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Friend Speaks Out After Murder of Dallas Dentist

New information is coming out following the arrest of Crystal Cortes in connection to the murder of a Dallas pediatric dentist.

George Ashford III represents Cortes and tells NBC News his client thought she was hired to take part in a robbery, not a murder.

Kendra Hatcher was shot and killed inside her Uptown apartment garage on Sept. 2nd.

Ashford said his client is cooperating with police so, "They can get everybody else who was involved."

Police paperwork indicates at least two other people may be involved in an alleged plot to kill Hatcher.

Elene Velasquez was a friend of Hatcher's and wonders why anybody would kill the young dentist.

"They took someone very special away from us, and even for me if it was a short time, I'm going to miss her very deeply and I want people to know she was amazing," said Velasquez.

Hatcher's funeral is scheduled for Saturday in her Illinois hometown.

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