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Houston Bayou Serial Killer? | Crime Alert Recap Saturday 09.27.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Art hourly update, breaking crime news Now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Jackie Howard's. Five bodies surfaced in Houston byous in
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  Speaker 2: just one week, unleashing public fear of a serial killer here.
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  Speaker 2: Houston Mayor John Wickmore, we have.
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  Speaker 3: Challenges, We're meeting those challenges, but a serial killer leos
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  Speaker 3: in Houston is not one of our challenges today, and
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  Speaker 3: I would hope that you would spread that word.
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  Speaker 2: The latest fine marked the fifth body recovered between September
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  Speaker 2: fifteenth and twentieth, bringing the total for twenty twenty five
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  Speaker 2: to fourteen. The bodies found in multiple waterways, including White
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  Speaker 2: Oak Brays and Green Bayous. Social media users speculating conspiracy theories,
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  Speaker 2: but the Houston Police Department dismisses the claims, saying there
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  Speaker 2: is no evidence linking the deaths. Officials point to a
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  Speaker 2: mix of tragic causes, including accidental drownings, suicide, and natural deaths.
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  Speaker 2: City officials say their recent heavy downpours, which dumped up
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  Speaker 2: to eight inches of brain last week alone, swelled the
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  Speaker 2: byus and likely dislaudnged the remains. One of the victims
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  Speaker 2: was idd as twenty year old University of Houston student
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  Speaker 2: Jade McKissick. Though HPD says no foul play is suspected
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  Speaker 2: in her death. As for the other cases, the cause
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  Speaker 2: and manner of death are pending a determination by the
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  Speaker 2: Medical Examiner's Office. Officials confirmed there have been fourteen bodies
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  Speaker 2: pulled from the Houston BYUS this year. Last year, twenty
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  Speaker 2: four were reportedly pulled from the waterways. As the investigations
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  Speaker 2: continue and online panic swells, HPD urges residents to stay
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  Speaker 2: alert and reports suspicious activity. More crime and Justice news
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  Speaker 2: after this.
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  Speaker 4: I'm Nicole parton. As the investigation into the death of
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  Speaker 4: Celeste Revest unfolds, homicide detectives are delving deeper into the
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  Speaker 4: details surrounding her tragic death. Celeste, whose remains were discovered
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  Speaker 4: in the trunk of a Tesla registered to musician David
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  Speaker 4: earlier this month in Los Angeles, has raised numerous questions
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  Speaker 4: in the wake of her discovery. The Los Angeles County
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  Speaker 4: Medical Examiner confirmed the identity of the fifteen year old
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  Speaker 4: girl days after her body was found on September eighth
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  Speaker 4: at the impound lot, but the exact cause and manner
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  Speaker 4: of death are still being examined. Authorities were alerted to
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  Speaker 4: the scene after a strong unpleasant odor emanated from the vehicle,
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  Speaker 4: which is owned by the twenty year old singer David
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  Speaker 4: Anthony Burke, also professionally known as David D four VD.
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  Speaker 4: Forensic expert and host of the hit podcast Body Bags,
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  Speaker 4: Joseph Scott Morgan explains the breakdown of what was happening
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  Speaker 4: to young Celeste's body inside that Tesla.
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  Speaker 1: If you look at the flyer that they put out
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  Speaker 1: when she was missing, you notice her weight. It was
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  Speaker 1: one twenty when they recovered her remains seventy one pounds.
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  Speaker 1: It's forty nine pounds she's missing. So what can we
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  Speaker 1: determine from that, Well, we've heard reports of dismemberment and
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  Speaker 1: there was one report from the police that said the
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  Speaker 1: body was not intact. So either we're missing something or
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  Speaker 1: she's in such an advanced state of decomposition. And look,
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to go too far over the top here,
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  Speaker 1: but bodies do have a tendency to break down and
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  Speaker 1: even loquify to a certain degree. And in this heat,
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  Speaker 1: and I even remember in August, I've got friends in
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  Speaker 1: La and they were talking about it was a record
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  Speaker 1: breaking heat wave that they were in during this specific
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  Speaker 1: period of time.
