Sneak peek: The Blackout Murder of Livye Lewis | Forensic Files

he he shot my kid where's my kid I don't care where's my kid it's a blur will y'all tell me
something who where's my kid where is she at I didn't know anything I just wanted her to be
okay she's alive huh come here she's not alive I'm going to see my child I just needed to know is she alive or is she
dead liby Louis where is she where is she at you don't want to sound cliche but liby was a perfect child she was kind
and loving that's why she went into nursing she obviously had something about her that she loved to take care of
people she was selfless where is my child I told you where your child in this car what car she's in this car right
here behind us I didn't know if I wanted to believe that she was in that car I didn't want
her to be CU if she wasn't she was then it was real and she was gone how yall doing who was the one that
actually drove by you saw it first so I pull over and and I seen throughout my passenger seat and I was like she must
be just slumped over maybe she's just drunking the door was already open I got I was like hey it's like I shook her and
that's when I called 911 9111 dead What it looking like to Y gun sh 6:00 in the morning I'm at home when
my telephone rings Sheriff wanted me to come in sit with Matthew at the hospital all right
Matthew Matthew Edgar right yes and while I was there I interviewed him I had no clue why I'm here no clue you
have a girlfriend kind had an exgirlfriend named Livy he was found in the fetal position behind the vehicle that Levy
was found in when was the last time you saw liby he remembers drinking on his porch
and the next thing he remembered he was waking up in the back of an ambulance you don't know how you ended up on the
ground behind the car with the dead girl have a clue there was a rifle some shoes and a hat also on the ground
that's his boot he was laying there beside how'd you get all the blood all over your
face don't know cuz the hospital said you don't have any injuries what are you thinking I'm
thinking that he's not not telling me the truth he's just basically telling you a Texas fairy tale right correct I
won't be flat out honest with you but unfortunately there is a deceased female in that vehicle that's in front of yours
and my job is to find out why she's dead who is the did they tell you and they Li
me I informed him that Miss Lewis had passed he started with this what I would describe as forced crying did you see
any tears not a single one the world SE to think that Matthew Edgar is a murderer do you believe that I do not do
you believe that someone else pulled that trigger I do I believe it was someone that was close to Matthew someone that
was involved in events of that evening we got all the DNA results back and there were some holes in the case
there were no fingerprints taken or DNA lifted off the gun there were DNA samples from Livy that showed there was
another man I have no doubt and I'm going to make this perfectly clear Matthew Edgar
killed Miss Lewis and you put your reputation on that absolutely

ENCORE: A woman is discovered shot dead in her car with a blood covered man alive on the ground. The man says he has no memory of how he got there. Investigators unravel the strange scene. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports Saturday, Jan. 17 at 9/8c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

The episode details the investigation into Liby Lewis's murder and the conflicting accounts surrounding Matthew Edgar's involvement.

Key points

A Parent's Desperation. A frantic parent searches for their missing child, caught in a whirlwind of emotions.
The Tragic Loss of Liby. Remembering Liby, a kind and loving child, whose life was tragically cut short.
The Accusation. A detective reveals his firm belief that Matthew Edgar is responsible for a tragic death.

Episode highlights

The Tragic Loss of LibyRemembering Liby, a kind and loving child, whose life was tragically cut short.“Liby was a perfect child, she was kind and loving.”0:46Jan 2, 2025

Episode quotes

Where's my kid? I just needed to know.

A frantic parent searching for their child.

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