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Homicide Squad: New Orleans - Season 3 - Episode 05: Ambush in the Lower 9
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00:17New Orleans 9-1-1, this location of emergency.
00:32I saw a guy, it seemed like he was arguing with somebody.
00:36I heard a couple of shots and I saw a blue car zoom off.
00:40OK.
00:40Thank you so much for calling.
00:42Let him know.
00:42I think he might still be breathing.
00:46And it's an additional caller.
00:47There was a blue vehicle, no maker model provided, fled from the location.
00:51The victim's in the block, black male, wearing a green jacket.
00:54Shut up.
00:59You got shot at Legma, man?
01:01Cold floor for you, man.
01:02Where's the person who shot him?
01:03Congo.
01:04OK.
01:04Black male, multiple gunshot, one at the lower extremity.
01:08I need you all to back up.
01:10I don't know who it is yet.
01:12Just back up, man.
01:14Let him do their thing.
01:15I'm going to grab this guy.
01:17It's a game station, man.
01:18Play with you.
01:19It's already with the volume of blue car.
01:21I would be advised, you've been an auto-conscious one.
01:43I'm headed to the lower night board, see if I can locate any witnesses, any cameras.
01:52The 5th District stayed a heap.
01:54The male subject was involved in a verbal argument earlier today with someone, but I need to
02:00find out how they got that information.
02:06I've been living in the Ninth War my whole entire life.
02:10And when I joined the police department, guess what my first assignment was?
02:14The 5th District, the Ninth War.
02:18We call it the hot nickel because it was always on and popping in the 5th District.
02:23This is a district you come where you want to learn how to be the police.
02:38Hello.
02:40I'll be your primary.
02:41You're going to be primary?
02:42Yep.
02:43So it happened in this block?
02:44Right here, yeah.
02:45And when we got here, he was laying there, he was moving.
02:47And once I asked him his name, that's when he called me.
02:51Any witnesses?
02:53Apparently, I put it on the paper.
02:55Okay.
02:56Apparently see a blue vehicle speeding away, but not the shooting.
03:01Okay.
03:02They have a lot of shell casings?
03:03Yeah.
03:05Arriving on the scene, I'm observing a bicycle, a cell phone, and multiple shell casings
03:14on the scene.
03:16Wow.
03:19Looking at the scene in all of these casings, I'm shocked that he even survived at first.
03:25I would think he passed away on scene.
03:30Where would this, where was this altercation earlier?
03:33Where y'all got that information from?
03:35Oh, .
03:36He said he got into an altercation with someone in a blue car.
03:40I'm hearing that the victim may have gotten into an argument with someone at a nearby gas
03:45station in that block down the street.
03:48That's the gas station, I think?
03:49Yes.
03:50You want me to go over there?
03:51Yeah.
03:52Yeah, I'll go.
03:52And after the argument, that person may have followed the victim and shot him up.
03:58The 5th District detectives that were on the scene are going to the gas station to see
04:04if any incidents did occur and see if they have surveillance cameras.
04:09Unfortunately, you can't see the body, so can't tell if he, like, stood over him and shot.
04:14Maurice was going to the hospital.
04:16He said Charlie was going to go.
04:18Okay.
04:20At this time, Detective Hill is at the hospital talking to the victim's family.
04:25It's important that they know that we're on this case looking for the suspects.
04:30What's the icon's information?
04:33Aaron Lewis.
04:34Okay.
04:37My victim's name is Aaron Lewis.
04:40He was a young man about to turn 23.
04:44Aaron Lewis doesn't have a criminal history.
04:47My job is to find Aaron Lewis' killer and bring justice to his family.
04:59Hey.
05:01Hey.
05:01We at the store right now.
05:03And I asked him if anything happened.
05:06He said that the victim did come to the store.
05:10But he didn't know anything about, like, a 103 or anything like that.
05:14The cameras will last seven days.
05:16He's the only one that operates, and he's not here right now.
05:20Okay.
05:20What's his name?
05:21Well, I should have it in my phone, and I'll just text it to you.
05:24Okay.
05:25All right.
05:27All right.
05:32What about this house on this bench right there?
05:34Is that a camera?
05:36What about that house right there?
05:38Oh.
05:38See that little dot right there over that light?
05:40That little camera?
05:41Oh, he is.
05:41You want to go over there?
05:42Mm-hmm.
05:43All right.
05:48Hello.
