Daughters Lead Police To Mother's Dead Body

You all right, babe? >> The door was locked in the room. >> Yeah. >> And. >> Okay. Can you sit right here for me? >> These are the two daughters [music]. of 28-year-old Ashley Fish. In just a. few seconds, they're going to lead the. officer to their mother's lifeless body. inside the [music] bathroom. >> Eggs were burning and she's in there.

And as the oldest daughter bravely. guides her siblings to safety, police. are still unsure whether this was. self-inflicted or if there's a killer on. the loose. But they'd eventually. discover that Ashley's killer is closer. to home than anybody expected, pulling. investigators into one of the most. tragic domestic dispute cases the state. of Louisiana has ever seen. >> Is she Is she alive? No, she's not. >> They're young. >> Yeah, he done a number on her, that's. for sure. >> I wanted him to leave. Get out there.

Leave the girls alone. I said I just. [snorts] shoot you. >> I don't even. I don't even know. >> We've created a GoFundMe for these. children, starting with a $10,000. donation of our own. If you'd like to. help, more details are in the. description. On a quiet April evening in the small. city of Derritter, Louisiana, police. receive a terrifying 911 call. But what.

would shock the dispatcher is the eerie. calmness of the caller. >> 911. Where's your emergency? >> Hi, I need to report a crime. >> Hey, what's the address? >> 265 Northridge Drive, Cinder, Louisiana. >> Stay on the line. Log home with us. >> Thank you. At this moment, the caller. hangs up, leaving officers worried he. might be in immediate danger. Officer. Josh Stanford rushes to the reported.

address, unaware that he's only moments. away from discovering a scene more. disturbing than he could ever imagine. >> You all right, babe? The door was locked in the room. >> Yeah. >> And. >> Okay. Can you sit right here for me? >> Is anybody in there? >> Um, no. My sisters are inside right. there. >> Yeah.

>> Okay. >> And we got. >> I was scared the eggs were burning and. she's in there. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Y'all come in here. Come here. Come right here. >> No, I don't want to go. >> Come here. Stay in here. Stay in here. >> 254 city. The woman has a single bullet wound to. the right side of her head and appears. to have been dead for some time. Yet, the male collar is nowhere to be found. But then, the officer remembers there.

are still four young girls nearby who. have just lost their mother. >> Come here. >> Come here. >> We're all alone. Come help me. Come help me. Do you know these. children? >> Yes, there are neighbors here. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Like Maddie, come help me. >> You got parents here? >> Yes.

>> Huh? >> Can you take them to a secure place for. me? >> Was there anybody else here, baby? >> I don't think so. I don't know. In an unimaginable act of courage, the. eldest daughter guides her younger. siblings to safety, leading them to the. neighbor's house. The neighbor bravely. [music] takes in the four traumatized. children, who would later turn out to be. instrumental to the investigation. Officers head back inside to try to. locate the caller, completely unaware.

that he's the one who pulled the. trigger. >> Is there one victim or two? >> I am at I'm at North Bridge. >> city. Do I have one victim or two? >> So, we need to clear the rest of the. house. I have not I'm under the. impression there was a male here, too. >> City police. >> See, please go right. >> Police department.

[snorts]. See, when the glass was on the phone. with him, I was under the impression. there was a male subject that had had. been shot. >> Look out in the backyard. >> What's that? A smell. >> The eggs were burning. >> Oh, they cook. Oh, okay. >> Where's she at? She's in that bathroom. >> Oh, here. >> Everything else cleared. Everything else. is clear. >> Officers find no one else inside,

leaving them still in the [music] dark. about who the caller really is. They'd. further look into the victim's injuries. and quickly realize there was almost no. imminent struggle, leaving officers. questioning whether the injuries may. have been self-inflicted. But before. anything else, they still need to. identify the victim. And this is when. the officer would make a devastating. discovery. One that would turn this into. a far more personal case. >> I don't I didn't want to wait till you.

