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00:00My boss walked in, and he thought it was a mannequin.
00:12I moved the sheet a little bit, and I noticed that there was a body.
00:17I came out, and I responded to the Primrose Motel.
00:20I was told to go to room number one.
00:22The room was a mess. It was dirty.
00:25The beds were unmade.
00:27There was a trash bag on the floor.
00:30There was other empty alcohol bottles.
00:33I noticed that she had shrink wrap wrapped around her legs,
00:36and it was going up her torso.
00:39We had to actually dismantle the couch to get her out
00:42without causing any damage to any of the evidence or anything.
00:46It was awful.
00:48I've never seen any human being treated like that.
00:51We started smashing her against the dashboard.
00:54I thought he was going to kill us both.
00:57I said, I have a bad feeling, and I just want you to be safe.
01:01And she got in the car, and that was the last time I saw her.
01:03The morning of June 1st, 2015, Adams County Sheriff's Department respond to a body
01:08found in the Primrose Motel in Denver, Colorado.
01:27Being a patrol deputy, it's a blank slate.
01:28You imagine you're going to deal with some craziness throughout your shift, but it's hard to imagine worst-case scenarios sometimes.
01:32Preparing yourself and then actually seeing are two completely different things.
01:37Walking in and seeing that type of scene, and knowing that that is a human.
01:43You know, that is somebody that we take a vow to protect, and seeing somebody in that state, it was very, very tragic.
01:56I came out and I responded to the Primrose Motel.
02:11We got on scene, got briefed by the deputies that were there on scene.
02:17At that point, I went into room number one.
02:24And I remember the horror of the scene, and the gruesome nature of how the body was found.
02:39The room was a mess. It was dirty. The beds were unmade.
02:43There was a trash bag on the floor. There was other empty alcohol bottles.
02:49Cushions from inside the couch had been removed, and one was on the floor, and one was on one of the two beds that were in the room.
02:58At first, I was kind of like, where's the body at? Because it was so well concealed.
03:06Investigators finally uncover the young woman's body hidden inside the couch.
03:13The foam part of the cushion had been removed, and that was on the bed.
03:23But the covers to those cushions had been laid on the couch to make it look as if someone were just looking in the window,
03:32or looking through the door on first glance, that there was nothing amiss, that the couch was as it should have been.
03:41You really had to look because they really had concealed her.
03:46I think the best way to describe it would be inhumane. She was just stuffed in there.
03:50It was awful. I've never seen any human being treated like that.
03:54She had a pillowcase over her head that was tied at her neck, and then her hands were bound, and her ankles were bound by a sheet.
04:06She had some underwear that were down below her knees, and that was the only thing she was wearing.
04:13It wasn't a full-size couch, only a love seat, so it only sat two people.
04:20You can see that her legs were curled up most of the way.
04:23Her head was kind of bent down a little bit, and down inside the couch.
04:27We had to actually dismantle the couch to get her out without causing any damage to any evidence or anything.
04:34It's an absolutely gruesome, despicable act.
04:44Investigators speak to the motel manager, who had discovered the body.
04:49The manager was doing his usual morning rounds.
04:54He came to the room to check and see if they were going to pay for another night.
04:59He said there was a little handwritten note on the piece of paper that said do not disturb on the door,
05:04but he knocked anyway to see if they were going to stay, because check-out time was 10.30.
05:10They didn't hear anything, so he then came back again later,
05:15knocked, found the door was unlocked, and he entered inside.
05:21The owner came in and was starting to assist him with cleaning the room.
05:26They didn't see the vehicle that they came in any longer.
05:29They didn't see anybody in the room, and assumed they just left without checking out.
05:35Boss walked in, and he thought it was a mannequin.
05:39I moved the sheet a little bit, and I noticed that there was a body.
05:44I said it's a female, and I told him I was going to call 911.
05:51Investigators begin to process the scene and collect evidence.
05:57There was a little bit of blood in the bathroom.
05:59There was the do not disturb note that was on the door was taken.
06:03There was another one in the room, as a matter of fact, that said do not disturb.
06:06That one was taken as well.
06:08Detectives do not yet know the victim's identity,
06:13but they catch a break when they locate her car in the parking lot.
06:17It was her vehicle that was there.
06:21The registration was provided to the office, and they made a copy of it.
06:25That was one piece of the puzzle.
06:27One of our detectives actually took her fingerprints and was able to get a positive hit.
06:35When he compared the index finger from her driver's license,
06:39was able to make a positive match for Abigail Cozad.
06:44We were later notified that her father was at his local PD trying to report her as a missing person.
06:50We brought him to the interview room, and unfortunately was the one who had to tell him what had happened,
06:56that, you know, we definitely found Abby, and we positively identified her.
06:59At that point, he was able to provide us with some information.
07:04This is Claudia.
07:06I'm sorry.
07:07Sarah.
07:08This is Sarah.
07:09They're both with the NAB County, too, at the sheriff's office.
07:13And they're here for you.
07:16Okay.
07:17Whatever you need.
07:19We'd like to ask you some things.
07:22Sure.
07:23And, um, when you're ready to.
07:26Do you know where Abigail was living?
07:28With me.
07:29She was living at home?
07:30When was the last time that you saw her?
07:32Saturday afternoon.
07:33Saturday afternoon.
07:34About what time?
07:38Between 6 and 6.30.
07:41Actually, it was Saturday evening.
07:43I don't know how to think about it.
07:44Because I went to Sam's Club.
07:47I got home right at 6, and she left just early after that.
07:51Okay.
07:52Did she say where she was going or anything?
07:53Or?
07:54She said she was coming down to Denver.
07:56Was she planning on meeting anybody here?
07:58Yeah.
07:59These guys right here.
08:01She called him Emilio, but he also gave her the name Daniel.
08:10Memorial weekend, she disappeared also for several days.
08:14She disappeared.
08:16I was watching her bank accounts, and these people had her at bar.
08:23They had her debit card.
08:26They were withdrawing money.
08:27They withdrew over $1,000 cash out of her debit, out of her bank account.
08:32You know, I started asking more questions when I started seeing all the money,
08:35and tried to advise her that these people probably aren't good.
08:38She told me they were gangbangers.
08:41Told her she probably shouldn't be hanging out with them.
08:44This nanny's girlfriend, or Emilio, she called him Emilio,
08:48apparently grabbed her by the throat and tried to beat her up.
08:53She had bruises on her shoulder.
08:55She had bruises and scrapes all over her knees.
08:57After she told me that, I started, I went through her cell phone.
09:01That's when I wrote these notes this Saturday morning.
09:04I wrote all the phone numbers down and the names.
09:10The screenshots taken by Abigail's father reveal that she had been seeing this man called Emilio for about a month.
09:23What was really important was the identification of this man that she had met a mere 30 days before.
09:32And in the span of that time, had started a relationship with Abby.
09:39He was one of the last people that she was with, to her dad's knowledge.
09:46As the last person seen with Abigail when she was alive, Emilio becomes a prime suspect in her murder.
09:54Police need to ring him in for questioning as soon as possible.
10:06On June 1st, 2015, the body of 31-year-old Abigail Kozad was found at the Primrose Motel in Denver, Colorado.
10:17Police officers take the statement of the Primrose Motel's maintenance staff.
10:22He claims he saw Abigail arrive at the motel the day before with Theresa Dean and two other people.
10:29I did see Theresa come out of the room and go to the, I call it the trunk, but it's more like a hatchback of the Honda.
10:39I opened it up and I looked and I seen a female inside, inside, getting, getting out of the trunk.
10:48Okay. And what was up with this female? Was anything strange or unusual?
10:54Yeah, it was kind of strange. First thing I noticed, well, why was she in the trunk, coming out of the trunk, you know?
10:59And then as she got out of the trunk, I noticed that she had some, I call it saran wrap, but it's more like shrink wrap on her.
11:08And it was like wrapped around her legs and each leg individually. And it was going up her torso.
11:16It was like mid range of her stomach, but it wasn't wrapped real tight.
11:21Okay. So it was just wrapped around her, each leg individually. Her legs weren't bound together.
11:25No, no.
11:26Okay. And, uh, um, and then, uh, and then probably up her stomach?
11:30Yeah. Like mid, middle of her torso. Yeah.
11:32Did she have clothing on her knee?
11:34Yeah. She had a pair of jeans on and the, uh, shrink wrap was really, it wasn't tight.
11:39It was kind of loose and her pants were unzipped and unbuttoned.
11:43And, you know, I, upon her getting out of the trunk, she stood up and, you know, and I asked, she looked like she was either intoxicated or, or high.
11:54And I asked her if she was okay. And she did speak to me and she said she was fine.
12:00Okay. Did she look like she was scared? Looked like she-
12:03Yeah. She looked like she was scared and, but it was like, she was scared, but it looked like she was also under the influence.
12:11So, you know, that's why I asked her if she was okay, because I noticed the shrink wrap was on her and I didn't want, you know, I didn't know what was going on, you know.
12:21But she did walk inside the room.
12:26Did she seem like she was being pushed in the room or?
12:31No, she walked under her own power right beside Teresa. They walked together in the room.
12:36So, seeing someone like that really didn't surprise you?
12:39It really didn't surprise you?
12:40It didn't surprise me because I've known Teresa to do weird stuff with people, you know.
12:45What do you mean by weird stuff?
12:46Like, either, you know, come dressed up in a costume or something or, or have, you know, guys over and do role playing and stuff with them and stuff like that.
12:57You know, I, I just know that she does weird stuff, you know.
13:04He just kind of wrote it off as another day at the Primrose. It's very typical of that area.
13:10So, is this just not something else you thought was just not a weird thing?
13:13Yeah, that she was just doing, you know, because I didn't know that she would go that far with somebody, you know.
13:21Detectives now have the difficult task of notifying the rest of Abigail's family.
13:27I had a knock on my door and I was met by a Tualatin police officer and a minister letting me know that my daughter had been murdered.
13:42They couldn't share much. All they told me was that they had found her body in a motel and it was most definitely a homicide.
13:54They actually stayed with me at that house for a couple hours, which I really appreciated at that time. That was a lot of information to take in.
14:07Abby was a bright, intelligent, fun-loving young lady, beautiful young lady with a great future ahead of her.
14:23It's hard to imagine that somebody would want to take her life, and you're trying to process that.
14:32Oh, my God! That is so exciting!
14:41Oh, that's gonna be what?
14:43Abby was my older sister. She was four years older than I am.
14:49Abby was very protective of me. Being my older sister, she liked to pick on me, but nobody else could pick on me.
14:56She was just a very loving, caring older sister.
15:01Abigail's life changed dramatically at 16 years old.
15:07She was a junior in high school, and this was the Christmas break.
15:11She had gone out with some friends, and they were hanging out, and when they were on their way back home, there was a car accident.
15:21They hit a drunk driver.
15:23We got that call in the middle of the night that every parent doesn't want to get, and that is that we have a young female in our hospital.
15:32We have reason to believe it's your daughter, and you need to come quick.
15:36They told us that she had had a brain injury. She was in a coma for about four weeks.
15:46Abby defied expectations daily. I remember visiting her in the rehabilitation hospital and seeing her sit up on her own for the first time.
15:58I remember hearing her speak my name for the first time. She learned to walk again. She had a long journey, but she never gave up.
16:10She fought hard. She was part of that vulnerable population because no matter how much progress she made, you could tell she still had a brain injury, but she was determined to become as normal as possible.
16:23After a breakup with her boyfriend, Abigail is brought to counseling where she meets the man who goes by Emilio.
16:32We had gotten Abby into counseling through her primary care provider.
16:38That agency also specializes in individuals who are court-ordered for treatment.
16:45And so now you have a vulnerable person who is obviously vulnerable just by looking at her, talking to her, is now put in with individuals that capitalize on others that are vulnerable.
16:59She became a prime target for them.
17:02A month after they meet, Emilio invites Abigail on a double date. Her father is concerned for her well-being.
17:11There just was things that she was talking about where they were living and what they were doing and why they were, you know, kind of just hearing their stories.
17:19It was about six o'clock that evening, that Saturday evening.
17:23And I walked with her out to her car and I gave her a big hug in the driveway.
17:27And I told her, I said, Abby, I said, I really wish you weren't going on this, but I'm not going to stop you.
17:33But I said, I have a bad feeling and I just want you to be safe.
17:38And if anything feels wrong about this at all, please just leave and come home.
17:43And she said, don't worry, dad, I will.
17:46I promise you I will.
17:49And she got in the car and that was the last time I saw her.
17:53Detectives continue their investigation by retrieving the details of the motel booking.
18:08The one who rented the room was Theresa Dean.
18:11She actually rented the room in her name, had her home address on it.
18:15The owner of the motel knew her there.
18:18The male that was with them, they did not know him.
18:21They didn't recognize him at all.
18:23There's another woman that was there with them.
18:26They identified her as at first Lori or Star.
18:30We later found out what her real name was.
18:34The staff at the Primrose Motel identified the other woman as Laura Ortega.
18:41Police need to figure out a way to compel Ortega to talk about what happened inside motel room one.
18:51Well, you were in the car when they pulled into the Primrose, correct?
18:54Mm-hmm.
18:55Okay.
18:56So she gets out of the back trunk.
18:57You had no, you did not see her get out of that trunk area.
19:00No.
19:01Okay.
19:02You guys are drinking, doing your thing.
19:05And at one point, things obviously went bad.
19:10So how did things, how did it escalate into the attack onto this girl?
19:18The love part and the talking s**t.
19:21I want you to go into detail on that, please.
19:23Okay.
19:24Um, don't you love me, babe.
19:27Who said that?
19:28The girl was on the couch.
19:30And, uh, you f**king dumb b**ch came out of his mouth.
19:35And then Teresa looked behind and she slammed the thing on the table.
19:41And the girl had got up and that Teresa pushed her into the bathroom.
19:48And then he came behind and I heard boom, boom, boom, boom.
19:52Well, first he socked her.
19:54Yeah.
19:55Once there, once there.
19:56In the eyes?
19:57Yeah.
19:58Like right in this area.
20:00And then I seen the hair get pulled and I go, oh no, I am watching nobody get beat up.
20:05This is not for me.
20:06I go, I'm leaving guys.
20:08I don't know if they were both beating her up or what.
20:10I'm pretty sure because Teresa, she's, she's a little tired.
20:14And that's why I told you exactly what I remember.
20:17Okay.
20:18She pushed her first and then he took it over.
20:21But they stayed in there together.
20:23They didn't come out.
20:24Okay.
20:25And once they went into the bathroom, what, what assaults did you see take place in the bathroom?
20:31They shut the door.
20:32I just heard the screaming and don't hurt me.
20:34Don't hit me.
20:35I used to go through that.
20:37I go, I can't watch this though.
20:39I'm going, Teresa.
20:40They didn't come out.
20:41They didn't say goodbye, nothing.
20:43They kept in there doing, beating her up.
20:46So what would you say your main reason for not calling the police for help?
20:50None of my business.
20:52You don't think a woman being beaten and assaulted in a bathroom is any of your business?
20:56No, it's not.
20:57It wasn't me, thank God.
20:59I used to get beat up in a bathroom.
21:01No one called help for me.
21:03I know better now.
21:05Anytime I hear something like that, I'll just call the cops.
21:10According to the police, Laura Ortega was initially charged with first degree murder.
21:15However, since she was not present during Abigail's murder, the charges against her have been dropped and she is free to leave.
21:22Now, investigators must track down Teresa Dean.
21:27We tried whatever phone number we had for her.
21:30We had detectives go to her house that she had on the registration card for the motel, which was actually her mom's house.
21:39It wasn't there.
21:40She didn't live there.
21:41Mom really didn't know where she was living.
21:44If not, she was homeless, just bouncing around.
21:47We were really trying to find her in as many locations as we could, whatever contacts we had.
21:55While detectives attempt to locate Teresa Dean, they also investigate the full identity of the man known as Emilio.
22:04She had met this guy that Mr. Kozad only knew as Emilio or Danny or something like that was in her phone.
22:15With Mr. Kozad's help, we were able to get access to the bank account that she had because he was on that bank account.
22:22And it showed several transactions also that we were able to follow up on.
22:27One of the things that really stuck out was a storage rental unit.
22:33Mr. Kozad brought that to our attention and so that was looked into.
22:38And the name and phone number we got from there, the phone number matched what Mr. Kozad had given us.
22:43The name we got was Emiliano Uriasti.
22:46Through statements from Laura Ortega and other witnesses, detectives learned more about the relationship between Abigail and Emiliano.
22:58And how Teresa became involved with them both.
23:01Abby was very trusting.
23:04One of the things with her brain injury is she was just very, very trusting.
23:08To a fault.
23:09The desire for friends and friendship and companionship.
23:13Abby really wanted to have a normal life.
23:18In the time period from Memorial Day, May 26th until May 31st, she had withdrawn and spent, or it had been withdrawn and spent from her account, over $4,000.
23:32From what we knew, that was not Abby's pattern of spending.
23:37Emiliano and Teresa used Abby's credit cards and money and bank cards right away.
