Premonition . The call came on Black Friday. Cashe said the apartment is fire. When the coroner pulled up, my heart broke. The fire was no accident. They conducted surveillance at the apartment. Going back to the place where she worked. The were going after Tens Of Thousands of dollars. Was money the only motive but was or Something Else . There were a lot of rumors going around. I cant believe somebody did that to her. Pure evil. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Ashlea harris had no Shortage H of admirers. Family, friends, coworkers, even her Ex Sung her praises. When she was found dead after a suspicious fire consumed her. Apartment, police were baffled. P this was no accident but who killed ashlea no up in smoke . It would take a determined detective and the discovery of a stolen key to unlock this mystery. Here is Keith Morrison with Black Friday. A hot August Night in texas 2014. The lone figure knew where to go. He knew where the store kept the cash, grabbed 18,000. And thwas gone
Thousands of dollars. But was money the only motive . Or was there Something Else . There were a lot of Rumors Goin around that ended up being true. I couldnt believe that somebody could do that to her. Just Pure Evil y re Hello And Welcome to ren dateline. Ashlea had no shortage of admirers, even her Ex Sung her praises. So when she was found dead, police were baffled. This was no accident, but were the clues now up in smoke . Would take a determined detective and stolen key to unlock this mystery. Heres Keith Morrison with Black Friday. Reporter a hot August Night in texas, 2014. The lone figure knew where to go, knew where the store kept the cash. Grabbed 18,000, and was gone. But it was only money. And no one got hurt. Not that time, anyway. The story begins here in Fort Worth, texas, which turned out to be the perfect growing up place for a rough and tumble, free spirit named Ashlea Harris. I was around 10 when she was born and so the perfect age to pretend she was my baby. Report
caring, wondering, compassionate. so why did she have the strange permission? actually always felt like she was gonna die young. the call came on black friday. they said that ashlea apartment was on fire. when the car picked up, i my heart broke. and this fire was no accident. they conducted surveillance at ashlea apartment. they re going back to the place where ashlea worked? they were going after tens of thousands of dollars. but was money they only motive? or was there something else? there were a lot of rumors going around that ended up being true. couldn t believe anyone did that to her. it was just pure evil. hello and welcome to dateline. ashlea harris had no shortage of admirers. family, friends, coworkers. even her ex son her praises. so when she was found dead after a suspicious fire consumed her apartment, police were baffled. this was no accident. but where the clues to who killed ashlea now up in smoke? it would take a determined
on state s exhibit 1 reporter: ashlea deenor assisted. from the witness stand detective cedillo helped lay out the case. were you able to conduct a search of her apartment and her vehicle, things like that? yes, sir. and did you find a receipt that proved to be helpful? that s correct. reporter: a sales receipt showed some odd purchases on carter s credit card. she had purchased two shovels. she had purchased a tarp. she had purchased gloves. reporter: why was that significant? because of a discovery way out in the texas scrub. a discovery worthy of a horror movie. and the key to finding it was right there on carter and david s cell phones. they would text each other longitude and latitude coordinates, and it led us to a remote area near abilene. reporter: what was there? as soon as we got to where the spot says, you re there, we look up and there s an actual human grave that s been dug.
pointed it at you? yes, across his body. i shook my head that i wasn t going to do it. um, and he said, you don t understand. there s someone sitting outside your parents house right now. if you don t go in, i m gonna kill them and then i m gonna kill you. reporter: so that s why she tried to rob the store, she said. it was that or be killed. just a couple of hours before she showed up on this security video, she said, david made it very clear to her just how far he would go to make sure, absolutely sure, she would do what he demanded. somebody pushed me down right when i got into the apartment. reporter: during the night, before the break-in attempt, she said, david brought strange men into their apartment. she heard an angry voice above her. he said, i ll make her follow directions. reporter: and then her story