Police bodycams roll as man describes what happened before girlfriend stops breathing | Forensic Files

so tell me where were you all at today we were at monolith at the music festival in san antonio okay
after the music festival we went in my car we talked for a little bit we got on the
road we were talking we got an argument and from the argument i stopped at the gas station and
pretty much we hooked up at that gas station you said you all got an argument what
was that over another guy okay somebody that was that monolona or it's one of her other
her ex i was pretty much saying you need to get over this dude you ain't worth your time
you all had sex in the in the valero in the parking lot and everything was consensual
yes okay i'm about to no i got all the proofs in the world right there they're definitely consensual yes
nothing physical though nothing when we were having sex i choked her but it wasn't like killing her it wasn't
it wasn't like that when you all left the valero how long did it take for her to fall asleep
she told me she wasn't feeling good and i asked her um like what was feeling bad and she
just kind of like mumbled at me and she's just like she just passed out she started snoring though like snoring
hard for 30 20 25 35 minutes and then she just stopped snoring and so i looked at her like haley kaylee
and i reached over and i felt her throat and i didn't feel anything that's when i started freaking out

Interview excerpt: On October 29, 2017 at 10:30 p.m., Mark Howerton rushed his girlfriend, Cayley Mandadi to the hospital -- she was not breathing and barely had a pulse. While doctors tried to save her life, Howerton was interviewed by police in the quietest place they could find: the hospital chapel. The interview was recorded on the officer’s body camera.

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Brief Summary

A gas station encounter leads to a troubling incident after a music festival in San Antonio.

Key points

A Night to Remember. After a music festival, tensions rise leading to unexpected events at a gas station.

Episode highlights

A Night to RememberAfter a music festival, tensions rise leading to unexpected events at a gas station.“We hooked up at that gas station.”0:22Sep 18, 2020

Episode quotes

I didn't feel anything.

Realization of something being wrong after checking her throat.

1:45WatchSep 18, 2020

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