Pregnant Teen Discovers Mom Killed Her Boyfriend

Yes. Did he already tell you? >> Yeah. >> Okay. You're lost. >> This is 17-year-old Elizabeth Pavonado. A few hours ago, her boyfriend was found. mysteriously shot dead in a back alley. >> She's not. >> Yeah. She wants to talk about the person. that did it. She's pregnant. Tragically, Elizabeth is also pregnant. with their child. Her mother, Ortiz.

Chavez, is trying to comfort her. daughter. What Elizabeth doesn't know. yet is that her mother is hiding a dark. secret that will ruin the family's life. >> Your mom's car is on video, leaving the. homicide. >> You seriously think that they did it? >> Yes. My mom My mom loved that child. As. detectives work the case, more and more. clues start pointing towards Elizabeth's. family. And as she learns that her own. family are now suspected killers, all.

she can do is deny the accusations while. her mother sacrifices her own children. to hide what she's done. >> All right, then. Do you want to talk? It's a quiet Friday morning in downtown. Albuquerque. A 16-year-old boy walks. alone through a back alley on his way to. work, unaware that a killer is waiting. for him inside one of the parked cars.

Then a single gunshot rings out, striking the teenager in the head and. killing him instantly while the shooter. disappears from the scene. Within minutes, multiple 911 calls start. flooding in, reporting the gunfire. Patrol units quickly respond to the. area, and as officers turn down the. alley, they're met with a grim scene. Lying on the pavement is a teenage boy, motionless with blood pooling beneath.

his head. The victim shows no signs of. life and appears to have a gunshot wound. visible just above his temple. Whatever. happened in this alley happened fast, and whoever pulled the trigger is. already gone. Officers call it in and. begin securing the perimeter. With no. weapon in sight and no ID on the body, they now need to figure out who he is. and why he ended up here. Backup units. soon arrive and start canvasing the. area, looking for anyone who might have. heard or seen [music] what happened. And.

before long, two witnesses come forward. claiming they saw something strange. right after the gunshot. Did you where. is he? >> I didn't hear anything. >> One of them is a light-skinned male. >> He turns around, runs back to the alley, and takes off down the street. >> I just saw strange that aren't usually. here. I just went around and I noticed. some weird activity and I just had this. gut-wrenching feeling that someone was. about to get shot because there were. just weird people back here. And I saw.

this kid, this guy right here who shot, he was over here talking to some girl. and last minute I saw him there. I. turned the corner and I heard a gunshot. when I was on this side of the road. So. then I came back over here and cars. down. >> You heard one shot. >> According to witnesses, a single gunshot. was fired, followed by a group of. teenagers scrambling in every direction. One of them was seen jumping into a car. with a girl before speeding away. The. information is vague, but it gives.

police a starting point. Detectives soon. arrive at the scene and launch a formal. homicide investigation. While examining. the body, they notice something odd. about the victim. He's still wearing an. apron, the kind used by restaurant. staff, suggesting he might have worked. nearby. That small detail sends them. straight across the street to the only. restaurant in sight, Lindy's Diner. Inside, the owners immediately recognize. the victim. His name is Jose J. Ruiz, 16.

years old, a dishwasher who'd only. started a few weeks earlier. They tell. police Jay's grandfather is a regular. customer, and officers are able to call. him and ask him to come down to the. scene. When Jay's grandfather arrives, detectives have to break the tragic news. to him, but what he tells them about. Jay's life will start to hint at darker. things he may have been involved in. Um, so I I don't know if anybody's told you. this and I was trying to to see if yours.

and obviously uh is that how you say it? >> Yeah. Pass. So that's that's what we're. here for is we're here to try to figure. out what happened and and try to do it. the best we can by. All right. Um, he's your grandson too, correct? >> Okay. He was involved with something, but I could never get the truth from. him. I could never get the truth. There. there was one friend that he was. involved with that, you know, um I. really didn't um approve of. I was just.

getting ready to walk out, you know, taking somewhere out. job or whatever, >> right? [snorts]. >> Although the news clearly breaks him, he. takes it with quiet strength, telling. [music] detectives that his grandson had. been involved in something lately that. might be what got him killed. And as the. conversation continues, he mentions one. more heartbreaking detail. Jay wasn't. just a teenager with secrets. He was.

about to become a father. >> He asked me over there at my apartment. and um his girlfriend at your apartment. right now. >> Yeah. He called me this morning and told. me, "Hey, you're going to see a great. grandpa is what he told me." So, >> no kidding. His who his girlfriend? >> Um I think it's Maldonado. She's at your apartment. >> right now. Yeah. >> The revelation only adds to the tragedy. Jay's girlfriend, 17-year-old Elizabeth.

Baldonado, is pregnant with his child. and [music] has no idea that he's gone. Investigators plan to speak with her. later, but for now, they allow Jay's. grandfather to leave the scene and. deliver the news himself, telling her. that detectives [music] will be in touch. soon. If anyone can explain what Jay had. been caught up in, it's her. About an hour later, the homicide case. is officially assigned to Detective Anna. Bruciaga as the lead investigator. After.

reviewing the initial reports and. witness statements, she begins canvasing. the area for any surveillance footage. that might reveal what happened. It. doesn't take long before officers locate. a camera mounted outside a nearby. school, angled directly towards the. alley where the shooting took place. When they sit down to review the. footage, they finally get their first. visual clue of Jay's killers. >> So, these are all the cameras that are. two systems, the digital and the analog. The analog sucks. So, there's a fair. warning. This faces the alleyway. Once.

the shot happens, the people loading the. vehicle will react since the individual. walks the vehicle somewhere right here. >> So, he just walked to the passenger side. >> and they react. Is this victim? It's like a Toyota. >> On screen, a gold Toyota sedan can be. seen racing away seconds after the. gunshot. And through the tinted glass, detectives can barely make out what. appears to be two figures inside the.

vehicle, meaning there are at least two. suspects on the loose. [music]. A couple of hours later, detectives. arrive at the apartment where Jay's. girlfriend, Elizabeth, is staying. They. believe she might help them understand. what Jay had been caught up in. But they. have no idea that they'll soon come face. to face with one of Jay's killers. Someone far closer to him than anyone. imagined. >> Do you mind if we come in here? >> Yeah.

[snorts] Lost. I know that obviously he. was possibly having some issues with. some people, right? Can you tell me. about that? >> He doesn't really tell me much about. that stuff. >> So, let's start with today. What did you. guys do today? >> He took a shower at like 8:00. He was getting ready to go to work at. 10:00. I was making appointments today. because we found out that we that I'm. [music] pregnant. Well, he was texting. me still until at least around. 12:00 and then he stopped answering me.

for few hours. >> The timeline Elizabeth provides lines up. with the shooting. Around 11:20 a.m. is. when Jay stopped responding to her. messages, the same time investigators. believe he was killed. Beyond that, Elizabeth doesn't offer much, saying Jay. often kept to himself and never told her. what he was doing. To detectives, it. sounds like Jay might have gotten. himself involved in something he didn't. want anyone else to know about. Maybe a.

deal that went wrong or a confrontation. that escalated. Whatever it was, it's. likely what got him killed. Or at least. that's what it seems at first. Because. Elizabeth isn't telling the full story. Not yet. And the next thing she. remembers won't just give detectives a. new lead. It'll start turning suspicion. towards Elizabeth and her own family. >> A little bit from what I got gathered. from Grandpa is that he feels [snorts]. that he was up to no good lately. Can.

you tell me about that? This morning, him and my brother were supposed to box. it out because. this has nothing to do with this at all. My brother and him just don't get along. They bump heads very much. But my brother would never do this. He. knows how I feel about Jane. >> And which brother? >> My younger brother. Your younger. brother. What's his name? >> Angelo. Tell me a little bit about why they were.

going to lock it down. >> Um, me and Jay, we were arguing about. something. [music] I don't remember. what, but we started getting really loud. and my brother got tired of it, so he. came in and told him to stop yelling at. me and then they just started fighting. and physically fighting. >> No. No. No. >> So, did they text each other that they. were going to fight or No. Um, Jamie. called me and told my mom that he wanted.

to box it out with my brother. >> According to Elizabeth, her brother. Angelo was supposed to box it out with. her boyfriend Jay that morning. A. teenage fight meant to settle whatever. tension had been building between them. Although the fight never happened, and. Elizabeth insists it has nothing to do. with the homicide, it suggests the. conflict could have been personal. Investigators will now have to follow up. on this and look into Angelo's. involvement before ruling him out. But. before the conversation can continue any.

further with Elizabeth, Jay's family. arrives at the apartment. Word of the. shooting has already reached them, but. they still haven't received an official. confirmation from police. Detective Anna. Bruciaga has no choice but to break the. tragic news to Jay's mother. a moment. that no amount of experience could ever. prepare anyone for. >> Can you tell us what's going on? >> Um yeah, absolutely. First and foremost, I'm sorry for your lost. Okay. Um right.

now I don't have much other than [music]. um officers were dispatched to um the. alleyway in reference to being away. >> What [music] happened? >> That's why I'm So we just got called. out. That's why I'm trying to interview. as many people [music]. um as I can. That's why I headed here. first and then I was headed your way. [music] because I do have some. questions. Um but as of right now, I. don't know. Okay. I I really.

>> Thank you. >> [clears throat]. [snorts]. >> With the devastating news [music]. delivered, Detective Anna Brussiaga. tries to gather any insight from Jay's.

family, but they don't seem to have any. Even his mother can't imagine who would. want to hurt him, leaving detectives. with no clear leads or motives to work. with. As investigators collect Jay's. phone and prepare to leave, another. woman walks into the apartment, Ortiz. Chavez, looking to comfort her daughter. Detective Bruciaga sits down with her to. collect some basic information. A casual. conversation at first until Chavez. mentions a small detail that catches the. detective's attention and quietly puts. her on the radar.

>> What kind of car do you drive? >> I drive. >> Yeah. [music]. It fell down on me. I just put whatever. I just purchases purchased it. >> Yeah. You have a plate on it. >> No, I don't. They took our take the. stuff off. They took it off [snorts] the. chin tag. They. >> Yeah, they took it off the car. >> where you said it. >> Yeah. So, earlier this morning, it broke. down on her and then she just left it. there. >> As Chavez describes her vehicle,

Detective Bruce Yiaga immediately. recognizes the description. A gold. Toyota sedan, similar to the one caught. on surveillance footage speeding away. just seconds after the shooting. The. connection is hard to ignore. Bruceiaga. notes the details, but decides it's too. early to jump to conclusions. Wanting to. verify it as quickly as possible, she. wraps up the initial interview with the. family and heads out with officers to. the spot where Chavez abandoned her car. that morning. When they arrive, the car.

is nowhere to be found, and Bruceiaga. starts suspecting Chavez might be hiding. something. About 40 minutes later, investigators return to the apartment to. interview Chavez privately. And that's. when things start to get interesting. By. now, it's only been a few hours since. Jay was killed, and most detectives. would still be collecting statements, but Bruceiaga's instincts tell her. there's no time to waste. So [music] she. sits down with Chavez and makes a bold. accusation. >> So here's the thing, okay? So.

