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New Jersey Husband Breaks Silence Months After Wife’s Brutal Murder | Crime Alert 08.25.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, Breaking crime news Now. I'm Sidney Silboni.
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  Speaker 1: Nearly three months after thirty six year old licensed psychotherapist
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  Speaker 1: Brooke Hanlan was found brutally stabbed to death inside her Chester,
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  Speaker 1: New Jersey home, her husband is speaking out for the
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  Speaker 1: very first time. James Connor Hanlan broke his silence during
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  Speaker 1: an interview with a reporter from The Daily Mail, stating
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  Speaker 1: my heart is totally shattered. When asked to address unsubstantiated
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  Speaker 1: rumors that he was involved in the crime. Connor, who
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  Speaker 1: has never been identified as a suspect or person of
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  Speaker 1: interest in the case, said, of course not, before adding
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  Speaker 1: it's a tragedy. The Daily Mail also published photos of
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  Speaker 1: Connor picking up breakfast in Chester, where he and Brooke
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  Speaker 1: lived with their daughter Avery. No mention was made of
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  Speaker 1: the daughter in that story, making it unclear if Connor
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  Speaker 1: has custody of the child or if she is with
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  Speaker 1: her mother's family. The Daily Mail previously reported that Brooks
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  Speaker 1: his father, was cagey when asked about the location of
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  Speaker 1: his son in law, while Fox News reported that Brook's sister,
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  Speaker 1: Page Handlin, told a reporter that for the time being,
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  Speaker 1: the baby is safe and being cared for by family members.
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  Speaker 1: Those reports, along with another Fox News piece featuring an
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  Speaker 1: interview with Brook's former roommate in which she said Connor
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  Speaker 1: didn't really have much personality and that she didn't think
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  Speaker 1: he was very motivated, spurred rumors of his possible involvement.
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  Speaker 1: The Morris County Prosecutor's office has not named any suspect
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  Speaker 1: or person of interest in the case, nor even suggested
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  Speaker 1: that Connor was involved. Brooke was in the master bedroom
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  Speaker 1: suite on the second floor when first responders arrived and
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  Speaker 1: found her covered in blood with multiple stab wounds. Connor
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  Speaker 1: discovered his wife's body and performed CPR per a nine
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  Speaker 1: one one call. Brook and Connor purchased their home in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, just miles from Brook's childhood home. They
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  Speaker 1: met while attending Northeastern University in Boston, married in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty one, and welcomed Avery in July twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: Avery recently celebrated her first birthday. More Crime and Justice
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  Speaker 1: news after this. In Scott County, Missouri, a fourteen month
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  Speaker 1: investigation into the death of thirty one year old Shelby
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  Speaker 1: Pierrian ended with murder charges against her husband, A former
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  Speaker 1: assistant fire chief. Forty five year old Jeremy Perrion was
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  Speaker 1: arrested Friday, August twenty first, at fire Station four, charged
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  Speaker 1: with second degree murder, felony harassment, domestic assault, and two
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  Speaker 1: counts of tampering with physical evidence and a felony prosecution.
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  Speaker 1: According to an affi, David, the assistant fire chief, initially
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  Speaker 1: told authorities that he and Shelby were driving back from
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  Speaker 1: a bar in Cape Girardo on June twenty fifth, twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five, when she said I'm sorry, I'm a piece
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  Speaker 1: of pulled out a three eighty caliber handgun and shot
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  Speaker 1: herself in the head. When asked whether he made any stops,
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  Speaker 1: told deputies he didn't, but then admitted I lied. I
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  Speaker 1: pulled over on King's Highway to claiming the ride was
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  Speaker 1: non argumentative. Investigators say his story was a sham. Detectives
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  Speaker 1: unlocked a hidden folder on Shelby's cell phone containing a
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  Speaker 1: ninety second video recorded a month before her death. In
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  Speaker 1: the video, Jeremy was seen striking his wife, grabbing her
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  Speaker 1: by the throat, choking her, and repeatedly punching her. Investigator
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  Speaker 1: said Pierrian allegedly told her I would not get mouthy
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  Speaker 1: with me. I want to kill you so bad right now,
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  Speaker 1: and if you're going to lie, then I'm just going
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  Speaker 1: to smash her face and go to jail and end
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  Speaker 1: my life with you. He also threw his wedding band
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  Speaker 1: in her face, stating he was never wearing it again.
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  Speaker 1: State police also recovered text messages where Jeremy wrote you
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  Speaker 1: one hundred percent will need a body bag if I
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  Speaker 1: stay with you, and I'd be lying to you if
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  Speaker 1: I told you that I was hoping that you wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: commit suicide. Forensic analysis of blood spatter and the vehicle
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  Speaker 1: determined it was impossible for Shelby to have pulled the trigger.
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  Speaker 1: Perian is held without bond at Stoddard County Jail. Scott
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  Speaker 1: County Sheriff Derek Wheatley stated that today's charges demonstrate why
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  Speaker 1: they turned the investigation over to independent agencies to follow
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  Speaker 1: the evidence. In North Carolina, a woman has been convicted
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  Speaker 1: more than ten years after killing her two year old daughter.
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  Speaker 1: The North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys announced in a
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  Speaker 1: statement that Genie Ditty was found guilty of first degree
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  Speaker 1: murder for killing two year old Macy Grace Didty. The
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  Speaker 1: investigation began on December second, twenty fifteen, when paramedics rushed
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  Speaker 1: Macy to Cape Fear Valley Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville.
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  Speaker 1: Medical personnel determined Macy suffered severe physical abuse, with scans
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  Speaker 1: indicating non survivable brain injuries in at least forty separate
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  Speaker 1: physical blows. Macey was kept on life's support for two
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  Speaker 1: days until her father returned from serving overseas in the
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  Speaker 1: Mids Military, passing away on December fourth, twenty fifteen, ten
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  Speaker 1: days before her third birthday. Jeanie was charged with murder
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  Speaker 1: in March twenty sixteen. In the months prior, Genie approached
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  Speaker 1: photographer Sunny Joe for a photoshoot featuring superimposed photos of
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  Speaker 1: Macy as an angel at her grave site. The photos
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  Speaker 1: showed Genie sitting at the gravesite beside the altered image.
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  Speaker 1: Sonny Joe said he felt sorry for what he thought
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  Speaker 1: was a grieving mother and declined payment. Following a twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty trial that ended in a hung jury, Genie's second
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  Speaker 1: trial resulted in a conviction. Upon hearing the verdict, Genie
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  Speaker 1: created a severe disturbance in the courtroom, cursing and shouting
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  Speaker 1: as the jury exited, she was sentenced to life without parole.
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