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- 0:00Speaker 1: Crime Alert, Imancy Grace Breaking Crime News Now. Robinson, Texas
- 0:04Speaker 1: surveillance video captures a man walking in a walmart where
- 0:07Speaker 1: he buys a large plastic container shovel gas can. Shortly after,
- 0:12Speaker 1: police get reports of a fire in a field. Police
- 0:15Speaker 1: find a body inside a plastic tub, burn beyond recognition. Nearby,
- 0:21Speaker 1: a white labradoodle barking despite attempts to lead him away,
- 0:25Speaker 1: the dog stays where the body's found. The next day
- 0:28Speaker 1: and Nabel reports the dog is still there. Animal control
- 0:31Speaker 1: scans his microchip, identifying his owner, Mandy Rose Reynolds.
- 0:36Speaker 2: Nancy that hero dog Titan split the case wide open.
- 0:41Speaker 2: Once investigators confirm Mandy's identity with dental records, they run
- 0:45Speaker 2: her license plates and find her cars being driven in Wichita, Kansas.
- 0:50Speaker 2: Derek Daganeau, Mandy's cousin, is found behind the wheel after
- 0:54Speaker 2: a futile high speed chase. A three eighty pistol found
- 0:58Speaker 2: in the car matches shelcase found near Mandy's body.
- 1:02Speaker 1: Derek Daganaute now serving life for first degree murder. Memphis.
- 1:07Speaker 1: Pastor Gregory Harris of Greater New Hope Baptist Church arrived
- 1:10Speaker 1: Sunday morning to chaos, the church's side door torn off, speakers,
- 1:14Speaker 1: ripped from the walls, office ransacked, strange thing missing, a toilet,
- 1:19Speaker 1: and a box of crowns. Despite the violation, Harris carries
- 1:23Speaker 1: on with services, refusing to let the thieves quote have
- 1:26Speaker 1: the victory. His message, your actions may bring short term gain,
- 1:30Speaker 1: but they'll haunt you in the end. Still no resolution.
- 1:34Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after this Now with the
- 1:39Speaker 1: latest crime and justice breaking news. Crime Onlines John Limley
- 1:43Speaker 1: in New.
- 1:43Speaker 3: Mexico, a man who fled from police and fatally shot
- 1:47Speaker 3: an officer during a high speed chase, has been sentenced
- 1:50Speaker 3: to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Twenty
- 1:54Speaker 3: seven year old Dominic de la Oh received the sentence
- 1:58Speaker 3: just days after a jury convicted him a first degree
- 2:01Speaker 3: murder and additional charges in the July twenty twenty three
- 2:05Speaker 3: death of Officer Anthony Ferguson. Officer Ferguson, an eleven year
- 2:10Speaker 3: veteran of the Alamagordo Police Department, was killed after he
- 2:14Speaker 3: attempted to stop dela O's vehicle in the early hours
- 2:17Speaker 3: of July fifteenth. Authorities say de la O, who was
- 2:21Speaker 3: driving without headlights, refused to pull over initiating a pursuit
- 2:25Speaker 3: that ultimately ended in tragedy. According to state police, De
- 2:30Speaker 3: la Oh crashed his vehicle into a light pole, abandoned it,
- 2:34Speaker 3: and attempted to escape on foot while carrying a sawed
- 2:37Speaker 3: off shotgun. Investigators say he fired at Officer Ferguson during
- 2:42Speaker 3: the chase, critically wounding him. Officer Ferguson was rushed to
- 2:47Speaker 3: a hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries the following day.
- 2:51Speaker 3: State Police Chief Troy Weisler expressed hope that the conviction
- 2:54Speaker 3: and sentencing would bring some measure of justice to Ferguson's
- 2:58Speaker 3: family and college, though he added it will never replace
- 3:03Speaker 3: the loss of Officer Ferguson. De la O was eventually
- 3:07Speaker 3: captured after police shot him in the leg during his
- 3:10Speaker 3: attempted escape to a nearby residence. The OWASA Public School
- 3:15Speaker 3: System in Oklahoma has agreed to implement new anti harassment
- 3:20Speaker 3: policies following a federal investigation into the death of a
- 3:24Speaker 3: sixteen year old non binary student. Details now from Crime Online.
- 3:29Speaker 4: Sidney Sumner next Benedict, a student at Oasso High School,
- 3:33Speaker 4: died by suicide in February, a day after a confrontation
- 3:36Speaker 4: with classmates in a school restroom. The US Department of
- 3:40Speaker 4: Education launched the investigation in March after civil rights advocates
- 3:44Speaker 4: from the Human Rights Campaign raised concerns about the district's
- 3:48Speaker 4: handling of harassment complaints, including those involving Nexts. According to investigators,
- 3:53Speaker 4: the district failed to inform NeXT's parents or provide the
- 3:57Speaker 4: student with supportive resources, despite Federal time Title nine rules
- 4:01Speaker 4: requiring them to address sex based harassment. The probe also
- 4:05Speaker 4: uncovered multiple incidents over three years where school officials were
- 4:09Speaker 4: aware of harassment but did not guide students or parents
- 4:13Speaker 4: on filing complaints or provide assistance. Allegations included a teacher's
- 4:18Speaker 4: inappropriate online conduct with female students, in students experiencing verbal
- 4:23Speaker 4: abuse and physical attacks. As part of a voluntary resolution,
- 4:27Speaker 4: the district will notify parents of harassment cases, issue an
- 4:31Speaker 4: anti harassment statement, review its policies, and provide staff in
- 4:36Speaker 4: student training on Title nine compliance.
- 4:39Speaker 3: O WASSA Superintendent Margaret Coates addressed parents in a letter
- 4:43Speaker 3: assuring them that the district is committed to fostering a safe,
- 4:47Speaker 3: discrimination free environment.
- 4:49Speaker 1: Thanks John Super Bowl Sunday twenty twenty, Abbey, Flan fifty
- 4:53Speaker 1: nine plans to throw a party, telling her Santi he's
- 4:57Speaker 1: going to take a walk first near her gloss to
- 4:59Speaker 1: Massachi It's home. By four point thirty, her friends arrived
- 5:03Speaker 1: to find her house ready, food prepared, decorations out, Abby nowhere,
- 5:08Speaker 1: phone inside. As the hours pass, family reports from missing. Police,
- 5:13Speaker 1: fire and US Coast Guard conduct a massive search. Mary
- 5:18Speaker 1: Abby Flynn White five five, one hundred and fifty pounds,
- 5:22Speaker 1: last seen wearing a navy blue llll bean puffer jacket,
- 5:25Speaker 1: blue jeans, flannel shirt, llll bean boots. Anyone with info
- 5:30Speaker 1: please contact Gloucester PD nine seven eight two eight three
- 5:35Speaker 1: one two one two. For the latest crime in justice news,
- 5:38Speaker 1: go to crime online dot com and please join us
- 5:41Speaker 1: for our daily podcast Crime Stories with this crime alert.
- 5:44Speaker 1: I'm Nancy Grace