got here before I started trying to find. an ID or anything. Let me. >> Hey, you want to turn the stove off? >> Yes. [music]. >> Ashley Fish. >> Nobody else. You said uh kids were in. the or they're they're across the. street. >> Ashley Fish. I I'm assuming young based. off of what I'm seeing here. to school with her. >> Did you? >> Yeah. >> So, she's from East Borg. Yeah, they.

moved away. >> She came the Josh fish. >> No, I don't think so. >> She's your age, though. Or. >> Yeah, graduated together. So, we're. about the same. >> Lead detective [ __ ] immediately. recognizes the name 28-year-old Ashley. Fish. He knew Ashley as a Ditter local, someone who married her high school. sweetheart and had only recently moved. back to Louisiana from Texas. Determined. to find answers and uncover who murdered.

his friend, he turns to the neighbors. for more information. Meanwhile, other. officers begin reviewing neighborhood. CCTV footage, searching for anyone who. may have been at the house besides. Ashley and the children. And they're. about to discover that someone else was. indeed inside. Someone who is already on. the run. >> Detective Couper. >> Jeff Brown. Nice to meet you, sir. Yes, sir. >> Hey, y'all mind if I ask you a couple.

questions real quick? >> Yeah, you can ask me anything, but I. really didn't see anything. The only one. that saw anything is my son. Your son, the one that was mowing. >> He was mowing out here. Okay. What's. your buddy? Detective Coup. Nice to meet you. Heard you kind of saw some stuff. Just a. little bit. Not much, but you seen some. uh something happened next door. Uh, well, I was just mowing a line and then. I saw um like the car of the river.

leave. [music]. >> Lining up with what the boy saw, another. neighbor offers ring camera footage. showing a black truck leaving Ashley's. house just minutes before the 911 call. Desperate to learn who was driving that. truck, officers turn to the next. neighbor. Unaware they're about to speak. with [music] the victim's best friend. and is someone who knows exactly who the. driver is. >> What's that? >> The girls are at my house. Can you tell. us what's going on?

>> It's not good. >> Is she Is she alive? >> No, she's not. Um, >> was she shot? >> Yes, >> she was she was out here earlier when. about 5:00 or so. I saw her out here. Everything seemed fine. There was a a. truck. She has a significant other. She's going through a divorce. Um and. they're legally separated, but he was. here. The truck black truck was here. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Do you think he shot her? >> Well, I can't I can't tell you a whole. lot. Uh so, as long as the children are.

safe with you for now, we'll we'll take. care of it. >> As far as I know, her Gosh, I'm assuming. that it was T. Okay. Tyler was the. person that was here. Um I don't know if. that was his truck. usually drives a. black truck. Um, and then her husband's. name is John, John Fish. >> She would go on to identify their main. suspect as 34year-old Tyler Durachowski, Ashley's new [music] boyfriend. Detectives immediately begin digging. into his history, gathering anything. they can find and working to locate him. as quickly as possible. But just as.

they're about to begin the manhunt, another 911 call comes in, and it's from. the killer himself. Hi, I uh I need to. turn myself into the police. >> Okay. >> I don't know how to do this. >> Are you wanted? Do you have an active. warrant? >> No, I just committed a crime. >> Okay. What crime did you commit? >> I shot somebody. >> Okay. Where are you located? >> I'm at Burks Outlet in Ditter. Um I'm in. the parking lot and I just am going to. wait here to get picked up. >> Okay. Who Who did you shoot?

>> A woman. >> Okay. What is her name? >> Ashley Fish. Officers rushed to the. address he gave, an empty parking lot. Still baffled as to why he confessed and. why it took him so long to come forward. Knowing he likely killed the woman in. front of her children, they braced. themselves, fully expecting anything to. go wrong at any moment or even an. ambush. The suspect is going to be in first. parking lot.

Okay. So, the easiest way to do this is. sit down on your foot. >> Yes. And just turn your legs in. Okay. >> If you want to go, are you out with that subject at first? Can I hit you? >> With the main suspect arrested, officers. have no idea the investigation is. moments away from taking another. unexpected turn. When they search his.

vehicle, they find no weapons, but they. do find multiple prescription drugs, vials of testosterone, and syringes. To. their surprise, Tyler seems unusually. calm for someone who just took a life. And it would quickly become obvious that. this calm, [music]. controlled demeanor is part of a plan. A. plan to get away with murder. >> If you're still comfortable talking to. me, can you tell me a little bit about. what happened? Okay. This woman and I.

got in an altercation last night. Things. were kind of falling out between the two. of us just relationally and I was. getting ready to move back to Oregon. So, she pulled out she had a gun in her. drawer. She loaded it and was pointing. it at me and we started fighting and it. went off. >> Tyler insists he shot Ashley in. self-defense after she pulled the pistol. on him immediately complicating the. investigation. Once he's brought into. the station, officers relay this. information to the team at the scene, who would begin searching for anything. that might support his claim. And.

unexpectedly, they do find one piece of. evidence in Tyler's favor. The murder. weapon itself. >> Here's what I've I've got right now. I. know you got a lot of information coming. in. >> Cameron has got the suspect, Tyler. Gabowski, >> over at uh. >> at Park Terrace. He gave himself up. without any problems. >> And he told y'all that he did. Yeah. >> You see the hair in it? >> Yes. >> I've called in the serial number. It's. going to be a Smith and Wesson.

>> She been here for a minute. >> If I had to guess, I mean, cuz she's. still having some coming out of the. wound. She's still pretty warm. If I had. to guess, I'd say it's been between 45. minutes and an hour and 20. What time? >> That sitting right there. >> Yes. >> All right. So, once they run the strip, we back out. more. totally. 40. >> Detectives still find no evidence of a. struggle, but they do discover something. unexpected. After running the gun's. serial number, it comes back not to.

Tyler, but to Ashley herself, meaning. his version of events may not be. entirely false. And with that, investigators begin to grasp just how. little physical evidence actually ties. Tyler to the shooting. They then finish. processing the scene, send Ashley's body. for autopsy, and her phone for forensic. examiners to be unlocked. Shortly. afterwards, the grandparents arrive at. the scene to pick up the four. traumatized children into their care.

It's at this point that it becomes. clear. The oldest daughter witnessed. something she will wish she never had. >> I've got some grapes. Ooh. >> And some strawberries. >> Yummy. >> Yummy. Are y'all hungry? The one you. want to talk to is. >> Yeah. She supposedly told my wife that. she saw something and she didn't want to. talk about it. >> Hey, my baby.

>> I'm going to pick you up. >> This brings a small sense of relief to. the officers knowing the children are. finally away from the horrors inside. But now comes the most difficult part. Calling Ashley's ex-husband Jon and. informing him that she is dead. Lead. detective [music] Kulie asks Jon to come. to the station for questioning as soon. as possible. And while Tyler anxiously. waits for his chance to speak, [music].

detectives make a deliberate decision to. start with Jon instead. But the longer. Tyler waits, the more agitated he. becomes. And by the time they will. finally sit down with him, he will snap. I've never had someone do that to me. I've never had someone get that mad at. me that they load a weapon. >> One hour after Ashley's deceased body. was discovered, [music] Jon arrives at. the station. Jon explains that he and. Ashley were together for over a decade. They had their first child young and.

went on to raise four beautiful. daughters. For the detective, one. question matters most. What does Jon. think of Tyler? Is he capable of hurting. Ashley? Or was he simply in the wrong. place at the wrong time? But before. that, something else weighs heavily on. Jon. He still has to explain to his. daughters [music]. why they will never hear their mother's. voice again. I just want to let them know that she's.

no longer with us. Mom's no longer with. us. You know, she, you know, she's angel. now. >> Yeah. the six-year-old and the. four-year-old, they don't know, you. know, they're kind of like, "Oh, she's. an angel." They're going to talk a. little bit about it and they're more. concerned about how she's flying and. everything, you know, >> right? >> I don't know what she's seen and not but. that's got me real been out of shape, you know? >> On that devastating note, the detective. would shift the conversation to [music]. the final moments leading up to Ashley's.

death. Tragically, Ashley seemed to. sense that Tyler might harm her. And. just moments before she died, she would. make her final cry for help. >> When I see that, he's calling what runs. in my head. And it's great. We got some. bull bull crap. We got some bull crap. They're they're in some kind of argument. and they're trying to drag me into this. And I don't want to be part of your. drama. I don't want to be part of your. drama. Nothing in the past has ever felt. like [music] there was anybody in. danger. Talk to my kids. The kids never. tell me anything's going bad around the.

house, so I'm not really feeling too in. and through all this time, you know. I. text back, I'm not trying to get in. y'all's drama. That's when she texts. He. won't leave. I know. As soon as I got. that, when I actually looked and seen. that he's not [music] leaving, I called. and she's like, "Hello." And and the. first thing I go, "What's going on? He's. mad cuz he's he's got to leave. Am I". and I I said, "Are my kids okay? Are my. kids [music] safe?" She's like, "Yes.". cuz I was a little concerned but I.

wasn't like super I'm I'm just ready for. him to leave like hung up and then I. text her said talk to [music] my kids. please at 6:55 I just couldn't get a. hold of her and I was like this is weird. this is just you know it was just odd. >> this is the moment at [music] 6:55 p.m. John lost all contact with Ashley and. with it the hope of ever rebuilding a. future with her. Shortly thereafter, Detective Kulie wraps up his interview. with Jon, who has made one thing clear.

Ashley was a loving mother, incapable of. harming anyone, [music]. and she deserves justice. Still not ready to begin Tyler's. interrogation. Fully aware that physical. evidence against him is alarmingly weak, the detective instead brings in Ashley's. other relatives to give their. statements, hoping to better understand. Tyler's character and whether he truly. is a cold-blooded murderer. And it. doesn't take long for one thing to. become clear. Every one of them deeply.

distrusted Tyler to the point of even. threatening his life, fearing he might. one day snap and hurt Ashley. >> You know, I did threaten him. You know, I wanted him to leave. Get out there. Leave the girls alone. you know, I said. I just should, you know, but I didn't, you know, and I went home and my wife. and and and my daughter, you know, they. talked some sense into, you know, but I. mean, thoughts [clears throat] cross my. mind hundreds of times now, you know, if. I had carried that out, I know it's bad,

but they had the moment. >> He's there and he comes out and I think. he shook my hand and I'm like, you know, how you nice to meet you and whatnot. and he just goes straight in the door. and picks up Ashley's guitar and goes. and hikes his leg up on the damn. trampoline and starts looking at the. moon and playing guitar. And I'm like, Ashley, what in the is he doing? Can we. just go inside? I don't want to hear. this prick playing or something, you. know, just something. He stopped and he. come over there to pull us apart. And I. just rar back and punched him in the.

side of the head. And I had told her he. needs to go, you know, you need to get. this done and get it get it done. Get. him on the road. you know, last couple. weeks she told me she had made her. decision. He did have to go and this. time it was for good. She said, "I will. be alone.". >> And then this other guy, I mean, and and. I talked with my wife about it. I said, "I don't I don't understand why somebody. that supposedly has got their living. already set. You know, they ain't even. got to work for a living to start seeing.

