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Prominent California Farmer Pleads Not Guilty To Fatally Shooting Estranged Wife | Crime Alert 6AM 01.07.2026 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime art.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Nancy Grace, A prominent California farmer, plates not guilty
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  Speaker 2: to murdering his wife, Carrie Ann Labadi. The acute husband,
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  Speaker 2: Michael Abodi, comes.
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  Speaker 1: From a long line of farmers in.
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  Speaker 2: The crop rich Imperial Valley. Nearly uncovered evidence takes a
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  Speaker 2: case over state lines and directly to the farm mogul.
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  Speaker 2: The couple in the midst of a bitter divorce course
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  Speaker 2: money the main issue, straight out to Drew Nelson for more.
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  Speaker 3: Nancy Investigators say Michael Abadi, sixty three, traveled from El Centro,
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  Speaker 3: California to Pinetop, Arizona on November twentieth, shot his wife,
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  Speaker 3: and then drove back to California the same day. He
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  Speaker 3: was arrested days later and remains in custody awaiting extradition.
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  Speaker 3: Carrie Annabody, fifty nine, was found unconscious on the floor
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  Speaker 3: of her family's one point six million dollar hilltop home
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  Speaker 3: by her nephew, who called nine to one one after
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  Speaker 3: hearing a loud noise. She later died at the hospital
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  Speaker 3: from the gold shot wounded the head. Investigators say evidence
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  Speaker 3: that the scene showed the fatal shot likely came from
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  Speaker 3: outside the house. A damaged window and trajectory analysis led
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  Speaker 3: detectives to believe the bullet was fired from the yard.
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  Speaker 3: The case quickly expanding back across the California state line.
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  Speaker 3: Detectives executed multiple search warrants at properties tied to a
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  Speaker 3: Body in California and Arizona and interviewed family members, friends,
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  Speaker 3: and business associates. Authorities say the couple's divorce proceedings surfaced
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  Speaker 3: repeatedly during those interviews. Court records showed that a Bodies
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  Speaker 3: had been locked in a two year legal battle over
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  Speaker 3: spousal support and finances following their separation. In twenty twenty three.
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  Speaker 3: Carry a Body had asked the court to increase her
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  Speaker 3: monthly support from five thousand to thirty thousand dollars and
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  Speaker 3: sought one hundred thousand dollars in attorney's fees, writing and
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  Speaker 3: filings that she struggled to afford utilities and maintain the
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  Speaker 3: Arizona property. Michael a Body countered that his farming operation
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  Speaker 3: had suffered losses and argued that he could not pay more.
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  Speaker 3: A judge leader rai the support to sixty four hundred
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  Speaker 3: dollars a month. Investigators have not publicly identified a motive,
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  Speaker 3: but the unresolved divorce remains a central backdrop. Authorities believe
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  Speaker 3: Michael Abody acted alone. He was taken into custody in
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  Speaker 3: Imperial County without incident, and is expected to be transferred
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  Speaker 3: to Navajo County to face a first degree murder charge.
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  Speaker 3: His attorneys say he maintains his innocence and plans to
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  Speaker 3: plead not guilty, urging the public to respect his constitutional
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  Speaker 3: rights as the case moves toward trial.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks Drew more crime and justice news after this.
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  Speaker 3: A North Carolina teacher is dead after calling nine to
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  Speaker 3: one one to report an intruder in her home, then
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  Speaker 3: being attacked while still on the line. Zoey Welsh, aged
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  Speaker 3: fifty seven, was a longtime biology teacher at Ravenscroft School.
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  Speaker 3: Police say she called nine one one early Saturday morning
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  Speaker 3: from her home on Clay Street and Raleigh to report
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  Speaker 3: someone had broken in. When she was speaking with dispatchers,
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  Speaker 3: the intruder assaulted and beat her. Officers arrived minutes later.
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  Speaker 3: Welsh was rushed to a hospital, where she later died.
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  Speaker 3: Flowers and notes now lined the front of her home.
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  Speaker 3: Friends describe her as a bright light in the classroom
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  Speaker 3: and a devoted mother. Olivia Alvarez, who had known Welsh
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  Speaker 3: for years and worked in her home as a house cleaner,
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  Speaker 3: remembers her smile and her kindness. Here she is speaking
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  Speaker 3: with WTVD.
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  Speaker 4: She was always happy. She was dis with this lady
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  Speaker 4: in New world.
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  Speaker 3: She want don't know why, Alvarez says. Learning the break
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  Speaker 3: in happened in a house she worked in every week
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  Speaker 3: has shaken her sense of safety. I always feel safe
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  Speaker 3: on every house, but now Mosca students and staff at
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  Speaker 3: Ravenscrofts released a statement saying Welsh's loss is deeply felt
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  Speaker 3: by all who had the privilege of learning in her classroom.
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  Speaker 3: Police have arrested Ryan Camacho, aged thirty six, and charged
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  Speaker 3: him with murder and felony burglary. Court record show Camacho
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  Speaker 3: has a lengthy criminal history, including dozens of arrests and
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  Speaker 3: a twenty twenty one conviction for escaping prison in Salispry.
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  Speaker 3: Just weeks ago. A separate breaking and entering case was
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  Speaker 3: dismissed after he was found incapable to proceed and a
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  Speaker 3: request for voluntary commitment was denied. As the community mourns,
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  Speaker 3: Alvarez says she wants justice. I love you so so much.
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  Speaker 4: You are now with me and this man he's going
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  Speaker 4: to pay.
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  Speaker 3: To pick grief counselors are available to students at Ravenscroft
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  Speaker 3: as they returned to campus. What began as a routine
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  Speaker 3: traffic stop and Flagler County, Florida, quickly turned into the
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  Speaker 3: rescue of an eleven year old boy and a case
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  Speaker 3: prosecutors say could carry multiple life sentences. Darnelle Harston appeared
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  Speaker 3: before a judge Sunday and was ordered held without bond.
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  Speaker 3: The sixty year old is accused of kidnapping an eleven
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  Speaker 3: year old boy who had been missing for three days.
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  Speaker 3: In court, the judge cited the seriousness of the charges.
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  Speaker 4: Probable cause was previously determined by the court. As argued
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  Speaker 4: by this state, the kidnapping church and the robbery charge
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  Speaker 4: are both crimes that are punishable by life in prison,
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  Speaker 4: so there is not the same entitlement to bond, and
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  Speaker 4: you'll be held without bond on those two counts.
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  Speaker 3: Sir Deputy say. The case began December thirty first in
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  Speaker 3: Bunnle when they stopped a white Ford pickup after a
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  Speaker 3: call about suspicious activity inside, where Harston and two juveniles.
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  Speaker 3: Investigators say the eleven year old immediately told deputies he
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  Speaker 3: had been kidnapped and feared for his life. According to
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  Speaker 3: the Flagler County Sheriff's Office, the child told investigators he
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  Speaker 3: was lured to a campsite in the woods, choked unconscious,
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  Speaker 3: then threatened with a knife and a gun. He said
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  Speaker 3: he was tied up, gagged with duct tape, and forced
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  Speaker 3: to hide on the floorboard of the truck while being transported.
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  Speaker 3: Also in the vehicle was a fifteen year old boy,
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  Speaker 3: who deputy say fled the scene, rammed a patrol car,
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  Speaker 3: and crashed after a chase. He now faces multiple charges
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  Speaker 3: and is being held in the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.
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  Speaker 3: Investigators say the juveniles were connected through a Snapchat group chat,
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  Speaker 3: where the younger boy had warned others that Hairston was
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  Speaker 3: the sexual predator. Sheriff Rick's Daily credits a tip from
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  Speaker 3: the public with stopping the ordeal, speaking with w E sh.
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  Speaker 5: See something, Say something. A caller that knews background as
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  Speaker 5: a sex offender with two children in his pickup draw
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  Speaker 5: and called us and if it wasn't for that, we
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  Speaker 5: might be investigating a completely different prime.
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  Speaker 3: Harston faces multiple fellow ee charges, including kidnapping, aggravated child abuse,
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  Speaker 3: battery by strangulation, and robbery with a deadly weapon. The
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  Speaker 3: investigation remains active.
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  Speaker 1: With this crime alert, I'm Eansie Grace.