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Crime Alert 12.26.24 | Man Sets Home On Fire with Three Children Inside · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, imancy grace breaking crime US now. Texas firefighters
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  Speaker 1: respond to a home engulfed in flying standing outside two
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  Speaker 1: young children who say their sibling and dad still inside.
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  Speaker 1: EMT's rush to rescue them both, and due to severe
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  Speaker 1: smoke inhalation, they're airlifted to hospitals. As police and social
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  Speaker 1: workers speak to the two unharmed children, they say Daddy
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  Speaker 1: Pedro Poolgar set the fire.
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  Speaker 2: Nancy Poolgar spends more than a month in the hospital
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  Speaker 2: before he is released to police custody and booked into
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  Speaker 2: the Fort Ben County Jail. His burns are still visible
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  Speaker 2: in his munk shot. Pulgar's three year old son is
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  Speaker 2: now in stable condition of Venezuelan National Poolgar is now
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  Speaker 2: held on an ice detainer. The father has not revealed
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  Speaker 2: any kind of motive for the attack. His next court
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  Speaker 2: data set for January thirteenth.
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  Speaker 1: Pulgar, forty six, now charged with arson and three counts
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  Speaker 1: Justice news after this Now with the latest crime and
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  Speaker 1: justice breaking news.
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  Speaker 3: Crime Onlines John Lemley. A deadly shooting in Alabama is
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  Speaker 3: raising questions about bias motivated violence. Details now from Sydney
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  Speaker 3: Sumner up Crime Online.
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  Speaker 2: Eighteen year old Cameron Thompson, a black, transgender woman, was
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  Speaker 2: shot multiple times early on the morning of December sixteenth
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  Speaker 2: in Tuscaloosa. Her body was discovered hours later, just blocks
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  Speaker 2: from her home. This according to local authorities. Captain Jack
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  Speaker 2: Kennedy of the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit says the suspect
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  Speaker 2: a minor charge as an adult new Thompson investigators revealed
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  Speaker 2: Thompson had posted online about the suspects sexual orientation shortly
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  Speaker 2: before her death, but further details remain undisclosed. Thompson's mother,
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  Speaker 2: Nicky Matthews Cunningham, believes her daughter's transgender identity was a
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  Speaker 2: factor in the killing. Alabama law does not classify crimes
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  Speaker 2: based on sexual orientation or gender identity as hate crimes,
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  Speaker 2: one of only nine states without such protections. Thompson is
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  Speaker 2: the second black transgender teenager fatally shot in Alabama this year.
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  Speaker 2: In May, seventeen year old Tay Thomas was killed in Mobile,
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  Speaker 2: allegedly by someone described as a romantic partner. Nationwide, violence
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  Speaker 2: against transgender individuals remains a concern, with the Human Rights
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  Speaker 2: Campaign reporting at least thirty six transgender deaths due to
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  Speaker 2: violence over a recent twelve month period, most of them
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  Speaker 2: black transgender women.
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  Speaker 3: Thompson, who recently earned her high school diploma through an
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  Speaker 3: alternative program, had faced challenges at her public school, where
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  Speaker 3: peers and staff reportedly refused to respect her gender identity.
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  Speaker 3: A Montana man has been charged with murder following the
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  Speaker 3: brutal killing of a fellow camper at a secluded site
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  Speaker 3: in Gallatin County. Initially reported as a possible bear molling,
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  Speaker 3: authorities say the October tenth incident took a shocking turn
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  Speaker 3: after a forensic investigation ruled out any wildlife involvement. The
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  Speaker 3: Gallatin County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as thirty five
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  Speaker 3: year old dust In Jersom, who had set up camp
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  Speaker 3: northeast of Big Sky Montana. According to Sheriff Dan Springer,
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  Speaker 3: Jersom was approached by a forty one year old suspect
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  Speaker 3: who had allegedly arrived intending to spend the night. Despite
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  Speaker 3: being strangers, Jersom welcomed the man, even offering him a beer. However,
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  Speaker 3: this friendly gesture reportedly took a violent twist. Investigators alleged
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  Speaker 3: that the suspect, driven by motives that remain unclear, attacked Jersom.
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  Speaker 3: Sheriff Springer stated that the assault involved multiple weapons, a
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  Speaker 3: piece of wood, a screwdriver, and an axe. The gruesome
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  Speaker 3: scene was discovered two days later by Jersom's girlfriend and
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  Speaker 3: another friend, who initially believed he had fallen victim to
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  Speaker 3: a bear attack. However, wildlife specialists found no signs of
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  Speaker 3: bears in the vicinity, prompting a deeper investigation. A significant
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  Speaker 3: break in the case came from DNA analysis, which matched
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  Speaker 3: a sample from a beer can found at the campsite
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  Speaker 3: to the suspect. Following this discovery, authorities apprehended the man
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  Speaker 3: in Butte, Montana this week. He's currently being held on
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  Speaker 3: a one point five million dollar bond.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks John Donna Cupito, Lizabeth, husband and daughter in Iuka, Mississippi.
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  Speaker 1: Donna occasionally worked as a teacher's assistant, but outside of
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  Speaker 1: caring for family, she spends most of her time volunteering
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  Speaker 1: with the Salvation Army. She drops her daughter off at
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  Speaker 1: the Toshamingo County High School, promising to pick her up
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  Speaker 1: that afternoon, but she never shows. Family reports are missing.
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  Speaker 1: Two days later, her silver Sedan found abandoned behind a
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  Speaker 1: church five miles from the high school. It appears whoever
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  Speaker 1: parked the car just got out and walked away, but
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  Speaker 1: Donna's husband knows a pack of cigarettes inside does not
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  Speaker 1: belong to Donna. Two months later, parts of her wallet
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  Speaker 1: found in Bear Creek. Authorities fear foul play. Donna Cupido
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  Speaker 1: five nine, one hundred and thirty five pounds, blonde, pixie haircut,
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  Speaker 1: green eyes, butterfly tattoo, right shoulder scar, left knee last
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  Speaker 1: scene wearing a flannel shirt and slacks. If you have
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  Speaker 1: info on Donna Cupido, called Tishamingo County, Mississippi Sheriff's Office
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