Sounds like what she was able to say. Joyce is her wife that is the perpetrator. My wife is here in town. I came outside the room. Uh-huh. And I saw the lady walking by full of blood everywhere and she had a a knife on the head for murder. And murder for who? I think you know who. It's December 2018 at a motel in Conjur, Georgia when police receive a disturbing 911 call that would lead investigators down a twisted trail of scorn lovers, secrets, and murder. What's going on there? Okay, I have a room 114. Somebody's screaming and hollering and he has a bloody hands. I can see outside. I'm in the front office. Can you send somebody immediately? Can somebody come out with a green t-shirt? screenshot with a stabbing. I think there's a stabbing. Can you send somebody immediately? Officer is on walking on the back. We're sending someone. You said he has a bloody hand. He the he he screamed somebody. He shot at some lady or something. And the one lady's walking backside to the wood and she making Do you know what they're wearing? What's the male wearing? Yeah, she she's the female. She has a Gray Nissan, pull around. It's a great black gray Nissan. There's a gray Nissan is pulling out. Which way is pulling out? Pull out. You didn't pull out there. Just go your way to the left. Okay. That's a lady. And the male. Did you actually see any physical wounds on him or that he was just bloody? Huh? Yes. Did you see if the male actually had a wound on him or if he was just bloody? It's a bloody Yeah. the blood coming from. It's going this way. Where did the blood come from? Her body. Come on. Okay. What part of the body is what I'm trying to figure out. I didn't go to room yet, guys. I cannot go to room. Was he holding himself in any particular part? Hello. Was was the male holding himself in any particular part? Wait a minute. What happened, baby girl? No, no, no. You don't want her talking. You don't want her talking. Um, she just she was bleeding real bad. Okay. Females bleeding. Somebody stabbed her. Where is she bleeding from? Where is she bleeding from? From the chair. From from the chest. Yeah, from the chest. And where is she at right now? She right here on the floor right there in front of one more thing. So, she's in the lobby or the room? No, it's a young lady. Officers waste no time rushing to the scene. Okay. Where is she? Right here, ma'am. 598 radio. Go ahead. I'm going to need all over. I don't know where. 98 radio. You got to start mess. They can come in. knife. She's bleeding profusely from the abdomen. I see the knife. First responders find the victim, later identified as Rosalyn Lewis, with what a medical examiner would later determine to be 34 stab wounds. Who did this? Chenise. Who? Joyce. Joyce. Okay, Roz, listen to me. You've got to hold still for me, okay, sweetie? Until I can get some help here. Okay. It hurt. I know you hurt. I know, honey. I know that you're hurt, but I've got lots and lots of help and lots and lots of people that are going to come help me with you, okay? But the best thing I can do for you right now is just hold you really still. I know that you're hurting. I just need you to take some very slow, deep breaths, okay? In through your nose, out through your mouth. Go ahead. 15. Hey, listen. I need you to hold still. Okay, I have one. I just need to stand by till I get help. Hey, just hang tight. Okay. Hey, Roz, I need you to keep breathing for me. Okay. You hear me? Roz. Roz, I need you to keep breathing for me. Okay. Joyce. And Clay, I got a knife in there. Hey, Roz, we got you some help. I need you to stay awake. Okay. You said it's Joyce. Do you know Joyce's last name? Huh? She's your wife. Okay. In her last breaths, Rosalyn identifies her asalent as 47year-old Joyce Lewis Pelzer, her soon-to-be ex-wife, who prosecutors would allege is not new to this sort of thing. In September 2011, Joyce's former lover, Shaell Mloud, mysteriously vanished. The missing woman's family and friends would later point the blame directly at Joyce after they said Shaell had recently ended an abusive relationship with her. Furthermore, police said Joyce had an outstanding arrest warrant for threatening Shaell with a knife 2 months before her disappearance. But that case would go cold for nearly 7 years until, as they say, history starts to repeat itself. Okay. My wife is here in town. She threatened me a few weeks back here. Your wife? Yes, my wife. Okay. So, that sounds had nothing to do with a woman. Yeah. Yeah. Cuz there's some stuff going on in Atlanta. Yeah. With my wife. Is there a hand? Yeah. 60. [clears throat] Tell me. I'm sorry. I know you found it. Okay. A few months ago, I left my wife. She was cheating. Long story short, I left, turned off everything, and the woman that she was involved with said that when I turned everything off, went ballistic and saying how much she hated me, she wanted to knock me off and kill me and all this other fine, Daniel. Okay, whatever. You know, I'm like, at the end of the day, that was that was your choice. Now here and um I'm sorry, let me turn this off. Um, my hands are shaking. Um, I'm sorry because this is just really farfetched for me right now. Okay, long story short, um, I've been here taking care of my father. He's sick in the hospital and she knew that I had came here because before I left, she knew I was back and forth coming down