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Teen Accused of Killing Basketball Captain in DUI Hit-And-Run Cries Leaving Court | Crime Alert 05.25.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Sidney Silvanni.
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  Speaker 1: Potsdam police are piecing together the final moments of twenty
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  Speaker 1: year old Emily May Smith, a standout star on the
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  Speaker 1: State University of New York at Potsdam basketball team. Emily,
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  Speaker 1: a resident of Greenville, New York, was a dedicated business
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  Speaker 1: administration major who was already making a massive impact on campus.
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  Speaker 1: But Emily's bright future was cut short early Saturday morning.
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  Speaker 1: Investigators report that at approximately three thirty seven am, Emily
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  Speaker 1: was walking on the front lawn of a friend's home
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  Speaker 1: near Pierre Pont Avenue in Potsdam. Out of nowhere, an
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  Speaker 1: older model black Cadillac Escalade veered wildly off the roadway,
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  Speaker 1: striking the young woman before speeding away from the scene.
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  Speaker 1: Emergency responders rush to the location and immediately transported Emily
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  Speaker 1: to Canton Potsdam Hospital. Tragically, she was pronounced dead shortly
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  Speaker 1: after arrival. Less than four hours later, at roughly seven
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  Speaker 1: to twenty five am, officers spotted the suspected black Escalade
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  Speaker 1: traveling down Root eleven, just e of Potsdam. Police executed
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  Speaker 1: a traffic stop and took the driver, eighteen year old
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  Speaker 1: Jacob Chrice of Brasher Falls, New York, into custody without incident.
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  Speaker 1: Newly released court documents reveal when officers informed Christ the
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  Speaker 1: suv he was driving match the description of a vehicle
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  Speaker 1: involved in a fatal hit and run. He reportedly turned
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  Speaker 1: to a passenger and adamantly denied any involvement. Christ claimed
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  Speaker 1: that the police were looking for someone else, stating it
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  Speaker 1: was not his car and he had not hit anyone.
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  Speaker 1: A supporting deposition outlines Chrys's movements leading up to the crash.
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  Speaker 1: Christ contacted an eighteen year old girl via social media
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  Speaker 1: earlier between one am and two am, Just fourteen minutes
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  Speaker 1: after Emily May Smith was struck down, Christ arrived in
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  Speaker 1: Colton to pick up this young woman. The two then
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  Speaker 1: traveled together to Christ's residence in Brasher. In her statement
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  Speaker 1: to investigators, the teenage passenger said she did not witness
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  Speaker 1: Christ consuming alcohol or smoking marijuana during their time together,
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  Speaker 1: nor did she observe any open containers or illicit substances
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  Speaker 1: inside the escalade. After spending four hours at the house,
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  Speaker 1: the pair left together, only to be intercepted by Potsdam
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  Speaker 1: police on route eleven moments later. Jacob Christ now faces
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  Speaker 1: a slate of serious charges including leaving the scene of
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  Speaker 1: a motor vehicle crash resulting in death, zero tolerance driving
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  Speaker 1: while intoxicated, and driving across hazard markings. On Wednesday, Christ
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  Speaker 1: made an emotional appearance in Potsdam Town Court. Onlookers noted
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  Speaker 1: that the eighteen year old was visibly shaken throughout the proceedings,
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  Speaker 1: surrounded by individuals believed to be as family members. The
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  Speaker 1: court room was also filled with grieving friends and acquaintances
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  Speaker 1: of Emily Smith. A representative from the Public Defender's office
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  Speaker 1: stood firmly beside Christ, announcing that they are continuing a
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  Speaker 1: plea of not guilty on all counts. During the hearing,
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  Speaker 1: Judge David Haggard took a moment to address the defendant directly, strictly,
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  Speaker 1: emphasizing the critical importance of Christ complying fully with every
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  Speaker 1: single requirement mandated by the probation office as this case
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  Speaker 1: moves forward. More crime and justice news after this. In
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  Speaker 1: Marion County, Florida, a routine missing person's case has become
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  Speaker 1: a full scale homicide investigation. The Marion County Sheriff's Office
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  Speaker 1: initially began looking into the disappearance of forty three year
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  Speaker 1: old Andreas Bahaman Prada on May sixteenth, after an anxious
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  Speaker 1: family member reported that he had not been seen or
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  Speaker 1: heard from since May seventh. Bahaman Prada shared a home
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  Speaker 1: with his twenty five year old son, Andreas Bahaman added
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  Speaker 1: Danellan property. As detectives dug into the timeline, they quickly
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  Speaker 1: uncovered glaring inconsistencies and physical evidence that pointed squarely toward
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  Speaker 1: foul play. At first, the younger Bahaman told deputies he
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  Speaker 1: last saw his father on the evening of May seventh,
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  Speaker 1: alleging that his father had returned home briefly before announcing
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  Speaker 1: that an unknown individual was coming by to pick him up.
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  Speaker 1: Detectives also noted that the victim's silver two thousand seven
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  Speaker 1: in infinity M thirty five disappeared from the property a
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  Speaker 1: few days later and remains entirely unaccounted for. However, the
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  Speaker 1: victim's mother told investigators she encountered the suspect of neuro
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  Speaker 1: local retail store and asked about his father. He replied
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  Speaker 1: he believed his father was dead, coldly stating that he
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  Speaker 1: was in hell, where he deserves to be because he
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  Speaker 1: was an evil person. This alarming interaction prompted law enforcement
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  Speaker 1: to execute a closer examination of the Danellan property. On
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  Speaker 1: May eighteen, investigators documented shattered glass doors marred by what
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  Speaker 1: appeared to be fresh bullet holes. Nearby, on the porch,
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  Speaker 1: they recovered a spent shell casing alongside suspected blood stains.
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  Speaker 1: In the backyard, their attention was immediately drawn to a
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  Speaker 1: patch of freshly disturbed dirt. Authorities also learned Bahaman had
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  Speaker 1: allegedly texted a gruesome photograph to his own mother, who
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  Speaker 1: currently resides in Germany. The photo depicted a man matching
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  Speaker 1: the physical description of Andreas Bahaman Prada, lying next to
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  Speaker 1: the wooden steps of the property. A large, unmistakable red
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  Speaker 1: stain was clearly visible near the man's head and on
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  Speaker 1: his shirt. Detectives secured a formal search warrant, focusing their
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  Speaker 1: efforts on the backyard area with the freshly turned earth.
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  Speaker 1: As they began and digging, investigators encountered the unmistakable and
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  Speaker 1: overwhelming odor of human decomposition. They on earthed a large,
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  Speaker 1: tightly rolled carpet. Inside that carpet, detective uncovered suspected human remains.
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  Speaker 1: Forensic teams are currently working to achieve a positive identification
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  Speaker 1: of the body Andreas Bahaman was swiftly identified as the
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  Speaker 1: primary person of interest and was arrested on Monday. He
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  Speaker 1: is currently facing charges of tampering with physical evidence in
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  Speaker 1: a missing person investigation. Meanwhile, the search intensifies for the
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  Speaker 1: victim's missing car, the Silver two thousand seven Infinity M
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  Speaker 1: thirty five. Investigators believe this car may contain vital forensic
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  Speaker 1: evidence linked to the killing. Anyone with information regarding the
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  Speaker 1: whereabouts of this vehicle or the details of this investigation
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  Speaker 1: is urged to call detectives at three five two seven,
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  Speaker 1: three two nine one one one for the latest crime
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  Speaker 1: and justice breaking news. Be sure to tune in tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: on your favorite podcast app with this crime alert. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Sidney Silvani.