1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:06,559 Speaker 1: At just twenty seven, A resilient and devoted mother navigates 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: the delicate balance of life with unwavering dedication. Despite the 3 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: challenges she faces, she works hard to overcome them for 4 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: her children. However, just as good things begin to happen, 5 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: tragedy strikes unexpectedly. Her family and friends are determined to 6 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: uncover the truth about what happened to their loved one 7 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: on that fateful day in Kansas City, Missouri. What happens 8 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: when love becomes fatal? This is a Fatal Attraction podcast 9 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,959 Speaker 1: with Heartland Homicide. 10 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 2: July twenty eighth, twenty eighteen. It's early Saturday morning in 11 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 2: Kansas City, Missouri. The show me state's largest city. 12 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 3: It's really thriving downtown. So it's a fun place to live, 13 00:00:58,200 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 3: it's a fun place to. 14 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 4: Work, great place to raise your family. 15 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 5: Kansas City is known for being a good Midwest city. 16 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 4: It's in the middle of the map. 17 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 5: It's the heartland. 18 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,759 Speaker 2: But even the heartland of America has its fair share 19 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 2: of crime. 20 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 3: We have, unfortunately, a large number of homicides within the city. 21 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 2: And in the pre dawn hours that morning, the grim 22 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:27,199 Speaker 2: Telly goes up again. 23 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 5: Nine one once received a frantic call from a woman. 24 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 6: A young woman was found in the yard of her 25 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 6: grandmother's house. 26 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 2: When police respond, they find a grieving family gathered outside 27 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 2: the house. 28 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 5: There was a young woman laid out on the grass 29 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 5: and she was covered in blood. I was planning to. 30 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 6: Step back from it. Let my partner work, Okay, you 31 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 6: know her. 32 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 5: I can only imagine the fear, that trauma that immediately 33 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 5: set in and you see your loved one lay down 34 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 5: on the ground. 35 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 2: What happened and how long she'd been there isn't clear. 36 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 7: A family member had found her lying motionless in the 37 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 7: yard moments before the nine one one car came in. 38 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 1: Andrew david Is found her out in the front yard. 39 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 8: She had stab wounds all over her body, from her 40 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 8: head to her neck, her chest, her stomach, her arms, ear. 41 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 2: But when the EMTs checked for vital signs, it's clear 42 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 2: the victim is already gone. 43 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 5: Unfortunately, as much as they tried, there was nothing that 44 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 5: they could do. 45 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: All anyone knows for sure is the identity of the victim. 46 00:02:58,560 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 4: What's your name? 47 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 9: Andrea Vine? 48 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 2: Life had been a series of challenges for twenty seven 49 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 2: year old DeAndrea Vine. 50 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 8: DeAndrea had some struggles that she had to deal with. 51 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 2: From childhood, DeAndrea had suffered from epilepsy and associated learning disabilities. 52 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 6: Having a learning disability ana chronic illness like epilepsy can 53 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 6: be damaging to self. 54 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 5: Esteemed epilepsy, or with any type of cognitive delays, can 55 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 5: make it very hard to function in a school setting. 56 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 10: She was in special education classes. 57 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 5: She did not let that stop her. She was a 58 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 5: very determined soul. 59 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 2: But there was one part of her life where DeAndrea 60 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 2: didn't struggle. 61 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 7: DeAndre was quite popular in school. She had a lot 62 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 7: of friends, got a lot. 63 00:03:56,040 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 2: Of attention, and soon after high school she attracted did 64 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 2: a different kind of attention. 65 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 6: At eighteen, DeAndrea met a man who she developed a 66 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 6: long term relationship with. 67 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 2: His name was Marcus Williams. 68 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 5: How you doing when you're young? You're excited to know 69 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 5: that you have someone that likes you. 70 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 6: You have a young lady dealing with the difficulties of 71 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 6: feeling different, and now you have a young man expressing 72 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:25,479 Speaker 6: interests in her. 73 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 5: DeAndrea felt like, well, Marcus is different. It gives me hope, 74 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 5: It reminds me that I'm safe and everything is better. 75 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 2: Over the next few years, what started as a teenage 76 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 2: crush turned into a family. 77 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 6: They had four children together and they were happy and 78 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 6: making things work. 79 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 10: She was loving her kids and he helped with the 80 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 10: kids as well. 81 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 8: She was always trying to do the right thing and 82 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 8: always trying to be a good mother. 83 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,239 Speaker 2: But love couldn't overcome all the problems DeAndrea faced. 84 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 5: Well, motherhoods, you know, always get it right. It's very, 85 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 5: very challenging. 86 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 2: Eventually, Deandrea's children were taken into foster care by the state. 87 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 11: A doctor alerted Child Protective Services because he suspected Marcus 88 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 11: may have physically abused one. 89 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 12: Of the children. 90 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 2: DeAndrea couldn't believe it. 91 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 10: They made her mad and frustrated. 92 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 7: D Andrew was adamant that Marcus would never hurt her children. 93 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 10: They didn't even determine he actually did it, so they 94 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 10: just had him go to anger management classes. 95 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 2: Getting their kids back would be an even greater ordeal. 