EXPLORE WITH US - Victim Burnt Alive Survives Long Enough to Solve Her Own Murder: The Case of Audreanna Zimmerman

Episode Date: November 14, 2023

Victim BURNT ALIVE survives long enough to SOLVE her own MURDER...The following podcast episode is not legal advice. Do not rely on the information in this presentation without speaking to a licensed attorney.No one discussed in these videos has been formally diagnosed by EWU and our psychological analysis is based on the general behaviors and traits of the people discussed.

She barked. She bucks. Something like somebody about to set the corned for something. I don't know. She has come out of the woods at my house. That's the worst one I've seen. I couldn't believe she was still conscious and alert

with the amount of burns she had. What did she do that was so awful that she would die a torturous death like this? That's what we want to know. I have nothing to do with nothing. That's my friend. I'm sorry. That's my friend.

I would never hurt. On March 24th, 2010, A man named Terrance sat outside his home in Pensacola, Florida, enjoying the fresh night air. By all accounts, it was a perfect spring night, that is, until a faint voice rang out from the forest surrounding his home. At first, Terrence couldn't make out what the voice was saying, and then it came again. A panicked and pained moan. It was a woman calling out for help. Terrence couldn't have had the slightest idea of the gruesome crime that had just been committed against this one.

woman, a crime so brutal that you may have trouble believing it. In reference to the call, we're on scene, the fire's saying that the patient, she's got second of her body, but she's saying that there was no vehicle and had her on fire. At first, through the forest shrouded in shadows, Terrence couldn't make out the woman calling for help. Moments later, when he finally could. He was horrified. A 19-year-old woman, Adriana Zimmerman, slowly stumbled toward him out of the darkness. Burns coated every inch of her skin, so severe that he couldn't make out the color of her skin or whether she was wearing any clothes at all. Terrence called 911 while Adriana sought refuge on his porch.

911. What's going on out there? Somebody said somebody's saying somebody's fine up. Her that's laid on her right now. She's what? She bunned all up. She's fucked? She bumped.

So like somebody to part of set the car on fire something. I don't know. She just come out of the woods at my house. As they waited for EMS to arrive, Terence noted that Adriana smelled heavily of gasoline, and there was a severe injury on her head in addition to the burns. Whatever she had endured had left her barely clinging to life. By 9.24 p.m., an EMT arrived at the scene to find Adriana sitting on the porch with her arms outstretched, rocking back and forth to soothe her pain.

The extent of her burns meant that the EMT on the scene couldn't offer her much medical assistance. Even for a seasoned EMT, the sight was deeply disturbing. She was kind of moaning. She was just in a sitting position, and the way she was looking was, it hurt to move anywhere, so she was kind of in whatever position she was the most comfortable. It was in a sitting with her arm stuck straight out. She was moaning, and it was hard to understand her due to her jaw.

Her jaw was very deformed and stuck out. So she kept mumbling, help me, help me. And I told her, you know, I'll try to help you. You just got to stay there and try not to move for me. really with a burn victim like that there's nothing much we can do until UMS gets there and your training experience when you saw or what was your first that's the worst one i've seen i couldn't couldn't believe she was still conscious and alert with the amount of burns she had did you feel her tradition was grave yes sir just from your experience and seeing what you've seen

yes sir just from seeing that plus the head trauma uh the amount of head trauma she had to her face I would not have expected her to make it through the night. She kept telling me I'm about to pass out. I'm about to pass out. So I told her try to stay awake for me, and I wanted to get the info of the suspects before she passed out. Fearing that she would never wake up if she passed out, the EMT dug for all the information that he could about what happened to her.

She managed to tell him that she'd been taken from her house, tased, beaten with a crowbar, and then set on fire. En route to the hospital, the paramedic supervisor tended to Audrey, as much as they were able to. In their interview with the police, they disclosed heart-wrenching details of the ride to the hospital. I told her, keep fighting,

and she kept saying over and over again, am I going to make it? And I told her, I was going to try. And she said, just tell me I'm going to wake up and see my babies. I got to talking to her, and I told her that I was probably going to be the last person she talked to for a while and that in order to catch the people that did this to her,

I needed her to tell me if she knew who it was. And I asked her why they did it to her, and she said, I thought we'd made up. Without being able to give more details about the horror she had endured, Adriana was given morphine for her pain and fell into a coma. Investigators were desperate to find the perpetrators behind such a heinous crime. It wasn't long before they inferred that waiting through all the convolution

and getting to the heart of the horrific incident was going to be anything but clear-cut. This is Cypress Trail Mobile Home Park, where 19-year-old Adriana had only lived for a few months before the horrific incident took place. Adriana moved to Florida with her children from her hometown of Lubbock, Texas. Her family, who lovingly nicknamed her AGI, missed her from the moment she left for the Sunshine State. She was a loving, dedicated mother to her two children, and her final words before she fell into a coma confirmed this. In route to the hospital, barely clinging to life, she repeatedly asked the medical professionals to take care of her children, and check on them since they were home alone.

Mere hours after Adriana was taken to the hospital, law enforcement arrived at the trailer park. They knocked on Tina Brown's door at lot number three of the trailer park, where she lived with her 16-year-old daughter, Brittany Miller. Then they knocked repeatedly at lot number one, where Heather Lee resided with her husband, Darren Lee. For nearly an hour, no one responded. Until finally, after incessant knocking, Heather answered.

She, Garen, and Tina had been holed up inside her home the entire time. By then, the police had plenty of questions for them. Throughout the interrogations you're about to see, law enforcement is forced to wade through a sea of contradictions and lies created by suspects who were seemingly racing each other to dry land. That race to escape began the moment Heather Lee was put in a cop car to be brought back to the station for questioning. The following footage has been analyzed by a qualified team,

including a licensed professional counselor and a licensed attorney. It's cold in here. All right, let's tell him. She said she's cold back here, honey. Can you tell me what's going on? Huh? Can you tell me what's going on? Just hang tight, okay, dear?

Okay. After setting Heather in the car, the police leave her alone for another 20 minutes. She fidgets anxiously in the back seat. What's your full name? Heather. H-E-A-T? H-E-R. You work anywhere?

No, sir, night. Several witnesses and neighbors interviewed alleged that many people in the trailer park sold illegal substances or allegedly worked as escorts, including Tina, Heather, Adriana, and their partners. In the four months leading up to the battery of Adriana, cops had visited the trailer park 25 times, but this time would prove to be the most ghastly, heartbreaking visit of all.

What is going on? Okay. First of all, we're investigating a battery here with your neighbor there behind you. I guess. The lady lives behind you. Yes. Listen to me now. Okay. I'll ask you some questions. Okay. I just see Adriana earlier today. My name is investigated Watson. I'm with the sheriff's office.

Okay. We were called out here on an aggravated some type of disturbance tonight, okay, where a neighbor was critically injured, and you have been implicated, maybe having some knowledge or information, or even being involved. I have to ask you some questions, but before I ask you any questions, I'm going to have to advise you your rights, okay? The detective reads Heather Her Miranda writes. She accepts them rather calmly,

But her calmness and patience will start to wane as the police begin to really question her. First of all, tell me, do you know the situation we're talking about here? No, sir. That's why I keep asking what's going on. Okay. Where have you been all afternoon? What have you been doing? I'm here at the house.

I was cooking. I see Adriana earlier today. Who? Audraina, my neighbor, she was down just away by my aunt house talking with us earlier. And then I had one back in the house. I cooked and I laid it down after that. Okay, is anybody in the house with you? Nobody with my husband.

He was in that sleep. Not your husband? Is this two of y'all live there? Yeah. My kids with my mom. Okay, this girl was taken from her house and beaten up. Okay? I seen her earlier today.

She told me that she had a date. That's all she told me. And I asked her who it was. She was riding the bike up and down. Detroit and I asked her when she went that way I said where do you keep going when you go that away she kept saying foul her but she wouldn't never tell me where I'm foul and then she said girl I got a hot date tonight it's interesting that Heather immediately provides information to deflect the interest away from herself and toward the supposed hot date do you know the lady lives

in lot three back there Tina yes I know Tina all us know each other out here I made her when she first moved out okay how long she's been here um I'm not quite sure. It's been a couple months, though. She ain't been living out here no longer than a year. Okay. Where did you go tonight before we got here? Tonight.

