Worst Ex Ever S01E04 Web Series
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00:009-1-1, what's the location of the incident?
00:20Everett, Washington.
00:25People have told me many times that it's not your fault.
00:28But I don't know how I made such a big mistake.
00:32I was sleeping in the room.
00:34I woke up to the sound of two gunshots.
00:38I should have left.
00:40I shouldn't have been careless.
00:43I could have been more careful.
00:46She's bleeding to death.
00:48I'm scared to open the door.
00:52She's bleeding to death.
00:54I'm scared to open the door.
01:05If I had known that domestic violence
01:08is the biggest threat to a person
01:10when he's leaving everything behind,
01:13if I had known,
01:15I would have taken a different step.
01:23I met Kevin in 2007 in Denny's.
01:29He was sitting at the back table with his friends.
01:34And I was with my friend Ari.
01:38Kevin and Amanda's story
01:41was absolutely picture-perfect.
01:44We were eating nachos in a restaurant.
01:48And then Kevin came and sat next to Amanda.
01:53He was flirting with her.
01:55He was smiling.
01:57And I was ignoring him.
02:02Kevin and I were friends since high school.
02:05He was a very mischievous guy.
02:07I think girls used to flirt with him.
02:10They'd make fun of him, make fun of him,
02:12and do weird things.
02:14He said,
02:16I want to know you well.
02:18Can I take you on a date?
02:21He asked for my phone number.
02:23And I didn't give him a single cent.
02:29The next weekend,
02:31I met him again at an event in Spokane.
02:34And he teased me and said,
02:37did you see?
02:39We were supposed to meet.
02:41Did you see?
02:42We were supposed to meet.
02:44And the way he said it,
02:46I found it very interesting.
02:50He was in the military.
02:52He looked very responsible.
02:54Because my dad was in the Air Force, too.
02:57So I thought,
02:58he has a great career.
03:00Everything seemed right.
03:02Amanda had a lot of dreams, too.
03:04She wanted to go ahead.
03:05So she thought the guy was perfect.
03:07He really did everything he could
03:09to win my heart.
03:10And I was impressed with his efforts.
03:17Amanda is my elder sister.
03:20The first time I found out
03:22that she was dating Kevin Lewis,
03:26she was living with me after college.
03:29And she told me
03:31that a friend of hers
03:33was coming to meet us.
03:36I met her.
03:38And she praised my broad shoulders.
03:42And she said,
03:43I'm more muscular than she thought.
03:46And she gestured like this.
03:49And then she became my good friend.
03:54I liked being around her
03:57because she was very polite.
03:59She was proving to be a good friend.
04:04After about seven months of dating,
04:08we started living together.
04:16Kevin got used to my siblings.
04:19One day, we went to play a softball game.
04:23My sister, Alicia,
04:25whom we used to call Punky,
04:27she was very sweet.
04:29She was very nice.
04:30And she was a girl
04:32who could do anything for her family.
04:35Punky often had problems
04:38with my siblings' boyfriends or girlfriends.
04:43She thought Kevin was arrogant.
04:46But I didn't think so at all.
04:49We didn't pay much attention
04:51to what she said.
04:53Because she was bad at everything.
04:56And she was never happy with anything.
05:00But in my opinion, Kevin was nice.
05:03And he was perfect for our family.
05:08When our relationship got serious,
05:10Kevin told my dad about our marriage.
05:14Kevin promised my dad
05:16that he would take good care of my sister
05:19because Kevin's dad never took such good care of her.
05:23So my dad told Kevin
05:26that he should consider her as his dad.
05:29And then we had a small ceremony for our engagement.
05:33And we got married in July 2009.
05:37Our wedding was very big.
05:39About 200 people came.
05:41And all three of my sisters were my bridesmaids.
05:44In my family, my mom and dad are still together.
05:48My relatives, my cousins,
05:50everyone is happy in their married life.
05:53And we were all very excited about this wedding.
05:58Seeing her in the bridal dress filled my eyes.
06:02Kevin didn't have a family,
06:05so we took care of his family.
06:18I was 25 years old
06:20when I got pregnant with my first daughter, Aliana.
06:26Everyone in my family was very happy for us.
06:30First, I called Punky and asked him,
06:33what should I call you?
06:35Tia Punky or Tia Alisha?
06:37Because Tia means ant in Spanish.
06:40And he said, what?
06:44And he was very surprised and very happy to hear this.
06:50When Aliana was three months old,
06:53I found out that I was pregnant again.
06:56I have three kids.
06:58Two girls and one boy.
07:00There's not much difference in their ages.
07:03Amanda is a very good mother.
07:06She takes care of the kids with love.
07:09And Kevin was also a very protective dad.
07:14The day Aliana was born,
07:18Kevin started crying when he saw her.
07:21I held him in my arms and he became very emotional.
07:25I never thought this would happen.
07:28I really love my girl.
07:30She's so beautiful.
07:32Yes, she is.
07:34Don't do it.
07:36I've never seen him so emotional before.
07:42The biggest problem with our marriage
07:45was that he didn't show love.
07:47When he was angry, he would say bad things
07:50and call me names.
07:52When my son was about to be born,
07:55he would call me Rondu and Fat Buffalo.
07:59I used to think, who did I marry?
08:03Who is this person?
08:06Maybe he left everything in his childhood
08:09and this was his anger.
08:12Kevin's dad didn't accept him.
08:15He said Kevin wasn't his son.
08:19I think that's why Kevin had these emotional ups and downs.
08:24I remember I always asked myself,
08:27did I make a mistake by marrying Kevin?
08:31My dad said we should give relationships a chance.
08:35He said he was a good guy.
08:37He doesn't drink, doesn't gamble, doesn't take drugs.
08:41He has a good job.
08:43But Kevin has abused me in our married life.
08:48Emotionally.
09:18It's been two years.
09:20Kevin has started to control my life.
09:24He used to check my phone every day.
09:29He asked me to delete all my male friends' numbers.
09:35There were a lot of times
09:38when he was angry with me for some reason.
09:41Especially with my clothes.
09:44I remember we went to a family reunion.
09:48I was wearing a t-shirt.
09:50I was leaning forward to pick up the kids' toy from the floor.
09:54He was very angry because he could see my cleavage.
09:59He said, Amanda.
10:01He was very angry.
10:04We didn't like that.
10:07But we didn't know what was going on between them.
10:11I thought maybe he was being rude to her.
10:15I was afraid of his anger.
10:19Because I was with my family.
10:23I remember one day Kevin and I were playing video games.
10:27And Amanda was working in another room.
10:30And as soon as she came out in front of us.
10:33I think she was wearing shorts.
10:35And Kevin looked at me and said, don't look at her.
10:37I felt weird.
10:39I looked at him and said, are you serious?
10:42I mean, why would I look at your wife?
10:45And I couldn't believe it.
10:47Because for the first time, he was talking to me so angrily.
10:50I've often seen Kevin flirting with Amanda for no reason.
10:55Like he was her servant.
10:58He didn't miss a chance to keep the relationship going.
11:01But Kevin and Amanda, nothing was right.
11:04I think at that time, Amanda's mental health was very important.
11:09Nothing else.
11:11And it was also very important to give the children a good upbringing.
11:16For years, despite a million attempts,
11:20he only emotionally abused me.
11:23So how much will anyone bear?
11:28When I went to talk to Kevin about getting a divorce,
11:34he was very angry.
11:37And he felt very bad.
11:40I was quite surprised.
11:43I thought he wouldn't care about it.
11:57So as soon as I decided to get a divorce,
12:01I started to worry about the money.
12:04And I was thinking about how I would run my house.
12:08I started to live in an office.
12:12So it wasn't that difficult,
12:15because we weren't living under the same roof at the time.
12:21I was sleeping in my room at home.
12:25And he suddenly came into the bedroom.
12:30And he was very angry.
12:34He was very angry.
12:37And he wanted to see my phone.
12:41As long as we were together,
12:44I would keep an eye on what I chat with my friends.
12:47He would always say,
12:50I don't want your friend to come between us.
12:53And he didn't like that at all.
12:56As we were fighting, we went to the closet.
13:00He was holding me there.
13:03Kevin is 5 feet 11 inches and about 80 kilos.
13:06And he's a trained boxer.
13:08He was trying to forcefully open the fingerprint lock with my finger.
13:13But the phone didn't unlock.
13:16And then he punched me.
13:20Right under my eye.
13:23All I remember is that I was in shock.
13:27I didn't understand what had happened.
13:30He brought a towel and started wiping the blood on my face.
13:35Then he hugged me.
13:37And then he left for his work.
13:47I called my dad.
13:50And as soon as he picked up the phone,
13:53he said that Kevin had hit Amanda.
13:56I was shocked.
13:59I asked him, how's Amanda?
14:02Dad said, she's not well.
14:06I was very angry.
14:09I mean, Kevin's been cheating on us all this time.
14:13Punky was very angry.
14:16She couldn't take the fact that he hit me.
14:20I don't think any of us knew the truth about Kevin.
14:25But Punky knew that he wasn't the right life partner.
14:30And she warned us.
14:34I started looking for a place to rent.
14:38And I found one.
14:41I left home right away.
14:44My dad said I should call the police and file a report.
14:49But I was afraid what my kids would think
14:53when they found out that I was cheating on them.
14:58But I was afraid what my kids would think
15:03when they found out that I was cheating on them.
15:08I felt bad about it.
15:11So I didn't report it.
15:14My kids were very young.
15:17Two, four and five years old.
15:20I was ready to share custody with them.
15:24I wanted my kids to meet their dad.
15:30I didn't want anything to do with them
15:33except to tell him about the kids.
15:37But Kevin kept trying to call me back.
15:43He kept apologizing to me.
15:46He said he'd never hit me again.
15:49But sometimes he'd say,
15:51forgive me, please come back, everything will be fine.
15:55And sometimes he'd say, go to hell.
16:01Sometimes when I didn't pick up the phone or reply,
16:06he'd keep calling for hours.
16:09He kept calling one after the other.
16:12Sometimes there were 40 missed calls.
16:15He was going crazy because he didn't want me around.
16:20And one day Kevin said,
16:23come back home or...
16:26I said, or what?
16:30He said, or I'll file a case against you
16:34for child support, alimony and full custody.
16:38And if I lose, I'll kill you.
16:45I wasn't going to kill you.
17:06This is the house where I came in
17:09when I left Kevin.
17:12I don't know if he'll want to cut it off or not.
17:23I was coming home from dance practice,
17:26and I parked my car in front of the garage.
17:30I opened the door,
17:32and as soon as I went to take my foot out,
17:37someone hit me on the head.
17:40Suddenly, I couldn't see anything.
17:43One after the other, people were hitting me on the head.
17:46I was in the driver's seat, but my feet were out.
17:49I was kicking him so that I could save my face,
17:52and I had a lot of blood in my eyes,
17:54so I got scared.
17:56I thought I wouldn't be able to escape.
17:59And then he stopped all of a sudden,
18:03and he... he left.
18:08I couldn't see anything,
18:11and I was trying to stay conscious
18:13because I had to call the police.
18:15Somehow, I picked up the phone and called 911.
18:24We were so scared when we found out
18:27that he had been beaten up
18:29and left to die in the hospital.
18:34I was shocked.
18:38I didn't think he could do this to him.
18:42I had a deep cut on my face.
18:45I couldn't move my hand.
18:48My teeth were broken.
18:50My hands and feet were black.
18:56An officer came, and I said,
19:00Kevin Lewis has been beaten up.
19:02Here's his address.
19:04He looks like this.
19:06And then he asked,
19:08have you seen his face?
19:10No, I haven't.
19:12Because I had a lot of blood in my eyes.
19:14So he asked, did he say anything?
19:17No.
19:18Then he said,
19:20they can't arrest him
19:22because I couldn't see his face properly.
19:26I knew it was him,
19:28or who else would want to kill me?
19:30Who would be hiding outside my house
19:32so they could kill me?
19:34I knew it was him,
19:36but it wasn't enough for me to know.
19:38But the police went to his house
19:41and they saw him riding his bike at night.
19:45It was around 12 or 12.30 at night,
19:50which was very strange.
19:53He was riding his bike outside,
19:56wearing black clothes,
19:58without a light, without a phone,
20:00in the middle of the night.
20:02Still, that wasn't enough evidence.
20:06I don't understand.
20:08Was Kevin always a monster,
20:11and I was just a stranger?
20:14Or did he suddenly become like this
20:17when I decided to leave him?
20:21Amanda is very brave,
20:24but this story has crossed all limits.
