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Dad Gets Daughter Pregnant, Takes Her to Get Abortion, She Has Baby in Walmart Bathroom | Crime Alert 6AM 07.21.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime alert. I mean as he raised breaking crime these now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton. Texas authorities have reported a disturbing case
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  Speaker 2: involving a father, Jerry Lee Martinez, forty five, accused of
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  Speaker 2: sexually assaulting his seventeen year old daughter, who subsequently became
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  Speaker 2: pregnant and suffered a miscarriage in a Walmart restroom after
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  Speaker 2: he allegedly took her to Mexico for an abortion. Martinez
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  Speaker 2: is now facing charges of sexual assault of a child,
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  Speaker 2: as indicated by jail records. He previously faced charges related
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  Speaker 2: to child abandonment and endangerment, as well as witness tampering.
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  Speaker 2: He appeared before a judge where prosecutors sought to increase
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  Speaker 2: his bond.
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  Speaker 3: Investigator, are you the lead detective investigating the defendant of
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  Speaker 3: crossing Jerry Lee Martinez?
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  Speaker 2: Yes?
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  Speaker 3: And at this time is that an ongoing investigation? Yes? Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Do you believe, based on your current investigation there will
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  Speaker 3: be additional charges against the defendant at a later date?
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  Speaker 3: And based on your investigation and your knowledge of the
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  Speaker 3: facts of this case, do you believe the defendant is
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  Speaker 3: a flight risk to flee the country if the bonds
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  Speaker 3: are not increased. Yes, and based on your investigation, Do
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  Speaker 3: you believe the defendant is a danger to the community
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  Speaker 3: and others if he is released in this case, Yes,
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  Speaker 3: based on the facts of this case and your investigation.
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  Speaker 3: Have there been threats to witness or witnesses in this case? Yes.
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  Speaker 2: According to an arrest affidavit obtained by local ABC affiliate KII,
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  Speaker 2: the daughter reported to detectives that her father began to
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  Speaker 2: inappropriately touch her when she was just fifteen years old.
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  Speaker 2: The affidavit claims that Martinez assaulted her multiple times over
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  Speaker 2: a two year period, resulting in her pregnancy. Upon learning
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  Speaker 2: of her condition, he reportedly struck her in the stomach
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  Speaker 2: multiple times. Last Monday, he drove her to Mexico for
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  Speaker 2: an abortion, but she allegedly had a miscare in a
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  Speaker 2: Walmart bathroom in Kingsville later that evening and then discarded
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  Speaker 2: the fetus in a trash bin. Walmart employees discovered the
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  Speaker 2: newborn and alerted police, who later located Martinez and his
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  Speaker 2: daughter in their car. While Martinez was taken into custody,
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  Speaker 2: the girl was moved to a quote secure location by
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  Speaker 2: law enforcement. Additionally, Kris reported that martinez stepfather, sixty year
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  Speaker 2: old Mario Duran is also facing charges of sexual assault
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  Speaker 2: against the girl and others in the home, As detailed
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  Speaker 2: in a previous report, Walmart employees called Kingsville police just
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  Speaker 2: before ten thirty pm after finding a newborn in a
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  Speaker 2: bathroom trash can. They attempted life saving measures before the
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  Speaker 2: infant was transported to a local hospital, where doctors pronounced
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  Speaker 2: the baby dead. Police reviewed surveillance footage that showed the
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  Speaker 2: girl entering the bathroom, where she remained for about forty minutes.
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  Speaker 2: After she exited and returned to her car, it was
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  Speaker 2: about thirty minutes later that employees discovered the baby. Officers
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  Speaker 2: ultimately located the car at around eleven pm and stopped it,
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  Speaker 2: leading to martinez arrest. In a statement, police expressed their
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  Speaker 2: condolences to everyone affected by this tragic incident. Kingsville is
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  Speaker 2: situated about forty five miles southwest of Corpus Christi, Texas.
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  Speaker 2: Martinez and his family reside in Mathis, that's about fifty
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  Speaker 2: miles north of Kingsville. Martinez is currently being held at
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  Speaker 2: the Claybourg County Jail with a bond set at six
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  Speaker 2: hundred thousand dollars.
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  Speaker 4: Nicole, thank you more crime and justice than news.
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  Speaker 2: After this, Dog the Bounty Hunter's family is facing a
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  Speaker 2: heartbreaking situation as his step son has reportedly shot and
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  Speaker 2: killed Dog the Bounty Hunter's grandson. According to sources familiar
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  Speaker 2: with the situation, Gregory Zeca, the son of Dog's wife Francie,
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  Speaker 2: accidentally shot his thirteen year old son, Anthony, during an
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  Speaker 2: incident at their Naples, Florida home on Saturday night. Law
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  Speaker 2: enforcement confirmed that they received a call about a shooting
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  Speaker 2: around eight pm. No arrests have been made, and authorities
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  Speaker 2: have labeled this as an isolated incident while the investigation
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  Speaker 2: is ongoing. In a statement, Dog and Francie express their
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  Speaker 2: sorrow saying we are mourning as a family over this
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  Speaker 2: unfathomable tragedy and kindly ask for your prayers as we
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  Speaker 2: cope with the loss of our dear grandson, Anthony. They
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  Speaker 2: have requested privacy during this difficult time. Gregory is Francie's
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  Speaker 2: son from a previous marriage. She and Dog married in
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty one after both experienced the death of their spouses.
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  Speaker 2: Gregory is also part of Dog's bounty hunting team, working
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  Speaker 2: alongside Dog's daughter Lisa.
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  Speaker 1: Danielle Rico briefly visits with her mom one afternoon her
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  Speaker 1: newly repaired car. Danielle had a man with her she
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  Speaker 1: introduced as a friend. Her mom worries when she hasn't
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  Speaker 1: heard from Danielle in nearly two weeks. Reaching out to
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  Speaker 1: Danielle's boyfriend, he says they broke up and Danielle moved
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  Speaker 1: out with her two teen daughters. The mom reports her missing.
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  Speaker 1: Cops also speak with the ex. He admits he sold
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  Speaker 1: Danielle's car and has been using her debit card. Cops
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  Speaker 1: get in touch with a man with whom she was
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  Speaker 1: last seen, Randy, and he tells several different stories about
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  Speaker 1: where he last saw her. In the first few months
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  Speaker 1: after her disappearance, friends continue to get Facebook messages from her,
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  Speaker 1: but her mom says they were odd she doesn't believe
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  Speaker 1: Danielle sent them. Danielle Rico now missing over a year.
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  Speaker 1: If you have info on this mom of two, Danielle Rico,
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  Speaker 1: please call Riverside Sheriffs eight hundred nine to five zero
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