I believe. your car was used in today's homicide. >> Okay. >> You're lying to me. >> No, I am not. >> So you stole my car. >> That's why I'm talking to you. Okay. So. if you don't tell me who had your car, >> I don't know. >> It's your car. I left my car. It's at. the [music] side of the road. Okay. I. didn't land my car in a way. >> Detective Bruceiaga is quick to connect.

the dots, suspecting that it's Chavez's. car that was speeding away, but Chavez. claims she abandoned it and it must have. been stolen. However, the detective is. about to take things [music] one step. further. Because if Chavez's car was. used in the murder, the next logical. question is who was behind the wheel? And with what Elizabeth revealed about. the planned fight that morning, there's. only one name that fits. Chavez's son, Angelo. So, what I'm getting at is that.

what are the odds that. your son and his friends have a problem. with Jay. and Jay is now dead. and people are telling me it's your car. on scene. But my son said he wouldn't and neither. with Javon and I was with them today. >> Okay. So, you were with them all day? [music]. >> Yes. My son had an interview at 9:00 and.

we were over at the water burger over. there at Cotton or whatever. [clears throat]. >> You drop him off? >> No, I didn't leave the water burger. >> Okay. So, you waited for him to be done? >> Yes. And we went back together to my. house. >> Okay. Then you guys go back to the. house. >> Mhm. >> Okay. and he stayed there and I left. [music] with myself the car to go see. Elizabeth. Chavez's morning timeline. only reinforces the detective. suspicions. If she really abandoned her.

car around 10:30 that morning and it. [music] suddenly vanished, then there's. a very high chance it's the same gold. Toyota caught on CCTV later when Jay was. shot. Witnesses also reported seeing a. young male and female inside the car. And with Chavez having both a teenage. son, Angelo, and a daughter, Elizabeth, things are starting to look very. suspicious for her family. For now, though, all of this remains as. just early suspicion. After all, detectives know Jay had been hiding.

things. He was secretive [music] and. clearly mixed up in something he wasn't. telling anyone about. But there's. something eerily strange about Chavez's. demeanor that Detective Bruceiaga can't. ignore. Even after being told her son. might be involved in a homicide, she. stays quiet, almost detached. Not the. kind of reaction you'd expect from a. mother facing that sort of accusation. And the longer the conversation goes, the more convinced Bruceiaga becomes. that the mother sitting in front of her. knows more than she's letting on. So,

the detective decides to take an even. bigger risk this time. and make an. accusation that most investigators would. hesitate to ask this early on. >> So, did you shoot? >> No, I didn't. >> No, he's a kid. He's a baby. >> I know, but somebody did. >> But I [music] No, >> but I also feel like you know more than. you're telling me. But I know.

>> because again I'm telling you based on. [music] your demeanor I think you know. what happened and I know it's your car. [music]. and I am going to confirm it on video. surveillance. >> I hope you do because I'm like really. I'm like being lost right now. >> Again Chavez's reaction isn't what. Detective Bruceiaga expects at all. Instead of breaking down or reacting. defensively, she simply denies it with a. sorrowful face. This response leaves.

Brucei Yaga torn between two. possibilities. Either Chavez is innocent. but in complete shock, struggling to. process what's happening, or she's. carefully keeping her composure to hide. a guilty conscience and protect her. children. Either way, she sticks to her. story and with nothing concrete so far, the interview comes to an end. But even. without proof, Bruceiaga can't shake the. feeling that her instincts are right. that one of Jay's killers is sitting in. this very apartment.

With her doubts only growing, Bruceiaga. decides to move quickly and verify. Chavez's version of events with the one. person who can either confirm or. contradict it, her son, Angelo. Within. an hour, investigators head straight to. Angelo's workplace to talk to him in. person. Whatever he tells detectives. will either clear his family or make. things even worse for them. So, there. was a shooting downtown today and. somebody died. So, I know that you knew.

him. Um, so I is I think he was actually. somebody that you knew because he was. dating your sister. >> Talking about Jake. >> Yeah. Is he alive? >> No, he's not. He's dead. So, I just. wanted to find out from you just a. little bit. >> Can you tell? Are you talking to his. grandfather? >> Okay. Yeah, for sure. So explain to me. what this whole like your mom and your. sister explained like this beef between. you and Jay. So explain that. >> We had a problem. We had a kiss and like.

I said we had we had fun and we didn't. really like talk after that reason. >> Yeah. >> So your sister tells your mom, your mom. tells you that Jay wants to fight. >> So when did you guys come to me? >> I didn't plan nothing. He assumed and I. was just fighting. We're good. We had all this. We had on. this great he said he wanted to do. >> today. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And she You mean your mom said?

>> That's what he told me. That's what Jay. told me. Like that's what Jay told to. tell my sister to tell me. But so long. until I got told. >> that you're supposed to meet. Where were. you guys supposed to meet? He just said they wanted more fighting. You already talked to me, so I assume. you got more. >> Angelo confirms most of what detectives. have already heard from his sister and. mother, saying Jay wanted to box it out.

that morning, but the fight never. happened. Beyond that, there isn't much. new information, and his version of. events lines up neatly with his mother's. timeline. For now, their stories seem. consistent. But until those details can. be verified, Detective Bruciaga knows. she has to take everything they've said. at face value. However, before. investigators can dig deeper, Angelo's. mother suddenly walks in. And this time, she's far less cooperative.

>> He's not even. talking to him. He's fine. Um, but he's. not in trouble. So, he doesn't he. doesn't have to be 18 for us to talk to. him. Are you still. missing the bar? >> I mean, it's up to him. If he doesn't. want you here, if he doesn't have to. have you here, >> huh? >> Yeah, my sister and the bar is here. I. had to have him go pick up. >> So, there is one thing that we are going. to need just like we told your sister. We're doing it here. >> So, we're going to take care. >> I read it. >> No,

>> I don't have a phone. >> But your daughter investigation like I. explained to you earlier, Elizabeth, I'm. taking your phone. You're not giving me. it back until I'm done with this. But as. soon as I'm done with it, I will give it. back to you. Do you want me to take you. to go find where your farmer was left? Because we've been all over there and we. can't find it anywhere. >> Well, I'm going to go shortly, but I. want to make sure that my kids and my. family get home. And right now, my. biggest concern is I just want to go. home. >> What's your greatest concern? >> I don't go home. >> No, you absolutely go home.

Despite investigators attempts to. convince her otherwise, Chavez insists. on taking Angelo home, even if her. intentions are innocent, this sudden. change in behavior doesn't help their. case at all. If anything, it makes it. look like an attempt to shield her son. from further questioning. With the. interview shut down, officers seize the. family's phones, hoping digital evidence. might reveal what they're not saying out. loud. Back at the police station, detectives. spend the next couple of weeks combing.

through statements, surveillance. footage, and phone data. What they find. begins to reshape the entire case. Among. the first discoveries are text messages. showing that Chavez was directly. involved in arranging the so-called. boxing match between her son, Angelo, and her daughter's boyfriend, Jay. In. one exchange, Elizabeth texts Jay saying. that mom says they'll be there at 8. Other messages suggest there may have. been a gun involved. In one text, Elizabeth writes, "I'll be there, too,

because I don't want anything like they. pull a gun out." Investigators also. uncover signs that Jay and Elizabeth's. relationship was deteriorating with both. of them talking about breaking up. In. one message, Jay tells her directly, "I'll talk to you when it comes to the. baby, but I ain't doing this with you. anymore." But even more alarming were. the contradictions in the family's. statements. Elizabeth told detectives. her boyfriend didn't leave the house. until 10 that morning. Yet Jay's phone. shows him texting others about Angelo.

not showing up as early as 8:00. In one. of those messages, Jay texts a friend. They didn't show. 8:00, the mom said, and it's 9. Man, her family's a bunch of. I swear. Additionally, detectives. uncover another name that hadn't come up. before. Elizabeth's older brother, Gilbert. In his messages, Gilbert. expresses anger towards Jay and even. makes promises of retaliation. By the. end of the review, Detective Bruciaga. becomes convinced that the entire family.

might be involved in planning what. happened that day. Now, it's no longer a. question of what happened, but who did. it and exactly why. In the days following Jay's murder, investigators were at a standstill. Because Angelo and Elizabeth are still. minors, their mother refuses to let them. speak with police, effectively blocking. detectives from getting any answers. directly from them. But 20 days after.

the shooting, that changes. Jay's. girlfriend, Elizabeth Baldonado, turns. 18 years old, and her mother can no. longer stop her from talking. Detective. Bruceiaga seizes the opportunity and. convinces her to come down to the. station to see the new evidence they've. uncovered. Carefully leaving out that. it's evidence pointing towards her own. family. The goal is simple. Find out who. was directly involved in Jay's killing. or better yet, get a confession. But. before we get to that, do you struggle.

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to Elizabeth's interrogation. This time, detectives plan [music] to double down. on the accusations instead of playing. nice. But this will soon backfire. because unlike her mother, Elizabeth's. reaction will be very different. [music]. >> Now that some time has passed and you've. had time to think about it, Elizabeth, I want to hear what happened [music] cuz. I think you know more than you told me. that day. >> I don't know anything. I really don't. Why would you [music]. guys assume that? Why would I know.

anything new about that? >> Because I have your phones and I've. looked through your phones. And so I I I do believe you know more. [music]. >> What would I know more about? About. about who killed him, about who did it? No, I don't know. >> I really don't know who did it. >> If I knew who did it, I would have told. you already. So, I know that you and him were having. some problems and he broke up with you. and you wanted to get back with him and.

he told you no. [music] I will talk to. you when it comes to the baby, but that. is it. And he wanted nothing to do with you. >> So, you're that I had someone do. something to him? >> Are you serious? >> Okay, here's the thing. Okay, you have. to realize I'm investigating anything in. the world. I would never do anything. like that. I would never have anyone do anything. like that because I loved him more than. my whole life. >> And actually, I do know that cuz you.

guys texted I love you so much tons. So, I do know that. Okay. But you have to. understand, Elizabeth, I'm investigating. his homicide. Somebody killed him. Okay. Have you ever watched homicide shows? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Okay. So, you have to know that if. any if I see anything like that on the. phone, you have to know that I have to. ask you these questions. because at this point, I have gone. through your phone. I have gone through. your brother's phone. I have gone.

through. phone. I have gone through other things. And I have [music] to ask these. questions because I have a feeling you. know more than you're telling me. >> I don't. I really don't. I don't know. anything more than I'm telling you. As. planned, there is no small talk or. warm-up. Right away, Detective Bruciaga. tells Elizabeth she's not being fully. honest. The approach is blunt, and it's. clearly hitting a nerve as Elizabeth. quickly grows defensive. But Bruceyaga.

isn't backing off just yet. She's about. to bet everything on her next move, laying out every piece of evidence she. has against the family in hopes of. eliciting an admission from Elizabeth. Okay. So, you brought up that your. brother Gilbert had mentioned and said. that he was going to send someone up. there to take care of, >> but he didn't because my brother knows. that if he were to do anything, I would. never speak to him again or [music] at. all.

