he would hinder the case things, sure. but he wanted something in return. we were going to get a dna swap from him. i told him that and i showed him the paperwork. which was a search warrant. here we are, here is our swab. open mouth. exactly. brown also had a question for jose. i said, jose, how come you have been asked anything about lajoya? you don t want to know about the investigation or anything? he go, yes. now that you bring it up, i do. yeah, he s, like to have a suspect? i said, yes. he said, who? i said, you. they submitted jose turner s dna to the lab and they waited while the family and friends of lajoya mourned. it was very hard, very hard sitting there. it shouldn t have happened.
david and alicia say that when lajoya disappeared, josé told the kids she had abandoned them. you ve told them the truth about what happened to her? they ask in certain ways. when i tell them i won t hide anything from you, i ll tell you as much as i can let me, the oldest son, he told me, my dad tricked us? i said, yeah, he did. your dad and tell you the truth, but we will? yes. yes. the truth about a woman who never gave up on herself for the future she wanted. that is all for this edition of dateline. andrea canning. thank you for watching. you for watching i m andrea canning, and this is dateline. you get a knock at your
everything is wonderful. he s mannered, he s respectable. when we get home, he s a monster. her name was adrian. jose s ex girlfriend from years ago. she came forward when she learned that jose had been arrested. detective brown recorded her interview. he beat me so bad, i ran out of the house naked. you see, he can t munich. it i had to stay naked, that when you don t go out of the house. for adrienne, the story it lajoya was like a bad memory. i felt sick, like, that could ve been me. you know? that could ve been me. it was like i was speaking with lajoya. the stories were not similar? yes. in summer 2017, jose went on trial for the murder of lajoya. when you take this to a jury, you want to be proven that it was beyond impossible doubt.
belonged not to her ex, jose turner, and not to the new guy with the ripped up, but with her friend, walsh, who had driven by her apartment to check on her. like lajoya, he owned a boutique. brandon and his partner found in their. we are speaking with mr. walsh, first name with her, correct? he said he had been involved romantically but now we re just friends? correct. my experiences when guys say that, what they mean is that i wanted to be involved romantically, she want to be just friends. that s what he got out of it. i do want to push it. luther knew. probably go through text messages and [inaudible] she sent. luther had kept the taxes he had received lajoya and share them with the detective brown.
of a person? eddie brown heard all of the stories about jose. including a comment who say had made to the pd. the second time they called well lajoie was still missing. mr. turner had said, i m going to stop answering any questions and you can talk to my lawyer. that s going to make everyone set up a little taller in the saddle. that s a red flag for, us yes. well, there was another side to jose. tell me devoun was a journalist and an aspiring filmmaker who got to know who say and lajoya. i remember seeing lajoya and josé with their kids together. i was like, my goodness, i wish that i was cool, calm and collected like these guys are. there was kindness there. josé respected lajoya, tammy said. detective brown knew that just