turn in bed, he decided to follow his gut. now the detective was following a black infintig-35 and it would take him somewhere very interesting. here again is keith morrison. reporter: on the saturday morning after black friday, 2014, homicide detective jerry cedillo followed a black infiniti into the parking lot of the hulen mall. he watched as the passenger, a woman dressed in darkish clothes, headed inside. she fit the description he d been given of 25-year-old carter cervantez, a former co-worker of ashlea harris. the male driver stayed in the car. cedillo called his partner, ernie pate asked him to check up on the guy. when i approached the car, then the person identified themself as david mallory. reporter: david mallory was carter s live-in boyfriend. he too was a former employee of american eagle. i ask him, what are you doing here at the mall? he said that he had dropped his
the heels of a promising lead. he had a hunch. rather than continue to toss and turn in bed, he decided to follow his gut. now the detective was following a black infinity g35, and it would take him somewhere very interesting. here again is keith morrison. reporter: on the saturday morning after black friday, 2014, homicide detective jerry cedillo followed a black infiniti into the parking lot of the hulen mall. he watched as the passenger, a woman dressed in darkish clothes, headed inside. she fit the description he d been given of 25-year-old carter cervantez, a former co-worker of ashlea harris. the male driver stayed in the car. cedillo called his partner, ernie pate, asked him to check up on the guy. when i approached the car, then the person identified themself as david mallory. reporter: david mallory was carter s live-in boyfriend. he too was a former employee of
after thanksgiving, black friday. laura love had only one thing on her mind. black friday was my favorite day of the year. i m i loved to shop and save money. reporter: but laura s black friday was about to turn very dark, indeed. i got a call from a friend of ours, and she said, ashlea s apartment s on fire. reporter: ashlea s friends arrived at her apartment parking lot to something like chaos. there was multiple police cars. crime scene was there. reporter: ft. worth detective jerry cedillo and his partner ernie pate sped over there, too. there was a crowd that was startin to gather. and next thing you know, we have about 40 to 50 friends and family and co-workers. and then we had residents that were just, you know, lookin from balconies, so we had quite a crowd out here. reporter: by now, firefighters had squelched the flames, and the detectives walked up the steps to ashlea s door. when you went into that
money. reporter: but laura s black friday was about to turn very dark, indeed. i got a call from a friend of ours, and she said, ashlea s apartment s on fire. reporter: ashlea s friends arrived at her apartment parking lot to something like chaos. there was multiple police cars. crime scene was there. reporter: ft. worth detective jerry cedillo and his partner ernie pate sped over there, too. there was a crowd that was startin to gather. and next thing you know, we have about 40 to 50 friends and family and co-workers. and then we had residents that were just, you know, lookin from balconies, so we had quite a crowd out here. reporter: by now, firefighters had squelched the flames, and the detectives walked up the steps to ashlea s door. when you went into that apartment, what was that like? it was um it was very disturbing. reporter: a woman s lifeless body was lying face down on the bedroom floor. we waited until she was turned over and we got a good look
reporter: on the saturday morning after black friday, 2014, homicide detective jerry cedillo followed a black infiniti into the parking lot of the hulen mall. he watched as the passenger, a woman dressed in darkish clothes, headed inside. she fit the description he d been given of 25-year-old carter cervantez, a former co-worker of ashlea harris. the male driver stayed in the car. cedillo called his partner, ernie pate asked him to check up on the guy. when i approached the car, then the person identified themself as david mallory. reporter: david mallory was carter s live-in boyfriend. he too was a former employee of american eagle. i ask him, what are you doing here at the mall? he said that he had dropped his girlfriend off to pick up some papers at aeropostale where she