somebody that has four kids that he has. no kids." I said, "The only thing I can. think of is maybe he's a damn." I said, "That that sounds suspicious to me." You. know, it is. >> It quickly becomes clear to the. detective that Ashley's relatives all. wish he had stayed with John instead of. Tyler. A walking red flag fully [music]. capable of snapping at any moment, but. everything else investigators have is. still circumstantial. Still, there's. hope. Police did find some concerning. items in his car. Multiple anabolic.

drugs known to affect mood, judgment, and irritability. However, even with. these findings, detectives are grasping. its draws. Yet, with time slipping away, Detective [ __ ] knows he can't wait any. longer. It's time to come face to face. with their killer, who by this point. [music] has been waiting for hours, growing increasingly impatient to speak. With the right lawyer, he has a real. chance to walk free. Without one, a. single wrong word could now cost him his.

freedom for life. [music] And for. Detective [ __ ] this isn't just. another case. Ashley was his friend, someone he had known for years. Now he. has to sit across from the man who has. [music] already confessed to killing. her. >> Okay. If I record, it's just help me. keep everything in track. So, >> my my biggest thing is is I want to know. who you are cuz that that's very. important. Um, we need to know who. Ashley is. That's very important. Um,

it's not just the the events of what. happened tonight. It's the it's the. whole totality of the history with. [music] you guys. Um, because that's. going to help best explain everything. that led up to where we're at. I'm going. to I'm going to tell you that you. remember the saying, the truth will set. you free. The truth will set you free in. here. It's up to you. I can't make you. [music] I would love to know. We would. all love to know just for the sake of of. you and for the sake of Ashley, obviously. I mean, I feel like giving a.

statement just because I'm here. I don't. know how long we wait for a lawyer to. get here or whatever, but I just wanted. to talk about what happened, you know, tonight. So, I don't know if that's, you. know, I. >> I think it's important because right now. we've got obviously. >> I think I think I need to tell what. happened cuz at about 6:00 p.m. around. 6:00 p.m. I'm not even quite sure when. it was when I called the actual police. department or called 911. Um, what I had. left it [music] as. There were four. children in the house and a woman.

>> From the outset, detectives suspect. Tyler has a plan and that turning. himself in may have been his first step. in trying to appear more innocent. And. as the interrogation unfolds, that plan. becomes crystal clear. Everything that. happened that night was, according to. him, Ashley's fault. The woman and I had an altercation with. a loaded weapon and she has a bullet in. her head. Never initiated like violent. contact on her like that. I'm not the.

one that pulled the gun. Like I don't. [music] have the gun. I don't want the. gun. I don't want it in disputes with a. gun. >> No intention to shoot action. >> No, I've never [music] had I don't want. to take a mother away from her four. kids. Like that's not my thing. I close. the door. I [music] locked the broom. door to the bedroom so the kids don't go. in there. I had [music] emptied out the. gun. It was empty and I left it there. and I went out. I didn't know what the. [ __ ] to do. I'm sorry. I wasn't perfect.

The kids were there. There's a. 9-year-old there that's really. responsible and was watching the kids. The neighbors were outside across the. street or I had seen neighbors outside. at one point across the street. I felt. like I just needed to go and be like, "This just happened." So, I drove to the. parking lot down the street and just. called 911. >> In Tyler's own words, the shooting was. merely an altercation. But what stands. out even more is how he refers to Ashley. only as a woman, never as his partner or.

ex. Up until this point, Tyler has not. shown any emotion when talking about. Ashley. But detectives can sense. something beneath the surface. Tyler. avoids eye contact. He rambles, fidgets, and appears restless, almost like he's. on the verge of a breakdown. And the. moment detectives ask about Ashley's. children, Tyler would finally crack. >> And she's got how many kids? >> Four kids. >> Were they all at the house tonight? >> He does. >> Okay.

