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Crime Alert 10.22.24 | Grandmother Found Bludgeoned Dead with Hammer · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm Nancy Grace breaking crime news now. A
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  Speaker 1: neighbor has not seen Cynthia Lanchester seventy six in days
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  Speaker 1: and goes to check on her. The neighbor sees the
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  Speaker 1: front door ajar and pushes it open. Inside, Cynthia is
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  Speaker 1: lying in a pool of blood, a hammer at her side.
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  Speaker 1: The neighbor calls nine one one while police process the
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  Speaker 1: saying Cynthia's grandson, Joshua Lanchester arrives. After an interview, cops
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  Speaker 1: determined Lanchester beats Cynthia to death with the hammer.
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  Speaker 2: Nancy cops have released very few details about why they
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  Speaker 2: think Joshua Lanchester is responsible and are remaining tight lipped
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  Speaker 2: about the investigation. Neighbors describe Cynthia as a kind and
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  Speaker 2: quiet woman who they never expected to meet a violent end.
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  Speaker 2: Joshua Lanchester waved his arraignment and his next court date
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  Speaker 2: has not yet been scheduled.
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  Speaker 1: Joshua Lanchester, twenty three, charged with murder. Carlos Flores orders
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  Speaker 1: an uber to his friend's Florida home and strikes up
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  Speaker 1: a conversation with the driver. He tells the driver he's
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  Speaker 1: upset his friend hasn't paid him back one hundred Bucks
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  Speaker 1: he loaned him the week before. Flores tells the driver
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  Speaker 1: he has a laundry detergent container full of gasoline, a match,
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  Speaker 1: and a knife and plans to burn the friends home
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  Speaker 1: down as soon as they get there. The second Flores
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  Speaker 1: gets out of the car, the uber driver calls nine
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  Speaker 1: one one. Cops arrived just as Flores is about to
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  Speaker 1: light several trails of gas he poured around the home.
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  Speaker 1: Carlos Flores, thirty three, charged with arson, making threats to
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  Speaker 1: keel and agasault. More crime and justice news after this
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  Speaker 1: now with the latest crime and justice breaking news. Crime
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  Speaker 1: Onlines John Lenley.
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  Speaker 3: In Pennsylvania, a mother has been sentenced to life in
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  Speaker 3: prison without the possibility of parole for the brutal murders
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  Speaker 3: of her two young children. Lisa Snyder, now forty one,
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  Speaker 3: was convicted last month of first degree murder for the
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  Speaker 3: deaths of her eight year old son Connor and four
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  Speaker 3: year old daughter Brindley. The children were found hanging in
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  Speaker 3: the basement of their Albany Town chip home, about sixty
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  Speaker 3: miles northwest of Philadelphia in September of twenty nineteen. Both
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  Speaker 3: children were taken off life support just days after being discovered.
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  Speaker 3: During sentencing in Burke's County, Snyder remained emotionless, declining to
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  Speaker 3: speak in court. President Judge Teresa Johnson also imposed additional
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  Speaker 3: time for child endangerment and evidence tampering, bringing the total
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  Speaker 3: to more than seventeen years on top of the life sentences.
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  Speaker 3: The judge noted that Snyder showed no remorse throughout the trial.
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  Speaker 3: Snyder initially claimed that her son had been bullied and
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  Speaker 3: intended to take his own life, but investigators found no
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  Speaker 3: evidence supporting that claim. Authorities uncovered disturbing online searches by Snyder,
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  Speaker 3: including queries on suicide and how to kill someone. Additionally,
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  Speaker 3: she had watched episodes of a crime series titled I
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  Speaker 3: Almost Got Away with It. The coroner confirmed that both
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  Speaker 3: children died by hanging, ruling their deaths as homicide. While
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  Speaker 3: the defense argued that the case was based on speculation.
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  Speaker 3: The jury disagreed, convicting Snyder on all counts. The judge
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  Speaker 3: had earlier rejected a plea deal in which Snyder sought
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  Speaker 3: to plead no contest but mentally ill to third degree murder.
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  Speaker 3: In a case that has sparked national debate, former Marine
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  Speaker 3: Daniel Penny discharged from service in twenty twenty one. Is
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  Speaker 3: now facing serious criminal charges in connection with the death
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  Speaker 3: of Jordan Neely. We bring in Sidney Sumner of Crime
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  Speaker 3: Online for more.
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  Speaker 2: The incident occurred on a New York City subway, where
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  Speaker 2: witnesses reported that Jordan Neely, who had a history of
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  Speaker 2: drug addiction, mental illness, and homelessness, was shouting in demanding
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  Speaker 2: money from passengers. It was at that point that Daniel Penny,
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  Speaker 2: with the assistance of two other passengers, restrained Neely, placing
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  Speaker 2: him in a chokehold for over three minutes. Neely's body
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  Speaker 2: eventually went limp and he was later pronounced dead. The
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  Speaker 2: city's medical examiner ruled the death of homicide, citing compression
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  Speaker 2: of the neck as the Penny's defense team contends that
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  Speaker 2: the Long Island native never intended to kill Neely, arguing
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  Speaker 2: that Penny's actions were aimed at subduing him until authorities
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  Speaker 2: could arrive. According to Penny, Neely had been acting aggressively,
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  Speaker 2: reportedly shouting I'm going to kill you in expressing a
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  Speaker 2: readiness to die or face a life sentence in prison.
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  Speaker 2: In their defense strategy, Penny's attorneys have suggested that other
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  Speaker 2: factors may have contributed to Neely's death, including the presence
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  Speaker 2: of synthetic cannabinoids commonly known as K two, found in
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  Speaker 2: his system. They also argue that widely circulated video footage
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  Speaker 2: shows that Penny did not apply continuous pressure during the chokehold,
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  Speaker 2: claiming this contradicts the idea that he intended to render
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  Speaker 2: Neely unconscious or kill him. Meanwhile, prosecutors maintained that Penny's
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  Speaker 2: actions were both reckless and negligent, regardless of whether there
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  Speaker 2: was intent to kill.
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  Speaker 3: Penny, who is currently out on a one hundred thousand
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  Speaker 3: dollars bond, could face up to fifteen years in prison
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  Speaker 3: if convicted of second degree manslaughter and up to four
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  Speaker 3: years if convicted of criminally negligent homicide.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks to on Vendula Rose, thirty plans a hiking trip
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  Speaker 1: in Alabama. She takes the week off and tells family
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  Speaker 1: where she's going. She leaves her in Maryville, Ohio home,
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  Speaker 1: September twenty and backpacks the Panoti Trail three days. She
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  Speaker 1: then spends the night in South Carolina, returning to Alabama
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  Speaker 1: the next day for more hiking in Chiaha State Park.
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  Speaker 1: She's scheduled to go back to work October fourth, but
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  Speaker 1: doesn't show up or answer her phone. Comps fine. Vendula's
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  Speaker 1: car still park at the Pinota trailhead. Inside are odd
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  Speaker 1: notes and a box of AMMO missing seven rounds. Searches
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  Speaker 1: covering nearly forty miles of trails turn up nothing. Bendula
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  Speaker 1: Rose five six, one hundred and forty pounds, red hair,
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  Speaker 1: brown eyes, and carrying a large red backpack. If you
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  Speaker 1: have info on Vendula Rose, please call Clebrand County, Alabama
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  Speaker 1: Sheriffs two five six for six three two two seven seven.
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  Speaker 1: podcast Crime Stories with this crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace.