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Woman Arrested After Dead Baby Girl Found in Hearse in AL | Crime Alert 6AM 08.11.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime alert, I means he grays breaking crime these now.
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  Speaker 2: A woman in Alabama has been taken into custody following
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  Speaker 2: the discovery of a dead infant girl inside a hearse
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  Speaker 2: at a local funeral home. This is reported by law
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  Speaker 2: enforcement officials. Tureka Pearl was arrested by the Gadsden Police
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  Speaker 2: Department and is facing murder charges. According to the police,
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  Speaker 2: the baby was found at the West Gadsden Funeral Home.
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  Speaker 2: Dantes Robinson, the owner of the funeral home, explained that
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  Speaker 2: staff members were returning from another call when one of
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  Speaker 2: them thought they spotted a doll in the hearse. Upon
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  Speaker 2: opening the door, they were shocked to find it was
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  Speaker 2: actually the body of a baby girl. She was not
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  Speaker 2: placed in a casket, and the funeral homeowner says the
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  Speaker 2: baby was fully clothed in her pajamas.
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  Speaker 3: He was getting ready to get inside the car and
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  Speaker 3: notice the baby in the back of the hearse, fully clothed,
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  Speaker 3: pamper pajama pants and PJ I have two kids, one
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  Speaker 3: is seven and one is four, and when I saw
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  Speaker 3: it automatically made my heart draw, this is somebody's baby.
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  Speaker 2: Lieutenant Dusty Ford of the Gadsden Police Department noted in
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  Speaker 2: less than twelve hours, the investigation transitioned from uncertainty to
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  Speaker 2: an arrest. Mayor Craig Ford commented on the case, stating
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  Speaker 2: this was a difficult situation for everyone involved. I commend
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  Speaker 2: our police department for their dedication to uncovering the truth
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  Speaker 2: and swiftly bringing about an arrest. While this does not
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  Speaker 2: erase the pain, it brings us a step closer to
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  Speaker 2: justice for this child. Currently, the Gadsden Police have chosen
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  Speaker 2: not to disclose the name of the child and have
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  Speaker 2: not released her manner or cause of death.
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  Speaker 3: Unfortunately, whoever baby it is and whoever done this, you know,
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  Speaker 3: just turn yourself in, just say hey, I know this
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  Speaker 3: family put you in on and now and talk about it.
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  Speaker 3: But if you know this baby, if you know the family,
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  Speaker 3: if you are missing a baby, go talk to.
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  Speaker 2: A Thorne Nancy. The West Gadsden Funeral Home says they
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  Speaker 2: will take care of the child's funeral.
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  Speaker 4: Nicole. Thank you. More Primate Justice news.
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  Speaker 2: After this, the remains of an eighteen year old from
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  Speaker 2: North Carolina, Giovanni Pelletier, have been discovered in Florida, over
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  Speaker 2: a week after he went missing. His family and authorities
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  Speaker 2: report that He sent a troubling final text to his
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  Speaker 2: mother before his disappearance. On Friday, the Manatee County Sheriff's
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  Speaker 2: Office announced that Pelletier's body was located in a retention
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  Speaker 2: pond adjacent to the southbound off ramp of Interstate seventy
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  Speaker 2: five and State Road seventy. His backpack and cell phone
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  Speaker 2: were found in the vicinity the day prior, bridget Pellteer,
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  Speaker 2: Giovanni's mother shared the heartbreaking news on Facebook, saying, my
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  Speaker 2: son was recently found after a desperate search by our
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  Speaker 2: family alone, and we are still facing an active investigation
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  Speaker 2: into his death. I am living every parent's worst nightmare,
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  Speaker 2: trying to find the strength to give him the goodbye
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  Speaker 2: he deserves. We kindly ask for privacy as we navigate
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  Speaker 2: this tragedy for his four younger siblings. The cause of
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  Speaker 2: death remains unclear at this time. Giovanni, who resided in
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  Speaker 2: North Carolina, was last seen on August first, while vacationing
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  Speaker 2: with his family in Inglewood, Florida. He left around one
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  Speaker 2: point thirty am to visit relatives in Brevard County. According
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  Speaker 2: to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office. Reports indicate that he
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  Speaker 2: left in a vehicle with his cousins from his estranged
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  Speaker 2: biological father's family. Shortly thereafter, he sent a disturbing message
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  Speaker 2: to his mother that read mom, help, and similar messages
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  Speaker 2: to his girlfriend and an aunt on his father's side.
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  Speaker 2: According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, the cousins reported
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  Speaker 2: that Giovanni began to act strangely before he exited the
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  Speaker 2: vehicle and walked away near SR. Seventy in Manatee County.
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  Speaker 2: His family from North Carolina launched a search for him immediately.
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  Speaker 2: The effort grew to nearly two dozen volunteers who used
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  Speaker 2: ATVs and drones to assist in the church before Giobanni's
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  Speaker 2: body was found. His aunt, Desiree Pelletier, expressed concern about
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  Speaker 2: the cousin's involvement, stating they had altered their account events.
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  Speaker 2: How are we supposed to be okay with these three
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  Speaker 2: boys saying what happened and then they changed their story?
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  Speaker 2: She questioned, how are we supposed to be okay and
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  Speaker 2: not explore the possibility of something happening to him? The
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  Speaker 2: Brevard County Sheriff's Office has since taken possession of the
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  Speaker 2: white Chevy Malibu that Pelletier was traveling in with his cousins.
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  Speaker 2: This according to Fox thirteen. The Brevard County Sheriff's Office
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  Speaker 2: says the investigation is ongoing.
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  Speaker 4: Neighbors call Carrol County, Georgia cops after hearing a gunshot
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  Speaker 4: from Jeremy Talbart's home inside. Cops find Talbert shot himself
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  Speaker 4: when they informed the family. Cops discoverer Talbert has an
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  Speaker 4: ex wife, Samantha, who hasn't been seen or heard of
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  Speaker 4: in nearly two weeks. The couple had a history of
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  Speaker 4: domestic violence, but Samantha's truck was parked in Talbert's driveway.
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  Speaker 4: Samantha's daughter says she last spoke with mom Feb twenty five.
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  Speaker 4: Cops find Samantha's phone was shut off not long after
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  Speaker 4: that call, and no activity on bank accounts since. Samantha
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  Speaker 4: Talbert five four shoulder length blonde hair missing nearly a month.
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  Speaker 4: If you have info on Samantha Talbert, called Carroll County,
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