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0:00What do we remember? What what triggered
0:02you to pull that gun out?
0:06>> I don't know.
0:08Voices in my head.
0:09>> What voices?
0:12>> Voices in my head. I'm not sure.
0:19>> On July 6th, 2021,
0:22Christopher Sean Rogers was riding in a
0:24pickup truck through Loxahatchee,
0:26Florida.
0:27>> [music]
0:27>> Christopher was 31 and owned a painting
0:30business.
0:31Just hours earlier, he'd offered work to
0:34someone he'd only recently met. [music]
0:36A young man named Kirkland Evan Ledo.
0:39Christopher was sitting in the backseat
0:40[music]
0:41while Kirkland was up front beside the
0:43driver, Andrew Silpot.
0:45During the ride, shots were fired inside
0:48the truck, striking Christopher [music]
0:49several times.
0:51Andrew initially headed toward a
0:53hospital, but when he saw Christopher
0:55unresponsive in the rearview mirror, he
0:58pulled over and called 911.
1:01Deputies arrived and pronounced [music]
1:02Christopher dead at the scene.
1:05According to Andrew, there had been no
1:07argument or confrontation leading up to
1:09the shooting.
1:11Christopher had offered Kirkland [music]
1:12a chance to earn some money earlier that
1:14very day, and now Kirkland was suspected
1:17[music] of killing him.
1:19Investigators with the Palm Beach County
1:21Sheriff's Office [music]
1:22had Andrew's account of what happened,
1:24but they still needed to hear from
1:26Kirkland himself.
1:28Detectives brought him in for
1:29questioning to understand what happened
1:31inside the truck [music]
1:32and what could have led to Christopher's
1:34death.
1:35This is the interrogation of Kirkland
1:37Evan Ledo.
1:42>> Hello.
1:42>> Hello.
1:43>> How you doing?
1:43>> Good. [snorts] How about yourself?
1:44>> Not bad. You finish your water? You want
1:46more water?
1:46>> Uh no, that's fine.
1:48>> You sure?
1:48>> Uh-uh. Thank you so much.
1:52>> All right. So, people might not detect
1:55bad words.
1:56>> That's cool.
1:57>> I'm a woman.
1:59What's your name?
2:00>> Kirkland.
2:00>> Kirkland?
2:02All right. Is that your first name or
2:04>> Yes.
2:04>> It is your first name? All right. What's
2:06your
2:07>> Evan.
2:08Kirkland.
2:11>> Evan. What's your last name?
2:13>> Lehto.
2:13>> Okay. How do you spell that for me?
2:15>> L
2:17E
2:18>> Uh my family's Finnish.
2:20>> It's Finnish?
2:22>> Uh yeah, Finnish. And then my mom, she
2:24calls it like half 57. She says she's a
2:26little bit of everything, but my mom's
2:27Finnish.
2:28>> Oh, okay.
2:29Wow.
2:29>> And then my dad's Finnish.
2:31>> And what's your mom?
2:32>> She's She just says half 57, a little
2:34bit of everything.
2:35>> Oh, wow.
2:37Where were you born?
2:38>> Right there in Loxahatchee, uh Palms
2:40West.
2:40>> Oh, so you've been living here for a
2:41while.
2:42>> Yes.
2:44>> All right. What's your birthday?
2:45>> Uh 6 26 98.
2:48>> Got you.
2:49All right. What's your phone number?
2:51>> Shh.
2:54I just got a new phone number, I think.
3:02>> What service company is that with?
3:05>> Boost Mobile.
3:05>> Boost Mobile?
3:07>> No, not Boost. Cricket.
3:09>> Cricket. Got you.
3:11Cricket what? Cricket Wireless?
3:13>> Yes.
3:13>> All right.
3:15Uh what's your address?
3:17>> Uh
3:22>> One more time?
3:25I don't know what Loxahatchee is.
3:26>> No, it's it's really
3:28collecting like collecting money.
3:29>> Oh, okay. Oh, wow. All right.
3:34>> Yes.
3:34>> All right.
3:36All right.
3:38And that's out of Loxahatchee, right?
3:39>> Yes.
3:40>> All right, cool.
3:43All right.
3:46All right. So, basically
3:48what I'm here to find out is exactly
3:49just
3:50what happened tonight.
3:52>> I don't even remember.
3:53>> Okay. So, we'll we'll get into that.
3:56Before before we do, I just want to make
3:58sure I protect myself and then I protect
4:00you. Okay? So, what that means is I'm
4:03going to run through a series of
4:05statements and if you have any questions
4:07about these statements, you let me know.
4:08>> Okay.
4:08>> All right.
4:10Is that
4:11They don't I don't know if I'm allowed
4:12to use that.
4:14All right. Uh you have the right to
4:16remain silent and not answer any
4:18questions. Do you understand that?
4:19>> Yes.
4:20>> All right.
4:21Uh any statement
4:22you make must be freely and voluntarily
4:24given. Do you understand that?
4:26>> Yes.
4:26>> Okay. You have the right to the presence
4:28and the representation of a lawyer of
4:29your choice before you make any
4:30statement during any questioning. Do you
4:32understand that?
4:33>> Yes.
4:33>> All right.
4:35Uh if you cannot afford a lawyer, you're
4:36entitled to the presence and the
4:37representation of a court-appointed
4:39lawyer before you make any statement
4:40during any questioning. Do you
4:41understand that?
4:42>> Yes.
4:43>> All right. If at any time during the
4:44interview, you do not wish to answer any
4:46questions, you're privileged to remain
4:48silent. Do you understand that?
4:49>> Yes.
4:50>> Okay. I can make no threats or promises
4:52to induce you to make a statement. Can't
4:54offer you $100,000 and say, "Hey, tell
4:55me what's up."
4:56Um this must be on your own free will.
4:58Do you understand that?
4:59>> Yes.
4:59>> All right.
5:00Any statement can and will be used
5:02against you in the court of law. Do you
5:03understand that?
5:04>> Yes.
5:04>> Okay.
5:05Now, I know you said
5:08uh you don't remember.
5:10>> Thank you, baby.
5:11>> you remember?
5:13>> I heard a loud like my left ear right
5:15now is still ringing.
5:16>> It is?
5:17>> Yeah.
5:17>> Okay.
5:18>> Yeah.
5:19Like back in the day, I had epilepsy,
5:21right? So,
5:22like when serious stuff goes on, I like
5:24blacked out.
5:25>> Okay.