>> This is the first real emotion. detectives have seen. But they needed to. determine whether this is genuine guilt, a calculated tactic, or emotional. instability tied to his anabolic. substance abuse. Aware that Tyler could. shut down the interview at any moment, [music] Detective Kulie grows more. cautious, so he starts carefully probing. Tyler about any problems in his. relationship with Ashley. And this is. when Tyler would slip up. >> I was married for 5 years and I felt.

like a man of honor and I had a ring on. and I was proud of it. I was proud to be. married. I was proud to be a good. husband. And I fell into this this weird. relationship that I never wanted, you. know, to be in. I've never wanted to be. a part of. And I just went down this. road that I just kind of felt like I. could never escape from. I was like. drowning in it, you know. So, I'm just. like, >> like I was able to divorce in Oregon, you know, it went through in just a. couple months. Like a couple months it. was finalized and it was done. Her thing. has been a year. >> It takes a year for them to like do the. separation process and everything. And.

so we've just been kind of in that. >> whirlwind of back and forth with. everything and stuff. And I've thought. about leaving multiple times. I've. wanted to leave multiple times just. because it's kind of too much to just. take being like, am I taking this woman. away from am I taking this man away from. four kids, like his four kids, whatever. I just have felt a lot of I felt a lot. of guilt in my life in this. relationship. >> According to Tyler, he felt guilty and. was planning to walk away from the. relationship. But detectives already. know this isn't true. Ashley's.

ex-husband has already shown. investigators messages in which she. repeatedly complained that Tyler refused. to leave. Additionally, detectives. uncovered love letters exchanged between. Tyler and his ex-wife. Proof he wasn't. trapped at all. To my love, by the time. you see this letter, you're miles away. from me. Don't be mad. I hid one last. love letter in your things. You defeated. the world to get to me. I'm never going. to forget about you. Don't forget about. me. I hope you're ready for when we meet.

again. It's clear to the detectives that. Tyler [music] left his marriage by. choice and could have gone back at any. moment. So, Detective Kulie would push. further into the dynamics of their. relationship, asking whether things had. ever turned abusive. It's at this moment. that Tyler's mask would slip, revealing. a deep insecurity [music] about his. masculinity and a resentment towards. Ashley he could no longer hide. >> Has it ever become physical? Has she. ever hit you, struck you, kicked you, slapped you?

>> Slapped a couple times. Just got slapped. with things, shoes or something like. that. She's hit me with like shoes and. stuff. >> out of anger. >> Frustration. Yeah. >> She hits you hard. I mean, just like a I. mean, I don't want to sound like a I. mean, she just slapped me with like a. with her like slippers, you know. It's. kind of like that across the when she. was mad about something. Yeah. >> Okay. So, you know, like the way I. picture is like if my wife's. >> agitated with me or aggravated with me. and she pops me with something. >> Are we saying something like that or we. are we saying she aggressively like you.

>> no pops you with something? I would say. middle ground of that. Just kind of like. pissed about something, but just that's. how she's reacting to it. But she wasn't. like overly like I'd never seen a level. of aggression to this [ __ ] point with. a gun. I don't know where that came. from. I have no idea. I've never seen. her do anything, pull any [ __ ] like that. ever. I didn't even know she could. >> But now Tyler would inadvertently reveal. something far more disturbing about. himself. As part of their custody.

agreement, Ashley wasn't allowed to have. anyone stay overnight, including Tyler, a rule he knew very well. And as soon as. their relationship began to fall apart, Tyler's first instinct was to expose. that violation to her ex-husband, knowing full well it would cost Ashley. custody of her children. >> And so, our relationship was really. falling out here. And uh. I threatened to tell him the truth when. I was getting ready to leave. I was.

going to call her husband and be like, "I've been spending the night here. I. don't know what legal ramifications it's. going to have for you guys and your life. and your world. This I've been in this. relationship with you. This relationship. has hurt me in a lot of ways. I've. sacrificed a lot of things. And for me. to go and have closure, I think that. like I'm just going to let John know the. whole truth. I think he deserves to know. the truth. And I'm sorry. It was kind of. an ugly ending for both of us, this. woman and I." Tyler has just shown how. quickly he can retaliate and how easily. he could justify harming Ashley whenever. he felt the need to do so. But according.

