spray painting it and uh putting spark plug wires on for what I saw in >> a Sunday afternoon. morning through. >> Okay. >> Uh other than him riding his bike, you know, he that was the only time he wasn't working on the truck or out in the garage. Did he eat anything that day? >> I tried to get him to eat some tuna melts. >> He wouldn't eat. >> Uh, he ate like a quarter of it. >> Was he not hungry or >> saying anything? Just he didn't want to eat? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> And I yelled at him, "You better eat. You promised me you take care of yourself." Okay. [clears throat] But he's like, "I'm [snorts] not hungry." And he slammed out the door, went back to work. I was prep is I want to say around 12:30 maybe. Think think it was 12:30. Okay. >> Okay. And he was out there working on it with Link, you said? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> When I started uh going out there and tech Yeah. Link was out there helping. >> Okay. >> And Billy and Conrad were there. >> Who's Conrad? >> I don't I don't >> just a friend of Steve or >> I guess. >> Okay. Someone I wouldn't like like Billy. I don't know. >> Had you met Conrad before? >> Not really. >> Okay. >> On a passing. >> Okay. Do you know his last name? >> No. >> Did he show up with Link or He? >> He showed up with Billy. Okay. >> And they were rooting through uh Steve's old engine that was on the yellow cart [snorts] in front of the garage and rooting through his tools. And they were basically rooting through everything looking for the metals for I'm assuming junkyard place or the metal where Billy takes metal to get weighed and gets scraps. Okay. [snorts] >> Okay. >> What time is it? >> 12:46. Um, so then after after you kick Wes out, he's the last one there, right? It's just now it's just you and Steve that night. And what happened? Steve, you said he crawls to the bedroom and goes to sleep. >> Mhm. >> Okay. What time was that at roughly? What time you kicked what? >> It was around the 8:00. >> Okay. appointment to meet his lawyer cuz uh Wes just got off the phone with his son. >> Okay. So, Steve went to bed. >> Yeah. Well, he wanted me to uh help him to the shower, but I couldn't lift him up. And I was like, "Well, I can wrap you up in some cold towels." And he's like, "Yeah, please." And I have to pee. So that's when I pretty much gave came up with one container with iced tea, one container with ice water, and one container for his pee. >> Okay. >> Cuz I couldn't get him to the bathroom. >> And he started using the one urinal, one container, a juice container for his urinal. And I kept the other two in the living room with ice and ice water. >> Okay. just like cups >> and I kept switching them out. You know, he'll take a drink of tea and then after tea, I made him drink more water than tea. Does that make any sense? >> Mhm. >> Yep. And then I'd soak his towels, resoak [snorts] his towels in cold water from the sink and wrap them up his arms and his inerts here. And at first he could tolerate it between his legs and then he started getting too cold down there. Okay. >> So I quit putting it down there. Hey Erin, can you step off? >> Sure. Yeah. We'll just uh we'll just hang out for her just so we don't have to play catch up again. So, make it easier. >> We waited this time so we don't have to backtrack. >> Okay. So, He's getting tea and water, cold towels. >> Mhm. >> Is he Is he talking? Is he conscious? >> Yeah. >> Okay. What's he saying? Is he sick? Is he throwing up? >> He just kept telling me, "I didn't get drunk. I didn't get drunk." >> Okay. But you said he was drunk. >> I don't know if he was drunk or not. >> You said he drunk the beer. >> Yeah. Uh Okay. >> I don't uh >> and he kept saying I'm not drunk. Why would he say that? >> I don't know. >> Cuz maybe he looked drunk. I don't know. I don't know. >> Okay. Was he Was he sick? Was he physically sick? Like throwing up >> at that time? Yes. >> Where was he throwing up? in the in the tub that I used for your hole. Juice tub. >> It's still sitting on the dresser cuz of juice tub. >> A plastic juice tub from dollar store. >> Oh, like a jug. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> He was throwing up. I guess I don't understand. Like what what's the opening like on the juice? >> Okay. I don't know what you're talking about. What do you mean juice? >> You talking about like a just like a regular juice container? >> Yeah. You know, uh you know those I don't know what a regular juice container is. >> Well, that's [clears throat] what I mean. Like is it does it have like a pore spout opening on it or is it just open >> with those lids you know that close and lock open? >> Um >> like a pitcher. >> Yeah. Picture. Okay. Okay. So, not like a gallon jar like you buy, but when where you make >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> We bought >> That's where I was. >> We bought three of them. >> Okay. >> One for ice water and one for deuce. >> Okay. >> Uh don't remember what the third one was supposed to be for, but >> Okay. >> Oh, iced tea. And I use the juice container that he makes his [clears throat] >> that flavored water and stuff that go in. Yeah. >> For his urinal and his bucket. So, when you find out this is supposedly poisoning now, >> Mhm. >> what are your first thoughts? >> Uh, tell me that again. >> You said the doctor told you it was maybe po he was maybe poisoned. Yeah. >> What is the first things that come to your mind when you hear that? >> Uh, this is not what I'm hearing. I don't know. Uh, this can't be real. Uh, how the hell would that happen? >> Okay, >> pretty much those words were running through my head