Latest / Crime Stories with Nancy Grace / Crime Alert 03.20.24

Transcript

Crime Alert 03.20.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, I'm messy Grace breaking crime news Now. The
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: Minneapolis Children's hospital caused police when Esperanza Harding claims her
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: son Matteo died there. Hospital officials say the eight month
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: old baby was never admitted. Harding eventually admits she killed
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: Mateo at the hotel where they were staying. Harding says
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: she was trying to enjoy soaking in a bathtub when
• 0:25
  Speaker 1: Matteo started crying. Instead of comforting the baby, she drowns
• 0:30
  Speaker 1: Mateo in the bathtub, stuffs him in a backpack, and
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: throws him in a dumpster.
• 0:35
  Speaker 2: Nancy Harding was dating Edwin Trudeau, eighteen, who reportedly did
• 0:39
  Speaker 2: not like the child and encourage Harding to give him
• 0:41
  Speaker 2: up for adoption. Harding texted with Trudeau throughout the incident,
• 0:45
  Speaker 2: first telling him she was about to do something bad,
• 0:47
  Speaker 2: then sending a photo of baby Matteo floating fast down
• 0:50
  Speaker 2: in the tub. Trudeau then came to the hotel room,
• 0:53
  Speaker 2: where he allegedly tried and failed to resuscitate the boy.
• 0:56
  Speaker 2: The couple then had sex in the other room before
• 0:59
  Speaker 2: Harding dump to Mateo's body. Trudeau will feace a charge
• 1:02
  Speaker 2: of murder and eating after the fact.
• 1:04
  Speaker 1: Needless to say. Esperanza Harding charged with murder. The Tampa
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: Bay Humane Society familiar with cats, but cat burglars. Two
• 1:14
  Speaker 1: potential adoptees wander into the kitten nursery, where kittens too
• 1:19
  Speaker 1: young to be adoptive get extra care. The brazen catnappers
• 1:23
  Speaker 1: are caught on surveillance stuffing two of the newest kittens,
• 1:27
  Speaker 1: Mitch and Marcus, in their backpacks and taking off two
• 1:31
  Speaker 1: dedicated Tampa BAPD officers track down the thieves and return
• 1:35
  Speaker 1: the kiddies back to the shelter safe and sound. The
• 1:39
  Speaker 1: cat nappers IDs yet to be released. Charges are pending.
• 1:43
  Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after this Now with the
• 1:48
  Speaker 1: latest crime and justice breaking news Crime Onlines John Lemley.
• 1:52
  Speaker 3: We began in Illinois as Chicago prosecutors charge a man
• 1:56
  Speaker 3: with the stabbing murder of his ex girlfriends eleven year
• 1:59
  Speaker 3: old's us on We hear more now from Sidney Sumner
• 2:02
  Speaker 3: with Crime Online.
• 2:04
  Speaker 2: Our friends with the Chicago Sun Times are reporting that
• 2:06
  Speaker 2: prosecutors say that the thirty seven year old man now
• 2:09
  Speaker 2: stands accused of murder, attempted murder, home invasion, and armed
• 2:12
  Speaker 2: robbery in relation to the attack. In court Prosecutors claimed
• 2:16
  Speaker 2: that the man broke into his ex girlfriend's residence, stabbing
• 2:19
  Speaker 2: the woman and her eleven year old son, Jaden Perkins,
• 2:22
  Speaker 2: before running away. An area hospital later declared the boy
• 2:25
  Speaker 2: dead based on information from the Chicago Tribune. The four
• 2:28
  Speaker 2: month pregnant woman is anticipated to recover and her unborn
• 2:32
  Speaker 2: child will survive. The suspect had been granted parole in
• 2:35
  Speaker 2: October and released from prison just the day before the attack.
• 2:38
  Speaker 2: He had received a sixteen year term for attacking a
• 2:41
  Speaker 2: different ex girlfriend in twenty fifteen. He is accused of
• 2:44
  Speaker 2: showing up at perkins apartment after sending a menacing text
• 2:47
  Speaker 2: to her mother. In January, the man was sent back
• 2:50
  Speaker 2: to prison by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, but according
• 2:52
  Speaker 2: to a board statement, they decided there wasn't enough evidence
• 2:55
  Speaker 2: to back up the accusations, so they released him.
• 2:58
  Speaker 3: Kim Fox, state's attorney for fi Cook Counties, says prosecutors
• 3:01
  Speaker 3: are still looking into whether perkins mother's protection order against
• 3:05
  Speaker 3: the man was in effect on the day of the attack.
