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Karmelo Anthony in Isolation, Convicted in Murder of Track Star Austin Metcalf | Crime Alert Weekend Recap 06.13.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Silvanni. Nineteen year old Carmelo Anthony is now
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  Speaker 2: being housed in strict isolation, entirely separated from the general
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  Speaker 2: inmate population at the Collin County Jail. This major development
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  Speaker 2: comes immediately following his conviction and subsequent thirty five year
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  Speaker 2: prison sentencing on Tuesday for the brutal murder of seventeen
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  Speaker 2: year old Austin metcalf A. Representative for the Colin County
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  Speaker 2: Sheriff's Office Detention Facility confirm that Anthony is indeed separated
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  Speaker 2: from the general population, stating explicitly that jailers are focused
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  Speaker 2: on ensuring the safety and security of all inmates. However,
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  Speaker 2: the representative declined to comment on the specific underlying reasons
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  Speaker 2: why Anthony requires isolated housing at this time. He will
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  Speaker 2: ultimately be transferred to a Texas state prison to serve
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  Speaker 2: out his multi decade sentence, though officials have not yet
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  Speaker 2: provided an exact timeline for that transfer from county lock up.
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  Speaker 2: A jury in McKinney, Texas, required just three hours of
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  Speaker 2: deliberation to return a guilty verdict. The tragedy unfolded in
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  Speaker 2: April of twenty twenty five, when Anthony walked into a
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  Speaker 2: rival high school's tent during a track meet, sparking an
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  Speaker 2: altercation that culminated in the fatal stabbing of Metcalf. Colin
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  Speaker 2: County Chief Medical Examiner doctor Elizabeth Ventura provided emotional and
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  Speaker 2: graphic testimony during the trial, describing how the sheer force
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  Speaker 2: of the knife attack left a large, gaping wound that
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  Speaker 2: directly pierced Metcalf's heart. Anthony's defense team argued that the
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  Speaker 2: teenager acted in self defense during the altercation. However, prosecutors
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  Speaker 2: shattered that narrative by highlighting that the victim, Austin Metcalf,
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  Speaker 2: was completely unarmed while Anthony brought a knife into the confrontation.
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  Speaker 2: Although Anthony was only seventeen years old at the time
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  Speaker 2: of the killing, Texas law permitted prosecutors to try him
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  Speaker 2: as an adult. Though Judge Roach allowed the jury the
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  Speaker 2: option to consider a lesser charge of manslaughter, which would
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  Speaker 2: have capped the sentence at twenty years, the jury rejected it,
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  Speaker 2: aligning with the prosecution's pursuit of a full murder conviction.
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  Speaker 2: His youth did protect him from facing the death penalty
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  Speaker 2: under the law, prosecutors pushed hard for a severe sentence.
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  Speaker 2: Following the sentencing, Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis held
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  Speaker 2: a press conference to express gratitude toward the community, specifically
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  Speaker 2: praising the young people who stepped forward to testify.
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  Speaker 1: If we thank all the parents and their brave kids
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  Speaker 1: who did the right thing despite the traum of witnessing
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  Speaker 1: the senseless murder at a school track meet, they cooperated
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  Speaker 1: fully and testified truthfully. Their courage was essential to securing
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  Speaker 1: justice in this case.
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  Speaker 2: District Attorney Willis made it clear that without the immense
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  Speaker 2: bravery of those student witnesses, securing a murder conviction would
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  Speaker 2: have been an uphill battle. He extended his thoughts to
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  Speaker 2: the victim's family before delivering a stark warning to anyone
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  Speaker 2: bringing violence into local schools.
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  Speaker 1: This verdict sends a clear message violence like this won't
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  Speaker 1: be tolerated in our Collin County community, and we remain
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  Speaker 1: committed to protecting our schools and standing with victims and
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  Speaker 1: their families.
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  Speaker 2: Following those powerful statements from the prosecution, Anthony awaits his
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  Speaker 2: permanent prison assignment in total isolation. More Crime and Justice
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  Speaker 2: news After this, a community is in mourning after a
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  Speaker 2: twenty two year old Penn State senior was shot and
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  Speaker 2: killed just steps away from his home in South Philadelphia
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  Speaker 2: on Saturday, June sixth. William Billy Schmidt was returning home
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  Speaker 2: at around one thirty am after watching the NBA Finals
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  Speaker 2: with his friends at a local bar. As he walked
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  Speaker 2: along the nineteen hundred block of derfour Street, he was
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  Speaker 2: targeted by thieves. Surveillance footage obtained from a neighbor shows
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  Speaker 2: Billy walking toward a man and demanding, give me back
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  Speaker 2: my phone. Moments later, another individual walking just ahead of
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  Speaker 2: Billy turns around, draws a weapon, and fires a single
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  Speaker 2: fatal shot into his chest. Billy's father, Bill Schmidt, spoke
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  Speaker 2: out to Fox fifty nine about the devastating sequence of events.
