She Dragged a Woman Under Her Car and Said She Didn't Know - Ashley Couch Interrogation

October 4, 2026

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On August 14, 2024, in Maplewood, Minnesota, a Dodge Charger drove through a crowd of people gathered for a street fight. One woman was killed, another was injured. The driver, Ashley Couch, was arrested the next day. When detectives sat her down in an interrogation room, she told them she had no idea she had hit anyone—let alone dragged a woman under her car for an entire block. She said she only found out when someone sent her a video the next morning.

The Interrogation: "I Thought I Hit the Door"

The detectives began by reading Couch her rights, then asked her directly about the incident at the intersection of Larpenteur and Prosperity. Couch immediately asked for a lawyer, but then continued talking. She acknowledged that the Charger was hers and that she was driving it that night, but she repeatedly insisted she did not know what the detectives were talking about. When they told her they had video of her car driving over the women, she said, "I don't see what you see." She admitted she had watched the video, but claimed it only showed one woman—the one in green shorts—who got up and limped away. "I didn't even know I hit anybody," she said. "To be honest, it wasn't until someone showed me a video."

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1 (01:33) **Case Introduction & Interrogation Begins** - The host sets up the case: on August 14, 2024, a car struck two women in Maplewood, Minnesota, killing one and injuring the other. The interrogation of suspect Ashley Couch begins.
2 (05:04) **Detectives Present Video Evidence** - Police reveal they have video showing Ashley's car driving over the victims, and that her car is being processed for damage.
3 (08:00) **Ashley's Account of the Incident** - Ashley describes the chaotic scene, claiming she was trying to flee with her baby in the car.
4 (15:44) **Detectives Probe Her Knowledge of the Victims** - Investigators ask if Ashley knows the victims, specifically a girl named Gabriel, and confront her with conflicting statements from others.
5 (18:52) **Details of the Escape and Car Trouble** - Ashley explains her actions after the incident, including why she left her car at a relative's house.
6 (24:24) **Ashley's Plan to Turn Herself In** - Ashley claims she was on her way to turn herself in when she was arrested.
7 (28:33) **Detectives Reveal the Full Extent of the Crime** - The interrogators show Ashley a new angle of the video, revealing a woman was dragged under her car.

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She Dragged a Woman Under Her Car and Said She Didn't Know - Ashley Couch Interrogation

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