• 3:08
  Speaker 3: After reportedly killing three family members, carjacking vehicles, and eluding
• 3:13
  Speaker 3: capture for hours while police mobilized in two separate states,
• 3:18
  Speaker 3: a man is charged with murder in Pennsylvania and carjacking
• 3:21
  Speaker 3: and firearms offenses in New Jersey. Once again Crime online
• 3:25
  Speaker 3: Sidney Sumner.
• 3:26
  Speaker 2: Court documents reveal that twenty six year old Andre Gordon
• 3:29
  Speaker 2: Junior is charged with three counts of first and second
• 3:32
  Speaker 2: degree murder, aggravated assault, robbery, and other offenses in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
• 3:37
  Speaker 2: New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Plackin has released an announcement
• 3:41
  Speaker 2: saying that Gordon is accused of first degree carjacking in
• 3:43
  Speaker 2: weapons charges in that state. It was on the morning
• 3:46
  Speaker 2: of March sixteenth that police say Gordon carjacked a vehicle
• 3:49
  Speaker 2: in Trenton, Pennsylvania, then drove to Levittown in Falls Township, Pennsylvania,
• 3:53
  Speaker 2: where he killed his sister and stepmother. Investigators say he
• 3:57
  Speaker 2: then killed the mother of his two children by driving
• 3:59
  Speaker 2: to another their location in Levittown. The victims were identified
• 4:03
  Speaker 2: by Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Shorn as the suspect's
• 4:06
  Speaker 2: fifty two year old stepmother, Karen Gordon, his thirteen year
• 4:09
  Speaker 2: old sister, Kara Gordon, and the mother of his two children,
• 4:11
  Speaker 2: twenty five year old Taylor Daniel. In addition, he is
• 4:14
  Speaker 2: accused of beating Daniel's mother with the assault weapon. The
• 4:17
  Speaker 2: woman admitted to an area hospital for medical attention. Investigators
• 4:21
  Speaker 2: say that it was at this point that Gordon stole
• 4:23
  Speaker 2: a second vehicle in Morrisville and headed back to Trenton.
• 4:26
  Speaker 2: He reportedly was able to escape before the police cordon
• 4:29
  Speaker 2: was put up, despite the fact that cops had surrounded
• 4:32
  Speaker 2: the house for a number of hours thinking the suspect
• 4:34
  Speaker 2: was inside. When Gordon was seen walking down a street
• 4:37
  Speaker 2: a few blocks away at approximately five pm, police say
• 4:40
  Speaker 2: he was taken into custody unarmed. Pennsylvania officials say they're
• 4:44
  Speaker 2: still unable to speculate on the attacker's motivation. Gordon had
• 4:47
  Speaker 2: a few small run ins with the law, but Falls
• 4:49
  Speaker 2: Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney stated during a press conference
• 4:52
  Speaker 2: that there was quote nothing that would indicate that anything
• 4:55
  Speaker 2: like this would happen.
• 4:57
  Speaker 3: Trenton Police Director Steve Wilson says Gordon and is currently
• 5:00
  Speaker 3: behind bars at the Mercer County Correctional Facility and will
• 5:04
  Speaker 3: be extradited too Pennsylvania at some point.
• 5:07
  Speaker 1: Thanks John Riley Straine joins a large group of Delta
• 5:10
  Speaker 1: Chai brothers for a trip to Nashville from the University
• 5:13
  Speaker 1: of Missouri. The group goes bar hopping, and just before
• 5:16
  Speaker 1: ten PM, Riley leaves Luke Bryan's Downtown bar Riley steps
• 5:22
  Speaker 1: outside Luke's thirty two bridge and causes friends to let
• 5:25
  Speaker 1: them know he's heading back to the hotel. Riley's caught
• 5:29
  Speaker 1: on CCTV footage twice, and while he's headed toward the hotel,
• 5:34
  Speaker 1: the signal on his phone cuts out as he crosses
• 5:37
  Speaker 1: the Cumberland River. The fraternity brothers don't realize he didn't
• 5:41
  Speaker 1: make it back until late Saturday morning. They reported missing
• 5:45
  Speaker 1: that afternoon. Riley Strain six ' five, blue eyes, light
• 5:50
  Speaker 1: brown hair, wearing jeans, boots, and a long sleeved black
• 5:54
  Speaker 1: and white button up. If you have info on college
• 5:57
  Speaker 1: student Riley's Strain missing two weeks, called Metro National PD
• 6:03
  Speaker 1: six one five eight six two eighty six hundred Repeat
• 6:07
  Speaker 1: six one five eight six two eighty six hundred. For
• 6:11
  Speaker 1: the latest crime in justice news, go to crime online
• 6:13
  Speaker 1: dot com with this crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace.