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July 22nd, 2022. Key West, Florida. Just before 11:30 p.m., a Key West police officer spotted a silver Hyundai Elantra struggling down Atlantic Boulevard. One of its tires had blown out, sending smoke into the night as the vehicle continued forward. It looked like a routine traffic stop, but the moment officers approached the driver, they knew something was off. The man behind the wheel was shirtless, visibly intoxicated, and behaving erratically. As officers began asking questions, the situation grew stranger by the minute. What started as a simple stop for a damaged vehicle was quickly turning into something far more unusual. >> You okay? >> Yes, sir. I'm drunk. >> Take a seat. >> Did you get him? I'll be right over there. >> 10-4. >> 6-4, driver's covered in blood. Looks like it's going to be a signal three. >> 10-4, you need rescue? >> 10-4. >> Yo, get off the phone. Hang up the phone. >> Conscious, alert, sir. >> Where you coming from, man? >> I was with Deion. >> Deion's? You all right, man? >> Copy that. 10-4, on the floor by the car. >> I get that, but you're your face is all bloody, your arms are bloody. >> 10-4. >> Deion. >> Okay. >> Florida, Lima, Zulu, Juliet, Mike 87. Lima, Zulu, Juliet, Mike 87, silver Chevy. >> It's gone. I'm going to kill all you mother >> Okay. >> I'm going to kill every last one of you on this earth. I'm going every last one of you mother on this earth. I'mma every last mother on this earth. I don't give a >> Okay. >> Okay. When your ass go to that sun, that sun that be hot, yeah. I don't care. I don't care. Yeah, when your ass get there, you ain't going to give a I don't give a I don't give a I do not give a I breathe. >> Okay, is that your car? >> I own air that y'all breathe. >> Is that your car? >> No, it's his friend. >> He just jumped out, said he was drunk. Looks like he's just got a flat tire or he's just smoking a lot. >> I do not give a by this earth. >> Why is he covered in >> I do not give a by this earth. >> I don't know. That's why I thought he was signaling for a turn. >> I do not give a by this earth. >> Why are you covered in blood? >> Ah! >> [screaming] >> I'm God! >> Looks like he's kicking the front seat. >> God! I'm God! I'm here in the flesh. I don't give a ABOUT NONE OF Y'ALL! NONE OF Y'ALL! >> OKAY. >> I'M GOD. I'M GOD. >> All right. >> I own the whole world. I own the whole That black [ __ ] out here, that black Look at that black [ __ ] I own that. That's mine. >> Okay. You want to tell these guys what happened to your face while you're all bloody? Is that your blood? >> Because in the beginning >> Is that your blood? >> it was Adam and Eve. They had two children. Blood killing brothers. Brothers killing brothers. I don't give a I don't give a about my life. >> He gets stopped on the traffic stop. He jumps out AND >> I'M GOD! >> YELLING AND SCREAMING AT THE COPS. >> I DON'T >> A [ __ ] >> BLEEDING all over the place. >> I don't know if that's his blood. >> I DON'T GIVE A [ __ ] >> HEY MAN, RELAX. >> Y'ALL RELAX. >> 17, I copy. Stand by. >> y'all got to go to the sun, y'all relax on the sun. >> Listen man, it's it's like midnight, okay? >> I don't give a [ __ ] This is I don't give a [ __ ] about any of that. When y'all got When y'all got to go to the sun, y'all relax. To the sun. TO THE SUN. >> THEY'RE RIGHT HERE. >> HEY, YOU DON'T HAVE to yell man, they're right here. OKAY? >> THE FIRST BORN. >> YOU'RE not listening. >> born. The first born. >> God. God. >> Yeah, God. G O D. >> Can you >> General over death. >> Go ahead. >> God. General over death. I'm the [ __ ] I don't give a [ __ ] >> I don't think it's his blood. >> I don't give A [ __ ] ABOUT LIFE. I don't give a [ __ ] about death. I don't give a [ __ ] ABOUT DEATH. >> IT'S NOT A SCRATCH. >> Y'ALL NEED TO LEAVE ME ALONE. When y'all ass go to the sun, y'all going to say, "Oh." I don't give a [ __ ] All that black [ __ ] out there is mine. I own that. Look. I died on THE CROSS FOR Y'ALL, AND Y'ALL DON'T GIVE A [ __ ] ABOUT ME. >> I CAN'T TELL IF HE'S MOVING. Kind of. >> Because blood in the beginning Bro brothers kill brothers. That's why so much murder on the >> Were you in a fight with somebody or something? >> about nothing. I don't give a [ __ ] about nothing. >> I understand that. I understand that, but >> I don't know nothing. Y'all know it all. >> I don't. That's why I'm asking you. That's why I'm asking you, cuz I don't know what happened. >> Y'all don't give a [ __ ] about nothing. >> I'm trying. >> about nothing. I don't give a right now. >> want to do that. >> give a You might as well. I don't give a [ __ ] Uh happy birthday. >> Is it your birthday? >> Happy birthday. >> No, he came down South Roseville, which is where the owner of the driver lives. >> As officers worked to identify the owner of the Hyundai, their search led them to a woman named Tommy Marino. What she told them immediately raised concerns. The vehicle was typically driven by her mother, 46-year-old Laetitia Alston, but