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UHC CEO Murder: Traces of DNA Found on Shell Casings and Water Bottle | Crime Alert Hourly Update Bonus Podcast · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 2: I'm Drew Nelson. Here's the latest. Son the manhunt for
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  Speaker 2: the killer of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New
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  Speaker 2: York City. Police have collected a DNA sample link to
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  Speaker 2: the suspect. In a recent photo shows the man smiling
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  Speaker 2: at the front desk of the hostel where he stayed.
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  Speaker 2: The investigation, now in its third day, continues as authorities
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  Speaker 2: chase new leads and search for more evidence. Detectives have
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  Speaker 2: recovered a DNA sample related to the case and sent
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  Speaker 2: it to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for testing.
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  Speaker 2: They say there may be DNA that pinpoints the suspect
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  Speaker 2: from a bottle of water from a Starbucks where the
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  Speaker 2: suspect was seen, and also from shell casings recovered at
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  Speaker 2: the scene. Authorities also released security footage from the hostels
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  Speaker 2: showing the suspect briefly removing his mask upon checking in.
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  Speaker 2: Philip Klein, a former bodyguard for Brian Thompson, express shock
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  Speaker 2: that the CEO had no security detail with him. Klein,
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  Speaker 2: whose firm Klein Investigations provided a security for Thompson in
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  Speaker 2: the past, told TMZ quote he was a high profile
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  Speaker 2: figure in a hostile industry, he should have had protection.
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  Speaker 2: Klein also noted that Thompson was not wearing a protective
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  Speaker 2: vest as recommended. The suspect's resemblance to celebrities like Timothy
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  Speaker 2: Chalomey and Jake Gillenhaal has sparked online chatter. Still, law
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  Speaker 2: enforcement remains focused on gathering more evidence, including more surveillance
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  Speaker 2: images of the suspect's face. Investigation has also turned to Minneapolis,
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  Speaker 2: where Thompson lived. Investigators are looking into recent threats against him,
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  Speaker 2: which may be linked to his work with United health
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  Speaker 2: Care and ongoing disputes over denied insurance claims. Investigators are
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  Speaker 2: offering a ten thousand dollars reward for any information that
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  Speaker 2: leads to an arrest. Stay with Crime Alert as we
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  Speaker 2: bring you the latest on the assassination of United Healthcare
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  Speaker 2: CEO Brian Thompson, with updates as soon as we get them.
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  Speaker 2: More crime and justice news after this. A jury in
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  Speaker 2: Manhattan remains deadlocked in a high profile homicide case. Former
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  Speaker 2: Marine Daniel Penny is on trial for the chokehold death
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  Speaker 2: of Jordan Neely on a subway train in twenty twenty three.
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  Speaker 2: Judge Maxwell Wiley has instructed the jury to just keep
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  Speaker 2: on deliberating. The jury said earlier today that they were
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  Speaker 2: unable to reach a unanimous decision on a manslaughter charge.
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  Speaker 2: Penny's attorneys are arguing for a mistrial, saying the jury
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  Speaker 2: is hopelessly deadlocked, but Judge Wiley denied the request. The
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  Speaker 2: jury has only been deliberating for twenty hours over four days. Penny,
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  Speaker 2: aged twenty six, faces one count of second degree manslaughter
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  Speaker 2: and one count of criminally negligent homicide. Jurors must consider
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  Speaker 2: manslaughter first if they find Penny not guilty on that charge,
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  Speaker 2: then they can decide on the lesser charge. Penny faces
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  Speaker 2: up to fifteen years in prison for the manslaughter charge. Neely,
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  Speaker 2: aged thirty, was a homeless street performer struggling with mental illness.
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  Speaker 2: On May first of last year, he boarded a subway
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  Speaker 2: train in Manhattan. Witnesses say he was yelling, throwing down
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  Speaker 2: his jacket, and even talking about not caring if he died.
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  Speaker 2: Penny put Neey in a chokehold and held him down
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  Speaker 2: for several minutes. When police arrived, Neely was unresponsive. Prosecutors
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  Speaker 2: say Penny acted recklessly by holding Neeley for too long,
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  Speaker 2: even after he stopped moving. Prosecutor Daphne Uran argued, quote,
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  Speaker 2: we are here today because the defendant used way too
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  Speaker 2: much for us for way too long. Penny testified that
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  Speaker 2: he did not intend to harm Neeying police quote, I
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  Speaker 2: wasn't trying to injure him. I'm just trying to keep
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  Speaker 2: him from hurting anybody else. The jury will continue their
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  Speaker 2: deliberations after receiving an all in charge from the judge,
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  Speaker 2: also known as a dynamite charge. That's an instruction given
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  Speaker 2: by the judge to a deadlock jury. To encourage them
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  Speaker 2: to keep deliberating and try to reach a unanimous verdict.
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  Speaker 2: The charge aims to prevent a mistrial by asking jurors
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  Speaker 2: to re evaluate their positions, consider each other's arguments, and
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  Speaker 2: work towards a consensus without compromising their honest beliefs. In
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  Speaker 2: addition to the criminal trial, Jordan Neely's father, Andre Zachary,
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  Speaker 2: has filed a lawsuit against Daniel Penny. The lawsuit accuses
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  Speaker 2: Penny of negligence and assault in battery leading to Neely's death.
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  Speaker 2: Zachary is seeking damages. Penny's lawyers dismissing the suit as
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  Speaker 2: a distraction and arguing that it was intended to apply
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  Speaker 2: pressure during the ongoing criminal proceedings. The cases divided New Yorkers,
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  Speaker 2: some seeing Penny as a protector who stepped in to
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  Speaker 2: prevent harm, others viewing his actions as reckless, especially giving
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  Speaker 2: Neely's mental health struggles. A teenage girl in Texas remains
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  Speaker 2: missing after disappearing near the border in twenty seventeen. Jasline
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  Speaker 2: Elisa Chavez Ramirez, age seventeen, was last seen August nineteenth
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  Speaker 2: of twenty seventeen in Aguilearis, Texas. She was traveling with
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  Speaker 2: a group of migrants after crossing the border from Mexico.
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  Speaker 2: Jaslin had separated from her group to rest while others
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  Speaker 2: moved ahead. The rest of the group walked for about
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  Speaker 2: an hour, reaching the road where they were arrested. Jacelyin
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  Speaker 2: was not with them. She has not been seen since.
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  Speaker 2: Authorities believe she may have died in the desert. Jocelyn
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  Speaker 2: Chavez is Guatemalan. She has sandy brown hair, brown eyes,
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  Speaker 2: and a large mole on the back of her left pie.
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  Speaker 2: She's somewhere between five feet and five feet five, weighing
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  Speaker 2: between one hundred and twenty and one hundred and thirty
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  Speaker 2: five pounds. Last seen wearing a black T shirt with
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  Speaker 2: white lettering and light brown timberland boots, carrying a Samsung
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  Speaker 2: J seven phone in a white case. Anyone with information
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  Speaker 2: on the case of Jesslyn Chavez should contact the Hidalgo
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  Speaker 2: County Sheriff's Office at nine five three three eight three
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