Dr. Insanity - Dad Realizes Son's Girlfriend Hid A Body In His Backyard

Episode Date: December 21, 2025

Living inside a small trailer are Manny and his girlfriend Brianna… And they’ve been hiding a horrifying secret that these detectives are about to uncover. A year ago, the couple killed their daughter… buried her body in the woods near their trailer… and continued living as if nothing happened. Over time, Brianna’s family began to grow suspicious, tipping off police that something was seriously wrong. But by the time investigators catch on to the lies, both killers would walk free… leaving their families and detectives to confront one of the darkest and most tragic discoveries of their lives. ____ This video was made for educational purposes only. The video is presented to provide genuine footage of police incidents to promote transparency in government while providing educational, informative and newsworthy content allowing viewers to examine and assess public safety material. This is a fact-checked documentary using authoritative sources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi. How are you? Good, how are you? Can you come? Yeah, good, I'll do. Police are speaking with Manuel Gien Sr. Living inside his trailer are his son, Mani, and his girlfriend, Brianna. They've been hiding a horrifying secret from their families that this detective is about to uncover.

Hey, Mani. Hey, Brianna. Do you guys know why I'm out here trying to talk to you guys? A year ago, the couple killed their daughter, buried her body in the woods near their trailer, and continued living as if nothing happened. Over time, Brianna's family began to grow suspicious, tipping off police that something is seriously wrong.

By the time investigators catch on to the lies, both killers would walk free, leaving their families and detectives to confront one of the darkest and most tragic discoveries of their lives. They killed her. I know he did. And I know you've been lying to us. Tell us from that. Right there? Yeah, she's very good.

This is the home of Aurelia and Manuel Sr. parents of Manny Guyanne. Police believe Manny is connected to a missing child investigation. Two days ago, Eddie County deputies received a troubling call from relatives of Manny's girlfriend, 24-year-old Brianna Stallings, reporting something concerning about her daughter. We were concerned about my cousin. Her name is Branda Stalling, and we've never seen her with her baby anymore. She's got this all on social media and everything. She's with a guy named Manny, Manny Gien. Brianna's cousin would go on to explain that the family hasn't seen Brianna's daughter in nearly a year, and that one of the last places the child was seen alive is right here at the residence of Manny's parents.

These officers are here simply to conduct a welfare check. Unknowingly, they are moments away from stepping into one of the most disturbing murder investigations of their careers. That's part of you. Doctor, I can't see anything. for that's what for me. Hi. Hello. Hi, how are you, sir?

Very good. May you begin? Nice to meet you, Manuel. Hi. Happy fair, how are you? How are you? Is anyone else here? No.

Can we go talk over here? Would that be okay? I'm just going to talk with them a quick. Do you know if... Well, what I have already? Yes, I know what happened already. When I know, then... She was with my son, because one day they appeared over there.

He had a problem. She didn't hear, nobody, they'd get up there. But she's praying her. She's praying. Did you know if the baby had been born? Did you ever see the baby? No, but when they were, they were together. They were too bad, and like I told you, because, I don't know.

According to Manny's father, Brianna appeared estranged from her own family. She didn't seem to have anyone looking at. out for her and slowly began leaning on Mani and his parents as she went through her pregnancy. On the surface, Mani's father seems unaware that anything might be wrong with Brianna's daughter. But officers are about to learn he may know far more about the missing child than he realizes. So when she had the baby, where were they living? After they had a baby, they went with me, maybe maybe a week to weeks over there, and they went to So, right after they had the baby, they lived with you for a little bit?

Yeah, a little bit. People, they leave, again. People can visit them here someday, yeah. And then they disappear. Because they were staying, I don't know. I wish better. I never quit a bad in heaven because I don't hurt you. Yeah.

But I never really bad. I tweeted with me a heart. Through the language barrier, officers are able to piece together more of the story. Mani's father goes on to explain that his son served in the Marines, and that he believed Mani cared deeply for Brianna's daughter and took good care of her. He also says that he tried to help the couple, allowing them to stay with him, offering support and showing sympathy for Brianna's situation after she became estranged from her own family. However, he also admits the couple were unstable.

They would stay for a while, then disappear again. At the time, Mani's father believed he was doing the right thing, helping a struggling couple get back on their feet, but he has no idea that this will become the biggest regret of his life. Before leaving the place, officers also speak briefly with Manny's mother who'd have some concerning statements about the couple. So Manuel and Brianna never lived there when you were there? Ivan and he'd come and he'd come in with the baby?

No, the baby no, the baby no. She wasn't at the house there when the baby was there. Okay. Mani's mother would speak to officers in Spanish. She tells them that every time she asked Brianna and Mani about their daughter, the couple told her the child was with a family member. But she leaves out several concerning details about what was really going on in Mani's life. Details officers will soon uncover on their own. For now, police leave the residents with more questions than answers.

They still don't know where Brianna and Mani are. and they still have no idea where their daughter might be. But just as they prepare to leave, Mani's brother pulls up to the house. Detectives quickly approached to speak with him where they'll get their first real lead on where Brianna's daughter might be. Your mom's a cool lady. I completely forgot about Susan, man. I'm the detective, Johnson, man.

Nice to meet you, sir. Hey, so we're just, we just talked to your mom. Nobody's in trouble. Yeah, no, but see, I have no idea why the family contacted you guys. I told her to call me if she had any questions that I would give her anything. information that I had, and I did that. Called who? Is it her family member?

Her aunt, I got the messages right here. Have you talked to Brianna or Manuel at all, or? I talked to Brianna maybe a couple weeks ago. Have you seen her? Would she have her baby with her? I have not seen the baby since. It's been a couple of months. I like three, maybe more.

I was one or two. I was like, I haven't seen her in a while, and was she okay? Although Mani's brother reassures officers that the couple's child is with one of Brianna's aunts, he admits he hasn't seen her daughter in months and doesn't sound fully convinced by Brianna's story. Following this, detectives begin contacting Brianna's family. One by one, every one of her aunts tell the same thing. They do not have her daughter. One of Brianna's aunts, Ruby, insists detectives come speak with her in person

because she's seen and heard troubling details about Brianna and Maddie's relationship they need to look into. When detectives arrive to speak with Ruby, they'll quickly realize there's more to the story than a missing child. Hello, are you Ruby? Yes, I'm a detective Johnson. We spoke on the phone. Yes. I think you said you had something. Yes, come on in.

Come here, baby. Is that all right if I come in? Yes, come on in. Thank you. I know something's going on because when Brianna was pregnant, she was here. with me and she left she i raised brand since age six and i spoke to her brother earlier i called him on my lunch break was it was a brian bernard and asked him hey what's going on i said have you met your niece have you seen her he says no see i haven't because when she had her baby that day she called

me yeah and then you went to hospital yeah i went right away and he kind of got mad like she quit Mani? Yeah, because I was taking... She was already with Mani. Yes. And he kind of got mad, and he whispered in her ear, and he walked out of the room. And I'm like... And I said, he's mad, huh?

Like, well, the man, he got mad. She goes, now, we have not pay attention to me. What the detective is hearing now isn't just concerning. It's deeply unsettling. It's the first time the relationship between Brianna and Nanny begins to sound volatile and potentially dangerous. Ruby doesn't know it yet, but her intuition is spot on, and in just a matter of days,

she will be told the most horrific truth imaginable about her grand knees. For now, the detective leaves Ruby's home and heads back to the station, knowing they need to move quickly and locate Brianna and Manny. What Ruby shared was troubling, but it's only the beginning, and far worse revelations are still to come. Two days pass with no sign of the couple or their child, Then a call comes in from a woman named Desiree who identifies herself as Brianna's former roommate.

She's heard about the missing child and has important information about Brianna's boyfriend, Mani, details his own family never shared with police. The only reason that everything kind of worries me is just she fell off and like she just didn't talk to nobody. And this kind of like happened, you know? Do you know why she's kind of disassociated herself from other people? Her and Mamie were fighting so bad. He said he didn't want a baby. He has a son, and I'm pretty sure that he had got that baby took him away because he did the shit out of the baby.

And so he doesn't have that kid no more. The mom has a kid. Brianna, she lived with my mom for two years. You're going to... The pro of the embellage, caduce is the demand. Cote of deballage, is who the maher? The mull Reese, on board arachid, met your art of deballage at the preve.

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that he didn't want to be with her. He didn't want the baby, he doesn't want a kid. That's why he got rid of his other kid. So it kind of

worries me on that part, you know. Needless to say, Desire's call paints a disturbing picture of the couple. If Manny already lost custody of his own child due to abuse, then there's every possibility that Brianna's big daughter may have suffered the same fate. Together, the pair comes across as volatile, irresponsible, and deeply unfit, a dynamic that only adds more urgency for the detectives to locate them and find the missing child.

The next day, as detectives begin mapping out their next steps, finally receive a tip on the couple's whereabouts. Brianna and Manny are staying at a trailer belonging to Manny's father. Officers immediately drive to the address, hoping to finally speak with the couple directly and get their side of the story. Police department. Several minutes pass with no answer. Then the officer knocks again.

