On Oct. 31, 2020, at around 5 a.m. Livye Lewis was found unresponsive in her car on the side of a road in Hemphill, Texas. Her ex-boyfriend, Matthew Edgar, said he had no memory of what happened to Lewis or how he ended up in the fetal position behind her car.
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To find out what happened to Livye, investigators had to retrace her steps from the night before.
2:30 a.m. | A party turned sour
About two hours before Lewis was found in her car, she was at a friend’s pre-Halloween party. Edgar, her ex-boyfriend, and his ex-wife, Montana Bockel, were also there. Lewis had broken up with Edgar a few weeks before, and according to the party’s host, Bobby Ozan, Lewis and Bockel were enjoying the night while ignoring Edgar.
By 2:30 a.m., most people had already left the party except Lewis and Bockel. According to Bockel’s first interview with investigators, Edgar suddenly returned to Ozan’s house and overheard that Lewis was going to spend the night with Ozan.
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This made Edgar so furious that he started attacking Bockel, feeling she could have stopped Lewis. He was also kicking Bockel’s car.
Ozan tried to restrain Edgar, giving Bockel and Lewis a chance to escape. Bockel headed to Edgar’s grandparents’ home seeking refuge, but it is unclear where Lewis was headed.
Once inside Edgar’s grandparents’ home, Bockel began texting Edgar. Those texts would become key evidence in the case.
3:34 a.m. | Livye is “Dead”
Edgar was angry at Bockel because he said she knew about Lewis and Ozan. Bockel and Lewis had a friendly relationship.
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At 3:34 a.m., Bockel texted Edgar asking where Lewis was. He responded: “Dead.”
3:30 to 5 a.m. | The crime scene
The text messages indicate…
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