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Man Accused in Strangling Mother of Two Was Out on Bond| Crime Alert Recap Sunday 11.17.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew Nelson,
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  Speaker 1: a Minnesota man accused of strangling a mother of two,
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  Speaker 1: was already out on bail and unsupervised for a prior
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  Speaker 1: strangulation charge when this new crime occurred. Christopher Neil h
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  Speaker 1: forty five, is charged with second degree murder in the
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  Speaker 1: death of thirty eight year old Victoria Gamble, who was
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  Speaker 1: a mother of two found dead in her Sock Rapids apartment.
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  Speaker 1: An autopsy last month confirmed that Gamble died from strangulation
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  Speaker 1: and ruled her death a homicide investigator. Saint Neil met
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  Speaker 1: Gamble at a bar the night before her death.
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  Speaker 2: Her boys were her center of her universe.
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  Speaker 1: It's like a month of waiting.
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  Speaker 3: It's been really difficult.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just extremely sad and mad, the victim's friend, Melissa
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  Speaker 1: Stoverer on KSTP. Surveillance footage from that night showed Gamble
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  Speaker 1: and Neil interacting before the two left together in Gamble's
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  Speaker 1: black Chevy Equinox. They went to her apartment building got
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  Speaker 1: there about one fifteen am, according to electronic key logs.
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  Speaker 1: About two hours later, Neil was seen leaving alone, attempting
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  Speaker 1: to avoid the camera When officers arrived later that day,
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  Speaker 1: Gamble's car, keys, and other belongings were missing. Less than
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  Speaker 1: a week later, police found Neil at a Louisiana hotel,
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  Speaker 1: where he was arrested with gamble stolen vehicle. He allegedly
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  Speaker 1: admitted to taking her car and being in her apartment,
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  Speaker 1: but claimed limited memory of the events at the time
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  Speaker 1: of the crime. Neil was free on bail for a
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  Speaker 1: domestic assault case less than two weeks earlier in Aitken County,
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  Speaker 1: where he had allegedly strangled another woman while a child
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  Speaker 1: was present. Despite the violent nature of that case, Neil
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  Speaker 1: was released without monitoring or strict conditions. Advocates for Gamble's
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  Speaker 1: family are expressing frustration at what they call a failure
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  Speaker 1: in the system. Loved ones wrote on a fundraising page
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  Speaker 1: for her children, quote, our justice system failed. Victoria Gamble,
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  Speaker 1: who was a devoted mother, was described as a loving
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  Speaker 1: and bubbly person who cherished her two sons. The fundraising
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  Speaker 1: effort is underway to help support her children and preserve
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  Speaker 1: her memory. Stover, her friend says, my promise to her
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  Speaker 1: is that they are taken care of. Neil is currently
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  Speaker 1: in customers in Aitken County, If convicted, he faces up
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  Speaker 1: to forty years in prison. A court date for the
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  Speaker 1: murder charge has not yet been set.
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  Speaker 4: I'm Jennifer Gould. An evening out for a Mississippi mom
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  Speaker 4: and her son turns into a terrifying ordeal when a
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  Speaker 4: police officer allegedly mistakes the child for an armed robbery suspect.
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  Speaker 4: Ishakita Wade and her son Lamar Anderson pulled into the
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  Speaker 4: Civic Center West apartments in South Haven. As they stepped
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  Speaker 4: out of their car, flashing blue lights from a patrol
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  Speaker 4: car suddenly appeared in their rear view. Without warning. Wade
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  Speaker 4: claims an officer jumped out of the vehicle, drew his
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  Speaker 4: weapon and pointed it at her nine year old son.
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  Speaker 4: Here's Amar talking to Fox thirteen News.
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  Speaker 1: I was shocked and nervous that because I never got
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  Speaker 1: pointed a gun at me before.
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  Speaker 4: The officer was responding to a nine to one one
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  Speaker 4: call about an armed robbery at the nearby apartment complex.
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  Speaker 4: The victim had described the suspect as quote a heavy
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  Speaker 4: set male African American wearing a sweatshirt and blue jeans
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  Speaker 4: who fled the scene on foot toward termin drive end quote.
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  Speaker 4: Amar is five feet tall, weighs one hundred and fifty pounds,
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  Speaker 4: and is black. However, the officer was then reportedly informed
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  Speaker 4: the suspect was not a black man after all, but
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  Speaker 4: instead a quote heavy set, white male end quote. Amar
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  Speaker 4: and his mom were also informed after the mix up
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  Speaker 4: that the weapon pulled by the officer was a stun gun.
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  Speaker 4: The child was never detained or hurt. Despite the admission
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  Speaker 4: of error. Wade filed a formal complaint the following day,
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  Speaker 4: demanding answers over the mistaken identity. In a statement released
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  Speaker 4: by the South Haven Police Department, they confirmed that officers
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  Speaker 4: were searching for an armed suspect and that officers are
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  Speaker 4: quote often required to make split second judgments in uncertain
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  Speaker 4: situations end quote. They also say the matter is under
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  Speaker 4: review and that the department takes all complaints seriously. South
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  Speaker 4: Haven Police have not said, though, if the suspect they
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  Speaker 4: were looking for was ever caught.
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  Speaker 3: I'm Nicole Parton, a Texas mother has been sentenced for
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  Speaker 3: her involvement in the tragic death of her eight year
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  Speaker 3: old son, Kendrick Lee, whose decomposing body was found in
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  Speaker 3: their home while she abandoned her three other children alone
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  Speaker 3: with their dead brother, Gloria Williams, thirty eight, received a
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  Speaker 3: fifty year prison term after pleading guilty in October to
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  Speaker 3: two counts of injury to a child related to Kendrick's
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  Speaker 3: death at their Houston apartment. According to a statement from
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  Speaker 3: Harris County District Attorney here she is.
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  Speaker 2: We are grateful that the judge gave us a fair hearing,
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  Speaker 2: that she listened to all of the evidence, evaluated it
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  Speaker 2: in a fair manner, and I think justice was served.
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  Speaker 2: We always did this because of the kids, speaking for
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  Speaker 2: those who couldn't speak out during this process, and I
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  Speaker 2: think that we did a fair job of that.
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  Speaker 3: Earlier this year, William's husband, Brian Colter, thirty four, was
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  Speaker 3: sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
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  Speaker 3: for fatally beating Kendrick in late twenty twenty.
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  Speaker 1: Quote.
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  Speaker 3: Parents are expected to safeguard their children, not harm them,
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  Speaker 3: as they are some of the most defenseless members of
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  Speaker 3: our society, stated Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg in
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  Speaker 3: a news release. This case is deeply disturbing, not only
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  Speaker 3: because a child lost his life, but also due to
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  Speaker 3: the utter neglect shown by these parents During Colter's trial.
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  Speaker 3: Two of Kendrick's siblings testified that they witnessed him beating
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  Speaker 3: him multiple times. After Kendrick died, Colter concealed the body
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  Speaker 3: and he and Williams relocated to another apartment, leaving the
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  Speaker 3: three siblings behind with their dead brother. In October twenty
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  Speaker 3: twenty one, William's fifteen year old son contacted authorities to
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  Speaker 3: report that his brother had been dead for a year
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  Speaker 3: and his body was decomposing in the room next door.
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  Speaker 3: This according to Harris County sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the skeletal
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  Speaker 3: remains of Kendrick were found wrapped in a blue blanket
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  Speaker 3: within the apartment, which was described by Gonzales as being
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  Speaker 3: in an appalling state. The apartment was filthy, with soiled carpets,
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  Speaker 3: no furniture, a complete lack of bedding or blankets. There
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  Speaker 3: were roaches and flies, making it uninhabitable for these children.
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  Speaker 3: During a press conference announcing the charges in twenty twenty one,
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  Speaker 3: Lieutenant Dennis Willard characterized Colter as quote manipulative, but emphasized
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  Speaker 3: that Williams had accepted accountability for her son's death. The
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  Speaker 3: other children have been placed in the care of the
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  Speaker 3: Department of Children and Family services for the latest crime
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  Speaker 3: injustice news. Follow crime Alert hourly update on your favorite
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  Speaker 3: podcasting app with this crime Alert. I'm Nicole Parton