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Tragic Toddler Death in Frankfort Sparks Community Fears of Lindsay Clancy Scenario |Crime Alert 09.07.26 · 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: In Frankfort, Illinois, located roughly 36 miles southwest of Chicago,
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  Speaker 1: a quiet suburban neighborhood is reeling following a devastating tragedy
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  Speaker 1: that has drawn chilling local comparisons to high-profile domestic violence cases.
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  Speaker 1: Emergency responders were dispatched shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday to
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  Speaker 1: a large home on the 22,700 block of Brookstone Court
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  Speaker 1: following urgent reports of an unresponsive child. Upon arriving at
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  Speaker 1: the residential scene, responding officers located the toddler inside the
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  Speaker 1: residence and immediately initiated CPR before emergency medical crews rushed
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  Speaker 1: him to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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  Speaker 1: Inside the residence, police discovered the child's mother suffering from
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  Speaker 1: injuries believed to be self-inflicted. She was transported to a
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  Speaker 1: regional hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Law enforcement stated that preliminary
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  Speaker 1: findings point to a domestic-related homicide. However, authorities have not
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  Speaker 1: publicly disclosed the specific cause of the toddler's death, released
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  Speaker 1: the mother's identity, or confirmed if criminal charges have been filed.
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  Speaker 1: Adding to the mystery surrounding the scene, representatives from the
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  Speaker 1: Frankfurt Fire Protection District confirmed emergency personnel transported five people
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  Speaker 1: from the property shortly after police arrived. Authorities have not
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  Speaker 1: released details regarding the identities or medical conditions of the
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  Speaker 1: other three individuals, nor explained why emergency hospitalization was necessary.
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  Speaker 1: The investigation remained active as police blocked off the street
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  Speaker 1: for several hours, with forensic investigators seen entering and leaving
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  Speaker 1: the property to gather evidence. Local resident Carolyn Papas told
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  Speaker 1: news reporters that the tragic death left residents deeply stunned.
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  Speaker 1: sharing that the circumstances brought to mind the high-profile case
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  Speaker 1: of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her
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  Speaker 1: three children before attempting to take her own life. Pappas
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  Speaker 1: noted that the shocking death serves as a painful reminder
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  Speaker 1: that individuals may be enduring severe personal crises behind closed
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  Speaker 1: doors without neighbors realizing it, urging residents to check in
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  Speaker 1: on loved ones. The Frankfort Police Department asks anyone with
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  Speaker 1: information to call investigators directly at 815-469-9435. More crime and
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  Speaker 1: justice news after this. In Ohio, 23-year-old Mackenzie Sherilla has
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  Speaker 1: officially lost her final opportunity to appeal her murder conviction
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  Speaker 1: at the state level following a high-speed collision featured in
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  Speaker 1: the popular Netflix documentary, The Crash. On Tuesday, September 1st,
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  Speaker 1: Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy of the Supreme Court of Ohio
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  Speaker 1: issued an official ruling denying Sherilla's motion for reconsideration, effectively
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  Speaker 1: ending her state appeals process for the deadly July 2022 crash.
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  Speaker 1: Back in August 2023, Shrilla was convicted on 12 criminal counts,
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  Speaker 1: including murder, aggravated vehicular homicide, felonious assault, and drug possession,
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  Speaker 1: after intentionally accelerating her Toyota Camry to speeds reaching 100
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  Speaker 1: miles per hour before plowing directly into a brick building.
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  Speaker 1: The high-speed impact killed her 20-year-old boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and
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  Speaker 1: their 19-year-old friend, Davian Flanagan, both pronounced dead at the scene. Sherilla,
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  Speaker 1: who was 17 at the time, was found unconscious in
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  Speaker 1: the wreckage but survived. During her bench trial, the presiding
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  Speaker 1: judge described her as literal hell on wheels. She was
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  Speaker 1: sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. Following her conviction,
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  Speaker 1: Sherilla hired new defense attorneys who sought a new trial,
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  Speaker 1: arguing she suffered from a pre-existing medical condition that could
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  Speaker 1: have caused her to black out while driving and claiming
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  Speaker 1: trial counsel was ineffective. However, her state appeal was rejected
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  Speaker 1: due to a procedural deadline error involving a leap year.
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  Speaker 1: Under Ohio law, defendants have a 365-day statutory clock to
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  Speaker 1: file a petition for post-conviction relief following transcript filings. Because
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  Speaker 1: 2024 was a leap year, the statutory deadline fell on
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  Speaker 1: October 23, 2024. Sharila's legal team submitted the petition on
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  Speaker 1: October 24, missing the deadline by exactly one day. The
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  Speaker 1: Ohio Supreme Court upheld the rejection as untimely. Sharila's team
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  Speaker 1: has since filed a federal habeas corpus petition in U.S.
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  Speaker 1: District Court, which remains pending. In Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 30-year-old Tyler
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  Speaker 1: Greenough faces severe felony charges after allegedly holding his ex-girlfriend,
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  Speaker 1: her young child, and her grandmother hostage during a terrifying
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  Speaker 1: three-day ordeal. According to an official statement from the Fayette
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  Speaker 1: County District Attorney's Office, Greenough broke into his ex-girlfriend's home
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  Speaker 1: on Friday, August 28, by climbing through a window, violating
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  Speaker 1: an active protection order. Over the next three days, Greenough
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  Speaker 1: allegedly held all three occupants captive while physically assaulting both
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  Speaker 1: adult women. Prosecutors state Greenough was enraged after learning his
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  Speaker 1: ex-girlfriend had been intimate with another man, threatening to murder
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  Speaker 1: the child and grandmother in front of his ex-girlfriend before
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  Speaker 1: taking her life as well. The situation escalated when Greenough
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  Speaker 1: forced his ex-girlfriend to arrange a meeting with the other man.
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  Speaker 1: Greenough forced the grandmother and child into the vehicle's trunk
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  Speaker 1: hit in the back seat and made his ex-girlfriend drive
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  Speaker 1: to the location. When the man entered the car, Greenough
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  Speaker 1: attacked him. After the man escaped, Greenough took the wheel
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  Speaker 1: and attempted to run him over multiple times before forcing
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  Speaker 1: his ex-girlfriend to file a false police report alleging sexual
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  Speaker 1: abuse against the man. The captives finally escaped on Monday
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  Speaker 1: when Greenough left for work, allowing them to report the
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  Speaker 1: abuse to police. Greenough now faces charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault, burglary,
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  Speaker 1: unlawful restraint, and terroristic threats. For more crime and justice news,
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  Speaker 1: be sure to join us for Crime Stories with Nancy
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  Speaker 1: on Tubi. With this crime alert, I'm Sydney Silvani.