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Florida Surgeon Removes Wrong Organ| Crime Alert Recap Saturday 10.05.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime a art hourly update, breaking.
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  Speaker 2: Crime news Now, I'm Drew Nelson. A Florida surgeon mistakenly
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  Speaker 2: removes a man's liver instead of his spleen, leading to
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  Speaker 2: his death on the operating table. William Bryan was seventy
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  Speaker 2: years old. He's from Alabama, went to Ascension Sacred Heart
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  Speaker 2: Emerald Coast Hospital in Miramar, Florida, experiencing severe pain in
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  Speaker 2: his left side. Doctor said he needed his spleen removed.
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  Speaker 2: They convinced him and his wife Beverly, to have the
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  Speaker 2: surgery right away, warning that he could face serious risks
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  Speaker 2: if he even left the hospital. Beverly tells Waaf he
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  Speaker 2: bled to death on the operating table.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone knows you can't live without your liver. It's about
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  Speaker 1: the same thing as if they had pulled out his her.
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  Speaker 2: The mistake was only discovered after the surgery. The surgeon,
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  Speaker 2: doctor Thomas Schechnovsky, told Beverly that her husband's spleen was
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  Speaker 2: four times its normal size and had moved to the
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  Speaker 2: other side of his body, But typical anatomy places the
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  Speaker 2: liver on the upper right side of the body and
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  Speaker 2: the spleen on the left. The family later learned that
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  Speaker 2: Brian's spleen was still inside him and had a small cyst,
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  Speaker 2: which was not life threatening. Beverly Bryant's lawyer says this
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  Speaker 2: is not Sheknovsky's first mistake. In twenty twenty three, Shachnovsky
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  Speaker 2: removed part of a pancreas and seven and adrenal gland
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  Speaker 2: in a similar incident. That case was settled out of court.
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  Speaker 2: Quote my husband died while helpless on the operating room table.
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  Speaker 2: I don't want anyone else to die due to his incompetence.
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  Speaker 2: Meaning the surgeon. Walton County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death.
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  Speaker 2: They are working with the Medical Examiner's office in the
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  Speaker 2: State Attorney's office to see if a crime did take place.
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  Speaker 2: Shechnovsky's medical license is still active. The hospital has begun
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  Speaker 2: its own investigation, but has not commented further. Beverly is
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  Speaker 2: calling for both civil and criminal proceedings. Her lawyer says, quote,
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  Speaker 2: we want justice. This was a preventable tragedy.
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  Speaker 3: I'm Nicole Parton. Jennifer Gladheil, a wealthy mother from Utah,
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  Speaker 3: has been arrested and charged with murder an obstruction of
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  Speaker 3: justice after allegedly shooting her husband Matthew Johnson as he
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  Speaker 3: slept in their million dollar home. Reports indicate that Gledhill
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  Speaker 3: confessed to killing Johnson and disposing of his body in
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  Speaker 3: a shallow grave. Authorities discovered a large blood stain in
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  Speaker 3: the couple's home in Cottonwood Heights, a suburb of Salt
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  Speaker 3: Lake City, where Johnson was shot. Gledheil is also accused
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  Speaker 3: of purchasing a new mattress to replace the one her
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  Speaker 3: husband died on. The case became suspicious when Johnson went
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  Speaker 3: missing after failing to show up for work with the
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  Speaker 3: Utah National Guard. Gledhill reported her husband missing to police.
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  Speaker 3: A few days later, his truck was spotted nearby. Sergeant
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  Speaker 3: Gary Young, come.
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  Speaker 4: I'm believing you know it's a residential neighborhood that maybe
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  Speaker 4: somebody saw something. Yeah, it's not normal for him. Phone
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  Speaker 4: and another avenue that we would investigate. No sign of
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  Speaker 4: him because we found his pickup truck about a block
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  Speaker 4: from his house. Or check what neighbors and then possible
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  Speaker 4: some doorbell cameras will fall up on all liable leads.
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  Speaker 4: Here's your car that you drive to work every day
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  Speaker 4: is now located at a block from your house, So it
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  Speaker 4: it rouses our suspicion.
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  Speaker 3: Gletedhill allegedly confessed to a confidential informant about the crime
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  Speaker 3: and her attempts to cover it up by destroying key evidence.
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  Speaker 3: Phone records indicated that a new mattress had been ordered
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  Speaker 3: shortly after the incident, leading investigators to believe that critical
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  Speaker 3: evidence had been tampered with. Gleedheill had previously filed for
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  Speaker 3: divorce from Johnson and sought a protective order, which was
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  Speaker 3: denied due to lack of evidence of abuse. The tragic
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  Speaker 3: situation has left their two sons and daughter, ages eleven,
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  Speaker 3: seven and five without their father and mother. The Cottonwood
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  Speaker 3: Heights Police Department express condolences to the families involved and
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  Speaker 3: acknowledged the collaborative efforts of law enforcement agencies and handling
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  Speaker 3: the case. Gledhill is being held without bond.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Jennifer Gould, a TikTok influencer known as mister Prauda,
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  Speaker 1: has been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of
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  Speaker 1: a therapist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. William Nicholas Abraham's body
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  Speaker 1: was discovered wrapped in a tarp on a roadside near
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  Speaker 1: Baton Rouge. Authorities believe the murder occurred elsewhere and the
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  Speaker 1: body dumped at the location where it was found. According
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  Speaker 1: to officials, the sixty nine year old known as doctor Nick,
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  Speaker 1: died of blunt force trauma to the head and neck.
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  Speaker 1: Canjipa Hopera Sheriff Gerald Sticker spoke to WAFB five News
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  Speaker 1: at this.
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  Speaker 4: Point, we don't know a motive. We know this was
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  Speaker 4: a very violent attack, and we don't know if it
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  Speaker 4: was one suspect or multiple.
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  Speaker 1: Terry on Ishmael Thomas was taken into custody in Dallas
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  Speaker 1: after an intense manhunt. The twenty year old has a
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  Speaker 1: history of concerning online content, with social media posts often
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  Speaker 1: hinting at mental health struggles and showing violent outbursts. Just
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  Speaker 1: days before the murder, mister Prada uploaded a YouTube video
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  Speaker 1: titled what I Do After a Breakup, in which he
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  Speaker 1: appeared agitated and distraught. Thomas was seen driving the therapist's vehicle. Then,
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  Speaker 1: after the murder, the TikToker reportedly refused to obey a
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  Speaker 1: traffic stop and instead backed into a police vehicle, and
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  Speaker 1: then he foot bailed from the stolen car. Thomas was
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  Speaker 1: captured on a nearby store surveillance camera as he ran,
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  Speaker 1: which is how he was identified as a person of
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  Speaker 1: interest in the case. Abraham was a prominent figure in
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  Speaker 1: the Baton Rouge community. A therapist, life coach, motivational speaker,
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  Speaker 1: and author. He offered support to individuals struggling with substance abuse, anxiety,
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  Speaker 1: and depression. He was also known for his work with
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  Speaker 1: the LGBTQ community and his regular appearances on local TV.
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  Speaker 1: The connection between Thomas and Abraham remains unclear. Thomas will
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  Speaker 1: have to face a judge in Dallas who will determine
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  Speaker 1: if he's extradited to Louisiana to face charges of aggravated
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  Speaker 1: criminal damage to property resils, sting an officer, and unauthorized
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  Speaker 1: use of a motor vehicle, and possibly murder. For the
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  Speaker 1: latest crime and justice news, follow the Crime Alert hourly
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  Speaker 1: I'm Jennifer Gould.