no one had heard from her for hours. Calls were going unanswered and her whereabouts were unknown. Concerned for her safety, family members made their way to an apartment on Suncrest Road in Stock Island, hoping to find answers. Instead, they were about to walk into a scene that would leave them horrified. >> No. >> She's not She's bleeding. She's covered in blood. She's uh >> Okay. >> She's not responding. She's swollen. >> Where is she? >> She's on the floor in the house. >> Okay. Is there anyone in the house? >> Yes, my my mom. >> I know. Anyone else in the house? >> My mom, my grandma. >> Any >> And my boyfriend, he's in there. >> What? >> No, the the cops came to my house looking for my mom and she I came here looking for her. >> Laetitia Alston? >> Is there anyone with weapons or anything in the house? >> No, nobody was. >> Come over here. Come over here. Hey, go get the You got a bag in your car? >> The victim was identified as 46-year-old Laetitia Alston. Investigators say Alston suffered extensive blunt force trauma during a violent attack inside the apartment. According to the medical examiner, she died from multiple injuries to her head and neck and her death was officially ruled a homicide. What had happened in the hours leading up to her death would soon become the focus of a major investigation. >> Yeah, no, she's right here. Right here. Huh? What? >> Okay. >> She don't need to Her heart is beating. >> Were you here, too? >> No, that's Kasey. We got to move Nobody was here. I just We got to move the ambulance right there. I don't know. I don't >> The mom came here and she was on the floor. >> The police came to my >> Yes, I I was Yes, I was just here earlier. And nobody was answering the door, so so >> I I went in cuz cuz the door was open and cuz I nobody could find her. That's my daughter. She's like and I went in there and like and she's just laying there full of blood. >> Okay, I remember you. I don't know, yeah, there was a whole situation over there. You didn't even see it. Were you there? >> No, but I just walked in like >> She was screaming out here. >> You stay out Stay here for me, please. >> Okay. Let me know when you >> I I know, but I don't He's He's I'm waiting for meds so I can roll them in. >> I walked up the street cuz they were screaming out here. I heard a girl say said something like She said um she said something like I'm opening the door and then I then she's screaming. So, when I ran in, I put my stuff to the side. I'm getting I'm getting a bag. >> Okay. Yeah, I I I know Okay, hold on. Stay. Sir, can you stop that? >> Stop, Paul. I'm the mother. I'm the mother. That's her That's her daughter. I'm the mother. I'm the I'm the mother. >> Okay, all right. All right, don't don't interfere with Let them do their job, okay? >> No, they couldn't find her. So, I said, "Well, let me come check over here cuz I live right over there." And I And then the door was open and I went in and she's She's not even She's breathing. >> Sir, take a deep breath. Relax here. >> Help me, please. Help me, please. No, I'm going to talk to you right now. >> Okay, who do you Who do you We want her? >> Who was all here? You and him? >> I just walked in. >> He He just showed up. He He wasn't in there. He just showed up. You live here? >> She's my mother-in-law. >> Okay, just hang tight over here. Are you in relation to her at all? She was just on the ground sitting there like that? >> Yeah. >> And you were with You guys came here together? >> Yeah. >> Okay. And where were you guys coming from? Q S? >> No. >> Where is your house at? And who was in that room with her when you walked in? >> Nobody was in there. >> No one at all? >> Nobody was in there. >> How did that lady get in that room? >> We don't We weren't here when that lady came. My My mom We pulled up when the lady came. >> grandma, which is her mom, lives here. We pulled up, she was outside. We came out, we That's when she said she's on the ground or blood. >> So grandma found her first? >> Yeah, I believe so. That's why I ran inside and I checked on her. >> Grandma's over there, right? Can you guys get your identifications out for me? And then just Grandma speak English? >> Yes. >> Okay. I'm going to go talk to her. If you guys just find your IDs, okay, and give it to that officer, all right? Son. >> I'm Justin. >> Mhm. >> I was um and um and I was I had just left my my daughter's house. We were over there at the at the house trying to help her clean up cuz she's moving out. And um and they said that um they couldn't they couldn't find They couldn't find my daughter. They said they found her car somewhere and and and something. I guess they arrested her. >> Who's your daughter? In there? Inside? Okay. >> Inside. >> So you couldn't find She couldn't find the daughter from a crash earlier? >> know we didn't know where she was. >> Uh-huh. >> And um and I live right around the corner. >> So you came to check on her? >> Well, I Well, they said that she wasn't at home. So I said, "Well, let me go cuz they said they arrested her boyfriend earlier." >> Who's her boyfriend? >> Um Dalman. >> So who's house is this? >> Well, Dalman. She lives used to live there with him like but >> So that's the boyfriend's house? >> Yeah, Dalman. I don't even know his last name right now. Dalman. And like I I I said they arrested him earlier. So I I said, "Well, let me go over cuz she wasn't answering my phone." So I said, "Let me go over there and check on her." And then she's like like like laying out The door was open so I went in there and it's like she's just laying there like full of blood and like >> ground? Yeah. >> But she was like on her on her stomach. >> Did you move her? >> No, I didn't. I'm I was the one of them who moved her cuz they wanted to see I guess she she was breathing or whatever but she's like like he beat the [ __ ] out of her, man. Like >> She wasn't breathing when you got there. >> know. >> Yeah. >> I didn't >> No one else was in the room when you walked in you were just totally by yourself, right? >> Yes, she was just laying there like on her stomach like >> When did the skinny lady get involved? >> She come walking down the street and she heard me and she heard me like screaming and hollering. And then when they my my my daughter and my granddaughter's boyfriend went in there and she went in there and said said she's breathing. I said can you tell me if she's breathing? I don't know. >> Can you find your ID for me and just give it to the other officer whenever you get a chance and just hang tight, okay? Investigators quickly identified Delman Washington as a person of interest and began trying to track him down. What they didn't realize was that at that very moment another police investigation had already crossed paths with the man they were looking for. >> Get my hat. Get my hat. >> We'll get your hat. We'll get your hat. I'm going to get your hat. We'll get your hat. Okay. >> I'm the boss. Take me to the county jail. >> Okay. >> Take me to the county jail. >> Yeah, all right. >> All you pink people. You pink. You pink. You pink. You pink. You need a [ __ ] way to heaven. That's what you need, [ __ ] You ass [ __ ] >> Yeah, let's go. Put him in the car? Yeah. Hey, put him right here. Cuz I got the stuff in this pocket. >> I said kill all you [ __ ] Kill all you [ __ ] Yeah, you correct, too. You going to the sun. >> Take a seat. >> Every last one of you [ __ ] >> Sit down, man. >> You pink people. >> Take a seat. >> You going to the sun. >> Sit down, man. >> You're not up to me. >> Sit down, please. >> Sit in the car, please, Mr. Mr. Washington. >> Take a seat. >> Take a seat, man. >> All >> that sun is? >> Sit in the >> Do you [laughter] know how hot that sun is? >> Delman, you are going to take a seat or we can make you sit. Thank you. >> You ass [ __ ] I don't give a [ __ ] I Why y'all arresting me? Why y'all arresting me? >> Disorderly conduct. Not in the wall I just found the ID. I didn't go >> The dollar I just pulled out of his pocket is covered in blood, too. >> Yeah, that. >> A woman's earring in his in his pocket. >> Whose car is this? >> It's got She lives at Ocean Walk. >> So >> Wasn't there a Hold on. Wasn't there I remember a call that just came out and might have been somewhere else, but it was for a male and a female in a fight. And the male was trying to leave. That was Okay. >> That was downtown. Um that was at Steam Plant Condos, but there's a >> Oh, that's right. She lives there. A shipyard. >> You went through the wallet. >> I didn't go through the wallet. No, I just found the ID. There's a woman's purse in the back. Um >> I want to see if there's like Can one of y'all or or can you and Hal do a welfare check on the RO's address? Is it a woman that's the RO? >> Yeah. >> South as well? >> Yeah. >> Ocean Walk Apartments. >> Tags in the call. Yeah, 3920. >> Yeah, let's do a welfare check so that way if she is that way at least get one side of the story and we know what happened to It's not a call that comes in tomorrow >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> during the daytime and we don't get, you know, shafted for not following up and doing due diligence. Support group Oh, look. Hang on. Anchors away. He's got AA. Um last thing is 78 Um So clearly he's got an alcohol issue. Or it's court-ordered, one of the other. All right, I'll leave y'all to it. Um if you do get something at the house over there, you I'm thinking the dollar bills just cuz like >> Yeah, that's enough to go and talk to her at least, minimal. >> Well, he's playing and it doesn't look like any of the blood's his. >> No, it's all dried up on his >> He may have a cut on his arm. >> Yeah, it's kind of hard to tell. Do you have a wipe? Cuz my bare arm was touching his >> bare arm. One of these right here? >> Yep. >> I don't believe so. You want to check? >> It's kind of propped open. >> That would be scary. >> That's what I was going back online. >> Yeah. >> It kind of looks like it had been damaged though cuz it's got >> Rear end hits. >> You might have to hit it from the inside. Looks like an older Can you look at it through the side right there? >> Yeah. Okay. >> Nothing there. This is a quick glimpse. It's one way to do a quick peek. >> Well. >> All right. >> Following the traffic stop, Delman Washington was arrested on DUI and other related charges. At the time, officers had no idea they were dealing with a potential homicide suspect. >> Here you go. >> His face is blood all over it. His arms are blood all over it. He's wearing no shirt. He's all sweaty. >> He used to beat him up all the time. >> Yeah, he's drunk, right? So, we start talking to >> Yeah. >> No, nothing. There's a person in the back seat. It's open. So, we're like, "You know, this is kind of weird." We run the car and it comes back to a Tamia. Tamia is the daughter of Latisha. Yeah. That's the daughter. So, we call We're like, "Okay, well, where's the address is?" So, apartments to the address attached to the car. We go there and no one can get a hold of Latisha, which is obviously her daughter. >> That guy used to beat him up all the time. >> That's what he's saying right now. That's what he tells us. Like, yeah, these 8 years of domestic, 8 years of domestic. So, we come here because this is an address that Washington had been arrested from before through our RMS. We come here. Uh he was with us. We come here knocking all over. I talked to this resident here who says, "Yeah, he He's a black guy does live here. He doesn't know where. It's somewhere over here." Okay. I talked to a resident over here in that open door. I'm sorry, in this closed door. I talked to a resident. That open door, we were upstairs in that renovation apartment or whatever. >> Okay. So, they gave you a wrong a wrong unit or something? >> No, they didn't give us any unit. They just said 5135. >> So you guys weren't here previously? Okay. >> Yes, we were here previously. So yeah, so we were here. The only two apartments that I made entry into were this renovation cuz the door was open. Like not this outside door, the actual interior door was open. So we made entry just to do a quick sweep. No one was there. Turn my damage everywhere. You're going to fall through it. Nothing was there. The backside, we knocked on the door and the door pushed in. As we walked in there, look, I swept the backside door. Nothing's in there. No pictures match who we were looking for at all. So I backed out and shut and locked the door cuz it was open when I pushed it. The only doors we didn't get into were this bottom door there. Obviously and then the backside were the only doors we didn't get into and that's there's a reason we didn't get into them because that's obviously why. He had shoes on. But he had blood on the bottom of his feet. Um when they took his shoes off at the jail, he had blood on the undersides of his nails. Um along with two scratches on one of his hands. Um but he has no other injuries. Two small scratches here. Like I said, his face is covered in blood. His arms are covered in blood. His stomach's covered in blood. The bottoms of his feet are covered in blood. He didn't have a shirt on. We have Arnold's holding the car right now, so it's locked down. >> Mhm. >> You guys brought him. He's at the jail. He's just He's there for other charges and then we kind of were talking about it as everything was playing out and we needed to This needs to be dug into a lot farther. So but he's at the jail now on other stuff and that's where he's being held. They're stopping doing everything. They're just holding him. So he's just sitting up there. He's in a chair. So they haven't bathed him. They haven't collected anything from him. >> They haven't Okay, perfect. >> All the evidence as far as his chain that had blood on it. All that We collected all of that. It's it's in a bag right now. We brought it. It's all separated and we have it all. >> Let me call Let me call the jail and ensure that they don't they don't clean him. >> Yeah, yeah. >> Yeah. >> You got a stapler? >> Yeah. >> Well, here. I can do one better. >> Well, call him. Let me talk to him. >> 64 from 67. What are you guys arresting him for? Disorderly conduct and DUI. Hit and run. On his feet. Uh blood on his bare stomach. He had blood on underneath his fingernails. >> As detectives pieced together the evidence, Delman Washington emerged as the primary suspect in Laetitia Alston's Investigators linked him to the crime through physical evidence, witness statements, and the circumstances surrounding his arrest. Washington was subsequently charged with second-degree murder and remained in custody as the case moved through the court system. The victim, 46-year-old Laetitia Alston, died from multiple blunt force injuries to the head and neck. The medical examiner ruled her death a homicide. In February 2026, a jury found Delman Washington guilty of second-degree murder. One month later, he was sentenced to life in prison, bringing a measure of justice for Laetitia and her family.

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