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Chad Daybell Starts Website | Crime Alert Recap Saturday 09.20.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Lard Hourly Update, Breaking Crimews Now. I'm Jackie Howard.
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  Speaker 1: Convicted murderer Chad Dave Bell takes a page out of
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  Speaker 1: Chris Wants playbook, sharing his innermost thoughts through letters from
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  Speaker 1: death Row. He started a website called Letters from Chad.
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  Speaker 1: It features uncensored and unfiltered content to share with the
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  Speaker 1: world with the help of his daughter, Emma Murray, she
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  Speaker 1: has said she believes her father was framed. Dave Bell
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  Speaker 1: found guilty in twenty twenty four of murdering his first wife,
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  Speaker 1: Tammy forty nine, and current wife Laurie Valo, Davebill's two children,
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  Speaker 1: Joshua JJ Valo seven and Tyler Ryan sixteen. He continues
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  Speaker 1: to profess his innocence. In his first letter, Dave Bell writes, quote,
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  Speaker 1: I have never caused anyone's death and never conspired to
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  Speaker 1: commit such acts against anyone. I share in your sadness,
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  Speaker 1: pain and grief over the debts of Tammy, Tyly and Jaja.
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  Speaker 1: I don't have all of the answers even now, but
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  Speaker 1: I'm grateful a more complete story will be shared during
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  Speaker 1: my appeals process. Unquote. Dave Bell is on death row
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  Speaker 1: at the Idaho Maximum Security Institute in Kuna, where convicted
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  Speaker 1: killer Brian Cooberger is also housed from there. Dave Bell
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  Speaker 1: has thanked those who have sent him cards and letters,
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  Speaker 1: saying your kind words of support really helped me. I
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  Speaker 1: cherished each one, he writes, I suppose you could say
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  Speaker 1: I've settled in. It really is a different world in here,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm surviving and I spend a lot of time
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  Speaker 1: working on my upcoming appeals. Dave Bill says he hopes
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  Speaker 1: the letters will help change people's perception off him, saying
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  Speaker 1: he is not a conspirator or killer and never has been.
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  Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after this, I'm Nicole Carton.
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  Speaker 2: On Wednesday night, authorities conducted the search of a residence
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  Speaker 2: in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles as part
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  Speaker 2: of an ongoing investigation into the discovery of human remains
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  Speaker 2: belonging to a missing teenage girl. These remains were located
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  Speaker 2: on September eighth inside the trunk of an impounded Tesla
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  Speaker 2: registered to the well known artist David d four VD.
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  Speaker 2: According to sources from law enforcement, David had been residing
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  Speaker 2: at the property that was searched. Reports from TMZ indicated
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  Speaker 2: that the LAPD homicide detectives emerged from the house carrying
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  Speaker 2: a computer in multiple evidence bags. The deceased, identified as
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  Speaker 2: fifteen year old Celeste Revas, was confirmed through forensic analysis
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  Speaker 2: on Wednesday, As stated by law enforcement officials to NBC,
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  Speaker 2: the exact cause of death remains undetermined and the Los
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  Speaker 2: Angeles County Medical Examiner is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding
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  Speaker 2: the girl's death. The tesla in question was impounded at
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  Speaker 2: the beginning of septem after being reported abandoned. It had
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  Speaker 2: not been reported stolen. Employees at the mpound facility alerted
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  Speaker 2: authorities due to a strong odor emanating from the car.
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  Speaker 2: When police arrived on September eight, they discovered human remains
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  Speaker 2: inside a bag in the front trunk of the tesla.
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  Speaker 2: Following the release of the victim's identity by the medical examiner,
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  Speaker 2: TMZ reported that David's concert schedule for Wednesday at Showbox
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  Speaker 2: in Seattle, part of his Withered World tour, was canceled. However,
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  Speaker 2: as of Thursday afternoon, he was still slated to perform
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  Speaker 2: at the war Field in San Francisco on Friday, September nineteen.
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  Speaker 2: TMZ also revealed that they had spoken to Celeste's mother,
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  Speaker 2: who mentioned her daughter had been missing since April twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty four. The mother expressed her concern regarding the tesla
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  Speaker 2: being registered under David's real name, David Anthony Burke, noting
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  Speaker 2: that Celeste had a boyfriend named David. Other mysterious facts,
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  Speaker 2: they have a matching tattoo. David recorded a song with
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  Speaker 2: lyrics referencing Celeste, and there's even a video showing David
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  Speaker 2: with a then thirteen year old Celeste beside him. Yo
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  Speaker 2: yo yo yo way pray for his career. Chat are
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  Speaker 2: we done? We are mass Can we delete all vibes?
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  Speaker 3: And then as soon as the sheep man has to
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  Speaker 3: leave the stream too, can we do anything You're done for?
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  Speaker 4: Bro y'all are not done for?
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  Speaker 5: Yo yo yo yo way way wait wait look.
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  Speaker 2: Answer that one. That soon means if you don't ask
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  Speaker 2: one on one. A representative for David has stated that
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  Speaker 2: the artist is fully cooperating with the ongoing investigation. Authorities
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  Speaker 2: have not disclosed whether they have identified any suspects in
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  Speaker 2: the case. David has been on tour for the past
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  Speaker 2: few weeks despite the unfolding events. He performed in Minneapolis
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  Speaker 2: on the day the news broke even distributing La Boo
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  Speaker 2: Boo dolls to the audience. On September eighth, shortly before
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  Speaker 2: twelve thirty, LAPD officers responded to Hollywood tow on North
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  Speaker 2: Mansfield Avenue after a report about a strong smell coming
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  Speaker 2: from a car. It was inside the car that police
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  Speaker 2: found a plastic bag with the dismembered body of the
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  Speaker 2: young girl. The tesla with Texas plates had been towed
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  Speaker 2: after being discovered abandoned a few days earlier on Bluebird
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  Speaker 2: Avenue that's near Hollywood Hills. It had been at the
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  Speaker 2: tow yard for two days before they noticed the odor.
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  Speaker 5: I'm Drew Nelson, a Pennsylvania father, is accused of setting
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  Speaker 5: a gasoline fueled fire that killed his daughter and left
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  Speaker 5: his wife badly burned, and prosecutors are now preparing their
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  Speaker 5: case against him. Nineteen year old Lake and Shelby, a
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  Speaker 5: sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh, died in the fire
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  Speaker 5: in Castle Shannon on Sunday. Her mother, Carly, survived but
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  Speaker 5: remains hospitalized with burns. Her father, forty six year old
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  Speaker 5: Brian Shelby, admitted to police that he poured gasoline through
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  Speaker 5: the basement garage and first floor before the house exploded
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  Speaker 5: into flames. He is charged with criminal homicide, aggravated arson,
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  Speaker 5: and other crimes.
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  Speaker 3: Look at your child in that type of position and
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  Speaker 3: you can't help him, but feeling well.
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  Speaker 5: This is extreme Alleghany County District Attorney stephen's Apola telling
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  Speaker 5: WPXI his first concern was intent.
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  Speaker 3: The first question I had was did he intend to
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  Speaker 3: kill his daughter? His animus appeared to be directed towards
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  Speaker 3: his wife, but.
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  Speaker 5: Sapaula says the use of gasoline left no control over
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  Speaker 5: the destruction. He adds that his office is also examining
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  Speaker 5: the suspect's condition before the blaze.
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  Speaker 3: I want to know if he was intoxic, kidd. I
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  Speaker 3: want to know if he was under the influence of drugs.
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  Speaker 3: I want to know if he has a mental health.
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  Speaker 5: Problem, Zapola telling the TV station that determining how Laken
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  Speaker 5: died is critical. They want to know if she died
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  Speaker 5: from smoke inhalation or fire.
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  Speaker 3: They want to know if they're people that they love
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  Speaker 3: suffered and I don't have that answer right now from
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  Speaker 3: the Emmy, but we intend to get that to the family.
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  Speaker 5: Neighbors describe hearing a blast and rushing to help. Some
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  Speaker 5: tried breaking windows, but the fire spread too quickly. Court
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  Speaker 5: records show Carly told police that her husband threatened to
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  Speaker 5: quote burn the house down after she refused to let
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  Speaker 5: him stay because they were separated. She said she heard
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  Speaker 5: liquid being poured in the garage and saw him with
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  Speaker 5: gasoline before the home erupted. At a vigil outside Saint
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  Speaker 5: Anne's church, friends and classmates remembered lake In as bright,
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  Speaker 5: strong willed, and caring. A GoFundMe set up in her
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  Speaker 5: honor has raised more than fifty two thousand dollars toward
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  Speaker 5: a sixty thousand dollars goal. Organizers right that Laken will
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  Speaker 5: be forever nineteen and the proceeds will help Carly and
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  Speaker 5: the family through the tragedy. Brian Shelby remains shailed without bond.
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  Speaker 5: He is due back in court on the twenty sixth.
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  Speaker 4: I'm Jennifer Gould. A tragic act of callous indifference has
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  Speaker 4: left a Texas family in mourning after a thirty four
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  Speaker 4: year old man collapse inside a Houston steakhouse and was
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  Speaker 4: moved outside by staff who assumed he was homeless, where
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  Speaker 4: he was left to die in the parking lot. The
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  Speaker 4: heartbroken family of Jesse Mobley Junior is demanding accountability from
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  Speaker 4: the restaurant that they say chose to dump him instead
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  Speaker 4: of calling nine to one one for help. Just a
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  Speaker 4: week shy of his thirty fifth birthday, Mobli was dining
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  Speaker 4: alone at kffo Afro Steakhouse on Westheimer Road when he
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  Speaker 4: suddenly passed out at his table. Surveillance footage reviewed by
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  Speaker 4: the Houston Police Department shows employees believing he was a
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  Speaker 4: homeless individual who had fallen asleep. Carrying Mobli and his
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  Speaker 4: backpack to the adjacent Strip Center parking lot, they propped
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  Speaker 4: him up against a wall near a beauty school and
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  Speaker 4: just left him there overnight without alerting authorities or medical services.
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  Speaker 4: The following morning, beauty student Andreas c Arezola discovered Mobley's
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  Speaker 4: body and called nine to one one. She also spoke
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  Speaker 4: to KHOU eleven News, no matter what, he's a human
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  Speaker 4: being and he just dil liked that that he was
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  Speaker 4: a dog. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. Authorities
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  Speaker 4: noted grim details, including insects swarming over his ears and
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  Speaker 4: one side of his body having turned purple, signs that
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  Speaker 4: he had been dead for several hours, Houston Police identified
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  Speaker 4: mobi and delivered the devastating news to his family. His
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  Speaker 4: father and stepmother traveled from San Antonio to the morgue
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  Speaker 4: to view his body, which they described.
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  Speaker 2: As quote unquote horrible.
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  Speaker 4: Mobly, affectionately known as Little Jesse, had reportedly been managing
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  Speaker 4: several health conditions and his backpack contained his medications. Family
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  Speaker 4: say the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences is still
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  Speaker 4: conducting an autopsy, and Mobley's exact cause of death remains
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  Speaker 4: undetermined as of now. The Houston Police Department has not
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  Speaker 4: found evidence of criminal activity at this stage, but the
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  Speaker 4: family remains steadfast in their belief that a simple nine
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  Speaker 4: to one one call could have saved his life. The
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  Speaker 4: tragedy is compounded by the fact that this is the
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  Speaker 4: third child the family has buried in the past thirteen years.
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  Speaker 4: Owners of KFFO Afro Steakhouse have declined to comment on
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  Speaker 4: the incident. For the latest crime and justice news, follow
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  Speaker 4: and YouTube with this Crime Alert. I'm Jennifer Gould.