When Brianna and Manny finally step out of the trailer, it's clear they already know why the police. are here, and they have a story prepared. Hey, so, I'm Detective Johnson, by the way. Sorry, and do you guys know why I am out here trying to talk to you guys? Because I heard, I guess, my family changed the speech. You know what? That's why I've involved as a detective, you know what? Just because stuff like that guys have passed on to us.

So, where's your baby at right now? She's with a friend. Where's that? In Juarez. In Juarez? Okay. Who's your friend in Juarez? What's your friend in Wattis?

If you don't mind, I'm just going to talk to you guys individually real quick, and then I'll, I'm going to talk to both you a quick. So can you just hang out with him for a minute? Sure. And can I talk to you over here? Yeah. So, obviously, I don't know your personal life, I don't know anybody.

I'm just trying to get it all figured out, You know, that's right. I'm pretty mad because... Yeah, it's that. Yeah, because I don't talk to them at all. What's the thing? They're annoying and they're all in my life, you know. That's one reason why I started, because I used to look at my aunt and she would come over her tail. Like what?

Like, she would always be out. I mean, I'm sleeping. I don't know what I'm doing. Just this. So, I don't like her. I don't need to do what I mean. She would be very long. You know, look to her dog to my own gear.

me with, like, all my business and went off. That's the only reason why I blocked them. Is your friend, I mean, would you take your baby down there? Yeah, I figured so she can take her group because I'm glad to get a lot of people. So how did you guys end up, so when did that happen? That happened. What did you? Like, two months ago.

Brianna's explanation sounds reasonable. Her family constantly interferes in her life, and she doesn't want to deal with them. She even speaks negatively about her aunt, Ruby, claiming she was not. never supportive of her. Nothing about Brianna's story immediately raises alarms. So to verify the details, the officer moves on to speak with Manny separately to cross-check what Brianna has already said. This is when a small discrepancy surfaces, one that will mark the beginning of the couple's story falling apart. Hey man, so, um, you kind of just give me the rundown on everything going on? All righty, so as far as I know, like, her family's been trying to get a

her because I guess they haven't been in touch on about how she's doing and the baby's doing and she spoke to a couple family members I think it was her aunt or brother or something like that because they messes her and she told them to like yeah I'm like we're doing okay like you guys don't got to worry about nothing and then they're like well just in order to make sure it was okay and then after that then they started okay my mom told me she's like oh hey there's detectives here at my house like trying to figure out like you guys are missing or something I'm sure you guys haven't, like, talk to the family, or, like, dude, like, what the fuck? Like, she's talked to her aunts with someone.

She's talked a couple of family members and let them know, like, everything was okay. And, like, they're still doing this shit. So, yeah, I don't know. So the babies and waters? Mm-hmm. When did that happen? Roughly the day or the month? Mm-hmm.

Beginning of the year? Like, the end of the year? Can you your name card for the 300 block of Montclair? Like, February? Of the 18. Do they give you an address? Like, how are you guys supposed to be in contact, or what's the plan? Is she going to go back to her baby at some point?

So as far as I'm here, it's like once we got good, we were going to be, I guess she was going to be hitting us up back then. That's all I know. Not only does Mani give a completely different time frame for when Brianna's daughter was given away, but he also can't provide any basic details for the supposed friend the child was given to. When the officer circles back to Brianna with the same question, she can't answer it either. and offers no way to verify that this friend even exists. At this point, the officer's suspicion grows, and with the inconsistencies piling up,

he makes the call to detain the couple and bring them to the station for further questioning. Once at the station, Brianna and Manny are placed into separate interview rooms. They still don't know their stories don't match, and investigators intend to keep it that way. This is the police's only chance to finally figure out What really happened to Brianna's daughter and who's responsible? As for the couple, one wrong answer could expose the horrifying secret they've been hiding for months.

And so how did you get in contact with Maria? Um, through WhatsApp. Do your WhatsApp? Yeah. When did this happen? Yeah. I said two months. Two months ago?

Okay. Do you remember the day? I don't remember. You have their messages on WhatsApp from Maria? I can't I can't remember either it's like all times you know what's happening

011 something yeah I don't know how do you get in contact the check on she would tell me she was gonna get up Facebook and like me want to talk to me and I don't know

I thought she talked to you already have one yeah and talk to me since how passed up how do we just make sure Colony's okay Manuel because Brianna doesn't seem to know how we can just ensure

that Colonies If you think about it, that's kind of disturbing a little bit, but a mother, maybe not a little bit more concerned about, you know, just helping us ensure that the child is safe. As far as I know, I know sometimes she has problems with her phone, and she, like, kind of has her hard time to get paid, so maybe she probably hasn't put her phone bill. The only thing I can say is probably just wait for her until she gets your phone fixed and probably contact us back on what's up. As expected, Brianna and Manny stick to their conflicting story, but more importantly, is a lot of her. that neither of them show any concern for their daughter's well-being, despite not seeing or hearing anything from the supposed friend for weeks. What the couple doesn't know yet is that detectives have already followed up

on the supposed friend, Brianna mentioned, and discovered that no such person exists. By now, it's painfully obvious to investigators that both Brianna and Mani are lying, so detectives decide it's time to lay out what they believe really happened to Brianna's big daughter and confront her directly. Yeah, we need you just be truthful with us. A lot of the stuff you said is just not making any sense. And it's kind of hard to wrap our minds around the kind of a lack of concern you're showing.

I mean, we just need the truth. We need to make sure Kalani's okay. I mean, we get it. Stuff happens. You know, people go through hard time. We understand that. Something happened. Something that you don't, whether or not Kalani is okay or not, something happens.

After this happened, you guys discussed this, try to come up with a story talking about a person and we know nothing about with no proof that Marie even did felt what happened. Mistakes happen really. What do you mean right now is what matters? Right?

Brianna finally breaks and confesses to killing. her daughter. After this admission, she becomes visibly emotional, and for several minutes, detectives are unable to get clear answers from her. As they slowly piece together her statements, a story begins to form. Brianna claims she fell asleep on her daughter while they were in the car, accidentally suffocating her. Panicked, she and Manny buried her daughter's body in a remote wooded area where it has remained for nearly a year. After the confession, Detective decide to give Brianna a few minutes alone to collect herself, and to reconsider the story she's

choosing to tell, because even now, she's taking full responsibility and insisting Manny had no part in what happened. When detectives return to the room, they know what they need to do next, convince Brianna to be honest about Manny's role and where her daughter's body is buried. Hi, Brianna. Hi, Brianna. Hi, Brianna, how are you? I'm sorry. doing a lot of doing okay we'll start getting you anything you need water or anything you need a snap okay so we've kind of got a good understanding of what's going on okay you're not any kind of trouble right now um we want to do what we can to help you okay um with i guess you being willing to help us as well Okay. Would you be willing to drive up to Queens right now?

What kind of show us where we need to go? I'm right. You're going to go with us? Yeah, you're okay. Going with us? Yeah. How'd you get here? Manual?

Yeah. Would you be comfortable with manual, though? Yeah. After agreeing to help detectives, Brianna seems to regain her composure, speaking calmly and answering questions, as if the weight of her. confession has already lifted.

In the next room, Manny has no idea his girlfriend just confessed and took all the blame. But he's about to find out, as detectives prepare to drive both of them to the one place they never wanted anyone to find. You're okay? All right. And he likes to kind of like, you know, because it's like to me.

Oh, sorry, this is Sergeant Columbia. Yeah, manual. Mani. Nice speech. As they prepare to leave, Brianna and Mani are reunited, and it's clear,

Mani immediately realizes she's told officers the truth. The couple and officers then drive out and hike deep into the woods to recover the body, a grim walk that will lead to what can only be described as a nightmare. Go ahead. Go ahead, man, you.

Great, let's go see a little. Don't worry about me. Got it. They're right here where the rock is. Where the rock is? I'm sorry? The little rock is right in the hot spot. Yeah.

Right there? Yeah, she's very in. That one just sticking out there like a big old pimple. With all those stakes, they're like. She's underneath the rock? Yeah, she's underneath the rock. Those rocks. Are walking back?

Yeah. I marked it. Okay. so I don't want to keep you guys out of loop just because you guys came down here showed us all this but we're going to do stuff the way we do handle it and so

what we're going to do is we've got to get a search warrant of course but we're going to bring out our other resources and we're going to do this the right way okay we're going to hold off we're going to secure this do we have your phone with this so we get a hold of you guys well we got to take them back home

oh yeah that's right sorry I forgot about that So it's not like we're just coming, marking, and then leaving, so I just want you to know that that's not what we're doing. So it's going to be a long process, okay? You're 100% certain that's the spot, though? Yes. Okay. Who are you saying about it?

I think we're good, man. We've been marking it along the way. By now, officers believe they've found the burial site, but because it's already dark, they halt the search until the following day. Before Brianna and Mani are allowed to leave, detectives instruct them to return at noon. For now, the pair isn't being detained and are treated as two people who may simply be caught in a tragic situation. At least, based on what they're admitting. A far cry from the real truth behind their lies, a horrific truth, that police are just hours away from discovering. The next morning, Brianna meets detectives near the search site, but strangely,

Mani doesn't join her. Instead, he waits inside a detective's car refusing to return to the burial location. Brianna then leads investigators back to the wooded area with forensic experts following behind. She's about to give them the confirmation they've been searching for, even though the couple responsible

will eventually still walk free. Yeah, but that was over there. There. Okay. I can check over there. That's a pretty long. Okay. Okay. You want to hang out in the shade of all of it? Okay. Do you want to hang out in the shade of the wildlife? Thank you. Thank you. Tragically, but it's here it's hard to get it.