Tonight? Yeah. I didn't go anyway. So you've been in your house? I've been here and down by Tina house and by my aunt house and back here. I was here cooking. My mother-in-suffer came around here, her and the kids, and I was in there cooking fish and cried, and it's still on the stove.

Heather telling the officer that the fish is still on the stove, an attempt to prove that she's being truthful. In reality, her desperation to provide evidence of her activities only makes her look more suspicious. People who are innocent often don't feel such a stark need to back their story up. In just a moment, you'll see her try to validate her whereabouts even more by listing people who can provide her with an alibi. Take note of just how many times she does this.

I want to sit here and believe what you're saying, but we're getting information. you know what's going on here. You, you and Tina. I don't know anything about what's going on here. Like I said, I was here at the house. My mom called me on my cell phone. I talked to my mom. My aunt came here, heard of kids.

My two cousins who's in the car with him. My aunt down in the fourth trailer, she's seen me today. My uncle John said her today. So you're sitting here and telling me that you and Tina, y'all didn't have a problem with this girl back there? I didn't have no problem with Audraina. I've been hanging out with, Audrina every day. All of us been hanging out together.

You untainly didn't jump on her? No, I didn't do nothing to Audrey and I would not harm her on her head. Heather's protesting that she couldn't have been involved because she would never heard any part of Adriana is known as a convincing statement. This type of statement is often a sign of deception, as a truthful person's first instinct would likely be to outright deny an allegation, rather than try to convince the person posing the question of something. I had to protect her once before.

From her. Because her and some girls was getting into it, and I stopped them from jumping on them. Other than that, I haven't had any problems with her. Her kids, I always have her kids with me. Ma' Audrainer just like that. Every since she moved out here, we became a friend. Here, Heather's palm seems to be facing up as she's speaking. The palm-up position is not very affirmative,

and it suggests that the speaker is asking or pleading to be believed. This may indicate that she's feeling uncertain about the statement she just made. And the kids, I love the kids. They went with me to get my hair done and everything. I seen her this morning, and then I seen her about two and about three. Where did you see her out? I seen her down this way by my aunt house. You were down there?

Yes, she was right down there. That's when you were down there when you saw her? Yes, and she came over to the conversation. So you're saying you saw her three different times today? Yes, I seen her today. And she was down there. He was down there. All three times.

Is that all you know about this? Yes, sir. And I put that on everything I know. And you swear that this statement you gave me the truth is the best of your knowledge. Yes, sir. Adriana is my friend. You do any of that?

No, sir. All right. The police conclude their interview, but what Heather requests next is very telling and makes her look even more suspicious. I want to see her. See who? Audraina.

Well, that's not going to be probable right now. God you're worried about it. Would you tell me if you knew what happened? Yes, sir, I would. That's what I'm for him. Okay. All right, we'll leave back waiting just a second. Okay.

Once more, Heather is left in the car. She shifts uncomfortably and sniffles, wiping her tears until it seems she cannot take the anxiety brewing inside of her any longer. While to some, her next actions may seem to be those of a desperate friend, to others they likely appear to be those of a suspect trying to feign concern. Babin!

I wanted to know what's going on. Huh? I wanted to know what's going on. Didn't the investigators tell you already? Yeah, they told me that, but... Okay, well, I can't tell you any more than what they told you, sweetheart. All right, they didn't tell me I was under arrested or... No, you're not under arrest.

Okay. How can I find out where can I go see her at? You just got to wait, okay? And then when they all get done, I can find out? Yes, ma'am. Okay. All right. Okay.

Your husband will come in here. He will talk to you. Okay. Meet Darren Lee, Heather's husband. He's no stranger to run-ins with law enforcement, having been convicted of two prior felonies in 2001, including battery and sale of a controlled substance. As soon as he's put in the car, it seems that the couple begins retracing their steps in a discreet way

to ensure her and Darren's stories are aligned once they're separated for questioning. This early in the investigation, we can only see speculate as to the reason behind Heather and Darren having been placed in the vehicle together. It's possible that law enforcement just needs to secure them for the time being. However, it's also a possibility that officers are intent on capturing what the two might inadvertently disclose as the camera is running. When you did this?

I don't know. I'm talking about it. That's what they told me. They say, oh, real thing, go down enough for questions or something. What about what? What, that's a question. I told them that, um, blocking well came by and based on fish with them. Like, y'all may leave.

Well, she said that you told them that we were asleep. I told her that I was just in their sleep. 448, copy-judger. I told them that was, you pissed like the movie. Go ahead. And I was right there on the couch. Yeah, well, right. The blocking ground came by.

I'm sorry. Why I'm not doing him. I'm going to have this trouble. And he's going to come to keep them. I'm not worried enough questions. I said, you don't want to ask them a question. I ain't got no problem with him.

Like I told him. I've seen all the drama earlier today. They're talking about the gas can, that thing. What gas can? Gas can. Gas cans on the porch. Them gas cans being on the porch,

I don't even know who gas cans can't do this. I don't know who gas cans on this. I don't know who gas cans on this. Heather's reaction to Darren mentioning the police taking gas cans off their porch is rather frantic and over the top. Them gas cans being on the porch, I don't even know who gas cans can do this.

Especially considering the fact that at this time, officers had not even disclosed that Adriano was burned. I ain't know what the hell was going on. They told me I had just seen her today. And now they say she in Tempts to care. I seen her before I got dark. All right. She asked me for that day and ain't today.

I'll give you about a minute more. Say your things and we fix it and go. I need to talk to you real quick. All right? I'll give you about a minute more. Say goodbye. Hey, I'm on arrest. You are not free to go at this time.

So you can consider it whatever you want. You're not free to go right now. Okay. All right? Okay. I think I can hold you 48 hours. I don't know. You are...

Oh, hey, ow! I think you're detained at this time. How about that? So we get you and talk to you. Okay? They're going to talk to. Oh. The two are being detained as the officer has reasonable suspicion

that there is criminal activity afoot, or evidence of criminal activity to be found through the temporary detention and questioning of the individuals. A detention is different than a detention. an arrest, which requires that the officer has probable cause to believe a crime has in fact been committed, was in the process of commission or was about to be committed. The standard for probable cause is higher than that of reasonable suspicion. Reasonable suspicion must be based on specific and articulable facts, combined with rational inferences from those facts, and the

suspicion must be associated with the specific individual or individuals being detained. They'll cut the time to get me involved in whatever happened with that. Told me at all, nobody's seen that bull got down there. You get my phone and call the gene. The gene that Heather is referring to is an attorney who she will be asking for rather frantically soon. After this, Heather, Tina, and Darren were brought to the station for further questioning. However, there was still one person missing whom cops desperately wanted to speak with, 16-year-old Brittany Miller, Tina's daughter. Tina told police that earlier Brittany had left for the hospital with her friends, Jessica and Mallory, in Tina's maroon SUV.

Brittany had hurt her hand, though Tina told investigators that she didn't know how. Investigators searched the area for Brittany and the SUV, but their initial searches proved fruitless. Brittany's name, car make and model, and her physical description were broadcast to all patrol units in a desperate attempt to find her. Without Brittany in custody, back at the station, the thorough questioning of Tina, Heather, and Darren began. On top of their stories contrasting with one another, even their demeanors in the interrogation rooms were wildly different. You have Heather, who was clearly distressed. Officer! Yes, ma'am. He's getting me a nurse or something.

What? I don't feel good. I wouldn't be feeling good either. I'm having anxiety attack. I have anxiety attacks. I've already called. They're supposed to be coming back to you, okay? That's all I can do right this moment.

Okay. Sit up to in a chair, up there, sit your head down on the desk. Just breathe right. Okay. Okay. I'm being, I'm afraid.

These are my people. I believe it will be all right. It's got to be afraid. Please let me away. Heather's anxiety is tangible in the 30 minutes she's left alone in the interrogation room. And as you'll see shortly when her interrogation continues, she is every reason to be anxious. Her husband, on the other hand, didn't seem entirely concerned when he was interrogated, even casually chatting with someone on the phone beforehand.

I'm all right you're doing man, I'm going to be able to stay right now in use I'm really right, man I'm going to go out I'm going to go you're going to get off

you ready man for the 7-7? Yeah, for real I'll call you right back man I'm going to call you right back man I'm just not just got to phone who is it?