05:49N.O.P.D.
05:51Hi.
05:52Hey, how you doing?
05:53Hey, I hate to disturb you.
05:54I'm a detective store.
05:55This is my partner.
05:56We're investigating what happened on the street right there,
05:58and I see you have cameras.
05:58No, my cameras don't work at all.
06:00They don't work?
06:00Okay.
06:13Who?
06:14How you doing, sir?
06:15I'm Detective Marshall with the New Orleans Police Department.
06:18So I've been looking at some of my videos that I've got,
06:21and it looks like we may have had a shooting.
06:23Yeah, do you have that footage?
06:25I do.
06:26Oh, excellent, excellent.
06:28Is there a way you can email me that?
06:30Okay.
06:31You have a pen and paper where you can take down
06:33my contact information?
06:35I sure do.
06:37Often, we don't get this lucky.
06:39We normally have to hunt down surveillance cameras
06:43and cross your fingers that you would get a homeowner
06:45that's willing to give you that information.
06:48I appreciate you so much .
06:50I know you're out of time.
06:52Bye-bye.
07:03Hey, Wayne.
07:05This story with Homicide.
07:06Hey, do you have any burned vehicles out there in the East?
07:11In New Orleans, a lot of people torch cars, Jews in a crime,
07:14so I want to be notified for any cars that are set on fire.
07:19Is it recently burned?
07:21So, 440?
07:22Okay, yeah, that's pretty recent.
07:24What's the plate again?
07:26Do an LPR run for it?
07:29Yeah, send me a picture about it.
07:30All right, thanks.
07:36This car had just been set on fire, not far from the crime scene.
07:40Mm.
07:41What was it coming back to?
07:42I don't know yet.
07:44What are these LPR reads, bro?
07:47RTCC.
07:48How'd you guys end up getting the plate number first?
07:50So, this car was set on fire, and the seven-ditch roof was called out.
07:53Oh, then you got that.
07:53And, yeah, Detective Lewis went out there, and he sent me the plate.
07:58Maurice was able to request license plate reads, and that vehicle was previously in the Lower
08:05Nine Ward, and then was now in the Eastburn.
08:08That's possibly the same vehicle that was used in my homicide.
08:16Oh, just sent me the video.
08:20All right, you ready?
08:21Mm-hmm.
08:24That's the vehicle standing there.
08:28All right, I'm gonna touch it.
08:29We'll make it big for you.
08:35Yeah, that's definitely the car.
08:37Oh, damn.
08:43Looks like his gun probably jammed.
08:47He got it fixed.
08:49That's why he came back.
08:51That's all the kill.
08:52Yeah.
08:54Look, he's still shooting.
08:57Wow.
09:01Watching the video, I see the shooter exits the passenger side,
09:06and immediately starts firing towards Aaron Lewis.
09:10The gunman was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, so you're not able to see a face.
09:17But the sweatshirt has some distinctive graphics on the back and both arms.
09:22So that could be very helpful later.
09:27And I'm looking at this video, and I notice the firearm sticks out.
09:33It's a black firearm with an extended magazine coming out the bottom.
09:38And the magazine had either some white tape around it, or it was spray painted white.
09:45And then I see the shooter get in the front passenger side of the vehicle, and the vehicle pulls off.
09:54That means I'm looking for at least two people involved in this homicide, the shooter and whoever else is driving.
10:12Thank y'all. I appreciate y'all.
10:15All right.
10:23Another senseless murder.
10:26I'm gonna go to the office and at least reach out to the mother of the victim.
10:34Thankfully, there is video capturing the whole incident.
10:39For the shooter to walk up to the victim, shoot, walk back to the car, walk back to the victim
10:44and shoot some more.
10:46Oh, that's personal.
10:48They wanted to make sure he was dead.
10:55Author.
10:56What's up, T? I'm working on your notes right now.
10:58All right. Thank you. Appreciate it.
11:01While we were out there, we were notified that 7 District located a burned vehicle.
11:08The same color vehicle as my, that was used in my homicide.
11:13Behind the. Behind the, yeah.
11:14Vehicle. Blue. Same, same vehicle. It's the same vehicle.
11:18Man, so they burned that quick.
11:19I wonder how bad the vehicle was burned.
11:21My understanding they were getting a vehicle towed here.
11:24I have a plate and I have a registration on a vehicle.
11:28And the vehicle was stolen.