23:52They were taking advantage of Abby from moment one.
23:56They were using her car, they traveled with her car to the motel.
24:01They had put Abby in the trunk of her own car, wrapped in plastic.
24:06These two suspects were depraved individuals who preyed on a vulnerable young woman.
24:16As we were going through all the financial records and everything, we found the transaction that was done on the 31st.
24:23And it was done at the Walmart up in Thornton.
24:30We had detectives go out there and get security footage of the parking lot and the register and throughout the store of that time.
24:38And we were able to show both Teresa Dean and Emiliano Uriasti in the store at that time and making the purchases.
24:47They bought cleaning supplies and lighter fluid.
25:03And it's always been kind of a creepy thing to think about that we were standing right at that hotel and Emiliano and Teresa Dean drove right by us, saw all the police there and said,
25:12Okay, obviously, our plan's up.
25:19Detectives investigating the murder of Abigail Kozad at the Primrose Motel still have no leads as to the whereabouts of their two prime suspects, Emiliano Uriasti and Teresa Dean, when they suddenly get an unexpected call on June 12th.
25:40We had gotten the phone call that Emiliano was going to turn himself in and his father was going to pick him up and bring him to us.
25:49His father owned a limousine service.
25:51He got into his limo that morning.
25:53We had undercover officers follow him, drove around, picked up another male, and then went to his grandmother's house where Emiliano came out, got into the limo, and they drove up to the jail.
26:08He was wearing a suit.
26:11Kind of had a look on his face of arrogance at the time as well.
26:16It was disturbing.
26:17That was a first in my career at that point.
26:20And I still haven't seen it since.
26:22He gets out and will never forget him putting on his sport coat like he's a celebrity at the Oscars or something.
26:29And just that arrogant walk.
26:32He wasn't turning himself in for murder.
26:34Worst human being I had ever met.
26:37The gentleman that actually was with him said that he was his lawyer and that Emiliano would not be making any statements and that we were not to talk to him.
26:45There's a lot of times people will tell us they don't want to talk to us, especially when turning themselves in with a lawyer.
26:52Teresa Dean is located the very next day on June 13th.
26:59Her stepmother actually had contacted us and said that she had spoken with her on the phone.
27:05She was down at a rehab center in Denver.
27:08And so one of our sergeants took her into custody.
27:12And I guess we can just, you know, get to it.
27:19The reason here that we're here tonight is because we're investigating a homicide that occurred in Adams County.
27:27Okay.
27:28Okay.
27:29Um, and...
27:31So, hold on.
27:33Before we go any further, am I under arrest?
27:36We are going to be talking about some things.
27:40Okay.
27:41And, but I want to make sure that...
27:43Well, that sounds like an extremely big issue.
27:47Okay.
27:48So, well, I mean, when you hear homicide, you're...
27:52Like, I don't know anything, honestly, about anybody getting murdered or anything to do with that.
28:00So, with all due respect, sir, I want a lawyer.
28:07She was denying everything, but too much.
28:11The stories would change a little bit here and there.
28:14And she was always very, very adamant that she didn't do anything wrong.
28:20So, Teresa, when you were in the hallway, you...
28:23Oh, sorry.
28:24When you were in the hallway, you mentioned that you...
28:27You now want to speak with us.
28:29Well, I'd like to know exactly what's going on.
28:31If I'm going to be accused of things like that.
28:33Because I...
28:35Have nothing to do with no murder.
28:38And why would I honestly...
28:41Be arrested for first-degree murder if I didn't have nothing to do with it.
28:46Or even know anything about a murder.
28:52I didn't have nothing to do with it.
28:54I didn't.
28:55I didn't.
28:56I didn't have nothing to do with nobody getting murdered.
28:58I understand.
28:59Yeah, I never put a hand on that little girl.
29:03I didn't.
29:04Okay.
29:05What happened with Emiliano and Happy?
29:07What...
29:08What you said...
29:09He...
29:10He wigged out.
29:11He wigged out.
29:12He started smashing her against the dashboard.
29:16He started...
29:17He was going to throw her out of the car.
29:20You know, he was telling her to jump, jump, jump, jump, jump.
29:23You know?
29:24Right?
29:25You f***ing.
29:29I thought he was going to f***ing kill his boat.
29:31And, you know, like I wasn't in a complex.
29:35You gotta understand that.
29:36Like, I didn't even...
29:37I've never met this chick in my life.
29:39Where were you in the car?
29:41I was in the back of the car.
29:42The back seat?
29:43Yes.
29:44Okay.
29:45I was in the back of the car.
29:46Were you behind the driver's seat or the passenger seat?
29:48I was behind...
29:49I was behind the passenger seat.
29:51Okay.
29:52And who was driving?
29:53Emiliano was.
29:54Emiliano was?
29:55Okay.
29:56Honestly, if I had an involvement with somebody honestly getting f***ing hurt, would I put my name on a f***ing hotel and grab the registration?
30:06I know he pulled out some money.
30:08I don't know if it was her money or his money or whatever, but I know he pulled out some money.
30:13That's what we used to get the hotel route.
30:17You know?
30:19Yeah, I did help her out of the trunk.
30:21Why?
30:22Because I didn't want to f***ing hurt, man.
30:25you know I did and then you know she was supposed to take a shower or take a bath
30:32I went in there and checked on her real quick came out Emiliano went in there and was alone
30:41with her you know me and Laura left came back and she wasn't there anymore
30:49during part of the interviews that we did um Laura again was was interviewed
30:58and she said that again she saw things happen she saw what Emilio some things Emilio did
31:05she also claims that she saw you doing things as well
31:10like what
31:11that you also assaulted her that you grabbed onto her and you pulled her
31:16there I didn't grab on there I didn't grab onto her hair and pulled her
31:23why would she say that
31:26I don't know
31:29and Teresa I'm going to tell you okay
31:34if you had to do something you were there with him I understand that he's a very intimidating person
31:41you're very very scared but that's something that we're going to know
31:45okay so we need to know exactly what went on because we're going to see it forensically when
31:52we look into this okay if you had to do something at the beginning
31:56and then get out of there as quick as you can I understand that
32:01well he went ahead and you know I got to grab her and make her go to the bathroom you know take a shower take a bath but I don't you know like he was
32:15he said I've never dealt with nobody like that in my life
32:22why did you have to grab her
32:23bring her back there
32:24because she wouldn't move
32:26you know she needed to be cleaned up she was
32:30she was
32:32he was going to sit there and hurt her
32:36even more
32:49Abigail Kozad had gone out for a double date with Emiliano Uriaste Teresa Dean and another man
32:57detectives were able to piece together what occurred in the car by interviewing the second man that attended the double date
33:04he had talked about that double date and they were just treating her horribly and then at another point he had described Teresa Dean pulling her hair pulling Abby's hair and smacking her repeatedly
33:16they were trying to pressure her to get a motel room
33:22Abby didn't feel comfortable with that she just wanted to go home
33:25Teresa started hitting Abby saying hey don't don't disrespect your man like that you know don't talk back to him you know you should do what he says
33:32the male that went with him said he didn't feel comfortable and so they just wanted to go home and so he asked him to drop him off at home so they drove him home and dropped him off
33:44the only people remaining in the car are Abigail Teresa Dean and Emiliano Uriaste
33:51at this point
33:55that's when
33:57Emiliano starts yelling and screaming at Abby
34:00they're driving around
34:02he's speeding around
34:03he at one point grabs her
34:05hits her head into the dashboard of the vehicle
34:07and
34:08is trying to
34:09get her to jump out of the car
34:11and tries pushing her out
34:12but she's thankfully wearing her seat probably
34:14he can't get her out
34:15then they got off
34:17at one of the exits
34:18pulled off the road
34:20Emiliano told Teresa and Abby to get out of the car
34:23Teresa got out
34:25Emiliano was already out
34:26they had both closed the doors
34:28Abby locked the doors
34:30they couldn't get in the car
34:31she managed to be able to get over to the driver's seat
34:34Emiliano had then punched and broken the driver's side window
34:39and he was able to get the door open and get Abby out of the car
34:42at which time he
34:44was wrestling around with her
34:45put her into a choke hold
34:46and knocked her unconscious
34:48so when they were
34:52when you guys were in the car
34:54and he's hitting her head against the
34:56the desk
34:57he stopped off and he
34:58dragged her outside
34:59and he
35:00started wrapping her up in plastic
35:02and he put her in the trunk
35:03and then
35:05and then he was
35:07you know like he broke out of
35:10you know
35:11I was like no
35:12you know we gotta get her
35:13you know
35:14let her call me out
35:15and I was like come on dude
35:16it had taken a long time for her to finally tell the truth
35:20about what she had seen
35:22and she had information that matched the autopsy
35:25she talked about Emiliano
35:27punching Abby in the face
35:30right in the eyes
35:31and described in detail
35:33how he was hitting her in the eyes
35:35and during that autopsy