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  Speaker 1: I'm still just shocked that this happened.
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  Speaker 3: He was chasing a kid who took the phone, and
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  Speaker 3: another kid came around.
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  Speaker 2: And shot him. Billy was a dedicated student studying digital
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  Speaker 2: journalism in Media Communications at Penn State University, and he
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  Speaker 2: was on track to graduate this coming December. In a statement,
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  Speaker 2: Penn State expressed their deep sorrow, writing, we are heartbroken
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  Speaker 2: this morning to learn the tragic death of William Schmidt,
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  Speaker 2: and we share our deepest condolences with his family and friends.
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  Speaker 2: The Philadelphia Police Department is actively searching for the suspects
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  Speaker 2: involved in the theft and shooting, but no arrests have
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  Speaker 2: been made. Billy's father expressed shock that his son attempted
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  Speaker 2: to pursue the thieves, noting that Billy was typically an
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  Speaker 2: easy going young man. Billy's sister, Anna Schmidt, broke down
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  Speaker 2: in tears while speaking to Fox fifty nine pleading for answers.
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  Speaker 3: It's miss him so much. I don't understand how someone
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  Speaker 3: could do this to me or my family, and I
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  Speaker 3: think he's just gonna walk in the door. I went
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  Speaker 3: justice for him, for my family.
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  Speaker 2: The authorities are urging anyone with information regarding this senseless
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  Speaker 2: act of violence or the identities of the suspects to
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  Speaker 2: contact the Philadelphia Police Department immediately at two one five
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  Speaker 2: six eight six tips. The New Hampshire Supreme Court has
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  Speaker 2: overturned the murder conviction of Adam Montgomery, previously found guilty
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  Speaker 2: of brutally beating his five year old daughter Harmony to
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  Speaker 2: death in twenty nineteen and then hiding her remains, which
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  Speaker 2: have tragically never been found Montgomery's conviction on the second
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  Speaker 2: degree murder charge, now vacated due to a legal technicality
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  Speaker 2: the Supreme Court said resulted in an unfair trial. The
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  Speaker 2: High Court ruled that prosecutors should not have tried Montgomery's
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  Speaker 2: second degree murder charge alongside an earlier, separate second degree
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  Speaker 2: assault charge from months prior. The justices argued that hearing
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  Speaker 2: evidence of the first beating improperly led the jury to
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  Speaker 2: assume he must have committed the fatal December assault, creating
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  Speaker 2: an impermissible inference. The ruling read that the state produced
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  Speaker 2: much stronger evidence that Montgomery committed the first July twenty
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  Speaker 2: nineteen beating, with four witnesses who claimed they noticed Harmony
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  Speaker 2: with a black eye. Several of those witnesses also testified,
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  Speaker 2: when confronted about that bruise, Montgomery admitted to striking the
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  Speaker 2: little girl. The evidence in the allegedly fatal December beating
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  Speaker 2: was weaker. Only Kayla Montgomery, Adam's wife at the time,
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  Speaker 2: who was offered a deal in exchange for her testimony,
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  Speaker 2: witnessed the assault. She said that Montgomery beat Harmony in
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  Speaker 2: the head for soiling her bed in her sleep, saying
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  Speaker 2: immediately afterward of the attack. I think I really heard
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  Speaker 2: her this time. The defense attacked Kayla Montgomery's credibility and
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  Speaker 2: argued she was truly responsible for Harmony's death. The backlash
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  Speaker 2: of the vacated conviction was immediate. The adoptive parents of
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  Speaker 2: Harmony's younger brother released a searing statement saying we are
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  Speaker 2: absolutely disgusted. The reality is more protection is in place
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  Speaker 2: for this monster than Harmony ever received. But before there's panic,
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  Speaker 2: Montgomery is not walking free. The court upheld all of
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  Speaker 2: his other convictions, including abuse of a corpse and tampering
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  Speaker 2: with evidence. His forty three and a half year sentence
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  Speaker 2: for those charges stands completely unaffected. Furthermore, the New Hampshire
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  Speaker 2: Attorney General's Office has already confirmed they are absolutely pursuing
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  Speaker 2: a retrial for the murder charge, stating they remain entirely
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  Speaker 2: confident in the facts of the case. Chilling new details
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  Speaker 2: are emerging from the tragic November twenty twenty five murder
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  Speaker 2: of eighteen year old high school senior and a kepner aboard
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  Speaker 2: a carnival cruise ship. Federal court transcripts have just revealed
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  Speaker 2: exactly how FBI agent zeroed in on the prime suspect
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  Speaker 2: and his own sixteen year old step brother, Timothy Hudson.
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  Speaker 2: According to testimony from FBI agent Andrew Duval, the biggest
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  Speaker 2: break in the case came from a device. Anna's family
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  Speaker 2: said she was never without her cell phone. Hudson allegedly
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  Speaker 2: tried to destroy the phone, smashing the screen and dumping
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  Speaker 2: it in a trash can on the opposite side of
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  Speaker 2: the ship, but he couldn't destroy the digital trail. A
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  Speaker 2: crew member found the battered phone and turned it into
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  Speaker 2: the ships Lost and Found. Despite the heavy damage, the
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  Speaker 2: FBI made it should download its contents, giving them a
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  Speaker 2: digital map of the cover up. By tracking the phone
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  Speaker 2: as it pinged off four different ship routers over twenty
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  Speaker 2: minutes the morning after Anne's death, agents cross referenced the
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  Speaker 2: locations with ship surveillance cameras. The footage placed Timothy in
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  Speaker 2: all four spots. He was even caught on camera standing
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  Speaker 2: by that exact trash can for twenty two seconds before
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  Speaker 2: returning to his room. Adding a haunting detail to the
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  Speaker 2: timeline is Anna's missing Apple Watch. While the watch itself
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  Speaker 2: was never recovered, agents determined it stopped recording her vitals
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  Speaker 2: between seven fifty and ten pm the night before the
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  Speaker 2: phone was dumped. Timothy Hudson has been indicted by a
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  Speaker 2: grand jury, and, due to the severity of the crimes,
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  Speaker 2: will be charged as an adult. He faces charges of
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  Speaker 2: murder and aggravated sexual abuse, carrying the possibility of two
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  Speaker 2: life sentences. Despite prosecutors pushing for him to be remanded
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  Speaker 2: into custody, a judge recently ruled that Hudson will remain
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  Speaker 2: in the care of his maternal uncle as he awaits trial.
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  Speaker 2: A terrifying scene unfold in the heart of New York
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  Speaker 2: City as a violent attack left multiple people wounded. A
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  Speaker 2: suspect is currently in police costody following a mass stabbing
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  Speaker 2: incident near the heavily crowded pen station on Sunday evening.
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  Speaker 2: The violent encounter has left at least one person fighting
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  Speaker 2: serious injuries and sent several others to local emergency rooms,
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  Speaker 2: sparking panic in one of the busiest transportation hubs in
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  Speaker 2: the United States. According to official reports from the Fire
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  Speaker 2: Department of New York, emergency medical crews rushed to the
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  Speaker 2: intersection of West thirty third Street and Seventh Avenue just
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  Speaker 2: after seven pm Sunday following several frantic calls for help.
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  Speaker 2: First responders arrived at the scene to discover multiple victims
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  Speaker 2: suffering from varying degrees of stab wounds. The FDNY has
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  Speaker 2: confirmed that a total of six civilians sustained injuries during
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  Speaker 2: the knife attack. While five victims suffered minor to moderate injuries,
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  Speaker 2: one individual suffered major serious injuries. Emergency vehicles transported five
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  Speaker 2: of the injured to Bellevue Hospital, including the most reiously
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  Speaker 2: injured victim. The sixth was transported separately to New York
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  Speaker 2: Presbyterian for evaluation and treatment. Law enforcement quickly moved to
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  Speaker 2: secure the area and track down the perpetrator. The Mtrak
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  Speaker 2: Police Department, which is officially leading the investigation, announced that
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  Speaker 2: a suspect was successfully apprehended and taken into police custody.
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  Speaker 2: At this hour, the specific circumstances that led up to
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  Speaker 2: the multi person stabbing remain entirely unclear. Authorities have not
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  Speaker 2: yet released the identity of the suspecting custody, nor have
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  Speaker 2: they provided any official details regarding a potential motive behind
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  Speaker 2: the sudden attack. This act of violence occurred during an
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  Speaker 2: incredibly busy and high profile period for New York City's
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  Speaker 2: vast transportation network. Penn Station was experiencing massive crowds moving
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  Speaker 2: through its corridors on Sunday, driven in large part by
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  Speaker 2: sports fans as the New York Knicks continue their highly
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  Speaker 2: anticipated NBA Finals run. Additionally, the city has been experiencing
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  Speaker 2: a massive influx of international and domestic visitors arriving in
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  Speaker 2: their region ahead of major scheduled FIFA World Cup events,
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  Speaker 2: making security at the transit hub a paramount concern for
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  Speaker 2: local officials. For the latest crime and justice breaking news,
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  Speaker 2: be sure to tune in tomorrow on your favorite podcast
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  Speaker 2: app with this crime alert. I'm Sidney Silvani.