1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,519 Speaker 1: How could a beautiful, young first grade teacher be stabbed 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: twenty times, including in the bat allegedly die of suicide? Yes, 3 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: that was a medical examiner's official ruling after a closed 4 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,799 Speaker 1: door meeting, he first named it a homicide. Why what 5 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: happened to Ellen Greenberg? A huge American miscarriage of justice. 6 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: For an in depth look at the facts, see what 7 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: Happened to Ellen? On Amazon. All proceeds to the National 8 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Crime Art hourly update, 9 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: Breaking crime news Now. 10 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 2: I'm Jackie Howard. Mark Bauckner stands near the Danville, Indiana 11 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 2: Courthouse as two Hendrix County deputies began escorting inmates from 12 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 2: a transport van. The sixty five year old reveals a 13 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 2: concealed weapon, a handgun. He fires at least once toward 14 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: the group of inmates and officers. Two deputies returned fire, 15 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 2: striking Vautner, who died there. No one else is injured. 16 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 2: Indiana State Police take over the investigation and revealed the 17 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 2: intended target thought to be on that transport had had 18 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 2: his court date postponed. That intended victim was Saddani Pettus, 19 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 2: who killed Aukner's young grandchildren in a fiery car crash 20 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 2: during a police chase in February. While trying to evade 21 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 2: the police, Petas twenty five slammed the stolen Honda Civic 22 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 2: he was driving into a Ford Explorer containing Vaultner's three 23 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 2: year old and two month old grandchildren. The Explorer was 24 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 2: being driven by their dad, and it exploded in a 25 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 2: fireball in the crash. The two deputies involved in the 26 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 2: deadly shooting were placed on administrative leave. More crime and 27 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 2: justice news after this, I'm Drew Nelson. 28 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 3: A Texas mother is arrested after police find her seven 29 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 3: year old daughter locked in a closet and starving, leading 30 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 3: to the discovery that another daughter has been missing for 31 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,959 Speaker 3: seven years. Austin police responded to a call from a 32 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,079 Speaker 3: grandmother who found her seven year old daughter, quote malnourished, soiled, 33 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 3: and barricaded in a bedroom closet. The girl weighed just 34 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 3: twenty nine pounds and told hospital staff quote, my bones hurt. 35 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 3: Police say she had been locked in the closet for 36 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 3: a month and was only fed a corn dog or 37 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 3: hot dog twice a day, along with half a cup 38 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 3: of water. The closet had no light, no ventilation, and 39 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 3: was blocked by boxes that weighed at least seventy five pounds. 40 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 3: The child's mother, Virginia Marie Gonzalez, aged thirty three, was 41 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 3: arrested and charged with serious injury to a child. Six 42 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 3: other children were found in the home and appeared to 43 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 3: be healthy, but when investigators began checking on all the 44 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 3: children in Gonzalez's custody, they found that one was missing, 45 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 3: nine year old Ava Marie Gonzalez. 46 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 4: Austin Police Department's Missing person detectives are seriously concerned about 47 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 4: Ava's welfare circumstances in which Ava's seven year old sibling 48 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 4: was found. Did you have any information, please come forward. 49 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,959 Speaker 4: We are not trying to get anyone in trouble. We're 50 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 4: in trying to ensure everyone's safety. 51 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 3: Detective Russell Constable says Ava has not been seen by 52 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 3: family or friends since December of twenty seventeen, when she 53 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 3: was two and still in her mother's care. She was 54 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 3: never reported missing. Police only learned that she was unaccounted 55 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 3: for during the investigation into her younger sister's abuse. Virginia 56 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 3: Gonzalez has given quote unquote conflicting information to family members 57 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,559 Speaker 3: about Ava's whereabouts. Police say Ava's father has not been identified. 58 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 3: None of the children in Gonzalez's home were enrolled in school, 59 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 3: according to police. They released a photo at age two 60 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 3: and an age progressed rendering showing what she might look 61 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 3: like now at age nine. She is Hispanic, with straight 62 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 3: brown hair and brown eyes. Weight and height unknown. Anyone 63 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 3: with information about Ava's whereabouts has urged to email Ava 64 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 3: at Austin, Texas dot gov or call crime stoppers anonymously 65 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 3: five one two, five seven, two eighty four seventy seven. 66 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 3: You don't have to leave your name. 67 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 5: I'm Jennifer Goold. A horrifying discovery in a family's Alabama 68 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 5: backyard has brought a missing childcase to a grim conclusion, 69 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 5: revealing shocking details of alleged abuse and neglect. This neighbor 70 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 5: spoke to ABC thirty three forty. 