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AMBER ALERT: 5-Year-Old Snatched by Father Accused of Killing her Mother | Crime Alert 06.02.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alard hourly update breaking crime news Now, I'm Sidney Silvanni.
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  Speaker 1: We begin in southern California, where a desperate international manhunt
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  Speaker 1: is actively under way. A Los Angeles man stands accused
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  Speaker 1: of a horrific double crime, allegedly murdering his partner and
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  Speaker 1: fleeing across the border with their five year old daughter,
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  Speaker 1: triggering an urgent multi agency Amber alert. The suspect, forty
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  Speaker 1: year old Reuben for Goso Warez, who was previously named
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  Speaker 1: as Reuben for Goso by the LAPD, has been officially
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  Speaker 1: charged with one count of murder in one misdemeanor count
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  Speaker 1: of child abuse under circumstances or conditions other than great
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  Speaker 1: bodily injury or death. According to prosecutors, Forgoso allegedly murdered
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  Speaker 1: his thirty six year old girlfriend, Honor about Monday May
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  Speaker 1: twenty fifth, before immediately fleeing to Mexico with their child.
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  Speaker 1: If convicted as charged, he faces a maximum sentence of
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  Speaker 1: twenty five years to life in state prison. Tragically caught
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  Speaker 1: in the center of this nightmare is their five year
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  Speaker 1: old daughter, de Leza. The California Highway Patrol issued an
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  Speaker 1: Amber alert for Deliza, who was last seen with her
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  Speaker 1: father at around four am local time on Sunday, May
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  Speaker 1: twenty fourth. In the Los Angeles area, investigators tracking their
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  Speaker 1: movements uncovered chilling surveillance footage from a parking garage in
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  Speaker 1: Sanya Sidro, located just near the United States and Mexico border.
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  Speaker 1: Captured on Sunday, the footage appears to show for Goso
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  Speaker 1: pulling a suitcase as the pair exited the garage. The
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  Speaker 1: footage shows the suspect wearing ripped jeans, a black vest,
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  Speaker 1: and a black hat, while Deliza was seen in a
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  Speaker 1: light blue shirt and sweatpants. The California Highway Patrol later
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  Speaker 1: confirmed that for Goso's vehicle, a white twenty nineteen land
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  Speaker 1: Rover Discovery with California license plate nine DAW seven one five,
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  Speaker 1: was located inside the parking lot of the Sanya Sidro
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  Speaker 1: Point of Entry. However, the father and daughter were nowhere
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  Speaker 1: to be found. In a release shared on Tuesday, May
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  Speaker 1: twenty sixth, the LAPD stated that investigators learned for Goso
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  Speaker 1: had made explicit statements indicating his intention to flee the country.
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  Speaker 1: This discovery followed a welfare check at a home at
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  Speaker 1: around twelve forty pm on Monday, May twenty fifth, where
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  Speaker 1: officers found Reuben's wife deceased. The LAPD noted that a
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  Speaker 1: preliminary investigation indicates the victim died as a result of violence,
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  Speaker 1: confirming that Fragoso was the victim's husband. Los Angeles County
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  Speaker 1: District Attorney Nathan Honchman expressed the deep community trauma surrounding
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  Speaker 1: the case. Quote, the killing of a mother and the
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  Speaker 1: abduction of a young child is the kind of violence
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  Speaker 1: that shocks the entire community. I cannot imagine the grief
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  Speaker 1: and fear that the innocent child faced as she was
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  Speaker 1: allegedly snatched after her mother was killed. The defendant will
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  Speaker 1: face his day in court, and her Family Violence Division
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  Speaker 1: will pursue every available resource and work with federal and
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  Speaker 1: Mexican law enforcement authorities to seek justice. Detectives are actively
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  Speaker 1: seeking any information regarding their whereabouts. De Liza is described
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  Speaker 1: as three feet tall, weighing forty five pounds, with black
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  Speaker 1: hair and brown eyes. Reuben Fragoso stands at five feet
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  Speaker 1: nine inches tall, weighs two hundred pounds, and has black
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  Speaker 1: hair and brown eyes. Anyone who sees them is urged
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  Speaker 1: to call nine one one immediately or contacts the LAPD
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  Speaker 1: Robbery Homicide Division at three two, three seven eight six
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  Speaker 1: fifty one hundred. More crime and justice news after this.
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  Speaker 1: Over the weekend in Georgia, a horrifying act of random
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  Speaker 1: violence shattered the afternoon peace for commuters in Atlanta. A
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  Speaker 1: sixty six year old woman was stabbed to death in
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  Speaker 1: broad daylight while riding a Metropolitan Transit train. The attack
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  Speaker 1: occurred just after noon Saturday at the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid
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  Speaker 1: Transit Authority or MARTA Oakland City station. Police rushed to
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  Speaker 1: the platform following reports of a violent knife attack on
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  Speaker 1: board a moving train. Cops quickly converged on the scene
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  Speaker 1: and arrested twenty five year old John Elijah Matthews, who
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  Speaker 1: was taken into custody immediately. Marta Police Chief Michael Krayer
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  Speaker 1: confirmed that Matthews has been formally charged with murder. Emergency
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  Speaker 1: medical responder desperately performed trauma care on the wounded woman
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  Speaker 1: at the station, but her injuries were too severe and
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  Speaker 1: she tragically died from her wounds. She has since been
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  Speaker 1: identified as Margaret Swan. Chief Crayer stated that investigators recovered
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  Speaker 1: the weapon at the scene, a small pocket knife measuring
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  Speaker 1: less than three inches in size. According to Marta Police,
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  Speaker 1: several horrified passengers witnessed the horrific crime as it unfolded
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  Speaker 1: inside the train car. In an official statement, the department
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  Speaker 1: called the killing a senseless act of violence, adding that
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  Speaker 1: their thoughts are with Swan's loved ones and the traumatized witnesses.
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  Speaker 1: They emphasized their continued commitment to transit safety, acknowledging the
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  Speaker 1: deep concern and fear such an incident causes for regular
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  Speaker 1: commuters who ride and work on the system. However, for
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  Speaker 1: those who use the transit system daily, words are no
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  Speaker 1: longer enough. Passengers utilizing the Oakland stop in southwest Atlanta
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  Speaker 1: are loudly demanding immediate security upgrades, noting that this tragedy
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  Speaker 1: comes less than a week after another passenger reported being
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  Speaker 1: stabbed multiple times at the Georgia State stop, also in
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  Speaker 1: the middle of the day. Regular Marta commuter Mantonio Huff
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  Speaker 1: spoke with Fox five expressing the growing frustration of local writers.
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  Speaker 2: It's crazy. Just need more security for real, watching every well,
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  Speaker 2: they really need to block it off. Well, homeless people
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  Speaker 2: can't come in because it's like it's getting bad.
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  Speaker 1: I am as the investigation into this random attack continues.
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  Speaker 1: Marta transit authorities claim they remain committed to the security
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  Speaker 1: of their writers, but a community is left mourning and
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  Speaker 1: on edge for the latest crime and justice breaking news.
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  Speaker 1: Be sure to tune in tomorrow on your favorite podcast
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  Speaker 1: app with this crime alert. I'm Sidney Silvanni.