20-Year-Old Killer Thinks She Got Away - Doesn’t Realize CCTV Caught Her

September 18, 2026

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A 20-year-old woman sat in an interrogation room, insisting she had no idea why she was there. She had been picked up by police and brought to the station, and for hours she played the part of the confused, innocent young woman. She asked repeatedly what she was being held for, complained about the cold, and demanded to call her mother. The officers across the table were patient but relentless. They had something she did not know about: closed-circuit television footage that captured her running from the scene of a murder.

The killing had taken place in Zanesville, Ohio. A woman named J.L. had been shot multiple times in her own home. The suspect, a 20-year-old woman, had been at that house with her boyfriend Tristan and another person named Caleb. According to what the officers had pieced together, the suspect had gone inside while Tristan waited in the car. She was inside for only about two minutes before she came back out crying, telling Tristan that J.L. was "laying on the floor" and "pulled up." The group then drove away.

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1 (01:40) **Interrogation Begins - Suspect Claims Ignorance** - A young woman is being questioned in an interrogation room, repeatedly asking why she is there and insisting she knows nothing.
2 (05:50) **The Victim is Named - "Tristin" and "Chest" Mentioned** - The investigation shifts as the suspect is told "they found the high rights," and she begins to speak about a person named Tristin and someone called "Chest" or "J."
3 (13:13) **Detectives Apply Pressure - "You're Here Because of Zanesville"** - The interrogators reveal they have proof the suspect was in Zanesville, directly linking her to the crime scene and challenging her lies.
4 (16:02) **The Suspect's Story Unfolds - The Trip to "Diddy's"** - The suspect provides a detailed account of the night, describing a trip with Tristin to a person named "Diddy's" house to get a dog.
5 (20:04) **Key Evidence Revealed - The Gun and Clothing** - The detectives confront the suspect with specific forensic evidence, including a gun, her clothes, and the timeline of the murder.
6 (22:07) **Suspect Admits to Drug Connections, Not Murder** - The suspect shifts focus to her drug-related history with Diddy and Jay, trying to explain her presence in the area without admitting to the homicide.
7 (28:49) **Forensic Pressure - Gunshot Residue and DNA** - The detectives escalate the interrogation by bringing up gunshot residue (GSR) and DNA, cornering the suspect on physical evidence.

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20-Year-Old Killer Thinks She Got Away - Doesn’t Realize CCTV Caught Her

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