she s doing? when ansley did, she saw halee s car parked outside the apartment, meaning halee must be inside. ansley put the key in the front door. i swung open the door. i was, like, halee. and i just started screaming her name. like, my stomach had dropped, and i was, like, oh my god. i was, like, where is halee? i was, like, where could she be? around the same time, halee s sister emilee was driving to work with a friend. suddenly, a sense of doom washed over her. i m freaking out. something s wrong. just, like, out of the blue this feeling came. yeah, it was out of the blue. like, we were driving, and all of a sudden, i was just like, you gotta turn around. i gotta go find my sister. something s wrong. like, i don t know what s wrong, but something s wrong. emilee posted a picture of halee on instagram. if anyone hears from my sister please contact me. friends responded, telling her that police were
yeah. yeah. heather told police baby jaxon was the son of halee s old school mate, jordan. she got a baby to play with without having to have a baby so. but then a terrible accident, jaxon had fallen down some stairs halee rushed to the hospital where jordan explained what had happened. her boyfriend a man named thaddeus rice had dropped the baby down the stairs after tripping over a diaper bag. jordan was crying and we, like, gave her a hug. and i looked at halee. and halee like looked at me and i was, like, what are we gonna do? they did what they could to help. they got jordan some food and went to her apartment to get her some clean clothes. we walked in and halee s, like, do you know what s weird? and i was, like, what? she goes, the diaper bag is
friends she d forgiven isaiah after he promised to pay her back. if you want to take a seat over there. sure. three days after halee s death, police decided it was time to talk to isaiah themselves. he sat there in this chair and i sat here. what was his demeanor like? this is a this is a big case. this is a young guy. almost surprisingly calm. just very, very quiet. and didn t show much emotion at all. isaiah told investigators the same story he d told jake. he d picked halee up at her apartment and then dropped her off at that local park. and she s, like, you can go if you want to, and i was, like, are you sure? like, is everything okay. she s said, yeah, everything s fine.
where she met and started dating isaiah hagan, a shy, fellow waiter. he seemed really nice to me. and he seemed to let halee do her own thing, which i liked. how did you feel when you saw them together? did they seem like a good match? yeah. i mean, they weren t lovey-dovey at all, which i prefer, to be honest. he joked with us. he actually took an interest in talking to us, which is more than i can say for a lotta guys. the romance didn t last long, though the two remained good friends. besides, 20-year-old halee was laser focused on her schoolwork. on a sunday in late april 2017 she was home, studying for a big exam the next day. just hours later, the sun was rising and halee s mom heather was starting her morning. i was reading facebook, having coffee on a monday morning. just sitting on my porch and i scroll across a news article. it was shocking. police had found a body in a soccer field near newburgh. it says it s a young female, so i immediately start looking for t
as i sat there i, in that moment, had no idea how to how to address it. no one saw it coming. it was probably the first time that everyone in the room cried. it was an amazing gift. the judge called for a recess and cleared the courtroom. all sides left to absorb the enormity of what had just happened. heather drove to the soccer field to reflect. she honors halee by wearing the same tattoo her daughter once had. the prosecutor went home, humbled by a woman s confession. i don t know that i ve ever had more faith in the words coming out of somebody s mouth than than a mother that would actually say that against her son. you almost look like you re getting emotional. i am getting emotional. i m sorry. the defense attorney, on the other hand, got straight to work. he needed a new plan to save his client. when court reconvened, he called donna hagan back to the stand. his goal, to show the jury that she couldn t be believed.