to Tyler, what happened next wasn't just. another argument. He claims Ashley. suddenly escalated the situation to a. deadly level by pulling a gun on him. She has a loaded gun or she has a gun in. her uh drawer next to the bed and I was. in the bedroom talking with her and she. loaded her gun and cocked it back and. basically told me that she wasn't going. to let me call until and so this just. went to like a thousand like zero to a.

thousand in like one blink of an eye. [ __ ] I'm like in the bedroom talking. with her, having a normal conversation. She's like loading a gun in front of my. face and she has a pistol like literally. packing some stuff, putting some stuff. in the drawers. I wasn't doing [ __ ] I. didn't hit her. I wasn't like fighting. her or anything. I was just talking and. she like loaded her gun and was pointing. at me. I just know that like that's. where that started from. And I'm not. saying that to like did like do. something dig myself in the grain like. oh the past he never saw it happen and. now she did. That sounds like [ __ ]. No, she did it though. I'm a man. I'm a.

lot stronger than her. was aggressive, but it was like she's not she's shot. that gun before. She knows what the [ __ ]. she's doing with it. I don't shoot guns. I didn't like barely ever shot a gun in. my life. And so the whole way it it. happened, I feel like for me, I didn't. mean to do anything. I didn't mean for. her to do anything. It was like. basically felt like it was like just. fighting for my life. And I feel like it. was like this is how it ended. >> According to Tyler, this chaotic. struggle wasn't aggression. It was. survival. Detectives continue to press.

for details about what happened in the. bathroom. And what Tyler would say next. would either support his self-defense. claim or unravel it completely. >> Okay. How long from the time she came. into the bathroom to where it escalated. to the point she gets shot? Talking. about seconds or minutes? >> 2 minutes probably. >> Talk to me. >> Just struggling. >> Those two minutes fighting, trying to. It's a combination of talking, moving. the gun around each other, just like I'm. trying to grab her. I'm trying to hold. on to her. It's just like it was just. felt like it was like fight for.

survival. I don't know what was going. on. Felt like she was going to kill me. >> So at no point you stripped the gun from. her and had the gun in your hand. totally. >> Not until it was over. Not until. she was on the ground. >> Were you on top? Was she on top? Behind? She You were behind. >> behind like kind of in like this like. kind of trying to do like a chokeold. [ __ ] thing or something. She was like. trying to get the gun to me. So it was. just in our general facial areas. Okay. >> After the shot, what happens?

>> I. don't even. I don't even I stood there and I. couldn't believe what the [ __ ] happened. and the first thing I thought of was the. is I have to call somebody. I have to. get someone here. I have to stand up for. what I've done. >> Tyler is becoming increasingly more. agitated, forcing detectives to call a. short break, concerned that pushing any. further would cause him to shut down. completely. But the moment they step. outside the interrogation room, everything changes. New evidence comes. in and it directly contradicts Tyler's.

story. Tyler claims Ashley had the gun. in her hand and they were fighting over. the weapon. But when Ashley's body was. discovered, her phone was still in her. right hand, her dominant hand, meaning. she hadn't been holding a weapon in the. moments before she was shot. Then came. the most damning detail. Ashley's hair. was found inside the barrel of the gun. Combined with skull fracture patterns, it proved the weapon had been firmly. pressed against her skin when fired.

This wasn't self-defense. This was a. coldblooded execution. This was exactly. what detectives needed. Armed with this. evidence, Detective Kulie re-enters the. room. And this time, he's ready to. confront Tyler about his story. But to. the detective's surprise, his controlled. demeanor has disappeared and Tyler is. about to lash out. >> Well, do you feel like it probably just. got out of hand? >> Yes. I think our whole relationship was.

out of hand. And I think that I've I've. never had someone do that to me. I've. never had someone get that mad at me. that they load a weapon in their house. The kids were asleep. It was two nights. ago. And she [ __ ] it back and she's. standing there like all cocky looking at. me like she's going to like she knows. what she's going to do with it. I mean, why not? If this lady's got a gun, why. not just get the hell out of there? >> Cuz the she had never done anything like. this before. I just the other night, two. nights ago, I don't even know why I let. that go. >> I should have left the house. >> Um.

