Latest / Crime Stories with Nancy Grace / Crime Alert 07.05.24
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- 0:01Speaker 1: Crime Alert im miss grace breaking crimes now. A Tacoma,
- 0:04Speaker 1: Washington dad awaits his adult daughter to return from a
- 0:07Speaker 1: night out with friends. She's on her way home in
- 0:10Speaker 1: an uber. When her drive takes longer than he expects,
- 0:14Speaker 1: Dad heads out to his daughter's last cell phone location,
- 0:18Speaker 1: a popular fishing spot. When he gets there, he finds
- 0:21Speaker 1: the uber driver sex assaulting his daughter. A fight breaks
- 0:26Speaker 1: out between the two, and the dad fires several shots,
- 0:30Speaker 1: injuring the driver.
- 0:31Speaker 2: Nancy Thurston County Sheriff's deputies, responding to reports of gunfire
- 0:35Speaker 2: found the ride share driver fleeing the scene in his car,
- 0:38Speaker 2: bleeding from a gunshot wound. The driver's injuries were not
- 0:41Speaker 2: considered life threatening, and investigators have determined that the father
- 0:45Speaker 2: did act in self defense. He will not face any charges.
- 0:48Speaker 1: After medical attention. The ride share driver charged with rape
- 0:51Speaker 1: and kidnap. A Texas church calls Rai's Record Service to
- 0:55Speaker 1: have an abandoned car removed from their parking lot. When
- 0:58Speaker 1: the tow truck driver arrives, he immediately calls nine one one.
- 1:02Speaker 1: There seems to be a woman's body sitting slumped in
- 1:05Speaker 1: the passenger seat. The body is wrapped in blankets, but
- 1:08Speaker 1: long red hair and a leg can be seen in
- 1:11Speaker 1: the passenger seat through the window. Cops wait hours for
- 1:15Speaker 1: a warrant, and when they finally open the door, they
- 1:18Speaker 1: realize the victim is really a quote adult novelty mannequin
- 1:24Speaker 1: that means sex doll. The driver and belies relieve the
- 1:28Speaker 1: lifelike body was not a lifeless body. Finally happy ending
- 1:35Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after this. Now with the
- 1:41Speaker 1: latest crime and justice breaking Knees Crime Onlines John Lemley.
- 1:44Speaker 3: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has been in prison for
- 1:48Speaker 3: most of his life following his conviction in the nineteen
- 1:50Speaker 3: seventy five killings of two FBI agents, has been denied parole.
- 1:55Speaker 3: With more here is Sidney Sumner with Crime Online.
- 1:58Speaker 2: The US Parole Commission has now announced that Peltier will
- 2:01Speaker 2: not be eligible for another parole hearing until June of
- 2:04Speaker 2: twenty twenty six. Peltier, serving a life sentence, was convicted
- 2:08Speaker 2: in nineteen seventy seven for the deaths of agents Jack
- 2:11Speaker 2: Corler and Ronald Williams during a standoff on the Pine
- 2:14Speaker 2: Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Peltier's attorney, Kevin sharp
- 2:18Speaker 2: A former federal judge argued that Peltier was wrongfully convicted
- 2:21Speaker 2: and noted the deteriorating health of the seventy nine year
- 2:24Speaker 2: old inmate. Peltier's case has long been a focal point
- 2:27Speaker 2: for Indigenous rights movements. Nearly fifty years later, his name
- 2:30Speaker 2: continues to inspire activism, with free Peltier shirts widely available online.
- 2:36Speaker 2: The FBI, along with current and former agents, disputes claims
- 2:39Speaker 2: of Peltier's innocence. FBI Director Christopher Ray stated justice continues
- 2:44Speaker 2: to prevail, and Natalie Bara, president of the FBI Agent's Association,
- 2:48Speaker 2: labeled Peltier an unremorseful murderer. Peltier, an enrolled member of
- 2:52Speaker 2: the Turtle Mountain Chippewa tribe, was an active member of
- 2:55Speaker 2: the American Indian Movement AIM, which emerged in the nineteen
- 2:58Speaker 2: sixties in Minneapolis to bat police brutality and discrimination against
- 3:02Speaker 2: Native Americans, eventually growing into a national force. AM gained
- 3:06Speaker 2: national attention in nineteen seventy three with a takeover of
- 3:09Speaker 2: Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation, leading to a
- 3:12Speaker 2: seventy one day standoff with federal agents. Tensions between AIM
- 3:16Speaker 2: and the government persisted for years. On June twenty sixth,
- 3:19Speaker 2: nineteen seventy five, FBI agents arrived at Pine Ridge to
- 3:23Speaker 2: serve arrest warrants amidst conflicts over Native treaty rights and
- 3:26Speaker 2: self determination. During a shootout, agents Corler and Williams were
- 3:30Speaker 2: injured and then fatally shot at close range. AM member
- 3:33Speaker 2: Joseph Stuntz was also killed in the shootout, with a
- 3:36Speaker 2: Justice Department conclusion attributing his death to a law enforcement sniper.
- 3:40Speaker 2: To other AM members, Robert Robideo and Dino Butler, were
- 3:44Speaker 2: acquitted of the killings of Coroler and Williams after fleeing
- 3:47Speaker 2: to Canada. In subsequent extradition to the United States, Peltier
- 3:51Speaker 2: was convicted of two counts of first degree murder and
- 3:53Speaker 2: sentenced to life in prison in nineteen seventy seven. His
- 3:56Speaker 2: defense has consistently argued that the evidence against him was falsified.
- 4:00Speaker 2: Parole was also denied at a hearing in two thousand
- 4:02Speaker 2: and nine, and former President Barack Obama denied a clemency
- 4:05Speaker 2: request in twenty seventeen.
- 4:07Speaker 3: Another clemency request is currently pending before President Joe Biden.
- 4:11Speaker 1: Thanks John Yvonne Mullikin lives in Prescott Valley, Arizona with
- 4:15Speaker 1: her two dogs. She often talks on the phone with
- 4:18Speaker 1: her daughter, who lives out of state. After two days
- 4:21Speaker 1: of Yvonne not answering calls, the daughter asks for a
- 4:24Speaker 1: welfare check. Prescott Valley PD finds no one home and
- 4:28Speaker 1: Avon's car missing. Three weeks later, her car is found
- 4:32Speaker 1: abandoned in a remote area fifty miles away. She left
- 4:36Speaker 1: a note on the car that she had called for
- 4:38Speaker 1: roadside assistance and listed a repair shop to which should
- 4:42Speaker 1: like to have the car towed. Not far from the car,
- 4:45Speaker 1: police find two dog leashes belonging to Yvonne, no sign
- 4:50Speaker 1: of the dogs. Yvonne Mullikan sixty six five five, one
- 4:55Speaker 1: hundred and seventy pounds, shoulderling, brown hair, green eyes. If
- 4:59Speaker 1: you have info on Ivonne Mullikan, now missing several weeks,
- 5:04Speaker 1: please call Prescott Valley, Arizona PD. Nine two eight seven
- 5:08Speaker 1: seven two nine two six seven. For the latest crime
- 5:12Speaker 1: injustice news, go to crimeonline dot com with this crime Alerk.
- 5:15Speaker 1: I'm Nancy Grace