5:26>> Next thing you know, we're pulled over
5:27on the road.
5:28>> Mhm.
5:29>> And
5:29>> How long you know your man's over here
5:31um
5:32>> My father and his father have known
5:34known each other since since we was
5:36babies, yeah. And that was him driving
5:38the truck.
5:39>> Wait.
5:40So, you drive trucks or like you got
5:42your CDL and
5:43>> I don't know.
5:44>> Oh, okay. What do you What do you do for
5:45work?
5:46>> Nothing at the I've been unemployed for
5:48the last year.
5:49>> Oh man, sorry to hear that one.
5:50>> Yeah, me too. I'm just trying to get
5:52back on my feet.
5:53>> Got you. Got you. So, where were you
5:55looking for jobs?
5:58>> I just applied at Publix.
5:59>> Mhm.
6:00>> Um
6:00>> Get anything back?
6:02>> No, no word back.
6:03>> No? Oh man.
6:05>> But
6:06I apply places, but it's like my name
6:09got thrown out of the rug cuz I you
6:11know, I could do a hundred good things
6:12for people, but they only remember the
6:13one bad thing, you know?
6:14>> I hear that, man.
6:15>> It's like showed up late for work once,
6:17so they just going to remember that one
6:18time.
6:18>> Got you. Got you.
6:20>> That's like when I was doing
6:21construction and stuff, so
6:22>> Mhm.
6:23And how do you know Andrew?
6:25>> Yeah.
6:25>> Yeah.
6:26>> Like I said, our fathers were they known
6:28each other for years. He's the dump
6:30truck driver that comes over our house.
6:32>> Who?
6:33>> Andrew.
6:33>> Oh.
6:34>> And his dad.
6:35>> How long have you known him for? You
6:36said since
6:37>> Since Since I was a jit. Like yeah, like
6:39he's he's like
6:41I think he's like six or seven years
6:42older than me.
6:44>> Okay. And he's
6:45>> He said he was 29 and then
6:47>> How old How old are you?
6:49>> Well, I just turned 23 June 26.
6:51>> Oh wow. Happy belated, man.
6:53>> Thanks, man.
6:54>> All right. So, you said So, did you Did
6:57you meet up with him today or how did
6:58you guys come into contact?
6:59>> He just came and picked me up and we had
7:01just went out to Berkeley.
7:03>> Okay. Oh, you guys drove out west? Okay.
7:06Who did you guys go see out west?
7:08>> Um we had just grabbed some weed, to be
7:10honest with you.
7:11>> Got you. Got you. I appreciate you being
7:12honest.
7:12>> Honestly, damn thank 100%. I guess we
7:14just grabbed some weed, like
7:16and we was just heading home.
7:17>> Okay. And then what happened?
7:20>> Just driving down the road, like I said,
7:22I heard
7:24>> Mhm.
7:25>> Like Like I said, my ears still ringing
7:27right now. Like
7:28>> But what was that pop?
7:30>> I think it was a gunshot.
7:32>> Okay. What makes you think that?
7:34>> Cuz that [ __ ] was loud as up. That [ __ ]
7:36was loud.
7:36>> Yeah. Where was it coming from?
7:39>> Inside.
7:40>> Inside the truck? Okay. Now, who had the
7:43gun?
7:44>> I don't remember.
7:45>> You don't remember?
7:47Now, you said your left ear was ringing?
7:49>> Yeah, still ringing.
7:50>> Okay.
7:51Um
7:53If your If your left ear is ringing,
7:55that means the uh
7:57the shots might have been pretty close,
7:59you'd say?
8:00>> 110%.
8:01>> Okay.
8:03Um
8:04at what point did you hear the shots?
8:09>> It felt like the shots were so fast and
8:10then we were
8:12I just woke up and we was on the side of
8:13the road.
8:14>> Okay. What happened between
8:16you hearing the shots and pulling over
8:18to the side of the road?
8:19>> to the music.
8:20>> And where was Andrew?
8:22>> Uh driving the truck.
8:24>> Okay. Where were you sitting?
8:25>> In the passenger seat.
8:26>> Okay. And who Who was the guy in the in
8:29the back?
8:30>> I don't know. It was It was this
8:32Andrew's boy, I think.
8:33>> Have you ever been with him before?
8:35>> No, my first time.
8:36>> Okay. Okay. Did he give you any kind of
8:38vibes? Did you guys talk or communicate?
8:40Were you supposed to get like
8:42>> Um
8:44uh he would really talk. I would the
8:45music was just playing, really.
8:47>> Okay. What were you guys listening to?
8:52>> I think some PC Tweety.
8:53>> Who?
8:54>> PC Tweety.
8:54>> You got me on that one. Who is that?
8:57>> It's out of town. It's a group out from
8:59out west.
9:00>> Oh, okay. Okay. One of like a local rap,
9:02like a street Okay, I got you. So, you
9:03were listening to that. Now,
9:05did
9:08the I think the guy in the back His name
9:09is
9:10Does that sound familiar?
9:11>> What is the guy I don't know his name.
9:13>> Okay. But, you know Andrew?
9:14>> Yes.
9:15>> Okay. That's Andrew's boy. That's not
9:16your boy.
9:17>> No.
9:17>> Okay. Did I I believe his name is
9:21say anything to you on the ride to Bell
9:24Blade?
9:27>> He told I heard him tell Andrew to stop.
9:30>> Stop what?
9:31>> Stop it.
9:32>> Stop what?
9:37>> I don't know.
9:38>> Did you tell Andrew to stop it?
9:40>> Yeah, like stop He said like stop making
9:42it worse.
9:43>> What do you think he meant by that?
9:44>> I don't know.
9:46It's like I said, that [ __ ] happened so
9:48fast.
9:49>> Mhm.
9:50Now,
9:52uh after speaking with Andrew, he
9:54mentioned that um
9:56you guys met up earlier today?
9:59>> Yeah, he was at um my father's house
10:01earlier doing work.
10:02>> Got you. What kind of work?
10:04>> Uh they were just fixing the property up
10:06like doing um
10:08driveways like skid steer work. He was
10:10driving the dump truck and his dad would
10:12be on a skid steer
10:14fixing our property up.
10:15>> Got you. Is it your Is it your dad's
10:17house? Or do you Do you and dad live
10:19together?
10:19>> Yes.
10:20>> Okay. So, fixing up your house
10:22basically.
10:23>> Well, my dad's house.
10:24>> Okay. Well, all right. I get that.
10:26>> [laughter]
10:26>> Um
10:27>> Uh
10:28So, basically fixing the house, did you
10:31Was it How long had it been since you'd
10:32seen him?
10:34>> Damn, that was around 3:00 or 4:00.
10:37>> No, like I mean, I think you mentioned
10:39that you guys haven't seen each other
10:40for a while.
10:41>> Oh, yeah. Before today, I haven't seen
10:43him 6 months.
10:44>> 6 months? That's a long time.
10:46>> Maybe maybe longer.
10:47>> Oh, wow. Do you remember the last time
10:49you saw him?
10:53>> Not exactly date. Like probably the last
10:55time he was at the house doing work.
10:57Like that's really when I seen him.
10:59I went to high school with his little
11:00brother that I know him way more.
11:02>> Got you. Got you. Who's his little
11:04brother?
11:04>> Um Raheem and then he has another little
11:07brother um Javon.
11:10Javon.
11:10>> Javon and Raheem. Javon, Raheem, and
11:12Andrew.
11:13So, you mess with them more You're cool
11:15with them more than you are with Andrew
11:17or
11:18>> Yeah. Well, I used to be, but mhm King
11:21threw me under the bus already. [ __ ]
11:23with him though.
11:23>> Oh, for real? Damn, I'm sorry to hear
11:25that.
11:26>> Yeah, he was I thought he was a real
11:27one, but everyone showed their hand and
11:28do something again.
11:29>> You You that.
11:31So,
11:33you Andrew today, y'all hit it off. Did
11:35y'all talk about anything during that
11:36time when you saw him?
11:39>> Four wheeler rides.
11:40>> Mhm.
11:42>> They were talking about going fishing.
11:43>> Mhm.
11:47You mentioned that you tried to sell him
11:48sell him something.
11:50>> I didn't.
11:50>> Mhm.
11:52>> Weed.
11:53>> No, really? Did you?
11:55>> Uh maybe weed.
11:57>> Mhm. What about the gun?
11:58>> Him and uh
12:00Andrew and the dude that was behind me
12:02had bought weed at the house.
12:04>> Which house?
12:05>> The one we had went to earlier to pick
12:07up the weed from.
12:07>> Gotcha. Oh, in Bell Glade.
12:09>> Mhm.
12:09>> I gotcha. Now, when you going back to
12:12that conversation, did you
12:15try to sell Andrew your gun?
12:17>> No.
12:19>> How long have you had it?
12:27>> I don't even remember.
12:28>> You don't remember?
12:30Was it less than 5 months?
12:33>> I don't know.
12:35>> What do you mean you don't know?
12:39>> Which gun?
12:39>> The gun that's uh in the car on the
12:42dashboard.
12:45>> Oh, I'm not sure.
12:46>> You don't know?
12:48I'm asking cuz it's it's it's on your
12:50side
12:51where you said you were sitting. It's
12:52it's right on your side where you said
12:54you were sitting. And I know he
12:56mentioned that you were trying to get
12:58some money cuz you were out of work and
13:00tried to sell the gun.
13:01Which makes sense to me.
13:03>> I feel like ever since this [ __ ]
13:04happened, that [ __ ]
13:05>> What?
13:06>> threw me off a little bit like
13:07>> Mhm.
13:08>> I don't even I don't think I did. I
13:10don't think I tried to sell him it. He
13:12had his own gun on him.
13:13>> Gotcha. Gotcha. But, how long had you
13:15had that one for?
13:18>> I would say was What are we in? August?
13:20>> Yeah.
13:22>> No, we we in July.
13:24>> Damn, already?
13:26That's right. July 6th, 7th. Fast
13:28forward. Go ahead.
13:29>> I was going to say that July I was
13:31>> You right. You right. You right. You
13:32right. You right. You right. You right.
13:33Your birthday was last month.
13:34>> All right. So, probably
13:37probably since like maybe
13:39January.
13:40>> Mhm. Where'd you get Where'd you buy it?
13:42>> I don't honestly remember.
13:44>> How you get the gun? You don't know how
13:45you got it. You don't understand how you
13:46got it. It just fell in your lap?
13:47>> No, like I had got two guns stolen from
13:50my house. I had just bought it from
13:53I think a pawn shop.
13:54>> Okay. How much The same one that's on
13:57the dash, right?
13:58>> Mhm.
14:00I don't remember, man. That [ __ ] Like I
14:02said
14:03>> Wait, what kind of gun are you talking
14:04about then? You said you bought it from
14:06the pawn shop.
14:06>> on the dash.
14:07>> Okay. How long have you said you've had
14:08that one since January?
14:10>> I think so.
14:11>> You go to the range or anything like
14:12that?
14:13>> Mhm. No.
14:14>> You ever shot a gun?
14:16>> Mhm.
14:17No, like I don't I don't really be
14:19shooting like that.
14:20>> You don't practice?
14:22So, you just bought it and said I'm
14:23going to have it for what? Like
14:24protection
14:25>> Self-protection. And if someone else is
14:27in trouble, if something happens to us
14:29>> Mhm.
14:30>> Really, that's it.
14:32>> Okay.
14:33And
14:34do you typically keep it with you at
14:36your dad's house?
14:38>> Yeah.
14:39>> Okay. Does he know you have one?
14:40>> Yeah.
14:41>> Okay. Does your dad got guns too or is
14:42it you?
14:42>> Yeah.
14:43>> Okay.
14:43Um did you and your dad probably ever go
14:46shoot it at all?
14:47>> No.
14:48>> Okay. So, you're the only one who's
14:49touched that firearm.
14:52>> I think
14:54>> I mean, I If I had my firearm, ain't
14:56nobody touching it. I don't know I'm
14:57going to be honest with you.
14:59>> [laughter]
14:59>> I feel that.
15:00>> You know what I mean? Cuz you never know
15:01what they'll do with it.
15:02>> Yeah, exactly.
15:03>> And you can't let people borrow it.
15:06What do you mean? Talk to me.
15:08>> Like with that situation that happened,
15:10I don't even Like I said, I had I had
15:12epilepsy. I passed out.
15:14>> Mhm.
15:15>> Like you know when you're like you get
15:17so built up or something and you just
15:18like black out?
15:19>> Mhm. Mhm.
15:19>> You ever seen people do that, man?
15:21>> I did that in CrossFit.
15:22>> That [ __ ] happened to me like when my
15:24mom and dad was fighting back in the day
15:26like when I ever get a lot of pressure
15:27or something. [ __ ] is like get caught.
15:30>> Now, did you get pressure today
15:33on drive back from Bel Air?
15:36What was that pressure from? Talk to me
15:38about that.
15:39>> I don't know. So something else?
15:42>> Talk to me.
15:43>> Like in my head. I don't know.
15:45>> What was going on in your head?
15:49What did you hear?
15:52>> I just kept reading signs. Said I was
15:54going the wrong way.
15:56>> Signs on the road?
15:58Okay. And how did that make you feel?
16:04>> Nervous.
16:05>> Mhm.
16:06Is it because you weren't driving or
16:08because you saw the signs?
16:10>> Both.
16:11>> Okay.
16:12>> Maybe a little bit of both.
16:13>> Okay. Now, did you want to drive or
16:16>> Not really. I was just going for the
16:18ride. I didn't expect what happened to
16:20happen, you know?
16:21>> Okay. I hear you.
16:23I'm listening.
16:25>> So in the end
16:25>> I mean you seem sorry about it.
16:28>> About what?
16:28>> About what happened.
16:31You said you heard
16:33>> Oh, yeah. That was crazy.
16:34>> Gunshots, right?
16:35>> Yeah.
16:36>> Okay. And you mentioned
16:38>> Where is the
16:39>> It is inside the uh
16:41in the truck still.
16:46Now, during this time
16:49um you said you saw signs that said the
16:51wrong way?
16:53>> I was just reading the signs on the
16:55road. It was like
16:56>> But
16:56>> It
16:57ended direction or something that was
16:59saying not in the direction.
17:03Wrong way.
17:04>> Okay.
17:04>> The red signs that say wrong way.
17:06>> Yeah, yeah.
17:07Did you tell Andrew that at all or
17:11>> He ain't told me.
17:13>> Andrew told you?
17:14>> I I like he was telling me like we was
17:16going the wrong way.
17:18>> Okay, but did he verbally say Did he
17:19look at you and say
17:21Kirk, we Look at the sign that said
17:23wrong way.
17:24>> Mhm.
17:24>> Okay, but you felt like he was telling
17:26you.
17:27Okay.
17:28And then what?
17:31>> I don't I feel like I don't remember.
17:33>> But you mentioned
17:34>> Next thing I know, we just I just woke
17:36up and he was on the phone with the
17:38cops. I was crying, called my mom. She
17:41told me like
17:42She told me to call the police, but he
17:44was already on the phone with them. So,
17:46like I felt like I didn't even know what
17:48happened. So, like I was just in a daze.
17:52And [clears throat]
17:54by the time I know it, I called y'all
17:57and she was already on scene.
17:59>> Who?
18:00>> I think the lady that drove me here. I
18:03think that's who it was.
18:04>> What did you What did you tell Mom?
18:07>> I just said it's the first time I heard
18:09gunshots in my face so close. And she
18:11said, "What happened?" I said, "I don't
18:12know." She said, "Just call 911."
18:14>> Okay.
18:15>> So, that's when I called him, but he was
18:16already on the phone with them. But then
18:18phone number
18:18>> Now, did you Did you tell her
18:21um
18:23Did you
18:24What else did you tell Mom?
18:30>> So, I don't know what just happened.
18:31This is I think I think I said this is
18:33the first time I've heard gunshots like
18:35that.
18:36And
18:37I think that's it.
18:39>> Okay, did you tell her that you shot
18:40somebody?
18:41>> No.
18:42>> You didn't tell her that.
18:42>> No.
18:43>> So, if I speak to Mom, she's not going
18:44to tell me that Kirk said that he shot
18:46somebody.
18:46>> No.
18:47>> Okay.
18:49Now,
18:51the gun is obviously on the dashboard
18:53where you were sitting in the passenger
18:54seat. You mentioned that your ear was
18:56ringing and obviously the gun is yours
18:59on the on the left side.
19:01>> Yes.
19:01>> Okay.
19:02Um are you left-handed?
19:04>> Right.
19:04>> Right-handed? Okay.
19:06Um
19:09Between the time that you guys were
19:10coming back from Belle Glade, did
19:12he say anything to you at all?
19:16>> Yes.
19:17If I remember right, I think he was
19:19playing around with his gun that he had
19:20on him.
19:21>> He had a gun on him? And how did you
19:23notice that?
19:24>> Cuz he took it out at the dude's house
19:27in Belle Glade.
19:28>> Okay.
19:29>> Like they was playing around with guns
19:31and [ __ ] like
19:32>> Okay.
19:33>> Pulling it out like it's a toy or
19:34something.
19:35>> Got you. Did ever
19:38um say anything to you in the car?
19:42I know this happened all in Belle Glade,
19:43right?
19:44>> What? In front of Palm Beach Aggregates?
19:47>> No, no, no. You said while you guys were
19:49in Belle Glade, he was playing with a
19:51gun like it was a toy. Okay.
19:53Did he say anything or do anything on
19:55the drive east?
19:57>> We was just listening to music. I don't
19:59remember that much.
20:00>> Okay. Do you know if he was on his phone
20:02at all?
20:05>> I don't know. I That's
20:06>> And was he sitting directly behind you
20:08or behind Andrew?
20:09>> Behind me.
20:10>> Okay.
20:11Um
20:12So, so what happened, man?
20:14>> I don't know.
20:16Like I said, I blacked
20:17>> You know, you know he's dead.
20:18>> What?
20:19>> Yeah.
20:33Can you tell me more about that?
20:36>> Like I said, I got no idea.
20:48>> Do you know how it happened?
20:54Cuz based on what you're telling me, all
20:56right?
20:57Hear me out.
20:58You're telling me that that gun is
21:00yours. You tried to sell it to Andrew
21:02today.
21:03>> Yeah, that's what I heard in there
21:04today.
21:04>> Yeah, I know. Like when it was daylight
21:06out.
21:06>> Yeah.
21:07>> 2:00, 3:00 around that time is what he
21:09told me. Um, how much was you you trying
21:12to sell it to him for?
21:13>> I think 250 cuz my insurance is due on
21:15the 8th.
21:16>> For the car?
21:17>> Yeah, for my truck.
21:17>> Got you. Got you.
21:18>> I don't have the money, so I was just
21:19trying to get some money.
21:21>> Okay. So, you were trying to
21:24come up real quick.
21:25>> Yeah, I was trying to pay my insurance.
