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Crime Alert 01.20.25 | Suspected Drunk Driver Found with Body in Backseat · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert I Nancy Grace breaking crime news now at
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  Speaker 1: Saratoga Spray's Utah PD stop driver Jacob Johnson, concerned he's
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  Speaker 1: under the influence. When an officer approaches the car, they
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  Speaker 1: immediately note an unconscious, bloody woman in the back seat, dead,
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  Speaker 1: her wounds consistent with homicide. Johnson admits it's his ex girlfriend,
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  Speaker 1: Summer Roney, aged thirty.
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  Speaker 2: Nancy Roney's body is found in a cardboard box with
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  Speaker 2: an extension cord wrapped around her neck, in multiple bruises
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  Speaker 2: and lacerations on her arms, legs, and head. In Johnson's car,
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  Speaker 2: investigators find a steel hammer, an eight inch fixed blade knife,
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  Speaker 2: several hatchets, a red gas can, and a bottle of bleach.
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  Speaker 2: A search of Johnson's home reveals blood in several locations
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  Speaker 2: and on several items, a baseball bat and an empty
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  Speaker 2: bottle of bleach. Friends of the on and off again
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  Speaker 2: couple describe Johnson as a hothead who had been physically
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  Speaker 2: violent with Ronnie before.
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  Speaker 1: Jacob Johnson, thirty one, now charged with murder. Octavia Wells,
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  Speaker 1: trying to score fitnel sends a text to her drug dealer,
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  Speaker 1: but guess what the text ends up going to a
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  Speaker 1: deputy at Bay County Sheriff's None the wiser, well sets
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  Speaker 1: up a rendezvous with the officer aka drug dealer at
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  Speaker 1: a Florida gas station. Wells arrives right on time, and
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  Speaker 1: the second she hands over a wad of cash, a
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  Speaker 1: narc team swarms the gas station to arrest her. Octavia Wells,
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  Speaker 1: forty one old enough to know better, charged with unlawful
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  Speaker 1: use of a communication device and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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  Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after this Now with the
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  Speaker 1: latest crime and justice breaking news Crime Onlines John Lemley.
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  Speaker 3: Two men have been sentenced to state prison for their
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  Speaker 3: rules in a case connected to the killing of former
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  Speaker 3: General Hospital actor Johnny Whacter. Nineteen year old Leonel Gutierres
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  Speaker 3: was sentenced to four years after pleading no contest to
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  Speaker 3: grand theft and attempted robbery. Twenty two year old Frank Olano,
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  Speaker 3: who was not present during the crime, received five years
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  Speaker 3: in eight months for being an accessory and receiving stolen property.
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  Speaker 3: The thirty seven year old whactor was fatally shot on
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  Speaker 3: May twenty fifth when he interrupted three men stealing a
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  Speaker 3: catalytic converter from his car in downtown Los Angeles. Two
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  Speaker 3: other suspects, Robert Barcelo and Sergio Estrada, both eighteen, have
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  Speaker 3: been charged with his murder and or awaiting trial. Police
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  Speaker 3: a wactor had just left work at a rooftop bar
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  Speaker 3: when he confronted the thieves, one of whom shot and
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  Speaker 3: killed him. The suspects were arrested in August after months
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  Speaker 3: of investigation and public appeals for information. A nearly decade
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  Speaker 3: old sexual assault case is making headlines at this hour,
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  Speaker 3: as a California man accused of attacking a Pennsylvania college
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  Speaker 3: student in twenty thirteen has been extradited from France to
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  Speaker 3: face charges. Crime Online Sidney Sumner now takes an in
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  Speaker 3: depth look at the story of her persistance, justice, and
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  Speaker 3: international cooperation.
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  Speaker 2: After three years on the run, thirty one year old
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  Speaker 2: Ian Cleary is back on American soil, extradited from France
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  Speaker 2: to face charges of sexually assaulting a fellow student at
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  Speaker 2: Gettysburg College in twenty thirteen. Cleary of Saratoga, California, was
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  Speaker 2: apprehended in April and Metz, France following an international search.
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  Speaker 2: The case has drawn attention for both its persistence and delays.
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  Speaker 2: Former Gettysburg student Shannon Keeler, who was eighteen at the
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  Speaker 2: time of the alleged assault, says the extradition renews her
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  Speaker 2: faith in the justice system. According to court documents, Cleary
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  Speaker 2: is accused of stocking Keeler at a college party before
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  Speaker 2: entering her dorm and assaulting her. The alleged crime was
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  Speaker 2: followed by years of silence until Keeler uncovered disturbing Facebook
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  Speaker 2: messages in twenty twenty one, reportedly sent by Cleary's account
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  Speaker 2: saying quote, so I rate you and I'll never do
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  Speaker 2: it to anyone ever again. Local authorities had been reluctant
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  Speaker 2: to pursue charges in the US years following the assault,
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  Speaker 2: but the discovery of the messages in Keeler's persistence ultimately
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  Speaker 2: led to a felony warrant in twenty twenty one. Police
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  Speaker 2: leader verified the messages were sent from Cleary's account. Cleary,
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  Speaker 2: a Gettysburg College student at the time of the alleged assault,
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  Speaker 2: left campus shortly after the incident. His extradition follows a
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  Speaker 2: French appeals court ruling and a coordinated effort by US
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  Speaker 2: and French authorities.
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  Speaker 1: Sarah Gallagher, forty four, lives in Lantana, Florida. With her
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  Speaker 1: nine year old pitbull, Cooper. She wishes her mom in
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  Speaker 1: Pennsylvania Happy Birthday on the phone. A week later, no
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  Speaker 1: one can reach Sarah. Brother Joe requests a welfare check.
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  Speaker 1: Police say it didn't appear she's home. Her house is locked.
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  Speaker 1: Two more trips with no answer, Sarah's family reports her missing.
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  Speaker 1: Police finds surveillance video of Sarah on a walk with
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  Speaker 1: Cooper a week after she spoke to mom. Last seen
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  Speaker 1: at the intersection of High pro Luxo Road and East
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  Speaker 1: View Drive near the Hive Restaurant. It appears she took
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  Speaker 1: Cooper run a walk and never came back. No dogs
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  Speaker 1: matching Cooper's description picked up by local shelters. Sarah Gallagher
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  Speaker 1: five seven, one hundred and twenty pounds, shoulder linked, brown hair,
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  Speaker 1: brown eyes, a tattoo on her ankle. Cooper the dog
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  Speaker 1: ten with white splotches and socks, and a black nose.
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  Speaker 1: If you have info on Sarah Gallagher, please call Palm Beach,
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  Speaker 1: Florida County Sheriffs five' six one six eight eight three thousand.
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