1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news. Now a mom 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: found with her wrists slit alongside her unresponsive infant covered 3 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: in mom's blood. Now mom charged with murder. Nicole Buddhai 4 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: arrested in connection with the murder offer fifteen month old 5 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: baby boy, Charlie rim Reka. 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Sumner. Queen's District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that 7 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 2: Nicole Buddai has been indicted on murder in the second 8 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 2: degree for intentionally causing the death of her fifteen month 9 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:33,879 Speaker 2: old son. Charlie rim Reika. Kat said, this is an 10 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 2: extraordinary tragedy. The investigation into the manner of the child's 11 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 2: death is ongoing, and we extend our sincere condolences to 12 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 2: Charlie's family as they mourn this unimaginable loss. According to 13 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 2: the indictment, on Monday December twenty ninth, twenty twenty five, 14 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 2: Nicole Buddai, twenty eight, and her toddler son were inside 15 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 2: the two story family residence on one hundred and fifty 16 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 2: seventh Street, where the fifteen month old child resided with 17 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 2: his father and extended family. The child's father left for 18 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 2: work at eight a m. While Buddai and Charlie slept. 19 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 2: Other relatives were present inside the house. At approximately one 20 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 2: thirty five pm, Budai called the child's father and told 21 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 2: him she had killed Charlie and intended to kill herself. 22 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 2: He immediately called his mother and asked for her to 23 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 2: check on Buddhai and the child. The victim's grandmother gained 24 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 2: entry to the second floor and discovered a locked bathroom door. 25 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 2: With the assistance of another relative, they opened the bathroom 26 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 2: door and saw Buddhai laying in the bathtub with blood 27 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 2: around her and the toddler victim in her arms, unconscious 28 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 2: and unresponsive. The relatives called nine one one, and the 29 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 2: responding officers from the one hundred and third Precinct removed 30 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 2: Charlie from the bathroom and attempted to resuscitate him. The 31 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 2: young victim was transported to a local hospital, where he 32 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 2: was pronounced dead. Boudaye was also taken to a local 33 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 2: hospital for treatment of lacerations to her wrists and for 34 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 2: psychiatric observation. Budaie was arraigned Wednesday, Judge Michael Alloy's denying 35 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 2: Buddhaie bond. Buddhai's next appearance in court is scheduled for 36 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 2: February nineteen. If convicted, she faces up to twenty five 37 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 2: years to life in prison. More crime and justice news 38 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 2: after this, the mother and stepfather of a twelve year 39 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 2: old Oklahoma boy missing since Friday have been arrested. Kimberly Cole, 40 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 2: Ryan RJ. Davis Junior's mother, has been charged with crimes 41 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 2: against nature, while George Cole, the stepfather, is charged with conspiracy. 42 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 2: It's not known that the charges relate to RJ's disappearance, 43 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 2: and no further details were available. Jikasha Police said Barjas 44 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,359 Speaker 2: was last seen just before eleven thirty pm Friday near 45 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 2: the Quality Inn. He was on foot and wearing a 46 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 2: red and black plaid shirt, dark jeans, and brown steel 47 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 2: toed boots. He has described as four feet eleven inches 48 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 2: tall and eighty five pounds, with brown hair and eyes. 49 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 2: The parents pleaded for information about RJ earlier on Wednesday, 50 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:54,359 Speaker 2: while OSBI public information officer Hunter McKee called the disappearance suspicious, 51 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 2: quote when it gets to a point where it's multiple 52 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 2: days and we're not sure where this boy had gone. 53 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 2: Its authorities say they believe r J is alive. Anyone 54 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 2: with information should contact OSBI at one eight hundred five 55 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 2: two two eight zero one seven or Chickasha Police at 56 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 2: four oh five two two two sixty fifty. An Illinois 57 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 2: man has been charged with multiple counts relating to an 58 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 2: alleged assault on his girlfriend last month. Thomas Andrew Welch, 59 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 2: thirty one, was initially charged with aggravated domestic battery, aggravated 60 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 2: unlawful restraint, and aggravated kidnapping for the early morning incident 61 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,679 Speaker 2: last Thursday, but the state's attorney's office dropped the unlawful 62 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 2: restraint charge and added attempted murder. The Sheriff's office said 63 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 2: it was called just before one am by a homeowner 64 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 2: who said a woman had approached him at his home 65 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 2: in Kirksville covered in blood. While en route to the scene, 66 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 2: the deputy learned that the woman had jumped out of 67 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 2: a moving vehicle. The woman, who had a visible cut 68 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 2: on her forehead, told the deputy she had been in 69 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 2: the vehicle with Welch, her boyfriend, and his friend, thirty 70 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 2: three year old Cody Kimmeriy, but eventually felt unsafe after 71 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 2: multiple attempts to get him to let her out of 72 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 2: the vehicle, She said she eventually jumped out while the 73 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 2: truck was traveling about twenty miles an hour. The woman 74 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 2: was taken to the hospital for treatment, and deputies track 75 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 2: down Welch's Chevrolet truck, impounded it and obtained the search warrant. 76 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 2: The search warrant uncovered a dash camera in the truck, 77 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 2: and audio and video from the camera showed the victim's 78 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 2: attempt to get out while the truck was stopped, only 79 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 2: to be pulled back inside. An affidavit says that the 80 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 2: incident began just before midnight on December thirtieth. The victim, 81 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 2: sitting in the passenger seat, got into a verbal altercation 82 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 2: with Welch and repeatedly asked him to take her home. 83 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 2: The altercation escalated with Welch yelling at the victim and 84 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 2: making threats to harm and kill her. At one point, 85 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,679 Speaker 2: the victim tried to get out of the truck, only 86 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 2: to have Welch drag her back inside from his seat 87 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 2: and then walk around to the passenger side and shove 88 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 2: her back in. That was the incident in which she 89 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,359 Speaker 2: received the injury to her head. Kimriy allegedly participated in 90 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 2: the efforts to keep her inside. At one point, Welch 91 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 2: told Kim Marie, I'm going to have to kill her 92 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 2: bro Police located the victim's pink scarf at the intersection 93 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 2: where that incident took place, and it contained suspected blood 94 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 2: and a clump of hair. Welch continued driving and was 95 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 2: about an hour and a half away from the victim's 96 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 2: home when she jumped out of the moving truck. At 97 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 2: the hospital, she was given staples and stitches for the 98 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 2: cut to her head. Doctor said the cut exposed her skull. 99 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 2: She also had bruising to her neck consistent with being choked, 100 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 2: and swelling on her cheek. Welch was arrested on Sunday 101 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 2: and ordered held without bond. A preliminary hearing is set 102 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 2: for today. Kimery was charged with unlawful restraint. He was 103 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 2: already in jail, having been arrested in Coles County on 104 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 2: Saturday for aggravated battery to a peace officer in possession 105 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 2: of methem fhatamine. His first court appearance in Moultrie County 106 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 2: has not yet been scheduled. Welch has a steady stream 107 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 2: of arrests dating back to two thousand and eight, including 108 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 2: six stints in jail on charges including drugs burglary, resisting 109 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 2: domestic battery and aggravated battery. For the latest crime and 110 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 2: justice breaking news, be sure to follow the Crime Alert 111 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 2: hourly update on your favorite podcast app. With this crime Alert, 112 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Sumner.