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Laken Snelling Withdraws From School|Crime Alert Recap Saturday · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alard hourly update and breaking crime news Now. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Jackie Howard. Lincoln Snelling, the University of Kentucky student charged
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  Speaker 1: and the death of her newborn, is out of jail
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  Speaker 1: on a one hundred thousand dollars bond. She pleaded not
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  Speaker 1: guilty in the case and is now on house arrest
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  Speaker 1: with her parents, but community outrage is a parent because
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  Speaker 1: of it. Snelling is not on an ankle monitor and
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  Speaker 1: has some freedom of movement. Police say they found Snelling's
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  Speaker 1: newborn baby boy, dead and wrapped in a towel inside
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  Speaker 1: a black trash bag hidden in a closet. In court records,
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  Speaker 1: Snelling admitted to giving birth and cleaning up the evidence.
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  Speaker 1: She's now facing charges of concealing the birth of an infant,
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  Speaker 1: tampering with physical evidence, and abuse of corps. Snelling, as
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  Speaker 1: senior and a member of the school's stunt team, has
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  Speaker 1: now withdrawn from school and the stunt team. Her preliminary
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  Speaker 1: hearing is scheduled for September twenty sixth. The coroner's report
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  Speaker 1: found the cause of death was inconclusive and an extensive
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  Speaker 1: microscopic analysis is necessary to determine the cause and manner
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  Speaker 1: of death. For more on this progressing story. Tune into
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  Speaker 1: Crime Stories with Nancy Graves on Fox one, our YouTube channel,
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  Speaker 1: and on your favorite podcast app, War Crime and Justice News.
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  Speaker 2: After this, I'm Jennifer Gould. In a terrifying clash of
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  Speaker 2: a father's rage and a monster's depravity. An Arkansas man
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  Speaker 2: is accused of shooting and killing his fourteen year old
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  Speaker 2: daughter's alleged rapist after finding the teen in the suspects car.
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  Speaker 2: The lethal encounter followed a relentless pursuit on a rural highway,
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  Speaker 2: ending with a violent roadside execution that has sparked debate
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  Speaker 2: over vigilanteism and justice. The father, Aaron Spencer thirty seven,
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  Speaker 2: a former Army soldiery, all faces second degree murder charges,
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  Speaker 2: even as his wife insists he was acting as any
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  Speaker 2: parent would to save their child. Lonoke County Sheriff Jay
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  Speaker 2: Staley posted this on the department's Facebook page.
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  Speaker 1: I have not, nor will I advocate for any specific charge.
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  Speaker 3: This is a tragic situation and my thoughts and prayers
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  Speaker 3: are with all those involved.
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  Speaker 2: The harrowing ordeal began in July of twenty twenty four,
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  Speaker 2: when the team was allegedly targeted, groomed, and raped by
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  Speaker 2: sixty seven year old Michael Fossler, a boyfriend of a
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  Speaker 2: family friend. Fossler was charged and arrested for rape and
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  Speaker 2: internet stalking, and despite the charges, he was released on
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  Speaker 2: a fifty thousand dollars bond with a no contact order.
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  Speaker 2: Months later, though, at midnight on October eighth, the parents
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  Speaker 2: found that their daughter was gone. After a frantic nine
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  Speaker 2: one one call, they took matters into their own hands,
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  Speaker 2: driving through the night until they spot a Fossler's vehicle
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  Speaker 2: with their daughter in the passenger seat. According to court documents,
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  Speaker 2: Aaron Spencer made a U turn and relentlessly pursued Fossler,
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  Speaker 2: eventually rear ending his car and forcing it off the road.
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  Speaker 2: The father told police he saw his daughter trying to
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  Speaker 2: exit the car, but Fossler grabbed her. He yelled for
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  Speaker 2: Fossler to get out, but the older man allegedly lunged
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  Speaker 2: towards him with something in his hand while screaming an explative.
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  Speaker 2: In that moment, the former soldier emptied his gun into
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  Speaker 2: Fossler until he ran out of bullets. Then, in a
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  Speaker 2: savage frenzy, he jumped on the man and pistol whipped
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  Speaker 2: him Immediately after a breathless Aaron Spencer called nine one one,
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  Speaker 2: telling the dispatcher the kidnapper was quote dead on the
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  Speaker 2: side of the road end quote, adding that he quote
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  Speaker 2: had no choice end quote but to shoot him. He
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  Speaker 2: was initially charged with first degree murder, but Lonoke County
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  Speaker 2: prosecutors later reduced the charge to second His wife, Heather,
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  Speaker 2: has staunchly defended her husband. She insists Aaron is a
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  Speaker 2: peaceful person who does not deserve to be treated as
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  Speaker 2: a criminal, and says he is, in fact a hero.
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  Speaker 2: The Spencer's case has captured the nation's attention, with some
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  Speaker 2: praising Aaron's actions, while others argue the parents should have
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  Speaker 2: let police handle the situation. Various petitions demanding charges against
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  Speaker 2: Aaron be dropped have been signed by over thirty five
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  Speaker 2: thousand people. Aaron Spencer's trial is set for January of
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty six.
