[ominous music]
[suspenseful music]
- [Officer] Yeah.
- [Officer] Yeah [indistinct].
[suspenseful music continues]
- [EMT] Yeah, nice, yep.
- [EMT] Oh.
[suspenseful music]
- [Officer] All right, we got this.
- [EMT] Okay.
[sirens wailing]
- [Nikki] Maney?
- [John] Yep.
- [Nikki] Get any information about
the fleeing suspect please.
- [John] Perfect. - [Nikki] Which way he went.
- [John] Yep.
All right, what did you see?
What did you see?
- [Morgan] We just,
She's my twin sister.
- [John] What's her name? - Taylor Dragicevich.
- [John] Why was she here today?
- So we just came back from the movie theater.
- [John] Okay, all three of you?
- Yeah. - [John] Okay.
- And she was about to drive home
and all of a sudden
- [John] Okay.
- We thought it was the neighbors downstairs,
- [John] Uh-huh..
but we came down and.
- [John] Okay. You didn't see anybody?
- [Morgan] No.
- [John] You just heard her screaming?
- All we saw was there was a car, a gray car,
and it spun down, you know, this way, and then she, no,
and then, then they took off.
- [John] Okay.
- [John] Only thing we got right now is a gray SUV
left at a high rate of speed northbound.
[suspenseful music continues]
Hey.
- [John] Okay, does she have a boyfriend?
- Yes, she has a previous boyfriend.
- [John] Okay, what's his name?
- [John] What's his name?
- Jeff. - [John] Jeff what?
- Jeffrey.
- [John] Does he have a vehicle that you know of?
- Yes.
- [Morgan] Yes. - Oh, my god.
- [John] Would you mind if we just search through
your apartment and make sure nothing happened in there?
- [Morgan] Yeah, of course.
- [John] You can walk with us up there.
[suspenseful music continues]
No one else should be inside, correct?
Do you know if he turned on the lights?
Oh, perfect.
No one else should be inside?
- [John] Okay.
[suspenseful music continues]
- [Petar] And she never made it inside?
- [Morgan] No. - [Petar] Okay.
[doors squeaking]
- [Officer] No place to tape. - [Officer 2] Sorry?
- [Officer] Okay.
- [Officer] Multiple stab wounds to the back.
- [Officer] In the apartment or out here?
- [Tim] Right here.
- [Officer] Okay.
- [Tim] Presumably this one.
- [Officer] Okay.
- [Officer] Mom is right there.
- [Officer] Okay.
- [Officer] They didn't see anything?
Nobody saw what the hell went down? Not one?
- [Officer] I don't think so.
I'm just gonna go take a look here.
- [Officer] There's blood on the passenger floorboard
and then some of her hair,
which there's some of her hair over there too
that she probably lost in the stabbing.
- [Officer] So this door was open?
- [Officer] But there's this bag here,
so I think probably she tried to get back in here.
- [Officer] Was the door open though when we got here?
- [Officer] No, nope,
- [Officer] Okay.
- [Officer] That makes sense.
- [Officer] Sure.
- [Officer] Okay. - [Officer] Okay.
- [Officer] So we're securing this.
- [Officer] Every one?
- [Officer] Yeah. - [Officer] Okay.
- [Officer] They believe who witnessed the person leaving
was in a gray SUV.
- [Officer] Okay.
- She's right there.
- [Officer] Okay, do they have cameras
that go down the main drag?
- I'll take, I'll look but generally
I don't think they have anything.
I'll check the main office though,
'cause maybe that's different.
- [EMT] Pressure.
- [EMT] I can't feel one.
- [EMT] Just keep going.
It's just showing a heart rate, so.
- [EMT] Continue. - [EMT] Yeah.
Breathe.
- [EMT] Easy, nice and smooth on these please.
Nice and smooth all the way out, guys.
- [EMT] Go ahead.
[lift whirring]
- [Officer] Do you have her ID?
- [Officer] Yeah, standby.
I'm good. - [Officer] Okay.
[suspenseful music continues]
- [Officer] I'm just trying to put everything together.
- Yeah.
- [Petar] So what I'm getting is, ex, they have issues.
He's got a PPO and he's been making some threats.
It sounds like she doesn't wanna be with him
and he's getting all crazy about it.
I just wanna make sure we covered everything
and we can
put all the pieces together.
[suspenseful music]
- We saw him on video.
- [Dispatch] City Baker 31 status.
- Trying to keep my dates straight.
- It's been,
it was like two weeks ago he showed up at her work
and he spent the night in jail.
I think like, I think it was two weeks ago.
- Yeah.
- He got out in the morning,
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music continues]
[suspenseful music swells]
- There's a Chevy Cruze at his home,
But they don't see an SUV. Clear direct.
You want to just with caution,
have them make contact with him.
- [Dispatch] 10-4.
[officer knocking on door]
- [Officer] Kalamazoo Police, search warrant.
Anyone inside 3B come to the front door please.
[suspenseful music]
Kalamazoo Police, search warrant.
Kalamazoo Police, search warrant for apartment 3B.
Anyone inside, call out now.
Kalamazoo Police, search warrant.
- [Officer] Police department, search warrant.
Police department, search warrant.
- [Officer] Call out now.
- [Officer] Clear!
[suspenseful music continues]
- [Officer] Police, search warrant.
- [Veltman] He's not here.
- [Petar] Is there anywhere else he would go?
- [Cindy] Other than the apartment?
- [Petar] I think we went there, he's not there.
Do you have a good address for his parents or names?
- [Petar] Melissa and Mike?
His sister lives there too.
- [Petar] What's his sister's name, ma'am?
- [Cindy] Jasmine.
- [Petar] Jasmine.
[suspenseful music continues]
[officer knocking on door]
- [Andrew] Hi, I am looking for Jeff, is he around?
- Why are you looking for Jeffery.
- [Andrew] Kalamazoo wants to talk to him about something.
They asked a couple of us
to come out here and try and find him.
- No. - [Andrew] Is he home?
- His car's not even here.
- [Andrew] Okay, do you know where he stays at?
- He has his apartment.
- [Andrew] All righty, Okay, I appreciate it, thank you.
- [Melissa] Thank you.
[suspenseful music continues]
[ominous music]
[indistinct radio chatter]
[suspenseful music]
[radio chatter]
- [Officer] Okay.
[sirens wailing]
[engine revving]
[suspenseful music continues]
[sirens wailing]
[suspenseful music continues]
- [Holly] Gray GMC 26th Street and 63rd.
- [Dispatch] [indistinct]
- [Brian] 26th Street 63rd Ave.
We'll be out on a felony stop.
[suspenseful music continues]
Driver, show your hands!
- [Holly] Step out of the car, show your hands!
Show us your hands.
Who else is in the car with you?
- [Holly] Just you?
- [Brian] Can you step back here for me?
Just keep your hands where we can see 'em, okay?
There's nobody else in the car?
- [Brian] Okay.
[suspenseful music continues]
- [Brian] The vehicle's clear, we're out with the mom.
- What the hell?
- [Brian] There's gonna be some officers here
to talk to you in just a second, okay?
- No, why you are...
why you guys pulled a gun on me is [bleep].
- [Brian] No ma'am, you're gonna stay here, okay?
- I didn't do anything wrong.
- Ma'am come back here.
- [Brian] Just her.
This is mom, this is Melissa.
- Okay, and car's empty I'm guessing?
- [Brian] Car's empty.
- Did she say anything about where he is?
- [Brian] She's just off that we're harassing her.
- Okay.
- [Ernie] So we think that he took off in this car
from the scene.
So obviously she's gotta,
she had some kind of communication with him.
- We still have eyes on that house?
- [Ernie] I don't think so, I can go slide back there.
- If we could get some more eyes on the house.
We'll talk to mom real quick.
Hi, ma'am.
- [Officer] I understand, so they--
- No, it's [bleep], they both pulled a gun on me.
- [Officer] I'm sure you're very worried and frustrated
about everything that's gone.
- I have no idea what's going on.
- [Officer] The reason,
allow me to explain everything, okay?
We need to talk to Jeff.
Jeff and Taylor got into it
and we gotta talk to him right away.
- They got into it?
- Yes.
- How did, did he go to see her or something?
- Yes.
Do you know, is he back at your place?
- [Melissa] No.
- Do you know where he's at?
- [Melissa] No.
- [Officer] Melissa, can I come talk to you
over here real quick?
- You can talk to me, that's fine.
- [Officer] Melissa, you are in a horrible spot right now
because your son has put you in the middle of a big mess.
All right?
I know that Jeff was in that vehicle
within the last couple of hours.
And I know that that vehicle
made it back to your place and left.
And we need to get ahold of him
because we are concerned for his safety.
- I don't know how to get ahold of Jeffrey.
I worry about Jeffrey's safety too.
I mean, he already tried to commit suicide once.
What are you looking for in my car?
