Is there anyone in here? >> Okay. Okay. >> Hang on. Here, honey. I'm guessing you got >> You're going to be violent towards her. I'm not real big. I don't carry guns. >> Everything that we keep coming that we keep serving them right back to is a connection to this custody matter. >> Normally, when children are afraid, they run to their parents for help. But what happens when the real danger comes from their own parents and they have to ask someone else for help before it's too late? >> But I didn't fall off the couch. And then she sticks her fingers in my arm skin right here. And then my uncle came in >> and at first he slapped me in the back of my head and I said, "You don't have no reason." >> So you saw the uncle grab him by the neck and start walking away. >> Then I start pushing against the couch. >> Young man called said that you grabbed him around the neck, picked him up. >> These were the moments when children exposed their parents. We begin with a case where officers received a call about a mother threatening her son with violence after he refused to withdraw a complaint against her boyfriend. >> So what's going on between you and you and him? What? >> Why are you moving his stuff out? >> This is not his house. If I was kicking him out, I will not put him in the womb. You can't do nothing for him. Can you give him money? Can you feed him? >> I I own him, not you guys, cuz I own his health insurance. >> On August 26th, 2021, officers in Florida received a call after a teenage boy reported that he had been subjected to oppression and domestic violence by his mother. He claimed that she had threatened to harm herself if he did not withdraw a complaint he had previously filed after being abused by his stepfather. When officers arrived, they found the suspect removing her son's belongings from the house, claiming that he was not a resident of the home. >> Yeah, that's what he said. >> My older home, >> so that's why he moving at he's no longer living here. >> So the owner of the house can come back here. >> Where is he? >> Okay. Can I talk? >> Just the last step that I have. >> Can I talk to him for a minute? Do you mind? >> I'm not even inside. He just went inside. >> Okay. I don't know why he's doing that. Why? >> He just called you. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Hey, >> why you calling? >> Hold on. Let me >> You calling them? >> Yeah. Let me Let me talk to him for a minute. What's going on? >> Where Where you going? Where you don't Don't We're not going back to the house. Just What's going on? According to the victim, earlier that day, his mother had been pressuring him to drop the case against her boyfriend, even threatening to use witchcraft against him. When questioned about why she was removing only his belongings from the house, the suspect was unable to give a clear answer and instead began contradicting the facts that had already been reported. So, what's going on between you and you and him? >> What do you >> Why are you moving his stuff out? >> This is not his house. Okay, >> this is not mine. I have another home. >> I know. I understand it, but I didn't ask that. I said, why are you moving his stuff? He's don't belong here. >> The owner of the house have to move here. >> Are you kicking him out? >> I'm not kicking him out. If I kick him out, you will be in the suite. >> Did he say that he he he's moving out? >> Who? >> What? Remember what I told you like literally 4 days ago? >> Uhuh. That's make the kids messed up. I pay the bill here. I have another house. >> Right. But what he say? >> So I'm going to take whatever he like it or don't like it. >> I'm going to take that as No, he didn't say that. Right. >> What do you mean? Did he say that he's going to move out? >> I move him in another house. >> You're not answering my question. Did he say that he he's going to move out? >> Of course, he want to move. >> Okay. >> He can't live here. >> Ma'am, did he say that is what I'm asking. You're not answering my question. >> What do you mean if he say >> Did he say that I'm going to move out? >> Is he going to pay bill here? >> Okay. You're not. >> Did he pay the mortgage here? There. No question. Listen, I could call my brother. He's a detective and he's a lieutenant. >> That's perfectly fine. >> Give him a wolf on top of his head. >> Okay, but >> you can feed him and give him a call. Give him nothing. >> But you're not answering my question though. Did he say he's going to move out? >> Yes. >> Or or is that >> he agree with me to move out? >> You want him to move out? >> No, no, no. He agree with me to move out to another place. >> What? >> Which is he doesn't have to pay a dime. He has a roof on top of his What else can you >> paying the bills is is beside the point. >> He cannot stay here. >> He didn't give you any. >> The owner of the house have to come back here. >> Are you going to let me talk for a minute? He did not give you permission to go in his room and remove his stuff. >> Yes, he gave me permission. >> No, he did not. >> The suspect continued to explain that the reason she was removing her son's belongings was because of an upcoming move. However, her arrogant attitude combined with the previously filed case led officers to realize that this would now become another report against her. This time for attempting to pressure or intimidate a victim. >> If he want to be homeless, I can let him be. >> So, you're still trying to act as his parent, not as like his roommate. Cuz he he is an adult and he lives here. >> What do you mean roommate? >> Cuz he is an adult. You cannot you cannot parent. >> Well, I can I can kick him out for good. So, he be in the street. >> So, you're trying to kick him out now. >> I if I was kicking him out, I would not put him in the womb. >> You're trying to kick him out of this house, though. >> He has a womb. He has a another place to live. He has too much option. That's why he's doing that. >> He's not doing anything. He's literally trying to trying to >> calling you. He don't have no business to calling you. You can't do nothing for him. Can you give him money? Can you feed him? >> You can't kick him out of out of the house he lives. >> When he's out, go look at his room. Everything is already clean, >> right? You you moved his stuff out. >> He has another room, >> right? >> And he has another address. >> But you moved his stuff out of his room. >> Change. Everything's changed. Okay. I changed it because Okay. As long as he's in my in my >> You move the stuff out of his room though, right? >> On my roof. I'm in charge of him. >> Okay. Nobody else is in charge of him. >> Okay. All right. >> All right. You can tell him that. >> All right. I'll be right. I'll be right back. >> At this point, exhausted from living under constant threats and violence, the teenager decided to file another report against his mother. The evidence he showed officers revealed just how disturbing his daily life had become. >> All right, raise your right hand for me. Just want to affirm everything you wrote in here and told me is true. True or correct to best your knowledge? >> Yeah. >> All right. I know you already signed, but can you just date that for me? Today's the 6:26. >> Do you have any uh desire to prosecute? >> Yeah. Can you grab me one of those, please? And then a uh victim pamphlet. And then uh Marcy's law as well. I'm sorry. All right. So S. So what this is is basically a form saying that you do want to press charges. Okay. I know you told me, but we still have to get on a paper. So, what's need all your information private? Um, you will put print your name there, sign, date, and put your date of birth. Uh, and I know it the the form we did before is for the other case. This one is going to be for this one. >> With this statement, two reports had now been filed within a short period of time. There was little doubt about what would happen next for the suspect, especially since officers had warned her just days earlier about the consequences of her actions. What's cover? Oh. There's one right there. See it? >> The doorbell rang, right? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Make sure I wasn't just imagining things. She said she say, "Hold on." >> Said open. >> Oh, I don't know. Oh, I think it's the rug. What happened? >> All right. So, can come here for a second. Let me let me explain what's going on. Okay. >> I was shooting you. >> You're good. Do you do you remember a couple days ago where I told you that you can't like threaten him and make drop the case? >> Who threatened? >> No. Do you remember a couple days ago when I when I said that to you? >> Mhm. You're do you're essentially doing it right now. >> What do you mean I threatened him? >> Cuz you you told him that he needs to drop the case otherwise you're going to kick him out. >> At this point, officers were in disbelief at what they were hearing. According to the suspect, she believed she owned her son simply because she provided financial support for him. >> Say that. >> You did. >> No me. Listen, >> I understand that. >> Listen, if you're here, okay, this is not your house. This is my boyfriend house. [ __ ] problem. If you have problem I actually peacefully okay if the man pay his house he bought his house he pay his bill by Monday he's going to be the first pretty soon so he's going to pay his bill and he can come and sleep here he have to sleep in the motel do you think he's right >> well I'm not I'm not asking about that >> okay okay I have place >> which is he be safe >> but he does he want to go >> listen that does not say So whatever he like it or don't like it, I'm pay bill for him. I take care of him. When he's sick, I have to take care of him. Nobody else. Any I I own him, not you guys. Cuz I own his health insurance. If I pay for health insurance, I'm entitled to do anything. If he want to be an adult, he can go out and rent his own apartment. He be on his own, not under people. Woof. You got to tell him that. >> Okay. All right. Put your hands behind your back. >> Got that one? >> Yep. >> So, you're under arrest right now for tampering with a witness and burglar. >> What do you mean burglary? Burglary who? >> Cuz he has a fourth amendment right in his own room and you entered his room. >> No, no, no. He doesn't have his own room. >> All right. Come on. And I'm going to give him my car. I promise him to give him my car. >> Do you want him to have your car? >> I was going to give him to him. >> Okay. >> Faced with overwhelming evidence of multiple legal violations, officers had little choice but to act against the suspect. >> Look at me. Mom, >> can you stop for a second? >> Hiccup. >> Hello. >> Stop. Stop. Should open the door. All right. Let me see this. Have a seat. Just watch your head. You got it. Have a seat. >> Ma'am, can you have a seat? >> This hand. This side. >> Hey, have a seat. Thank you. >> So, you don't want him to have your car? You don't want to give him the keys? >> What do you mean? >> Do you want him to have the keys to your car? I gave him I told him I'm going to give him my car and I give him another room. >> Okay. >> So he doesn't have a trouble in here. >> Okay. >> What else can I do for him? >> Where is all his clothes at? >> He's living in another house. His address is already changing. >> He knows the address. >> Do he know his address? He living in my old house. >> That's what I'm asking. Does he know the address though? >> Of course he know. Ask him for his driver license where he live now. >> Okay. All right. Well, >> he doesn't live here anymore. >> Okay. >> And I don't force him to do that. He's He agreed with me to move out here. >> Okay. All right. Well, just watch your I don't want to hit I don't want to hit. Thank you. Do you know the address where she moved all your stuff to? This is This wasn't her hand, too. I'll give that to you. I don't know what it is. Do you know the address that she You live here. Okay. This is between me and you and him. You live here. We We all know that. She cannot kick you out. She cannot make you do anything. She was telling both of us that she owns you, and that's not true. You are an adult. You make your own decisions. She can't make them for you. Um, and she can't force you. >> In the end, the suspect was arrested and charged with domestic battery, tampering with the witness, and robbery. Up next, a couple's argument over something minor quickly escalated into something dangerous, and their own children were forced to witness it all, eventually becoming the ones who exposed their stepfather's violence. >> Have you been using my shower? I was like, "No, I had showered in almost 2 months." She rushes out of the bathroom into the bedroom. I'm sitting on the bed like this. She still got toothbrush in her mouth, toothpaste all in her mouth. She slaps the hell out of me. >> So, back to the after she slapped you, slapped the hell out of you, she said, "What then?" What happened around 800? >> I'm not going to lie. It's somebody watching like you can't use it every day cuz you're a woman or whatever. Yeah. He just jumped up on the bed and back smacked. >> I Yes, I reacted a back slap her. >> On September 4th, 2022, officers from Methar County responded to a domestic disturbance call after an 11-year-old girl reported that her mother had been assaulted by her boyfriend. What initially appeared to be a routine call soon revealed an unexpected motivation. >> Good morning. >> Good morning, ma'am. Sorry about this early on a Sunday morning. Uh talk to my son. >> Is this Adonis? Adis. >> Adonis. >> Adis. Okay. >> Adonis. >> Mr. Yes, sir. >> Officer Eaggan Methark County Police. We got officers over there. Apparently, there was a call over I guess at your girlfriend friend's house. Hey, Shaquille. >> Squo. Okay. Make sure I try to pronounce it right. >> Y you can come in. >> Okay. Thank you, ma'am. So, what what happened over there? >> I wake up to her getting out of bed to take a shower. >> Yeah. Okay. I see her. She had a towel on. Good morning. She walked over to grab her shampoo. So, >> Uhhuh. >> She look I guess she stood there for then I heard her call my name. She was like, "Have you been using my shower?" I was like, "No, I had showered in almost 2 months." She let go walked in, took a shower. >> Guess something you want to say? >> Yeah. And I just wanted permission. Sir, he's been staying over there with her for about three four months. >> March. >> Months. Okay. >> And myself and my brother, I just I'm that parent who I don't get in your relationship, but I know when something is not right. >> Right. Right. >> I've been praying for this to end. >> Okay. >> He comes here. He stays over there. He works every day. He works basically Monday through Saturday. He comes here and showers every day. a lot of mornings before he even goes to work, he comes here, uses the bathroom, showers, does all that. And I just been wondering why are you >> Oh, that's that's going to be the next question. Why is that going on? >> Yeah, >> because I had to stop using the bathroom there because it was a problem. I left the door open once you >> But your boyfriend and girlfriend >> Yeah. left the door open one time and she went ballistic. So I told her, "I won't use the bathroom here no more." The man was identified as Adonis, an employee at a plant nursery. What should have been a minor issue spiraled into an argument over something as trivial as bathroom access. >> The shower, it doesn't drain. It takes almost an hour for the water to drain out. And I I get dirty. I work at a plant nursery. I deal with plants. So, I'm dirty. >> I have a lot of dirt on me when I finish showering. So, I don't want to have to stand there and wait every time I take a shower to have to clean the tub off. >> So, I just stop to end all that. I just come home to my mom's and take a shower. But this morning, I guess when she went in, she got even more mad thinking about it cuz she probably pretty much used it all up. Came back, she asked the kids who's been coming in here using my stuff. Of course, they say they don't they haven't been doing it. They don't know. But I have times when I come there after work and I know I haven't been showering there. My towel is wet. My rag is >> So everything's over a towel. I mean over a shower >> over over her her um the stuff she uses to shower with. >> I'm saying that's what started the whole >> that's what start I was in the bed. I'm literally still laying down cover over me. >> I hear her come out then she comes at comes for me again. So that's when I got up start putting my stuff on. She starts getting loud and I had that's I got loud back with her. I have not >> everything you tell me. >> Yeah. And I I have not been >> cuz we haven't talked to her. There's another officer talking to her. So we're getting we're getting your half of the story. We'll talk to them on the radio in a minute. >> Officers soon sensed the situation spiraling out of control. Fueled by the couple's volatile temperaments, what seemed like a routine domestic dispute was now unfolding into something far more serious. >> And we go start to get loud. She's in the bathroom brushing her teeth. >> She rushes out of the bathroom into the bedroom. I'm sitting on the bed like this. She still got the toothbrush in her mouth. Toothpaste hollow mouth. She slaps the hell out of me. Slaps the hell out. >> Where'd she hit you at? >> Right here. >> Okay. >> Right here. For the second time. That's the second time I've been hit in this eye today. It's not this one. >> Today or before? You get hit before? >> I got hit today. I've been hit another time. >> The second time was a previous day. >> The second? Yeah, this was a previous day. I want to make sure it wasn't today. >> Three or four times I've been hit on been beat on by her with a phone to the back of my head. >> Police called every time or is this the first time? >> Um she I think she pretended to call the police one time. But >> I'm saying you haven't as far as No, I I haven't called no police or anything cuz she's been wanting me. This will be the first time that we're being notified of of that. Okay. >> And see, that is a mistake with so many young men. And I tell you that, >> well, I'm going to tell you, men are bad about all that. Men men will also refuse to go to a hospital. >> Yeah. >> And and I've only met her like by speaking to her when she was in the car with him like, and I went to the door to speak to her because this is who he's dating, right? >> So, I'm going to try to be cordial. >> She has three kids. He doesn't even have children. has always said he don't even want you. But you trying to help her. >> That >> her oldest child just started middle school. >> Mhm. >> She's transitioning from a school that didn't do uniforms. >> She bought the unifor. >> Them children have never even been in my house. I don't even know her kids' name. I bought her daughter's uniforms. >> And the other daughter, the dad did nothing. >> I just been praying, officer. >> Yeah. It's >> because I knew from I'm a woman. I've been around people who I've worked with children 25 years, retired from Clark County School District 2018, now work for Athens Clark County at the elections office. >> As the investigation moved forward, cracks in the family dynamic became impossible to ignore. The couple's troubled past, long witnessed by those around them, now stood as silent evidence of a deeper problem. Something that even for the officers could not ignore. But I did say to him a few weeks ago when he said that about her putting his her hands on him, you need to call the police because what she's going to eventually do, she's going to make it look like it's you. He gave her money almost $400 about a month or two ago to take her car to get it fixed. She goes to spend the money on something else. He I'm not saying this cuz he's mine. I'm saying this cuz this is what he's been trying to do to help her. But she has shared her stories of her former boyfriends and baby's daddies of them climbing up just her baby daddy >> and putting father putting a gun on her and all that. She likes that lifestyle and so she's at him and I already knew when he came here and I knew I said she's going to call the police today cuz she's mad about the body wash or whatever. She's trying to blame somebody else for every single >> issue. 83. Okay. All right. So, >> so back to the after she slapped you or slapped the hell out of you as you said what then what happened. >> I'm not going to lie. >> At this point, the investigation continued as officers spoke with Adonis's girlfriend. While her account aligned with what Adonis had described, the outcome told a different story. One critical detail stood out. >> You can hang up and talk to us if you want to. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I have two of them right here. >> What happened? >> Um got the kids cleaned up as I went to take a shower. So when I went to take a shower, I got ready, reached my body wash out my choice. >> Mhm. >> So I'm like going, "You used to buy the body wash." Like, "No, no, I ain't that [ __ ] in like two months. I ain't even took a shower here in two months. You just mad or something." I was saying something about like no I know you just let one of the last one of you every day. Everybody watch like you can't use it every day cuz you're a woman or whatever. Yeah. Then he just jumped up on the bed and back smacked me cuz I'm standing right here by my pole bed. He was just getting out cuz he tell you he about to leave. But I guess son came over here and he back snapped me like right up in here. >> I Yes. I reacted with a back slap >> and I grabbed my stuff. She told her kids called the police. >> When you say when you say you back slap her was just one swag. >> Did you hit her or have contact? >> Yes, I did. >> Where did you hit her at? Oh, I was right here in her cheek. >> On the left side, she was facing window. >> If I'm facing you, if I'm facing you, it was on her right. >> Her right cheek. >> Okay. >> Uh, >> do you know if you left a mark or not? >> I doubt it. >> Okay. >> I doubt it. >> So, it was open. >> Was it open hand or a fist? >> It was open hand. >> Open hand. It was open. She came She came out of the >> You said backhanded? >> Yeah. She came out of the house as I was getting in the car and we made facial contact and there was nothing on her face. So, was there anybody else in the room when all when when she hit you? >> Oh, her keys were standing at the doorway. Let me see for a second. >> Mine's charging right now. >> Good morning. >> Look. So, >> what Adonis had failed to control had now escalated into the couple's case. With minors involved, he knew the consequences would no longer be small. And that realization began to set in. >> How many kids were in there when that happened? >> She has three kids. So, all three were, excuse me, all three were in the room. >> I know. I know at least one was right at the doorway. The other two are shorter. They were probably behind her. The oldest one is um >> The oldest one's at the doorway. >> I think she was right. >> So, she would she would have seen you get slapped. >> She saw it. That's what we're asking. >> Honestly, even if she did see it, she's the type of mother she's probably there now. They're not going to bag me or anything. It's everything is going to be against me. I already knew this was going to happen. That's how she is with her kids. She always goes to her kids to get consolidation or whatever. Then this happened or ain't this then this happened or then this person say that. >> Yeah. >> So I'm I'm not >> How old is the oldest kid? >> I think now he's 11 or 12. Sixth grade. First year and sixth grade. >> The other two are one's in fourth and the other one's in third I believe. >> And here I am trying to be miss >> and they how I do with people. Every year I help somebody's child do something regardless of what my I got. >> I even had I set a backpack with stuff in it for the youngest child then ordered the other one and but you still haven't face to face or even had him call me on the phone to even say thank you. >> I asked her last weekend would she go out on a date and meet my mom eat. >> She looked at me crazy. >> Wow. >> I'm prepared for us to go out that Friday and I contact him. I said we >> thing with you and your family. Uh it's last Saturday and he just replied no. And I didn't say anything and I'm thinking well maybe they doing something else. This is your mind game. You're pretending you want to try to get to know me because my son has a relationship with your mom. You don't want to get to know me because you probably can look at me and tell that I'm the mama who picks up on the BS. >> If this is going on like you said, >> stay away. >> You need to find somebody. >> I am. Don't you don't not have I do not like I don't want to be beaten on. I'm a vet. I've served this country. >> Yeah, that's your picture right down there. Yes, sir. >> That was I went to his graduation on the National Guard 88. Um I refuse to be beaten on. >> With the situation far from solved, officers turned to the key witnesses, the girlfriend's children. What they revealed would shift the investigation, uncovering details that had been left out and making Adonis' situation significantly more serious. >> Is that y'all's mom? >> Okay. So, how how many of y'all saw what what happened? >> I did. >> Okay. This happened. Is that your dad? >> Step. >> Step. Is that your dad? >> They all got the same day. >> Okay. >> He's supposed to been like in the neighbor. He been the job court cuz you already like the only child. >> Mhm. >> And you really pretty much kind of like sport. Your mom do anything for you and dad, but you act like they don't. >> Can y'all tell me what what y'all saw? Oh. I heard a smack noise and I went in there. He was in front of my mother and then when she had took out and his gun had >> he dropped the gun. Where did he drop the gun at? >> At the door and then he get it back. >> Okay. >> And he gun already went off once and and broke my window back. >> Okay. Was that recently or a long time ago? like >> like a couple years ago or like a few weeks ago. >> I'm right here. I was with my dad like >> Okay. >> Like if you go to the backyard, you can see it. >> Okay. I'll have to go look at it here in a minute. >> As the investigation unfolded, the children began to reveal disturbing threats made by their stepfather as new details continued to surface against Adonis. >> Multiple different kinds of liquor. He don't stick with one particular guy. >> Yeah. I mean, alcohol, >> get another guy or whatever. They mix brown like whatever. By his own mom, you can tell he don't done drugs over the years and stuff like that. I think he got a bad nerve problem. >> Okay. >> Cuz he got chased real bad. >> Yeah. >> Real mad. >> What is y'all's relationship? >> We was boyfriend and girlfriend, but like everything just keep going like this. And I never been like that. And he bothering me. I don't argue with nobody. Don't argue with him like everything every other day. >> Yeah. >> Even when I'm just trying to let him come to the house. Yeah. But he welcome me. He know it's my home or whatever, >> right? And he flipping it on me. Like sometime I see that he had a problem. He might facetime me. He have a good attitude and later on see if people tell me to miss sometime. So I might sit there here and you come in and come in all mad or something or straight up my step. I come down. I don't say nothing to like if I got like she wait. I don't know what going through. So, did you actually see the smack or you just heard it? >> Yeah, I saw him smack my >> You saw him smack your mama? Did Did you see him do anything else other than smack her? >> Okay. What kind of gun was it? Do you remember? >> It was a pistol. You remember what color? >> Black. >> You seen it, too? >> The ant on my neck. What? >> I mean, it fell all the way up. >> Do you remember where it fell from? Like was it in a pocket or in his waistband or >> It was a head of clothes he had in his hand. >> Okay. So he was carrying in a pile of clothes. Okay. And when it dropped, you said it dropped like right here >> like >> at the bottom of the steps. And when he picked it up, did he put it back in the clothes or did he put it in in his pocket? >> Okay. Does he have any other things here? >> Nope. He take it every time he leave. >> He take it every time he leave. I'm going to say he come with what he have. He might spend might bring a duffel bag. >> Okay. So it's like an overnight kind of thing and then leave. Okay. >> So he accused you of using your of using his body wash for several times that kind of thing. >> No 10 miles. >> So he got mad at you for using your own? >> No. He got mad cuz he said he haven't used it in about 2 months. >> I was like I don't use He told me I use it every day. I'm like no I don't. Okay. >> It's not the kind of model I use every day. You know what I'm saying? >> He So you just mad that it was getting used up? >> I don't know. The one lost it. >> Okay. I think he just mad cuz it was a little confrontation. >> What was the confrontation other than that then? >> Well, the dispute over the body wash, >> right? >> He's saying no. And I'm asking the question. >> You're saying he was just mad because the body washes. You were using it again. >> Cuz I'm asking him about it. >> What were you asking him about? >> Did he use it up? Cuz I told you I don't use it every >> Okay. Okay. Okay. I'm tracking. I'm tracking. >> Okay. >> I got you. I got you. I got you. Okay. Did you use this up? I said, cuz I thought you said you were going to replace it. >> Yeah. >> No, I ain't use that [ __ ] up. I a time I took a shower. You ain't took a shower here too. I'm like, well, the last time I asked you about, you said you going to replace it. >> You were going to take a shower, grab the body wash, notice it was light. I asked him, "Hey, have you been using it?" He said, "No." Got angry about you asking um you know, you said, "Well, you know, you say you're going to replace it. If you going to use it, that kind of thing." Got angrier, got up, backhanded you >> cuz they couldn't believe and they was >> okay. Okay. So, he didn't hit you any more than one time. Um, you hit him back. Did you hit him open hand, close hand? Okay. Did he hit you open hand or close hand? >> Back hand. Okay. >> Okay. He didn't hit you in the stomach. No. >> Okay. Uh, was there any other kind of physical confrontation? Did he grab you? Did you grab him? Did you push him? Did he push you? >> That's it. Hey, man. I don't really want to do no more than that. >> Okay. >> At this point, there was no escape for Adonis. The weight of the evidence and the number of witnesses stood firmly against his words and he was about to realize this. >> How long have you been over there now? It's been what? >> Since like uh end of March. Like after March 20th about 5 months basically. >> You said in the past 2 months you've had to come back over here and do your showers every day, right? >> Yeah. If I take my work clothes over there in the morning, when she wakes up at 6:30 to get them up, I automatically get up, go to my car, and change in my car. I put my clothes on in my car. I do not I don't even change in there. See, I didn't know he is that extreme. >> The reason was that because she didn't want the kids to see you changing. Is that or or >> I don't want her to She says a lot of um degrading stuff about me for no reason. Um like when we argue and the kid and the kids might be around, she'll tell the kids, he might swing on you or something. I've never been that type of person. I I would never hurt a child. >> This guy doesn't sound like somebody you need to be with. Not just for your sake, for your children's sakes cuz they don't need to be around that. Um, look at the um bullet hole that shot >> from negligent discharge. >> That my kids mattress back that together. >> When did that occur? >> Could have been dead. You got to ask the girls cuz we was in here scared and they scared of course there. You did not reply to me when I'm holling like, "Hey, you all right?" You like, "Yeah, later on I call your name sometime in the kitchen. I'm scared." >> Okay. the door, you know, shot through my bedboard. It shot through the wall with the kids running out the window. >> Yeah. >> You supposed to be replacing it. You ain't telling your dad. >> When did that happen? >> It probably was like May, June. >> Okay. >> You said you've been slapped before. >> Oh, I've been slapped. I've been slapped. I was Today was the second time I've been beat in the back of my head with a cell phone. I've had my cell phone thrown at me. >> Uhhuh. >> Full force. About as close as we are. By her? >> Yeah, by her. So, I'm >> So, there's been there's been three different instance where she has swung or attacked you. >> Yeah. >> 295. All right. Well, apparently they've talked to the kids and um >> they going to have we have to based upon what the other officer said to I'm not sure what the charges. We'll find out for you. But yeah, >> without resistance, Adonis stood there knowing his fate was already decided. >> He'll find out what the charges are for you. So she is pressing charges. >> Well, the problem is it falls under family bond because y'all live together. >> Oh my god. So at that point it's not it's not up to her. It's up to the officer base upon there's no probable cause. And the reason for that is the state has mandated us that since January 1st, 1994. She does have visible injury on her face and on her chin area. I guess you'd hit her >> pretty hard enough to be able when you back backhanded to be able to show. >> And she's lightkinned so it probably didn't show it first. Just >> do you want me to get your phone out your >> pocket? Or one of them. Don't matter. Yeah, you can. >> You can. >> He's been cooperative with us. I mean, >> yeah. >> Look at me. >> Tell her >> you going to get through this. Look at me. You're going to get through this. We're here. And I just pray to God that this is a big wakeup call. When this is over, don't you ever go back that way. Do you understand me? I love you. We going to get through this. >> And I told the officer that you when you hit back is reactionary because she hit you first. >> I guess maybe the kids are not saying totally everything. Unfortunately, when you have somebody that's a witness like that, the judges do take that consideration. You should be able to get out by morning anyway because they'll have the bond hearing. >> Yeah, it uh it's Labor Day, so it runs 10ish. >> It runs a little bit later, like 10:00. >> It's still in the morning. Still you still should be out have time to go back to work. Okay. So that should hopefully that shouldn't interfere with your work at all. Have you ever been involved in a domestic violence incident before? >> No, that's why I say the one I have had was with the kids that had and I only had that first child, my oldest one. >> Okay. Ain't time to get that for you though. >> In a way, it may be a blessing in disguise cuz it may this may help you not to want to go back over there. >> Love you. >> Love you, too. >> All right. In the end, Adonis was booked on charges of family violence battery, simple battery, disorderly conduct, two counts of cruelty to children in the third degree, and two counts of violating a family violence order. However, during the court proceedings, some of the charges were dismissed through null proquay. The remaining charges, disorderly conduct and two counts of violating a family violence order resulted in a $10 fine and 12 months of probation, along with a no contact order with the family. Moving to the next case, officers received a call from a desperate girl asking for help during one of her father's violent outbursts. Over the phone, officers could hear the victim screaming. >> Can you just explain what happened? Why you called? >> Let me talk to the guy that right here is old. >> What was the screaming about? >> There's no fight. >> So, who called 911? What did they tell you? >> Your daughter did. And all we heard on the line was screaming and call 911 help. >> I'm asking you because I do have the right to ask and you know that you have the right to tell. >> So, currently under arrest for domestic battery. not not resisting. >> On April 1st, 2025, officers received a call reporting that a young girl was in danger after accusing her father of violence and mistreatment. Officers quickly responded to protect the victim, but they did not expect to be met by a suspect who showed complete hostility toward them. >> Hello. >> Hey. Hey. >> What's going on? >> I come from a family of coppers. >> You guys are cheating on getting older copper. >> Excuse me. You know what I'm saying? >> You don't know how old I am. >> Well, there he is. There he is. There's the guy. >> We need We need a guy. We need a guy that's older. >> Excuse me. I'm I'm talking to you. What happened to you? >> I understand what you're saying. I understand what you're saying. >> My age and my gender doesn't have anything to do with this. >> You're doing your job. >> What can I come from a family of coppers? I get it. >> What's your name? What's your name? >> Wait, wait. I come from a family of coppers. >> Okay. Way back. Like my my dad's uncle was >> Let me just explain what happened. Why you called? >> Let me talk to the guy that right here is old. >> I need a guy that has a >> We're the same age. We're the same age. I have 15 years of experience. >> What can I do for you? >> How about calm down first? This is not one of these things where like this is going to go the wrong [ __ ] way. >> So, what happened? Start from the beginning. >> Yes. >> Okay. You just came in. >> I don't know. I think >> Don't do that. Don't do that. >> Don't do what? >> You know what? You know what you're doing. We need some light here. >> Don't shine a light in my eyes and turn off the light. >> I'm not shining it on you. >> Well, actually, you really >> So, what happened? What happened? >> No, don't do this. Let me talk to you. Do you have a [ __ ] Do you not have like like a [ __ ] >> like like you know like sergeant or somebody >> I can talk to >> I have the most experience in this house right now. So >> right which is which is which is which is a little concerning. >> I've been up for 15 years sir. >> I'm not saying you guys aren't junior jobs and I respect you and I I am 100% in your favor. >> You know how many years 15 years is? >> You know how many years? Just talk to me. >> You know how many years? Like how many six years? There's nobody on here that has she's got two uncles. >> Her cousin is a sergeant. >> At this point, a female officer attempted to speak with the suspect and question him about what had happened during the call involving his family. However, his sexist comments toward the officer only grew more aggressive. >> Did you get hurt today? >> No. >> Did you Were you fighting with someone? >> No. >> Who was fighting? >> No one was fighting. There's literally no fighting. >> What was the screaming about? >> There's no fighting. >> Why did we Why are we here? We got called Every single car is here because you guys were screaming on the phone. So, >> and you're asking you guys? I wasn't screaming on the phone. >> He looks like He looks a little young, too. Anybody that's like a little >> Sir, I'm 40 years old and I have 15 years. Do you want to talk to me or not? >> Do you want to talk about cops? >> Can you sit down? >> As the investigation progressed, tensions continued to rise as other officers attempted to question the suspect. But his disrespectful behavior never stopped. And with every evasive answer, the officer's frustration only intensified. >> I'm only taking the report. So, you can either talk to me and explain what's going on. >> I'm not gonna not gonna give you a report. Give me a report. What I'm saying is you need to dig into the guys. >> You know, you need to dig into the guys that have been around the block a few more times than you have. Not because you don't know, because they're older. Well, that's hard. Do you want to tell me what's going on here tonight? Why you're here or no? Or or do you want to tell me why you're asking me these questions? >> Cuz I'm a police officer. I was called here because someone called 911. I'm here to investigate. I'm giving you an opportunity to tell me your side of the story. If you would like to not give me your side of the story, then that's fine. We can go through this figure everything out without talking. >> Are we going to have a conversation? >> I'd love to. >> So So who called 911? What did they tell you? >> Your daughter did. And all we heard on the line was screaming and call 911 help. He's hurting me, >> right? Who screamed? >> Your daughter, >> right? >> Okay. So, what's the issue? >> I'm not I'm not sure what your point is here. >> So, that that eye injury is from >> So, you got here, you started knocking on the front door. What happened after that? >> You need a guy who's got a little more. >> Okay. There is nobody else. So, would you like to explain to me or not? >> My grandfather's a copper. >> Two of her dead uncles were coppers their whole lives. He was a copper and she's got a cousin that's a sergeant. You know what? How about how about, >> you know, we we like get a guy here. >> [ __ ] like, you know, temperature down a little bit. >> No. >> What temperature? No. Well, no. I haven't talked to you. >> Listen, I I respect you and I and I and I and whoever I don't care whether you respect me or not. Just if you would like to tell me your side of the story, here's your opportunity. If you'd like to forgo that, then we're done. N >> fantastic. >> After multiple attempts to conduct a peaceful questioning, officers were met with nothing but resistance. At that point, they had no other option. But even at that moment, the suspect's attitude never changed. Hey, let me get >> All right, sir. Go ahead and stand up for me. I'll place you under arrest at this time. Okay. Okay. Go and place your arms on your back. >> Thank you. >> I think he has my cell phone. Can you guys get it? >> He has your cell phone still. >> You want me to un so I can give her a cell phone or give it to you? I will give it to you. I'll give I'll give it to you. >> Yeah, we'll grab it. >> Okay. Fair. Fair. >> Do you have any guns or anything on you? >> No weapons. No weapons. >> No weapons. You want to check me? >> I'm clean. You know, you don't have to cuff me. >> Well, we do. >> We do have to. >> I I hear you're under arrest. locking. >> Your superior should you have to. If they were here, they wouldn't happen. >> We have several superiors here. >> You know what I'm saying? >> You know, there he is. There's a guy. There's a guy. >> These are double locks. They're not going to lock up anymore on you. Do you have anything illegal on you? >> No. >> Nothing. >> You want to search me? I'm I'm not going to search. I'm not going to resist. >> I appreciate that. >> You know, you want to search me? >> I'm legal. >> Very good. >> Yeah. >> What are you looking for? >> Do you Do you have Do you have her cell phone? >> Oh, that was what he was. >> I I I not going to resist. Do you want to find it? I'll I'll find it or you find it. I'm not resisting, >> you know. I appreciate that. >> Let me ask her if that's her. >> I have my cell phone. Is this is this your cell phone or No, it's probably not cuz it's got >> that's probably hers down there temporarily. You drive here. >> How did you get here? >> At this point, now that I'm in custody, should I speak? >> You're in custody for a battery. We're asking you how you got here. >> I'm just asking. You have car keys right here. So, I'm just asking the street. >> Well, I'm asking you because I do have the right to ask and you know that you have the right to tell. >> So, currently under arrest for domestic battery? Not not not resisting. >> At this point, after months of enduring violence from her father, the girl could finally feel safe in a place that was supposed to protect her >> and not in a bad way. >> My boyfriend, please just come here. Papa just got arrested. I have her just looking for battery and I don't know what else. Okay. I'm scared, Mom. Was this in his pocket? >> I'm I'm not resisting. I'm okay. >> Good. I appreciate that. >> What's in the plastic bag? >> Nothing. >> Yeah, I got you. I got you. >> Everybody want to walk them out. I'm going to just grab the rest of this property. >> Awesome. That's what I heard. All right. >> You want to put him in somebody else's car? That way they can take him and you can come back. >> Yeah, that'll be You got to talk to you. >> You got it. You know what I mean? You're good. You're good. >> Okay. All right. Two. I don't know if anyone can tell me what to do. >> Yeah. Yeah. Oh, I got you. >> I got you. Okay. >> In the end, the suspect was arrested and charged with battery. Next up, officers received a disturbing call involving a mother who refused to share custody of her daughter with the child's father. An act of violence was carried out against the victim in front of the young child, something she would remember for the rest of her life. >> Mommy did it. >> Mommy. Mommy. Mommy. Mommy. Mommy. >> Mommy. Mommy did what? >> You know where I was. You know who I was with. You know what I was doing. You know who I contacted. You What? What else can I do? >> And everything that we keep coming that we keep circling right back to is a connection to this custody matter. I'm not saying you're violent. >> I didn't do this at all. On March 19th, 2023, officers in Navar, Florida were dispatched to an apartment complex after receiving a report that a shot had just been fired at the location. Officers responded immediately, but upon arrival, they discovered the situation was far worse than initially believed. >> I got a subject down over here. >> He's in front of 406. >> Hey. Hey. Who's in here? Is there anyone in here? Okay. Okay. >> It's okay. It's okay. Come here. Come here. Come here. >> It's okay. >> Come here, baby. Come here. Come here. Come here. >> Hang on. Come here. Come here, honey. >> Come here, honey. I love you. >> Rosa, we're going to need a victim to have you make and see us soon. >> Inside the apartment, officers found a toddler, later identified as 4-year-old Presley. As they searched for anyone else inside, they found no one except for the girl's father lying on the floor with a fatal gun wound. The apartment was otherwise empty, but whatever had happened inside had been fully witnessed by Presley. >> I know, honey. I know. I know. What's your name? >> Brother. >> What's your name? >> Brother. >> How old are you? >> Mommy. >> You want mommy? Where's mommy at? >> And where? I need >> It's okay. >> It's okay. So >> So where's >> Okay, come here. Hey, let's >> Where's mommy work at? >> Is she work? >> Where at? at my house. >> At your house? >> Yeah. >> Where's your house at? >> Okay. Come here. >> Come here. We're going to sit on my truck. Okay. >> Okay. Okay. Do you like Skittles? >> No. >> You like Skittles? >> Mommy. >> Mommy. Okay. >> Mommy. Mommy. Mommy. >> Mommy. >> Do you want to watch some YouTube? You like watching Mickey Mouse? >> Mommy. >> Huh? >> Mommy. >> Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. >> Mommy. >> You know that one? Mommy. Mommy. Mommy. >> I'm trying to get Mommy, baby. I'm trying. >> Not trying, sweetheart. >> We'll put Mickey Mouse on if you want to watch it. Presley was visibly distressed after the horrifying scene she had witnessed. She cried out for her mom and dad, but officers still didn't know who her mother was, and her father, later identified as 24year-old Colby Vincent, had been pronounced dead at the scene. While some officers stayed with the child, others continued working the apartment, hoping to uncover what had happened that day. >> Yeah. What kind of GSW? >> Take it off. Contact the neighbors. >> Anything? >> Nothing. >> Hey, go upstairs. >> Okay. Got the keys here. >> Yeah, I'm guessing head >> in the back. >> I'm guessing I'll go like this. 14 in the back of the head. I think a lot of I think the hoodie caught a lot of what was the spatter. So >> it's possible on top of the >> possib they did I think he cuz they wanted to check the leads and we wanted to >> I don't but I don't think he was moved too much. I think he was still relative. >> I've been looking. shining. >> Yeah. >> No, that's a piece of little plastic. >> Yeah, I I kept seeing silver in here, too. >> Did you get his ID phone? >> Uh, he did. >> Out of his pocket. Did you Did you tell if he had a cell phone or anything on it? >> There was a cell phone right there in his in that pocket. >> It was connected to the wallet, but >> So, yeah. >> Snatch the little girl. >> That poor baby. >> No. So that car right there belongs to him. >> Um the back the back door is a jar and there's a kid seat. >> He's got freaking groceries with freaking frozen stuff there. >> Okay. >> So that's super I don't I took a picture of the receipt was hanging out of a bag later on. get video or whatever. It looks like he had taken one load in and set on the counter and then bring in >> a second. >> Yeah. >> Where's that GSW right right there? >> Probably in the back of So, see the back? See the hoodie where it's kind of saturated. >> Yeah, now I see it. >> And that would explain why we don't have a good scene for there's not a lot of blood around. >> I mean, there's a little bit right here down by his feet. >> Yeah. So, >> so I had two cats he was stopped with back in 2019. One of them will be about his age at this point. >> Okay. >> As the investigation unfolded, officers began speaking with neighbors, searching for any detail that could give them a light. >> Did you hear anything or see anything, anything like that? >> We just heard um we were both outside. He's my husband. We just heard a gun. It was somewhere over there. >> Talk to me. >> There was a news that walk this way. Uh, he said that he told us to go inside cuz he said that he heard something and he said that he thought about the drop. I don't know, but I don't know. >> Listen, if not you, it's not you. >> Hey, man. That's 104. He's with us. Hold on, man. Sorry. Let me get you. Take your cuffs off. I'm going to take them off. >> So, somebody up there said it was you. >> Oh, >> here, bro. Who's Who's the guy you saw? What did he look like? What is he wearing? >> It was a white dude. >> Six foot white male. >> Um hat. He was wearing a sweater as well. >> You remember the color of the sweater or anything like that? >> He was also holding like a paper bag or something like that. >> Say it again. >> Also hold like a paper bag. >> Okay. But you don't remember what he was wearing or anything? >> Will you help me take this off? >> Okay. Hey, look. You guys might be with us cuz Joel wouldn't mind just hanging out over here just for a couple minutes. >> We're over by the bike. >> Yeah, just by the bikes, man. Were you the one that heard something or saw anything? >> I'm sorry. >> Did you hear anything or see anything? I'm talking the guy that I was walking the other police >> that I was walking down halfway when I heard the the shot. >> Mhm. >> I didn't know what's so um I'll stop right there and I was like what was that? And um when I uh start walking again downstairs with my I saw that the man on the floor with uh blood and I saw a guy walking >> uh to the the pine needles who was walking right there. >> Um and uh the the neighbors were there just getting more >> Yep. on the motorcycles. >> Yes. >> Um and I'm pretty sure that when he was walking, >> he said that what you did and he kept talking >> but I couldn't hear anything else. >> Okay. Super. >> What the neighbors shared proved to be both valuable and crucial. According to their accounts, the suspect was a white male, approximately 6'2 in tall, wearing a white t-shirt and a cap. But one detail stood out above the rest. One witness recalled hearing the man, "That's what you get." As he walked away, a chilling hint that the crime may have been driven by something deeply personal. Unfortunately for officers, no one was able to see the man's face. Meanwhile, back in the patrol car, Presley remained in a state of pure shock, visibly horrified by what she had witnessed. Mommy did it. >> Mommy. Mommy. Mommy. Mommy. MOMMY. >> MOMMY. Mommy did what? >> Sounds like she's asking for mommy. >> And Sam's coming. >> Where do you guys go? Here, look. You want this? You want this? Look at the horsey. >> You see it? It's okay. Why don't you hug the horsey? Hug him. >> Give him a hug. >> Just squeeze the huggy or squeeze the horsey. >> You want to hold the horsey till mommy did? >> Yeah. >> You want to hold the horsey? The horse will make you feel better. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. There you go. >> There you go. And then you can show mommy when she gets here. I'm going look on Facebook. >> That's what I'm trying to find out. >> I'll just check Facebook. >> Did anybody get a good look at his face yet? >> Good look. >> Oh, yeah. >> The victim. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Well, I didn't. I just seen them laying on the ground and the little girl came out. So that's why it does that look like the victim? >> Yeah. Shorter hair tattoos. Mhm. She'll eat all kind of reverse she would know who mom is. Yeah, this is going to be him right here. >> Rachel Moore. >> Rachel Moore. >> Yep. Why can't they see that? >> Make sure this is him. >> At this point, officers made a simple but crucial move. With little information available about Colby and his past, they turned to social media and quickly found a profile that matched the man identified at the scene. But the discovery didn't stop there. As they scrolled through his older photos, officers realized that the girl's mother was a woman identified as 25-year-old Rachel Moore. Before they could take any steps to locate her, however, someone appeared first. >> Um, who you looking for? >> Um, my granddaughter came to stay with her dad. It's the first night in over a year. And, um, my this is my best friend. Her kids live upstairs called her and told me >> that something's going on over here. And I just want to make sure that she's okay. >> Yeah. There's no penal here. I don't know. >> Um, yeah. Well, >> you you said you need four. No, hold on. Calm down. I don't know if it's the right if it's the right door or not. Um, >> so you're a relative 406. I I'm going to pull the phone out. >> Unit 406. What's his name? The guy that >> Vincson. >> Um, I'll find out for you. Are your uh grandparents or >> she's grandmother? >> The baby's grandmother. >> Okay. I'll be right back. >> The uh four-year-old's grandma just showed up. >> Hey, Sam, >> where are you parked at? Where are you? >> Are you like in the line of cars by the pickup truck? >> Okay. Grandma just showed up. Is that is that the mother? Was that his >> I think that's going to be his girlfriend's mom. >> I believe so. I believe so. >> Um I'm about to ask him. Do they do they want her to just meet up with Sam and stuff or >> Yeah, we're going to have a detective talk to them first. Minutes after officers arrived at the scene, Presley's grandmother, Christina Moore, also arrived, claiming that someone had told her about the shooting and that she wanted to know if the girl was okay, although she was clearly concerned about Presley. Officers found it particularly odd that she had shown up so quickly, hoping to understand who the woman was and whether she could provide any crucial information about the case. A detective took her to the patrol car. >> Okay. >> All right. This is Colby over here. So, I'm sorry. And you're you're Preston's mom. >> Presley. >> Presley. I'm sorry. >> No, I'm not Presley's mom. I'm Rachel's mom. I'm Presley's grandmother. >> Presley's grandmother. >> Okay. >> What did he do? Can you tell me? >> Well, that's what I'm we're going to try to We're trying to figure out here. What's your name, man? >> Christy Mo. >> Is Colby okay? >> Colobby is not okay. um Kobe disease. >> So that's why that's why this is imperative to try to figure out as much information about what's been going on with him lately. It's our experience. These don't happen at random. >> I have to call her mom. >> We're we're working on that. >> We're working on all that right now. All that is being taken care of. All that is being taken care of right now. Okay. >> Oh god. >> What's been going on with Colobby lately? What has he been involved with? Who's he been talking to? Anything we know? >> Oh my god. To be honest with you, I haven't spoken to him in almost a year because we have been in a custody battle with him because he wanted her. But his lifestyle was not something that we really wanted with Presley. The court case. I don't know what happened there. It's all got screwed up. And they >> What's going on with court? >> They gave him 50/50 custody after not seeing her for an entire year. This is the first time he saw her in a freaking year. Oh my god. And we even said it out loud to the freaking judge >> that you were >> that we were scared of his lifestyle. >> Of Kobe's lifestyle. >> I don't know what he's been up to. Hopefully, I pray to God that he would pull his head out of his and >> Christina appeared visibly horrified by the situation, giving the detective all the information she had about Colby. It was then that the detective learned that Colby and Presley's mother, Rachel, had been involved in a custody battle and that their relationship was deeply troubled, a detail that would later prove crucial to the investigation. >> Well, tell me about Kobe. >> Stuff that you that you know about >> Kobe is a great person. Don't let me skip. Kobe loved him just like he was one of my children. He is oh my god. He he got infatuated with drugs and he swore to me that that's all he was doing. We found pictures of him dropping acid this that and the other. He's dropped a lot of weight and so he filed 50/50 custody. He was only getting her for like 3 or 4 hours on a Saturday anyway. So, whatever. >> When did that change? >> Um, about a year ago. >> The 50/50 custody. >> That happened today. >> Oh, that happened. >> We went to court last Monday and he got her for the first time today. >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> You're fine. >> I try not to vomit. >> Oh my god. >> So, did Kobe did they did they meet up somewhere to pick her up or did they >> at Publix at 6:30? >> Okay. Me, Rachel, Chris, and the baby. And Rachel and Chris stayed in the car. I walked her over to him. Oh my god. >> Well, who is Chris? >> Rachel's fiance. >> Okay. >> And they've been together 2 and 1/2 and 1/2 years, I guess. Oh my god. Have we witnessed this? >> I don't know. I haven't gotten that that far. >> Oh my god. But anyway, I haven't seen him in a year. So, has he straightened his life up? I don't know. I don't know. Obviously, not. >> How did the exchange go? >> It went fine. Okay. >> Yeah. I just walked over to him and I asked, you know, I didn't ask him anything. I just >> Oh, I did ask him. I said, um, do you have child care set up for this week? Cuz this is the first time he's had her and I know he works. How did you get how did you get notified to come and come up? >> Dustin and Shelby Henderson live up in 430 or 431, something like that. And um they called their mom. >> And that's my best friend. Kim is my best friend in the world. >> That her her kids >> her kids live here. >> As the questioning continued, Christina told the detective that after a long court battle, Kobe had been granted custody time with Presley. Something that deeply unsettled the family given Kobe's troubled past. However, while Christina seemed to believe that painting Colby in a negative light would help, it instead led investigators to a single main suspect in the case, her daughter, who clearly had a motive against Kobe. After hearing Christina's account, an officer headed to Rachel's house to deliver the tragic news, paying close attention to how she reacted. >> The detectives are on their way. And then I said, "Um, what's going on? Is Presley okay?" And she hasn't responded. >> I'm gonna sit down on this. I don't if I fall, just don't laugh. >> I won't laugh. I promise. Um, I was told on Monday that I had to drop her off on Sunday and I said, "Okay, >> I did that. >> You're not We're not here to We're not here to We're just We need to calm down. You need another beverage or anything like that." Okay. >> You caught me as I was going downstairs. >> Sorry. Sorry. Like I said, my name is Detective Ralph. This is Detective Austin. >> That's my little cousin Steve. >> It's all right. Uh, we work for the major crime unit at Santa Rosa. Um, >> when's the last time you saw Kobe? >> Um, on the screen on Monday, but uh, we dropped her we dropped Ky off to him today 6:30 in public, but I didn't. I thought it would be best if my mom handled that. So, I said bye to her and I hope she has a good week. I didn't have to say anything. So, you said the last time you saw Colby was at 6. >> I didn't see him. >> Okay. Who dropped who dropped Colby on there? Or who who did the child exchange? >> My mom. It was me, my mom, and Christopher, and our baby in the car, but we didn't get out. I just sat in the car and let my mom do it at public. >> Did you guys What were you guys? >> The The black one that's out front. I don't know what it is. >> Your mom's car. >> Isn't her mom's your mom's car? >> Is there a black car out front? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah, my car, there's a small car, and then there's a white one. >> Yes, the black out there. >> Rachel appeared visibly anxious about the officer's presence at her home. And as the conversation continued, she went on to share details about her troubled past relationship with Colby. >> So, Publix in Navar, you guys did the child custody exchange. Um, was anybody with Colby? >> Not that I knew of. My mom said no. >> Okay. Are you guys fiance? Sorry about that. Congratulations. Um, >> how long have you two been together? >> Um, >> about what? 2 and a half, three years. >> Yeah, just about that. >> Um, do you communicate with Colby on a daily basis? >> No. Okay. >> This is this was all thrown at me at random on Monday. And what was >> um about 10 months ago the government I had government assisted um Medicaid and food assistance >> and so with that they go after the father for child support >> as natural. So that went through the system. Well, then 14 days later, he filed for 50/50 custody after not being able to see her after just repetitively putting her in bad situations. And I was like, "Look, I I can't do that. Not 50/50. She doesn't I'm not comfortable with that. You You don't take care of her enough for that." So, he got mad at that and then served me with 50/50 papers >> and that was the date. Uh, >> just give me a rough time frame. A month. >> A year ago. More than a year ago. >> Yeah, about 10 months ago. >> Okay. Okay. Perfect. >> Yeah. >> Gives me a little time frame. >> Yeah. About 10 months ago. >> And then on um so I got an attorney and I told him everything that was going on. And I showed him all the evidence that I had and he said, "Well, with this evidence that you have, you don't have to continue to let her go because if she does get hurt or something happens to her, then it's on you." And that terrifies me. And >> I would pick a different person, right? That be on you. >> So I just He dropped her off the last time and she could barely stand. Her pupils were so about 10 months ago. >> Yeah, it was um about maybe 11 months ago. >> Rachel told the detective the same story her mother had shared. Colby had a history of narcotics issues. The family didn't want him anywhere near Presley and they claimed they had no idea who might want Colby gone. And with each passing moment, more details about the troubled dynamic between them continued to surface. >> What was he doing? >> Um >> that the harmful situations >> uh he would smoke and drive. He would drop smoke and drive. He would drop acid and drive around. He would car Yes. with her in the car. He was growing shrooms in our house. He was bleeding >> just substances just everywhere on our coffee table that was about this high. >> And at after 6 months of my kid being born and me trying and trying and trying to get him to better his life. I was like, "Buddy, you cannot be the drug dealer with a baby because it puts her in a dangerous situation. I need to go home." So I packed up and came home here. >> Here. Okay. >> Here. And then >> um >> was he a drug dealer? >> He was selling and acid and shrooms. So I mean it's not coke or anything crazy. >> Pretty minor stuff. >> Yeah. >> Pretty minor stuff. We can all agree on that. No heroin, no meth, no crack. Yeah. Pretty minor stuff. >> Not that I know of. But it was just it was stuff that was enough to get my our child taken from us. Like >> by DCF? >> Yes. By DCF. Don't travel with in your vehicle under our car seat. >> Don't sell the drugs in the car with your child. Don't smoke a blunt driving down the road with her in the car. Like have some kind of common sense. >> This is He looked me in the face and told me when I came home and he was shaking our baby that shaking baby syndrome is not a thing. that I'm just being dramatic. >> So, it scared me and I was like, "Look, I got to go home. If you want to clean up your act and come to my house with me, you can." So, I brought him here and then I >> within the last 10 months. >> No, not within the last 10 months. Longer than the road. This was >> forever ago. >> Yeah. Forever. >> Yes. In the beginning, whenever I was still trying to work everything out for the better. >> At this point, the detective still hadn't told Rachel what had happened to Colby. But after gaining a clearer picture of the former couple's relationship, it was time to deliver the horrifying news. >> So, your daughter is fine. Um, I cannot tell you a whole lot due to it being an active criminal investigation, but has passed away. >> Where's Presley? >> She's safe. She's She's with him. I assume by now she's she's already with your mom. She's She's perfectly safe. She's perfectly safe. Nothing has happened to her. Um, but Kobe has passed away. I can't tell you that. >> Was she with >> I don't she see >> I don't know all the details. Um there's a lot of moving parts to this case. Um there we've got several detectives. We've got a lot of people on scene right now. Uh my job is to come over here and speak to you. Um let me ask you this. Do you know of anybody that would want to hurt him? I don't got to push him out of my life as far as possible. >> I don't know. >> Um, >> what was he like? Um, did he did he mention any plans tonight that he had anything going on to you? >> The only thing >> The only thing that I got told was I asked my mom how it went. She said um she asked how that she knew they had to work this week. Does she need any money to wash the kid? And he said, "No, I've got it all covered. Tell Noo-Noo you'll see her next Sunday." And that was Noo-Noo. That's my mom. >> That was She said that they were supposed to be going back to his apartment. Should have been simple. >> Should have been simple. Why >> get through this? >> And ma'am, I am really sorry. Um, but your daughter is safe. Um, so right now we're just trying to figure out exactly what what happened. >> So So what happens now? >> Well, I mean, as far as um as far as what? >> As far as I mean, I guess you guys don't really know. You guys are here for a different thing. >> Sure. Well, it's it's an active it's an active death investigation. Um, >> so right now we're just trying to figure out exactly what's going on. Um, someone did cause harm to him. That's the furthest I can go to tell you. Um, so right now we're just trying to figure out, you know, that's why I was asking about the potential drug dealing. Do you know anything about a potential case that he had out of Scambia? a criminal case that he had out of Scambia that he's on probation for. Do you know anything about his probation? Why he's on probation? Anything about that case? >> I didn't know he was on probation. I knew Well, I I didn't know that he had gotten arrested. I knew that he got arrested for um the drugs with Presley in the car. And then >> when was that? >> That was July 2019. Okay. >> That's when I came home because I couldn't convince him. >> I saw that. I saw that in our our system. I saw the traffic arrest that he had in our system. But I I didn't know anything other than that. >> At first, Rachel's reaction appeared to be that of a woman who had just lost her child's father, deeply worried about what her daughter might have witnessed inside that house. But as the investigation moved forward, that image began to crumble. Surveillance footage from a neighbor captured the suspect, and officers noticed that he matched the same description provided by witnesses. Not only that, but they were also able to identify the suspect's vehicle. And one witness recalled hearing the person say that Colby wouldn't be a problem anymore. All of this pointed to a calculated crime, one carried out by someone with a personal motive against Colby. When Christina and Rachel tried their best to present themselves as innocent, they made a critical mistake. By claiming they didn't know anyone who might have wanted Colby harmed, they inadvertently led officers to a troubling realization. Some people clearly disliked him. Then at this stage of the investigation, all evidence and footage pointed toward Rachiel. As a result, she was taken to the interrogation room where investigators began dismantling her web of lies. Though not without her making every possible attempt to escape responsibility. Obviously, you can agree this is a pretty serious situation. So, just trying to make sure everything we could cover and I haven't had a chance to speak to you yet. I'm Detective Kelly. I'm I'm his partner. So, just you know, he said I'm I'll kind of play catchup. I talked to your mom last night for just a few minutes. So, I kind of just kind of got previewed into everything. Um, I want to kind of start with >> Same. >> Um, kind of this, you know, what was what's been going on this last year with like custody cuz >> um, honestly, this last year hasn't been bad. This last year, 10 months ago, he said, "Okay, so in order to understand, you have to go back. We had our kid and he decided that the drug life was for him and I decided that's, you know, it's dangerous for our daughter. So, I moved back home and then at 14 months old he moved or at 14 months old when Presley was 14 months old, he moved out and then for a while he was getting her every Saturday for a couple hours and that was fine. And then it was to where oh I can't get her because my roommates are doing coke or I can't get her because I got this going on. I was like okay well I don't if you're if you're going to be around that and on that I don't I don't feel comfortable letting her go with that and you're posting pictures of dropping acid and driving around smoking like you're just you're not making a you're not making responsible decisions. You're making me nervous. and the fact that you posting all of this with her included, it's making me nervous. So, um I had her under uh government assisted food and government assisted um health insurance >> and whenever you do that, they go after the other parent for um child support. Well, whenever that went through, 14 days later, he turned around and said, "Oh, well, all of a sudden, I can get her 50/50. I'm definitely not comfortable with that." No. Um, what are you going to do during the week when you have to work? I'm going to leave her with my girlfriend. No, she does the same things. No. So, um, at that point, I got a lawyer and he said that if, um, she gets hurt on his watch, it's just as much my fault as it would be his fault because there is nothing in writing or anything that says that she was supposed to be there or he was the one with her. So if she accidentally grabs his coke or acid or whatever he leaves laying around and eats it and overdoses and I go to jail because of child neglect and abuse and death. And >> for several minutes, Rachel once again explained what her relationship with Colby had been like, walking investigators through every detail that painted him as troubled. Before this interrogation, that narrative had seemed believable, portraying Rachel as someone forced to deal with her addicted child's father. But this time, things were different. She wasn't being questioned as a secondary figure in the investigation anymore, but as the main suspect, and investigators began treating her as such. >> Well, you know how you how you mentioned so that you saw the judge's point of view, right? >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, I I want to put you in my shoes for just a second and make you >> understand. And this is why we keep we're trying to clear out as many people as we can and talk to as many people we can. And this is why. Okay. So, we'll start with going back to court. Okay. Obviously, this has been a long standing court battle and it did not go in your favor. Um, so the I'm sorry. So, the very day that he gets to meet up and take his daughter, who he hasn't seen in >> almost a year, >> a year. >> Yeah. >> Um, he turns up deceased, >> right? You can see why I'm panicking. >> Okay. >> I know how this looks for me, y'all. >> I know. Okay. Okay, but I want to point them out. So, I want you to understand this. Okay, we show up on scene very quickly after the after the fact the call is made. And at that time, we learned certain information from like your mother who said she showed up not knowing that anything had happened, but that she was told that there were lots of police at the apartment building. >> She's nosy. >> She's nosy and she's real concerned about her grandbaby. that's where she was going to be. She's got Kim has got kids that live there and said, "If anything I don't care if a frog farts, if anything happens, call me." >> Right. >> And that's what happened. But >> and they were watching and they were trying they were told to keep an eye on Kobe. Right. >> What's going on >> on everything, >> right? >> Just this everything. Yes. >> So why didn't they point out to Is it your godm? Is that is she your godmother? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Why would they not point out to her that that it's pretty clear that something's going on at Col's apartment? Why would they not have that information? >> Again, I wasn't told anything until they got at my door. >> I was told, "Hey, I'm going to go see Kim for a few minutes." >> Okay, I'm going to stay here and watch my movie. So why didn't they So they didn't tell So >> your mom just left without telling you that she was going to go over to the apartment. >> She said I'm going to go with Kim for a minute. Why would she tell me she's going to the apartment that I just left my kid at? I would want to go. >> Well, she just got told that there's that the building is surrounded by a bunch of cops. That would seem to be some information to pass on to you. >> Not if it's not something >> because obviously you are very >> obviously you're very upset about the situation your daughters in. Why would she not share that information with you? >> Because she didn't know details. >> Rachel's story began to slowly fall apart and investigators could see it happening in real time. According to both Rachel and Christina, the grandmother had shown up at the scene after learning that a large number of officers were at the same location as her granddaughter. However, Rachel claimed that Christina hadn't told her anything because she didn't have enough details. Even though simply knowing that police were there was by itself a significant detail and this was far from the only crack in her story. >> Okay. But she knew that the police were there. >> Yep. >> Right. Okay. And then she seemed very surprised that it had anything to do with Colby when I told her what was going on. I don't understand how she would not have that information if Kim's kids live right there. It wasn't a mystery. What apartment we were at? It wasn't a mystery. What was going >> What was going on? >> Sir, I don't understand your question. Are you asking me if my mom knew? >> No, no, no. I'm trying. I just want you to understand the >> I understand >> the other perspective. Okay. >> Call Kim and she can show you the messages that got sent to her about the scene. >> Right. But I'm talking about how it's it's odd that that information did not get pushed to you. Why stress me out more knowing that my world's already stressed at max? >> Well, why wouldn't you? Why wouldn't you? Why would Why would >> Why wouldn't I go? >> Yeah. If you if if there was something going on there, why would you not want to be there? Why would >> Because I'm noting nosy. Because if I can stay at home and try to go to sleep instead of stressing out and stalking my baby daddy, that's exactly what I'm going to do. As far out of sight, out of mind goes, that's what I'm going to try to do. It wasn't my choice to hand her over. It was the judges. I had to because otherwise contempt of court, I go to jail. So, you know what? I did what I was told. >> But you can see how all these scenarios are going to work out in your favor on the same day that he winds up. You can understand how convenient how conveniently that word ends up working in your favor, right? >> Okay. >> Well, how can I make it not because you know where I was, you know who I was with, you know what I was doing, you know who I contacted, you What what else can I do other than flat out tell you? >> Well, who else could have done this? I do not know. This is why I did not want my child there. >> The more the investigator pressed, the more Rachel tried to dismiss the fact that their points made complete sense, failing to realize that her claim of not knowing anyone who might have wanted Colby harmed was only making things worse for her. But the turning point came when the investigator placed a crucial piece of evidence on the table. >> Well, I want you I'm trying to give you this opportunity to be real clear about what maybe even an idea you have in your head about something that could have happened. And the reason why I say that is we have a picture of the person who did this. I don't want you to be caught off guard if it turns out it's someone you know because if it does turn out that you're withholding information and our investigation leads to you withholding information, then how is that going to work for you? How how would that work out? But I don't know. >> Impressively favor. >> I don't know. I'm here to tell you I have talked to everybody the same way. >> Well, who have you talked to? I mean I mean I don't know. Go through your phone. Tell me give me a list of people that you've you've talked to. >> Do you want to help yourself? I I'm assuming this is this is for your daughter and for her protection, right, >> buddy? I feel like >> Rachel, I have a feeling that you have an idea of what could have happened and you're afraid to say it, but this is a really good time for you to put that out there and not for you, for your daughter, because if we find out that you have anything that you have something to do with this, that's not going to look good for you. So, this is a really good time right now while we're gathering information to give us an idea of who could have done this. >> Think about yourself and think about your daughter for a minute. >> I have I don't know. I have talked to everybody the same way. Anybody you talk to that's given you the idea that they like I like I said they they want to go out of their way to protect you or protect her from him. >> It's I mean it is very clear that you feel very very strong about about her safety. Okay. I can feel your emotions. >> Okay. I really get that. >> Seriously, >> sometimes things happen. So >> Rachiel continued to cling to her story even after being confronted with evidence she couldn't deny. But investigators knew that all signs pointed to her. And when her mother was interviewed, that suspicion only grew stronger. When Christina was given another chance to tell her version of events, investigators realized that the same cracks appearing in Rachel's story were now showing up in hers as well. After hearing both accounts, mother and daughter were brought together, and that's when one of the most crucial moments in the case unfolded. Did you tell your mom what's going on? >> Um, no. I figured I could tell us all at the same time. Okay. >> This is something I need to sit down and throw up. >> Yeah, you might. I'm going to sit. I'll wait on him before then. >> Okay. >> Would you let me grab the insurance? >> That probably wouldn't be a bad idea since probably. I called Booger on Monday and told him about the court date with Jason Curtis and I was panicking then and he told me not to worry about it. It wouldn't be something you got to worry about. Thank you. And I um I messaged him, told him everything that was going on and he had sent me pictures of knives and guns and renaissance, but I didn't think anything of it because he lived far away and he's just >> until I told him um I told him thanks for >> thanks for making me feel better. Just genuinely just needed to know. Just needed you to know. >> What did he send you the pictures of the knives and guns on? Was it on text message? Facebook >> Messenger, but I thought that was that to have >> Facebook. Yeah. After what I while I deleted that immediately as soon as everything hit the fan, I was like, "Well, wow. This is probably bad. This probably looks awful." So, um, yeah. Um, I I called him again on yesterday. Not yesterday. Not yesterday. I don't know. I called him throughout the week and I was telling him because he talks to me. He just >> I grew up with him as my backbone of the dad. Like >> my dad wasn't around much, but he was. So, You think we would actually come down here and shoot him? >> I don't know. >> Rachel and Christina were caught on camera admitting their guilt while investigators were outside. When officers returned, Rachel began to reveal the identity of the her stepfather, Jason Curtis, also known as Booger. Throughout the remainder of the investigation, she attempted to maintain a partial truth, weaving it together with her own lies. >> He called last night and said that I don't have to worry about it. Everything's fine. >> And then you left. And then they came. So maybe >> who left and then you came. >> She left and then the detectives came. So >> maybe. >> Well, and what time did he call you? >> Uh my 9:30ish 10:00ish. Maybe >> when he told you you didn't have to worry about it anymore. Did you ask him like what are you talking about? And was this a phone call or was this all? >> This was a phone call, >> right? So he called you and said you don't have to worry about it anymore. What did you say to that? >> What are you talking about? I Huh? He said, "Yeah, you don't have to worry about it. It'll be fine. But I got to go." And he just >> hung up. >> No, but I got to go. You got to put my ass in the wind. >> Got to go. Did he come by your house? >> No, mama. That's why I was like, I didn't think that would actually happen. >> And when he called, I didn't think that was actually a thing. Oh, I >> Now, listen. Um, I want to make sure you understand when we do a forensic download on your phone, it's not going to capture just just what we see when we get on our phone. anything that's been deleted, all of that stuff, it it draw it basically does what we call data cards. >> It goes into the basically the stage devices of that phone and data cards, deleted data out of that phone. >> So, if there's conversations that you had on Messenger that you think you've been deleted, they're going to get recovered. >> Oh, I know. >> Okay. So, I just I just want to be sure that you're 100% honest with us because I don't want >> anything, >> right? The only way to get ahead of this is to be honest upfront, right? If if we have to come back later and say, "Well, what's this text message about?" That's not going to look good, right? >> Oh, you're probably going to come back later a lot. I I didn't think he would. >> I told him I would pay for his gas. >> I This looks awful for me. >> Did you actually >> No. No, I didn't. When I tell you I didn't know. I didn't know when I got the call. I didn't know. This looks so so bad for me, y'all. >> Like I was telling you, >> did you give him the address? >> No. >> I promise I didn't give him >> I didn't give him anything. >> Do you talk to anybody? Who talked to him? >> I don't know who he talks to. We don't talk on a regular basis. This is just This just happened. Like this wasn't something that was set up. This was something that just hey, he reached out to me a couple weeks ago and then on Monday I reached out to him and said, "Hey, this is how it went." And then uh he called me or I called him. I I I don't even know I'd have to have my phone here to show you. And then and then I get the phone call. Hey, don't worry about it. Hey, I call him on Sunday. Hey, I'm I'm here to tell you I I'm I'm at drop off and I'm This is what I'm doing. >> As the investigation continued, Rachel claimed that Booger had sent her photos of weapons such as firearms and swords, but insisted she didn't know he would actually take Kobe's life. She also attempted to distance herself from responsibility by saying that in the messages she had been joking with Booger, claiming that phrases like do what you've got to do were said playfully, knowing investigators would eventually uncover every message exchanged between them. >> And you and I were talking earlier and it was pretty clear where we was circling around to. >> Yeah, I told you I didn't know anybody on purpose would not talk about your dad, >> buddy. I didn't know he would want to hurt him. I >> But you knew it was good information. But you knew it was information. >> Be a good lead. But I >> So were you trying to protect him because you already known what he had done? >> No, I wasn't trying to protect anybody other >> You didn't give me his name on reason. So it was because you were trying to protect him. >> You're loosely trying to protect yourself as well. I I can understand that. But you're also trying to protect him for what you know knew he did, right? >> Would you talk to him before the court date? >> Yeah. >> How often would you guys talk? >> Not very often. >> Is there any reason why you reached out to him right after the court appearance? He makes me feel calm like he was going to take care of you. No, just knowing that he went through the same thing and that it was okay for him. He grew growing up. his kids got to come spend the summers with us and lived with their mom during the school year. So that's what we talked about. Yes, there was violence and guns and stuff too, but that was just when I was venting. We talked about how to move forward with it. Like do what your mom says to do. Wait for the system. wait for DCF. It was stuff like that. >> But then Monday when obviously all that had no worked. >> No. Even on Monday, all through this week, anytime he had contacted me, that's what he had said. It was not made to me that it was going to be taken care of like that. Rachel did her best to paint a false picture of the crime, but it didn't work. The evidence against her was too overwhelming for investigators to ignore, and she was about to realize that. >> Rachel, we talked to our state attorney kind of based on all the information he's advised. We're going to place you under arrest right now. Okay? >> I don't want you to find us or anything about this right now. I just want you to understand this is just a very early point of investigation. And >> if you place me under a roof for something that I didn't do, it goes on my record and everybody can see it. >> No, it doesn't. This is just this is just the first step. Okay. Again, we're not going to jump ahead. >> That's what they said with the arson. >> Okay. I need you to set up put handcuffs on you. Have someone come up here and transport you to jail. Okay. >> Is there anything else in your pocket at all? chest. What? Well, you got to give yourself give yourself a chance that on the clean of being honest. >> Oh, yeah. >> Where's my daughter going to be? >> Well, we already talk to DCF about that. We need to explain. We have to explain. >> We have to explain to DCF what's going on. Okay. And that's going to be up to them. Okay. That doesn't mean they're taking her away, okay? But we have to notify them of what's going on. Okay. >> Okay. >> I think everyone here has been real decent. We're trying to be as as as transparent as pos as we can. Okay. I don't want to keep things from you. Okay? I want you to just be be understanding. Okay? Going to the county jail is not a prison sentence. Okay? So, don't treat it that way. Okay? But it's just part of the part of what has to happen. >> I have to go to jail because because Not right now. Tonight you do guess. Okay. >> Okay. What am I being arrested for? >> Right now we're going to we're going to charge you with tampering and they're going to look at accessory after the fact charges. Okay. >> Accessory to murder. I didn't do this. Right after Rachel's questioning, officers were able to locate Booger, and his clothing, cap, vehicle, and height all matched the description provided by witnesses and seen in the surveillance footage. He was also brought in for questioning, but firmly denied any involvement. Although the entire family had tried their best to skirt the law, the evidence against them was impossible to ignore. In the end, Rachel was charged with first-degree and tampering with evidence and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Booger received the same sentence while Christina faced charges as an accessory to Moving to the next case. What had started as a routine call soon revealed a troubling history of violence behind closed doors centered around children and their abusive mother. Up next, we have a case where a routine call exposed a deeper pattern of violence behind closed doors involving children and their abusive mother. >> They've been fighting for a few days now. It's just getting like she's throwing stuff and he's like trying to get her to stop throwing stuff. It's just >> my came in and hit me in the face and started throwing all my stuff everywhere. So, >> and my dad's like, "Your mom just punched me. Her mom just punched me in the eye. I look at his eye. It's visibly red." >> From punch to poke. On October 10th, 2025, officers received a call to a home after a family reported an argument that had been escalating for days. When officers arrived, the suspect's husband stepped out, revealing to the officers the troubles happening inside that house. >> Hi. >> Hi. How are you? >> Um, mom locked herself in the restroom. So, >> and dad, >> he's in the room cleaning up. She kind of threw everything everywhere. So, I don't know. I don't know. Like >> I don't know. They've been fighting for like two days now. It's just getting like she's throwing stuff and he's like trying to get her to stop throwing stuff. It's just >> Can you get one of them to come out here and talk to me? >> Yeah. >> Hey, how's it going? >> Good. How are you? >> I'm doing all right. >> What's going on? >> Uh my wife was uh came in and hit me in the face and started throwing all my stuff everywhere. I don't know. I don't >> You mind explaining to me a little bit more? >> About what? She She hit me in the face and started throwing my stuff, >> right? I mean, just just more details about exactly what's going on. >> Oh, she's mad cuz I she told me to go out with some friends last night, so I went out with them. I came back. She was upset and then uh she left. Came back. I was in the house. So I was cleaning out going through my records and then she came in said after this this saw this go hit me in the face pushed him out of the chair and started throwing [ __ ] out your wife. >> No, just come down here please. >> He can come inside. >> I have to go in. There's no reason. >> He can come inside. >> I want him to come inside so he can see that it was just being thrown. Please come inside there if you would like. The victim who called the police was 18-year-old Isabella, who reported her own mother after an argument escalated into something far more serious. Once officers entered the house, they immediately saw the damage caused by the suspect's rage. >> Where did she go? Upstairs. >> Can I talk to you? >> Oh, yeah. She's 18. Yeah. >> So, sir, I I mean, so what what we need is a conversation without you two being right next to each other is what we're is what I can show you the >> Yeah. Make sure I'm not messing up these drawers. I was I had this on the bench. This thing destroyed my restroom. >> Breaking everything or just making a mess? ripping it out of the cabinets for some reason. >> So, just making a mesh, not breaking anything. >> Uh because separating it out. >> I didn't think we were, but uh apparently >> maybe no >> because Yeah, I I went out she went out and they were doing they went for that zombie walk thing and I went out with my friends and they're side by side. We we're at the pizza place, had a couple beers and they showed up there and she got upset. We were in a groomer in a booth with a group of people just talking and then we left and went to >> So there she showed up to NYP. NYP is almost >> Yeah. >> So she with the kids and her friend. >> Okay. And then the scene there. This was last night scene. >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah. So everything was fine last night. >> Yeah. >> And then >> and then for I went out like I said decided which was the plan. I didn't even want to do it but she's like tell me I'm going to have a call like go out with them. And I said, "I didn't really want to, but >> but yeah, I called him." So, I'm going to help them. And then >> I came back. I guess she called the cops last night, too, for some reason. >> Okay. >> So, I wasn't even here. I come home. Then she threatens, "I'm going to call the cops if you don't leave." So, I left and went to my in-laws. >> Came back this morning cuz she wanted to talk. And then we talked and then she said, "You I was going to leave." And I was like, "Well, I'm I didn't do anything wrong. I'm not going to leave." So, then she left. And then, like I said, she came back and then all this happened. So, okay. Mind if I look a little closer to your face just so I can see if you're bruised or cut or >> Yeah, she hit me in the face here. >> I don't see anything. I'm not saying it didn't happen. >> Yeah, I'm just saying >> for some type of >> She didn't It wasn't open. She just I was just sitting here going through these records and I just looked up and she came in and just hit me push well pushed me like that. I'm trying to just push my shoulder or what, but she hit me in the face. So, >> yeah. So, I've been >> Can I get an ID from you? Is that it right there? Possibly. Sure. >> As the investigation moved forward, each detail shared by the suspect's husband revealed that this conflict had been building for quite some time. With accusations of physical aggression already on the table, officers began to question whether the confrontation had gone even further. >> Yeah. Then she's just this is this is how it's going to be now. This is how it's going to be. >> That's what she keeps telling you. >> Yeah. >> Meaning what? Just destructive. I I guess apparently >> I don't know. I I'm not sure what I did wrong. >> How long have you guys been together? >> I'll be it will be 20 years in November. What? I I guess we're not going to make it that far, I guess. >> Yeah. I've just been home. So, I worked at White Sands and we're fur cuz the government shut down. So, just here. >> Well, I'm sure that ain't helping any. >> Yeah. Well, we're not we don't have any financial issues or anything like that. still >> that's good. But still kind of getting out of the routine. Might have been nice at first. How long have you been out of it? >> Uh it's been since October 1st. >> Okay. So >> almost It's been almost uh 4 weeks. This weekly four weeks. >> Oh yeah. Okay. I'm sure you're kind of about ready to go back now, huh? >> Uh you doing good backpace. So >> good for you. >> Paid vacation. >> There you go. kind of sucks for the taxpayers. >> Did you at any time grab her or touch her or anything like that? No. >> So, she's not going to have a statement there. >> Yeah. I didn't even put my hands up. I just let her push me around. I mean, you see I'm 230 lb. She's like 150 or whatever. >> At this point, officers turned to Isabella, the couple's daughter. Her statement became crucial to the case, directly addressing the accusations her father had made against her mother and revealing a pattern of constant aggression inside the home. >> And then just real quick, what's your name? >> It's Isabella, please. >> Isabella, what did you see? >> Um, so I hear that go outside. >> Okay. >> Can you tell us? >> Hello. >> Hi. How are you? >> Fine. Yourself? >> Good? Good. How can I help you? >> No, this is my daughter's house. >> Your daughter's house? Okay. Do you mind just hang tight in your truck for us and just give us a minute and then whenever we're wrapped up we'll we'll let you know. Appreciate you. Thank you. >> Everybody's okay and safe just so you know. But just give us a minute. >> Yeah. Appreciate you. >> What did you hear? >> So um my mom comes home. We had a whole family conversation about who was going to leave. So it wasn't an agreed statement that my father was going to leave the house. We were having a conversation as a family. Um, she decides that she's going to leave. She grabs all of her stuff, takes it, goes, I don't know where she went. So, I'm sitting on the couch. We're talking, it's my little brother's birthday, so we're talking about what we're going to do for his birthday. Um, I'm doing my homework. And then, um, she comes in, busts in the door, goes straight to her room where my dad is. Um, he she starts arguing. They start arguing with each other. Um, I immediately go over there like from the couch to the room. Um, the door is locked. So, I unlock the door. I walk in and my dad's like, "Your mom just punched me. Your mom just punched me in the eye." I look at his eye. It's visibly red. So, I asked her, "Why did you put your hands on my dad?" Then she's throwing stuff. There's stuff everywhere. Throwing stuff off the table. Throwing stuff out of his bathroom. Throwing the bedside table off. So I said like I'm going to call cops. You're being like stop. It was a threat at first. Then she continued to throw stuff, get angry, like push push my daughter away so she could go. >> As the investigation progressed, Isabella's statements revealed repeated acts of aggression involving her mother and father. With this information in hand, investigators concluded the call was not an isolated event, but part of an ongoing pattern of domestic disturbances. So essentially what she just told you is what I got from from dad. I don't see any major redness or anything like that. But and it sounded like she was telling you that she did. >> Yeah. So she well she she said that I guess it started last night or whatever cuz she was at a bar with some girl. >> She caught him. Whatever carried over to today and um he showed up um they started arguing and then she was like you need to leave. He's like okay I'll leave. And then he changed his mind. So she ended up leaving 30 minutes, came back. When she came back, he was in the room sitting on the chair. >> Uhhuh. >> And then she came in and then started asking again, "You need to leave." He wouldn't look at her. And she said that uh she was like, "Look at me. Look at me." And she wouldn't look at her. So she like went with her. She did the gesture. She went like that and like she's like, "Look at me." And then like I guess poked him or like moved his face and he's like, "Look at me." And then he finally looked at her and then they started arguing again. She started throwing stuff from the bed. And then she went to the restroom, all his toiletries, threw them on the floor. And then she went back, stood between the door frame of their bedroom, and that's when he was like, "You just punched me. I'mma call the cops." And then that's when the daughter came in and called the cops. >> He's trying to say that a bunch of moment with the finger. >> Yeah. No, he's telling you that she did it like an open hand like like hit him and then like he like didn't fall off the chair. So then she like continued the motion to where he fell off of her chair. >> Oh, okay. >> Everything is lining up the exact same. Um except for the amount of force used cuz she's saying she showed me she's saying she like with her finger like she moved his face so he would look at her. >> But do you have to touch me? Do I have the wall? >> No. >> So, what do you want to do? You think >> I I think we're there. >> I think I think PC is met, too. >> Okay. >> At this point, the officers reached their conclusion. After reviewing all the statements, it became clear that Isabella's mother would face the consequences of her actions. >> All right, ma'am. You're going to go to jail for battering household member. You going to stand up for me? Hands behind your back, please. You want to change your word from punch to poke? >> You told me punch. >> Do you have any jewelry or anything on you? >> Yeah, that's fine. Um, like I said, it's going to be record down these stairs. >> Um, you have you have a bunch of family out here. >> Okay, that's okay. Yeah, I called my dad, too. I was like, "Dad, he said I punched him." Look at my hand. I said, "Dad, I didn't punch him." >> But listen, >> I'll poke them in the eyeball. He's been the worst. I'll let them come and come to the vehicle and talk to you at some point, but right now they just need to stay away from us. Okay. >> No. Yeah, that's cool. I don't even need to. >> But also guys, like that's his words against mine. >> I get it, man. But >> okay, >> with the with the evidence and statements that we have, >> it's uh >> And my daughter did not even see me punched him. That's she wasn't in the room. this open. >> Ow. >> You okay? That hurt. >> Oh, yes. I got a seat belt in the house. really. >> What's that? >> Do we really need it? >> I I believe you 100%. I don't have a choice, though. >> In the end, the woman was charged with battery on a household member. She was taken to be booked and later held while awaiting trial. Next up, officers received a disturbing call from a child reporting mistreatment by a family member. But when they arrived, the last thing they expected was to find that same person aggressively standing in their way. At first he me in the back of my head and I said you don't have no reason to hit. >> Then you can see the the black marks on it where he used to >> cuz I said he ain't have no reason to hit me. He said I got every right to hit you. And then that's when he picked me up and did that and walked me to the other side of the kitchen. >> Okay. Did you happen to uh put your hands this young man? >> I did. >> You did. And may I ask you why would you do that? >> Because I'm tired of being talked back to. >> I'm tired of him telling me that he ain't got to do a damn thing I'll say. >> Okay. You not going to no defense. >> Yeah, y'all. I was going. It's just f of y'all. >> On February 25th, 2025, officers were dispatched to a residence after receiving a call from a young boy who reported being assaulted by his family. Upon arrival, an officer approached the boy who bore clear marks of the distressing events that had unfolded earlier that day. >> Come to me, please. >> Keep that dog on the porch. I don't know what the deal is with that dog. >> It's just the student put up putting the dogs in the house. He's at >> he's the problem. >> No, he ain't the problem. They are the problem. >> Okay. Well, hold up. Slow down. I want to talk to the kids first. All right. They made a phone call. Who made the call to the sheriff's office? >> All right. How about do me a solid? I'm going to talk with them, then I'm going to talk with you. Then I'm going to put it all together. Fair enough. All right. And who's the parents of the young? >> They're not here. >> They're not here. >> No, they come back with me. You don't go back two or three or four days at a time. >> All right. Who called you? >> You did. >> Come here. >> Called. I heard >> this one here. >> But he called him, >> right? You come here. >> But she talk to you. >> Come on. Y'all two come here. And what are you? You're like y'all brothers and sisters. >> Okay. You know what happened? Okay. I'm going to give it y'all together. Okay. So, do me a solid. Huh? >> I don't know. >> Okay. You don't have anything to do with this. You go off to the side. What happened? >> Tell the truth, too. Okay. >> Yeah. Me and my grandma. >> Look at me when you talk. >> Me and my grandma, we was in we was in an argument. >> It started out like this. >> Who's grandma? That lady right there. Okay. >> I was sitting on the couch singing a song she didn't like. She was like, "Stop." Cuz she was just cussing at me and stuff. Okay. >> So, I was just ignoring her singing my little song. >> And then she going to get up and say, "If you don't stop, I'm going to push you off the couch." I said, "No, you ain't. You're not going to touch me." >> Okay. >> And she comes over there and she tries and I said, "Stop. Don't do that." >> Okay. >> But I didn't fall off the couch. And then she um sticks her fingers in my um skin right here. >> Okay. >> I tried to like get her off of me, but it didn't work. And then she puts me up against the um wall by the our couch in there right there at that corner. >> Yes, sir. >> She starts slapping me in my face. >> Okay. >> And then she made me accidentally my papa. But nothing needs to fall on my papa. He had four strokes. Okay. >> He don't know what's going on. >> Okay. >> And then he know it triggered something in his old mind. >> Okay. >> And he started but I don't want to let make nothing fall on him. >> Okay. All right. >> All right. After that, another argument started. Forgot what it was about. And then my uncle came in and um at first he slapped me in the back of my head. Okay. And I said, "You don't have no reason." >> Yeah. >> Then you can see the the black marks on it where he used to. >> Okay. >> He um he picked me up and walked me to the other side of the kitchen. >> Okay. >> Cuz I said he ain't have no reason. He said, "I got every right to hit you." And then that's when he picked me up and did that and walked me to the other side of the kitchen. >> Okay. Marks on your face, anything like that? No. >> No. But she has on all them rings on her fingers. >> Okay. She was hitting you or she was slacking you? >> She was slacking. >> Okay. Did it hurt anything? No, >> it hurt a little bit at the beginning. I was crying. >> All right. >> The 12-year-old boy, Cain, bore marks on his body that made it clear this was not a fabricated story. The injuries on his neck and arms were enough for the officer to understand that this went far beyond a simple attempt by the family to teach him a lesson for bad behavior. The officer then turned to the other family members who had witnessed what happened, hoping to piece together the full situation. >> You heard what he said, right? Did you know maybe what happened? >> I didn't hear part talking about but I do know because he was in the wall. Only thing I saw was when he had our uncle had walked in the kitchen. I heard him say, "You don't have to." Well, that was all. He said, "You didn't have to slap me in my head like that." >> Who who said that? >> K. >> Okay. >> And then that's when my uncle came in there and he said, "I got all rights to get you something like that." He came up by his neck and started walking with him. His face like turning red. >> Okay. in. So you saw the uncle grab him by the neck and start walking away. >> And then I saw push him against the couch. >> Okay. >> And and then yesterday she had she was punching him in the face and she put his head through the window. >> Okay. Yesterday. But today um >> today they both was off being here. >> Okay. You saw mama slapping it? >> Yeah. I seen >> and you saw him grab him around the neck. >> Yeah. >> You say picked him up and start walking with you? >> Yeah. >> Walking with him where? >> Cuz it's the kitchen and dining and he started walking with him. >> Okay. Did you say anything to him or what did you >> I was shocked. >> You just stayed back and kept kept quiet. >> Yeah. So he said he wanted >> Okay. Is this your brother? >> Mhm. >> Okay. What is this? >> That's my sister. >> That's your sister. So you >> Mhm. >> Hey. All right. Tell me your story. I was in my room and then I looked out like