Within the early morning hours of February 15, 2020, Los Angeles law enforcement officials responding to a name for a "girl screaming" discovered Amie Harwick, 38, mendacity on the bottom battered and unresponsive beneath the third-floor balcony of her Hollywood Hills house. Harwick later died from blunt-force accidents
The Hollywood therapist's closing hours begin the day earlier than Valentine's Day 2020.
February 13, 2020: A message of friendship and love
Amie Harwick texts Drew Carey, her former fiancée and host of CBS' "The Value Is Proper," for the primary time shortly since their breakup in October 2018. Carey had launched Amie to his viewers as his fiancée on Valentine's Day 2018. Within the textual content, Amie tells Carey within the spirit of friendship and forgiveness she "would like to get collectively" with him and speak. For his half, Carey was elated to listen to from her, and he informed her "I'd love to do this ... I like you." They agreed to satisfy after the Valentine's Day vacation weekend. Tragically, Amie and Carey, whose first date was at Disneyland, by no means had that probability to get collectively once more.
February 14, 2020 | 6:30 a.m.: A dawn hike
February 14, 2020: Valentine's Day breakfast
Amie and Cleopatra stopped on the Beachwood Café, the place Amie talked about how completely happy she was along with her skilled and private lives, and the way she was wanting ahead to doing a lot extra sooner or later.
February 14, 2020 | 7 p.m.: An evening out with associates
Amie and several other associates confirmed up on the Globe Theater, the place yet one more buddy, burlesque impresario Miss Tosh, had organized a present with performers celebrating the vacation, whether or not they have been single, or in a romantic relationship. That evening, Amie wore her rosary beaded necklace, which might later change into key proof in her loss of life.
February 14, 2020 | Valentine's evening: An ominous occasion
Whereas Amie and associates have been taking footage and cheering on the burlesque performers, her roommate – who was asleep on the bottom ground of Amie's house -- was woke up by what he believed was a plate smashing on the ground above him. Pondering it was Amie, he fell again to sleep. Investigators, nonetheless, would later theorize that an intruder was breaking into Amie's house.
February 14, 2020 : Round 10 p.m.
Amie and her associates skip the burlesque after get together and head off to the Nomad for tea. They continue to be there till after midnight.
February 15, 2020 | 1:02 a.m.: A vicious assault
Based on authorities, after pulling into the driveway of her house, Amie texted a buddy at 1:02 a.m. to ship her snaps from the Nomad. Moments later, Amie entered her house and, police say, was viciously attacked as she made it as much as her third-floor bed room by somebody who was seemingly lying-in await 4 hours.
February 15, 2020: Amie's frantic roommate tries to search out assist
Amie's roommate was woke up once more, however this time by the sounds of Amie screaming and what gave the impression of our bodies slamming to the ground. Unable to search out his cellphone, he initially yelled up the steps, hoping to scare off the intruder, after which her ran exterior, scaled a fence and repeatedly knocked on a neighbor's door. However nobody answered.
February 15, 2020: Determined to save lots of Amie, nonetheless trying to find assist
Amie's roommate ran throughout the road to a different house, however, once more, nobody answered. Lastly, he noticed somebody on the road with a cellphone. They known as 911. It was 1:14 a.m.
February 15, 2020: Amie struggles to outlive
Police discovered Amie mendacity 20 ft beneath her bed room balcony within the courtyard exterior her house. She had extreme accidents and deep marks on her neck, indicators she has been strangled. Amie was rushed to Cedar Sinai Medical Middle Hospital, the place she was pronounced useless at 3:26 a.m.
February 15, 2020: A homicide investigation begins
Detectives quickly discovered curious proof on the scene. There was a path of Amie's rosary beads from the necklace she wore that evening. The beads led from her TV room, by her bed room and out onto her bed room balcony, the place in addition they recovered a syringe full of liquid. The needle was a very unusual piece of proof since Amie's associates say she didn't smoke, drink or use medication.
February 15, 2020 | Round 9 a.m.: Police search for solutions
Amie Harwick's greatest buddy, Robert Coshland was known as right down to the police station, the place Amie's roommate was already speaking to detectives. Coshland informed police about an ex-boyfriend, Gareth Pursehouse, who had lately run into Amie for the primary time in eight years at an grownup movie trade awards ceremony, the place Amie had been accompanying a fellow therapist. Pursehouse, who was a photographer and software program engineer, was working the occasion. Amie later informed Coshland that Pursehouse went ballistic when he noticed her, recited texts she had despatched eight years earlier, and accused her of ruining his life.
February 15, 2020: A historical past of home violence is revealed
Coshland additionally informed the police that Amie had informed him Pursehouse bodily abused her throughout their relationship. Amie had filed a number of home violence complaints in opposition to Pursehouse and obtained two restraining orders in opposition to him practically a decade earlier than. The complaints included allegations that he had choked her, suffocated her, pushed her in opposition to partitions and slammed her head into the bottom. Amie additionally suspected Pursehouse broke into her house, stole her pictures and wiped her laptop clear practically 4 years after their breakup.
February 15, 2020: Drew Carey learns of Amie's loss of life
When Robert Coshland completed speaking to police, he reached out to Drew Carey, letting him know that Amie was useless. The favored recreation present host broke down and cried, and informed"48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty that he remembered at one level he may barely keep on his ft.
February 15, 2020: Amie's loss of life turns into a murder investigation
13 hours after Amie Garwick died, detectives confirmed up at Gareth Pursehouse's house and charged him with Amie's homicide. Inside Pursehouse's house, police would later reveal they discovered a syringe just like the one they recovered on Amie's balcony. Prosecutors say that the liquid within the syringe on her balcony was full of nicotine – which can be utilized as a poison and that they believe he deliberate to make use of to kill her.
April 16, 2020
Gareth Pursehouse pleads not responsible.
September 2021
At a preliminary listening to, legal professionals for Gareth Pursehouse say he didn't kill Amie Harwick, and that her fall from the balcony may have been an accident. A choose, nonetheless, dominated that there was sufficient proof that the case ought to go ahead. A trial date has but to be set.