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0:00In September 2018, Jacksonville police
0:02found the body of Navy Chief Petty
0:04Officer Andrea Washington in her home. A
0:06mother of three and a 19-year veteran
0:08whose life ended in violence. Several
0:11days later, detectives brought in her
0:13ex- fiance, Danny Beard, known to be in
0:15a turbulent and abusive relationship
0:17with Washington, including a domestic
0:19violence incident just weeks before her
0:21death. As Beard sat for his
0:23interrogation, investigators confronted
0:25him with disturbing evidence, including
0:27phone records that indicated he was in
0:29the area and testimony from witnesses
0:31who reported that Washington had filed
0:33for protection because he had previously
0:35pushed her and displayed a gun. Beard
0:37faces those accusations headon,
0:40revealing a raw, unfiltered exchange
0:42between suspect and authorities. What
0:45you're about to watch is a chilling
0:46moment in a tragic story. a Navy officer
0:49ambushed in her own home and the ex who
0:52may have been involved. This is the
0:54interrogation of Danny
0:57Beard. Hey, stand against that wall for
1:00me. Okay. I know I'm sure they already
1:01searched you, but when uh when you come
1:02in here, I got to search you again.
1:04Okay. Face this wall for
1:05me. Spread your feet for me, Danny. Step
1:09off that wall a little bit. There you
1:11go. Hey, when I take each handcuff off
1:13you, put your hand on the wall. Okay. Do
1:15you understand me? Yeah.
1:29Is there anything on you that they may
1:30have missed? Pocket knife or tobacco or
1:33anything like that?
1:35Keep them on the wall for me. Okay,
1:41buddy. All
1:53right. Have a seat right there, Danny.
1:54I'll be in a few minutes. All right. You
1:56want anything of water or
1:59anything? You want a water? Okay.
2:15You all right, Dan?
2:17All right. This my partner, detective
2:19Lee. Have you met him before? I don't
2:20think he was with me the last time.
2:23What's going on, man? I'm all right.
2:26Um, you have to bear with me. It's been
2:30a long day, so I'm going to drink coffee
2:31as we talk. Um, they tell you why you
2:35got picked up today? No. You You have no
2:37idea? No. Okay. You have a warrant. I
2:40got a warrant for you for murder for
2:42Andre. So, you're being arrested for
2:44murder today? Okay. Yeah, I think so.
2:47Okay. Um I'm sure you have a lot of
2:50questions for me.
2:52Um but
2:55again, this is kind of one of those
2:57things that we've been working on for a
2:58while and you know that.
3:01Um before we go any further, I'm going
3:03to read you your rights. Okay. I know
3:06last time we talked we went over your
3:08rights and everything, but I want to
3:09make sure that you understand that. Fair
3:11enough. All right. Close to you if
3:14that's all
3:18right. You know where you're at. You're
3:21at the police mobile memo building.
3:23Today's the uh 7th of December and it
3:28is 6:37 p.m.
3:34Danny, can you read? Yes.
3:37Can you write? Yes.
3:41You been drinking alcohol, too? No.
3:46Drugs? Taking any drugs? Just aspirin.
3:48Just
3:49aspirin. Nothing prescribed? No. I'm
3:52going put aspirin right here.
3:54Okay. No medications. You're not taking
3:57anything.
3:59Just as I said before. Do you wear
4:02glasses? No. Contacts? No. How's your
4:06mental health? Good. Good.
4:13Okay. If you can read this first line
4:15out to me out loud, starting with you
4:18and ending the Constitution. You have
4:20rights the following rights under the
4:22United States Constitution. Correct. You
4:25do not have to make a statement or say
4:26anything. Anything you say can be used
4:28against you in court. You have the right
4:31to talk to a lawyer for advice before
4:33you make a statement or before any
4:34questions are asked of you and to have
4:36the lawyer with you during any
4:38questioning. If you cannot afford to
4:40hire a lawyer, one will be appointed for
4:42you before any question if you wish. If
4:45you do answer questions, you have the
4:46right to stop answering questions at any
4:48time and consult with the lawyer. Do you
4:50understand your rights? Do you have any
4:52questions about your rights? Okay. If
4:54you understand your rights, sign right
5:09here. I know the last time we talked I
5:12got a little bit of
5:13information about kind of, you know,
5:15your your background and stuff like
5:17that, but I kind of want to go back
5:20there again if you don't mind just
5:24um kind of see how you grew up and
5:25everything like that. Do you have an
5:26issue with that? Okay. Didn't you tell
5:28me you grew up in Alabama? Yes, you did.
5:32Um is that where you were born at? Yes.
5:34Where were you born in Alabama?
5:35Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa. Okay.
5:41Um, where'd you go to school at in
5:43Alabama? Pickkins County High. See
5:45again? Pickkins County High School.
5:48Okay. Um, any brothers or sisters or
5:50anything like that? Three sisters.
5:52Three. I think you told me that last
5:53time, didn't you? Do you? And you've got
5:54no brothers? No. What about you and your
5:56dad? Are you and your dad close? Not
5:58really. Is he still alive? Yes. Are him
6:00and your mother still together? No.
6:02Okay. Is your mom and your dad close?
6:06Somewhat. I mean, do they stay? No.
6:08Okay. Um, how how how was your dad with
6:12you with with your upbringing? Was he
6:13involved or not involved or not
6:15involved? Not involved at
6:17all. Um, did you have anybody to kind of
6:20mentor you or is it just myself? That
6:23you just myself in the streets. It's
6:25just you in the streets. What about your
6:27sisters? Were they older or younger?
6:28Older. Did uh No, I did. Well, I did
6:32have an uncle. You did? Did he take part
6:34in your life? Yeah. And was he I mean
6:36was he a good Yeah. I mean he was a good
6:39role model. Okay. And did you finish
6:42high school or? No. How far how far did
6:45you go in school? Eighth grade. Eighth
6:46grade. Okay. What made you not go any
6:49further in high school? Went to job
6:51court.
6:53What kind of work did you do in job
6:54court? What were you train? I know you
6:56go there to for training. Is that right?
6:58What's that? Welding. Did you ever do
7:00anything with that? No. Okay. When you
7:04were growing up, were you did you get in
7:06trouble as a kid? Not really. Cuz I
7:08checked to see, you know, as far as your
7:10arrest, I saw I think I saw you had some
7:13arrest in like Palm Beach Palm Beach or
7:15something like that. What What was that
7:17about? Over my family. It was Were you
7:20fighting with like a sister or mom or
7:22your dad or? Over my sister. What was
7:25it? Hands on or no hands or verbal? No
7:27hands. They let me out so they know I
7:29was just there with them. I got you. Did
7:31you ever get arrested in Alabama?
7:36I can't even ago. Okay. Um, how did you
7:40get to Jacksonville? Did you come from
7:41Jacksonville or from Alabama to
7:43Jacksonville? My mom. She she moved to
7:45all you where and she's over on Is she
7:47on Oakleaf Road? Is that right? Yes.
7:49Okay. Who's she living over there with?
7:52My three sisters. Well, my other two
7:54sisters. Are they involved in your life?
7:57And yeah, they are. Were they close to
8:00Andrea? Yeah, they weren't.
8:03What do they think about all this? My
8:05mom know how you do it. Your mom, she
8:08don't think you did it. My mom know I
8:09did. Okay. How do you feel about what
8:11happened to Andrea? I feel sick about
8:14it. What I'm saying? I don't see why
8:16y'all messing with me.
8:20You You know, you're look you're looking
8:22down when you say that. You can't even
8:23look me in the eye when you say that.
8:25So, I'm scared because I'm tired of
8:26y'all messing with me. Y'all looking for
8:28the wrong person. Y'all looking at the
8:29wrong person. How many times have I
8:30messed with you?
8:32All these time y'all come to my house,
8:33get my cars,
8:35right? I I give you everything.
8:39That That That's what Wouldn't you want
8:41us to do that? Yes. But I I want y'all
8:43to find out who did this, too. I did
8:46find out who did it. I mean, you realize
8:48I have a warrant in my hand right here.
8:49Right. Warranty thing. You got to hear
8:52me out. You realize that this warrant is
8:54an arrest warrant for you, right? Mhm.
8:56And you realize that I had to have a
8:58state attorney, a
9:00prosecutor review this and I had to have
9:02evidence to get this. And then after I
9:05have a state attorney review this, you
9:07know, this goes in front of a judge.
9:08Okay. Do you know that? Yes. Okay. And I
9:12got three officers of police. I know all
9:14what all y'all doing. Where where are
9:16they where are they police at? Alabama.
9:18Are they still police? Yes. Okay. Well,
9:21I can tell you, Danny, that you wouldn't
9:23be sitting here if you didn't kill
9:24Andrea. And this is one of those times
9:27in your life where you can make a
9:30decision to do the right thing or to
9:32keep doing what you're doing. I'm not
9:34I'm not I didn't do this. You did do
9:37this, Danny. No, I didn't. And I can
9:38prove you did it. Okay. Well, you prove
9:40it in court. I'm going to, but I'm I'm
9:42sitting here having a conversation with
9:44you. I'm hoping that you'll at least be
9:46a man and at least tell me, you know
9:48what, Detective Gibson, I screwed up. I
9:50don't I'm not going to say that cuz I
9:52know I didn't.
9:54I know I do. So, I'm not going to sit
9:56there and tell you that to you. Okay.
9:59I'm telling you that I have evidence
10:02that says otherwise. Take me to jail.
10:04Let's go to court. So, you don't want to
10:06even talk about it? No. What's that? No.
10:09Okay. All right. You don't want to you
10:12don't want to sit here and talk to me
10:13and try to for what? Well, I want to
10:17make it I want to make sure that I'm
10:18clear that you just said you don't want
10:20to talk and you want to go to jail. So,
10:22I want to make sure that I understand
10:23that you don't want to talk anymore that
10:25you're done. I don't need to talk about
10:27this because I know I didn't do it.
10:28Okay. So, you're telling me that you
10:30don't want to talk to me? I'm talking to
10:32you now. You don't want to talk to me
10:33about this case. Well, let's talk.
10:36What's that? Let's talk. You just told
10:38me that you didn't want to talk. You
10:39want to talk about it? No, I do, but I
10:41want to make sure. Okay, I'm sitting
10:42here, so let's talk. I want to make sure
10:44I understand that fact that you told me
10:46at first that you don't want to talk and
10:47you want you don't want to go to jail,
10:49but now you're telling me that you're
10:50willing to talk to me. Okay, so let's
10:53talk whatever whatever it going to go in
10:55court anyway. So, tell me why you think
10:57that you're sitting in here.
11:00I really don't
11:02know. You You saying I did it, right?
11:05But I know I did it. Okay. First time we
11:08talked, you told me that you were over
11:10at your house when you got some text
11:13messages from Andrea saying that she
11:16needed help and that you went over there
11:18after you went and picked up Jones, that
11:20you and Jones went over there together
11:22and that you found her. And I'm telling
11:24you right now that I can prove that's
11:26not true. I have evidence to prove that
11:30you were at that house before that. Yes.
11:32Yes. I I was at the house before that.
11:34Yes. I I would have picked up her
11:36charger key. She gave me the charger
11:38key. What time did you pick up the
11:39charger key?
11:44About 9 something. What time did you get
11:46there?
11:50I can't remember the exact time. Do you
11:53know what time you left?
11:56It went shortly after she gave me the
11:58key. So, you're telling me you got there
12:00at 9 something?
12:02It's between 9:30 and 10 or something
12:04like that. Did you go in the house? H
12:06Did you go in the house? Yes. She She
12:09opened the door, let me in. Okay. And
12:12you were you there for 5 minutes, 10
12:14minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes?
12:20Probably 15, 20 minutes.
12:23Did you guys argue? No. There was no
12:26arguing between you two. No, she she
12:28gave me the key and then you left. Cuz
12:30she know how my car is. She know my car.
12:33I had to put it in the shop and get the
12:35oil change. My tire was bad, so she gave
12:37me the charging key. I still got the
12:39charging key.
12:43When you left, did you go straight home?
12:45Yeah, I was pretty old. And how long
12:47were you at home before you started
12:49getting messages from her? She started
12:51messaging me
12:55about 11
12:57something. 11 something.
13:00She started How long you been Had you
13:02been home for? Yeah, I I went home, you
13:04know, for an hour, 5 minutes, 10
13:06minutes.
13:08Like 30 35 45 minutes.
13:13So if you started getting messages from
13:15her about 11, you're you're saying you
13:17were at the house for about 30 to 45
13:19minutes? Yes. At her house or at your
13:21house before you got that? So you're
13:23telling me that you were probably at
13:25your house by at least 10:15?
13:27[Music]
13:29Right. I know that's not true.
13:32I know what time you got to her house,
13:35Danny. And it wasn't after 9. I don't I
13:37don't know the exact times. You're not
13:39even asking me. What you're telling me
13:41is not true. You You didn't just go over
13:43there for I went over there and get the
13:46charger key. The charger key is still in
13:47my car now.
13:50Okay. I'm not saying you didn't get the
13:52charger key, but I'm telling you that
13:53you weren't over there for any 20
13:55minutes. You were over there for some
13:58time and you were the only one over
14:01there because nobody else came in that
14:04house. And I know this for a fact. I'm
14:06not going to lay out my whole case, but
14:08you know how I know. I already I already
14:11know who was all over her house. She
14:13told me her friend D. Yeah, her friend D
14:15left
14:16probably about 7:00 that night. Probably
14:18about 7:15. Somewhere in that time
14:20frame, she was gone. So, I'm giving you
14:24a chance. This is your chance, Danny. If
14:26you want to look like a monster and a
14:28cold blooded killer, then that's what
14:30you're going to look like. But if you
14:33came over there and things just went
14:35wrong and it was an accident or you lost
14:39your temper or it was a mistake, then
14:42now is the time for you to tell me. But
14:44if you want to stick to the fact
14:47that we're crazy and all this evidence I
14:50have is [ __ ] you're going to look
14:52terrible. People understand why people
14:54screw up and make a mistake. I didn't
14:56make no mistake because I know I didn't
14:58do
14:58this. I put my right hand to God. I
15:01didn't do this. Why did you tell me you
15:03didn't own a gun? I didn't. She did. No,
15:06you told me that you didn't own a gun. I
15:08never owned a gun. That's not true. Yes,
15:10it is. She She had a little I had I I
15:14mean, when I first got to Florida, I had
15:16a 25. She had a 22. Mhm. And she kept it
15:19up in a box in her closet. When I
15:21interviewed you, I specifically asked
15:23you if she owned a gun. And you
15:25specifically told me that she did not
15:27own a gun. And you got to let me finish.
15:30You interrupt me. I'll let you
15:32specifically told me that she did not
15:34own a gun. And you told me that she
15:36wouldn't own a gun. I mean, that was
15:37your word. She was like, she didn't.
15:38She's in the Navy. I'm telling you what
15:40you told me. This is what you told me.
15:43Okay. And then I have other people who
15:45have given me testimony saying they saw
15:48that gun in your house. I'm not worried
15:49about them. Okay. Well, you should be
15:51worried. I'm not worried about other
15:52people. You should be worried because
15:55I'm telling you right now, you're going
15:57to look like you went over there with
15:59the sole purpose to kill her. And now, I
16:01know things were rough with you guys.
16:03And I know they were up and down. And I
16:05know that isn't totally your fault. I
16:07know that she had was still talking to
16:09you. And I think you were probably
16:10thinking she was leading you on. But I'm
16:13telling you right now, if you stick to
16:15this, you're going to look like a
16:16cold-blooded murderer. And that's what
16:18you're going to look like.
16:21All this evidence right here is is you.
16:24If you flip about right in here, these
16:25are all discs. Surveillance
16:29discs, stuff I pulled out of off your
16:31car disc, uh things that I pulled off
16:35of your phone, things I pulled off of
16:37your Facebook. I've been pretty busy the
16:40last couple months, okay? And I'm not
16:42going to step to you if I don't know
16:43what I'm doing.
16:49Okay. I mean, being a man is is is
16:51owning up to what what you did. I am a
16:53man and and I know I ain't do this. I
16:55know you did it for a fact. You did it.
16:57Okay. You killed that woman. No. Yeah,
17:00you did. Well, I did. And And we can
17:03prove it. Now, you can you can say what
17:04you want to say. I know I did. I don't
17:07care what evidence. What about the
17:08evidence? What about when the evidence
17:09says you got I don't care what evidence
17:10you got. You can't you can't put me to
17:14killing her. Are you sure? Yes. Are you
17:16sure about that? Yes. Okay. So, when you
17:205 minutes ago when you lied to me about
17:21what time you were over there and what
17:22time you left, that's the second time
17:24you lied about that. Don't that don't
17:26that don't. That says a lot. That don't
17:27No, it don't. It don't give you about
17:29that. I did this. It does. When you've
17:30already told me two lies about being
17:32over there. Why are you lying about
17:33being over there? I told you I went over
17:36there to get the charger key. Okay.
