Latest / Crime Stories with Nancy Grace / Crime Alert 12.17.24 | 7yo Killed, Mother Severely Injured in Crash with DUI Driver
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Crime Alert I Nancy Gray's Breaking crime News Now. Christina
- 0:03Speaker 1: Keanu and her daughter Ivory Smith, seven, returning from a
- 0:07Speaker 1: road trip in the early morning hours, just a few
- 0:10Speaker 1: moments from their Texas home. As she drives through an intersection,
- 0:14Speaker 1: Joel Chakin, forty one, speeds through his red light tea
- 0:19Speaker 1: bony Christina and little Ivory. The wreck horrific. Christina and
- 0:25Speaker 1: Ivory severely injured, but Shaikan just stepped out of his car,
- 0:29Speaker 1: takes pictures of the wreck and drives off. Seven year
- 0:33Speaker 1: old Ivory dies at a hospital.
- 0:36Speaker 2: Nancy Mom Christina has now been released from the hospital,
- 0:39Speaker 2: but is still in quote immense physical and emotional pain
- 0:43Speaker 2: after losing her daughter in the crash. Chasin, an illegal immigrant,
- 0:46Speaker 2: was put on an ICE detainer earlier this year after
- 0:49Speaker 2: being arrested for assaulting a family member. Chasin pled the
- 0:53Speaker 2: charge down to a misdemeanor and was sentenced to one
- 0:56Speaker 2: hundred and thirteen days in jail, which he had already served.
- 1:00Speaker 2: Released the same day and the ice deteiner dropped. Family.
- 1:04Speaker 2: Friends and teachers remember Ivery as a bright and bubbly
- 1:07Speaker 2: girl who loved the spotlight.
- 1:09Speaker 1: Joel Chakin, suspected of dui now charged with intoxication manslaughter.
- 1:14Speaker 1: A two man Walmart crew advertises their new delivery drones
- 1:18Speaker 1: in a Florida neighborhood. While the drone descends to complete
- 1:21Speaker 1: its mock delivery to the Walmart crew, a gunshot rings
- 1:25Speaker 1: out and the drone flinches. The crew notices Dennis Win,
- 1:29Speaker 1: seventy two standing outside his home pointing a rifle toward
- 1:33Speaker 1: the sky. When the drone lands, the crew finds it's
- 1:36Speaker 1: been shot. Cops called in. He admits to shooting the
- 1:41Speaker 1: drone as it flew over his home because he was
- 1:43Speaker 1: paranoyed someone was watching him. Win charged with shooting at
- 1:48Speaker 1: an aircraft and criminal mischief, but manages to get its
- 1:51Speaker 1: plea deal and will serve zero jail time. War Crime
- 1:55Speaker 1: and Justice News after this now with the latest crime
- 2:01Speaker 1: and justice breaking news. Crime on Lines John Lenley.
- 2:04Speaker 3: Authorities in Columbus, Ohio have launched a homicide investigation after
- 2:09Speaker 3: the tragic discovery of three women found dead inside a
- 2:12Speaker 3: home on the city's south side. Police responded to the
- 2:15Speaker 3: residents just before four pm Saturday, following a nine to
- 2:19Speaker 3: one one call reporting what was initially described as a
- 2:22Speaker 3: medical emergency. Upon arrival, officers discovered the bodies of three
- 2:27Speaker 3: women who were pronounced dead at the scene. Columbus Police
- 2:31Speaker 3: Sergeant James Fuqua confirmed that the case is being treated
- 2:34Speaker 3: as a triple homicide, but offered limited details on what
- 2:38Speaker 3: may have led to the killings.
- 2:40Speaker 4: It's very unusual to have so many victims in one incident.
- 2:44Speaker 4: When you have three, that's particularly alarming and troubling to us,
- 2:49Speaker 4: Fuca continued, saying, Unfortunately, this is a very complex scene
- 2:53Speaker 4: with the number of victims we have.
- 2:55Speaker 3: He emphasized the need for a meticulous investigation to ensure
- 2:59Speaker 3: no critical evidence is overlooked. Investigators are currently interviewing witnesses
- 3:04Speaker 3: and reviewing any available surveillance footage. As of now, no
- 3:08Speaker 3: suspects are in custody. Police have not released additional updates
- 3:12Speaker 3: on the case, leaving the community searching for answers. A
- 3:16Speaker 3: Texas man has been sentenced to a century behind bars
- 3:20Speaker 3: for his role in a deadly Thanksgiving shooting spree that
- 3:23Speaker 3: spanned two states and left one man dead in Nevada.
- 3:27Speaker 3: We turned to Sidney Sumner of Crime Online for more.
- 3:30Speaker 2: Thirty two year old Christopher McDonald pleaded guilty in October
- 3:33Speaker 2: to more than twenty felony charges including murder, attempted murder,
- 3:37Speaker 2: and conspiracy. Now, a Clark County judge has handed down
- 3:41Speaker 2: the sentence a minimum of one hundred years in prison. McDonald,
- 3:45Speaker 2: who has been in custody since the rampage in twenty twenty,
- 3:48Speaker 2: could be eligible for parole in the year twenty one twenty,
- 3:51Speaker 2: factoring in time served. Prosecutor Say McDonell, his older brother
- 3:55Speaker 2: Sean McDonald, and Shawn's then wife, Kaylie Lewis unleashed an
- 3:59Speaker 2: eleven one hour shooting rampage on November twenty sixth, twenty twenty.
- 4:04Speaker 2: The violence began at a convenience store in Henderson, Nevada,
- 4:07Speaker 2: where twenty two year old Kevin Mendiola Junior was killed.
- 4:10Speaker 2: The group then reportedly fired randomly at other targets, wounding
- 4:14Speaker 2: multiple people, before fleeing into Arizona. The spree came to
- 4:18Speaker 2: a violent end near Parker, Arizona, after a high speed
- 4:21Speaker 2: chase in a rollover crash involving their vehicle. During the confrontation,
- 4:25Speaker 2: police say Sean McDonald was shot and wounded by Arizona
- 4:28Speaker 2: troopers armed with assault rifles. All three were arrested at
- 4:32Speaker 2: the scene. Authorities alleged that Kaylee Lewis drove the car
- 4:36Speaker 2: while the McDonald brothers fired from the windows.
- 4:38Speaker 3: Louis and Sean McDonald are still awaiting trial thanks John.
- 4:43Speaker 1: Erica Ives stays with friends at several Conrod, Texas homes
- 4:46Speaker 1: after breaking up with her boyfriend, telling a friend she's
- 4:49Speaker 1: making a quick trip to her exes to get the
- 4:51Speaker 1: rest of her stuff. She never comes back. Erica's mother
- 4:55Speaker 1: reports her missing herself, phone, last pigs at her friend's home,
- 4:58Speaker 1: and Montgomery County Share fine. Erica's wallet and purse discarded
- 5:03Speaker 1: outside another home where she stayed. Deputies also believe they
- 5:07Speaker 1: spot her on surveillance at a Conrod convenience store a
- 5:11Speaker 1: week after she's last seen by her friend. Weeks into
- 5:15Speaker 1: the investigation, her car escapes a high speed chase with
- 5:19Speaker 1: local police. Police do not believe Erica Ives was the driver.
- 5:24Speaker 1: Erica Ives forty six five eight one hundred and twenty
- 5:27Speaker 1: five pounds long, blonde hair, brown eyes. If you have
- 5:31Speaker 1: info on Erica Ives, please call Montgomery County, Texas Sheriffs
- 5:36Speaker 1: nine three six seven six zero fifty eight hundred. For
- 5:40Speaker 1: the latest crime and justice news, go to crime online
- 5:42Speaker 1: dot com and please won't you join us for our
- 5:45Speaker 1: daily podcast, Crime Stories with this crime alert, I'm easy, Grace,