11:30The significance of having a license plate is, it shows that, that is the same license plate that was observed
11:37on a license plate reader,
11:39leaving the Lower Ninth Ward, heading towards the east.
11:43So they went from the Lower Ninth Ward in the vehicle out to the east and burned it out there?
11:48Yes, Michoud. Michoud and Adventure place?
11:53By my homicide.
11:55How, cameras around there?
11:57At, an RTCC camera at Adventure.
12:00Oh really?
12:01Plate reader too.
12:03Mm-mm.
12:04Yeah, there's a plate reader that comes, um, it'll catch it if it's coming back into Michoud.
12:11Typing up you some notes from the hospital?
12:13How is the family?
12:14They're distraught.
12:16They were cutting up at the hospital.
12:18They really wanted to see the body, which of course we didn't let them do that.
12:22There were a total of 30 shell casings on the scene, but Aaron Lewis was shot six times.
12:29I got the mom's number for you, the dad's number.
12:31Thank you, Charlie. I really appreciate it.
12:35I'm about to call her now.
12:39Call has been forwarded to voicemail.
12:42Try the dad.
12:43Okay.
12:47The hardest part about being a homicide detective is speaking with the family members of the victim.
12:56Hello?
12:57How you doing, sir? This is Detective Marshall with the New Orleans Police Supporting Homicide Unit.
13:02Yes, how you doing?
13:03I'm okay. I was calling to give my condolences.
13:07I'm gonna be the lead detective that's handling this case for your son.
13:10Yes, ma'am.
13:13Aaron Lewis's father tells me that Aaron Lewis had a thriving sneaker business.
13:19He was loved by the community and seemed to have a bright future ahead of him.
13:23Where does he live?
13:26And he was staying with his girlfriend in the east somewhere.
13:29Okay.
13:30They have a child together.
13:32In the Orleans East?
13:33Yeah.
13:34You know if he was involved in any altercations with anyone or beefing with anyone?
13:39No, ma'am.
13:42Okay.
13:45Well, if I hear anything, I'll let you know.
13:48Do you know why he would be in a night war if he doesn't live?
13:52Something.
13:52I'm not sure we do it like that.
13:54But, again, I'll keep your family in my prayers and I'm sorry for your loss.
14:00Yes, ma'am.
14:01You did a good job.
14:02I don't know.
14:03I just went fast.
14:06Aaron Lewis had a family that loved him and is hurting badly now that he's gone.
14:12Thank you so much.
14:13I'll call you back if I have any other questions.
14:16You have my number.
14:17Just call me if you have any also.
14:20All right.
14:21Bye-bye.
14:22All right.
14:45We need to go to the gas station.
14:48I'm keeping my fingers crossed that there is something that I can find video-wise.
14:54That would be very big if I observed a confrontation with subjects in that blue vehicle.
15:01You know, a lot of people, they don't want to talk to the police.
15:04But you have to get them thinking, like, what if it was you or someone in your family, you would
15:10want justice?
15:13The hot nickel.
15:16And it's still hot.
15:20The gas station has cameras.
15:26Hello.
15:27How are you?
15:28My name is Detective Marshall with the New Orleans Police Department.
15:31Yes.
15:31That's my partners, Detective Guerreri and Ripley.
15:34How y'all doing?
15:35How you doing?
15:35So your cameras work?
15:37Yes.
15:37So I'm investigating an incident that occurred yesterday with a shooting.
15:43My understanding, the victim was here prior to the shooting and an incident occurred.
15:49I don't know if it was inside the store or outside in the parking lot.
15:52One of my customers, he was walking from there all the way to here.
15:56So he said he was arguing with somebody down there, somebody with a blue car.
16:01OK.
16:02Yes, not here.
16:03An employee did advise that Aaron Lewis was in the store prior to his murder, but no incidents occurred at
16:11the store.
16:12Can I review your video?
16:13Yeah, I can show it to you.
16:15OK.
16:18This is when he left the store with a bicycle.
16:24Do you have any other footage before then?
16:27Yeah, when he's inside, finds that.
16:29Yeah.
16:29I can show the shooting.
16:32I'm looking at the video surveillance, and it shows that Aaron Lewis came in the store, made a purchase, talked,
16:41and he left out.
16:43And I don't see any incidents at all.
16:49OK.
16:51We appreciate y'all.
16:53All right.
16:58All right.
16:58What's the game plan?
16:59We want to start in this block?
17:00Yeah.
17:01You see a camera somewhere?
17:02I see a camera somewhere.
17:03Oh, yeah.
17:03This house?
17:05Yeah.
17:05Come on. Let's walk over.
17:10Hi.
17:11How you doing, sir?
17:12I'm Detective Marshall with the New Orleans Police Department, and I noticed you have cameras.
17:17Do they work?
17:17No.
17:18I have a camera, and I'm working.
17:20OK.
17:21OK.
17:28Hello.
17:29My name's Detective Riffle.
17:31This is my partner, Tiani.
17:32How you doing?
17:33Sorry to bother y'all.
17:34I'm sorry to bother y'all.
17:36We're investigating a shooting that happened down the street yesterday.
17:39Are your cameras working?
17:41Yeah.
17:42Do you want us to follow you back here?
17:43Yeah.
17:43OK.
17:46As we're looking at the video, we observed Aaron Lewis coming from the direction of the gas station on his
17:54bicycle.
17:57A car pulls on the side of him, and it appears they talked to each other, but it's not the
18:03vehicle that was used in the homicide.
18:06And then my victim pulls off right into the next block, where he was ultimately killed.
18:14OK.
18:17So we know, number one, he was here, but nothing happened.
18:22Number two, whatever did happen, happened from here to where the shooting took place.
18:29It's very frustrating, but we have to keep digging and searching for evidence to solve this case.
18:35All right.
19:11I'm not familiar with the name that's mentioned in this Crime Stoppers tip, but Lieutenant Bush immediately recognized this subject's
19:20name.
19:21His name has come up in several detective investigations throughout the city.
19:25Get with Maggie and just see what she has on her murder.
19:31And just tell her that that guy may be involved in your homicide as well.
19:36I would think this is related.
19:39All right.
19:44Wait, that's your victim?
19:47Possibly perpetrator.
19:49That's the guy I was looking at for my double murder in last April.
19:53And he was the intended target of Walt's homicide like two months ago.
20:00My coworkers recognize the Crime Stoppers tip subject's name as well.
20:06So he lives in , but he does his dealings in the lower nine.
20:11Let's go ahead.
20:15So you know was the intended target of Walt's homicide.
20:19And that's also Riffle's guy from the double last April.
20:23Supposedly and his group shot my victim because he thought my victims had something to do with his fast friend.
20:32Yes.
20:32He's gonna kill him.
20:33But we can never prove that.
20:34It's close enough to get us to start looking at it, so.
20:38Yeah.
20:38Well, you know what?
20:39We have his phone from back then.
20:42Detective Riffle already has a cell phone number for this person of interest from the Crime Stoppers tip.
20:49Detective Miles Guerrieri helps subpoena the cell phone records on the day of the murder.
20:56I'm gonna run that name and see what comes up.
21:12This is Detective Marshall executing a search warrant on a blue 2017 Hyundai Sonata vehicle.
21:24Yeah, photos and I brought the shovel and see if we find anything else in there.
21:30This vehicle is burned to a crisp.
21:33I'm surprised the license plate didn't burn.
21:37Having a car with a license plate makes it easier to track it throughout the city with license plate readers.
21:45Try the other side.
21:46It's kinda open.
21:51I'm just saying if I see a case and you feel a gun.
21:58I don't see nothing.
22:02If we had a case and you know that brass in the shine.
22:05That'll be charred.
22:10I don't see nothing better.
22:13All right.
22:16Unfortunately, I have not recovered anything from inside the vehicle.
22:21Nothing but ashes.
22:22That concludes the search warrant at 6.27 p.m.
22:51Apparently one of the female that was in the vehicle, she was saying they were minding
22:54their own business on the bridge and they got caught in between gunfire between two other
22:59cars. Oh, so that shooting was accidental? Yeah, yeah, yeah. While I'm on the scene, I see Maggie
23:08and Walt are out here. So I go to speak with them about my Crime Stoppers tip to see if
23:17there's a
23:17connection between my homicide of Aaron Lewis and their homicides that occurred in the past.
23:23So I just caught the other D, Laura Knight was, and got a Crime Stoppers tip that is the shooter.
23:32Really? You know who that is? Yeah, I'm looking at him with one of my recent ones. Yeah,
23:38Luceney was just saying, what black hair is this one? Uh, black. My 1800 black.