Tragically, this discovery confirms detective's worst fears. But as investigators examine the

remains, something stands out. Although the body has decayed significantly, it still

shows signs of possible injuries. Suddenly, Brianna's claims of an accidental suffocation

no longer seem as straightforward as she described. And detectives now need to get to the bottom of what really happened. So while forensics continue their work, a detective speaks with Manny hoping to determine whether Brianna is telling the truth or if she's just protecting him.

What Manny says next makes one thing unmistakably clear. He has no intention of taking responsibility. I mean, you get it that the baby passed away, and you and Brianna varied the... Yeah, it... Why would you? you try to hide that factory? I don't remember.

I think I remember the baby was being really fussing. And the family was like, you know what? I should go outside because we went outside and we tried like maybe go into the car and then turn it around and maybe the help of the car being turned

on and then the vibration probably helped the little speed. See, I can understand now. For as much as you want closure in this, you don't think that That I want closure, I have my own babies. But the only way that I can get that closure, man, is if you guys just help us. And by helping us, I mean, just be honest with us.

Was the baby, did you, was the baby in a backpack? Did you put the baby in something? Just bugs. And it's the way, kids. And where you roughly showed us, that's where you remember to the best of your knowledge. Despite the detective's efforts to get any reaction out of him, Manny remains completely emotionless, taking no responsibility,

and insists it was nothing more than an accident caused by Brianna. With Brianna already taking all the blame, detectives have no choice but to accept their statements for now, and the interview with Manny is wrapped up. Back at the burial site, forensics finished documenting the scene, and the remains are sent for autopsy. At this point, officers could arrest the couple for tampering with evidence,

They already admitted to burying the body, but detectives make a different decision and let the couple walk free. On the surface, it seems like a strange choice, but in reality, it's a calculated move that will become crucial later on. With that decision, the scene is cleared and the day is wrapped up. Back at the station, investigators regroup to discuss their plan. They agree that letting the couple go, at least temporarily, is what's best best. for the investigation. There is no autopsy yet, no confirmed cause of death, and no clear way to prove who is responsible. If Brianna and Manny were arrested immediately, they would almost certainly lawyer up, and detectives would lose the only chance to confront them once the

medical evidence comes back. By waiting, investigators gain a strategic advantage, the opportunity to secure a confession when the autopsy reveals the truth. But their plan comes with major risk. The couple is now completely free to disappear. And what detectives don't know yet is that Manny has family in Mexico. Over the following week, investigators wait for the autopsy results and begin searching for anything that could help strengthen their case. They're certain Brianna hasn't told the full truth. And with Manny's history of abuse involving his previous child and wife,

there is every reason to suspect foul play in their daughter's death. So to gain more insight into the couple, detectives arranged to meet Brianna's aunt, Ruby, at her workplace. this point, Ruby has no idea that her grand niece is long gone. And once detectives break the tragic news to her, she will make it clear just how big of a mistake it was to let the couple walk free. If it's okay, is it okay

if I ask you some questions before we get started? Okay, so how did this all come about? I was six years old. I'd have her. She lived with me at age 23 she left. In and out, you know, once you turn 18, they know it all. She got pregnant from some guy out of Texas. She was excited to be a mom. But when she met this guy

she's with now, she messaged me. The, I have my baby. I rushed to the hospital. What was that? Here. Here, girlfriend. Yes, sir. I took babies, pictures with the baby, and he got upset. Before he walked out that room, he

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I want to meet my baby niece. And there's no baby. Her brother, Brian. I spoke to him last night. He goes, I haven't hurt nothing, Thia. Well, her brother ended up calling her. They argued, and he told her, hey, I'm not going to be. sending you any more money.

If you don't bring me, my baby needs to meet her, I don't even know her. Every time they'd go, he said she'd get the money and go. And there's no baby. Oh. And she said she left it with an aunt. We're the only ads. Me, one from Roswell, and the other two, they didn't even capable of taking care of a kid. Ruby would continue describing more concerning behavior from the couple, especially

Mani's anger and hostility around Brianna's daughter. But as she talks, she begins to sense that the detective sitting across from her may already know far more about her grandniece's condition than she does. Is there a baby? Did they take him in for questioning? Give me a question. Or are they in the loose, or is there a baby? So, the baby, there was a baby. But they, y'all found her.

I know, but we still have a. I know, and this is part of the judicial system that we have to do. No, they should be locked out. They should be lost to, taking her to her doctor's visits or anything. So it's still under investigation, there's still a lot of questions we have, okay? Well, what are they saying? Again, we haven't really spoke to them, okay? They're going to be gone.

If you go find them, they're going to be gone. He has family in Mexico. He has family as moms for Mexico. They have family of bodies. Through her grief, she warns them about something they hadn't fully considered. The couple could already be on the run, especially with Mani's connections in Mexico. Additionally, her description of Brianna as a follower only reinforces what investigators heard before. It's starting to make sense to detectives why Brianna would take the blame,

even if many played a bigger role in what happened. By now, though, Ruby is devastated, knowing she will never see her grandniece again. Her reaction is far more emotional than anything detectives have seen from Brianna. But sadly, the tragic news doesn't stop there, because Ruby is about to hear the most disturbing part about her grandnieces' death. They killed her. He killed her. I know he did.

I could have had that. baby i could have raised her do you know who the dad is or the baby we don't know him nobody knows nobody knows who he is um the baby has been sent up to albert 13 for an autopsy how many months was she won't so you're going before she turned one probably oh my god i don't know how old she was exactly but i'm i'm guessing a month to two months when she passed away oh my god so she oh my god I get on you. Going off the information that I was told.

I meant that he stopped breathing, because all they, all he did was, when I got to that car, it smelled like bad, bad, like we. I bet that he couldn't even breathe. Why are they still out in the loose? Well, you know, Dr. Popsie. It's, it takes about six months. God, they'll be gone.

they'll be gone. That's why we don't want them. We don't want to spook them one. They've already got to spooked. The minute y'all discovered that his body, they're gone. They're gone. I know they're gone. Ruby is justifiably furious.

She wants justice even if it means putting her own niece behind bars. But without an autopsy, detectives still don't have definitive proof of how Brianna's daughter died or who is responsible. Making an arrest now could jeopardize the case. With that uncertainty hanging over the investigation, detectives wrap up the interview with Ruby. At this point, they still believe waiting is a safer option. But that decision comes with a dangerous consequence.

It gives the couple exactly what they need. Time to run, disappear, and make sure they're never found. Over two months later, the autopsy results finally come in, and the findings are more disturbing than anyone imagined. The report reveals multiple injuries and in the child's system. Most importantly, the manner of death is ruled a homicide. For the first time, detectives have confirmation that foul play was involved. Now they need to figure out which one of them is responsible, and more importantly, where they are. Detectives are quickly sent out to search for the couple, but they're nowhere to be found. Days turn into weeks and every

possible address comes up empty. It begins to look like Ruby was right all along. The couple may have disappeared for good and gotten away with the murder of her grandniece. Eight full weeks pass and still no sign of Brianna or Manny. Then in February, detectives receive a tip that the couple has returned and is quietly staying at Manny's father's trailer at a near Park. It's the first real lead since the autopsy. Officers are dispatched, but they're told to keep the encounter calm and convince the couple to come involuntarily. The goal is to extract a confession, not spook them into running again. Minutes later, they arrive at the trailer park, hoping this time the pair won't slip away.

I hope he's gone Hi How are you? Good, how are you? Very good Good, good Hey, are your kiddo's home? Yeah, there, there's a little.

Oh, okay. Hi, nice to see you again. How are you? Good. Good. You didn't call him? Yeah, if you don't mind. No problem.

Sir, can you just call Brianna out just for now? Okay. If you wouldn't mind. Brianna? Hi, Ms. Brianna. Some things have come up, and I would want to know if you'd like the chance or the opportunity to speak with us on it. Okay, would you mind going to our station just sit down and have a conversation where it's a little more? Yeah, we ask them.

You'll go? Okay. You just want to share some things out. Yeah. We'll give you a ride and then we'll bring you right back. You don't have any knives or anything on you? Okay. Do you mind if I just pass what you just really quick?

Just make sure you don't have anything on you. No, you're good. Okay. Brianna doesn't ask a single question and simply steps into the back of the cruiser. A strangely calm reaction, considering she's been out of sight for months. But things are about to get even stranger.

Once officers call Manny, to come out. One more time. One more time, huh? How's your going? Hey. Good, good. You might come in and talking with us?

Can you do with that? Okay. Cool. All right. Okay. We're right over. Yeah. Just as a precaution,

then it's got to patch you down to make sure you don't have it. Okay. All right. I appreciate it. Okay. Thank you. We'll be back.

Manny's reaction is just as baffling as Brianna's. He also agrees to come along without asking a single question. An odd level of cooperation for a couple who's avoided police for nearly two months. The pair is quickly transported to the station. Upon arrival, they're separated immediately. Detective Amanda Keller leads both interrogations. Investigators need to determine which one of the two is responsible or whether they both played a role.

