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Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Nicole

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Speaker 1: parton the trial of Richard Allen and Delphi, Indiana, pressed

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Speaker 1: on Wednesday with riveting testimonies. The fifty two year old

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Speaker 1: stands accused of the brutal slings of two teenagers, Abby

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Speaker 1: Williams and Libby Jerman, who vanished on February thirteen, twenty seventeen,

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Speaker 1: only to be found dead the next day. Arrested in

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, Allan faces a slew of charges, including murder.

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Speaker 1: Jurors were presented with an extended version of the infamous

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Speaker 1: Bridge Guide video during the trial so far, with prosecutors

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Speaker 1: alleging the man Shawn is Allen. During Wednesday's proceedings, Indiana

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Speaker 1: State Police Sergeant Christopher Cecil disclosed that from his analysis

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Speaker 1: of cell phone data, he retrieved data from twenty three

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Speaker 1: of Allen's devices after his arrest, but none of those

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Speaker 1: yielded a direct evidence linking him to the girls. However,

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Speaker 1: it was noted that Allan's two thousand and seven phone

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Speaker 1: was not among the devices analyzed, indicating he could have

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Speaker 1: been using a different device at the time. The day's

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Speaker 1: testimony depicted the girl's movements leading up to their disappearance,

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Speaker 1: highlighting that haunting video of Abby crossing the bridge with

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Speaker 1: the mysterious figure trailing behind, believed to be the bridge guy.

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Speaker 1: Forensic pathologist doctor Roland core took the stand, detailing findings

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Speaker 1: from the autopsies. He says there were no signs of

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Speaker 1: defense wounds and no signs of sexual trauma or restraint.

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Speaker 1: Prosecutor James Latrelle asked if that meant there was no

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Speaker 1: sexual contact. The medical examiner answered, quote, it simply means

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Speaker 1: there was no trauma left behind. As evidence, the doctor

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Speaker 1: added testimony revealing Libby had at least four, possibly five,

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Speaker 1: overlapping wounds on her neck. Two of the cuts, one

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Speaker 1: on each side, were fatal, severing ouries and causing bleeding

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Speaker 1: that would have spread for several feet. Abby bore a

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Speaker 1: two inch laceration across her neck, seemingly inflicted from right

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Speaker 1: to left. When questioned about what was used as a weapon,

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Speaker 1: he said the minimal number of weapons is one, possibly

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Speaker 1: a box cutter style knife. Doctor Corr, with an extensive

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Speaker 1: career of thousands of autopsies, estimated the teens survived four

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Speaker 1: to ten minutes after their throats were cut as the

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Speaker 1: trial progresses. The pursuit of justice for Abby and Libby

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Speaker 1: remains ongoing. Trust Crime Alert hourly update to keep you

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Speaker 1: up to speed on the developments throughout the day. More

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Speaker 1: crime and justice news after this. In connection to the

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Speaker 1: disappearance of Suzanne Clark Simpson, that Texas realtor and mother

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Speaker 1: of four that's missing, there has been a second arrest made.

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Speaker 1: James Potter, sixty five, a business associate of Suzanne's husband

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Speaker 1: Brad Simpson, was taken into custody at his residence. The

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Speaker 1: charges against him include tampering with evidence, a third degree felony,

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Speaker 1: as confirmed by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Jail

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Speaker 1: records from Bexar County indicate that Cotter was officially booked

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Speaker 1: in the early morning hours. In addition to the tampering

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Speaker 1: with evidence charges, he faces charges of possessing a prohibited

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Speaker 1: weapon and is currently detained on a five hundred thousand

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Speaker 1: dollars bond. Cotter, the son of the late real estate

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Speaker 1: mogul James F. Cotter, has a relationship with Brad Simpson

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Speaker 1: spanning back twenty five years as a business partner and friend.

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Speaker 1: Suzanne Simpson, aged fifty one, has been missing for more

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Speaker 1: than two weeks, with her last known whereabouts being a

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Speaker 1: reported physical altercation with her husband at their residence on

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Speaker 1: October seven, Crime Onlines Dave Mack.

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Speaker 2: An hour after Brad and Suzanne Simpson return home from

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Speaker 2: dinner at the Argyle, a neighbor hears loud arguing from

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Speaker 2: their home. The yelling seems to get louder, and the

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Speaker 2: neighbor peeks out of their window, shocked to see the

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Speaker 2: Simpsons in a physical fight outside their home. It looks

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Speaker 2: like Suzanne, still dressed from dinner, is trying to get away,

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Speaker 2: but Brad Simpson keeps pulling her back. The couple eventually

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Speaker 2: moves out of the neighbor's site line.

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Speaker 1: Brad Simpson, fifty three, was apprehended on October nine for

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Speaker 1: assault causing bodily injury and family violence. He remains in

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Speaker 1: custody on a two million dollar bond and is reportedly

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Speaker 1: uncooperative with law enforcement. A recent search of a local

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Speaker 1: landfill by authorities yielded no clues regarding Suzanne's disappearance, and

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Speaker 1: Affidavid for Cotter's arrests alleges his involvement in concealing an

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Speaker 1: AK forty seven rifle believed to be connected to the case.

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Speaker 1: Text messages exchanged between Brad Simpson, the missing woman's husband,

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Speaker 1: and caught her suggests the rifle was hidden at Cotter's residence. Reportedly,

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Speaker 1: Brad Simpson instructed the man to meet and store the

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Speaker 1: gun and be quick with it, with Cotter subsequently hiding

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Speaker 1: it behind a wall mounted television. Cotter allegedly misled investigators

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Speaker 1: about the weapon, but a Cane nine team discovered it

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Speaker 1: in his bedroom, with an orange stream used to retrieve

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Speaker 1: it from its concealment. Furthermore, the affidavit reveals that Brad

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Speaker 1: Simpson possessed a cash of hidden weapons and he and

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Speaker 1: Suzanne's home. Teresa Clark, Suzanne's sister, expressed the family's determination

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Speaker 1: to locate her, emphasizing Suzanne's role as a cherished member

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Speaker 1: of the San Antonio community and cherished family member. For

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Speaker 1: the latest crime and justice news, follow Crime Alert hourly

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