20:27And Amanda had decided
20:29that whatever Kevin did,
20:31she would make him pay for it.
20:35I wasn't afraid of Kevin.
20:38I even posted on Facebook
20:40that if you want to stop me,
20:42you'll have to kill me.
20:45I decided to file a case against him
20:48for both the attacks,
20:50which I collected photos of as evidence.
20:54And then it was written
20:56that it was Kevin's doing.
20:58It was him.
21:00I went to the foreign court
21:02and I filed for protection order.
21:05Because I was attacked like this,
21:09the kids were automatically
21:11part of the protection order.
21:17In 2017, I was Amanda's nanny.
21:21I found out on Facebook
21:23that Amanda was attacked.
21:26So I asked her,
21:28did Kevin do it?
21:30And do you have a plan to save the kids or not?
21:34Because it's not necessary
21:37because it's not necessary
21:39that Kevin can't get to the kids.
21:46When I got the protection order,
21:48Kevin was going to be taken to court that Thursday
21:51right after his work was done.
21:53So I called Abigail and said,
21:57I've got full custody of the kids
22:00and I'm going to get them.
22:03Then the police went and gave him
22:07a no-contact order.
22:09The protection order said
22:12that he can't go near me or my kids.
22:19Kevin filed a case against me
22:22for child support, full custody, alimony.
22:25And he wanted me to give him $8,000 every month
22:30and he went completely crazy.
22:33In August 2017,
22:36we had a court hearing
22:39where he didn't get anything
22:42that he had asked for from the court.
22:45I had full custody of the kids
22:48and the judge said
22:50that I had to give him child support.
22:53And he didn't get any alimony.
22:56And because of that,
22:58he went completely crazy.
23:01He threatened again
23:03that if he didn't get all that,
23:05he would kill me.
23:10I was worried about him.
23:12I was nervous.
23:14I was always scared for the kids.
23:17But I was just an employee.
23:19I didn't know what to do if something happened.
23:26When Amanda got full custody of the kids,
23:29she started working full-time and overtime.
23:33But I couldn't work full-time at her house.
23:36And because of that,
23:38Alicia would come home to help me
23:41and take care of the kids.
23:44My kids loved her a lot.
23:47And their uncle Brad, too.
23:50They got married,
23:52and they would dream about their kids.
23:57Amanda and Alicia were very close.
24:00You could tell just by looking at them
24:03that they were very close
24:05and they supported each other a lot.
24:10I worked at Providence Hospital at the time.
24:13I was the director of anesthesia
24:16and I was in charge of administration.
24:19I was in charge of more than 80 physicians
24:22and nurse anesthetics.
24:26There was going to be a big conference in New York
24:30where all the directors were going to meet.
24:34Alicia and Abigail were taking care of the kids
24:38in my absence.
24:43That night was like any other day.
24:45We made preparations to put the kids to sleep.
24:48I used to go to bed late every night
24:51after watching TV shows.
24:54But that night, Alicia had to sleep on the couch
24:57and I didn't want to bother her.
25:00So I went to bed at midnight.
25:05Punky and I were talking on the phone.
25:08It was very late.
25:10It was about 3 o'clock in New York.
25:12And I told him I had to go to bed.
25:15And he said, okay, I love you.
25:35The sound of the gun woke me up.
25:38And then...
25:41I heard two more shots.
25:45So I went downstairs.
25:51As soon as I reached the room,
25:54I saw Alicia there,
25:56covered in blood.
26:05I picked up my phone and called 911.
26:09911, what's the location of the crime scene?
26:12Everett, Washington.
26:14I was sleeping in the room.
26:16The sound of two gunshots woke me up.
26:19She's lying on the stairs.
26:22What's her name?
26:24Alicia.
26:25You're still with her?
26:27Yes.
26:28She's lying there covered in blood.
26:33They asked if she was still breathing.
26:36But I knew she wasn't.
26:39The kids were insisting on coming downstairs.
26:43But I yelled at them to stay in the room upstairs.
26:51The police came.
26:53EMT picked up Aliana and Amaya and brought them downstairs.
26:58But they didn't let them see Alicia.
27:05Alicia was lying on the sofa.
27:09She saw her.
27:12Her eyes were open.
27:15So I asked the police and picked up Alicia.
