Deborah Roberts

She really wanted love. In this case, when we start off the story, it begins with her three-year-old daughter who is discovered wandering alone in a parking lot in Baton Rouge with blood on her feet. And days later, an extensive search turns up her mom's body.

I worked on this story, and I was just not only shocked, first of all, that there's a three-year-old child involved and who had to witness, you know, something horrible, but that the man that Lentel, you know, loved and thought loved her would actually wind up being charged here. So let's listen to a clip from this story.

I worked on this story, and I was just not only shocked, first of all, that there's a three-year-old child involved and who had to witness, you know, something horrible, but that the man that Lentel, you know, loved and thought loved her would actually wind up being charged here. So let's listen to a clip from this story.

A new love, the promise of a new family. It's everything Lintel's been hoping for. But she has no idea what truly lies ahead. Something horrible has happened to Lintel Washington. And where is she? So you hear from her friends there who, you know, were advising her and felt so horrible. But when you think about Ryan, her child, her daughter caught in the wreckage of this murder.

A new love, the promise of a new family. It's everything Lintel's been hoping for. But she has no idea what truly lies ahead. Something horrible has happened to Lintel Washington. And where is she? So you hear from her friends there who, you know, were advising her and felt so horrible. But when you think about Ryan, her child, her daughter caught in the wreckage of this murder.

And she gave the lead to investigators because she's so tiny, but she was able to say Mr. Robbie put the blood in the car and that started to lead police to him.

And she gave the lead to investigators because she's so tiny, but she was able to say Mr. Robbie put the blood in the car and that started to lead police to him.

Like on television.

Like on television.

yeah yeah and that trauma when you think about that well i got to meet the daughter years later and she seemed to be doing pretty well but you know that that's something she's going to live with well ryan we're going to take another quick break and when we come back we want to hear more about what's coming up in the bad romance series

yeah yeah and that trauma when you think about that well i got to meet the daughter years later and she seemed to be doing pretty well but you know that that's something she's going to live with well ryan we're going to take another quick break and when we come back we want to hear more about what's coming up in the bad romance series

We're back with Ryan Smith. And Ryan, this has been so intriguing talking about these stories that you and I cover. And I'm just amazed that people stop you on the street because they feel so connected to these stories.

We're back with Ryan Smith. And Ryan, this has been so intriguing talking about these stories that you and I cover. And I'm just amazed that people stop you on the street because they feel so connected to these stories.

You're absolutely right. And people often want to know about the particular people that we interview. And I don't know how you feel about it, but, you know, at the end of the day, these are horrible crimes. They are traumatic situations. People's lives have been blown up as a result and forever changed.

You're absolutely right. And people often want to know about the particular people that we interview. And I don't know how you feel about it, but, you know, at the end of the day, these are horrible crimes. They are traumatic situations. People's lives have been blown up as a result and forever changed.

And we're talking to them about deeply personal, intimate matters, oftentimes about their personal lives and how they either didn't see it coming or just how it's affected them. How about you in covering those interviews? Because for me, there are times I leave them kind of shaken.

And we're talking to them about deeply personal, intimate matters, oftentimes about their personal lives and how they either didn't see it coming or just how it's affected them. How about you in covering those interviews? Because for me, there are times I leave them kind of shaken.

Yeah, I agree with you. And sometimes people have said to me, too, that they felt a sense of catharsis afterwards. I mean, there's no greater compliment to me when I'm doing an interview with someone who has endured something so horrible than when they say afterwards, you made this so much easier than I thought it would have been. And it was so it's a relief to share my story.

Yeah, I agree with you. And sometimes people have said to me, too, that they felt a sense of catharsis afterwards. I mean, there's no greater compliment to me when I'm doing an interview with someone who has endured something so horrible than when they say afterwards, you made this so much easier than I thought it would have been. And it was so it's a relief to share my story.

And you made me feel so much better doing it. That's the greatest compliment, right?