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Missing Virginia Mom's Body Found in Concrete Slab| Crime Alert Hourly Update Bonus · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 2: I'm Jennifer Gould. A year long mystery in Virginia has
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  Speaker 2: come to a tragic end as the remains of a
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  Speaker 2: missing woman have been identified and now her husband has
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  Speaker 2: been charged with murder. Elsie May Wiggington, a loving and
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  Speaker 2: devoted mother and grandmother, was reported missing in June of
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty three. The forty six year old's remains were
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  Speaker 2: discovered under a concrete slab on the Amherst County property
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  Speaker 2: she shared with her husband, Frederick Wiggington Junior. The discovery
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  Speaker 2: was heartbreaking news for Elsie's family. Her daughter Sativa Rucker,
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  Speaker 2: spoke to ABC thirteen News.
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  Speaker 1: I put out hope to the very end is she
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  Speaker 1: was okay. I was devastated from my dad's holding.
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  Speaker 2: The investigation into Elsie's disappearance began over a year ago
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  Speaker 2: after she reportedly sent a distressing message to her foster
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  Speaker 2: sister saying, quote He's going to kill me end quote,
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  Speaker 2: and she stated she was leaving him and heading to
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  Speaker 2: Maryland for safety, but she never arrived. The registered nurse
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  Speaker 2: was then reported missing on June twenty sixth, twenty twenty three,
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  Speaker 2: after family members received what they believed was a fake
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  Speaker 2: text from someone posing as Elsie. Her family long suspected
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  Speaker 2: Frederick was involved, saying the two had a tumultuous relationship
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  Speaker 2: and that Elsie was the victim of domestic violence. The
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  Speaker 2: discovery of her remains was jump started when a new
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  Speaker 2: sheriff took over the department. Amherst County Sheriff Jim Ayers
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  Speaker 2: spearheaded the efforts to find out what happened to Elsie.
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  Speaker 2: Here's Sheriff Ayers talking to w DBJ seven News. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: that has been the number one priority to determine what
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  Speaker 2: the fate of else was That led to renewed questioning
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  Speaker 2: and more searching of the Wiggington property, which eventually led
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  Speaker 2: to the grim discovery in a trailer. The cause of
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  Speaker 2: death has not been released. Frederick Wiggington was quickly arrested.
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  Speaker 2: The thirty seven year old initially faced charges related only
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  Speaker 2: to the concealment of a dead body, but the discovery
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  Speaker 2: of Elsie's remains and later of her identity prompted the
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  Speaker 2: updated charges of first degree murder and use of a
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  Speaker 2: firearm in the commission of a felony. He's being held
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  Speaker 2: without bond at the Blue Ridge Regional Jail. Frederick Wiggington
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  Speaker 2: will appear in court October seventh. In the meantime, the
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  Speaker 2: investigation continues. More crime and justice news after this. A
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  Speaker 2: horrific crime has shaken the Cypress Mill Park community in
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  Speaker 2: Texas after a fire reveals three bodies a mother, her son,
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  Speaker 2: and his girlfriend inside a home on Plains River Drive.
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  Speaker 2: Authorities are currently searching for the suspect or suspects. Responsible
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  Speaker 2: evidence suggests the fire was deliberately set after the victims
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  Speaker 2: were murdered in an effort to cover up the triple murder.
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  Speaker 2: Investigators believe the perpetrator then left the scene through the
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  Speaker 2: back door. Here's Sergeant Michael Ritchie with the Hairs County
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  Speaker 2: Sheriff's Office talking to KPRC News. But I do believe
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  Speaker 2: there's still enough evidence. As you can see the house
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  Speaker 2: behind me, it's still intact. It wasn't completely burned down
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  Speaker 2: in the meantime. The victims have been identified as Kelly Mascarelli,
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  Speaker 2: her son Colin Foster, and his girlfriend Cameron Richard. All
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  Speaker 2: three reportedly lived in the house together. While the cause
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  Speaker 2: of death is yet to be determined through autopsies, official
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  Speaker 2: say trauma found on the bodies indicates foul play occurred
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  Speaker 2: before the fire was set. One victim was discovered on
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  Speaker 2: the first floor, the other two located upstairs. Despite the tragedy,
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  Speaker 2: a glimmer of hope in the form of another possible clue.
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  Speaker 2: Neighbors reported there's a ring camera on the property, potentially
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  Speaker 2: offering valuable video to help in the investigation. The Harris
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  Speaker 2: County Sheriff's Office, though, is urging anyone with information to
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  Speaker 2: please come forward by calling the ab each CSO Homicide
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  Speaker 2: Unit directly at seven one three two seven four nine
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  Speaker 2: to one zero zero, or call crime stoppers and finally,
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  Speaker 2: a Kentucky man who tried to play dead to avoid
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  Speaker 2: child support payments is losing something even more valuable, his freedom.
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  Speaker 2: Jesse Kiff has been convicted of hacking into state registries
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  Speaker 2: and falsifying official records to fake his own death. The
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  Speaker 2: thirty nine year olds scheme began in January of twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty three, when he gained access to Hawaii's death registry
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  Speaker 2: system using stolen credentials. He then created a case for
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  Speaker 2: his own demise, completing a worksheet for a death certificate,
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  Speaker 2: which caused Kiff to be registered as deceased in several
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  Speaker 2: government databases, effectively disappearing from the radar. But Kiff did
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  Speaker 2: not stop there. He also accessed other state registry systems
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  Speaker 2: and private networks using stolen identities and try to sell
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  Speaker 2: those systems on the dark web. Prosecutors say he admitted
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  Speaker 2: that faking his death was motivated by a desire to
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  Speaker 2: avoid his outstanding child support obligations. Kip was finally arrested
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  Speaker 2: last November. He pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and
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  Speaker 2: computer fraud. Now he not only has to pay over
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  Speaker 2: one hundred and ninety five thousand dollars in restitution for
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  Speaker 2: damages and unpaid child support. He'll spend the next nine
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  Speaker 2: years behind bars. Talk about an expensive lesson. For the
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  Speaker 2: I'm Jennifer Goulden.