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Crime Alert 02.20.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert I Nancy Grace breaking crimews Now. Texas cops
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  Speaker 1: surround a Dallas home after getting reports of serious child abuse.
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  Speaker 1: Five children say their mom, Lull Top, cuts them with knives.
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  Speaker 1: They all have scars to prove it. The oldest child
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  Speaker 1: recounts an incident where Top tried to put their three
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  Speaker 1: year old sibling in a hot oven.
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  Speaker 2: Nancy. The children are three, six, nine, and ten years old.
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  Speaker 2: They told investigators Top threatened and tortured them if they
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  Speaker 2: did not provide her with alcohol. The oldest child said
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  Speaker 2: he physically fought Top to keep her from putting the
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  Speaker 2: three year old in the oven, then hid the child
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  Speaker 2: from her. The children said they resorted to hiding kitchen
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  Speaker 2: knives from their mother to avoid being cut.
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  Speaker 1: Top highs in the attic, surrendering an hour later. Lull
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  Speaker 1: Top thirty six, busted on six counts felony atgassault with
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  Speaker 1: deadly weapon. When he can't get his boat into Lake
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  Speaker 1: Michigan and from the Platte River, Andrew Howard takes matters
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  Speaker 1: into his own hands.
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  Speaker 3: Apart r stumbles on Howard.
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  Speaker 1: Digging a new channel from Platte into the lake. The
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  Speaker 1: natural force of the water makes the task a little
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  Speaker 1: easier and soon, Howard has created a two hundred feet
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  Speaker 1: wide diversion of the river into the lake two hundred
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  Speaker 1: feet well. Fishermen may enjoy the new diversion. Howard's charged
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  Speaker 1: with tampery and vandalism, now facing six months behind bars
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  Speaker 1: and a five thousand dollar fine. More crime and justice
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  Speaker 1: news after this Now with the latest crime and justice
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  Speaker 1: breaking news Crime Onlines, John Lemley.
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  Speaker 3: Police have confirmed that a homicide investigation is being conducted
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  Speaker 3: into the depths of the two people shot in a
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  Speaker 3: dorm room at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. With
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  Speaker 3: the latest here Sidney Sumner with Crime Online.
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  Speaker 2: When police arrived receiving a report of gunfire around six
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  Speaker 2: in the morning, they discover the victims, who were not
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  Speaker 2: immediately identified, to be dead. Each victim was shot at
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  Speaker 2: least once in what seemed to be an isolated incident.
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  Speaker 2: Police spokesperson Ira Cronan said during a briefing the coroner's
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  Speaker 2: office will establish their exact cause of death. According to
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  Speaker 2: school spokesman Chris Valentine, a ninety minute lockdown that initially
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  Speaker 2: included the entire campus was eventually restricted simply to the
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  Speaker 2: student housing complex. The college, which is located sixty nine
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  Speaker 2: miles south of Denver, was shut down for the day.
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  Speaker 2: After the lockdown, the university said that although walk in
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  Speaker 2: counseling was available at the wellness center over the weekend,
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  Speaker 2: the campus was closed on Saturday and Sunday as well.
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  Speaker 2: The university also announced that although classes were postponed on Monday,
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  Speaker 2: walk in therapy would still be available. Additionally, there will
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  Speaker 2: be a planned walk across campus, food and support stations
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  Speaker 2: accessible throughout the day, and walk in counseling available.
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  Speaker 3: In addition to almost two thousand teachers and staff at
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  Speaker 3: the Colorado Springs campus of the university, the school has
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  Speaker 3: over eleven thousand students currently enrolled. Now to Tennessee as
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  Speaker 3: a man suspected of killing a deputy and injuring another
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  Speaker 3: during a traffic stop has appeared in court for the
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  Speaker 3: first time. Various news sources have stated that forty two
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  Speaker 3: year old Kenneth Wayne de Hart Junior was charged with
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  Speaker 3: first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, and being a
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  Speaker 3: felon in possession of a weapon. He was arraigned but
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  Speaker 3: has not yet entered a plea. Judge William K. Brewer
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  Speaker 3: of the blunt. Session's Court appointed the Public Defender's Office
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  Speaker 3: to represent to Heart after he stated he did not
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  Speaker 3: have an attorney now to Louisiana as a shortage of
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  Speaker 3: police officers has prompted the state's governor, Jeff Landry to
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  Speaker 3: proclaim a state of emergency once again, Crime Online Sidney Sumner.
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  Speaker 2: The executive order signed by Landry eliminates restrictions on the
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  Speaker 2: number of new hires and payroll increases that Louisiana sheriffs
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  Speaker 2: are permitted to make for their departments. A former law
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  Speaker 2: enforcement officer himself, Landry claimed that record low employment levels
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  Speaker 2: in the state's police agencies are resulting in increased crime
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  Speaker 2: and less public safety. According to Landry, eighteen hundred fewer
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  Speaker 2: deputies worked in sheriff's offices around the state as of July.
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  Speaker 2: Under Landry's order, hiring and payroll restrictions put in place
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  Speaker 2: by state law are lifted for a set amount of
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  Speaker 2: time after a gubernatorial election. Landry was elected in twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty three and began serving in January. In recent years,
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  Speaker 2: law enforcement agencies across the United States have faced a
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  Speaker 2: scarcity of police officers, which many attribute to a decline
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  Speaker 2: in morale brought on by the coronavirus outbreak and public
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  Speaker 2: outrage following the Minneapolis police death of George Floyd. Small
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  Speaker 2: towns have dissolved their police forces and given their law
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  Speaker 2: enforcement responsibilities to county sheriffs, state police, or nearby towns,
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  Speaker 2: including in Maine, Texas, and Ohio. The order issued by
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  Speaker 2: Landry is valid until March fifteenth.
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  Speaker 3: On Monday, lawmakers convened at the Louisiana Capitol in a
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  Speaker 3: special session to discuss crime in the state.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks John, Jason Washington moves his family to Columbia, Missouri,
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  Speaker 1: so their eight children can have a better education. Around
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  Speaker 1: the time of the move, Jason starts experiencing seizures that
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  Speaker 1: affect a short term memory, and then takes daily medication
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  Speaker 1: to manage the new symptoms. Around nine am, Jason has
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  Speaker 1: a seizure. He doesn't feel well. He takes his children
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  Speaker 1: to a relatives while he rests. At one point thirty,
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  Speaker 1: he has a second seizure, and when he regains consciousness,
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  Speaker 1: he doesn't recognize relatives or his own children. Confused and upset,
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  Speaker 1: he leaves the home on foot and never returns. Jason
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  Speaker 1: Washington now missing over a year. If you have info
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  Speaker 1: on Jason Washington called Columbia, Missouri PD five seven three
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  Speaker 1: eight seven four seven six five two. For the latest
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  Speaker 1: crime and justice news, go to crime online dot com
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  Speaker 1: with this crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace