J.P. McDonough

I have to question that as an investigator.

In this car. What car?

During the course of the investigation, And during my interviews with family and friends, Matthew had intended to ask Miss Lewis to marry him. That's how significant he felt about Miss Lewis. To hear her back at the house say that I'm going to stay with Bobby was just... Meaning sleep with Bobby. Correct.

At one point, Bobby had to pin Matthew against the car in order for the girls to be able to leave.

I think she pulled over to talk to him, and I'll tell you why. She was just sitting there with her legs crossed. Indicates to me she was not afraid. It was not a fight or flight thing where she was prepared to just bolt out the car. She was actually, to some degree, comfortable with who she was speaking with.

I don't know what's going on with them. 6 o'clock in the morning. I'm at home when my telephone rings. The sheriff wanted me to come in, sit with Matthew at the hospital.

And that the cartel had killed Livy and staged it to make it look like Matthew did it because they were out $30,000.

I think it's a far-fetched fairy tale.

Due to the nature of the crime and the emotion throughout the county, we had security arrangements in place for trial. We even had Matthew wearing a bulletproof vest.

And while I was there, I interviewed him. No clue.

We started getting assets from all over. Lufkin PD SWAT, DPS, Texas Rangers. We even had a tracking dog from the prison unit. They followed a trail through the woods.

He was found in the fetal position behind the vehicle that Levy was found in. When was the last time you saw Levy? He remembers drinking on his porch, and the next thing he remembered, he was waking up in the back of an ambulance. You don't know how you ended up on the ground behind the car? There was a rifle, some shoes, and a hat also on the ground.

My job was to sit right there at the front door of that house.

How'd you get all the blood all over your face? Because the hospital said you don't have any injury. What are you thinking? I'm thinking that he's not telling me the truth. He's just basically telling you a Texas fairy tale, right? Correct. I'm gonna be flat-out honest with you. But unfortunately, there is a deceased female in that vehicle that's in front of yours. And my job is to find out

We got word that they had made a confirmation. Drove down, pulled in the driveway. Watch the front. I got moved. They're in the house.

Absolutely. He said, hey, JP. I said, hey, Matthew. And then he asked me, you haven't proven my innocence yet? And I said, no, Matthew.

Why she's dead. Who is the dead girl? Did they tell you her name? Libby. I informed him that Ms. Lewis had passed. He started with this, what I would describe as forced crying. Did you see any tears?

I have no doubt, and I'm going to make this perfectly clear, Matthew Edgar killed Ms. Lewis. And you put your reputation on that. Absolutely.

What's your relationship like with both of them? It's awesome. Okay, so it's not a typical, I hate your guts.

Okay.

How much?

You don't know how you ended up on the ground behind the car with the dead girl in it.

The charge is going to be homicide. All right? Now pay attention to me. I want you to understand why, okay? Yes, sir. Okay. You were found behind the vehicle where the decedent was. There was some kind of relationship between you and her. There is a weapon laying on the ground behind the vehicle, close to where you were found, okay?

Based on that and a few other things, I'm going to place you in custody right now for homicide, okay? What's his reaction to that? He had none.