here, what have you. And um what happened was um probably a couple of weeks, maybe about a month ago, I was here and I went to Bors and I talked to her that night and I said I was there at the casino and she was like, "Well, I need to see you. I need to see you." And I was like, "No, you don't. You know, I haven't been seeing you. We don't need to see each other." Say she w up coming down anyway. and she went to Borage and I had already left and that was about 2:30 in the morning and she called. She said, "Hey, I'm here at the casino. Where are you? What room are you in?" I said, "Well, I'm not there anymore." I said, "I'm at my parents house." And she was like, "Oh my god, I'm tired. I'm so tired. You know, can I just come there and and rest till the morning and I'll leave before your father gets up?" And I was like, "I was kind of hesitant, but I still went on and gave her the address." And so she came down, she got it back here about 4:00. She got here, we talked for a minute. She was saying how much she sorry, how she wanted to make things work in the marriage, what have you, da da da, what have you. I said, "No, how about just go to sleep because I'm tired of talking, all this other." So, in the meantime, I she went to sleep. I laid down on the sofa cuz I have a sofa in my in one of the bedrooms. And I guess when I went to sleep, she actually went to my bags and she stole my passport, I guess, to keep me from going out of the country, what have you, cuz I had planned a trip that I was taking. And um that next morning when she got up and I was up, she was talking again and I was like, "Joy, the marriage is over." And she jumped up and she said, so she had her hand behind her back. She said, "Do you know I could kill you and your family right now? And when was that? When did she say that? That was when probably it was I don't even think it's been a month. Okay. Probably 3 weeks ago cuz I've been so much back and forth here. I think it was about 3 weeks ago cuz I've been back and forth from here to Atlanta so much. I forgetting the weeks. I think it was about 3 weeks ago. And I specific I told her I said if you decide to shoot me, you make sure my black ising dead. Make sure I have no breath left in my body cuz if you don't, I won't get you back. You heard that right. In August 2018, 4 months before the incident, Rosalyn reported that her [music] wife and suspected murderer allegedly threatened to kill her, among other alarming instances. Prosecutors would later allege that Rosalyn had worked with Joyce years prior to help kill Joyce's former girlfriend, Shaell, while Joyce was having an affair with Rosalyn, who now tells police Joyce was caught cheating on her. But as months pass and despite filing for divorce, the pair apparently reunite. 2 days before Rosalyn's death, Joyce is caught at the motel surveillance cameras checking in at the front desk. She then walks to her room to turn in for the night before emerging the next day, now one day before the murder. She returns hours later with a case of beer and heads back to her room. The next day, Rosalyn arrives at the motel. and can be seen walking towards her demise that would take place just minutes later. Joyce is then caught again on cameras after allegedly carrying out her attack, exiting the room, walking down the sidewalk, and running to her car before speeding off. We'll catch up with her later. And by the way, what do the body cams that we cover prove? Maybe that the world is unpredictable. And I'll tell you what, with that in mind, having a great lawyer matters. And that is where our great partner and sponsor [snorts] Morgan and Morgan comes in. This is a firm with over a thousand attorneys. You know why they have so many? Because they win a lot. In the past few months, Morgan and Morgan secured a $9.3 million verdict for a car crash victim in Florida, a $5.6 million verdict for another car accident victim in Atlanta. And not to mention $1.8 million in Kentucky after insurance offered them a mere $5,000 in that case. 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I wouldn't even know where to start. Yeah. Are we okay to look? Just obvious places so they can know about medical issues. Call us or call them information. HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY. HI. You're okay. No, stop. [screaming] All right, killer. Think we're going to need animal control. What kind of dog is it? Radio. A small one. Maybe like a Chihuahua or something. Animal services are called to take care of two small dogs found in the room. Meanwhile, other investigators check in with a few witnesses. Let's see what they have to say. Loud screaming. Yeah. Okay. Then when I finished putting the mirror up, when I came outside, that was the lady walking by full of blood everywhere with a knife on the hand. You say you once you finished it up, you went outside and then you saw the lady. I came I came outside the room. Uh-huh. And I saw the lady walking by full of blood everywhere and she had a a knife on the head. Where were you? Right here. Now, where were you? What building? How do y'all name this? Is the first building the second building? She was holding a knife in her right hand. And the building where I was at the third 149. Okay. She a white female, black female, black female. Black female. 149. Next investigators get a chance to talk to one person in a neighboring room. Something. I mean, you know what I'm saying? Hey, baby. What do you mean define see something? Well, I mean, we're investigating a murder at this point, so we need they can die. Yeah. So, we need any help that we can get. Oh, man. I mean, I was out there trying to keep her talking. You know what I'm saying? After she was stabbed. Yeah, I was I was out there for a while doing that. My baby girl sleep. So, I was out there doing that right there. But basically, all I saw was when it happened. You know what I'm saying? And I like I ain't I I went out the door, you know, when she got stabbed. But when I came when I came out the door, she walked right by me, looked me in the face. What prompted you to come outside? I heard my man, the dude, the maintenance man. Okay. I heard him cuz it was so close to me. You know what I'm saying? And and when I hear like that, the first thing I think about is my child. So, I'm going to step outside and see what's going on. I come to the door. I couldn't see the broad laying down at first when I stepped out. Mhm. But he I heard her saying somebody tried to kill me. Somebody she tried to kill me. She tried to kill me. I heard her saying that. So I stepped out a little bit more. He was standing right there with the walkie-talkie talking. And when I stepped out a little bit more, I saw her laying at the door. And at that time it had just happened cuz the broad right by me. Witnesses describe hearing screaming and seeing a woman carrying a bloody knife from the scene. Suddenly, a trooper with the Georgia State Patrol locates the suspect's car, and the chase is on. Joyce weaves around traffic on [music] a stretch of highway, but troopers are right on her tail. Seconds later, Joyce's joy ride is about to come to an end as the suspect appears to pull to the side of the road before accelerating again. That's when the trooper deploys a pit maneuver and sends the dangerous driver into a tail spin. Heat. Heat. Troopers then surround Joyce, who allegedly raises a gun at officials, leading to multiple rounds being fired, and sending Joyce straight to the hospital. A later search of the vehicle would uncover a blood soaked case of beer, handwritten notes, and a torn picture. Another search of a storage unit connected to Joyce would uncover other disturbing details like this book titled What I Do for Love, which depicts a person holding a knife. Days later, investigators decide it's time to ask Joyce a few questions. Let's see how that goes. You sound like a robot. Okay, but you can hear something. Yeah, I know. I sound like one to me, too. Yeah. I can't really see you so good. Okay. And I can't hear you too good. Okay. But I know you're trying to talk, but I don't understand. Okay. Well, I can hear you good, so that's good. Um, I want to make sure you're comfortable though. Are you Are you warm enough? I just don't understand. because I can't understand what you're saying. Okay. Um I don't even understand what I'm saying cuz I sound so weird to myself. Okay. I don't sound like myself. Well, I can understand you. So, you're speaking very well. So, that's good. Huh? You're speaking very well. Very clear. So, that's good. I can hear you. Do I sound weird to you? No, you sound okay. I mean, I've never talked to you before, so I'm not sure how you're supposed to sound. Do I sound normal? Yeah, I think so. Sound like a robot. That's okay. Why Why you got a tear coming down your face? Are your eyes hurting at all? Huh? Your eyes hurting at all? Can you see me? Okay. They doing what? Well, you had a tear running down. I just wanted to make sure you're okay. See, there there goes another one. What is it that hurts? Huh? What is it that hurts? Are you in pain? A lot. Yeah. Like up here? All up there and my legs. What's wrong with your legs? And my legs? Okay. It hurt. Really? Here. I know your I know your hands hurt, too. Um, how's that coming along? Huh? I'm just looking at it. It's pretty swollen, huh? I was driving. I don't know what happened. Yeah, you were driving. Sure. They were just trying to help you. I hope so. Yeah. I'm a CNA and a patient care technician. Mhm. So, I don't know. Okay. You're saying you're a CNA and a patient care technician, huh? You You're a nurse. Okay. So, you know, you know what they're supposed to be doing, huh? So, you know what they're supposed to be there to help you. See, you're crying again. What is that about? Was I Was I nervous? Uh, I don't know. Oh, I don't know. I don't know what she said. Oh, okay. Um, do you understand where you are now? Huh? Do you understand where you are now? I don't know what you say. Okay. Who are you? So, I'm Sergeant Lucas. I work with Conor's Police Department. You work for Conor's? Yes, ma'am. Police Department. Yes. Well, you work for a nice police department. Yeah. Well, that's good. What makes you say that? Well, I live. You said uh I work for a nice police department. I lived in Kanye for a little while. Did you? Okay. Okay. And I moved back to South Carolina. Okay. And then I have been doing travel and nursing. Yeah. Sounds like a good job. It is. I've been doing it all my life. Yeah. Good. Well, I want to talk. I hope I can get back to it. I don't know. Yeah. Sound like you had a lot of good things going for you. You had a lot of good things going for you. That sounds like