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Arizona Man Charged with Murder After Online Date Found in Shallow Desert Grave | Crime Alert 07.16.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Sidney Silvanni.
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  Speaker 1: A horrifying discovery in the Arizona Desert exposes the deadly
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  Speaker 1: dangers of online dating. Twenty four year old Dominic Roudaligo
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  Speaker 1: stands accused of first degree murder in the concealment of
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  Speaker 1: a dead body following the disappearance of twenty one year
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  Speaker 1: old Arianna Bailey Jones. The young mother vanished in early July,
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  Speaker 1: sparking an intense investigation by the Glendale Police Department. On Monday,
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  Speaker 1: authorities laid out the grim timeline, revealing how an ordinary
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  Speaker 1: social media interaction quickly escalated into a nightmare. Glendale Police
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  Speaker 1: spokesperson Jose Santiago detailed their fateful initial connection.
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  Speaker 2: We believe that the two of them have been in
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  Speaker 2: communication with one another through some social media channels, and
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  Speaker 2: then they met for a date of some type. The
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  Speaker 2: two were seen at a movie together and then ended
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  Speaker 2: up in this remote area where we believe this crime
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  Speaker 2: took place.
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  Speaker 1: The search took a devastating turn on July eleventh, when
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  Speaker 1: investigators uncovered human remains hidden in a shallow grave in
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  Speaker 1: a remote desert landscape near Lake Pleasant. While official autopsy
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  Speaker 1: confirmation is pending. Police discovered overwhelming physical evidence at the
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  Speaker 1: scene linking the remains to the missing mother. Jose Santiago
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  Speaker 1: explained the current status of the identification process.
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  Speaker 2: We are still waiting on some testing results from the
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  Speaker 2: medical examiners, but there was enough evidence physical evidence of
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  Speaker 2: not only clothing but other things matching miss Jones to
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  Speaker 2: be able to identify her.
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  Speaker 1: According to the probable cause affidavit, the crime scene held
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  Speaker 1: dark secrets. Detectives recovered two movie souvenir cups, spent casings,
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  Speaker 1: bags of concrete mix, a bra, and latex gloves. Furthermore,
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  Speaker 1: both concrete and lie were mixed directly into the dirt
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  Speaker 1: surrounding the victim's body. The investigation originally began on July seventh,
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  Speaker 1: when Jones's panicked family contacted law enforcement. When officers arrived
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  Speaker 1: at her apartment and the scene immediately raised red flags,
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  Speaker 1: presenting a disheveled living space left in absolute chaos. Jose
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  Speaker 1: Santiago described the alarming state of the home.
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  Speaker 2: They found her cell phone had been left behind. They
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  Speaker 2: also found that a dog that was created was still
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  Speaker 2: there and had been in its own ways for several days,
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  Speaker 2: and no food, so that was enough of an indication
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  Speaker 2: that there at least had been some kind of suspicious nature.
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  Speaker 1: The timeline shows Jones's social media profiles went completely dark
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  Speaker 1: after July fifth, with her phone transmitting its final location
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  Speaker 1: ping on July sixth. Detectives established that Rodoliko picked Jones
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  Speaker 1: up at her residence on July fifth for a movie date.
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  Speaker 1: Theater surveillance footage captured the pair walking through the parking lot,
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  Speaker 1: and subsequent mobile phone data placed both individuals at the
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  Speaker 1: remote desert location where Jones was later found. Investigators note
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  Speaker 1: this tragic encounter was likely their very first in person meeting.
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  Speaker 1: Rodoalko was apprehended on July eleventh while actively cleaning his vehicle.
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  Speaker 1: His mother later informed police that on the morning of
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  Speaker 1: July sixth, she witnessed her son in the bathroom treating
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  Speaker 1: three severe lacerations on his right hand. Rodolico fabricated a
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  Speaker 1: story claiming two unknown men and bush them at the theater,
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  Speaker 1: stabbed Jones and forced him to flee. However, law enforcement
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  Speaker 1: completely rejects this alibi. Jose Santiago addressed the suspect's claims he.
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  Speaker 2: Is, saying that the two of them were in this
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  Speaker 2: remote area and that two individuals showed up and attacked them,
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  Speaker 2: and at some point he made his escape and miss
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  Speaker 2: Jones stayed behind, and he believes that that's how this
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  Speaker 2: all took place. We have sufficient enough evidence to believe
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  Speaker 2: that mister Rodolico is the person responsible and he is
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  Speaker 2: facing homicide charges.
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  Speaker 1: Rodolico is currently being held behind bars in custody on
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  Speaker 1: a staggering two million dollar cash bond as prosecutors prepare
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  Speaker 1: their case. More crime and justice news after this. In Alabama,
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  Speaker 1: a military veteran and his wife were brutally slaughtered inside
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  Speaker 1: their home. According to the Pickens County Sheriff's Office, forty
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  Speaker 1: six year old George Birmingham faces severe charges of capital murder, burglary,
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  Speaker 1: and drug offenses. The bodies of Justin and Lena Elrod
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  Speaker 1: were discovered early Sunday morning following urgent reports of a burglary.
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  Speaker 1: Court records revealed Birmingham allegedly killed Lena with an electric
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  Speaker 1: saw and struck Justin in the head with a metallic object.
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  Speaker 1: Prior to the break in, authority state Birmingham was an acquaintance,
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  Speaker 1: though no motive is established. Aliceville Mayor Terence Wyndham honored
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  Speaker 1: Justin's military and prison service, while coworker Jason Burns expressed
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  Speaker 1: total disbelief. The Sheriff's office requested public prayers for the
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  Speaker 1: victim's families. Finally, in Houston, a nineteen year old man
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  Speaker 1: faces life behind bars after a woman heroically fought off
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  Speaker 1: a brutal sexual assault and attempted drowning. The office of
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  Speaker 1: Harris County Precinct Ie Constable Alan Rosen confirmed that Jacoby
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  Speaker 1: Isaiah Fuslier ambushed the victim on July thirteenth as she
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  Speaker 1: exercised along the White Oak Bayou. Exhibiting immense bravery, the
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  Speaker 1: woman fiercely gouged the suspect's eyes and tore out clumps
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  Speaker 1: of his hair, enabling her escape to notify nearby deputies.
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  Speaker 1: Law enforcement deployed a drone spotting claw marks in the
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  Speaker 1: bayou mud that pinpointed the crime scene. Deputies tracked bicycle
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  Speaker 1: prints to a residential area, where home surveillance and a
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  Speaker 1: vital witness description led to Fuslier's arrest after a brief struggle,
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  Speaker 1: found with the victim's stolen property in matching physical defensive injuries.
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  Speaker 1: Fuslier was initially charged with evading arrest. On Tuesday, however,
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  Speaker 1: the Harris County District Clerk confirmed that two counts of
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  Speaker 1: first degree felony aggravated sexual assault were filed overnight. Constable
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  Speaker 1: Rosen highly praised the survivor's truly incredible strength and will
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  Speaker 1: to survive. For more crime and Justice news feature to
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  Speaker 1: I'm Sydney Silvanni.