>> I would have him part of my life at all. >> So, Gilbert didn't do it. >> Why would my brother do it? My brother. literally knows how I feel about my. about him. >> So, I'm pretty sure you've been in the. household and have heard conversations. >> Correct. [music]. >> Heard what? >> Anything? Anything I talked about? >> They do not talk about anything. >> Okay. So, where is your mom's car?

>> I don't know. You're seriously assuming. that one of my family members did it. because the car is missing? She. literally filed a report that her car. was missing [music] that night. >> Okay. So, you say you love Postway, right? And he's the love of your life. So, why are you covering for your mom. and your brother? >> I'm not covering for anybody. Are you. [ __ ] serious? [music] You seriously. think that they did it? >> Yes. >> My mom My mom loved that child, too. >> Okay, maybe not for my brother.

>> What if I told you that your mom's car. is on video leading the homicide? What if I told you that? >> You know how many Toyota Camry's that. are gold live in the city? >> Well, what are [music] the odds that. your brother and. >> My brother My brother were was at home. My brother was at home with his. girlfriend. [music] They were literally. sleeping until he had to go to work. >> It's clear that Elizabeth has reached. her breaking point. Every accusation.

towards her family is pushing her closer. to the edge. Most investigators would. pull back here, take a break, try to. deescalate, but not Detective Bruceiaga. Instead, she decides to take a bigger. risk, one that's bold but calculated. Rather than fighting Elizabeth's. denials, she will lean into them, even. agreeing that she's only trying to. protect her family. In doing so, Bruceiaga wants to make Elizabeth feel. safe enough to talk and reveal what.

she's really hiding. It's a delicate. psychological play. one that could end. the interview entirely or solve the case. right here and now. >> But I'm going to tell you right now that. your mom said she drove Angelo to his. interview. Guess [music] what? Angelo. said he borrowed the car from your mom. and he drove himself to the interview. So obviously somebody's lying. And. [music] I kind of understand that you. don't want to see. >> No, you don't. They don't. They did not.

do it. >> You are literally acting in the wrong. place. You're just trying to blame. somebody just so that you can get. someone for the crime. I know they. didn't do it because. well, I don't know for sure, BUT I KNOW. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE DONE something like. that. They know how much that would. crush me. And literally, they have seen. how much I have died these past 2 weeks. Okay? And I'm telling you, I'm not. telling you if I find out your brother. I'm telling you when I gather up all my.

evidence and I arrest your brother. I. hope that you didn't know more. >> You guys can think however you'd like. My family did not do it. Elizabeth, you. can't get out without us letting you. out, babe. >> Elizabeth, I think you're ready to tell. me more than you're telling me. Okay. know anything at all. So, I really. >> You have to realize, Elizabeth, that. somebody took your baby's dad's life and.

now that baby is not going to have a. father. And as much as you love your. family, they still took your baby's dad. away. Now, that baby's not going to have. a dad. I don't think I know that. literally all I think I'm on camera for. a second. >> Can we finish talking in the conference. room?

>> Just cuz I can't [music] hear actually. and we can't we can't be sitting in the. hallway. Elizabeth, I'm sorry. This is. our victim site. So. >> Elizabeth's finally had enough. The. weight of the questioning breaks her. down and she's emotionally exhausted. Detectives [music] try to take advantage. of the moment, hoping her vulnerability. will make her open up, but Elizabeth. doesn't budge. Through tears, she keeps. insisting her family is innocent. [music] With nothing useful coming from.

Elizabeth, the interview ends. She's. escorted out of the building and. investigators are back to square one. Still, Detective Bruciaga can't shake. her suspicions. She knows this family is. hiding something. What she hasn't. figured out yet is that she's been. focusing on the wrong suspects all. along. Over the next couple of months, the case. remains wide open. Investigators keep. digging, and what they find is even more. alarming. First, they learn that Chavez.

never followed through with her stolen. vehicle report from the day of the. murder. Then, while combing through. phone data, detectives uncover explicit. threats from Elizabeth's older brother, Gilbert, directed at Jay. In one. message, Gilbert writes, "He's going to. catch one." Clearly hinting at plans for. violence. In another text, he says, "Delete our messages and don't say. anything about me, saying I was going to. shoot him. It wasn't me for real. I. ain't trying to deal with cops." Based. on these details, investigators start to.

speculate that Gilbert may have taken. things further, possibly supplying a gun. or even using it himself to shoot Jay. Chavez, realizing what her sons had. done, may have then disposed of the car. to cover their tracks and build an alibi. for the family. The new findings pushed. Gilbert to the top of the suspect list. right beside his brother Angelo. But as. compelling as the theory sounds, [music]. it's still just that, a theory. The case. remains strong on suspicion, but weak on.

proof, and Detective Bruceiaga. desperately [music] needs anything. concrete from the Baldonado family. So on May 19th, 76 days after Jay's. murder, Bruce Yaga and a team of. officers head to the family's house, determined to confront them face to face. and see if she can pressure someone into. cracking. When the investigators arrive. at the door, no one expects how quickly. things will get heated. >> Oh, hi Gilbert. How are you? >> Hi. >> Can I actually talk to you, Gilbert?

>> Um, you know what it's about because you. know, I've already um done some. research. I'm not gonna talk to you. right here in the door. Do you want to. come talk to me over here? Hi, Elizabeth. How are you? >> Good. >> Good. Okay. Is your mom here? >> She's showering. >> You might want to go tell your mom that. I would like to talk to her again. I'm. going to talk to Gilbert if he's willing. to speak with me. And Gilbert again. I. don't want to talk to you right here in. front of the door. Do you mind coming. even over here? >> Yes. >> So, tell me what you know.

>> Like I said, I just moved in here. I. like. >> Okay. So, I'm I'm I'm not going to play. games with you. Okay. I know you. threatened to take care of Jose. >> Yeah. But I didn't do anything to me. >> Okay. Well, >> I was kning up here. I couldn't even do. that. >> Okay. So, obviously you do know why I'm. here and why I'm talking to you now. You. want to discuss or do you want me to. just take it for at face value? I. already saw the Facebook. >> So, do whatever.

>> Huh? >> Yeah, I know. So you can do whatever. I. didn't do [ __ ] So. >> Okay. So. >> I mean. >> again in your Facebook you do disclose. and say you're going to send somebody to. take care of him. >> Yeah. But they did send. >> Okay. So well who' you send cuz he died. >> I didn't send nobody. >> Do I need to be any clearer? He died. >> Yeah. But I didn't send nobody. Come on. Ain't nobody want to do it. They're all. scared. >> Can I see your phone? Can I see your. phone? Thank you. It's a T-Mobile. Okay.

I'm going to take it. I'm going to do a. warrant on it. Okay. >> Take my help. >> Yes. Again, you have to realize that I'm. investigating a homicide. Okay. A. homicide in which you threatened to kill. my victim. >> So, you're going to take my phone? >> Yes. I'm going to take your phone. I'm. going to do a warrant on it if for any. reason. >> Just don't look at pictures. You know. what I'm saying? Unless you want to see. something something. But it's a whole. lot something. >> Okay. Well, I won't look at pictures,

but I am interested in who you've been. talking to, text messages, and so on. So, I am going to do a warrant on it. Okay. >> With no luck getting anything useful. from Gilbert, Detective Bruce Yaga. cleverly confiscates his phone, hoping. it might hold the evidence she needs, but still can't prove. As this is. happening, Chavez is seen stepping. outside and speaking briefly with. officers. She looks like she's in a. hurry to leave. Not willing to let the. moment slip away, Detective Bruciaga. plans to intercept and confront her.

about the boxing match she helped. organize to see how she reacts when. cornered. This time, however, Chavez. isn't the same calm, collected woman. from before. What Bruciaga gets instead. is a very different side of her. >> Hello. >> Can I talk to you really fast? >> I have to catch the bus. So, I mean, it. got you got five minutes of my time. Okay. >> And that's it. >> Thank you, Gilbert. Thank you for. speaking with me. Have a good day. >> Be safe. >> We'll check in with you before you talk.

to us again. >> Uh, hi, Elizabeth. I know you're going. to be quick and all, but so you know why. I'm here. Okay. I I don't I don't got to. repeat myself. >> I don't I don't want to repeat myself. I. don't want to play games. >> Confirmation number from when I called. cuz I called that same evening. And we. have you didn't report your card. >> I did. This is it. Yes, it is. >> I already know. >> Okay. You know what? I'm not trying to. be mean with you, but this is the. confirmation number that I. >> So, why did why did you set up a fight.

between Angelo and Jose? >> No, no, no, no. >> Yes, you did. >> No, no, no. I called over. He called to. the house. He was asking for a fight. I. was like, "Wait a minute. You want to do. what?" I was like, "Are you serious?". >> Was either that sit there and do some. stupid things. I'm not trying to have. stupid things going on between those. boys. Those boys need to learn how to. get along. >> Like I said, I have I have phones. I. already know which when you called it. in. You never fully followed through. >> I did. I waited for them to get here. >> Okay. Do you have the title to the. vehicle? >> It's in the vehicle. That's what I was.

trying to tell y'all. Like I cannot give. you any more information because it was. in the vehicle. I didn't get to register. the car or anything. You've had the car. since before January. >> Yeah. And I also had to get an. alternator for it. You know how much. money it takes to just for me to save. for just a little bit few things? But. the little boy, he called. He wanted to. make the fight. >> Right. I'm not saying that. I'm not. saying Jose didn't set the fight, but. you let them know and you set up the. fight cuz they were going to fight that. morning. >> Let them know because they had to know. I like this is what's going on when your. sisters left. What do you guys think.

about this? Yeah. I let them know. because [clears throat] they needed to. know because that's all right. >> So, I'm going to tell you something. Okay. >> Yeah. My 5 minutes. I'm done. >> Can Well, I'm going to tell you. something. Okay. When I charge someone, you're going to be charged along because. I know you're hiding the truth and I. know you're listening to me and it would. suck for Aurora and Elizabeth's baby to. not be present for you not to be present. because I will charge you because I do. know you were going to set up that fight. that day. The end. >> Young lady.

and I. >> I got it off your daughter's phone. Goodbye. Clearly, Chavez is done talking as she. storms off the scene, angry and. defensive. But in her frustration, she. lets something slip, admitting that she. knew about the fight between Jay and her. sons. Though she insists it was all. Jay's idea. Before leaving the house, Bruceiaga tries once more to speak with. Elizabeth to see if she's finally ready. to tell the truth.

