It's been just over a month since 26-year-old Botham Jean was shot to death in his own home in Dallas.
Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger has been charged with manslaughter. Guyger, 30, she says she mistook his apartment for her own when she shot and killed him on Sept. 6.
Jennifer Emily, who has been covering the story for The Dallas Morning News, recently and visited with his family.
She joined 四虎影院 to talk about her experience and the investigation.
Interview Highlights
On where the investigation stands
There are several investigations going on right now. There is the criminal investigation, which is being done by both the Dallas County District Attorney's Office and the Texas Rangers. But there is also the internal investigation being handled by the Dallas Police Department.
On the latest developments
Guyger was charged three days after the shooting with manslaughter and the case is still being investigated and it will at some point go before a grand jury, which will decide if the appropriate charge is manslaughter or murder, some other charge, or if she shouldn't be charged at all.
On what Jean's family said in St. Lucia
They are so heartbroken, and there are no words that say enough about how heartbroken they are.
When I arrived they had his various trophies and medals from school sitting out on the coffee table to show me, and they just couldn't tell enough stories about what he was like as a kid, and the funny things he did. I think his mother called him a troublesome child, and you know we might say the child was a "little stinker."
They also just talked about what a good man he was and how they worked so hard to raise a good son and that they did raise a good son, and how they really felt like he was safe here in the United States and that they felt safe in the United States, but they don't feel like that anymore.
Interview responses have been lightly edited for clarity.