27:20She was so scared that she grabbed me.
27:28The kids were asking,
27:32The kids were asking,
27:34Where is Aunty Punky?
27:37They asked,
27:41Who fell on the floor?
27:44She was in terrible shape.
27:47Then the detective left the kids
27:50at Amanda's parents' farm.
27:55The next morning, I was in meetings.
28:00I remember my phone was ringing.
28:05My dad was on the phone.
28:09Then he called again.
28:13Which was normal.
28:16My dad always called and called again.
28:20My dad always called and called again.
28:24Then my phone rang a third time.
28:27That was weird.
28:29Because he doesn't call that many times.
28:32Then I picked up the phone.
28:35He said, Amanda.
28:37And then...
28:39I could tell from his voice
28:42that something terrible had happened.
28:46Then he said,
28:49He killed her.
28:53He killed Punky.
29:04I don't remember anything after that.
29:08I packed my things and put them in my suitcase.
29:13I took my first flight and left.
29:17I was in terrible shape.
29:20I didn't know what was going on.
29:23I didn't know where my kids were.
29:26But I knew that
29:29it was all Kevin's doing.
29:34I knew he wanted to kill me.
29:38And those pills were for me.
29:42I slept for a few hours.
29:47I thought my alarm was ringing.
29:51But then I realized it wasn't an alarm.
29:55It was a call.
29:58From my dad.
30:00He said,
30:02Get ready and come here.
30:05Listen carefully.
30:07Your sister is no more.
30:12I don't remember, but my dad told me
30:16that for the next two minutes,
30:19I kept yelling no, no.
30:22I can never forget that moment.
30:25It was the worst day of my life.
30:29I got up.
30:31I stopped crying.
30:34I went to my dad's house.
30:37I met my mom there.
30:39She was crying.
30:41We knew that Kevin was angry
30:44and killed Punky.
30:47But why would he kill Punky?
30:51He was Amanda's husband,
30:53and he knew Punky very well.
30:56We didn't understand why he killed Punky.
31:03I'm the Deputy Prosecutor
31:05of the Snomish County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
31:08When I was involved in this case,
31:10I knew there had been a homicide murder.
31:13But I didn't know that Alicia Canales McQuire
31:16had opened her door completely.
31:19At that time,
31:21there was no evidence of forced entry into the house.
31:24That's why they must have thought
31:26that they might usually leave their door open.
31:30But that was not the case.
31:32The police started interrogating all those people
31:35who they suspected.
31:37First, they talked to Alicia's husband, Bradley,
31:40and their suspicions were immediately cleared.
31:43We found some evidence of domestic violence
31:47between Amanda Canales and Mr. Lewis.
31:51The deputy gave us this evidence
31:53when we went to his house to question him.
31:56The detectives wanted to talk to Kevin Lewis.
32:00He didn't give much information at the time,
32:03but he did say that he was at home that night
32:07and didn't leave the house.
32:09We were told that Mr. Lewis was involved in this murder.
32:13It's possible, but how?
32:15We didn't have an answer at the time.
32:20We'd been waiting for a phone call for a long time
32:23to find out what the police were doing in this case.
32:27But the police didn't find any evidence against him.
32:30Kevin made a mistake.
32:32He killed the wrong person.
32:34And he might do it again.
32:36What are we going to do?
32:38Will the police take action
32:40when he kills Amanda?
32:43I stopped going out without a gun for my own safety.
32:51We were even angrier at the funeral.
32:55Because Kevin was still free.
32:59And we had to keep a secret about the funeral.
33:04Because it was obvious that I was going to be there.
33:07So we had to keep it a secret.
33:09My family, my cousins, and my uncles
33:12were guarding outside the church.
33:14And they didn't come inside
33:16because they were afraid that Kevin would come.
33:19And I was angry that we couldn't say goodbye to our sister.
33:24That day, the whole family was broken.
33:28But the pain I felt losing Punky,
33:33I think his husband, Brad, must have felt ten times more pain.
33:40They'd known each other for years.
33:42And they did everything together.
33:44They were more like husband and wife than best friends.
33:47When they were about to close the casket,
33:51seeing Brad say goodbye to Punky
33:54was the most difficult moment of my life.
34:10The police found a 20-year-old woman
34:12who was shot and killed.
34:14No arrests have been made yet.
