1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Crime Alert, I'm messy Grace breaking crime news Now. The 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: Minneapolis Children's hospital caused police when Esperanza Harding claims her 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: son Matteo died there. Hospital officials say the eight month 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: old baby was never admitted. Harding eventually admits she killed 5 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: Mateo at the hotel where they were staying. Harding says 6 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: she was trying to enjoy soaking in a bathtub when 7 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: Matteo started crying. Instead of comforting the baby, she drowns 8 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: Mateo in the bathtub, stuffs him in a backpack, and 9 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: throws him in a dumpster. 10 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 2: Nancy Harding was dating Edwin Trudeau, eighteen, who reportedly did 11 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 2: not like the child and encourage Harding to give him 12 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 2: up for adoption. Harding texted with Trudeau throughout the incident, 13 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 2: first telling him she was about to do something bad, 14 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 2: then sending a photo of baby Matteo floating fast down 15 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 2: in the tub. Trudeau then came to the hotel room, 16 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 2: where he allegedly tried and failed to resuscitate the boy. 17 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 2: The couple then had sex in the other room before 18 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 2: Harding dump to Mateo's body. Trudeau will feace a charge 19 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 2: of murder and eating after the fact. 20 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 1: Needless to say. Esperanza Harding charged with murder. The Tampa 21 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: Bay Humane Society familiar with cats, but cat burglars. Two 22 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 1: potential adoptees wander into the kitten nursery, where kittens too 23 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: young to be adoptive get extra care. The brazen catnappers 24 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: are caught on surveillance stuffing two of the newest kittens, 25 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: Mitch and Marcus, in their backpacks and taking off two 26 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,839 Speaker 1: dedicated Tampa BAPD officers track down the thieves and return 27 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 1: the kiddies back to the shelter safe and sound. The 28 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: cat nappers IDs yet to be released. Charges are pending. 29 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after this Now with the 30 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: latest crime and justice breaking news Crime Onlines John Lemley. 31 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 3: We began in Illinois as Chicago prosecutors charge a man 32 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 3: with the stabbing murder of his ex girlfriends eleven year 33 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 3: old's us on We hear more now from Sidney Sumner 34 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 3: with Crime Online. 35 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 2: Our friends with the Chicago Sun Times are reporting that 36 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 2: prosecutors say that the thirty seven year old man now 37 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 2: stands accused of murder, attempted murder, home invasion, and armed 38 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: robbery in relation to the attack. In court Prosecutors claimed 39 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 2: that the man broke into his ex girlfriend's residence, stabbing 40 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 2: the woman and her eleven year old son, Jaden Perkins, 41 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 2: before running away. An area hospital later declared the boy 42 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 2: dead based on information from the Chicago Tribune. The four 43 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 2: month pregnant woman is anticipated to recover and her unborn 44 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 2: child will survive. The suspect had been granted parole in 45 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 2: October and released from prison just the day before the attack. 46 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 2: He had received a sixteen year term for attacking a 47 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 2: different ex girlfriend in twenty fifteen. He is accused of 48 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 2: showing up at perkins apartment after sending a menacing text 49 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 2: to her mother. In January, the man was sent back 50 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 2: to prison by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, but according 51 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 2: to a board statement, they decided there wasn't enough evidence 52 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 2: to back up the accusations, so they released him. 53 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 3: Kim Fox, state's attorney for fi Cook Counties, says prosecutors 54 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 3: are still looking into whether perkins mother's protection order against 55 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 3: the man was in effect on the day of the attack. 56 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 3: After reportedly killing three family members, carjacking vehicles, and eluding 57 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 3: capture for hours while police mobilized in two separate states, 58 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 3: a man is charged with murder in Pennsylvania and carjacking 59 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 3: and firearms offenses in New Jersey. Once again Crime online 60 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 3: Sidney Sumner. 61 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 2: Court documents reveal that twenty six year old Andre Gordon 62 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 2: Junior is charged with three counts of first and second 63 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 2: degree murder, aggravated assault, robbery, and other offenses in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 64 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 2: New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Plackin has released an announcement 65 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 2: saying that Gordon is accused of first degree carjacking in 66 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 2: weapons charges in that state. It was on the morning 67 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 2: of March sixteenth that police say Gordon carjacked a vehicle 68 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 2: in Trenton, Pennsylvania, then drove to Levittown in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, 69 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 2: where he killed his sister and stepmother. Investigators say he 70 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 2: then killed the mother of his two children by driving 71 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,119 Speaker 2: to another their location in Levittown. The victims were identified 72 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 2: by Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Shorn as the suspect's 73 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 2: fifty two year old stepmother, Karen Gordon, his thirteen year 74 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 2: old sister, Kara Gordon, and the mother of his two children, 75 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 2: twenty five year old Taylor Daniel. In addition, he is 76 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 2: accused of beating Daniel's mother with the assault weapon. The 77 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 2: woman admitted to an area hospital for medical attention. Investigators 78 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 2: say that it was at this point that Gordon stole 79 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 2: a second vehicle in Morrisville and headed back to Trenton. 80 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 2: He reportedly was able to escape before the police cordon 81 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 2: was put up, despite the fact that cops had surrounded 82 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 2: the house for a number of hours thinking the suspect 83 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 2: was inside. When Gordon was seen walking down a street 84 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 2: a few blocks away at approximately five pm, police say 85 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 2: he was taken into custody unarmed. Pennsylvania officials say they're 86 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 2: still unable to speculate on the attacker's motivation. Gordon had 87 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 2: a few small run ins with the law, but Falls 88 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 2: Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney stated during a press conference 89 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 2: that there was quote nothing that would indicate that anything 90 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 2: like this would happen. 91 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:00,679 Speaker 3: Trenton Police Director Steve Wilson says Gordon and is currently 92 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 3: behind bars at the Mercer County Correctional Facility and will 93 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 3: be extradited too Pennsylvania at some point. 94 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 1: Thanks John Riley Straine joins a large group of Delta 95 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,799 Speaker 1: Chai brothers for a trip to Nashville from the University 96 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: of Missouri. The group goes bar hopping, and just before 97 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: ten PM, Riley leaves Luke Bryan's Downtown bar Riley steps 98 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: outside Luke's thirty two bridge and causes friends to let 99 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: them know he's heading back to the hotel. Riley's caught 100 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 1: on CCTV footage twice, and while he's headed toward the hotel, 101 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,479 Speaker 1: the signal on his phone cuts out as he crosses 102 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: the Cumberland River. The fraternity brothers don't realize he didn't 103 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: make it back until late Saturday morning. They reported missing 104 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 1: that afternoon. Riley Strain six ' five, blue eyes, light 105 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: brown hair, wearing jeans, boots, and a long sleeved black 106 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: and white button up. If you have info on college 107 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:02,679 Speaker 1: student Riley's Strain missing two weeks, called Metro National PD 108 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 1: six one five eight six two eighty six hundred Repeat 109 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 1: six one five eight six two eighty six hundred. For 110 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 1: the latest crime in justice news, go to crime online 111 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: dot com with this crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace.