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Hawaii Triple Murder Suspect Behind Bars Thanks to Public's Sharp Eye | Crime Alert 6AM 06.03.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime at Art hourly update breaking crime news Now. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Sidney Silvani. Returned to Hawaii, where a terrifying multi day
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  Speaker 1: crime spree and a remote paradise has come to an
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  Speaker 1: end with the suspect behind bars. A thirty six year
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  Speaker 1: old man has been hit with a mountain of criminal
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  Speaker 1: charges following the brutal murders of three elderly men on
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  Speaker 1: the Big Island. The suspect, Jacob Baker, of Pahoa, Hawaii,
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  Speaker 1: was apprehended by law enforcement following an intensive manhunt involving
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  Speaker 1: both state and federal authorities, who had warned the public
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  Speaker 1: that Baker was armed and extremely dangerous. On Sunday, officials
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  Speaker 1: announced that Baker faces one count of first degree murder
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  Speaker 1: and three counts of second degree murder, alongside a list
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  Speaker 1: of other offenses. He is currently being held without bond.
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  Speaker 1: During a news conference, Hawaii Police Chief Read Mahuna detailed
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  Speaker 1: the extensive charges leveled against the suspect.
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  Speaker 2: Hawaii Police Department officers received information that the possible suspect
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  Speaker 2: had been observed hiding within a grassy area in a field.
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  Speaker 2: Witnesses reported observing the man party ducking down as passing
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  Speaker 2: traffic approached. Investigators subsequently obtained video surveillance footage that corroborated
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  Speaker 2: these observations. The surveillance footage also captured the suspect fleeing
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  Speaker 2: from the initial property onto an adjacent property.
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  Speaker 1: Those severe charges stem from a series of gruesome killings
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  Speaker 1: that occurred over a span of just two days in
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  Speaker 1: a remote real part of Pahoa. Police have identified the victims,
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  Speaker 1: a sixty nine year old Robert Shine, sixty nine year
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  Speaker 1: old John carsh and a seventy nine year old man
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  Speaker 1: whose name has not yet been formally released. All three
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  Speaker 1: men were found dead at separate residences. Robert Shine's body
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  Speaker 1: was discovered by investigators partially submerged in a cement pond.
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  Speaker 1: Just a few hundred feet away from that location, officers
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  Speaker 1: discovered the deceased seventy nine year old victim. The third victim,
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  Speaker 1: John Cars, was found dead at a property located roughly
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  Speaker 1: nineteen miles away. Baker's run from the law ended in Kalapana,
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  Speaker 1: approximately ten miles from Pahoa, after sharp eyed witness noticed
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  Speaker 1: suspicious activity in a vacant lot. Police Chief Read Mahuna
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  Speaker 1: explained how surveillance footage and citizen reports directly led to
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  Speaker 1: Baker's capture.
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  Speaker 2: The suspect, Jacob Baker, at this time has been arrested
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  Speaker 2: for the following offenses murder in the second degree, burglary
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  Speaker 2: in the first degree, unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle
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  Speaker 2: in the first degree, theft in the first degree, criminal
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  Speaker 2: property damage in the fourth degree, theft in the fourth degree,
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  Speaker 2: and unauthorized entry into a mortar vehicle in the first degree.
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  Speaker 1: Chief Mahuna revealed that tactical teams ultimately discovered Baker hiding
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  Speaker 1: in a small cave located on a property adjacent to
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  Speaker 1: the vacant lot. While the arrest brought immediate relief to
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  Speaker 1: the local community, many questions remain unanswered. The police chief
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  Speaker 1: noted that investigators have not yet established a clear motive
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  Speaker 1: for the rampage, and so far, no known connections have
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  Speaker 1: been found between the three elderly victims, other than the
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  Speaker 1: fact that two of them happened to live near one another.
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  Speaker 1: Crime and Justice News. After this, a quiet Sunday afternoon
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  Speaker 1: in the city of Sandy, Oregon, shattered into chaos and
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  Speaker 1: unbelievable tragedy. Just before four o'clock. Officers with the Sandy
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  Speaker 1: Police Department and the Klackamus County Sheriff's Office sped to
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  Speaker 1: the thirty nine thousand block of Evans Street for a
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  Speaker 1: call of domestic disturbance with reports of an active shooting,
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  Speaker 1: but as soon as first responders arrived at the scene,
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  Speaker 1: the situation escalated from dangerous to deadly. Gunfire instantly erupted.
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  Speaker 1: Officers return fire, but in the exchange, Sandy Police Officer
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  Speaker 1: Garrett Thornton was struck multiple times. As a massive tactical
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  Speaker 1: response descended on the neighborhood. A life flight helicopter rushed
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  Speaker 1: Officer Thornton to a nearby hospital. Here is Sandy Police
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  Speaker 1: Chief Patrick Husky with an update on his officer's condition,
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  Speaker 1: along with a grim revelation about what first responders discovered
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  Speaker 1: at the scene.
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  Speaker 3: The officers in stable condition, and I'm sure you'm thankful
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  Speaker 3: that I can tell you that they are extrectly to spot.
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  Speaker 3: There are multiple victims deceased at this time.
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  Speaker 1: While metecks fought to save Officer Thornton, heavily armed tactical
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  Speaker 1: teams surrounded the house. Inside was thirty eight year old
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  Speaker 1: Brian Andrew Moore, who had barricaded himself inside the residence.
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  Speaker 1: For nearby neighbors. Sunday evening became a nightmare of sirens, floodlights,
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  Speaker 1: and a strict shelter and place order as negotiators work
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  Speaker 1: to make contact. The standoff stretched on for hours, paralyzing
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  Speaker 1: the community, as law enforcement agencies from across the region
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  Speaker 1: rushed in to secure the perimeter. Finally, as the sun
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  Speaker 1: went down, the tension broke. Chief Husky detailed how the
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  Speaker 1: agonizing standoff finally came to a close.
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  Speaker 3: The suspect is incustidy. Just before eight pm. They surrendered
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  Speaker 3: to law enforcement and there was no incident. The surrendered peacefully.
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  Speaker 3: There is no ongoing community threat, and everything is safe
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  Speaker 3: at this time.
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  Speaker 1: Moore is now sitting in the Clackamas County jail facing
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  Speaker 1: a mountain of charges, including three counts of second degree murder,
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  Speaker 1: two counts of first degree kidnapping, and being a felon
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  Speaker 1: in possession of a firearm. During Moore's first court appearance
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  Speaker 1: on Monday, a judge ordered him held without bail until
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  Speaker 1: his next court appearance in a week. As the police
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  Speaker 1: tape comes down, the sheer scale of this domestic tragedy
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  Speaker 1: is coming into devastating focus. Friends say Moore had been
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  Speaker 1: in a relationship with one of the victim's, thirty seven
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  Speaker 1: year old Jenna Mary Overson, for more than a decade,
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  Speaker 1: but the two are planning to separate. Moore is also
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  Speaker 1: accused of killing Jenna's mother, seventy year old Mary Beth Oversin.
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  Speaker 1: But perhaps the most heartbreaking detail emerging from this horrific
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  Speaker 1: event is the death of sixteen year old Covid McClure.
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  Speaker 1: The Sandy High School freshman was a family friend who
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  Speaker 1: reportedly lost his life trying to shield Jenna's three young
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  Speaker 1: sons from the gunfire. His classmates are remembering him today
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  Speaker 1: as a bold, responsible, and incredibly brave young man. Sandy
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  Speaker 1: Mayor Kathleen Walker is urging the public to support the
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  Speaker 1: grieving families and the first responders, calling this an unimaginable
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  Speaker 1: loss that has shaken the city to its core. For
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  Speaker 1: the latest I'm Injustice breaking news, be sure to tune
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  Speaker 1: in tomorrow on your favorite podcast app with this crime alert,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Sidney Silvanni.