LordanARTS | FINALLY, Justice for Livye Lewis - Matthew Edgar ARRESTED @LordanARTS | Uploaded January 2023 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
Original Episode: youtube.com/watch?v=sLUrvKQqCAE
We previously covered the story of 19 year old Livye Lewis found dead in her car with a gunshot wound to her neck.. nearby her boyfriend Matthew Edgar was covered in blood, lying in a fetal position. He told first responders that he remembered drinking on the porch and then it all went black. He didn’t seem to remember the argument they had about Livye talking to another man, or that the other man had texted Matthew asking where Livye was and Matthew replied DEAD. The murder trial started in January of 2022, but on the end of Day 2 Matthew walked out of the courthouse and never came back. He was convicted and eventually put on the Texas 10 most wanted list. Finally after 11 months on the run Matthew was spotted on a porch near his old home smoking a cigarette, and arrested. He was brought back into court to finally receive his sentence in person, 99 years, and Livye’s family was finally able to give their victim impact statements. Livye’s mother Darci Bass said “We lost more than he, or anyone can imagine, but her name will forever live on. Long live Livye Lewis.”
Sources:
kltv.com/2022/12/30/man-convicted-murder-after-walking-away-sabine-county-courthouse-back-custody
ktalnews.com/news/crime/convicted-killer-matthew-edgar-captured-after-11-months-on-run
ktre.com/2023/01/03/hemphill-man-formally-sentenced-2020-murder-following-post-court-disappearance
Original Episode: youtube.com/watch?v=sLUrvKQqCAE
We previously covered the story of 19 year old Livye Lewis found dead in her car with a gunshot wound to her neck.. nearby her boyfriend Matthew Edgar was covered in blood, lying in a fetal position. He told first responders that he remembered drinking on the porch and then it all went black. He didn’t seem to remember the argument they had about Livye talking to another man, or that the other man had texted Matthew asking where Livye was and Matthew replied DEAD. The murder trial started in January of 2022, but on the end of Day 2 Matthew walked out of the courthouse and never came back. He was convicted and eventually put on the Texas 10 most wanted list. Finally after 11 months on the run Matthew was spotted on a porch near his old home smoking a cigarette, and arrested. He was brought back into court to finally receive his sentence in person, 99 years, and Livye’s family was finally able to give their victim impact statements. Livye’s mother Darci Bass said “We lost more than he, or anyone can imagine, but her name will forever live on. Long live Livye Lewis.”
Sources:
kltv.com/2022/12/30/man-convicted-murder-after-walking-away-sabine-county-courthouse-back-custody
ktalnews.com/news/crime/convicted-killer-matthew-edgar-captured-after-11-months-on-run
ktre.com/2023/01/03/hemphill-man-formally-sentenced-2020-murder-following-post-court-disappearance
