RECORDINGS.
MATT: AS HIS MOTHER AND FAMILY
CONTINUE TO GRIEVE THE LOSS OF
ALEX CORREA, WESH 2 NEWS HAS
UNCOVERED SOME OF THE EVIDENCE
ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE USED TO ARREST SIX PEOPLE
IN HIS KILLING.
>> THIS IS A MURDER
INVESTIGATION.
MURDER.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
MATT VIDEO FROM SOME OF THE
: SUSPECTS’ QUESTIONING SHOWS
HOW DETECTIVES PUT PIECES OF THE
CASE TOGETHER.
>> I JUST KNOW I DROVE SOMEONE
TO THE HOSPITAL IN MY FRIEND’S
CAR.
MATT: ONE SUSPECT, ASHLEY DEANE
WEBB, APPEARS TO AT FIRST
FRUSTRATE DETECTIVES WITH
EVASIVE ANSWERS.
>> RIGHT NOW YOU ARE TRYING TO
GET YOURSELF OUT OF SOMETHING
BUT YOU ARE DIGGING YOURSELF WE
DEEPER.
YOU ARE REALLY HURTING YOURSELF.
YOU’RE OK WITH BEING A MURDERER?
>> I’M NOT A MURDERER.
MATT HER ADMISSIONS UNRAVEL KEY
: FACTS OF THE INVESTIGATION.
HOW MANY PEOPLE GOT OUT OF THE
CAR?
>> FOUR.
MATT: ALEX CORREA WAS 20 YEARS
OLD.
DEPUTIES SAY HE WAS INNOCENTLY
WATCHING TWO SMALL CHILDREN THE
NIGHT FOUR MEN STORMED INTO HIS
FAMILY’S HOME.
THEY SAY HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED
DEFENDING HIS FAMILY, AND EVEN
CUT ONE OF THE SUSPECTS WITH A
KNIFE DURING A STRUGGLE.
>> YEAH I WOULD DO THE SAME FOR
MY FAMILY.
MATT: DUQUON GATHERS TELLS
DETECTIVES HE BOUGHT MARIJUANA
FROM ONE OF THE SUSPECTS, BUT
DIDN’T KNOW THE OTHERS WELL,
SAYING HE FELT FORCED TO
PARTICPATE.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO ALEX
CORREA’S MOTHER?
>> I WOULD SAY I’M SORRY.
>> I’M BEING CHARGED WITH
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER?
>> YES.
>> FOR WHAT?
HOW?
>> PARTICIPATING IN THIS.
>> HOW?
WHO DIED?
MATT MICHAEL SALGADO SOTO
: DOESN’T APPEAR FORTHCOMING IN
THE VIDEO OF HIS QUESTIONING,
TELLING DETECTIVES HE’D JUST GOT
OUT OF PRISON AND DIDN’T WANT TO
GO BACK.
MATT, WESH 2 NEWS.
