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Queens Infant Found Deceased, Covered in Blood From Mommy's Slit Wrists | Crime Alert 6AM 01.09.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news. Now a mom
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  Speaker 1: found with her wrists slit alongside her unresponsive infant covered
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  Speaker 1: in mom's blood. Now mom charged with murder. Nicole Buddhai
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  Speaker 1: arrested in connection with the murder offer fifteen month old
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  Speaker 1: baby boy, Charlie rim Reka.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Sumner. Queen's District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that
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  Speaker 2: Nicole Buddai has been indicted on murder in the second
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  Speaker 2: degree for intentionally causing the death of her fifteen month
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  Speaker 2: old son. Charlie rim Reika. Kat said, this is an
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  Speaker 2: extraordinary tragedy. The investigation into the manner of the child's
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  Speaker 2: death is ongoing, and we extend our sincere condolences to
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  Speaker 2: Charlie's family as they mourn this unimaginable loss. According to
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  Speaker 2: the indictment, on Monday December twenty ninth, twenty twenty five,
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  Speaker 2: Nicole Buddai, twenty eight, and her toddler son were inside
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  Speaker 2: the two story family residence on one hundred and fifty
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  Speaker 2: seventh Street, where the fifteen month old child resided with
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  Speaker 2: his father and extended family. The child's father left for
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  Speaker 2: work at eight a m. While Buddai and Charlie slept.
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  Speaker 2: Other relatives were present inside the house. At approximately one
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  Speaker 2: thirty five pm, Budai called the child's father and told
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  Speaker 2: him she had killed Charlie and intended to kill herself.
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  Speaker 2: He immediately called his mother and asked for her to
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  Speaker 2: check on Buddhai and the child. The victim's grandmother gained
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  Speaker 2: entry to the second floor and discovered a locked bathroom door.
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  Speaker 2: With the assistance of another relative, they opened the bathroom
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  Speaker 2: door and saw Buddhai laying in the bathtub with blood
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  Speaker 2: around her and the toddler victim in her arms, unconscious
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  Speaker 2: and unresponsive. The relatives called nine one one, and the
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  Speaker 2: responding officers from the one hundred and third Precinct removed
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  Speaker 2: Charlie from the bathroom and attempted to resuscitate him. The
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  Speaker 2: young victim was transported to a local hospital, where he
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  Speaker 2: was pronounced dead. Boudaye was also taken to a local
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  Speaker 2: hospital for treatment of lacerations to her wrists and for
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  Speaker 2: psychiatric observation. Budaie was arraigned Wednesday, Judge Michael Alloy's denying
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  Speaker 2: Buddhaie bond. Buddhai's next appearance in court is scheduled for
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  Speaker 2: February nineteen. If convicted, she faces up to twenty five
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  Speaker 2: years to life in prison. More crime and justice news
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  Speaker 2: after this, the mother and stepfather of a twelve year
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  Speaker 2: old Oklahoma boy missing since Friday have been arrested. Kimberly Cole,
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  Speaker 2: Ryan RJ. Davis Junior's mother, has been charged with crimes
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  Speaker 2: against nature, while George Cole, the stepfather, is charged with conspiracy.
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  Speaker 2: It's not known that the charges relate to RJ's disappearance,
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  Speaker 2: and no further details were available. Jikasha Police said Barjas
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  Speaker 2: was last seen just before eleven thirty pm Friday near
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  Speaker 2: the Quality Inn. He was on foot and wearing a
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  Speaker 2: red and black plaid shirt, dark jeans, and brown steel
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  Speaker 2: toed boots. He has described as four feet eleven inches
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  Speaker 2: tall and eighty five pounds, with brown hair and eyes.
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  Speaker 2: The parents pleaded for information about RJ earlier on Wednesday,
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  Speaker 2: while OSBI public information officer Hunter McKee called the disappearance suspicious,
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  Speaker 2: quote when it gets to a point where it's multiple
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  Speaker 2: days and we're not sure where this boy had gone.
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  Speaker 2: Its authorities say they believe r J is alive. Anyone
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  Speaker 2: with information should contact OSBI at one eight hundred five
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  Speaker 2: two two eight zero one seven or Chickasha Police at
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  Speaker 2: four oh five two two two sixty fifty. An Illinois
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  Speaker 2: man has been charged with multiple counts relating to an
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  Speaker 2: alleged assault on his girlfriend last month. Thomas Andrew Welch,
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  Speaker 2: thirty one, was initially charged with aggravated domestic battery, aggravated
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  Speaker 2: unlawful restraint, and aggravated kidnapping for the early morning incident
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  Speaker 2: last Thursday, but the state's attorney's office dropped the unlawful
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  Speaker 2: restraint charge and added attempted murder. The Sheriff's office said
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  Speaker 2: it was called just before one am by a homeowner
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  Speaker 2: who said a woman had approached him at his home
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  Speaker 2: in Kirksville covered in blood. While en route to the scene,
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  Speaker 2: the deputy learned that the woman had jumped out of
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  Speaker 2: a moving vehicle. The woman, who had a visible cut
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  Speaker 2: on her forehead, told the deputy she had been in
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  Speaker 2: the vehicle with Welch, her boyfriend, and his friend, thirty
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  Speaker 2: three year old Cody Kimmeriy, but eventually felt unsafe after
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  Speaker 2: multiple attempts to get him to let her out of
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  Speaker 2: the vehicle, She said she eventually jumped out while the
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  Speaker 2: truck was traveling about twenty miles an hour. The woman
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  Speaker 2: was taken to the hospital for treatment, and deputies track
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  Speaker 2: down Welch's Chevrolet truck, impounded it and obtained the search warrant.
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  Speaker 2: The search warrant uncovered a dash camera in the truck,
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  Speaker 2: and audio and video from the camera showed the victim's
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  Speaker 2: attempt to get out while the truck was stopped, only
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  Speaker 2: to be pulled back inside. An affidavit says that the
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  Speaker 2: incident began just before midnight on December thirtieth. The victim,
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  Speaker 2: sitting in the passenger seat, got into a verbal altercation
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  Speaker 2: with Welch and repeatedly asked him to take her home.
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  Speaker 2: The altercation escalated with Welch yelling at the victim and
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  Speaker 2: making threats to harm and kill her. At one point,
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  Speaker 2: the victim tried to get out of the truck, only
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  Speaker 2: to have Welch drag her back inside from his seat
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  Speaker 2: and then walk around to the passenger side and shove
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  Speaker 2: her back in. That was the incident in which she
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  Speaker 2: received the injury to her head. Kimriy allegedly participated in
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  Speaker 2: the efforts to keep her inside. At one point, Welch
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  Speaker 2: told Kim Marie, I'm going to have to kill her
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  Speaker 2: bro Police located the victim's pink scarf at the intersection
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  Speaker 2: where that incident took place, and it contained suspected blood
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  Speaker 2: and a clump of hair. Welch continued driving and was
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  Speaker 2: about an hour and a half away from the victim's
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  Speaker 2: home when she jumped out of the moving truck. At
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  Speaker 2: the hospital, she was given staples and stitches for the
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  Speaker 2: cut to her head. Doctor said the cut exposed her skull.
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  Speaker 2: She also had bruising to her neck consistent with being choked,
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  Speaker 2: and swelling on her cheek. Welch was arrested on Sunday
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  Speaker 2: and ordered held without bond. A preliminary hearing is set
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  Speaker 2: for today. Kimery was charged with unlawful restraint. He was
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  Speaker 2: already in jail, having been arrested in Coles County on
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  Speaker 2: Saturday for aggravated battery to a peace officer in possession
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  Speaker 2: of methem fhatamine. His first court appearance in Moultrie County
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  Speaker 2: has not yet been scheduled. Welch has a steady stream
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  Speaker 2: of arrests dating back to two thousand and eight, including
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  Speaker 2: six stints in jail on charges including drugs burglary, resisting
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  Speaker 2: domestic battery and aggravated battery. For the latest crime and
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  Speaker 2: justice breaking news, be sure to follow the Crime Alert
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Sumner.