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Crime Alert 11.06.24 | Camper Killed in Gruesome Attack, Mistaken for a Bear · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm Nancy Grace, breaking crime news now. Dustin Jersom,
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  Speaker 1: thirty five, sets up camp in Big Sky, Montana, planning
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  Speaker 1: to bring his girlfriend the next day. When he doesn't
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  Speaker 1: pick her up, she drives to the campsite and finds
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  Speaker 1: him dead in his tent. At first, it almost looks
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  Speaker 1: like a bear attack, but police determined Dustin was murdered.
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  Speaker 1: A beer can left behind at the crime scene is
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  Speaker 1: a DNA match to Darren Abby, aged forty one.
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  Speaker 2: Nancy Darren Abby drove up to Dustin Jersom's campsite as
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  Speaker 2: Abby planned a camp where Jersom had already set up.
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  Speaker 2: The two men spoke about Abby's disappointment, and Jersom offered
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  Speaker 2: Abby a beer since he drove all this way. At
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  Speaker 2: some point, investigator say Abby attacked Jersom, hitting him with
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  Speaker 2: a piece of wood, then stabbing him in the neck
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  Speaker 2: with a screwdriver, and eventually hitting Jersom with an axe.
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  Speaker 1: After his arrest, Abby admits he killed Dustin. Darren Abbey
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  Speaker 1: now charged with murder. Colorado cops really had to hop
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  Speaker 1: to it. That's his futuive. Irwin, a red juvenile kangaroo
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  Speaker 1: escapes his owner and is hopping through traffic downtown Durango.
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  Speaker 1: Cops question how best to capture the kangaroo, worried his
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  Speaker 1: kicks could be stronger than their usual runners. Bodycam footage
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  Speaker 1: shows the moment an officer managed to scoop or went up,
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  Speaker 1: commenting he really needs to add cardio back into his
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  Speaker 1: daily workouts. Irwin safely returned to his owner with promises
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  Speaker 1: to double check his enclosure is secure. More crime and
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  Speaker 1: justice news after this Now with the latest crime and
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  Speaker 1: justice breaking news.
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  Speaker 3: Crime Onlines. John Linlay, a woman who pleaded guilty to
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  Speaker 3: a nineteen ninety murder in which she dressed as a
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  Speaker 3: clown to kill the wife of a man she later married,
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  Speaker 3: has now been released from prison, thus ending a case
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  Speaker 3: deemed strange even by Florida standards. Sheila Keen Warren, now
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  Speaker 3: sixty one, served eighteen months following a plea deal last
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  Speaker 3: year for a second degree murder in the shooting death
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  Speaker 3: of Marlene Warren. In a case full of unusual twists.
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  Speaker 3: Authorities say Marlene Warren was shot by a person dressed
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  Speaker 3: as a clown who handed her balloons before pulling a gun.
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  Speaker 3: The crime remained unsolved for decades. Keen Warren, who was
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  Speaker 3: suspected early on, wasn't arrested until twenty seventeen, when updated
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  Speaker 3: DNA testing reportedly linked her to the crime scene. At
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  Speaker 3: the time of the killing, she worked for Marlen Warren's husband, Michael,
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  Speaker 3: and witnesses claimed she was having an affair with him,
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  Speaker 3: a claim both denied. Two years after the murder, Michael
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  Speaker 3: and Sheila married and eventually moved to Virginia, where they
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  Speaker 3: ran a restaurant. The evidence included costume shop records and
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  Speaker 3: witness accounts of Keen Warren purchasing a clown suit and
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  Speaker 3: balloon similar to those found at the scene. A presumed
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  Speaker 3: getaway car linked to Michael Warren's used car lot was
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  Speaker 3: found abandoned with fibers that prosecutors claimed matched Keen Warren.
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  Speaker 3: Despite her guilty plea, Keen Warren has maintained her innocence
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  Speaker 3: and her attorney argues the DNA evidence was weak. Prosecutors
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  Speaker 3: acknowledge gaps in the case, complicated by the three decades
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  Speaker 3: it took to bring it to trial. Sheila Keen Warren's
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  Speaker 3: release ends a case that has haunted Palm Beach County
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  Speaker 3: for over thirty years. In Ohio, two police officers now
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  Speaker 3: face charges of reckless homicide following the death of fifty
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  Speaker 3: three year old Frank Tyson, who died while in police
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  Speaker 3: custody after a traffic stop incident in April. Here's Crime
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  Speaker 3: Online Sydney Sumner with Moore Start.
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  Speaker 2: County Prosecutor Kyle Stone announced on Saturday that a grand
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  Speaker 2: jury has indicted Canton police officers Bo Shoonigi and Camden
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  Speaker 2: Birch in Tyson's death. Tyson, a resident of East Canton,
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  Speaker 2: was apprehended shortly after a car crash that damaged utility
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  Speaker 2: poll Body camera footage from the arrest shows Tyson, who
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  Speaker 2: was black, visibly distressed, repeatedly telling officers they're trying to
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  Speaker 2: kill me and call the sheriff. Officers restrained him face
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  Speaker 2: down on the floor of a local social club, where
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  Speaker 2: he stated multiple times that he was struggling to breathe.
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  Speaker 2: The officers, however, dismissed his pleas telling him to calm
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  Speaker 2: down and stop resisting. During this time, they appeared to
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  Speaker 2: engage in casual conversation with bystanders and went through Tyson's belongings.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't until several minutes later that they realized Tyson
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  Speaker 2: was in medical distress. An autopsy conducted by the county
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  Speaker 2: coroner ruled Tyson's death a homicide, noting that his existing
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  Speaker 2: heart condition, along with cocaine and alcohol intoxication, contributed to
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  Speaker 2: his fatal medical emergency. The charges filed against officers Shonegie
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  Speaker 2: and Birch are third degree felonies. If convicted, each could
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  Speaker 2: face up to thirty six months in prison and a
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  Speaker 2: ten thousand dollars fine. Prosecutor Stone clarified that no charges
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  Speaker 2: would be filed against bystanders. Both officers have now been
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  Speaker 2: booked into the Stark County Jail.
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  Speaker 3: The Canton Police Department has placed the two officers on
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  Speaker 3: paid administrative leave, following standard departmental policy.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks John Robert Chill locked an illegal battle over his
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  Speaker 1: father's Florence, Alabama home shortly after his dad passes away.
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  Speaker 1: The home was sold at auction due to unpaid property taxes,
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  Speaker 1: but a judge halts the new owner's eviction process to
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  Speaker 1: determine ownership of the property. Days before his next court date,
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  Speaker 1: Robert's roommate, David Nicks, notices Robert loading up his truck
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  Speaker 1: nine am. Instead of getting in the truck, he walks
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  Speaker 1: away from the home when Robert Steel has a return.
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  Speaker 1: Several hours later, David reports Robert missing. A neighbor a
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  Speaker 1: mile north of Robert's home, checks his game cameras and
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  Speaker 1: finds an image of Robert walking through his property at
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  Speaker 1: one pm. In the photo, Robert's pants and shirt are ripped.
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  Speaker 1: Robert left his wallet, phone, keys, and Med's at home.
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  Speaker 1: Robert Childers fifty one six y two, two hundred and
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  Speaker 1: forty pounds, gray, black hair, blue eyes. Walks with the
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  Speaker 1: limp due to neck and back injuries. Has a surgical
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  Speaker 1: scar the length of his back. Last scene wearing a
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  Speaker 1: green button up Wrangler shirt, Blue James and cowboy boots.
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  Speaker 1: If you have fo on, Robert Childers called Lauderdale County,
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  Speaker 1: Alabama Sheriffs two five six seven six zero five seven
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