If they can't sort that out, prosecutors may never be able to prove who actually killed the child and both Brianna and Manny could walk away without a single murder charge. For the killer couple, everything is on the line as well. If one of them slips up, they risk a life sentence. But if they both stick to the same story, there's a chance they get nothing more than tampering charges or even walk out completely free for the second time.

Mock, knock, ma'am. Hi, Ms. Rihanna. Did you get some water? Yeah, I'm okay. You were drinking. I get you very good. So it's been a while. So again, my name's Amanda Keller.

This is Edward Oronda. So we're here today to, like we said out there, basically this investigation is coming to an end. And we just had additional questions for you. How did that night start off? Well, okay. I was tired. And whenever I, after I get birth and all, that I got depressed meals.

So I would take those. And when that time happened, I took that, and I took allergy pills. So whenever that happened, because the whole car thing, I know I said that. But the actual thing was, we were in the bed. And I slept over now. So you woke up, baby was cold. You started doing CPR. What about Manning?

What is Mandy doing? You know, I mean, I tried to remember myself, but then he freaked out, like, oh, shit, like, what's happening? Okay, and then what did you decide to do? I just put a plastic bag or everything, and I guess I'm just confused as to why y'all would say that you were living in the vehicle. I were just staining, like, just, I don't know, I don't know why I said that. I was just freaked out. Got you. That's fine.

Brianna still clings to the claim that her daughter's death was accidental. And through it all, she continues defending Manny, insisting he had nothing to do with it. What Brianna doesn't know is that police already have an autopsy that directly contradicts her explanation of what happened that night. And the detective is about to use it to completely dismantle her story. So she did test positive for... Do you know why that would...

be? I'm not sure. Okay. Do you use? Does Manny use? Has he used? He hasn't used it whenever he got together or anything that I know. Okay.

We're just trying to figure out. Why are these lab results telling us this? We know you know. Did he use often? It's a. very addicting drug it is does he still use no

well that's good no he changed to leave to make him like you know not with not withdrawal yeah I think to yeah that's good

how long did he use for how long did he use for? You don't know you don't know there's like some months is that some years Some years.

Brianna's hesitation to admit Manny's drug use only confirms what detectives already suspect. She's hiding the truth, and she seems far more focused on protecting Manny than revealing what happened to her own daughter. But Brianna's denials are about to end, because detectives still have more gruesome details from the autopsy things only a truly evil parent could do.

so when we review the autopsy there were also some injuries to her bones um and one was before she had passed do you know why she would have injuries to her to her or to her leg did you ever leave her with anybody um so it was primarily either you were manning around her at all times did you really fall asleep on kalani and that's what killed her were you guys arguing and you may have taken it out on koani or was she upset i just feel like you haven't had crying all this was just one time all the time all the time

but when he hurt her was this just one time or was this all the time once he would never like just that time so he just lost to school he seems like a real mellow guy yeah it's not that I just feel like

when he went to the military I feel like it changed it yeah absolutely Yeah, I'm not going to happen. And if you don't get help for it, it just kind of backs up. I was like that once, too. Then I got out because I was always trying to kill. Yeah.

For the first time, Brianna isn't blaming herself. She's hinting that Manny may have played a role in the child's death. It is at this point, detectives decide to pause the interrogation and give her a short break, worried that she might shut down completely if they push any heart. her. But when they return to the room, something has changed. Brianna can't hide the truth any longer. She's about to break and finally reveal what happened to her daughter that fateful night. Do you really think he's going to be honest or do you think he's going to put it on you?

I'm not really sure. I'd be like, you didn't, Mommy. That's what we're giving you. It's fine if you tell it. It's fine if it blows me. Why is that fight? That shouldn't be fine. you think that's right no why did you say earlier if you felt like

if you had met somebody else then because none of this would happen why is that I don't know I just feel like like

ever since you want to be another turn it's okay God it's not It's not your fault. It's not your fault. I want your fault. I have you over them.

Do what? You know I have a little. I get it. You don't have to. You know that, right? You don't have to go back there. You don't feel trapped. You don't have to go back there.

You don't have to go back there. Why do you like yourself now? No. Because I have the last to go. You can find something for you to go. You know, your family loves you. I know that you find. They do.

They do. They do. Even still, they still take up for you. They still ask about you if we've heard from you. They love you. They do. Regardless of what's happened. None of my aunt, Ruby.

All my life, I've lived with her. She's given up me. This is the first step, though. This is. This is. It's just the most of it. But it's okay, but you're doing it now. That's the point you're doing it now.

