Marissa Pierce (Daughter of Maurice Pierce)

It's blood money for us.

He died for this money.

So really, it was never about the money for us.

It's about the reform and the changes that need to happen, not only in Austin, but apparently across the country.

I mean, it was scary at the time.

It was very scary for him.

I didn't see him until he got released.

So I know when I saw him, he had bit all of his nails.

His lips were all bleeding because he bit his lips and just very nervous.

I mean, I know initially his mom and dad didn't know where he was because they didn't notify his parents.

They didn't?

They basically, you know, woke up and he wasn't home.

And so they're calling, you know, like any other parent, we're calling the hospitals.

Kimberly, how did he describe the questioning?

Um...

He was just ready to get out of there.

I mean, that's really, he was just, he was ready to go.

He's like, I'm just glad it's over.

And he didn't have to tell me anything because I was with him that night.

So I never questioned him as far as, you know, there wasn't a conversation like, did you do it?