Summary
The victim was brutally murdered. Police learn her fiancé was having affairs with other women, and he becomes the prime suspect... that is until a man comes forward who not only believes he owns the murder weapon, he also knows who used it.
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| 0:00.0 | Up next, a home invasion turns to murder. |
| 0:04.0 | Just extreme overkill. |
| 0:05.0 | Crime of passion, crime of rage. |
| 0:07.0 | So much violence and no one with a clear motive. |
| 0:11.0 | As best as law enforcement could establish, she had no enemy. |
| 0:15.0 | That is, until police discover a romance gone horribly wrong. It was either going to be a lover or someone who wanted her out the way |
| 0:24.6 | so that they can be the new lover. |
| 0:26.6 | I don't know if a love triangle can go good, but this one went really bad. Life Life couldn't have been better for Avis Banks. |
| 0:52.3 | She graduated from college, found a job she loved in a daycare center, and met the man |
| 0:59.0 | she planned to marry. |
| 1:01.0 | But an unexpected pregnancy changed some of her plans. |
| 1:07.0 | When I learned Ava was pregnant, I wouldn't thrill, and I know Ava was asked for forgiveness, and she was going to make it right by Mary and Keon. |
| 1:15.6 | Her fiancé was Keon Pittman, a middle school teacher and basketball coach. |
| 1:21.6 | Mr. Pittman was excited about the family that they were beginning. |
| 1:25.6 | They had already picked the name out for the child. |
| 1:29.3 | Avis and Keon bought a house together |
| 1:31.3 | in a suburb of Jackson, Mississippi. |
| 1:33.3 | But tragedy struck just a few months |
| 1:37.3 | before the baby was due to be born. |
| 1:40.3 | When Keon came home from work |
| 1:43.3 | and found Avis lying on the garage floor in a pool of blood, |
| 1:48.0 | police were called to the scene. |
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