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  Speaker 4: The Riverside County Sheriff's Office later informed NBC News that
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  Speaker 4: Revas had been reported missing in twenty twenty four from
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  Speaker 4: Lake Eleanor, California. The Riverside County Police Department later informed
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  Speaker 4: NBC News that the girl had been reported missing in
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  Speaker 4: twenty twenty four. Family and friends have remembered her through
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  Speaker 4: a GoFundMe campaign describing her as cherished daughter, a cousin,
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  Speaker 4: and a friend. A report by the Los Angeles Times
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  Speaker 4: revealed that Rives had reportedly gone missing at least three
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  Speaker 4: times that year, with some local residents stating she had
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  Speaker 4: run away previously again. However, her last known location remains uncertain.
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  Speaker 4: While the singer David has not been declared a suspect
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  Speaker 4: or charged with any crime, a spokesperson for the Los
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  Speaker 4: Angeles Police Department indicated that on September eighteen that detectives
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  Speaker 4: executed a search warrant at the residence linked to the singer.
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  Speaker 4: According to law enforcement sources, this residence is where David
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  Speaker 4: had been residing. The spokesperson mentioned that multiple pieces of
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  Speaker 4: evidence were collected and that investigators are pursuing various leads.
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  Speaker 4: The LA Times reported that among the items taken from
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  Speaker 4: the home were electronics and computers. A representative for David
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  Speaker 4: previously told in Los Angeles that the artist was aware
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  Speaker 4: of the situation and fully cooperating with law enforcement. However,
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  Speaker 4: David's reps have not released further information. Investigators have not
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  Speaker 4: disclosed any info regarding a potential connection between David and Revas. Interestingly,
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  Speaker 4: the medical examiner noted that Revis had a tattoo on
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  Speaker 4: her right index finger reading SHHH, which matches a tattoo
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  Speaker 4: that David also has on the same finger, as seen
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  Speaker 4: in a photo taken in twenty twenty four. Authorities have
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  Speaker 4: yet to address the significance, if any, of the matching tattoos. David,
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  Speaker 4: who also gained his recognition for songs like Here with
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  Speaker 4: Me in Romantic Homicide, released his debut album Withered in
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  Speaker 4: April twenty five. Following the shocking discovery, he canceled the
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  Speaker 4: remainder of his US tours.
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  Speaker 5: I'm Jennifer Gould. A single puff from an e cigarette
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  Speaker 5: sparked a life altering act of brutality in a tenpee
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  Speaker 5: Arizona apartment, where a thirty two year old man allegedly
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  Speaker 5: beat his girlfriend so savagely her face was left unrecognizable.
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  Speaker 5: Here's the prosecutor in court.
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  Speaker 6: This was an extremely vicious attack. The victim was beaten
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  Speaker 6: beyond recognition.
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  Speaker 7: Wow.
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  Speaker 6: She had thirty six documented injuries to her head alone.
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  Speaker 6: She required significant medical intervention.
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  Speaker 5: Cops say Nicholas Manquilo flew into a rage after he
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  Speaker 5: discovered the woman his romantic partner, had used his vape
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  Speaker 5: while he was in the shower. The victim was hospitalized
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  Speaker 5: with thirty six documented injuries to her head alone, including
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  Speaker 5: a fractured hand and a shattered eye socket. The vicious
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  Speaker 5: attack unfolded at the couple's apartment. Prosecutors revealed in a
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  Speaker 5: bond hearing that Vanquilo, enraged after noticing a puff was
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  Speaker 5: missing from his vape, grabbed the woman, slammed her against
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  Speaker 5: a living room wall, and unleashed a barrage of punches
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  Speaker 5: to her face and body. The violence escalated as he
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  Speaker 5: dragged her into a bathroom, threw her on the floor,
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  Speaker 5: and began to strangle her until she nearly lost consciousness.
