Did it smell when you went to the door? Yeah, there's a door on the opposite side. Did you see somebody [Applause] the other side? roots bed. You smell it? No, I do. There's a reef right there, right? little bit. Yeah, I saw them. Let's go to the neighbor one next to us over here and see if they stand anybody over here in a minute. How you doing? Hey, doing good. How are you? All right, brother. Deputy Fernandez with the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office. Yeah. Robert, have you seen Laney recently? The girl? Yeah. Next door neighbor. Just the guys over there. When's the last time you seen them? Him? He usually walks up and down the road, but her I haven't seen her in a while. How long would a wild be? Days? Months? Day or two? Couple days. Three three days or something like that. When's the last time you seen the boys? Yesterday. Oh, there's nobody today. Mm-m. Cuz I seen him toing a thing of water in Oh, today I think it was today. Okay. Around what time? Like in the morning, afternoon? Yeah, I reckon it's in the morning. 16th April. I didn't see him. I just looked out the back window. Okay. Have you heard any any fighting, anything in the last two days? Any loud commotion? I know it would be not abnormal for you to hear yelling and screaming coming from over there. So, no, nothing. We're kind of new to the neighborhood, too. So, there's been a lot different things going on here. So, it's weird. We're not used to it. All right. So, if we hear anything, just call the number right there. That's the non-emergency number. If you see Laney or anything, Yeah. her sister's looking for her and she's not able to get a hold of her. So that's why we're out trying to make contact with her. Yeah. So if you see any of them set up over there. Yeah. There ain't nobody in it. Okay. And then that back building. Did you try that back? That's just a shed full of garbage. Perfect. If you see anything, just call that number there. Okay. Thank you. Cuz what where the smell smells the worst is where the drainage is too. You can smell it. If you go through the door on the outside, I think it's a salad. It's It smells like it. I think it's just the house. You don't even smell it. See, you're right here. You're trying to break into the house and everything too before. Oh, I'm Did you hear us knocking before where you knocked out? No, I was sleeping in there. I'm glad you woke up cuz you're about to come inside. We're looking for mom. Have you seen her? She's not around right now. Do you know where she's at? Sister's asking for She's not in any trouble or anything like that. I have no idea. When's the last time you talked to her? um few days ago. Where'd she go? She's one of those four she [Music] is it normal for mom to be gone for days at a time? Sometimes. Where does she usually go? Does she have a favorite place where she likes to go when she's not home? Not that I know of. Did she tell you anything out of the normal when she last time you saw her? No. What happened the last time you guys were together? She gave me a few cigarettes and a little bit of food and some hand soap. Wash my hands. Tell me how to stay back here. Okay. But you haven't seen mom since then. When's the last time you text called her or anything like that? Okay. When was the last time you saw dad? A week ago. Do you know where he's staying at? No. I heard that she might have called the cops on him. Yeah, he he got arrested the 25th of last month for trespassing. Do you have an ID on you? No, sir. All right. That's fine. I'll just grab your name. Would it be all right if we just went inside to make sure she's not in there? My house, huh? I can't tell you no. Okay. But you stay here and it's your mom's house. Yes, we're looking for mom. So, we just want to make sure mom's not stowed away in a closet or something. dad didn't come back and retaliate for getting arrested or something like that. So, if you're not going to tell me yesterday, then we're just going to peek your head in there real quick and then we'll come back outside. You can lead the way if you so please. Lock the door behind. You could go in, but you could go in. Just leave us through. Do you have a key? No. Why would you lock the door behind you? Right. I just usually do that. So, how do you get in? I don't know. How about this other little door that's over here? It's uh it's just barricaded out with what? Uh garbage can or some stuff. So, how do you get in the house? I just lock the door. Cuz I feel like you're with me. What the hell? What's the deal? Sorry. You understand how how this looks, right? Yes, sir. So why so how do you get in the house since you lock the door? Probably sleep in the tent or are you not supposed to be in the house? Is that why you lock the door? Yes, sir. All right, that's fine. We're not worried about that. We My main concern right now is finding mom. That's it. If you know you're not supposed to be here, that's on whatever. We can deal with that at a later point in time. I really don't care about that. Yeah. My main goal is making sure mom's okay. Find mom and do that. That's what we're here for. We're not here for you. You never sleep in the bed or whatever. So, okay. So, obviously you went in and unlocked it from the inside. Did you get in? Do you just push that one thing open to get in or the other door? You mind doing that for us right now? Jessica Jessica her boyfriend had t up and did things to her. I think if you shimmy it in to the right, we could be able to just pull it out. shirt. So, push it into the right. Keep pushing it in. Now, try to move it out and then push it out. There you go. There we go. 1056. [Applause] All right. So, you sure mom's not in there? You're going to tell me you didn't know mom was in there? Okay, stand up for me. Put your hand in my back cuz now we got a whole bigger issue. Call 410. Yeah, I don't have a sponge through 400. 431 to 400. All right. Just going to read you Miranda so you know your rights before anything happens. Okay. All right. So you have the right to remain silent. So after being read these rights, do you still wish to talk to us? Say we're not going to ask you any questions at this point in time, but some someone at some point will be asking you some questions. Can you describe what mom looks like today? Like skinny, tall, fat, wide, 120 lb, 5'9. Okay. Did you usually wear a bandana? Like a bandana? Like a headband? Okay. So, I'm just going to get a statement from you. Okay. Yes, sir. It'll be recorded so we could do this once so I won't have to talk to you again. Okay. Yes, sir. All right. So, go ahead and tell me what's what's going on. What happened? I didn't know. Okay. Well, you do know cuz I'm You've been there for a while and you smell. Yeah, I understand. So, smell. When we first got here and talked to you, you said you hadn't seen mom in how long? Few days. A few days. When is is that the act your actual answer or what's what is the answer you want to swear to the last time you saw mom? We were talking around the house here. I mean, yeah. I seen her riding a bike and uh she gave me a few cigarettes and stuff and told me to stop back by the house later and I came and stopped back by the house later and we were talking and cleaning up the yard and cleaning up the house and everything and she told me I could stay inside and that was a few days ago. But you said that wasn't the truth that you weren't supposed to be staying inside. No. Yes. When we talked to you over there, I said you're not supposed to be here. That's So, no contact order. Okay. I believe. Do you know if it's still active or no? No, sir. Okay. I imagine it might. I don't know for sure. I figured if she told me I could tell stay with her, but I don't know. Okay. What is there no contact order between you and mom for? You got into the spew. Um, she said I slapped her. I punched her. So, battery. Yes, sir. Domestic stuff. Yes, sir. When's the last time you seen dad? This last week, I believe. Okay. Did What did How did your conversation with dad go? The last time you saw him? Bad. Bad. It wasn't bad. It wasn't bad. How about between mom and dad? Did they talk? Um, the only thing I knew is she told at that point in time when she got home, she told me and him both to leave. So, I left and went walking somewhere and stayed away. Okay. And then your and mom's relationship has been good as of as of late. Yeah. I guess she Well, she she let you back in even though you weren't supposed to be here. Okay. Central. And then did you notice anything different while you've been staying here? Did that not raise any alarm to you? Did you go and check? I did go look in there. Let's see. I guess I should have I mean I don't have a cell phone or anything. I should have probably something. So you saw her in the position that she's currently in now? Yes, sir. So why did you tell us that mom wasn't there? You know better than me I wasn't the one that did it. So Yes, sir. cuz I smelt her before you ever even came outside and you were telling me mom's not in there and you know damn well that she was in there. Yes, sir. And you're lying to me. Well, why wouldn't you just tell us the truth? We told you from the beginning we weren't there for you. We just wanted to make sure mom and mom was good. That's all. So, what prompted you to lie to us? startle. Say, and you um when you went in there and checked on her two days ago, did you know that she was deceased? I couldn't say so. I wouldn't say no. Okay. But was it apparently obvious to you that somebody smelling like that wouldn't be somebody who Okay. So, why didn't you call law enforcement when you found her deceased? You don't know. Okay. Any idea why she is deceased? No sir. What could have happened? No, sir. Okay. I really don't. I got you. Well, that will conclude our portion of our interview. Is there anything you wish to add change from what you told us? No, sir. Have we discussed anything off tape we have not discussed on tape? No, sir. All right. That conclude this statement. The current time is 6:21 p.m. He was charged with failing to report a death to the medical examiner and with resisting arrest without violence. He was sentenced to 63 days in jail. Thanks for watching. Be sure to subscribe for more videos like this.