34:16The police are trying to find out who shot her.
34:20Sheriff's spokeswoman said
34:22no one saw the killer shoot.
34:24We're looking for evidence,
34:26and this is an active murder case.
34:28The detectives handled this case very carelessly.
34:33They weren't getting any new evidence.
34:36And a few days turned into weeks,
34:39and those weeks turned into months.
34:41Alicia Canales McGuire was killed five months ago.
34:44The killer came to kill me,
34:46not my sister.
34:48She was at the wrong place at the wrong time.
34:50After a while, we didn't get anything.
34:52We were just getting ahead of Amanda and her suspicions.
34:56But we didn't get any solid evidence
34:58that would lead us to Kevin.
35:00There was no evidence to send him to jail for murder.
35:04And on the other hand,
35:06Kevin was living his life with great ease and death.
35:10I had to be very careful
35:13because of him all the time.
35:16And obviously, my home was a horrific crime scene.
35:20That's why I couldn't go there,
35:22especially with my kids,
35:24because they were also in a lot of shock.
35:26That's why I took my kids
35:28and went to live in a shelter
35:31until I could find a good home
35:34that was private and safe.
35:40The police didn't find any evidence,
35:42but I was with Amanda
35:44to investigate all the assault cases she had filed.
35:50When he came to kill me the second time,
35:53I filed a case of assault on him.
35:58But at that time, I was wandering around
36:01looking for a case to file in which department.
36:04And as soon as he was killed,
36:06my assault case started moving forward,
36:09which was another reason for my anger
36:12because if I had put him in jail before,
36:15my sister would have been alive.
36:20I filed two cases of second-degree assault.
36:23Both were charges of hooliganism.
36:28About a year after the murder,
36:31after wandering around freely for a year,
36:35and after I was hiding,
36:39he was found guilty of both felony assault cases.
36:47Finally, he was punished for what he did.
36:53After that day,
36:56I was relieved that Kevin was in jail,
37:00but he was only sentenced to three years,
37:03which meant he would come out again.
37:06I lost all hope that one day
37:09I would get justice for my sister.
37:18We had almost given up on this case.
37:21And then one day,
37:23we got a tip call from the Sheriff's office,
37:26months later.
37:30A night party in Spokane, Washington,
37:33a girl named Angelica was saying
37:36that she and her boyfriend had killed someone.
37:39Then we found out that her name was not Angelica,
37:42but Alexis Hale.
37:45We were looking for a chance like that.
37:48The things that Alexis was exaggerating,
37:51no one knew,
37:53and it was not in any public record.
37:56We benefited from that tip.
37:59As the case progressed,
38:02we found out that Alexis Hale's boyfriend's name
38:05was Jared Phelps.
38:08And then he found out that Jared Phelps
38:11was Kevin's cousin.
38:14And with one tip, all the locks were opened.
38:18The police started checking
38:20Alexis' phone and Mr. Phelps' social media.
38:24They found all the videos
38:27that were from the night of the murder.
38:30With the help of the warrant,
38:33we found some important Snapchat timestamps
38:36and metadata related to Jared's selfie,
38:39which gave us the time to post it.
38:42With Snapchat, people think that
38:45as soon as a chat is deleted from your account,
38:48that information disappears from your account.
38:51In the Snapchat video,
38:54Alexis Hale and Jared Phelps
38:57were seen together on the night of the murder.
39:00With cell phone data,
39:03Alexis and Jared were in the same car.
39:06Their phone network was connected
39:09to the same tower at the same time,
39:12in the same direction.
39:15We tracked Mr. Phelps' and Ms. Hale's phones
39:18from Duquesne to Everett.
39:24We found out from Ms. Hale's phone videos
39:27that they were going from Interstate 405 to Everett.
39:30We also found out that
39:33they left the location of the murder
39:36and stopped at Mr. Lewis' house on the way.
39:42After that, we just had to arrest
39:45Alexis Hale and Mr. Phelps
39:48and find out if they were ready to tell the police.
40:15I didn't come here to waste my time,
40:18so answer my questions quickly, okay?
40:21So now tell me, how did you end up in this case?
40:25In the initial interrogation,
40:28Jared and Phelps hesitated to say anything.
40:31But when Detective Betts became friends with him...
40:34You don't have any problems here, do you?
