The Moment A Murderer Tries To Claim Self Defense For Shooting A Pregnant Woman

Watch this police interrogation with intense raw interrogation from the interrogation room as police conduct a full interrogation of a suspect. This raw interrogation footage captures every moment of the suspect interview, complete with deception detection techniques, and criminal psychology in true JCS style interrogation. The Background Key people: James Daniel Lewis (Yelm, Thurston County; approximately 36–37 at the time of arrest) and Amanda Elaine Green (36; Indigenous/Native American woman from the Tacoma area). Relationship: They knew each other and were together at a Yelm-area property where Lewis lived (but did not own) around the time of Green’s disappearance in 2021. Alleged motive (from Lewis’s statements and witness accounts referenced in court documents): Dispute involving property, firearms, and/or ammunition. Lewis claimed Green intended to take guns/ammo or the property. He also offered a self-defense claim (that she was reaching for a gun) and referenced an earlier incident in which she forced him to shower. The Crime Date: Late May or summer 2021 (linked by detectives to the period after Green rented a U-Haul that was never returned; last seen near East 35th Street and Portland Avenue in Tacoma around June 2, 2021, or mid-May reports). Location: Yelm-area property in Thurston County, Washington (killing); body later buried in a shallow grave in Lewis County near Mount Rainier / Ashford area. Details: Green was fatally shot (reported head wound / back of the head). The body was transported roughly 200 miles, buried in a shallow grave off a gravel/dirt road, and used syringes were placed on the remains in an apparent attempt to make the death appear to be a drug overdose. An uncharged man reportedly assisted with disposal (mental-health issues cited as the reason he was not charged). The Investigation Green reported missing by a second cousin to Tacoma Police in August 2021. 2022: Tacoma Police provided information to Thurston County Sheriff’s Office suggesting she had been murdered in the Yelm area; a person of interest was identified but evidence was insufficient for arrest. Case went cold. March 2025: Investigation reopened/refocused. Witnesses interviewed: one described hearing an argument between Lewis and Green followed by a gunshot, then seeing Green’s body outside with a head wound and blood; another reported Lewis admitting he waited until Green finished yard work, then shot her in the back of the head over a property dispute, and later showed the gun. July/early September 2025: Lewis arrested on an unrelated Department of Corrections warrant. Interviewed after Miranda warnings; initially blamed another person for the shooting and said he only helped dispose of the body, then admitted he shot and killed Green during an argument (while claiming she had been reaching for a gun). He led detectives to the shallow grave, where human remains (including skull and possible rib) were recovered. Remains believed to be Green’s; positive identification pending at the time of reports. Inconsistencies: Changing accounts (blamed another, then admitted shooting); conflicting motive claims. Conviction and Sentencing Charges filed in September 2025 (probable cause found; arraignment scheduled around mid-September 2025): Second-degree murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, and unlawful disposal of human remains. Held without bail in Thurston County Jail (judge cited propensity for violence based on prior convictions, including 2015 third-degree rape of a child in Pierce County, assault, and unlawful firearm possession). No verified trial, plea, verdict, or sentence as of the most recent public reports. Status remains pending. true crime,law and crime network,interrogation,interrogation analysis,red thread interrogations,interrogation jcs inspired,interrogation jcs style,interrogation psychology,interrogation psychology jcs inspired,new interrogations 2026,interrogation breakdown,police interrogation psychology,bodycam,interview,case analysis,bodycam footage,crime investigation,police interrogation,suspect interview,int,interrogations 2026,interrogation videos,jcs true crime