I got through that all that, man. You're going to take my phone on this. You done? Yeah, all right. And then there's Tina, sitting emotionless in the interrogation room while she waits for police to enter and question her. You grab the phone. How you doing?

I'm investigator Lee Tyreen. This is Investigator Tom Watts. After this, the police remind everyone of their rights now that they are officially in the interrogation rooms. An important thing to note is that Tina was the first to be interrogated, followed by Heather. Take a look at how their stories compare. Even their initial retellings of why they didn't answer the door don't align. I've been talking to you for a few minutes.

I was kind of trying to find out why you won't answer the door when we came to your house this evening. You explained that you saw the cops and that you were nervous about that. Is that true? No, no. We're just watching movies. Okay, so you, Darren, and Tina were sitting. Heather. We're sitting there in the living room watching movies. And when the cops knocked on the door, what'd y'all do? We were sitting there. Okay. Why ain't you answer the door?

It ain't my door. Okay. They do anything special when the cops knocked on the door? Turn out the lights, T. Because we were already, y'all, because we were being nosy looking out the window, seeing what's going on next door. Okay, so you saw the cops next door first? What were the lights on before the cops came over next door? Yeah. And then y'all turned them off when they came over next door? You can see better what the lights off. Okay. I'm looking back at you. Tina having been at my house all night.

Okay, so you sitting there in the living room watching movies. Tina hasn't been at your house? She haven't been at my house all night. Where was she at? She came in. She came and knocked on the door, and I got up. She said the police was out there. Okay.

And I just laid there. Did she come? I was on the couch. I just laid there because I was asleep. Did she ever come in the house after she told you the police was there? She came in the house and she sat down. In your house? Yeah, she sat on my couch.

And what is she? And I asked what was going on and she told me she didn't know. I'm confused here because Darren told me that y'all, you and Tina were there and cooking all night. Tina was there when I was cooking earlier. Okay. But she wasn't out there all night. Where did she go? She had left.

She told me she was going home. Okay. About what time was that? It was what time I was cooking. It was getting dark when I was cooking And I stopped cooking About six or seven So Tina left around six or seven?

Yes, she left Okay And when did she come back over to your house? She came back probably like 30 minutes to an hour later So she was gone for 30 minutes to an hour And she comes back And the cops show up right the same time

She came in and she said the cops outside Did you see the cops outside that time? I looked, I got up and I looked And I seen the lights You can see the spotlight. I see the spotlight. And where are they at? They was outside.

Are they outside of Indiana's house? They were outside of Tina's house. They were outside of Indiana's house at all, or no? When I had came out, they was outside of Adriana's house. Okay. When they knocked on the door and I came. And you didn't answer the door for like an hour. They didn't knock on my door.

Oh, yeah, they beat on that door. Not on lot one. They did because I was laying right down the couch. And I didn't hear no lock. Even your husband said they beat on the door and you weren't going to answer the door. And then Tina said they beat on the door and y'all didn't answer the door. It seems Heather is facing what is known as the prisoner's dilemma. This occurs when two or more individuals who are involved in a crime are isolated from one another

and urge to confess to the crime. Each is concerned only with receiving the shortest possible prison sentence and each must decide whether to confess without knowing what decision the other or others will make. And Tina said, hold on, don't answer the door. And I asked her why. Okay. We're getting a big diversity in this story. I'm going to tell you like it is.

Are you trying to ask my friend? I would never hurt her. Tina came to my house and she told me not to ask my door. I asked her why she said because the cops is out there. Heather's emphasis points are extremely off here when she states she's my friend, then hits the table followed by I Would Never Hurt her and strikes the table again. You can actually see and hear

how her nonverbal emphasis does not naturally line up with her words as it should. This is widely recognized as an indicator of deception. And then she asked me, she said, where are the cops at? I said, they're dying up by your house. Why you keep asking me where the cops are? And she wouldn't ever say.

She started back. She started back, she was agon nerves. She started back puffing on the cigarette. Did she look like she was been running or did she look like she'd been in a fight? She was acting normal. Notice that Heather's palm is up here, which may be an indication once again that she's unsure of the story she's telling and asking to be believed. Let me ask you a question. She was acting normal.

You said you. When we asked me, I said, I said, Tina said, I said, you seen Adriana tonight? She said, no, I haven't seen it tonight. And she didn't, she didn't tell you why she didn't want you to answer the door. She didn't say anything about why not to answer the door. But she did tell you not to answer the door. And I told her, I said, I don't have anything to hide up and open my door. And then I got up and I said, who is it?

And they said, the sheriff's department, I opened the door. What was Darren done? He was at the bottom of the couch watching TV. And you're absolutely sure of this. Yes, sir. I am sure. Because this story's a lot different in Tina's story. I am sure.

As the investigator has pointed out, Heather's story is wildly different from her husbands. Okay, so you were sleeping until about seven, so you don't know anything prior to that? No. Okay. And your wife tells me this story about Tina coming in, Sandy cops are outside, and that y'all look out and you see the cops, surrounding Ms. Zimmerman's trailer, and she says for y'all not to answer the door. Now, I don't recall any of that conversation going on in yours.

Now, I do remember you saying y'all didn't answer the door because it was police. Tell me about that. I don't want to say the police was out there. Okay, so you don't recall Tina coming in and saying the police are outside? Tina was already in the house. Because your wife tells us that you and her at home alone, Tina comes barreling in and saying, outside and y'all see the cops outside and Tina's saying don't answer the door. No, that's a lie.

That's a lie. Yeah. Okay. Because that's what Heather told us, your wife. I don't tell you that's a lot. Okay. Why would she lie to us, do you know? I don't know.

I mean, she was distraught. She was crying. She was telling us this story. She seemed, she seemed like... Emotional? Emotional, but she also seemed sincere. It's possible that Heather is lying in order to make Tina look bad and compromises. her alibi. Though clearly, she and Darren aren't on the same page about that plan.

Obviously, no, something's up. Yeah. So tell me what happened tonight. Nothing happened that I know of. Notice how Tina is rubbing her neck, which is a major red flag. It's obvious that she's feeling very insecure and apprehensive. Neck massaging in general is a calming response. In addition, rubbing the vagus nerve near the side of the neck, close to where a pulse is taken actually results in the release of acetylcholine, which sends signals to the heart to slow down a person's heart rate. However, this isn't to say she's guilty as she's clearly in a stressful situation, but it's also an important tell to take note of. See arms and hands if I could. Can I see the top sides? Okay. There's old scars on there?

Yeah, I have a puppy. Okay, and what's this right here? That little scratch there. This? Yeah. I have a puppy. Okay, and your puppy calls that? Look, I'm going to move here. Got your chin? Okay. Nothing new. All right.

So where were you tonight? At Heather's. At Heather's house? Well, I was at home. My daughter's braided my hair, so I was at home, but it started hurting, and her little friends started coming by. Remember what Tina has said here about her daughter braiding her hair? It will prove to be quite important as the investigation continues. So Heather said she was going to cook, so I went down there, and she was cooking a fish.

and french fries and then we just started watching movies okay and did you go anywhere from there you were there all night until the cops came up there Tina has put her hand to her mouth here whether conscious or not many individuals will attempt to hide their lie by physically covering the source of their deception what time did you go over there probably just started getting dog

okay so about sunset you go over the heathers. Mm-hmm. Was anybody over at Heather's house when you went over there? Just Heather and her husband. Do you know what happened to Adriana tonight? No, I don't. Heather just said she got beat up, but that's all I know.

A little bit more than that. And what was Darren doing while you all over there cooking? Anything? They're on the couch watching movies. Okay. All right, but you were home all night. You didn't see any kind of disturbance going on over there before the cops came over there or anything?

No, we would have heard something. You said you saw Adriana earlier today? What time was that? Adriana was coming and going, coming and going on a bicycle. Okay. Do you remember the last time you saw her? Was it while you were still over at Heather and Daryng's? I didn't come back out when I went to their house.

We were cooking then. Okay. So it had been before sunset. So you saw her during the day? Mm-hmm. Okay. And once you went over the Heather and Dairns, you never left there? No.

You didn't go to get anything or go anywhere at all. I don't think so. Notice that Tina's been asked several times if she went anywhere that night, not even 12 hours prior to this interrogation taking place. You seem kind of lack of the daisical about this. We're going to go out there. We know what happened out there. It's just going to be a matter of getting fingerprints and evidence back, okay?

Out where? It happened at her house? No. It didn't. It originated. It started at her house. Right. And then it went somewhere else. What started at her house?

The reason we're here. Well, we got some issues, okay? And we're going to get to the bottom of it when we're another, okay? So we're sitting here talking to you, and I certainly appreciate, and I know Tom appreciates that you're talking to us. But we've got to get to the bottom of this, and we've got to know what happened, the truth. And, you know, there's two choices here. Either you're going to tell us or Heather's going to tell us.

So who's going to be? Tina is continuing to show signs of high anxiety, evidenced by her face, neck, and chin rubbing. It's unfortunate that the officer is throwing out questions at such a rapid pace that Tina isn't getting a chance to answer most of them. I didn't do anything to her. Okay. And you were home all night?

Was it at Heather's house. Okay. You were at Heather's house. all night, never left there. Because, see, the story between Heather and Darren is already shaky. And your story is a third version of what they've told us so far.

Okay? Now, there's pieces and parts that are the same, but they aren't exactly the same. Okay? It concerns me. It sounds a little too good, and then the parts that are breaking up, I don't understand why they're not saying

the same thing, okay? And so we need to get to the bottom of this. And somebody's life may end over this. We're getting told that she's in pretty critical condition at this point, not likely to make it. That's why we're here. Do you understand what he's saying, not likely to make it? Yeah, she's about to die.

Yeah. Okay. That changed gears. When she dies, it's going to change gears, okay? I didn't do anything to her. Okay. I don't want you to tell me anything. other than the truth. Okay. I didn't do it. Okay. Still got a problem.

If you know anything, if you know anything and you're withholding, you want to be the first one on board. You see what I'm talking about? Because once we get everybody, you know, get all the information, there's not going to be second chances. And like said, it's, if, if, it's, you know, it's just, you know, If she doesn't make it. You're trying to be sleeping with a lot of guys around there. I realize that. What I could have did it. I didn't do it.

I promised to go. While Tina maintains that she had nothing to do with the attack, Heather takes a much different approach. Their behaviors are as different as their stories are, and they only grow more dramatic as the interrogations continue. I hate it. Go grab one across the hospital. Sergey, you all right? You're all right. You're all worried about Andrea.

Yeah, I'm too. I'm very worried about Andreana. My friend. Tell us what happened. I don't know. I don't know. I've seen her earlier today. And she seems like everything is all right when I've seen it today. Let me tell you a little bit what's going on, okay? We did get a chance to talk to Adriana before she went to the hospital.

Yes, sir. She told us a few things. She told us who did this to her. Yes, sir. She told us where they took her and what they did to her. Yes, sir. Okay? Why do you think I'm talking to you?

I don't know. I would know of her. I always have presented. I wish she got into it. Okay. There's some question. Heather's statement here left investigators wondering about what kind of of things everyone in the trailer park were getting into with each other.

And what motive it may have provided for brutally attacking Adriana. She was also a friend told us you did this to. We need to go over what you did tonight, okay? Yes, sir. We just talked to your other son. Yes. Tina Brown. Is that your friend too?

Yes, all in the trailer for her. And how about her daughter, Brittany? Where were y'all tonight? I was at home. When they came down, I was right there in the same. they're in the same spot. I absolutely believe you were at home when we came over there.

Where were you maybe half an hour, 45 minutes for that? I was at home. I was at home. My aunt came up. My house. I was in the house cooking. You know what time your aunt came by?

It was almost dark. It was almost dark. Okay, well, we came over to your house and started knocking on your door about 10 o'clock at night. Almost dark and 10 o'clock at night, it's a big difference. There's about four hours missing in there, okay? A good three.

A good three. The lady in Trellar for, that's my aunt. She's seeing me, Jerry, and... Heather. A lot of most people see me at home. Listen to me. Listen to me. About dark and 10 o'clock, there's a lot of hours in there.

I was right there on that couch. Okay. So that's where you're saying you were lying on that couch. Graham and blockade in my house, they would land out, watch a TV with them. Okay. Anybody else come by your house? my aunt my cousin, my cousin

kids, the little baby junior came by Graham came by Block came by and all that Jared was at my house listen to me

and what time did they get by and what time did they live? It was dark with Jerry came by that he always come down there

asked me for cigarettes What was Jerry's first and last name? His name is Jerry Johnson that's my uncle and my aunt name is Terry Smith He's

We talked to them at the scene. I believe you did that one. They stayed down in the trailer floor. I think we got to see them. It's from there and down then. My recollection was they didn't see her this evening. It was about two and three. I don't care about two or three and after you.

I care about tonight. That's all the time. I see Audrey. I haven't seen since then. Two or three and after you don't matter. What time did your aunt and Terry Smith come by? Terry was at home. her son came down, I asked him to go over to the store

to get me some fish fry. Okay, that's before you started cooking. That's before dark. Yeah. After dark, after you cooked, after dark, who comes by? Jerry was the only one came down. He came down for a cigarette. Jerry Johnson.

Yes. And you remember about what time that was? I'm not sure what time it was, but he came for a cigarette. And it was dark? Yes, he asked me for a cigarette. I gave him a cigarette. Okay. I've been at the house all that time, and I've been trying to find out where she was at.

Everybody's telling me they didn't know where she was at. Heather, why would you be wondering where she's at? Because she always hang out with me every night. We always hang out every night. And I feed her kids and everything. The last thing she told us was you came in there along with your friends, dragged her out of the house. I put down everything I looked.

I put down my chair in life. Bird, huh? Yeah. And that's the last thing she told. Bird? Yes. I didn't know anything above him. So tell me.

What went on tonight? I got to be it at my own. It seems fair to say that detectives aren't buying her story. This only becomes more clear as additional horrible facts and evidence come to light. But she was the only friend. I was closest to. And Heather, you know, this is all. When he talked to you earlier,

earlier and all that. You wasn't upset like this. Why are you upset now? I was crying because I didn't know that. I didn't know that. Did you watch on that video? The lady told me she was in intensive care and everything.

This video of you in that car talking to your husband, you ain't talking like this. He was asking me, did I see her today? I told him I seen her earlier today. Well, you know, we watched the video too, and we saw how you answered this. I don't care. I didn't have anything doing this.

I almost said, God, this is my friend. We're talking about this is my friend. You say, that's going to die. This is my friend. You say you're going to die. That's what I'm saying, because you're telling me my friend's going to die.

I'm being pretended. I'm being pretended. I mean, it's talking about what she gets into it with them. You got a friend. Because she's been getting into it with Taylor and everybody. Okay, so what turn Tina got a beef over? Tina said they'd get a long time. What's wrong with her?

Tina's the one hanging out at your house tonight, right? Yeah, all of us is friends, but she wanted me to go out of town where to be a ball. And I promised that I was going to go with her. I promised that I was not going to go with her to see her mom. I was trying to help her get some money to get home to her mom. She didn't have anybody here, feel some cold. At the time, Adriana was attacked. She was trying to leave Florida and return home to her mother,

where she could get a fresh start at a healthy life. It's tragic that that opportunity was taken away from her. Whether Heather was actually trying to help her is uncertain. But there's no doubt Heather's hoping, presenting herself like a savior to Adriana will make her look less guilty. When I asked you about Adriana and her date, you said he was supposed to come pick her up, is what she told you. And then you said you were sitting at your house and you saw a sitting headlights come down. You can see headlights coming in.

But you didn't pay no attention to it. No. So I don't know if you picked her up or what. Let's get back to Tina. Was she at your house at that time? When the headlights came in? No, she was not in my house. Okay.

She was not in my house. Did you ever see? No, we're not asking it alive, but what, did, did you see those headlights leave? I seen them came in, they went down, and then the headlights came back up. Came back. How long did they stay down in? They had went down and was down for like 10 minutes, and then they came back up. So you didn't, you know. I can lay right down on my couch by the door, and I can see headlights coming in.

Did you tell what kind of car went to? No, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't never look at the one. You didn't get up and see where the car went. I didn't never get up to see where it went, but I can see the headlights coming in and through my front window, and I can see the headlights coming back out through my window on the side where A draw the trail is. Okay.

What kind of car do you have? Brittany don't have a car. Okay. Was she riding around in a car tonight? Did you see her car? Did she ride with her friends? I didn't see her tonight. Soon after Heather was interrogated,

the police returned to question Tina Moore. With Heather's testimony, they have some new ways to confront Tina. The stories are a change, and it's interesting that Tina is sitting with her arms and her shirt, which isn't something we typically see with adults. We do know, however, that a fight or flight response can cause extremities to feel extremely cold.

So, you had time to think about it. Where were you tonight? At home and heaven's house. Okay. When did you go over at Heather's house? Like, um, it started getting dark. It started getting dark. It was my sunset.

And you stayed over there the rest of the night until the cops got there? Yeah. Really? Yes. Because I hate the story I'm getting. You don't care, huh? I didn't go anywhere. Heather's saying you're gone for half an hour to an hour.

I was not gone for no half an hour to an hour. You come back right before the cops were over there. Cops are over there around 10 o'clock. So from 9 to 10, I got you on account. for. So why is it that Heather's saying that your daughter didn't come by her house, that she went by your house? Who went by my house? Your daughter. My daughter was at my house, supposedly. She came to Heather. We asked her if Brittany came by her house at all today. She said no. She said the only time she saw Brittany right after school at your

house, and that's the only time she saw her today. But maybe she didn't see her. I saw Britney. They asked who was at the door. Brittany said it's me, Mama. I'll open the door. I went outside. Trust me. She's cooperating with this as far as when we ask her stuff. And we asked her specifically, was Brittany at your house today?

At my house? At her house. I'm talking to Heather at this point. And Heather's saying no. She was never inside of her. I asked Heather if you were over at her house. And she said, yes, she came over around dinner time. and then she said you left for half an hour to an hour.

And that when you come back, when you come back, you come in, in a hurry, nervous, saying the cops are outside, don't answer the door. Why is Heather telling me this? You tell me, if me and Heather were together doing this, then how is Heather going to be already in the house and I'm not in the house? Don't know? It seems the detectives are trying to turn Tina against Heather

by making Tina think they believe Heather may be innocent. This only stokes Tina's frustration more as you're about to see. The problem I got is that the story between you and Heather keeps getting further and further apart. I have not changed nothing on mine. Not nothing at all. That's the truth. That's the truth and that's the truth, okay? Nothing's changed from what I've told you.

Now you have it, nothing at all. The divide between Tina and Heather was growing. Investigators had enough contradictions between the suspect's stories that the alarm bells were now deafening. When they finally got word that Brittany's car had been located behind the house early in the morning, they brought Brittany in for questioning. Tina hadn't seen her daughter since she left for the hospital. Her panic when she thinks she sees Brittany in the hallway at the station before Brittany's first interview is evident. Come on.

No, that's the girl you. Nothing girl that was with you. That's my daughter's point. That is not your daughter. You need to step back in here. Brittany. It's not Brittany. Jesus.

Have a seat. That's my baby, y'all. They're doing that too. She'll do nothing. Ooh. You probably tell her all kind of lies. Is she afraid her daughter is about to reveal some incriminating information to detectives?

Here in the state of Florida, a minor is taken into custody, efforts must be made to contact a parent or guardian. But generally speaking, an interrogation can take place, and this is likely not going to be favorable for Tina or her daughter. According to 16-year-old Brittany, she hung out with her friends Jessica and Mallory after school until late into the night, at which point they left for the hospital. Her story of why the trip was necessary and why her right hand was now in a cast is interesting to say the least. When police ask her to sign a paper indicating that she's been read her rights, she struggles to sign because of her broken pinky finger, bringing even more attention to the mysterious injury.

Okay, I have to sign with my left hand. Okay. What did you do to get out of hand? I broke my pinky. Yeah, just do the best you can. Why is it that you think you may be here? I know we talked to your mom last night. Did she tell you? What have you been told? that they think that we did something to our next door neighbor to who Adriana

Adriana what is it that you think happened have you been told at all that I don't know we used to hang out real good we used to be real close and then we just stopped hanging out just stopped

did y'all have any beefs or anything like that when was the last time you talked to her Yesterday, around 3, 4 o'clock, probably. She was riding a bike. And I just asked her where was she going with the bike. She said she was just going to ride. Short conversation? Yeah, it was short.

That was it. Brittany explains that she said hi to Adriana when she met her friend Mallory outside Brittany's home before the girls entered. Went in the house and I started to bring my mom's hair. And then that's why the front hill that lives next door to me. And she started saying I was hurt. her head and stuff, so we stopped. And then she left and went out of the other house.

And me and my other friends, we just stayed there, was listening music, dance, watching movies. Who was at the house where you danced and watching movies? Mallory and Jessica. Mallory and Jessica. Is that it? Yep. Brittany explains that Jessica lives next door.

The activities began around 5 o'clock that evening, she claims, and they continued into the night. What time did everybody leave? They stayed the night. Mallory stayed the night, but just because she went home. She went home about 6 o'clock in the morning because we was at the hospital. Tosed your hand? Yeah.

Tell me how that happened. Mallory, I was cleaning, we were in my room, cleaning up my room, and I asked Mallory to toss me my key. And when she went to toss it, I went like that to try to catch them. And that's when I hit, like, the corner of the door right there. That's how I broke it. In your bedroom? Mm-hmm.

About what time did that happen? Around 1 o'clock, 1, 1.30. And that's when we left to go to the emergency room. About 1 or 1.30? Mm-hmm. And I went, and I went to head the house, and I told my mom, I messed up my arm. And she told me it's just going to drive myself to the hospital. So you took yourself up there?

Yes. Brittany claims that Jessica and Mallory went to the hospital with her. And you talked to your mom about hurting your hand before you left? I told her about, I went down, when I heard it, I went down to her the house to where she was at, and I showed it to her. And I told her, and she said, just go ahead and go to the hospital. And that's when we left. So from about, so the only times I'm really missing is from about six to one. Y'all dance and watch movies from 6 p.m. to 1 until you hurt your hand?

Yeah. Did y'all ever go outside the house? Nobody saw y'all outside your house? Nope. Do you ever walk down the road any of the trailers? No. What time did your mom might up coming home? I don't know, actually, because I was asleep once I came back from the hospital.

I went to her room when I went to sleep. And that's when I got woken up by the police. And it's important that you really concentrate on what you're telling us, because it is on tape. Mm-hmm. because your times are not had enough. Okay. Because you weren't there at your house between six and one. We know that for a fact.

We were out there all night. So, I mean, this ain't something we need to even ask to anybody else. And it's important you tell us the truth about that. Because something that minor, if you want a fib about that, you understand what we're saying? But that's why I've been at the hospital. We know you went to West Florida Hospital. But you didn't stay?

Yeah. They were taking too long. So we went to the other one. And that's where we're just not getting home. You went immediately to the other one? We know that's not true. Well, that's where I went. So, I mean, you weren't home.

Then I was at the hospital. No, you were in hospital at 1 o'clock. You just said. Mm-hmm. I was Florida. Where was you before that? You know what time we picked your mother up? Like at 10 o'clock, maybe 11 o'clock.

So we were at your trailer. Your mother went inside, got the title to the car. You weren't there. The truck wouldn't here. Then I must already been gone to the hospital. Since Brittany's story is unwavering, the police decide that it's time to take another approach. But will this one be more effective than the last?

We make mistakes. I make mistakes every day. Okay. There's stuff that I do that I wish that I could take you back, but I can't. But the most important thing is that we come in here and we correct our mistakes. You know, you understand what I'm saying? Good people, if you've done something wrong or if you know somebody else says, it may not be you. But if we've done something wrong, we can't. come in here and we talk about it and if you know anything and let's get it and make it right. There's consequences now for mistakes that we make. So something happened, if you know something happened, if you were there, because the story you're telling us is not even close. We want to come in here and resolve this and get taken care of the best way we can. We had somebody hurt badly.