96 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 6: And having to have this interaction with Children's Services. I 97 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 6: would imagine that Poles as a difficult time for her. 98 00:05:55,800 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 8: For any mother, losing your children is not easy. It's 99 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,280 Speaker 8: not something that you've ever planned for. 100 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 2: Worse was to come. 101 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 13: In twenty seventeen, worn down by the custody struggles in 102 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 13: his battle over the abuse allegations, Marcus committed suicide. 103 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 5: I can only imagine how Deandria felt now that she 104 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 5: doesn't have her children living with her and the love 105 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 5: of her life has taken his own life. 106 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 2: But she wasn't alone. 107 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 3: She had a very strong family support group who were 108 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 3: very lovely individuals. 109 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 2: With her family's tireless support, DeAndrea managed to get her 110 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 2: children out of foster care. 111 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 10: We had to go through a lot of, you know, 112 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 10: allegations and everything to get them back. 113 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 2: And she wasn't going to let anything stop her from 114 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 2: rebuilding her family. 115 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 5: DeAndrea took a job at Walmart, which was very difficult 116 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 5: for her with the epilepsy, but she was determined to 117 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 5: get things back on track and to provide for her family. 118 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 4: She's a fighter. 119 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 8: It takes a strong woman to be able to have 120 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 8: these learning disabilities, health issues, be able to get up 121 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 8: and go to work every day to provide for yourself 122 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 8: and show the courts that you are capable of being able. 123 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 4: To take care of your children. 124 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 2: But now, a year after Marcus's suicide, Deandrea's family has 125 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 2: called nine to one one after finding her bloody body 126 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 2: in the yard outside her grandmother's house. 127 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 11: She was lying on the ground wrapped in a blanket, 128 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 11: bleeding from multiple stablots. 129 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 2: But when EMTs remove the blanket, they uncover a possible 130 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 2: motive for the crime. 131 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 7: They discovered that Deandrea's underwear was missy. 132 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 4: This could have been a sexual assault. 133 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for more of this heart wrenching story as 134 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: we uncover the chilling details of what unfolded during this 135 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: tragic event. This is the Fatal Attraction Podcast. 136 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 2: A year after the father of her four children committed suicide, 137 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 2: twenty seven year old DeAndrea Vine was rebuilding her life. 138 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 13: With help from her mother and grandmother. DeAndre was able 139 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 13: to get her children out of foster care and back 140 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 13: with her family. 141 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 6: She went and obtained a job at Walmart, which, given 142 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 6: her epilepsy, could present as a difficult thing to do, 143 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 6: but she took the challenge head on. 144 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 5: She continued to move forward with her life after all 145 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 5: the tragedy that she had experienced. 146 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 2: But now Deandrea's children have suffered another tragic loss. 147 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 11: Early that morning, Deandrea's cousin found her bloody body lying 148 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 11: in the grass. 149 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 4: In front of her grandmother's house. 150 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 5: Hey She was stabbed multiple times all over her body, 151 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 5: her face, her neck, her chest, her stomach, her arms. 152 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 2: And that may not have been the only horror she suffered. 153 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 6: DeAndrea was found with no pants and no underwear on, 154 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 6: which led them to believe that she was sexually assaulted. 155 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 2: While it will take in autopsy to determine if that's 156 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 2: the case, detectives arrive and are able to determine where 157 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 2: the deadly attack began. 158 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 8: There was a trail of blood leading from the front 159 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 8: yard all the way to his white van that was 160 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 8: parked outside of the house. 161 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 5: There was a large amount of blood on the driveway 162 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 5: just outside of the passenger side. 163 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 6: When detectives checked inside the mini van, they found that 164 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 6: it was covered in blood. 165 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 5: They also found her cell phone in the van, and 166 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 5: there's a receipt on the floorboard. 167 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 2: The receipt contains what appears to be an important clue. 168 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 8: Oh, we got a shoeprint on this receipt was a 169 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 8: blood stamped shoe print. It was a big clue for 170 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:19,679 Speaker 8: detectives because she wasn't wearing. 171 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 2: Shoes, and it wasn't just any shoeprint either. 172 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 8: It was the van's brand of shoe, which has a 173 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:28,439 Speaker 8: very distinct print. 174 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:29,959 Speaker 4: On the bottom. 175 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 2: Looking to narrow things down even further, detectives turned to 176 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 2: Deandrea's family. 177 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 3: Ms Vine lived with her children and some of her 178 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 3: other family members in the home where this occurred. 179 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 8: So sorry about your loss and see now, why don't 180 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 8: you tell me what happened. 181 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 7: Most of the family members at the sea were either 182 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,079 Speaker 7: too young or too distraught to interview. 183 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 2: However, Deandrea's uncle does have some useful information for detectives. 184 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 5: Our uncle I have home around one am and he 185 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:05,479 Speaker 5: actually seen DeAndrea outside talking to a younger milk. 186 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 8: Shit okay, but he said when he parked the car 187 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 8: and walked up to the house, this man was gone. 188 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 4: He disappeared already. 189 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 11: He told them he never really got a good look 190 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 11: at him. 191 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 2: All he can say for sure is that he was 192 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,839 Speaker 2: young and wearing a backpack. When you say young, are 193 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 2: we talking like young. 194 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 6: Young or like you. 195 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 14: Engel? 