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Manhunt Continues for NYC Assassin | Crime Alert Recap Saturday 12.06.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alard hourly update breaking crime news Now, I'm Jennifer Gould.
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  Speaker 1: The hunt for the gunmen responsible for the killing of
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  Speaker 1: United Health Group CEO Brian Thompson continues As new developments
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  Speaker 1: emerge in the investigation. Authorities have released clearer images of
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  Speaker 1: the assassin's face taken from surveillance cameras at a hostel
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  Speaker 1: where he was reportedly staying with two others. Officials say
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  Speaker 1: he paid in cash and used a fake New Jersey
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  Speaker 1: driver's license when checking into the Upper West Side location,
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  Speaker 1: but the pictures of the suspect are is as real
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  Speaker 1: as it gets. You can see his eyes, nose, and mouth,
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  Speaker 1: and it is visible he is smiling. Could they be
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  Speaker 1: enough to finally though I D the killer? Thompson fifty,
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  Speaker 1: was tragically gunned down on Wednesday morning outside the Hilton
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  Speaker 1: Midtown Hotel in Manhattan. Surveillance footage captured the moment when
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  Speaker 1: the mass assailant approached the CEO from behind. Armed with
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  Speaker 1: a handgun. The suspect shot Thompson multiple times, striking him
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  Speaker 1: in the back and the calf. The gunman then took
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  Speaker 1: off on foot before hopping onto a city bike and
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  Speaker 1: escaping the scene. This driver witnessed the ambush and spoke
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  Speaker 1: to pix eleven news. Thank you, shot at three times
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  Speaker 1: and then he start running.
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  Speaker 2: It was kid because my card was on and maybe
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  Speaker 2: he's going.
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  Speaker 3: To shooting me.
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  Speaker 1: Authorities have since recovered several pieces of evidence believed to
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  Speaker 1: have been dropped by the suspect during the escape, including
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  Speaker 1: a cell phone, a candy wrapper, and a water bottle
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  Speaker 1: found in a nearby alley. CNN reports that a fingerprint
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  Speaker 1: was recovered from the water bottle, but investigators are still
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  Speaker 1: trying to access that phone. The crime scene also yielded
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  Speaker 1: live rounds and shell casings, which bore the mysterious inscriptions delay, Depose,
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  Speaker 1: and Defend on them. It's also noted that the assassin
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  Speaker 1: was wearing a distinctive gray backpack at the time of
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  Speaker 1: the attack. That backpack, identified as a peak design everyday backpack,
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  Speaker 1: is popular among photographers. This has led some to question
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  Speaker 1: if the suspect may have a background in photography or media.
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  Speaker 1: Allegations of insider trading against Thompson has also surfaced, adding
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  Speaker 1: a potential financial motive to the mix. Moreover, his wife,
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  Speaker 1: Paulette Thompson, has revealed that her husband had received threats
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  Speaker 1: prior to the shooting. At the time of the attack,
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  Speaker 1: Thompson was traveling with a security detail, but was alone
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  Speaker 1: when the assassin struck. The details of Thompson's personal life
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  Speaker 1: also point to additional potential motives. He and his estranged wife, Paulette,
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  Speaker 1: were living in separate homes in Maple Grove, Minnesota, less
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  Speaker 1: than a mile apart. Maple Grove police also say that
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  Speaker 1: very home was the target of a bomb scare around
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  Speaker 1: seven in the morning the very same day the executive
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  Speaker 1: was slain, but the email threat turned out to be
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  Speaker 1: a hoax. The NYPD has issued a ten thousand dollars
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  Speaker 1: reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of
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  Speaker 1: the suspect. Authorities are urging anyone with knowledge of the
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  Speaker 1: case to please come forward. Information can be provided to
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  Speaker 1: the NYPD Crime Stoppers tip line. It's one eight hundred
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  Speaker 1: and five seven seven tips.
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  Speaker 3: I'm Nicole Parton. The FBI has become involved in the
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  Speaker 3: case of Hannah Kobayashi, who has been reported missing after
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  Speaker 3: her mother uncovered indications that Hannah may have participated in
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  Speaker 3: a clandestine marriage for financial gain. The mother subsequently provided
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  Speaker 3: relevant documents to investigators as the family intensifies their search
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  Speaker 3: for their daughter. Recent developments regard Kobayashi's potential involvement in
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  Speaker 3: an immigration scam surfaced after LAPD chief Jim McDonell revealed
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  Speaker 3: that investigators traced her to Mexico, where she was captured
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  Speaker 3: on video entering the country alone with her luggage on
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  Speaker 3: November twelve, just four days after her arrival at Los
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  Speaker 3: Angeles International Airport. Sources say that Kobayashi may have been
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  Speaker 3: deceived out of the funds from an alleged immigration scheme,
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  Speaker 3: which might have been orchestrated by her former boyfriend. This
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  Speaker 3: partner had traveled with Kobayashi from Maui on November eight,
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  Speaker 3: and they arrived at LAX with intentions to board a
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  Speaker 3: connecting flight to New York City. Also on the plane
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  Speaker 3: was Kobayashi's secret spouse, Alan Kakasi, and Argentinian national whose
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  Speaker 3: girlfriend Marianna was reportedly traveling alongside Kobayashi's ex This as
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  Speaker 3: reported by the USA Today. The potential immigration fraud came
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  Speaker 3: to light when Kobayashi's mother discovered immigration papers in her
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  Speaker 3: daughter's Hawaii home which mentioned an immigration attorney. That attorney
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  Speaker 3: was not helpful to the mother set a source familiar
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  Speaker 3: with the investigation, the family promptly reported the findings to
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  Speaker 3: law enforcement, as stated by their attorney, Sarah Asari. On Tuesday,
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  Speaker 3: LAPD Chief MacDonald declared Kobayashi quote a voluntary missing person
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  Speaker 3: after the video evidence of her entering Mexico was uncovered
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  Speaker 3: taken from a San Diego border crossing. This occurred twelve
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  Speaker 3: days before her father, Ryan fifty three, seemingly jumped to
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  Speaker 3: his death from a parking structure near the airport at LAX.
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  Speaker 3: McDonell indicated that Kobayashi sought to quote disconnect from modern
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  Speaker 3: connectivity and the LAPD does not suspect foul play in
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  Speaker 3: her case. However, her family continues to press for clarity
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  Speaker 3: from the department. Following McDonnell's press conference late Tuesday, the
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  Speaker 3: family requested access to the video evidence of Kobayashi's border crossing,
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  Speaker 3: expressing that they had not been aware of her tracked
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  Speaker 3: by the LAPD on November twelve, after arriving in Los Angeles,
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  Speaker 3: which was confirmed by a photo shared by California State
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  Speaker 3: Attorney General Rob Bonta, Kobayashi was seen at the Grove
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  Speaker 3: Shopping Center on November nine. She returned to the Grove
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  Speaker 3: on November ten, where a video captured by a shopper
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  Speaker 3: had shared on YouTube shows her attending a Lebron James
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  Speaker 3: pop up event at a Nike store. A photo from
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  Speaker 3: that event was also featured on Hannah's Instagram page that
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  Speaker 3: same day. The LAPD released a missing person's poster for
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  Speaker 3: her on November thirteen.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Drew Neilson, A dangerous fugitive once it in Pennsylvania,
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  Speaker 2: remains on the run as authority seek public help to
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  Speaker 2: locate him. US Marshall Services offering a reward of up
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  Speaker 2: to five five thousand dollars for information leading to the
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  Speaker 2: arrest of twenty nine year old Giovanni Otero, accused of
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  Speaker 2: murdering his ex girlfriend and burying her. Otero allegedly killed
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  Speaker 2: twenty nine year old Melody Rivera in early November. Her
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  Speaker 2: body was found in a shallow grave in northeast Philadelphia.
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  Speaker 2: She had been bludgeoned to death. The two were last
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  Speaker 2: seen together October thirty first, and Rivera's family reported her
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  Speaker 2: missing soon after. Police say Otero and Rivera had a
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  Speaker 2: dispute before her disappearance. This incident triggered the initial investigation
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  Speaker 2: that ultimately led to the discovery of her body. Rob
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  Speaker 2: Clark of the US Marshal Service tells WPVII they feel
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  Speaker 2: the urgency of the case.
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  Speaker 3: It's not a matter of if we're going to catch them,
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  Speaker 3: it's a manner of when the family needs closure on
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  Speaker 3: this case.
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  Speaker 1: It's a horrific crime.
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  Speaker 2: Giovanni Otero has an extensive criminal history, with records showing
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  Speaker 2: he has been involved in criminal activity since he was twelve.
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  Speaker 2: He was recently released from state prison on a firearms
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  Speaker 2: offence and was on parole at the time of Rivera's murder.
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  Speaker 2: The US Marshals consider Otero armed and dangerous his long
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  Speaker 2: history of violent behavior. If you see Oto, do not
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  Speaker 2: approach him. The last known sighting of Otero was October thirty,
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  Speaker 2: first he was seen with Rivera. He's black, five ten
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  Speaker 2: one seventy five, black hair, brown eyes, tattoos covering both
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  Speaker 2: of his hands. He also had a dagger tattoo behind
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  Speaker 2: his left ear. He is known to use the alias Gozer.
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  Speaker 2: Deputy Clark says, quote, we are hoping the public can
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  Speaker 2: provide information that will assist us in removing this lifelong
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  Speaker 2: criminal from Society. Anyone with information is urged to contact
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  Speaker 2: the US Marshals at eight sixty six, eight sixty five tips.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Drew Nelson.