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Cause of Death Finally Revealed in the Deaths of Delphi Murder Victims | Crime Alert Recap Sunday 10.27.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Jennifer Gould.
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  Speaker 1: The trial for Richard Allen, the man accused of murdering
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  Speaker 1: Abby Williams and Libby German, featured testimony from pathologist Roland Corr,
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  Speaker 1: who conducted the autopsies on the victims. Or testified that
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  Speaker 1: Abby Williams suffered a single mortal wound to the left
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  Speaker 1: side of her neck, severing the jugular vein. He estimated
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  Speaker 1: that she bled out within five to ten minutes and
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  Speaker 1: would have likely been conscious and able to react to
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  Speaker 1: her injuries. Libby Germans sustained multiple wounds to the right
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  Speaker 1: side of her neck, including injuries to the carotid arteries.
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  Speaker 1: For determined that she died more quickly than Abby due
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  Speaker 1: to the severity of her wounds. Both girls were found
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  Speaker 1: with no signs of sexual trauma or restraint. Abby had
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  Speaker 1: a faint linear mark on her lip, which Core believed
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  Speaker 1: could have been caused by duct tape or cloth. Libby
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  Speaker 1: had minor abrasions on her chest. Core initially believed that
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  Speaker 1: multiple weapons may have been used in the murders due
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  Speaker 1: to the serrated nature of the wounds. However, he later
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  Speaker 1: revised his opinion stating that a single weapon such as
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  Speaker 1: a box cutter, could have caused the injuries. The defense
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  Speaker 1: attorney Brad Rozzi questioned Core about the discrepancies in his
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  Speaker 1: testimony regarding the number of weapons used. Rozzi expressed frustration
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  Speaker 1: that Korr had met with the prosecution three times after
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  Speaker 1: his deposition without informing the defense of his changing thoughts
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  Speaker 1: on the murder weapon. For the latest on the Delphi
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  Speaker 1: murder case, follow the Crime Alert hourly update on your
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  Speaker 1: favorite podcast app. A Texas teenager who was on the
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  Speaker 1: run for more than three months after allegedly shooting a
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  Speaker 1: Sonic manager during an argument over counterfeit money, has been
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  Speaker 1: arrested in Dallas. A Da Roberson, seventeen, was caught by
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  Speaker 1: US Marshals at a Dallas apartment complex following a tip
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  Speaker 1: regarding her whereabouts. She had been a fugitive the Texas
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  Speaker 1: ten most wanted lists since July sixteenth. The murder of
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  Speaker 1: thirty three year old Daniel Shrewbury occurred on July seventh
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  Speaker 1: at a San Antonio Sonic drive in This witness, who
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  Speaker 1: spoke to Ken's five News, was in the drive through
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  Speaker 1: when the shots rang out.
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  Speaker 2: And then I heard two additional bunshots after that, and
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  Speaker 2: that's when my.
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  Speaker 1: Mind went, okay this, you know, something is happening here.
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  Speaker 2: Tried to you know, get out of there, essentially because
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  Speaker 2: I was scared.
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  Speaker 1: According to San Antonio Crime Stoppers, police arrived at the
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  Speaker 1: scene to find Shrewbury shot in the chest and unresponsive.
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  Speaker 1: He was pronounced dead at the location. Authorities alleged that Roberson,
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  Speaker 1: along with two others, tried to use fake money to
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  Speaker 1: buy food at the Sonic. When the transaction, though, was denied,
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  Speaker 1: an argument ensued and Roberson is accused of stealing money
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  Speaker 1: from an employee. As the group tried to leave, Shrewbury
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  Speaker 1: went outside to take a picture of their license plate.
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  Speaker 1: This move reportedly angered another suspect, Joshua Joseph, who allegedly
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  Speaker 1: threatened to shoot Shrewbury. Moments later, Police say Roberson got
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  Speaker 1: out of the car, armed with a gun and shot
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  Speaker 1: the victim before playing the scene. Joseph was arrested in
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  Speaker 1: August and charged with murder. Following his arrest, Joseph said
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  Speaker 1: this on Fox four News how Nobody. Roberson meanwhile remained
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  Speaker 1: at large until her capture this week. She's currently being
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  Speaker 1: held on a five hundred and twenty thousand dollars bond
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  Speaker 1: in the Dallas County Jail on charges of murder and forgery.
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  Speaker 1: It remains unclear if she will be tried as an adult.
