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Former First Lady Jill Biden's Ex- Husband Charged With Murder |Crime Alert Hourly Update 02.04.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now. I'm Nicole Parton.
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  Speaker 1: William Stephenson, who is the former spouse of Jill Biden,
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  Speaker 1: was arrested and charged with murder the murder of his
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  Speaker 1: current wife, according to officials on Tuesday. The seventy seven
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  Speaker 1: year old Stevenson was taken into custody on Monday and
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  Speaker 1: faces first degree murder charges in connection with the death
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  Speaker 1: of Linda Stephenson. As reported by the Newcastle County Police
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  Speaker 1: in Delaware, officers responded to a domestic dispute call on
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  Speaker 1: December twenty eighth, where they discovered Linda Stephenson unresponsive at
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  Speaker 1: their residence. Following her death, her remains were sent to
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  Speaker 1: the Delaware Division of Forensic Science for an autopsy. As
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  Speaker 1: of Tuesday, authorities had not disclosed the cause of death.
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  Speaker 1: Stephenson's arrest came after a thorough investigation that lasted several weeks.
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  Speaker 1: A grand jurion guided Stevenson on Monday, leading to his
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  Speaker 1: transfer to the Howard Young Correctional Institution after he was
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  Speaker 1: unable to post a half million dollar cash bail. Joe
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  Speaker 1: Biden and Stevenson were married in nineteen seventy when she
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  Speaker 1: was just eighteen and a student at the University of
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  Speaker 1: Delaware while he was twenty three. Their marriage lasted for
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  Speaker 1: five years before they divorced, and she later married then
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  Speaker 1: Senator Joe Biden, who became the President of the United States.
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  Speaker 1: War Crime Injustice news after this, a woman from Michigan
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  Speaker 1: has been sentenced to over six years in federal prison
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  Speaker 1: for impersonating a registered nurse using stolen identities. Letitia Galazaro,
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  Speaker 1: fifty one, previously of Wayland, was handed a seventy five
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  Speaker 1: month sentence on January sixth, after she pleaded guilty to
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  Speaker 1: charges of fraud and aggravated identity theft. According to a
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  Speaker 1: press release from the US Attorney's Office for the Western
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  Speaker 1: District of Michigan, Prosecutors revealed that Galarzo secured a position
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  Speaker 1: at a Michigan nursing home from August twenty twenty two
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  Speaker 1: to May twenty twenty three by submitting fake nursing credentials,
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  Speaker 1: including a counterfeit license, diploma, and ID all while using
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  Speaker 1: the name of a legitimate registered nurse. During her time
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  Speaker 1: at the facilities, she conducted patient assessments, administered medications, started
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  Speaker 1: IV lines, and even oversaw the healthcare staff after being
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  Speaker 1: promoted to the unit manager when in fact she was
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  Speaker 1: not a nurse at all. When her performance began to
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  Speaker 1: decline and she faced demotion, Galarzo sought new employment. However,
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  Speaker 1: a potential employer discovered her true identity and alerted police.
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  Speaker 1: After pleading guilty in October twenty three, she attempted to
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  Speaker 1: evade justice by again fraudently working as both a registered
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  Speaker 1: nurse and a physician's assistant in Illinois and California. She
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  Speaker 1: was eventually arrested near La and returned to Michigan. This
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  Speaker 1: case smarked Galarzo's third conviction for nurse impersonation, following similar
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  Speaker 1: incidents in Michigan in twenty sixteen and Texas in twenty seventeen.
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  Speaker 1: According to the US attorney, Timothy ver Hay, he said
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  Speaker 1: rightly deserved the sentence, emphasizing that the case was far
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  Speaker 1: more than a fraud and highlighted the critical nature of
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  Speaker 1: a nurse's life and death responsibilities for their patients. This
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  Speaker 1: seventy five month federal prison sentence sends a clear and
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  Speaker 1: unmistakable message, said FBI officials at a press release. You
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  Speaker 1: may not pretend to be something you are not, especially
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  Speaker 1: when it impedes the safety of others and now to
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  Speaker 1: North Carolina, the Concord Police are searching for twenty seven
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  Speaker 1: year old Kristin Lynch. Officer say he has been missing
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  Speaker 1: since Monday night around seven thirty pm. He was last
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  Speaker 1: seen leaving his home that's on Simpson Court. Lynch has
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  Speaker 1: autism and has not had his medication since he has
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  Speaker 1: been missing. Anyone with information is asked to immediately reach
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  Speaker 1: out to nine to one pin one. Lynch is described
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  Speaker 1: as a black male, approximately five nine, weighing one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and forty pounds, with dreadlocks. He was last seen wearing
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  Speaker 1: a gray jacket and white baseball cap. Anyone with information
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  Speaker 1: should immediately reach forward to law enforcement. For the latest
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  Speaker 1: crime injustice news, follow crime Alert hourly update on your
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  Speaker 1: favorite podcasting app with this crime Alert. I'm Nicole Parton