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Florida Woman Kills Both of Her Exes in the Same Day | 6AM 12.24.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert i'm ac Grace. A Florida woman guns down
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  Speaker 1: two ex husbands after using stolen food to get into
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  Speaker 1: one of their home. Susan Avalon fifty one arrested charged
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  Speaker 1: with second degree homicide for shooting both exes dead. Police
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  Speaker 1: alleged Avalon walks into a nearby Panera, grabs a food
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  Speaker 1: order off of the door, dash and uber ET's pickup stand,
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  Speaker 1: and leaves, then uses the food to get into the
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  Speaker 1: homes of the exes straight out to Drew Nelson for
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  Speaker 1: more Nancy.
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  Speaker 2: Manatee County deputies were first called to a home on
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  Speaker 2: Chatham Light Run in Bradenton. A man had been shot
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  Speaker 2: after answering his front door. Deputies were able to speak
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  Speaker 2: with him at the scene. He identified this shooter as
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  Speaker 2: most likely his ex wife. He was taken to a
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  Speaker 2: local hospital and later died from his injuries. The victim's
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  Speaker 2: fifteen year old daughter was inside the home at the time.
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  Speaker 2: She told deputies she heard three gunshots. She then saw
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  Speaker 2: a Honda Odyssey driving away. As deputies worked the Bradenton case,
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  Speaker 2: they identified Sue was in Avalon fifty one of Citrus
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  Speaker 2: County as a person of interest. Records showed custody disputes
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  Speaker 2: between Avalon and the Bradenton victim.
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  Speaker 3: The suspect owes the victim about four thousand dollars that
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  Speaker 3: we find out as child support. So she becomes our
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  Speaker 3: primary target, and she ironically owns a silver Honda Odyssey.
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  Speaker 2: That's Sheriff Rick Wells. Detectives traveled to avalons Citrus County
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  Speaker 2: home to question her. They arrived as she was coming
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  Speaker 2: outside with bleach and cleaning rags. She began wiping down
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  Speaker 2: her Honda Odyssey. Wells describes what happened next.
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  Speaker 3: Detectives let her know that they are there to speak
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  Speaker 3: about her ex husband. She says, which one.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously That response raised immediate concern. Investigators realized there could
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  Speaker 2: be another crime scene. Manatee County deputies contacted Tampa police
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  Speaker 2: and requested a welfare check at a home on East
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  Speaker 2: Friarson Avenue. Officers entered that home and found an adult
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  Speaker 2: male dead with multiple gunshot wounds. There was also damage
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  Speaker 2: to a rear door. Authorities confirmed this victim was also
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  Speaker 2: an ex husband. Authorities now believe the Tampa killing happened first.
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  Speaker 2: Investigators say Avalon then traveled to Manatee County and went
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  Speaker 2: to the Bradenton home where the second shooting occurred. Avalon's
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  Speaker 2: living boyfriend told detectives she had recently located the address
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  Speaker 2: of one of her former husbands. He said she told
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  Speaker 2: him that in case something happened to her, she loved him.
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  Speaker 2: He described her behavior as out of character. He later
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  Speaker 2: told detectives that she returned home and immediately jumped in
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  Speaker 2: the shower, still fully clothed in a gray sweatshirt seen
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  Speaker 2: on surveillance footage. Avalon was arrested later that night. She
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  Speaker 2: faces a murder charge in Manatee County. Prosecutors say they
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  Speaker 2: plan to pursue a first degree murder charge, which is
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  Speaker 2: eligible for the death penalty. Tampa authorities are still working
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  Speaker 2: with prosecutors to determine charges in the Hillsborough County case.
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  Speaker 2: Prosecutors there intend to seek first degree murder and the
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  Speaker 2: death penalty as well. Meanwhile, five children are preparing for
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  Speaker 2: the holidays without their dads.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks Drew more Crime and Justice news.
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  Speaker 2: After this, A Georgia father wins custody of his newborn
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  Speaker 2: son after the child's brain dead mother was kept on
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  Speaker 2: life support, exposing gaps in state law that left him
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  Speaker 2: without parental rights and stirred controversy over Georgie's abortion law,
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  Speaker 2: and Atlanta judge awarded Adrian Harden's sole legal and physical
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  Speaker 2: custody of his son Chance. The decision follows months of
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  Speaker 2: legal uncertainty after the mother, Adrianna Smith, died earlier this year,
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  Speaker 2: taken off life support after the child was born by
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  Speaker 2: c section. The case drew national attention back in February. Smith,
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  Speaker 2: who was a thirty year old nurse, was nine weeks
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  Speaker 2: pregnant when she suffered a medical emergency. She went to
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  Speaker 2: the hospital with severe headaches. She was given medication and
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  Speaker 2: sent home.