- [Ernie] I'm just looking, ma'am.
- You know what? Open the doors.
You can look all through my car, I don't have anything.
It's just my work stuff.
You know what? I'm gonna open the doors and you--
- [Brian] Hey, Melissa.
- Really irritating the hell outta me.
- [Brian] Melissa.
- Because if you're gonna look in my car,
I'll open the doors.
You can look in through my whole car.
- [Brian] Would you mind keeping talking to me
while he's just looking around?
And I'm not even saying that he's gonna go in your car,
but you're okay if he does?
- I don't have anything in there for him to--
- [Brian] Yeah, exactly.
[suspenseful music]
See this right here, right under the phone.
- [Officer] What is it? Oh, blood?
- [Daniel] Yeah.
- You know what?
I'm not gonna answer anymore of your questions because--
- [Brian] We're-- - You guys--
- [Brian] Unfortunately, you can't get back in your car
right now, all right?
So you can stay here and talk with me if you'd like.
- Why would I be injured?
- It just looks like there's some blood
in the center console,
so I'll just making sure
you don't need any medical attention or anything like that.
Do you have any injuries that we need to know about?
[suspenseful music]
You're okay?
- Yeah.
- [Brian] So like Detective Knauf said,
there's blood in your vehicle.
Do you know where it came from?
- Where is there blood in the car?
- [Knauf] Right by the phone.
- [Melissa] By my phone?
- [Knauf] Whatever, whoever's phone that is in the middle.
- [Melissa] That's my phone.
- [Knauf] And it looks like on the trash can as well.
- Oh, that might be my lipstick.
- [Brian] So here's our concern.
Our concerns is that it's--
[Melissa chuckles]
- [Brian] Well...
[Melissa chuckles]
- [Knauf] I don't know that it's not blood.
- Okay.
[ominous music]
- [Galer] No. - [Officer] Okay.
[suspenseful music]
- [Brian] Who's over at the house right now?
- [Brian] Okay.
Step over here and talk with me, okay?
I'm gonna let you know what's going on.
- You can't tow my car, I gotta go to work.
- [Brian] You'll find out if you let me talk to you.
Let's go back over here so we can,
- No, I need to get my work stuff out of there for my car,
I need to get my purse.
- [Brian] Melissa? - What?
- I don't know what you are out here...I honestly don't.
I really swear to God, I don't have any idea.
I don't, I'm telling you the honest truth.
- [Brian] All right, Taylor is dead, all right?
And we need to find Jeff
before he does something to himself.
- Taylor's dead?
- [Brian] Yes.
We're not out here for some little thing.
- You're you're, you're lying!
- [Brian] I'm not lying.
- Oh, my gosh! Are you serious?
Taylor's dead?
- [Brian] Think about everything that's happened
in the last hour.
- I love Taylor.
- At this point we know that Jeff is involved
and he was at your house.
When was the last time you saw Jeff?
- I saw Jeff a couple days ago.
- [Brian] Jeff is putting you into the point
where you could be an accessory after the fact of murder.
Do you understand that? - I haven't done anything.
I didn't, I don't know anything.
I don't know anything, oh, my goodness,
I can't believe Taylor's dead.
[suspenseful music continues]
- [Brian] We will find him. We will arrest him for this.
Do you also want to share a cell with him?
- I don't know anything.
- [Officer] Do we have a phone number for her?
- [Brian] If you can get her wherever
is most convenient for her,
'cause we're gonna head to their house
and deal with Jasmine and Zach,
and the search warrant and everything related to that.
- I can drop you at a hotel if you don't got family.
Are you comfortable with one of the hotels?
- I guess so.
- [Holly] Okay.
Before we get in the car,
before they really get rolling on that thing,
- [Melissa] No.
- [Officer] Be there in a second.
[suspenseful music]
- [Andrew] Please come to the front door
with your arms in the air.
- [Brian] Van Buren has just lit up the house
and they're doing announcements now.
We'll let you know if anyone comes out.
- [Andrew] Oh, we got contact with the front door.
- [Holly] Jasmine?
- Yep.
- [Holly] Yep, who's with you, Zach?
- [Jasmine] Yep.
- [Holly] Keep walking out.
Okay, you can [indistinct].
- [Officer] Can you just put your hands
on the top of the truck hood.
Zach, right? Okay.
We would like to just talk to you guys
about something that happened earlier today.
You're not under arrest or anything like that.
And then we'll just have a conversation.
- Light, light.