and that's basically what came out of my mouth. Can you tell me that one more time, doctor? >> Okay. >> And then what do you think of anyone in particular? >> Uh, that's when my his friend the Laura uh says it's okay. We'll find out more when >> So she was there when the doctor said it. >> Yeah. Okay. >> She heard the doctor say that. >> Yeah. >> You You don't know a lawyer's last name or anything? >> No. >> Do you know where she lives? >> No. >> I didn't know her that well. Just the one time she rode her bike and she's overheating and she needed a place to cool down. >> Okay. So after the doctor says this then do are are you thinking like eventually like who could have done this? Who I mean who would have done that to Steve? >> That's what I was saying. I was like this can't be real. I mean >> Okay. But I know you had said to me you thought Wes or Billy would do it. >> Yeah. >> Why would you think that? >> Nasty people. >> Okay. But what would they gain from Steve dying? Wes, he pretty much lose everything. So, no. I can see him doing something sexual towards him. >> Okay. >> But not dragging him. >> Okay. >> Billy or Conrad? Yes. >> What would they gain? uh seeing Steve not getting his inheritance, stealing his truck cuz Billy's pretty much every time he's him and Lynn put Steve in jail, they actually stole stuff out of his truck or his vehicle that Okay. >> Uh Steve's owned. Uh just before we moved into the apartment, Steve had a Toyota 4Erunner. >> Mhm. >> Uh all that was wrong with it was the tires were flat. >> Okay. >> And every single part on that Toyota was gone. >> Okay. >> The engine, it was up on blocks behind the town houses out at the old raider race. Uh the engine was missing. underneath was missing, you know. I mean, it was stripped and he didn't even give Steve a week to come get it. Okay. >> I mean, it wasn't even a couple days. We were in the apartment. He went out there to go get it. And uh >> So, what would they get from getting getting the truck? That's all they would get. >> And the fact that then Billy I mean Steve >> I don't I don't know. I don't know how Billy thinks. He's messed up in the head. They're nasty people. I'm telling you. But that's the only >> I'm I'm not doubting that they're nasty. I'm just saying I'm just trying to wrap my head around who >> I don't see him really doing that. I could see Lynn more and she wasn't even there. >> Okay. >> She's more of the I'll poison you type person, you know. >> Okay. >> Then Billy. Um, Billy will just wait until you go to sleep and then steal >> from you, right? Type person. >> Okay. >> So, as far as you and Steve, >> that's why I'm thinking maybe Steve did it to himself because he couldn't face uh Wes, his sons, you know, that the inheritance wasn't real. It was a hoax. [snorts] He finally realized it was >> okay. a joke on him or you know it wasn't real. >> Uh I hope for Steve's sake it was but it was too fishy for me and yeah it's funky town kind of like west in the property. He's too weird. [cough and clears throat] >> Did Steve ever say when he got the money that he was going to leave? He wasn't going to go anywhere. He was going to leave you. He was going to give you some money and be done. Anything like that? >> He was off and on. Yeah. When we got into fights. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Was he going to make sure you got money? >> No. >> Okay. >> Cuz I kept telling him I don't want it. >> Okay. other than the money you bled for me from making me walk in 55 below. Uh that's what I made him promise me give back to me when I bailed him out of jail. >> Okay. >> I didn't even want that no more when we got into fights. I was like, "Nope, I don't want it." >> But you said you wanted a car. >> Yeah. >> So, were you hoping that he'd at least give you some money for a vehicle? >> No. Okay. No, I could put myself I I can He knows I could survive without him. >> Okay. >> I have survived without him while he was in jail. >> Okay. >> I have scraped out money when he left me for uh the the went to Devil's Lake with that lady. >> Yep. >> I have put my rent back together. >> Okay. >> I have paid my power bill back together. >> Did he go live with her there in How long has he gone there? uh before she turned him in to jail. I want to say two or three months. Maybe two. >> Oh, so several months. Okay. So, he just came back here before summer >> cuz you said Okay. So, that was fairly recent that he was with this lady. >> Okay. Um I guess I don't know. >> Okay. My brain injury makes everything run in together. The whole 13 years is like me. Could have happened yesterday. I could have got off the bus in my memory and walk into the motel. So I don't know. >> So obviously I mean we I mean >> I have frontal lobe damage so everything runs into you know. >> Okay. I don't I just know years I the year we got got to together the year we moved out from Wilston to be here type thing >> but everything's like mush >> okay >> so as far as money goes I mean I know We've talked to a lot of people and everyone said that you and Bill, you and Steve basically it was you said, you know, you guys were basically married. You had been together for a long time. >> That's what Yeah. >> Um, were you expecting that if something I mean you would get money? >> No. >> Okay. >> Like I said, I would have given it to his ex-wives [snorts] cuz they deserve it way more than I did cuz they were actually married. Okay. >> And I understand where they are coming from now, you know, cuz Cheryl stabbed him, I guess. >> Is that one of his ex-wives? >> Yeah. Okay. >> It's his first ex-wife. She lit literally stabbed him. Melissa won't talk to him at all. Put a restraining order against him. So, I don't know. But I understand where they come from now. You know, he's so stubborn and pigheaded. >> Okay. >> When he gets in that mindset, I'm going to do what I want when I want. Nobody's going to say different type thing. He gets into that type thing. I don't care what nobody says. But but that's when he lose faith and everything. >> Okay. >> That's how he deals with depression. Not like I don't think he'd actually kill himself. I think he get dive deeper in like belly >> type [clears throat] area. >> So you don't think Steve would actually do anything to himself? You don't think he would drink >> if he did? Uh, like I said, I could see him doing it as a dare. >> You know, I bet you a dolly you wouldn't drink that. >> Okay. >> Type kid behavior type stuff like I'm a teenager still in his head. But other than that, >> were you guys planning on moving out of the apartment at all? >> Yep. >> When was that going to happen? the second he got his money. >> That's what he wanted to do. >> Drop off his truck to his son. >> Move. >> We weren't going to move anywhere yet. We were going to drop off his truck to his son. >> Mhm. >> And then we were going to go to Vegas. He kept going back and forth from Vegas to Ireland. He wanted to get married in Ireland at first. Then he wanted to get married in Vegas. Ireland, Vegas. Ireland, Vegas. Okay. And >> were you guys getting ready to move though? >> Uh, vacation. >> You were getting ready. >> Steve wanted to go on a long road trip vacation type thing. >> So, no, you were not getting ready to move. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> He wanted to put cameras in the apartment, security cameras from like SRT. >> Okay. >> And in the garage, and he wanted to go on a road trip, >> look at property, uh, look houses. Um he said talked about going to New York, finding my cousin. >> Your cousin? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Oh, just stupid stuff like that. >> Okay. >> Uh going back to Washington, playing the game on his sister's, you know, road trip. Just >> so on the morning that you end up calling the ambulance in the afternoon, how what is Steve doing overnight? Is he sick? Is he sleeping? What's happening? >> Back and forth. He wakes up having to go pee. >> Okay. >> I bring him the urinal. He pee. >> So, he's communicating with you. >> Okay. >> And then I empty the pee out. >> Mhm. And he's uh I give him the water jug at that point. >> Okay. >> Is he drinking alcohol? >> No, just water and tea all night that night. He doesn't really like water. So that's why I had to do it. Mix it tea and water. You know, give him the tea first while he's peeing and then I put the tea up and give him the water. Okay. And then while I'm emptying the juice uh the tub of pee >> Mhm. >> in the toilet, he was drinking the water. >> Okay. >> He could hold his helen head up. He could, you know, hold the container >> or could not. >> Okay. >> Yeah. And he said he'd be just fine. [snorts] >> He said he would be fine. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Just let him sleep a couple more hours. and I really got to get going. >> Okay. So, I just have a lot of concerns here. Okay. And I'm just going to be honest with you. You told the paramedics when they were there that morning or afternoon that he had been drinking till 5 in the morning. That he had been consum consuming alcohol. That's on body cam. Okay. You said he was drinking all day the day before and that he drank his last drink at 5:00 a.m. >> Okay. And now you're telling me he didn't drink. That's not what you say on this video. Okay. >> I want to see this video. >> Okay. Well, I I'm not going to show you the body cam. I'm just telling you that that's what's on there. There's reports that Wes came to the house that morning and you said that Steve was at the walking clinic. >> He wasn't at the clinic. >> Steve didn't want to see Wes anymore. >> Okay. But Steve wasn't at the walking clinic. >> He was at the hospital. >> He wasn't at the hospital. He wasn't anywhere yet >> because that's been verified. He wasn't when when Wes was there. Okay. We >> He just left with the ambulance when Wes showed up there. >> That's not what's been reported to us. Wes was there prior to >> Yeah. The time stamps prove that. >> I want a lawyer. >> Okay, that's fine. Um, >> am I being arrested? >> Nope, you're not being arrested. We're just talking. So, but if you want to if you want a lawyer, we can stop talking right now. That's fine. Um, >> but I'm telling you the God honest truth. >> I'm not >> I don't know what happened. I WASN'T THERE. I WISH I WAS THERE. I WISH I WAS WITH HIM EVERY SECOND OF THE DAY THAT DAY. I WISH I WATCHED EVERY SINGLE BUT I'M NOT HIS GODDAMN MOM. >> You asked for a lawyer, Ena. So, we're just going to end this now. Okay. I'm not going to talk anymore. >> Enathia Canoyer was charged in October 2023 with class A felony murder in Ward County, North Dakota in the 2023 poisoning death of Steven Edward Riley Jr. in Minet. She pleaded guilty to that charge on May 26th, 2024 rather than going to trial. On October 16th, 2024, Judge Richard Hagar imposed the jointly recommended sentence of 50 years with 25 years to serve, 25 years suspended, 10 years of supervised probation after release, and 3,455 in restitution. She received credit for time served from her October 30th, 2023 arrest. As of the most recent verified reporting, Canoyer remains incarcerated serving that prison term with an estimated release in the mid2040s followed by the ordered probation. No later court action altering the sentence has been publicly confirmed.