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  Speaker 4: Adriana's boyfriend found her the next morning, unresponsive and gasping
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  Speaker 4: for air.
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  Speaker 2: Attorney Melanie Davis says Smith was rushed to Emory University Hospital.
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  Speaker 2: Doctors found multiple blood clots in her brain. She was
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  Speaker 2: declared brain dead on February ninth. Because Smith was pregnant,
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  Speaker 2: she was kept on life support for months. Her family
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  Speaker 2: says doctors told them George's abortion law required it. Georgia
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  Speaker 2: law bans abortion. After six weeks, baby.
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  Speaker 4: Chance was miraculously worn by sea section. On June thirteenth.
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  Speaker 2: Of this year, Smith was taken off life support. Days
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  Speaker 2: later and died four days after that. Once Chance was born,
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  Speaker 2: Adrian Harden faced a new crisis. Under George law, an
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  Speaker 2: unwed father has no automatic parental rights. Harden was not
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  Speaker 2: married to Smith. He was forced to sue to legally
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  Speaker 2: establish custody of his own child.
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  Speaker 4: Unless he marries the mother or soothes her, the father
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  Speaker 4: has absolutely no legal rights even in a tragic situation
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  Speaker 4: such as this.
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  Speaker 2: Without the lawsuit, Harden could have lost his son to
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  Speaker 2: foster care. That risk remained even with a positive DNA
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  Speaker 2: test and his involvement in the child's life. Earlier this month,
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  Speaker 2: a judge granted Harden custody. Chance was born premature and
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  Speaker 2: placed into the neonatal intensive care unit. He remains there
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  Speaker 2: as doctors monitor his progress. Speaking publicly for the first time,
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  Speaker 2: Harden thanked supporters and remembered his former partner.
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  Speaker 5: And i'd Sursday Mowitt, well my son. I'm so proud
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  Speaker 5: of my girl, my baby. Kind to see them.
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  Speaker 2: Harden and his attorneys say the case should lead to
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  Speaker 2: changes in Georgia law. They argue no grieving parent should
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  Speaker 2: have to fight the courts just to bring their child home.
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  Speaker 2: A former Nickelodeon child star is living on the streets
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  Speaker 2: of southern California, turning down repeated offers of help as
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  Speaker 2: a fellow former child actor publicly pleads for help finding
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  Speaker 2: him to get him sober. Police in Riverside, California, say
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  Speaker 2: they have frequent contact with Tyler Chase, best known for
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  Speaker 2: playing Martin Korley on Ned's de Classified School Survival Guide,
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  Speaker 2: which began airing on NICK in the early two thousands.
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  Speaker 2: Officers say they encounter him at least once a week
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  Speaker 2: and have repeatedly offered mental health services, drug and alcohol treatment,
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  Speaker 2: and temporary shelter each time Chase declined. Police say he
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  Speaker 2: is cooperative and polite, but firm in his refusal. Chase's
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  Speaker 2: situation drew attention after a TikTok video featuring him began circulating.
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  Speaker 2: In the clip, he appears disheveled and confirms he once
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  Speaker 2: acted on Nickelodeon.
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  Speaker 4: Day did you plan? Does he channel Nickelodeon? Oh does Nickelodeon?
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  Speaker 1: What show is it again about?
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  Speaker 4: Oh yeah, you're that chin on that high Yeah? Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 4: I remember you.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: One of those responding is actor Sean Weiss, who played
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  Speaker 2: Goldie Greg Goldberg in The Mighty Ducks. Films and has
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  Speaker 2: spoken openly about his past struggles with addiction and homelessness.
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  Speaker 2: Weise said he has secured immediate help for Chase if
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  Speaker 2: he can be reached. Weiss posted to Instagram, we have.
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  Speaker 5: A bed for him at a detox and we have
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  Speaker 5: a place for him to go and get long term
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  Speaker 5: treatment thanks to my buddy Mike Jordan at eleven eleven Recovery.
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  Speaker 5: All we need to do now is find him.
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  Speaker 2: Weiss explains that Chase would be welcomed into a sober
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  Speaker 2: living and long term treatment program at a recovery facility
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  Speaker 2: in San Clemente, California, potentially starting on a scholarship. Weiss
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  Speaker 2: says Chase was last reportedly seen near a shopping plaza
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  Speaker 2: in Riverside, but his current location is unknown. He's urging
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  Speaker 2: anyone who encounters Chase in person to contact him directly
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  Speaker 2: so he can help. Police say Chase is not wanted
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  Speaker 2: for any crime and that his situation remains a matter
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  Speaker 2: of personal choice unless he meets criteria for involuntary intervention.
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  Speaker 2: A go fundme launched by fans was later shut down
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  Speaker 2: at the request of Chase's mother, who says her son
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  Speaker 2: needs medical care, not money. But still refuses treatment.
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