>> How you been, Elizabeth? >> Fine. Are you still pregnant? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. How far along are you? >> Well, from my menstrual cycle, she said. 14 weeks and. >> seven days. >> So, Elizabeth, you know, we talked last. time and I know you were very upset and. I can't imagine what you're going. through cuz you're kind of put in. between, but I already know you know. what happened. >> I mean, I don't.

I. I don't know what happened at all. All I. know is that when his grandpa got back, he told me that Jay was dead. >> I would just hate and I truly from the. bottom of my heart still believe that. you weren't involved, but I would just. hate to find out that you were involved. And then where does that baby go? Because he no longer has a dad. That day. there is a witness that describes a. female matching your exact description. talking to right before he gets shot. >> I was at the house.

>> Okay. >> Do you realize how close you live? I was literally. >> again. Elizabeth, listen to me. >> And then when his grandpa came home, he. walked in on me washing the dishes. >> You're not going to change my mind. because I mean, is it weird that she. lives here and she knows nothing? >> Elizabeth, you have to think about Can I. talk to you for a sec, Elizabeth? >> What? >> Say something else. >> I We're not we're not trying to to, you. know, upset you any more than you. already are or anything like that, but. you have to think about how when this. case goes to court, one, when people get.

arrested for things like this, they. don't care whose family, friends, or. whoever else they can or will throw. under the bus to try to get themselves a. better deal. When this goes to court and. a jury of six or I'm sorry, 12 random. people, don't don't worry about what I. think about it. Don't worry about what. Anna thinks about it. Think about what. those 12 people are think about it. You've got to think about what's best. for for him or her. I don't know. >> Okay, I wouldn't mind you guys about that. >> If you hear something or something comes. up, I.

>> recess the day I met her. >> With Elizabeth repeating the same story. as before and no progress made, the. officers decide to leave. But Bruceiaga. gives the family a promise. The next. time she comes back, it won't be for. questions. It'll be with a warrant. A month later, on June 15th, investigators finally get the break. they've been waiting for. [music] Cell. Tower data definitively places Angelo's. phone at the scene of the murder at. 11:20 a.m. the same time Jay was killed,

directly contradicting his earlier alibi. that he was home with his mother. With. this new evidence, a warrant is secured. for Angelo's arrest, and Bruceiaga. returns to the Baldonado residence just. as she promised. That afternoon, 16-year-old Angelo. Baldonado is arrested and charged with. murder. [music] Now, with the prime. suspect finally in custody, police have. the chance to interview him without his. mother intervening. Bruceiaga hopes this.

will be the moment they get to close the. [music] case for good. But to her. surprise, Angelo isn't about to make. that easy because this time he has an. escape plan of his own. >> Hey, Angelo. I'mma steal that chair. Sorry. >> Is my mom going to be here someday? >> Is your mom going to be here? Was she. driving at. >> Was she driving down here? >> No, she was [ __ ] warning people that. was there at the house.

>> Oh, at the house. >> I was at the office. Sorry, I was no. longer at the house. Okay. >> She should be coming. >> So, she should be coming. Okay. >> And if not, like. she should come. >> She should Okay. Um, so you do remember. me and I actually do know you remember. me cuz you're like, "Can I talk to. Anna?" So, um, but again, I am Anna. Bruciaga DPD. This is my partner. So, Angelo, because you are a minor, I am. going to read you your rights. And we're.

>> That's why I want my mom here. That's my. questions or something. I wasn't like. talking to my mom without. >> So, you want your mom here while I read. you your rights as well? >> Yeah. I want for the whole thing. >> For the whole thing. >> Okay, sir. >> Asking so much. >> At this time, you are going to get. booked for your warrant. Okay. >> What exactly is a warrant? >> It's a homicide warrant. >> But why are you doing this? >> Okay. Um, again, you know, because you. said that you wanted to speak to me with.

your mom. I can't ask you questions. Um, at this point, I am booking you for the. homicide warrant. Um, and that's all you can do. >> It's certainly not the response. Detective Bruceiaga was hoping for, but. it's hardly surprising. After months of. his mother keeping him away from. investigators, Angelo refuses to speak. without his mother or a lawyer present. [music] With no cooperation and no. confession, there is nothing more. detectives can do. Angelo is booked into.

the county's juvenile detention center, held without bond while prosecutors. prepare to take the case to trial. For. now, he's the only family member. officially tied to the crime. And. investigators believe they've finally. got Jay's killer behind bars. But what. no one has caught on to yet is that. Angelo isn't the one who pulled the. trigger. He's just a scapegoat taking. the fall for a killer who's still free. and quietly getting away with murder.

A full year passes since Jay was. tragically killed. His pregnant. girlfriend, Elizabeth Baldonado, gives. birth to his son in November 2022. Her. social media posts show a young woman. trying to rebuild her life, sharing. photos of her baby, spending time with. friends and appearing to move on in a. new relationship. On the surface, it. seems like life is slowly returning to. normal. Meanwhile, her brother Angelo. remains in juvenile detention, awaiting. trial. The case seems closed and Jay's.

family begins to find closure, believing. justice has finally been served. That is. until out of nowhere, police receive a. phone call that changes everything. In March of 2023, a woman contacts. detectives claiming she's been talking. to Elizabeth's older brother, Gilbert, on Facebook. And according to her, he's. just confessed to knowing exactly who. killed Jay that day. I've been kind of. watching [music] everything that goes on. on Facebook and I was able to see that.

