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New Details on School Shooter Natalie Rupnow | Crime Alert Hourly Update Bonus · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton. A fifteen year old girl identified as
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  Speaker 2: Natalie Samantha roup Now has been named as the shooter
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  Speaker 2: who tragically claimed the lives of a teacher and a
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  Speaker 2: student during a school shooting at a private K through
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  Speaker 2: twelve institution in Madison, Wisconsin. Reports indicate that rube Now
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  Speaker 2: faced significant challenges in her home life. The shooting occurred
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  Speaker 2: at the Abundant Life Christian School around eleven am on Monday,
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  Speaker 2: but authorities have not yet disclosed a specific motive for
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  Speaker 2: the attack. Following the incident, six people were transported to
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  Speaker 2: local hospitals. Their injuries were varying from minor to critical.
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  Speaker 2: The identities of the victims have not yet been released.
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  Speaker 2: During a press briefing on Tuesday, Madison Police Chief Sean
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  Speaker 2: Barnes suggested that Rupnow's actions might stem from a combination
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  Speaker 2: of factors, and noted that investigators were interviewing students to
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  Speaker 2: ascertain if Rubeow had experienced bullying in the classroom.
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  Speaker 3: Identifying a motive, it's our top priority, but at this
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  Speaker 3: time it appears that the motive was a combination of factors. Again,
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  Speaker 3: we cannot share that information at this time because we
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  Speaker 3: do not want to jeopardize the investigation and those who
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  Speaker 3: are currently cooperating with us. All patient status remain unchanged.
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  Speaker 3: On the question of bullying, We're talking to students to
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  Speaker 3: understand whether bullying was one of those multiple factors that
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  Speaker 3: I mentioned earlier. Some have asked if people were specifically targeted.
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  Speaker 3: Everyone was targeted in this incident, and everyone was put
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  Speaker 3: in equal danger.
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  Speaker 2: Court documents reviewed by The Washington Post reveal that rupe
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  Speaker 2: Now's family life was tumultuous. Her parents Melissa and Jeff
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  Speaker 2: Rupnew went through multiple divorces and remarriages, and their daughter
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  Speaker 2: was receiving therapy. Social media post surface showing rupe Now
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  Speaker 2: at a shooting range, posing with a firearm while wearing
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  Speaker 2: a T shirt reminiscent of the appair worn by Eric Harris,
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  Speaker 2: one of the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre
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  Speaker 2: in nineteen ninety nine. In the lead up to the
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  Speaker 2: tragic event, her father reportedly encouraged her to develop her
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  Speaker 2: firearm skills, with a Facebook post showcasing her shooting clay
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  Speaker 2: targets at a gun club. The roupe Now family has
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  Speaker 2: had a complex custody agreement, with the parents initially divorcing
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  Speaker 2: in twenty fourteen and sharing custody. They remarried in twenty seventeen,
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  Speaker 2: only to divorce again in twenty twenty, and recent reports
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  Speaker 2: indicate they were in the process of yet another divorce
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  Speaker 2: as of twenty one. Chief Barnes cautioned against speculative narratives
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  Speaker 2: circulating online regarding the shooter's gender identity, urging the public
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  Speaker 2: to focus on the tragic nature of the event itself.
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  Speaker 2: Roupe Noow was a student at Abundant Life Christian school,
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  Speaker 2: which serves approximately four hundred students and aims to provide
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  Speaker 2: a nurturing academic environment rooted in Christian values or crime
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  Speaker 2: and Justice news after this and now to a bizarre
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  Speaker 2: mystery out of Alabama, an urgent missing child alert has
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  Speaker 2: been issued for one year old Caleb Collins. That's as
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  Speaker 2: of Tuesday. According to an Alabama law enforcement agency, Caleb
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  Speaker 2: was last seen on September four in Winfield, Alabama. The
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  Speaker 2: Fayette County Sheriff's Office initially reported that he had been
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  Speaker 2: declared missing on December nine, following a tragic car accident.
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  Speaker 2: This accident occurred near the Glen area on County Road
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  Speaker 2: seventy three, As stated by Fayette County Deputies. In that
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  Speaker 2: car accident, Caleb's two year old sister, Riley Collins, and
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  Speaker 2: his father, forty year old Stephen Collins, lost their lives.
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  Speaker 2: Caleb's mother, Wendy Bailey, was also in the vehicle and
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  Speaker 2: his currently in critical condition, according to the Sheriff's office.
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  Speaker 2: Authorities were informed the following day of the crash that
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  Speaker 2: the couple also had another child who was not accounted for.
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  Speaker 2: On December eleventh, Caleb's custodian grandfather, John Bailey, was arrested
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  Speaker 2: for failing to report the child missing. Investigators believe that
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  Speaker 2: Caleb had been missing for over three months, as outlined
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  Speaker 2: in the complaint. Although initially they thought Caleb was missing
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  Speaker 2: from the tragic accident, prompting an area wide search near
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  Speaker 2: the crash scene, his remains unaccounted for. The Fayette County
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  Speaker 2: Sheriff's Office and Alabama law enforcement agencies are actively pursuing
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  Speaker 2: this investigation. Anyone with information regarding Caleb's whereabouts is urge
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  Speaker 2: to contact deputies at two zero five nine three two
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