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Max Factor Heir and Convicted Serial Rapist Andrew Luster Released into California Neighborhood | Crime Alert 10.20.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Silvani. A California mayor is voicing fierce outrage
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  Speaker 2: after learning a convicted serial rapist is living freely in
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  Speaker 2: his community. In Glendora, located approximately 25 miles northeast of
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  Speaker 2: Los Angeles, Mayor David Fredendall says residents are beyond disappointed.
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  Speaker 2: They are outraged. Fredendall, whose family has lived in the
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  Speaker 2: area for six generations, is sounding the alarm over 62-year-old
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  Speaker 2: Andrew Luster. Luster is a convicted serial rapist and the
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  Speaker 2: great-grandson of Max Factor Sr., who founded the cosmetics brand
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  Speaker 2: in 1914 for motion pictures. According to court records, Luster
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  Speaker 2: was first arrested in July 2000 after a local college
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  Speaker 2: student reported that he drugged and raped her at his home.
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  Speaker 2: When investigators executed a search warrant, they discovered a video
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  Speaker 2: recording capturing Luster drugging and raping the victim. Detectives uncovered
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  Speaker 2: tapes showing him sexually abusing two other women. Prosecutors ultimately
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  Speaker 2: charged Luster with 86 criminal counts related to drugging and
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  Speaker 2: raping the three victims. His trial began in late 2002.
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  Speaker 2: Just two weeks in, Lester convinced a judge to lift
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  Speaker 2: his parole condition so he could visit his lawyer in
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  Speaker 2: Los Angeles over the holidays. Instead, Lester paid someone to
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  Speaker 2: sneak him into Mexico, claiming his attorney orchestrated the escape.
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  Speaker 2: Despite an intense FBI manhunt, Lester evaded capture until June 2003,
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  Speaker 2: when bounty hunter Dwayne the Dog Chapman apprehended him in
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  Speaker 2: Puerto Vallarta. A jury had already convicted Luster in absentia,
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  Speaker 2: and a judge sentenced him to 124 years in prison.
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  Speaker 2: Although Luster lost his right to appeal as a fugitive,
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  Speaker 2: a habeas corpus petition was granted in 2012. The Ventura
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  Speaker 2: County Superior Court vacated his original term, resentencing him to
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  Speaker 2: 50 years. Luster received further reductions under California's Proposition 57,
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  Speaker 2: a ballot measure granting early release to nonviolent offenders without
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  Speaker 2: criminal records. That law sparked fierce debate over violent crime definitions,
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  Speaker 2: with Mayor Fredendall pointing out that a man convicted of
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  Speaker 2: repeatedly drugging and raping unconscious women was served only 20
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  Speaker 2: years of a century-long sentence. Luster became eligible for parole
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  Speaker 2: in 2024, with his three accusers attending every hearing to object.
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  Speaker 2: Outside court following a 2025 parole hearing, Ventura County Senior
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  Speaker 2: Deputy District Attorney Anthony Wold spoke directly to reporters.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Luster administered a banned substance. In doing so, he
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  Speaker 1: sought to incapacitate his victims. for the purpose of committing rape,
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  Speaker 1: digital penetration, and oral copulation. He remains in present danger
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  Speaker 1: to society if released. He has continued to deny full
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  Speaker 1: responsibility for his crimes. He continues to minimize his criminal conduct.
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  Speaker 1: And he was convicted of 86 counts by a Ventura
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  Speaker 1: County jury. should remain in state prison until this full
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  Speaker 1: and maximum confinement.
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  Speaker 2: Despite prosecutors and victims fighting his release, Lester now resides
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  Speaker 2: in Glendora, leaving local officials and residents demanding legislative change.
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  Speaker 2: More crime and justice news after this. A New York
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  Speaker 2: City mother is under arrest after allegedly calling 911 to
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  Speaker 2: confess that she murdered her five-year-old daughter. 32-year-old Frances Cabello
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  Speaker 2: was arraigned Friday, October 16th on a second-degree murder charge
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  Speaker 2: before criminal court judge Jennifer St. Preux, according to the
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  Speaker 2: Queens District Attorney's Office. According to the Queens District Attorney's Office,
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  Speaker 2: she entered no plea and returns to court today. The
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  Speaker 2: New York Police Department confirmed Cabello was arrested Thursday in
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  Speaker 2: connection with the death of Fabiana Cabello. Officers responded to
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  Speaker 2: a South Richmond Hill home Wednesday, October 14th, finding the
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  Speaker 2: child unresponsive. Paramedics rushed Fabiana to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center,
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  Speaker 2: where she was pronounced dead. Law enforcement sources say Cabello
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  Speaker 2: placed the 911 call, allegedly telling dispatchers, I killed my daughter.
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  Speaker 2: While the medical examiner determines the official cause of death,
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  Speaker 2: a criminal complaint states an autopsy revealed facial scrapes and petechiae,
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  Speaker 2: bleeding spots in Fabiana's eyes, heart, and lungs associated with asphyxia.
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  Speaker 2: Investigators believe the killing occurred Wednesday between 5.30 and 6.55 p.m.
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  Speaker 2: Fabiana's father, Kuldeep Singh, launched a GoFundMe for funeral costs,
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  Speaker 2: sharing that losing her felt like losing his world while
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  Speaker 2: working as an Uber driver. Fabiana's uncle remembered her as
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  Speaker 2: a youthful child who brought immense love to their family.
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  Speaker 2: In Florida, authorities have upgraded charges to second-degree murder against
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  Speaker 2: a business owner accused of intentionally running down a teenager
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  Speaker 2: on an e-bike. West Melbourne police say 32-year-old Kavan Vishnubai
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  Speaker 2: Patel was arrested after 14-year-old Hunter Russey was found unresponsive
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  Speaker 2: in a ditch around 7 a.m. Tuesday, October 13, with
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  Speaker 2: multiple skull fractures. Police say security footage captured Patel's vehicle
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  Speaker 2: striking Hunter before crashing into a mailbox and trash cans.
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  Speaker 2: Hours earlier, a burglary had been reported at Patel's store.
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  Speaker 2: Patel told police an alarm sounded and he saw someone
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  Speaker 2: flee on a bicycle. Patel admitted pursuing the teen and
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  Speaker 2: intentionally striking him, claiming he returned to search for Hunter
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  Speaker 2: but could not locate him. Patel phoned police to report
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  Speaker 2: the burglary, but neglected to mention the crash, causing a
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  Speaker 2: critical delay. On Saturday, October 17th, Hunter's family made the
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  Speaker 2: decision to remove him from life support, and he passed
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  Speaker 2: away before midnight. Hunter's family chose to donate his organs
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  Speaker 2: to help others. Patel, initially charged with aggravated battery and
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  Speaker 2: leaving the scene, now faces murder. For more crime and
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  Speaker 2: justice news, be sure to join us for Crime Stories
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  Speaker 2: now streaming on Tubi. With this crime alert, I'm Sydney Silvani.