1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: Crime al Art hourly update, breaking crime news Now, I'm 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: Jennifer Gould. Newly released bodycam footage reveals the chilling claims 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: of a seventeen year old now at the center of 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: two high profile murder cases. This video, from Polk County 5 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:20,439 Speaker 1: Sheriff's Deputies in Florida, takes place in the aftermath of 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: Colin Griffith's mother's death. It shows Colin Griffith cuff when 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: he makes a jarring statement pick a listen to the 8 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: bodycam obtained by Fox four News. 9 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 2: I'm not a psychopath. 10 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 3: I'm not this murder. 11 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 4: I'm just trying to peacefully leave or peacefully coexists and 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 4: just figure something out. 13 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: This eerie and calm assertion coming on the heels of 14 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: the teen's previous claim of self defense in the shooting 15 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: death of his own father. It was back on September 16 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: eighth of twenty twenty four. Colin and his mom, Catherine Griffith, 17 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: were both at his grandmother's Hampton's home when a domestic 18 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: incident broke out. Neighbors reported hearing a heated argument between 19 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: mother and son outside the residence, where Griffith allegedly dragged 20 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: his mother by her hair back into the house. Witnesses 21 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: heard Catherine's desperate please of quote, let me go end quote, 22 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: echoing throughout the street, painting a picture of a terrifying struggle. 23 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: Two hours later, Colin called nine one one, claiming that 24 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: during an argument, his mom had lunged at him with 25 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: a knife and quote fell onto it end quote. Authorities 26 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: arrived to find Catherine thirty nine, lifeless, her body bearing 27 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 1: the gruesome marks of two deep stab wounds to the neck. 28 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: The medical examiner's report contradicted Cody's accident narrative, instead finding 29 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 1: the stab wounds to be deliberate and consistent with a 30 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: violent attack. This tragedy follows the February twenty twenty three 31 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: shooting death of Colin's father, Charles Griffith, in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, 32 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,639 Speaker 1: then only fifteen. Colin claimed self defense, stating his father 33 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: had pulled a knife on him and chased him to 34 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: the house before he was forced to shoot. While initial 35 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: charges of first degree murder were filed, the case was 36 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: later dropped due to insufficient evidence to disprove the self 37 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: defense claim. Following his father's death, Colin moved to Florida 38 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: to live with his mother, a move that ultimately led 39 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: to this latest tragedy. The Polk County Sheriff's Office has 40 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: charged Colin with first degree murder, kidnapping, and violation of 41 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: a no contact order. Sheriff Grady Judd has described him 42 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: as a quote violent predator end quote and a quote 43 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: psycle path end quote, highlighting his lack of remorse in 44 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 1: both incidents. Colin is now facing trial as an adult. 45 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: In the meantime, Oklahoma authorities are now re evaluating these 46 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,519 Speaker 1: circumstances surrounding the death of Charles Griffith. In the light 47 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 1: of these recent developments, I'm Nicole Parton. 48 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,839 Speaker 5: Wendy Williams was visibly emotional on Thursday as she made 49 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 5: a heartfelt plea to escape ape her conservatorship and reclaim 50 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 5: her freedom from a wellness facility in New York City 51 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 5: where she has been mandated to stay. In a rare 52 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 5: appearance on The Breakfast Club, the sixty year old former 53 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 5: talk show host opened up about her current predicament, saying, quote, 54 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 5: I'm not mentally impaired. 55 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 4: First of all. To start with, my niece Alex knows 56 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 4: a lot as well, you know, But I am not 57 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 4: cognitively impaired, you know. 58 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 3: What I'm saying. 59 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 4: No, but I feel like I am in prison. You 60 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 4: understand what I'm saying. I'm in New York City, right 61 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 4: and al you know exactly what you're talking about. You 62 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 4: flew from Miami to New York and you were right 63 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 4: here with me. Go ahead. 64 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 2: She's there in New York in this place essentially like 65 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 2: what to call a luxury prison. This is her room. 66 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 2: That's allegedly her apartment. But the thing about this apartment, 67 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 2: and you know that's not Wendy, because you're there. 68 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 5: It's small. 69 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 2: She has a bed, a chair, a TV, a bathroom, 70 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 2: and she's looking out one window. 71 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 4: And excuse me, through my money, you know? So I 72 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 4: had this person by the TV, you know kind of TV. 73 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 4: I like, through these persons because all of my stuff 74 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 4: is in store. Do you understand what I'm saying. 75 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 5: Wendy went on to say, I'm surrounded by people in 76 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 5: their nineties, eighties, and seventies. There's clearly something off with 77 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 5: many of them. But I'm not one of those people. 78 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 5: She further criticized the system that has placed her in 79 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 5: this situation, saying this system is deeply flawed and has 80 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 5: misrepresented me a lot. I haven't had access to my 81 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 5: own finances for three years now. Williams described her daily 82 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 5: life in the facility, which consists of spending her time 83 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 5: alone in her room, eating meals in bed, and watching television. 84 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 5: She said, quote, I can't make calls because I can't 85 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:45,600 Speaker 5: receive them. She explained, I don't even know what kind 86 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 5: of phone I have. I can't browse the internet or 87 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 5: use a laptop or an iPad. Her niece Alex Finny, 88 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 5: who joined her during the interview, likened the place to 89 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 5: a luxury prison, noting it has minimal furnishings, a bed, 90 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 5: a TV in a bathroom with a view of the 91 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 5: buildings across the street. Williams asserted that she doesn't have 92 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 5: the freedom to come or go, as the elevators are 93 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 5: secured and visitors face strict limitations, including Laura Lerosen from 94 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 5: the Breakfast club being denied entry despite William's request. Additionally, 95 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 5: she revealed she is regularly administrated medication, some of which 96 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 5: she claims doesn't belong to her. Everyone acts like they're 97 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 5: a caretaker, coming in and handing me peals and then leaving. 98 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 5: Williams said, I've taken just two pills throughout my life 99 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 5: and now there are seven, and I don't even know 100 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 5: what they're for. I have consulted my doctor a long 101 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 5: time to clarify the purpose. When she expressed a desire 102 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 5: to see her doctor concerning her thyroid condition. She has 103 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 5: Graves disease, which affects her thyroid function, she was reportedly 104 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 5: told that her condition is perfect. Quote this is my life, people, 105 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 5: she asserted with intensity. During the most point moments of 106 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 5: the interview, Williams broke down fearing she wouldn't be able 107 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 5: to celebrate her father's upcoming ninety fourth birthday in Miami, saying, 108 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 5: I don't know if i'll get there. I don't know 109 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 5: if they'll let me out of the facility. I'm so 110 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 5: stressed over the possibility of missing my father's ninety fourth birthday. 111 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 5: My life feels completely messed up, she cried, voicing concerns 112 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 5: about potential repercussions for her interview. What if now they 113 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 5: take my phone away, I won't be able to communicate 114 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:34,239 Speaker 5: with anyone When as cow fans could assist her, Finny 115 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 5: encourage supporters to create as much awareness as possible by 116 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 5: using the hashtag free Wendy on social media and by 117 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 5: signing various petitions on change dot org and a GoFundMe campaign. 118 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 5: We need to do whatever it takes to ensure my 119 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 5: aunt can live with her life in dignity as she deserves. 120 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 5: Phinney also noted this is still a legal matter. There 121 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 5: are certain things my aunt and our family cannot discuss. However, 122 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,679 Speaker 5: I can say that my aunt sounds great. I've seen 123 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 5: her in limited capacity, and she's clearly not incapacitated. That's 124 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 5: why we fear her situation in this luxury prison. She 125 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 5: is being held against her will and is facing consequences 126 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 5: for reasons that others have fabricated. 127 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 3: I'm Drew Nelson. An eleven year old girl in Syracuse, 128 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 3: New York, is mistakenly handcuffed by deputies searching for a 129 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:31,679 Speaker 3: car theft suspect. The incidents sparking outrage after a video 130 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 3: of the encounter circulates online. The girl was walking home 131 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,119 Speaker 3: from school on Monday with her cousin when on Deega 132 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 3: County Sheriff's deputies stopped her. According to authorities, she matched 133 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 3: the description of a young person involved in stealing a 134 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 3: Kia and fleeing a traffic stop. The deputies noted that 135 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 3: her pink jacket and camouflage pants resembled those worn by 136 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 3: the suspect as seen in the video recorded by her cousin. 137 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:58,239 Speaker 3: The children repeatedly told deputies that they had the wrong person. 138 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 3: One deputy showed the handcut girl a photo of the suspect, saying, quote, girl, 139 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 3: you're gonna tell me this, ain't you. Despite the children 140 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 3: pointing out the differences in appearance, the deputies insisted it 141 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 3: was her. The girl began crying when additional deputies arrived. Eventually, 142 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 3: one deputy determined she was not the suspect after comparing 143 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 3: the photo more closely. The girl was released after seven 144 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,679 Speaker 3: minutes in handcuffs. One deputy apologized, stating, quote, I'm sorry 145 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 3: about it, but you match the description pretty clearly. The 146 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 3: girl's mother, who didn't want to give her name, expressing 147 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 3: her distress to WSAZ, quote, she no longer wants to 148 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 3: walk to and from school anymore. That was the only 149 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 3: freedom she had and it's now gone. 150 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 4: I can't make sense of that. 151 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 5: I couldn't even finish watching the video. 152 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 4: Even if it wasn't my child, I wouldn't be able 153 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 4: to finish watching the video because that's not how you 154 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 4: handle children. 155 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 3: Allendega County Sheriff's office defends its action, saying the detention 156 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 3: was quote lawful and reasonable, and that handcuffing detainees is 157 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 3: standard procedure to prevent escalation. They acknowledged the girl's cooperation 158 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 3: helped resolve the situation Quickly. Following the incident, Sheriff Toby 159 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 3: Shelley met with the girl's mother and agreed to a 160 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 3: new policy. Deputies must now notify a parent or guardian 161 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 3: when a juvenile is detained, regardless of the duration. A 162 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 3: spokesperson says the policy would be formalized soon. The suspect 163 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,079 Speaker 3: in the car theft remains at large and for the 164 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 3: latest crime and justice news, follow Crime Alert hourly update 165 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 3: on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert, I'm 166 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 3: Drew Nelson.