Yeah, now's late. It should have happened. But it's not too late, right? It's not too late. Do you feel safe, Brianna, is what we're getting at. Do you want our help? Do you want us to give you a little bit of time to think real quick? We'll find you a cook.

Try to find you something. I want to feel safe. I just, like I said, I don't know, it's going to react. Yeah. If we're asking stuff like this. Brianna's lies are unraveling before her eyes. She says the military. Terry changed Manny, insisting that if it weren't for him, her daughter would still be alive.

As she breaks down, even the detectives grow emotional. With Brianna's side of the story now revealed, detectives wrap up the interview and move her into another room, ready to question the person they believe is the real killer. This time, their strategy is different. They plan to confront him with evidence almost immediately and see whether his version of events aligns with Brianna's. But after avoiding consequences for more than a year, Manny still believes he can talk his way out of trouble. And the worst part is, he might be right.

Just a case you bring in mind, they have to bolt in there, whatever one you want. What kind of medication did you take that night? I didn't take medication. I took pills of it. So what does that normally do to you? How does that affect your body? It knocks me out.

It does what, I'm sorry? It knocks me out. Knocks you out, like, just makes you tired? She's continued to sleep. She's alcohol. Okay. Okay. So even in that time, right, she can't hold her head up, right?

She can't crawl. So she's very dependent on somebody, right? To hold her, to move her, right? She can't just put something in her mouth or however. Okay, so how would she have... So who else could have been around her in smoked it or somehow? Oh, goodness. Okay.

That doesn't make sense to me. Do you see how we're... We're kind of, if you're saying it, how did the baby get a hold of it? That's what I don't understand either. Mani's admission to taking the drugs only further confirms detective's suspicions. At this point, he is their primary focus, and investigators believe he's the one responsible for their daughter's death. So they stop circling around the topic and decide to fully accuse Mani of murder to see if they can break his story and elicit a confession. this is your knee essentially right and right here it's injured you see that it's more of a

this is like an actual this is more of like a diagram yeah like here's your right and it's right here on the corner what's that figure do you know why she would have had injury right there no that's the only the only thing that but i would know the only thing that word me was her probably being because whenever we did do the CPR that's what only caused the injuries that I would know like that would be yanked her leg

or nothing like that no sorry okay I'm gonna be honest with you we know we know what happened the facts don't lie on the autopsy report okay

we know that the injuries occurred before death all right so that CPR doesn't play effect. Okay, so medical examiners have a way of proving injuries before death because the bone will actually start to try to heal almost immediately. Does that make sense? You're still getting blood flow and all that kind of stuff. I don't know the science behind it,

but based off what happened, injuries were prior to death, meaning she was still alive than injuries occurred. All injuries. Does that make sense? as detectives continue laying out the evidence against him manny sits stone-faced this is the moment where everything hangs in the balance with all cards on the table and murder accusations in front of him manny could shut down the entire interrogation ask for a lawyer and refuse to answer another question

what happens next will determine not only his fate but brianas as well just tells me i know i know I mean, she was being fussy, and I got upset, and I got to buy a leg and entered, and she wouldn't stop crying, so when I sat on top of her. Okay. And that was... How long? How long did you sit on top?

Not long. Maybe like a minute. Maybe that's a little bit of time from a while. Until, until what? She stopped crying. I'm glad that. That's it. When did you know?

That she had died. Whenever I got her, she stopped crying, so I talked she was like, oh, well, I checked her when she wasn't breathing. Okay. And then what? That's when we should have been CPI. Okay. Were you panicking? Didn't know what happened?

Why didn't you all call? Not in one? That wasn't my call. Brianna wanted to call me, but I told her not to. She just freaked out and just were scared. What was Brianna doing when everything was happening? I think she was in the kitchen. I don't know.

She came in. I told her as well, he's not beaten. You don't get to see her. Did she see what happened? She didn't see it? There's no way for her stopping here. nothing like that. Was that the first time

you had lost your temper? Was it just the constant crime just kind of got to you? Just a split second and just kind of lost it. Mani finally admits he snapped and killed Brianna's daughter in a moment of rage.

Following his confession, both suspects are taken into custody. Mani on charges of child resulting in death and Brianna for tampering with evidence and helping bury the body. But despite a murder confession, both Brianna and Manny will ultimately walk out of jail. As of September 2025, both have been released on bond while awaiting trial. They are right now free, unrestricted, unsupervised, and able to disappear at any moment. Manny is likely

facing a life sentence if convicted. Brianna, for her role in hiding the body, is expected to receive a significantly shorter term, but that's only if they show up to court. With many's family ties in Mexico and both suspects currently out in the world, there is always a chance they could vanish again, this time for good.