If you're a grown adult, you seem like a good person. Nobody's in here saying you're a bad person, but what we're saying is something bad happened to somebody that you know. And we feel like you know what happened. Still, Brittany sticks to her story. It was clear to detectives after the initial interviews on March 24th and the morning of the 25th, that there were big gaps in everyone's timelines. Though those inconsistencies would aid them in their investigation, they needed some hard evidence and statements from others to take that next step toward actually.

actually arresting the prime suspects for attempted murder. Thankfully for investigators, there was plenty of evidence at the crime scene. Just off of Ashland Avenue, only two miles from the trailer park, was a gas easement set back in the woods. It was there where the most gruesome part of the crime against Adriana took place. Upon entering the easement, detectives came across tire tracks. When Tina's Maroon SUV was taken in, it was found that the tires were a match for the tracks left at the scene of the crime.

And that wasn't the only evidence the car provided. Spots of blood were found on the dashboard of the car, smeared across the passenger seat headrest, and speckled throughout the back seat. At the easement where the car pulled off, signs of a struggle were evident. A crowbar sat in the grass with what appeared to be blood spatter peppered over the cold iron surface.

Blood and ash were found to be pulled in various spots in the grass and dirt, pieces of clothing, burnt to an absolute crisp, were found and identified as Adriana's. Her bra was nearly unrecognizable. White napkins marred by blood were also left at the scene, as well as a pair of white shoes. There was something else alongside the weapons and blood that may sound a bit familiar. Strands of a hair weave were strewn across the scene,

and they didn't belong to Adriana. You wear a weave? My daughter was doing it today. Is that a weave? It's weave. Weave. Yeah. Oh, it looks real.

Thank you. She did the little braids in and everything? Does she do all that? Yeah, just my hair right here. Oh, that's your? Okay. Yeah, she was just bright and knees in, but it hurt. We've been doing it for about three or four days now, and it hurts. Mm-hmm.

Okay. All right. Does somebody grab me some toilet paper so I can blow my nose, please? Absolutely. Thank you. The police returned to the interview room about 30 minutes later. By now, it's around 2 in the morning, less than 12 hours after the 911 call was made, and they have a request that Tina may not even realize the importance of.

Tina, do me favor. Send it to turn around. Oh, yeah, yeah. Look at this right here. Oh, that's weave in there. That's weave in there. Take that up home. I told you that my daughter was...

Yeah, yeah. I didn't realize she was weaving all that. back. Yeah, so this is all my hair right here. Okay. Okay, that'll work. Yeah, that'll work. You see, the missing patch of hair on the back of Tina's head was a match for the hair left at the scene of the brutal attack. It's likely that, as Adriana bravely fought for her life, she managed to pull out the chunk of Tina's hair. And if the matching hair wasn't damning enough, at the scene of the crime, investigators found perhaps the most critical piece of evidence in the case. A black taser lying in the grass.

which brought up an important question. Who owned the taser? As you can imagine, no one from the mobile home park could quite agree on an answer. Though they were eager to throw one another under the bus, their discussion of the taser gives a glimpse of the possible motive behind the gruesome crime and provides a look at how dysfunctional their relationships were leading up to the attack on Audriana. In Tina's first interrogation, mere hours after the attack, Investigators ask if she recalls police visiting to speak to Adriana about problems in the trailer park the previous week.

You know, the police came out there last week to talk to her about the problems she had in her neighborhood? Yeah, they talked to me too. Okay. So you were there? What was the problem? Her and my... Oh, another girl come out there to fight Adriana, because Adriana was supposed to have gotten smart with her on the phone.

Okay. and Adriana's boyfriend was there, Andre Smith, and he sent Adriana in the house. No? He came outside the house, and he was saying that I was in the middle of that, which I didn't even know the white girl. And he said, oh, he cussed all the kids out and me that was outside.

And he told Adriana to go in the house and get that thing or whatever. She came back outside on the porch. She's on the porch cussing, and she came out in the walkway, and she tried to tase my daughter. Who tried to tase your daughter? Adriana. Adriana got a taser? What kind of taser?

I just think it was a black one. A black one. She said that... You've seen it? Yeah, everybody else has saw it. I just know it was black. Okay. And it made a loud noise.

Okay. everybody out there saw. Heather has a different story about who owned the taser, however, and Tina isn't going to like it. Does Brittany have any problems with Ariana? Heron. Had gone into it and Adriana tried to taser. That's all that Brittany had told me.

They had got into it, and Adrian tried to taser. How long ago was this? I think that was like two, three weeks ago. They had got into it. What kind of taser machine? Who has a taser? Brittany had a taser. Brittany had a taser.

The taser belonged to Brittany? I'm not sure. What did that taser look like? I seen it once before. It was big. It was long. It was a long taser. It was made black.

What called? Black. It was black. It was probably about that long. It had, like, little things on the side of it. I never seen the taser before. That was the first time I ever seen it when I seen it.

How do you know it was Britney's? Brittany had it, so I don't know. Have you ever seen Brittany with that taser before this? No. Today was the first time I've seen him with. You saw Tina's Day or today? Today was the first time I seen, Brittany. I seen Brittany with it on the counter earlier.

Today. Earlier today it was named on a counter in her house. And Tina's house. And I seen that taser and I asked her, what is that taser for? And they told me to stay out of growth for his business. You can hear the uncertainty in her voice when she says no with an upward inflection. When she repeats her answers, it's clear that she's attempting to make them sound more affirmative and honest, and she's trying to solidify her story.

No, today was the first time I've seen her with. Today was the first time I see it. Today you saw Tina? Was Tina there? Tina was outside. She didn't hear her say that when you asked her about that? Tina was outside. Tina always telling me to stay out and grown full.

When the investigators returned to question Tina after speaking with Heather, they had new information to use against her in their quest for answers. We talked to you earlier about the taser. I told you about a taser. What did you tell me about that taser? That Brittany and the day that a white girl came over to fight Adriana, that Dre, Andre told Adriano to go get that thing, and she went in the house and got Taser. Okay.

The Taser written with it. Okay. What about the Taser that was over at your house today? Taser at my house. I don't know about it. You don't know about it at your house? You don't know. I've been told about Taser at your house.

I didn't know it was there. You don't know anything about that, huh? Tina is extremely uncomfortable with this topic of conversation. She repeats back the question, which has the same sort of effect as a pause. It gives her more time to contemplate her answer. She keeps her hands perfectly placed in her lap, which is extremely atypical and normal conversation,

and indicate she is in a state of cognitive overload as a result of having to think very hard about what she should say. We don't observe these types of responses in individuals who are volunteering information from actual memory, and her odd behavior certainly hasn't gone unnoticed by the investigators. Heather's telling me that she always has to protect Adrianna from you and your daughter. You and your daughter chasing around all over the place. Your daughter has a taser.

She saw the taser over at your house today. My baby don't have a taser. We never had a taser. I don't know. That's what she's telling me. Why is she telling me that? I don't know. We never had a taser, sir.

Adriana had a taser. We never had a taser. My baby was taser. Your stories are getting further and further apart. Like I said, I tried to tase Britney with a taser. Brittany has a scratch

across her chest right here that I was grabbing Britney from off the porch so that they wouldn't fight. I told you we were best friends in that trailer park in the beginning. That's funny

because Heather says that her and Adriana are best friends and that you and Adriana don't get along and that you and Adriana are constantly having problems and that you and your

daughter have been chasing Adriana around this trailer part, trying to hurt her, and that you have a taser in your house, and that that taser was Brittany's taser, and that Brittany had chased... When the police come out there, if you can check

back, when the police came out there, Adriana called the police that day. I told the police what happened. Same thing I'm telling you is that Adirana tried to tase Britney with the taser. The same thing I'm telling you, Adriana called the police that day. And you were to press charges? No, do what I say

I don't know Actually no They didn't even come out there To press charges They told us to just cool it out Cool it out For us stay on our side For her to stay on that side

That's what he said And that Adriana Was supposed to be leaving town She wasn't not going to be here for long Right Because I talked to that officer He told me exactly that But he told me

That Adriana Did not wish to pursue charges Against y'all Well he never asked us About pressing charges He just said for us the cool and August he's tired of coming out here. He didn't ask you because you weren't the one bringing forth the charges.

She was. Okay. Her... Why would I bring charges? I didn't. No, you weren't. She was going to bring charges against y'all for attacking her. But we didn't attack her.

But that's what she's told. Adriana's boyfriend told her to go get that thing. Adriana was standing on the porch arguing. She wasn't even thinking about going to get a taser. He told her to go get that thing. We didn't know what that thing. was until she came outside with it. I didn't know she had a taser.

Why is Heather saying that she sees the taser in your house and that Britney has it? And that Brittany has it. I know where it is right now. It's in my evidence locker. Okay. Well, then why, how do we have it? Because Heather says you have it. Where in a, get a taser from?

We don't even know nobody here. We don't have no family here. Only people we know is the people in the trailer park. Where would we get a taser from? I don't know. You can buy them all over the place. They sell them at pawn shops and everywhere else. As you can see, Tina is growing frustrated with Heather throwing her daughter under the bus.

Brittany, however, seems a lot less upset about it. We have information that you and Andrea, you all, that y'all argued a lot. Mm-hmm. And your fault. Your mom had to break you up one time. Is this true? Yeah. What was y'all fighting?

I have the slightest idea. We really want to know the truth. Somebody else was there to fight her. We were outside to watch it. She gets mad and she tries to tase me. We have Heather saying that the taser along to you. She's seen it at your house. Okay. Is this a truth or a lie? It's a lie. The only time I've seen the table is it. when Adriana tried to taste me that night, mom, or that day Mama had to separate us. How long ago was that? Two weeks ago.

Something like that. You had when you almost had to fight on the porch? Yeah. You ever seen a stun gun over in anybody's house? Yeah. Where you've seen one at? Zimmy's house.

Okay. That's interesting. You say that. Because your wife says, she saw it over at Tina's house. So your wife's telling us all this stuff that makes Tina look bad. Uh-huh. And you're telling us that it was at Zimmerman's house, right?

It was gave to her. It was gave to her by who? Andre Smith. Andre Smith gave her a taser. Yeah. Where's Andre Smith? He locked up. He locked.

Is that her boyfriend or her husband? A boyfriend. Boyfriend. and describe it. Well, actually, I already described it, didn't I? Can't really ask you this. I don't know.

Who put the tape on? Who put the tape on? Who put the tape on? Mm-hmm. I don't know who put the tape on. You mentioned some tape. Because there's tape on that on the table. All right.

But you saw it with tape on there because the back's missing. So, I mean, you seeing a taser and there's tape on it is one thing. You seeing a taser. and knowing the reason for the tape being on it is a totally different thing. Exactly. So how come you know that the back is missing? Was this it explained to you, or did you see it put on, or do you know? No, I see in the tape.

Okay. But like I said, seeing tape, if you saw tape on this recorder on here, you wouldn't necessarily know that the tape's on there to keep the battery in place. And we ain't got no back part out of it. It doesn't have no back part. Okay. So it has no backplate and tapes on it. Yeah.

Okay. That does make sense. All right. So, Andre Smith gave it to her. Where does she normally keep it? In a cabinet. Where? In the top cabinet.

By the refrigerator. Who else would know this? Who would have been in the house? Why? She goes, hey, here's where I keep my taser? No, because she was like I always pulling out and you're playing with this. Really? Well, she made threats with people or something?

No, she doesn't plan. You know? Now, I ain't gonna lie. At one point in time, everybody was cool with everybody. Strangely enough, Darren's story aligns more closely with Tina's than with his own wives. It's possible that Heather is trying to frame Tina. While Darren is telling the truth so he doesn't get himself into trouble, the Taser incident between Adriana and Brittany is just one domino falling in the long line of conflict that led to the attack of Adriana, a compounding of incidents that will unravel,

revealing an absurd motive. Following the first round of interrogations, everyone was released and sent home, unaware of just how much evidence was rapidly stacking up against them. And though they weren't talking freely to police, they sure were talking to people in their lives, people they probably shouldn't have been trusting. On April 7, 2010, officers received a call from one of Tina's relatives in Illinois. They refused to identify themselves and stated that they had information to disclose about the case.

According to the source, Tina called her mother two days after the attack and admitted that she, Brittany and Heather beat Adriana. She managed to scramble away, which caused a heated argument between Tina and Brittany. Brittany tackled Adriana as she made one last attempt to escape into the woods. And it was then that Tina lit her on fire. Tina, Heather, and Brittany callously fled. Though Brittany realized she left her shoes at the scene of the crime as they drove away, Tina told her. Tina told her. She told her. She was her. She left her shoes at the scene of the crime as they drove away. Tina told her. Tina told her. her it was too late to turn around. Afterward, Tina ordered Brittany to leave the area and stay away until the police were gone. Brittany took that time to take care of some evidence, washing the car interior with hand sanitizer, burning the clothes they were wearing, and disposing of the lighter fluid. While telling her relatives the story, Tina didn't appear to have much remorse whatsoever for her actions. When her relatives urged her to turn herself in so the law would potentially go easy on Brittany. Tina told them that even if Adriana died, they'd be fine because the cops had no real evidence against them. But on the late night of April 8th, only one day after that call

was made to the police, Adriana tragically passed away. Her family by her side, having never woken from the coma she fell into. She died just five days before her 20th birthday and never had the opportunity to turn her life around. The attempted murder that police were almost certain Tina, Brittany, and Heather had committed had turned into a homicide. On the same day that Adriana passed, even more evidence against the three women was brought to light. Police received a call from a high school classmate of Brittany's named Ray Jean, stating that she had been being harassed by Brittany and Tina regarding the case. When police reported to the high school, Ray Jean stated she had received multiple calls from both Brittany and Tina, trying to convince her to pose as

Brittany during a polygraph test so that Brittany could pass. The police were almost certain they were the culprits, but the question of why they committed these terrible crimes in the first place remained to be answered. To get to the bottom of it, both Brittany and Tina were interviewed immediately after their arrests. Tina, you remember me? And this is it first gave me, Tyree. You know what this is all doubt. However, instead of starting with questions, they begin by giving her some information. Now we're going to tell you what we think happened. Good, Tom.

On that particular night, you, Brittany, and Heather were gotten in a verbal application, a physical application with Adriana Zimmerman. Okay. Okay. The fight kind of escalated a little bit, got out of hand. She was attacked with a tire, a pry bar, what do you want to call Crowbar

and then she was disabled with a stun gun and then set on fire and all this was supposed to happen in the trailer park that nobody heard not at the trailer I didn't say at the trailer park I'm saying during this that night it originated at the trailer park

you Brianna Brittany Heather and maybe one or two other people transported her over to the Ashland Avenue on the gas lines, and that's where the... The what? Ashland Avenue.

What is that? It's out another road ordered by the house, and that's where it went bad. We've got information that you're involved in it. It's true they do, in fact, have some groundbreaking information. You see, there's a very specific reason that Tina was sought out by investigators, and when they finally divulge it, she's going to... to be absolutely shocked. Like this, Tina.

Let's listen. Not only did our victim name you first and last night. You know what? We went and talked to those people yesterday. Not only did they name Heather. Not only did they name your daughter. You've also told people. You know, that's how we know the story, too. Me?

Yeah. Why don't you let me finish telling them? Okay. Okay. Go ahead. We hear that you use lighter fluid, poured it on her and lit her up. And you're mad at Brittany because she's, She got up off the girl, and that's how she got up and got to run away.

I'm mad at my baby? Mm-hmm. Okay. What else, sir? Yeah. What else? What else is it? She told two people.

Who? She told the fire chief, and she told the EMS supervisor. Okay. Now, when did she do that? Right before. Right before. They put her under. I got to talking to her, and I told her that I was probably going to be the last person she talked to for a while,

and that in order to catch the people that did this to her, needed her to tell me if she knew who it was. She told me yes, and she named three girls, a Tina, a Heather and a Brittany. She did not give me last names. And I asked her why they did it to her, and she said, I thought we'd made up. If Adriana's supposed to have told these people this, wouldn't you think that she would have told them everything that can happen if you land on the ground and you burn it up and you're about to die? She told everything she could was the pain she was in at that time, and they didn't give her long. Because they had to put her out.

She said, you know, EMS supervisor told her, she got to ask her, am I going to make it? Am I going to make it? Am I going to make it? She said, I'm going to do the best we can for you. The detectives have become privy to some other damning information that they share with Tina, and it's all about to come crashing down on her. He ain't going around here telling people you can kill that girl.

