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Teen Charged with Murder After Chicago Commuter Pushed Into Path of Oncoming Train | Crime Alert 09.15.26 · Crime Alert Hourly Update

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now. I'm Sydney Silvani.
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  Speaker 1: A devastating act of violence on Chicago's transit system leaves
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  Speaker 1: a family shattered. 29-year-old Kyle Bickham was returning home from
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  Speaker 1: his shift at an Amazon warehouse in Cicero, Illinois, around
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  Speaker 1: 2.30 p.m. on Monday, September 7th. According to Chicago police,
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  Speaker 1: Bickham was aboard a CTA train when three individuals approached him.
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  Speaker 1: Investigators say the suspects used force to push Bickham off
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  Speaker 1: the moving train. Tragically, Bickham fell directly onto the electrified
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  Speaker 1: third rail before being struck by another oncoming train, dying
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  Speaker 1: from his injuries. On Friday, September 11, Chicago police arrested
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  Speaker 1: a 15-year-old girl in connection with the fatal attack. The
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  Speaker 1: teenage suspect faces severe charges and including felony counts of
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  Speaker 1: first-degree murder, mob action, murder by other forcible felony, and
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  Speaker 1: aggravated battery to a transit employee. Authorities have not disclosed
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  Speaker 1: whether two other suspects involved have been identified. Speaking with
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  Speaker 1: the local outlet ABC7 Chicago, Bickham's family described him as
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  Speaker 1: a hardworking young man who wrote poetry and loved his family.
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  Speaker 1: His grieving father, Christopher Bickham Sr., expressed the unimaginable grief
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  Speaker 1: falling over their entire household.
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  Speaker 2: They took happiness. They took sunshine. They just took the
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  Speaker 2: world from me. It's the most hurtful thing that has
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  Speaker 2: ever happened.
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  Speaker 1: Kyle's mother, LaTanya Bickham, echoed that sorrow when speaking to ABC7.
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  Speaker 1: reflecting on her son's dedication to making an honest living.
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  Speaker 2: He was just trying to make an honest day's living,
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  Speaker 2: and this is what happened.
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  Speaker 1: Kyle was one of four siblings constantly reaching out to
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  Speaker 1: support his family. His grandmother, Bertha Ford, told ABC7 how
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  Speaker 1: Kyle would call to express his love. voicing shock over
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  Speaker 1: the attack since Kyle had no connection to his alleged killers.
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  Speaker 1: If you're that evil to open a door and throw somebody,
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  Speaker 1: a live person out, what's wrong with you? This guy
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  Speaker 1: was so kind. Kyle's father added that the entire family
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  Speaker 1: is hurting deeply. A GoFundMe has been established for funeral
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  Speaker 1: expenses while the family calls for increased transit safety and
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  Speaker 1: urges anyone with information to contact police. More crime and
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  Speaker 1: justice news after this. In Maryland, a couple is in
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  Speaker 1: custody facing grave charges following the tragic death of their
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  Speaker 1: two-month-old daughter, Ada Mechia Monzon Alvarado. 21-year-old Oscar Pineda and
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  Speaker 1: 21-year-old Katerine Monzon Alvarado were arrested by Baltimore police after
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  Speaker 1: bringing their unresponsive infant to Harbor Hospital on Wednesday. Medical
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  Speaker 1: personnel immediately flagged the situation as suspicious upon discovering severe
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  Speaker 1: bruising surrounding the baby girl's eyes and jawline. Detailed medical
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  Speaker 1: examinations later revealed horrifying injuries. According to the charging documents,
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  Speaker 1: the infant suffered significant head and brain trauma, multiple skull fractures,
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  Speaker 1: frontal lobe hemorrhaging, and a subdural hemorrhage. Emergency staff could
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  Speaker 1: not revive the child. When questioned by investigators regarding how
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  Speaker 1: these severe injuries occurred, the parents offered startling explanations. According
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  Speaker 1: to court records and prosecutors, the father, Oscar Pineda, claimed
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  Speaker 1: to police officers that his daughter's severe trauma was caused
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  Speaker 1: by Satan slamming a door on the child. Meanwhile, prosecutors
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  Speaker 1: stated during a court hearing that the mother offered an
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  Speaker 1: alternate story, claiming her two-year-old son frequently jumps on the bed,
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  Speaker 1: causing the baby to fall onto the floor. However, prosecutors
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  Speaker 1: forcefully argued that the sheer extent of the baby's internal
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  Speaker 1: injuries and skull fractures could never have resulted from a
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  Speaker 1: single fall off a bed. Further investigation revealed that both
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  Speaker 1: parents admitted noticing the infant's severe bruising on September 6
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  Speaker 1: and observed her vomiting the following day. Despite these alarming symptoms,
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  Speaker 1: neither parent sought medical treatment until the child was completely
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  Speaker 1: unresponsive on Wednesday, with the mother describing the child as
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  Speaker 1: freezing and in shock. Both Pineda and Manzan Alvarado, who
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  Speaker 1: are Guatemalan nationals, face charges of first- and second-degree child abuse, assault,
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  Speaker 1: and reckless endangerment, carrying up to 55 years in prison.
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  Speaker 1: Additional homicide charges remain pending autopsy results. Both are held
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  Speaker 1: without bail. In Florida, a neighborhood dispute escalated into a
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  Speaker 1: bizarre criminal investigation in Miami. 50-year-old Yersey Mercado Rivera was
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  Speaker 1: arrested by the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office following an incident at
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  Speaker 1: the Royal Country Mobile Homes on Monday, September 7. According
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  Speaker 1: to an arrest affidavit obtained by WFLA, Mercado Rivera suspected
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  Speaker 1: her neighbor was having a sexual relationship with her husband.
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  Speaker 1: Police report that Mercado Rivera went to the victim's side
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  Speaker 1: of their shared split trailer forced her way inside without permission,
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  Speaker 1: and physically shoved the woman. Before leaving, Mercado Rivera allegedly
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  Speaker 1: threw a bucket containing human feces directly onto the victim.
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  Speaker 1: An affidavit notes that Mercado Rivera stated to a witness
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  Speaker 1: that she intentionally defecated in a bucket to throw it
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  Speaker 1: in the victim's face. When interviewed by detectives, Mercado Rivera
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  Speaker 1: claimed she was merely trying to dispose of the bucket
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  Speaker 1: because her toilet was broken, asserting they were only arguing
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  Speaker 1: over the smell. She denied entering the residence or throwing feces,
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  Speaker 1: alleging the victim hit her on the head with a bat. However,
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  Speaker 1: Mikado Rivera was booked on burglary and battery charges and
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  Speaker 1: appeared before Miami-Dade County Circuit Court Judge Mindy Glazer, who
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  Speaker 1: ordered her held without bond with a stay-away order. For
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  Speaker 1: more crime and justice news, be sure to join us
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  Speaker 1: I'm Sydney Silvani.