Aaron Ward

So they didn't want to— When they released that, they didn't want to have that run.

That interview occurred probably seven to 10 days after the arrest.

And the female detective there was starting to realize, I don't know.

I'm not sure this is the same person either.

Interesting.

Yeah.

Yeah, but at first, there was a lot of feeling that that was Kelly.

But what happened is, first of all, the main witness that would have been is deceased.

They're missing that element.

And then we had the pandemic.

There were like two or three changes of judges and they just wanted to wrap this cape.

case up and get him on something.

And they did.

They got him on misdemeanor.

And in the civil case, he ended up supposedly having to pay $400,000.

But I don't think he ever paid it.

The whole idea of him coming forward and him giving this, you know, according to the jury, very believable testimony, that solved the case.

That found justice for Regina's family.

But Regina's family are still not very happy with Steve Gates.

They feel that he waited way too long.