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Crime Alert 02.20.25 | 7yo Dies in Hospital, Weighs Only 29 LBS · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, imancy grace breaking crime is now. A neighbor
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  Speaker 1: finds Violet Mitchell, seven, sitting on a front porch crying.
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  Speaker 1: She tells the neighbor she's hungry, so the neighbor cooks
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  Speaker 1: her meal. She refuses to talk about what's happening at
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  Speaker 1: home and has to be taken back. Two days later,
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  Speaker 1: she's pronounced dead in an Oklahoma hospital, weighing just twenty
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  Speaker 1: nine pounds. Covered in bruises, Doctors find a plastic baby
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  Speaker 1: bottle lodged in her small intestine.
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  Speaker 2: Nancy the only thing Violet told her neighbor about her
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  Speaker 2: parents is that they loved her. Violet was admitted to
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  Speaker 2: the hospital wrapped in a blanket and wearing a diaper
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  Speaker 2: sized for a three year old. Violet's cousin, another seven
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  Speaker 2: year old girl, tells police that Violet was frequently left
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  Speaker 2: tied up in a crib wants for nearly a month straight.
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  Speaker 2: She says Violet was fed little else but bread, and
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  Speaker 2: she had watched his Violet's mother glued her mouth shut.
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  Speaker 2: Violet's aunt and uncle were arrested at the hospital after
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  Speaker 2: doctor's over her he heard phone conversations leading them to
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  Speaker 2: believe they knew about the abuse.
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  Speaker 1: Appearents Lisa Mitchell and Anthony Yoko now charged with child
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  Speaker 1: neglect and aggravated child abuse. Ronald Foote's wife not happy
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  Speaker 1: when he comes home three sheets to the wind, and
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  Speaker 1: he immediately pours himself another glass of rum. The couple
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  Speaker 1: argue over his drinking and Missus footed dumps out the rum,
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  Speaker 1: enraging her husband. He then pops open a beer and
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  Speaker 1: picks up his car keys to leave. When she tries
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  Speaker 1: to take the keys, he shoves her onto the bed.
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  Speaker 1: Cops are called, and foot It claims his Bible thumper
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  Speaker 1: wife his words, not mine, attacked him, but six feet
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  Speaker 1: to all three hundred pound foot It is the one
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  Speaker 1: put in cuffs for domestic battery. Go sleep it off.
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  Speaker 3: Foot It.
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  Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after this Now with the
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  Speaker 1: latest crime and justice breaking news crime online is John Limley.
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  Speaker 3: A US Army soldier in Hawaii, is facing military charge
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  Speaker 3: which is in connection with the suspected killing of his
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  Speaker 3: pregnant wife. Private first Class Duayne Arthur Johnson, the Second
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  Speaker 3: has been in custody since August. His wife, nineteen year
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  Speaker 3: old Nisha Johnson, was last seen July thirty, first at
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  Speaker 3: their home on Chofield Barracks and Army Base on Oahu.
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  Speaker 3: She was six months pregnant at the time and is
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  Speaker 3: now presumed dead. The Army says Johnson is charged with
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  Speaker 3: killing his wife, an unborn child, obstruction of justice, and
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  Speaker 3: making false statements. He also faces charges related to possessing, producing,
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  Speaker 3: and distributing child sexual abuse images originally from Frederick, Maryland.
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  Speaker 3: Johnson enlisted in twenty twenty two and was stationed with
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  Speaker 3: the twenty fifth Infantry Division in twenty twenty three. His
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  Speaker 3: case will now move through the military court system, with
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  Speaker 3: a judge setting dates for arraignment and trial. Charging documents
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  Speaker 3: will be released after his arraignment. In Arizona, a legal
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  Speaker 3: battle over prison healthcare has reached a critical juncture. Attorneys
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  Speaker 3: representing thousands of inmates are urging federal intervention, citing persistent
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  Speaker 3: deficiencies in medical and mental health services. Our Sydney Sumner
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  Speaker 3: delves into the latest developments in this ongoing case.
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  Speaker 2: Lawyers for approximately twenty five thousand inmates in Arizona state
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  Speaker 2: run prisons have petitioned a federal judge to appoint a
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  Speaker 2: receiver to oversee prison healthcare operations. They argue that the
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  Speaker 2: Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and re Entry lacks the
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  Speaker 2: leadership to implement court mandated reforms stemming from a twenty
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  Speaker 2: twelve lawsuit addressing substandard medical and mental health care. Despite
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  Speaker 2: a twenty fourteen settlement, this dat has faced multiple contempt
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  Speaker 2: fines for non compliance, totaling over two point five million dollars.
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  Speaker 2: In twenty twenty two, US District Judge Roslin Silver ruled
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  Speaker 2: that Arizona violated inmates constitutional rights by providing inadequate care,
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  Speaker 2: leading to prevent deaths. She issued an injunction requiring the
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  Speaker 2: state to rectify these violations. A recent report from a
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  Speaker 2: Quart appointed expert indicates that prison healthcare remains poor, with
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  Speaker 2: little improvement, continuing to place inmates at significant risk of
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  Speaker 2: serious harm, including death. The Arizona Department of Corrections in
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  Speaker 2: Governor Katie Hobbs's office have not responded to requests for comment. Notably,
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  Speaker 2: this lawsuit does not encompass the nearly ten thousand individuals
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  Speaker 2: incarcerated in private prisons under state convictions.
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  Speaker 3: As this legal battle unfolds, the call for federal oversight
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  Speaker 3: underscores the critical concerns surrounding inmate healthcare in Arizona.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks John. Sherry Jackson, fifty six, has a normal day
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  Speaker 1: at work, says goodbye to coworkers five pm, and leaves
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  Speaker 1: the Southeast Houston, Texas office. She does it come home
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  Speaker 1: that night, doesn't answer texts or calls from family. When
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  Speaker 1: Sherry doesn't show up to work the next day, family
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  Speaker 1: reports are missing. She took her belongings with her when
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  Speaker 1: she left work and her car has gone from the office.
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  Speaker 1: Her car has never been recovered. Sherry Jackson African American,
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  Speaker 1: five eight, one hundred thirty five pounds, relaxed, shoulder length,
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  Speaker 1: black hair, brown eyes, pierced ears, tattoo of a rose
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  Speaker 1: on the shoulder, a burn scar on a right arm.
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  Speaker 1: If you have info on Sherry Jackson, please contact Houston
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  Speaker 1: PD eight three two three nine four eighteen forty or
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  Speaker 1: Texas Equasearch two eight one three zero nine ninety five hundred.
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  Speaker 1: For the latest crime in justice news, go to crime
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  Speaker 1: It's called Crime Stories, and we do our very best
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  Speaker 1: to find missing people, especially children, and solved unsolved homicides.
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  Speaker 1: With this crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace