I killed somebody, baby. I killed somebody, baby. >> Did you know you were driving on the sidewalk? >> Oh, no. [music] Cuz I would have noticed the sign. >> You were on the >> I'm just so worried about the mother deer or whatever the freaking was, [music] but when I looked at my truck, it went over the freaking >> Cabria Harris was 47 years old. She lived in East Moline. On the night of May 22nd, she went to a friend's bar opening in Rock Island around midnight. She drank wine coolers. She drank Tito's vodka shots. She crossed the Centennial Bridge into Davenport to say hello to more friends. Then she drove home, or >> [music] >> she tried to. At approximately 2:00 in the morning, Harris's SUV entered the I-74 bridge pedestrian path from the Bettendorf side, the Iowa side, the side with no barriers. Her SUV traveled the entire length of the pedestrian [music] path, not a few yards. She drove an SUV across a pedestrian walkway that spans the Mississippi River as if it were a road, because at 2:00 in the morning, to a person impaired enough to confuse a walking path with a driving lane, it looked like a road. Near the Moline entrance, three friends were standing on the path, Ethan Gonzalez, Anthony Castaneda, Charles Bowen. Three young men on a warm night in May, in a place where they were supposed to be safe because the path existed for them. >> I hit my head on this. So, I walked to the sheriff's department. Um So, I just kind of I'm talking to the officer. You guys want to like kind of verify a few things. So, that that's your SUV then? >> Yeah, by the way. >> Okay. And you were coming from Davenport or >> No, right off that bridge, right here. >> The the new bridge over here from Bettendorf then or >> Right here. I was coming through that. >> Got you. >> I was coming from up under there. >> Yeah. >> I was coming from >> Yeah. >> Where were you Where were you at before you got on the bridge? Were you going down for the bend over? >> John Deere Rock Rock Island. >> No. >> John Deere up through that Rockford. John Deere by my job. >> Yeah. See, you So, you Was anybody else in the car with you? >> No. >> Just you? Where were you coming from? >> Right here. >> Right here, but where were you at though? Where were you at? >> When we were coming Momma Winnie got me something to drink over there and now we're coming from over there. >> Where'd you get the drink at? >> Getting Go in Moline. >> Getting Go in >> Moline. >> Down on the border there? >> Yeah, no. Moline. >> So, we don't have a Getting Go in Moline? >> Oh, no. Yes, we do. Getting Go. Are you Are you lying to by my job. >> Getting Go. >> Getting Go Moline. >> Okay. >> Got the drink. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Can I get your last name? >> Oh my god. >> Yeah, I know. It's okay. It's just a car. >> It's just a car. >> no vehicle. That was >> So, do you do you have a license? Just no you're okay. Face me. >> Face you? >> Yep. Just stand right there. Now, go ahead. Now, imagine there's a Imagine a line in front of you that goes straight out towards the rocks over there, okay? Now, put your left foot on that line. What I want you to do is put your right foot in front of your left foot so that the heel >> Hold on here. >> can begin for me. Yep. Go ahead and begin for me. >> Officers administered field sobriety tests to Cabria Harris at the scene. She failed. The damage to the front of her SUV was visible. The kind of damage that tells you the vehicle hit something solid, something human sized. >> Baby, but did y'all see somebody back there? >> What We're We're dealing with that. We're going to do this first, okay? Just go ahead and >> I'm sorry. >> No. So, get back in starting position like I showed you. >> Ready? >> Yep, Ms. Harris, get back to starting position like I showed you. And then go ahead and begin when you're ready. >> Sorry. >> No, you're okay. >> are baked. Ready? I peed on myself. >> That's okay. >> Sorry. >> Yep, go ahead and begin. Yep. Keep your hands down by your side for me and count out loud. >> Oh my god. Ready? I work. >> Okay, just do it like I showed you. >> You didn't say how many. >> I said nine, remember? >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> It's okay. Make sure you count out loud. >> my nerves on edge. >> I I get you. >> How many did I do? >> Well, well, once you do that nine, go ahead and make the turn like I showed you and then do the next nine, okay? >> did I do? Start over? >> No, just continue from where you are. >> I can't. >> Okay. Okay. >> I'm nervous. I'm sorry. >> Okay. Okay, I'm going to have you So, we're going back over here, okay? I'm going to have you do one more thing for me. >> May I be seeing that? >> Yep. >> That was not an animal. >> Okay. Yep, begin. No, no, you're just you're just raising your foot, remember? Just raise one foot. All the way and hold it off the ground about 6 in parallel to the ground. And then start counting out loud for me, okay? And if you put your foot down >> You can't do it? >> I can't. >> Okay. Okay. >> How many did I have to hold it? >> Hold it. What's that? >> How many did I have to hold it? >> Well, just hold it for a few seconds. All right, okay. You'll be placed under arrest for DUI, all right? >> Okay. >> Do you have anything you need out of that car right now? >> No. >> Okay. So, you can get your phone out, too. Okay. Yeah. >> Why won't your head fall off? >> I know. >> We're going to probably get your phone out, too, so it falls off. >> It's fine. Can I try one more time? Cuz I I mean I'm nervous. I my Can I Can I try one more time? All right. Okay. So, we're going to come back to my car, okay? Like I said, seeing