[suspenseful music continues]
- [Officer] Hi Jasmine. - [Jasmine] Hi.
- [Ernie] Are you warm enough?
- Yeah.
- [Ernie] Okay, sorry, I'll block my light.
It sounds like Jeff and Taylor kind of got into it
earlier today.
Have you talked to him or seen him today?
- [Ernie] That was when you last talked to him?
- I think so, yeah.
- Just for my peace of mind,
would you mind showing me your phone,
like the text messages and call logs,
just so I can see he hasn't texted or called
her since three or whatever?
Is he listed as Jeff or what's he listed under?
- [Jasmine] Yeah.
- [Ernie] Is this you on this side?
- [Jasmine] Yeah, I think so. There may be--
Is this you talking to him?
- [Jasmine] Yeah, I guess.
You don't remember that?
- I don't know. You guess I don't know.
He was, oh, my [bleep] God.
Now that you mentioned, I'm so sorry,
[suspenseful music]
- [Ernie] Jasmine is Jeff inside the house?
- No, I don't think so.
I don't know, we've been gone all day.
- [Ernie] All right, give me just a minute,
I'll be right back, okay?
- [Brian] The dad's just arriving also.
I'm gonna go make contact with him.
Hi, Michael?
All right, I'm sorry,
I apologize for everything that is going on here.
My name's Brian Veltman, I'm a detective.
I know your wife reached out to you at some point.
Have you talked to Jeff at all tonight?
- [Michael] No.
- [Brian] Did you have your phone with ya?
You know when the last time you would've spoke to him was?
- Do you guys have any weapons in the house
or anything like that?
- I do have
my dad's gun.
It's a .22.
- [Brian] Okay, all right.
Hang tight with us for a couple of minutes, okay?
[suspenseful music continues]
- [Ernie] We can go up to the side and come across.
- Yep, we ready?
[officers conversing indistinctly]
- [Officer] Right on steady, he ain't goin' nowhere.
- I got your window over here, guys.
[suspenseful music continues]
- [Officer] Kalamazoo Police,
anyone inside, come to the front door.
[indistinct radio chatter]
Kalamazoo Police, Jeff, come to the front door.
Kalamazoo Police, we have a search warrant.
Anyone inside come to the front door.
[suspenseful music continues]
- Good to go. - [Officer] Okay.
Kalamazoo Police, search warrant.
- [Officer] I got the hall.
- [Officer] Got stairs.
I'm with you.
- [Officer] Check that corner there.
- [Officer] Slow and steady.
- [Brian] Jeff?
- [Ernie] Jeff, public safety, call out, bud.
Wider to the right.
- [Brian] I'm with you.
- [Brian] Yep, another cat over here.
Police, search warrant.
- [Ernie] Police, search warrant, call out.
- [Brian] Another gate over here.
- [Ernie] Guessing this is the garage.
- [Brian] Yep. I'm with you for the garage.
- [Ernie] Kalamazoo Police, search warrant.
Anyone inside, call out now.
- [Brian] Come on, Jeff, call out buddy.
- [Brian] Okay.
Kalamazoo Police, anyone in the garage, call out now.
[suspenseful music continues]
All right, clear.
- [Ernie] Yeah.
- [Brian] There's a scuttle?
- [Ernie] Yeah.
- [Ernie] Yeah, yep.
- [Brian] Okay.
- [Officer] So he could be up there?
- [Brian] Yep.
So you think we might want to toss K-9 up in?
- [Ernie] So that's, it'd be tricky to get a K-9 up there.
But I will say the drone guy is talking a lot about
how their drones can just go inside and clear.
That might be a good thing for, for getting that attic.
- [Ernie] All right.
- [Officer] Drones coming up.
- [Officer] Police Department, call out if you're in here.
- [Ernie] Jeff, can you call out please? Come on out.
[suspenseful music]
- You're good, you need more height on it.
[suspenseful music]
- [Officer] Go, keep going here to the right.
- [Millard] Yeah, there he is.
Yeah, he's up there.
- [Tim] Hey Jeff, what's that in your mouth?
- [Tim] Oh, vape? Okay.
Jeff, I want you to drop that knife, okay, bud.
Can you put the knife down?
- [Officer] Right there.
- [Tim] Jeff, hey listen, this is Tim.
I know you're nervous,
I know you're worried about what's going on, okay?
We don't, we're not here to harm you or anything.
We wanna help, that's why we're here.
I told your sister,
I told your dad out front we were gonna do
everything we could to help you out
in this situation, okay?