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  Speaker 5: The brutality continued, with Vanquilo allegedly brandishing a handgun, pressing
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  Speaker 5: the barrel to her forehead, and hurling a derogatory slur
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  Speaker 5: at her in a twisted attempt to cover up the crime.
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  Speaker 5: He then forced the bloodied and broken woman to shower,
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  Speaker 5: scrubbed the blood from the floors, and dispose of her
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  Speaker 5: torn clothing. The victim, seizing a moment, was able to
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  Speaker 5: finally flee the apartment and drive to a nearby in
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  Speaker 5: and out burger, where she called police and was met
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  Speaker 5: by paramedics. Nquilo, who has a documented history of domestic
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  Speaker 5: violence and once boasted to the victim about ties to
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  Speaker 5: an outlaw motorcycle gang, surrendered without resistance. He faces multiple felonies,
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  Speaker 5: including aggravated assault and strangulation. The prosecutor requested a high
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  Speaker 5: cash bail, with a judge setting his bond at one
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  Speaker 5: hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Ben Quilo remains in custody
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  Speaker 5: at the Fourth Avenue Jail as the investigation in ten Years.
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  Speaker 8: I'm Drew Nelson, an Oklahoma woman loses all four limbs
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  Speaker 8: after a brutal dog attack in oak Mulgi. Janelle Scott
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  Speaker 8: was mauled by two pitbulls on September ninth while on
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  Speaker 8: her way to see a friend. Her boyfriend was with
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  Speaker 8: her and tried to fight the dogs off, one of
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  Speaker 8: the dogs turned on him, and he killed it in
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  Speaker 8: self defense. Police said the dog's owner was in jail
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  Speaker 8: at the time and a friend had been watching them.
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  Speaker 8: Officers later found Scott in a wooded area with what
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  Speaker 8: they described as significant and severe injuries and rushed her
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  Speaker 8: to the hospital. Scott first lost her right arm and
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  Speaker 8: left leg. Within days, doctors amputated her other arm and leg.
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  Speaker 8: Her mother, Cheryl, spoke to Koki, saying every day is nightmarish,
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  Speaker 8: but her daughter is determined to fight.
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  Speaker 7: Every day that she has to go to surgery. It's
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  Speaker 7: a bit hard. I was wondering, you know, how much
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  Speaker 7: more can they do. I mean, when she lost all
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  Speaker 7: her limbs, I thought, okay, well, now her body's going
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  Speaker 7: to be able to heal.
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  Speaker 8: Cheryl explains that her daughter knew the dogs and did
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  Speaker 8: not expect such a violent attack.
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  Speaker 7: Where her friend lives. You have to go through a
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  Speaker 7: little wooded area to get up there. I guess he
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  Speaker 7: lives in a camper or something, and so she was
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  Speaker 7: going up that way when the dogs came out and
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  Speaker 7: attacked her, and she knew the dogs and they knew her.
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  Speaker 8: Janelle told her mom she knew the situation was dire.
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  Speaker 7: She knew she was going to lose her right arm
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  Speaker 7: because she said that when she looked down at it,
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  Speaker 7: she could see the bone.
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  Speaker 8: Even with more surgery schedule, Janelle says her daughter remains hopeful.
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  Speaker 8: Police confirmed that one pitbull was killed and the second
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  Speaker 8: remains alive but under investigation. The caretaker of the dogs
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  Speaker 8: was cited for animal code violations. Janelle will need long
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  Speaker 8: term care and prosthetics. A go fundme created by relatives
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  Speaker 8: has raised more than seventeen thousand, seven hundred dollars toward
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  Speaker 8: an eighteen thousand dollars goal for the latest crime and
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  Speaker 8: justice news. Follow crime alerts hourly update on your favorite
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  Speaker 8: podcast app with this crime alert. I'm Drew Nelson.