23:46Wow. Something's related because the proximity to, you know, your case,
23:51the line is pretty close. After speaking to Maggie and learning that our homicides occurred
23:58relatively close to each other in the Laura Knight War, I'm really thinking that this subject
24:03that's listed in my Crime Stoppers tip may be involved in both homicides. My job is to solve
24:10Erin Lewis's homicide and bring this case to justice.
24:37Come to find out, my Crime Stoppers tip person of interest was being surveilled and this is a
24:44and investigated by another parish.
24:48They confirmed that he was not on the scene of my murder.
24:52I am desperate for a lead at this point,
24:55so I'm going to conduct an additional canvas.
24:59Time to get the ball back rolling.
25:16I'm headed to New Orleans East near the abandoned Six Flags area.
25:22This location where the vehicle was found burned
25:24is about 13 miles away from the homicide scene.
25:29Nothing but trees and swamp.
25:33I think there is more than one person involved in this,
25:36the murder of Aaron Lewis.
25:38If you come in a burner car in this area,
25:41you have to have a getaway car
25:43or have somebody to pick you up.
25:45You have to have some real balls to walk from out here.
25:50I'm hoping to find any surveillance cameras in the area
25:55that can help aid in this homicide investigation.
26:00We have some houses, so this is definitely
26:04a place I need to be looking for cameras.
26:07OK, I see a... Oh, that's a real-time crime camera.
26:11Definitely got to contact real-time crime center.
26:18Oh, there's another crime camera.
26:21Oh, we cooking with grease now.
26:24This is the area where 7 District found the vehicle burned.
26:35Oh, wow.
26:39Still got burn marks.
26:42This spot is definitely a dumping ground,
26:47especially to burn vehicles.
26:50This may be from my burn vehicle or other burn vehicles.
26:57OK, I see a residence that has a camera on it.
27:01So I'm going to go check this residence to see if we got any footage.
27:13So the resident, they were able to show me video of the vehicle on fire.
27:21The camera is motion-activated.
27:24It had the vehicle going up in flames,
27:27but it didn't capture the individuals getting out of the vehicle.
27:33A witness also stated that before the fire,
27:38they were sitting outside
27:40when they noticed two vehicles traveling at a high rate of speed together.
27:47One of them looks like the blue suspect vehicle
27:50traveling behind a silver vehicle.
27:55Hopefully, those two vehicles were captured on the LPR.
27:59And then that way, I would know the make and model
28:03and who's the register owner of that silver-colored vehicle.
28:26I'm in route to a vigil for my victim.
28:30His family requested that I attend.
28:35Today is the victim's birthday.
28:37The victim makes 23 years old today.
28:40So the mother is taking it really, really hard.
28:43I spoke to her yesterday,
28:45and she said she's just not doing too well.
28:49So I just want to show my support to the family
28:53and let them know that I'm there for them.
29:09How you doing? I wanted to give you a hug.
29:13You okay?
29:14Yeah.
29:14Y'all got a nice turnout out here.
29:17Please.
29:17He was love.
29:18I know, I can tell.
29:20I can tell.
29:21It's like a little mini, little second line.
29:25You okay?
29:27I didn't want to believe you.
29:29I know.
29:31Y'all ain't hear nothing else, huh?
29:34My nephew went in the school.
29:35They say,
29:35Aaron ain't getting to a window about it.
29:37They say,
29:37they don't know where that story came from.
29:39He say,
29:39Aaron ain't about to move out here.
29:41I know, I know.
29:43Working on it.
29:44All right?
29:48Bringing closure to the family drives me.
29:52I want to be able to say that
29:54I work continuously to bring justice to their family.
30:03Thank you for coming.
30:04You're welcome.
30:05All right.
30:05I'm going to keep praying for you, okay?
30:07All right?
30:08All right.
30:08And you have my number.
30:09You call me for anything, okay?
30:11All right.
30:11All right.
30:28So the good thing is I was able to retrieve some footage
30:37on the first camera.
30:39You can see two vehicles driving in tandem with each other.
30:45And on the second camera,
30:47you can tell it's a silver colored Nissan Altima
30:50and a blue suspect vehicle,
30:53the Hyundai that was found burned.
30:55They were traveling together,
30:56coming from the Lower Knight Ward,
30:59the same area where the homicide occurred.
31:03And I was able to get the license plate
31:05on this silver vehicle.
31:06And that vehicle comes back
31:08to a Dedrick Refuge,
31:12also known as Baby B.
