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Crime Alert 11.27.24 | Son Forces Family to Watch While He Executes Father · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime alert. I mean see grace breaking crime news. Now,
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  Speaker 1: Kirk Haslet the second shares a Minnesota capbain with his
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  Speaker 1: brother as they finished dinner, Haslett's brother notices a man
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  Speaker 1: with a gun approaching the home, but by the time
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  Speaker 1: he retrieves his own gun, the man, now recognized as
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  Speaker 1: Haslet's son, Kirk Haslet the third, has already fired three
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  Speaker 1: shots at his father. The younger Haslet forces his uncle
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  Speaker 1: to sit on the couch and watch as he fires
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  Speaker 1: six more shots at his dad, killing him.
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  Speaker 2: Nancy police had been to the cabin a month earlier
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  Speaker 2: when Haslet the second called police on his drunken son
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  Speaker 2: for allegedly threatening him. It was then that Hazlet the
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  Speaker 2: third was trespassed from the property and the security camera installed.
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  Speaker 2: After the shooting, the younger Haslet returned home and called
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  Speaker 2: police not to turn himself in, but to address an
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  Speaker 2: issue with his girlfriend. The girlfriend says Haslett has Quote
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  Speaker 2: not seen eye to eye with his father for quite
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  Speaker 2: some time.
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  Speaker 1: Kirk Haslet the third thirty one and now charged with
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  Speaker 1: murder and kidnap. Michigan police attempt to arrest James Kerr,
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  Speaker 1: forty one, at his home on outstanding warrants. Kerr, however,
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  Speaker 1: refuses to get off his riding lawnmower to get arrested.
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  Speaker 1: He actually chases an officer with the mower, but then
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  Speaker 1: rides away. When the cop reaches for a taser. Kerr
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  Speaker 1: eventually crashes the lawnmower in a ditch and pulls a
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  Speaker 1: handgun from a hidden holster on the lawnmower. The officer
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  Speaker 1: immediately tases Kerr, who shoots himself in the hand. He's
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  Speaker 1: arrested after a quick detour to the hospital, additionally charged
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  Speaker 1: with resisting an officer. How about that fleeing felon on
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  Speaker 1: a lawnmower. That's a new one. 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 Lenley.
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  Speaker 3: The death penalty will remain a possible sentence for Brian Koberger,
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  Speaker 3: the manic used of killing four University of Idaho students
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  Speaker 3: two years ago. In handing down his decision, Judge Stephen
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  Speaker 3: Hippler rejected a defense motion to remove the death penalty
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  Speaker 3: as an option, despite arguments that it violates modern standards
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  Speaker 3: of decency and international treaties against prisoner mistreatment. Prosecutors pointed
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  Speaker 3: out that Idaho courts have upheld the death penalty in
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  Speaker 3: similar cases. Coburger, a former graduate student at Washington State University,
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  Speaker 3: is charged in the November twenty twenty two stabbings of
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  Speaker 3: Ethan Chapin, Zaner Kernodle, Madison Mogan, and Kaylee Gonsalvez. Investigators
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  Speaker 3: say DNA on a knife sheath, cell phone records, and
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  Speaker 3: surveillance video tie him to the crime. Coburger has pleaded
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  Speaker 3: not guilty. His trial is set for August and could
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  Speaker 3: last up to three months. Prosecutors plan to pursue the
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  Speaker 3: death penalty if he is convicted. The Illinois Supreme Court
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  Speaker 3: has overturned and actor Jesse Smillette's conviction for staging a
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  Speaker 3: racist and homophobic attack on himself in twenty nineteen. For more,
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  Speaker 3: we turned to Sidney Sumner of Crime Online.
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  Speaker 2: The court ruled Smalllette should not have been charged a
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  Speaker 2: second time after reaching a prior deal with Cook County prosecutors. Smollette,
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  Speaker 2: who was black and gay, claimed two men assaulted him
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  Speaker 2: near a Chicago home, killing slurs, placing a noose around
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  Speaker 2: his neck, and referencing Donald Trump's MAGA slogan. Chicago police
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  Speaker 2: initially launched a massive investigation before declaring the attack a hoax.
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  Speaker 2: Prosecutors later alleged Smollett stage the attack for publicity, paying
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  Speaker 2: two associates from his TV show Empire to carry it out.
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  Speaker 2: The state's highest court found that a special prosecutor improperly
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  Speaker 2: reopened the case after Smalette's original charges were dropped in
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  Speaker 2: exchange for forfeiting a ten thousand dollars bond and performing
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  Speaker 2: community service. The initial decision drew sharp criticism for not
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  Speaker 2: requiring an admission of guilt. Smalllett was convicted in twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty one of line to police and sentenced to one
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  Speaker 2: hundred and fifty days in jail, of which he served six.
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  Speaker 2: He has maintained his innocence throughout the legal battle. While
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  Speaker 2: his attorney celebrated the ruling, the special prosecutor, Dan Webb,
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  Speaker 2: said he disagreed with the decision, but emphasized it did
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  Speaker 2: not exonerate Smollett.
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  Speaker 3: Chicago officials are still seeking one hundred thirty thousand dollars
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  Speaker 3: in restitution through a civil lawsuit to recoup police overtime
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  Speaker 3: costs from the investigation.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks John Hannah Kobayashi, thirty one could not be more
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  Speaker 1: excited for her bucket list trip to New York City
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  Speaker 1: to visit an aunt. Hannah's mom, Branda Yee, caes her
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  Speaker 1: off at the Maui, Hawaii Airport. Hannah has to switch
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  Speaker 1: planes in LA to get to New York. However, after
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  Speaker 1: getting to Lax, she sent several odd texts to her
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  Speaker 1: friend saying she got tricked into pretty much giving away
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  Speaker 1: all my funds. She says she was tricked for someone
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  Speaker 1: I thought I loved and concerned she won't be able
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  Speaker 1: to get home. Hannah's sister, Sidney, says the messages don't
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  Speaker 1: sound like her sister and she's concerned it's not Hannah
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  Speaker 1: on the other end of the phone. Hannah's phone still
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  Speaker 1: indicate she's at LAX the LA airport. Hannah five ten,
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and forty pounds, shoulder ling, brown hair, hazel eyes.
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  Speaker 1: Last scene wearing rainbow sweatpants, black sweatshirt, black sneakers and glasses.
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  Speaker 1: If you have info on Hanna Kobyashi now missing two weeks,
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  Speaker 1: call LAPD eight seven seven five two seven three two
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  Speaker 1: four seven. For the latest crime injustice news, go to
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  Speaker 1: podcast Crime Stories. With this crime Alert I'm Nancy Grace