What started with a call to police for a domestic disturbance ended with a four-day manhunt

in search of a suspected killer. When that suspect, the victim's husband was finally apprehended,

it seemed on the surface like an open-and-shut case. All signs pointed to a domestic

violence homicide triggered by the dissolution of an already tumultuous and violent marriage. But then

the case went to trial, and the accused killer told his side of the story for the first time,

and the prosecution took major issue with all of it.

I'm Kylie Lowe, and this is the case of Yashika Muda Grant on Darkdowne East. This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence.

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It was around 10 p.m. on April 7, 2017, when a dispatcher answered a 911 call originating

from New Britain, Connecticut. According to reporting by Sandra Gomez Aceves for the Hartford

Current, the anonymous caller was hearing concerning noises coming from an apartment upstairs.

The caller said there was a lot of ruckus, fighting, yelling, and sounds they described

as bodies being tossed around. Police responded to the apartment complex

at 48 North Mountain Road in New Britain

by 10.05 p.m.

Multiple knocks on the door of a second floor unit

went unanswered,

and the door was locked,

so officers made the judgment call

to enter the apartment by force.

Once inside, things escalated quickly.

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