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Second Assassination Attempt on President Trump Thwarted| Crime Alert Recap Saturday 09.21.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update breaking crime news Now. I'm Jennifer
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  Speaker 1: Gould's authorities have stopped an apparent assassination attempt against former
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  Speaker 1: President Donald Trump at his Trump International Golf Course in
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  Speaker 1: West Palm Beach, Florida. The incident occurred just sixty three
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  Speaker 1: days after a similar attack at a rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Trump,
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  Speaker 1: who was on the golf course at the time, is
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  Speaker 1: reported to be safe and unharmed. The incident unfolded around
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  Speaker 1: one thirty pm Eastern time when a Secret Service agent
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  Speaker 1: performing a routine security sweep spotted a rifle barrel protruding
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  Speaker 1: from a chain link fence surrounding the golf course. The agent,
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  Speaker 1: realizing the threat, engaged the suspect, firing several shots. The suspect,
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  Speaker 1: who has been identified as Ryan Wesley Routh, was approximately
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  Speaker 1: four hundred to five hundred yards away from Trump when
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  Speaker 1: the confrontation occurred. The suspect, who was reportedly seen fleeing
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  Speaker 1: from nearby bushes and escaping in a black Nissan, quickly
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  Speaker 1: tracked down with the help of witness descriptions and license
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  Speaker 1: plate readers. Martin County deputies apprehended him on I ninety five,
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  Speaker 1: about forty five miles north of the golf course. After
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  Speaker 1: a brief pursuit, the FBI, which is leading the investigation,
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  Speaker 1: confirmed that Routh was carrying an AK forty seven style
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  Speaker 1: rifle with a scope, two backpacks filled with ceramic tiles,
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  Speaker 1: and a go pro camera. This incident marks the second
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  Speaker 1: assassination attempt on Trump within two months. The first occurred
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  Speaker 1: back on July thirteenth in Butler County, Pennsylvania, where gunman
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  Speaker 1: Thomas Matthew Crook's opened fire at a Trump rally, resulting
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  Speaker 1: in the death of a retired fire chief and injuring
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  Speaker 1: two others. Trump himself sustained a minor gray's injury to
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  Speaker 1: his ear in that attack. Authorities are still investigative the
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  Speaker 1: motive behind the latest attempt. While these suspects background and
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  Speaker 1: reasons for targeting Trump remained unclear. The FBI and local
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  Speaker 1: law enforcement are actively working on the case. Federal charges
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  Speaker 1: may be forthcoming as the investigation continues. In a statement,
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  Speaker 1: Palm Beach County Sheriff Rick Bradshaw emphasized the efficiency and
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  Speaker 1: effectiveness of the Secret Services response. The White House has
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  Speaker 1: also expressed relief at Trump's safety with President Joe Biden
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  Speaker 1: and Vice President Kamala Harris being briefed on the situation.
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  Speaker 1: The former president has since returned to his mar Lago
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  Speaker 1: estate and Palm Beach, where he remains secure. The FBI
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  Speaker 1: is urging anyone with additional information to contact their tip
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  Speaker 1: line at one eight hundred call FBI or submit tips
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  Speaker 1: online at tips dot FBI dot gov.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton. New details from court documents have emerged
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  Speaker 2: regarding the tragic deaths of two Kansas mothers, Veronica Butler
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  Speaker 2: twenty seven and Jillian Kelly thirty nine. The women vanished
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  Speaker 2: in March while on a trip to Oklahoma to pick
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  Speaker 2: up Butler's children. Their bodies were later found in a
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  Speaker 2: chest freezer abandoning a cow pasture with their car they
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  Speaker 2: had been driving, located near the border of the state.
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  Speaker 2: Police reports now reveal that Butler was fatally stabbed. The
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  Speaker 2: cause of Kelly's death remains unclear. In April and May,
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  Speaker 2: five individuals associated with an extremist religious group called God's
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  Speaker 2: Misfits were arrested in connection with the murders. According to
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  Speaker 2: court documents, Tiffany Adams fifty four, the grandmother of the
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  Speaker 2: children her boyfriend Tad Cullum, Cole and Cora Twombly, and
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  Speaker 2: forty four year old Paul Grice were alleged to participate
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  Speaker 2: in the killings. The records obtained by KSN indicate that
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  Speaker 2: Gryce stabbed Butler to death, injuring himself in the process,
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  Speaker 2: while Cullum is suspected of killing Kelly. The bodies were
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  Speaker 2: then placed in the freezer and discarded in a field.
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  Speaker 2: Gryce reportedly disposed of incriminating evidence, including clothing with his
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  Speaker 2: and Butler's DNA, a stun gun, and a murder weapon. Coulomb,
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  Speaker 2: on the other hand, is said to have placed his clothing,
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  Speaker 2: which contained Kelly's DNA with the victims inside the freezer.
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  Speaker 2: Accessories to the murder weapon were allegedly found in Coulm's residence.
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  Speaker 2: The Twomblys are accused of acting as lookouts during the crime,
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  Speaker 2: while Adams is believed to have purchased the items like
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  Speaker 2: burner phones, stun guns, and straps that were found on
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  Speaker 2: the freezer. The court documents also suggest that Adams was
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  Speaker 2: embroiled in a custody dispute over Butler's children. For more,
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  Speaker 2: here's Crime Online's Dave Mack.
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  Speaker 3: The custody battle between Veronica Butler, her ex husband, Wrangler Rickman,
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  Speaker 3: and Rickman's mother, Tiffany Adams, has been going on since
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  Speaker 3: twenty nineteen. At one point, Tiffany Adams refused to turn
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  Speaker 3: the children over to her son, Wrangler Rickman, the children's father,
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  Speaker 3: who has legal custody of the children. Wrangler Rickman had
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  Speaker 3: to call police to help settle the matter. Tiffany Adams
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  Speaker 3: wants to raise her grandchildren, and court records indicate that
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  Speaker 3: was the motivation behind the murders.
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  Speaker 2: Butler's children were in Adam's home due to the custody battle.
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  Speaker 2: The suspects are facing charges of first degree murder, kidnapping,
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  Speaker 2: and conspiracy to commit murder. The affidavit further reveals that
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  Speaker 2: the twembly's teenage daughter overheard conversations implicating her parents in
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  Speaker 2: the murder and gave investigators key insight to the plot.
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  Speaker 2: Adams was reported to have purchase prepaid phones that were
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  Speaker 2: found near the victim's car, and he had searched online
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  Speaker 2: for ways to remove dead bodies, stun guns, and how
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  Speaker 2: to dispose of weapons. The tragic incident occurred on the
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  Speaker 2: day Butler's daughter's birthday was to happen, with bloodstains found
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  Speaker 2: near the vehicle. In Oklahoma, Kelly, the wife of pastor
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  Speaker 2: Heath Kelly, was going with Butler to pick up her
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  Speaker 2: children on the Fateful Day. She was designated as a
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  Speaker 2: supervisor appointed by DCF to help with custody visits.
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  Speaker 4: I'm Drew Nelson. In Florida, a granddaughter is arrested for
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  Speaker 4: allegedly conspiring in the murder of her elderly grandparents, who
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  Speaker 4: were shot to death in their home. Jalisa Hill, aged
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  Speaker 4: thirty four, is now facing charges of first degree murder
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  Speaker 4: after police claimed she paid her ex boyfriend Maurice Noos
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  Speaker 4: in one thousand dollars. Following the murders, Hill's grandparents, Major
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  Speaker 4: and Claudette Melviyn, were found dead in their Fort Lauderdale home.
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  Speaker 4: The suspects uncle Dennis Parker, son of the victims, talked
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  Speaker 4: to WTVJ, you know and God know what you do
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  Speaker 4: and if you was involved in a way, I'll hope you.
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  Speaker 2: Ride in Hill.
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  Speaker 4: Investigators believe Hill worked with Newson, age thirty, to carry
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  Speaker 4: out the killings. Newson had already been charged with the
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  Speaker 4: murderers last month after selling the couple stolen car a
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  Speaker 4: red Ford fusion to a tow yard. Family members had
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  Speaker 4: expressed suspicions about Hill's role early on. New Court documents
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  Speaker 4: revealed that Hill sent the payment to Newson through a
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  Speaker 4: third party. Police say when they questioned Hill, they found
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  Speaker 4: her responses inconsistent. At first, she claimed she was next
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  Speaker 4: in line to inherit her grandparents' home, then she denied that. Later,
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  Speaker 4: a polygraph test indicated she was deceptive about her involvement
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  Speaker 4: in the crime. Hill and Newson are both being held
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  Speaker 4: without bond. The investigation began after a neighbour's camera caught
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  Speaker 4: footage of someone arriving at the Melbourn's home in the
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  Speaker 4: early morning of the murders, and then later their vehicle
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  Speaker 4: was seen being driven away the Melbourn's vehicle. That car
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  Speaker 4: was found two weeks later at the salvage yard, and
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  Speaker 4: newsoon was linked to the sale. The Melbourn's had twenty
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  Speaker 4: eight grandchildren, and while some relatives were shocked by Hill's arrest,
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  Speaker 4: others believed more family members might have been involved. The
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  Speaker 4: uncle Dennis Parker says, quote, there's something more here. It's
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  Speaker 4: only a matter of time before the truth comes out
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