17:38Where did you park when you went over
17:39there to get the charger key? I
17:41parked because I didn't supposed to. She
17:43told me to park at the what's called at
17:46the mailbox. You parked at the mailbox?
17:48Yes. She didn't she didn't want me to
17:50park in front of the house. And And how
17:52did you know that? She told me. When did
17:54she tell you that? She told me on on
17:56messenger. On message? She told you to
17:59park in the mailbox? Yes. That's not
18:01true cuz I looked on there and that
18:02message isn't there. But I do know you
18:04called her. You called her at 8:55. Yes.
18:07When you were there? I said on
18:08Messenger. I didn't say on Messenger.
18:10Text on Messenger. She told you about
18:13when you got there. Okay. So, you didn't
18:15see no calls from her on there. I did
18:17for me. Yeah. I I I saw Yeah. I'm not
18:19saying that she wasn't calling you.
18:21Don't Don't think I'm not Don't think
18:23that I think that you were the only one
18:27contacting her. I know. I've seen all
18:28the messages. I saw all the messages on
18:31hers. Even though you erased all yours
18:34up until that day, I have all of hers
18:36between you guys. So, I know she was
18:38contacting you. So, don't think I don't
18:40I'm not seeing the whole big picture.
18:42I'm seeing the big picture.
18:45Okay.
18:46But you know, when you tell me, "Oh, I'm
18:48over there after 9:00." That's just not
18:50true. I really don't know the time
18:52thing. And you weren't over there for
18:54any 15 minutes. I'll tell you that. I
18:56know that for a fact. Okay.
19:04I'm not going to admit to something I
19:06didn't do.
19:08Okay. There any questions you you have
19:10of me? No. Okay. You're you're going to
19:13be put in tonight on this warrant. Okay.
19:15Okay. Um I'm not going to sit in here
19:19with you all night. Um if like I said,
19:23I've already said this. If you're going
19:24to look like a you want to look like a
19:26monster, that's on you. At least when I
19:28get done with this and I put my file
19:29together, I'll be able to walk over to
19:31the state attorney's office and I'll
19:32say,
19:34"Hey, I talked to Danny Beard not once
19:37and not
19:38twice. Here you go. Here's all the
19:41evidence. He said he don't know nothing
19:43about nothing. I ain't say I ain't know
19:46nothing about nothing. Okay, then what
19:47do you know? If you know nothing about
19:48If you know something, tell me what you
19:50know. I told you. I'm telling you now. I
19:52did not do this. Okay, then who did it?
19:55How do I know? That's your job to find
19:56out. I found out we did. Okay. Well,
19:59we'll see you in court. Okay. So, at the
20:01end of the day, the evidence is the
20:02evidence. This is one of those cases
20:04where it really don't matter what you
20:05say because this is this is really your
20:08opportunity to tell us what happened and
20:11why. All right? Because we already got
20:14you to the rights and it's just a matter
20:16of how you're going to look in front of
20:17that
20:19jury. Okay? Go in front of the jury. My
20:23lawyer will be there. We can handle it
20:25in court.
20:29That's all we waiting on for this to
20:30happen. Y'all charge me or something.
20:32You say what? So, you're waiting for
20:33this? Been waiting on You've been
20:34waiting for this? Yep.
20:37That's why I haven't got a lawyer yet
20:38until y'all charge me or something.
20:48Told you my my uncle's police office. I
20:50know everything that going on. Your
20:52uncle homicide detective? Yep.
20:55He still is right now. Yes. Okay.
21:00I think he's going to be pretty
21:01disappointed in you when uh he sees
21:03everything that we have.
21:05You don't think he will?
21:07My uncle knows. You know, I ain't do
21:10this. He knows you wouldn't do it. My
21:11whole family know I I wouldn't do
21:13something like this. What? Why do they
21:15think that you wouldn't do something
21:15like this? Because they know me. My exes
21:18know me. You know what's weird about
21:20that? You just said that. Guess where I
21:21was probably Well, I'm not going to tell
21:23you where I was, but I I'll tell you
21:25this. I traveled out of state and I
21:28interviewed one of your witnesses. She's
21:30scared to death of you. Did you know
21:32that? And she described how you beat her
21:34up and how you smashed her phone.
21:39I'm not because I don't know nobody like
21:41that. Okay. Oh, well, she knows you.
21:43Yeah, she lived with you.
21:48So, when you say that, that's just
21:49another another untruth that you're
21:51telling me in this room. Who you talking
21:52about? I know who you talking about.
21:53Camille. Well, how do you know who I'm
21:55talking about? Oh, I stayed with her.
21:58She She's lying about that, too. Or
22:02about you putting your hands on her? You
22:03see, they dropped the case in court,
22:05right? Uh, they didn't drop the case.
22:06Yes, they did. They dropped the case.
22:08You think I didn't I didn't get arrested
22:09for it. They dropped the case. I'm
22:11telling you, the case isn't dropped.
22:12Yes, it is. It's still I went I went to
22:14court with her. All right. Well, I'm
22:16telling you, when I went to court with
22:18her, she told the jury, "I don't want I
22:20don't I want it dropped.
22:24But she still got an injunction against
22:25you cuz she was scared of you. What? She
22:28got an injunction against you. No, she
22:30don't. Yes, she does. If she go to court
22:32and tell the judge she want it dropped,
22:33ain't no injunction. Tony, she's got an
22:35injunction against you. I I read it.
22:38I know what I'm talking about. I was in
22:39court. She win. He's a smart dude, man.
22:46If if I if I did hit her like she said
22:48she did, yes, I did break her phone, but
22:51I did not hit her. Why would you break
22:53her phone? Again? Why would you break
22:55her phone? She broke mine. But so she
22:58broke your phone and then you turned
22:59around and broke hers. Was there a
23:01reason why she broke your phone? Because
23:03I had an u message in my phone. She told
23:06me the opposite. She said you found some
23:09messages and went crazy. And yeah, I did
23:12find a message cuz she had naked
23:13pictures on the phone saying somebody
23:14else. Yeah. And that the same thing that
23:16pissed you off about Andrea as well.
23:20Me and Unreal
23:22Me had problems when our problems didn't
23:26lead to this. I I would never do this. I
23:30I know my family know. God knows I would
23:33never do this. Well, she says that you
23:35put your hands on her before you kill
23:37her. Andre,
23:40I put my hands on her. Yeah. Really?
23:42Yeah.
23:45I ain't what she talking about mama.
23:47Well, I'm telling you what she's told
23:49the police, what she told the Navy, and
23:51what she told all her friends on her
23:52Facebook. One thing I'm not worried
23:53about is the Navy. Navy. Well, I know
23:55you ain't worried. You even put messages
23:57on there that they can't touch you. You
23:59ain't in the Navy. And you're right. I'm
24:01just saying that that's the extent that
24:03she went to. She She let everybody know
24:05what you did to her. Mhm. And she took
24:09pictures and let everyone know what you
24:11did to her doors. And she was pissed.
24:13And she was asking you to pay her doors
24:15back. And you were telling her you were
24:16going to pay for those doors. Yeah. And
24:17I paid for them. Cuz you cuz you kicked
24:19them in. Yeah.
24:22Why would you And I paid for them. Okay.
24:24So my point to you is to sit there and
24:27tell me that you don't you've never been
24:30violent with anyone and all your family
24:31knows. That's not That's not That's not
24:33being violent. I didn't I didn't kick
24:36her. I kicked the doors. That's That's
24:38totally different. Why did you kick her
24:40doors? There. She pissed me off. Instead
24:44of taking it out on her, I keep the
24:45door. What did she do though? Is what
24:47I'm asking you to piss piss you off.
24:49They took my truck.
24:53Is that her truck? No, you both our
24:56truck. Who makes the payments on? I was.
24:58Okay. She was telling everyone she was
25:00making payments on. I know. She tell
25:02everybody everything. Why did you smash
25:04your uh iPad?
25:07I smash your who? Her
25:09iPad. iPad. Yeah, she had an iPad that
25:12was all smashed that she said you
25:14smashed. Oh, my iPad. Her tablet. That's
25:16my iPad. She said it was hers. It purple
25:18iPad. If it purple iPad got purple cover
25:20it mine. You just smashed your own iPad?
25:22Yes. Any reason? Yes, because I had
25:24pictures in there of the women. No, I
25:26smashed it.
25:29Okay. Were you going through her phone?
25:31Did that piss her off that that morning?
25:34Not the morning Not the morning she was
25:35killed, but the morning that you guys
25:37got into a fight. Were you going through
25:38her phone? Is that is that what started
25:40that argument? Like me and me and had
25:44understanding like we went through our
25:46differences. Danny Andrea knew she she
25:49knew what I was doing. She knew I talked
25:52to the women. She's in the Navy. She
25:54gone all the time. So she
25:57know that's common sense. Danny, I got
26:00video of you guys tussling over the
26:02phone. You're sitting you're sitting at
26:04the
26:06dang bar or whatever. I can't remember
26:08if it was the bar or the table and
26:09you're sitting in a chair and she's
26:10sitting on the couch and she gets up and
26:12you're going through that phone and she
26:14comes over there and you guys start
26:15tussling over that phone. So, I'm
26:18telling you right now, I've done
26:22It's a phone. Who Who won't Why are
26:24y'all tingling over phone? That's all
26:26that's that's relationship. We We go
26:28People go through [ __ ] like that. I'm
26:30not saying people don't go through a
26:31rough time, but when you sit there and
26:34tell me that you guys trusted each
26:35other, I didn't I never said we trusted
26:38each other and she knew what you did. It
26:40never came out of my mouth and said what
26:41did you say? What did you say? I said
26:43every all religion have problems. Okay.
26:45Have problems. But what did you say
26:46after that? I I never said Didn't you
26:48say you had understanding? Yeah, we had
26:50understanding. That's not trust. I said
26:52understand. That's totally different.
26:54She know what I did. So she knew what I
26:56was doing. Did you know what she was
26:57doing? H Did you know what she was
26:59doing? No wonder you would talk to
27:00someone else. Did that bother you? No,
27:03it didn't bother you. No, because I knew
27:04what I was doing. Okay. Why would
27:06something bother me and I'm telling you
27:08that I have Facebook messages that are
27:10totally different than what you're
27:11telling me and you reacting and acting
27:13totally different than what you're
27:14telling me. I knew what Andre was doing.
27:16Okay. So, why were y'all fighting over
27:18her phone?
27:20Fighting over her phone? Yeah. Why was I
27:23fighting over her phone? I don't know. I
27:24don't know if she didn't want you going
27:25through it and you were going through it
27:26cuz you wanted to see who she was
27:27talking to. But I already knew who she
27:29was talking to. Who was she talking to?
27:30You know, I I had friends in the Navy,
27:32too. So, who was she talking to? Um,
27:35some guy named Terrence. I already knew.
27:39Did you ever talk to Terrence? No.
27:43Had you ever met Terrence? No. Told you.
27:46I had friends in the Navy. I know. When
27:48you say she was talking to him, do you
27:50think they were involved involved or
27:51just friends? I don't know. I was doing
27:55my own thing. She did hers.
27:59I just I don't understand why you
28:02when I ask you a question like that.
28:04That's a basic question for you to sit
28:06there and tell me that it doesn't bother
28:07you. It's odd because I saw your
28:10messages between you two and I know it
28:12bothers you. It's a message. It's a
28:14message, right? That's what men do. We
28:17We play like we mad about it, but we're
28:19not because we know what we doing. Okay.
28:24It's common sense. We we that's what me
28:27and you do
28:30that morning. Did you threaten her with
28:32a gun? No. Why would she tell why would
28:35she report to the police that you police
28:37report that all this which cost she went
28:40through with all this court stuff, me
28:42going to court and stuff like that.
28:44That's why they did not press charges on
28:45me then because for one when they went
28:47to the house they said only reason we
28:49didn't put a warn out for your arrest
28:51because Miss Washington didn't open her
28:52mouth. It was all her friend.
28:58Andrea Andrea know how much I love her.
29:00Andrea know
29:02that I wouldn't do nothing to harm her.
29:06She know this. That's why they they did
29:08not press charges on me when they put
29:11on. She was scared to death of you,
29:12Danny. Well, what what I'm telling you,
29:14I read those messages. What about that
29:16time when she was sitting on the porch?
29:17Okay. If you if they if she scared the
29:20miss of me, why didn't she tell the
29:22police that when he came to the house
29:24and did the report? He she did not open
29:27her mouth. She did. She reported
29:28everything. No, she didn't. I can read
29:30you the report. I already know cuz the
29:32police told me. He said she did not open
29:34her mouth. He may have been telling you
29:35that to protect her, but I'm telling
29:36you, she reported to the police what
29:39happened and she talked about the fight.
29:40She didn't report to the Navy did. No,
29:43Tony, she did. That I know everything.
29:47Okay. Well, that day that you acted like
29:49you were in the house and you sent her a
29:50message and you were actually watching
29:51her on the video
29:53surveillance, she called the police that
29:55day. I know. Well, you just told me that
29:57she didn't. Yeah, I called the police
30:00that day. No, she didn't call the
30:01police. Her friend called the police.
30:03Okay. She had her friend call the
30:04police. That's how I know everything.
30:06But I'm telling you, she spoke to the
30:09police. Danny, I'm going to tell you
30:10this right now. She spoke She spoke to
30:12the police. Yeah. I have not lied to you
30:15one time. When the police got there, he
30:18said Miss Washington didn't open her
30:19mouth. She said if she did, we would
30:21have came to your mother's house that
30:22night and arrested you. That's not true.
30:24Not only did she provide a statement
30:25there, but she also went to court and
30:27got injunction against you shooting. And
30:29she provided a statement there. The Navy
30:31went told her to go to court and get
30:33injunction. Well, she still went there
30:34and got Yes. And she provided a
30:36statement against you. Mhm. Right. And
30:39like all the other times she said, "I
30:41did this and I did that." And the text
30:43message she sent me, she apologized for
30:46saying that. Yeah.
30:52Well, did she send you a message that
30:54day apologizing for for what you say?
30:58The night before she did.
31:06Y she did. I let my mom and everybody
31:15else watch your
31:43It's weird that you're telling me that
31:46you were over at her
31:48house sometime after 9:00 because when I
31:52pull your phone, I find messages from
31:55her sent to you saying that she's
31:58outside at your house.
32:02in my house. Yeah, it's right
32:09here. Right here at uh and you're
32:12telling me just after 9 you're over at
32:13her house. But then over
32:16here at 9 at 9:15 it says,
32:23"Hey, then you say what, Andrea? You
32:25know I can't can't text me all lies you
32:28told.
32:32I know, Danny. I'm sorry. I just wanted
32:34you out. I'm sorry. I told them you
32:37kicked me and stuff, but you wouldn't
32:39leave me, so wouldn't leave, so I Sorry.
32:44Right. And then you're sending one back.
32:46Now I got to go to court. You guys go on
32:48and on and on. She's telling you to
32:50forgive
32:53her. She tells you that she's outside
32:56your door.
32:58Why would she tell you she's outside her
33:00door, your door, if you're sitting at
33:01her house?
33:10That's a good question. Yeah, it's
33:12[ __ ] You're over at her house,
33:13you're on her phone sending yourself
33:15messages. So when you go to court the
33:17next day, you can show you can show the
33:19judge. That's [ __ ] Well, I'm I'm
33:22staring at it. It's right here. Okay.
33:24So, where is her phone?
33:26You tell me. You took her phone. Y'all
33:28the police. Y This is y'all job. It is
33:31my job. Yeah. Okay. Y'all did your job.
33:33Okay. We did a job. That's why you're
33:35here. Okay. You ain't found with her
33:37phone. You took her phone. But I don't I
33:39don't The biggest thing is I have your
33:41phone and I have your other phone that
33:43you lied to me about having. What other
33:45phone? Your phone I found on your bed.
33:47Well, I lied. I told No, I didn't. I
33:50didn't lie about it. You asked me did I
33:53would I have No, you didn't. You asked
33:55me about my phone. I said, "Yes, I have
33:56a
33:58phone." Then you went to I gave you
34:00permission to go in my house. So, how
34:02did I lie about it if you got Because
34:04when I asked you about your phone, you
34:06told me that you don't know you didn't
34:07know where it was anymore and that it
34:09had no service on it. That's what you
34:10told me. That's my old phone. That's my
34:12other phone. Okay. I had another phone
34:14that got lost. But that one was still
34:17active on your bed. Correct. No. Yeah.
34:20It was on the Wi-Fi. So, it's not active
34:22on the Wi-Fi. Okay.
34:27Is there any reason why there was a
34:29bunch of surveillance pictures on that
34:31phone from you checking her surveillance
34:32on that phone? I got the what's called
34:34too. You got the what? My name my is
34:37under my what's called under my email.
34:44Anytime they have a problem, who you
34:46think they call? So, you're telling me
34:47you had access to? Yeah. Okay. But
34:50you're not living there is what I'm
34:51getting at. Correct. Mhm. You've been
34:53out of the house for probably 2 weeks.
34:55Yes. You've been living in this place on
34:58Vern Drive for
35:00probably one week. You were living at
35:02your mom's before that. And then you
35:03move then you moved into this place. Oh,
35:05you weren't in Vern Drive. How long?
35:07I've been at Burn
35:17Drive. Probably about three
35:20weeks. I just stayed at my mom house. My
35:23stuff been at Burn Drive.
35:26So, you've been over there for about
35:27three weeks. But why did you continue to
35:30check her surveillance?
35:33It's under my thing. But what what's the
35:36difference? She come see me anyway. She
35:38at my house. I know she did. I think she
35:39came probably saw you that Thursday. No,
35:41she came see me one one week. She came
35:44my whole week. She right there by the
35:46base. Yeah.
35:58But you still didn't answer my question.
35:59What? Why? Why are you checking her
36:02video?
36:05If it's on my phone, if it's under mine,
36:07what you call I can do I can actually do
36:09anything if it's under my email. I get
36:11that. I I'm not I'm not sweating you on
36:13that saying that you didn't have a right
36:15to if you had access if you had access.
36:17But I'm asking you what because I'm tell
36:19you right now when I when I dumped your
36:20phone I there was like I'm checking on
36:23her. You were just checking on her. She
36:25said she's scared to stay at the house
36:26by herself.
36:29But you knew she But she knew you knew
36:31she had her family there all day. Yeah.
36:33So why and she text me all day? She text
36:35me when they left. See how that looks
36:37though? It looks like you're being kind
36:38of possessive. See how it looks to us
36:39though? Being possessive. I'm just
36:40telling you when she told me she did the
36:44house by herself, that's when I would
36:46start ticking.
36:47Now, can you explain, you know, and I
36:49hate to keep harping on these messages,
36:51but can you explain why she would send
36:53you a text that she's at your house on
36:56the 16th at 9:30 when you in fact are in
36:59her
37:01house? I mean, it's right. I got it
37:03right
37:05here. Danny, I'm sorry, but it's what it
37:09is. I'm not happy with you anymore.
37:11That's why I lied. Cuz you wouldn't
37:13leave. I'm sorry. Can you open the door?
37:16I'm outside your house.
37:19Are you going to tell me that you didn't
37:20send that? No. You're not going to tell
37:22me that. Okay. No. Why would I? Oh, you
37:24did send it. Why would I send something
37:26like that? To help you uh to help you.
37:30That's
37:31some That's something I'm not worried
37:33about. It's her phone,
37:36right? But why would she say I'm If I
37:39had her phone, you can track her phone
37:41in my house. You'll know where her phone
37:43is. Yes. It wasn't at your house. Okay.
37:46I don't have it. Right. But it that's my
37:48point. You were at her house. You were
37:50at her house getting the charger key.
37:52Why would she send you a text message
37:54saying that she's at your
37:57house? That makes no
37:59sense. You're setting the stage here,
38:01Danny. I'm not saying nothing. Like I
38:04said, we can deal with it in court
38:06however y'all want. Okay.
38:10I thought we were going to have an open
38:12dialogue, you and I. It is open
38:13dialogue. You keep saying you asking me.
38:16You asking me. Y you already convict me
38:18of this. You convicted you. How come you
38:20just said I'm on I'm on arrest for
38:23murder. Danny, I know. And I already
38:26said this once, but I think you kind of
38:27interrupted me. I already know the who,
38:29the what, the when, the where. I just
38:31don't know the why. Okay. And y'all
38:33ain't told me nothing. Y'all ain't told
38:34me how she died and y'all ain't told me
38:36nothing. You can tell me how she died
38:38cuz you were there. Okay. You killed
38:39her. Whatever you say. Okay. Whatever
38:42you say. Y'all got all this evidence.
38:44But y'all don't have y'all got a phone.
38:46She got all this evidence. And like I
38:47said, don't phone really bad. You don't
38:50have her phone. You don't you don't you
38:52y'all don't you don't y'all not telling
38:54me how she died? Y'all don't know how
38:56she died. Man, come on. Yeah. You know
38:58she was shot. Come on, man. That's why
39:00I've asked you about a gun. You know
39:01that. Okay. And you also know that when
39:02we searched your house, we found the
39:04same type of bullets that we found at
39:05the scene. Okay. And she has it. If you
39:07if you y'all do y'all job, it's in a
39:09box. Why would you tell me Why would you
39:12tell
39:13me Why would you tell me that you didn't
39:15own a gun when I find bullets in your
39:17house? Okay. Because And then you have a
39:19witness that says, "Yeah, because her
39:20kids was there. She gave it to me when
39:23her kids was there." No, no, no. Bullets
39:25in your house. Yes. She gave me the
39:27pistol when her kids was there. Okay.
39:29So, okay. I got the pistol and the
39:31bullets. When the kids left, she got the
39:33gun back. When did the kids leave?
39:38All
39:38right. Cuz she went and took them to
39:41Texas.
39:43She took him to Texas while you were
39:44still at the house. Yes. Right. So
39:47there's no reason for you to have
39:50bullets unless you own a gun. And
39:52there's also no you wouldn't have
39:54bullets to a gun that your close
39:56personal friend who's been sticking up
39:58for you this whole time said he saw a
40:01gun in your house. Yes. And he I told
40:03him that. I said yes. It's under He knew
40:05who it was. You say you told him that,
40:08but when I asked you in our original
40:10interview, you said, "I don't own a gun.
40:12I haven't touched a gun since I was a
40:14teenager." He asked me, "Have I owned a
40:16gun?" I said, "No." I said, "When's the
40:18last time you held a gun?" And you know
40:20what you said?
40:22a teenager. And you know how I know
40:23that's not true? Cuz remember we tested
40:25you for GSR. Mhm. Yeah. You may have
40:28cleaned up, but you tested two out of
40:29three particles for GSR. You don't
40:32believe that? You think I'm lying? I'm
40:35lying that you tested for two out of
40:37three particles of GSR on your hands.
40:40I'm lying about that. You got no
40:42gunpowder on my hand. Oh, I'll tell you
40:46how. You shot that woman and now you're
40:49going to sit in this room and you're
40:50going to cross your arms and you're not
40:52even going to be a man and you're not
40:53even going to look at me and let me at
40:56least be able to go back to her family
40:57and tell them what happened to her.
41:00That's what you're going to do. Look,
41:01her family her family telling me she got
41:03somebody slid her throat. No, her family
41:05knows you killed her and they're
41:06probably just telling you that to keep
41:09you at keep you at arms length. But I've
41:11talked to her family. I've talked to her
41:12family at least once a week if if not
41:16more. Yeah. So, I know what they think.
41:18Talk to her son. I know what they think.
41:20Okay. I'm telling you that right now. I
41:22know what they think. Okay. Her brother,
41:24her twin brother, Avery, he's got my
41:26phone number on his phone. Not my city
41:28phone. Not the phone number you had, not
41:31my desk phone number, but my personal
41:33cell. Okay. Okay. So, I'm telling you
41:35right now, they think you're a cold
41:37blooded killer. Well, everybody think
41:40that. Yeah. Yeah. The jury's going to
41:41think that, too. Okay. Well, that's
41:43going to be your take in front of jury.
41:46You killed her, Danny. And then you can
41:47You're going to sit there and act like
41:49you don't give two shits. I'm not saying
41:51I don't give two shits cuz I know I know
41:53I How many times you call me for what?
41:56To check on this case. None. Because I
42:00got I got somebody that's telling me do
42:03not do not say nothing. Well, I'm
42:05telling you right now, that's not normal
42:06behavior. That's why I had If somebody
42:08killed my fiance or my wife or my
42:10girlfriend, why you think I'm talking to
42:12her son?
42:14I don't know. I also know you tried to
42:16pin her
42:17son on some [ __ ] phone calls and
42:20harassing phone calls. You tried to put
42:21that on him.
42:23I'm trying to put that on it. You told
42:25her he was the one that was sending her
42:26harassing phone calls. Okay. And someone
42:29from Bo was. I talked to the PI. You
42:32know who he thinks was doing it. I I
42:34don't know. Talking about Mr. Brown. I
42:37sat and interviewed Mr. Brown for some
42:38time. He showed me a bunch of paperwork,
42:41a bunch of stuff he did, and he told me
42:43straight up you were the one doing it.
42:44Okay. So, if I were the one doing it,
42:46why he press charges on me then? Why she
42:48go down there and drop? I wish they
42:50would have pressed charges on you the
42:51first time you beat her up cuz she'd
42:53still be alive. Yeah. That's why they
42:55press charged on me then cuz they know I
42:57ain't do nothing. That's
43:00why if they thought I did something that
43:03night, they would came to my mama house
43:04and got just like the police said. Yeah.
43:07It's a process. Mhm. It's like this is a
43:09false and even though they went and got
43:11a warrant for you, they were still
43:12gathering evidence on that case. And
43:14they they didn't get a warrant from you.
43:15What's that? They didn't get a warrant
43:17from you. They did or didn't? They
43:19didn't? Yeah. That's because they were
43:20still trying to get evidence. Evidence
43:22that we have in this book, receipts from
43:24the handyman from where you kicked in
43:25the door, pictures of the door where you
43:27kicked in the doors, the actual doors
43:28himself, picture of the tablet you
43:30busted up, the report that she wrote
43:33that she submitted electronically saying
43:35what
43:36happened. All
43:39that is what they were waiting on and it
43:42came it came too late.
43:48I tell you cuz I didn't do this. Okay.
43:51I'm going to go outside and I'm going to
43:54uh finish this arrest report. If you
43:57need
43:58something, just knock on the door. Okay.
44:01All right. Just give give us about 15 or
44:0320 minutes and we'll get you on there.
44:27[Music]
44:31Wires. All right. Yeah, we're going to
44:33walk on over to the jail, right? Is
44:34there anything
44:35else? Anything else you want to talk
44:37about? You all done? All
44:40right. Matter of fact, just sit down
44:42right there. Just kind of sit there and
44:43then put that chair toward us a little
44:46bit. Your legs
44:57on that. All right.
45:02In 2023, Danny Beard was sentenced to 30
45:05years in prison after pleading guilty to
45:07the murder of Andrea Washington. The
45:09trial revealed a history of domestic
45:11violence, with Washington having
45:13reported that Beard had previously
45:14displayed a firearm and assaulted her.
45:17DNA evidence and technological data,
45:20including his presence in her home as
45:22captured by phone records, help confirm
45:24his guilt. Beard will serve 25 to 30
45:27years under his plea agreement with a
45:29judge ultimately imposing a 30-year
45:31term. The case sparked national
45:33attention over its violent nature, the
45:35victim's military service, and the
45:37warning signs that preceded the tragic
45:39outcome. What do you think of the
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