1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: Bombshell. Tonight, our Crime Online and Crime Stories team launching 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: a brand new podcast, The Crime Alert Hourly Update. It's 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: short and to the point, a five minute podcast where 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: investigative reporters and experts cover the biggest breaking crime news. 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: Releasing at the top of the hour every day and 6 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 1: just five short minutes. You get the latest with real 7 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: time updates on high profile criminal trials, missing people alerts, 8 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: and developing crime stories as they happen. If you want 9 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: the latest crime and justice news, listen to Crime Alert 10 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: Hourly Update. And here's the latest episode the Crime Alert 11 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: Hourly Update. Follow it on your favorite podcast app. Take 12 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: a listen Crime Alert Hourly Update. Breaking crime news Now. 13 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 2: I'm Drew Nelson. Here's the latest. Son the manhunt for 14 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 2: the killer of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New 15 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 2: York City. Police have collected a DNA sample link to 16 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 2: the suspect. In a recent photo shows the man smiling 17 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 2: at the front desk of the hostel where he stayed. 18 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 2: The investigation, now in its third day, continues as authorities 19 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 2: chase new leads and search for more evidence. Detectives have 20 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 2: recovered a DNA sample related to the case and sent 21 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 2: it to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for testing. 22 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 2: They say there may be DNA that pinpoints the suspect 23 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 2: from a bottle of water from a Starbucks where the 24 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 2: suspect was seen, and also from shell casings recovered at 25 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 2: the scene. Authorities also released security footage from the hostels 26 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 2: showing the suspect briefly removing his mask upon checking in. 27 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 2: Philip Klein, a former bodyguard for Brian Thompson, express shock 28 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 2: that the CEO had no security detail with him. Klein, 29 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 2: whose firm Klein Investigations provided a security for Thompson in 30 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 2: the past, told TMZ quote he was a high profile 31 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 2: figure in a hostile industry, he should have had protection. 32 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: Klein also noted that Thompson was not wearing a protective 33 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 2: vest as recommended. The suspect's resemblance to celebrities like Timothy 34 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 2: Chalomey and Jake Gillenhaal has sparked online chatter. Still, law 35 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,559 Speaker 2: enforcement remains focused on gathering more evidence, including more surveillance 36 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 2: images of the suspect's face. Investigation has also turned to Minneapolis, 37 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 2: where Thompson lived. Investigators are looking into recent threats against him, 38 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 2: which may be linked to his work with United health 39 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 2: Care and ongoing disputes over denied insurance claims. Investigators are 40 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 2: offering a ten thousand dollars reward for any information that 41 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: leads to an arrest. Stay with Crime Alert as we 42 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 2: bring you the latest on the assassination of United Healthcare 43 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 2: CEO Brian Thompson, with updates as soon as we get them. 44 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 2: More crime and justice news after this. A jury in 45 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 2: Manhattan remains deadlocked in a high profile homicide case. Former 46 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 2: Marine Daniel Penny is on trial for the chokehold death 47 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 2: of Jordan Neely on a subway train in twenty twenty three. 48 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 2: Judge Maxwell Wiley has instructed the jury to just keep 49 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 2: on deliberating. The jury said earlier today that they were 50 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 2: unable to reach a unanimous decision on a manslaughter charge. 51 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 2: Penny's attorneys are arguing for a mistrial, saying the jury 52 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 2: is hopelessly deadlocked, but Judge Wiley denied the request. The 53 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 2: jury has only been deliberating for twenty hours over four days. Penny, 54 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 2: aged twenty six, faces one count of second degree manslaughter 55 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 2: and one count of criminally negligent homicide. Jurors must consider 56 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 2: manslaughter first if they find Penny not guilty on that charge, 57 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 2: then they can decide on the lesser charge. Penny faces 58 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 2: up to fifteen years in prison for the manslaughter charge. Neely, 59 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 2: aged thirty, was a homeless street performer struggling with mental illness. 60 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 2: On May first of last year, he boarded a subway 61 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 2: train in Manhattan. Witnesses say he was yelling, throwing down 62 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 2: his jacket, and even talking about not caring if he died. 63 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 2: Penny put Neey in a chokehold and held him down 64 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 2: for several minutes. When police arrived, Neely was unresponsive. Prosecutors 65 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 2: say Penny acted recklessly by holding Neeley for too long, 66 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 2: even after he stopped moving. Prosecutor Daphne Uran argued, quote, 67 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 2: we are here today because the defendant used way too 68 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 2: much for us for way too long. Penny testified that 69 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 2: he did not intend to harm Neeying police quote, I 70 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 2: wasn't trying to injure him. I'm just trying to keep 71 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 2: him from hurting anybody else. The jury will continue their 72 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 2: deliberations after receiving an all in charge from the judge, 73 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 2: also known as a dynamite charge. That's an instruction given 74 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 2: by the judge to a deadlock jury. To encourage them 75 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 2: to keep deliberating and try to reach a unanimous verdict. 76 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 2: The charge aims to prevent a mistrial by asking jurors 77 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 2: to re evaluate their positions, consider each other's arguments, and 78 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 2: work towards a consensus without compromising their honest beliefs. In 79 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 2: addition to the criminal trial, Jordan Neely's father, Andre Zachary, 80 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 2: has filed a lawsuit against Daniel Penny. The lawsuit accuses 81 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 2: Penny of negligence and assault in battery leading to Neely's death. 82 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 2: Zachary is seeking damages. Penny's lawyers dismissing the suit as 83 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 2: a distraction and arguing that it was intended to apply 84 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 2: pressure during the ongoing criminal proceedings. The cases divided New Yorkers, 85 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 2: some seeing Penny as a protector who stepped in to 86 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 2: prevent harm, others viewing his actions as reckless, especially giving 87 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 2: Neely's mental health struggles. A teenage girl in Texas remains 88 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 2: missing after disappearing near the border in twenty seventeen. Jasline 89 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 2: Elisa Chavez Ramirez, age seventeen, was last seen August nineteenth 90 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 2: of twenty seventeen in Aguilearis, Texas. She was traveling with 91 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 2: a group of migrants after crossing the border from Mexico. 92 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 2: Jaslin had separated from her group to rest while others 93 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 2: moved ahead. The rest of the group walked for about 94 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 2: an hour, reaching the road where they were arrested. Jacelyin 95 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:26,919 Speaker 2: was not with them. She has not been seen since. 96 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 2: Authorities believe she may have died in the desert. Jocelyn 97 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 2: Chavez is Guatemalan. She has sandy brown hair, brown eyes, 98 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,679 Speaker 2: and a large mole on the back of her left pie. 99 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 2: She's somewhere between five feet and five feet five, weighing 100 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 2: between one hundred and twenty and one hundred and thirty 101 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 2: five pounds. Last seen wearing a black T shirt with 102 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 2: white lettering and light brown timberland boots, carrying a Samsung 103 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 2: J seven phone in a white case. Anyone with information 104 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 2: on the case of Jesslyn Chavez should contact the Hidalgo 105 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 2: County Sheriff's Office at nine five three three eight three 106 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 2: eighty one fourteen for the latest crime and justice news. 107 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 2: Fallow Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast app, 108 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 2: but this crime Alert. I'm Drew Nelson.