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Dog Owner Booked on Murder: Pack of 17 Kills Beloved Volunteer | Crime Alert 6AM 01.02.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news now charges filed
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  Speaker 1: after a North Carolina man mauled dead by a pack
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  Speaker 1: of seventeen dogs, and now the dog's owner facing murder
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  Speaker 1: charges and animal abuse charges as well. Michael Bodenheimer, seventy eight,
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  Speaker 1: in his front yard dead. Police allege Elena Bryant, fifty six,
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  Speaker 1: the owner of the seventeen dogs, was grossly negligent in
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  Speaker 1: the care and control of the animals, resulting in a
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  Speaker 1: mauling death.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Sumner. Michael Bodenheimer was found lying in his
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  Speaker 2: front yard and Thomasville, North Carolina, having sustained severe injuries
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  Speaker 2: beyond the possibility of life saving intervention. Responding authorities that
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  Speaker 2: it appeared Bodenheimer was attacked by multiple canines, the theory
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  Speaker 2: later confirmed by an autopsy. It wasn't long after Bodenheimer
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  Speaker 2: was discovered dead that officers found a large pack of
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  Speaker 2: dogs at a neighboring property. Seventeen to be exact. The
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  Speaker 2: mixed breed bully dogs, many of which still had bloodstains
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  Speaker 2: on their fur, were picked up by Davidson County Animal
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  Speaker 2: Control and euthanized netcropsies were performed by a local veterinarian
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  Speaker 2: who determined the dogs were involved in the attack on
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  Speaker 2: mister Bodenheimer. The dog's owner was identified as Elena Bryant,
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  Speaker 2: fifty six. Nearly a month after Bodenheimer's death, a grand
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  Speaker 2: jury determined police had enough evidence of Bryant's negligence that
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  Speaker 2: she could be charged with second degree murder. Bryant is
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  Speaker 2: also facing ten counts of felony animal abuse. Neighbors say
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  Speaker 2: this is far from the first time Bryant's dogs have
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  Speaker 2: wandered the neighborhood, but they never expected the negligence would
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  Speaker 2: lead to a human fatality.
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  Speaker 1: Them being out and doing what they did to Mike
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  Speaker 1: not the first time they've been roaming.
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  Speaker 2: It's the first time it coused fatality in a human.
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  Speaker 2: The Bodenheimer family is now focused on honoring the memory
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  Speaker 2: of their brother, husband, father, and grandfather. Michael Bodenheimer retired
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  Speaker 2: after thirty five years with Duke Energy and continued to
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  Speaker 2: serve his community as a volunteer firefighter, disaster first responder,
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  Speaker 2: and regular driver with Meals on Wheels. They released a
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  Speaker 2: statement that reads, in part, our family is heartbroken by
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  Speaker 2: the loss of our father. He was deeply loved and
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  Speaker 2: his absence has left a pain that words cannot fully express.
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  Speaker 2: We are aware that chargers have been filed in connection
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  Speaker 2: with his death. At this time, we ask for privacy
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  Speaker 2: as we continue to grieve and support one another. We
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  Speaker 2: appreciate the support, prayers, and kindness that have been extended
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  Speaker 2: to our family during this incredibly difficult time. Bryant is
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  Speaker 2: now being held on a five hundred thousand dollars bond
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  Speaker 2: at the Davidson County Detention Center and will be back
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  Speaker 2: in court on Monday. A Pennsylvania man was arrested Wednesday
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  Speaker 2: after he allegedly tried to solicit a fifteen year old
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  Speaker 2: girl for sex. The Logan Township Police Department says the
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  Speaker 2: girl was actually a decoy working with eight one four
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  Speaker 2: pread hunters, and the group contacted them about the communications
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  Speaker 2: between the decoy and sixty six year old Russell Howard Temple.
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  Speaker 2: Detectives worked with the dear quoy to set up a
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  Speaker 2: meeting with Temple at the Logan Valley Mall and arrested
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  Speaker 2: him when he arrived. Temple has been charged with attempted
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  Speaker 2: statutory sexual assault, attempted involuntary deviate sexual intercourse attempted aggravated
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  Speaker 2: indecent assault, corruption of miner's, criminal use of a communication facility,
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  Speaker 2: and unlawful contact with the miner. Temple was given a
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  Speaker 2: two hundred and fifty thousand dollars bail and remains behind
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  Speaker 2: bars at the Blair County Prison. More crime and justice
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  Speaker 2: news After this, an Indiana police officer was arrested Wednesday
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  Speaker 2: night on a domestic battery charge. An arrest report says
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  Speaker 2: Ryan Miller, thirty two, allegedly assaulted a pregnant family member.
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  Speaker 2: Miller is a corporal in the Chestersoon Police Department who
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  Speaker 2: received an Exceptional Service award just last month for rendering
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  Speaker 2: first aid to a man with a severe cut on
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  Speaker 2: his arm. In June, Miller was arrested in the town
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  Speaker 2: of Portage and Chestersoon Police Chief Tim Richardson said that
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  Speaker 2: the suspect has been on administrative leave since early December.
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  Speaker 2: He declined to say one why he was on leave,
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  Speaker 2: citing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. As for
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  Speaker 2: Miller's arrest, Richardson said he had not yet read reports
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  Speaker 2: from Portage police and couldn't comment. Chesterson Town Council President
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  Speaker 2: Aaron Collins did comment In a statement posted on the
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  Speaker 2: town's Facebook page, she wrote, the Town of Chesterson has
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  Speaker 2: been made aware of the arrest of a Chesterson Police
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  Speaker 2: Department officer on allegations of domestic battery. Allegations of this
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  Speaker 2: nature are taken extremely seriously. Conduct that endangers others or
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  Speaker 2: undermines public trust is not tolerated by the Town of
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  Speaker 2: Chesterson or the Chesterson Police Department. Colin said the allegations
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  Speaker 2: would be thoroughly investigated by internal and judicial processes, including
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  Speaker 2: the town's Board of Police Commissioners. The identity of the
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  Speaker 2: pregnant family member is not yet known. A lawsuit filed
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  Speaker 2: in October accuses Miller of negligence when he rear ended
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  Speaker 2: a motorcyclist and his police cruiser in September twenty twenty four.
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  Speaker 2: The town is also named a defendant in the lawsuit.
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  Speaker 2: An Arkansas woman has been charged with with capital murder
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  Speaker 2: after an eight month old boy reportedly died in her
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  Speaker 2: care on Tuesday. Aaron Saul's, twenty three, had been running
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  Speaker 2: a daycare out of her Little Rock home when Elijah
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  Speaker 2: flower Day was found unresponsive and ultimately pronounced dead. Elijah
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  Speaker 2: sustained multiple brain bleeds in a brain fracture, which Sauls
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  Speaker 2: apparently confessed to causing when she revealed she struck his
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  Speaker 2: head against a hardwood floor three times. Sauls allegedly said
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  Speaker 2: she injured the infant because she had a headache and
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  Speaker 2: was frustrated while changing his diaper. Elijah became hot and
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  Speaker 2: sweaty after being injured. Saus reportedly gave him a bottle
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  Speaker 2: and hopes he would feel better, but she found him
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  Speaker 2: not breathing. Fifteen minutes later. A doctor told police that
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  Speaker 2: they believed Elijah suffered the fatal injuries after he was
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  Speaker 2: dropped off with Salts. Sauls, who was charged with capital murder,
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  Speaker 2: was ordered on Wednesday to remain jailed without bond. She
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  Speaker 2: is due back in court on January thirteenth. For the
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  Speaker 2: with this Crime Alert. I'm Sydney Sumner.