196 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 2: Deandrea's uncle says he assumed the young man was a 197 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 2: friend of his niece's. Hey, what are you doing him? 198 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:55,199 Speaker 6: He did speak with DeAndrea and everything seemed fine, okay, okay. 199 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 8: He didn't think anything of it, nothing suspicious, and he 200 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 8: went inside to go to sleep. 201 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:08,319 Speaker 2: Until three hours later when Deandrea's cousin burst into their 202 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:09,319 Speaker 2: grandmother's house. 203 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 4: My brother's kid. 204 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 10: He came in at four o'clock that morning and he 205 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 10: said he's seen her out there, blood everywhere. 206 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 7: However, when the detectives acts who might have wanted to 207 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 7: harm DeAndrea, her family members had no idea. 208 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 9: Is there anyone that you can think of that she's 209 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:32,079 Speaker 9: having any arguments or beef with right now? 210 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 15: No? 211 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 2: All right, thank you guys for the evaporation. After talking 212 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 2: to the family, the detectives span out across the neighborhood 213 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:43,119 Speaker 2: looking for possible witnesses. 214 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 5: They go door to door on a mission to find 215 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 5: out what happens to DeAndre. 216 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 2: One neighbor does describe something unusual. 217 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:54,679 Speaker 5: There was a woman across the street that happened to 218 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 5: see a man driving and he stopped and asked her, Hey, 219 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 5: did you order an Uber? 220 00:12:59,440 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 13: Excuse me? 221 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 12: Did you order an Uber? 222 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 2: No? 223 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 6: I didn't. 224 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 11: She explained to the Uber driver that she hadn't requested 225 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 11: rite and he drove off. 226 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 15: That was at. 227 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 2: Then, as she was heading inside, she heard a commotion 228 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 2: across the street. 229 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 16: There argument in biting. 230 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 15: It sound kind of serious. 231 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 16: So I was like, okay, well, let me listen a 232 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 16: little bit, just because I'm nosy too. I'm listening and 233 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 16: I hear a girl. She sounded like she was saying, okay, 234 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 16: I'm sorry, stop, I want to do it again. So 235 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 16: that's when I was like, are you okay? 236 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 2: Hey? 237 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 4: Is the everything okay? 238 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 3: Over that she had actually called out to see if 239 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 3: somebody needed help, and then she didn't hear anything else. 240 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 2: But she says she never saw DeAndrea lying in the 241 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 2: grass covered in blood. 242 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 13: There were several cars parked on the street in front 243 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 13: of the residence, which was obscuring her view of the body. 244 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 2: But the neighbor says she did see someone. 245 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 9: A gentleman walked to the side of the band and 246 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 9: he got like a bag or something out of the. 247 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 15: Band or kind of back like a backpack. 248 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 9: Or I know, it wasn't like a Walmart bag or 249 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 9: a trash bag, but it was a bag. 250 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 7: She didn't have a lot of details that she could 251 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 7: give detectives about who the person was. 252 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 9: As far as like making out here special teachers and stuff. 253 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 9: I didn't really get a very good at them. Okay, 254 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 9: I can tell who was black? Did see maybe how 255 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 9: old he looked no order than twenty five. 256 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 2: Detective suspect this was the same person DeAndrea had been 257 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 2: talking to earlier that night. 258 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 11: Her uncle had already told detectives that the person she 259 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 11: had been speaking with was wearing a backpack and appeared 260 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 11: to be pretty young. 261 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 2: But it's not until Deandrea's sister arrives at the scene 262 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 2: that they get their first clue to his identity. She 263 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 2: was telling me about this guy she worked with. 264 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 5: There was this guy at Walmart that was flirting with DeAndrea. 265 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 13: In fact, Deandrea's sister thought that they had done more 266 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 13: than just flirting. 267 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 12: Do you know his name? 268 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 5: No, I just thought he was really young. 269 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 2: After family members found DeAndrea Vine stamped to death in 270 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 2: her grandmother's front yard, her sister has given detectives a 271 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 2: clue to the identity of the man she was seen 272 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 2: with earlier that evening. 273 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 6: Deandrea's sister informs them that DeAndrea may have been talking 274 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 6: or messing around with a young person at work. 275 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 3: That gave detectives something to work with as far as 276 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 3: who this individual she was speaking to might be. 277 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 12: Do you know his name? 278 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 1: No? 279 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 12: I just thought he was really young, So were they 280 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 12: like dating or just kind of flirting at work. 281 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 6: And you're just messing around. 282 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 2: I'm not really sure what they would do. 283 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 5: With her sister didn't know much about the dynamic of 284 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 5: the relationship. 285 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 2: But she does know that DeAndrea enjoyed the attention. 286 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 6: I would imagine it would be very difficult being a 287 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 6: single mother raising four children, maybe not much time for dating, 288 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 6: and so it would feel great to have someone show interest. 289 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 17: Are just supposed to be. 290 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 5: In the stockings. Yeah, but no, I just came to 291 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 5: say all that. 292 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 8: It probably just made her feel like the most special 293 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 8: woman in this world. 294 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 2: However, according to her sister, there was one big drawback 295 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 2: to Deandrea's new suitor. 296 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 6: Her sister stated that he was only seventeen, so. 297 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 12: There's a chance it's just flirting. 298 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 2: I just spew. 299 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 4: She had a problem with it. 300 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 6: He's not eighteen yet and she is twenty seven. There 301 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 6: could be legal repercussions. 302 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 2: If DeAndrea had rejected the teenager. Could that have led 303 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 2: to a deadly attack. 304 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 11: The police suspected that she've been sexually assaulted, so there 305 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,360 Speaker 11: was a possible scenario where the coworker had forced himself 306 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 11: on DeAndrea and the violence escalated when she fought back. 307 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 3: There were a large number of stab wounds, which is 308 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 3: usually indicative. 309 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,640 Speaker 17: Of someone who knows their attacker. 310 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 3: There's usually some sort of a relationship to garner that 311 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 3: much rage. 312 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:30,880 Speaker 2: The morning after Deandrea's murder, the detectives attempt to track 313 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 2: down her would be boyfriend. 314 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:36,640 Speaker 5: Detectives had to Walmarts to find out who this seventeen 315 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 5: year old is. 316 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 2: While talking to Deandrea's manager, they learned that the young 317 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:47,159 Speaker 2: man is most likely seventeen year old Xavier McDowell. 318 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 5: The manager tells them that he actually sees DeAndrea and 319 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,640 Speaker 5: Xavier a lot in the break room. 320 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 2: And according to the manager, they weren't just hanging out. 321 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 8: M The supervisor said that they had to break them 322 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,920 Speaker 8: up from making out in the break. 323 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 5: Room, so he would have to tell them, hey, you 324 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 5: guys have to stop and go back to work. 325 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 13: Their behavior was inappropriate, but there were no indications of 326 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 13: any sort of harassment going on. 327 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 3: It was just that she was engaged in sort of 328 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 3: a workplace romance with this young man. 329 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 2: I'll keep your addressed, but the relationship between Xavier and 330 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:33,679 Speaker 2: DeAndrea confirmed. Investigators had to his parents' house to question him. 331 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,399 Speaker 12: Broking Xavier of doubt. We just need to ask him 332 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 12: a few questions about one of his coworkers. 333 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 2: That yet. 334 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 12: Uh yes, sir, we need to ask you a few 335 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 12: questions by DeAndrea Vine. 336 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:55,880 Speaker 15: Sure, I heard about what happened then. I just can't 337 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:56,400 Speaker 15: believe it. 338 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 5: When they talked to Xavier, he seemed very sad, very 339 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 5: affected by the news that she had passed away. She 340 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:04,959 Speaker 5: was such a nice person. 341 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:11,640 Speaker 2: During the interview, Xavier is upfront about his relationship with DeAndrea. 342 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:15,679 Speaker 6: He did indicate that they had a sexual relationship, but 343 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:20,200 Speaker 6: there wasn't much other than that sexual relationship between the 344 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 6: two of them, So no class for the future, nothing 345 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:25,360 Speaker 6: like that. 346 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,439 Speaker 15: And it was just having fun, you know. 347 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 8: He called it a lust relationship. He said they had 348 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 8: only been together two times. They met up at a hotel. 349 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 12: Why a hotel and she lived with her people and 350 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:40,639 Speaker 12: we couldn't be heres. 351 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 7: Xabier lived with his mom, so his place. 352 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 4: Was out too. 353 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 6: He informed detectives that the last time they had sex 354 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 6: was about a month ago. 355 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 4: When was the last time you saw her? 356 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 5: It was yesterday and yesterday or where? 357 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 11: He told detectives they had been on the same shift 358 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 11: a Walmart the night before. 359 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 5: They didn't talk because things were so busy at work. 360 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,640 Speaker 6: He was only able to wave hello to her. 361 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:09,439 Speaker 12: What time did you get home from worker? 362 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 15: My brother? 363 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 2: Opid' you? 364 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 13: Xavier told investigators that his brother had picked him up 365 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 13: for work and that he had stayed in for the 366 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 13: rest of the night. 367 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,119 Speaker 4: A mom, you can confirm that he was here all night. No, 368 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 4: I can't. 369 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 10: I worked a graveyard shift and I didn't get into 370 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:23,879 Speaker 10: five am this morning. 371 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 12: Okay, thank you for your time. 372 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 2: Was it possible he'd slipped out later that evening and 373 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 2: went to see DeAndrea. 374 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 6: Detectives were where that Xavier didn't drive, and he lived 375 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 6: about three miles away from DeAndrea. 376 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 2: Detectives doubt that he walked. 377 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 7: However, one of Deandrea's neighbors did tell detectives there was 378 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 7: an uber in the area around the time of the murder. 379 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 4: They needed to track down this uber driver. 380 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 2: Detectives also need to see who DeAndrea had been in 381 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 2: contact with on the night of her murder. 382 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 6: Detectives subpoena records for DeAndrea cellphone. 383 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 11: Whether DeAndrea met up with Xavier or someone else that night. 384 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 11: Her phone records may show who she had talked to 385 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:15,120 Speaker 11: on the phone or exchanged text messages with before they 386 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 11: got together. 387 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:20,680 Speaker 2: But detectives are still working those leads. When they're contacted 388 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 2: by another of Deandrea's co workers, Palms, the. 389 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 13: Woman called police and told them that she had some 390 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 13: potentially important information. 