I can tell you right now
I wholeheartedly will let you talk to your dad
and your sister if you want to come down right now.
Okay?
- [Tim] I'd really like, it's for your safety,
for my partner's safety and eyes.
Could we just have you come on down with me right now?
- [Tim] Okay.
- [Officer] Say, Tim? - [Tim] Yes?
But in the next couple of minutes, unfortunately,
if he doesn't start to make his way down,
we are going to open a hole in the garage.
- [Tim] Okay.
Jeff, that's my captain.
But I would like you to just come through this hole
and then that way we can go outside and have a conversation
and I can get you some water.
Can we do that right now?
- We're kind of not gonna do
the whole more time thing, okay?
- [Officer] Unfortunately, I think this might be
a little bit loud, but I just want him to be aware
that we're gonna be making some noise, okay?
[suspenseful music]
- [Tim] Jeff, put the knife down.
Listen to me, listen to me.
Drop the knife, put the knife down, okay?
Put the knife down.
We care about you.
We don't want anything to happen to you.
All these gentlemen are doing is helping you
get access down, okay?
Jeff, listen to me, okay?
Jeff.
Hey, Jeff.
[rubble crashing]
- Jeff, he's falling down.
- Got hands.
- [Officer] I got visual.
- [Ernie] Jeff, Jeff,
- [Officer] We're good, we're good, one shooter.
- [Tim] I can't see him, so.
- [Tim] Okay, all right.
[suspenseful music]
Jeff. - [Diaz] Lines up.
- [Tim] Okay, you see me, bud?
- [Tim] Okay, look at me, okay?
What is going on down here
is them wanting to see that you're okay, all right?
- [Diaz] All the way up, all the way up.
- [Tim] I want you to drop your knife.
- [Officer] I'll give you a shove.
- [Officer] Hang on, let me holster.
- [Tim] I want you to drop your knife
down to the floor over there by those guys.
Can you do that?
Just put it down in the garage.
Can you do that for me?
- [Ernie] This is Ernie. - [Officer] I'm up.
- [Ernie] You have two people now
that are in a insulated roof
trying to help you to make sure you're okay.
[suspenseful music continues]
- [Tim] If you just put the knife down,
I'll walk over to you
and we will help you get down outta here.
We're just moving.
- [Ernie] No, we're not even--
- [Ernie] We're not even, look at,
I'm not even pointing it at you, okay.
Could you just set it down for a second
and see what happens and then we can just keep talking.
Could you do me one more thing?
- [Ernie] Could you just take your hand
and maybe put it on the two by four
so that you're just not holding it.
It's still right there, but you're just not holding it.
Could you do that for me?
- [Ernie] You see my hands?
No one even has a gun out.
- [Tim] We're not doing that, okay?
- [Ernie] Gun's in my holster.
- [Tim] I'm standing here and I'm closer to you
'cause I want you to be able to see that I'm not trying
to play games with you, okay?
I'm not trying to trick you.
I want you to talk to us, okay?
- [Tim] We don't want to do that.
And we're not going to do that, okay?
[suspenseful music continues]
- [Ernie] Let's go down,
let's talk to your dad, let's talk to your sister.
- Just put the knife down, okay?
- [Ernie] No.
- [Tim] No.
- [Ernie] That's not what we do, we don't do that.
[taser clicking]
[Jeff screeching]
- [Ernie] Get him, come under power.
Get him from under power. Keep him under power.
- [Officer] Got him.
[taser clicking] [Jeff screeching]
- [Officer] Knife's ouut.
Go hit again, I'm good.
All right, knife down, knife down.
- [Tim] Good, all right, you're good.
You're all right, bud.
- [Ernie] Let's get him up, before he goes through.
- [Tim] Okay, cuffs.
Don't drop him.
- [Ernie] Nope, it's all right.
- [Tim] Watch your foot, Jeff.
- [Ernie] You got an extra body?
Yep, stand up on the beam, stand up on the beam.
- [Tim] Hey, hey, hey, you did it, you did it.
We're here.
- [Ernie] You got this.
- [Officer] You're doing great. Hold on, hold on.
Hold on with your arms.
- [Ernie] Keep going, you got 'em?
- [Tim] Yep, keep going.
Nope, nope, Jeff, come on.
- [Officer] Let me get the other side.
Watch out, guys.
Keep walking, keep walking, bud, you're okay. Yep.
Keep walking, there you go, nice job.
Almost there.
- [Tim] Good job.
- [Officer] Yep, stay going, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Jeff, Watch the drywall there guys.
- [Tim] That's gross.
- [Officer] Come on, stand up.
Stand up, Jeff.
Jeff, come on.
- [Officer] Heads up, guys.
- [Ernie] Guys, can you help with the legs?
- [Officer] He's coming down.
- [Andrew] We can't, we raised, we can try to catch him.
- [Tim] I think Velt and I can probably assist
in a lowering here to help with the legs.
Good ahead, Jeff, you go ahead.
- [Andrew] Yep, I got 'em.
- [Tim] Got 'em?
- [Andrew] We got 'em, we got 'em.
- [Tim] Coming down, you ready?
- [Andrew] Yep.
- [Tim] Okay.
- [Officer] Bring 'em around back.
[officers conversing indistinctly]
[suspenseful music]
- [Tim] You're okay, bud.
- [Officer] That was awesome, thank you.
Hey brother, I'm gonna have your sister come back
so you can talk to her, are you okay with that?
- Yeah.
- [Tim] You wanna do that?
- Sure. - [Tim] Okay.
[suspenseful music continues]
- Hey.
- I don't know.
- I love you too.
- Yeah.
- [Tim] Jeff, I'm so glad you're sittin' here
talkin' to me, man.
Oh my gosh, man, you have no idea.
There you go, all right.
Drop these off here.
[pensive music]
This is an opportunity for you to give us your side
of the story about what happened here today.
- [Jeff] It's somewhere in the house.
- Like where?
- I really don't know everything.
Like when the cops came, I just ran into the attic.
It was kind of just like a blur.
- [Seiser] Okay, and you'd been up in the attic
since they first showed up?
- Yep.
- [Seiser] What car did you drive
when you drove to your parents' house today?
What car was that that you brought there?
- [Jeff] I used Zach and Jasmine's car.
- [Seiser] The one that was in the driveway?
- [Jeff] Yeah.
- [Seiser] Is there any chance
that maybe you were in your mom's car?
- No. - [Seiser] Are you sure?
- Mm-hmm.
- [Seiser] You think, who was in your mom's car today then?
- My mom. - [Seiser] Yeah.
- She had run some errands and [bleep].
- [Seiser] Well, would it surprise you if I told you that
that car was in Kalamazoo this afternoon?
Your mom's was.
I could show.
- Yeah, she was probably in Kalamazoo.
- [Seiser] But she said she wasn't in Kalamazoo.
- Mm-hmm.
We've been working since this evening,
since this incident happened, bud.
- Mm-hmm.
And we can track exactly where you've been.
We know that you didn't take the,
your sister's little gray car.
So obviously we didn't just show up
at your house randomly today, right?
We know that you were in your mom's 2019 GMC Terrain.
We know that you were over on Cork Street with Taylor.
Your mom's car right here at Cork and Old Cork.
- I don't remember that.
- [Seiser] You don't remember any of that?
- No. - [Seiser] Okay.
[suspenseful music]
- I'd like to speak to my lawyers.
- Okay.
- If that's all right you guys.
- That's absolutely fine, yep.
- Okay.
- Yep, that's your right, man.
- So what's next?
- What's next?
- Yep.
- Well, you're gonna go to jail
- Mm-hmm.
and then this case will go before the prosecutor's office
- Mm-hmm.
and they'll decide what the appropriate charges.
- Okay. - Okay?
- A man charged with fatally stabbing
his ex-girlfriend has entered a plea for the murder.
28-year-old Taylor was stabbed in the face, head and hands.
Evidence recovered included a bloody knife
and bloody clothes,
and Jeffrey Kucharski pleaded guilty today
to second degree murder.
He remains in jail without bond.
[ominous music]
- [Narrator] Jeffrey Kucharski was sentenced
to 60 to 100 years in prison
for the murder of his ex-girlfriend,
Taylor Dragicevich.
Her brother had this to say to Kucharski.
- You are a piece of garbage.
And because of what you did to my sister,
I can't trust people anymore.
- The PPO that she was granted did nothing to protect her,
and he was free to lie in wait
and fatally attack her when her defenses were down.
Taylor deserved better.
[melancholy music]
- [Announcer] We want to honor
Taylor's generous spirit and beautiful soul
as we bring awareness to the seriousness
of domestic violence.
- [Cindy] She shouldn't be in a cemetery at 29.
She should be here.
So we're honoring the 28 years
we were lucky enough to have her here.
I miss her smile, I miss her laugh.
That's the essence of her,
yeah, just that big smile, and she had it on all the time.