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Crime Alert 09.27.24 | Woman's Body Pulled From New Orleans Wharf · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert I Nancy Grace breaking crime news now. New
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  Speaker 1: Orleans police respond to the Governor Nichols Street Wharf in
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  Speaker 1: the French Quarter where a woman's body recovered from the water.
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  Speaker 1: The victim I date is Patricia Fitzgerald, forty four. According
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  Speaker 1: to an autopsy, she was strangled and dumped in the Mississippi.
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  Speaker 1: Patricia's roommate tells police he last saw her with a
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  Speaker 1: guy named Courtney Cantrell. Cops discover Cantrell gets on a
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  Speaker 1: plane the same day Patricia's body discovered. He's tracked to Poplar, Montana,
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  Speaker 1: nearly two thousand miles away Nancy.
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  Speaker 2: It's unclear what relationship Fitzgerald and Kntrell had. Several outlets
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  Speaker 2: are reporting that Cantrell is homeless. Police initially considered Cantrell
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  Speaker 2: someone who might have information in the case, and later
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  Speaker 2: upgraded his status to a suspect. Fort Beck police found
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  Speaker 2: Cantrell hiding out on tribal land in Montana. A hearing
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  Speaker 2: is scheduled for his extradition. Fitzgerald's autopsy also revealed she
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  Speaker 2: was beaten and blunt forced trauma. It's a contributing factor
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  Speaker 2: in her death. Fitzgerald's roommate Michael Kirkham met Fitzgerald when
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  Speaker 2: they both worked at an aircraft manufacturing plant. In his
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  Speaker 2: mourning the loss of his.
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  Speaker 1: Friend Courtney Cantrell, thirty five, now charged with murder and
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  Speaker 1: awaiting extradition. Kiva Kirby, thirty tries to break away from
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  Speaker 1: a late night argument with his girlfriend to go to bed,
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  Speaker 1: but the argument escalates into an all out screaming match
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  Speaker 1: in the Florida home. All of a sudden, Kirby strips
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  Speaker 1: naked and poops on the floor. Horrified, the girl screams.
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  Speaker 1: Kirby puts a hand over her nose and mouth and
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  Speaker 1: pins her to the wall. The girlfriend calls nine one
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  Speaker 1: one as soon as she escapes, and cops give Kirby
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  Speaker 1: the chance to quote clean up before he's arrested for
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  Speaker 1: domestic battery. More Crime in Justice news after this now
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  Speaker 1: with the latest crime in justice breaking news Crime on Lines.
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  Speaker 3: John Limley in Virginia, a former Fairfax Scouty Police lase officer,
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  Speaker 3: is on trial for the fatal shooting of an unarmed
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  Speaker 3: man suspected of shoplifting. Wesley Shiflet is charged with involuntary
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  Speaker 3: manslaughter and reckless discharge of a weapon, and the death
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  Speaker 3: of thirty seven year old Timothy McCree Johnson, who was
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  Speaker 3: shot during a foot chase near Tyson's Corner Center in
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  Speaker 3: February twenty twenty three. Shiflett, who has fleeted not guilty,
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  Speaker 3: was fired by the police department for violating use of
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  Speaker 3: force policies. Body camera footage captured the nighttime chase and
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  Speaker 3: the moment Shiflet fired the fatal shot. He later claimed
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  Speaker 3: he believed Johnson was reaching for a weapon, but no
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  Speaker 3: firearm was found. Initially, a grand jury declined to indict Shiflet. However,
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  Speaker 3: Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano convened a special grand
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  Speaker 3: jury that ultimately brought charges. Dscano argued the case involved
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  Speaker 3: grossly negligent conduct, which warranted an involuntary mansie slaughter charge.
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  Speaker 3: In recent hearings, the judge denied prosecutor's request to introduce
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  Speaker 3: evidence of previous incidents where Schifflett aimed his weapon at
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  Speaker 3: other shoplifters, while allowing the defense to reference parts of
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  Speaker 3: Johnson's criminal history. However, a twenty nineteen conviction for involuntary
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  Speaker 3: manslaughter related to a car crash will not be presented
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  Speaker 3: to the jury. Now to a major legal victory for
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  Speaker 3: prosecutors in the case against Gallaine Maxwell. We turned to
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  Speaker 3: Sidney Sumner of Crime Online for more.
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  Speaker 2: A federal appeals court has now upheld the conviction of
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  Speaker 2: Gallaine Maxwell, the former socialite who helped facilitate Jeffrey Epstein's
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  Speaker 2: sexual abuse of underage girls. Maxwell was found guilty on
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  Speaker 2: multiple counts of sex trafficking and sentenced to twenty years
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  Speaker 2: in prison. Her attorneys had argued that the conviction violated
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  Speaker 2: a non prosecution agreement Epstein had reached with federal prosecutors
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  Speaker 2: in Florida, but the appeals court ruled that the agreement
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  Speaker 2: did not bar insecutors in New York from bringing a
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  Speaker 2: case against Maxwell. Maxwell's trial revealed a disturbing pattern of abuse.
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  Speaker 2: Four women testified that they were sexually assaulted by Epstein
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  Speaker 2: at his various properties, often with Maxwell's direct involvement. Prosecutors
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  Speaker 2: painted a picture of a predatory relationship where Maxwell lured
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  Speaker 2: young girls into Epstein's orbit and facilitated his abuse. The
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  Speaker 2: case has also shed light on the dark side of
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  Speaker 2: power and privilege. Epstein and Maxwell's connections to prominent figures,
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  Speaker 2: including former presidents and billionaires. Were not a central focus
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  Speaker 2: of the trial, but the mentions of these individuals highlighted
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  Speaker 2: the couple's ability to exploit their social status to manipulate
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  Speaker 2: their victims.
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  Speaker 3: Maxwell is currently serving her sentence in Tallahassee, Florida, at
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  Speaker 3: a minimum security federal prison.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks John. Samantha Tap, sixteen, and sister Kendall Wyat, are
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  Speaker 1: removed from their adoptive mom's home from the Texas Department
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  Speaker 1: of Children's Services after they find evidence of abuse. Samantha
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  Speaker 1: and Kendall placed with Graham parents in Burleson, Texas, where
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  Speaker 1: Samantha thrives. Kendall turns eighteen and moves out to live
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  Speaker 1: with a boyfriend. Samantha then begins to spiral. A month later,
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  Speaker 1: she knocks on Kendall's door asking for a place to stay.
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  Speaker 1: After an argument with Grandpa, Kendall tells Samantha she's willing
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  Speaker 1: to help, but Samantha needs to stay with grandparents until
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  Speaker 1: she can figure out custody. Samantha never goes back to
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  Speaker 1: the grandparents. There have been possible sightings off Samantha Tap,
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  Speaker 1: none confirmed. Kendall Wyatt believes her sister is out there
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  Speaker 1: and begs her to come forward. Samantha Tap has brown hair,
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  Speaker 1: brown eyes five five. If you have info on Samantha Tap,
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  Speaker 1: please call Burleson, Texas PD eight one seven four two
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  Speaker 1: six ninety nine zero three. For the latest crime in
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  Speaker 1: justice news, go to crimeonline dot com and please join
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  Speaker 1: us for our daily podcast Crime Stories with this crime alert.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Nancy Grace.