out the hallway and I saw my sister like a shot face >> and then I like walked out and I and then my uncle like came in his hands >> in his hands where the neck doing what? >> Like nothing. >> Okay. Okay. All right. You seeing anything else? What grandma was doing? You didn't see any argument. >> Okay. All right. You know what the argument was about? She had asked him to turn up close and we was doing something. >> Okay. >> Hey, look at the trick. >> All right. Talk to me. >> We was doing something at the moment. So, they kind of ignore her. >> Okay. >> And then I guess he was in the living room. >> Okay. >> And she started talking. >> Did anybody else get their hands put on just him? >> No. >> Okay. >> My mother told me if I kept on talking, he was going to slap me, too. >> Who said that? >> No. >> He said if you kept on talking, he was going to slap you, too. Okay. Uh, did you say anything to him to, you know, stop get your hands off my brother or? >> Yeah. I was like, Bubba, why would you do that? >> And then Bubba. >> No. >> Okay. >> That's what he called me. >> Mhm. >> And then he said if you want to shut up, I would do it to you, too. >> But he said stop, too. >> Okay. >> And I said, and I walked behind. I was like, ain't going to touch me. >> All right. You read and write? >> Mhm. >> You do. You went. How far in school you g? You still in school? >> Is it school today? >> Yeah, school. >> Why you not in school? They refused to go to school. >> Why you not in school? >> You missed the >> books. Get up and go. >> Okay. All right. Where's your mom and dad at? >> All right. >> With those accounts in mind, the officers went to speak with the grandmother, Patricia. But her version of events proved truly shocking as she believed there were excuses for what had happened to Cain. >> Ma'am. All right. I'm talking with the kids. What's your story? >> What's my story? I'm tired of being talked to and treated like I I don't matter to >> and I'm dirty. Okay. >> They tell me I got to get out to state my house. >> Right. Let me stop you right there cuz this is a criminal matter right now. I'm going to explain your rights to you. Okay. You got the right to remain silent. Anything you say can will be used against you in the court of law. So, you still want to talk to me and tell me your side. I'm going ask you a question. First question is, what's your name? >> Patricia Frasier. >> Frasier. >> Fraser. And >> this is my ex-husband. He lives here. >> Okay, cool. So, um >> I've been here a year with him, taking care of him. He's had four strokes. >> Okay. These young are out of control. >> On today's date, this date, this time, did you happen to uh put your hand, slap this young man? >> I did. >> You did? >> And may I ask you why would you do that? >> Because I'm tired of being talked back to. I'm tired of him telling me that he ain't got to do a damn thing I'll say. >> Okay. Okay. Where's the parents? >> I don't know. >> Okay. >> Becky's got her income taxes and they gone just like they do every year. They won't be back in the picture until the money's gone. >> Yes. And in the meantime, we got the youngans. >> Yes, ma'am. >> They won't listen. They won't go to school. They won't do nothing. This is the fourth time the police have been out here. >> Yes, ma'am. Thank you for your cander. I appreciate your honesty. Okay. >> I'm not going to stand up and let my 11year-old grandson stand up and tell me that I cannot take and tell him what to do and him tell me that he don't have to listen to a damn thing I say. >> The uncle behind the house. What does he tell you? >> He's my son. >> That's your son. >> That's my son. And these are my grandkids. >> All right. Anybody else in the house? >> No. >> Everybody's out here. Everybody's out here except for my son. He's up under the truck. My son has heard me ask these youngans for 45 minutes this morning. Okay. >> All I asked them to do was to get up and help clean up. We all done it together. It wouldn't take 15 minutes. Yes, ma'am. >> They look at me and tell me we ain't doing a damn thing. >> Okay. >> You can't make us do [ __ ] It's what they tell me. Let's not forget the fwords. Yesterday we got into it hot and I left walking. >> Yes, ma'am. >> I didn't come back till this morning. >> Okay. >> Because they look at me, they tell me I have no rights here. I don't live here. I live in the camper. I'm here to take care of him. That's what I come here for a year ago. He asked me to come here and take care of him. >> Okay. >> Why should I have to take and listen to disrespectful kids that won't get up and go to school, won't do nothing you ask them. All they interested in doing is making messes. >> Yes, ma'am. >> They won't clean up behind the stuff. They won't pick up behind theel. They just take food out of cabinet, open it up, and leave it. >> Okay. >> I am not their maid. >> Yes, ma'am. >> If they want to live here, they need to participate in this family. If not, they got to go. >> All right. Fair enough. Thank you, ma'am. Patricia carried herself as if she owned the scene and the officer was stepping into her territory, believing that she had enough authority to do what she did. The officer then turned to the uncle Steven, the other accused in this story to hear his version of events, but his side would just add more fuel to the situation. >> Can I talk to you now, sir? Yes, sir. >> Okay. Thank you. You want to talk to me? Give me your side of the story. >> Yes, sir. I sure do. >> All right. So, my question first, the young man called said that you grabbed him around the neck, picked him up. My question, why? I working on my truck. >> Yes, sir. >> My mama's in there trying to get them to help clean up. >> Yes, sir. >> None of them want to do anything. >> Okay. >> She's talking to the little one. Just came. >> Yes, sir. >> Askes him to help clean up. He's standing up straight up cussing her out, >> calling her and everything. And I can hear him from out here. >> That's mama. That's your mama. >> Yes, sir. That's their grandma. >> Yes, sir. >> When I heard that, they kind of got me a little bit. I walked in the house. He was in her face yelling. >> Okay. Where were you at? You was outside. >> I was outside working. And you can hear commotion in the house. >> All the way in the house. Yes, sir. >> I walked inside. He was in her face yelling. >> So I come up from behind him. I grabbed him and I moved him. I didn't him or anything like that. I just moved him out of her face. I dragged him like that by the neck. Just moved him. >> I didn't squeeze real hard. I mean, I got grease on my hand and stuff like that. So I know that's on his neck. Other than that, that's all it was. I didn't >> put verbal or anything like that. He was in there cussing at my mom and I done had enough. And this is a everyday thing. It started this morning at 6:00 >> when they was supposed to go to school. >> Okay. >> I'm sitting there waiting for them to get on the bus. They all acting like they they was going to the bus. >> Mhm. >> Well, I thought they was on the bus. I come out here a little while later going my sister's camper and they all in the bed sleeping there. Okay. >> They say, "What are y'all doing? Y'all supposed to be in school?" That's when all this started. >> Gotcha. >> And they've been in a uproar ever since. >> Okay. Step over here. See that girl right there with the white shirt on? >> Yes, sir. >> You see the girl with the uh purple shorts on? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. Question. And you had the young man there by the neck. Girls here stated that uh why would you want to do that? Did you tell her and this is a question if you don't shut up you going to get the same thing? >> No, I did not. >> All right. Did you have any communication with her? Did you say it? >> I I told them all. >> Okay. >> That they here for a reason because their mama's out doing her own thing, which >> I got you. >> Is typical of my sister. She comes over here, drops them off and just hauls for weeks at a time. Okay. Don't bring them no food, no groceries, nothing. and they expect us to support her. >> Uhhuh. >> She was sitting there running her mouth to me after I done grabbed Kane >> and I told her about her mom. I said, "If your mama wanted y'all, y'all would be with her. Y'all wouldn't be here." That's the only thing I said. >> I got you. You have any questions whatsoever? >> No. I mean, usually I don't have no problem. You know, they look up to me. They love me to death. They yelling at her, their grandmother. I mean, >> I can't put up with that. I mean, I didn't mean to grab him by the neck, but I just it was rage, you know, and he was in there yelling at my mom. I just grabbed him and just moved him out the way. I did not him or anything like that. >> But there too again, you say you grabbed him around the neck. >> I grabbed him with two hands around your neck and you moved and moved him out of her face. Yes, sir. >> Okay, fair enough. Thank you for your cander. Me and Rut going to have a talk and we may have some further questions. Fair enough. All right, cool. >> Steven's account of events was marked by a defensive tone, though he was honest with the officer about what had happened that day. The case was also influenced by the absence of parental guidance as they should have been the ones protecting and educating the children. Once he finished speaking, Patricia chose to add her side, convinced that her explanation would justify her actions and make the officer understand her perspective. >> You have a question or something you want to talk say? >> Yeah, I got a question. >> Okay. >> My husband has got a court date on the 27th about these young not going to school. >> Yes, ma'am. >> He's had four strokes. He's not able to appear in court and talk on his behalf because he can't talk plainly. >> Yes, ma'am. I left here yesterday because of the same mess. >> They want to tell me what I can do, what I can't do. Tell me I don't live here and all this, that, and the other. Get in my face and threaten me. Well, today I've had enough of it. Okay? >> They don't want to listen. They don't want to go to school. I mean, and Steven's heard me. I've asked him over and over and over 45 minutes. Stephen heard me ask him, "Please get up. Help me clean up. It won't take us long, right? >> They want to be smart mouths. They want to cuss. They want to do this. They want to do that. But they don't want to do what you ask them to do. I want to tear stuff up, >> right? And you say today you just had enough. >> I've had enough. Yesterday I left walking. I walked from here all the way up past that white house up here on the left hand side of the road. >> Yes, ma'am. >> And somebody picked me up and I was sitting on side road. I was just a crime. Okay. Because they told me I don't live here. I have no right to tell them what to do or anything else. Okay. >> It don't matter whether I've got any rights. I am their grandmother by blood. >> Okay. What other adults stay here besides you? Y'all three? >> And him? My husband? >> Just y'all three? Yeah, because my daughter's in and out. She she brings them in, drops them off, wakes us up in the middle of the night, tells us make sure they get up and go to school. >> Okay. What's the daughter's name? >> Letty Rebecca Sal. >> And these are her children. >> All four of them are her contact information. >> I don't have any on them. Okay. >> Because she's in and out. She does what she wants to when she wants to, and ain't nobody supposed to say nothing about it. >> Okay. Well, thank you, ma'am. Me and Lieutenant going to talk. Okay. Thank you. Uh-huh. >> Despite their explanations, the officers knew that no matter the boy's behavior, nothing could justify the marks on his body. This realization heightened their concern for the safety of all the children involved. >> The end goal here, folks, is uh going to listen to the whole story. Okay. We don't want you to be lying to the police. Want you to us to tell the truth, right? Told me the truth, right? Are you lying? >> Yes, sir. >> Telling me the truth, right? Okay. And you was in the bedroom and you didn't see nothing till you come out. It was like it was over with, right? Okay. And all you was doing just whistling. What you whistling? What? What's the tune? >> It's just like a rap song. >> A rap song. It's not. It's just like no words. It's like Okay. Just go. >> Okay. Okay. But you just whistling. She didn't like it. She told you to stop it. You said just whistling, right? You kept whistling. >> No, I wasn't whist. I was physically singing. >> You was physically singing it. Okay. She said stop, but you did you stop right away or did you say no or what? What did you >> I was like I'm not bothering nobody. >> Okay. Okay. And then >> looking at TV her you sitting in the chair. She gets up and walk towards you. Yes, sir. And then you say she grabbed your arm >> first. She tried to push me off the couch. >> She tried to push you off the couch. >> Yeah. Cuz I was sitting on the arm of the couch and she said, "If you don't stop, I'm going to push you off the couch." And I said, "No, you ain't. I'm doing nothing wrong to you." >> Okay. And then she slapped you. >> Yes, sir. >> How many times? >> Cuz she tried to she did her nails in my skin. >> So, and then that's when I was like I said, "Stop. Get off me." And then she said, "I'mma get off of you." All right. >> And then that's when um I try to like push away from her. Like that's when she pushed me up against my face. >> How many times did you hit you? >> Maybe like three times, maybe four. >> That's it, right? Telling me the truth. Yes, sir. >> Honest truth from all. Okay. Anybody told you to make up this stuff? Are you telling me the facts? Okay. All right. Cool. >> After gathering everyone's accounts, the officers reached their decision. Despite acting as if they were in control, what Patricia and Steven had done was far from acceptable, physically harming Kane and pushing him to the point of calling the police. Now mother and son would have to face the harsh reality of their actions whether they agreed with it or not. >> All right guys, after hearing the totality of circumstances and reading Miranda to you, you under arrest and you under arrest. Okay. You have the right. >> Somebody's got to be here. Somebody's got to be >> We got deep. We got defects or child protective service coming out here and we going to hang tight until they get out here cuz they going to want to talk with you guys. Okay. >> Okay. >> All right. So that's where we at with it right now. I want you to clearly understand. I appreciate your cander and your honesty. We're not the boogeyman, but it's just the nature of the beast. Okay? So, that's where we at with it right now. I would advise you just exercise your rights that I gave to you. Don't say anything else to us. If you do, cameras on, anything you say will be used against you with the court of law. You have any questions, exercise your rights. Turn around, put your hand behind your back. >> If you know the mother's number or >> I don't have any way getting in touch with her. >> Okay. >> They taking us no defense. Y ALL GOING. IT'S JUST FAULT. IT'S ALL FOUR OF Y'ALL. You going to stay in school. You can't stay in school fight on yourself. But me and brother going to jail for us. >> The reason they're going to jail. >> IT'S BECAUSE HE TOLD YOU GOING TO JAIL. SO THEY TOUCHED YOU. >> Thank Thank you, young man. He grabbed you around your neck. >> Okay. Uh and and it's not your fault. You didn't He didn't do anything wrong. None of y'all did. Okay.