Latest / Crime Stories with Nancy Grace / Woman Snatches Tot @ Airport Because "God Told Me to Take Him"| Crime Alert 6AM 09.04.2025
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- 0:01Speaker 1: Crime alert. I mean see grace breaking crimes now our
- 0:04Speaker 1: Jennifer Gold standing by Jennifer Nancy.
- 0:07Speaker 2: A routine trip to Miami International Airport spiraled into a
- 0:11Speaker 2: mother's worst nightmare when a complete stranger allegedly snatched her
- 0:16Speaker 2: four year old son from a security checkpoint, claiming divine instruction.
- 0:22Speaker 2: In a scene of sheer terror, Alvina Omsiri Agba, a
- 0:26Speaker 2: twenty three year old traveler from England, stands accused of
- 0:30Speaker 2: kidnapping the child, sparking a frantic struggle as the boy's
- 0:35Speaker 2: mother fought to get him back. The shocking incident began
- 0:38Speaker 2: at approximately four point thirty in the morning at security
- 0:42Speaker 2: checkpoint five, where Nadine Joseph was trying to navigate her
- 0:46Speaker 2: crying son through the line. Agba approached, offering to calm
- 0:51Speaker 2: the child. In a moment of vulnerability, Joseph allowed her
- 0:55Speaker 2: to hold him, but the gesture of kindness quickly soured
- 0:59Speaker 2: when Agba walked away with the little boy. A panic
- 1:03Speaker 2: Joseph close on her heels. When confronted, Agba allegedly declared, quote, no,
- 1:10Speaker 2: this is my child, end quote, and then wrapped her
- 1:13Speaker 2: arms and legs around the boy in a desperate attempt
- 1:16Speaker 2: to secure him. A physical struggle ensued as Joseph tried
- 1:21Speaker 2: to pry her son free, with Agba reportedly pushing her
- 1:26Speaker 2: and grabbing the child's legs, leaving him with deep scratches
- 1:30Speaker 2: on his body. The chaotic confrontation drew the attention of
- 1:34Speaker 2: a Global ex Air employee, Naelit Montano, who bravely intervened.
- 1:40Speaker 2: She spoke to the media via a translator, and I
- 1:45Speaker 2: ran behind the counter and crouched down to protect the boy.
- 1:48Speaker 2: She tried to get under the counter, but when police
- 1:50Speaker 2: got there, she ran away. Agba pursued them, screaming for
- 1:53Speaker 2: quote unquote, her child as three men formed a human
- 1:57Speaker 2: barrier to prevent her from taking him again. The accused
- 2:01Speaker 2: woman then fled the scene, but was apprehended at another checkpoint.
- 2:06Speaker 2: During questioning by deputies, a bizarre explanation emerged. Agba claimed
- 2:12Speaker 2: she intended to take the child to a rainbow painted
- 2:16Speaker 2: wall to soothe him, adding quote God told her to
- 2:20Speaker 2: do it end quote. Authorities confirmed she was not under
- 2:24Speaker 2: the influence of drugs or alcohol. Agba faces charges of
- 2:28Speaker 2: interference with custody and two counts of battery. She's currently
- 2:31Speaker 2: being held at Turner Guildford Knight Correctional Center on a
- 2:35Speaker 2: thirty five hundred dollars bond. Despite his scratches, the boy
- 2:39Speaker 2: was well enough to board his flight with his mom.
- 2:42Speaker 2: For the latest crime and justice news, follow crime stories
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- 2:48Speaker 1: Nancy Thanks Jennifer more crime and justice news after this.
- 2:55Speaker 2: A Florida man stands accused of a ghoulish, unimaginable crime,
- 3:00Speaker 2: brutally murdering a mother of two before forcing her boyfriend
- 3:05Speaker 2: to help him dispose of the body, all while the
- 3:08Speaker 2: killer wore the victim's dress and a wig. According to
- 3:12Speaker 2: court documents, the depraved act was triggered by a seemingly
- 3:16Speaker 2: mundane argument over household bills. Police say forty two year
- 3:21Speaker 2: old Arnaldo Citron murdered Waihara Velesbunia, a forty one year
- 3:26Speaker 2: old mom, after she confronted him for not paying his
- 3:29Speaker 2: share of the expenses. The bloodbath began after midnight in
- 3:33Speaker 2: the river View, Florida home where Velesbunia, her two teenage sons,
- 3:38Speaker 2: and her cousin, who was Citron's girlfriend, Giselle Santiago Bunia,
- 3:42Speaker 2: all lived. After Velesbunia confronted him, Citron allegedly pushed the
- 3:47Speaker 2: victim to the floor of the kitchen, armed himself with
- 3:50Speaker 2: a kitchen knife from the counter, and began stabbing the
- 3:54Speaker 2: victim repeatedly while swearing at her. The horror escalated when
- 3:58Speaker 2: Valesbunia's boyfriend, Elga Davis the Second, walked in. During the attack, Centron,
- 4:03Speaker 2: with the help of his girlfriend, cornered Davis and allegedly
- 4:06Speaker 2: threatened him, telling him he would quote help them clean
- 4:09Speaker 2: it up or he was next end quote. The killer
- 4:13Speaker 2: also threatened to kill Davis and the victim's sixteen year
- 4:16Speaker 2: old son, who was in his bedroom, if they spoke
- 4:19Speaker 2: to anyone For the next four hours. Centron allegedly forced
- 4:23Speaker 2: Davis to help with the cleanup. They wrapped the victim's
- 4:25Speaker 2: body in porch screening and stuffed it into a cardboard box.
