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I asked Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano why it took a congressional hearing for him to finally apologized to angel mom Cheryl Minter.

UPDATE: After our reporting on the Frank Bonner release gained traction on 𝕏, CBS Austin picked up the story and got a statement from DA José Garza's office. Garza says they reviewed the evidence, found it "not enough to proceed," and are still working with the detective, even though they rejected the homicide charge without prejudice. Garza didn't deny the accuracy of our reporting: the Nest camera footage of Bonner bagging bloody clothes and saying "homicide will be in this hoe" six minutes after Kelly was shot. The tipster who told police the woman was killed over a drug debt and led them straight to Bonner. The surveillance video of the killing. Garza also didn't explain why Bonner's pending aggravated assault case was dropped. Or the years of dropped prior cases -- aggravated robberies, drug felonies, gun charges -- that kept a violent repeat offender on the street long enough to come home in bloody clothes and instruct a woman to lie to police and mop up the evidence. Kelly Meazell's sister told CBS she wants her sister's killer behind bars so he can't do this to someone else. But Bonner is free, and back on the street.

I asked Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano why it took a congressional hearing for him to finally apologized to angel mom Cheryl Minter.