i never gave her a color. i simply asked her about a g-35. alexis said, no. after he was done asking the questions, i walked outside and sat down on the brick. and i believe it was chris that was there. reporter: that would be chris cravey, ashlea s boss at american eagle. alexis told him that police were asking about an infiniti sedan. and chris made a beeline for detective cedillo. i approached him. and i said, i know whose car y all are asking about. and he says, i just wanna make you aware that i have a former employee that did drive a infiniti g35. reporter: her name, he said, was carter. carter cervantez, that businesslike assistant manager who worked with ashlea so then i ask him, you know, what color is the g35 that she drove? and he mentions that it s a black one. reporter: what was that like, to hear that? well, it beats hearing the color red or white.
i asked her if she knew anyone or if ashlea knew anyone that drove a infiniti g-35. i never gave her a color. i simply asked her about a g-35. alexis said, no. after he was done asking the questions, i walked outside and sat down on the brick. and i believe it was chris that was there. reporter: that would be chris cravey, ashlea s boss at american eagle. alexis told him that police were asking about an infiniti sedan. and chris made a beeline for detective cedillo. i approached him. and i said, i know whose car y all are asking about. and he says, i just wanna make you aware that i have a former employee that did drive a infiniti g35. reporter: her name, he said, was carter. carter cervantez, that businesslike assistant manager who worked with ashlea. so then i ask him, you know, what color is the g35 that she
and he says, i just wanna make you aware that i have a former employee that did drive a infiniti g35. reporter: her name, he said, was carter. carter cervantez, that businesslike assistant manager who worked with ashlea so then i ask him, you know, what color is the g35 that she drove? and he mentions that it s a black one. reporter: what was that like, to hear that? well, it beats hearing the color red or white. reporter: and, by the way, chris told detective cedillo, carter left american eagle because she was fired. cedillo filed that away and sorted through the crime scene and talked to witnesses. and a day that began at 8:30 that morning didn t end until 1:00 am. did you get any sleep? no, sir, i didn t. reporter: the story about carter cervantez and her black infiniti was just bugging him. well, i m thinkin about the case and i m thinking, where do i go from here? reporter: might have tossed and turned all night thinking about that.
he had heard noises, heavy breathing coming from ashlea s apartment just before 8:00 a.m. a few minutes later the fire alarm started goin off. water started comin down into his apartment. reporter: and that s when the neighbor saw a black infiniti g-35 driving away. armed with this new information, cedillo went back to alexis torres. i asked her if she knew anyone or if ashlea knew anyone that drove a infiniti g-35. i never gave her a color. i simply asked her about a g-35. alexis said, no. after he was done asking the questions, i walked outside and sat down on the brick. and i believe it was chris that was there. reporter: that would be chris cravey, ashlea s boss at american eagle. alexis told him that police were asking about an infiniti sedan. and chris made a beeline for detective cedillo. i approached him. and i said, i know whose car y all are asking about.
alarm started goin off. water started comin down into his apartment. reporter: and that s when the neighbor saw a black infiniti g-35 driving away. armed with this new information, cedillo went back to alexis torres. i asked her if she knew anyone or if ashlea knew anyone that drove a infiniti g-35. i never gave her a color. i simply asked her about a g-35. alexis said, no. after he was done asking the questions, i walked outside and sat down on the brick. and i believe it was chris that was there. reporter: that would be chris cravey, ashlea s boss at american eagle. alexis told him that police were asking about an infiniti sedan. and chris made a beeline for detective cedillo. i approached him. and i said, i know whose car y all are asking about. and he says, i just wanna make you aware that i have a former employee that did drive a infiniti g35.