Sarah Crane Murdoch (Reporter)

In the video, the officer talks to Sunny outside her car. Her two young kids are in the back.

In the video, the officer talks to Sunny outside her car. Her two young kids are in the back.

In the video, the officer talks to Sunny outside her car. Her two young kids are in the back.

I saw this video. The deputy does actually cuff Sunny for a few minutes. He tells her she didn't hit a deer. She hit a person, and she starts crying. Asks if she's going to prison forever. Not forever, he says. But then he takes the cuffs off. Her brother-in-law had shown up to pick up her kids. Sunny starts moving car seats and bags into his truck.

I saw this video. The deputy does actually cuff Sunny for a few minutes. He tells her she didn't hit a deer. She hit a person, and she starts crying. Asks if she's going to prison forever. Not forever, he says. But then he takes the cuffs off. Her brother-in-law had shown up to pick up her kids. Sunny starts moving car seats and bags into his truck.

I saw this video. The deputy does actually cuff Sunny for a few minutes. He tells her she didn't hit a deer. She hit a person, and she starts crying. Asks if she's going to prison forever. Not forever, he says. But then he takes the cuffs off. Her brother-in-law had shown up to pick up her kids. Sunny starts moving car seats and bags into his truck.

Lipaka thinks that Sunny's phone was probably in one of those bags. Highway Patrol never found it. That slowed down the investigation. He suspects there were drugs and paraphernalia in those bags, too. Her toxicology came back positive for methamphetamine and fentanyl.

Lipaka thinks that Sunny's phone was probably in one of those bags. Highway Patrol never found it. That slowed down the investigation. He suspects there were drugs and paraphernalia in those bags, too. Her toxicology came back positive for methamphetamine and fentanyl.

Lipaka thinks that Sunny's phone was probably in one of those bags. Highway Patrol never found it. That slowed down the investigation. He suspects there were drugs and paraphernalia in those bags, too. Her toxicology came back positive for methamphetamine and fentanyl.

But he also told me one of the kids was in a diaper and needed clothes, so he could see why the officer let Sonny move some bags. I kept noticing this dynamic whenever I asked Lepotka about a mistake law enforcement made. He'd readily acknowledge it, but then he also always had an explanation that assumed the officers had good intentions. Like when I asked him about Bieber taking Micah's phone.

But he also told me one of the kids was in a diaper and needed clothes, so he could see why the officer let Sonny move some bags. I kept noticing this dynamic whenever I asked Lepotka about a mistake law enforcement made. He'd readily acknowledge it, but then he also always had an explanation that assumed the officers had good intentions. Like when I asked him about Bieber taking Micah's phone.

But he also told me one of the kids was in a diaper and needed clothes, so he could see why the officer let Sonny move some bags. I kept noticing this dynamic whenever I asked Lepotka about a mistake law enforcement made. He'd readily acknowledge it, but then he also always had an explanation that assumed the officers had good intentions. Like when I asked him about Bieber taking Micah's phone.

He said, yeah, his bedside manner sucked. But Bieber's also a good guy, and he needed her phone to quickly rule out suicide. If she had been suicidal, it could cause problems for them at trial. Montana Highway Patrol finally arrested Sunny White just a few days after LaPaka showed Carissa and Kevin the body cam footage.

He said, yeah, his bedside manner sucked. But Bieber's also a good guy, and he needed her phone to quickly rule out suicide. If she had been suicidal, it could cause problems for them at trial. Montana Highway Patrol finally arrested Sunny White just a few days after LaPaka showed Carissa and Kevin the body cam footage.

He said, yeah, his bedside manner sucked. But Bieber's also a good guy, and he needed her phone to quickly rule out suicide. If she had been suicidal, it could cause problems for them at trial. Montana Highway Patrol finally arrested Sunny White just a few days after LaPaka showed Carissa and Kevin the body cam footage.

She was charged with negligent vehicular homicide, leaving the scene, drug possession, and child endangerment. LaPaka called Carissa to tell her the news.

She was charged with negligent vehicular homicide, leaving the scene, drug possession, and child endangerment. LaPaka called Carissa to tell her the news.

She was charged with negligent vehicular homicide, leaving the scene, drug possession, and child endangerment. LaPaka called Carissa to tell her the news.

Would you have brought charges without the amount of media attention that Kevin and Carissa brought to this case?

Would you have brought charges without the amount of media attention that Kevin and Carissa brought to this case?