71 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 6: I was just praying that I could find the little 72 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 6: fella's knotty where they could put him, to put him 73 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 6: to reis. 74 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 5: The Fayette County Sheriff's Office announced that human remains believed 75 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 5: to be those of one year old Caleb Collins, were 76 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 5: found charred in a burn pilot the family's Highway one 77 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 5: twenty nine residents. The announcement follows months of searches and 78 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,919 Speaker 5: paints a disturbing picture of the Toddlers' final days. Fayette 79 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 5: County Sheriff Byron Yearby called it quote heartbreaking as forensic 80 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 5: teams work to confirm the toddler's identity. The horror surfaced 81 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 5: after a December eighth, twenty twenty four car crash that 82 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:06,239 Speaker 5: killed Caleb's father, Stephen Collins forty, and sister Riley iiO. Stephen, 83 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 5: driving it ninety two miles per hour on a slick road, 84 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 5: smashed into a tree, ejecting everyone. Wendy Bailey twenty three. 85 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 5: Caleb's mom survived with injuries, Riley, unrestrained in a car seat, 86 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 5: died instantly. Caleb's absence from the wreck raised red flags 87 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 5: because he hadn't been seen since September fourth, and no 88 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 5: one realized he was missing until the crash. Court filings 89 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 5: lay bare a stomach churning tail. Stephen, the main abuser, 90 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 5: allegedly tied Caleb with rope, battered him, and hung him 91 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 5: from a ceiling. In July of twenty twenty four, he 92 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 5: texted Wendy photos of Caleb, bloodied and dangling, writing quote, 93 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 5: he won't move end quote. Wendy's chilling reply quote he 94 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 5: just looks wore out end quote. She admitted Caleb's body 95 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 5: was bagged, stored, and later dumped. Charged with aggravated child abuse, 96 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 5: domestic violence, abuse of a corpse, and criminally negligent homicide 97 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 5: for Riley's death. Wendy faces a one point eight million 98 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 5: dollar bond, but prosecutors are seeking to hold her without 99 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 5: bail under Anaya's Law, which allows for a denial of 100 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 5: bond for certain violent offenses. John Bailey, fifty five, Caleb's 101 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 5: grandfather and household resident, is also charged with aggravated child abuse, 102 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 5: domestic violence, abuse of a corpse, and hindering prosecution. He 103 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:38,479 Speaker 5: allegedly zip tied Little Caleb to objects, struck him, and 104 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 5: failed to report his absence. Prosecutors are also seeking to 105 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 5: hold him without bail under Anaya's law. Arraignment for both 106 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:51,239 Speaker 5: is set for August seventh. Neighbors reportedly rarely saw little 107 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 5: Caleb with Stephen, claiming he was with relatives. A November 108 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 5: Facebook post by Stephen falsely suggested Caleb needed surgery. The 109 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 5: Alabama Department of Human Resources had prior family contact, but 110 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 5: details remained sealed. 111 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 6: I'm Nicole Parton, a grandmother in Georgia, was reportedly murdered 112 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 6: by an unknown assailant who followed her from a local 113 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 6: Dollar General to her home, ultimately choking her to death 114 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 6: by applying his full weight on her neck while she 115 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 6: lay on the ground. Family members and police have described 116 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 6: the crime as quote horrific and mind blowing. The suspect, 117 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 6: twenty one year old Hector Revas, is accused of killing 118 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 6: fifty two year old Camellia Williams sometime between eleven pm 119 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 6: on March twelve and one am on March thirteen, As 120 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 6: detailed in an arrest warrant obtained by an Atlanta affiliate 121 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 6: of ABC WSB, Authorities in Cobb County alleged that Revas 122 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 6: strangled Williams before abandoning her body in a yard near 123 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 6: her residence in Marietta, where it was discovered the following 124 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 6: Thursday morning, leaving her family in disbelieve. Camillia's brother, in 125 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 6: an interview with w SB, spoke about the devastation of 126 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 6: losing his sister, except. 127 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 2: That's hard to believe that this is really truly happened, 128 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 2: and I just really absorber right now. 129 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 6: According to the victim's brother and other family members. Camellia, 130 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 6: a native of Louisiana, contacted a relative the night before 131 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 6: her death expressing concern that a man believed to be 132 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 6: Reeves was following her. She didn't know him, stated Tony Williams, 133 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 6: her brother. The night prior, while at the dollar store, 134 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 6: she informed one of my nieces a man was telling 135 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 6: me followed me home, she believed. Law enforcement has indicated 136 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 6: that the suspect has yet to provide a motive, but 137 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:51,559 Speaker 6: has confessed to the crime. He reportedly detailed the incident 138 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 6: to investigators, stating he used his knees during the attack 139 00:08:55,920 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 6: after struggling to apply a chokehold. I can't fathom what 140 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 6: would drive someone to commit such an act of violence, 141 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 6: said Danielle Williams, Camilla's niece, when speaking to local NBC 142 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 6: affiliate WXIA. What he did was truly horrific. It's mind blowing, 143 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 6: she said. Rivs is currently in custody facing charges of 144 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 6: felony murder. He has been denied bail and is awaiting 145 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 6: the next court appearance for the latest crime injustice news, 146 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 6: follow crime Alert hourly update on your favorite podcasting app 147 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 6: with this crime Alert. I'm Nicole Partner