>> I guess is it fair to like say I was. afraid for my life, though? >> Yes. >> Like, is that fair to say that? I mean, I feel like the dude, the cop out there. was like, "You're a big dude." And I. feel like it's not fair if it's like you. look like you can hound yourself. you. could have just like punched her in the. face or like kicked her or something or. like like done something and I'm like I. don't know, man. You one bullet goes off. and you're [ __ ]. >> So, I just felt like it was like for me. it's not about that. >> That's right. >> It's about a It was a fight for. literally like she I don't know what the. [ __ ] she's going to do. She threatened. me that night. So, now I'm just like I. don't even [music] know. It just feels.

like it was a accident. I didn't try to. murder anybody. I didn't try to kill. anyone. I I don't know how I don't know. what the happened. I don't I worked in. the medical field. I know that. it's not good. I know that. >> Tyler's words no longer sound like the. frustration of a man defending himself. They sound like hostility towards. someone he blames for everything that. happened. But this is when Tyler would. start to realize he isn't coming across. the way he hoped. And when detectives.

press a little harder, they're about to. make their biggest mistake, pushing. Tyler to shut down completely. >> We're we're still missing some things. that I feel that you're kind of you're. kind of rushing through. And I think I. think. >> processing today, I just want to feel. like I'm like someone's like on like. kind of listen like on my side. >> on your side, right? >> No, but I'm not trying to get what. you're saying. I know I've seen this in. the movies. I know what I'm trying to. do. Like it's like the more I tell now.

it's like the better it looks. Like the. more I just tell now it's like but I'm. getting to that place where it's like. we're at like the heart of everything. that happened. I'm trying to be really. careful with like if I [ __ ] up or if I. say something stupid I don't know what. the more I talk I feel like the more. it's like going to look like oh man. dude. I'm trying to explain the best I. can what happened right now. The whole. world if they know what just happened is. probably like that guy's a piece of. [ __ ] So I'm like feel really alone. where I like don't have anyone. My. family's not here. No one's here. I. understand I understand that Ashley's.

not here either and I'm trying to. process [music] that [ __ ] right now. >> But. >> what we're going to do is we are going. to refrain from any more questions. >> Understood. >> If you feel compelled to re-engage or. say anything, you are more than welcome. >> You know, I appreciate you guys being. patient with me. I know you guys got to. do this with people and stuff and I'm. not trying to tell you guys I don't want. your counsel. I don't want to tell more. and more and more. I just feel like I'm. at that point looking at that piece of. paper when I told you. I want to be able. to tell someone that's kind of like. sitting here going like, I hear what.

you're saying. I hear what you're. saying. Maybe don't say anything. Maybe. some counsel. I know you guys are. counseling me right now and I'm. appreciating it, but I need someone else. that just feels like it's like. this, man. >> It's at [music] this point that Tyler. refuses to answer any more questions. until his lawyer arrives. But with the. evidence stacked against him, Tyler. would ultimately be charged with. seconddegree murder and four counts of. child abandonment. He would go to trial. maintaining that he acted in. self-defense, but the state's case would. be overwhelming. Tyler would be found.

guilty on all charges and sentenced to. life in prison with no chance of parole. Thank you for watching and supporting. our team. To help the four children. affected by this tragic case, we've set. up a GoFundMe and began with a $10,000. donation from the Dr. Insanity Team. The. funds will primarily go towards therapy. and educational expenses, helping give. these children the best possible chance. despite what they've been through.