You're talking your relatives and telling them that. And they're calling us. But you're talking to somebody and telling them that, well, She'd go ahead and die. Y'all be good to go. Well, that ain't the case, is it? Because she died. She died last night.

It comes to her wounds. They told us that she was in a coma yesterday. She died last night. She died last night. Why you think we come back out like gangbusters tonight? Mm-hmm. That's why you're under risk for murder. She's one who told us that.

Who? Our lawyer is Jean, his dad. He said he called him. Don't know, they said that she was in a deep coma. Well, she didn't come out of. Guess what? We got information from the ME that she didn't make it because of the burns. Now, you sit there, you think about it.

You think about what we're saying. That one, those kids would never see their mama again. You've got a chance to see your kids. I don't know that. You've got a chance to see your kids again somewhere. down the road. Now, like I said, I'm not going to sit, we're not going to sit here with you as long as we did last the other night. Maybe you didn't mean before to be this way, but that's what I said. We don't know. So you're going to need, you need us to be able to tell your side of the story when it comes time to

go before the judge. And by you just sitting over there not, you know, thinking we don't have nothing, we've only gave you a little bit of what we got. And believe me, it's not all, it's not hearsay. Who? We know that that night those clothes were taken and burned that y'all were wearing. Burned where?

We still had the same clothes on the next morning when they came to get us. They have two small children. You know these children? Yes, I know. This is her mama. They ain't never going to see it again. Yeah, now the oldest one. I think the oldest one was a boy, correct?

He saw this. He saw the stuff going down at the trailer park that night. No, when those people said those babies was locked up in the room. I'm saying, they saw all the commotion with us at their house that night. They were sitting in picking up the patrol car. They knew something was wrong. Have you ever heard of a dying declaration? No.

That's powerful. I'm going to tell you now, when we walk out this door, afternoon that it's not going next time you see me will be in the way it go i ain't going home so right but i don't want to walk out i want to talk but i'm not saying that's what i want to tell i can't hear what you said did you what did you say you usually when i'm talking to somebody about a murder it's happened and i'm giving them that advice that i think they should talk to me because i realize it's probably one of the last things you want to talk to a person about. And certainly you don't want to tell the cops about it.

But I think the thing that keep in mind and what I reiterate to these people is that, you know, if there's circumstances, if there's a reasoning behind this that can be mitigating, I mean, if there's a reason why this happened that, you know, shows why you did this, it had to be agonizing. And then to run a distance that she ran. Because we know, I mean, the burnt clothes and her shoes and everything is right there in the woods. To run that distance to a house and beg for help and to wait there, still cooking for the ambulance to get there. And then the last thing you're saying is, besides telling who your accusers are, am I going to see my kids? Am I going to live? Those are your last questions. Before you're knocked out and told, hey, you may or may not talk to somebody again.

In one last ditch effort to get a confession or some semblance of remorse from Tina, a detective presents her with a photo of Adriana's charred body. Let me tell you something. That's her body. Hey, let me look at it. Let me look at him so I know you understand what I'm saying. The medical staff and the medical examiners office didn't even know if this girl was white or black. black female or white female because she was so burnt so bad they didn't have a copy of our report at the time

I just want you you you wouldn't want this happening you would you wouldn't want to go out this way would you would you huh we're gonna transfer we're gonna transport just lost the street this happens not up right now Tina doesn't budge however the photos of clear had an effect on her. After she's left in the room waiting to be taken to jail, she mumbles haunting things to herself through her sobs, even seemingly calling out to Adriana. The words she chooses to use are bone-chilling. Adriana, Lord and mercy, come back and heart, heart. Let's terrorize. Please, Adriana. I told you. I told you. I was a sick girl. I tried to wait.

The question of why they committed these terrible crimes in the first place remained to be answered. As it turns out, there were numerous alleged love triangles within the trailer park. All of the dirty truth, it seems, began making its way to the surface. Not only did Adriana reportedly tell Heather that Tina was sleeping with Darren, but allegedly Adriana herself was sleeping with Darren. And Heather had confronted her about it. It's a messy web of cheating and lies, one that Darren is surprisingly transparent about. However, he leaves out something that came out during the trial.

According to Tina, she only slept with Darren in exchange for substances. Tell me what was going on. There's been a discussion. between us about an accusation flying around between you being accused of sleeping with your neighbor and friend of your wife. Is that correct? Yeah. What's her name?

Tina Brown. Tina Brown. Okay. So the accusation is that you've been sleeping with Tina Brown and who has been making these accusations? Everybody. Everybody. Has Andrea Zimmerman been making those accusations?

Yeah. My wife told him that she told her that thing. Okay. So your wife told you that Andrea had reported to her that you've been sleeping with Tina Brown. Is that correct? Yes. Okay. If you recall in Darren's video interrogation with police, he dilly-dallied on the phone while he was unashamedly talking and laughing with someone, someone who wasn't his wife.

I'll call you right back, man. You done? Yeah. All right. Who's that Heather? A little tenderonet. Huh? I'm a little tenderonet, man.

Oh, fine. When you said you were on the phone with your sugar thing or whatever, just now, was it Tina you were talking to? No, that's about that. Okay. But you told me that night you were seeing Tina. Yeah. Okay. So is she not your sugar thing?

Yeah, that's my old mom. Okay. Okay. All right. Did you and Ms. Zimmerman have any kind of relationship? Some of it. All right. Did you all have?

Some well. Okay. This ain't like Monica Lewinsky, man. we, you know, did you have sex with her or did you? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. So you had actual intercourse with Ms. Zimmerman. Did your wife know of this?

No. Did your wife know if you having sex with Tina? No. I bet you don't know about this other thing you got on the side of this. Okay. Okay, so, have you been accused by Heather of having sex with Zimmerman? No. Okay.

All right. Did Tina make any accusations? I mean, Tina probably knows that you're sleeping with Zimmerman, doesn't she? Okay, so none of your girls know that you're sleeping with that one. You're doing a good game, right? Okay. So, Heather is aware of the accusations of you having sex with Tina. But her and Tina are still tight cooking fish together.

So that's what blows my mind, man. You got a good game going on. If them two, knowing that accusation there, you still got them over there cooking fish together. Either you got a good game where Tina does because you're playing it off well. So, you know, me and Rusty sat there and laughed about that all night, but we couldn't figure out how you'd get away with that, man, because our wives would, you know, we'd be done. They'd have our cars and our boats and everything else, you know.

So you're getting away with it. On May 10th, soon after Tina, Heather, and Brittany were arrested, the police received a letter from an incarcerated man who said he knew who killed Adriana, and what the true motive was for the heinous crime. He stated that several months prior to the murder, he bought an illegal substance from Darren at the Roadway Inn. He alleged that Adriana was with Darren in the hotel room while the illegal transaction took place.

According to him, Heather arrived and threatened Adriana with a box cutter. reportedly yelling that she would get Adriana sooner or later. Fortunately, their day in court came sooner rather than later. During the trial, it was revealed that the murder was even more disturbing than police could have imagined. Audriana had been lured to the trailer by Tina under the guise of rekindling their friendship. When she arrived, Tina used the stun gun on her and dragged her to the bedroom. There, Heather stuffed a sock in her mouth, and Brittany beat her. When they drove her to the woods, Brittany and Tina took turns hazing her until Tina poured gasoline on her and lit her on fire.

According to Heather, as the fire started, Tina jumped up and down, exclaiming, Burn, bitch, burn. Tina Brown received a death sentence for her crimes against her former friend, making her one of only three women on Florida's death row. Though Brittany was 16 at the time of the murder, she was sentenced to life in prison. Heather took a plea bargain, testifying against Tina in order to receive only 25 years for the second-degree murder she was convicted of. At the time of this video, Tina has filed a motion to have her death sentence thrown out because of false testimony at her trial. According to Tina and a witness at the trial, the witness was coerced by Heather to testify that Tina had confessed to her in jail that she was the mastermind behind Adriana's murder. Heather reportedly threatened the witness, forcing her to say that Heather was present but had nothing to do with the murder.

To this day, the former friends are spinning rumors about each other and trying to climb over one another to reach salvation. Only time will tell what the law will decide. But one thing is for certain, this brutal yet petty crime against Adriana should never have happened.