- 4:30Speaker 2: At one point, Velezbunia's sixteen year old emerged from his room,
- 4:34Speaker 2: but the killers just told him his mom had left.
- 4:36Speaker 2: The disturbing ordeal took an unhinged turn when Centron ordered
- 4:41Speaker 2: Davis to change into his dead girlfriend's clothing, while he
- 4:45Speaker 2: himself donned address in a curly poofy wig for the ride.
- 4:49Speaker 2: Instead of burying her as planned, they drove to a
- 4:53Speaker 2: dense mangrove swamp in the Whedon Island preserved near Saint Petersburg,
- 4:58Speaker 2: where they dumped Blesbunia's bomb. They also tossed the murder
- 5:01Speaker 2: weapon and other evidence into the swamp. Centron reportedly offered
- 5:06Speaker 2: to share some of the victim's money with Davis in
- 5:08Speaker 2: exchange for his silence, but he refused the money. After
- 5:12Speaker 2: the killers left the scene, Davis went straight to the cops,
- 5:15Speaker 2: bravely leading deputies to the scene and exposing the entire plot.
- 5:21Speaker 2: Centron has been charged with second degree murder with a weapon.
- 5:24Speaker 2: Santiago Bunia faces a charge of accessory after the fact,
- 5:29Speaker 2: with both also charged with unlawfully holding or moving a
- 5:33Speaker 2: dead human body, tampering with evidence, and tampering with a witness.
- 5:38Speaker 2: Centron is being held without bond. Santiago Bunia Her bond
- 5:42Speaker 2: is set at two hundred thousand dollars. As the investigation continues,
- 5:48Speaker 2: and finally, a terrified woman's silent plea for help at
- 5:52Speaker 2: a seven to eleven in Alhambra, California, led through a
- 5:56Speaker 2: dramatic and heroic rescue. Her subtle life saving hand gesture
- 6:01Speaker 2: was spotted by a quick thinking employee who immediately called
- 6:05Speaker 2: nine one one seven eleven. Coworker Schamser Singh spoke to
- 6:09Speaker 2: NBC four News, he.
- 6:11Speaker 1: Did a great deal because she needed a help and
- 6:13Speaker 1: that was a good time he did. He made a
- 6:17Speaker 1: good cold.
- 6:18Speaker 2: The actions of the unidentified employee led to the arrest
- 6:21Speaker 2: of a violent domestic abuse suspect, John Glenn Palumbi, thirty eight,
- 6:27Speaker 2: of Glendora. Bodycam footage from the Alhambra Police Department captured
- 6:31Speaker 2: the unfolding drama as officers calmly approached the victim and
- 6:35Speaker 2: Plumby inside the store. Listen, are you okay? Yeah? Are
- 6:40Speaker 2: you okay? Do you what if I talk to you?
- 6:42Speaker 1: Requer yeah.
- 6:46Speaker 2: After separating them, they determined a domestic violence incident had
- 6:51Speaker 2: indeed occurred. When an officer tried to pat down Plumby
- 6:55Speaker 2: bolted sprinting out of the store. Officers gave chase, tackling
- 6:59Speaker 2: him in the parking lot. Further investigation revealed the career
- 7:03Speaker 2: criminal had an active warrant and was carrying a stun gun.
- 7:07Speaker 2: Colombia is facing charges related to his arrest, and court
- 7:10Speaker 2: records indicate a long history of prior convictions for parole violations,
- 7:15Speaker 2: firearms offences, robbery, drug charges, and leading police on a pursuit.
- 7:22Speaker 2: The victim, whose identity remains undisclosed for her safety, is
- 7:26Speaker 2: now free from her captor thanks to a small hand
- 7:30Speaker 2: gesture that spoke volumes. Colombia is doing court on September eleventh.
- 7:35Speaker 2: See Not all heroes wear capes, some are clerks. Nancy.
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- 7:46Speaker 1: Crime Stories, where we do our best define missing people,
- 7:50Speaker 1: especially children, and help solve unsolved homicides. With this crime alert,
- 7:56Speaker 1: I'm Nancy Grace Foo.