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Crime Alert 05.21.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime alert. I mean see grace breaking crime news now.
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  Speaker 1: Victoria Bincomo invites her family to downtown Albuquerque for her
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  Speaker 1: son's high school graduation. The proud mom gives her son
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  Speaker 1: a big hug after the ceremony and spots step son,
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  Speaker 1: Christian Mancomo arriving. Victoria's sister tries to hug the step nephew,
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  Speaker 1: but Christian Mancomo pushes her away, pulls a gun, and
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  Speaker 1: shoots his stepmother in the neck. When Victoria Bincomo falls
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  Speaker 1: to the ground, her stepson stomps on Victoria's head until
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  Speaker 1: bystanders pull him back.
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  Speaker 2: Nancye other families of the graduation initially thought a balloon
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  Speaker 2: had popped or a firecracker had exploded. Once they realized
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  Speaker 2: it was a gun, students and family members hit the ground.
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  Speaker 2: The Bencomo family had no idea there was any strain
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  Speaker 2: in Victoria Bencomo's relationship with her step son, and his
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  Speaker 2: motive has not yet been revealed.
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  Speaker 1: Victoria Bencomo in critical but stable condition. Stepson Christian Mancomo,
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  Speaker 1: twenty one, now charged with ag battery. Australian authorities alert
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  Speaker 1: Thailand police when they intercept a shipment of a food
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  Speaker 1: processing machine with over two hundred pounds of meth inside Thailand.
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  Speaker 1: Police keep an eye on the smuggler for weeks, noting
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  Speaker 1: she intends to deliver life size transformer statues to a
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  Speaker 1: movie exhibition in Taiwan, but inside the statues, cops discover
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  Speaker 1: seven hundred pounds of katamine. Police believe the drugs originated
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  Speaker 1: in Cambodia and are working to track down the buyer.
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  Speaker 1: In Taiwan. A smuggler facing numerous charges for her Optimus
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  Speaker 1: Prime crime. More crime and justice news after this Now
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  Speaker 1: with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime onlinees
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  Speaker 1: John Limley.
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  Speaker 3: For the shooting and stabbing deaths of her father and
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  Speaker 3: his longtime girlfriend in New Jersey two and a half
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  Speaker 3: years ago. A Pennsylvania woman has now been handed two
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  Speaker 3: life sentences with more here Sidney Sumner with Crime Online.
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  Speaker 2: In March, fifty seven year old Sherry Lee Heffernan of Landenburg, Pennsylvania,
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  Speaker 2: was found guilty of weapons offenses and murder in the
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  Speaker 2: killing of her eighty seven year old father, John Enders
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  Speaker 2: and Francois petoy N, her seventy five year old long
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  Speaker 2: term living girlfriend. It was in the autumn of twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty one, that both were repeatedly stabbed and shot in
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  Speaker 2: enders Long Beach home. Judge Kimbrie Rayhill of the Superior
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  Speaker 2: Court ruled that the crime quote was committed with extreme depravity,
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  Speaker 2: and sentenced Heffernan to sixty three years and nine months
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  Speaker 2: in prison for each murder, without the possibility of parole.
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  Speaker 2: Heffernan had sobbed just minutes earlier, pleading her innocence and
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  Speaker 2: referring to the victims as priceless people that she would
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  Speaker 2: quote forever miss. Officials in New Jersey claimed that Heffernan
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  Speaker 2: was angry with her father for allegedly excluding her from
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  Speaker 2: his will. Chief trial Attorney Michael Weatherstone of the County
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  Speaker 2: Prosecutor's office claimed that the defendant had shot both victims
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  Speaker 2: in order to cause more misery, not death. Weatherstone said
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  Speaker 2: Heffernan stabbed the two while they slept, put her father
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  Speaker 2: in a chair, and continued to stab him while staring
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  Speaker 2: him in the eye. The prosecution presented evidence of vehicle tracking,
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  Speaker 2: Heffernan's cell phone, and footprints discovered inside the house where
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  Speaker 2: the murders took place.
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  Speaker 3: There was insufficient proof, say defense counsel Phil Nettle, and
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  Speaker 3: Stephen Altman that Heffernan was inside the vehicle at the
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  Speaker 3: time of its tracking. Prosecutors in Los Angeles Counties say
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  Speaker 3: they believe there was criminal activity during the recording of
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  Speaker 3: a racist discussion that led to the resignation of the
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  Speaker 3: city council president. However, as Crime Online Sidney Sumner tells us,
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  Speaker 3: the prosecution has chosen not to press charges.
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  Speaker 2: According to The Los Angeles Times, the District Attorney's office
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  Speaker 2: has established that two former employees of the Los Angeles
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  Speaker 2: County Federation of Labor resided at a residence link to
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  Speaker 2: posts on social media that featured the contentious audio. The
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  Speaker 2: people in question had no past criminal history, and prosecutors
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  Speaker 2: stated in a memo that they would not press charges
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  Speaker 2: because their office has not sought felony charge in cases
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  Speaker 2: similar to this one. The City Attorney's office was tasked
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  Speaker 2: with reviewing the case in order to decide whether to
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  Speaker 2: press misdemeanor charges. The recording was leaked in twenty twenty
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  Speaker 2: two in a scandal that rocked city hall and led
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  Speaker 2: to the resignation of then City Council President Nuri Martinez.
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  Speaker 2: It included Martinez making racist remarks in a conversation with
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  Speaker 2: other council members and the head of Los Angeles County
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  Speaker 2: Federation of Labor All Latino that was focused on fortifying
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  Speaker 2: their influence of power in the realignment of council districts.
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  Speaker 2: The audio was recorded in twenty twenty one in a
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  Speaker 2: conference room at the federation's headquarters.
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  Speaker 3: In January, Los Angeles police filed a case with county prosecutors,
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  Speaker 3: but they were unable to ascertain the source of the recording.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks John, Amber, Arnette plans to visit parents Lansing, Michigan,
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  Speaker 1: from the nearby town of Leslie. Amber's mom stocks up
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  Speaker 1: on toilet trees and buys Amber's favorite foods, but Amber
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  Speaker 1: never shows up and doesn't answer calls or texts. The
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  Speaker 1: friend with whom Amber was staying in Leslie says Amber
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  Speaker 1: left on time for the visit home, and she hasn't
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  Speaker 1: been heard from since. Surveillance video from a dollar store
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  Speaker 1: shows Amber shopping the day of her scheduled arrival. Amber's
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  Speaker 1: Facebook messages indicate she met up with a friend that
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  Speaker 1: afternoon at an apartment complex not far from her parents.
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  Speaker 1: That's the last time anyone hears from or sees Amber.
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  Speaker 1: Nearly one year ago. Amber Arnett thirty nine, is five
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  Speaker 1: four and weighs about one hundred and fifty pounds, last
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  Speaker 1: seen wearing a black tank top with white writing on it,
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  Speaker 1: blue jeans, and matching black tennis shoes. A reward is
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  Speaker 1: offered by the family for info leading to Amber's whereabouts.
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  Speaker 1: Anyone with info regarding Amber Arnette's disappearance please call Lansing
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  Speaker 1: PD five one seven four eight three forty six hundred.
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  Speaker 1: For the latest crime and justice needs, go to Crime
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  Speaker 1: Online with this crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace