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Georgia Babysitter Abducts Two Young Sisters After Previous Alabama Kidnapping Case | Crime Alert 08.18.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sidney, Sylvanni. Police and Georgia have arrested a babysitter
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  Speaker 2: accused of kidnapping two young sisters in Atlanta. Four year
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  Speaker 2: old Sola Cooper and eleven month old Nora Cooper, who
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  Speaker 2: were once believed to be in extreme danger, have been
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  Speaker 2: safely recovered by the City of Atlanta Police Department. According
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  Speaker 2: to investigators, the girl's mother left her children and the
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  Speaker 2: care of Lakeisha Brown around six pm Saturday to go
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  Speaker 2: out to dinner. Brown had reportedly built a relationship with
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  Speaker 2: the mother and gained her trust over time. However, when
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  Speaker 2: the mother returned from dinner, she could not reach Brown
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  Speaker 2: or find her daughters, calling police at ten thirty pm.
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  Speaker 2: As reported by eleven Alive, Atlanta Police Lieutenant Butler explains
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  Speaker 2: how the initial welfare check quickly became a kidnapping investigation.
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  Speaker 1: Prost me ten thirty astols were dispatched to what originated
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  Speaker 1: as what we thought was a custody dispute. That's our
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  Speaker 1: Special Victims Unit took lead at that point. Through their investigation,
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  Speaker 1: they were determined this was a indeed a kidnapping, so
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  Speaker 1: we were able to figure out that the female was
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  Speaker 1: known to our mother and had gained her trust over
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  Speaker 1: some time. Based on that information, homicide was called in
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  Speaker 1: and they responded and coordinated with Special Victims to take
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  Speaker 1: over the investigation.
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  Speaker 2: By Monday afternoon, police located the girls using technology that
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  Speaker 2: pointed officers to the Sylvan Road area. When fugitive detectives arrived,
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  Speaker 2: they heard a baby crying inside a trailer on the property.
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  Speaker 2: Lieutenant Butler details the dramatic moment. Officers moved in.
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  Speaker 1: And while onseeen working with some of the people in
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  Speaker 1: the community, we learned about some information about our suspect
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  Speaker 1: possibly being in the area. Our fusive detectives responded to
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  Speaker 1: that information and while they were in the area, they
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  Speaker 1: heard the sounds of a baby crying. Based on that exigency,
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  Speaker 1: they executed entry into a trailer on the property and
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  Speaker 1: we're able to locate the children and our suspect.
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  Speaker 2: Officers executed exigent entry safely, rescued both children, and arrested Brown. Disturbingly,
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  Speaker 2: investigators revealed that Brown was previously accused in a similar
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  Speaker 2: kidnapping in Alabama. In August twenty twenty one, the Jefferson
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  Speaker 2: County Sheriff's Office arrested Brown for kidnapping four day old
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  Speaker 2: infant Kimerian Taylor. Brown gained the trust of the baby's
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  Speaker 2: mother and grandmother before taking the infant while his mother napped.
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  Speaker 2: When questioned, Brown falsely claimed the baby was resting in
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  Speaker 2: his playpen. Authority safely recovered Camerian back then, and Brown
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  Speaker 2: was booked into jail. Now, Lakeisha Brown is back behind
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  Speaker 2: bars facing serious kidnapping charges once again. More crime and
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  Speaker 2: justice news after this. In Texas, thirty seven year old
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  Speaker 2: Jake Begoni is in custody facing murder charges following a
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  Speaker 2: horrific discovery in Plano. Police conducted at a welfare check Wednesday
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  Speaker 2: morning after a friend reported that Eleana Begoni failed to
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  Speaker 2: appear for a scheduled eight thirty am breakfast and could
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  Speaker 2: not be reached. Eliana was in the middle of divorce
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  Speaker 2: proceedings with Begony and was on her way to pick
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  Speaker 2: up their two and five year old children. According to
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  Speaker 2: arrest warrant documents, Bigoni's mother called police after her son
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  Speaker 2: phoned her, alleging he and Eleianna got into a fight
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  Speaker 2: and that she was dead. Responding officers arrived at Begoni's
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  Speaker 2: apartment and noticed a large bloodstain on his shirt, which
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  Speaker 2: he claimed came from cleaning. A search of the property
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  Speaker 2: revealed Eliana's body stuffed inside the trunk of a white
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  Speaker 2: Hyundai in the garage, having suffered severe trauma to her
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  Speaker 2: head and face. Authorities confirmed the couple's two young children
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  Speaker 2: were present inside the apartment during the alleged murder, but
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  Speaker 2: were physically unharmed. Bigoni, who allegedly has a history of
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  Speaker 2: violent behavior, was initially booked for felony abuse of a
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  Speaker 2: corpse before the murder charge was added. He is currently
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  Speaker 2: held in jail without bond. Turning to Massachusetts, a seventeen
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  Speaker 2: year old boy is being held without bail after allegedly
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  Speaker 2: using artificial intelligence to explore fantasies about murdering his family
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  Speaker 2: before violently attacking his mother and younger brother. As confirmed
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  Speaker 2: by the Middlesex District Attorney's Office, arune Aravind of Acton
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  Speaker 2: was a rained Thursday in Concord District Court on two
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  Speaker 2: counts of murder, two counts of assault and battery with
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  Speaker 2: a dangerous weapon, and two counts of assault and battery
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  Speaker 2: charged as an adult. Arevind pleaded not guilty Middlesex District
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  Speaker 2: Attorney Mary and Ryan revealed that investigators uncovered concerning online
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  Speaker 2: activity prior to the killings, including Aravind using chat chipet
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  Speaker 2: to explore theoretical scenarios and fantasies regarding killing his family.
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  Speaker 2: Court documents indicate the suspect's father had grown so alarmed
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  Speaker 2: by his son's recent behavior and internet searches that he
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  Speaker 2: had begun hiding knives inside the home. The family had
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  Speaker 2: recently moved to Acton, an affluent community thirty miles northwest
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  Speaker 2: of Boston, partly for its school system. The bodies of
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  Speaker 2: forty five year old Sudhav van Kadistan and fourteen year
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  Speaker 2: old Siddarth Aravind were discovered Tuesday evening inside their Martha
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  Speaker 2: Lane residence after the father requested a police check when
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  Speaker 2: the tutor could not gain entry. Responding officers found Siddarth
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  Speaker 2: dead on the first floor and Van Kottasan dead in
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  Speaker 2: the finished basement, both having suffered severe blunt force trauma
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  Speaker 2: following a violent struggle. Arevin fled the scene in his
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  Speaker 2: mother's green Honda Accord and was taken into custody without
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  Speaker 2: incident early Wednesday morning. In nearby Wayland. Investigators recovered items
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  Speaker 2: matching crime scene evidence from the vehicle. His defense attorney
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  Speaker 2: requested a mental health evaluation, and arevind is scheduled back
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  Speaker 2: in court on September eleventh. For more crime and justice news,
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  Speaker 2: on Tube with this crime alert. I'm Sydney Silvanni.