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Son Sends Bloody Snapchat: "I Was Doing Witchcraft" | Crime Alert 05.01.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime alert. I mean see grace breaking crime news now.
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  Speaker 1: A man answers his door holding a bible covered in
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  Speaker 1: blood and tells fort Worth police it's an exorcism. Alexander
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  Speaker 1: Valdez twenty three, then walks out of his house to
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  Speaker 1: sit on a chair on the front porch. Valdez tells
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  Speaker 1: police he was quote doing witchcraft to kill my mom.
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  Speaker 1: When asked if anyone's in the home, he says, a
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  Speaker 1: dead body. It's my mom. Tterasita Sey Soon fifty eight,
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  Speaker 1: found covered in blood, trauma to her face and upper body.
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  Speaker 2: Nancy Season's dog is also found beaten to death. In
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  Speaker 2: the bedroom with both of their bodies is a broken
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  Speaker 2: jewelry box covered in blood and human hair. The grusome
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  Speaker 2: killing is discovered when Valdez sends a snapchat to his
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  Speaker 2: friends captioning the picture I wanted to do a Satanic ritual.
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  Speaker 2: The photo shows his mother and dog beaten bloody. One
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  Speaker 2: of the friends who received the photo immediately calls police.
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  Speaker 1: Valdez charged with murder. An Oregon man posts videos online
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  Speaker 1: showing him recklessly driving a ninety four gmc Sierra through Portland, speeding,
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  Speaker 1: passing illegally failing to maintain lanes, hanging out of the
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  Speaker 1: window of his truck, driving through parks and more. Police
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  Speaker 1: see the post and the surges. On April eighteen, Oscar
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  Speaker 1: Burrell Junior comes to cops. He calls to report a
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  Speaker 1: hit and run, saying another driver syeswiped him in downtown
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  Speaker 1: Portland and fled. Cops recognize Burrell and his car from
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  Speaker 1: the wild online videos and bust him for his own
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  Speaker 1: alleged crimes, including three accounts reckless driving, first degree criminal
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  Speaker 1: mischief and endangering others. More crime and justice news after
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  Speaker 3: John Lenley Virginia Giuffrey, a key figure and exposing Jeffrey
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  Speaker 3: Epstein's sex trafficking network and a longtime advocate for survivors,
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  Speaker 3: has died by suicide. She was forty one. Death was
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  Speaker 3: confirmed by her publicist Deni von Muffling. She died at
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  Speaker 3: her farm in Western Australia. Giuffrey, originally born Virginia Roberts,
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  Speaker 3: gained international attention after alleging that Epstein and his associate
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  Speaker 3: Glaine Maxwell sexually exploited her as a teenager. She also
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  Speaker 3: accused Britain's Prince Andrew of sexual abuse allegations. He denied,
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  Speaker 3: but ultimately settled in twenty twenty two with a financial
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  Speaker 3: payment and a statement recognizing Giuffrey as a victim. After
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  Speaker 3: surviving years of abuse, Giuffrey founded an advocacy organization for
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  Speaker 3: trafficking survivors called SORE, and had lived in Australia for
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  Speaker 3: many years with her family. If you or someone you
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  Speaker 3: know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, help is available
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  Speaker 3: by calling or texting nine eight eight. A federal murder
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  Speaker 3: case involving a top health insurance executive is moving forward
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  Speaker 3: in New York Crime Online, Sidney Sumner reports.
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  Speaker 2: Twenty six year old Luigi Mangiona He is pleaded not
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  Speaker 2: guilty to federal charges in the killing of United Healthcare
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  Speaker 2: CEO Brian Thompson. Prosecutor Say Mangioni, an Ivy League graduate
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  Speaker 2: from a prominent Maryland real estate family, ambush Thompson last
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  Speaker 2: December outside a midtown Manhattan hotel. Surveillance video showed a
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  Speaker 2: masked gunman shooting Thompson from behind, with investigators later finding
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  Speaker 2: bullets etched with the words delay, deny, and depose, a
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  Speaker 2: slogan often used to criticize insurance companies. Attorney General Pam
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  Speaker 2: Bondi announced the Justice Department would seek the death penalty,
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  Speaker 2: calling it a cold blooded assassination. It's the first federal
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  Speaker 2: capital case launch since executions resumed under President Trump. At
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  Speaker 2: the hearing, US District Judge Margaret Garnett warrened prosecutors who
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  Speaker 2: avoid public statements that could jeopardize Mangioni's right to a
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  Speaker 2: fair trial. Defense attorneys argue Bondi's social media posts and
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  Speaker 2: TV appearances already violated due process. Mangioni, held in a
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  Speaker 2: Brooklyn federal jail, is also facing related charges in state court.
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  Speaker 2: His next federal hearing is set for December, fifth, day
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  Speaker 2: after the anniversary of Thompson's death.
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  Speaker 3: No trial dates have been set. If convicted federally, mangione
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  Speaker 3: could face either life in prison or the death penalty.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks John. Abigail Bernstein, thirty four, and her two sons,
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  Speaker 1: CoA eleven cush eight, set off for a year long
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  Speaker 1: sea journey with a friend she met online. They're spotted
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  Speaker 1: at the Alawaii Boat Harbor in Honolulu. The family lives
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  Speaker 1: a nomadic lifestyle with no cell phone. The children are
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  Speaker 1: not enrolled in school. Police say their living quote off
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  Speaker 1: the grid in Hawaii. Abigail cuts ties with family, but
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  Speaker 1: they're searching for her and the children. Abigail Caucasian five three,
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  Speaker 1: one hundred pounds, brown hair, brown eyes. If you have
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  Speaker 1: info on Abigail, CoA and Kush, please contact the FBI
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