1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Crime Lord hourly update, breaking crime news Now. 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton. Philadelphia Police and a devastated family are 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 2: asking for your help and locating twenty three year old 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 2: Kada Scott, a young woman who vanished after leaving her 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 2: overnight job at an assisted living facility. Scott was last 6 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 2: seen on Saturday night leaving the terrace at Chestnut Hill 7 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 2: on East Abington Avenue. She had just started working there 8 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 2: pursuing her dreams. A Penn State grad described as a 9 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 2: creative and artistic spirit, Kada was wearing black scrubs when 10 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 2: she arrived at her ten pm to six am shift, 11 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 2: but shortly after arriving, she disappeared without a trace. Her 12 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 2: cell phone has gone dead, her social media accounts are silent, 13 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:51,840 Speaker 2: and her car still parked outside the facility and troubling, 14 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 2: there is no surveillance cameras on site. Captain John Craig, 15 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 2: a detective with the Northwest Police Department, says the circumstances 16 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 2: are deeply concerning. He said, you have a twenty three 17 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:07,119 Speaker 2: year old young lady who has completely disappeared, no cell 18 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 2: phone activity, no social media, no contact with family or friends. 19 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 2: Her mother, Kim Matthews, is gripped by fear. I love 20 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 2: for I just need her to come home and be safe. 21 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 3: That's what I feel that she's not saving. 22 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 2: Adding to the urgency, police say Kada had reported being 23 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 2: harassed by an unknown individual via phone in the days 24 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 2: leading up to her disappearance. She didn't name anyone, but 25 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 2: detectives are actively investigating. Captain Craig said, there are one 26 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,839 Speaker 2: hundred pieces to the puzzle. If there's one hundred pieces 27 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 2: to a puzzle, you may think your piece is insignificant. 28 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 4: Without your piece, that jigsaw puzzle not being soft. 29 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 3: So I would plead with you. 30 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 4: Without our information, you have reach out to the police. 31 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 2: Kada is described as five six, thin build, weighing one 32 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 2: hundred and twenty pounds. Her family says this is completely 33 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 2: out of character. Police have deployed helicopters, canine units and 34 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 2: our canvassing the area, interviewing those close to her and 35 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 2: combing through her digital footprint. Her father, Kevin Scott, says 36 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 2: the family remains hopeful. 37 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 3: Smotest daughter. 38 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 5: I love A last few days been crazy. He's spinning 39 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 5: creative spirit, very artistic. 40 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 2: Bridge Senior Living, which manages the facility, released a statement 41 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 2: saying they are fully cooperating with law enforcement and remain 42 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 2: hopeful for a positive outcome. If you have any information, 43 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 2: no matter how small, call or text Philadelphia Police at 44 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 2: two pine five six eight six tips. 45 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 6: Federal authorities have unmasked the alleged arsonist behind the devastating 46 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 6: Palisades fire, charging, a twenty nine year old former Uber 47 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 6: driver whose digital footprint included a disturbing conversation with chat GPT, 48 00:02:55,520 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 6: dark Ai generated images and a fixation on wrench wrap 49 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 6: about fire. Jonathan Rinderneck of Melbourne, Florida, was arrested nine 50 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 6: months after the catastrophe scorched over twenty three thousand acres, 51 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 6: claimed twelve lives, and destroyed six thousand, eight hundred and 52 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 6: thirty seven structures. Here's Bill Assali, acting US Attorney for 53 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 6: the Central District of California, at the news conference. 54 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 5: The homes and businesses cannot be rebuilt. This arrest, we 55 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 5: hope will provide a measure of justice to all those 56 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 5: who were impacted. 57 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 6: In court Thursday, a shackled red jumpsuit wearing Rinderneck listened 58 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 6: as federal officials argued he was a flight risk due 59 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 6: to having family in France. Prosecutors also cited his quote 60 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 6: traits of an arsonist, as well as his family's deep 61 00:03:54,200 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 6: concerns over his declining mental health. Federal investigator state renderneck 62 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 6: allegedly used an open flame, likely a lighter, to spark 63 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 6: the Lockman fire on January first. Though quickly contained by firefighters, 64 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 6: document state the blaze continued to smolder underground, creating the 65 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 6: deadly holdover condition. A week later, on January seventh, powerful 66 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 6: high speed Santa Ana winds caused the deep seated embers 67 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 6: to erupt, turning the smoldering brush into the raging Palisades fire. 68 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 6: The criminal complaint paints a portrait of a calculated act. 69 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 6: Investigators allege that just hours before allegedly setting fire to vegetation, 70 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 6: render Necked, who himself lived in the Palisades, was driving 71 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 6: uber passengers who described him as being quote agitated and angry. 72 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 6: Here's us attorney assili again. 73 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 5: He drops someone off. He was in this neighborhood and 74 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 5: he went up to this hilt time round twelve twelve 75 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,679 Speaker 5: am he ignited a fire. He was the only person 76 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 5: in this location at the time this fire ignited. We 77 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 5: have no other indication that any other person was there. 78 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 5: There were no fireworks at the time. 79 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 6: The trail of evidence grew cold until FEDS tapped into 80 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 6: his disturbing online history. Renderneck allegedly asked the AI chatbot 81 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 6: the sinister question of quote, are you at fault if 82 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 6: a fire is lit because of your cigarettes? End quote. 83 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 6: He also reportedly generated images on the platform depicting a 84 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 6: quote burning forest end quote, and a quote dystopian painting 85 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 6: showing a burning city end quote. Months later, he then 86 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 6: allegedly confessed to the bought, writing quote, I literally burnt 87 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 6: the Bible that I had. It felt amazing. I felt 88 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:58,720 Speaker 6: so liberated end quote, further intensifying the digital depravity. Rinderneck, 89 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 6: who official say was obsessed with fire, was reportedly listening 90 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 6: to a French rap song on repeat. The music video 91 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 6: for the song shows the artist lighting items on fire. 92 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 6: Despite Renderneck's claims to investigators that he merely reported the 93 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 6: fire from the bottom of the trail, geolocation data from 94 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 6: his iPhone placed him thirty feet from the origin point 95 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 6: as the fire rapidly grew. Investigators say after fleeing the scene, 96 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:33,919 Speaker 6: he allegedly turned his car around, followed the fire engines back, 97 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 6: and filmed the firefighters at work Renderneck is charged with 98 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 6: destruction of property by means of fire, which carries a 99 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 6: maximum of twenty years in federal prison if convicted. However, 100 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 6: as the La County District Attorney stated, the investigation continues 101 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 6: and more charges are pending the outcome of that investigation. Again, 102 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 6: twelve people lost their lives, which means render necked could 103 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 6: be facing twelve counts of felony murder. Renderneck has no 104 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 6: prior criminal history. He relocated to Florida following the Los 105 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 6: Angeles inferno. A federal magistrate in Florida ordered him held 106 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 6: without bond. He remains locked in Seminole County Jail awaiting 107 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 6: an evidence hearing set for October seventeenth. The Palisades Fire 108 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 6: is one of the costliest urban wildfires in US history, 109 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 6: with an estimated one hundred and fifty billion dollars in damages. 110 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 4: I'm Sidney Sumner, a Texas woman, was convicted this week 111 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 4: of killing her diabetic husband in twenty twenty three through 112 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 4: neglect as he suffered from an insulin overdose. A jury 113 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 4: found Sarah Jean Hartsfield, fifty, guilty of murder on Wednesday. 114 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 4: Hartsfield was arrested after staff at Houston Methodist Hospital noted 115 00:07:55,440 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 4: suspicious circumstances surrounding Joseph's death. In January twenty twenty three, 116 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 4: prosecutors presented evidence showing that Joseph's blood sugar dropped to 117 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 4: dangerously low levels over several hours on January seventh. Sarah 118 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 4: Hartsfield claimed she was sleeping while this happened, but her 119 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,679 Speaker 4: cell phone activity showed her on several apps during that time, 120 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 4: and step tracking software showed her up and moving around. Additionally, 121 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 4: Joseph's glucose monitor went off more than one hundred times, 122 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 4: each time alerting Hartsfield's cell phone. Prosecutors acknowledged that they 123 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,559 Speaker 4: could not prove Sarah Jean Hartsfield had given her husband 124 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 4: an overdose of insulin herself, but witnesses testified they believe 125 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 4: that's what happened. The jury took less than an hour 126 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 4: to convict Joseph Hartsfield was Sarah Jean Hartsfield's fifth husband. 127 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 4: She previously shot a fiancee to death in Minnesota. She 128 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 4: claimed self defense and was never charged for David Bragg's death. 129 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 4: Hartsfield was also accused of pressuring an earlier husband to 130 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 4: kill the new wife of an ex husband in twenty 131 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 4: twenty one in Arizona amide a custody dispute over their children. 132 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 4: Hartsfield has a history of alecations that she abused and 133 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 4: threatened former lovers. In nineteen ninety six, police in Houston 134 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 4: arrested Hartsfield after she and her then second husband got 135 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 4: into a physical argument in their apartment. Hartsfield was charged 136 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 4: with assault, but prosecutors dropped the case a week later 137 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 4: for unknown reasons. The woman's husband at the time, who 138 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 4: had been bruised and scraped, received a citation. He said 139 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 4: the pair were married between nineteen ninety six and nineteen 140 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 4: ninety seven, and that he wanted to forget that period 141 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 4: of his life, which he described as miserable. The jury 142 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 4: sentence Sarah Hartsfield to life in prison and to pay 143 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 4: a ten thousand dollars fine. 144 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 7: I'm Drew Nelson, a former Idaho pastor accused of using 145 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 7: his church role so traffic and sexually abused women, is 146 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 7: out on bond as his next court date nears. Gregory 147 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 7: Wayne Jones, who was once a pastor at Liberty Christian 148 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 7: Fellowship Church and director of NXT Dream Center in Mountain Home, 149 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,839 Speaker 7: is charged with human sex trafficking and sexual penetration. 150 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: With a foreign object. He posted a one million dollar 151 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: bond in June after his arrest in April. His next 152 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: court appearance is set for December. Fifth Court record say 153 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: Jones used his position as a pastor to manipulate and 154 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: assault women under the guise of what he called spiritual healing. 155 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: One victim was under eighteen. The Idaho Statesman reported that 156 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: investigators accused Jones of using his authority to control and 157 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: exploit members of his congregation, describing his influence over victims 158 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,679 Speaker 1: as quote a tremendous level of control. Whitney Owens, a 159 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 1: former volunteer at NXD Dream Center, tells kiv I she 160 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: worked alongside Jones for about a year. She said she 161 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 1: now sees the warning signs she missed. 162 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 3: He was given a gift to lead in the church, 163 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 3: and yet he used it to take advantage of many people. 164 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: Owens says Jones never required her to pass a screening 165 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: before she worked with children. 166 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 3: He never asked me to get a background check. I 167 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 3: worked with these children for twenty hours a week, and 168 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 3: I never had a background check. How many people we're 169 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 3: working with my child who never had a background. 170 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: Check Owens joint Survivors outside the Elmore County Courthouse to 171 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: show support for the victims who came forward. 172 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 3: Being so vulnerable, allowing myself to be there so much 173 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 3: of the time, not asking questions about the red flags 174 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 3: that were there that it could have happened to me. 175 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,599 Speaker 1: Prosecutors say the alleged abuse happened at the church and 176 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: its child care facility between twenty fourteen and twenty twenty four. Jones, 177 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: who is a former Air Force serviceman once honored as 178 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: Person of the Year in Mountain Home, pleaded not guilty. 179 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: A judge later denied a plea deal. In August, the 180 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: Elmore County Sheriff's Office commended the courage of those who 181 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 1: came forward and believed more victims may be out there. 182 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: Anyone with information has asked to call two eight five 183 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: eight seven twenty one hundred for the latest crime and 184 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: justice news. Follow Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite 185 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: podcast app with this crime Alert. I'm Drew Nelson.