40:37No.
40:38Well, that's good.
40:40He slowly opened up and told us everything.
40:43You were talking to Gavin on Snapchat?
40:45Yes.
40:46And was he talking to you about the murder?
40:49Tell me.
40:51Yes.
40:52He tried to talk to me and find out
40:55if I knew any good-for-nothing goon
40:58who would do this.
41:00I said, I'd do it.
41:01Mr. Phelps told Detective Betts
41:04that he got a call from Mr. Lewis
41:06and he said he was looking for someone
41:08who could murder.
41:10And then when I got the gun,
41:12I talked to him again.
41:14And then we planned it.
41:17And then we planned it and set a date.
41:22Where did you go first after coming to Snohomish County?
41:28To Gavin's house.
41:29His house.
41:31In the beginning, Kevin Lewis said
41:33that he was at home all night
41:35and didn't leave the house.
41:37But when you watch the videos of the ring cameras around you,
41:41you see Kevin Lewis leaving his house early in the morning
41:45which matches the time frame
41:47from the phone data of Jared and Alex.
41:50So he was there and went to meet Kevin.
41:53When you went to his house,
41:55did he ask you to come there in any special way?
41:58No.
41:59Okay.
42:01So did you guys have any kind of conversation?
42:04Alexis asked him if there were any kids there.
42:08Okay.
42:09So when he asked, what did Kevin say?
42:12He said, yes, there will be kids at home.
42:15And how did you feel after hearing that?
42:18After hearing that, I was thinking
42:20that my decision was not going to change.
42:26I just saw the picture he was showing me once.
42:30So he showed you the picture of the girl
42:32you wanted to kill?
42:33Yes.
42:34Okay.
42:35He also said that the girl will open the door.
42:38Yes.
42:39I wanted to kill the one who was going to open the door.
42:42Okay.
42:43So it wasn't necessary for you to see the picture?
42:46No.
42:48We had some videos of the car
42:51that he used to commit this murder.
42:57The video we got from Marijuana Club 99
43:00shows the car heading towards Amanda's house on York Road.
43:06We can see in the video that there was a tire
43:09that looked a little too black.
43:12And it was very different from the other tires on the car.
43:16Detective Betts saw a picture
43:18showing Mr. Phelps' car.
43:21The hubcap of the passenger seat tire on the right was missing.
43:27So he went to Amanda's house
43:29so that he could do the job given by Kevin.
43:32He just had to kill Amanda.
43:34But there was a wrong girl at home that night.
43:38Did you and Ms. Hale talk about who was going to do what?
43:42And did you already know that she was going to knock on the door
43:45or did it just happen?
43:46Yes, we talked about it.
43:49Maybe...
43:52Yes, she was going to knock on the door.
43:54Okay.
43:55So she knew that you were going to shoot whoever knocked on the door.
43:58Correct.
44:00Alexis Hale was a very crazy girl.
44:02When Kevin handed over the job of killing Amanda to Jeridan,
44:06she wasn't the kind of girl who would say,
44:09it's not right to commit a crime.
44:11In fact, she said, let's do this.
44:15She was an important part of the murder.
44:17Alicia wouldn't open the door for a guy
44:20who had covered his face.
44:22But for a 15-year-old scared girl,
44:25Alicia would definitely open the door.
44:32When the choir opened the door in Alicia's slumber,
44:36the first bullet was fired at the same time.
44:40Mr. Phelps then came closer to the door.
44:43So did the first bullet and the second bullet take some time
44:47or did you keep shooting as you moved forward?
44:50How did this happen?
44:52As soon as the door opened,
44:54I just fired all the bullets at her.
44:59She backed off.
45:01Who, Alicia?
45:02Yes.
45:03And until Alicia closed the door,
45:07I didn't move forward to the post.
45:10Because she was bleeding to death near the door.
45:13What happened when you pushed the door?
45:17I fired two more bullets.
45:19I fired two more bullets.
45:20You fired two more bullets.
45:22And what happened after that?
45:23We left.
45:24Okay.
45:25Did you sit in the car?
45:26Yes, for the house.
45:32We also found videos after the murder
45:34in which Mr. Phelps was exhibiting money.
45:37And it was written in the comments
45:39that he had done something big to earn that money.
45:42Do you remember how much money you got?
45:44How much?
45:45$2,400.
45:46$2,400?
45:47Yes.
45:48And how much was Alexis' share in it?
45:50$200.
45:52It was shown in Snapchat's record.
45:54He had money in his hand.
45:56And this is the same money that he probably got from Kevin.
45:59So how did he give the money?
46:01In the envelope.
46:02Okay.
46:03So how did the envelope look?
46:05It was from the bank.
46:06Do you remember the name of the bank?
46:08Bank of America.
46:09Bank of America?
46:10Kevin's account statement showed
46:12that he had withdrawn the same amount of money from his bank
46:15that Jared and Phelps had said he had received for the murder.
46:19It was brand new money.
46:21If you look at it, Kevin Lewis is the mastermind of this murder.
46:25And yet he is free.
46:28He called Jared and Phelps to his house and gave them $2,400.
46:32And got him killed.
46:34There was a lot of evidence to arrest him.
46:37And that's why Kevin was charged with first-degree murder.
46:42We knew it was Kevin's doing.
46:45But we found out that the shooter was actually someone else.
46:51Then we understood what had happened that day.
46:55Because there was a lot of confusion in this case from the start.
47:00We couldn't understand how Kevin shot the wrong person.
47:06Kevin was already in jail for assault.
47:08He had been in jail for a few months.
47:10And then he was charged with murder.
47:14When we heard that he was charged with murder,
47:17we were relieved.
47:19We were all very happy to hear that.
47:22But we knew that there was still a long way to go.
47:26Because he could be charged with murder.
47:28But he still had a case to fight.
47:35Alexis and Jared were both proven guilty.
47:39Alexis was jailed for 15 years for this crime.
47:43And Jared and Phelps were sentenced to about 32 years.
47:48Kevin claimed to be innocent.
47:51His lawyer said that the state had not proven that he was involved in this murder.
47:56And their goal was to show that Kevin was very upset about his divorce from Amanda.
48:05When Kevin was upset, Jared and Phelps couldn't see his brother in that state.
48:10And that's why he got angry and did all this.
48:17That case went on for four weeks.
48:21It was very difficult for all of us to hear Jay's testimony.
48:25How he stuck to the door so that he could save my children.
48:31And to save them, he gave up his life.
48:38Kevin didn't have any regret on his face.
48:41I think he thought he would get away with all this very easily.
48:49Kevin didn't have a single scratch on his face.
48:53He was sitting comfortably on the chair and looking at everyone.
48:56He didn't care.
48:58But the jury found Kevin guilty of aggravated first-degree murder.
49:07In that case, what we wanted happened.
49:11But what he did was nothing compared to what he did.
49:16His punishment was not fair at all.
49:20Because Punky was not among us.
49:23And she won't come back.
49:29Everyone keeps telling me that it wasn't my fault.
49:33I can understand that all of that was just a whim.
49:37That he killed the wrong girl.
49:41But still, how can I forget that...
49:45...he wasn't among us because of me.
49:48I'm sorry.
50:19We miss Punky a lot.
50:21And we miss her...
50:24...on holidays, family functions and birthdays.
50:29I can never forget Punky.
50:33She was always there for me.
50:36Whenever I needed someone or needed help...
50:40...she was always there for me.
50:43I made a tattoo in her memory.
50:46And with the tattoo on my arm...
50:49...I always remember the beautiful moments I spent with Punky.
50:58I will always regret this.
51:01But to deal with this...
51:04...I try to spread domestic violence, self-awareness and advocacy.
51:10And I even got a bill passed...
51:14...which included the right to use force against someone.
51:19Domestic violence and the right to use force are two different things.
51:24In many cases, criminals mentally torture their partners.
51:30That bill passed.
51:33I got messages from many people...
51:36...saying that because of my actions...
51:39...they had the courage to break the relationship.
51:42I was very happy to know that.
51:45And...
51:47...this is what Alisha wants.
51:50I want to live my life, but I also want to live hers.
51:55So...
51:57...this is what I will try to do.
53:12I want to live my life, but I also want to live hers.
53:15So...
53:17...this is what I will try to do.
53:20I want to live my life, but I also want to live hers.
53:23So...
53:25...this is what I will try to do.
54:12For more information, visit www.fema.gov
54:42www.globalonenessproject.org