391 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 5: I don't know if that has anything to do with 392 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 5: what happened, but she told me something. 393 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 4: Ms. 394 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 17: Vine had communicated that she may be pregnant. 395 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: Stay with us as we continue to unravel what occurred 396 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:48,959 Speaker 1: that day in Kansas City, Missouri. 397 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 2: Detectives investigating the brutal murder of DeAndrea Vine have learned 398 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 2: that the twenty seven year old may have been expecting 399 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 2: her fifth child. 400 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 7: According to a coworker, DeAndrea had told her that she 401 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 7: was pregnant. 402 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 2: The news takes detectives by surprise. 403 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 11: None of Deandrea's family had said anything about her being pregnant. 404 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 9: Is she pregnant? 405 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 17: You don't think so, okay, I just want to make sure. 406 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 13: Of course, DeAndrea may have had her reasons for wanting 407 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 13: to keep the pregnancy quiet. 408 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 12: Did she say who the father was? 409 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:28,919 Speaker 1: No? 410 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:36,959 Speaker 2: Detectives suspect the answer. Maybe Deandrea's seventeen year old coworker 411 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:38,639 Speaker 2: Xavier McDowell. 412 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,399 Speaker 5: Xavier admitted that DeAndre and him had been intimate with 413 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 5: each other on two separate occasions. 414 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 12: So she didn't say it was Xavier's. 415 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 17: No, I kind of just assumed it was. 416 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 3: Associates from her workplace knew that she was involved in 417 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 3: a romantic relationship with a xavior. 418 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 5: If he's the father, does that also mean that he's 419 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 5: her killer. 420 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 7: He was only seventeen, so he might not have been 421 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 7: happy about becoming a father. 422 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 12: Did DeAndre ever talk about possibly ending the pregnancy. 423 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 17: No, but that wouldn't be like her either. 424 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 11: She was a mother of four who adored her children. 425 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 2: Detectives also have to consider the possibility that the baby 426 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 2: wasn't Xavier's. 427 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,120 Speaker 13: If DeAndre had been hooking up with someone else, jealousy 428 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 13: could come into play. 429 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 7: Maybe she was the victim of a love triangle. 430 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 12: Did DeAndre ever talk about possibly seeing someone else? 431 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 5: As far as I know, it was only Exavier. 432 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 2: Love triangle or nun When detectives received Deandrea's autopsy report, 433 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 2: it's clear whoever killed her was enraged. 434 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,479 Speaker 11: When investigators got the autopsy results from the medical Examiner's office, 435 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 11: the first thing that stood out was the sheer violence 436 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:57,199 Speaker 11: of the attack. 437 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,160 Speaker 17: It was well over thirty stab wound. 438 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 2: And that's only a fraction of the injuries cataloged by 439 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 2: the medical examiner. 440 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 3: The stab wound is something that actually penetrates into the body, 441 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 3: and then there's insize wounds, which are more of a 442 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 3: superficial cut, and she had dozens of both on her body. 443 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 2: She also had defensive wounds to her hands and arms. 444 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 13: The Andrea faught desperately with her attacker. 445 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 3: These type of stabbing cases, there's a lot of rage 446 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 3: involved and just a lot of severe injury, which unfortunately 447 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 3: make the victims demise just so much more brutal. 448 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 2: And there is one more thing that the autopsy makes 449 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:41,119 Speaker 2: crystal clear. 450 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 17: She was not in fact pregnant. 451 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,879 Speaker 2: It's potentially a bombshell piece of information. 452 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 7: Was the Andrea simply mistaken? Was she told her coworker 453 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 7: she was pregnant? 454 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 2: Perhaps more importantly for the investigation, what had she told 455 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 2: exact Xavier. 456 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 11: For Xavier to have a motive, it wasn't necessary for 457 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 11: her to actually be pregnant. 458 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 2: He just needed to. 459 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 4: Think she was. 460 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,920 Speaker 2: When detectives received Deandrea's phone records, they combed through call 461 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 2: logs and text messages looking for the answer. 462 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,440 Speaker 13: The records showed that Xavier did reach out to DeAndrea 463 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:21,880 Speaker 13: in hours before the murder. 464 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 8: They found several phone calls from Xavier to DeAndrea. 465 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 5: DeAndrea did not answer any of his calls. 466 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 2: The detectives have no way of knowing exactly why Xavier 467 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 2: was calling Deandria, but their text messages give them a 468 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:41,120 Speaker 2: pretty good idea. 469 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 8: There were text messages where detectives saw that the two 470 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 8: of them, just a few days before her death, discussed 471 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 8: a possible pregnancy. 472 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 5: Xavier texted DeAndrea and said, oh my God, stop telling 473 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 5: me that stuff. 474 00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 6: Don't tell me you're pregnant. 475 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:05,159 Speaker 4: Xavier was not happy. Could he have been desperate enough 476 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 4: to kill. 477 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,120 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for more of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 478 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 2: Detectives investigating the murder of DeAndrea Vine have learned that 479 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:27,679 Speaker 2: the mother of four wasn't pregnant, but it appears Deandrea's 480 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 2: coworker turned lover, Xavier McDowell, didn't know that. 481 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 11: Based on the text messages between Xavier and DeAndrea, he 482 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 11: was panicking about the prospect of becoming a. 483 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 5: Father, being seventeen and being told that you're getting ready 484 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 5: to be a father. That has to be scary, especially 485 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,880 Speaker 5: if you're not in a place financially to support a family. 