but at the most they may have just saw a little kissing. but as far as it like being a full out blown romantic love affair, that is not what it was. it really wasn t. carla denied any involvement in avis banks murder. and was an unlikely suspect but she didn t have an alibi for the time of the murder. investigators believe the murder took place shortly after avis returned home from work. avis banks left the daycare about 5:15 and went straight home. she got home about 5:45. no evidence shows that she stopped anywhere in between. and the murder occurred somewhere between 5:45 and 6:00 that night. witnesses said keyon was at school running basketball practice at that time. and his cell phone records confirmed he was at the school between 5:30 and 6:00 p.m.
life couldn t have been better for avis banks, she graduated from college, found a job she loved in a daycare center and met the man she planned to marry. but an unexpected pregnancy changed some of her plans. when i learned ava was pregnant, i wasn t thrilled. i know avis asked for forgiveness, that she was going to make it right by marrying him. her fiance was keyon pittman, a middle school teacher and basketball coach. mr. pittman was excited about the family that they were beginning, they had already picked the name out for the child. avis and keyon bought a house together in the suburb of jackson, mississippi. but tragedy struck just a few months before the baby was due to be born. when keyon came home from work and found avis lying on the garage floor in a pool of blood,
he had a lot of girls had he was playing at the time. one of the women was 30-year-old brenda martin, the mother of one of the boys on the basketball team keyon coached. ms. martin and mr. pittman were in the early stages of a relationship. that was in the form of flirting, telephone calls, text messages, things of that nature. brenda martin had no desire the talk to police. brenda didn t want to have anything to do with this whole situation because she was married. she was married with children. brenda denied any involvement in avis murder and she had an alibi for the time of the crime. we didn t find anything with her that would put her at the scene. phone records or anything. brenda wasn t keyon s only love interest. another was carla hughes, the 25-year-old cheerleader coach who worked at the same school
on those visual examinations that the blood stains on him was from a touch transfer versus him actually being there and having evidence spattered on him at the time of the crime. if he committed the murder there probably would have been some blowback or splatter on his clothing. the lab did not find any. we had to realize that keyon was not around. keyon probably didn t do this and now we had to start looking at his other lover, that being carla hughes. although carla initially denied having a relationship with keyon, during her second interview with police she changed her story. she did confess that she had lied to me and that they were sleeping together. six days into the investigation police got a call from one of carla s cousins. he tells investigators that he has in his possession a firearm that they believe was used in the death of avis banks.
police were called to the scene. law enforcement immediately orders him away from the body. they want to make sure that he is not possibly the perpetrator in the case. keyon called us and asked my wife, need to get over here. and we turned the corner, and saw the emergency vehicle. and all of these police cars. but when i saw that yellow tape i knew what that yellow tape meant. so i knew then you know that avis was gone. avis and her unborn child were pronounced dead at the scene. it was obvious that she had been shot in the head, in the chest, and possibly in the stomach. we are weren t totally sure as to how many shots she had received a that time. it also appeared she had been cut with some type of object. it appeared that the killer waited inside the house until avis came home from work and then attacked when she stepped