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  Speaker 2: An Ohio mother from Westlake may be facing jail time
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  Speaker 2: for leaving her children home alone for nearly three days
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  Speaker 2: while she traveled to Florida. The judge determined that Dominique Knowles,
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  Speaker 2: thirty two, endangered her children by leaving them unattended without
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  Speaker 2: a phone. Knowles reportedly checked in on her kids sporadically
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  Speaker 2: using FaceTime and security cameras. At home, police discovered that
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  Speaker 2: Knowles left her ten year old child in charge of
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  Speaker 2: her seven year old twin sisters, who are special needs,
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  Speaker 2: while taking her eight month old son with her on
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  Speaker 2: her troop to Florida. The children's fourth grade teacher raised
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  Speaker 2: the alarm after the ten year old mentioned talking to
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  Speaker 2: her mom on the quote camera and receiving food deliveries
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  Speaker 2: at the door. Upon a welfare check at the home,
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  Speaker 2: officers found the apartment in a messy state, with spilled
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  Speaker 2: liquids on the floor. One of the twins even slipped
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  Speaker 2: and failed during that visit. Prosecuting attorney Michael Maloney express
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  Speaker 2: shock at the case, emphasizing that Knowles had not properly
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  Speaker 2: monitored her children. Despite initially denying leaving Ohio, evidence showed
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  Speaker 2: that she spent time in Miami, saying that she had
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  Speaker 2: traveled there with a friend who was getting liposuction. Knowles
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  Speaker 2: was ultimately charged with child endangerment and was found guilty.
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  Speaker 2: She faces a potential six month prison sentence at her
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  Speaker 2: upcoming sentencing hearing. This incident serves as a reminder of
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  Speaker 2: the importance of ins arring children's safety and well being.
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  Speaker 2: Don't leave your children home alone. In Independence, Missouri, the
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  Speaker 2: Independence Police Department is searching for a missing sixty five
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  Speaker 2: year old man last seen on Tuesday, October twenty two.
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  Speaker 2: James Banks is six feet tall, two hundred and thirty pounds,
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  Speaker 2: with brown and gray hair and blue eyes. Banks was
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  Speaker 2: wearing camouflage suspenders and blue jeans with gray and brown
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  Speaker 2: tennis shoes. The color T shirt is unknown. Banks also
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  Speaker 2: wears glasses. He was last seen at forty thirteen South
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  Speaker 2: King's Highway in Independence, Missouri. According to the State Highway Patrol,
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  Speaker 2: Banks is diagnosed with dementia and high blood pressure. He
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  Speaker 2: drives a gray twenty eighteen Ford F one fifty. The
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  Speaker 2: pickup truck has Missouri state license plate four p d
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  Speaker 2: W three three. The State Highway Patrol says Banks was
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  Speaker 2: headed to minards the Independence location but never made it.
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  Speaker 2: Anyone with any information regarding banks whereabouts is encouraged to
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  Speaker 2: call nine to one one or call the Independence Police
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  Speaker 2: Department at eight one six eight six ZH three six
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  Speaker 2: zero zero.
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  Speaker 3: I'm Drew Nelson. A California man, faces federal charges for
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  Speaker 3: allegedly using a drone to deliver fentanyl, resulting in the
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  Speaker 3: overdose death of a woman. The suspect, Christopher Laney, aged
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  Speaker 3: thirty four, from Lancaster, now faces multiple counts related to
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  Speaker 3: drug trafficking and illegal drone use. Authorities claim Laney used
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  Speaker 3: an unregistered drone to transport narcotics, including fentanyl, from his
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  Speaker 3: home to a nearby church. According to the indictment, in
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  Speaker 3: January of twenty twenty three, Laney delivered fentanyl via drone
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  Speaker 3: to a third party, who then provided the drugs to
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  Speaker 3: a woman identified only as Jka. She died the next
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  Speaker 3: day from a fatal overdose. The indictment also links Laney
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  Speaker 3: to at least three other drug deliveries using the same
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  Speaker 3: drone in December of twenty twenty two and January of
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  Speaker 3: twenty three. Investigators discovered video footage from the drone showing
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  Speaker 3: these drug drops, leading them to the belief that Laney
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  Speaker 3: had been using the unmanned aircraft repeatedly for his illegal operations.
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  Speaker 3: The drone used in these deliveries was a model that
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  Speaker 3: allows the operator to control it via video feed with
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  Speaker 3: specialized goggles. During a search of Laney's residence, authorities seized fentanyl, methamphetamine,
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  Speaker 3: and several firearms. The weapons included an AR fifteen assault
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  Speaker 3: style rifle and two nine millimeter firearms without serial numbers,
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  Speaker 3: making the so called ghost guns difficult to trace. Laney
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  Speaker 3: faces charges of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, possession
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  Speaker 3: with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, and four counts
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  Speaker 3: of operating an unregistered aircraft and furtherance of drug trafficking.
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  Speaker 3: If convicted on all charges, Laney could face a minimum
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  Speaker 3: sentence of twenty five years in federal prison. The investigation
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  Speaker 3: involved multiple agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration and US
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  Speaker 3: Customs and Border Protection. Authorities continued to investigate whether Laney
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  Speaker 3: is connected to other drug related incidents. In the area.
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  Speaker 3: Crime in Justice Snooze, follow the crime alerts hourly update
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  Speaker 3: Drew Nelson.