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can be as valuable as their actual fingerprints. unfortunately, in this case. the lajoya mccoy cell phone was nowhere to be found. it last pink several miles away from her home. >> and in that area there is a lot of dumpsters? >> many dumpsters. >> never found a? phone >> never found a phone >> wasn't in her purse? >> nothing. good >> detectives were able to obtain her cell phone records. they discover the cell phone number that she last texted. belonged not to her ex, jose. and not to the new guy with the rooftop pool. but to her friend. luther. the guys who had driven about her apartment to check on her. like lajoya mccoy, he owned a boutique. brown and his partner found him there. >> we were speaking with, mr. blue there. good >> correct.
>> remember the desperate woman at the start of our story? that was lajoya mccoy. standing at her aunt and uncle stores step half naked and terrified. >> i immediately see the way that she was dressed and crying. it had to do with him. >> him, making jose roberto turner. david pulled his niece inside as she wept. >> i have never in my life, seen her that way. and for her to come to what she did on me. i have a wall that is three feet tall in front of the apartment building. and then it has cast iron rods with points in the tip. she jumped over that. to get to my place. to get away from him. >> she said that she and josé was arguing, when he suddenly turned violent. >> she said i just came out and he just flipped out. >> he says that they choked her. and she found the strength to hit back. >> and then he went down, and she ran out the door. >> in terror, lajoya mccoy ran
and i was like, have? what makes you think that? >> she goes i know. i know for sure that i'm leaving some stuff, somewhere. and when i'm coming home, it is somewhere else. côte d'ivoire lajoya mccoy, that things weren't just moved around. sometimes we're missing. >> the person that came to my mind was that you are under a lot of stress. it is easy to forget where you leave things or misplayed things. i told it happens to all of us. i think are just a little stressed. >> now, was missing. after mom called monrovia pd they went to her apartment. >> lines were drawn. they can see in the windows. we checked the doors. the door was locked. >> the sergeant was a detective back in 2015. he says patrol offers found her apartment locked, and secure. >> you can find anything suspicious. anything out of the normal. so everything looked normal at the time. so, they went ahead and contacted her mother, and told her that nothing seems
>> and there was something else that bothered david and alicia. the day after she didn't show up to -- jose showed up at their house, but the kids. and during that visit, they say, not once did jose ask about lajoya mccoy. >> the moderate was gone between that some of the biscuits. >> yes, that's why didn't understand it. like, why? you're that selfish? ? of a person. >> of course, detective eddie brown heard all these stories about jose. including a comment jose had made to the monrovia pd. the second time they call them while she was still missing. >> mr. turner had said i'm going to stop answering any questions and you talked mueller. ons and you talked mueller.
her reach. >> she knew what she wanted, education was her very top thing. >> and school is where lajoya mccoy, a star student, which shined the brightest. >> i want to her graduations down at the university and i could've been more proud. for lajoya mccoy, i education was a gift to say with others. like her younger sister, brianna. >> growing up poor, although didn't feel like it's sometimes. she just wanted better for herself and the rest of us. >> when her mom younger sister 's left california was to las vegas she stayed behind. and strengthened the bond she had with her aunt and uncle. >> and he was unconditional love for me which he told me, uncle dave i think it's run for mayor. now sticky wow, you really think a lot of me. >> soon she met, jose turner, and aspiring actor and
she just wanted them to have the best life. >> she was learning the piano. i ♪ ♪ ♪ she was also teaching what she learned to haircuts. >> she was spreading her wings, but what she also spreading herself too thin? even though she shared childcare duties with hers that she needed a helping hand. so she called her mom in las vegas and ask of to have one of the joyce sisters come out to california to help watch the kids. the next day, the vegas bus pulled into almost an hour late. her sister stepped off the bus and did not see her. who was supposed to meet her. her uncle david waiting on a call. >> i was at work and she's crying. >> it was her sister and lajoie's mom. she didn't show up. and she's like, i'm worried, because she knew she was coming. she actually sent for her. >> you call lajoya mccoy, no
who killed this lajoya mccoy? detectives zeroed in on the father of her children, jose turner. as he collected his kids belongings from the crime scene, they obtained his dna for testing soon, someone once close to jose would drop a bombshell and break the case wide open! but first, her family shared their own harrowing tale. with the conclusion of, the dead of night. here is josh mankiewicz. >> pasadena, california. april 2013. it was close to 2 am. david and alicia were jolted awake. >> i heard some frantic banging, banging. >> it grew louder. >> at first some thinking maybe it is the police, maybe somebody is trying to break in. >> somebody was pounding on their front door. david got up to see who it was. >> and then we just hear, uncle david! >> and i am like, who is that?
over. to see her being carried out of the apartment. >> that is what he wanted to see. but it wasn't there. >> her doors too far away for the motion to activate the camera. >> so you're lucky, but you're unlucky. >> i knew the catwalk pastor. >> i just the right time? >> i just the right time. >> no cat, and still no votes lajoya mccoy, please put out a bulletin for silverado camera. an hours after there went out, a patrol officer found it. not far from her apartment. parked in a residential neighborhood. a parking ticket has been wedged into the door frame. and there was something inside. >> the passenger and driver's windows were tinted. >> the officer took a close-up look. and he saw it. it was a body. >> the identity of the body
but i'm, like maybe took a flight somewhere. i don't know. >> one day passed, then two days, still no sign of lajoie. on friday, june 12th 2015. her mom called the monrovia police department. >> i think she might be unconscious in apartment. she was worried, because she knew things about lajoya mccoy, that the police did not >> coming up. what lajoya mccoy, had been telling friends. >> she goes, i think somebody is breaking it to my facebook. even scarier, was someone breaking into her house? >> i know for sure that i'm leaving some stuff somewhere, and when i'm coming home it somewhere else. >> i was always always worried about her. >> when dateline continues,. n dateline continues,. hey, what's the lowest you'll go on one of these mugs? ah, remember -- no haggling in stores. oh, yeah, chapter six, yep.
playwright. things got serious. they moved in together and had two children. that relationship did not last. but lajoya mccoy and josé, were devoted to their kids. and committed to co-parenting. and lajoya mccoy, continue to pursue her dreams. >> that is one thing about her. she never gave up. she was very determined. >> charles kept evolving. >> we lajoya mccoy, had a good job of the l.a. county is an auditor. she also opened her own clothing boutique and was developing a smartphone app. >> she was moving forward. she enjoyed her job, loved it, and when she started her boutique after that i'm thinking, where she getting all this time to do these things? >> her good friend, evan mendoza, visited the boutique. and understood why success was critical for her. >> what she wanted to do was definitely be her own boss. to spend more time with their kids.