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Teen Ballerina Gunned Down by Ex-BF in Thanksgiving Break Bloodbath| Crime Alert 6AM 12.04.2025 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart, hourly update, breaking crime news. Now, I'm Jennifer Gould.
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  Speaker 1: He couldn't live without hers, so he made sure no
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  Speaker 1: one else could. That's the chilling motive behind the senseless
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  Speaker 1: execution of eighteen year old ballerina Emily Finn, who was
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  Speaker 1: allegedly murdered by her heartbroken ex boyfriend Austin Lynch. What
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  Speaker 1: began as high school puppy love dissolved into a possessive,
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  Speaker 1: deadly rage when Lynch, shattered by the breakup, turned what
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  Speaker 1: was supposed to be a simple hand off of belongings
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  Speaker 1: into a bloodbath. Emily's friend, Maya Toath spoke to CBS
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  Speaker 1: to New York. I can't believe this happened to hurt.
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  Speaker 1: She didn't deserve that. I'm good, miss so much. The
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  Speaker 1: savage scene unfolded around eleven ten am in Wisconsin, New York,
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  Speaker 1: just days after Thanksgiving. Finn, a s U n Y freshman,
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  Speaker 1: had returned home from break and stopped by Lynch's home
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  Speaker 1: on Shenandoah Boulevard to return the last remnants of their
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  Speaker 1: three and a half year romance. Lynch, a marine recruit
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  Speaker 1: whose eighteenth birthday fell on Thanksgiving Day, allegedly greeted her
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  Speaker 1: active closure with extreme violence. Suffolk County authorities report he
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  Speaker 1: retrieved a legally owned twelve gage shotgun and fired two
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  Speaker 1: deadly rounds, killing the Sayville High School graduate instantly. He
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  Speaker 1: then allegedly turned the weapon on himself in a botched
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  Speaker 1: murder suicide attempt. Lynch's parents, home at the time, heard
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  Speaker 1: the blasts and made the frantic nine one one call. Finn,
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  Speaker 1: a beloved dancer who had returned home from college for break,
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  Speaker 1: was pronounced dead at the scene. Lynch survived his self
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  Speaker 1: inflicted wound and was rushed to Stonybrook University Hospital, where
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  Speaker 1: he remains in critical but stable condition under police guard.
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  Speaker 1: Suffolk County authorities confirmed he faces second degree murder charges.
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  Speaker 1: The Suffolk County DA's office said he would be arraigned
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  Speaker 1: as an adult once medically cleared. The couple split was
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  Speaker 1: reportedly prompted by diverging paths, Finn leaving for college at
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  Speaker 1: State University of New York while Lynch had recently enlisted
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  Speaker 1: in the Marines. Tributes of pink ribbons, Finn's favorite color,
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  Speaker 1: adorn the trees outside her dance studio. Her dance instructors
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  Speaker 1: announced that this year's production of The Nutcracker, where Finn
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  Speaker 1: once starred, will be dedicated to her memory. For the
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  Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after this. The Panic nine
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  Speaker 1: to one one Call was a calcul related performance designed
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  Speaker 1: to mask a cold blooded killing. Saw Garcia Gonzalez, a
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  Speaker 1: forty year old landscaper in Florida, play the role of
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  Speaker 1: the distraught boyfriend for days after his live in partner,
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  Speaker 1: thirty seven year old Narta Martel, vanished, a deliberate charade
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  Speaker 1: that ended the moment her lifeless body was recovered from
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  Speaker 1: a South Florida canal. So you're charged with second degree murder.
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  Speaker 1: Martel's impending independence tragically became the catalyst for her murder
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  Speaker 1: authorities belief she wanted to finally terminate the abusive relationship
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  Speaker 1: she had been enduring Garcia Gonzalez's alleged verbal abuse, and
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  Speaker 1: was actively seeking a safe sanctuary for herself and their
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  Speaker 1: two year old daughter just twenty four hours before she
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  Speaker 1: disappeared on October sixth. This clear signal that Martel was
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  Speaker 1: ready to bolt from her tormentor seemingly ignited his fatal rage.
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  Speaker 1: As family and friends pressed for answers, Garcia Gonzalez concocted
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  Speaker 1: a bizarre cover story. He claimed Martel might have been
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  Speaker 1: apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE, a theory investigators
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  Speaker 1: quickly debunked. He finally filed a missing person report on
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  Speaker 1: October ninth, three days after his alleged crime. Two days later,
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  Speaker 1: on October eleventh, Martel's corpse was found floating in a
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  Speaker 1: canal near southwest one hundred and sixty eighth Street and
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  Speaker 1: Southwest two hundred and fifth Avenue. The Medical Examiner's Office
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  Speaker 1: later confirmed the herrowing truth. Martel had been executed by
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  Speaker 1: a single gunshot wound to the head. Detectives from the
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  Speaker 1: Miami Dade Sheriff's Office swiftly dismantled Garcia Gonzalez's shifting narratives.
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  Speaker 1: Cell Phone data proved damning, showing he traveled repeatedly to
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  Speaker 1: and from the remote canal location at the critical time,
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  Speaker 1: directly contradicting his claim of last seeing her at a
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  Speaker 1: bus stop. Furthermore, surveillance footage captured his car operating in
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  Speaker 1: the precise area of the gruesome discovery. Confronted with overwhelming evidence,
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  Speaker 1: Garcia Gonzalez was arrested on November twenty sixth and charged
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  Speaker 1: with second degree murder. Though he denied the slang and
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  Speaker 1: waived his right to legal counsel, a judge ordered him
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  Speaker 1: held without bond. Their young daughter is now secure with
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  Speaker 1: relatives and finally talk about a reverse commute. MICHAELA. Copeland,
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  Speaker 1: thirty two, is facing criminal charges and a massive thirteen
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  Speaker 1: hundred dollars fine because she allegedly committed the ultimate tubesin
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  Speaker 1: walking the wrong way on a railway station escalator. The
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  Speaker 1: Greenwich woman was slapped with the shocking charge after being spotted.
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  Speaker 1: She's accused of using the moving staircase in a direction
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  Speaker 1: quote other than intended for travel end quote, which is
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  Speaker 1: a serious breach of local railway by laws. Apparently, Copeland
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  Speaker 1: pleaded not guilty, despite surveillance video catching the daring two step.
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  Speaker 1: This commuter clearly thought the law was going nowhere, but
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  Speaker 1: the police showed up, stepped up and told her not
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  Speaker 1: to walk this way. For the latest crime and justice news,
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  Speaker 1: app with this crime Alert I'm Jennifer Gould,