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[Music] what was lost when Alyssa was taken what was lost with her murder my daughter
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Willow's mother [Music] everything how do you keep Alyssa alive for her daughter Willow show her
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pictures this is your mom this is your [Music] mom every Mother's Day we visit the
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grave we take flowers we take cards you know we talk about her all the time what
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does this say mother of Willow an I hope that when she learns what happens she doesn't let
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it tear her apart October 2nd [Music] 2020 any crime scene is going to be inside that tape it's inside that tape
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all right I remember my phone was continuously ringing [Music] ringing and I finally answer it cuz it's
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my supervisor and she's frantic and she's telling me you've got to get to Green Tree
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apartment when we heard that pop I turned around I knew it was a gunshot and she says something has
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happened to Alyssa what what happened to her we're going to start having family member show up here I pull up police
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fire trucks ambulance everywhere she got shot in the car okay she can see her handprints who are you I'm detective
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Harding I remember asking that officer I said she didn't make it did she and he said no she
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didn't and I just lost it at that point when you learned that your sister was dead did you have a suspect in mind I
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knew immediately it was Andrew beard I knew that the only person I could think that would want her dead was
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Andrew beard she even said I think he's the kind of person that's going to try to kill me and he did and he
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did oh my God it was one of the most brutal scenes that I've been to in 32 years La
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enforcement you could see the rage don't touch anything okay what does it tell you when it's
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this vicious about the killer it's personal uh she apparently has had a history with baby daddy within an hour
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of getting to the crime scene we knew that we needed to look for Andrew beard Andrew beard is a suspect yes he can not
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get away with this he can not get away with this at first this seemed like an open and shut case but as it turned out
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Andrew beard was only half the story [Music] [Music] in the months after Alysa brette was
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murdered she appeared to her Mother Teresa Collard in a dream I see her across the room and in
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my dream I knew she was gone but I was hysterically happy that I was seeing her and I was thinking you're
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back she came to me and said no I'm not back and I don't want to come back and I
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never want to be there [Music] again I was puzzled why don't you want to come back and she said because I was
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always afraid there although 24-year-old Alysa bat had been afraid for months the attack at
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this apartment complex where she worked in Carolton Texas north of Dallas came as a
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surprise so when you arrive here what do you see according to one of the lead detectives Michael Harding Alyssa pulled
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into her usual parking space at around 9:00 a.m. Alyssa's car was actually parked right here where this green van
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is right here and the as salance vehicle had parked right next to her in this spot were you here when everything
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happened yes I was sitting on my desk Witnesses say the asent exited his vehicle a black Ford Expedition SUV with
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a gun in his hand she had the window up and he shot right through the wind right
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through the window maintenance supervisor Darren Iker about 15 ft away it's horrible I mean heard the gun blast
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and turned around where do you see uh I see a a black SUV starting to back out of the parking
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spot investigators believe the shooter thought Alysa was dead the blast had destroyed her left eye and part of her
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face but Alysa bat was still alive she gets out of her car and she walks up to this Landing to try to get
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help cuz she knows her her co-workers are here the shooter described by some as a
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black man I like to say he a black guy got out of the vehicle and began sprinting toward Alissa this time with a
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new weapon in his hand something more personal a large hunting knife did you see him holding the knife uh yeah in the
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hand after he starts to to stab her she's still fighting on this window right here there was a blood handprint
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smear where Alysa was trying to get anyone to come out and help [Music] her but fearing it was an active shooter
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situation they stayed inside were we just getting our day started and the attacker launched into a rabid killing
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frenzy plunging his knife into flesh and Bone again and again incredibly Alyssa was still breathing when her as salent
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fled once the suspect left her co-workers came out to try to render Aid one of her colleagues made this call to
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911 911 what is the address of the emergency someone came up and just shot my my assistant manager where is the
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shooter I don't have enough information I need he's gone he left in his car he literally left a second ago
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fire department pulled up first they come up I get out of the way and let them do their thing and they start
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working on her right here you know she was immediately yeah and it was too late she was gone Alyssa had been stabbed and
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slashed a total of 44 times Alyssa's Mother Teresa immediately gave the police a name and it wasn't a
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black man it was Andrew beard and know he did this he's an evil person Teresa told detectives that Andrew beard and
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Alyssa were in the throws of an ugly custody battle over their one-year-old daughter Willow Anne a battle that began
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when Alyssa was still pregnant says her friend Brandy Reagan he initiated by asking her if he could have full custody
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of the baby after the baby was born and what did Alysa have to say to his idea of him getting full custody he better be
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eing kidding me Alyssa and Andrew were worlds apart from the beginning he was almost 9 years
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older a stablished with a good job at a tool company a nice house even had a plane she was 22 loved eating turkey
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legs at state fairs and was still figuring life out after meeting on a dating app they had a fling nothing
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serious but then she found out she was pregnant says her friend and roommate shall be right I'll never forget she's
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just standing there hysterically crying um and upset she couldn't even speak and
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she hands me a pregnancy test that said positive and I honestly had no words for
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her but as the pregnancy progressed Alyssa's fears turned to excitement says Shelby especially when she learned it
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was a girl on July 23rd 2019 Alyssa gave birth to a baby girl she named [Music] Willow and when you saw them together
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Alysa and Willow what was that experience like amazing motherhood looked great on
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her [Music] yes just looking at the two of them you could tell that their relationship was I
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mean everything I always love how she's looking at her in this picture Madison Grimes is Alyssa's younger sister Willow
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clung to her every second every day and I think that tells you a lot about the mother Lissa was Alyssa went back to
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college and got a good job as an assistant property manager I think everything she did at that point in her
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life was for Willow she wanted to be successful for Willow she didn't want Willow to grow up and struggle she just
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wanted Willow to have an easy life Andrew who had joint custody had Willow a few days every week but he kept
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pushing for primary custody dragging Alyssa in and out of court hearings emptying her bank account
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she was terrified um Willow at this point was the most important thing in her life and when she you know looked at
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the bigger picture Andrew he made more money than her you know he had a house he had all of the nice things that she
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didn't have so she was a afraid that you know he wanted Willow and he was going to get her Andrew's mother lazette
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Bowers says her son was acting out of love not malice my son Andrew beard is a loving warm individual who always
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operated from his heart from his core Center when he had Willow she was constantly strapped to the front of him
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he was reading to her he wanted her to see the whole world every day he just felt that he could provide her more
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stability in March 2020 when Willow was 8 months old things seemed to change for
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the better the feuding parents found Common Ground finally reaching an agreement on visitation and child
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support and so things seem to calm down things calm down yeah but a gathering storm was about to
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come barreling in sh Police Department search warrant if you're in there come out your hands
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[Music] up in the spring of 2020 it looked like the bitter custody battle between Alyssa
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and Andrew had finally come to an end Alysa had a new guy named Ben and Andrew fell hard for a woman named Holly Elkins
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someone his mom lazette was thrilled about a daughter from minute one she just has this charm and
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energy I warmed to her very quickly Alyssa was happy that he started dating someone else I guess hopeful that
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Holly would help this situation that Holly would be supportive of the mother that's
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involved Holly sent this text to Alysa look forward to having a super healthy relationship with you and Ben Alyssa
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responded I hope your influence helps because I'd love nothing more for us all to have a healthy
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relationship despite Holly's message Andrew suddenly became hostile with Alyssa he was once again demanding
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primary custody of Willow dragging Alysa back into court he was always very short
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very very rude very hateful it just totally changed the way that they communicated together Alysa
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couldn't shake this uneasy feeling that she was being watched and began telling family and friends that Andrew always
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seemed to know what she was doing he knew where she was he knew where Willow was he knew just other places that she
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had been I remember one night she was out with one of her friends and they were at a bar in Downtown Dallas and
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she's like text me oh my gosh Andrew is here and in my mind I'm like the odds of
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that happening are slim to none you know she didn't know how he was tracking her
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she just knew that she was being tracked how would you describe what she went through hell I mean every day you feel
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like you're having to watch over your shoulder that's how I felt she lived hi everyone um my name's Alysa Madison
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found this video after Alyssa's death it was never posted past year I have been going through a custody battle a very
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ugly one I have a one-year-old child um it's taken a toll on my mental and physical health with that being said
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I've become a lot stronger in the process and I guess just my message is um no matter what you're going through
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stick it out you can do it and stay strong but she would continue to be tested in September 2020 1 month before
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her murder it reached a whole new level a man who said his name was Frank marrow
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called 911 and reported that Alysa was selling drugs out of the trunk of her car at work I saw what I thought look
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like someone just selling some drugs out of their truck and I could smell it and
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I could see it and okay what kind of vehicle is it it's a little Toyota Corolla I have a license plate if that
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help okay great what would your last name marrow acting on this tip Carolton police officers descended on the Green
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Tree apartment's leasing office and confronted Alysa she gave them the keys to her car and they opened the
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trunk inside they discovered drugs a pistol and some cash exactly where the caller said they would
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be so your daughter suddenly now looks like a drug dealer and a dangerous one as well she's armed yes I mean is Alyssa
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worried that she's going to get arrested lose her job yes all of the above she's
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worried about her job she thinks yeah she's going to be arrested now he's going to use this in court so she's for
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sure going to lose Willow after questioning Alysa it was clear to police that she knew nothing
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about the drugs and pistol in the trunk of her car they concluded those items had been planted the caller had tried to
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frame her Alyssa knew in her gut that CER was Andrew beard later that day she texted
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her roommate Shelby Alyssa messaged me and said he is going to try to get someone to kill me
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next and when you read those words my heart dropped that wasn't who she was she wasn't a fearful person showing and
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asking for help shows me that she was genuinely scared she knew that you know whatever was coming next was going to be
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serious the once Fearless young woman had become scared for her life these are some of the texts she sent to her sister
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Madison come over while I walk inside lock the door behind you do you see anyone around you and Alyssa wasn't the
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only one who was terrified it kept progressing each thing that he would do just kept getting worse and after this
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point framing her and she didn't get arrested I thought well what else is there to do besides kill
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her one month after the drugs and gun were planted in Alyssa Brett's car she was dead I knew that it was him when
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when the drugs didn't work in the car for him to get the baby once we talked to Alyssa's mom we had an idea who we
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were looking for and who is that person that person was Andrew beard oh my God and to Teresa's horror he had visitation
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with Willow that day the baby was with him yes I want my granden baby away away from him my first thoughts were if he's
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going to kill Willow within hours of the murder the police p pulled over Andrew Beard's
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F-150 pickup truck for an alleged traffic violation Andrew and his fiance Holly Elkin were asked to get out of the
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vehicle the daughter's in a car seat in the back seat much of the body cam footage in this program has been resized
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so you can see it better they've been pretty Cooperative Andrew seemed unfazed by the whole thing says detective
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Harding he was very calm he wasn't amped up he he didn't seem nervous my part was to just find you
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that's all they asked me to do ultimately Andrew and Holly were allowed to go and because he had court-mandated
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visitation rights take Willow with them but the police seized his F-150 pickup and instructed him not to return home
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Andrew Holly and Willow went to a hotel got garage and that night a search of Andrew's house turned up critical
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evidence this was found inside the living room in one of Andrew Beard's backpacks such as this envelope
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scribbled with incriminating notes upon reading the notes we realized those were
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tied to the Frank marrow 911 call Frank marrow the caller who had reported Alyssa was selling drugs out of her car
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Alyssa's license plate number the color and model of the vehicle Frank marrow everything that he needed to make that
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911 call was on this back of this it's like you discovered the screenplay to this phony call to 911 that was kind of
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shocked I was like he he kept this so we found this GPS tractor box also in plain
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view says another lead detective Jeremy chalier charging stations and batteries that match the tracking device
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detectives discovered on Alyssa's car after the murder so this is the device that was put on her car
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that was all part of his plan to to catch her doing something that he believed that she shouldn't be
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doing to gain an advantage in that child custody dispute a search of that Ford F-150
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seized at the traffic stop turned up more jaw-dropping evidence so this is one of the makeup vials that were
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recovered from inside one of the bags in the F-150 it was a foundation called Java yeah it's really dark very dark and
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the purpose of that was what do you believe was to disguise Andrew Beard's face to make him look like an
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African-American the police found the knife sheath at the scene but never found the knife or the gun but the day
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after the homicide they found something just as important that black SUV they learned Andrew had bought it
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specifically to commit the murder and there it was abandoned less than a mile from Andrew's house he drove it to that
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location and he fled back to his house the morning of the murder that's Andrew beard captured on a home security camera
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fleeing through the neighborhood he is doing the Bigfoot run from this vehicle what' you find when you guys process the
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inside of this vehicle we were able to recover multiple spots where blood was recovered that was later tested to be
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Alyssa's blood they also found another part of his disguise a fake beard that looks
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like a Halloween kind of beard just exactly yes he he purchased a a Halloween costume so that's what led us
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to get the arrest warrant for Andrew beard Andrew beard who still had Willow had been staying in an Airbnb with his
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fiance Holly Elkins and mother Lizette when we were at the Airbnb he got a call he was going to be arrested just 3 days
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after Alyssa was killed Willow was sent back to Teresa and Andrew beard turned himself into the police Andrew beard he
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was charged with murder I was confident they had the wrong man so was Holly Elkins she volunteered to speak to the
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police I want to help I really do but I don't have any answers incredulous that the man she planned to marry was capable
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of murder so I just told all my friends and family that I'm engaged to the most wonderful man on the planet and now
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people want me to believe that he's not and there are so many emotional roadblocks for you to try to believe
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that I get that I can't believe that my fiance would do something like that to a
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woman or to anybody but a woman detective chaler on the right and detective Hardin on the left interviewed
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Holly for about an hour hoping to turn her into a witness for the prosecution I'm telling you there's a side of him
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that you do not know but she stood by Andrew insisting that he had an alibi he was home with her when the murder took
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place there are a few hours that you know he was not in that house you can not tell me that I feel that way sir I
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can tell you that because I know that for a fact that he was out of the house Holly I don't know that for a fact
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that's what my problem is Holly remained adamant that she would have known if he
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had left I am a total stage five Clinger girlfriend I'm always up his ass ask I find it hard to
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believe the interview ended with Holly standing by her man she and Andrew's mom lazette continued living together in an
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Airbnb they became extremely close and bonded over their shared belief that Andrew was innocent says lazette we
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stayed so close we were just connected at the hip and made agreements to never go anywhere without one another finally
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after 2 weeks behind bars Andrew was released on bond lazette was overjoyed Holly as lazette would soon discover not
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so much they've told us he's coming home tomorrow and Holly says I'm going she holds it's holding her suitcase and she
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goes I'm going I'm leaving I'm going home but the day before Andrew gets home what why are you choosing
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now during this scary scary time for his in his life she'd already ordered her her Uber and never came
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back detective chaler says he was so worried about Willow's safety he reached out to the federal government to take
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the case under Federal firearm laws because an unregistered silencer was found in Andrew's home the feds agreed
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Andrew beard was rearrested 8 days after he bonded out ultimately at that point our goal was was to get him back into
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custody Andrew was ultimately charged with cyber stalking using a dangerous weapon resulting in
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death 1 year and 8 months after alysa's murder Andrew called his mother with unimaginable news he said you know Mom
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I'm I'm going to plead guilty so I immediately said well Andrew you're not going to you're not going to
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plead guilty to anything you didn't do because clearly he didn't murder her in my mind because that's out of character
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and not who he is and it was stupidly done and he's not stupid so it never was him but she would learn it was him he
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admitted he did it he killed the mother of his child I have physically dropped to my knees sometimes
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feeling like I've gone punched in the stomach and I have to tell myself I have to tell myself that that
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was a a moment a heinous awful out of character broken moment Andrew beard pleaded guilty but
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the investigation wasn't over Andrew beard was talking and he had a lot to say how come you waited so long to talk
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about what like what Holly did what do you make of Holly Elkin's interview with detectives see more
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evidence from the case at 48 [Music] hours.com paully Elkins left Texas and returned to her home state of Michigan 2
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and 1/2 weeks after the murder of Alysa brette she gave no hint of what she'd Left Behind says her best friend from
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childhood Stephanie G did she ever mention the name Alissa brette to you never never never never not once she
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didn't talk about Andrew beard either not even once nope Stephanie who met up with Harley about 7 months after she
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returned to Michigan says her old friend appeared to be starting life a new a new
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condo a new Lexus a new man she had this boyfriend with her so everything just seemed really normal
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Stephanie says from the time she was a teenager Polly always had a guy and she knew how to wrap them around her little
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finger it was like a cat and mouse thing when you say cat and mouse she was the cat oh absolutely yes she was the cat
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she controlled the relationship absolutely she was the one in the driver's seat back into Texas investigators were
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just beginning to learn more about the fiance who had skipped town after the murder one year and 9 months after Alysa
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was killed Andrew beard spoke to the FBI as part of a plea deal I'm assuming absolutely it does look planned out cuz
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it was the process was planned out it quickly became clear to investigators that this Holly Elkin I'm trying to help
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and no one's helping me the Holly Elin seemingly torn apart by Alyssa's death I just feel bad to not I just feel bad
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to not help something that I think is very sad that happened was giving the performance of her life I've literally
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cried myself to nauseum every single night over this what did you learn about her true feelings about Alysa she hated
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Alyssa with with a burning passion investigators dug back into Andrew and Holly's text messages many of which
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Alyssa's family also saw both of you learn that Holly had um some derogatory words about Alyssa what did
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she call her ugly fat a bad mom all things that she wasn't and baby mama is was my sister's contact
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name and Holly's phone C baby mama derogatory word that any woman finds despicable but what the heck's all that
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jealousy Holly wanted something Alissa had and she didn't says Madison she wanted Willow why was she so obsessed
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with Willow that was her life she wanted a a perfect family and that was her way
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of getting it Alyssa was GNA stand in her way of doing that if it was Friday H would have been the more Andrew talked
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the clearer Holly's role became says detective chaler what portrait did he paint of
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Holly Elkins that she was the one running the show uh that she was telling him what he
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was going to do when he was going to do it how he was going to do it remember that drug plant if you were to ask me
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whose idea was what drugs and and the planning of drugs was was was Elkins Holly Elkins even tried to get Alyssa's
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mom Teresa arrested the incident started when Teresa and Alysa drove by Holly and
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Andre home Teresa says Holly and Andrew had failed to return Willow at the appointed time we see Holly on the golf
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cart with Willow in her lap coming towards the end of their driveway and I got out of the car and I grabbed Willow
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went and got back in the car handed Willow to Alysa and sped off Holly immediately called the police who
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arrived with body cams rolling the grandmother Holly told them Teresa assaulted her when she grabbed Willow
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from her lap she literally Ted me from behind or from behind side I was facing the lake Teresa says she never touched
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Holly but Holly pulled up her shirt to show Cops scratches she claimed Teresa had inflicted I have a oh you have some
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in your on your stomach what did you think of those pictures that they were ridiculous that
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it was so apparent that she had done that to herself how would they even think someone else did that to her
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because they're going downwards like your own hand did it the police agreed concluding the
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injuries looked like they were self-inflicted but it only made things more dangerous for Alysa says detective
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chaler the things that they were doing to try to get custody of Willow wasn't working at that point and I think that
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they decided we we got to up the game and uh up in the game meant getting rid of of Alyssa H began playing her game of
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cat and mouse it was made very clear to me that your previous methods aren't working this is what you're going to do
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now in order to prove that um that that that you're basically you're worthy worthy of being a man who deserved her
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love Holly Elkins writes to Andrew I don't want anyone who is a to some low life or a pushover I want a man who
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protects his women and child before anyone and doesn't give two FS otherwise your comment just
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straightforward manipulation she was going to make him do what she felt needed to be done no matter what and
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Andrew told investigators it worked like I was emotionally drained and at that point I just basically said okay and
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became submissive to whatever she wanted me to do that's the task I did a week and a half before the murder Holly left
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for Mexico but didn't let up on Andrew here's a text this is one week before the murders this is September 25th 2020
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Holly Elkins writes I hope you handle it I'm not coming home to BS Andrew beard says that's my goal to that Holly texted
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back well it will be a whole different conversation if I feel like you are ride or die
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if not then I don't know what is she saying to him to me it means that you're either with me or you're not with me uh
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you're either going to ride with me and die with me or you're not going to be with me at all after he killed Alyssa
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Andrew told investigators Holly begged for details about the crime her request was that he described uh the murder to
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her while they were in bed together it's one of the most degrading things I've ever heard in May of 2023 Andrew beard
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was sent sentenced to 43 years in federal prison investigators believe Holly Elkins thought the case was over I
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think she believed that the further she got away from this the less involved she
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was going to be but it didn't work out for [Music] her these are the photos of the grave we
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always decorated for every holiday in July of 2023 Valentine's Day and then Christmas almost 3 years after Alyssa's
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death happy Mother's Day Holly Elkins was arrested by federal agents at the Miami Airport as she was returning from
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a trip to the Dominican Republic the lanterns that was I think one of my favorite things that we did an Arrest A
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Long Time Coming for alysa's family what is that balloon I thought we were never
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going to see that happen I felt relief hully who pleaded not guilty was charged with conspiracy to stalk and stalking
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using a dangerous weapon resulting in death the FBI had built a compelling case against her says detective chalier
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Holly's phone really had a lot of stuff on it searching for tracking devices there were indications that they were
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together whenever the ammunition and the knife were purchased and they also tied
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Holly to the makeup Andrew used to disguise himself as a black man it was um you're going to dress dress up as a
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as a different person essentially you're going to wear this dark makeup that was
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her plan that was how it's going to be done while Andrew seems harmless in this video never forget that he was was the
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one who chased Alyssa down like a hunter tracking a wounded animal he furiously stabbed her with a
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brutality these detectives had never seen Andrew ends up saying about why he came back to finish her what did he say
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his statement to US during the interview with agent Hansen was that he did it out
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of Mercy that he knew that she was still alive and he was somehow doing her favor
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by by killing her Andrew may have committed the murder alone but according to the US attorney's
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office he didn't plan it alone in April 2024 paully Elkins went on trial as a co-conspirator in the courtroom where no
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cameras were permitted one of the prosecutors put it like this says detective Harding Andrew beard is a
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monster but he was Holly oaken's monster I don't want or need a lawyer because I
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don't have anything to hide us attorneys painted a picture of a woman who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted
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well I feel like the dumbest most manipulated woman on the entire planet if this is true yes and what she wanted
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was a little girl named Willow and do you believe Holly Elkins was a puppet master in all of this 100% I do she
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orchestrated this whole thing I think Holly is wicked I think she's wicked to the core
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that she would ever want this to happen to another woman to a mother to a mother
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of the child that she had come to love what if these two had never come together Holly and Andrew would Andrew
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have committed this murder I I don't think they would have I don't 100 100% believe that if Holly and Andrew had
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never met that Alyssa briette would be alive today after a onewe trial the case went
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to the jury the jury takes just 90 minutes to deliberate when they come back to that courtroom what is the
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verdict guilty Holly was found guilty and sentenced to two life terms much longer
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than Andrew for alysa's family the verdict was a Bittersweet Victory I was thrilled but heart broken at the same
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time I'm so happy that Alissa is getting the Justice she deserved but at that point it's over our fight is
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over two families are left to Grapple with the wreckage Holly Elkins and Andrew beard Left
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Behind lazette Bowers will forever be known as the mother of a murderer he killed
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someone and that is beyond awful it's the worst thing anyone can do but that's not who I
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love and Teresa and Madison must try to make sense of a world without Alyssa in it we don't get to live the normal life
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anymore it was always me and her my best friend like that was my person and only
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getting to be with her for 20 years that's not just not fair after the trial Teresa was allowed
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to take things out of her car it was pretty emotional for all of us actually this was the mirror that she used so she
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could see Willow from the driver's seat you know just knowing that was the last place she was
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sitting when it happened I want mama Willow who was with Teresa had never cried over her mother
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until that day she was crying asking me if I could please bring her mom back just so she could see her one more time
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and I tried to explain to her that she's in heaven and then she asked me if she had a phone number in
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heaven one day Willow will learn the whole story of what happened to her mother do you know what this
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is Will Tree yeah and when that time comes her hopes Willow will see the beauty in alysa's
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life not the tragedy of her death I hope that one day she grows up and she feels
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the love that her mom sincerely had for [Music] her you've probably heard of the NCIS
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