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Carter s defense truly began. she told the jury she was a woman enslaved by her sadistic lover. he was telling me what to drink, what to eat. and he made me have sex with him and in the movie theater. reporter: and he had that gun, the glock, she said, used it like a threat, and it scared her. i did not feel comfortable with that weapon. reporter: she told the jury she was asleep at home when ashlea was being murdered. she didn t know where david had gone but he wound up with a set of american eagle keys. he gave me some gloves, told me to put them on and he handed me a pair, a set of american eagle keys and he said go in and open the gate and bring me that. reporter: then she said he pulled out the glock. and he just pointed it at me. pointed it at you? yes, across his body.
Prevention and work for our home office at american eagle. she was 31. she had all kinds of plans. but on the morning after thanksgiving, black friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, chris phone rang at home. it was our other assistant manager. and chris, ashlea s apartment is on fire and we can t get her on the phone. i threw clothes on as fast as i could get, started driving to ft. worth and following the smoke trail and sirens. coming up, no one would have guessed where that trail would eventually lead. we were asking if we could talk to ashlea or where she was at. they said she s unavailable now. and ash lea s friends weren t the only ones with questions. police swur shuffling us into the office. lenge. we are solving problems that improve lives.
Of her life, lots of them at work. i m extremely tired. and this right here is not even helping. look at my eyes. horrible. she had this laugh. it was so infectious. they weren t all like that, however. employee lindsey greene said another assistant manager, carter, was very different from ashlea. taught me how to love myself to a point. carter just taught me work-related things. not a jokester. right. but ashlea, polar opposite, and popular. i m so hood. so work was going well. her love life, not so much. and then one night, ashea went out with friends and april moffitt was there. i was their waitress, and she was having a bad night. and i was trying to pull her out of her shell. she wasn t having it.
reporter: cedillo asked about thanksgiving. small talk. what d you make? i made turkey, and there was stuffing and mashed potatoes. and green bean casserole and this cabbage bacon salad that my mom really likes to make, but i don t think david liked it very much. reporter: except this wasn t really small talk. detective cedillo was paying close attention. alright. so let s start with this morning. okay. all right. this morning. okay, what time did you get up? about 7:30. 7:45. okay and then what happened then? and then we talked and i went back to sleep. when i woke up he wasn t there. okay. reporter: he d heard enough. i know that s a lie. no, it s no, it s not. do you know why i know it s a lie? why do you know it s a lie? because i saw you come out of your apartment and get in the passenger seat of that car and i saw him drive out of there. that s why i know it s a lie. reporter: cedillo was tough. but carter cervantez wasn t giving an inch.