1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: Prime alert, Imancy grace breaking crime needs now. Romaine Maddox 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:08,080 Speaker 1: thirty six, and William Barrett, fifty nine, get to their Washington, 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: d C. Hotel room, then chilling screams pierced the silence. 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: During an argument, Maddox starts punching Barrett and quote running 5 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: her mouth, so he chokes her with his belt, thinking 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: she's already dead, He's shot when she wakes up screaming 7 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: for help. He then punches her, grabs the lid from 8 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: a toilet tank, and hits her multiple times until it 9 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 1: breaks into pieces. Hours later, hotel employee discovers Romayne Maddox lifeless. 10 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 2: Nancy Maddox and Barrett were caught on surveillance footage wandering 11 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 2: the holes naked before the deadly argument. Police tracked Barrett 12 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 2: down after reviewing the evidence, and while in custody, Barrett 13 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 2: admits to the crime, telling cops he fell asleep after 14 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 2: the attack. At the time of his arrest, Barrett had 15 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 2: blood on his head and face, his cell phone, two 16 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 2: pairs of gloves, his boxers, and belt. He tries to 17 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 2: claim self defense, recounting a struggle that escalated into fetal violence. 18 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: William Barrett charged with first degree murder in the death 19 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: of Romayne Maddox. An unarmed Florida man goes on a 20 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: night cruise through the checkpoint of the Pinellas County Jail 21 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: and takes in the sights of the jail property. Deputies 22 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: quickly stop the man and notices dui the drunk drivers. 23 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 1: Booked for his second DUI at the same jail and 24 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: released on thirty five hundred dollars bond. Wonder if he's 25 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 1: behind the wheel right now? More Crime and Justice to 26 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: use after this Now with the latest crime and justice 27 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 1: breaking Neees Crime Onlines, John Limley, a. 28 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,479 Speaker 3: Man wanted in connection with the deaths of a mother 29 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 3: and her eleven year old daughter in Massachusetts, has been 30 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 3: apprehended by police in California, while charges against another man 31 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 3: detained previously have been upgraded to murder. For more, we 32 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 3: turned to Sydney Sumner with Crime Online. 33 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 2: This most recent arrest occurred in San Diego during a 34 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 2: traffic stop. Police say it was about a way week 35 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 2: after twenty seven year old Chastity Nunias and her daughter, 36 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 2: Zella Nunias were shot in a parked suv in a 37 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 2: neighborhood of Worcester. The two were later pronounced dead at 38 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 2: an area hospital. The US Marshall Service said that it 39 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 2: had doubled a reward in connection with the man hunt 40 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 2: from five thousand to ten thousand dollars. The announcement made 41 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: several hours before the arrest. The suspects were first charged 42 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 2: with carrying a firearm without a license and armed assault 43 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 2: with the intent to murder. Corral Mangual, who was taken 44 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 2: into custody in wester has now entered a not guilty 45 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 2: plead to upgraded charges of murder. Given the seriousness of 46 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 2: the charges, attorneys on both sides agreed that he should 47 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 2: be detained without bond. April twelfth is now set as 48 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 2: Mangual's next court date. During a press conference, Wester County 49 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 2: District Attorney Joseph Early Junior said that the man arrested 50 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 2: in California would also face murder charges. When that suspect 51 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 2: would be transported to Massachusetts was not immediately known. According 52 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 2: to police testimony released in court documents, surveillance footage reveals 53 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 2: quote that the victims parked in their vehicle and that 54 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 2: two people walked up to the vehicle and starts shooting. 55 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 2: The video footage also shows a car matching a witness 56 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 2: description the driver circling the area before the incident and 57 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 2: then leaving later on. The vehicle was located in Hartford, Connecticut. 58 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 3: There's still no word from investigators regarding a possible motive 59 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 3: for the killings or if there was a relationship of 60 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 3: any kind between the suspects and the victims. A Wisconsin 61 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 3: man has been convicted of fatally stabbing two women, victims' 62 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 3: bodies discovered in a Green Bay residence last year, once 63 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 3: again crime online Sidney Sumner. 64 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 2: Following about an hour of deliberation, the Brown County jury 65 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 2: found forty nine year old Richard Sodka guilty of two 66 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 2: counts of first degree intentional homicide in connection with the 67 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 2: deaths of fifty three year old Paula O'Connor of Bellevue 68 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 2: in fifty eight year old Green Bay resident Ronda Sigelski. 69 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 2: This information coming by way of our friends with WLUKTV. Soka, 70 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 2: also a resident of Green Bay, is due to be 71 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 2: sentenced on May twentieth. He faces two mandatory life sentences. 72 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 2: It was in January of twenty twenty three that Sigelski 73 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 2: and O'Connor were discovered fatally stabbed inside their residence. A 74 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 2: prosecution complaint states that Sotka told police he quote snapped 75 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 2: and killed the women because he felt humiliated after they 76 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 2: laughed at him. He alleged that after the killings, he 77 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 2: cut off his mandatory electronic monitoring bracelet, dumped it into 78 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 2: a ditch, and traveled to Arkansas, where he was apprehended 79 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 2: the same day that the victim's bodies were discovered. 80 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 3: Facing accusations of stalking and breaking a restraining order. Sodka 81 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,239 Speaker 3: was out on bond in a Conto county and ordered 82 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 3: to wear the monitoring device. 83 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: Thanks John Survellis video shows Richard Alright leaving his New 84 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: York home for a walk, wearing slippers. His blood thinners 85 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 1: for three open art surgeries and its antibiotic for a 86 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,679 Speaker 1: knee replacements are left behind. Two hours later, his wife 87 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: Kathy calls and texts Richard, but he never responds. Kathy 88 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: hires a PI who learns Richard gets on a bus 89 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: and buys a thirty day Metro card. His credit cards 90 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: have not been used since. A search of Richard's computer 91 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: shows he may have been on his way to a museum, 92 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: but no other clues are found. If you have info 93 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: on the disappearance of Richard Albright. Call it n y 94 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: p D two one two six nine four seven seven 95 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: eight one. For the latest crime injustice news, go to 96 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: crimeonline dot com with this crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace.