1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: Crime Lord hourly update, Breaking crime News Now. I'm Dave Matt. 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: A Texas woman has been charged with locking her twenty 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: two year old special needs daughter in a cage in 4 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: her backyard. Candy Thompson, sixty, was arrested after a neighbor 5 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: called police and recorded video as he confronted Thompson. She 6 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: was initially charged with injury to a child, but later 7 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: she was also charged with aggravated kidnapping, injury to a 8 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: disabled person, unlawful restraint, endangering a disabled person, and assault 9 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: on family violence. The haunting video shot by the neighbor 10 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: is heartbreaking, as the twenty two year old special needs 11 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: girl is loudly crying and screaming from the cage, saying 12 00:00:50,479 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: I'm scared, take a listen. The neighbor of the year 13 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: continues rolling digital video as he confronts the so called mother, 14 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: who at first attempts to intimidate the neighbor by defending 15 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: her actions, saying the child was tearing up everything in 16 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: the house. The neighbor deals with Thompson then attempts to 17 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: comfort the special needs young woman when officers arrive on 18 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: the scene. After Thompson is arrested, the young woman is 19 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: removed from the unsafe environment and is receiving appropriate care 20 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: and protective services. The Western Observer reports Thompson and her 21 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: late husband have cared for more than fifty children with 22 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: special needs over the past several decades, but the Texas 23 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: Department of Family and Protective Services wanted to clarify that 24 00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: the Thompsons did not foster any children through their organization 25 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: and were likely involved with another program. More crime injustice 26 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 1: news coming up. The Celeste revs. Hernandez case has taken 27 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: another turn, forcing police to finally provide some new information 28 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: to a case that has been creating headlines for months, 29 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: with LAPD remaining mostly silent. The story began when the 30 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: body of missing teen Celestrevas Hernandez was found decomposing in 31 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: the front of an abandoned Tesla registered to singer d 32 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:40,679 Speaker 1: four Ved David real name David Anthony Burke in September. 33 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: Since the discovery of the body, the LAPD has remained 34 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: relatively silent, while leagues from the investigation appear regularly on 35 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: TMZ dot com and local news outlets. Recent reports from 36 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: an anonymous source tied closely to the investigation claims the 37 00:02:56,320 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: body was frozen and decapitating found that leaked information causes 38 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: LAPD Captain and commanding Officer of Robbery Homicide Division, Scott 39 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 1: Williams to provide an update saying Celeste's body was not 40 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: frozen and she was not decapitated, going so far as 41 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: to say, quote, the whole frozen thing doesn't make sense. 42 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: Her body was in the car for weeks unquote. While 43 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: the LAPD remains tight lived about the case, what is 44 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: known is that the timeline regarding the tesla containing the 45 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: body of Celeste was last moved on July twenty ninth. 46 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: The vehicle was tagged by police and later towed to 47 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: impound on September fifth. On September eighth, police are called 48 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: to the impound lot due to a horrible smell coming 49 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: from the tesla, and the remains of Celest are found. 50 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: Celeste remains are discovered one day after her fifteenth birthday, 51 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: leading some news outlets to identify her as being fifteen 52 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: years old. Captain Williams corrects this by saying she was 53 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: only fourteen when she died. Celeste Revas Hernandez was reported 54 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: missing by her parents and like elson Or, California, on 55 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: April five, twenty twenty four, when she was just thirteen. 56 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: Even though there's clear video evidence showing Celeste at her parents' 57 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: home in September of twenty twenty four, the status of 58 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: her case was not changed and she was still considered 59 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: a missing person when her remains were found. The autopsy 60 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,679 Speaker 1: report for Celeste was listed as deferred while awaiting toxicology 61 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: and additional tests, but now LAPD Detective Joshua Byers refers 62 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: to the case as an ongoing investigation of murder and 63 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: releasing the medical examiner's findings could endanger the lives of 64 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: witnesses and or compromise the investigation. Buyer says making the 65 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: document's public will reveal or tend to reveal the ongoing 66 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: investigation and the integrity of the investigation, as well as 67 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: the identity of witnesses and or informants who are cooperating 68 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: with law enforcement, and the content of the information they 69 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 1: have provided, which could endanger the lives of witnesses and 70 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: or compromise the investigation. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Craig 71 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: Richmond ordered that all documents related to the court order 72 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: be sealed until further order of this court or a 73 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: competent court having jurisdiction over the matter. David Anthony Burke 74 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: has been identified as a suspect and Celestes death. For 75 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: the latest crime injustice news, follow the Crime Alert hourly 76 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 1: update on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert. 77 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: I'm Dave Mack.