35:36that matched her story very much
35:38because Abby's eyes were
35:40just destroyed
35:42she was bruised from the top of her head
35:47literally the top of her head
35:49all the way down to her feet
35:51we're gonna pause for just a second okay
35:55hey
35:57take it tight
36:00be right back
36:01be right back
36:02yes sir
36:22can you just stand up for me and turn around
36:24you're actually being placed under arrest
36:26okay
36:27first degree murder
36:29what are you serious i would never lie about something like that that's a very serious charge
36:37that's what you're being arrested for that's absolutely ridiculous for i've never had nothing
36:44to do with no murder teresa dean is charged with first degree murder and robbery she pleads guilty
36:52and is offered a plea deal of 32 years in prison in exchange for her testimony against emiliano
36:59uriaste does teresa dean deserve anything other than life without parole absolutely not do the
37:08families deserve more sure i think it was a necessary thing we had to do strategically to
37:16ensure that emiliano uriosti who was a very violent evil sociopath went away and i'm not in any way
37:24saying that any of us feel great about that but i certainly support the decision it just had to be
37:31done that way i felt she was just as guilty and i wanted her to have the same fate i wanted her to
37:39face a jury but i also understood the how the system works and you know i i agreed to the plea deal
37:52abigail's family must wait a year for emiliano uriaste's trial to start to see if there will be any
38:01justice for her murder
38:02the trial of emiliano uriaste takes place in june 2016
38:12one year after abigail kozad's murder it was just as if it was another day for him it was just another
38:21day i'll be out of here was the look on his face i remember a very distinct moment
38:27i don't know why this sticks out with me where he asked the court deputy for more water and he just
38:34kind of tapped on his glass like service please it was just that arrogance he always had
38:42when i saw emiliano was angry
38:46i wanted to beat him up
38:50how can you have the entitlement to take somebody else's life
38:56it just made me really mad to see him there was no remorse for from emiliano he smiled through the
39:08entire trial i didn't see him take any accountability whatsoever teresa dean testifies against emiliano
39:20uriaste
39:23i saw a person that was basically self-preservation
39:26you know she was very manipulative it was obvious
39:30um i think she she was saving her own skin she knew she knew what she did
39:40i don't think you can ever adequately prepare a family for what they're going to see
39:45and what they are going to hear i had talked to the family and i said i'm going to show pictures of abby
39:50and i don't want you to see those pictures because once you see them you will never get them out of
39:56your head and i wanted them to remember the beautiful abby and that they knew
40:05and so i told them i would turn to them and i would put my hand down and i just wanted them to
40:13not look at the pictures and the screen and i remember during my closing argument i turned to them
40:20and i slowly put my hand down and they were all staring directly at me they were with rapt
40:26attention and in unison they all bowed their heads almost as if in prayer it was just such a solemn
40:33an intense moment
40:39the jury is sent out for deliberation i'm always nervous when it goes back to a jury there's always
40:45that what if i missed something what if they missed something what if they see it differently than we do
40:51as far as how we put the case together and how we presented it it doesn't take long for the jury
40:57to reach a verdict emiliano was convicted of first-degree murder he was sentenced to life in
41:02prison guilty of first-degree murder guilty of felony murder guilty of robbery guilty of motor vehicle
41:11theft i felt that we had done a good job for abby and done a good job for her family
41:20i anticipated that maybe i would feel like some kind of a closure
41:25or justice had been served and i think in the lies of law justice had been served
41:31i don't i don't know that
41:38the justice will ever be enough for me as a mother
41:44because you can never put closure to what happened to your child
41:47i would like the world to know that my sister was an amazing smart beautiful person
42:03that cared a lot about the people in the world and i think we could all learn something from that
42:10just her giggle her presence she was she was beautiful she's just an awesome young woman we
42:23recently created an endowment in abby's name there's all kinds of help for people with mental
42:27health disorders chemical imbalances things like that but brain injuries are completely different and
42:33finding help for that we found just was so hard so we created abby cozad memorial
42:40endowment to help people with brain injuries to help them find services provide funds if they needed
42:49just medical equipment or whatever and you know abby can help people that were in her situation from here on out
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