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Crime Alert Weekend Recap: Chivalry Costs Portland Man his Life, Cops Looking for Witnesses | Saturday 11.30.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime alart hourly update breaking crime THEWS Now I'm Jennifer Gould.
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  Speaker 1: A confrontation at a Portland bar tragically turns fatal and
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  Speaker 1: now police are asking for witnesses to please come forward.
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  Speaker 1: Sam van Dyke was attacked and killed at Church Bar
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  Speaker 1: on Northeast Sandy Boulevard for defending a woman who was
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  Speaker 1: being harassed. The bar's porch, usually a place for friends
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  Speaker 1: to gather and unwind, became the scene of violence when
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  Speaker 1: Van Dyke and his girlfriend, Kaylie Woods were confronted by
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  Speaker 1: Abraham Bravo. Bravo had walked out to the patio and
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  Speaker 1: was speaking loudly on the phone. He was also allegedly
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  Speaker 1: using disrespectful language towards a woman. Van Dyke known first
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  Speaker 1: standing up for what he believed was right, Friends say,
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  Speaker 1: called Bravo out, telling him he was being too loud
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  Speaker 1: in a public place. He also reprimanded him for his
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  Speaker 1: treatment of the lady. What witnesses thought would turn into
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  Speaker 1: a possible fight instead turned into glass breaking and Bravo
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  Speaker 1: reportedly stabbing Sam in the neck. Kaylee Woods, van Dyke's partner,
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  Speaker 1: spoke to kg W news.
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  Speaker 2: Just in totally touched his neck and I could just
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  Speaker 2: feel like everything coming out, and so I tried to
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  Speaker 2: apply pressure.
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  Speaker 1: The twenty eight year old assailant, Ben took off. Paramedics
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  Speaker 1: and police responded to the scene and found Sam severely wounded.
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  Speaker 1: He was rushed to the hospital, but his condition worsened
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  Speaker 1: and he was placed on life support. Two days later, Sam,
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  Speaker 1: who was adopted from Eswatini formerly known as Swaziland and
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  Speaker 1: was the youngest of three brothers, was disconnected and died.
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  Speaker 1: Bravo was apprehended shortly after the attack, about two blocks
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  Speaker 1: away from the crime scene. He was initially booked on
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  Speaker 1: second degree assault charges, but following Sam's death, the charges
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  Speaker 1: were upgraded to first degree manslaughter and first degree assault.
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  Speaker 1: Bravo told police that he acted in self defense, claiming
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  Speaker 1: Sam charged at him. He also said that his hand
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  Speaker 1: hit Sam while holding the glass, causing it to shatter.
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  Speaker 1: As the investigation continues, detectives believe there are more witnesses
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  Speaker 1: who may have seen what actually happened. Anyone who is
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  Speaker 1: at the church bar on the night of the incident
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  Speaker 1: is urged to contact the Portland Police Bureau Detectives at
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  Speaker 1: five zero three eight two three zero nine nine one.
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  Speaker 3: I'm Drew Nelson, a nineteen year old man in California,
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  Speaker 3: is charged with the murders of four people in Lancaster.
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  Speaker 3: Miguel Diego Sandoval is accused of shooting four people while
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  Speaker 3: they slept. He then allegedly set fire to the house
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  Speaker 3: to cover up the crime. A sixteen year old girl
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  Speaker 3: was also in the house uninjured, heard the.
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  Speaker 4: Gunshots around one twenty seven this morning. When she called
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  Speaker 4: nine one one. She stayed in her room because she
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  Speaker 4: was scared, and that's when the deputies were able to
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  Speaker 4: locate her and extract her from the home. They were
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  Speaker 4: able to pull three individuals out of the home out
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  Speaker 4: of the residents. Ellie County Fire Department showed up immediately thereafter,
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  Speaker 4: distinguished the fire and were able to pull two more
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  Speaker 4: individuals out of the home.
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  Speaker 3: A spokesman for La County Sheriff's Office says the victims
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  Speaker 3: are Christina Aka Akhed twenty nine, her brother, Jen V.
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  Speaker 3: Mackindang twenty four, Edwin Garcia twenty four, and Matthew Montebello
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  Speaker 3: twenty three. Akka ak Mackindang, and Garcia were pronounced dead
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  Speaker 3: at the scene. Deputies pulled Montebello from the burning house,
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  Speaker 3: but he died at the hospital. Sondival was arrested and
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  Speaker 3: faces charges including four counts of murder, one count of
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  Speaker 3: first degree residential burglary with a person present, and one
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  Speaker 3: count of an arson. Prosecutors have also filed special allegations,
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  Speaker 3: including murder while lying in wait, multiple murders, and use
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  Speaker 3: of a handgun. Montebello's mother said her son was in
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  Speaker 3: a relationship with Makindang while aka Ak and Garcia were engaged.
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  Speaker 3: She had heard the suspect's name before, but had never
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  Speaker 3: met him. She believes he was an ex boyfriend of
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  Speaker 3: one of the siblings. Authorities have not released a motive
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  Speaker 3: for the crime. District Attorney George Gascon calls the crime
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  Speaker 3: tragic and said the sh shooting had devastated the community. Quote,
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  Speaker 3: we are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of these
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  Speaker 3: four lives, including a brother and sister, who were callously
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  Speaker 3: shot as they peacefully slept in their beds. Sound of
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  Speaker 3: Ali's scheduled to appear in court January twenty seventh. He
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  Speaker 3: remains in custody without bail. Multiple GoFundMe campaigns have been
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  Speaker 3: launched to support the victims' families and helped cover funeral costs.
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  Speaker 3: The campaigns described the victims as loving individuals who were
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  Speaker 3: full of promise. Christine was known for her laughter and generosity.
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  Speaker 3: John V. Was a bright young man who excelled academically.
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  Speaker 3: Edwin is described as kind and joyful and aspiring educator.
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  Speaker 3: Matthew is remembered as a caring and talented young man
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  Speaker 3: who always helped his family. The investigation is ongoing and
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  Speaker 3: anyone with information is urged to contact the La County
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  Speaker 3: Sheriff's Department of three two three two six seven forty
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  Speaker 3: eight hundred.
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  Speaker 2: I'm nicole.
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  Speaker 1: Parton.
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  Speaker 2: Authorities in Palm Beach Gardens reported a shocking incident involving
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  Speaker 2: a man who allegedly assaulted another other man with golf
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  Speaker 2: clubs in what has been described as a random act
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  Speaker 2: of violence. The incident escalated to the point where the
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  Speaker 2: attacker is believed to have drowned the victim in a pond.
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  Speaker 2: This at the sand Hill Crane Golf Club in Florida.
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  Speaker 2: The suspect, identified as Junior Bauchure, thirty six, is currently
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  Speaker 2: being held without bail at the Palm Beach County Jail
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  Speaker 2: and faces a first degree murder charge in connection with
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  Speaker 2: the death of sixty five year old Brian hilt Battle.
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  Speaker 2: The golf club where the tragic incident occurred is situated
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  Speaker 2: in an eleven thousand block of North Lake Boulevard, and
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  Speaker 2: arrest report released by local police indicates that they responded
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  Speaker 2: to a course shortly before one thirty pm in the
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  Speaker 2: middle of the day after receiving reports of a violent
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  Speaker 2: confrontation involving a golf club. Upon arriving at the scene,
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  Speaker 2: officers discovered Hilte Bidel's lifeless body on the first holes
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  Speaker 2: fairway while Boucher was unclothed attempting to run. When ordered
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  Speaker 2: to stop, Boucher refused, prompting police to deploy an electronic
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  Speaker 2: control weapon to take him into custody. This all part
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  Speaker 2: of the arrest report. Witnesses recounted the events leading up
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  Speaker 2: to the attack. One golfer reported hearing shouting and then
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  Speaker 2: observed the victim trying to escape. The man was welding
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  Speaker 2: a golf club and swinging it like a maniac, the
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  Speaker 2: golfer said. The witness recalled the victim crying out help.
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  Speaker 2: He's trying to kill me. He's trying to kill me.
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  Speaker 2: The confrontation escalated as the two men fell to the ground,
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  Speaker 2: where Boucher began to strike the man repeatedly with the
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  Speaker 2: golf club. The chase continued toward the pond, where Boucher
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  Speaker 2: allegedly continued to assault the man, hitting him multiple times
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  Speaker 2: in the head. The report states that's when Boucher then
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  Speaker 2: climbed on top of the man in the water and
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  Speaker 2: choked him out. After the assault, Boucher reportedly got off
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  Speaker 2: the man, who was unresponsive, retrieved another golf club up
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  Speaker 2: and struck him again before leaving the scene. Police later
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  Speaker 2: noted that hill to Battle sustained deep lacerations to the
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  Speaker 2: back of his head and was declared dead at the scene.
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  Speaker 2: Palm Beach Garden's police chief Dominique Pape commented on the
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  Speaker 2: incident during a press conference. This appears to be a
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  Speaker 2: random act of violence or Boucher used the victims golf
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  Speaker 2: clubs as weapons and viciously attacked the victim. Unfortunately, the
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  Speaker 2: victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead on scene.
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  Speaker 2: It does not appear that Baucher had any legitimate purpose
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  Speaker 2: for being as a golf court In a court appearance
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  Speaker 2: on Tuesday, a judge denied Boucher bond and ordered that
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  Speaker 2: he have no contact with witnesses and no access to weapons.
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  Speaker 2: During the hearing, Boucher claimed his name is actually Manuel
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  Speaker 2: Acosta Rodriguez. The man is being held without bond for
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