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KY Mother Confesses to Killing Her 10-Yr-Old, Pleads Not Guilty | Crime Alert 6AM 08.17.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert I Nancy Grace breaking crime news now. After
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  Speaker 1: leading police to her son's body, Felicia Gross stood in
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  Speaker 1: front of a judge pleading not guilty and the death
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  Speaker 1: of her ten year old little boy, Jaden Spicer, his
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  Speaker 1: body found buried in his shallow grave. Gross slated for
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  Speaker 1: another court appearance today. Straight out to Nicole Parton for
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  Speaker 1: the latest Nancy.
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  Speaker 2: The Kentucky mother entered a not guilty plea during her
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  Speaker 2: arraignment on Thursday in connection with the death of her son,
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  Speaker 2: Jaden Spicer, who had previously been reported missing. Gross faces
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  Speaker 2: several charges, including second degree manslaughter, abuse of a corpse,
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  Speaker 2: tampering with physical evidence, and filling a false report. Authorities
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  Speaker 2: discovered Jaden's body several days after he was declared missing.
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  Speaker 2: During the arraignment, a judge formally entered the not guilty
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  Speaker 2: plea on Gross's behalf and appointed her a public defender.
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  Speaker 2: According to the arrest citation, Gross confessed on August twelve
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  Speaker 2: to giving her ten year old son sleeping medicine, claiming
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  Speaker 2: that after that he died due to a medical emergency.
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  Speaker 2: She later revealed that she had buried his body in
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  Speaker 2: a wooded area off canoe Road near Joe Little Fork Road.
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  Speaker 2: Following this confession, investigators searched the location and found Jaden's
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  Speaker 2: remains buried in a plastic tote. Additionally, Gross reportedly admitted
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  Speaker 2: to instructing her younger children on what to say to
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  Speaker 2: police when questioned. Jaden's aunts spoke to w KYT and said,
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  Speaker 2: the family is heartbroken.
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  Speaker 3: I just hope and pray that that baby has.
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  Speaker 4: His final moments of resting and everybody can know that
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  Speaker 4: he is safe. He was a full of lots, always smiling,
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  Speaker 4: and he just loved being around his family and friends,
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  Speaker 4: and he was a happy kid.
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  Speaker 2: Court documents show that Gross had a prior history with
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  Speaker 2: child protective Services, having pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor of
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  Speaker 2: child endangerment in twenty seventeen, which resulted in a year
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  Speaker 2: long jail sentence. It remains unclear if that two thousand
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  Speaker 2: incident was regarding her son, Jaden or another child. Further,
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  Speaker 2: online court records from twenty thirteen. In twenty nineteen indicate
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  Speaker 2: that Gross's mother, Shirley Johnson, had sought child support from her,
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  Speaker 2: but it's uncertain if that case was related to Jaden
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  Speaker 2: as well. Currently, Gross is being held at the Kentucky
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  Speaker 2: River Regional Jail. She is set to appear in court
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  Speaker 2: again today. Nancy. With that preliminary hearing, we expect to
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  Speaker 2: hear more from detectives.
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  Speaker 3: Nicole.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you more Crimate Justice news after.
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  Speaker 2: This seven month old Emmanuel Harrow from California is missing
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  Speaker 2: and now authorities have uncovered quote discrepancies in the investigation.
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  Speaker 2: On Saturday, August sixteen, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department
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  Speaker 2: provided an update indicating that inconsistencies were found in the
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  Speaker 2: account given by Emmanuel's mother, Rebecca Harrow, regarding his supposed abduction.
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  Speaker 2: The SBCSD stated in a press release quote investigators conducted
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  Speaker 2: interviews with several individuals, including Emmanuel's parents, Jake and Rebecca.
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  Speaker 2: During these interviews, Rebecca was confronted with discrepancies in her
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  Speaker 2: original statement and chose not to continue the discussion. As
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  Speaker 2: a result, investigators cannot eliminate the possibility of foul play
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  Speaker 2: in the case of Emmanuel's disappearance. The police report noted
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  Speaker 2: deputies responded to reports of Emmanuel going missing at approximately
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  Speaker 2: seven forty seven pm local time on August fourteen in Ukaypa. Specifically,
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  Speaker 2: the thirty four thousand block of Ukaipa Boulevard. According to Rebecca,
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  Speaker 2: who reportedly sustained a black eye, claimed that she was
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  Speaker 2: attacked outside a store before her son was allegedly taken.
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  Speaker 2: Investigators from our Specialized Investigations Division are actively looking into
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  Speaker 2: the reported kidnapping of a seven month old after the
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  Speaker 2: child's mother reported being assaulted outside a retail store. Authority
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  Speaker 2: stated on social media canine units were deployed for scent tracking,
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  Speaker 2: but the child has not been found. There are currently
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  Speaker 2: no details available regarding any suspects, the police continued. Rebecca
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  Speaker 2: had taken her son to a park for a football
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  Speaker 2: practice with her husband and their two other children, before
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  Speaker 2: stopping at Big five Sporting goods store to purchase a
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  Speaker 2: mouthguard when the incident occurred. As reported by KTLA, the
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  Speaker 2: mother said, I was about to grab a diaper to
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  Speaker 2: change my son when someone said, oh lah, and after that,
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  Speaker 2: I don't remember anything. An interview with ABC seven, Rebecca
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  Speaker 2: explains exactly what she says happened to her son.
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  Speaker 3: I got him out of the car seat and I
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  Speaker 3: laid him down in psychic get his zippers ready, and
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  Speaker 3: somebody said on all I remember, and I saw I
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  Speaker 3: saw white and Harry said, I fell on the floor
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  Speaker 3: and I said, as I got up, I couldn't find
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  Speaker 3: my son. I checked around my truck. Whoever took our son,
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  Speaker 3: please give him back.
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  Speaker 2: She mentioned that she searched around her car and rushed
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  Speaker 2: into the store to call nine to one one. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 2: no security footage was available from the area where Emmanuel vanished,
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  Speaker 2: and Amber alert was not issued, and there were no
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  Speaker 2: descriptions of a suspect or a vehicle. The Sheriff's Specialized
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  Speaker 2: Investigations Division is working with the police to search for Emmanuel.
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  Speaker 2: Authorities are urging anyone with any information related to this
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  Speaker 2: case to contact the Specialized Investigations Division at nine zero
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  Speaker 2: nine eight nine zero four to nine zero four.
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  Speaker 1: Donna Cloud, nineteen, moves in with their dad Splendora, Texas,
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  Speaker 1: is the northeast suburb of Houston. Their relationship is strained.
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  Speaker 1: They argue often. One night she doesn't come home, Dad
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  Speaker 1: reports her missing, telling police his daughter left on a
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  Speaker 1: blind date with a guy she met online. Because later
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  Speaker 1: learn that's a lie and Donna's father actually told her
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  Speaker 1: to leave. After their last argument, two men pick up
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  Speaker 1: Donna from the dad's home. One says he drops Donna
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  Speaker 1: off safely at a hotel that evening. Donna's active online
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  Speaker 1: two days after her disappearance, but her phone pings for
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  Speaker 1: the last time in Houston's Westchase neighborhood. That's the southwest
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  Speaker 1: side of the city. Donna Cloud five to one, one
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  Speaker 1: hundred and ten pounds, brown hair, brown eyes. She's got
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  Speaker 1: a tattoo of a diamond on her right ring finger
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  Speaker 1: and the word faith tattooed on her right forearm. If
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  Speaker 1: you have info on Donna Cloud, now missing eight years,
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  Speaker 1: called Montgomery County, Texas Sheriffs nine three six seven six
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  Speaker 1: zero fifty eight hundred. For the latest crime injustice news,
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  Speaker 1: best to find missing people, especially children, and help solve
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  Speaker 1: unsolved homicides. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.