my [ __ ] knowing no no, I'm nervous. How do you pronounce your first name again for me? Sherri, okay. Can I take another test? Sherri, I I'm going to give you an opportunity to give me to do another test, okay? We're going to go down to the PD first though. to see that. Baby, but did y'all see it was the animal though? We We can talk about that later, too, okay? Huh? We'll talk about that here in a minute. Oh my god. Five times Cabria Harris asked the officers if the thing she struck on a pedestrian walkway at 2:00 in the morning was an animal. Five times she reached for the version of the story that did not involve a human being. Five times she tried to make it a deer. [music] I thought it was an animal. I thought it was a deer. I closed my eyes. My seat belt held me, so I pulled over. [music] That's when I called you guys. At the hospital, the officers told her the truth. I don't want you to lie for that lie, girl. Where's my mama? Please, just give me my mama. It wasn't no animal. It wasn't no animal. Sherri, I don't know where your mama is at. Is your mama here? My mama is supposed to be here, please. Is she here? Please, just give me my mama. Please, tell me it wasn't no animal. All right, Sherri. Hey, will you calm down for a second? Sal's going to read you something, okay? All right. Take a deep breath. Hey, take a deep breath. Put your hands on top of your head like this. I can't. That's like I'm doing. Baby, I need my mama. All right, get that. All right now. My mama is supposed to be in here. Uh no, you're an adult. Sherri, just hear me out, okay? >> Okay, baby. It wasn't no animal. >> We'll get We'll get through this, okay? >> No, sweetie. It wasn't no animal. It wasn't an animal. >> So, we need >> Oh my god. I didn't do it. >> Hey, Shabria. So, I have to [laughter] I have to Hey, just like the other officer said, okay? >> It wasn't no dog. It wasn't no cat. It wasn't no raccoon. I've been through enough deaths. Let me tell you something. When I was on strike when I was on strike, a man got killed right in front of me. He walked down on the highway. When I was on strike, I was sorry. >> Next, a detective read Shabria her Miranda rights. >> Do you understand how I read it to you? I give you >> [snorts] >> Who Where's my mom, please? >> Just remember that we're the police department, >> She can't come up here three days? >> No, we'll get you We'll We'll get you in contact with your mom here in a little bit, okay? I promise. >> Please. You don't understand what I've been >> [snorts] >> And then it's not an animal. Y'all don't understand. It's not an animal. And I've been through so much. Go ahead. >> Shabria. >> I'm >> Okay. So, if you understand everything that I just read to you >> I'm not going to sign nothing. >> You're not going to sign anything? >> No, sweetie. >> Cabria Harris broke. The denial cracked open, and reality flooded through. And the woman who had been [music] asking about deer was suddenly confronted with the weight of what she had actually done. I killed somebody's baby, she said it through tears. She said it in a hospital room with officers standing over her, and a body [music] cam recording every syllable. I need my mom. Why was he on the bridge? What was this man doing or woman doing? Oh my god. Oh my god. I killed somebody's baby. You said the walkway right there, and I wasn't supposed to be there. >> Okay. >> Hey, would you look at me for a second? >> Yeah. can't don't tell me nobody. I've already been through enough. >> [laughter] >> Hey Sabrina. >> Yes. >> Take a deep breath. >> I've already >> Okay, I understand that. >> to the bathroom by myself and everything. >> Hey hey real quick. >> Hey baby, I'm right here. >> He's looking at me. >> I'm not. >> Hey, will you just take a deep breath for me? >> Yes. >> Okay, you understand what's all you understand what's all ready you, right? >> No. >> You don't understand you understand your rights? >> Yes, I know my rights. >> Okay, you understand and what he said then. You understand your rights? Like you have the right to remain you read your your you have the right to remain silent. >> So somebody died? >> SOMEBODY DID DIE. >> WHOA. >> AND WE JUST NEED TO TALK to you, okay? >> [laughter] >> Hey Sabrina. Obviously you were out were not there trying to hurt somebody or thinking that [snorts] it was legal. But we have to figure some things out, okay? We have to figure that out on your end, okay? >> Where's my mom? Please, can my mommy here with me? >> You're an adult, okay? You're the same age as me, okay? So >> I'm like older than you, sweetie. >> Yeah, I think you're about 6 months older than me. Okay? So you understand what Sal said to you, you understand your rights? Okay, cuz we're going to ask you a couple questions about what what you were doing tonight, okay? >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Detectives eventually calmed the suspect down enough to ask her a few questions. Let's see what she has to say. >> Were you the only one in your vehicle tonight? >> Yes. >> You were all there by yourself? >> Yes. >> All right. Are you familiar that the on this new bridge that there's a walkway? >> No. >> Um >> I'm just used to getting off um on this main entrance that takes you to River Drive. We curve around cuz it's it's like different now to me. >> Yes. >> It was like the first time. >> When you're coming from Davenport and you're coming into Bettendorf and you got to kind of loop around. >> No. >> Then you get on the new bridge. You know what I mean? >> So So All I know is it's a different period cuz I wasn't even messing with that bridge period. If I don't got to, I don't go across it and I never have because I have never liked that bridge. I'm scared of bridges. >> Yeah. When you notice the bridge the part of bridge that you were on say that it wasn't lit up? >> Yes, this side. It's not but that side is. >> Yeah, the other side was lit up. The side you were on was not lit up. >> No. >> Did you notice any like lane lane markings? >> No, baby. I just know that I got to get off to get on River Drive and that's where I was at. I took my curve like I usually do but it's a little different but I took my curve like I usually do. >> Do you remember when you got off that there was no uh no lights controlling the part of the bridge that you got off on but there was some next to you? >> I'm not going to say that. >> You don't remember? >> No, I just was paying attention to everything. >> Do you remember being really narrow? >> Narrow, yes because I'm like what the Sorry for my language. >> You're good. I swear I swear from time to time. Three times a year I swear. >> Yes, it it it I was that. >> Like did you feel like it was very narrow on your car like >> Very very cuz I'm like what the And I'm like okay, well whatever. This is new blah blah blah blah blah and then I I was like why ain't the lit up? >> When officers placed her in handcuffs at the hospital, she made one request. She asked the officers to apologize to the young man's mother and father. [snorts] She asked the people arresting her to deliver a message to the parents of the boy she had killed. She called him a baby. He was 21. He made pizza [music] at Happy Joe's and trained new employees and made his manager believe he would change the world. >> Mhm. >> After we're done here you're you're going to be arrested today, okay? And you're going to be charged with reckless homicide. You were driving a vehicle and you struck three people. >> Three? >> One's dead, one's going to die and the other one's critically injured. That That part of the bridge that you were driving on, that's a sidewalk. That's not the bridge. Cars can't drive on there. So, you were driving off what we call it's a pedestrian walkway. So, where you drove >> Y'all got the cameras on that? >> We do. >> So, where is this Where Where is this part at? So, you're telling me I was driving on the other side of the road where I wasn't supposed >> Yes, so the bridge the Yes, so the bridge there's the Iowa bound Illinois bound. Those are separated. There's a gap. They're separated by concrete, and they're also separated by water. And then to the west of that to the west of the Illinois bound it's also separated by barriers and also separated by a gap, which you go down in the water, there's a pedestrian walkway that they built on the new I-74 bridge, and you were driving on the walkway. >> I was on there, and y'all seen it. >> I have not I have not seen it but I will >> No, they seen it. >> Yeah, that's where the kids are at. >> No, they seen it. >> They're we're going to see it. It'll be on camera. >> Okay, that's what I'm asking. So, on camera? >> It will be on camera. So, you're being charged with aggravated DUI resulting in death and reckless homicide. >> Okay. >> All right. So, you're going to be held today, and you won't see a judge until tomorrow, which is Monday, at 1:00. >> Okay. >> All right, so you're going to be in the Rock Island County Jail. >> Okay. >> Do you understand? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> And they seen that on camera? >> I have not seen on camera yet, but it will be There's cameras up there. >> So, one more time, baby. Where the bridge is at? That's what I was asking you. Where the bridge was at? I was driving where I shouldn't have been driving. >> That's why it was narrow to you, cuz that's the sidewalk. Remember when you said it was narrow? >> Yeah. >> That's cuz that's the sidewalk. Cars aren't supposed to be up there. >> Somebody should >> I killed somebody's baby. >> I need my squad. >> I killed somebody's baby. >> Let me see what I got. One If you want to go in there, comes on the back door. >> Okay. >> Yeah, don't open the back door. >> Kabria Harris stood before Judge Frank Furey in the Rock Island County Courthouse and pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated DUI causing death. The plea deal called for 20 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Under Illinois law, she must serve at least 85% of her sentence, 17 years before becoming eligible [music] for release. She received credit for time served since her arrest in May 2022. >> I killed somebody's baby. >> I heard. I I just can't It's been so broken out there. >> Yeah. >> Um >> I killed somebody's I killed somebody's baby. >> She's doing good. >> I killed somebody's >> So, I spelled it out. That's good. Okay. Are you all right? >> I killed somebody's baby. I killed somebody's baby. >> [laughter] >> No. And he's not going to be all right without baby. I killed somebody's baby. I killed somebody's baby. Do you understand? >> I know you did. >> I killed somebody's baby. >> What is wrong, girl? But >> No. I killed somebody's baby. You said the walkway was right there and I wasn't supposed to be driving there on the bridge. And it was a baby. And I I killed somebody's baby. I killed somebody's baby. And then I look at my baby, he'll be without me. I killed somebody's baby and then I look at my baby. Oh my god. Come on. Come on, baby. >> And a woman in an Illinois prison is serving 20 years for driving on a path that was built for walking because Ethan Gonzales and Anthony Castaneda were more than a body cam quote and a sentencing hearing. They were somebody's baby, both of them, and they deserved a path that kept them safe.