a good job. Well, I want to talk to you more about why you're here. I want to talk to you more about why you're here. Um, but why I'm there. Okay. So, you do have warrants. Okay. I have warrants. Yes, ma'am. We have So, the deputy read you your warrants yesterday. Do you remember? Do you remember the deputy read you warrants yesterday when you got here? The deputy by East Point? No, here. Rockdale. Do you remember him reading your warrants and why you're here here? Yeah. A deputy here? Yeah. No. Okay. I I saw him reading your warrants. It was right after you got brought in the I can't hear you. Okay. Well, you're doing good. I think this ear might he can hear you. You think this one better than this one? It might be better. Really? Okay. Well, here. Here. All right. That Okay. Here's that water, too, now if you need it. Oh, my whole bottom. Your bottom hurts. It's okay. My whole bottom hurt. Yeah, it ain't you. I have to figure it out. It's been like this for days. Yeah. So, I had a warrant from a deputy in East Point. Really? What's that about? Her you said I got a warrant from deputy at East Point. No, no, no. East Point. Okay. No. Um, so before we get into talking about why you're here, obviously you're here, you're in custody, um, you're in jail. So, I need to make sure you I need to make sure you understand your rights. A [snorts] who? Your rights. My rights. Mhm. Okay. Okay. Before we go any further. Okay. Is that okay? So, maybe you can read along with me if you're having a little difficulty hearing. You can read along with me. I mean, you said you're a nurse, so I'm sure you can read, write. Um, how much school did you go through? Huh? Did you go to college or just high school? Did I go to Florida? Uh, I'm saying schooling. Did you graduate high school? Did you try to go to Florida? I can't hear you. I know. Okay. Can you Can you read this? Look, I can read. You can read. Okay. So, I'm going to read this along with you and you can follow along. Okay. Um, so this is a statement of your Miranda rights. All right. The investigator reads Joyce her Miranda rightites and asks if she'd be willing to talk about the case. So these are a waiver of your rights. Understanding these rights, are you willing to talk to me today? Okay. Okay. I know it's kind of Are you Are you right-handed or left-handed? I can right. Okay. So you are right-handed. So, what they say? Just saying yes that you're willing to talk, that you want to talk to me. That I want to wave. No, that you want to talk to me. That I want to talk to you. Mhm. You have the right s. I don't want to give up my rights. Okay. Um All right. Well, I So, we went through them and you said you do want to talk. I wish I could hear you. Can you can hear me? Some Sometimes you can hear me, huh? Sometimes you can hear me. You've been responding. And you said you did want to talk. I hurt it so bad. Okay. So, do you do you want to talk or do you want to think about it for a minute? Do I need help? Do do you want to talk to me today? and you say give up my rights. If you do want to talk to me without an attorney present, then I would like for you to sign just saying yes, you'll talk to me today. But that is your decision. Without a who? Without an attorney, without a lawyer present. Yeah, I don't have one right now. Okay. Do you want to talk to me without one? Are are you an attorney? No, ma'am. I'm the I'm the police. I'm I'm Conor's police. You Yeah, I'm an investigator. Deputy? Well, a investigator with the police department. So, you said I'm here cuz I have warrants. Yes. Here in Congress. Yes. Okay. Do you understand what happened? Huh? Do you understand what your warrants are for? The warrants. Do you understand what they are for? A standing who warrant. Do you understand what your warrants are? A standing. Well, do you know what your warrants are? Do I know what it's on? What the warrants are for? No. How many of them? You got two. You got two warrants. Two warrants. Yes. One for aggravated assault. Okay. And one for murder. And murder for who? I think you know who. Who? But I need you to let me know if you want to talk. What's up? Do you want to talk? Oh, yes. Do you want to wave your right to have an attorney present? Think about it. You want to think about it? I'm going to let you sit here and drink some water. Okay. Yes, ma'am. You want to think about it? Okay. Joyce is left alone for a few minutes before the investigator returns. All right, Joyce. [snorts] You okay? Did you get any sleep last night? Not really. Hip in my head hurts. I bet laying on that floor. Huh? Laying on that floor hurts. I'm sure. So, hey, I gave you time. I think I need to get an attorney. You talking about murder? I ain't killed nobody. Okay. Okay. Joyce asks for an attorney and abruptly ends the interview. She later pleaded guilty to the charges related to the 2018 death of her wife, Rosalyn, and was sentenced to life in prison. While serving that life sentence, Joyce was additionally found guilty of malice murder and felony murder in connection to the 2011 disappearance of 35-year-old Shaunell Mloud. Investigators said that despite an extensive search of the area where Joyce admitted to burying Shaell, her body was never recovered. Nevertheless, a jury found Joyce guilty of the crime and she was sentenced to a second life term without the possibility of parole.