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Crime Alert 10.29.24 | Obsessed Co-worker Kills Woman Over Her "Excessive Breaks" · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm Nancy Grace breaking crime news. Now.
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  Speaker 2: Employees at Allegiance trucks outside Dallas, Texas trickling in from
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  Speaker 2: lunch breaks. Travis Merrill is waiting for a specific co
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  Speaker 2: worker when Tomorrow Colozzo returns to her desk. He follows
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  Speaker 2: her into her cubicle and opens fire. Coworkers wrestle the
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  Speaker 2: gun away and called nine one one, but Tomorrow dies.
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  Speaker 2: Merrill admits he was obsessed with Tomorrow and killed her
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  Speaker 2: because of her excessive breaks.
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  Speaker 3: Nancy Merrill meticulously kept track of Colaso's breaks. When she
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  Speaker 3: caught wind of the behavior, Klozzo reported Merrill to HR,
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  Speaker 3: and he was banned from the office until he sought counseling.
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  Speaker 3: When Merrill returned to work and Colaso refused to interact
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  Speaker 3: with him, Merrill became increasingly angry, purchased several firearms and
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  Speaker 3: began bringing them into the office daily.
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  Speaker 1: Travis Merril fifty one, now charged with murder.
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  Speaker 2: Nathan Landsay has too many drinks at his friend's wedding
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  Speaker 2: and angers a guest when he touches her inappropriate. Several
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  Speaker 2: people chastise him, and he starts yelling that Brian Groom
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  Speaker 2: try to calm him down, but he starts yelling again.
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  Speaker 2: The bride's father informs him police will be called if
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  Speaker 2: he doesn't leave. He lunges at the dad, and other
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  Speaker 2: guests quickly try to separate them. When someone puts their
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  Speaker 2: hand over his mouth, he bites down, severing.
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  Speaker 1: Half an inch off their finger.
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  Speaker 2: Lancey twenty two pleads no contest to disorderly conduct and battery.
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  Speaker 2: I wonder if they're putting that in the wedding album.
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  Speaker 2: More crime and justice news after this. Now at the
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  Speaker 2: latest crime and justice breaking news Crime Onlines John Lenley.
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  Speaker 4: We begin in Fall City, Washington, where a fifteen year
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  Speaker 4: old boy has now been charged with the murders of
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  Speaker 4: his parents and three siblings. According to court records, he
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  Speaker 4: initially claimed his younger brother was responsible for the shootings,
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  Speaker 4: but an eleven year old sister, who survived the attack
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  Speaker 4: by pretending to be dead, escape to a neighbour's home
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  Speaker 4: and reveal the truth to authorities. The teenager faces five
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  Speaker 4: counts of aggravated murder in juvenile court under state law.
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  Speaker 4: A hearing will determine if the case moves to adult court.
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  Speaker 4: The King County Medical Examiner identified the victims as Mark
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  Speaker 4: and Sarah Humiston and their children, ages seven, nine, and thirteen.
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  Speaker 4: Court documents reveal the boy recently faced disciplinary trouble at school,
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  Speaker 4: and investigators say he was the only family member with
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  Speaker 4: access to the locked handgun that belonged to his father.
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  Speaker 4: Authorities responded early on the morning of October twenty first,
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  Speaker 4: after a nine to one one call from the boy
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  Speaker 4: reporting his thirteen year old brother had committed the shootings.
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  Speaker 4: Shortly after, a neighbor contacted nine one one to report
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  Speaker 4: the injured eleven year old's account, implicating her older brother.
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  Speaker 4: The fifteen year old waived his right to appear in court.
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  Speaker 4: Defense attorneys say he has no prior criminal record. After
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  Speaker 4: nearly four decadscades, a cold case in Louisiana has taken
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  Speaker 4: a significant turn. Authorities in Saint Tammany Parish have confirmed
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  Speaker 4: the identity of a woman whose body was discovered in
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  Speaker 4: Lake Ponta train back in nineteen eighty six, with details
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  Speaker 4: here Sidney Sumner of Crime Online.
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  Speaker 3: For years, she was known only as Lake Lady Jane Doe.
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  Speaker 3: The body was found on June nineteenth, nineteen eighty six,
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  Speaker 3: near the Interstate ten twin Span bridges by slidell. Now,
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  Speaker 3: thanks to new advances in DNA technology, the Sheriff's office
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  Speaker 3: has identified her as Pamela Lee Hump, who was also
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  Speaker 3: known as Deborah Gail Justice Hupp. Born in April nineteen
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  Speaker 3: fifty eight. Was pregnant when she died, and her last
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  Speaker 3: known residence was in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The discovery, however,
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  Speaker 3: raises more questions. Investigators have long ruled her death a homicide,
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  Speaker 3: but the circumstances remain unclear. Officials are calling on the
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  Speaker 3: public for any additional information that could shed light on
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  Speaker 3: what happened. Those with leads are urged to contact the
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  Speaker 3: Saint Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office. The journey to her identific
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  Speaker 3: keeytion has been a challenging one. Initially, multiple attempts to
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  Speaker 3: determine her identity, including DNA analysis and a feature on
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  Speaker 3: America's Most Wanted, led to dead ends. It wasn't until
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  Speaker 3: September twenty twenty two, when a grant from the National
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  Speaker 3: Missing and Unidentified Person System, or NEMUS, allowed for advanced
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  Speaker 3: DNA testing that progress was made. By April twenty twenty three,
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  Speaker 3: researchers identified potential family members, which eventually led to confirming
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  Speaker 3: her identity.
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  Speaker 4: As Sydney mentioned, the circumstances surrounding Hupp's death remain under investigation.
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  Speaker 4: Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact
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  Speaker 4: the Saint Tammany Parish Sheriff's office at nine eight five
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  Speaker 4: eight nine eight two three four one.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks John.
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  Speaker 2: Stephanie Damron, just thirteen, lives in rural New Sweden, Maine,
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  Speaker 2: and is homeschooled with her older sister. She and her
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  Speaker 2: sister stay home alone while the parents are running errands.
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  Speaker 1: The two get in an argument. Stephanie walks off into
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  Speaker 1: the woods.
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  Speaker 2: She's very familiar with the trails and terrain around her humps,
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  Speaker 2: so her family's not worried when she's not home. An
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  Speaker 2: hour later. When three hours pass, her parents report her missing.
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  Speaker 2: Investigators search near the home. No trace of thirteen year
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  Speaker 2: old Stephanie. Maine State Police and the FBI assisting following
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  Speaker 2: leeds in other states. In Canada, Stephanie turned fourteen in
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  Speaker 2: the months she's been missing. Stephanie is five feet, one
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  Speaker 2: hundred and thirty pounds, shoulder length, brown hair, green eyes.
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  Speaker 2: If you have info on Stephanie Damron missing from Nessweden,
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  Speaker 2: Maine called Maine State Police two zero seven five three
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  Speaker 2: two fifty four hundred. For the latest crime injustice news,
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  Speaker 2: go to crime online dot com and please join us
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  Speaker 2: for our daily podcast Crime Stories.
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  Speaker 1: With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.