EXAMINER
EXAMINER CONFIRMS A BODY FOUND YESTERDAY NEAR HOUSTON -- IS MISSING
AUSTIN MOM HEIDI BROUSSARD. AND
THE BABY -- BELIEVED TO BE HER
WEEKS-OLD DAUGHTER --
MARGOT -- IS ALIVE AND SAFE.
I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS THE
HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES OF EVERYONE YOU SEE STANDING HERE
WITH ME, OUR COMMUNITY,
OUR DEPARTMENT.. THAT WE DID NOT
HAVE TWO RESCUES BUT ONLY
ONE IT APPEARS... AND OUR HEARTS
AND OUR MINDS ARE WITH HEIDI
AND HER FAMILY TODAY AND AS WE
GO FORWARD.
GO FORWARD.
THE
THE WOMAN
THE WOMAN WHO POLICE BELIEVE MAY BE RESPONSIBLE -- IS A CLOSE FRIEND OF
BROUSSARD.
THIS IS A PICTURE FROM
BROUSSARD'S FACEBOOK PAGE
OF HER AND MAGEN FIERAMUSCA.
CLOSE FRIENDS TELL US THEY MET
MORE THAN TWO DECADES
AGO -- AT A CHURCH CAMP.
NOW -- FIERAMUSCA IS CHARGED IN
CONNECTION
WITH HER FRIEND'S DISAPPEARANCE
-- AND DEATH.
WE START TONIGHT WITH KVUE'S
MOLLY OAK -- LIVE AT
THE TRAVIS COUNTY JUSTICE
COMPLEX WHERE THE
SUSPECT WILL EVENTUALLY FACE
THOSE CHARGES.
THOSE CHARGES. TERRI -- WE JUST LEARNED A FEW
MINUTES AGO THE CAUSE OF
DEATH
DEATH FOR
DEATH FOR HEIDI BROUSSARD WAS DETERMINED TO BE STRANGULATION.
TODAY.. POLICE WALKED US THROUGH
WHAT TOOK THEM TO
HOUSTON... IN THEIR SEARCH FOR
HEIDI BROUSSARD AND
HER THEN 2-WEEK-OLD BABY-- MARGO
CAREY -- WHO
WERE LAST SEEN WHEN BROUSSARD
WAS DROPPING
OFF HER 6-YEAR-OLD SON AT COWAN
ELEMENTARY ON
DECEMBER 12.
DECEMBER 12. POLICE BELIEVE BROUSSARD AND THE
BABY WENT BACK TO THEIR HOME IN SOUTH AUSTIN..
SHANE CAREY-- BROUSSARD'S
FIANCE-- SAYS WHEN HE
RETURNED HOME.. BROUSSARD AND
THE BABY
WEREN'T THERE.
TODAY.. POLICE SAY THEY WERE
CONTACTED AROUND 7:30
THAT THURSDAY NIGHT..
POLICE SAY THAT'S WHEN THE
SEARCH BEGAN -- WHICH
INCLUDED INTERVIEWS WITH FAMILY
AND FRIENDS,
AND FRIENDS,
CANVASSING THE AREA.. LOOKING THROUGH VIDEO SURVEILLANCE.. AND FOLLOWING ANY TIPS SENT IN FROM
THE COMMUNITY.
POLICE SAY A LEAD STARTED
GENERATING INTEREST IN
HOUSTON THIS WEEK... WHERE
FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL
RESOURCES INVESTIGATED A HOME
THERE.
YESTERDAY.. POLICE SAY THEY
LOCATED THE BABY THEY
BELIEVE IS MARGO CAREY.
THAT'S WHEN THEY ALSO SAY THEY
FOUND A DEAD BODY ON
THE PROPERTY.. WHICH HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS HEIDI
BROUSSARD.
BROUSSARD. FBISPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE
"IT'S BEEN A HORRIBLE WEEK HERE IN AUSTIN. WE HAD ALL
PRAYED THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
FIND HEIDI ALIVE, UNFORTUNATELY,
AS THE CHIEF EXPRESSED, WE DON'T
BELIEVE THAT IS THE CASE."
THAT PRESS CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE
BEFORE
BEFORE WE
BEFORE WE LEARNED FROM THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE THAT THE BODY FOUND IS BROUSSARD'S.
POLICE SAY DNA TESTING IS BEING
DONE TO CONFIRM THAT
THE BABY IS IN FACT MARGO
CAREY.. HOWEVER..
POLICE SAY THAT COULD TAKE
ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 3
DAYS.
DAYS.
DAYS. POLICE ALSO SAY THEY HAVE A
SUSPECT.. CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND TAMPERING WITH A
CORPSE.. BUT THEY DID
NOT OFFICIALLY RELEASE THE NAME.
THOUGH AS WE'VE BEEN
REPORTING ALL DAY, WE KNOW IT'S
BROUSSARD'S
LONG-TIME FRIEND.
TERRI?
TERRI?
TERRI? SENIOR REPORTER TONY PLOHETSKI
IS HERE NOW WITH MORE DETAILS ON THIS
INVESTIGATION -- INCLUDING
WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. TERRI --
TERRI --
TERRI -- AUTHORITIES SAY THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS
THEY
THEY ARE
THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO GET ANSWERED. ONE -- THEY ARE TRYING TO
DETERMINE WHERE THE
MURDER OF HEIDI BROUSSARD
HAPPENED, AND
SO THEY ARE WORKING MULTIPLE
SCENES
BETWEEN HERE AND HOUSTON.
ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WILL BE
CRUCIAL AS THEY
CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF A
CAPITAL MURDER
CHARGE AGAINST MEGAN FIERAMUSCA.
LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES ALSO SAY
THAT FIERAMSUCA PRETENDED TO BE
PREGNANT TO COINCIDE
HEIDI BROUSSARD'S PREGNANCY AND
WAS IN AUSTIN
FOR MARGOT'S BIRTH.
THE TWO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE MET
AS CHILDREN
THROUGH A FAITH-BASED MEETING
GROUP YEARS AGO.
AUTHORITIES ALSO USED FORENSIC
EVIDENCE FROM
CAMERAS THAT THEY SAY SHOWED
FIERAMSUCA
WAS IN THE AREA AROUND THE TIME
OF BROUSSARD'S
DISAPPEARANCE.
DISAPPEARANCE. MEANWHILE, SOURCES ALSO SAY THAT
AS PART OF THIS INVESTIGATION -- THEY DO NOT
HAVE ANY EVIDENCE THAT
SHANE CAREY -- HEIDI'S FIANCE --
WAS INVOLVED.
BUT THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT IF MORE THAN ONE
PERSON PARTICIPATED IN THIS
PLOT.
PLOT.
PLOT. MUCH OF THE CASE HAS BEEN
PLAYING OUT IN HOUSTON OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS... REPORTER
BRYCE
NEWBERRY IS LIVE THERE... WHAT
HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT
THE SUSPECT?
THE SUSPECT? WELL HARRIS COUNTY OFFICIALS
TELL US MAGEN FIERAMUSCA IS STILL IN CUSTODY
HERE.
THIS IS NOT HER FIRST TIME IN
JAIL HERE -- SHE SPENT TIME
HERE ON A THEFT CHARGE LAST
AUGUST... A CHARGE THAT
WAS EVENTUALLY DISMISSED. NEW
TONIGHT -- DOCUMENTS SHOW A MAN
NAMED
NAMED CHRISTOPHER GREEN BAILED HER OUT OF JAIL... THE SAME PERSON PROPERTY TAX RECORDS SHOW
OWNS THE
HARRIS COUNTY HOME WHERE
BROUSSARD'S BODY WAS
FOUND.
FOUND.
FOUND. NEIGHBORS TOLD ME TODAY GREEN
AND FIERAMUSCA WERE LIVING TOGETHER.
THOSE SAME NEIGHBORS DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT WAS
GOING ON LAST NIGHT..
WHEN THEY WOKE UP THIS MORNING
-- THEY QUICKLY
REALIZED A NATIONAL STORY WAS
HAPPENING RIGHT IN THEIR
OWN BACKYARD.
WE KNOW THAT THE F-B-I.. AUSTIN
POLICE.. AND TEXAS
RANGERS WERE ON THE SCENE FOR
SEVERAL HOURS -- WHEN
THEY DISCOVERED HEIDI
BROUSSARD'S
BODY IN THE TRUNK OF THIS SILVER
CAR PARKED IN THE
BACK YARD.
NEIGHBORS SAY -- THEY'VE SEEN
MAGEN FIERAMUSCA
BEFORE -- BUT SHE WAS ALWAYS
PRETTY QUIET.
PRETTY QUIET.
"7:17
"7:17 WHEN WE SAW THE TEXAS RANGERS WERE INVOLVED, IT GOT A LITTLE MORE IMPORTANT THEN :21
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK
:26
7:28 WE WERE GUESSING ALL KINDS
OF THINGS THAT WERE GOING
ON AND I THOUGHT WHEN I GOT UP
THIS MORNING, IT'D ALL BE GONE
:33"
JUDGE: "MEGAN FIERAMUSCA..."
THIS
THIS MORNING -- FIERAMUSCA APPEARED BEFORE A
HARRIS
HARRIS COUNTY JUDGE ON SEVERAL TRAFFIC TICKETS THAT THEY BOOKED HER ON
OVERNIGHT.. AS YOU CAN SEE IN
THIS VIDEO -- SHE KEPT HER HEAD
DOWN FOR
MOST OF THE COURT APPEARANCE.
WE'RE TOLD THAT FIERAMUSCA IS
STILL IN JAIL HERE TONIGHT -- BUT IS EXPECTED
TO BE TRANSPORTED
BACK TO AUSTIN -- SOMETIME TODAY
OR TOMORROW.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND SEE THAT
HAPPEN -- AND WILL HAVE
MORE FROM HOUSTON COMING UP AT
SIX.