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Confessed Killer Blames GF's Murder on Their Pregnancy | Crime Alert 04.28.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime alert, I means he grace breaking crime US Now,
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  Speaker 1: Indiana cops respond to a welfare call from Vidal Wagner
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  Speaker 1: to find a pregnant woman's body in his home. Wagner
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  Speaker 1: admits the woman's his girlfriend, Ariel Nevills, age thirty. When
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  Speaker 1: asked if he killed her, Wagner first says, quote, no, dude,
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  Speaker 1: I didn't. She did this to herself. He explains. When
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  Speaker 1: the couple first started dating, they discussed not having any children,
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  Speaker 1: but when she became pregnant, Ariel refused an abortion against
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  Speaker 1: his wishes. Wagner eventually tells police he strangled Ariel, who
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  Speaker 1: was seven months along Nancy.
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  Speaker 2: Wegner says he used both hands in his forearm to
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  Speaker 2: strangle Neviles in two different ways. Wagner doubles down in
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  Speaker 2: his interview that Nevills was somehow responsible for her own
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  Speaker 2: murder quote, I told her this is the way I
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  Speaker 2: had a beautiful future set up for us. She wanted
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  Speaker 2: to act crazy. She chose this. It didn't have to
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  Speaker 2: be this way. Nevels reportedly found out about the pregnancy
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  Speaker 2: when she was ten weeks a long and knew immediately
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  Speaker 2: she wanted to raise the baby. Neveles is survived by
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  Speaker 2: her parents', six siblings and many other loving family members
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  Speaker 2: and friends.
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  Speaker 1: Needless to say, Vidal Wagner, twenty nine, now charged with
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  Speaker 1: two counts of murder. Cops catch a wild turkey terrorizing
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  Speaker 1: customers in a pharmacy Saint Joseph County, Indiana. Police respond
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  Speaker 1: to a panic nine one one call saying we need
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  Speaker 1: animal control is chasing the customers. Bodycam shows officers in
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  Speaker 1: the pharmacy with a giant bird standing on top of shelves.
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  Speaker 1: An officer finally grabs the wild bird. Police say the
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  Speaker 1: officer is now quote certified in poultry negotiations. More crime
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  Speaker 1: and justice news after this Now with the latest crime
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  Speaker 1: and justice breaking news. Crime Onlines John Linley.
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  Speaker 3: A decade's old mystery near Long Island's Gilgo Beat has
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  Speaker 3: taken a step forward. Nassau County Police have identified the
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  Speaker 3: remains of twenty six year old Tanya Denise Jackson, a U. S.
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  Speaker 3: Army veteran from Alabama, and her two year old daughter,
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  Speaker 3: Tatiana Marie Dykes. Jackson was known only as Peaches for years,
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  Speaker 3: a nickname from a tattoo. Her remains were found in
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  Speaker 3: nineteen ninety seven her daughters in twenty eleven, both near
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  Speaker 3: Ocean Parkway, not far from where multiple other victims were discovered.
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  Speaker 3: Police say there's no current link to accuse Gilgo Beach
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  Speaker 3: killer Rex Huerman, who has pleaded not guilty to seven murders.
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  Speaker 3: Authorities used advanced DNA testing to identify the pair. Jackson,
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  Speaker 3: who served in the army from nineteen ninety three to
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  Speaker 3: nineteen ninety five, was buried with full military honors. The
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  Speaker 3: child's father is cooperating with police and is not as suspect.
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  Speaker 3: A twenty five thousand dollars reward is being offered for
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  Speaker 3: a town haul in northern Idaho turned chaotic, and now
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  Speaker 3: six men are facing charges. Crime Online correspondent Sidney Sumner
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  Speaker 3: has the story behind the viral video and the legal fallout.
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  Speaker 2: In Courtelaine, Idaho. Six men have been charged in connection
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  Speaker 2: with the forcible removal of doctor Teresa Bornpole from a
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  Speaker 2: February legislative town hall. Five of the men, Paul Truett,
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  Speaker 2: Russell Dunn, Christopher Bergh, Jesse Jones, and Alex Truett. The
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  Speaker 2: fourth are linked to Lear Asset Management, a private security
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  Speaker 2: firm whose license was revoked by the city following the incident,
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  Speaker 2: A six man, Michael Keller, is not associated with the firm,
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  Speaker 2: but also faces a battery charge. Born Pole, a candidate
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  Speaker 2: in the district, had joined the crowd shouting when Cooteney
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  Speaker 2: County Sheriff Bob Norris, in plain clothes but wearing his badge,
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  Speaker 2: approached her and asked her to leave. When she refused,
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  Speaker 2: Video shows the sheriff stepping back and filming as plain
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  Speaker 2: clothes men without identifying themselves or wearing uniforms forcibly removed.
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  Speaker 2: Her bourin Poole was initially cited for battery for allegedly
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  Speaker 2: biting one of the men, but that charge was later
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  Speaker 2: dropped after prosecutor's reviewed video evidence. She has now filed
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  Speaker 2: a tortue claim against Cooteney County, signaling plans to sue.
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  Speaker 2: In a statement, she said the incident and others shared
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  Speaker 2: with her since quote reinforce the importance of demanding accountability.
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  Speaker 3: Kutiney County officials say an outside agency is conducting an
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  Speaker 3: independent investigation.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks John. Savannah Standingbear, twenty two, tells her mother she's
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  Speaker 1: going out. That was over three weeks ago. No one's
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  Speaker 1: taught to Savannah since mother, Gailla Smith, said, Savannah's never
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  Speaker 1: gone this long without contacting family. Savannah a member of
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  Speaker 1: the Rosebud Sioux tribe primary South Dakota. She's five to five,
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  Speaker 1: brown eyes, brown hair with a lighter colored streaks in it.
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  Speaker 1: Savannah was wearing a black shirt, distressed jeans, white Nike shoes,
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  Speaker 1: a tattoo under her a right eye that says Giella,
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  Speaker 1: one on her neck that says loyalty and stars moons,
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  Speaker 1: and a dollar sign on her fingers. There is a
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  Speaker 1: five thousand dollar reward. If you have info on Savannah's location,
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  Speaker 1: please dial six zero five eight five six two two
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  Speaker 1: eight two. For the latest crime Insice news, go to
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  Speaker 1: find missing people, especially children, and solve unsolved homicides. With
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