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Ex-Fiancé of Missing Mom Arrested for Murder 15 Years After 'The People's Court' Appearance | Crime Alert 10.16.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Silvani. A major breakthrough in a Florida cold
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  Speaker 2: case that has haunted the Orlando community for nearly 15 years.
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  Speaker 2: Dale Smith Jr., the former fiancé of Michelle Parker, has
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  Speaker 2: been arrested on a second-degree murder charge in connection with
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  Speaker 2: her November 2011 disappearance. 33-year-old Michelle vanished after dropping off
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  Speaker 2: her then-three-year-old twins at Smith's condo. Just hours earlier, the
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  Speaker 2: former couple appeared on a broadcast episode of The People's Court,
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  Speaker 2: bitterly disputing a lost engagement ring. Parker planned to run
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  Speaker 2: errands in her Hummer and work her shift as a bartender,
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  Speaker 2: but she never arrived. And divers recovered her iPhone from
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  Speaker 2: a lake three weeks later. On Wednesday, Orlando police released
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  Speaker 2: video of Smith being escorted in handcuffs by the fugitive
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  Speaker 2: unit and SWAT team. Chief Eric Smith said Dale Smith
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  Speaker 2: was the last person to see Michelle alive, explaining how
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  Speaker 2: forensic advances broke the case open.
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  Speaker 1: Over the past year, we expanded our investigative team looking
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  Speaker 1: into this case and took a fresh, focused look at
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  Speaker 1: all of the evidence. We reexamined testimony and conflicting statements
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  Speaker 1: made by the suspect and used advanced and digital forensics
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  Speaker 1: to uncover and analyze additional evidence.
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  Speaker 2: Detective Philip McMichen revealed Smith was surprised by the arrest.
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  Speaker 2: While Parker has not been found, Chief Smith noted all
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  Speaker 2: evidence points to Dale Smith, underscoring their relentless work.
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  Speaker 1: This case never stopped being a priority. Our detectives kept working.
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  Speaker 1: They kept asking questions. They kept examining the evidence.
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  Speaker 2: Chief Smith personally shared the major breakthrough with Michelle's mother,
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  Speaker 2: Yvonne Stewart. A tearful Stewart spoke with NBC affiliate Wesh Orlando.
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  Speaker 1: They told me that they arrested Dale Smith on.
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  Speaker 2: Second degree murder charges for Michelle Parker. And it's like
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  Speaker 2: the happiest day. Because she deserves this. Stewart spoke of
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  Speaker 2: the enduring pain on Michelle's children, including her twins, now 18,
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  Speaker 2: and oldest child, now 26. It's been hard, let me
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  Speaker 2: tell you. It's not easy to lose a child this way.
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  Speaker 2: And her children didn't deserve to lose a mother this way.
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  Speaker 2: Ninth Judicial District State Attorney Monique Worrell noted the charge
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  Speaker 2: could be escalated to first-degree murder as additional evidence develops.
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  Speaker 2: But Smith's longtime attorney, Rajan Joshi, told WESH his client
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  Speaker 2: is completely innocent. My heart goes out to Michelle Parker's parents,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and her mom. And, you know, it's a tragedy.
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  Speaker 2: But we just don't want to see the wrong person
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  Speaker 2: be convicted of it. More crime and justice news after this. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 2: in Northern Virginia, opening arguments have begun in the murder
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  Speaker 2: trial of Naresh Bhatt. Bhatt is accused of killing his wife,
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  Speaker 2: 28-year-old Mamta Koffelbott, who vanished from Manassas Park in July 2024.
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  Speaker 2: While her body has never been found, prosecutors told jurors
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  Speaker 2: that shortly after Mamta vanished, Naresh gave a power saw
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  Speaker 2: to a neighborhood landscaper. The landscaper turned the saw over
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  Speaker 2: to police, where forensic testing identified blood matching Monta's DNA.
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  Speaker 2: In courtroom testimony, a detective described how the couple's bedroom
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  Speaker 2: lit up under Bluestar, a chemical solution used to detect blood.
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  Speaker 2: The city of Manassas Park Police Department launched the investigation
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  Speaker 2: after intense pressure from Mamta's friends and the Nepali community.
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  Speaker 2: Mamta was a beloved nurse and devoted mother who friends
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  Speaker 2: say would never voluntarily leave her baby. She vanished July
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  Speaker 2: 31 and missed work August 1, yet Naresh waited until
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  Speaker 2: August 5 to report her missing. A friend revealed Mamta
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  Speaker 2: had previously displayed facial bruising. and months earlier posted in
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  Speaker 2: a single mother's group, asking if her husband could take
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  Speaker 2: child custody if she left. Bott has pleaded not guilty
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  Speaker 2: to first-degree murder, defiling a dead body, and concealment of
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  Speaker 2: a body. Finally, in New York, the Bronx community is
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  Speaker 2: rallying behind an eight-month-old infant who miraculously survived a 15-story
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  Speaker 2: fall wrapped in her mother's arms. The NYPD says 23-year-old
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  Speaker 2: Nathalie Ramirez, known as Michelle, died from the October 6
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  Speaker 2: plunge outside her apartment while her baby remains in critical
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  Speaker 2: but stable condition. Police believe Ramirez embraced the infant tightly
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  Speaker 2: in a final, heroic effort to save her life. A
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  Speaker 2: GoFundMe has raised over $ 32, 000 to assist the child and
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  Speaker 2: fund a memorial with former co-worker LaShawn Alexander remembering Ramirez
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  Speaker 2: as a radiant, hard-working content consultant. But chilling accounts capture
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  Speaker 2: her final moments with a neighbor telling ABC7 what she
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  Speaker 2: heard from the hallway.
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  Speaker 1: I heard her yelling and screaming, please don't do this,
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  Speaker 1: it's my baby. You know, my baby is scared, look
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  Speaker 1: at her face. And that's when the next thing you know,
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  Speaker 1: I hear her scream and I see something hit the ground.
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  Speaker 2: Investigators arrested Ramirez's ex-boyfriend, 31-year-old Angel Carrasco, finding reconciliation flowers
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  Speaker 2: inside the home. Officers had previously accused Carrasco of domestic violence,
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  Speaker 2: corroborated by another neighbor speaking to ABC7.
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  Speaker 1: It happened in January.
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  Speaker 2: He was kicking the door down. Carrasco has been formally
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  Speaker 2: indicted on murder, two counts of attempted murder, manslaughter with
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  Speaker 2: intent to cause injury, weapon assault, and acting in a
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  Speaker 2: manner injurious to a child. He has pleaded not guilty
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  Speaker 2: and remains jailed without bail. For more crime and justice news,
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  Speaker 2: be sure to join us for Crime Stories with Nancy
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  Speaker 2: Grace on Fox One, YouTube, Sirius XM, and now streaming
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  Speaker 2: on Tubi. With this crime alert, I'm Sydney Silvani.