21:27>> Right. And did he end up He didn't end
21:29up buying it?
21:30>> No. He has He has He said he just had
21:33his own.
21:34>> Got you. Got you. Did he show you his
21:35gun?
21:36>> Yeah.
21:36>> Okay. Um
21:38Did he have it on him today at all?
21:41How you know?
21:42>> Cuz it kept falling on out.
21:45>> And in Belle Glade?
21:47>> Both times.
21:48>> What do you mean both times? Explain to
21:50me.
21:50>> Like at the house and in the in the
21:52truck, too. Like it wasn't a toy.
21:55>> Okay. Explain Explain that to me.
21:58>> I ain't his gun. He just had it out and
22:00[ __ ]
22:02>> Just on his lap or
22:04>> No, like on the side.
22:06Like, you know, tucked between the seat
22:08and seat.
22:09>> Oh, okay. I got you. I got you.
22:10>> But it was That [ __ ] his That [ __ ] was
22:12huge.
22:13>> What kind of gun you think it is?
22:15>> I think he has a I think he said he has
22:17a 9 mm or something.
22:18>> Okay. And where was it in the car? In
22:21the truck?
22:23>> Uh I think it was on his person.
22:25>> Oh, I got you. Like in his pocket?
22:27>> Yeah.
22:28>> Oh.
22:28>> Maybe when he's out outside the truck.
22:30>> Got you. Got you. But he had it in his
22:31pocket as he was driving you back home?
22:35>> Yeah.
22:35>> Got you.
22:36Um
22:38So, obviously something happened. You
22:39mentioned that you heard gunshots. You
22:41got on the phone with Mom, and I
22:43listened to the 911 calls before we got
22:45out here. I can hear you on there
22:46telling her you made a mistake and you
22:48made a mistake. I don't know what what
22:49why I did this.
22:53>> Shh. I don't remember.
22:55>> You don't remember?
22:57>> He won't talk.
22:58>> But you remember hearing how many
22:59gunshots you think?
23:03>> Maybe three or four before I don't
23:05I don't even remember what happened
23:07after that.
23:08>> Okay. But you mentioned that it happened
23:09inside the truck for sure.
23:12Cuz it was how close was it?
23:14Show me.
23:15>> I still like it was bad to be like right
23:17here and right here in his ear.
23:19>> Okay.
23:21All right.
23:21>> My head [ __ ] still ringing.
23:22>> Is it?
23:23Okay.
23:24Now
23:27you mentioned that never said anything
23:29to you Andrew never said anything to you
23:31all of a sudden you just hear gunshots.
23:34And
23:35what you're telling me is you you don't
23:37know who shot.
23:39Do you believe you shot?
23:42Why not?
23:44>> Mhm.
23:44Cuz I don't think I would make that
23:46mistake.
23:47>> Okay. Why do you say that?
23:48>> Cuz he said I want to talk to my mom on
23:50the phone. I said I made a mistake but
23:52I don't think
23:53>> You think it was not a mistake and it
23:55was intentional?
23:56>> No.
23:57>> Okay. What do What do you say? I don't I
23:59don't want to put words What did you
24:00tell your mom?
24:01>> I guess I don't know.
24:03I don't even remember the call like I
24:04felt like I was He just told me to call
24:07um
24:08911 and I can't I just called my mom.
24:12>> Are you Are you honest about calling
24:13your mother?
24:15>> Honest? Yeah.
24:17Yeah. I called her.
24:18>> Okay. So right after the shooting
24:20happened
24:21>> Maybe 5 minutes afterwards.
24:23>> Okay. Why was she your first call?
24:26>> Cuz um Andrew was already on the phone
24:29with 911.
24:30>> Okay. And what did you tell her?
24:34>> I just
24:36I
24:37made You said I made a mistake I made a
24:39mistake but like I don't
24:40>> What do you remember telling her?
24:43>> I remember just telling her I hear I
24:44heard gunshots I heard gunshots.
24:46>> Mhm.
24:47>> Like that was my first time ever being
24:48so close to gunshots.
24:50>> I don't know if that's true.
24:51I don't know if that's Did you see
24:53Andrew shoot?
24:57You didn't see him shoot?
24:58At any point did he like I'm just going
25:00to pretend this is a gun.
25:01And you're in the passenger seat and
25:04we're driving down
25:0680, let's call it.
25:08Um say I'm Andrew driving. You said his
25:12gun let's just pretend this is a gun.
25:13Don't mind me match.
25:14>> I was sorry.
25:15>> You said his gun was in in his pocket.
25:18>> Uh I think so.
25:19>> Okay. At any point did he say [ __ ] you
25:21Kirk or pull it out or anything like
25:22this to you?
25:25>> No comment.
25:27>> No comment?
25:29Okay.
25:30But you mentioned that you didn't see
25:31Andrew shoot, right?
25:33That's what you told me.
25:34>> All right.
25:35>> So
25:37did you see Chris do anything? Chris is
25:39is is sitting behind you. Did you see
25:41him do anything at all?
25:44>> Um he just kept like tapping on my
25:46shoulder.
25:47>> Okay.
25:48>> Like
25:49no a few like laying on your shoulders
25:51and [ __ ]
25:52>> What was he saying?
25:54>> Oh I'm mad. He was drinking some cactus
25:56drink. Oh this [ __ ] tastes good or
25:58whatever.
26:00>> Did he say anything else to you? Did he
26:03promise you a job? Did he promise you
26:04that he would um
26:06hook you up with some type of
26:07painting job or anything like that?
26:10No?
26:10Okay. That's just something he mentioned
26:12that uh
26:13they're going to try to get you a job.
26:16No?
26:18>> Oh Andrew? No. Well
26:23>> The dude, the guy in the back.
26:24What's he supposed to try to get you a
26:25job?
26:26>> Oh no. Me and Andrew were talking
26:28earlier
26:28>> Oh I got you. Maybe I got that mixed up.
26:30>> Uh that's fine. He said um
26:33like earlier in the day that some of his
26:34painting buddies was hiring or
26:36something.
26:36>> Got you. Okay.
26:38So Odyssey, let's play deductive
26:40reasoning here. It's your gun. It's on
26:42the dashboard in front of you. You're
26:44driving back from Bell Blade. Chris
26:46isn't doing anything to you other than
26:47you said tapping you on your shoulder
26:48talking about this drink is good. Andrew
26:50isn't doing nothing.
26:51And he's driving. He's pretty occupied
26:53with the truck trying not to make a
26:54crash and get to the house safe.
26:58How did that shooting happen?
27:00>> I don't know.
27:01>> You keep telling me you don't know, but
27:03everything's pointing to you shooting.
27:06Do you understand what I'm saying?
27:08>> I didn't do it.
27:09>> You didn't do it.
27:15Andrew didn't shoot.
27:20There was a
27:21You know the headrest?
27:23>> Right.
27:23>> Mhm. There's a bullet holes in the
27:25headrest behind you.
27:29And you mentioned that you heard
27:31gunshots in your left ear.
27:34Based on how you would be sitting in the
27:36car,
27:38Okay.
27:39The
27:41defects, let's call it that, from the
27:43bullets are on this side.
27:45Okay? And I know during our conversation
27:48you mentioned you're right-handed,
27:51right? Right. So, it would only make
27:53sense scientifically um
27:56that
27:59when you demonstrated, this is your
28:00demonstration as I was watching you,
28:02turn this way
28:03and fire behind you.
28:05Do you remember that?
28:07So, how did the defects get in your
28:09headrest?
28:12>> I don't even know. I don't know.
28:13>> I mean, I I need an explanation for it
28:15because
28:18some somebody's dead, Kurt.
28:22>> I don't even know.
28:25>> Anything, any explanation.
28:28>> I can't say. I think I passed out.
28:31>> Okay. Has it happened before?
28:33How many times?
28:38>> About four times.
28:40>> Today?
28:41>> No, no, no.
28:42>> Oh, okay. In your In your whole life?
28:43Okay.
28:44Um when was the last time?
28:48>> Maybe
28:49like right after I graduated high
28:51school, so like 2017.
28:53>> Not right after the graduation, but
28:54right after
28:55>> No,
28:55a couple months after the graduation, I
28:57think.
28:58>> Okay, do you have any medical history of
29:00epilepsy like you mentioned?
29:02>> Yeah.
29:03>> Okay, meaning have you been to the
29:04doctor for it?
29:09>> When I was a kid, they put me in the
29:11hospital for like a week, but they
29:12didn't
29:13come up with a cure or whatever.
29:15>> Okay, are you taking any medications?
29:19>> I don't remember the names of them. I
29:20just got put on new medication last
29:22month.
29:23>> Last month? Okay, have you been taking
29:24them?
29:25>> Mhm.
29:26>> Okay, how many how many are you supposed
29:27to take?
29:29>> It's like one a day of each one. There's
29:31three of them.
29:33>> It's three?
29:34>> Yeah, there's three
29:34>> Three bottles or three pills?
29:36>> Yeah, three pills of one from each.
29:38>> Oh, I got you.
29:41>> I don't know what they're called.
29:42>> Um, do you know the name of any of them?
29:45>> Wellbutrin is one of them.
29:47>> Wellbutrin?
29:48>> Wellbutrin.
29:49>> Wellbutrin.
29:51>> I can't remember the name of the other
29:53two.
29:55>> All right. And you took them today?
29:58>> No, yesterday.
29:59>> Okay.
30:02And you said you
30:03Is it it's Do you have epilepsy?
30:06Is this something you have?
30:08>> with it, but I know what it's I know
30:09like
30:11They say people that have seizures and
30:12like tap out not tap out, but like pass.
30:15I don't think that type of sign I did.
30:17>> Okay.
30:19And have you been diagnosed with uh,
30:21seizures before or
30:23>> No, but I've I've had them.
30:26>> Okay, what what is that like for you
30:28when you have these seizures?
30:30>> Scary.
30:31>> Okay, what actually is happening to your
30:33body?
30:34>> I feel like I don't even remember. I
30:35feel like that's why my mouth is so dry
30:36right now.
30:37>> Okay, is that an indicator that you want
30:39more water?
30:40>> Yes, please.
30:41>> Give me one second, all right?
30:42>> Thank you so much. You got it.
30:44Actually, I'll bring you some new coffee
30:46if you want.
30:46You want me to get you one? I'm sorry,
30:48you bring me one. Thank you. All right,
30:50I got you. Give me one second, all
30:51right? Thank you.
31:04All right.
31:05Let me get you that water. Yeah. All
31:07right.
31:08So, let me ask you something.
31:11Uh
31:12describe your gun for me.
31:15It's a little uh
31:18.45 Mhm.
31:21What else do you know about it?
31:23.45 ACP. That's it. That's all I know.
31:26What What color is it? I'm sorry.
31:28Um
31:30tan.
31:31Okay.
31:32Any other colors on there?
31:35No. And how many times have you shot
31:37that gun?
31:40Probably never.
31:41You've never shot it?
31:44Before today? Oh, um I went to the gun
31:47range with my sister's boyfriend.
31:49Like
31:51maybe
31:52two or three days after I got it.
31:54In January?
31:56If it was January, I think. Okay.
31:59I honestly don't remember when I bought
32:01it. I just
32:02remember
32:04my two guns got robbed from my house
32:06Mhm.
32:06at this when I was in Disney World. And
32:08then I think it was like a couple days
32:10after that I bought it.
32:12Okay. So, you only shot it once. You
32:14said you went with your sister's
32:15boyfriend to the gun range? Yeah. Which
32:17gun range?
32:18Uh Shoot Straight. Okay.
32:20Where'd you buy it?
32:22Or where'd you get it? I think at the
32:23pawn shop. Which one?
32:26Um
32:28the one down there on Okeechobee.
32:36I don't remember the name of
32:38>> Is it um um
32:41across from the turnpike?
32:43Yeah, you got You know where you guys
32:44sit under that big tree sometimes?
32:46>> Mhm.
32:47>> And then it's past that
32:49uh one rental place.
32:51>> Mhm.
32:52>> And it's right there. I forgot what the
32:53town was called.
32:54>> All right. So, 45 ACP 10 is the same gun
32:58that we have inside Andrew's truck,
33:01right? That I said that was in front of
33:03you on the dash.
33:04Um where did Where did you keep it with
33:06you?
33:08Where do you usually keep it? Do you
33:09have a holster for it?
33:10>> Yeah.
33:11>> Okay.
33:13>> Oh, wait.
33:14>> Did they Did they take it?
33:15>> I think yeah. I think so.
33:18>> Okay, so you usually keep it You You
33:20point it to your right pocket?
33:21>> Okay.
33:22Outside or inside?
33:24>> Inside.
33:24>> Inside. Okay, so the holster that you
33:27that Did you have it in a holster today?
33:29>> Yeah.
33:29>> Okay. Do you always keep it in a
33:30holster?
33:31>> Yeah.
33:31>> Okay. Um so, you had it on you today
33:35inside your pant pocket.
33:37>> Yes.
33:37>> Front right pocket.
33:38>> Mhm.
33:39>> Okay.
33:40Um
33:41So, how did How did it end up on the
33:42dashboard?
33:46>> And when I woke up
33:48I set it there.
33:49And I just
33:51asked Andrew what the [ __ ] just
33:52happened.
33:53>> Mhm.
33:54>> And that's it.
33:55>> Okay, cuz you you you have to understand
33:57the severity of what's going on. Cuz you
33:59keep telling me that's it. That's it.
34:01That's not it because there's obviously
34:03something that's not making sense.
34:05Okay? Which is it's your gun.
34:09There's casings in the car from a 45.
34:12Okay? 45 spent casings in the car. You
34:15know what those are, right?
34:17The bullets.
34:17>> Right.
34:18>> Okay. The spent casings are in the car.
34:20There's a defect where you were sitting
34:23on the left side of your head.
34:24>> I think that was already there.
34:26>> The The defect?
34:27>> Yeah, literally looks like a bullet hole
34:29wound, but like nothing's inside it.
34:32>> Oh, we will we're going to find that
34:33out.
34:34>> No, what I'm saying, that should have
34:36been there before. Like, I don't
34:38wouldn't that I think the bullet would
34:40would have went all the way through it,
34:41right?
34:42>> It did.
34:43>> All the way through the headrest?
34:45>> Mhm. Which is right Chris?
34:47On your side of the truck.
34:51>> I don't remember.
34:53>> So,
34:55how did you get it out your pocket?
34:59>> I don't remember.
35:01>> Cuz you had it in your pocket.
35:03>> Right.
35:04>> And it ended up on the dashboard.
35:07>> Right.
35:07>> And you heard gunshots.
35:13I need that explained, Kurt.
35:15>> I don't know.
35:16>> I need to understand what happened
35:18in that car.
35:21>> I I honestly don't remember.
35:31I honestly don't remember.
35:33>> What do you remember? What What
35:34triggered you to pull that gun out?
35:39>> I don't know.
35:42Voices in my head.
35:43>> What voices?
35:45>> I don't know.
35:46Voices in my head, I'm not sure.
35:48>> What
35:50What are these voices saying?
35:53>> Nothing. It was I just had it out.
35:55>> You just had what out?
35:56>> The gun.
35:57>> Why did you have it out?
36:00>> I just had it out on the dash.
36:02>> Okay.
36:04Um
36:04so, the gun has no bullets in it.
36:06>> Right.
36:07>> So, the gun that you had out on the dash
36:10has no bullets in it.
36:12How is that possible without it being
36:14fired?
36:16>> I don't know. I did.
36:18>> You tell me. You shot at the gun range,
36:19so you understand how that works. You
36:21have to understand how that works.
36:22>> Right.
36:23>> How does it work?
36:25>> Someone shot it. I'm not sure who.
36:29>> You can't
36:30>> me, right?
36:30>> No.
36:34>> You had the gun on the way to Bell Blvd.
36:36>> Right.
36:37>> In your front right pocket.
36:39>> Right.
36:41>> You took it out on the way back home.
36:44>> Right.
36:46>> It was fired.
36:49Cuz I remember I told you I got spent
36:50casings in the car. It was fired.
36:53And you told me you heard gunshots.
36:55Remember?
36:56>> Yeah.
36:56>> And you said your ear was ringing as
36:58soon as I walked in here.
36:59>> Right.
37:00>> This is dead.
37:04And the gun ends up on the dashboard.
37:10>> I don't remember. I guess
37:12>> What what triggered you at that at that
37:14point?
37:17>> I don't remember.
37:18>> You have to remember. You keep saying
37:19you don't remember. What do you mean you
37:21don't remember?
37:22Because something like that, you will
37:24remember.
37:29>> I don't know.
37:31>> Did you not like the guy?
37:33>> I I just met him. I don't I don't even
37:35know who he was.
37:36>> So, why'd you shoot him?
37:38>> I didn't shoot him.
37:41I didn't shoot him.
37:42>> Who shot him?
37:44>> I don't know.
37:50>> Do you understand what I'm what I'm
37:51explaining to you?
37:52>> Right.
37:53>> Everything that I've that I mentioned?
37:56What the evidence is showing on scene?
38:00>> Right.
38:01>> What do you mean right? What am I
38:02saying?
38:03>> You said the evidence on scene.
38:05>> Yeah, the casings.
38:07The the blood in the car.
38:08The defect in the headrest.
38:11The fact that it's your gun.
38:13The fact that Andrew never touched your
38:15gun.
38:15>> Right.
38:16>> The fact that there's .45 caliber
38:18casings in the car.
38:22>> I I don't know.
38:25>> What would your mom think right now?
38:37Are you and her close?
38:39Or are you and your dad close? Or both?
38:42>> Close with both of them, but I'm closer
38:43with my mom.
38:44>> Is that why you called her first?
38:47Did you call your dad at all?
38:49What would he say?
38:54>> I don't know what my mom would say.
38:56>> What happened?
38:57>> He wouldn't know what to say.
38:58>> Why you say that?
39:01What do you know?
39:02>> Cuz this is my first time being being
39:03locked up.
39:04>> You've never been arrested before,
39:06nothing like that?
39:09No. So, why today?
39:11>> I have no idea.
39:13>> Did Did something to you at all?
39:16>> Nothing that I remember.
39:17>> So, why not shoot Andrew?
39:22Why shoot
39:25Was he provoking you? Did he tell you
39:27something? Did he say something?
39:31>> Nothing that I remember.
39:37>> Is it that you don't want to remember?
39:40>> No.
39:42I Like I said, I passed out.
39:44>> When you say you passed out, explain
39:46that to me.
39:47What's the last thing you do remember?
39:49Cuz I mentioned
39:50>> Hearing gunshots.
39:51>> That's the last thing you remember?
39:54You don't remember Do you remember
39:55pulling it out of your out of your back
39:56pocket?
39:57>> That was only when I left the house. It
39:59was already on the dash before that.
40:01>> What do you What do you mean?
40:02>> Like when we had left the house from
40:03Berkeley.
40:04>> Mhm.
40:05>> It was already on the dash.
40:07>> But the gun was empty and there's
40:08casings in the car.
40:10>> Right.
40:10>> So, the shooting happened in the car.
40:12So, it couldn't have happened
40:14in in in Berkeley Glade you're are
40:16>> Right. It couldn't have happened in
40:17Belle Glade.
40:18>> No.
40:18>> Right.
40:19>> So,
40:22what happened?
40:23>> I don't know.
40:27>> So, you remember hearing gunshots.
40:30You remember pulling the the
40:32gun out of your pocket.
40:36>> When we left the house.
40:39>> Okay. So, the gun was out of your pocket
40:40when you left the house.
40:41>> Yeah.
40:43>> And where did you put it?
40:45>> On the dash.
40:46>> So, as you're driving from Belle Glade,
40:48the gun is on the dash.
40:50I thought you said the gun was
40:51originally in your pocket.
40:52>> On the way to Belle Glade.
40:53>> So, you put it on the Why did you take
40:55it out?
40:56>> I don't know. I guess just cuz we were
40:58in Belle Glade. We were in the hood, I
40:59guess.
41:00>> Okay. And
41:03that's that's not making sense to me.
41:07>> I don't know.
41:09If somebody just had to plead the fifth
41:10on the rest of them.
41:11>> What do you mean by that?
41:13>> I just guess I ain't lying. It's not my
41:15question.
41:17>> Is that what you're choosing to do is
41:18what you're saying?
41:19Okay.
41:21You understand what you're being charged
41:22with?
41:24Murder.
41:42All right. Let me first stand up for me.
41:45I'm going to write some quick form for
41:47me. I told you.
41:48>> I think 5 10.
41:49>> That's my height. Stand up right here
41:51for me.
41:52Are you hurt?
41:53>> No.
41:54>> No? No injuries? Nothing?
41:58All right. Look right here for me, okay?
42:02Turn that way.
42:08Face the uh board there.
42:11I'm going to take off this again.
42:15Don't fan.
42:19All right, face the door here.
42:25All right, do me a favor. Um hands.
42:27Yeah, turn towards me.
42:29>> [snorts]
42:32>> Now, palms down.
42:39There.
42:43Let me see your tattoos.
42:46Keep your arm extended like this as much
42:47as you can.
42:53Turn them inside out.
42:55We'll see. We'll see.
42:57>> Um plastic bag.
43:04>> And what's this one? All right, raise it
43:05up if you don't mind.
43:06>> Mhm.
43:11>> What's NLB?
43:12>> NLMB?
43:13>> NLMB is from the block.
43:14>> Never seen my brother.
43:16>> Oh, you have a sibling?
43:18What are you talking about?
43:20>> Yeah, I got a older brother.
43:21>> Oh, congrats to you. Do you have any
43:22tattoos on your chest or anything like
43:24that?
43:24>> Yeah.
43:25>> All right, try to try to lift up your
43:26shirt for me.
43:28>> [snorts]
43:31>> What is it?
43:34Try to You might have to get it over
43:35your head.
43:40Anything on your back?
43:41>> No.
43:42>> All right, you can put your shirt down.
43:44Anything on your legs?
43:45>> No.
43:45>> Can you turn around real quick so I can
43:47just pull them up for your shirt a
43:48little bit like that?
43:49>> No, nothing on his back.
43:51>> Let's take this 60 out. All right, let's
43:52take it off out.
43:53>> Yeah.
43:57>> No injuries on your back, nothing like
43:58that, bro?
43:59>> No, sir.
44:00>> All right, buddy.
44:04You got it.
44:05>> Okay.
44:05>> No injuries on your feet, legs, nothing
44:07like that, bro?
44:07>> No, sir.
44:07>> Okay. All right, turn around real quick.
44:14All right, take that. That's it.
44:16>> Let me get one with your head off.
44:20And turn that way.
44:27Turn toward the board.
44:31And lastly, turn toward the door.
44:37All right.
44:38You can have a seat.
44:40What is your full social security
44:42number?
44:50All right, give me a minute.
44:53Hold that door.
45:00Got a photo of you.
45:06Agent, real quick, could you initial and
45:08verify this sign here stating that this
45:10is what I read to you?
45:11>> Okay.
45:12>> Um
45:13and I'll
45:14right here.
45:17This is the um Miranda card I read to
45:18you with those rights.
45:23And we should be out of here in less
45:24than 10 minutes.
45:25>> All right.
45:29What's that?
45:32721
45:352309
45:37>> All right, thank you.
45:42Oh.
45:44All right, you can stand up here as
45:45well.
45:48Come on, this one. This is the first
45:49one. It's going to be the same.
45:52All right.
45:55>> Following the interrogation, Coakley
45:58Evan Ledlow was charged with
45:59first-degree murder and firing a gun
46:02from a vehicle in the death of
46:04Christopher Sean [music] Rogers.
46:06As the case moved toward trial, Leto's
46:09mental health became a central issue.
46:11He was diagnosed with schizoaffective
46:13[music]
46:13disorder, and his attorneys argued that
46:16he was legally insane when he shot
46:18Christopher.
46:19Prosecutors maintained that his actions
46:21were deliberate, and that his mental
46:23illness did not excuse the killing.
46:26On April 25th, 2025,
46:29>> [music]
46:29>> a Palm Beach County jury rejected his
46:32insanity defense and found him guilty of
46:35second-degree murder with a firearm.
46:38At his sentencing [music] hearing, Leto
46:40apologized to Christopher's family.
46:42Christopher's sister, Courtney Rogers,
46:45>> [music]
46:45>> spoke about her brother's kindness and
46:47generosity, describing how he regularly
46:50went out of his way to help others.
46:51[music]
46:53Despite what had happened, she told the
46:55court that she forgave Leto.
46:58On July 9th, 2025,
47:01Leto was sentenced to 40 [music] years
47:03in prison, including a mandatory minimum
47:06of 25 years that must be served without
47:09any reduction for good behavior.
47:11Leto appealed his conviction, [music]
47:13but on August 6th, 2026,
47:17Florida's [music] Fourth District Court
47:18of Appeal upheld the ruling.
47:21As of October 2026, [music]
47:24Leto remains under a 40-year prison
47:26sentence for Christopher's murder.
47:29If you found this video informative,
47:31please consider leaving a like and
47:33subscribing to the channel, as it really
47:35helps support our work and allows us to
47:37continue covering important cases like
47:39this one. Thank you.

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