Gibby was pretty hateful towards his. mom. And so I figured maybe I could get. him to say something about it. So I. messaged him. Why is your brother locked. [music] up? Cuz my mom and him went to. go fight my sister's baby daddy cuz he. beat her. And when they got there, my. sister's baby daddy tried to pull out a. gun, but he got hit before he could even. get his gun. But they put the murder on. my brother. I said, "That's real [ __ ]. up. Why they put it on your brother?" He. said, "Supposedly witnesses were there.

and said it was him and they say they. also got video and that it looks like. him in [music] the video, but you can't. see. All you see is a big ass group and. then everybody scatters." I said, "What. the? Your mom didn't [music] tell. nobody. It wasn't him." He said, "Nope.". He said, "The crazy part is my little. brother ain't telling on my mom." Said, "So your mom did it and let your brother. go down?" [music] And he said, "Yep." I. said, "Have you tried to tell your. brother to tell?" Okay said, "Yeah, but. he tells me no, but that's how we was. raised. No matter what the situation is, don't tell. And if we do, we got to face.

consequences.". >> Needless [music] to say, Gilbert's. confession changes everything. Detectives already suspected Chavez's. involvement in arranging the boxing. fight, but no one imagined she was the. one who pulled the trigger. Investigators begin to theorize that. Chavez may have orchestrated the entire. thing, luring Jay to the alley under the. guise of a fight with her son, only to. end it herself with a single shot to the. head. But despite what sounds like a. breakthrough, Detective Bruceiaga knows.

she can't move too fast. Arresting. Chavez now, based only on Gilbert's. secondhand confession, could jeopardize. the entire case. Without solid evidence, Chavez will be innocent in the eyes of. the law. Over the next few months, investigators work quietly monitoring. jail calls between Chavez and her son. Angelo. Most of the conversations are. vague, small talk, cautious wording. But. in one of the calls, Chavez makes an. interesting [music] statement. When. Angelo asks why his brother Gilbert. looks sad, Chavez replies he's.

heartbroken you're in there. I told him. it's because I [music] [ __ ] up. Because I'm stupid. Period. Hearing what. sounds like an admission of guilt, Detective Bruceiaga seizes the. opportunity and visits Angelo at the. detention center, hoping this time she. can finally get the truth. When she. meets with him, she doesn't have to do. much convincing [music]. because Angelo is already prepared to. make a deal and save himself.

>> If everything would be happening, which. I'm going now, would I get at least the. first degree dropped down? So, we know a. way to work around it. >> So, so if you're wanting to now give a. statement, we can definitely schedule an. appointment where it's me, you, and the. attorney, and then I'm more than welcome to talk. to you. Then, >> after Angelo agrees to cooperate, detectives quickly arrange a formal. interview with him and his attorney.

present. Angelo ends up corroborating. his brother Gilbert's confession, confirming that it was his mother who. pulled the trigger and drove away from. the scene. with both sons telling the same story. There's only one crucial piece missing. to solve the case. A confession from. Chavez herself. Without her own words, the defense could argue that the boys. are lying or that their statements were. coerced. A few days later, an arrest warrant is. issued and Chavez [music] is taken into.

custody. Detective Bruciaga brings her. into an interrogation room, determined. to secure an admission. Not through. confrontation this time, but through. empathy. If the plan works, they'll. finally close the case for good. But if. Chavez sees through it, the interview. will be over before it even begins. I know.

I know that you obviously recognize me. cuz we've. met in the past more than once. Okay. Um. and regardless of what happened then I'm. not going to be rude to you. I'm not. going to be disrespectful to you even. though in the past. you weren't the nicest, right? Um, but. you're here and I'm not going to be rude. and I expect the same kid there.

>> Okay. Um, obviously I know you were. visiting Angelo. >> I I know you were visiting Angelo. How. is he doing? >> He's okay. >> He's okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. How are you doing? [music]. Cuz he's there for nothing. He didn't do. anything wrong. And I mean just in general, not. just because you already know why you're. here. You've been in handcuffs. You've.

been in the back of the cop car. >> just now. >> Yeah. So, I'm going to read you your. rights. Okay. [music]. >> Lawyer now. >> Okay. Fair enough. Um, with that being. said, what's going to happen now is I'm. going to stop this interview. You're. going to jail on two warrants. Okay. You. do have an open count murder warrant and. you do have. and I have to look at that one the to. read you the exact but it's a warrant. Okay. >> And that's not mine. It's not for me to.

discuss but that's what one of the. warrant is for. Okay. >> Unfortunately things don't go according. to plan. The moment Chavez realizes. where the conversation is heading, she. immediately shuts down the interview and. asks for a lawyer. They argue that. Chavez disapproved of the relationship. between her daughter and Jay and was. motivated by anger over how he treated. her. They also believe she calculated. that her teenage son would face lighter. consequences if he took the blame. As. for her other children, Elizabeth and.

Gilbert, investigators determined that. neither had any direct role in the. shooting. Elizabeth, in particular, is. found to have had no knowledge of her. mother's deadly intentions. She withheld. some information to protect her family, but was ultimately determined to be a. victim caught in the [music] middle. Eventually, Angelo Baldonado pleads. guilty to conspiracy to commit. first-degree murder and assaults with. intent to commit a felony and is. sentenced to remain in juvenile. detention until age 21.