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according to her testimony, smith was in the house with the victims as part of the fake date and she sent text messages with what was inside. bell text messages with descriptions of the items in the house and who was inside. prosecutors say bell responded with these text message, indicating his intention to kill victims. when somebody tell you they about to do something like that you don t really think oh are they about to go i didn t believe that that s what the outcome was going to be that night. the main thing that makes me feel guilty and i regret is not calling the police. because i could have prevented this all. and i know that i m guilty for not putting a stop to it. and also i did lie and cover for him. i should never have covered in the first place. i feel like i made the right choice by testifying. because at the end of the day, it all boils down to my son. ....
What good is it for me to just keep sitting here trying to cover for him when everybody already know the truth? it is just going to get me in even more trouble. annishia, she got on the stand and lied on me. what did annishia say? a whole lot of lies. just a lot of lies. i can t remember everything but first she tried to say she scared and afraid of me. i was very controlling and jealous boyfriend and all this one stuff. what did she say about your involvement in the crime? oh, she tried to put it all on me. as part of her testimony, it was revealed that smith had more knowledge of the crime than she had previously stated, including whether or not she was inside the house the night of the murder. you told me last time that you were just in the car the whole time. i pretty much was in the car for majority of the time. but there was a time that night that i was in the house. ....
And not others. but yeah, i got found guilty of everything. smith says she s not surprised with the outcome. based on the evidence it was appropriate for him to be found guilty. i mean it was a no-brainer what the outcome was going to be. and i think that he knew what the outcome was going to be. but by him being a man anyway, you know, they have pride issues. so if he his feeling hurt or feeling pain, he s probably not wearing it on the outside. you re now a convicted murderer. yep. have you thought about that? yep. what s it feel like? i was already basically labeled as the convicted murderer when i came in with the charge. so now? so now it s just official. it doesn t bother you? nope. why is that? because i know i m gonna get one day. it s not that i don t care. it s that i already i m past this moment, i m thinking of the future. but bell s future is in the ....
That money was coming from? i knew. i knew where his money was coming from. i knew what he was doing to get it. but i didn t think it would effect me. so i didn t care. i mean there were red flags and warning bells ringing that i chose to ignore. but it s like the forbidden fruit. you pick it and you eat it anyway. prosecutors say bell and smith work together on two separate robberies. both times letting smith set up a fake date with a man so that bell could rob him. the first was robbed of a handgun, which bell allegedly used in the second robbery to murder one man and wound another. bell says he wasn t the shooter and refuses to say who was. however he does admit to the robberies. it was that greed for something i didn t even need. but the greed got in the way. smith won t say much about the night of the murder. but says she was in the car when it happened. ....