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  Speaker 3: I'm Drew Nelson. A YouTube comment threatening to shoot up
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  Speaker 3: and skin black preschoolers leads to federal charges against a
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  Speaker 3: North Carolina man. Zachary Charles Newell, aged twenty five, of Newport,
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  Speaker 3: is in custody after the FBI and Carteret County deputies
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  Speaker 3: trace the online posts to him. Prosecutors say Newell used
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  Speaker 3: the screen name commentators Hate Me, posting racist threats under
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  Speaker 3: a YouTube video on August twenty seventh. In one message,
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  Speaker 3: he wrote about murdering twenty black children, quote like the
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  Speaker 3: animals they are. The next day, he posted another threat
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  Speaker 3: filled with racial slurs. Google flagged the comments and reported
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  Speaker 3: them to the FBI's National Threat Operations Center. FBI Director
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  Speaker 3: Cash Pttel told our partners at Fox News Digital quote,
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  Speaker 3: threats of violence against children are beyond unacceptable acts of cowardice.
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  Speaker 3: The FBI worked quickly with our partners in Carteret County
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  Speaker 3: to ensure this individual was taken into custody before he
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  Speaker 3: could act in Carteret County.
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  Speaker 4: These situations are always once the information comes into our office,
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  Speaker 4: we always immediately begin conducting investigations and charging these individuals
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  Speaker 4: where appropriate.
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  Speaker 3: That's Sheriff Ason Newell on WCTI. Court records showed deputies
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  Speaker 3: went to Newell's home on August thirty. First, they confronted
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  Speaker 3: him about the YouTube threats, and he admitted making the posts,
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  Speaker 3: but he served a search warrant and he was first
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  Speaker 3: charged in state court with communicating a threat of mass
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  Speaker 3: violence on educational property. A magistrate set bond at thirty
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  Speaker 3: thousand dollars, which he posted That same night. Deputies worked
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  Speaker 3: with the FBI to take him into federal custody on
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  Speaker 3: an interstate threat charge. FBI North Carolina Special Agent in
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  Speaker 3: Charge James C. Barnacle told Fox News Digital, quote, your
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  Speaker 3: FBI will work with local, state, and federal law enforcement
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  Speaker 3: partners to investigate threats directed at schools. This federal charge
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  Speaker 3: should be a warning to anyone who believes they can
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  Speaker 3: sit anonymously behind a keyboard and make violent threats. Officials
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  Speaker 3: stressed that Newell did not name a specific preschool and
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  Speaker 3: said there is no active threat to schools in Carteret County.
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  Speaker 3: But Sheriff Buck tells the TV station, this isn't your
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  Speaker 3: typical school threat. I ask.
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  Speaker 4: Most of the time they've been communicated by juveniles and
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  Speaker 4: either as a student or a former student of a
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  Speaker 4: particular school.
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  Speaker 3: If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.
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  Speaker 5: I'm Nicole Parton. A former pilot for Alaska Airlines. Joseph
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  Speaker 5: Emmerson has reached a plea deal with both state and
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  Speaker 5: federal prosecutors regarding allegations that he attempted to disable the
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  Speaker 5: engines of a passenger flight while off duty in the
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  Speaker 5: cockpit in twenty twenty three. This according to his attorney
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  Speaker 5: Noah Horst, who spoke on Thursday. Horse did not provide
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  Speaker 5: specifics about the plea agreement ahead of the scheduled change
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  Speaker 5: of plea hearings set for Friday in Oregon state and
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  Speaker 5: federal courts. He mentioned that Emerson chose to enter these
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  Speaker 5: agreements to take accountability for his actions and to minimize
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  Speaker 5: the potential for further incarceration. The incident occurred on October
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  Speaker 5: twenty two to twenty twenty three, when Emerson, seated in
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  Speaker 5: an extra cockpit seat on a Horizon Air flight from Everett,
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  Speaker 5: Washington to San Francisco, attempted to cut the engines. The
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  Speaker 5: aircraft was diverted to Portland, landing safely with over eighty
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  Speaker 5: passengers on board. After the crew restrained the man. Emerson
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  Speaker 5: informed authorities he was struggling with grief following a friend's
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  Speaker 5: death and had consumed psychedelic mushrooms two days prior and
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  Speaker 5: had been awake for more than forty hours. He claimed
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  Speaker 5: he was under the impression that he was dreaming and
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  Speaker 5: that his intention was to wake himself by reaching for
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  Speaker 5: the two red handles, which would have activated the fire
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  Speaker 5: suppression mechanism and shut off the fuel to the engines.
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  Speaker 5: He faces a federal charge for interfering with a flight crew,
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  Speaker 5: and in a separate state indictment, has been charged with
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  Speaker 5: eighty three counts of endangerment and one count of endangering
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  Speaker 5: an aircraft. Initially, Emerson pleaded not guilty to all charges,
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  Speaker 5: but is now anticipated to plead guilty to a federal
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  Speaker 5: charge and no contest to a state charge, which equates
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  Speaker 5: to a guilty plea in legal terms. Released from custody
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  Speaker 5: in December twenty twenty three. While awaiting trial, Emerson is
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  Speaker 5: required to engage in mental health treatment, abstained from drugs
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  Speaker 5: and alcohol, and avoid proximity to aircraft. In the interim,
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  Speaker 5: he has established a nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing mental
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  Speaker 5: health issues among pilots. This incident has sparked renewed discussions
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  Speaker 5: regarding cockpit safety and the mental wellness of individuals permitted
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  Speaker 5: to such critical roles. For the latest crime injustice news,
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  Speaker 5: With this crime Alert, I'm Nicole Parton