Latest / Crime Stories with Nancy Grace / Crime Alert 10.17.24 | Mom Misses Surpise Party, Found Decapitated
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm Macy Gray's Breaking crime News Now. Teresa
- 0:03Speaker 1: Rubio's family lies in wait for the mom to walk
- 0:06Speaker 1: into her surprise party, but Teresa doesn't show up and
- 0:11Speaker 1: doesn't answer her phone. Teresa's sister heads to her Glendale,
- 0:14Speaker 1: Arizona home to check on her, finding a gruesome scene
- 0:19Speaker 1: Teresa's decapitated body. The sister tells cops Teresa's son, David Gonzalez,
- 0:24Speaker 1: has been living with her since his release from prison.
- 0:29Speaker 2: Nancy Teresa Rubio was stabbed to death with the kitchen
- 0:31Speaker 2: knife before she was decapitated. Teresa's sister says her maroon
- 0:36Speaker 2: GMC yukon is also missing. Cops tracked down the car,
- 0:40Speaker 2: finding Gonzalez driving. When cops approach Gonzalez, they can see
- 0:44Speaker 2: spots of blood on his legs and socks. Gonzalez says
- 0:48Speaker 2: he was smoking meth with another man before the attack
- 0:51Speaker 2: and tries to blame the other guy, but police believe
- 0:54Speaker 2: Gonzalez acted alone.
- 0:56Speaker 1: David Gonzalez, twenty five, charged with the murder of his mother.
- 1:01Speaker 1: Ricky Holly wants a late night snack and decides on
- 1:04Speaker 1: Domino's pizza. Ready to dig in, Holly's extremely disappointed when
- 1:08Speaker 1: she discovers the pizza is uncut and cold to the touch.
- 1:13Speaker 1: She drives to the closest Saint Pete, Florida Domino's restaurant
- 1:16Speaker 1: to berate employees. When they refuse to replace the pizza,
- 1:20Speaker 1: she flings the pizza at them and rips their telephone
- 1:25Speaker 1: off the wall. Cops are called, and Ricky Holly twenty
- 1:28Speaker 1: two spends the night in jail for criminal mischief. Maybe
- 1:32Speaker 1: she should sit with Drive through more crime and Justice
- 1:36Speaker 1: news after this Now with the latest crime and justice
- 1:40Speaker 1: breaking news Crime Onlines John Linley.
- 1:43Speaker 3: The extended family of Eric and Lyle Menendez are pushing
- 1:47Speaker 3: for the brother's release as new evidence emerges in their
- 1:51Speaker 3: notorious case. At a news conference in Los Angeles, more
- 1:55Speaker 3: than a dozen family members, including their aunt rallied for
- 1:59Speaker 3: their freedom. Comes just weeks after La County District Attorney
- 2:03Speaker 3: George Gascon announced his office would revisit the brother's convictions.
- 2:08Speaker 3: Eric now fifty three, and Lyle fifty six, have been
- 2:12Speaker 3: serving life sentences without parole for the nineteen eighty nine
- 2:16Speaker 3: murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, and their
- 2:19Speaker 3: Beverly Hills home. While the brothers admitted to the killings.
- 2:23Speaker 3: They claim years of sexual abuse at the hands of
- 2:26Speaker 3: their father drove them to act in self defense. At
- 2:30Speaker 3: the time, prosecutors argued they were motivated by their parents
- 2:33Speaker 3: multimillion dollar estate. The case has gained renewed attention with
- 2:38Speaker 3: the recent Netflix series Monsters, the Lyle and Eric Menendez story,
- 2:43Speaker 3: and the discovery of new evidence, including a letter from
- 2:47Speaker 3: Eric Menendez that his attorneys say supports the abuse allegations.
- 2:51Speaker 3: A hearing on the case is set for November twenty ninth,
- 2:55Speaker 3: and the District Attorney's office will decide whether resentencing is warranted.
- 3:00Speaker 3: Family attorney Brian Friedman and high profile supporters, including comedian
- 3:05Speaker 3: Rosie O'Donnell, are advocating for a reconsideration, arguing that the
- 3:10Speaker 3: brothers might not have been convicted of first degree murder
- 3:14Speaker 3: under today's understanding of sexual abuse. Two men have been
- 3:18Speaker 3: indicted by a Baltimore grand jury accused of carrying out
- 3:22Speaker 3: multiple killings as suspected hit men for a criminal gang.
- 3:27Speaker 3: For details, we bring in Sidney Sumner of Crime Online.
- 3:31Speaker 2: Authorities say that Cornell Moore and Keith Russell, both thirty eight,
- 3:35Speaker 2: now face charges linked to the murders of at least
- 3:38Speaker 2: seven people, including a twenty twenty two double homicide involving
- 3:42Speaker 2: a man and his pregnant fiance. While the woman died,
- 3:45Speaker 2: doctors were able to save her baby, according to police.
- 3:48Speaker 2: Prosecutors alleged that Moore and Russell use stolen cars to
- 3:52Speaker 2: carry out the shootings. In addition to the homicides, the
- 3:55Speaker 2: men are also charged with several non fatal shootings in
- 3:58Speaker 2: a string of carjackings dating back to twenty twenty. Baltimore
- 4:02Speaker 2: City State's Attorney Ivan Bates noted that the investigation is ongoing,
- 4:06Speaker 2: with more arrests expected as law enforcement works to dismantle
- 4:09Speaker 2: what they described as an extensive criminal organization. The case
- 4:13Speaker 2: was developed in cooperation with Baltimore police and federal authorities.
- 4:17Speaker 2: Bates characterized the suspects as hitmen acting under orders from
- 4:21Speaker 2: gang leaders, though he declined to name the gang.
- 4:24Speaker 3: Bates also explained that gang members were allegedly compensated for
- 4:28Speaker 3: acts of violence aimed at advancing the group's goals and
- 4:32Speaker 3: neutralizing rival threats.
- 4:35Speaker 1: Thanks John, substitute teacher Stephanie Marie Gant Brady, thirty nine,
- 4:40Speaker 1: known to her friends and family as Penny, seemingly disappears
- 4:44Speaker 1: from her Baltimore home. Her male companion says she's gone
- 4:48Speaker 1: to London to write a book, but Stephanie never got
- 4:52Speaker 1: a passport, never picks up her paycheck, and leaves all
- 4:55Speaker 1: her belongings at home, including her cane and wheelchair for Stephanie,
- 5:01Speaker 1: who has multiple sclerosis. Investigators suspect foul play. Stephanie black female,
- 5:07Speaker 1: five three, one hundred and ten pounds, brown hair, brown eyes, glasses,
- 5:12Speaker 1: last seen wearing jewelry including an opal ring, a pinky
- 5:16Speaker 1: ring with a diamond, a medical alert bracelet, and a
- 5:19Speaker 1: time mix watch with a black band. If you have
- 5:23Speaker 1: info on Stephanie Marie Gant Brady, please call Baltimore County,
- 5:29Speaker 1: Maryland PD four to one zero eight eight seven five
- 5:33Speaker 1: six zero five. For the latest crime in justice news,
- 5:37Speaker 1: go to crimeonline dot com and please join us for
- 5:40Speaker 1: our daily podcast Crime Stories with this crime alert. I'm
- 5:44Speaker 1: Nancy Grace.