life sentence. >> i think she found the most gullible person she could, ask s and she used him as a pawn to do her actions. he held the shovel, but morgan held the strings. >> you think morgan was in charge of the operation? >> 100%, i believe that. morgan had a way with men. she did. she had a way with men, and i think the same way that she had my brother, you know, under her spell, she had this kid, as well. >> the d.a. says it was morgan herself who had been sending those fake text messages to kevin's family after the murder, not steve. cell phone tracking records proved it. >> she's texting kevin's family, assuring them he's okay. he wants to be left alone. she's the most evil woman i've dealt with. >> morgan mangle went on trial in late january 2012, a year and a half after kevin mangle had been murdered. in addition to steve chappelle waiting in the wings to testify, the d.a. had something else, something extremely rare in a