31:15Dedrick Refuge has a criminal history
31:18that includes felony theft, armed robbery.
31:23He served 10 years hard labor
31:25and he just got out of jail on June of 2022.
31:30So that silver vehicle comes back registered to him.
31:35I'm excited about this because I'm like,
31:38I have something a little more promising.
31:41So I put out a bulletin with Dedrick Refuge
31:46and the silver colored Nissan Altima,
31:49but I put it out department-wide,
31:51not to the media,
31:52because I didn't want the Nissan Altima
31:55to get burned if I put it out publicly.
32:00I'm going to utilize our VK unit
32:02to assist with locating that vehicle
32:04or trying to locate this subject.
32:07I need to find Dedrick Refuge
32:10and that car ASAP.
32:34T, what you working on?
32:36I'm working on Aaron Lewis' homicide case.
32:39Remember the case back in the 1800 block
32:41of in February?
32:44Mm-hmm.
32:45So it's the case where the dude gun jammed?
32:47Yes.
32:48So I issued a bulletin internally
32:50and I didn't get any hits on it.
32:53So I reissued the bolo externally
32:56and guess what?
32:57I got a Crime Stoppers tip.
32:59Really?
33:00Yes.
33:01The Crime Stoppers tip states
33:03and Marcel Kusher,
33:06AKA Pula,
33:08was the shooter.
33:13was the driver of the blue vehicle.
33:15So those two were in the car together.
33:18Nobody else was observed on video
33:19in the vehicle.
33:20Okay.
33:21And Baby D, Dedrick Refuge,
33:24picked him up
33:26and burned the blue Honda by Six Flags.
33:30That's a good Crime Stopper tip.
33:31We don't ever get anything that good.
33:33Right.
33:34They don't realize
33:35you help your partner out,
33:37you're getting charged too.
33:39You're responsible.
33:40Mm-hmm.
33:41Putting this bolo out to the media paid off.
33:44I was able to get information quickly.
33:48We have phone numbers on them,
33:50anything like that.
33:51I'm gonna see if cell phone records
33:53for Marcel Kusher
33:55and put them on the scene of this homicide.
33:58Mm-hmm.
33:59I already know Dedrick Refuge
34:01wasn't at the homicide
34:02based on the LPR reads from his vehicle.
34:06Mm-hmm.
34:06So his vehicle wasn't in a lower night water
34:09at the time of the murder,
34:10so I know he wasn't present.
34:12I went to try to look for him
34:14at the address that's registered to him,
34:16but I didn't see the vehicle parking driveway.
34:19Do we know what the,
34:20what the reason for all of this was?
34:22So I don't know what the particulars are,
34:26but it's something deep
34:30for them to roll up on this guy in broad daylight
34:32and shoot him all the time.
34:34At least you, you're close.
34:35I mean, that's, that's pretty good.
34:36Yeah.
34:37Something happened to where
34:38they have some beef
34:40between the three of them.
34:42Even though their names came up,
34:44I still have to prove that
34:45they were the ones responsible.
34:48But I have names.
34:49I have something to work with.
35:08Pro to you first.
35:10Yep.
35:19Wait for the Lord!
35:23Come on, put your hands up.
35:24Walk out the gate.
35:26Go to your left.
35:29Turn around.
35:33What's your hand?
35:34Myself.
35:51So, my Aaron Lewis case?
35:56Yes.
35:56V-Kate sent Marcel Koucher's cell phone records
36:00and his cell phone mirrors the LPRs
36:05for the suspect vehicle.
36:07His phone is on the murder scene.
36:10Oh, that's perfect.
36:12And his phone goes to New Orleans East
36:14after the murder scene
36:16to where the vehicle was burned.
36:18Wow.
36:20V-Kate also provided me with the contents
36:23of Marcel Koucher's social media account
36:27showing him wearing the same hoodie
36:30in the homicide video
36:32with the red fire flames on both arms.
36:35And in the video,
36:37you can see the black firearm
36:38with the white extended magazine.
36:41That also was in the homicide video.
36:44That's solid.
36:46So, I typed the warrant.
36:48Okay.
36:49And went and rebooked him the other day at lock-up.
36:53Perfect.
36:54Marcel never wanted to give a statement
36:56to say his side of the story.
36:59Even though Marcel Koucher is already in prison,
37:02he's still gonna be charged
37:03with the murder of Aaron Lewis.
37:16So, I know it's a circumstantial.
37:19Most of our cases are going to be circumstantial.
37:21Mm-hmm.
37:21But that's pretty good
37:22that you were able to mirror
37:23his cell phone records
37:24with the LPR of the vehicle that was used.
37:27And that vehicle was found burned.
37:28The driver of that vehicle
37:30has not been charged as of yet.
37:32At this point,
37:33I'm still working the investigation.
37:35I have to find out the cell phone
37:38that he used at the time of the homicide.
37:41But at this time,
37:43I've identified a cell phone number
37:45in Marcel Koucher's cell phone records
37:47that belongs to Dedrick Refuge.
37:50One minute after the homicide occurred,
37:54Marcel Koucher contacted him.
37:56I have enough now
37:57to charge Dedrick Refuge
38:00with accessory after the fact
38:02it's a second-degree murder.
38:17I was contacted by Viles and the U.S. Marshals.
38:20They've located Dedrick Refuge,
38:23who is the owner of the silver Nissan Altima
38:29that I think helped Marcel Koucher
38:32after the homicide of Aaron Lewis
38:34by picking him up in New Orleans East
38:37where the blue suspect vehicle was found burned.
38:41I typed up a search warrant
38:43for where he was located
38:45and I'm hoping to find any items
38:48of evidentiary value
38:49to help aid in the homicide investigation
38:51of Aaron Lewis.
38:53Persistence has definitely paid off.
38:56I'm very happy with getting the suspects arrested.
39:13We arrived at the residence.
39:19Unfortunately, upon executing the search warrant,
39:22I did not find anything of evidentiary value
39:26other than a new cell phone
39:28that belongs to Dedrick Refuge.
39:32At least I have his phone
39:33and I'll do a search warrant on his new phone
39:37to see if he has any type of communication
39:40with anybody else.
39:42Hopefully he could get in that new phone
39:43because I know
39:44we don't have a bus not having a passcode
39:46we may not be able to get in.
39:47I did get
39:48cell phone records back yesterday
39:50and he'll be the last of the puzzle
39:52to charge with the murder.
39:54Sound good.
39:56Oh-wee.
39:58Come on, girl.
40:00Sugar melts in the rain.
40:20Unfortunately, I don't think we will ever know
40:22the true motive behind Aaron's murder.
40:24I contacted the victim's mother
40:27and I advised her that an arrest was made
40:29on Marcel Kuscher and Dedrick Refuge.
40:32And she was ecstatic.
40:34She was very excited.
40:35She was happy.
40:36She was crying
40:37because she was like,
40:38justice has been served.
40:41I feel like justice has been served
40:43but I'm not done yet.
40:44I have to get the last suspect,
40:46the driver of the blue vehicle
40:48during the homicide.
40:50Once I find that piece of the puzzle,
40:52I'll be satisfied.
40:59She's got her best friend,
40:59but she's got her best friend.
41:01She's got her best friend.
41:01That's my fault.
41:01I know you're not.
41:17Until she's got their best friend.
41:21It's been a hard, hard year.
41:25Yes.
41:26for his family and for his friends.
41:30So we ask right now that you mend our broken hearts, O God.
41:33Yes, Lord.
41:34We just want to come today, O God, and celebrate Aaron.
41:39Yes, yes.
41:40For he is truly missed.
41:44Okay.
41:45He was not only my nephew, but he was my godchild.
41:49Yes, Lord.
41:49Ten-pound baby boy.
41:51And when he came out, I said, oh, Lord, he's so big.
41:57And he's been big all his life, but his heart was even bigger.
42:05Yes, Lord.
42:07And we just want to say thank you, Lord God, for his life.
42:10And in Jesus' name, amen and amen.
42:19Who won a balloon, baby?
42:21God gave him to me for 23 years, and I gave him back to the God.
42:26And I thank him for Aaron for them 23 years.
42:31And Aaron was like one of my sons as well.
42:34We all grew up as a tight-knit family.
42:37He loves second-line, the drum for the Mardi Gras Indians.
42:41He loves singing.
42:43And we know that there's going to be justice served for Aaron, because he did not deserve
42:49what happened to him.
42:51Happy Happy Birthday, Aaron, for every Mardi Gras.
42:55We love you, Aaron.
42:57We love you, Aaron.
42:58We miss you.
43:00And we miss you.
43:01We miss you.
43:02Have a great day.
43:10We miss you.
43:11You
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