486 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 2: However, tying Xavier directly to the murder proves more difficult. 487 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:55,720 Speaker 13: The pregnancy gave him a motive, but none of the 488 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,479 Speaker 13: eyewitnesses that night were able to give detectives more than 489 00:26:58,520 --> 00:26:59,400 Speaker 13: a vague description. 490 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 8: One neighbor saw a man bend down, pick up a backpack, 491 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 8: and then run off. 492 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 7: Deandrea's uncle had also seen a young man with a 493 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 7: backpack talking to Dandria. 494 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 4: On the porch. 495 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:17,639 Speaker 2: Neither of the witnesses got a good look at the 496 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 2: young man, but detectives suspect there may be a way 497 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 2: to identify him. 498 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,359 Speaker 11: According to Deandrea's neighbor, there had been an Uber driver 499 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 11: in the neighborhood at the time of the murder. 500 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 4: Excuse me, if. 501 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 17: You were a Uber No, I didn't. 502 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 2: The neighbor told police he'd been trying to locate the 503 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 2: person who'd called the ride. 504 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 5: How detectives are looking for the Uber driver to see 505 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 5: if Xavier was a passenger. 506 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 6: It's important to put Xavier at the scene during the 507 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 6: time of the murder. 508 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 2: Detectives contact the ride share company and are eventually able 509 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,880 Speaker 2: to track down the driver, who was in Deandrea's neighborhood 510 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 2: the knight of the murder. 511 00:27:58,400 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 15: Hello. 512 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 5: He said that he was dispatched to that address around 513 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 5: one point thirty that morning on Saturday, but. 514 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:06,639 Speaker 2: The writer wasn't there. 515 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 12: I didn't actually pick up anybody. 516 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 15: Why is that? 517 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:12,360 Speaker 12: While I was waiting, I heard screaming. 518 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 15: There's a woman screaming. 519 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,439 Speaker 2: The driver says he never saw the woman, but he 520 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 2: did see a man. 521 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 5: He said that he'd seen a man running away. 522 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,120 Speaker 17: He ended up getting scared and left. 523 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:32,199 Speaker 12: Did you see what this guy look like? 524 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 2: I don't know. It was dark. 525 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 17: I didn't really get a good look at him. 526 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 12: What about the ride request? Was there a name on it? 527 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 1: Yeah? 528 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 4: Usually, but this time I just said. 529 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 13: X The writer had only used an issue for his 530 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 13: Uber profile, and the card linked to the account was 531 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 13: a prepaid debit card, so it didn't have a name 532 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 13: on it either. 533 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 2: However, the driver does have some useful information for detectives. 534 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 5: The destination for the requested ride was Raytown's South High School. 535 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 8: Raytown High School is really close to Xavier's house. 536 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 2: Okay, thank you, but it still isn't enough to put 537 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 2: Xavier at the crime scene. 538 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,480 Speaker 8: So they went back to Walmart that went through hours 539 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 8: and hours of surveillance footage of inside the store. 540 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 2: The surveillance footage captures both DeAndrea and Xavier at work 541 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,480 Speaker 2: just a few hours before the murder. 542 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 7: Just as Xavier told the police, they didn't really interact. 543 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:34,080 Speaker 2: On the video. 544 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 4: They did wave at each other. 545 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 2: But that isn't all the video shows. 546 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 12: Hold it go back, but you see something, Yeah, right. 547 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 6: There, Xavier was wearing Vans. 548 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 11: That was the same type of shoe as the bloody 549 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 11: footprint left on the receipt detectives found at the scene. 550 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 17: It was very clear that it was the same brand. 551 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 2: It's the extra piece of evidence the detectives need. 552 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 6: They proceed with an arrest warrant to take Xavier in. 553 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,840 Speaker 2: When detectives sit down with Xavier, he agrees to make 554 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:15,440 Speaker 2: a statement. 555 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 7: He started out by repeating what he said to police 556 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 7: in his first interview that he and DeAndrea were just 557 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 7: together for casual sex. 558 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 18: I was really in love and I knew it wasn't 559 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 18: a goos to go any further. 560 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:32,240 Speaker 2: But there was a complication, or so he thought. 561 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 15: She told me that I ain't got her pregnant. Oh 562 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 15: she did. 563 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 13: Xavier said that DeAndrea told him about the pregnancy a 564 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 13: few days before the murder. 565 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 15: Did you have any reason to not believe her? Or 566 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,840 Speaker 15: because I know what I did and I know I 567 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 15: should afford that kind. 568 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 2: Of Xavier also admits that he wasn't happy about the 569 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 2: idea of being a father. 570 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 15: Did you warn her or not have a baby? 571 00:30:58,600 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 11: Yeah? 572 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 18: First, but she wouldn't a too, So I can't force 573 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,480 Speaker 18: someone to want to get rid of the. 574 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 15: Baby, right. 575 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 2: No that detectives believe him. 576 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,560 Speaker 13: They started pressing Xavier about the night of the murder, 577 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,080 Speaker 13: but he was still sticking to his original store. 578 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 6: Xavier reported that he came home from work at about 579 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:18,920 Speaker 6: ten o'clock. 580 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 15: Okay, so you go straight there and then you're there 581 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:24,400 Speaker 15: until you go to bat he said midnight. 582 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:27,560 Speaker 5: He denied going to her house that night. 583 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:31,840 Speaker 16: It looks like he called her about four times between 584 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 16: twelve and one am. 585 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 15: You do that, I did call her, right, Okay? Did 586 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 15: you go over to your house that night? That's just 587 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 15: not true. Then ask yourself this would I be asking 588 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:44,440 Speaker 15: you if you went over that lad there that night? 589 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 15: Would you be sitting here if we didn't know that 590 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 15: you went over there that night? Okay. 591 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 6: He then confesses that he was there that night. 592 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 5: Xavier said he went to Deandrew's house that night only looking. 593 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 4: To hook up. 594 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 15: So you're going over there for a booty call? What 595 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 15: time is that? That was around too in the morning. 596 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 2: But there was one problem. 597 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,240 Speaker 8: There were so many people at the house that they 598 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,000 Speaker 8: couldn't have any privacy inside. 599 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 15: She didn't want to. 600 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 18: Wake her kids over anybody, so we had six in 601 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 18: the backyard. 602 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 15: Okay, what else happened? 603 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,320 Speaker 18: Then she went into the find and sat down where 604 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 18: there's some chairs, and. 605 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:31,480 Speaker 14: Then we. 606 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 2: Detectives. No, that's a lie. 607 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 15: We found the driver that you're originally called and didn't 608 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,480 Speaker 15: get in the vehicle. You saw you running off you. 609 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:55,240 Speaker 15: You heard the screams. 610 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:55,560 Speaker 2: Sensing that they've backed Xavier into a corner. Detectives keep 611 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 2: up the pressure. 612 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 3: There's no way to get around this stuff, man, I'm 613 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 3: telling you there is no way. 614 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 2: But that didn't stop Xavier from trying. 615 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 18: We didn't have sex in them in the back okay, okay, 616 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 18: to have sex in the car, what's. 617 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 15: Your car van? 618 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 8: He got in the passenger seat, DeAndrea got on top 619 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 8: of him. They did have sexual intercourse. 620 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 2: But according to Xavier, while they were having sex, things 621 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 2: took an unexpected turn. 622 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 15: She can't create it. 623 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 3: He said that she pulled out a knife and started 624 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,360 Speaker 3: to attack him. 625 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 15: She tried to kid me. 626 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:45,920 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for more of this heart wrenching story as 627 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:50,160 Speaker 1: we uncover the chilling details of what unfolded during this 628 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 1: tragic event. This is the Fatal Attraction podcast. 629 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:02,200 Speaker 2: Xavier Dewel has admitted that it was him in the 630 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:05,280 Speaker 2: mini van with DeAndrea Vine on the night she died, 631 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:08,320 Speaker 2: but he says he's no murderer. 632 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:12,399 Speaker 15: Would you plan to go over there and kill him? 633 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 15: What were you planning to do? She just talked to 634 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 15: him six. 635 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,640 Speaker 3: He said that while they were having sex, she pulled 636 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 3: out a knife. 637 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:27,319 Speaker 15: That's all her late the knife. He lived a knife 638 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:28,279 Speaker 15: while she's on top of you. 639 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 2: He says, what happened next is mostly a blur. 640 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:38,640 Speaker 5: He was able to grab the knife, but it was 641 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:40,840 Speaker 5: only reflex in my hand. 642 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:44,760 Speaker 15: Like this, and that's how little bit right right, because 643 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:46,560 Speaker 15: she didn't get to cut me. 644 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:49,880 Speaker 2: DeAndrea wasn't so lucky. 645 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 6: Exavier says that he in self defense stabbed her in. 646 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,000 Speaker 2: The day, but that wasn't the end of it. 647 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,480 Speaker 5: He said that she started to swing at him with 648 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 5: her fists. 649 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 6: She was she was screaming at me, so he continued 650 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,520 Speaker 6: to stab her. 651 00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:10,799 Speaker 15: How many times did you stab her? 652 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:16,360 Speaker 5: I don't, He said that. She then exited the vent. 653 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:22,240 Speaker 15: And she's only like the ground. 654 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:27,040 Speaker 2: But Deandrea's ordeal was far from over. 655 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,280 Speaker 8: He said he had to stab her even more because 656 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 8: she had to die. 657 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,839 Speaker 15: They were scared of getting Yeah, gotcha, So that's why 658 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:38,319 Speaker 15: he kept up. 659 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,480 Speaker 4: He had to make sure she was dead. That was 660 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:43,080 Speaker 4: his logic. 661 00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:47,960 Speaker 2: Then, according to Xavier, he'd gone back to the van 662 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:51,439 Speaker 2: and grabbed his backpack before returning to where DeAndrea lay 663 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:52,800 Speaker 2: bleeding in the grass. 664 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:56,640 Speaker 15: Why did you come back? Because I didn't know if 665 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:57,400 Speaker 15: she was dead or not. 666 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,759 Speaker 6: He then stamped after her a few more times to 667 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,560 Speaker 6: make sure she was actually dead. 668 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 2: Finally, sure that DeAndrea was dead or at least dying, 669 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:13,239 Speaker 2: Xavier made his escape. 670 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,000 Speaker 15: I helped over the senses. I ran. 671 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:20,200 Speaker 2: Then he called another uber for a ride home. 672 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,640 Speaker 8: Once he got home, he was able to take off 673 00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,239 Speaker 8: all of his clothes, clean himself up, and then burn 674 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 8: his clothes outside in the backyard. 675 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:33,640 Speaker 2: Xavier story fits at least some of the evidence of 676 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:36,320 Speaker 2: the crime scene, but not all. 677 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,560 Speaker 3: The physical evidence in the nature of the injury to 678 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:42,319 Speaker 3: ms Vine's body were not consistent with his version of 679 00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:43,000 Speaker 3: what happened. 680 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:46,360 Speaker 15: He went over there to stabber. That's exactly what it 681 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:52,080 Speaker 15: looks like. You're not offend your stuffs. Well, we know that, 682 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:54,800 Speaker 15: we know that the statue. 683 00:36:56,920 --> 00:37:00,680 Speaker 2: A realization that sinks in once detective step out of 684 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:08,160 Speaker 2: the interview room. 685 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:22,280 Speaker 14: Lord over, over, over over. 686 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,440 Speaker 11: Xavier may be a killer, but he was also a 687 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,200 Speaker 11: scared seventeen year old. 688 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:39,000 Speaker 2: Kid, and he's going to jail standing up. But Xavier 689 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:40,560 Speaker 2: will never stand trial. 690 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:44,879 Speaker 5: Xavier agrees to plea guilty to second degree murdered. He 691 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:46,920 Speaker 5: actually admitted that he was the one that had the 692 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:47,640 Speaker 5: knife that night. 693 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,120 Speaker 8: He said, I didn't tell the truth in the beginning. 694 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:56,600 Speaker 8: DeAndrea did not attack me. I actually attacked her. 695 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,680 Speaker 2: Still, parts of Xavier's story were true. 696 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,600 Speaker 7: Hey did go over there under the pretext of a 697 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:04,239 Speaker 7: booty call. 698 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,920 Speaker 3: I think what really happened was they probably did engage 699 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:09,760 Speaker 3: in sex in the minivan. 700 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:15,000 Speaker 2: But when it was over, Xavier confronted DeAndrea about the 701 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:16,760 Speaker 2: baby she claimed to be carrying. 702 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,800 Speaker 5: DeAndrea really thought she was pregnant, an Xavier was scared 703 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:22,160 Speaker 5: to step into parenthood. 704 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,560 Speaker 15: Deangel, we have to talk about this baby. 705 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:26,839 Speaker 17: Man already told you. 706 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:28,600 Speaker 6: I'm not arguing about this anymore. 707 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:32,000 Speaker 5: He admitted that he was very angry about the pregnancy. 708 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,800 Speaker 2: So angry that he became violent. 709 00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:43,560 Speaker 3: He started stabbing her in the neck and throat area 710 00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:48,239 Speaker 3: in the mini van. She was able to get out 711 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:51,200 Speaker 3: and try to escape. 712 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:55,920 Speaker 2: But she didn't get far and Xavier was right behind her. 713 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:07,160 Speaker 3: I'm like, please, please, and then suffered a large number 714 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,719 Speaker 3: of stab wounds, which would be consistent with somebody likely 715 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:13,040 Speaker 3: standing over top of her and stabbing her because he 716 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,919 Speaker 3: wanted to make sure that she was actually in fact dead. 717 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:21,480 Speaker 2: Although at his sentencing hearing, when the judge asks Xavier 718 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,600 Speaker 2: if he has anything to say for himself, he doesn't 719 00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:25,320 Speaker 2: keep silent. 720 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,319 Speaker 3: He did express remorse at the sentencing hearing. I do 721 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,320 Speaker 3: think he was remorseful. He was very young when this happened. 722 00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:36,480 Speaker 2: Xavier will be far older when he finishes paying for 723 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:37,279 Speaker 2: what he'd done. 724 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:41,520 Speaker 5: The judge sentences Xavier took twenty three years in prison. 725 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:48,000 Speaker 2: But is the sentence good enough? 726 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:51,320 Speaker 5: This is a mother that was taken from her children, 727 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:53,200 Speaker 5: So is this justice? 728 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:54,080 Speaker 4: Absolutely not? 729 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:55,520 Speaker 17: What's worse? 730 00:39:55,719 --> 00:40:01,400 Speaker 11: Deandrea's kids lost their mother just one year after their tragic. 731 00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:06,760 Speaker 2: Suicide, which means that much like their mother, Deandrea's children 732 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,040 Speaker 2: will face a lifetime of challenges. 733 00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:13,000 Speaker 8: You just have to feel so sorry for these children. 734 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,080 Speaker 8: My heart goes out to them. 735 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,400 Speaker 6: I hope for her kids that they find some peace. 736 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:23,040 Speaker 3: And that's just avoid that that family can never quite 737 00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:26,800 Speaker 3: feel as hard as they tried, and it's a huge loss. 738 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:30,239 Speaker 10: I'm still trying to get to the storms. I don't 739 00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:32,040 Speaker 10: know where I'm going, I don't know where I'm in 740 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:34,719 Speaker 10: and at, but you know, I just have eight. 741 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:43,040 Speaker 1: The unexpected and senseless act that took the life of 742 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:46,600 Speaker 1: DeAndrea Vine has shattered the hearts of her loved ones. 743 00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:50,040 Speaker 1: In the wake of such a brutal loss, those who 744 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:53,800 Speaker 1: knew her will remember DeAndrea not only for the challenges 745 00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:58,040 Speaker 1: she overcame, but also for the unwavering love she devoted 746 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:02,400 Speaker 1: to her children. Though her life was tragically cut short, 747 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:06,279 Speaker 1: her resilience will continue to inspire those who knew her, 748 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:10,759 Speaker 1: and she will forever hold a cherished place in the hearts. 749 00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:11,760 Speaker 15: Of her family and children. 750 00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:17,200 Speaker 1: Coming up on the next episode of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 751 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,560 Speaker 2: Her family was the center of her universe. 752 00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,880 Speaker 4: She only wanted to be together no matter what. Her 753 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:30,480 Speaker 4: biggest thing was to connect. 754 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:34,880 Speaker 2: She just had a good heart and she finally found 755 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,880 Speaker 2: the perfect man to share it with. 756 00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:40,839 Speaker 4: Tausha Marquise. She absolutely loved him. 757 00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:42,439 Speaker 14: You was a good guy. 758 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:44,360 Speaker 5: They would like to private come. 759 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:52,000 Speaker 2: But when she's gunned down alongside a childhood friend, no 760 00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:53,840 Speaker 2: one can make sense of the crime. 761 00:41:55,840 --> 00:42:00,960 Speaker 1: With magnetic charm, of vivacious personality and remarkable talent, a 762 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:05,560 Speaker 1: thirty year old Memphis, Tennessee women's life changes in an instant, 763 00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:10,440 Speaker 1: plunging her community into a whirlwind of grief and confusion 764 00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:14,120 Speaker 1: as they search for answers. Tune in to the next 765 00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:18,480 Speaker 1: episode of the Fatal Attraction podcast. We will see you 766 00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:20,480 Speaker 1: in the next episode.